This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 49: The Gradually Spreading Mushrooms

The second floor of the dungeon.

A light breeze passed through the forest, bringing with it the pure scent of grass and trees. The clear spring water in the gravel stream reflected the orange and white light emitted by the fireflies.

At first glance, this is a natural woodland with lush greenery and flowing water.

But in fact, almost all the small monsters in the forest are good at hiding and sneak attacks, and many of them are poisonous.

It is normal for newcomers to die in there if they don’t prepare antidotes.

The long sword pierced into the half-man-high grass, and Gray lightly picked it up, and a green scorpion as big as a foot was skewered out.

"Didn't they say that after the demonic tide, the number of monsters would decrease significantly in the short term?

I haven’t been walking for long, but I’ve already killed three spiders, six scorpions, and four small snakes…”

Calvin, who was checking the dungeon strategy on the side, explained to him without even looking up:

“The decrease in numbers refers to those high-level or large-sized monsters.

After the magic tide, the concentration of magic power in the dungeon will increase significantly. Low-level small monsters will benefit the most, so it is normal for them to appear in large numbers."

As he spoke, he brought the guide in front of Gray and pointed to a spot, saying, "Look, there's a common black and white python on this floor. We haven't encountered one along the way."

Gray swung his sword upwards, slicing a green snake hanging upside down above their heads in half. He took a quick glance at the strategy guide and complained:

"Five... but this is too annoying. How long will it take to get to the next level?"

"There's still quite a bit to go," Calvin paused, as if studying the map. "How about this, let's take a detour. There's a natural cave we can go through. There aren't so many annoying little creatures over there."

"What's there?" Gray didn't believe that it could be a completely safe passage.

"Spider, big spider."
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Gray raised the torch in his hand, illuminating the messy and broken spider webs in the gray-white stone cave. It seemed that this place had not yet recovered from the destruction of the magic tide.

"Where's the spider?"

Calvin pointed above his head, and Gray looked over there and saw a small red dot hidden in the darkness.

"Don't worry, these guys are actually quite timid. Unless you are stuck to the net, they won't dare to come down and attack you."

"how do you know?"

"It's written in the guide."

Gray nodded, then asked, "Then why don't they come down and eat this?"

As he spoke, he used a torch to drive away the darkness in front of him, revealing a Puji struggling on a spider web.

"Puji? Spiders are carnivorous, so it's normal for them not to eat it." Calvin said with a puzzled look, "But why is there a Puji here?"

"What's the problem with appearing here? Didn't we encounter the same problem on the first floor?" Gray didn't understand what was so strange.

"So people like you who don't read books don't understand anything."

Calvin moved closer to observe this strange creature and explained to Gray:
"The demonic tide does indeed cause demons to flow into other classes, but it always flows from the lower classes to the upper classes.

It is almost impossible for monsters from the upper level to run to the lower level.

And this Puji is so weird, it even has tentacles..."

"That means there are also walking mushrooms in the lower levels."

"But the guide says that only the first floor has Puji."

"When did you make this guide? Is it out of date?"

"Three years ago, it shouldn't be outdated..." Calvin also became uncertain. If the strategy was really outdated, they might encounter unexpected dangers.

Gray stepped forward and took the Puji in front of him off the spider web.

"Gray, what are you doing? This is a mutant, it could be dangerous!"

Gray shrugged: "What's dangerous about the walking mushroom? I just want to see what it's doing here." As soon as Puji landed on the ground, the four hyphal tentacles suddenly stretched out and shot into the darkness above.

After a hissing sound was heard from above, a two-meter-wide spider was pulled down and smashed heavily to the ground, dying on the spot.

Then Puji slowly dragged the spider's corpse and walked outside.

Gray turned his head and found Calvin looking straight at him.

"Okay, I admit it's a little dangerous... Do you want to follow and see?"

Gray pointed at Puji, which was about to turn the corner. Its direction was not the same as theirs.

Calvin's curiosity was also aroused at this time. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said:

"We still have plenty of time, so let's go and take a look!"

After reaching an agreement, the two followed Puji all the way.

I watched it slap the scorpion that attacked it away with one tentacle, and then walk into two hidden paths, and finally enter a small cave located between the cracks in the rocks, with a faint light inside.

The two came to the edge of the cave and looked inside.

In the small cave, mycelium grows in every corner, and mushrooms of all sizes emitting faint light illuminate the entire cave.

What made the two of them gasp was...

The ground was covered with skeletons, which spread from the cave entrance. The corpses of wolves, black and white snakes, giant spiders, and unknown dragon beasts were mixed together.

Some of the corpses were already covered with mycelium, while others looked like they had just been moved in and the blood had not yet completely coagulated.

Several mutant Pujis with tentacles worked together to move the new spider corpse to the empty space, being careful not to let the corpse scratch the fungal carpet on the ground.

Gollum—

Looking at each other, Gray and Calvin saw the shock in each other's eyes.

The two of them tiptoed back slowly, not relaxing until they were completely away from the cave.

As soon as he came out, Calvin complained, "Why...why are you so nervous? This is only the second floor. You're already level 31 and you're still scared?"

"Weren't you the one who got nervous first?"

“Okay, okay, but it’s so weird that I’m definitely nervous. Where else have I seen such a brutal Puji?

I'm going to tell my teacher about this when I get home."

As he said that, Calvin turned around and looked back, but there was no Puji behind them.

"Let's rush to the fifth floor first."
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Ok?
Lin Jun, who was planting large mushrooms in the forest, suddenly received a picture from the second-floor branch station - two peeping human adventurers.

Is the dungeon finally open?
It seems that we need to speed up the formation of large mushrooms.

We also need to replenish the combat Puji, otherwise the guard force will not be enough and it will be troublesome if we encounter troublemakers.

As for the two adventurers, Lin Jun ignored them.

I never intended to hide this from humans, and I can't hide it even if I want to.

The cave was chosen to be in a remote location just to reduce harassment from monsters.

And in fact, even if you want to control it, you can't.

Unlike the direct connection of mycelium, the signal transmitted through the mushroom node has a slight delay, and what I see is the picture from about 6 minutes ago.

The Puji outside all carry out their tasks independently after being set.

They will only fight back unless human adventurers actively attack or snatch the monster corpses in the cave - this is also Lin Jun's consistent policy of neutrality.

If someone really destroyed these sub-stations, Lin Jun could only blame himself for his bad luck and wait for the other party to go down to the fifth floor before taking revenge!

(End of this chapter)