Chapter 275 274. Search

Scout No. 4 Puji flew back to the sixth floor and found nothing in the end.

Needless to say, the group of elves had already run away and we didn't run into them on the way down.

And no one knew where the tree demon in a crazy state had gone.

In fact, Lin Jun couldn't even find any tree demon in the sixth floor area.

Is it operating at a deeper level?

Lin Jun also couldn't figure out whether the group of elves specifically captured the tree demon to the sixth floor, or a tree demon wandering to the sixth floor happened to bump into them.

Scout No. 4 tried to continue exploring downwards, but was eaten by a giant demon frog on the seventh floor.

[Refractive Invisibility LV7] is not completely flawless, there will still be a slight sense of light distortion, but most people and monsters find it difficult to distinguish.

But this big frog is obviously the type that can perceive it.

More importantly, Lin Jun didn't expect that its tongue could be shot out 30 meters in an instant, and he was caught off guard and attacked.

Since number four died, Lin Jun temporarily gave up the idea of continuing to investigate.

It is enough to open the map to the sixth floor for the time being. At present, Lin Jun plans to move his fungal blanket to the surface first, as the elf cemetery is still waiting for him.

The expansion of the fungal mat in the Shenmu Dungeon area is quite smooth. The key is that there are no monsters here that can destroy the fungal mat on a large scale.

Although slimes and mud monsters also exist, the former are rare and scattered, while the latter have fixed activity areas, so you can just avoid them.

Some other monsters will eat mushrooms, but most of them ignore the fungal blanket itself.

However, when digging the underground tunnel, I encountered a nest of monster rats, which would bite the butt of the burrowing rat.

Lin Jun spread poison along the tunnel. After some time, he finally made them disappear completely.

On the other side, the scout Puji No. 1, who was hiding in a tree hole, had just performed an "operation" on himself and removed the magic crystal that was symbiotic with his body.

The original purpose of installing magic crystals on the scouts was to enhance their combat effectiveness. However, No. 1 has now infiltrated the elven city and no longer needs this combat effectiveness bonus. On the contrary, it would be bad if the magic crystal in his body was discovered, so he simply took it out.

After all, they were cutting open the body to separate the magic crystals that grew together, and one person might even commit suicide.

In other words, Lin Jun was able to monitor the blood volume data on the panel at any time, which allowed him to accurately control the depth and range of the dissection and barely complete this high-risk operation.

At this time, the B-level magic crystal with some mycelium attached was in the tree hole.

Scout Puji collapsed on the side, the shocking crack on his body waiting for the [Mycelium Reorganization] skill to slowly repair it.

Puji's cracked body made it impossible for him to move, and only his mycelial tentacles could move.

At this time, if any monster came, Puji would be killed.

Fortunately, this kind of thing will not happen. Before the operation, Lin Jun carefully selected this area where elves rarely go, and cleared out all threatening wild monsters nearby in advance.

Within the elves' city, apart from the domesticated ones, there are almost no wild monsters above the gold level, so it is easy for the scout Puji to clear them out.

Just lie down for a day...

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"Little Ji——!" Ellawen's clear cry echoed in the forest, startling several flying birds.

"Actually... you don't have to be so loud." Salian on the side reminded with a hint of helplessness.

He held his slender hands in front of him, with a slowly rotating, translucent spherical shadow hovering above his palms.

In the center of the shadow, the tiny outlines of him and his sister were clearly reflected, and the image radiated out to a radius of sixty meters with them as the center.

Whether it is the rear hidden by ancient trees or the roots and insects buried deep under the soil, all tangible objects are clearly presented in this magical spatial projection.

Eighth-level magic—space exploration.

Third-level magic—Illusion.

Salian skillfully combined the two magics to form a detection ball that now moved continuously with their steps.

This is not a simple superposition. It requires a deep understanding of the two magics themselves, and even more painstaking research on the subtle resonance and conflict produced when the magic nodes of the two are intertwined.

This unique spherical space phantom is the result of his personal research.

If he digs deeper along this path, he may even be able to create a variant of advanced space exploration magic.

And now, this promising wizard is using this "semi-finished product" that is still in the testing phase to help his sister find the lost mutant Puji...

Salian tiredly waved away the phantom in his hand, took out a bottle of azure magic potion from the lining of his wizard robe, and drank it.

After two days of high-intensity use of this unoptimized combination magic, even he felt it was too much.

"Maybe... it has run very far?" He chose his words carefully, subtly hinting that his sister might give up.

Having just finished that exhausting negotiation and before he had time to rest, he was dragged into this job. Salian felt exhausted both physically and mentally.

"No!" Arravin spun around, worry written all over her face. "Little Jiji is just a Puji! Even if this is Ithildorin, it's too dangerous for it! What if it gets snatched away by a ferocious forest owl or crypt lizard? It was it that saved me and brought it out of the dungeon, and now I might end up hurting it..."

Salian's mind flashed back to the "heroic image" of Puji easily beating up his sister's other monsters. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. "I'm afraid Isildolin isn't as dangerous to it as you think."

"You scared it away!" The shorter Ellawen stared at him with her clear green eyes.

Salian finally sighed resignedly, "...I know, I know. Let's keep looking."

He refocused his mind, his magic power gathering once more, and the translucent detection sphere slowly emerged from his palm. The siblings disappeared once again into the lush green shade of the trees.

I searched for another two days, but still found nothing.

On the fourth day, Salian, unable to bear it any longer, stayed at home and refused to come out.

Ellawen could only continue searching on her own, looking in the area of the tree market that had not been searched before.

…

Scout No. 1 has now recovered as before.

Lin Jun buried the magic crystal he had dug out somewhere.

It’s just a B-grade magic crystal, Lin Jun doesn’t need it at all.

The reason why the scout Puji did not go back to Ellawen's hut was mainly because Lin Jun's attention was attracted by an elf's potion shop!

There is also a potion shop in Mute Wind Town, but the owner of that shop can only mix primary mana potions and primary life potions at best. Most other potions are purchased from other places.

However, the standard of this elf potion shop is obviously completely different. All the potions in it are prepared by the shop owner himself!

(End of this chapter)