Chapter 99

In the mountain cavity.

The Slime sat on the crevice, turning a blind eye to the tiger-and-wolf army of Puji around it, filtering the magic power and curses in the water source as it had for ten thousand years.

Even if there were Puji beside it using skills to build rock frames, it had no interest even if it could just puff up its body slightly to suck the Puji into its body.

How should I put it... good personality?

Lin Jun had really seen such a Buddhist Slime for the first time.

Of course, the premise was that you didn't move it away from the water source; if you moved it away, the resistance would be very intense.

Lin Jun had already studied this crevice.

It wasn't certain where the opposite side was, but it shouldn't be the Dragon Cliff Dungeon from the magic tide time.

Last time, two large crevices were opened on the fifth floor, and there was no curse at all, clearly not the same style.

Speaking of curses, it reminded Lin Jun of the Abyss Magic of those black-robed people.

However, compared to the Abyss Magic with limited range and limited duration of those black-robed people, the curse level on the opposite side of the crevice was clearly much higher.

Lin Jun tried to direct the Puji to extend the mycelium tentacles to the opposite side of the crevice, but as soon as the tentacles passed over, the effect of the curse soared, half of the tentacles instantly turned into fly ash, and even the Puji itself was affected, falling to the ground and being corroded within a few moments.

This was still a professional Puji that had increased its HP and was equipped with 【Corrosion Resistance lv5】, yet it was killed by the curse in one encounter.

The only information obtained was that the crevice seemed to have opened in the middle of a water channel on the opposite side, and there were some swaying shadows on both sides of the water channel; in the water containing magic power, the perception was too blurry to see clearly what they were.

In short, the idea of stuffing the mycelium in reverse was temporarily unfeasible; at least he had to practice Corrosion Resistance first.

Subsequently, Lin Jun tried to see if he could block it.

This thing looked too dangerous no matter how you looked at it; if no one managed it, it was conservatively estimated that it would affect half of the sixth floor, and the subsequent changes were unknown.

Although it could also bring magic power benefits, compared to the risks, it was really not worth looking at; it was best if it could be sealed.

Relying on mycelium to block was clearly impossible; it would be corroded upon touching the curse.

Lin Jun first used the method of plastering the wall, using the rock generated by the Puji to seal the crevice tightly, not even a drop of water could leak through.

The result, however, was that the curse still shrouded the entire mountain cavity and was still deepening and spreading outward as time passed.

Unlike Lin Jun's initial judgment, the curse was not hidden in the water.

The way it affected them was re-guessed as radiation.

He had to chisel open the sealed stone wall and put the Slime back in its original position.

Since he couldn't block it, Lin Jun retreated to the next best thing, thinking about whether he could get an ordinary Slime to block it.

After all, Lin Jun still wanted to taste the rare skills on this two-colored Slime.

After the two-colored Slime split into another red Slime, Lin Jun blocked the opening with this red Slime.

The red Slime didn't appreciate it much, struggling constantly at first, and only started filtering water honestly after being suppressed by the Puji with stone slabs.

However, as magic power accumulated in its body, the red Slime's body size grew larger and larger, and the strength of its struggle grew larger and larger; seeing that it was about to be uncontrollable, Lin Jun had already planned to order it to be killed.

As a result, he didn't even have to do it himself.

Pop!

It exploded by itself!

The body fluids that exploded sent the surrounding Puji staggering, and even the two Puji that were controlling the two-colored Slime were covered in juice and couldn't crawl out for a while.

Once the two-colored Slime broke free from the restraint, it immediately jumped back with a bounce.

Lin Jun could be considered to have learned for the first time that Slimes could be blown up by being overstuffed...

Because the two-colored Slime would split once every period of time, there was no risk of being overstuffed, but ordinary Slimes couldn't.

In the end, after tinkering for a long time, everything could only be maintained as it was.

The two-colored Slime suppressed the crevice, and the surrounding Puji not only couldn't harm it but also had to serve it well.

