This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 134, Section 133: Underwater
In the deep water, a formation of five diving boats is cautiously descending.

The group suddenly changed direction, swimming sideways for several dozen meters before continuing downstream.

There was a large, almost completely transparent fish in front of the Puji just now, but it was completely exposed by [Sound Detection].

With continuous exploration, they soon discovered another strange fish in the distance with mouthparts that could extend more than 30 meters.

A diving creature used an infrasonic attack, which didn't do enough damage to the strange fish, but it made it uncomfortable!
Sure enough, the strange fish turned around and swam away to another location.

But when a giant jellyfish catches up with the Puji team, intending to wipe them all out.

The last one, Puji, broke away from the group and rushed towards the jellyfish behind it.

thump—

After a muffled thud, the jellyfish shattered everywhere, leaving a large hole in its body and rendering it immobile.

It's a self-destruction!
Lin Jun added a self-destruction element!

This is already the third batch of diving poops.

After the first batch was wiped out, Lin Jun, having learned her lesson, decided to add the [Self-Destruct] skill.

As expected, even Puji couldn't escape the fate of self-destruction.

Lin Jun used this skill from LV5 to LV6, making it even more powerful.

The seventh floor was even more challenging than Lin Jun had imagined, with the most difficult part being the appearance of giant monsters.

Perhaps it's because they grow larger in deep water?
Giant monsters mean that, at the same level, they have higher stats and more health.

The situation was similar to that of the Earth Worms back then; two Earth Worms, each less than LV50, wiped out Lin Jun's expeditionary force.

At the same level, if it were a spider or a minotaur, it would have been taken down long ago.

The same applies to the giant monsters in the water on the seventh floor; the Puji are inherently weaker in water combat.

While it's not that they can't win, going to war with them would be a thankless and exhausting endeavor.

Lin Jun simply wanted to explore all the bodies of water, so naturally she avoided them whenever possible.

Fortunately, monsters are still monsters, and their habits and attack patterns are predictable.

Through three rounds of trial and error, Lin Jun had almost finished memorizing the script.

Finally, the four Puji successfully reached the bottom layer filled with sand and ruins.

There are probably many hiding places on the lower levels, so giant monsters generally don't come down, making it quite safe...

A pair of pincers suddenly shot out from the sand at the bottom of the water and grabbed the tail of a diving fish.

[Infrasonic Attack LV6] x4
The attack, which ignores defense, is extremely effective against this crab monster that relies solely on its shell for defense.

It shattered the inside of its body, and the pincers that were gripping Puji naturally loosened their grip.

Also killed were two other crab monsters hiding in the sand who hadn't had a chance to attack yet.

Puji had a gash in his waist, making it difficult for him to move, and he only had a sliver of blood left.

Perfect for clearing a path!
The bloodied Puji swam with difficulty ahead, while the three healthy Puji followed slowly behind.

This time, Lin Jun made the diving creatures float to the surface, creating a five or six-meter distance between them and the sandy bottom, so they wouldn't be attacked by crabs.

The bottom floor was indeed a refuge for small monsters. In just a short while, Lin Jun saw four or five types of monsters that she had never seen before.

These small monsters hide in the ruins of ancient sites or, like the crab monsters, burrow in the sand.

None of them are strong; they don't even dare to attack when they see groups of puffy creatures.

As Lin Jun traveled along, looking at the ruins of these stone buildings, she kept wondering what area this used to be.
Residential area?
Unlike other buildings, these stone pillars, though collapsed and dilapidated, still vaguely reveal that they must have been magnificent buildings in the past, while the residential houses should be smaller.

However, if we're talking about large venues like temples, council chambers, or palaces, everything here seems rather austere. There are no superfluous decorations, nor any statues representing any particular god or person.

Lin Jun felt that the place was a bit too "clean".

In my mind, shouldn't underwater ruins and shipwrecks contain rusty ironware, treasure chests, and the like?
There's nothing here but rocks.

Human adventurers?
This guess was immediately rejected by Lin Jun.

It's not that humans can't get here, but the difficulty is obviously incomparable to fishing only at the upper levels.

Given how difficult it is, one would definitely pick out the best items on the way down, not leave everything clean.

It's highly likely that there was no treasure here to begin with...

The exploration lasted for nearly two hours, and surprisingly, they didn't encounter any particularly fatal dangers. The low-health Poji still hadn't been completely consumed!

Although there was nothing particularly noteworthy, Lin Jun also did not find any trace of the crack for the time being.

Is that good news?

While Lin Jun was lost in thought, a diver splashed past a patch of seaweed, and its scales caught on an inconspicuous hook.

The hook was pulled by the splash, and the next second the seaweed attached to the hook was quickly pulled back, taking the splash with it.

A sharp stone pillar pierced through the hooked-down Puji, sending it instantly to Puji Star.

Lin Jun quickly stopped the remaining 2.5 Puji and carefully observed the surrounding environment.

That's when I realized there was more than one hook. Many of the seaweed plants were attached to the hooks, and the hooks were attached by hand rather than growing naturally like that.

The bottom of the seaweed connected to the hook is a primitive yet ingenious mechanism, used to pull back the prey caught by the hook, and finally, these sharp stone pillars placed at the bottom complete the kill.

Lin Jun saw some aquatic monsters also strung on the stone pillars.

This is clearly a trap set by an intelligent being.

Good heavens, there are intelligent beings on the seventh floor too!

Mermaid?

Something doesn't feel right. Shouldn't mermaids be singing and luring adventurers from the upper levels? Isn't it too miserable for them to be catching fish and shrimp to eat at the bottom?
They guided the diving creatures to explore more carefully and meticulously.

Half an hour later, the Puji had not found any intelligent beings, but they did find a switch that could be turned on a stone wall of an ancient ruin!
Underwater treasure chest?
It took two puffs working together to turn the switch, and with a muffled "gurgling" sound, a downward-sloping passage appeared.

This doesn't feel like a treasure room...

Lin Jun had seen treasure chest rooms before; they were all simple and exquisite single rooms with a treasure chest placed in the center.

This place is less like a treasure chest and more like a passageway to a new area.

Without much hesitation, Lin Jun let 2.5 Puji swim in; they were meant for this purpose.

Inside the passage, Lin Jun saw the recesses on both sides where lighting crystals were placed, and even in one of the recesses, she saw a crystal fragment that had been broken for an unknown period of time.

There were quite a few symmetrical forks in the road along the way, but there were only a few poops, so splitting up was pointless. Lin Jun simply walked straight in.

At the end of this road is a large hall.

At the feet of the enormous, headless stone statue with tentacles, three stone discs stand side by side, while on the walls on both sides are murals whose content is no longer discernible.

There are some mottled murals on the stone walls on both sides, but unfortunately, they have been eroded by time and are no longer legible.

So, this is a temple?
At the same time, the [sound wave detection] detected some living things approaching the hall...

　补完

　　
　
(End of this chapter)