Chapter 49 49. Gradually Spreading Mushrooms
The second floor of the dungeon.
A light breeze swept through the forest, bringing with it the fresh scent of grass and trees, and the clear spring water in the gravel stream reflected the orange and white light emitted by the fireflies.
At first glance, this is a natural woodland with lush greenery and flowing water.
But in fact, almost all of the small monsters in the forest are good at hiding and sneak attacks, and many of them are poisonous.
It is normal for newcomers to die in there if they are not prepared with antidote.
The long sword pierced into the half-man-high grass, and Gray lightly poked it, and a green scorpion as big as a foot was skewered out.
“Didn’t they say that after the demonic tide, the number of monsters would decrease significantly in the short term?
I have only been walking for a short time, but I have already killed 3 spiders, 6 scorpions and 4 small snakes..."
Calvin, who was checking the dungeon strategy on the side, explained to him without even looking up:
“The decrease in numbers refers to those high-level or large-sized monsters.
After the magic tide, the magic concentration in the dungeon will increase significantly, and low-level small monsters will benefit the most, so it is normal for them to emerge in large numbers."
As he spoke, he brought the guide in front of Gray, pointed to a spot and said, "Look, there's a common black and white python on this floor. We haven't encountered one along the way."
Gray swung his sword upwards, cutting a green snake hanging upside down above their heads in half. He took a quick glance at the strategy guide and complained:
"Five now... but this is too annoying. How long will it take to get to the next level?"
"There's still a long way to go." Calvin paused for a moment, as if studying the map. "How about this, let's take a detour and go through a natural cave. There won't be so many annoying little creatures over there."
"What's there?" Gray didn't believe that it could be a completely safe passage.
"Spider, big spider."
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Gray raised the torch in his hand, illuminating the messy and broken spider webs in the gray-white stone cave. It seemed that this place had not yet recovered from the destruction of the magic tide.
"Where's the spider?"
Calvin pointed above his head, and Gray looked over there and saw a small red dot hidden in the darkness.
"Don't worry, these guys are actually quite timid. Unless you are stuck to the net, they won't dare to come down and attack you."
"How do you know?"
"It's written in the guide."
Gray nodded, then asked, "Why don't they come down and eat this?"
As he spoke, he used a torch to drive away the darkness in front of him, revealing a Puji struggling on a spider web.
"Puji? Spiders are carnivorous, so it's normal for them not to eat it." Calvin said with a puzzled look, "But why is there a Puji here?"
"What's the problem with appearing here? Didn't we encounter the same problem on the first floor?" Gray didn't understand what was so strange.
"So people like you who don't read books don't understand anything."
Calvin moved closer to observe this strange Pooji and explained to Gray:
“The demonic tide will indeed cause the demons to flow into other levels, but they always flow from the lower levels to the upper levels.
It is almost impossible for monsters from the upper level to run to the lower level.
And this Puji is so weird, it even has tentacles..."
"That means there are also walking mushrooms in the lower levels."
"But the guide says that there is only Puji on the first floor."
"When did you write this guide? Is it out of date?"
"Three years ago, it shouldn't be outdated..." Calvin became uncertain. If the strategy was really outdated, they might encounter unexpected dangers.
Gray stepped forward and took the Puji off the spider web in front of him.
"Gray, what are you doing? This is a mutant, it could be dangerous!"
Gray shrugged. "How dangerous can a walking mushroom be? I just want to see what it's doing here."
As soon as Puji landed on the ground, four mycelium tentacles suddenly stretched out and shot into the darkness above.
After a hissing sound was heard from above, a two-meter-wide spider was pulled down, smashed heavily to the ground, and died on the spot.
Then Puji slowly dragged the spider's corpse and walked outside.
Gray turned his head and found Calvin looking straight at him.
"Okay, I admit it's a little dangerous... do you want to follow and see?"
Gray pointed at Puji, which was about to turn a corner. Its direction was not the same as theirs.
Calvin was also curious at this time. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said:
"Since we still have plenty of time, let's go and take a look!"
After reaching a consensus, the two followed Puji all the way.
I watched it slap the scorpion that attacked it away with one tentacle, and then walk into two hidden paths, and finally enter a small cave located between the cracks of the rocks, with a faint light inside.
The two men came to the edge of the cave and looked inside.
In the small cave, mycelium grows in every corner, and mushrooms of all sizes emitting faint light illuminate the entire cave.
What made the two of them gasp was...
The ground was covered with skeletons starting from the cave entrance. The corpses of wolves, black and white snakes, giant spiders, and unknown dragon beasts were mixed together.
Some of the corpses were already covered with mycelium, while others looked like they had just been moved in and the blood hadn't yet completely coagulated.
Several mutant Pujis with tentacles worked together to move the new spider corpse to the empty space, being careful not to let the corpse scratch the fungal carpet on the ground.
Gulu——
Looking at each other, Gray and Calvin saw the shock in each other's eyes.
The two of them tiptoed back slowly and did not relax until they were completely away from the cave.
As soon as he came out, Calvin complained: "Why... why are you so nervous? This is only the second floor. Are you afraid even though you are already level 31?"
"Weren't you the one who got nervous first?"
“Okay, okay, but it’s so weird that I’m definitely nervous. Where else have I seen such a brutal Poo-ji?
I will tell my teacher about this when I get back."
As he said that, Calvin turned around and looked back, and there was no Puji behind them.
"Let's go to the fifth floor first."
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Um?
Lin Jun, who was growing large mushrooms in the forest, suddenly received a picture from the second-floor branch station - two peeping human adventurers.
Is the dungeon finally open?
It seems that we need to speed up the formation of large mushrooms.
We also need to replenish the combat Puji, otherwise the guard force will not be enough and it will be troublesome if we encounter troublemakers.
As for the two adventurers, Lin Jun ignored them.
I never intended to hide this from humans, and I can't hide it even if I wanted to.
The cave was chosen to be in a remote location just to reduce harassment from monsters.
And in fact, even if you want to control it, you can't.
Unlike the direct connection through mycelium, the signal transmitted through the mushroom node has a slight delay, and what you see is the picture from about 6 minutes ago.
The Puji outside all carry out their tasks autonomously after being set.
They will only fight back unless human adventurers take the initiative to attack or snatch the monster corpses in the cave - this is also Lin Jun's consistent policy of neutrality.
If someone really destroyed these sub-stations, Lin Jun could only consider himself unlucky and wait for the other party to go down to the fifth floor before taking revenge!
(End of this chapter)
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