This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 361, Section 360: Salian's Worries
A new batch of werewolves brought from the tribe are lining up to receive the "naturalization baptism" from Little Pig and Lin Jun.

To be honest, for Little Pig, this job has long since turned from a coveted cushy job into a purely routine task.

After tasting the fine wine blessed with [Delicious LV8], going back to drink the blood of these ordinary werewolves feels like a human swallowing a bowl of tasteless porridge.

Calling it painful might be an exaggeration, but it certainly wasn't something to be happy about.

Moreover, every time she gnawed on the werewolf's rough neck, her mouth would be full of wolf fur, and she would spit it out for a long time without being able to get it all out, which really damaged her elegant image.

On the other side, Little Blue, who had just been crowned the new wolf king, found Karen, the only one who hadn't come to watch his "alpha wolf challenge," and proudly boasted, "I'm already the wolf king, Karen!"

Karen was rubbing her sore arms; she had just lost another head-on confrontation to Norris of the Giddar.

Karen is getting increasingly frustrated because her boss has forbidden sneak attacks, but she can't beat Norris from the Jida in a head-on fight every time!
She glanced irritably at the smug Little Blue and the Marshal Puff sitting calmly on Little Blue's head, and suddenly asked, "Oh, impressive. Then let me ask you, who's bigger, you, the wolf king, or the 'boss' sitting on your head?"

Xiao Lan was taken aback and blurted out, "Uh... of course the boss is bigger!"

Karen immediately rolled her eyes at him: "Then what kind of alpha wolf are you!"

After saying that, she ignored Xiao Lan and turned away in annoyance, leaving the new wolf king standing there in a daze.

The marshal on Little Blue's head symbolically shifted his rear end from side to side, as if to comfort him by patting his head.

However, Xiao Lan was not too disappointed. He came to Karen partly to show off his "new clothes".

His attention quickly shifted to something else. He shook his head slightly and asked the boss above him curiously:

"Boss, what does it feel like to sit on my head?"

"Hmm? Hmm..." Lin Jun manipulated Puji to move around a bit, seemingly really feeling it. "It's so-so. There's too much fur, it's a bit slippery, and it's not very stable to sit on. It's much worse than Shou's head."

"Then why do you always like to sit on my head, boss?" Xiao Lan continued to ask.

“Because you’re the tallest!” Lin Jun replied.

Lin Jun loves the feeling of being looked up at!
……

In a small house at the bottom of the elven city of Isildorin.

The scout flapped its wings and took flight from Ellawen's soft hair, attempting to land on top of Salian's seemingly more "advanced" head, only to be swatted away by the latter with a slightly annoyed wave of his hand.

Salian was frowning, completely preoccupied with worry about his sister's pet, as he was preoccupied with the increasingly dire situation.

The biggest problem facing the elves now is undoubtedly the "madness" pollution that is spreading in the Divine Tree Underground City. Although the Royal Guard Chief has personally led a large number of elite rangers to clean up the area, the situation is far from as optimistic as it seems on the surface.

The rampaging monsters were indeed being eliminated one after another, and the elves' territory was steadily advancing downwards, as if the dungeon would be completely wiped out soon.

However, this is just a dangerous illusion.

The spread of “madness” has never been truly contained.

Even in the cleared rear areas, monsters still occasionally go berserk without warning, viciously attacking supply convoys or retreating wounded. It's like a persistent leech, seemingly determined to wipe out all life within the dungeon.

The elves are still unable to determine whether these suddenly appearing crazed monsters from behind are survivors who managed to escape during the previous extermination efforts, or poor creatures that were once purified but have relapsed for unknown reasons.

This situation has fueled panic and extreme emotions, with some even making radical proposals to "completely burn down the entire Shenmu Underground City."

The proposal was naturally rejected by the vast majority of rational elves, but it also reflects a subtle change in the mindset of many elves.

Salian fully understood this feeling. Anyone who saw their comrades, friends, or even relatives being attacked, seriously injured, or even killed by these seemingly inexhaustible, crazed monsters would inevitably feel extreme and desperate thoughts.

Even he couldn't avoid it!

A few days ago, he received the devastating news that one of his friends had been infected.

Despite the druids' best efforts to purify, Salian was still filled with grief upon seeing his friend's bloodshot eyes and frantic roar.

However, he knew even better that such extreme emotions were precisely the best breeding ground for "madness"!

Several cases have occurred where frontline rangers, who had not been in close contact with infected individuals, were inexplicably infected during intense battles.

Therefore, the captain of the guard had to divide the elven troops at the front line into several batches and force them to take turns resting in order to calm their emotions and relieve their mental stress.

While this method mitigated the impact of "madness" on the elf team to some extent, it also greatly slowed down the process of clearing out the lower ranks.

What troubles Salian the most is that, even now, they still don't know the true purpose of the demons spreading this "madness".
Initially, he thought that this was the demons deliberately creating chaos behind the elves' lines to put more pressure on the human front and thus delay them.

However, according to the latest intelligence from the outside world, the Demon Clan has not only failed to intensify its offensive on the eastern front recently, but has instead adopted a posture of cessation of hostilities.

This is definitely not good news for the elves.

The demons must have something in mind for expending so much effort.

Since the target doesn't seem to be humans, the most likely scenario is that it's targeting the elves themselves!

At this moment, they were completely unaware of the enemy's true intentions, and this feeling of being passively attacked was suffocating.

At this time, only solving the problem as soon as possible could give him some peace of mind, but the unpredictable and bizarre nature of the spread of "madness" left them with no choice but to act...

On the other hand, due to the large number of spellcasters being transferred to the front lines of the dungeon, the "Surveillance Array" project, which he was in charge of building, had to be temporarily shelved, thus the problem of the radical faction could not be solved for the time being.

Just yesterday, the Elf King directly ordered his teacher, Iros, to go to the Sacred Tree Underground City to assist in the cleanup work and to investigate whether any unknown anomalies had occurred in the underground city itself.

Salian planned to apply to go along, as his expertise in spatial reconnaissance magic might be of help.

However... the situation inside and outside the city is unstable now, and he really can't bear to leave his sister, who is not good at socializing but can't sit still, alone at home.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to ask a colleague for help.

(End of this chapter)