This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 215, Section 214: Everything is Ready
Stone Fortress Underground City.

The castle area is almost completely covered by fungal carpet, and the upper area has also been largely covered by it.

As for the lower level, although it was the area with the most abundant magic, Lin Jun only set up a few observation points to study the entire process of the underground city's collapse, as its days were numbered.

In the middle level, in a secluded corner, the burrowing creatures had carved out a secret room.

This secret chamber can only be entered through a fungal network tunnel; ordinary people would have no chance of finding it unless they could dig through fifty meters of rock.

The sealed room was covered with fungal mats, but unlike other fungal mats, these were all light green.

A slender metal rod was inserted in the center of the secret room; this was a treasure that Lin Jun had "found" in the ruins behind the main gate.

This unknown metallic material, after countless years, has shown little damage except for being covered in dust, and importantly, it is heat-resistant!

Knight No. 2 took out the [Sunstone (Fragment)] and placed it on the pole.

The other Puji took out the [Sunstone (Fragment)] as well.

After carefully measuring the angle, it finally fit perfectly!

Golden light flowed from the broken edge, and the two fragments instantly healed each other as before, becoming one!
[Sunstone (fragment)]

The panel name remained unchanged, but the light and heat it emitted suddenly surged, just like lighting up a small sun in a sealed room.

The two plopped back repeatedly; even with their level eight [high temperature resistance], they would still get burned if they got too close.

Fortunately, the metal rod did not disappoint and steadily supported the sunstone.

Inside the sealed room, the pale green fungal carpet, exposed to strong light, greedily absorbed the sunlight and then continuously transmitted its magic through the fungal network!
Although it's just one more fragment, the amount of magic power produced is more than double that of before.

This small, secret room generates magic power equivalent to half of the magic power I collect from the entire Amethyst Dungeon's creep.

Looking at this sunstone, I've only collected about half of it. How much magic can a complete sunstone generate?
Moreover, using photosynthesis to make the sunstone the energy core is purely a wild idea that Lin Jun came up with on her own.

Logically, sunstone should still have its original functions, but unfortunately Lin Jun has not yet figured it out.

It would be great if we could find some kind of "instruction manual for this amazing tool".

Speaking of its uses, Lin Jun couldn't help but think of the scene where the fragments had weakened and damaged the little pig.

A complete sunstone... Could it be the core gem of some weapon, specifically designed to counter vampires?

That would be a bit awkward... He had no intention of causing trouble for the Empire...

This time, not only the Sunstone was transported here, but also a split mushroom was brought along and stuffed under the Knight Puji's mushroom cap as a backup plan, while the main body stayed temporarily on the sixth floor of the Amethyst.

The biggest contributor this time is Little Pig.

Lin Jun had originally considered raising some blood packs to improve the piglets' lives, but the piglets clearly had their own ideas.

"Boss! I want to become stronger!" Looking at the little pig kneeling on one knee, her scarlet eyes burning with a fierce desire, Lin Jun hadn't expected her to be so ambitious...

It is not impossible.

Although the little pig has many skills, the magic income has increased significantly now, so it's affordable to save up some to add one or two core skills to her.

After discussing it with Little Pig, we finally decided to give her two skills first: [Magic Storage LV7] and [Petrifying Ray LV3].

The former pig actually has one, but it's only at level four.

The little pig's total magic power isn't actually that high; the reason it lost to Puji back then was because it ran out of blue magic.

As for the petrification ability, although its level is a bit low, it is indeed a good skill similar to "first-encounter kill". If caught off guard, even just petrifying an opponent's joints during combat can pose a significant threat.

Furthermore, Lin Jun agreed to help her continue to improve this skill level.

While self-training through Puji is a bit slow, reaching level five or six shouldn't be a problem.

To be honest, Lin Jun originally wanted to try adding [Photosynthesis] to her, but after thinking about it, she decided it would be better to experiment with other vampires first, since it was a precious skill slot...

While the piglet was being "upgraded" in the mushroom house, Norris, whose cold resistance had just been enhanced, couldn't wait to crawl out of the mushroom house and plunge into his beloved Jida.

Jida uses [Assault Catapult LV6] to leap two meters high.

Upon landing, it lost its balance and fell flat on its side.

Fortunately, the level nine chitinous shell wouldn't crack from this small collision; it only left a few white scratches.

"Is it not working well?" Lin Jun asked.

"No, no, no! Boss! It's my fault for operating it!" Norris hurriedly explained. "It's too...too powerful! I'll get used to it! It's definitely easy to use!"

"Alright, but be careful and don't hurt yourself," Lin Jun said earnestly. "You're an indispensable core member of the Mushroom Garden now."

"Boss... Boss!" Caught off guard, Norris was so moved that his nose tingled and his eyes welled up with tears.

Core members!

Although he never said it, he always felt that he was just a dispensable, marginal character. He never expected that he would be so important to the boss!
The feeling of being cared for and valued warmed his heart. He sniffed, his voice choked with emotion, "I... I'll be careful!"

On the other side, at the entrance of Xiao Hei's exclusive mushroom house, a chubby, "Buddhist-like" fat otaku named Puji is helping Xiao Hei move.

Little Black had burrowed most of its body into its soft mushroom belly, rummaging around and pulling out handfuls of glistening mushrooms, then happily carrying them back to its mushroom house.

It moved things with extreme care. Occasionally, a small piece of "treasure" would fall to the ground, and it would immediately stop, carefully pick it up with its paws, and repeatedly make sure that no one was missed before continuing its work.

Of these sparkling items, 30% were scales contributed by Norris, 70% were cheap glass beads, and a few genuine gemstones were mixed in with them, given by Lin Jun.

Now, the core members and important items have almost all been moved to the relatively safe Stone Fortress dungeon. They are just waiting for the deep zone to reach the core area, which should be within the next day or two.

Everything went smoothly, except for one thing—Keith got away!

The two hunters searched the vast snowfield without finding any trace of Qisi. After several days of fruitless searching, they finally ran out of magic and lost contact with him.

As expected, but still disappointing.

Regarding Qisi's origins, Lin Jun unearthed some relevant information in the ruins behind the gate.

Quite classic information about the mural.

Clearly, Keith's appearance here was not accidental.

Only two incomplete murals were identifiable, and even that was the result of Lin Jun's hard work piecing them together.

The first image depicts a magnificent fortress, towering into the clouds and with thick walls, being besieged by a tidal wave of insects, many of which are species Lin Jun is familiar with. Inside the fortress, tiny human figures are fighting desperately, and upon closer inspection, some of these figures clearly possess inhuman characteristics.

The second image depicts more than ten enormous wooden ships sailing on the sea, only to be surrounded and hunted by a horde of sea monsters! The scene is filled with images of sea creatures of all sizes, churning waves, precarious conditions, and ships beginning to capsize.

Lin Jun wasn't sure if this meant that Qi Si had many more underwater units.

However, since it's already gone, there's no point in thinking about it anymore.

(End of this chapter)