This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 257, Section 256: The Autumn Harvest (Plop!)

By using the [Inspiration] skill to observe, Lin Jun finally figured out what was going on with this strange space.

The "fall curse" that immediately befalls the soul upon arrival is essentially an "enforce" on the soul!
When this invisible weight accumulates to a certain critical point, it will be enough to drag the adventurer's soul into a deeper space.

The location of the soul is used to determine the space in which the physical body resides in reality.

Although Lin Jun didn't know how this was done, he still figured out why he couldn't go down.

It's so tight, I'm too fat to squeeze in!

What the hell is this!

To put it another way, adventurers entering the dungeon are like marbles falling onto a large, elastic net. As their soul's "weight" increases, the marbles become heavier and heavier, stretching the net's holes wider and wider until they can no longer hold on and fall to the lower level.

However, the marble that Lin Jun was controlling... was too large! Trying to get something so enormous through the net was practically asking the net to do its bidding...

Even with double the "weight" that would send an ordinary adventurer plummeting, Lin Jun could only barely feel a faint pulling sensation. Who knows how long the scout would have to waste in this godforsaken place to actually fall!

Moreover, logically speaking, there is usually a limit to this superposition effect...

So, does that mean I don't have the ability to travel between different levels of the Scarecrow Abyss?!

I feel like we're not compatible at all.

Lin Jun began to regret closing the rift on the sixth floor.

The area opposite is clearly a deeper part of the Scarecrow Abyss, while the areas I left behind are shallower areas with weaker curses.

I never imagined I would find myself in such a predicament!

However, if the rift in the sixth level is not sealed, most of the sixth level will become scorched earth, and it is still slowly spreading. We can't just give up on the sixth level and abandon the tree spirit, can we?
Moreover, it's impossible to have anticipated that the rules here would be so bizarre.

In comparison, the amethyst side is really simple and clear; you just walk down one staircase after another!
It's true... I just enjoyed a huge boost of souls in the Amethyst Dungeon, and then I immediately suffered a loss in the Abyss. It's true that fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

If going down doesn't work, what about going up?

Lin Jun found some crow nests and searched them one by one.

After searching through more than ten, I finally found a slightly dull yellow gemstone.

Flying to another area, Lin Jun tried to "bribe" a crow that didn't have the "Puppet" icon in its status bar.

The crow was wary of the suddenly appearing puji, circling it and scrutinizing it repeatedly.

But after picking up the gem, it still flew off in a certain direction with a high degree of professionalism.

Guided by it, Lin Jun did indeed see the "edge" area in the distance.

However, whenever the scout tried to fly there, the view ahead would begin to distort and blur, and the place he eventually arrived at was still that familiar, boundless wheat field!

Even the crow, carrying a gem in its beak, tilted its head and looked at Puji with a puzzled expression.

After thinking for a while, it felt that it had completed its task, and that it was not the problem that Puji could not get out. So it took the gem and flew away decisively.

Lin Jun even tried to make Puji jump directly into the deep ditch and let it fall freely.

But no matter how long they fall, they can always return to the edge of the ditch with a flap of their wings.

Clearly, in the Scarecrow Abyss, the position of the body is meaningless; the soul cannot traverse social strata, and therefore cannot leave.

Fortunately, Lin Jun still has a crack.

After nearly three days of exploration, the scout returned to the fifth floor without any incident.

Neither the monsters nor the mechanics in the "Wheat Field Maze" pose a threat to Scout Puji.

The most troublesome thing for adventurers, the [falling curse], which is similar to the exploration time limit, is completely meaningless to Lin Jun.

Lin Jun even wished it had some meaning, but unfortunately, she couldn't.

The final assessment was that the fissure was of little value and sealing it wouldn't matter.

[Greed Triggered by the Seven Deadly Sins] [Plunder Skill: Corruption Curse LV1]

[Plundering Skill: Sensory Enhancement LV1]

But it's not entirely worthless; it's only right to make one last profit before it's shut down.

……

The continuous flapping sounds echoed through the mushroom garden, so loud that a large goblin came over to see what was going on. This time, he had carefully disguised himself beforehand.

One after another, the puffies flew across the crevice and landed on the edge of the deep ditch, eventually settling on nearly five hundred of them. All of them were targeted puffies carrying the [Corrosion Resistance] ability.

The circling flock of crows was restless, their cawing creating an ominous sound.

The wheat fields rippled, and the scarecrows nearby, having received the signal, gathered together, parted the wheat, and rushed towards a much larger group of scarecrows less than fifty meters away...

Bang!Bang!Bang!
A series of explosions rang out, and bits of grass and rags flew everywhere!
Lin Jun could have attacked long ago, but she let them get so close simply because she didn't want to damage her wheat, or rather, the weeds.

After waiting patiently for a while, the crow alarm indeed attracted more than a dozen lone scarecrows.

After the cleanup was completed, the grand autumn harvest finally began!

The Puji have a clear division of labor.

The scout perched on a wooden pole, moving back and forth to sense the surroundings and guard against sneak attacks.

The melee fighter, Puji, wielded its tentacle blades, diligently harvesting the wheat.

Following behind were oxen and horses, which chuckled as they absorbed piles of rotten grass into their bodies. Once full, they would transport the grass back to the fifth floor, going back and forth without stopping.

The gap was too small for the otaku to pass through, otherwise the ox and horse wouldn't have had to struggle so much.

However, what kind of beast of burden doesn't work hard...

As for the Mushroom Cannon Puji, they were only useful for eliminating the initial wave of scarecrows; after that, they were largely useless.

The occasional scarecrow that darted over was dealt with by melee fighters; after all, a mushroom cannon shot would kill the enemy but also destroy a section of the wheat field, which wasn't worth it.

Occasionally, a noisy crow would fly too low and be easily shot down by Mushroom Cannon, which was better than nothing.

Lin Jun did not plan to lay a large-scale fungal carpet here, since this crack was to be abandoned, and only a small extension was made.

Harvest only the closest parts; there's more than one rift leading to the Scarecrow's abyss, so there's no need to rush to squeeze all the resources dry.

During a break from harvesting, Lin Jun was fortunate enough to "observe" a group of adventurers' "level-changing" process.

Several blurry souls landed first, followed by the figures of several adventurers who suddenly appeared in the scout's perception as if emerging from the thick fog.

It was a group of dwarves. They noticed the commotion from afar, paused for a moment, and then turned around without hesitation and ran off in the opposite direction.

Lin Jun ignored them. At that distance, the fungal carpet hadn't spread over, and Lin Jun couldn't do anything about it.

Soon, the once lush wheat field was shaved bald, leaving only a few lonely wooden frames standing in the same place.

A scarecrow dressed as a farmer, carrying a pitchfork, watches the Puji leave with their bounty on their backs, perhaps lost in thought.

Meanwhile, at the mushroom garden, the filthy grass that the cattle and horses had painstakingly transported back had been piled up into a small mountain that exuded an aura of curses!
Dylan, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly felt a series of stinging pains on his skin. When he jumped up with a "howl," Lin Jun realized that he had no resistance.

The Puji carried Dylan, whose skin and mycelium were beginning to peel off, away from this place.

[Seven Sins of Greed Trigger]

[Plunder Skill: Corrosive Curse LV1→LV5]

[Plunder Skill: Perception Enhancement LV1→LV2]

[Plunder Skill: Resilience LV6→LV7]

　There's still a chapter in the code.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)