This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 136, Section 135: Speaking
"Get out! Get out! Get out! Get out!"

The last ten monster corpses were thrown in front of Fatso Puji. Horn's eyes were bloodshot as it shouted, as if shouting like that would make Fatso more likely to pull out good stuff.

Meanwhile, his teammates looked on with some helplessness at Horn, who had only gotten a bunch of mushrooms and useless magic crystals after 20 draws, to the point that he was going a little crazy.

It's common knowledge in Silent Wind Town that you can use monster corpses to draw prizes at Fatty Puji's place on the fifth floor.

The value of previously worthless monster corpses has increased significantly, naturally giving rise to a new way of distributing them.

Just like that guy Horn, he doesn't want any of the materials he collects along the way. In exchange, he gets all the remaining monster corpses, and everyone has to help him transport the monster corpses he killed down.

However, in reality, many teams stopped using this allocation method after trying it a few times.

The reason is simple: if one teammate has a mental breakdown on the way back, becoming hysterical or silent, it will negatively impact the morale of the entire team...

Fat Otaku Puji finally finished collecting the monster corpses and started taking out the rewards.

Everyone heard the bugle call sound three times louder.

Mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, waste magic crystals, mushrooms...

"Where's the grand prize? Where's the grand prize? Bring us equipment and high-grade magic crystals!"

The teammates exchanged glances and decided to speed up on the return trip to minimize the low pressure from the horn.

"I won! Haha ...

The horn's almost inhuman laughter made all three teammates look over in surprise.

He was kneeling amidst a pile of mushrooms and discarded magic crystals, holding a dagger that gleamed faintly in his hands, kissing it and weeping.

The fact that it has a glow indicates that it's at least a piece of equipment with good attributes, and its value is more than what they could earn from running ten dungeons!
This time, no one was worried about the low morale of the bugle call anymore; now all the negative emotions were directed at the three teammates...

However, before they could even utter a few sarcastic remarks, a chilling and extremely mournful cry suddenly rang out from the mushroom forest.

Even the horn, still buzzing with excitement, swallowed back the "hahaha" that followed and shrank back into the ranks.

Faced with the unexpected situation, none of them wanted to take any risks, so they quickly retreated towards the stairs.

……

In the mushroom forest, several mushrooms worked together to pounce on a large, constantly trembling mushroom, plugging the opening on its mushroom cap.

That's the thing that made that strange noise.

It was one thing to scare the adventurers, but even Lin Jun herself was startled.

Why is it so hard to say something?

Lin Jun is now at level eight in the [Common Language], and thanks to the Dylan translator, she has mastered most of the basic vocabulary.

There will no longer be any situations where you can't understand what the adventurers are saying.

The problem is, he can only listen, but how can he say it?

The simplest way is probably to completely parasitize a humanoid creature and then speak through the humanoid creature's mouth.

But that feels like it's not much different from speaking through Dylan's mouth.

Lin Jun wanted to try and see if she could use a mushroom to simulate a sound generator.

Since Lin Jun will be the one controlling the speech, there are no skill restrictions. All that's needed is to modify the internal mechanism of Puji to make it suitable for vocalization.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is very ugly.

The vocal cords, modeled after the structure of a human throat, could only produce a "puff puff" sound.

Later, it was gradually modified, and the one just now was just one of the failed attempts.

Lin Jun has decided to change locations. If they stay in the Mushroom Forest, the adventurers will eventually spread false rumors that the Puji imprison and torture adventurers there, which is not good.

The new experimental site was chosen to be underground in the mushroom forest, in the dungeon that had been dug before.

As soon as the Pujis entered, a starving vampire viscount squatting in the corner reflexively spoke in the demon language: "I am a little pig who only eats rice."

She thought the food was finally coming, but after she finished speaking, the Puji remained unmoved. Louisa could only shrink back into the corner in disappointment, staring blankly at the Puji.

Oh right, I've been so engrossed in creating voice chat characters that I've forgotten to feed this guy for the past few days. Vampires really do eat a lot!
They happened to have a newly acquired monster corpse, and soon the two Puji brought one over and gave it to the vampire.

Speaking of which, shouldn't vampires have that kind of character setting?

Is it possible to lie in a coffin and sleep for a hundred years without needing to eat or drink?

We'll ask Louisa about that later; for now, Lin Jun is more interested in talking.

So Louisa, who had barely eaten about 40% of her fill, huddled in the corner, watching a group of puffies on the other side making howling noises from time to time.

At first, I would instinctively flinch when I heard her voice, but I gradually got used to it. However, my sleep quality in prison became worse, and I was often awakened by strange noises.

If there's any good thing about it, at least her meals haven't been forgotten since the Pujis came...

……

One day, Louisa was awakened by the noise again.

Based on past experience, the sound won't last long, and it will be at least an hour or two before it makes another sound.

She blinked, preparing to go back to sleep. More sleep is good; more sleep means less hunger.

“Lou... Louisa…”

Louisa suddenly opened her eyes wide.

The voice was distorted and malevolent, accompanied by a sinister echo, and sounded as unpleasant as stones rubbing together.

But the key point is that this voice doesn't appear in your mind!

Who?
Who is calling their own name?
For a moment, Louisa fantasized that a demon with an unpleasant voice had been sent to rescue her.

Because no one here knows her name, and the voice in her mind has never asked her name, the one who can call her name must be someone from the demon realm!
But this illusion was shattered in less than a second.

The sound was long and thin, making it almost impossible to tell that it was a "plop plop" sound.

After failing to imitate the structure of her voice, Lin Jun completely let loose and expressed herself freely.

As the saying goes, "It doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice."

Being able to make a sound is a success; there's no need to worry about any standard results.

And this long, thin thing is the initial version of the voice assistant, Puji.

Airflow is blown in from the tail, passes through the complex internal structure, and finally achieves the effect of speaking.

Of course, since it is the first edition, there are still some problems such as echoes and only being able to say one or two words at a time.

But isn't this the first step? Lin Jun believes that with further improvements, things will only get better and better.

Seeing that the vampire recognized her name, Lin Jun controlled her puchi and shouted even more happily.

“Lou…Lou…Lou…Lou…Sa…”

"Ah...ah—!!!"

Louisa suddenly covered her head with her hands, rolled around, and started yelling and screaming.

Finally, disregarding the potential punishment of mushrooms growing on his back, he ran wildly towards the exit.

However, since Lin Jun had never let her eat her fill, the two elite guards outside easily subdued her and calmed her down with [Hallucinogenic Spores].

Clearly, this language learning machine has a minor malfunction; it's probably been sitting in the basement for too long and its brain has gotten dusty.

How about letting her go mining to get some fresh air?

(End of this chapter)