Chapter 222 221. Integration
[Seven Sins of Greed Trigger]
[Plundering skills: Cold resistance LV7→LV8]
[Plundering Skill: Bite LV3→LV4]
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On the fungal mat, the flesh and blood of the fat worms had been completely decomposed, leaving only the thick and tough skin and a circle of blunt teeth.
This leather is a good thing, tough and thick. Many demons use it to sew clothes to keep warm.
Although Lin Jun couldn't use it for the time being, he dried it and put it into the material library for future use.
As for the teeth, they are indeed too ordinary and useless. Even if they are polished to a reflective finish, they are not in Xiao Hei's eyes. In the end, they can only be treated as waste and thrown into the corrosive slime Puji's stomach to be disposed of.
Although the resistance is sufficient, Lin Jun did not give up the breeding of lipid worms.
Resistance, as a passive attribute, is never too high.
Besides, in this barren place in the Far North, there are really not many other production options except raising these thick-skinned and thick-fleshed fat worms.
On the other side, when the resistance reached the standard, Lin Jun immediately sent out a group of drill drills to dig all the way to the tribe from underground.
However, digging a hole in the Far North is much more difficult than expected.
The heat emitted by drilling into the ground will melt the tiny ice crystals in the soil, which not only makes the passage damp and muddy, but also wastes a lot of energy. The excavation speed is much slower than that of the Amethyst Dungeon.
What's even more troublesome is that the deep layer here is not all frozen soil, and it is common to encounter large areas of hard ice while digging. In this case, Puji can only choose to take a detour.
After all, no matter how powerful the mycelium is, it can't grow directly on the ice...
It is estimated that it will take at least half a month to completely open up the underground mycelium network connecting the Demon Tribe and its surrounding areas.
What made Lin Jun happy was that the Demonic Tribe did not send anyone south, but chose to contact him first.
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"Puff! Here I come again!"
From a distance, Qiong waved her intact arms to greet the Pujis who were feeding fat worms in the distance.
This time he was accompanied by two people.
Shou, whose hands are still disabled, and another brand new demon.
Whether migrating south or not, obtaining food from the underground city is essential for survival.
Out of caution, Shou decided to come and see for himself what this "job" in Qiongkou was all about.
A bat flew down from the cliff and landed precisely on top of Shou's head.
The corner of Shou's eye twitched slightly, but he said nothing.
"Qiong, Shou, welcome back, who is this...?" Lin Jun's voice rang through the fungus net in the two people's consciousness.
"His name is Ze! He comes here to work with us this time!" Qiong answered loudly as usual, as if talking to the air.
"What?" Ze, who was suddenly called but could not hear any sound from the fungus network, looked around subconsciously with a confused look on his face.
"Huh?" Qiong finally reacted and blinked in confusion. Could it be that Puji was also shy and didn't want to "talk" to strangers?
He thought Puji also used telepathy to communicate.
Shouze lowered his head thoughtfully and glanced at the mycelium entangled on his arm.
He still brought the three people to the mushroom forest. At this time, the mushroom forest had begun to take shape. Mushroom trees emitting faint blue fluorescence were scattered around. Fluorescent spores floated in the air like fine snow, beginning to reveal the unique charm of the mushroom forest.
Along the way, Ze's eyes were not enough as he looked curiously at the busy Puji, the fungal carpet covering the ground, and the glowing mushrooms of various shapes.
Then they saw the scene of Jida fighting the vampire.
Shou and Ze almost instinctively tensed their bodies and assumed fighting stances. Ze even subconsciously touched the bone blade at his waist!
"Don't be nervous, we are just practicing." Lin Jun stopped them in time.
To be precise, Norris used his own blood to ask Louisa to practice with him, but there is no need to explain this in detail to the demons.
After three bowls of glowing "special fluorescent mushroom soup" were placed on the table, Lin Jun got to the point:
"Qiong, Shou, if you two want to work, you're always welcome. But what about this Ze..."
"Any questions?" asked Shou.