However, it was impossible for Lin Jun to do nothing.

The Puji were now relying on the skill of manufacturing rock walls to build cages, or more accurately—hanging cages, around the Slime.

A small hole that fit the crevice and two drainage outlets were opened at the bottom of the solid cage. The upper end of the cage was an openable exit for those Slimes produced by splitting to come out and enjoy the one-stop service of slaughter and decomposition.

And the top of the cage was hooked by tentacles composed of mycelium strengthened with 【Resilience】, so that the two-colored Slime could be lifted directly when needed, exposing the crevice.

And in the mountain cavity, Lin Jun directly deployed a full 40 Puji to stand by for a long time.

These Puji were all Puji that had at least increased their HP and possessed 【Corrosion Resistance】.

They counted as a batch of small elites.

In addition to being responsible for slaughtering the splitting Slimes, they also had to deal with possible emergencies here.

For example, if the two-colored Slime suddenly died, the Puji would have to use their bodies to block the crevice.

Relying on HP and resistance, each Puji could buy about half a minute of time, giving Lin Jun a chance to react.

Besides these, they had another task: training 【Corrosion Resistance】.

Every once in a while, they would lift the hanging cage and release a little corrosion curse, using it immediately, repeating this over and over to slowly grind this skill.

This was all Lin Jun taking precautions.

This crevice was too strange; it was uncertain whether it would disappear or expand later.

If it expanded and turned the entire sixth floor into a Jedi of corrosion curses, then Lin Jun would really only be able to circle his land and amuse himself on the first five floors, and that was assuming the stairs could block the curse.

But if he could pull up his Corrosion Resistance and not fear the curse, then he might be able to develop in reverse and expand his territory!

After arranging everything, the Puji outside also started the work of filling the soil.

This was a new batch of Puji engineering teams; the previous batch had almost all sacrificed themselves in the Slime flood.

They were refilling the rubble and dirt, burying the breach in this mountain cavity, and afterward, only an underground passage reinforced by mycelium would be left.

To prevent those curious adventurers from accidentally stumbling into the crevice side.

……

【Level Up: lv52→lv53】

【Seven Sins: Greed Triggered】

【Plunder Skill: Scale Armor lv5→lv6】

【Plunder Skill: Corrosion Resistance lv5→lv6】

【Plunder Skill: Spit Arrow lv3→lv4】

Oh!

Speak of the devil, Corrosion Resistance upgraded!

The batch of Dragon Beast Mirages harvested earlier had been decomposed almost completely.

Not to mention the Spit Arrow, this purely entertainment skill, Lin Jun originally raised Mirages mainly for Scale Armor; now it seems Corrosion Resistance is also very important, maybe he could consider expanding the breeding scale?

Although he wanted to do so, there was no new breeding site for the time being.

After all, a new breeding site also needed an environment like the Venom Lake where Mirages could hide and protect themselves.

Otherwise, passing monsters and adventurers would just pluck a bit, which wouldn't be called breeding, but charity.

In addition, this time not only did the skills upgrade, but the level that had been stuck for a long time actually went up by one level!

It had to be said, leveling up is so slow after a high level; the level hadn't moved much since long after the magic tide.

Never again the joy of leveling up fiercely like in the deep zone.

But thinking about it, it's normal; a guy who is over level 50, staying in a floor with a level cap of lv25 all day, relying on natural gathering and decomposing corpses to add experience, it would be strange if leveling up could be fast.

If he really wanted to level up quickly, he was afraid he would have to go back down and collide fiercely with those high-level monsters!

Speaking of going down, there is another very interesting place on the sixth floor—the rift valley that leads directly to the deep zone.

That is, the place where Inanna fell down back then.

After occupying the dome and opening the full map, Lin Jun also confirmed the location.

Now that the Slime crisis has been solved, naturally he has time to study it.

It's just that there is a problem: with so many rift valleys, which one leads to the place where he was back then?