Chapter 111: 110 Glass Box?

Deep in the tunnel, the tremor of Pujis' shells chiseling never ceased in the darkness.

Several cattle-like Pujis gathered the gravel on the ground and carried it out.

Since the tunnel was already hundreds of meters long, running back and forth took a huge amount of time, so that the number of cattle-like Pujis responsible for transporting gravel now exceeded the number of digging Pujis actually smashing stones.

This area was far beyond the mining range of the amethyst mine, and all the stones dug out were worthless, yet the Pujis continued to work under orders.

Because the distance was too great, Lin Jun had to spread the mycelial mat inside as well.

To put the whole project in a word, there was no profit; mobilizing such a huge effort was no exaggeration.

But if an underground city could be dug out in the end, it would all be worth it!

Clang—

Unlike ordinary mining sounds, as if hitting something exceptionally hard, a Pujis trembled and fell to the ground—dead.

The massive recoil force destroyed its internal mycelial structure, but it was no big deal; death was not the end.

Since these digging Pujis often injured themselves from the recoil, Lin Jun had applied 【Mycelial Reconstruction Lv4】 to all of them; even if they were shaken to death like this, as long as they remained relatively intact, they could crawl up and work again after lying down for a while.

What concerned Lin Jun was that the layer before it was just ordinary rock; why was the recoil damage so great?

Clang—

Just as Lin Jun was about to start researching, the same sound came again, and another Pujis trembled and collapsed.

Lin Jun immediately ordered all digging Pujis to stop work, gathered them near the spot where two Pujis had been shaken to death, and began mining carefully and meticulously.

Not long after, a "wall" was cleared.

Calling it a "wall," it was actually just rock commonly seen in the tunnel, appearing nothing special, yet it was simply too flat!

Not just appearing flat, but actually flat to the touch.

Not a single bump or hollow; even the Pujis' shells touching it felt no friction!

It was utterly absurd!

If forced to describe it, it was a very thin yet extremely sturdy transparent wall, separating the inside from the outside.

This "wall" was different from the air wall Lin Jun had encountered on the stairs earlier; the air wall felt like a spring, a force preventing you from moving forward.

This transparent wall was different; it was absurdly hard.

To test the hardness of the transparent wall, Lin Jun even deployed the mushroom cannon and self-destruct, causing a small-scale collapse and requiring much time to clear the debris.

Even so, the transparent wall did not budge an inch.

Lin Jun even brought Seeing Xiao Hei over and asked her to try smashing the transparent wall.

One punch!

The transparent wall did not budge an inch!

Instead, Seeing Xiao Hei, who was usually invincible, clutched her right paw and groaned on the ground, making such a commotion that it almost triggered another collapse.

Afterwards, she hid in the mushroom house and ignored the mushrooms; Lin Jun could only rummage frantically in the small treasury, found no ordinary gems, and could only pick a ring with +1 Strength to give to Seeing Xiao Hei to restore her favorability.

Since digging horizontally was impossible, Lin Jun ordered the Pujis to change direction and start spiraling upward.

This time, they didn't dig long; after half a day, with another tremor—reached the top!

At this height, it was probably the junction of the fourth and fifth floors.

So... was he living inside a large glass box?

Although he had long expected not to dig out, discovering he lived inside a large glass box still felt subtle, reminding Lin Jun of the petri dish from his past life...

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Capital City of the United Kingdom, Oath City.

In this city where land was worth its weight in gold, the east side held a magnificent yet sparsely populated building—the Relic Association Headquarters. This building, over 300 years old, had a main body constructed of white granite, supplemented by wooden decorative structures, with time leaving many marks upon it.

Under the midday sun, the entire building presented a warm honey-colored tone.

A splendid carriage drawn by four black horses stopped before the main gate; the prominent crest on the carriage body represented the family to which its occupant belonged.

Behind the carriage followed four mounted guards.

Eric handed the reins to a servant who approached, got out of the carriage, personally opened the carriage door, and welcomed the Young Lady seated inside down.

"Young Lady Inanna, Mr. Eric, welcome your visit."

A Relic Association staff member who had been waiting at the door smiled and approached; Inanna looked at the badge on his chest representing the status of a Bachelor, slightly bowed, and performed a noble greeting.

The "Hero Summoning" had long passed, but the Demon Race, having suffered losses, had never ceased their subsequent retaliatory actions, so Inanna had been forced to stay at home for several months.

However, she had never forgotten to help Lin Jun find information about the underground city.

This time, after much coaxing and pleading, she finally obtained her father's consent to come to the Relic Association accompanied by Eric.

Eric, standing nearby, naturally guessed that Inanna's purpose for coming here was probably related to that letter from last time; he had also sent people to inquire about that man named Dylan.

Although there were suspicious points, such as suddenly obtaining a large sum of money to purchase the Resurrection Potion.

But according to logic, he should have had no contact with the Young Lady.

Eric judged he was probably just an intermediary, but the person behind him, Eric could not find out at all.

Recently, even Dylan had disappeared, so the investigation had to be temporarily abandoned.

Under the Bachelor's guidance, Inanna crossed the hall, walked nearly ten minutes in the long corridor, and arrived at a place resembling a library.

"Level Two Access Xu Kequan."

The Bachelor took out a document stamped with Duke Amara's seal and handed it to the old man guarding the door.

After glancing at it, the old man signed the document and let Inanna in, while Eric remained outside; in principle, he was not qualified to enter—Level Two Access Xu Kequan was granted to Inanna by Duke Amara.

It could even be said that if he were not accompanying Inanna, he could not enter the Relic Association Headquarters at all.

"Young Lady Inanna, you applied to access materials related to underground cities, correct?" the Bachelor walking ahead asked gently.

Although he behaved like a true reception servant, Inanna dared not be negligent; she knew her magic teacher was only a Bachelor.

"Yes."

The Scholar led Inanna through three partitions to a row of bookshelves.

"This room contains all the data on dungeons, covering a very wide range; you may pick and choose what to read.

Since these are 'Secret'-level documents, you cannot take them out; please finish reading them here."

Inanna nodded first, then stared at the entire row of bookshelves, somewhat dazed; she had not expected there to be so many!

She looked at the Scholar as if seeking help.

Seeing her expression, the Scholar finally could not hold back a light laugh; after thinking for a moment, he stepped forward and said, "I personally suggest you start with this book."

As he spoke, he pulled a book from the shelf: "Dungeon Structures Beyond the Naked Eye"

(End of this chapter)