"It's like this," Lin Jun explained, "I can communicate with you because of the mycelium symbiosis in your body. Danzig doesn't have it, so I can't even communicate with him."
In fact, there is also the language Puji, but Lin Jun obviously will not bring it out at this time.
"In other words, it must first...become symbiotic with the mycelium before it can work?"
"That's right. Consciousness connection is the foundation of Puji's operation." Lin Jun said frankly, "But I have to make it clear first, once symbiotic, the hyphae will be difficult to separate, and you will need to replenish magic power regularly. When I first met you, Qiong was unable to communicate, and Shou's life was hanging by a thread, so I had to do this. Please forgive me."
"No way! I'm lucky to be alive, how can I blame you..." Qiong waved his hands repeatedly.
The hunter weighs the pros and cons secretly.
He brought Ze here this time to understand the mycelium in this body. For the sake of the tribe, the three of them would be abandoned if necessary. Ze had already understood this before he came.
But at the moment, it seems that apart from using "symbiosis" instead of the more harsh "parasitism", the Lord of Puji does not seem to have concealed anything else, and even took the initiative to point out the consequences of symbiosis that are difficult to separate.
At least for now, there is no obvious malice or trap.
In fact, deep down, he also wanted to believe Puji who saved his life, but as the leader of the tribe, he had to consider it more even if he was unwilling.
After Ze nodded and agreed to connect to the fungus network, Lin Jun summoned Louisa.
Qiong seemed to have guessed something, but Shou frowned: "First Embrace?"
"Of course not, it's just to make some space in his body to make it easier to stuff the mycelium in." Lin Junluan explained.
There is no other way. After all, if we directly say that it is half-dead in order to parasitize, it would seem too evil.
Of course, Louisa was very happy about this good job, and she gave Ze, who was ready to die, a "loving" hug.
After the event, Louisa quite gentlemanly picked up the exhausted Ze Heng and carried him to a nearby mushroom house to rest.
After most of the day, the slightly weak Ze crawled out of the mushroom house and officially became a glorious "half-mushroom man".
Then, under Puji's guidance, they passed through the rift.
But this time, Lin Jun didn't let them collect firefly grass.
Instead, the three were sent to a cave guarded by cave dwellers to defend against monsters together.
The cave dwellers were not friendly neighbors, and they were indifferent but also had a hint of hostility towards the new demons.
Qiong felt uncomfortable all over. Compared with the last time when she was happily digging grass with Puji and the others, this time she felt much more depressed.
What Shou observed was something deeper: these low-IQ creatures, which were also parasitized by mycelium, did not seem to be living badly.
There is plenty of food, and he fights alongside Puji in battle instead of being treated as a consumable.
As for the little unpleasantness between him and his caveman colleague, Shou felt a little more at ease...
In just two days, the mushrooms earned by the three of them piled up into a small mountain, and it took two fat guys to carry them away!
Lin Jun symbolically charged them both contribution points for the shipping fee this time, and reminded them: "Next time, it's best to bring your own transportation and save the contribution points to buy other things."
Looking at the three people leaving, Lin Jun knew that this demon tribe was most likely safe.
During the communication before leaving, through the fungus network, Lin Jun already felt that Shou's vigilance towards him had relaxed a lot.
Sure enough, just two days later, more demons appeared in Mushroom Garden No. 3.
Looking at the endless stream of "customers", Louisa fell into a long-lost, sweet trouble.
Xiao Hei developed an inexplicable sense of vigilance, and at her strong request, Lin Jun had to help her move the mushroom house and Liang Jingjing to a corner where no one passed by, and only then did she feel at ease.
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In the far north, Lin Jun was assimilating the demon village step by step, while also harassing the war dolls in the core area.
The Pujis rushed across the center of the platform at a fixed frequency, fled in panic, and died immediately. As soon as the war puppets returned to their positions, the next cannon fodder rushed in again...
As time went by, the dungeon's collapse became more and more serious, which directly affected the adventurers who were still unaware of it...
Tomorrow 3
(End of this chapter)
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