What Caused the Infection in The Last of Us Game?
It's all thanks to that nasty Cordyceps fungus mutating and turning people into 'shroom-headed zombies!
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I played through the whole game and let me tell you, it's a mutated Cordyceps fungus. Stay away from weird-looking mushrooms!
The infection in The Last of Us is caused by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, which affects human brains and turns them into aggressive hosts.
It's a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, which in real life infects insects but Naughty Dog thought, 'Why not humans?'
Cordyceps fungus. Think athlete's foot but for your brain.
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