Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor

As for distinguishing whether the power of a magical creature comes from its bloodline or the external environment, it is actually not simple.

Because if whales can be exposed to the magic source for a long time, then the fetus can be nourished by the magic energy from the mother's body, and then show innate extraordinary properties.

Unless Lin Bo can completely remove external factors and allow the whale to be born in a magic-free environment, it will be possible to determine whether its magic power comes from its bloodline.

It's not easy to find a wild whale that hasn't been infected by magic, let alone a calf.

Lin Bo thought about it for a moment.

Now the all-powerful fungus has extracted the genetic information of the whale. As long as he can make the fungus express these genes and does not provide exogenous magical substances, whether the mimicry mushrooms produced in this way contain magical energy will be enough to prove the truth of the whale's bloodline.

He pressed down on the fungal blanket and asked the mushrooms for another mushroom of the same kind.

"Same as before, mushrooms, mushrooms~"

The mycelium swayed and murmured. They were not very intelligent and many of their concepts were confused. They had multiple understandings of Lin Bo's request, so they produced many mimic mushrooms at once, which were dotted on the fungal carpet.

Lin Bo found a whale-shaped mushroom, picked it off, touched it, and heard the Gudorei language.

From this, it can be inferred that the whales in this world are most likely just ordinary beasts, and their magical energy comes from the sea. As for the true source of the magic in the sea, it is still unknown.

Chapter 97 Invitation Colorant and Special Instance Affix

Lin Bo's suspicion of the existence of demonic forces in the ocean was not entirely confirmed, as he couldn't guarantee with absolute certainty that whales were ordinary creatures.

This involves the concept of hidden extraordinary bloodline mentioned in "The Great Observation: Magical Life", that is, extraordinary talents are hidden from birth, but will be revealed due to certain opportunities.

This situation also exists, especially in some hybrid creatures.

Even if the omnipotent strain replicates the whale's genetic information and expresses it completely, the whale's magical power may be generated through mental activities such as emotions and thoughts during its growth process.

Mimic mushrooms are, after all, mushrooms, not living whales. The two have different real names, and it's almost impossible for mushrooms to express their hidden lineage.

So even though Lin Bo believes that there is a high probability that whales do not have hidden bloodlines, he will not rule out this possibility. This is out of academic rigor.

The research on whales has come to an end for the time being. Lin Bo’s main goal has been achieved, which is to use the fungal mat to recycle magic energy and obtain a large amount of cheap alchemical raw materials.

The magical energy that the all-purpose fungus could recycle wasn't limited to whale oil; it could also be recycled from various other magical creatures. The demons and monsters in the [Sea Spirit Altar] dungeon likely also contained magical energy, but they were so sinister that Lin Bo had no intention of letting the mushrooms consume such foul substances.

If I encounter magical creatures in other dungeons in the future, I can collect their corpses and recycle them into the fungal blanket.

The properties of various magical substances vary. The magical energy of whale oil can be converted into heat, electricity, and spiritual energy, while the magical energy contained in the flesh and blood of sea spirits tends to purify and revitalize life.

Even if Lin Bo collects more corpses of magical creatures in the future and recovers magical energy substances, it may not be able to replace whale oil.

However, just as spell power can be used through incantations and mantras to create a variety of magical effects, the miraculous power inspired by magical substances can also be guided through rituals or tamed with thoughts to produce universal effects.

The all-purpose strain enhances the food properties of mushrooms by activating magic energy.

Lin Bo intends to use the nourishment of whale oil magic to try to grow delicious mushrooms of extraordinary quality on the fungal mat.

He cut up the mimic whale mushroom that contained magical energy, and placed the bones, meat, fat, skin, fins and other parts on an iron tray.

He poured the inedible parts back onto the fungal mat, and packed up the rest to take back to the lighthouse for alchemical experiments.

The fungal mat reabsorbed the residual materials, absorbed the magical energy, and followed the wizard's instructions to produce a bunch of special mushrooms.

Like jellyfish, translucent blue fluorescent bacteria emerged from the white velvet blanket.

