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Man seeks immortality after consuming mushrooms, rescued from 27th-floor fall

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A man in China, identified as Xue, climbed out of his 27th-floor apartment after consuming self-prepared jianshouqing mushrooms and alcohol, leading to hallucinations. He believed he was on a quest for immortality, a concept often found in fantasy literature. A neighbor intervened and saved him from a dangerous fall, after which Xue was hospitalized and fell into a coma. AI

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Man seeks immortality after consuming mushrooms, rescued from 27th-floor fall

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fran Lu ·

    Chinese man climbs out of 27th-floor flat to ‘seek immortality’ after eating magic mushrooms

    A Chinese man climbed out of his 27th-floor flat after eating self-cooked jianshouqing mushrooms at home and having hallucinations. The man, surnamed Xue, from southwestern China’s Yunnan province, said he believed his family was inviting him to “train himself to cross the tribul…

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