Chapter 60 60. Patching the Mushroom Garden
“This is too uncomfortable.”
Wells stepped barefoot on the fungal mat, and it was like stepping into gelatinous honey, with each toe gap filled with slippery active substances.
There is even some thread when I lift my feet up...
The situation was similar for the other people; everyone's shoes were worn out by the Venom Lake.
"I say, why don't we go back to the mushroom road? There are no hyphae there."
The captain interrupted Wells's complaints and said, "Show some perseverance. You are an adventurer, right? We will soon see the forest. Then we can return to the road."
"Tsk." Wells felt that the captain was always belittling him openly or secretly, what a petty-minded guy.
As if to vent his anger, he stomped hard on the fungal mat in front of him.
"Fuck!"
A sharp piece of gravel pierced Wells' foot, and he squatted down in pain.
"Are you okay? Let me see!"
Jinny came over when she heard the scream and held Wells' sticky feet in her hands without any disgust.
"It's not a big deal, just a minor injury. I can take care of it quickly."
As she spoke, she reached out and pulled out the piece of rubble, then used her staff to stimulate Wells' potential.
As expected, Wells soon stopped feeling pain, his wounds gradually healed, and he even felt more energetic.
"Thank you, Jinny."
Hearing the thanks, Jinny gave Wells a smile.
The captain standing by couldn't stand it any longer: "If you're okay, leave now. Don't do stupid things like getting hurt by gravel again."
The wizard standing at the back wanted to say something, but some puffy figures appeared faintly in the distance.
"Another patrol."
There are about 10 Pujis wandering randomly on the mycelium ground.
Almost all of them are mutant species with tentacles, scales, or muzzles.
This is already the third wave along the way. I wonder if there will be fewer if we follow the mushroom road?
No one wants to fight Puji. Adventurers already knew before the Demon Tide that the Pujis on the fifth floor are strong and have no drops.
After struggling to get out of the pile of mushrooms, I got nothing except two chewier slices of mushrooms to roast.
It's a pure loss-making business, so of course you should avoid it if you can.
The wizard first turned off the lighting spell, and then cast invisibility on several people.
Just like the previous times, everyone stayed where they were, waiting for the Puji patrol to leave.
But this time there seemed to be something unexpected.
A Puji with the most ordinary appearance, without tentacles or scales, suddenly broke away from the team and walked a few steps towards them.
Afterwards, the Puji patrol team, which was about to leave, was led by this ordinary Puji to change direction and walk straight towards the few people.
Seeing this, the captain cursed inwardly: "What a shitty luck, Wells, the monster corpse!"
Wells took one of the bags on his back, selected a dog-shaped monster from it, and threw it out.
The monster's corpse immediately attracted the attention of the Puji team. They surrounded it, wrapped it with their tentacles, and then changed direction to the swamp.
Seeing Puji disappear, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, there were no accidents on the road afterwards, otherwise the monster corpses would have been fed to the patrol team.
But when the team saw the forest, or rather the mushroom forest, they had to stop.
"Why did the forest become this?"
"What is this?" Wells touched a huge mushroom, feeling the fluffy touch on his hand, "I've never seen a mushroom grow so big..."
"Such a big glowing mushroom...ah...ah...what is that?"
The captain suddenly sneezed.
The wizard seemed to have thought of something and looked up. From the folds under the big mushroom cap, light green spores were constantly falling.
"Everyone stand back, it might be poisonous."
Hearing this, everyone retreated thirty steps away before stopping.
"If the whole forest is like this, taking antidote potions won't be enough. Do we still want to go in?" Wells asked.
"I think we should forget it. Look at that."
Following the direction of the dwarf's finger, Wells squinted his eyes, but still saw nothing.
It’s just a corner of the mushroom forest, what’s so special about it?
But the people around me have already exclaimed “Oh my!”
"What on earth is it?" Wells asked Jinny in a low voice.
Jini glanced at him and whispered quietly, "Look carefully under the mushroom tree."
Wells endured the numbing feeling in his ears and looked over again.
This time, he seemed to see a... Puji that was exactly the same color as the mushroom stem?
Standing under the mushroom tree, you can’t tell them apart at a glance!
"Mimicry?"
The wizard nodded: "It should be, we don't know how many Puji are inside.
The information on that sign appears to be correct.
I suggest you give up exploring here and go down to the sixth floor directly."
The captain seemed a little unwilling: "Didn't the sign say there was a small path where we could find Fat Puji to exchange things?"
Hearing this, several people looked around and actually saw a small dirt road.
The captain seemed to feel better when he saw this.
“Let’s go this way and take a look. There are still a few monster corpses in Wells anyway.
If we can confirm that we can change them, we can bring more when we come back from the sixth floor."
Everyone who comes to the dungeon for adventure wants to earn more, so naturally they won’t object.
Wells was even a little bit excited: "I wonder what I can exchange it for? It shouldn't be too bad!"
When they walked all the way to the entrance of the cave which was seven or eight meters high, they found that someone had already arrived there.
A cry of surprise came from the cave:
"A-grade magic crystal!"
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[Magic Perception LV6] + [Airflow Perception LV7] + [Light Perception LV4] + [Sound Wave Detection LV6]
Another scout Puff landed freshly.
See how those who like to play stealth can sneak across!
If you have the ability, fly directly over the fifth floor!
After patching the fifth-level security, Lin Jun checked his own panel again.
【Mimesis LV4】
After hundreds of Pujis worked day and night these days, it was finally upgraded, a few days later than expected.
After Xiao Hei disguised herself, she no longer had to be confined to the mushroom forest. These days, she was asked to stay in her nest and was obviously becoming more and more irritable.
Lin Jun also thought about asking Dylan to comfort Xiao Hei. As a father of a daughter, he should know how to coax a little girl, right?
But I gave up in the end because I was afraid that Dylan would go into my stomach if I coaxed him.
Fortunately, Dylan is no longer needed, and Xiao Hei can be upgraded now.
Lin Jun was just about to call Xiao Hei when a preset message came from the fungus network, sent by Fatty Puji.
The grand prize has been announced! ?
The mushroom garden reopened, and in order to achieve publicity effect, Lin Jun stuffed an A-grade magic crystal into the fat man's pocket.
I just didn't expect it to come out so soon.
It’s a really random draw. I’m really kind.
Lin Jun shifted his gaze over there, he was also curious about who was so lucky.
Um?
Two teams?
Still arguing?
Why did they start fighting?
Damn it, don't hurt my fat guy!
(End of this chapter)
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