The mycelium danced in Lin Bo's palm, murmuring with joy: "Mushrooms are ready. Eat mushrooms, feed the feeders, and the feeders also feed mushrooms... I'm thirsty, needing water..."

After picking the blue fluorescent fungi, Lin Bo went deep into the cave to draw water and water the fungus blanket. Now that the nutrient soil was moisturizing it, the rate of water loss was greatly slowed down, and watering it every two or three days was sufficient.

Although he had just left the house after lunch, Lin Bo held the fluorescent mushroom in his hand and sniffed it. The charming complex aroma, with a sharp and refreshing ocean flavor, still made his mouth water.

Put it in your mouth, chew and taste it, and distinguish the medicinal properties. As the flavor substances dissolve and diffuse, spreading over the tongue coating, the impactful sweetness makes Lin Bo smile and raise his eyebrows.

Most importantly, it was non-toxic and harmless, which was great. He took out some and fed it to the little seagull. The faint blue magic light flickered between the feathers on its chest and abdomen. The little guy squinted his eyes in comfort, his expression intoxicated.

The wizard murmured praise: "(magic words) The mushrooms are amazing and delicious."

The mycelium curled up slightly as if chuckling.

Lin Bo believes that this kind of mushroom will be a great success because the tongue is a very picky organ and the smell is a very deep memory. People who have tasted this flavor will unconsciously crave it.

This kind of taste can be a regular on the tables of nobles, and it can also be the best reward for the poor for their hard work.

The original flavor alone is already very charming. Lin Bo feels that if this mushroom is refined and purified, or even undergoes some alchemical transformation, it can produce more flavors and extend into many different categories of additives.

After packing up the fluorescent mushrooms, he planned to share them with his teammates while resting in the dungeon.

At this moment, a team message popped up in the chat interface of the network.

[Holy Light]: Dear friends, teammates, guys, why don’t you log in and run around? Justice is calling us to eradicate evil.

[Barrier]: I can anytime.

Lin Bo also repeated a sentence.

At this time, the half-elf suddenly excitedly typed out a few lines of messages.

[I really want to eat meat]: Look at the public screen of the copy!

[好想吃肉]: A big guy is forming a multiplayer team! Still recruiting!

Lin Bo switched to the dungeon chat channel, which was indeed bustling with activity, with messages swirling past. He scrolled up until he found the message that had set the channel ablaze.

[Monk - Calming the Mind and Cultivating the Body]: A 10-man group at Purgatory difficulty, with Chaos Support modifiers. Six are missing from four, so experts assemble!

The difficulty of the dungeon will increase dramatically as the number of players increases. In the Purgatory difficulty of a ten-person group, the average number of enemies each player has to face is two to three times that of a single-player difficulty.

Elite monsters and boss monsters will be enhanced, such as adding new casting abilities, field trap effects, increased life activity, etc.

Even experienced players can fail in multiplayer mode.

It is said that the higher the difficulty, the higher the hidden drop rate of rare equipment, but even so, there are rarely any player teams larger than four.

What Lin Bo didn’t understand was the so-called “Chaos Support Affix”, but fortunately someone in the channel had already explained it.

[Proclaim the Righteous Way]: There is one thing you may not know. In multiplayer mode, the dungeon has a chance to mutate and random affixes will appear. At this time, the clearance reward will increase significantly. The Chaos Support affix means that an unknown group of enemies will appear in the dungeon spacetime.

[Proclaim the Righteous Way]: Using the special item "Invitation Colorant" can fix the copy affix, but it will cause the invitation to be damaged, so few people do this. The monk is selfless and ready for his last dance. Everyone, cherish the opportunity. If you feel that you are not strong enough, don't get involved.

Lin Bo searched for keywords in the product list of the trading platform and found invitation colorant.

Invitation Colorant (Red)

Type: Special

Item Effect: If the current instance difficulty has a chance of affixes appearing, use the colorant to dye the instance invitation letter to anchor a instance affix, making it certain to appear. Each use will cause the invitation letter to become damaged, and the number of challenges will be greatly reduced.

