This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 282, Section 281: Xiao Hei's Predicament

Mushroom Cannon LV10

Without relying on greed to devour, the first max-level skill was created entirely through my own practice!

Once I've maxed out all the mushroom-related skills, maybe I can fuse them into a "Mushroom Ultimate"?

The power of the mushroom cannon has now increased by several times from level nine.

Now, with the added effect of [Resonance LV4], it's even more terrifying!

Speaking of [Resonance], as the level increases, the number of Puji that can be coordinated also increases.

The resonance cannon used before was made up of more than a dozen Puji.

This practical application revealed many problems with the resonance cannon.

For example, because it is too long, it can only be carried by multiple Giddens together, which makes it slow to turn and difficult to hit high-speed targets.

This thing is probably positioned similarly to a cannon, primarily for suppressing fire rather than for precise sniping.

With a larger number of them, it's quite something to look forward to bombarding the battlefield.

However, this leads to the second problem – mana consumption!
The two magic cannons that resonated together consumed more than twice the amount of magic power.

The more resonances there are, the more terrifying the magic consumption becomes.

This is why the interval between the first two shots of the Resonance Cannon becomes longer.

That's because Puji's own magic power was exhausted, and it had to temporarily recharge from the creep, which naturally made it slower.

Of course, these are minor issues in the face of superior firepower, and Lin Jun is not lacking in magic power!

……

Just two days after the battle, the fine black scales on the area on Xiao Hei's forehead that had been smashed by Galen's heavy punch had already sprouted again.

It is estimated that it will be fully recovered in about ten days.

Lin Jun purchased a batch of gemstones from human sources for Xiao Hei. Although the quality was not as good as the pure emerald she treasured, they were crystal clear and colorful, far superior to ordinary glass balls, and Xiao Hei was quite satisfied with them.

Lin Jun's price was merely some [Delicious LV6] red mushrooms, with some left over, which Ai Ding collected as activity funds.

It's worth mentioning that, on the human side, the price of ordinary Delicious Mushrooms, which are only around LV2, has begun to steadily decline.

Although the yield of delicious mushrooms is not high, with the rapid expansion of mushroom farms, this once rare commodity is gradually becoming more accessible to the general public.

This wave of price cuts not only impacted the delicious mushrooms themselves, but also affected other fruits with the attribute of "deliciousness," dragging down their market value as well.

Some of the nobles who suffered losses as a result were furious and tried to pressure Far to limit the expansion of the mushroom fields.

Unfortunately, Far didn't pay them any attention.

With its ever-increasing production and continuous exports, mushrooms are Farr's biggest political and economic bargaining chip.

Especially with the elves no longer willing to provide more food aid, the importance of Silent Wind Town to the United Kingdom is growing day by day.

In addition, Fal's father, who is the Grand Master of the Adventurers' Guild, even if he did not show favoritism towards his son, his very existence is enough to make those who want to use underhanded means to deal with Fal think twice about whether it is worth taking the risk for a few gold coins.

Through the grain trade, Far has acquired much-needed management talent and high-quality building stone. Dumbwind Town is gradually transforming into a true city with unstoppable momentum.

But Xiao Hei is now facing a new problem – there are too many sparkly things, and the Mushroom House is almost overflowing!
Every time she tried to pry open the mushroom house, a few glittery beads would roll out with a "whoosh".

She could only crouch down and carefully pick up the fallen treasures one by one. But when she opened the door again... history repeated itself.

Xiao Hei wasn't an inflexible fool. After doing this more than ten times, she simply stopped going into the Mushroom House!

She hugged her thick tail, found a comfortable spot at the entrance of the mushroom house, curled up into a ball, and fell asleep right there in the open...

Thankfully, thanks to Xiao Hei's strong adaptability, her [Cold Resistance] has already reached level 8, otherwise she might have been frozen silly.

To be honest, sleeping outside like this makes it even easier for her to bare her teeth at the demons who come near her mushroom house!

Lin Jun had no intention of helping her expand the Mushroom House; that would only be a temporary solution.

In just over half a year, the house was already crammed full. With her ever-improving collecting ability, even if the Mushroom House were to expand several times over, it wouldn't last long.

Are we going to designate a special "sparkling storage area" and build a row of mushroom houses for her to use as warehouses?
It is said that life in adversity can inspire the wisdom to solve problems, and Lin Jun chooses to believe in Xiao Hei's wisdom!
……

Although Galen's matter attracted a lot of Lin Jun's attention, the development of the fungal carpet in the Shenmu Underground City did not stop.

At this moment, at the entrance to the Shenmu Underground City, on the surface of the top layer of that huge spiral structure.

A small mound of soil was pushed aside, and several nimble little creatures emerged from the newly dug tunnel.

Ignoring the few disturbed monsters peeking around nearby, they quickly scattered specially made mycelial spores around the cave entrance as a marker, and then nimbly retreated into the dark underground network.

Now that they've entered the surface area, Lin Jun plans to descend diagonally, reaching a depth of one or two hundred meters when entering the elven scouts' reconnaissance zone, to avoid potential detection.

Two hundred meters of rock and soil formed an excellent natural barrier. Even Lin Jun's own scout, Puji, couldn't perceive the surface at this depth, and he absolutely didn't believe the elves could do the same.

This is not to question whether the elves may possess more powerful detection technology, but rather that such powerful detection methods could never cover such a vast area as the entire elven city!

Being able to keep a close watch on that magnificent elven palace is already quite an achievement.

Of course, Lin Jun also made the worst-case scenario plan.

The Puji that carried out this mission were all carefully selected. Except for the burrowing Puji, which had a strange appearance, the other Puji had relatively ordinary appearances and none of them had symbiotic magic crystals inside their bodies.

Even if they were unfortunately discovered by the elves, it could be completely explained as "the normal underground activities of a group of mutated wild Puji".

Surely the elves wouldn't exterminate all the burrowing creatures like rats and moles that live underground in the city?

As it turned out, Lin Jun's caution was unnecessary.

The entire excavation process went exceptionally smoothly, and the sprite did not interfere with the excavation team at all.

Apart from occasionally encountering underground water veins that forced the Puji to temporarily change course, they encountered almost no other obstacles.

Just as Lin Jun was beginning to consider how to help the elves in the cemetery return to nature more quickly, the rocky resistance in front of the Puji suddenly disappeared. The burrowing Puji couldn't stop in time and fell directly into a hollow.

It is not a natural cave, but a basement that has obviously been artificially excavated and crudely polished.

The space was small, less than ten square meters, and there was no one inside. If there were, Lin Jun would have noticed it beforehand.

A wooden bed covered in a thin layer of dust, a tightly closed box, an empty table, and a small magic crystal lamp in the corner.

Clearly, this place was once inhabited, but people left some time ago.

But the key point is that this place is nearly two hundred meters underground!

What kind of basement would be built at such an unbelievable depth?

Anyway... let's rummage through the boxes first!
(End of this chapter)