This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 274, Section 273: Let Puji take a look!
Shenmu Underground City.

Puff—Puff—

The scout came to a stop at the inner edge of the massive spiral structure.

Not far away, a two-headed flying snake was coiled on a tree branch, its four cold vertical pupils locked on Puji, its two scarlet tongues hissing and flicking. Although it maintained a posture ready to pounce at any moment, it did not actually attack, but only remained on guard.

The monsters in the Divine Tree Dungeon are mostly cautious towards the scout Puji they haven't seen before and won't provoke them casually.

Like a mindless fool, they rush in recklessly to get eaten, but in the end, only a few end up losing their heads.

Lin Jun didn't actively attack these cautious monsters; she simply opened the interface to get a general understanding of the situation.

Above, sunlight filtered down from the top of the spiral ceiling and fell on Puji, slowly replenishing the magic power within the scout Puji's body.

And beneath their feet lay the center of that bottomless spiral cavity.

As long as you fly down from here, you can reach the lower level in the shortest distance.

However, the scout did not move forward.

This... is already Scout Puji Number Three.

Scout number two, with a thud, merely took a small, tentative step forward and instantly lost all buoyancy, plummeting straight down like a heavy stone, ultimately dying without any surprise.

Obviously, a normal dungeon wouldn't leave such an obvious "shortcut" for adventurers to take advantage of; this central area has a no-fly zone-like effect.

The scout took a few steps back to create a safe distance, then took to the air again.

Passing the flying serpent below, still with its two heads raised, its tongue hissing, and remaining highly vigilant, it flew deeper into the giant spiral structure, clinging to the edge of the structure.

The scale of the Shenmu Underground City is quite large. Even if the scout Puji used flying, he only managed to circle around twice in a whole day and reach the sixth level.

This was achieved even with the help of [Refraction Invisibility], which allowed them to almost completely avoid being entangled by monsters along the way.

If it were an adventurer's party, the peril and time required for this journey would likely be several times greater.

Based on this reasoning, even a group of sufficiently strong adventurers would probably need about half a month to reach the deepest part of this dungeon.

So... has anyone actually reached the very bottom?
Based on our own experience with the underground city, the deepest part should be the core of the underground city.

If I had the chance to access it, would I have a chance to control the second dungeon?

But thinking back, is it really meaningful for me to control the second dungeon?
He controls the Amethyst Dungeon because it is his base of operations, and his main body is also based there. Without control, there is no guarantee of security.

With the rear secure now, controlling another dungeon might seem impressive, but it actually further reduces the number of controllable Puji, and could even become a burden...

My thoughts will stop here; the laying of the mushroom carpet here has only just begun, and these ideas are still premature.

Om-!
As the sound of flapping wings drew nearer, a giant bee followed the scout's movements, tracking the airflow disturbed by the flapping of its wings.

[Airflow Sensing LV5]

Inefficient skills that are simply not worth carrying.

With a casual flick of her whip, Lin Jun killed the giant bee that was flying closer and closer. She then noted the location of the area and sent the scout, Puji, to fly around it.

Find the hive; perhaps the queen bee will possess some skills that suit you.

However, since the scout would be discovered, it's best not to approach, since the other side won't escape anyway.

After flying around for a while, the scout suddenly changed direction—[Sonic Detection] detected something strange.

A few minutes later, the invisible scout landed with a thud on a high branch.

And below, there was a group of elves!
Lin Jun thought she wouldn't encounter any more elves in the Divine Tree Dungeon this time!

And there were seven of them at once, and they were at a depth of six floors!

Pulling down the panel reveals two diamond-level and five gold-level items. What are they doing?
A makeshift magic circle was drawn on the ground, and the demon imprisoned in the center of the circle was very familiar to Lin Jun—a tree spirit!
It's definitely not one of the ones from our own dungeon. This tree spirit doesn't have mushrooms growing on it, so it's obviously a native species from the Sacred Tree Dungeon.

I had suspected before that the tree spirit might be related to the Sacred Tree Dungeon, and now it seems it might have been left behind during an academic exchange between the two dungeons. Inside the magic circle, the tree spirit was tightly bound, and an elf forcefully wedged a fist-sized stone, emitting an ominous red light, into the tree spirit's gnarled trunk!
The crimson veins, as if alive, spread rapidly beneath the tree demon's grayish-brown wood grain, and the indistinct roar turned into a painful howl.

As the red light spread across its entire body, the tree spirit gained a new status effect.

[Madness]

Then the elves abandoned the tree spirit and retreated.

The binding magic circle beneath the tree spirit's feet seemed capable of holding for a while longer.

What are these elves doing?

To be honest, Lin Jun didn't understand the significance of this operation.

After a moment's thought, the scout immediately flapped his wings and quietly followed the group of elves.

Just two minutes into the chase, a blue-white lightning bolt suddenly appeared ahead.

[Wake jet]

The powerful thrust caused the scout to narrowly dodge to the side and hide behind a giant tree.

The lightning strike had a slight tracking ability, but it couldn't bypass obstacles and struck the thick tree trunk hard!

boom!
Wood chips flew everywhere, flames and smoke rose from the charred broken ends, and the giant tree groaned as it fell.

exposed!
However, just as the scout Puji dodged the lightning, before it could even adjust its posture, an arrow pierced its body.

Coming from the side?!

But there's clearly no one there!

[Sound Wave Detection]

One of the elves was indeed still in the position where he had just shot the arrow.

Did the arrow change direction?
Lin Jun wanted to open the panel to check the opponent's skills, but it was too late!
Two arrows followed closely behind, piercing the air and hitting their targets with perfect accuracy...

The connection has been lost.

GAME OVER!

[Family Control] Once disconnected, it cannot be reconnected.

Even though [Mycelial Recombination] can revive this Puji, Lin Jun has lost control of it.

Not to mention, the other side might not even leave Scout Puji No. 3 with a complete corpse.

Ugh……

Why be so cautious?

It doesn't satisfy Puji's curiosity at all.

Sneaky behavior, and with all this talk of "madness," it's obvious they're not up to any good.

Four layers of fissures, and Scout Puji No. 4 jumped out of the fissures, then crawled out along the mycelial network and flew downwards again.

I've given up on catching up with those Pokémon; even if I did, I'd be discovered and killed.

Go find that [mad] tree spirit yourself and see what it's all about.
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Six stories, next to a collapsed and burning tree.

Seven elves surrounded the motionless, splattered corpse of the scout on the ground.

An elf drew a curved blade and sliced ​​the Puji open, revealing the B-grade magic crystal inside.

The elf leading the group, holding a longbow, instantly turned grim: "Modified familiars! We've been exposed!"

(End of this chapter)