This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 370, Page 369: Hunger is the devil.

Salian gazed at the boundless black curtain before him, connected to the enormous tree trunk and devouring all light, and sighed deeply in resignation.

The chief guard, Eko, and several other mages must also be trapped somewhere in this space.

Salian had originally planned to find them and reunite, although he knew in his heart that several mages whose strength was not as good as his, plus Eko who was completely unskilled in magic, probably wouldn't be able to come up with any way to escape.

But having more people around means you can look out for each other, and it feels better than being alone.

But now it seems that this space has been divided into several isolated areas, and he has been isolated in one of them.

He was almost certain that this was intentional on the part of his teacher, Iros, so that he would not be disturbed by others when he tried to persuade him.

He did not try to touch the wall that seemed to be formed from pure darkness.

This thing is clearly the same kind of existence as those dangerous information cubes from before. Its size is so enormous that the information it contains is enough to cause him to have a mental breakdown.

Somewhat dejected, Salian retreated to his original spot, his heart filled with an unshakeable unease.

This unease wasn't for himself, but for his sister Elaine, who was always a bit dim-witted.

Although the specific details of Teacher Iros's plan are unclear, since he said that "sacrifice is inevitable," the number of elves who have paid the price is probably not small.

He was very worried that his sister would get involved and even become a "victim".

At this moment, he felt a pang of regret. Had he known this would happen, perhaps he should have pretended to agree to his teacher's request, left the place to settle his sister, and then found an opportunity to reveal everything to the Elf King.

But then I thought, given the teacher's abilities and deep understanding of him, his acting skills probably wouldn't fool the other party at all.

"Ugh……"

Salian found that when he was alone in this absolute darkness and silence, he couldn't help but let his mind wander to useless things.

But this may also be a form of unavoidable escapism.

He had been trapped here for who knows how many days, and an intense hunger was burning in his stomach.

Although their physical constitution and magical abilities would prevent them from starving to death in the short term, the continuous torment was unavoidable.

If he didn't deliberately try to distract himself, his thoughts would involuntarily drift to the round, plump Pooji not far away... Its body looked so full and fat; it would probably be quite delicious even if eaten raw...

He swallowed hard, the saliva that had involuntarily seeped into his mouth, and turned his gaze to the little dog, Puji, which was wandering aimlessly not far away.

This Puji seems to possess an exceptionally powerful self-healing ability.

It had its mushroom cap cut off by the teacher, yet it didn't die.

When Salian picked it up after the teacher left, he was quite surprised to find it was still alive.

You know, since the teacher made a move, he must have intended to kill Puji, but unexpectedly, it survived!
However, although Puji survived by sheer luck, she seemed to have been beaten senseless.

Now it sometimes sits still, sometimes takes a couple of steps without any purpose, just like an ordinary little dog, completely lacking the cleverness it had when it rode on his head before.

If you look closely, you can see that its mushroom cap is crooked, which means that it has regrown together under the power of its strong self-healing ability, but it is not in the right position.

This situation is like an elf whose head has been cut off and then reattached but crooked; no wonder it looks like a fool.

Or rather, the fact that they didn't die immediately after all that is already a miracle of life!

Salian knew in his heart that these were all trivial matters in the face of the current predicament.

But he couldn't help but wonder what kind of trouble his sister, Elawen, would cause if he took this now mentally challenged Puji back with him...

Or... should we just not take it back?

Once the thought popped into his head, it spread through his mind like a wildly growing vine.

Anyway, the bottle is already broken, and I'm so hungry... *smack*!
He suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face, the burning pain interrupting the terrible thought in his mind.

Even though it was just a Puji, it was not only a friend to his sister, but it also helped him many times on the way down.

Eating one's own comrade is absolutely horrifying!

For the first time, Salian realized with such profound clarity that hunger could truly transform an elf into a demon…

While Sally was focused on fighting her inner demons, she didn't notice that the scout with the crooked mushroom hat not far away, Puji, suddenly trembled and stopped his aimless wandering.

……

"Peragol, what are you doing?"

“Me? I didn’t do anything.” Peragel straightened up, not reaching for his backpack, but instead naturally changing the subject, “The Chief is truly amazing, able to use spatial magic so freely. You are his student, did he teach you these things?”

“That’s not true spatial magic,” Seldan shook his head, his attention indeed diverted. “It just cleverly borrows some of the rules inherent in the dungeon itself. That’s all I know. My teacher didn’t explain in detail how it was implemented.”

"Looks like our mentor is still keeping an eye on us," Perrager joked casually.

Serdan frowned slightly: "It's necessary to be cautious."

As he spoke, his gaze once again unconsciously drifted to the quiver backpack left beside the sapling, and he felt that something was not quite right.

Just then, Perrager slung his backpack back over his shoulder with a smooth, natural movement: "Alright, we should go back. Even if you're in temporary command now, it's not appropriate for you to be away from your post for too long, is it?"

Serdan nodded upon hearing this, and the two then turned around and left the sunlit area together.

Within the abyss, Lin Jun regained her senses and took control of the scout, Puji.

This was an unexpected surprise.

Lin Jun originally planned to study the seedlings more to see if she could adjust her permissions like Iros did.

However, instead of figuring out the permissions, he regained his sense of the scout Puji's presence and took the opportunity to regain control.

Logically speaking, there is no distance between the abyss and the real world in the conventional sense. This anomaly may be caused by the roots of the divine tree simultaneously penetrating and connecting both ends.

In any case, now that we have regained control of Scout Puji, there's no need to keep focusing on that little sapling above.

Iros was still able to access the system in this location previously, indicating that as long as he was within the Sacred Tree's area, he was authorized to use it.

This also saved Peragel the trouble of wasting time on it.

Originally, they planned to have Peraguer launch a surprise attack and kill Serdan if things got really bad.

However, if Lin Jun hasn't resolved the teleportation issue before the other elves discover it, then Peragor will have no choice but to self-destruct, ending this failed mission.

Things are much safer now.

Controlling the scout, Puji ignored Salian, who was still reflecting on himself not far away, and darted into the darkness, touching the black cube without hesitation.

If we're talking about where to find control methods, the most likely place is naturally within these fixed information blocks!

……

After a long while, Salian finally came to his senses from his chaotic thoughts and found that the silly little Puji was nowhere to be seen. He searched everywhere, but to no avail.

Just as he was wondering if he had unknowingly eaten the puji because of hunger, a clear voice suddenly pierced the darkness and called out his name!
Was I hallucinating because I'd been alone here for too long?
But no.

"Salian! It's so good to meet you!" The figure of Captain Eko appeared from the edge of the illumination spell. He strode over, his face filled with undisguised joy.

The dark wall that separated him had quietly disappeared without him noticing!
Looking at Eko, whose face showed worry yet whose spirits remained high, Salian's first thought was:
People with strong constitutions can indeed endure hunger much better than others...

(End of this chapter)