Chapter 151 148. Failure to recruit
In the swamp area, four Pujis were wrapped in cocoons made of hyphae and fell into a state of [rigor mortis].
The specific effect of this skill is unknown, so Lin Jun can only try it out and wait for the results.
The reason why the cocoon was placed in the swamp instead of the mushroom forest was mainly because we were afraid that Xiao Hei would see it and eat it directly if he passed by one day.
The swamp area smells bad, and Xiao Hei doesn't like to come here, so you can hatch it with confidence.
I don’t know what will hatch out of it?
The great expedition on the other side was going smoothly for the time being.
Although there are high-level monsters like fire demons and giant insects in the deep area, they are not everywhere.
Most of the caves are inhabited by a large number of ordinary monsters.
With the Puji army and Louisa, they are capable of conquering most caves without suffering too much loss.
However, there are still problems.
Since almost every cave has numerous passages extending in all directions, every time Lin Jun occupies a cave, he needs to arrange some Puji to guard the territory.
Otherwise, if some monsters suddenly appear and destroy the fungal blanket in the rear, causing a network outage at the front line, it would be fatal - Louisa's life.
Each cave requires dozens or even hundreds of Puji to guard the fungal blanket depending on the situation. Lin Jun's originally sufficient troop capacity is rapidly decreasing.
The normal operation of the mushroom garden requires a capacity of 800, 400 of which are on the fifth floor. If this number is reduced further, Lin Jun will feel insecure.
With the remaining capacity, at the current rate of progress, we can occupy a dozen caves without encountering BOSS-level enemies, and the expedition will be forced to stop due to insufficient cannon fodder.
so,
We must find available intelligent creatures as soon as possible to serve as intermediate nodes to expand the team.
This is also why Lin Jun gave Louisa a death order that intelligent humanoid life can only be captured but not killed.
However, so far, only two minotaurs have been captured.
There was not even a trace of the caveman that Lin Jun had high hopes for.
It is highly likely that the direction of the Great Expedition is not the same as the cavemen's lair.
In order to find the traces of the cave dwellers, Lin Jun continued to send out reconnaissance bats from the occupied caves to explore the connected passages, but so far there has been no results.
However, although there is no good news about finding cavemen, there is still bad news!
Fissures...more rifts!
Lin Jun has now occupied 4 caves, explored more than a hundred passages, and found no less than six cracks.
Although they are not big and there is no dangerous void space on the opposite side, Lin Jun can't help but feel like he is living in a dangerous building.
Sense of security, sense of security!
Why is it so difficult to stay in one place peacefully?
Lin Jun had even thought about the worst-case scenario, where he failed to seize the core and the dungeon was destroyed.
He had no choice but to escape and develop again like a lost dog.
That scene makes me sad just thinking about it.
Of course, Lin Jun also considered other methods - maybe he could find a way to let humans know the situation in the deep area?
Humans wouldn't be willing to just watch the underground city crumble, right?
Although this method is not as good as seizing the core by yourself, it is still a hundred times better than being homeless.
There are just too many uncertainties...
Returning my thoughts to the present, the two Minotaur captives have awakened, but their recruitment was not smooth.
Even though it was [Fusion Parasitized], the thoughts coming from the fungal web were still resistant and violent.
"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
It turns out that the favorability bonus brought by [Fusion Parasitism] has almost no effect on the violent and stubborn Tauren.
These two minotaurs are not without intelligence, they just would rather die than compromise.
At first, Lin Jun was still wondering if these Tauren had some kind of warrior glory, and that they could only be conquered by winning a one-on-one duel.
It turned out that was not the case. The two minotaurs were simply being racist and looked down on Puji.
Even Louisa, the vampire, looked down upon him.
Lin Jun couldn't understand the source of their inexplicable sense of superiority. Anyway, the minotaurs showed no intention of giving in from beginning to end.
Finally, Lin Jun had two more Minotaur puppets in his hands...
Lin Jun felt even worse after failing to recruit the enemy.
At times like this, it would be great if the Yellow Book could charm the Minotaur into obedience.
Unfortunately, the Yellow Book is useless and has no way to deal with the Minotaur, a culture in which written language does not exist.
What's the use of such a useless book?
Wait, it seems to be of some use!
Lin Jun remembered that the detection range of the yellow book seemed to be quite large?
…
Norris is actually quite diligent. After coming out, he focused on improving his strength and practiced his combat ability on the sixth floor almost every day.
The Yellow Book uses its detection ability to help him choose suitable combat targets. Because of its excellent skills, he can always fight against opponents of higher levels.
With the increase of experience points, my level has now reached LV27, not far from the silver level.
But today, Norris, who was suddenly called to the side of the rift, looked at the bottomless abyss below and had a bad premonition.
"Boss, what's the matter?"
"Norris, do you feel that the monsters on the sixth floor are a little too weak recently?"
Hearing this, Norris nodded.
After all, the sixth level is only level 30, so it is really hard to say how much of a challenge it is for him now.
But the seventh floor is a waterway, and he has no water skills at all, so it is not suitable for him to train there.
Not to mention the difficulty of the eighth floor, the fungal blanket was not laid successfully and it is not suitable to go there.
"Today I'm going to take you to a new place, where there are more monsters suitable for you to practice with."
“That boss…that new place can’t be…” Norris kept his eyes on the rift valley beneath his feet, and he had obviously guessed something.
Alas, Norris has grown up and it is not so easy to mobilize his emotions.
Seeing this, Lin Jun did not hide it and said affirmatively: "It's right below!"
"But Boss, I can't fly..."
"It's okay, Puji will!"
As soon as he finished speaking, four bats grabbed Norris's limbs and lifted him up.
Norris instinctively wanted to struggle, and Lin Jun kindly reminded him: "Don't move, otherwise you will fall."
Norris, who had already arrived above the rift, straightened his body instantly and let the bat Puji slowly fly down with him.
Half an hour later, Norris finally flew to the cave at the bottom, and vomited uncontrollably as soon as he landed!
I was extremely nervous and my body was tense, but after I landed safely, I could no longer suppress the nausea.
After he rested for another half an hour, Lin Jun assigned him a task - to search for traces of the cavemen together with Yellow Book.
Of course, the premise is that you do not leave the controllable range of the fungal mat.
At the same time, Lin Jun also transferred the control of two Minotaur puppets and 10 elite Pujis to him.
Combined with the detection capabilities of the Yellow Book, Norris's safety can be guaranteed.
Norris looked at the two monsters in front of him that were more than twice as tall as him and swallowed.
This was the first time he had seen a puppet individual, and it was a minotaur whose strength was far superior to his!
The feeling of commanding monsters more powerful than oneself at will is not comparable to controlling a few Pujis, which makes Norris feel strangely excited.
When Norris knew that this was a deep area, he became more cautious, but he was not timid.
The boss arranged thugs, provided a fungus net, and also provided the help of the yellow book.
If you don't have the courage to explore the area nearby, then don't even think about becoming stronger!
As for the Yellow Book, it showed much more enthusiasm than when it was playing with Norris on the sixth floor.
[Boss, just leave this to us, we guarantee it will be done easily!]
(End of this chapter)
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