Chapter 236 235. Exchange
The Stone Castle Underground City has changed a lot now.
The middle part of the castle is now in a semi-abandoned state. There is no one on the mottled stone walls except for the mycelium that is everywhere in the cracks.
Listening to the demons' idle chatter, there used to be moving armored guards, monsters disguised as treasure chests and other monsters here, but unfortunately they became extinct after these Chis came.
The castle is now just a piece of stone brick space. Even if it is used to lay fungus blanket and grow mushrooms, it is far less suitable than the underground part. Naturally, this area was ignored by Lin Jun.
The canyons in the upper area have almost become pastures for the Pujis. The demons lead their Pujis there regularly every day to feed the fat worms with the prepared mushrooms.
Occasionally, they would select individuals who had suffered from heat stroke and send them to the fungal mat for treatment.
Lin Jun has handed over all the tedious daily work to these demon descendants. So far, apart from one or two Puji being eaten by fat worms occasionally, nothing has gone wrong.
By the way, if Puji is eaten, your contribution will be deducted.
Lin Jun's current Puji capacity is reduced, but his territory is constantly expanding. As for various miscellaneous tasks, of course, he will hand them over to employees if possible.
In order to facilitate their work, many demons simply applied for mushroom houses in the No. 3 Mushroom Garden. For these demons, Lin Jun even provided them with magic replenishment services attentively, which made more demons who had undergone mycelium fusion more willing to stay in the mushroom garden.
After all, although you can eat mushrooms to convert magic, the efficiency and satisfaction are far inferior to direct charging from the fungal mat.
The arrival of a large number of demons also made Mushroom Garden No. 3 lively.
Norris also successfully blended in as a tailless lizard man, and no one knows that he is a human being.
Xiao Hei has gradually gotten used to the existence of these demons. Originally, Lin Jun was afraid that Xiao Hei would take away the magic core of a demon when he was not paying attention!
But in fact, due to the dark color of the magic core, Xiao Hei had little interest in it.
As for the demon, just don't get close to her mushroom house. If you get close, Xiao Hei will squeeze his head out and stare at you with his pair of golden vertical pupils.
Given that Xiao Hei's glorious record of being able to tear powerful monsters apart in an instant has long spread among the demons, naturally no one is willing to risk their own life to test her bottom line.
Therefore, the area within a ten-meter radius of the small black mushroom house has become an unspoken restricted area for the demons.
In the most conspicuous position of Mushroom Garden No. 3, under the largest mushroom tree emitting soft fluorescent light, there is a bulletin board made of "cowhide".
Written on it in slightly crooked and rounded demon language was a "list of items redeemable for contribution points", ranging from the cheapest mushrooms to magic crystals, to various potions and even included customized mushroom house expansion services!
Anyway, Lin Jun wrote down everything he could think of that could be used to... motivate the demons to work harder, and he could add in the things he didn't think of later.
As for the demon characters, they are supposed to be angular and powerful, so why are the characters on this list so rounded?
You can't expect a Pooji to use its soft hyphae tentacles to write sharp and beautiful words on the rough "cowhide"!
Anyway, the demons seem to understand...
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Shou, who had just finished handing over the cave guard mission, returned to Mushroom Garden No. 3.
Sharp weapons were tied to his two broken arms. Even though he was disabled, his level was still there, and it was still easy for him to kill some monsters roaming in the cave.
With Qiong's help, he removed the weapon from his arm.
Afterwards, he summoned the tribesmen who were gathered in the mushroom garden at the moment. After a brief discussion, Shou submitted a special exchange application to Lin Jun through the mycelium network - a magic core.
These magic cores belonged to the more than 30 demons who were unfortunately trapped in the Chiss trap and died.
After taking over Chis's territory, Lin Jun found these indigestible magic cores deep in the worm's stomach. At the pig's reminder, he collected them all.
It was Lin Jun's intention to include magic cores in the exchange project.
If the magic cores are as important to the demons as Xiaozhu described, then they will definitely let more tribesmen work to exchange for these magic cores as soon as possible, which will help Lin Jun speed up his control over the entire tribe.
Now it seems that Piglet’s information was correct!
This time, Shou wanted to exchange it for a magic core first.
Lin Jun did not agree to the request immediately, but instead asked every demon present to make a clear statement through the mycelium network: whether they would voluntarily contribute their personal points for this exchange.
Shou is the patriarch of the tribe, but in Lin Jun's system, he has no special privileges compared to other demons, and he has no right to force his tribesmen to sacrifice their contribution points. Even though Lin Jun knows that all the demons present agree, this confirmation step still has its significance.
The fact was just as expected, no demon had any objection to this, and everyone felt that it was natural to bring back their companions' magic cores first.
So, not long after, a chubby Puji struggled to crawl out from the mycelium network beside the giant mushroom tree.
It twisted its hyphae tentacles and rolled out a magic core from its body. It was taken from the boss' treasure room whose location was unknown. The magic core was emitting a dim glow!
Qiong stretched out her hand tremblingly and gently held the magic core that Puji handed to her.
The surface of the magic core is covered with fine cracks, like a spider web, but it miraculously maintains its intact shape, and there are still faint and familiar magical fluctuations inside.
Tears rolled down without warning, and Qiong called out the name of the master of the magic core hoarsely: "Yan Yan...!"
The demons around him all lowered their heads, and the air was filled with silent sorrow.
Although it was Yan Yan who initially proposed causing such losses to the demons, he was only thinking about the tribe. In the end, he stood alone at the narrow entrance and used his body to block the swarm of insects.
None of the demons had expected that the first magic core they exchanged would be his.
"Take Yan... back to the tribe." Shou's voice was also a little low.
Before leaving, Shou turned again to the Puji that brought the magic core.
He straightened his back, bent deeply in a ceremonial posture, and performed a bow that Lin Jun had never seen before.
"Thank you, Boss," Shou's voice was low but clear, full of sincere gratitude, "You not only gave the tribe hope, but also gave Yan Yan, and our people... the opportunity to return home."
Another chubby Puji next to it suddenly took a short run-up and nimbly jumped onto the wide mushroom cap of the Puji that was delivering the magic core, and stood up steadily.
The mycelium tentacles patted Shou's head and "accidentally" scratched his broken arm.
"You have earned this through your own hard work, and you deserve it! If you work hard, not only the magic core but also your hands can be restored! Even becoming stronger or getting a better place to live for the tribe is not a dream anymore!" Lin Jun skillfully made another promise.
"We will keep your words in mind."
(End of this chapter)
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