Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 232 - 229: Green Mushroom’s Ambition

Seal rather than bury.

This means it’s not dead yet!

But what’s with one-sixth, gather all the Demon King fragments to make a wish?

And being chopped into eight pieces can still live?

After all, in this kind of world... maybe it actually can...

Of course, this is just one side of the Yellow-covered Book’s story!

Given its history, either it hides critical information or mixes one deadly lie in ten truths, tripping you up at a crucial moment. You have to be skeptical of every word it says!

If Lin Jun’s own soul didn’t seem abnormally large, he would have really fallen into the Yellow-covered Book’s trap. In terms of playing tricks and setting traps, Lin Jun still highly acknowledges the Yellow-covered Book’s means.

Thinking this, Lin Jun casually expressed the most direct respect to the Yellow-covered Book—an electric arc appeared without warning, accurately striking the unprepared Yellow-covered Book!

[Burned! Boss, I swear every word I said is true, I’m not lying to you! I wouldn’t dare!]

"How do you know the Demon King is behind this?"

[My mission... is to release the Demon King...]

"Mission? Who gave you this task?" Lin Jun pressed on.

[I... don’t know...]

[Ow ow ow! Don’t shock me! I really don’t know!]

[Since I gained consciousness... this task has been there!]

[All I know is, releasing the Demon King... I can obtain... my own soul! That’s all!]

Whoa! You can really make a wish huh!

"Your own soul?" Lin Jun thought of the core of the Yellow-covered Book that seemed like a soul but wasn’t, "What would be different if you had a soul?"

[Of course! A world of difference!]

[I’ve always been dealing with souls, so I know better than anyone!]

[Souls can be bound, twisted... but they never perish! To have a soul is to truly live! To live eternally!]

The Yellow-covered Book suddenly got excited, so Lin Jun kindly shocked it again to calm it down.

"Hmm... so you’re still not giving up? Still thinking of stealing the core from me to release the Demon King?"

[No... that’s not what I meant, boss...]

[Boss, releasing the Demon King now is a great contribution, you know!]

[Lord Demon King is going to lead the Demon Race, he wouldn’t covet your Underground City, right?]

"Then why didn’t you discuss it with me earlier?" Lin Jun snorted coldly.

[That’s because... I wasn’t sure about your attitude, ow ow ow! Don’t shock! I wanted revenge! I thought it unnecessary to tell you this! I was wrong! I was wrong!]

Puki’s mycelium tentacles stretched out, lifting the Yellow-covered Book up, which was emitting a scorched odor, its cover half-charred.

Suspended in midair, the Yellow-covered Book instantly felt a terrifying sense of impending doom!

[Boss! If you don’t agree, so be it! Just spare my life!]

[I know many secrets, the promotion of vampires! The Hero’s Holy Sword! The Emperor of the Empire’s dark history! I’m still useful! Really, still useful!]

[Spare] 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The last thick electric arc plowed through, completely carbonizing the fragile book pages, and Puki’s tentacles clamped the smoking, charred book with a "snap," taking it away from the core hall without looking back.

Lin Jun didn’t destroy the Yellow-covered Book directly; as it said, as a repository of knowledge, it’s still somewhat useful.

He now holds its life in his hands, and being a smart book, it should know it only has one last chance to lie while in Lin Jun’s possession, and this chance surely won’t be wasted on trivial matters.

So most of the information it provides is credible, as long as you’re cautious with it regarding important matters.

However, while it can escape death, living punishment is inescapable!

...

In Mushroom Garden No. 3.

"Norris, let me help reinforce the armor on Jida."

"Boss? Oh, oh, sure, sure!" Norris quickly crawled out of Jida, obediently standing aside to see how the reinforcement would be done.

In the next moment, under the completely bewildered gaze of Norris, Puki pulled out the charred, tattered Yellow-covered Book with smoke still lingering on its cover and forcibly embedded it into Jida’s chest...

"Eh? E-Elder?!" Norris looked at the still-smoldering Yellow-covered Book, utterly confused about what was happening, and tentatively poked its charred cover with his finger, which even shed skin!

Unfortunately, the Yellow-covered Book can no longer communicate with him now.

...

There might be Demon King fragments behind the door.

Though he wished to see the Demon King’s visage, it was better to leave it be.

This isn’t Lin Jun’s prejudice against the Demon Race.

In fact, after witnessing vampires, the Demon Race, dwarves, elves, and beastmen, Lin Jun doesn’t think there’s any difference between them and humans, except for body structure.

It’s just pure fear of the unknown and inconvenience.

Contribution to the Dragon?

Listen to this term!

It’s simply a glamorous synonym for "please immediately leap into the eye of the storm and prepare to be devoured by various forces"!

Lin Jun gracefully declines, with no interest in getting involved!

If he can leisurely sunbathe, without alarming big shots, and lay more fungal mats to set up more Mushroom Gardens safely, Lin Jun will be very satisfied, with no other wishes.

Speaking of which, now that the core functions as the Underground City’s control room and houses the Demon King, its security level must be maxed out!

How many Puki should be arranged here?

To ensure combat capability, there should be at least over a thousand!

And a large number of them must be elites...

No, calculating like this, doesn’t it mean that the number of Puki I can deploy is almost none?!

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Ultimately, Lin Jun decided to bring the two Combat Puppets back.

After spending most of the day, Fat Otaku Puki, equipped with the Combat Puppets, had just entered the core area when the two dormant constructs were instantly activated.

The next moment, the Fat Otaku Puki housing them was shredded from within, followed immediately by the surrounding Puki.

In just half a minute, the escort team of over a hundred Puki was wiped out.

After clearing all "threats," they returned to the sides of the core gate, entering standby mode.

That’s right... Lin Jun can’t control the Combat Puppets either...

Among the myriad points of light on the Crystal Stele, Lin Jun didn’t know which one managed these two Combat Puppets.

Therefore, once they resumed activity, they began to eliminate all demons present, including Puki, according to their prior settings!

But it’s no big deal; Lin Jun has his ways!

The only thing Lin Jun can freely control now is computing power; as long as it doesn’t enter the two Combat Puppets...

A new Puki swaggered up the platform’s midline, strutting into the core room, while the two Combat Puppets remained motionless, like real sculptures.

Alright, although he can’t change the settings, with control over the electric switch, these two guards are still usable!

After solving the core’s security issue and temporarily setting aside the Demon King matter, Lin Jun now needs to focus on repairing the Underground City.

Today’s Purple Crystal Dungeon is beyond the point of "devastated," with horrifying spatial rifts everywhere, the ecosystem of some layers affected, and a few layers even having altered terrain, urgently needing repairs from this newly appointed administrator!