Moreover, it was a fungus that actually exists in nature, it wasn’t baseless. The cordyceps fungal infection is a thing for a lot of insects. It literally alters the brain of the infected host to get it to places where it usually would go. Sure, it’s a bit of a stretch to assume that a complex.
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Eventually, the infected would just die due to exhaustion and starvation, or the infections they get from their injuries. It’s not a cure-all for disease, so there are many things that could kill them.