This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 38 38. Why are you passing by my house?

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On the spiral corridor, seven Pujis were jumping up step by step.

These stairs, which were tailor-made for humans, were too high for Puji, who had short legs and was only half a person's height. He could only move forward step by step by jumping.

These are the Pujis sent to the first floor by Lin Jun.

Thanks to the Moon Shadow Stone left by a kind adventurer - a strange mineral that changes color every half a day.

It allows Lin Jun to count the days even in the dungeon.

After Dylan didn't return for seven consecutive days and even the adventurers gradually disappeared, Lin Jun clearly realized: something big has happened!
Could it be that the dungeon’s service life has expired and it needs to be demolished?
No matter what, Lin Jun naturally couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

In order to find out the truth, in addition to the large team of Puji that had been decided earlier to be sent to the lower level to investigate the source of the magic fluctuations, Lin Jun also added a team going up.

Considering the low levels of monsters in the first four levels, the number of Puji in this group is not large, only seven.

As expected, the monsters looked restless and wanted to take a bite of Puji as soon as they saw him.

But after one shot from the mushroom cannon, the corpses all became quiet.

Relying on the strategy that they had learned from Dylan a long time ago, the team almost reached the first level in just one day.

Half of that time was spent climbing stairs.

In fact, although the terrain and ecology of each layer are very different, the stairs connecting the layers are all carved from the same mold.

Lin Jun seriously suspected that the builder was lazy and just copied and pasted it.

When Puji finally reached the first floor, Lin Jun felt a little excited.

This was the closest he had ever been to the outside world. In the past, in order to avoid attracting attention, Lin Jun tried not to send Puji to other levels.

The first floor is a maze of corridors, just as Dylan said.

The building style is made of ancient bluestone bricks, and at first glance it is quite similar to the eighth floor.

However, unlike the hell-level maze on the eighth floor, the maze on the first floor has no teleportation arrays, no traps, and even no monsters.

Monsters are sparsely distributed and weak in combat, so even a novice can handle them with ease.

Although the corridor structure itself is confusing, this challenge has long been eliminated by the detailed strategy plan.

Several Pujis took the shortest route directly towards the underground city gate. He wanted to see what was going on today.

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A familiar voice came from the corner ahead, and soon a familiar figure walked out -

A wild Pooji!
Opening the panel, level LV1, five-dimensional attribute 1, and no other skills except the talent of spreading spores.

Its sole purpose is to spread its spores when eaten by other monsters.

It's truly pure and natural.

In comparison, those like Lin Jun who have four or five advanced skills are the kings of mushrooms.

The wild Puji seemed to be completely oblivious to its fellows and was just wandering around the corridor on its own.

Lin Jun's Puji shook its mushroom cap lightly, and some spores stuck to the wild Puji.

Suddenly, there was a new member in the fungus network.

stop!

Retracting its legs, the Puji obediently accepted Lin Jun's instructions, just like the seven others next to it.

Lin Jun's guess was verified. Puji, a low-level monster with no self and only instincts, was too easy to control.

Even if it is not produced by him, he can easily control it as long as it is connected to the fungus network.

But it doesn't make much sense.

With this Puji, the team came to the gate.

When we got near the end, it felt like we had entered an area with a completely different style. The difference was so big that it was almost like we had moved to another floor.

Eight pure black stone pillars stood in the hall, each carved with dark golden geometric patterns. Atop their caps, faint metal structures could be seen, connecting the eight pillars into a ring. Sixteen chains extended from the ring structure toward the center, ultimately connecting to a non-substantial circular magic circle suspended in the center.

Under the vision of magical perception, the magic circle flickered, just like the broken light bulb in the toilet in the previous life.

Go across this hall and go forward to the dungeon gate.

Lin Jun didn't let all the Puji go, but picked out the wild Puji alone to explore the way.

When Puji arrived at the gate, he saw traps and roadblocks all over the ground.

The twelve-meter-wide gate was blocked so that only a horizontal gap remained.

Through the gap, Lin Jun saw several pairs of terrified eyes and a crossbow aimed at Puji.

call out--

The poor wild Puji was shot through and flew three meters away, dying instantly, with spores bursting out all over the ground.

However, Lin Jun discovered that these spores quickly lost their activity, as if they were affected by the special influence of this hall.

Now it is certain that humans blocked the door.

I don't know why yet, but when I got closer to him just now, I found a bacterial network signal outside the door.

Seven Pujis stuck to the corner of the wall and moved to the wall near the door in the blind spot.

Lin Jun finally connected with the other party.

"Dylan?"

"Boss! You've actually made it to the first floor! Are you also trying to break through the dungeon?"

For a moment, Dylan was in deep turmoil. Should he stand with the human or the mushroom?

"What the hell? Stop talking nonsense and tell me why humans sealed the dungeon gate."

"Ah? Oh oh!"

Dylan breathed a sigh of relief when he realized he had misunderstood, and quickly told Lin Jun all the information about the demon tide.

Then he told Lin Jun that he was dumbfounded.

Will the monsters rush out en masse?

There are even monsters from the deep zone?

Does this mean that before those monsters can reach the first floor, they must first pass through their fifth floor?
What a deal!

Dylan also said that the Adventurer's Guild has hired almost all the idle adventurers to take turns guarding the gate.

The need for such vigilance fully demonstrates the scale and strength of the monsters in the demonic tide.

Can I stop it myself?
Looking at the situation outside, it’s impossible for me to hide outside the dungeon now.

But I am also a monster after all. If the monsters prioritize rushing to the gate instead of killing each other during the monster tide, I don’t seem to have to worry too much.

No matter what, at least I know what happened.

Tell Dylan not to get involved in the demonic tide, because his disguise might be exposed during the fight.

Lin Jun also had to go back and make preparations.

The team of Puji that was exploring downwards was now struggling with the monsters on the seventh floor, and Lin Jun also asked them to retreat.

Before the demonic tide arrives, we must make as many preparations as possible, and we must also release a batch of Puji beyond the limit.

The only thing that comforted Lin Jun was that in the secret space in the swamp area, Lin Jun successfully embedded two S-level magic crystals on the vehicle.

As for the third one, it couldn't fit in due to size, so it had to be kept for other uses.

Although since it was not created by its own skills but inherited from the old bat, the added effect was discounted.

But two S-level magic crystals increase the power of skills by 200%, which is also quite gratifying.

It’s time to officially name it, let’s call it... Knight!

(End of this chapter)