[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms":3,"chapter-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-139":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Dungeon Has Sprouted Mushrooms",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2219194,3995,"Chapter 139","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-139",139,"\u003Cp>In the swamp area, four Puji were wrapped in cocoons made of fungal threads, falling into a [Stiff] state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specific effect of this skill was unknown, and Lin Jun could only try it out and wait for the results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for placing the cocoons in the swamp instead of the mushroom forest was mainly out of fear that Xiao Hei might pass by one day and eat them directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swamp area didn't smell good, and Xiao Hei didn't like coming here, so they could hatch safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows what will hatch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the Great Expedition was going smoothly for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there were high-level monsters like Flame Demons or giant insects in the deep layers, they weren't everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the caves were inhabited by large numbers of ordinary monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Puji army plus Louisa, they had the ability to conquer the vast majority of caves, and the losses wouldn't be too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there were still problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that almost every cave had numerous passages leading in all directions, Lin Jun needed to arrange for some Puji to guard the territory every time he occupied a cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if some monsters popped out at any time and destroyed the fungal carpet in the rear, cutting off the front line, it would be fatal—fatal for Louisa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depending on the situation, each cave required dozens or even hundreds of Puji to guard the fungal carpet, and Lin Jun's originally sufficient troop capacity was rapidly declining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The normal operation of the mushroom garden required a capacity of 800, 400 of which were on the fifth layer; if this number were reduced further, Lin Jun wouldn't feel secure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the remaining capacity, at the current progress, after occupying another ten or so caves, the expedition would be forced to stop due to a lack of cannon fodder, even without encountering boss-level enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to find usable intelligent creatures as soon as possible to serve as intermediate nodes and expand the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why Lin Jun gave Louisa a strict order: intelligent humanoid life forms could only be captured, not killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, so far, only two Minotaurs had been captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn't even a shadow of the Troglodytes Lin Jun had high hopes for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was highly probable that the direction of the Great Expedition was not the same as the Troglodytes' lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To search for traces of the Troglodytes, Lin Jun also kept sending scout bat Puji from the occupied caves into the connected passages to investigate, but there had been no results so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, although there was no good news about finding the Troglodytes, there was bad news!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rifts... more rifts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun had now occupied 4 caves and explored over a hundred passages, and had already found no fewer than six rifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although none were large and the other side was just a harmless void space, it inevitably gave Lin Jun the feeling that he was living in a dilapidated house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Security, security!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is it so hard to stay in one place peacefully?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun had even considered the worst-case scenario: his failure to seize the core, and the dungeon shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have to flee outside like a stray dog and start developing all over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about that scene made his heart ache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lin Jun had also considered other methods—perhaps he could find a way to let humans know about the situation in the deep layers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely humans wouldn't be willing to watch the dungeon collapse, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this method wasn't as good as seizing the core himself, it was a hundred times better than being homeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that there were too many uncertain factors...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing his thoughts back to the present, the two Minotaur captives had awakened, but the recruitment wasn't going smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after being [Fusion Parasitized], the thoughts coming from the fungal network were still resistant and violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facts proved that the favorability bonus brought by [Fusion Parasitized] had almost no effect on the violent and stubborn Minotaurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two Minotaurs weren't unintelligent; they were simply stubborn to the point of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Lin Jun wondered if these Minotaurs had some kind of warrior's honor, and if he needed to win a one-on-one duel to subdue them—that kind of plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out not to be the case; the two Minotaurs were simply racist and looked down on the Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even looked down on that vampire, Louisa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun couldn't understand the source of their inexplicable sense of superiority; in any case, the Minotaurs never showed any sign of softening from beginning to end. In the end, Lin Jun ended up with two Minotaur puppets...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recruitment failed, and Lin Jun's mood worsened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only Huang Pishu could control the Minotaurs into submission through charm at a time like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Huang Pishu was too useless and couldn't do anything about Minotaurs whose culture didn't have written language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the use of such a useless book?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, it actually seemed to have some use!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun remembered that Huang Pishu's detection range seemed quite large?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Norris was actually quite diligent; after coming out, he focused entirely on improving his strength, training his combat abilities on the sixth layer almost every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Pishu used its detection ability to help him choose suitable combat targets, and because he had a set of excellent skills, he fought above his level every time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the scouring of experience points, his level had now reached lv27, and he wasn't far from the Silver rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, today, Norris, who had been suddenly called to the side of the rift, looked at the bottomless abyss below and had a faint sense of foreboding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, what's up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Norris, have you felt that the monsters on the sixth layer are a bit too weak lately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Norris nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth layer, at the end of the day, only went up to level 30; for him now, it was indeed hard to say how much of a challenge it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the seventh layer was a waterway terrain, and he had no underwater skills, making it unsuitable for training there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the difficulty of the eighth layer, the fungal carpet hadn't been successfully laid there, so it wasn't suitable to go over either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today is just to take you to a new place where there are more monsters suitable for you to practice on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss... that new place wouldn't be...\" Norris kept his eyes fixed on the rift under his feet, clearly having guessed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh, Norris had also grown up and wasn't as easily swayed emotionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Lin Jun didn't hide it and affirmed: \"It's down there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Boss, I can't fly...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's okay, the Puji can!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he finished speaking, four bat Puji grabbed Norris's limbs and lifted him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Norris instinctively wanted to struggle, but Lin Jun kindly reminded him: \"Don't move around, or you'll fall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Norris, who had already reached above the rift, instantly stiffened his body and let the bat Puji carry him down slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Norris, who finally flew to the bottom cave, vomited uncontrollably as soon as he landed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spirit had been highly tense, and he had been keeping his body stiff; after finally landing safely, the feeling of nausea could no longer be suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he rested for another half hour, Lin Jun assigned him a task—together with Huang Pishu, search for traces of the Troglodytes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the premise was not to leave the controllable range of the fungal carpet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Lin Jun also transferred the control rights of the two Minotaur puppets and 10 elite Puji to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, combined with Huang Pishu's detection ability, Norris could be considered to have guaranteed safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Norris looked at the two monsters in front of him that were more than twice his height and swallowed his saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his first time seeing puppet individuals, and they were Minotaurs whose strength far surpassed his!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of casually commanding monsters stronger than himself was not something that controlling a few Puji could compare to, which made Norris feel a strange excitement in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he learned that this was the deep layer, Norris felt more cautious, but he wasn't intimidated by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Boss had arranged for muscle, provided the fungal network, and had Huang Pishu to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he still didn't have the guts to explore nearby, then there was no need to consider getting stronger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Huang Pishu, it showed a level of enthusiasm far exceeding when it was playing around with Norris on the sixth layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boss, you can rest assured and leave this matter to us, we guarantee to complete it easily!]\u003C\u002Fp>",1484,"2026-06-17T15:02:37.041Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","fcc5387849446e760d8c89a1f31d373a2f3b4845d21e55e50d0075b1c85496dd","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-140","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-138",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]