Chapter 6

"This... what is this!"

At the edge of the mushroom garden, 120 Puji are neatly lined up in 6 rows.

40 Turret Puji: [Mana Storage LV4] + [Mushroom Cannon LV6] + [Precision LV4]

40 Mucus Puji: [Mana Storage LV4] + [Mushroom Cannon LV6] + [Digestive Mucus LV3]

20 Hallucinogenic Puji: [Hallucinogenic Spores LV4] + [Chitin Shell LV4]

20 Ox-Horse Puji: [Storage Cyst LV4] + [Entanglement LV3]

This is the configuration for Lin Jun's 14th expedition team.

It's not that Lin Jun doesn't want to stuff all the skills into one Puji; it's just that the more skills a Puji has, the more mana and time it takes to produce.

The increase in consumption grows exponentially, so keeping the skills within four is a choice that balances cost-effectiveness and practicality.

"So there are so many types of Puji!"

Inanna deeply feels that her knowledge is too limited; she hadn't even heard that there are so many subspecies of Puji.

Some have mushroom caps that look like pots.

Some have shells all over their bodies, but unlike the miner Puji in the mining area, their shells have many more pores.

There are even ones that have grown tentacles!

That's so good. If she had grown tentacles too, she wouldn't need to tie the magic crystal to the top of her head...

"Lin Jun, you said they are an expedition team. What are they going to do?"

"This is a dungeon, so of course they are going to conquer monsters."

"Earth... Earth Worms?"

Inanna has a look of "If it's Earth Worms, then I'm not going."

She really doesn't think Earth Worms are existences that can be piled to death by Puji using numbers.

"I already said it's not Earth Worms. This time the target is Fire Mosquitoes, those parasites that fly to the mushroom garden whenever they have nothing to do, don't produce anything themselves, and only know how to live by plundering! This time we're going to wipe out their lair!"

Lin Jun is also fed up with being harassed from the sky every few days. He found the lair of these Fire Mosquitoes a long time ago. The reason he didn't go to eliminate them before was actually to sustainably stack the High-Temperature Resistance skill.

Now High-Temperature Resistance is already LV6. Wiping out the Fire Mosquitoes in one go will probably raise it to LV7, which is enough.

Moreover, his priority escape plan has now been changed to using Inanna to capture Earth Worms, rather than sneaking past the Flame Demon's nose, so there is even less reason to keep these annoying insects.

Let them make their last contribution and become the whetstone for the team.

"Inanna, follow in the middle of the team and listen to my command."

"Understood, understood."

Hearing that it's just to fight mosquitoes, Inanna feels relieved.

She knows Fire Mosquitoes; they are average level LV20, and their attacks are straightforward, so they are not difficult to deal with.

The trouble is that they can not only fly but also have evasion skills, making them hard to hit, and they like to appear in swarms.

However, facing them, even if she isn't their match, she has no problem protecting herself with magic.

Speaking of which, this can also be considered a war, although it is a war between monsters and monsters.

In the past, the old man wouldn't allow her to touch things like military adventures. Facing it for the first time, she is still a little excited inside!

But these Puji teams are neat and move in unison; even armies can't compare, right?

Is it because they are all controlled by Lin Jun?

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It is indeed for this reason.

Relying on skills like Kin Control, Mycelium Network, and Mental Integration, Lin Jun controls these Puji just like an RTS game, only it consumes more energy points.

It is also thanks to the advantage of being able to unify dispatch that he can stand firm in the dungeon with Puji that only have 1 in all stats.

After all, using strategies like luring the enemy deep and attacking the east while striking the west against a group of monsters with almost no intelligence is already a real dimensionality reduction strike.

However, no strategy is needed this time. So-called strategy is only needed when winning against the strong with the weak.

And now, compared to Fire Mosquitoes.

He is the strong one!

Isn't it satisfying to F1F3 and rush over?

He can also take the opportunity to show his strength and give the newly joined little pink one some confidence.

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The so-called deep level of the dungeon refers to the collective term for the 10th floor and below, because from this point on, there are no longer any clear passages connecting different floors.

The entire deep area has countless three-dimensional passages crisscrossing, connecting one large cave after another, just like the Fire Mosquitoes' lair and Lin Jun's mushroom garden are connected by a passage with a diameter of more than 50 meters.

Between the rock crevices along the way, sporadic mushrooms grow hiddenly. This is both Lin Jun's extended eyes and a connection station helping him expand his fungal network outside the mushroom garden.

The Mycelium Network allows Lin Jun to command the Puji army in a semi-managed way.

Otherwise, if he had to manually operate them by relying on [Kin Control], it would be much more exhausting.

The sound of the Puji's short legs stepping on the ground, making "Puji Puji" sounds, echoes in the passage. Suddenly, several scarlet light spots float up 300 meters ahead. Several Fire Mosquitoes have discovered this expedition team.

"Ice Blade!"

A two-meter-long Ice Blade shoots out, but it has no accuracy at all. The Fire Mosquitoes didn't even use their skilled evasion, and the Ice Blade shot into the rock wall above.

"New recruit, don't waste mana."

"Sor, sorry."

Inanna then discovers that the Puji around her are all maintaining their speed and moving forward steadily, not stopping their pace at all because of the Fire Mosquitoes that appeared.

And the few Fire Mosquitoes didn't approach; instead, they chose to flee as they watched the expedition team getting closer and closer, and soon they flew away.

Watching the Fire Mosquitoes disappear from her sight, Inanna says with concern: "Will they go back to report?"

"Of course they will report."

"Even if they are just monsters with low intelligence, the instinct to defend their lair will still be there. I suppose we will definitely face swarms of Fire Mosquitoes in a while."

Inanna really wants to say aren't you a monster too...

"Then why let them go?"

Of course, it's because the distance is not enough to hit them.

"Of course, it's to wipe them all out in one go."

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Under the dome where steam surges, hundreds of Fire Mosquitoes fly up and down around the large water pool in the center, making a deafening buzzing sound.

The reproduction of these Fire Mosquitoes requires a high-temperature water pool similar to a hot spring. The entire larval stage is spent in the water pool waiting for the adults to feed them, so as long as this water pool is destroyed, the Fire Mosquitoes in this area will naturally die out.

The Fire Mosquitoes will naturally also do their best to defend their lair.

So when Inanna follows the Puji to the end of the passage, the light-emitting glands on the abdomens of all the Fire Mosquitoes light up with the orange color representing danger.

Several Fire Mosquitoes that are close by are the first to flap their wings and fly over.

"Water Snake!"

It's Inanna again. Facing the flying monsters, she can't help but be the first to use a spell.

Better than last time, at least she knows to use the Water Snake spell, which can control the direction to a certain extent, instead of the straightforward Ice Blade. Unfortunately, it's not much better.

Unfortunately, the target is a Fire Mosquito with evasion skills. The water snake grazes a Fire Mosquito, but the Fire Mosquito only drops a few meters before regaining its balance.

Lin Jun shakes his head as he watches.

"Sigh, new recruit."

(End of chapter)