This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 108, Section 107: Temporarily Irreplaceable
Inside the hollow of the mountain.

The slime sits atop the rift, oblivious to the swarming wolves and tigers around it, filtering the magic and curses from the water source day after day, year after year.

Even if a Puji were right next to it using its skills to build a rocky framework, it wouldn't be interested in sucking the Puji into its body with just a slight thud.

How should I put it...? She has a great personality?

This is the first time I've ever seen such a Zen-like slime, Lin Jun.

Of course, this is on the premise that you don't move it from the water source; if you do, it will resist fiercely.

Lin Jun has already studied this fissure.

I'm not sure where the other side is, but it shouldn't be the Dragon Cliff dungeon from the Demon Tide arc.

Last time, when two large cracks appeared on the fifth floor, there wasn't a single curse. This is clearly not the same style.

Speaking of curses reminded Lin Jun of the abyssal magic of those black-robed men.

However, compared to the black-robed man's abyssal magic, which had limited range and duration, the curse on the other side of the rift was clearly of a much higher level.

Lin Jun tried to command Puji to extend its mycelial tentacles to the other side of the crack. As soon as the tentacles reached the other side, the curse effect surged. Half of the tentacles immediately turned into ashes, and even Puji itself was affected, collapsing to the ground and corroding away in no time.

Even with increased health, a professional Poji equipped with [Corrosion Resistance LV5] was still killed by the curse in a single encounter.

The only information obtained was that the rift seemed to have opened in the middle of a canal on the other side, and there were some swaying shadows on both sides of the canal. In the magical water, perception was too blurry to see exactly what it was.

In conclusion, the idea of ​​inserting the mycelium in the opposite direction is not feasible for the time being; at least the corrosion resistance must be developed first.

Lin Jun then tried to see if she could block it.

This thing looks far too dangerous no matter how you look at it. If no one takes care of it, it will conservatively affect half of the sixth floor, and the subsequent changes are unknown.

Although it can bring magical benefits, it's not worth it compared to the risks; it would be best to shut it down.

It's obviously impossible to block it with mycelium; it will be corroded when it encounters a curse.

Lin Jun first used a plastering method, using the rocks generated by the puffing to seal the cracks tightly, so that not a single drop of water could leak through.

The result was that the curse remained enveloping the entire mountain cavity, and it deepened and spread outwards over time.

Contrary to Lin Jun's initial assessment, the curse was not hidden in the water.

The mode of transmission has been re-estimated to be radiation.

They had to break open the sealed stone wall again and put the slime back in its original position.

Unable to block it, Lin Jun settled for second best, wondering if she could use a regular slime to block it.

After all, Lin Jun wanted to try out the rare skills on this two-colored slime.

After the two-colored slime split into a red slime, Lin Jun blocked the opening with the red slime.

The red slime wasn't very appreciative. It struggled constantly at first, but only started filtering water obediently after being suppressed by Puji with a stone slab.

However, as magic power accumulated within her body, the red slime grew larger and larger, and its struggles became increasingly intense. It was about to become uncontrollable, and Lin Jun was already planning to order its demise.

Before Lin Jun could even make a move...

Snapped!
It exploded on its own!

The burst of bodily fluids caused the surrounding Puji to stagger and fall, and even the two Puji that were controlling the two-colored slime were covered in the fluids and couldn't climb out for a while.

As soon as the two-colored slime broke free of its restraints, it bounced back.

This was the first time Lin Jun had ever heard of slimes being able to burst...

Two-color slimes don't risk bursting because they split every so often, unlike regular slimes.

In the end, after fiddling around for so long, everything could only remain the same.

The two-colored slime suppresses the rift, and the surrounding puffies not only cannot harm it, but must also be well cared for.

However, Lin Jun couldn't just do nothing.

The Puji are now using their rock-creating skills to build cages, or more accurately, hanging cages, around the slimes.

The solid cage bottom has a small hole that fits snugly into the crack, and two drainage outlets. The top of the cage has a switchable exit, allowing the slimes created from the splitting process to escape and enjoy a one-stop service of slaughter and dismemberment.

The top of the cage is hooked with tentacles made of mycelium that have been reinforced with [toughness], so that the two-colored slime can be lifted up and the cracks can be exposed when needed.

Inside the mountain cave, Lin Jun placed a full 40 Puji (a type of creature) on standby for an extended period.

These Puji have at least increased health and possess [Corrosion Resistance].

They can be considered a group of junior elites.

Besides being responsible for slaughtering the splitting slimes, they also have to deal with any unexpected situations that may occur here.

For example, if a two-colored slime suddenly dies, the Puji have to use their bodies to plug the crack.

With their health and resistance, each Puji can buy Lin Jun about half a minute, giving her a chance to react.

In addition to these, they have another task: to train their corrosion resistance.

Every so often, lift the cage up to release a little bit of the Corrosive Curse, and use it immediately. Repeat this process to slowly level up the skill.

This was all thanks to Lin Jun's preventative measures.

This crack is very strange; it's uncertain whether it will disappear or expand later.

If it were expanded and the entire sixth floor were turned into a forbidden zone of corruption and curse, then Lin Jun would really only be able to live a secluded life within the first five floors, even assuming that the stairs could block the curse.

But if I can increase my corrosion resistance and become immune to curses, I might be able to develop in the opposite direction and expand my territory!

With everything arranged, the Puji outside began filling in the soil.

This is a new batch of Puji engineering teams; the previous batch almost all perished in the slime flood.

They are filling the rubble and soil back in, burying the breach in the mountainside, leaving only an underground passage reinforced by mycelium.

To prevent curious adventurers from accidentally wandering into this side of the rift.

……

[Level Up: LV52 → LV53]

[Seven Sins of Greed Trigger]

[Plunder Skill: Scale Armor LV5→LV6]

[Plunder Skill: Corrosion Resistance LV5→LV6]

[Plunder Skill: Saliva Arrow LV3→LV4]

Oh!
Just what I wished for came true: the corrosion resistance has been upgraded!

The batch of dragon beasts Miraji that we harvested earlier has been almost completely decomposed.

Putting aside the purely entertaining skill of spitting arrows, Lin Jun originally raised Miraji mainly for its scales, but now it seems that corrosion resistance is also very important. Perhaps she could consider expanding the scale of her breeding?

Although I want to do this, there are no new breeding sites available at the moment.

After all, new breeding sites also need an environment like Venom Lake, where Miraji can hide and protect himself.

Otherwise, if passing monsters and adventurers could just casually loot them, that wouldn't be called farming, that would be called charity.

In addition, this time not only were my skills upgraded, but my level, which had been stuck for a long time, also increased by one level!
To be honest, leveling up is really slow once you reach a high level. My level has barely changed since the Demon Tide.

The joy of rapid upgrades that I experienced in the deep zones is gone forever.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. A level 50-something guy like me, stuck at the level cap of LV25 all day, relying on natural gathering and decomposing corpses for experience, it's no wonder I can't level up quickly.

If I really want to level up quickly, I'm afraid I'll have to go back down and clash fiercely with those high-level monsters!
Speaking of which, there's another very interesting place on the sixth floor—a rift valley that leads directly to the deep zone.

That is the place where Inanna fell.

After capturing the dome and opening the entire map, Lin Jun confirmed her location.

Now that the slime crisis has been resolved, I naturally have time to study it.

There's just one problem: of all these rift valleys, which one leads to the place I came from?
(End of this chapter)