This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 285, Section 284: Mushroom Town
A five-layered mushroom forest.

"Senior Dylan, is this... really okay?" Norris asked nervously.

He subconsciously moved his shoulders, feeling incredibly awkward putting on a shirt after so long.

At this moment, Norris had no scales or claws on his body; he was covered in leather armor, just like a real human adventurer.

In fact, thanks to the good food and frequent combat training, he looks much stronger than when he was mining.

However, he was really unsure of himself as it was his first time completely disguising himself as a human and venturing onto the surface.

Dylan, standing opposite him, appeared completely unperturbed, even leisurely checking his weapon straps.

"What's the panic?" He glanced at Norris. "A level seven mimic won't reveal its true form unless it's beaten half to death. Back in the day, I was a low-level character who would give itself away as soon as I got injured, and I still managed to run around the archipelago. This time, we're just wandering around the entrance of our own dungeon, perfectly safe!"

Dylan's words of experience eased Norris's tense nerves a little.

“However,” Dylan changed the subject, tapping Norris’s head with his chin and a hint of a smile, “are you sure… you want to go out like this?”

Norris knew what Dylan was referring to; thanks to his boss, his hair was now waist-length!

Although his rugged features prevented him from being mistaken for a woman, very few male human adventurers have such exaggeratedly long hair.

"It's... the boss's request." Norris sighed helplessly, his tone full of reluctance.

As soon as he finished speaking, the two stacked Arhats moved behind Norris with a "plop plop".

One of them extended a tentacle and clumsily rolled up his long hair, quickly twisting it into a rather unsightly bun.

Then, it somehow found an inconspicuous twig and stuck it in the center of its hair bun with a "click" to secure it.

After doing all this, the creature patted Norris on the shoulder with its tentacle: "Kid, you're too green for that! This is the hairstyle a real man should have! Trust me, you won't regret it!"

Dylan silently swallowed back the words "I don't understand either" that were on the tip of his tongue.

In his experience, expressing any opinion at this time could backfire.

With everything prepared, the two arrived at the stone wall next to the mushroom forest, where the hidden room had been waiting for them for some time.

……

On the surface, Dylan walked confidently out of the dungeon gates, while Norris behind him appeared somewhat reserved.

However, the moment they stepped out of the underground city, they both instinctively covered their eyes.

Such blinding sunlight... I haven't seen it in a long time.

Not only are there glowing mushrooms in the dungeon, but even in the far north, the sunlight is hazy and incomparable to this place.

It took them a while to get used to it.

Dylan's backpack was full of gold coins, and he even had an A-grade magic crystal ready to exchange for money if necessary.

They're going to the Adventurers' Guild to post some quests.

As you learn potion-making, you'll find that some of the necessary materials are not found in either of the dungeons.

It's not necessarily very precious; it's just that the environment isn't suitable for it to grow here.

The simplest way is to post a procurement task in the guild, and a caravan will naturally accept it and bring the necessary items.

Purchasing the raw materials for alchemy is only part of the task. The main expense of preparing so many gold coins is to offer a bounty on the monsters in the Scarecrow Abyss that have the ability to collect negative energy.

After all, it's the deepest and most powerful monster, not to mention that the Scarecrow Abyss is inherently very dangerous, so the bounty can't be low.

She'd start with a 500 gold coin reward, and if no one accepted it, she could add more. Lin Jun's cash was almost gone; what remained were high-grade magic crystals, which were very valuable but inconvenient to liquidate in large quantities.

We need to find distribution channels and sell them little by little.

It's not impossible to entrust the bounty to Aidin or Inanna, but their status means they're under a lot of scrutiny. To avoid attracting attention, it's better to hand it over to the unassuming Dylan.

As for Norris, let him come out for some fresh air and get used to his disguise.

However, when they finally stepped out of the underground city, both of them were stunned by what they saw.

The original town area has been expanded significantly, and the distance from the underground city to the town area has been halved!
The buildings in the town center are still the original wooden houses, but the newly built houses on the outskirts are all stone houses.

Moreover, and most importantly, the town's population has not only increased, but its composition has also undergone a dramatic change.

The town of Silent Wind used to be a town centered around adventurers. The taverns, inns, and shops there all served adventurers.

Now, the ubiquitous presence of ordinary people has greatly diluted the proportion of adventurers, giving the impression that the guests have become the main force.

Even more outrageous, there were one or two figures popping up in the crowd every now and then, but the other people on the street didn't seem to find it strange at all!

Outside the town, there are vast fields of mushrooms, where countless mushroom farmers are working.

Some of them carried buckets of water to sprinkle water, while others used carts to carry the monster corpses to fertilize the fields.

Further away, one could see figures of people cutting down trees.

No forest is too dry, too dense a forest blocks out the sunlight, while a sparse forest is just right.

Before cultivating a new mushroom field, this is always done: cut down any excess trees.

Dylan's mouth dropped open. The last time he passed by the underground city, the refugees were still living in the temporary camp. In the blink of an eye, things had changed so much.

Norris, meanwhile, wondered if he had passed through another rift...

"Senior, is this... still Silent Wind Town?"

A drunken passerby stopped upon hearing this, took a few steps back, and put his hand on Norris's shoulder.

"Kid, you must be from out of town! Silent Wind Town? Who uses that name anymore!"

The drunkard let out a burp and continued, "Our place is now called Mushroom Town! Soon it will become Mushroom City! If you have the money, remember to try our local specialty, delicious cream of mushroom soup! You can't find such fresh and authentic mushroom soup anywhere else!"

The drunkard spoke with great pride, and after finishing, without waiting for Norris's response, he patted him on the shoulder and staggered away.

However, after taking only a few steps, he stepped on his right foot with his left and lost his balance, falling to the ground.

But he was not injured.

Beneath him, a flattened poop took all the blame for him.

Other pedestrians stopped in their tracks, and whispers arose from the surrounding area.

"It's over, he's going to get his life taken by Puji tonight."

"He likes drinking and shopping; he deserves it now."

Even the drunkard panicked, sobering up considerably in an instant: "I...I didn't mean to! Oh right! It's not too late to make the sacrifice now!"

The drunkard got up and stumbled toward the newly opened monster corpse trading market.

(End of this chapter)