[{"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-21":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},2219076,3995,"Chapter 21: 21 Battle in the Swamp","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>The morning sunlight penetrated the wisteria curtain, weaving broken gold patterns on the oak floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl curled up on the velvet cushion was still sleeping soundly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm... so satisfied...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three rhythmic knocks woke the girl from her beautiful dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning, Miss.\" The voice of the butler, Eric, sounded outside the door, \"The new magic teacher should be here soon, please prepare in advance, Miss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Inanna was found, Eric had been ordered by the Duke to serve her exclusively, both to arrange her daily life and to ensure her safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Duke himself, because of the small-scale military harassment constantly provoked by the Hermit Empire, he was forced to stay at the border and couldn't get away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Eric, I know, I'll be there in a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the footsteps faded, Inanna stretched and climbed out of bed, starting to dress herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to custom, the Duke's mansion had a special maid responsible for helping the young lady dress, but ever since Inanna returned, she only wanted to take care of it herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone speculated that this was a manifestation of the young lady becoming more cautious after experiencing betrayal, and the whole mansion felt deep sympathy for Inanna's encounter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, it wasn't like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inanna reached into her pink hair and touched the back of her head—there grew a very, very small pink mushroom cap the same color as her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inanna didn't tell anyone, whether it was the experience in the dungeon or this mushroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former was because of Lin Jun's entrustment, and the latter, she herself didn't know why she wanted to hide it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably because if she said it out, everyone would definitely find a way to wipe out this small mushroom cap, and she wanted to keep it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pinning up her hair, Inanna came to the window, feeling the warmth of the sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The weather is so good, I wonder what Lin Jun is doing now; after I left, did he successfully slay an earthworm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hahahaha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, right, blast it for me, blast these disgusting things to pieces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the swamp area on the fifth floor, a war between Puji and Parasitic Trees was in full swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than a hundred light-equipped Puji without shells but equipped with [Evasion LV7] were in fierce exchange of fire with groups of Parasitic Trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These days, the more Lin Jun fought them, the more suffocated he felt; the reason for the suffocation was ultimately the issue of return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill [Fusion Parasitism] was not bad; it could parasitize any humanoid creature with flesh and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Parasitic Tree team opposite, there were a small number of Parasitic Trees with gnolls as tree stumps (the easiest kind to solve).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem with this skill was that there was no difference between level 1 and level 10!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill could only parasitize dying creatures, and the only bonus for upgrading it was that it could complete parasitism when the creature was not so dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that adding it was the same as not adding it; the ones that needed to be parasitized were definitely caught by Lin Jun, so wasn't it just a matter of beating them to whatever health level he wanted, needing this little bonus?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So there was absolutely no return on this skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Entanglement] also belonged to the category of having it is fine, but high-level is useless; he relied on elegant bombardment to fight, and didn't need primitive tactics like mycelial tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, only [Resilience] was a bit useful, which could make the mycelia tougher, naturally increasing some defense for the Puji, and the mycelial tentacles were also stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Useful, but really not much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For such a little return, the loss paid was huge...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past few days, Lin Jun had encountered high-level parasitized people several times, each time causing him no small loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now these Parasitic Trees were like a group of cockroaches in Lin Jun's eyes, disgusting to look at, yet he had to slap them to death—after all, he still wanted to grab their swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said that the swamp really suited mushrooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humidity and temperature were very suitable, and more importantly, the swamp was rich in magic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This swamp was simply created for the establishment of a mushroom garden, and it only needed a little cleaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After today's battle, he would occupy half of the swamp area, and the progress was gratifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the Parasitic Trees vanish in the mushroom cannon fire, Lin Jun's main body deep in the occupied swamp couldn't help but shake with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Parasitic Trees also seemed to shrink back under the fierce offensive of the Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Lin Jun thought this round of battle was about to end, a frantically rotating individual rushed out of the Parasitic Tree team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just its appearance, the rotating roots shredded two Parasitic Trees blocking the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blade Storm LV8]?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The parasitized individual was actually a full level 45!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not brother, you're already a gold-level adventurer, why are you still flipping over on the fifth floor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't it shameful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, most melee skills used by Parasitic Trees were severely deformed, and their power was greatly reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Blade Storm was clearly not in this category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a tornado, it rushed into the Puji team, instantly twisting the surrounding Puji into mycelia filling the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Puji's mushroom cannon shots were all intercepted by the high-speed rotating roots, only causing some minor, painless injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't over; there was a burst of magic fluctuation in the Parasitic Tree team, and two water elements made of mud and water, looking dirty, were generated in the swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summoning magic!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the second time Lin Jun had seen summoning magic; the last time was with the Flame Demon, seeing it summon a few puppets that seemed quite strong but didn't come in handy in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The summoner was hidden in the Parasitic Tree group, and it was impossible to tell which one it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two water elements were only LV35, but their water flow attacks could blow away a large area of Puji at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, this thing was a summoned object; if it died, it could be summoned again; did he have to use Puji to consume the summoner's mana?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two great experts who suddenly killed their way out caught Lin Jun off guard, and other Parasitic Trees also began to fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Retreat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few Puji attacked the water elements and the Blade Storm Parasitic Tree, attracting attention while running to both sides, leading them away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Puji retreated at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Parasitic Trees were not very smart things; after eliminating the Puji used as bait, they found no other Puji around and restored to slow action mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the battle, Lin Jun counted, and of the more than a hundred Puji sent out, only forty or so ran back, half of the losses of which were caused during the final sneak attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worst part was that after losing the battle, he couldn't collect the remains of the Parasitic Trees to replenish consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was foreseeable that the next round of offensive would be forced to be postponed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn Parasitic Trees, they still had some big cards to play!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn't matter; the hidden ones were the trump cards. Since they had already been exposed, there were ways to target them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Jun also found a problem; although his Puji had evasion skills that could easily dodge single-target attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were useless against wide-range attacks like Blade Storm or water flow impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Short legs couldn't run fast, and they were easily caught up and killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only there were acceleration skills, just like the [Acceleration] that the werewolves on the 10th floor knew, which was the most simple and practical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His [Rolling Charge] didn't count; shrinking into a ball required preparation, and returning to the original form also took time, and it wasn't convenient to use other skills to attack while rolling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know if there are any good acceleration skills on this floor; I'll explore around during the time of replenishing the Puji inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 22 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1387,"2026-06-17T15:00:13.648Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","da4625837e8b2d11a6c5504df15f0f23024d7a35175daa189bb17cbde1cd2bfa","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-22","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-20",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]