Deep beneath the sands of Egypt, nestled in a crumbling tomb sealed for millennia, lurks a fungus so ancient and bizarre it makes Cordyceps look like moldy bread. Legend calls it the Pharaoh’s Curse Fungus—a dusty, spore-laden terror that activates the moment some poor fool pries open the tomb without permission. Here’s the kicker: when scientists in hazmat suits (and probably cursed too) swabbed it in a lab, they discovered something absolutely bonkers—it has properties that cure cancer. That’s right. This tomb mold is both miracle and menace. It heals… but only if it wants to. Otherwise? The fungus lashes out with its necrotic vengeance, slowly zombifying intruders from the lungs out, turning would-be looters into brain-fogged biohazards. And like some dormant fungal god, it waited thousands of years in the dark… until one idiot cracked open the seal and unleashed it. So the next time you stumble on a royal burial site? Maybe just say a nice prayer, back away slowly, and for the love of Ra, don’t breathe in.
Mutant Hollow: Zombie Science & Cryptid Pathogens 
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