Chapter 262 261. Shenmu Underground City
After Shou made the decision to surrender, there were doubts in the tribe, but they were all persuaded by the demons who had already been connected to the fungus network.
These doubts will naturally disappear as the mushroomization of all employees is completed.
Xiaozhu actively participated in the demons' net-entry ceremony and collected a large amount of blood. She knew that this might be all her food reserves for the next period of time.
As for the newborn ceremony, after communicating with Xinghuo and Shou, Lin Jun asked them to temporarily stop the ceremony.
It’s not too late to say anything after verifying my guess. Anyway, the arrival of the two new demons has successfully aroused the confidence of other demons in the tribe in the future.
Since they are all family, Lin Jun naturally would not be stingy and decisively raised the contribution point salary of the demon clan by 50%.
So, Qiong, who had just finished her work, inexplicably received triple the contribution points...
The addition of the entire demon tribe increased the capacity of Puji by several thousand, directly solving the problem of insufficient Puji that had existed since Lin Jun took control of the dungeon.
Now, there are many more demons in the deep area.
Whether it is planting, breeding, collecting magic crystals, or patrolling and clearing slimes, they are involved.
Lin Jun could also use more Puji to do other things, such as maintaining the operation of the first few layers, and even began to release some relatively harmless-looking Puji to the surface to allow humans to gradually adapt...
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On the other side, Lin Jun did not stop exploring the rift.
The new exploration site is the dense forest. The location of the rift is quite special, opening in the ruins of the original fish people on the seventh floor.
When they were discovered, there were only a few bloated corpses of drowned monsters scattered around the crevice, and it was obvious that they could not swim.
There is actually a crack on the fifth floor that connects to the dense forest, but that crack is too conspicuous and not as good as this one, so it was sealed by Lin Jun.
Lin Jun had also investigated the so-called "dense forest". Through the types of monsters that ran over, it can be basically confirmed that it is an underground city called "Esogar" located in the Elf Forest.
"Esoggar" is the pronunciation of the Elvish language, which translates to "sacred tree", so it is also called the Sacred Tree Dungeon by humans.
If nothing else, just the name makes Zijing look inferior...
Lin Jun still has high expectations for the Shenmu Dungeon.
Unlike the Scarecrow Abyss, the species resources here are obviously richer, not to mention the elves!
Maybe you can even pick up one or two elf corpses and learn some natural magic and elven language.
The scout leaped over the crack with a splash and appeared directly at the edge of a quiet lake.
The lake water is crystal clear, but there is not a single fish in sight. It is obviously a new lake formed by water leaking from cracks.
Looking around, apart from this small body of water, there is a forest, a forest made up of huge trees!
Puji disappeared silently, flapped his wings and flew to the top of the giant tree. His perception spread out, and within the range, there was only the forest!
Above the forest is not the sky, but a huge dome that is more than a thousand meters above the ground.
The trees here all have the ability to photosynthesize, but the sunlight does not come from above the dome, but rather shines in obliquely from the intersection of the dome and the end of the forest.
Therefore, only a very small part of the branches and leaves at the top of the crown can be bathed in this precious gift.
No wonder these trees are so tall, they are all placed in this volume...
The slanting sunlight is related to the unique structure of the Shenmu Dungeon.
Unlike dungeons such as the Amethyst Dungeon or Scarecrow Abyss, which are located in special spaces, the main body of the Shenmu Dungeon is located inside the main world.
According to the information collected by Lin Jun, it is a magnificent spiral, extending downward in a contracting manner layer by layer. The dome that Puji is looking up at this moment is actually the ground of the upper layer.
The oblique sunlight came from a huge magic circle in the center of the spiral structure. It was like a huge prism, collecting and refracting the sunlight entering from the entrance and spreading it to every layer.
This magic circle is part of the rules of the Shenmu Dungeon itself.
In addition, although the Shenmu Dungeon is divided into floors one to fifteen, this is actually just a term used by the elves to conveniently describe the location, and there is no clear division itself.
Monsters in adjacent tiers are often of similar types.
But as the spiral goes deeper, the concentration of magic power rises, naturally giving rise to more dangerous existences.
Puji stood on the treetop, letting the slanting light fall on himself. The magic power in his body was slowly recovering. This was undoubtedly real sunlight, not a substitute light source such as fireflies.
By the way, there are also firefly grasses in this forest.
Unlike their counterparts that like to grow on the dome in the Amethyst Dungeon, the firefly grass of the sacred tree is almost all rooted deep in the forest, providing a little light in the dark bottom where the sun cannot reach.
Since we want to explore, we naturally have to choose a direction.
Lin Jun loves the sun the most, so naturally he has to go to the sunny side first and find out which floor he is on.
But before the scout Puji could move, a bird landed on its mushroom cap!
A big blue parrot to be exact.
However, Lin Jun was invisible at this time!
[Race: Sky Blue Parrot]
[Level: LV30]
[Skills: Acceleration LV8, Dodge LV8, Pecking LV5, Magical Perception LV4...]
Magical perception...
Since it has been delivered to my door, let’s take it as the first harvest!
The blue parrot seemed to be curious about the invisible "platform" under its feet, and its hard beak pecked at the mushroom cap without any hesitation.
Scout Puji's mycelial tentacles rose silently, approached, and suddenly rolled away.
Unexpectedly, a blue shadow flashed and the parrot flapped its wings to easily avoid it. It was so fast that only a shadow was left on the spot.
So fast!
This thing, whether it's strength or constitution attributes, is weak as a piece of shit, only its agility attribute is far above the silver level.
Puji was not willing to be outdone, and attacked with four mycelial tentacles in succession, but the blue parrot was incredibly agile, and each time it dodged and evaded the attacks with ease, narrowly grazing the edges of the tentacles.
What’s even more infuriating is that after it dodged, it didn’t fly far away, but landed lightly back on Puji’s mushroom cap, tilted its head, and even cried out!
This is pure provocation.
The scout's mushroom cap deflated, and hallucinogenic spores immediately sprayed out from under the parrot's feet.
The parrot realized something was wrong and flapped its wings in panic to escape, but it still inhaled some air. Its movements suddenly slowed down, and its originally smooth flight trajectory became shaky, as if it was drunk.
It tried to escape, and the scout Puji followed it.
Although the parrot was still faster than Puji at this time, its wobbly body and crooked route made it impossible to get rid of Puji behind it.
And the effect of the hallucinogenic spores continues to ferment in its body.
Puji was hanging behind slowly, and Lin Jun quite enjoyed the experience of slowly chasing the prey, especially after the other party had just tried to humiliate him!!!
The chase did not last long. The effect of the hallucinogenic spores took effect, and the blue parrot could no longer hold on. It plunged headfirst into the forest, and after making a clumsy emergency landing on a bush, it completely fainted.
The scout landed lightly on the ground, walked to the limp parrot, and stomped on it a few times to vent his anger without any hesitation, and then put it away.
How dare this little monster look down on Puji? I must take it back and pluck its hair alive to make chicken soup to feed the lizardmen!
After dealing with the parrot, Scout Puji was about to take off to continue exploring, but suddenly stopped.
“Huff…Huff…”
An extremely faint sound, almost completely swallowed by the rustling sound in the forest, was keenly captured by the scout Puji.
[Sound Wave Detection] swept across the surroundings like invisible ripples, but failed to lock onto the source. Lin Jun decisively switched to [Magic Perception].
This time I finally found it, in a giant tree.
After walking around this giant tree that required several people to hug, we found a hidden tree hole entrance in a tangled root system.
After Puji crawled in, he took a few steps and came to the source of the sound - a dying elf!
(End of this chapter)
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