The Last of Us series has been among the most talked about topics since the first day it was broadcast. HBO Max and Google, which broadcast the series, also prepared a creepy surprise egg to celebrate this success. This surprise egg carries the Cordyceps fungus epidemic that is hidden in the Google search engine and that has turned the fictional world upside down to your computer.
On desktop or mobile, if you type “Last of Us” into the Google search engine, you will see a red mushroom icon appear at the bottom of your browser window.
When you touch or click this icon, the mushroom will start growing on the screen. More taps or clicks will add more and more to the screen. On mobile devices this is limited to three times. However, you have the opportunity to click or tap endlessly on the desktop.
You can share the resulting image or select the x icon to clear your screen.
Unlike the games, The Last of Us series dives into the origins of the epidemic. Episode 2, released on Sunday, drew attention to the dreaded infected, and Google’s surprise egg arrived just in time…
The Fungus That Caused an Epidemic in The Last of Us: Cordyceps
HBO’s hit series is set in the post-apocalyptic USA after a mutant parasitic fungus takes over the world, and the series is based on the video game “The Last of Us.” More than four million people watched the show’s January 15 premiere, and HBO said it was the second-largest premiere by number.
The series is about a zombie pandemic in which a parasitic fungus infects humans and turns them into monsters. The series is based on a real group of parasites, popularly known as “zombie mushrooms” and the Latin name is Ophiocordyceps.
CORDYCEPS IS ALSO COMING TO GOOGLE
The fungus in the show is mainly based on the parasitic Cordyceps fungus, which infects insects such as ants and moths. Therefore, if you type “Cordyceps” into Google, the top button appears.
According to the Independent’s report, this fungal genus usually infects insects in nature. The parasite rots the infested insect from the inside and eventually takes over his mind. When the insect dies, the parasite is able to move the dead animal, taking control of the fully infected nervous system.
The reason why the fungus moves this dead insect is to spread more. By driving the animal to areas with high insect populations, it increases the possibility of infecting other insects.
Neil Druckmann, the creator of The Last of Us, also stated that he was inspired by a documentary in which a fungus called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis infects an ant and eventually turns it into a zombie insect.
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