Chapter 397 396. Dependent Maker
In the deep area of Puji Dungeon, in an uninhabited cave.
This is a remote place with no special products.
Before the fungal mat appeared, this place was bare and there was nothing. After the fungal mat spread, mushrooms grew and attracted some rolling beetles that feed on mushrooms to live in it. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
There are many similar caves in the deep area. Lin Jun usually conducts any skill experiments in these places, and today is no exception.
As the experiment began, the magic power in the entire cave's fungal carpet began to converge madly towards one point.
The rolling beetles, which were insensitive to magic, were completely unaware of this change and were still leisurely nibbling on the mushrooms in the fungal mat.
A rolling beetle was gnawing on a plump mushroom when it suddenly noticed that the cap under its mouth was rapidly shrunken and dried up, as if the essence of life had been sucked out in an instant.
It turned its simple brain in confusion, but before it had time to look for the next mushroom, its entire body was blown away by a strong force.
In mid-air, the stressed rolling beetle curled up into a ball, and the moment it landed, it rolled and disappeared into a place like a crack in the rock.
In the center of the cave, the vortex of magic almost became material, and the fungal blanket lost its luster at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning from lustrous and plump to withered, and finally completely lost its activity.
This is not the end. Even the adjacent caves were not spared, and the mushrooms that were once thriving have withered away.
When the storm of magic subsided, the fungal mats in five entire caves disappeared because the magic power was drained away.
And in exchange for this, Lin Jun gained... half a knight's butt...
After the magic vortex disappeared, Puji's butt, which had lost its support, shook a little and fell onto the dead fungal carpet.
Very good, I was just too imaginative. This new ability doesn't come with free magic power...
[Achievement: Dependent Maker (Quickly create a Dependent)]
This achievement appeared immediately after [Puji Creation] was upgraded to LV10 yesterday.
The achievement system has always been a mystery. The conditions for obtaining all achievements are hidden, and ordinary people don’t even have the opportunity to access achievements.
But obviously, one of the conditions for the appearance of this [Follower Maker] must be that [Puji Creation] reaches the maximum level, or some other creative skill reaches the maximum level?
The effect is just as it says, quickly creating a Puji, but now it requires normal mana consumption.
Lin Jun is now at [Puji Creation LV10]. Without using magic to shorten the time, a cannon fodder Puji with three or four skills only takes a few hours, an elite Puji with less than ten skills and corresponding attributes takes about five days, and a more powerful one like a heavy armor Puji and a scout Puji takes about half a month.
The birth of these Puji can be accelerated by magic, just like the cult incident, all those cannon fodder Puji used to explode the poison were born in just half a minute.
But there is a limit to the acceleration. Under extreme circumstances of wasting mana, an elite Puji can land in half a day, but a scout Puji will need at least three days.
As for the knight, that thing can only be raised slowly.
Although the generation of this achievement ability has failed, this is the reason why Lin Jun wants to be greedy and get the knight for free.
According to normal magic consumption, elite Puji can be generated on the fungal blanket without pressure. With a little preparation and pre-charging, scouts and heavy armor Puji can be quickly generated.
Simply put, Lin Jun will be able to airdrop high-level Puji in the future, and won't have to rely on cannon fodder Puji every time.
Theoretically, Knight Puji can also be airborne, but even the magic power required to normally breed Knight Puji far exceeds the upper limit that a fungal blanket can store.
Lin Jun changed the cave and prepared to spawn a heavy armored Puji to see.
But this time, there was no response...
Ok...it turns out there is a cooling function...
After some research, it was roughly confirmed that this ability can be used once every five days.
In this case, this capability cannot be used as a regular means of production and can only be used for emergency purposes.
I feel it's okay. After all, it's just an achievement that I got for free for some unknown reason.
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On the other hand, the city in the far north has begun to take shape thanks to the voluntary labor of multiple ethnic groups.
According to Lin Jun's request, a circular city wall was built with four gates, namely the North Gate, South Gate, West Gate and Jiao Gate.
In the future, all the captives under his command will be moved there instead of being crowded in the mushroom garden like they are now.
Among these prisoners, there are not only combatants.
Back then, the Half-Demon Tribe had their home robbed by the abominable Chis... Speaking of Chis, Lin Jun was furious. After stealing his spoils, this guy had vanished without a trace. No one knew where he was hiding, so Lin Jun couldn't find him even when he wanted to cause trouble...
In short, there were only combatants left in the half-demon tribe, but the entire lizardman tribe was packed up and brought back by Lin Jun.
Later, as Lin Jun redeemed various slaves from other tribes, the population composition of his subordinates became more and more complex.
Among them are demons, humans, and even dwarves, and most of them are not combatants.
A fortress city with sound defensive capabilities is quite necessary.
Now that the project is about to be completed, the chief engineer Shou came over and asked Lin Jun to name the city.
Lin Jun thought for a moment and said, "If we want to be more domineering, let's call it Mycelium Bun!"
Shou didn't feel the domineering power between the lines at all. He wanted to speak several times, but gave up in the end.
Just when Lin Jun was thinking about how to develop the Mycelium Bunji Castle into the City of World Desire, Xinghuo came over to report a bad news to Marshal Puji on the hunting head.
"Are you saying that several nearby tribes might unite to deal with us? How can you tell?"
Lin Jun quickly scanned several locations in the northern border and didn't find anything special.
"Boss, it's about trade. The slaves that the nearby tribes have recently brought in for trade are almost all weak, disabled, or children who lack the ability to fight. And they are all exchanged for ordinary mushrooms, not gourmet mushrooms."
"you mean?"
"The former suggests they're wary of our continued growth, while the latter suggests they're likely preparing for war. After all, with the arrival of spring, even in the North, food sources are plentiful. It doesn't make sense to stockpile ordinary mushrooms instead of enjoying gourmet mushrooms. As for the target of their war... given their near-simultaneous changes, they're likely secretly connected, so the most likely target is us."
Xinghuo paused and added, "Of course, this is just my personal speculation and needs to be verified by multiple parties."
"Hmm... that makes some sense." Although he said that, Lin Jun was thinking, how could he guess so much from one transaction?
Besides, everyone's business is going well, why would they suddenly call me? I haven't even started yet!
It is not difficult to verify the speculation about the spark. You can figure it out by spending some time paying close attention to it.
But even if it was true, Lin Jun was not too worried.
The combined strength of the tribes within the range is not weak, but Lin Jun's strength in the far north has already changed dramatically, coupled with the more extensive fungal blanket.
Putting aside other things, if they really dared to attack, it would be easy for Lin Jun to defeat them one by one just by relying on his hard power and vision advantage.
In comparison, the changes on the other side concerning the situation on the mainland are much more important.
(End of this chapter)
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