This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 158, Section 157: Annihilation
For some reason, after the caveman who had been moved by him and volunteered to act as a diplomatic ambassador stepped forward, the opposing caveman's ranks became even more chaotic.

The declaration had barely been finished when the caveman warriors opposite to them tore down the vines that were holding the giant rock.

The polished, round boulders rolled down, heading straight for Louisa.

The blood in Louisa's hands transformed into a long spear.

Although she usually prefers to use the Bloodline skill, which allows for more precise control, that doesn't mean that's all she knows.

With her body arched like a bow, Louisa swung her blood spear with tremendous force, shattering the boulder in one strike and continuing its momentum, smashing the head of the caveman warrior who was yelling something.

Pebbles flew everywhere, one of them flying straight at Norris's face.

Norris reacted quickly, using the yellow book to deflect the stones.

[You're using me to block stones?]
[Norris! You used my noble cover to shield yourself from the stone!]
"No... I'm sorry, it was just a subconscious..."

[Those despicable vampires!]
Norris is fine, but the other Puji are in big trouble.

A wave of rubble took away more than twenty Puji.

Lin Jun didn't care about the Puji's losses; he was more concerned about the dead caveman opposite him.

"Luisa, one."

Louisa, who was smugly showing off, suddenly remembered that her boss had given the operation a death quota—no more than five cavemen could be killed.

How do you catch an ant without killing it?

This task is much harder than conquering the cave.

Breaking four limbs... I hope it won't kill me outright...

Faced with Louisa and the army of Puji approaching, the cavemen did not immediately collapse.

Although their fear was almost tangible, all the other cavemen gripped their weapons when a fat, old caveman appeared in the group.

This anomaly prompted Lin Jun to open its control panel.

[Skill: Pheromones LV6]

After comparing the stats of other cave dwellers, I found that the fat ones in the nest all had a level of LV6 in this skill.

Lin Jun roughly figured it out—does it mean obeying an individual with a higher pheromone concentration?

Lin Jun also possesses this skill, though at a low level, she has never used it.

This isn't some kind of charm or control ability; it's simply the release of chemical substances carrying information, and it only works if the recipient is a member of the same race capable of receiving the information.

It's incredibly inefficient. Lin Jun possesses a fungal network, but this useless skill is naturally just gathering dust for her.

But for cavemen, it became an important skill related to class—at least within their tribe.

After some thought, obeying individuals with high pheromone concentrations would probably make it easier for cave dwellers to unite, which would be beneficial for their collective survival.

But that’s where it ends.

After maintaining basic survival, these individuals, who are otherwise useless except for their high pheromone concentration, become parasites, limiting the further development of the population.

Their slave-owning social structure probably originated from this.

In that case, it's no wonder that cave dwellers, despite possessing the intelligence to create traps, could only exist at the very bottom of the social hierarchy.

Lin Jun leisurely studied the sociology of cave dwellers, while the battle to restore the old Mushroom Garden officially began.

To avoid unnecessary casualties among the cave dwellers, Lin Jun didn't bring any artillery turrets; instead, all the attackers were melee fighters wielding mycelial tentacles.

This gave the cave dwellers a tiny, albeit small, chance to resist...

Blocking the entrance, the cavemen thrust their spears outward again and again, killing the surging creatures with a constant stream of plops. But occasionally, tentacles would seize the opportunity, grab a caveman, and drag him out.

Once it's pulled out even a little, more mycelial tentacles will quickly wrap around it, dragging the caveman away completely.

Faced with this situation, the other cave dwellers could only poke and stab even harder, trying to stop the Puji's attack.

Louisa didn't join the Puji in attacking the gate. In that crowded environment, what if she accidentally ran over a few cavemen?
Based on her understanding of the boss, if she exceeded the mortality threshold, she wouldn't be able to afford a decent meal; she might starve to death or even grow mushrooms on her body.

Thinking of this, she moved a little further away from the mouth.

But obviously, she couldn't just sit around doing nothing and slack off, or the boss would cause her trouble.

[Blood Control LV8]

The blood she had prepared with her transformed into a giant axe in her hand. She then raised the axe and chopped down with all her might at the living wooden wall!

The axe cleaved into the wooden wall without incident, but failed to create a large opening as expected.

Louisa frowned.

He took out a clump of minotaur's blood and drank it.

[Bloodlust Enhancement LV7]

"what--"

Stimulated by the minotaur's blood, Louisa's eyes glowed red, her muscles swelled, and then she brought her axe down again.

As the flying wood chunks flew, a large section of the wooden wall was cleaved open, and several cave dwellers behind it were knocked to the ground by the flying wood chunks; it was unclear whether they were dead or alive.

Louisa's expression changed, and she rushed over to dig them all out, then threw them to the Puji behind her.

……

The sudden appearance of a second entrance threw the cave dwellers into chaos, as the gushing in puji continuously swept away the cave dwellers on the outside, whether they were warriors, overseers, or slaves.

The highest-ranking caveman roared, trying to command the other cavemen to retreat to the center to continue the fight, where there was still terrain they could utilize.

However, when they retreated to the mushroom cultivation area, they encountered tentacles that looked no different from those outside.

The mycelium that they used to cultivate for food is now constantly condensing and falling to the ground with a plop.

There were already more than thirty tentacles here!

This number wasn't large, at least not compared to the constant influx from the outside, but it blocked the cave dwellers' retreat.

It also broke down their last psychological defenses.

Even releasing pheromones, the fat leader of the cavemen could no longer suppress the chaos among his subordinates, who were running around in all directions, trying to escape their former lair.

Some lucky cave dwellers, under the "cover" of their companions, managed to escape to other passageways that had not yet been completely sealed off by the puffers.

There, they would encounter Norris, who carried a yellow book, was covered in invulnerable scales, and moved with the speed of the wind.

Looking at the cave dweller who had been kicked to the ground and tied up by the Puji, he saw...

"This task... is so easy."

Although the area to be blocked is not small, there are very few cave dwellers who could escape in the first place, and their level is also low.

Most cave dwellers are only around level 10, and those around level 20 are considered strong among cave dwellers.

Their skills were also terrible; under the detection of the Yellow Book, they couldn't even evade Norris's pursuit, and none of them escaped.

However, before each caveman was sent away, Norris would check to make sure they were still alive, whether out of fear of being too harsh or to prevent a certain book from stealing them.

[......]
(End of this chapter)