Chapter 47 47. Not on purpose
Although the demonic tide has subsided, the impact it brought is far from over.
The fifth floor is now in ruins after being ravaged by the demonic tide.
A third of the trees in the forest had been set on fire by burning beetles, and their charred trunks lay in the cracked soil.
One third of the trees were knocked down and trampled by the giant monsters. These thirty-meter-tall trees were uprooted, and the trunks were covered with claw marks and footprints.
The forest area has shrunk by nearly 70%, and the tree canopy that originally blocked out the sun has now revealed large areas of fluorescent domes.
However, fallen trees can be used as breeding grounds for mycelium, which Lin Jun can accept.
The poisonous fog lake is more miserable.
The poisonous three-headed snake crossed half of the fifth layer, leaving dark green poisonous scabs along the way. No grass grew wherever it passed - and the Poison Mist Lake happened to be on this path.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to call it Venom Lake now.
In the deep green lake water, all native species no longer exist, only piles of dead fish and shrimp float to the shore and stink.
The poisonous water eroded the surrounding soil, and no vegetation could grow nearby, including Lin Jun's mushrooms.
He does have toxin resistance, but it is only level 4.
The spores that were tried to be sprinkled disappeared in an instant and were completely unable to withstand such a strong poison.
But this is not a complete dead end.
A small dragon beast that looked like a scaly salamander moved in.
[Race: Dragon Beast-Miraji]
[Racial Talent: Diaphragm (The whole body inside and outside is protected by the diaphragm)]
To be honest, Lin Jun wasn't quite sure how a diaphragm could completely block the effects of venom, but they did.
In addition, he has a certain resistance to poison and is now living well in the venom lake.
It's a pity that racial talents cannot be taken away, otherwise it would be quite interesting to have Puji wrap a diaphragm.
However, Lin Jun felt that these Mirajis would not exist for long.
Now they fill their stomachs with dead fish and shrimps from the lake, but they will eventually run out of food.
The original ecology of the lake had long been destroyed by the venom.
That means we will run out of food soon.
If they run out of food, they will probably become extinct naturally.
However, they have the [Scale Armor] skill, so maybe you could consider keeping them?
I just don't know if they eat mushrooms.
Lakes and forests are the areas that have been most severely damaged.
As for the cave, it was purely blew up by Lin Jun himself, and it will be a long project to dig it again.
The only area on the fifth floor that has not changed much is the swamp area.
Although the fungal carpet in Lin Jun's swamp area was completely crushed, the environment itself did not change much. In fact, due to the accumulation of corpses, the concentration of magic power in the swamp even increased.
It is one of the few good news after the demon tide.
Compared to the ground, the fungal carpet on the dome is almost intact.
Even if there were flying monsters, none of them in the demon tide would come and waste time destroying the mushrooms on the dome.
Now, the mushroom caps on the dome are shaking gently.
The spores that had been accumulated for a long time were scattered out in waves, and the entire fifth floor was covered with light blue and gray spore snow.
Although the wandering monsters have not been completely cleared out, the remaining numbers can no longer cause too much damage. It is time to restore the mushroom garden to life.
On the fungal carpet near the ruins of Dylan's hut.
A brand new Puji was born, and Lin Jun had special expectations for it.
Puji, who had finally matured, twisted his body, disconnected from the fungal blanket, and stood up in high spirits.
A pair of claws picked it up, and then the dragon man bit it off.
"How does it feel?" Lin Jun asked.
When the dragon man took this bite, he couldn't bite through all the mycelium and had to tear it apart before he could eat it.
The dragon man chewed the mycelium repeatedly before finally swallowing it.
"This is delicious, I like it!"
Just like it, this is a spicy noodle with a specially optimized taste!
In addition to [Magic Storage LV6], this Puji also has [Toughness LV5].
"Then when you're done eating, go help me kill some monsters. I'll give you a few more like this when you come back."
The dragon man nodded while chewing. After the battle, there was food, just like before.
But before I could only eat big lizards and smelly rats with hard meat, but now I can eat soft and chewy large mushrooms!
She was very satisfied.
"By the way, do you have a name?"
In fact, Lin Jun wanted to ask this question a long time ago.
Through the panel, Lin Jun can see everyone's name, but there is no name column on this dragon man's panel.
I'm not sure if she doesn't have a name or if there's some special reason why I can't see it.
It should have a name.
The dragon woman can speak, but her pronunciation is very strange, and Lin Jun can only tell that she is not speaking human language.
I seriously suspect it's dragon language.
If we have language and can communicate, then we should have names.
Unexpectedly, the dragon man shook his head while chewing the mycelium in his mouth:
"No name, Dalong said. The weak ones have no names."
Ah this...
Lin Jun felt that he probably didn't deserve to have a name.
"Who is Dalong? Is he the super scary dragon that day?"
When mentioning the dragon, the dragon man shuddered subconsciously.
"No, that's mom. Dalong is much smaller than mom."
It really is the dragon’s cub!
But thinking about her behavior that day, why are you so afraid of your mother?
Could it be a menopausal woman?
As for the "big dragon", it sounds like a different dragon.
Are there a lot of dragons and dragon people living together over there?
"What do they call you then?"
"Svirgis."
"So your name is Svirgis?"
The dragon man continued to shake his head: "No, all the weak ones are Svirgis."
Wow, it turns out to be a general term. Lin Jun understood.
He had already imagined a cruel dragon society where noobs were discriminated against without even a name and were only called "lower class" or something like that.
However, even though the dragon person has no name, I can't always call her "you you you" right?
Using Svirgis also feels weird.
"How about I give you a name?"
Unexpectedly, the dragon man heard this and shook his head firmly, saying, "Become stronger and you will have a name!"
It turns out that you don’t care about my name. You are still a dragon man with dreams.
There was no other choice, Lin Jun could only settle for the next best thing.
"But I have to call you something. The word Svirgis doesn't refer to you alone. It's awkward for me to use it, and it's too hard to pronounce.
How about I call you 'Xiao Hei'?
I'm not giving you a name, I'm just calling you that."
It’s not that Lin Jun has no taste and only uses words like Xiaohei and Xiaobai, it’s mainly because this is not a name.
It's just a temporary name anyway, so there's no need to spend too much time thinking about it.
The dragon man tilted his head and thought about it, and didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with it, so he nodded in agreement.
After agreeing on the name, the spicy noodles were finally eaten up - the added [toughness] made them much more durable.
Xiao Hei stretched out on the ground, then excitedly went to beat the monster as Lin Jun asked.
Lin Jun discovered that there seemed to be an extra line on her panel?
[Name: Xiao Hei]
[Race: Dragon Man]
…
Feel sorry!
I should think about it seriously!
Didn’t they say it doesn’t count as naming? What the hell is this mechanism?!
(End of this chapter)
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