[{"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-17":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Dungeon Has Sprouted Mushrooms",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2219072,3995,"Chapter 17: 17 Treasure Chest Room","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>Honestly, Lin Jun felt his level shouldn't be considered low; he was at least level 44!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why had he been chased around ever since he came out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, in the same environment, his survival difficulty seemed much higher than that of the adventurers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did monsters want to eat him, but humans also wanted to slaughter him if they encountered him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, these adventurers clearly had a guide; otherwise, how could they have successfully passed through the teleportation maze while he got lost inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven knows how many days it had been, but based on the previous journey, Inanna might have already successfully walked out of the maze by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the long corridor was a teleportation array, after the teleportation array were monsters, and after the monsters was another branching long corridor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one blast, he turned the last Corroded-Tooth Dog in front of him—which had been barking incessantly but didn't dare to approach—into slag, letting it follow in its companions' footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he randomly chose a long corridor to walk down, and at the halfway point or the end, he randomly picked a teleportation array to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the monsters on this floor didn't exceed level 40; more accurately, most were between level 20 and level 30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really got surrounded, he could always rely on high evasion and rolling charge to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But continuing like this wasn't a solution; he had first fought a big battle with the adventurers, and now he had been lost in the maze for so long that his magic reserves were running low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, he was about to starve to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for some reason, the magic in the air on this floor was exceptionally thin; even if he wanted to take root on the spot, he couldn't collect much magic to replenish his consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decomposing monster corpses was also a way to get magic, but it was too unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding monsters was easy; just enter any teleportation array, and there was a high probability that a few monsters would be behind it, but how to bring them back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't just be a nomadic mushroom, eating wherever he went; the consumption of taking root that way would likely not even be replenished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had to try to find the exit, or at least find an environment with magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found another teleportation array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a gambler always lose? He had to let himself hit a way out eventually!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A green teleportation light lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The color was different this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drip—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drop of water fell from an inverted stone cone into a small pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This—this—this magic concentration!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without spreading out the mycelial mat, just being in this environment, Puji started to slowly recover magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like he was swimming in magic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he had to stay clear-headed; there was a high probability of mon— after teleporting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the claustrophobic dome, blue-gray stone walls surrounded a pool of clear water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the space that could be seen at a glance, there wasn't a single monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he saw something that surprised him greatly but was reasonable—a treasure chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A treasure chest made of stone material but with delicate textures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although logically Lin Jun couldn't figure out who put it there, a dungeon really should have treasure chests to be called a dungeon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming again, besides a stone door, there was no hidden space concealing monsters in this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming it was safe, Lin Jun couldn't wait to stick to the treasure chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Native monster, refuse to touch the treasure chest]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar information, familiar air wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discrimination and oppression of native monsters in this dungeon were truly everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun didn't give up but instead pressed tightly against the air wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, after a while—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brave, restriction lifted]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought that the Brave had finished using it after giving him the [Greed] title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't expect that he would need it everywhere after coming up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly fragrant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped up and kicked open the stone lid on top, and after landing, he took two jumps back to keep a distance just to be safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing happened; it wasn't a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now it was time to see what good things were inside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blue-green high-collared cloak was taken out by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was equipment, which was also within expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this size was clearly designed for humans; draped over Puji, who was only half a person tall, half of it dragged on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The high collar was even pressed into a flat ring by the mushroom cap...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening Puji's attribute panel, he found that the original 42 agility had increased to 47.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt very subtle; it seemed a bit useful, but it also felt not that useful...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were there any active skills?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were, how should he use them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to guide magic into the cloak, both sides became blurry, and two identical Puji wearing cloaks appeared on the left and right, which could be controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Puji on the right performed a rolling charge at the wall under command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It disappeared without a trace like a popped bubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, illusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad, not bad; anyway, it was picked up for free, and Lin Jun was already satisfied with 5 attributes plus a skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just hoped this cloak wouldn't get too dirty from dragging...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cloak was just an extra harvest; the real treasure was this place rich in magic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under magic perception, the place where the magic was thickest was this small pool of clear water in the center, and the rich magic in the air was just a small part that had escaped from the pool water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, water droplets full of magic were constantly dripping from the dome into the pool, and he didn't know where they were seeping from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, he had really found a treasure; if he collected all the magic here, Lin Jun even had the confidence to build another team of 400 Puji!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, leading a group of bodyguards, why worry about not being able to rush out of the dungeon all the way?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which adventurer would dare to cause him trouble? Who could block hundreds of mushroom cannon shots!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the space here was too small, so it definitely couldn't accommodate 400 Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun looked at the only stone door; he didn't know where it was outside, and if there was space to pile up Puji?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gently pushing the stone door, it didn't budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Increasing the force, it still didn't budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rolling charge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun, who had been bumped until he was dizzy, was a bit dumbfounded looking at the stone door in front of him, which hadn't even lost a single stone chip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did this mean? This door couldn't be opened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was it that this door couldn't be opened from this side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what should he do after falling here? Wait for someone to open the door from the other side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking for a while, Lin Jun decided to look around again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the traps of the teleportation maze; others should have come in before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he could find some mechanism or clues left by predecessors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon he had a discovery; although he didn't find clues left by predecessors, he found the predecessors...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dug out a skeleton half-buried in the soil from the grass; he didn't know how long it had been dead, and the leather clothes it was wearing were already tattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at this skeleton, Lin Jun seemed to see his own future...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was a mushroom; as long as the magic water droplets on the dome continued, he wouldn't starve to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When in Rome, do as the Romans do; be optimistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happened that the various dangers along the way had also left him physically and mentally exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having food and drink here, just treat it as a vacation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe the human traffic nearby was not small, and one day they would discover this room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe after gathering dozens of Puji, he could blast open this stone door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Super Puji extended tentacles from under the mushroom cap, took out Lin Jun's main body from within its body—a mushroom that looked unremarkable—and placed it by the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spores slowly dispersed, and in the rich magic, the mycelia proliferated rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 18 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1419,"2026-06-17T15:00:13.648Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8fc2513354ab6dd8a9eb63f6f19b2166e1f4e07778bc7c8579312b93b8699136","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-18","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-16",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]