This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 200, Page 199: Finding a Place to Stay
After Meimei took a nap, Pinky finally remembered that before the transformation was over, she had instructed the knight to pick up the clothes and hide in a corner, only coming out after dressing up as a human.

Aiding stretched his limbs, finding the experience of lying on the fungal carpet novel and comfortable; the feeling of being enveloped in gentle energy was relaxing.

But as a well-informed and determined middle-aged man, this sense of comfort was not enough to make him addicted—at least, it was far less attractive than the two heavy, alluring A-grade magic crystals in his arms.

After the two finished resting, Lin Jun took the opportunity to test their actual control over Puji.

The result surprised Lin Jun. Aiding, without being given the [Mental Integration] skill, was able to stably control as many as forty Puji with his own mental power!

Inanna's performance was within the normal range; she was able to command twenty-two.

Afterwards, at Inanna's request, Lin Jun gave her twenty Puji, including two elite Puji, saying to others that they could be controlled by knights.

Inanna can't stay in the dungeon forever.

If Aidin disappears in the dungeon, Fal will probably just send people to search for him symbolically for a bit and that's it.

But if the duke's daughter gets lost in the dungeon again, then Fal will definitely go crazy, and even the duke himself will go crazy!
Before leaving, Lin Jun picked out some magic crystals and accessories from her secret stash for Inanna, as a "harvest from her treasure hunt."

To prevent anyone from coveting "Puji's treasure" as much as they covet "ONE PIECE".

When they passed the fifth floor, Lin Jun pulled Xiao Hei out so she could recognize her own people.

"Little Black, remember the magical aura of these two; they're on our side."

Xiao Hei moved closer to Inanna, wrinkled his nose, and sniffed her face several times, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

For Inanna and Aidin, however, this was the first time they had seen Xiao Hei's true appearance after he shed his disguise!
"A dragonman?!" Aiding gasped, his voice filled with disbelief and shock. "The giant black mushroom on the fifth floor is actually a dragonman!"

He personally took on the reconnaissance mission, but he never imagined that a dragonman would be mixed in with a bunch of pukki!

Inanna, on the other hand, was driven more by pure curiosity.

She carefully extended her finger and gently touched the thick scales on Xiao Hei's body... They were a little prickly.

……

Half a day later, the two returned to the Adventurers' Guild without incident.

Upon seeing Fal, Inanna, surrounded by the Puji, wore an unprecedentedly bright smile and asked, "Guild Master Fal, is there anything else I can do to help with the knights I control?"

This sudden enthusiasm took Far, who was used to Inanna's cold and distant attitude, quite by surprise.

He immediately put on a smile and returned the greeting warmly: "Miss Inanna, you have done our guild a tremendous favor this time! We wouldn't dare trouble you with any of the follow-up trivial matters. Please rest assured, our guild will handle everything properly. I am extremely grateful for your kindness!"

Farr's words were not entirely polite.

Firstly, with the collapse of the dungeon imminent, the Puji problem is indeed no longer an urgent matter;
Secondly, based on current observations, indirectly controlling these creatures through the Knight Puji seems to only allow commanding them within visual range, thus limiting their practical application value.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the bright smile on Inanna's face collapsed at a visible speed, as if the sunlight had been sucked away in an instant.

She pursed her lips, her beautiful eyes filled with undisguised disappointment and displeasure, even a hint of resentment, as she glared at Far for several seconds.

Finally, after being cautiously reminded by her guards, she reluctantly turned around and embarked on her journey home.

Far: ? ? ?
To transport these twenty "precious" Puji, Inanna made a grand gesture and bought two sturdy wooden carriages in town.

"Young Miss, won't these puffies suddenly attack and damage the carriage?" A guard asked with some concern, looking at the mushroom cannons above the puffies' heads or the blades on their mycelial tentacles.

“How could that be!” Inanna said, snuggling close to the knight Puji. “Pujis are the gentlest, cutest, and most peace-loving animals! As long as you don’t deliberately provoke them, they won’t attack randomly!”
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Deep within the zone. A monitor lizard, head bowed, nibbling at a plant, suddenly froze.

With its night vision, it raised its scale-covered head in confusion, its turbid vertical pupils scanning the surrounding darkness warily—just now, there seemed to be some strange noise.

However, there was nothing in sight.

The monitor lizard shook its head, making a low growl in its throat, preparing to continue enjoying its "salad".

laugh! ——

Just as it lowered its head, a sharp whistling sound that seemed to tear through the air suddenly rang out!
"Roar—!!!" The giant lizard's miserable howl exploded instantly!

Its massive head swung backward violently, its two eyeballs piercing through as if by invisible blades, gushing out scalding blood!

The splattering blood rain outlined a blurry figure in mid-air!

And this is just the beginning!
Almost simultaneously, the monitor lizard's massive body was filled with the terrifying dull thuds of sharp blades piercing flesh from its vital points—neck, sides, and joints!
The excruciating pain felt like countless red-hot steel needles piercing his nerves, and the monitor lizard went completely mad!
It let out a shrill, distorted roar, and its massive body rolled and crushed wildly on the ground as if out of control!
A dull cracking sound rang out, and a patch of flattened mycelium appeared on the ground where it rolled, with an unlucky poop failing to dodge in time.

Phew!

It was surrounded by invisible puffs!

The puffers sliced ​​through the giant lizard's body, worsening its injuries until it finally collapsed to the ground with a mournful cry and fell silent.

The scene inside the cave shook and distorted violently like waves, eventually revealing ten...twenty...one hundred...five hundred poops!

Of course, only a few of them directly attacked just now.

The skill 【Refractive Invisibility LV7】is a devastating blow when dealing with wild monsters that have little intelligence and lack detection skills.

Unfortunately, this is the perilous depths of the earth.

This place is home to many hunters who rely on vibration, heat, or pure perception to survive; cloaking is not a panacea.

Even so, [Refractive Invisibility] still reduced the difficulty of Lin Jun's progress by half!
Thanks to the Sword Saint, although he didn't kill all the monsters along the way, he did manage to cut down the truly powerful and threatening ones, which greatly reduced the difficulty for Lin Jun to reach the core.

With the addition of the [Refractive Invisibility] skill, Lin Jun only sent 500 Puji in the end, spreading fungal carpet while attacking the core, without even needing the little pig to hold the line.

It wasn't that Lin Jun wasn't in a hurry to repair the core, but rather that she needed to prepare a refuge for the main body before repairing the core.

As for the location of the shelter...

Nearly 1,800 Puji gathered in the cave of the Qisi Rift, and the little pig was among them.

These were the first pioneers to cross the rift.

Once Lin Jun has established a foothold on the opposite side, spread out the fungal carpet, and made a preliminary assessment of the situation on the other side, Norris, and even Xiao Hei, will join the second batch of main forces to go on the expedition.

Anyway, when we start dealing with the core issues, we won't leave anything important or any important people behind.

By the way, I'm a polite and civilized person, so I should at least tell my neighbors before asking them to stay over!

A distorted voice was lifted to the edge of the crevice.

Then, a non-human voice squeezed out, like rusty metal rubbing against rock, dry, hoarse, and echoing, pouring layer upon layer into the darkness on the other side of the crevice: "Chis... I... I'm... coming in..."

(End of this chapter)