This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 132, Section 131: Young Master and Maid

[Race: Red Reef Fruit Tree]

[Skills: Delicious LV2, Paralyzing Toxin LV2, Photosynthesis LV1]

Lin Jun thought for a moment, then used her tentacles to knock down a fruit.

"Dylan, you should try it."

The fruit with a spiral-shaped red shell was rolled up and brought to Dylan's front.

"As expected of the boss, he found food so quickly!"

Dylan took the bowling ball-sized fruit, which Lin Jun had already cut open for him.

Looking at the gelatinous fruit pulp inside, Dylan first took a small sip.

"Mmm!? Delicious!"

Dylan started showing off the fruit right there in front of the opening, and even tried to scoop out the pulp stuck to the inside of the shell with his hands when he was almost finished, not intending to leave any.

Before he could even make two quick movements, he suddenly lost control of his body and collapsed to the ground.

The scout flipped him over so he wouldn't suffocate face down.

Judging from his appearance, [Delicious LV2] looks really delicious, but unfortunately Lin Jun can't taste it.

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Lin Jun was interested in this skill mainly because she had seen it in the talent upgrade section.

Taking it should be equivalent to excluding it in the next skill selection, giving you a greater chance to draw useful skills.

However, to acquire this skill, you must first bring the fruit back to the dungeon.

It was unclear how long it would take for a passing ship to arrive on this deserted island.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Jun controlled the scout to scatter some spores randomly.

It's not an expansion; the newly formed fungal carpet here will not be under Lin Jun's control of the fungal network.

Lin Jun is spreading spores here simply to get more mycelium to work its magic...
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Oath City, headquarters of the Adventurers' Guild.

This four-story building, covering a total area of ​​over 3 square meters, not only has a guild hall for accepting various tasks in the usual sense, but also has many functional areas that other branches do not have.

The east wing houses the warrior training grounds, the north side the magic shooting range, the second floor has an adventurer trading area, and the basement contains a forging area that is constantly exposed to high temperatures and an alchemy area that is filled with steam of different colors...

Coupled with the massive stone walls surrounding the guild, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a city within a city with a lopsided function.

In fact, it really is.

If we delve into its history, the land occupied by the Adventurers' Guild is the original Oath City.

The people who were forced to migrate south under the attack of the demons established their first territory here.

The massive stone wall surrounding the city was even more solid than the current walls of Oath City. It was the result of the tenth-level mage personally cutting and reinforcing the stone.

Numerous magic transmission channels extend from the foundation of the wall. This is a defensive array that comes with the stone wall, and it is still functioning. It's just that we don't usually waste money to activate it.

Everyone knows that the Adventurers' Guild headquarters is the most fortified building in Oath City, second only to the Council Hall.

However, few people know that there is actually a living area inside the guild headquarters, located on the smallest fourth floor.

A few important members of the guilds live here, and the fourth floor is also fully equipped as a living area.

The dull thud of the knife striking the fruit shell echoed through the kitchen.

The shell of the red reef fruit cracked with a cross pattern. The maid used her knuckles to pry it open at the edge of the crack, and the translucent, gelatinous pulp was poured into a silver plate.

Sprinkle with crushed basil leaves and mix in a little mellow ice wine, and this dish full of exotic flavors is complete.

However, there is one last step.

Magic gathered in the maid's hands, and the radiance of purification magic shone on the silver plate, completely clearing away the paralyzing toxins from the Red Reef Fruit.

Prepare a small bowl of clam broth and place them on the tray together.

A few minutes later, the maid knocked on the door of one of the rooms on the fourth floor.

"Young Master Far, it's time for breakfast."

The white-haired young man, who was lying spread-eagled on the balcony sunbathing, raised his head upon hearing this.

"Lillian, just put breakfast on the table."

The maid, Lillian, put down the plate but didn't leave. She just stood there staring at the white-haired young man.

"Why are you watching over me?" "If I leave, the young master will definitely skip breakfast again, and I also have documents to give to him."

Fal then noticed that Lillian was holding a stack of things in her arms.

"so troublesome……"

Despite grumbling, Far sat down at the table and ate half of the fruit from the silver plate, spoonful after spoonful, and drank a small sip of soup, thus getting by with breakfast.

