Chapter 328 327. How long can mushrooms live?
What a tough guy who is not afraid of death!
His defenses are still high, so it will take a long time to pry out the information.
This made Lin Jun a little worried.
He suddenly remembered that he still had an old booklet that he had found in a chest in the secret room. At that time, because his Elvish proficiency was not high enough, he had to rely on guesswork to read it, so he had put it aside and never read it carefully.
Now that I think about it, perhaps this booklet is related to the elves like Pelagle?
It is definitely unrealistic to read it yourself. With an Elvish language level of LV6, half of the reading depends on guessing.
Fortunately, this time there is a "language master" in our team.
…
Puji put the old booklet and the yellow book together.
[? ]
"Translate." Lin Jun gave the order concisely.
[learn!]
The yellow book immediately began to work, and the translation appeared page by page according to the contents of the booklet. The booklet was not thick, so the translation work was completed quickly.
However, the result disappointed Lin Jun.
This is not a book that records secrets. Its content mainly describes the phenomenon of "fog", denouncing it as "the cancer of the world", claiming that it can devour everything and turn everything it touches into chaos.
In the last paragraph of the booklet, it also accused the current Elf Royal Court of being isolated in a corner and indifferent to the drastic changes in the outside world, saying: When the disaster really comes, it will be too late to respond.
No wonder such remarks are locked in a box and gathering dust.
The content about "fog" is somewhat similar to what the elf said in the street speech that day, but it seems to have little connection with Pelagle and his group who spread "madness".
Alas...it seems that beneath the harmonious appearance of the elves, there are many problems!
However, Lin Jun agrees with the statement in the book that "fog is the cancer of the world."
According to some historical records he knew, the Western Archipelago once had thousands of islands, which were an extremely important existence that various forces competed to win over.
It’s not like today, there are only more than 300 islands left, and their presence is much less than before.
Everyone knows that one day, the fog will completely swallow up the entire archipelago.
But then what?
Will the fog continue to spread and begin to engulf the continent?
Although there is no precedent, Lin Jun feels that this possibility is not small.
In the long run, the Mist is undoubtedly a threat that must be taken seriously. The best-case scenario is that all races can put aside their differences and work together to explore the root causes and find solutions.
However, in the current situation where various ethnic groups are harboring ulterior motives and wars are raging, who has the energy to care about the distant fog except for the local forces that are half-dead and struggling on the archipelago?
The humans and demons closest to the archipelago are fighting each other on the mainland.
As for the dwarves and elves, no matter what they thought in their hearts, the long distance was always an insurmountable practical obstacle.
This is also what Lin Jun thinks is the problem with this booklet. What can it do even if the Elf Royal Court attaches importance to the fog?
If you send a team over there, humans might think you are here to gather intelligence.
But for Lin Jun, the most important issue is not the fog itself, but how long can he live?
It's a mushroom!
It is not completely impossible that it will suddenly wither and die tomorrow.
If he only had a few years or decades left to live, Lin Jun didn't care what would happen to the fog in the future.
After I die, why would I care about the fog that destroys the world?
But if I could live for hundreds of years, or even gain near-eternal life like a vampire... then this problem would be serious!
Of course, no matter what, the fog is not something he should worry about right now.
Humans and demons don’t care, so why should Lin Jun, a mere mushroom, care about it!
Not getting much useful information from the booklet, Lin Jun had to return the yellow book to Norris.
Regarding the [Madness] incident, the elf's storyline naturally couldn't be easily abandoned. Although Pelager was resolute, his mental strength would always gradually weaken with continued consumption.
As long as you spend more time and try repeatedly, there will always be a chance to break through his defenses and get key information.
Of course, we can't pin all our hopes on the interrogation elves. We might need to form an exploration team to delve into the lower levels of the Shenmu Dungeon and conduct a field survey of the specific conditions there.
Lin Jun always felt that spreading [madness] should not be the ultimate goal.
After all, even if all the monsters in the Shenmu Dungeon turned into crazy lunatics fighting each other until they were extinct, who would be truly benefited?
Oh, it seems like I can decompose it myself...
Let’s continue thinking along this line of thought.
The elves discovered that the spread of [Madness] was causing the dungeon's ecology to be on the verge of collapse. At that time, the fungal creep and Puji would emerge and "take over" each floor, which seemed so natural and reasonable...
This is really... the biggest beneficiary is actually myself!
Lin Jun was beginning to suspect that he was the mastermind...
Of course, the Ark Oath behind it is very likely to have other unknown purposes, and the exploration team is going down to try to find relevant information.
After much thought, there are only two options.
Or, guide the elves to notice the abnormality here and let them take the lead.
After all, this is a matter on the elves' own territory. Lin Jun is just an "outsider" and there is no reason for him to take all the trouble on himself!
But the problem with doing this is that it is difficult for Puji to blend into the elf team and obtain real-time intelligence.
The second option is to send people down to explore.
Since the operation will be out of the coverage of the fungal blanket, the main force can only be handed over to his subordinates. Lin Jun can only remotely command one or two scouts to accompany him through [Follower Control].
Considering the danger level of the deep dungeon itself, coupled with the unknown variables brought by [Madness], and the vagueness of the mission objectives, it is conceivable that this will be a very dangerous trip.
It is too extravagant to use demon descendants. It is difficult to recover the magic core after death. For demon descendants, the loss of magic core is much greater than the loss of a few tribesmen dying in battle.
It seems that the only option is to use prisoners of war.
But the prisoners' current fighting capacity, as can be seen from their last battle with the elves, is really not satisfactory.
Not to mention the stupid lizardman mage who was killed instantly, the control level of others is also very worrying.
When they command Puji, they just rush forward mindlessly without any tactics at all.
Puji controlled by different people will even interfere with each other and block their attack routes.
In short: insufficient training and low combat effectiveness.
Although they are prisoners, they are also potential subordinates in the future. Lin Jun would feel sad if he lost too many of them.
If we really want to send them, it seems that we can only choose those individuals with strong individual strength, such as... the half-demon leader?
…
In the far north, Bastardos, the former half-demon leader who was sprinkling mushrooms on fat worms, raised his head.
Looking at the marshal walking towards him, he laughed.
He sighed heavily.
He had a feeling that his leisurely days seemed to be coming to an end...
(End of this chapter)
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