Who designed this underworld dungeon?.

Chapter 613 Fusion Cards!
Heines has come to the right person: how to get the adventurers to calm down?
That was a perfect fit for Gong Qiying, whose specialty was silencing adventurers, even in the face of death.

In addition, the Cangyin Dungeon is quite versatile, and these requests that suddenly pop up like side quests are simply pure fun!

However, Gong Qiying should not pursue pleasure excessively and ignore the objective situation.

If it were happening in his own Sien Dungeon, he could start designing underworld contraptions right now.

But this was someone else's Azure Underground City, and he remembered it.
“I remember your dungeons weren’t exactly known for their difficulty,” he said.

Dungeons that market themselves on difficulty are good, and most dungeon owners like to create such dungeons. However, the problem is that once the difficulty increases, there must be enough rewards to support people's progress and create a cycle that encourages people to continuously explore the dungeon. Otherwise, it will become a lousy dungeon with only difficulty and no rewards.

Few dungeons can offer enough rewards to build such a sustainable model, and the one with a constant stream of inspiration and never-repeating materials like the Sien Dungeon is truly unique.

If Cangyin Dungeon really wants to increase its difficulty, it should seriously consider whether it's worth it.

Don't let this happen again, driving away the adventurers who would normally come from your own dungeon.

"Yes, I have increased the intensity to the maximum level that everyone can accept."

Hines wiped away her tears, her eyes still a little red. Her expression was a mixture of helplessness and melancholy, like a homeowner watching a bunch of thieves running rampant in her house, doing unspeakable things, and being powerless to do anything about it through the security camera.

Well, actually, many city lords live rather stifled lives like this; Gong Qiying, who can do whatever he wants, is a minority.

"I now understand why people come to me."

"People used to come for the Green Tree Spirit. The sap of the Green Tree Spirit can promote plant growth and has a chance to cause giant mutations, which is just right to support the agriculture of my town, Spring City. Because the Green Tree Spirit is an elite monster, the mental strength of people who come to challenge it can keep the dungeon running."

"However, the sales of agricultural products in Kasuga City have been affected by certain events, which is why fewer people are coming to my place."

She smiled as she said this.

"Thanks to the miraculous plants you gave me, I was able to bring this underground city back to life!"

Gong Qiying also gave a humble smile and nodded.

However, he seemed to have guessed what had caused the impact on the sales of agricultural products in Spring City, so there was a hint of guilt in his humble expression.

There's nothing we can do about it. How can giant vegetables possibly taste as good as the ingredients in the gourmet food section? It doesn't seem like a big problem that they've been squeezed out of the market.

"What did you make with those plants?" He was curious about how Henny used the plants, and also the matching zombies.

“Plant the plants in secluded places and let them attack the adventurers,” Hynes said immediately.

It's a very simple usage, nothing wrong with it.

After all, it's difficult to replicate a live-action Plants vs. Zombies game in reality. You can't really confine adventurers to their courtyards to grow plants and then have the zombies split into several groups and strictly follow a pre-planned route, that would seem a bit strange.

“Plant plants on the zombies’ heads and let them roam around attacking adventurers,” Haynes added.

A good use of it, and it can also give adventurers a mental blow.

"Put some nicer plants in the garden so that people who come in can enjoy them," she said, finishing with her last purpose.

The Azure Dungeon is not a place to pursue strength. It can be roughly divided into two areas: one is a garden area where there is no danger and people can stroll around and enjoy the scenery like a park; the other is a combat area where elite monsters such as tree spirits, as well as wandering zombies and plants exist.

"Where's the reward?"

"It's just the sap of the green tree spirit, and some things that can be used in planting. We also give some plants to people we like, since they don't have anything too good to offer."

At this point, her eyes lowered, and she said:
"As a result, the wrong decision to send plants attracted a bunch of strange people."

As she said this, she took out the photos of the underground city and showed them to Gong Qiying, so that he could experience firsthand what the strange and wonderful was like.