Even foods with the "delicious" attribute don't seem to be anything special to Fal.

After Far pushed the plate aside, Lillian laid out the documents in her hand one by one in front of him.

"Most of the materials are prepared by the guild leader for you, young master, when you take office in the branch, including information on the people in Silent Wind Town, the forces in the surrounding area, and precautions related to the Amethyst Dungeon."

The guild master Lillian mentioned is naturally the current guild master of the Adventurers' Guild, who is also Fal's father.

However, Far didn't appreciate it. He frowned, casually flipping through the documents, and said with dissatisfaction, "Mind your own business. Does he think I can't even do this level of information gathering?"

“Master is also…” Lillian seemed to want to say something in defense of the president, but was suddenly interrupted.

Holding a silver-edged document that he hadn't even opened, Far asked in confusion, "Why are there documents from the church? Are they planning a heresy trial in the dungeon?"

“Young Master, you shouldn’t use that tone to mock the Church of Light. It will cause trouble if word gets out,” Lillian reminded him.

Farz glanced at her. "Who else is here besides you? Or do you think I'm an idiot who would say the same thing outside?"

Lillian smiled slightly and said nothing more.

After a short while, Fal, having finished reviewing the documents, suddenly exclaimed, "They're really going to hold a trial of heretics in the dungeon!"

Aren't dungeons full of monsters?

“It’s a monster,” Far explained, his voice much louder than before, seemingly very interested in the matter. “A gifted squad leader from the Wings of Judgment submitted a report saying that the dungeon may have been taken over by a cluster of consciousness.”

"Conquer the dungeon? How is that possible?" Although Lillian wasn't a member of the guild, her long-term exposure to the dungeon gave her a better understanding of it than most people. "Wouldn't staying in the dungeon forever lead to assimilation and confinement? Even if it's a collective consciousness, you can only control one level at most, right?"

"Generally speaking, yes, but it's not certain if someone has taken advantage of the dungeon core. The possibility mentioned in this report does match the information from the guild."

"Controlling the core of the dungeon... Is there really anyone who can do that?"

Putting aside the difficulty of getting to the core, even if you find it, the core isn't some kind of switch that makes the dungeon change according to your wishes; it's the entire operating logic of the dungeon.

Similar to the defensive core of Oath City, daily maintenance requires more than forty professionals, and full activation requires as many as three hundred people operating simultaneously.

The Dungeon Core is far more valuable than the Oath City, and its origin remains a mystery.

Both the human and demon leaders knew that the dungeon had a so-called core, but they turned a blind eye to it. Did they not want to control the dungeon?
It's just beyond our control.

Even if new technologies were available to control it, it shouldn't be something that one or a few people could accomplish.

As for the large-scale entry of personnel and supplies into the Amethyst Underground City right under the nose of Silent Wind Town?
Even if the people over there were negligent in their duties, it shouldn't have come to this extent.

Therefore, Lillian could not believe the young master's guess.

“Lillian, you misunderstood. I said ‘exploit’ rather than ‘control’. The dungeon is not perfect; it has its vulnerabilities as well.”

"Existed?" Lillian this time accurately grasped the key point of Fal's choice of words.

"That's right, it has existed. For example, more than a hundred years ago, someone discovered that the way treasure chests refreshed was by exchanging two treasure chests through teleportation."

So someone stuffed themselves into an opened treasure chest and, after the update, arrived at a space they called the treasure vault.

After successfully obtaining a large number of top-tier equipment and items from inside, he teleported out using the same method.

Some of these pieces of equipment have even survived to this day.

"And then what?" Lillian knew things couldn't be that simple.

Far didn't keep anyone in suspense and simply revealed the sequel:

"After his second attempt, he never returned. Not only him, but all the opportunists who imitated him also disappeared into the dungeon. Clearly, the dungeon doesn't like thievery."

"If this is also a vulnerability, why hasn't the dungeon been patched?"

"That's why I guessed it might be related to the core. The stratification of monsters is the most basic rule of the Amethyst Dungeon. The breaking of this basic rule means that there is a problem with the core logic."

Of course, these are all just guesses. It's possible that the church's intelligence was wrong, or that some other coincidence led to this situation.

But anyway, this time it shouldn't be boring!

(End of this chapter)