This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 131, Section 130: Siren? Mermaid!
Lin Jun is inspecting her mushroom web.

They searched again and again, but still couldn't find the source of the sound.

It would be fine if some sound suddenly came from the mist, but it would be a bit creepy to appear directly in the fungal web.

It's like when you come home and hear a stranger's voice coming from the next room.

come on?

Was he talking to himself or to Dylan?
He was probably talking to himself, since Dylan was dizzy.

But who could have said that?
Monster in the mist?

That monster's voice is quite beautiful, comparable to the siren in the book.

Or perhaps some kind of god, outer god, ancient god, angel, or demon?
Lin Jun couldn't help but consider all the settings from her previous life.

Perhaps this world is a drama orchestrated by some god, and I am just the clown on the stage?
I really hope it doesn't unfold like this...

The whole night was filled with things I couldn't understand, but thankfully we finally emerged from the fog and it was morning.

Six hours later.

Dylan, having basked in the sun and replenished his magic, woke up on the small boat, only to find the scout looking listless...

Dylan enjoys sunbathing with photosynthesis, but the Scout not only lacks photosynthesis but also lacks heat resistance, making it pure torture under the scorching sun.

Not to mention that he had been soaking in seawater before, so Dylan is actually in much better condition than the scout now.

Dylan looked around; there was no fog, no giant ship, and certainly no water ghosts.

"This means... they survived?"

"Not yet," Lin Jun said, pouring cold water on the idea.

Even if the sun can replenish magic, Dylan can't survive just by basking in the sun; he's half physical.

They need water and food.

Food might be able to be obtained by catching some fish, but water is out of the question.

If we had glass bottles or something similar, we could have tried to make some fresh water through evaporation, but our luggage had already sunk to the bottom of the sea with the Fengyu, so there were no containers at all.

If things don't improve within a few days, Dylan and the scout will probably turn into two dried mushrooms, one big and one small.

As day passed and night fell again, the scouts, now without the sun, finally regained some of their energy.

Scout Puji used its mycelial tentacles to pull a strange fish from the sea.

Lin Jun saw that there was no poison on the panel, so she gave it to Dylan to eat.

Of course, they ate it raw, since there was no way to start a fire on the small boat.

Halfway through my late-night snack, a beautiful sound drifted over from afar.

In the middle of the night, singing on the sea?

Actually, it's alright. As long as it's not a strange voice directly appearing in the mushroom network, Lin Jun can accept it.

[Sound Wave Detection LV6]

Lin Jun immediately spotted two figures on the distant reef.

The upper body of a human girl, and the lower body of a fish.

Kraken?

Pull open the panel.

[Race: Mermaid]

【Level: 21】

[Skill: Enchanting Voice LV4]

Okay, so calling this world "mermaids" makes sense.

But, a seductive voice... is it seductive?

To be honest, I'm... so disappointed...

Shouldn't it be that heavenly sound?

But to Lin Jun, the singing sounded... ordinary, very ordinary.

Lin Jun couldn't help but wonder if, with the added skill, Fat Tiger could also sing with a captivating effect?

At least the singing, which sounded so-so to Lin Jun, worked on the uncle next to her.

The status bar is now showing a seductive effect.

Dylan's eyes were glazed over as he reached out and rowed the boat, trying to get closer to the reef.

This was of course futile; the waves pushed the boats farther than the hand could.

Seemingly sensing that prey had taken the bait but hadn't come over yet, a mermaid dived into the water and swam over. A moment later, a pair of bare arms were on the edge of the small boat.

A girl with bright, emerald-like eyes hummed a song as she leaned against the side of the boat, gazing tenderly at Dylan.

Then she immediately lost her composure at first glance.

Uncle Dylan's face was green and covered in a bunch of mycelium, like some kind of meat that had been left out for too long and gotten moldy.

The tender look in the mermaid's eyes turned into utter shock—she had never seen anything like it before!

Her facial expressions kept changing, as if she was hesitating whether to eat something that might cause diarrhea. For a moment, even the song she was humming became perfunctory.

This is really perfunctory. If the singing before was just normal, this is now considered noise pollution.

Anyway, Lin Jun couldn't take it anymore.

The scout's mycelial tentacles suddenly extended and wrapped around the mermaid's neck the instant she realized something was wrong.

At the same time, a hand was pulled out, violently waking Dylan from his shallow state of enchantment.

This charm effect is nowhere near as good as the Yellow Book's. The Yellow Book beat Dylan half to death and still couldn't remove it.

"What...what happened?"

Being seduced doesn't mean losing your memory. Before Lin Jun could answer, Dylan quickly figured out the situation after regaining her senses.

He looked at the mermaid who was being lifted onto the boat by the neck with a plop, his face solemn.

His solemnity wasn't because he had just been bewitched; it was because he didn't understand why this thing had been brought onto the ship.
He had a bad feeling about it.

"Boss, we're not... going to eat this guy, are we?"

"If I say yes, will you eat it?"

Dylan frowned and shook his head, then nodded with difficulty after a moment of silence.

Goodness, he really has the potential to be a monster.

"Unfortunately, this isn't for eating."

Upon hearing that it wasn't food, Dylan breathed a sigh of relief.

He then asked in confusion, "Then what is this?"

Dylan didn't understand. If they were just enemies, why not just kill them? Why bring them on board?
Lin Jun explained, "This thing is intelligent."

Dylan nodded. He knew that mermaids were intelligent, but he still didn't understand why.

"Stupid, intelligent, and a good swimmer! What comes to mind?"

Dylan still didn't understand.

Alas, this child is beyond redemption.

Lin Jun simply ordered, "Dylan, beat her up."

Dylan: ?
Although I don't understand, since it's the boss's order...

Dylan threw a punch at the mermaid without holding back.

The creature in front of him was nothing more than a man-eating monster with the appearance of a young girl, who had just tried to kill him.

As the sun rose, a bruised and battered mermaid was already pulling the boat from the front.

Fungal tendrils wrapped around her waist; if she dared to slack off and not swim, the scouts would whip her.

Intelligence makes something easy to tame; if you replaced it with a large fish, it would swim around aimlessly and be impossible to control.

Thanks to the mermaid's efforts, the small boat escaped its drifting state.

I randomly chose a direction and sped off, hoping to get lucky.

If you're really unlucky, you still have food reserves to last a few more days...

……

The mermaid was lucky; before she died of exhaustion, she found a small island with her boat!
He kicked the mermaid, who was barely alive, back into the sea, where she landed with a splash on the beach of the small island.

"Finally!" Dylan cried tears of joy on the other end.

Lin Jun, however, did not feel any sense of relief or hope, since all that was there was just a little pig.

I habitually opened any of the nearby panels that I could, but they all contained ordinary items; I didn't see any monsters at the moment.

[Skill: Delicious]

Ok?
The fleeting glimpse of delicious food made Lin Jun stop and turn back to check each of the panels she had just closed.

Finally, Puji stood under a tree on the beach, where several red-shelled fruits grew...

　One more chapter is still being written... I'll do it tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)