Even Gong Qiying couldn't help but show an indescribable expression when he saw the adventurers' antics.

"It turns out that people who develop a craving for plants online are real."

Even excluding those sleazy adventurers, the things the rest of the people did were still very strange.

Some wizards would cast defensive spells on themselves, then squat in front of the Peashooter with their mouths open, eating every pea the Peashooter shot at them, until they were full, then pat their bellies and leave. More ambitious people would gather Peashooters, Cabbage-pults, Watermelon-pults, and other similar creatures together to make a healthy salad.

Then, the elven chef Kulipa, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, arrived with a bunch of ingredients from the Celtic culinary region, exploring ways to combine these plants in cooking. So, you were the one who dared to eat fiery chili peppers!
Others tried watering plants with the sap of the green tree spirits, growing pea shooters and sunflowers the size of houses, much to the delight of giant plant enthusiasts.

It seems that because of the demonstration effect of these people, the people of Spring City have set off a wave of exploring what other magical uses the plants in the Azure Underground City have, and this activity is still very popular to this day.

There are many more bizarre uses that have been developed than those mentioned above.

In the current Cangyin Underground City, people are actively seeking out these plants, then finding a comfortable spot to lie down, mouths agape, waiting for delicious food to fall from the sky.

"For behavior like theirs, you can stop them by increasing the power of the plants and making them explode a few more times."

Gong Qiying said with a look of utter despair.

“But I just want people to have more awe for this place. Well, not exactly awe, but at least some respect. If I increase the potency of the plants, I’m afraid it will affect the flow of people again,” Hines said with a worry.

"But if we don't increase the power, more and more adventurers are complaining that the difficulty here is too low. They say they'd rather starve than take on any quests related to me. That's outrageous!"

I see, I understand. She's reluctant to give up the current foot traffic, but she also finds it hard to accept.

It's hard to call her pretentious, because if someone did that in the Sien Dungeon, Gong Qiying would also find it hard to look at.

But there are still adventurers who complain that the dungeons are too easy?
Where did this masochist come from?

Hines showed him a bunch of videos of adventurers complaining about the low difficulty of the Azure Dungeon.

Gong Qiying looked at the adventurers, all of whom were equipped with gear from the Sien Dungeon, and fell silent.

The blame lies with Bede City and Spring City being too close, which attracts the demons and monsters locked up in the Sien Dungeon.

"I swear I never intended to cultivate any strange fetishes in adventurers." Gong Qiying muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear. He wouldn't take the blame for adventurers turning into masochists.

"Yes, is there any way?" Hynes looked at him with expectant eyes.

When a junior asked for help, Gong Qiying's response was—

"Since the adventurers are using plants to create elaborate tricks in the competition, then we—no, you—simply need to create even more elaborate tricks than the adventurers."

"Huh!?" Hynes said, looking completely bewildered, "But I don't have anything I can stick inside the giant mushroom."

"Let's use this one!"

Gong Qiying slapped a card in front of her.

She quickly went over to take a look, and saw something she had never imagined.

The card's name is [Fusion].

The effect is to select your own monster as the fusion material and summon a fusion monster.

What do you mean by giving me this?

Hannes held the cards, bewildered, while Gong Qiying patted her on the shoulder, gave her a thumbs up, and said:

"Unleash your imagination."

Hybrid plants, making their grand entrance!
“In addition,” Gong Qiying said, “the conditions you set for sending out the plant were too simple. Such rare things cannot be given away so easily. More conditions need to be set. I have experience in this area and can teach you.”

He now acts like a conscientious old teacher, but not the kind who drives a jeep with a cane.

"Also, didn't some adventurers complain that your difficulty is too low? Then increase the difficulty for them by changing the map of the combat zone. However, you can only increase the difficulty in the depths of the combat zone. I will teach you how to design it, and I guarantee they will feel as happy as if they are coming home."

Under Hynes's admiring gaze, Gong Qiying drew a line on the miniature model of the Cangyin Underground City.

"Let's try two painful paths first."

(End of this chapter)