Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 11: Pharmacist Tongue Identification, Almighty Bacteria
In the current version of the game, it is very common for players to team up to go to dungeons and kill monsters.

The game itself also encourages players to communicate more. The dungeon difficulty is so high, in fact, it is implicitly advising players to group up as soon as possible.

Most novice players feel overwhelmed when they encounter difficult levels and start calling their friends. People like Lin Bo who can play through extremely difficult levels without taking any damage are truly tough guys.

In the chat channel, new people join every day, and old players quit. The total number of active users always fluctuates between 20 and 30.

Lin Bo would also lurk and peek at the screen in his spare time. He really enjoyed the atmosphere of everyone chatting. It was one of the few entertainment methods in this world that made him feel familiar and at ease.

[Nightingale]: Feeling lonely at home? Why not join me on a run? The Purgatory difficulty level is thrilling and exciting. Any friends want to join us?
[Feitian Dacao]: Today's challenge times have been used up. Add a friend first and wait for tomorrow to form a team together

[Starry Eyes]: Yes, yes! Take me one!
[Nightingale]: Please approve the friend invitation.

Players in the online chat channel can send friend requests to each other, but they cannot recommend friends to strangers, so each player's social circle is bound to the dungeon channel they are in.

Many players never tire of making friends. After all, some online friends can become big shots in the blink of an eye, and as a friend, you can rush over to curry favor with them faster than others.

[Lighthouse Guest]: Can you add me?

[Nightingale]: I can do it, brother

After Lin Bo added this [Nightingale] as a friend, the other party sent him an invitation to team up.

[Network Tips: Player [Lighthouse Guest] joins the current team]

[Feitian Dacao]: Four people are enough. Everyone should tell us about their profession and what they are good at, so that it will be easier to assign tasks later.

The difficulty of the dungeon will increase exponentially as the number of players increases, but the benefits will not increase as a result. Therefore, the best strategy for passing the dungeon is always to select a small number of elite players to form a team together. Not only will the difficulty of the dungeon change slightly, but your own combat power will also be greatly increased.

[Flying Grass]: I'll start with a level 3 barbarian, Giant Path, strong, can jump far, and can throw an axe accurately.

[Nightingale]: I am now a level 3 rogue, good at sneak attacks, picking locks, disarming traps, and archery.

[Feitian Dacao]: Not bad, you can run fast and survive. The trap on the third floor of the factory is left to you.

[Starry Eyes]: I am a level 3 soul-calling witch. I can summon a soul swordsman and I also know a few simple magic spells.
[Feitian Dacao]: Uh, what a rare profession. It sounds like a hybrid of a spirit bond master and a summoner. What kind of magic do you know?
[Starry Eyes]: Silent Phantom, Electric Claw, Mist, Darkness
[Nightingale]: Wow, sounds like you're better at stealth than me.

The teammates are very satisfied with the ability of [Starry Eyes]. Having a player who has mastered magical powers in the team means that the problem-solving ideas are broadened several times.

A mage doesn't need to possess world-shattering power; as long as he can create advantages for his teammates, he's an excellent adventure partner.

[Nightingale]: Lighthouse keeper, it's your turn.

[Lighthouse Guest]: I am a level 2 mage, good at close combat
The team channel was a bit quiet for a while.

Three seconds, five seconds, ten seconds... the uneasy silence continued, and the suspicion of teammates seemed a bit deafening.

[Flying Grass]: My friend, you are a wild man. Melee mages are not very strong in the early stage. Don't be discouraged. You can still be strong if you practice your skills well.

[Starry Eyes]: Lighthouse Hunter hasn't unlocked the Infernal difficulty yet, right? How about I team up with you and let's clear the Extreme difficulty first? Is that okay with you?

Lin Bo quickly added, "Thank you for your kindness. I just finished the Extreme Difficulty today, and I feel like it would be too difficult to continue challenging the Purgatory Difficulty alone, so I'd like to ask for help from my teammates."

[Starry Eyes]: Huh? Alone?

[Lighthouse Guest]: Yes
[Nightingale]: I’ll test it!
[Feitian Dacao]: I’ll test it!
[Starry Eyes]: Wow, it’s the boss!
The three immediately started sending various worshipful emojis, and Lin Bo, being a quick copyist, also joined in, and they joked around for a while. Afterwards, the four agreed to run the dungeon together once they had all their challenge attempts restored. Lin Bo left the team chat channel but didn't log off immediately; instead, he spent some money on Agilent.