Description: The pigments condensed from the invisible and noisy colors contain a special power that can change the time and space of the copy, but it will also cause the echoes of the time and space slice to become weak.

Lin Bo immediately understood after reading the product introduction.

Taking the [Altar of the Sea Spirit] as an example, there are two challenge opportunities every day. After using colorants, it may become a challenge opportunity once a week.

The colorant caused the value of the copy to drop significantly. No wonder, although the price was only a few thousand disaster coins, it was a dusty commodity that no one wanted.

When he returned to the team channel, his teammates were discussing this.

[Holy Light]: The monk seems to be ready to quit. He should have received a higher level invitation and will not play this dungeon anymore.

[Barrier]: What a shame. He once took me on a map run and was very kind.

[I Really Want to Eat Meat]: The difficulty of ten people plus special affixes is scary just thinking about it. Mage, why don’t you sign up?

[Lighthouse Guest]: I'm a little tempted. Do you all want to sign up together?

[Holy Light]: Oh no, the place is full!

When Lin Bo looked at the dungeon channel, he saw that the monk had sent another message saying "the team is full", and below it were many messages from players lamenting.

[I really want to eat meat]: Oh, I got so excited for nothing, really...

[Lighthouse Guest]: Why don’t we try to form a team of ten?

[Holy Light]:!!!

[I really want to eat meat]:!!!

Lin Bo has some complaints about the current dungeon benefits. The level penalty is too severe. If he can get a random affix to greatly increase the reward, then the upgrade progress can be accelerated.

[Lighthouse Guest]: I think I can take the risk, but not today. I need to make the necessary preparations first. Once I've completed today's challenges, I'll go to the chat and recruit six veterans. I'll do my best to clear the level. What do you all think?

After he sent the message, there was silence in the team channel for a while.

[Holy Light]: The mage is so confident, so handsome (obsessed) (obsessed)

[I really want to eat meat]: As a loyal fan of Master Brother, you speak, I obey, it's that simple~

[Barrier]: I trust you completely. Leave the recruitment to us.

[Lighthouse Guest]: Let’s start today’s map run.

A deep purple vortex of time and space opened. Lin Bo packed up his equipment and stepped into it.

Chapter 98: Ten-man Group, Dungeon Affix: Unholy Blessing

Another day of map-running tasks is completed.

There is one thing Lin Bo can be sure of: the blue fluorescent bacteria cultured in whale oil are really delicious.

The teammates all had confused expressions after tasting it. Paired with the divine berries made by the druid, the taste was doubled. Even after defeating the boss monster, everyone was still reminiscing about it in the channel.

After returning to the Dongya Grottoes, Lin Bo saw that it was still early, so while mixing the concrete, he asked the fungus mat to produce more medicinal mushrooms.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, after completing today's construction plan, paving cement in the front section and nutrient soil in the atrium, Lin Bo returned to the lighthouse early.

At this moment, the visitors to Stone Tower Town had not yet gathered. The cement paving in the yard had already hardened, and it felt smooth and solid to step on. There were no traces of wild animals or birds, which made him very satisfied.

He refilled the soil piled outside the yard and planted the flowers and plants back to their original places.

Everything about the lighthouse looked the same as usual, except for the addition of a pile of rocks in the nearby open space. The rocks were crude in shape, like rubble that had fallen from an ancient mountain, but this was already the highest terrace on the cape.

Visitors to Stone Tower Town gathered as usual, talking about news and family matters.

The lighthouse is at its busiest at this time of day.

The young girls in the town always use the excuse of maintaining order in the queue, and most of the time they are crowded in the lighthouse, watching the night watchman treat people and doing odd jobs.

There are also children who are forced by their parents to work as laborers for lighthouse managers. Their families are generally poor and cannot afford to pay decent medical fees, so they repay their parents with physical labor, which is considered a way of not owing them anything.

Although there was only whispers around when Lin Bo was treating patients, everyone's breathing, talking and laughing were still louder than the wind and waves, like the crackling of a campfire.