Chapter 457, Section 456: Number One (Thanks to Alliance Leaders Anning Rainy Night and Epsilon for their generous donations)
From the perspective of [Inspiration].
Lin Jun's soul was carefully entwined with a faint blue-green soul, which was left behind by the Puji that he had just destroyed.
To be fair, the bizarre scene just now was just as terrifying to Lin Jun as if her right hand had suddenly started talking to her.
Lin Jun instinctively blew it up, and what burst out after the creature died was this small clump of blue soul.
The same color as Lin Jun.
This was only natural. After a little investigation, Lin Jun understood that it was actually a small part "stripped" off from his own soul!
Although it is one's own soul, it has a consciousness different from one's own; this is clearly the work of the complete sunstone.
So... does this artifact cause people to suffer from mental breakdowns?
That's just too outrageous.
However, it is still a little different. Rather than a split personality, this soul is more like a "sub-consciousness" derived from his main consciousness.
Lin Jun could clearly sense that she could reabsorb and integrate it at any time, or...
With a change of perspective, Lin Jun remembered that she had made several cocoons back then.
The one in the swamp area had long since rotted away, and the one in the fifth-level cave had been destroyed by adventurers who had broken in at some unknown time...
Finally, he found the remaining two well-preserved mycelial cocoons in the deeper area and brought them over with him.
He attempted to exchange the cyan soul in his hand with one of his own soul tentacles inside a mycelial cocoon.
Sure enough, not long after, the mycelial cocoon began to wriggle again.
Puji popped out again: "Mom..."
Snap—
Mom my foot!
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Jun directly attempted to absorb it. The small clump of soul merged into his main consciousness without any hindrance, without generating any independent or unusual thoughts. It merely added a memory fragment from the perspective of that Puji, devoid of any emotional color, like watching a videotape.
Therefore, this is a controllable form of schizophrenia.
Damn it, why do my split-off mental entities keep calling me "Mom"? Can't they be normal for once?
There are still many functions to study, so Lin Jun turned her attention to the last cocoon.
...
Stone Fortress Underground City, Mushroom Garden.
An unremarkable-looking Puji stood quietly at the edge of the mushroom garden, curiously observing the mushroom farmers and other Puji coming and going, experiencing this novel world.
It is called "Number One Ji", a name given to it by its owner when it was born!
As the first Puji created by the Bacteria Master to possess complete intelligence, it carries a great mission—to go out for a stroll.
After being placed in the mushroom garden by its owner, everything here seemed new and exciting to it.
Although its innate common sense allows it to easily identify which of the fungal people are of mushroom lineage and which are half-demons.
However, having relevant common sense in one's mind and seeing it in person are still very different for it.
Is this the paradise and mushroom servants created by the mushroom master? It's truly beautiful...
Suddenly, a foot kicked Number One in the buttocks, causing it to roll several times on the ground.
Norris, who was hurrying along with the wine box, hurriedly pulled his leg back, peeked at the ordinary Puji that he had kicked away, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was unharmed, so he was about to continue on his way.
The sinister words of the boss from the deepest district still lingered in his mind, and he desperately needed some alcohol to bolster his courage.
Just as he was about to leave, the little creature suddenly kicked him, sending him tumbling over.
"Boss?"
Norris was about to cry. Was accidentally bumping into Puji going to be the reason for the boss's revenge?
However, it wasn't the boss's voice coming from the mushroom net.
"You think you can just run away after kicking me?"
Norris looked around but didn't see anyone else. Finally, his gaze fell on Puji in front of him, and he asked uncertainly, "Is...you the one who's talking?"
Puff extended a tentacle and tapped the scales on Norris's cheek: "Who else did you kick just now?"
Norris was silent for a moment: "Boss... please stop playing this game..."
"What 'boss'? My name is Number One!"
After a series of nonsensical exchanges, Norris finally figured out a startling fact—this little Puji in front of him actually possessed independent consciousness!
"You said you were created by the 'Master of Fungi'?"
Number One proudly nodded his mushroom hat.
Norris understood perfectly. The so-called "Master" was probably the boss, and this Number One was obviously a new thing that the boss had come up with.
The boss always manages to come up with something new, this time it's just a little more special.
Having spent so much time with Lin Jun, Norris is quite receptive to new things.
"So it has some kind of magical core embedded in it? That's amazing!" Norris asked curiously, picking up Puji and examining it.
"How...how dare you!"
Number One angrily slapped Norris's hand away, jumped down, and leaped back to the ground into a fighting stance.
He was enraged by the lizardman's rudeness!
As the noble heir of the fungus, how dare he be so desecrated by a lowly non-mushroom creature!
It felt the mycelium on its body tremble slightly from the surging anger!
"Wait, calm down, Number One!" Norris realized that his momentary curiosity had offended the other party, so he quickly took two steps back and waved his hands frantically, trying to calm the unique Puji.
He dared not lay a hand on his boss's new creation; if he accidentally broke it, who knew what terrible retaliation he would face.
However, Number One, who prided himself on being the original subject of the Bacterium Lord and was arrogant, could not forgive the lizardman for insulting him twice in a row.
A flash of cold light appeared at the tip of the mycelial tentacles, instantly ejecting sharp blades. With a stomp of its short legs, it charged toward Norris at top speed!
Suddenly, a huge, jet-black claw reached out from behind, grabbed Number One's mushroom cap, and lifted it into the air like a small toy.
Not quite realizing what was happening, Number One was still kicking its two short legs in vain.
When it realized that it had been ambushed from behind by another being and lifted up in such a humiliating manner, its anger intensified and almost burst forth!
Another rude person!
Without hesitation, it swung its tentacle blades backward and slashed fiercely. With a series of crisp "clanging" sounds, all the attacks were deflected!
The next second, it was shoved into a pitch-black mouth full of sharp teeth by an irresistible force.
"Little Black Sister, no!" Norris cried out in terror.
But the little black dog's movements were too smooth as it grabbed Puji and put it in its mouth. By the time Norris spoke, Puji had already struggled and been put into the little black dog's mouth.
Awoo.
While chewing on his puchi, Little Black tilted his head and looked at Norris with his big, bewildered, and innocent eyes, as if trying to figure out why he had called for a stop earlier.
Norris stared wide-eyed as he watched helplessly as Number One's two struggling short legs drooped limply to the ground, his heart filled with terror...
...
Looking at the pale blue soul orb that rolled back, belonging to Number One, Lin Jun felt a little speechless.
Inside the Sunstone room, a large number of mycelial cocoons were being nurtured under the sunstone's illumination. These special Puji, born from his soul fragments, could not increase his total Puji limit like the parasitized humanoid creatures, but their value lay in granting high-level combat Puji stronger autonomous combat capabilities.
Lin Jun originally planned to manufacture a batch for actual combat testing.
But looking at the soul of this little chick that "died before it even got started," and recalling the one that cried "Mommy" as soon as it emerged from its cocoon, Lin Jun suddenly began to doubt the intelligence level of these intelligent chicks.
Are they all mentally challenged?
(End of this chapter)
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