Chapter 321 320. Go steal your own house
In Mushroom Garden No. 3, Norris and Louisa, who had just finished an intense sparring match, were taking a break.
"Sister Xue, thank you for your guidance!" Norris leaned half of his body out of Jida and said while panting slightly, but with a happy smile on his face.
Louisa nodded slightly, but looked at Norris with some doubts.
"What's wrong, Sister Blood? Do you need... to suck blood?" Norris tilted his head, revealing his neck.
"No, it's not." Louisa shook her head. She was no longer worried about the blood. She was just a little confused. "You seem to be much more energetic recently."
"Ah, is that so? Hahaha!" Hearing this, Norris scratched his head with a smile, "Maybe I've been sleeping well recently, unlike some time ago, when I always had those exhausting dreams."
"It's a very tiring dream..." Louisa repeated in a low voice, her heart moved slightly, remembering that she seemed to have had a similar experience a while ago, and wondered if there was any connection between them.
Norris suddenly thought of something and spoke directly to Lin Jun through the fungus network: "Boss, I saw a kind of electric discharge device in the prisoner punishment room last time. Can you add this function to Jida's drill?"
However, the boss didn't respond as quickly as usual. There was a moment of silence on the other end of the fungus network before a distinctly absent-minded voice rang out, "We'll talk later."
Norris came close to Louisa and whispered, “What’s wrong with the boss? Are you in a bad mood?”
Louisa shrugged. How would she know?
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Lin Jun was indeed in a bad mood.
The reason is simple - he has been "being beaten" every night recently!
Unfortunately, Aidin was unable to find any useful information regarding the investigation into the "strange dream".
And for some reason, starting from the second night, the intensity of the invasion Inanna encountered in her dream more than doubled!
Although he was not unable to protect Inanna, Lin Jun, who was originally quite at ease, was suddenly trapped in a situation where he was blocked and attacked.
Now every night it’s not just abrasions, but the little finger and thumb are bleeding from being stuck in the water pipe and then pricked with a needle!
Initially, Lin Jun just wanted to help Inanna resist the invasion and have everyone happy; now, he only wants to find out the mastermind behind the scenes and settle the score with him.
To reverse the situation as quickly as possible, the most direct way is to consume a large number of Dream Flowers and quickly increase the skill level of [Spirit Guidance].
Inanna resolutely took on this difficult task - to steal flowers from her own treasury!
Lin Jun felt that with her abilities, she would be caught red-handed sooner or later.
But even if you get caught, it's not a big problem.
Inanna herself will not suffer any serious consequences, and once the situation of the "strange dream" is exposed, Lin Jun also has his own follow-up plans.
The most important thing right now is to eat enough flowers, improve the skill level, and get rid of this situation of being passively beaten every night.
As for the bacterial network connection problem...
The Duke's Mansion is about two days' journey from the Mushroom City. Now, traces of mycelium can be seen everywhere in this area and its surroundings.
In fact, even in the outskirts of the two cities adjacent to Mushroom City, Noweide and Yufan Port, fungal mats have begun to spread.
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The spread of the fungal blanket expanded the range of the Puji masters' activities, and they naturally began to become active in Norweide and Fishing Port.
Their appearance quickly aroused the hostility of local veteran adventurers and mercenaries.
The reason is simple, they are trying to steal business!
A commission that originally required a four-person adventure team to accept can now be completed by just two Puji masters leading their Puji team. This is even the result of forming a team specifically to reduce Puji losses.
This is not only true for subjugation commissions, but even traveling caravans prefer to hire Pujishi as guards.
Unlike human mercenaries who prioritize self-preservation when encountering enemies, the Pujis are obviously more "dedicated".
They will carry out orders without hesitation and do their best to complete the task even at the cost of their own lives.
For merchants, they only need to pay a "Puji loss compensation" which is far lower than the pension of human mercenaries, which greatly reduces costs.
However, these two small cities are ultimately limited in size and can only generate so many commissions.
When the relatively cheap and efficient Puji Masters snatched away most of the commissions, the livelihoods of the adventurers and mercenaries who originally relied on these missions for their livelihoods suddenly became precarious.
Some people, based on the principle of "join if you can't beat them", after finding out the situation, set off for the dungeon to seek "baptism", eager to become a new Puji master.
But many more were unwilling to accept this change and unable to adapt. After being completely crushed by the competition, they had no choice but to stay in the pub, drowning their sorrows in wine, complaining, and cursing the puffers who had taken their jobs.
This sentiment continued to spread, gained recognition through mutual sharing, and fermented into a general resentment.
Then at some point it exploded!
"Get out, freak!"
At the door of a noisy tavern in Norweg, a figure in a gray robe was violently pushed out and fell to the ground.
The hood slipped off, revealing faint traces of white mycelium on his face. It was obvious that he was a Puji master.
The few Pujis that had been quietly staying outside immediately ran towards him and gathered closely around him.
He was kicked out by a group of drunken mercenaries.
They blocked the door of the tavern, their faces a mixture of drunkenness, anger and undisguised hostility.
Inside the pub, there were sounds of cheering and fanning the flames.
Only the tavern owner was unhappy about the customers being driven away, but it was difficult to say anything in such an atmosphere.
The voice behind him made the mercenary even more proud, and he laughed loudly at Master Puji's appearance.
Master Puji clenched his fists and finally chose to be patient.
Not to mention the three mercenaries in front of him, if a fight really started, there was no telling whether anyone else in the tavern would join in. He didn't want to take the risk for such a dispute that had no benefit at all.
He said nothing, got up, and wanted to leave with Puji.
However, his appearance made the mercenaries even more aggressive.
Not only did they mock him without restraint, calling him a "waste of money who only dared to rely on a bunch of mushrooms", one of them even caught up with him in a few steps, grabbed one of Puji's short legs and lifted it upside down.
"What Chef Puji? He just brought a bunch of ingredients. Let's use them to make soup tonight!" He didn't loosen his strength in the hand that was holding Puji, and directly crushed Puji's feet.
Master Puji's voice came: "Put it down..."
"So what if you don't let me go?" The mercenary drew the knife from his waist and pointed it at Master Puji.
An electric current spread from the puff in his hand throughout his body, and the mercenary's body was instantly paralyzed.
Another Puji whipped the weapon away, and then a Puji with a shell hit the mercenary in the face, knocking out several teeth.
"You're looking for death!" The mercenary's two companions drew their weapons and rushed forward cursing.
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Boom! (There's still chapter left in half an hour)
(End of this chapter)
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