He bought the skill book "Pharmacist Tongue Knowledge" for 60 disaster coins, and also got the corresponding knowledge material "Pharmacist Prescriptions" for 15 disaster coins.

[Lighthouse Guest]: I plan to buy some herbal seeds so that I can make my own medicine in the future, but I’m a little overwhelmed by the choices. Could you give me some advice, brother?
[Agilent]: Most herbs have high requirements for the growing environment. If you want them to have extraordinary medicinal effects, they must be grown under the interference of magical forces. Are there magical resources in your world?

Lin Bo answered simply: "Yes, but the stock is limited." He briefly described his discovery.

[Agilent]: Is there magical energy in living things? Let me ask the experts... I got it, I got it. How about growing mushrooms?
Lin Bo scratched his head, "What's the story behind growing mushrooms?"

[Agilent]: Don't underestimate mushrooms, be careful of them hitting you. Have you heard of the mushroom people? They are intelligent mushrooms that have mastered psychic abilities. They are very powerful.
"So what does this have to do with the mushrooms I want to grow, may I ask?"

[Agilent]: As for mushrooms, they are decomposers in nature. There are many types of them, like the gravel on the beach. They can adapt to most environments in the multiverse. Even lava mushrooms can grow next to volcanic magma.

[An]: So some scholars saw their potential and developed a series of fungi varieties through targeted screening and cultivation to meet the various production and life needs of customers.
[An]: Some mushrooms are highly productive and have excellent taste and flavor, and can feed large populations in arid environments. Some mushrooms can produce oils, strong acids, salts, and more to meet industrial needs. There are countless mushrooms that can be used as medicinal herbs, healing external wounds, detoxifying internal injuries, and nourishing the body. Mushrooms can replace the raw materials of most medicines.

[An]: The best part is that all of the aforementioned mushroom species can evolve from a single parent strain and can coexist on the same fungal carpet. If you compost whale meat, bones, or viscera, the mycelium will automatically absorb the magical energy, benefiting the entire carpet.

[Lighthouse Guest]: Wonderful
Brother Agilent is indeed a gold medal shopping guide and a guiding light in Linbo’s shopping journey. His words can wake him up from his dream, and he is happy every time he buys.

It costs 100 disaster coins to purchase the required original all-purpose mushroom strains. In addition, growing mushrooms also requires technology. The accompanying knowledge material "Mushroom Professor's Fungus Agronomy" costs 15 disaster coins.

After a hard day's work, I only had 16 disaster coins left in my pocket.

Lin Bo once again passively fell into a state of contentment with poverty.

"The money has been spent. It's just like the wind blowing the eggshells." He was in a good mood as he looked at the goods that arrived through the portal.

The scroll of "Medicine Buddha's Tongue Consciousness" is made of palm leaves. After being torn open, it also turns into a stream of light and sinks into the center of the eyebrows.

Pharmacist Tongue Identification: Lv1 (0/50) Infer the main medicinal properties by tasting the medicinal materials

This skill, developed in conjunction with the Pharmacist's Prescription Codex, involves carefully savoring the herbs in one's mouth, then determining their properties based on the information in the book. Combining ingredients of varying properties can create pills with varying potencies.

Pharmacists in this system emphasize adapting to local conditions and being flexible, and their style is relatively rough, which is completely different from the precision and meticulousness that modern medicine strives for.

However, Lin Bo originally planned to be a barefoot Chinese medicine practitioner. After all, without a complete and mature industrial system, he alone could not meet the production threshold of modern medicine.

Don’t look at the style of painting, but look at the efficacy. The pharmacist system can solve the medical needs of the people, is better than doctors of the same generation, and meets Lin Bo’s own medication needs. This is enough.

When you get the primary strain, it looks like a gray, dry powder ball, but it is actually tens of millions of spore aggregates. Sprinkle them on the culture medium, and mycelium will grow within a few days. Then, based on theoretical knowledge, you can culture the required strain in a targeted manner.

Lin Bo pinched the spore ball and thought that this thing could not be planted in a lighthouse.

He thought of the cave under the eastern cliff. It was hidden and spacious, and would be a good choice for a mushroom plantation. It would also be convenient for him to travel there.

"I'm going to clean up that cave and prepare to plant mushrooms."

Lin Bo exited the virtual communication channel and hurriedly left the lighthouse with all his equipment.

(End of this chapter)