This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 265, Section 264: Sunbathing Makes It Rise

Let's set aside the fact that a certain blue parrot, after being rescued, started chattering and complaining.

Lin Jun temporarily pulled most of her attention back from that area.

The reason is simple: on this beautiful, sunny afternoon, I suddenly reached level 60!
Without any strenuous training or defeating any powerful enemies, just by basking in the sun and spreading mycelium, I naturally reached level 60.

Come to think of it, I've been at level 59 for quite a while now.

During this period, the sunstone was upgraded and successfully spread to the Earth's surface for photosynthesis, and was even "fed" by humans.

Above ground, under Lin Jun's guidance, humanity finally "discovered" the correct method for cultivating high-yield mushroom fields!

One factor is sunlight; mushroom fields exposed to sunlight produce significantly more mushrooms. Of course, the trade-off is that they need to be watered more frequently to maintain moisture.

Another trick is fertilization, using monster corpses to fertilize the fields.

Mushroom carpets nourished by monsters not only produce a surge in mushroom yields, but also more easily cultivate tender and delicious red mushrooms!

With the active cooperation of humans, the fungal carpet on the ground has long since broken through the original boundaries of Silent Wind Town and is rapidly spreading to the surrounding cities.

Moreover, the fungal carpets under the sun are well taken care of. The original thousands of refugees have not yet been distributed, not to mention that new refugees are constantly pouring in.

However, most of the refugees coming now are from the northwest, fleeing the war.

It is said that the situation at the front is not good. The human defense line is being pushed back continuously, and those who do not want to be killed or captured by the demons to be enslaved have no choice but to flee.

Amidst these desperate migrating caravans, there was a rumor that sounded utterly absurd yet incredibly tempting: Silent Wind Town had an endless supply of mushrooms!

In the past, even if life wasn't going well, as long as people could survive, not many would believe such outrageous rumors.

But during wartime, these refugees are not welcomed anywhere.

Young men might have the opportunity to join a lord's army or a gang, but most others don't.

Many people gathered there with the hope that things would be alright, following the rumors.

There are also traces of other local lords stirring things up, after all, regardless of whether the rumors are true or false, they can get rid of some trouble.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Dylan returned to Silent Wind Town in less than a month; he did it all by himself.

For ordinary people, if they have families to support, the journey is more than twice as slow.

Many people die on the way for various reasons.

The refugees, clinging to that faint hope, finally arrived in Silent Wind Town, only to discover that—this time, the legend was actually true!
There are so many mushrooms here that we can't possibly eat them all!

Not only can we not finish eating them all, we can even export some to surrounding cities!
Just a little sunshine is all it takes to grow mushrooms, they have a short growth cycle, and they're free from pests!
One crop after another, seemingly unaffected by the seasons. Recently, as autumn has passed and temperatures have gradually dropped, mushroom production has actually increased and improved as cultivation methods have been figured out!
The refugees were given a bowl of mushroom soup as soon as they arrived. Although the taste was monotonous, they didn't have to worry about starving to death.

If you sign up to grow mushrooms and are selected, you'll also receive many other supplies.

Faced with the influx of refugees, Far's biggest headache now is no longer how to feed everyone, but how to manage this explosively growing population!

Dividing residential areas, organizing the reclamation of new mushroom fields, assigning jobs, mediating endless disputes...

The population of Silent Wind Town has long exceeded the limits of an ordinary town, and is unstoppably expanding into the size of a small city. Far is aware of this, but a city cannot function with just people.

The booming population has brought countless problems that urgently need to be solved, such as public security, sanitation, and resource allocation. Infrastructure and management capabilities are completely unable to keep up with the speed of development, which is the root cause of his headaches.

……

In conclusion, Lin Jun's current expansion and development can be described as smooth sailing.

Relying on the magic of continuously collecting and gathering from the vast fungal carpet, this upgrade was indeed a natural outcome.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that having accumulated such a vast fortune, yet only reaching level 60 now, makes the leveling up process quite difficult!

As with every major breakthrough, a familiar "+" sign quietly appeared at the very bottom of the skill bar in the status panel. The long-awaited talent skill draw!
Please, stop making juicy things!

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a Lady Luck in this world, otherwise Lin Jun would definitely be bowing to two people right now!

Optional skills:
Mental guidance (controlling hallucinogenic effects)
Resonance (some skills can be stacked for amplification)

Negative Energy Collection (converting various types of negative energy into magic power and experience)

Emmmm…

Mental guidance seems to be a complementary skill of hallucinogenic spores!

Is it the feeling of making someone see the illusion that you want them to see?

Is it the kind of bird that lets others see a sky full of black crows?

What kind of degraded Sharingan... I don't even know if this counts as a mental skill.

I feel like I could use it, but I can't think of a way to use it right now.

The first use that popped into my mind was to scare Norris...

Let's put that aside for now and look at the second one: resonance.

If we're talking about skill stacking, Lin Jun can have several Puji release [Infrasonic Attack] together to achieve a stacking effect. So what's so special about this [Resonance]?
Just like the previous one, the skill description was too simple, leaving Lin Jun a little unsure.

The third one is simple and easy to understand, but what does this "negative energy" include?
Perhaps curses are a form of negative energy?

Lin Jun couldn't think of anything else besides that.

From this perspective, this skill is really unnecessary.

There's plenty of sunlight on the earth's surface; there's no need to greedily seek out the negative energy offered by a scarecrow abyss.

Perhaps, with this skill, I could possibly devour all the cursed, purified scarecrows in the abyss?

However, this is meaningless to Lin Jun anyway...

It seems that I still have to choose from the first two options.

However, Lin Jun did not rush to make a choice, but instead temporarily closed the panel.

When Lin Jun reached level 50, she was still a lone wolf, and when faced with unknown skills, she could only choose whichever looked good to her.

It’s different now!
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Aiding's fingers traced the rough pages of paper. The stack of documents in front of him mostly recorded the frictions and disputes that arose between refugees, or between refugees and the original townspeople.

As an important member of the branch, Far didn't stand on ceremony with Aidin and decisively handed over many tasks to him.

This is both a duty and an implicit power, but Aiding has not used this power to benefit himself, or rather, he hasn't...

Aiding, who was engrossed in a report on a dispute over a mushroom field, suddenly paused.

A few seconds later, he began to flip through the papers again, but his fingertips moved with a hint of absent-mindedness.

Aiding's attention was focused on the mushroom web, and the boss, after a long time, assigned a new task.

"Check three skills..."

The Adventurers' Guild naturally keeps detailed records of various skills, but access to these records is not available to everyone.

Fortunately, Aiding's current identity happens to grant him this authority.

Meanwhile, a duke's daughter, who had been lingering in the dungeon for days and refused to leave, forcing the guild to send someone down every two days to make sure she was alright, waved her hand and said, "No problem! Leave it to me!"

(End of this chapter)