[{"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-44":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},2219099,3995,"Chapter 44","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>The cross-section of the Tentacle Mushroom Cannon slowly squirmed, and by this time, the end had already re-woven a complete conical structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight's six mycelium tentacles, under the effect of [Mycelium Reorganization LV2], had now basically returned to their original state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that compared to other parts, the color was slightly lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, the claw marks on the outer shell were still clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shell was considered a product of a skill and was not within the scope of what could be reorganized; it could only be regenerated later by replacing the old with the new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic tide outside finally reached its end, and the monsters all began to return to their respective levels; those dragon beasts also crawled back into the rifts one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The state where monsters would attack each other also returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun saw a Rending-Tooth Beast suddenly bite the tail fin of a small dragon beast before leaving, taking the struggling prey into the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some monsters that had gotten lost and wandered in the fifth level, unable to find their way back, all gained a negative effect if they were over LV25.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fixed Status: Soul Siphon (Gradually lose attributes and skill proficiency)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this was the dungeon's method of restoring order between levels after the magic tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they couldn't go back, they would probably be drained dry in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... having one's soul siphoned...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about it made Lin Jun shudder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Lin Jun himself didn't have it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did Lin Jun not have it, but the Dragon-Person didn't have it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This actually matched Lin Jun's guess—neither he nor the Dragon-Person belonged to the magic tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to mention Lin Jun himself; the dungeon family had never truly accepted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Dragon-Person, one could tell a thing or two from her behavioral patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the magic tide, when monsters were in \"great harmony,\" she would attack other monsters to protect her food; she wasn't like other monsters, rushing to get out of the dungeon, but instead spent her time on the fifth level looking for Lin Jun's Puji to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun's own special status was due to his Hero title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Dragon-Person?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was her identity as an Ancient Dragon descendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of the Dragon-Person...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hungry...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cave, which had collapsed until only less than 20 square meters remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon-Person squatted in the corner, her claws resting on her knees, her eyes fixed on the few battery Puji on the other side, almost drooling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A battery Puji crossed the rubble in the middle and \"pu-pu\" walked to the Dragon-Person's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hugged the Puji, affectionately rubbing her cheek against it; the Puji was soon cut by the scales on the Dragon-Person's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like Dylan, after being parasitized, the Dragon-Person also developed a sense of closeness to the Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least she didn't fight Lin Jun's knight to the death the moment she woke up, and was instead willing to listen to him a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Puji still had to be eaten...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battery Puji, which only had 10 HP, was scraped to death by the scales and was soon gnawed on along the edge of its mushroom cap by the Dragon-Person, who had had enough of being affectionate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Dragon-Person was not very smart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After connecting to the mycelium network earlier and communicating slightly, Lin Jun discovered that her intelligence was about that of a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This intelligence level actually matched her performance on the fifth level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But logically speaking, since one parent was human and the other an Ancient Dragon, neither of which were low-intelligence beings, there was no reason for her to be stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the half-dragon people seen before, their intelligence seemed no different from ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was still on the Dragon-Person's panel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fixed Status: Congenital Deficiency. Intelligence (Intelligence attribute reduced by 80%)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the intelligence attribute was related to spellcasting ability and could not be equated to IQ.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since this was a congenital deficiency, she was likely born mentally disabled, and reflected in the attributes, it was just a low intelligence attribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, she actually had more than one congenital deficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fixed Status: Congenital Deficiency. Mana Leak (Mana in the body will naturally decrease over time)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun even suspected that she had offended the Heavens in her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana was the foundation for the vast majority of skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic went without saying, and many other skills that didn't look like magic, such as [Assault Ejection], actually required mana consumption as well, just in very small amounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Empty mana not only made skills unusable, but also caused dizziness and nausea, and could even lead to fainting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun had a lot to say about this; when he first came to this world, he didn't understand anything and had stepped into quite a few pitfalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it was no wonder she didn't eat hallucinogenic Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Puji she ate were all ones with the [Mana Storage] skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating Puji like this should be replenishing her own mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like now, as the Dragon-Person ate the Puji in her arms, on the panel Lin Jun saw, the one-third of her mana that was empty was slowly replenishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Puji tasting good was probably also one of the reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, [Mana Storage] wasn't a skill unique to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stuffing the last little short leg of the Puji into her mouth, the Dragon-Person licked her lips, still wanting more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you full?\" Lin Jun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the Dragon-Person's golden pupils shifted slightly, moving her gaze from the remaining few battery Puji to the knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her cognition, the Knight Puji was the guy who was talking to her—a delicious but very strong guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still want to eat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun glanced at the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mana was already full and she still wanted to eat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You come help me with a favor first, and after you're done, I'll let you eat, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back at the remaining three battery Puji, the Dragon-Person nodded fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Lin Jun wanted her to do was nothing else, but to dig out the same way she had dug in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their previous battle had caused most of the cave to collapse, and the few Puji responsible for digging had unfortunately all been crushed to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight did have a digging skill, but its efficiency couldn't compare to the Dragon-Person's pair of claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was [Sharpness LV9]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the truth was that Lin Jun had thought a bit wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun thought she relied on her sharp claws to drill holes, but in reality, the sharp claws only served to crush the rocks; for the rest of the part, she relied on her physical strength to squeeze through!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she squeezed through, the rubble and soil would close back up, making it completely unsuitable for bringing the Puji along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight had to follow closely behind her feet, and after being kicked by her N times unintentionally, it barely managed to squeeze up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was still thanks to its hard outer shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the three shell-less battery Puji... they hadn't been able to keep up from the start...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when the Dragon-Person came to ask for Puji with an expectant look, Lin Jun was already sweating profusely...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun was truly afraid that if they didn't see eye to eye, she would plan to eat the knight again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that he was worried about actually being eaten; when it was truly dangerous, he could finish the last step of parasitism, and she would become a puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming a puppet would count as brain death, right? Would it trigger a Vengeance Mark?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun didn't know, and he didn't want to gamble at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he still had to trick this simpleton who only knew how to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... over there,\" one of the Knight Puji's tentacles pointed toward the forest, \"food is over there. Go over and you can eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Lin Jun hurriedly searched for a small patch of mycelium carpet in the forest that was still relatively intact, right by the ruins of Dylan's cabin; this was one of the few mycelium carpets that had been preserved during the trampling of the monster horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the mycelium carpet, he accelerated at full power to ripen two battery Puji!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth level was not yet safe, and many monsters were still wandering around looking for the way back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, with such a Dragon-Person following Lin Jun, they either ignored them or simply walked around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were also those with poor brains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun sincerely thanked them for buying him a little more time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the ruins of Dylan's cabin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon-Person couldn't wait to pick up the Puji that hadn't been fully charged with mana and began to eat it in large mouthfuls—she was hungry again after exercising just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the Dragon-Person's questioning came through the mycelium network:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This one... doesn't taste very good...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1528,"2026-06-17T15:02:37.041Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","9a7cefb0b9e829327d87ad42ca8364a3e4b7cfbdb780b96a6e077e2a1b679af1","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-45","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-43",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]