[{"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-26":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},2219081,3995,"Chapter 26: 27 Mushroom Garden's Number One Employee","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-26",26,"\u003Cp>Inside a tent made of various monster skins, Dylan sat on a wild boar skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the gnoll camp in the forest, and he was brought here all the way by a few Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were very few items in the tent, only crooked shelves made of bones and wood, and Dylan even saw a human skull among them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan was now sitting on pins and needles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a bit of a \"giving up on himself\" attitude when he followed his feeling back to the dungeon, but he didn't expect this situation to occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Puji were actually controlled by a mysterious will!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder they did things like exterminating Parasitic Trees and Green-Eyed Frogs that were beyond the scope of survival needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now this mysterious will had found him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What worried him even more was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tent curtain was suddenly lifted, and a gnoll covered in gray-white mushrooms walked in stiffly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It placed a piece of roasted pig trotter beside him, and then swayed away again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When going out, it was scraped by the tent, and even dropped a mushroom...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan felt his throat tighten a bit; was this the end of the parasitized?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would he become like that in the future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan didn't know, but he started to regret choosing to return to the dungeon so casually before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat, don't be polite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That voice appeared again, and Dylan could only pick up the pig trotter that was roasted a bit charred, and bit into it while biting the bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So burnt... so fishy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Lin Jun actually didn't mean to scare him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that he was a human, and it wasn't appropriate for him to stay at the Poison Fog Lake or live in the swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the gnoll forest side just happened to have ready-made tents, so why not use them? Anyway, the gnolls wouldn't need them soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the taste of the pig trotter, watching Dylan finish the pig trotter in two or three bites, Lin Jun was still thinking that the taste he made was probably not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't so-called gourmet food just roasted and sprinkled with a little salt?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating the pig trotter, Dylan hesitated and took out a bottle of magic potion from his bosom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past half month, he found that ordinary food could no longer fully satisfy his needs, and he had to drink a sip of magic potion every day to relieve his hunger; he guessed that the mycelia in his body needed magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, you don't need to waste the potion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan stopped his hand from pulling the cork and asked subconsciously: \"Then what should I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tent was lifted again, and it was still that mushroom gnoll outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gnoll beckoned to him, and Dylan had to put away the potion and follow it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking all the way to one end of the forest, dozens of mushroom gnolls were cutting down trees here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan was brought to the side of the logging field, where there were many giant trees that had been hollowed out after being cut down, making people think of coffins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inside was covered with dense mycelia, making Dylan's scalp tingle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lie in and try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... this is... forget it, I'll lie down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such weirdness made Dylan feel a bit guilty, but thinking about it, now it seemed that his little life wasn't in his own hands, so there was no need to be timid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the mentality of going to the execution ground, Dylan fell onto it with a determined face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he lay down, he felt the mycelia stretching toward him, squirming and... connecting with the mycelia on his body!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is... oh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was just a hollowed-out broken piece of wood, Dylan now felt like he was sleeping on a velvet bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even rarer was this kind of satisfaction, this sense of security!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the heartstrings that had been anxious for months suddenly relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lie down with peace of mind; let's chat while we're at it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice seemed to drift from the horizon, and at this time, Dylan couldn't raise a trace of defense in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay... let's chat...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dylan, tell me your story; I'm quite curious why you went and returned? Is it because you want more Parasitic Tree seeds?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not for... tree seeds, I came for...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan was confused, as if the person talking to him was his close friend for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured out his experience and thoughts without reservation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him like this, Lin Jun couldn't help but sigh:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's really useful to mix a little hallucinogenic spores into the nutrition when replenishing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Lin Jun relied on the absolute dominant position occupied by Fusion Parasitism, combined with the mycelial network, to sense the general emotions of the parasitized person when speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point was verified in the previous experiment on gnolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on this, he could judge whether the parasitized person was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that kind of question-and-answer interrogation method like squeezing toothpaste was too inefficient, and it didn't look friendly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to come with something soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long have I slept?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan didn't know when he fell asleep; the gnolls that were logging had all lain into the empty woods around and didn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only had a vague impression of what happened before sleep, but he could roughly guess what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically speaking, he should be vigilant now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was very magical; he only felt relaxed in body and mind now, just like waking up at home—it was just that this wooden bed was a bit simple, and his hands felt a bit uncomfortable when placed on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dylan, I know about your affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun's voice appeared in Dylan's mind again at the right time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't mind leaving a place for you to live here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just like you have to work to earn money in the human world, I also have some small things that need you to help me handle here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't worry, it will be much easier than being an adventurer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a conscientious enterprise, providing food and housing, and there are extra rewards for doing well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn't know what an enterprise was, Dylan still understood the meaning, so he asked the question he cared about most:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then will I be like these gnolls?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Dylan's view, these guys were no different from being dead—in fact, they were indeed dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gnolls?\" Lin Jun's voice raised two points, \"Of course not; your will belongs to yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Provided you don't seek death yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan nodded and knelt on one knee:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dylan is willing to serve you; I still don't know your name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you you you; it's awkward; you can call me Boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Boss.\" Dylan originally intended to call him Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan didn't ask who Lin Jun was or what he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun didn't appear in front of him, naturally, he didn't want him to know some things; asking was purely looking for trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, when you were asleep, I smoothed out the mycelia that were growing randomly for you, and added a skill for you by the way, just as a prepaid salary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Add a skill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan looked like he couldn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rotten Willow Tavern, in the noisy sound as always, Dylan gulped down the inferior liquor mixed with water—he hadn't been able to come to the tavern for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, he didn't cover his face, and there wasn't a trace of mycelia on his face, just like an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mimicry LV2]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like adding skills to Puji, Lin Jun could also add skills to parasitized humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that adding skills to humans who already possessed many skills consumed countless times more magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one skill alone consumed the magic of producing 40 combat Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was also worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill, which Lin Jun obtained from the deep zone early on and could only achieve very rough camouflage like changing skin color and texture,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had never had any application scenarios, and now it finally came in handy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan felt that his decision to return to the Amethyst Dungeon was truly the most correct choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he didn't have the idea of leaving the dungeon and returning to normal life because of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Camouflage was always camouflage; he was essentially half a mushroom man, and who knew when he would be exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he now needed to rely on mycelia to replenish nutrition; otherwise, just relying on drinking magic potions, no amount of gold coins would be enough to spend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason why he appeared here now was naturally because of Lin Jun's first task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another cup of liquor went down, and a few adventurers sat down opposite Dylan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dylan, is it? I heard you have the latest strategy for the fifth floor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting down the wine glass and wiping the foam off his face, Dylan grinned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! But this is what I explored with my life; it's not cheap...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 28 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1528,"2026-06-17T15:02:37.041Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bb71b69f2a9c73c7af213dd4b9454060edc0af6dc99c32d46f9f467d4a909b18","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-27","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-25",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]