This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 94, Section 93: Upgrading the Mycelial Network
The battle on the sixth floor is still progressing slowly. Although we haven't gained control of the sixth floor yet, we've already started to make some gains.

[Seven Sins of Greed Trigger]

[Plunder Skill: Neurotoxin LV3→LV4]

[Plundering Skill: Digestive Mucus LV6→LV7]

[Plunder Skill: Physical Resistance LV5→LV6]

……

To be fair, the slime skills on this floor are quite useful.

Neurotoxins are essentially liquid versions of hallucinogenic spores, with stronger effects at the same level, but they are relatively less convenient to use.

According to Lin Jun's idea, it could perhaps be used together with mimicry, so that when an enemy passes by, they can suddenly squeeze the enemy's face?
Digestive mucus is a kind of corrosive damage, but it's not bad for dealing with garbage.

Lin Jun would throw away skeletons that the mycelium couldn't decompose, as well as equipment that was completely damaged and worthless, into the slime to break them down.

Needless to say, physical resistance is also useful, although it's probably not necessary for the most ordinary Puji.

After all, with such low health, even with damage reduction, they would still die instantly.

But it's different for elite Puji.

Since Lin Jun has become much more powerful lately, it's time to bring out a group of elites who have broken free from the definition of cannon fodder.

However, this plan will be put on hold until after the sixth floor is conquered. Conquering the sixth floor is a huge project that consumes a lot of magic power. Even with Lin Jun's current magic power output, she can only break even.

Besides these skills that rely on greed to level up, another skill that Lin Jun relied entirely on her own hard work and sweat has finally been improved!
[Skill Upgrade: Mycelial Network LV6→LV7]

To be honest, there are absolutely no shortcuts to improving Lin Jun's mycelial network, which is one of her core skills; it all comes down to hard work and perseverance.

It's been so long since I left the Deep Zone, I've finally leveled up again!

To Lin Jun's surprise, the upgraded skill had an additional line in the panel's description: "Can create transit nodes in mycelial networks."

It seems to be a derivative function, but what exactly is a relay node?
If you don't understand, just try it!

Lin Jun randomly selected four Puji that were mining, and based on her intuition, turned one of them into a relay node.

Puji continued working, the mushroom caps tapping the stones one after another, but the rhythm of these four Puji... was synchronized?

The other three Puji all synchronized their actions with the Puji that became the transit point.

When one of the poopys took a step forward, the others followed suit, even if there was a wall in front of them.

It would tap the stone once, then tap the others, even if there was nothing in front of it.

It feels like a synchronizer.

It's totally useless.

Lin Jun thought for a moment and shook Xiao Hei, who was fast asleep while hugging a glass bead.

Little Black, with his arm around his shoulder, yawned and rubbed his eyes, looking rather listless, was led out of the mushroom house by Puji using his tentacles.

Puji led her to a small clearing in the mushroom forest, where a large group of Puji were standing.

Lin Jun used Xiao Hei as a transfer point in the mushroom net, and slid a Puji down to her.

The effect is immediate.

Puji imitated Xiao Hei, stretching out its mycelial tentacles to rub its non-existent eyes.

It's still a synchronizer, which is not the result Lin Jun wanted.

"Little Black, don't be confused. Notice any difference in yourself?"

"different?"

Hearing Lin Jun's voice, Xiao Hei managed to perk up a little.

She turned her head and saw that Puji was imitating her.

"what is this?"

Xiao Hei took two steps forward, wanting to pick up Puji.

However, Puji followed her example and took two steps forward.

……

Little Black took a step to chase, and Plop took a step to run, and they moved forward in sync, one after the other.

In the end, Xiao Hei caught up with Puji thanks to its long legs, and scooped it into its arms, studying the little creature with whom it seemed to have a special connection. Lin Jun watched as it studied Puji for quite a while, while Puji simply mimicked Xiao Hei's actions.

Just when Lin Jun thought it really was a synchronizer, Xiao Hei seemed to have found the trick!
Xiao Hei's hands were still holding Puji, but Puji's four mycelial tentacles stretched out and twisted together, forming a braid.

This is?

Xiao Hei then put Puji down. After Puji landed, it started running around Xiao Hei, swinging the still-untied braided rope.

Lin Jun was certain that she had not given such an order.

"Little Black, are you giving orders to this Puji now?"

"Seems to be!"

Little Black's eyes lit up, sparkling with the excitement of discovering a new toy.

Lin Jun finally understood the function of this derivative feature.

Simply put, it means outsourcing the work of controlling Puji, and the so-called relay nodes are like the squad leaders you appoint.

However, this squad leader needs to have a certain level of intelligence.

If you make a regular Puji the squad leader, it will just become a simple synchronizer.

From this perspective, this derivative ability should be quite suitable for Dylan.

Unfortunately, Dylan is not in the Mushroom Garden right now, and the command of the scouts cannot be handed over to Dylan.

Even though the scouts were already so far away, Lin Jun was still able to maintain control entirely thanks to the [Family Manipulation] skill.

Once control is transferred, the control by relatives ends.

And what if you want to reconnect after the connection is lost?
Sorry, the target is not within the server's range. Please try again later.

At that point, Dylan will truly have to rely entirely on himself.

While Lin Jun was thinking about how to use the skill, Xiao Hei was already controlling the Puji to run into her mouth.

Little Black sat still, while Puji turned around and fed Little Black the mushroom cap.

It had only eaten a third of the way when it suddenly collapsed to the ground with a "thud"—it was dead.

Xiao Hei suddenly realized that he had lost his remote-controlled toy, and his mood became depressed.

What is all this nonsense? How can you end up getting depressed while playing this game?

Lin Jun then brought two more Puji under Xiao Hei's command. As expected, Xiao Hei's attention immediately turned to the new Puji upon sensing the change in connection.

The one on the ground that died was forgotten at the speed of light.

However, this was not the end of it. Lin Jun continued to delegate more command authority of Puji to Xiao Hei.

4... 8... 15...

In the end, Xiao Hei handed over control of all 21 Puji on site.

Lin Jun wanted to see where the limits of transferring control lay.
However, Lin Jun had not yet tested the limits of the transfer permissions, but Xiao Hei's limits had already been revealed.

After gaining control of a lot of Puji, Xiao Hei tried to stand up, but stepped on his right foot with his left, and fell directly onto a Puji, flattening it. Then, like a fish that had come ashore, he bounced on the ground.

The other Puji either ran around wildly, rolling on the ground, or stood still.

The whole scene was in complete chaos.

The situation only calmed down after Lin Jun regained full control.

Little Black shook its head, and as soon as it recovered, it dragged its tail and ran back to the Mushroom House on all fours to hide.

It seems that feeling just now wasn't very pleasant.

How could this be?
The ability to control Puji is related to intelligence. Lin Jun understands that Xiao Hei is stupid and can't control many things.

But there are only about 20 of them!
While they might not be able to command them with ease, they should at least be able to control them in a simple way.

How come I can't even control my own hands and feet anymore?
After thinking about it, I realized that Xiao Hei was probably too special, given its congenital deficiencies.

It would be great if someone with normal intelligence could give it a try.

At times like these, Lin Jun would especially miss the days when Dylan was by her side; that ordinary man was actually quite useful...

Speaking of which... what level of intelligence does the tree spirit have?
(End of this chapter)