Red Boy had been trying to hold onto a glimmer of hope in the beginning, convincing himself that Fangzheng only knew a limited number of mushrooms. But eventually he realized that a number of mushrooms Fangzheng pointed out were the poisonous mushrooms he had used, and he came to realize something.
Fangzheng pointed out more than fifty mushrooms as they walked, most of them being poisonous mushrooms. The last one left a deep impression on Red Boy.