Chapter 464, Section 463: Arrangements

Mushroom farm.

Little Black rubbed its rumbling belly and looked around in confusion.

A little black cat was caught by a pup as it passed by her.

She brought her hand closer to the mushroom cap, sniffed it, hesitated before taking a small bite, and then disappointedly released her grip.

Her stomach couldn't go without delicious popcorn anymore; stuffing in ordinary popcorn would be a waste of her precious stomach space.

Xiao Hei's life has become difficult lately.

Once upon a time, those delicious, irresistibly tempting Puji would always sneak into her mushroom house, and she could simply enjoy the Puji delivered to her door.

But at some point, these little creatures learned to hide.

To make matters worse, a thick, magical fog now permeates the mushroom garden, obscuring the magical fluctuations of Delicious Puffy. It's difficult to pinpoint its exact location using only [Magic Perception].

She could only reminisce about the good old days while casually peeking into Norris's mushroom house. After confirming that it was empty of mushrooms, she turned and left dejectedly.

Xiao Hei's footsteps faded into the distance. A moment later, Number One cautiously emerged from another mushroom house, followed by a group of round, delicious Puji.

Plop-plop-plop-plop-

They strode with their short, mycelial legs and quickly burrowed into the mushroom house that Little Black had already searched.

"We're safe for now!" Number One's mushroom cap drooped weakly. It still felt lingering fear when it recalled how Blackie had stopped in front of the mushroom house where they were hiding, but ultimately chose to search the one next door.

"Are we going to keep hiding like this forever?" Number Four angrily swung out its tentacle, slamming it heavily onto the soft mushroom bed with a "plop" sound.

"But we can't beat her!" Number Five huddled in the corner, trembling. "That black demon, even if we all attacked together, we couldn't hurt her at all!"

"But we are the glorious Mushroom Clan!" Number Four exclaimed excitedly. "Even if we are destined to be eaten, it should be after a heroic battle! Not like now, hiding here and there, living like that tailless lizardman who is always being chased by werewolves!"

Number Five's voice was choked with sobs: "Master gave us all the 'delicious' attribute, isn't that just to send us to be eaten by that black demon? We're born to be demon feed! Waaaaah..."

Watching Number Four enthusiastically advocating a desperate charge, and Number Five completely succumbing to defeatism, Number One felt utterly helpless.

Now, there are fewer Puji following it than at the beginning. Those that do follow it either act alone or have been recruited by the ambitious Number Two Puji.

Among the remaining brethren, Number Four was the most loyal and steadfast, but also the most reckless and impulsive.

Faced with the current predicament, it had no choice but to step forward and appease the mushrooms: "You must not speak ill of the Master! You have not understood the Master's true intentions at all! The Master bestows upon us delicious food and also helps us escape the Black Demon. It is in this chase and escape that we hone our reconnaissance awareness, counter-reconnaissance awareness, and teamwork skills!"

It intensified its resolve: "Have you all forgotten the skills the Master gave us to choose after our resurrection?"

After saying that, Number One's mushroom cap suddenly sprayed out a large amount of mist containing magic power that could interfere with magic perception.

"The Master wants us to learn to cooperate and overcome difficulties together!" Number One looked around, "What skills did you all choose?"

"accelerate."

"accelerate."

"accelerate."

"Self-destruct."

And Number Five answered with its actions: the light around it distorted, and it became invisible!

The scattered white mist is Number One's tears. When will the Mushroom Clan be able to be great again, surrounded by these insects?

Suddenly, the entrance to the Mushroom House was yanked open, and Little Black's head squeezed in.

When her golden eyes saw the delicious food sizzling all over the room, they were instantly illuminated, as if a weary traveler had finally found an oasis, her eyes filled with the joy of overcoming hardship.

Number One was shocked!

It didn't expect this demon to be so cautious, even going back to search the Mushroom House again after it had just searched it once!

Little did it know that Xiao Hei simply had a bad memory and couldn't recall which mushroom houses it had just searched.

Seeing that all their compatriots were trapped and had nowhere to escape, at the critical moment, it was Number Four who stepped forward again!

"For the glory of the Mushroom Clan!"

"idiot!"

"Number four, this place..."

boom--!!!

Amidst the deafening explosion, the Puji, along with Norris's mushroom house, were reduced to ashes, leaving only scattered mycelium dust.

Little Black stood there, blinking blankly. She let out a pitiful sob, picked up the only remaining severed leg of Number One from the ruins, and barely managed to fill her stomach with it.

Then they had to go and find other Puji again.

...

The mycelial cocoon ruptured, and Number Four, somewhat apprehensive, emerged from within. It had mentally prepared itself.

We welcome the collective condemnation from our compatriots for its previous "heroic sacrifice" that led to the annihilation of the entire army.

However, the chaotic scene of accusations that had been expected did not occur. In the room, there was only it and another Puji, Number Ten, who always preferred to be alone.

Number Four asked somewhat doubtfully through the fungal network, "Number Ten? You were also caught by the Black Demon?"

"snort!"

Number 10 didn't say anything, but he kept Number 13 in mind.

During their previous escape, when Number Thirteen was being chased by Little Black, he actually tried to use the soul connection between his compatriots to drag Number Ten, who was mixed in with the Mushroom Clan, out to be a scapegoat!

Fortunately, Number Ten remained on high alert and not only prevented Thirteen from succeeding, but also cleverly tripped him with the mycelium, causing Thirteen to fall and fall into the clutches of evil.

But what Number Ten never expected was that not only was Number Thirteen not eaten by the Black Demon, but he also turned around and joined the Demon by some unknown means, becoming a shameful traitor!

The resonance at the soul level made it almost impossible for Puji to hide. Under the despicable guidance of Number Thirteen, even someone as cautious as Number Ten could only hide for half a day before being exposed.

I swear I will not rest until I avenge this humiliation!

As for Number Four, that reckless fellow, Number Ten was too lazy to explain all the intricacies to him.

What it cares about more is that this new body seems to be much stronger and more powerful than the previous one after this rebirth. It will have to find an opportunity to test it later.

But... this doesn't seem to be a sunroom?

Number 10 and Number 4 turned around almost simultaneously, their senses locking onto the pink-haired mushroom servant behind them, who was staring at them with wide, curious eyes.

Just then, the Mushroom Master issued a decree: "Your next task is to protect Pink Puji!"

"I will obey the will of the Bacterium Master!" Number Ten went into alert almost instantly upon receiving the order, calmly assessing the surrounding environment and the condition of the protected target.

Number Four, shocked, stretched out his mycelial tentacles and touched Inanna's arm: "You...you're also a Puji?"

(End of this chapter)