Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 239 - 234: The Fulfillment of the Original Wish

Chapter 239: Chapter 234: The Fulfillment of the Original Wish

Ah——!

Sunlight!

Breeze!

Finally... finally felt it!

Outside the Underground City, atop the cap of a giant Mushroom Tree, Knight Puki steadily held Lin Jun’s body, greedily enjoying the long-awaited sunbath!

With the humans around gone and a split body as insurance, Lin Jun could finally safely and boldly let his body come out and embrace the long-desired sun!

This is the taste of freedom!

Half a minute later, the knight silently retrieved the body, flapping his little wings, and lightly flew down from the Mushroom Tree.

Lin Jun discovered a cruel fact, he still preferred the cold and damp Swamp environment...

The sunlight on the surface, when exposed for too long, made the body feel dry, even though he had High Temperature Resistance and shouldn’t be afraid of the sun—perhaps it’s a racial instinct?

"Ooo—"

A low beastly roar sounded under the Mushroom Tree; a Wind Wolf poked its head out from behind the shrubs, its yellow-brown eyes warily staring at the scaly Puki in front of it, baring its fangs slightly, and pawing the ground uneasily, seemingly hesitating whether or not to attack.

Lin Jun kindly helped it solve the dilemma.

The Tentacle Blade swooshed through, and the Wind Wolf was sliced neatly in half from head to tail before it even had time to howl, collapsing onto the Fungal Mat.

After humans left, some Low Tier demons began to tentatively operate in the surrounding area.

However, they were more or less like this Wind Wolf—a mixed lot that hardly caught Lin Jun’s attention.

Similarly, without human interference, Lin Jun’s Fungal Mat expanded with reckless abandon, even infiltrating that Adventurer’s Guild!

The surface’s Magic Power concentration was far lower than in the Underground City, naturally forming very few Slimes, and without these predators, Lin Jun even skipped dispatching Puki to patrol the Fungal Mat.

Here, the efficiency of generating Magic Power through sunlight photosynthesis was significantly higher than in the Far North, making it a no-lose situation to spread the Fungal Mat where sunlight could reach!

The mushrooms blossoming everywhere, imbued with Magic Power, were one of the primary attractors for those low-level demons.

Lin Jun would not specifically hunt these demons, serving only as a producer and decomposer.

Meanwhile, the Fungal Mycelium Network on the surface also began excavation.

Considering that humans would return sometime in the future, the network tunnels were dug deep, planning to build another "Underground City" right on the edge of the Underground City sounded thrilling.

Everything was flourishing on the surface, and the Underground City was gradually restoring order.

Several major spatial Rifts known to unleash hordes of monsters had been sealed by Lin Jun, and other large and small Rifts were being cleared one by one.

Lin Jun did not obliterate all Rifts, leaving a few small openings for Puki to pass through, saving them for visiting neighbors in the future.

Not to mention, that lush, species-rich forest, looked just right for laying the Fungal Mat and planting Puki, ought to become the fourth Mushroom Garden!

At such times, Lin Jun couldn’t help but think of the unfortunate Dylan. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

An early startup employee who only experienced the days of hiding on the fifth floor, now prospered, even buying the entire Underground City, but he had no chance to enjoy it.

Given Dylan’s bad luck, Lin Jun really doubted his smooth return.

Perhaps erect a tombstone on the fifth floor in his memory later!

Moreover, Lin Jun found, perhaps due to the high-intensity decomposition of corpses and closely experiencing soul dissipation processes daily, his Inspiration skill upgraded rapidly, reaching level three in just a few days!

Thanks to this skill, he could barely perceive the soul state of decomposed targets now.

Then Lin Jun noticed a very clear division of soul types.

One type, like Minotaurs, upon decomposition and ingestion, left a small solid soul core, which then slowly merged into the surrounding world, like a drop of water joining the ocean.

The other type, like Mirage, regular Slime, Flower Demon, etc., upon decomposition, only scattered some thin, unformed fragments, quickly dissipating in the air like dust, leaving no trace.

Through repeated observation and verification, Lin Jun basically determined that the boundary between these two is "wisdom."

Though Minotaurs have simple, crude behavior patterns, brain full of muscle, they are still truly intelligent creatures.

Lin Jun planned to study the differences in souls among various intelligent races when he had the chance in the future.

Lin Jun also hadn’t forgotten another group of intelligent creatures in the Underground City—the werewolves living on the tenth floor.

The Fungal Mat had already spread to the tenth floor.

Just like the unfortunate fifth floor, the tenth floor also became a disaster area for invasions by alien demons.

However, unlike the devastation on the fifth floor, all demons that emerged from the Rifts were thoroughly cleared by the werewolves on the tenth floor.

If not for the dark brown bloodstains and chaotic marks left by dragging and friction on the ground, one might even assume it was never invaded.

Through the Fungal Mat’s perception, Lin Jun also observed the werewolf tribe from afar.

These werewolves had round, full bellies, fur seemingly shinier, completely different from his previous impression.

They obviously had no intention of leaving the tenth floor to the other side of the Rifts, opting instead to defend their home and turn the daring trespassers—a.k.a. "take-out"—into reserve food completely.

Unfortunately, these vigilant werewolves clearly noticed the spread of the Fungal Mat. Some werewolves actively cleared the mycelium around their tribe’s settlement area deftly, preventing Lin Jun from monitoring them deeply.

For this group of werewolves with growth potential comparable to Vampires, Lin Jun naturally intended to accept them.

However, there was no rush; the Underground City was under control, and they couldn’t escape.

Lin Jun decided to spend more time observing, understanding their habits, social structure, and even weaknesses, before deciding on which "kind and friendly" way to engage in deeper communication with them.

The overall setup of the Fungal Mat on the tenth floor went relatively smoothly, but it met obstacles on the ninth floor.

The creatures on the ninth floor would eat anything, making the mat a free buffet; they’d devour as much as was laid down, even climbing the long walls to eat it!

Relying on the rule-protected staircase, Lin Jun observed some of the ninth-floor situation.

If the Purple Crystal Dungeon was passively enduring invasions on other floors, then on the ninth floor, these frenzied flesh monsters became active invaders instead!

Lin Jun saw many flesh monsters crawling into Rifts leading to unknown areas, even at the cost of having parts of their bodies sliced off by the twisted spatial forces at the unstable Rift edges, as if something Delicious lay on the other side of a Rift.

Moreover, once they crossed, they never returned.

Whoever lived on the other side must have had terrible luck; Lin Jun could only silently light a candle for the unnamed neighbors.

While happily rebuilding his home, a Demon Race, having gathered Contribution Points for a long time, for the first time applied to Lin Jun for an exchange request other than mushrooms...