In the Mushroom Fortress, a guard from the Ministry of Truth controlled two blue-capped Puchis, escorting a dejected Horned Demon down the street, sparking discussions among the surrounding Fungal Citizens.
As something that had just happened, if it were anywhere else, it would probably take at least a day or two for the news to appear in the taverns.
But due to the existence of the mycelial network, gossip spread in the Mushroom Fortress at a speed far exceeding the norm.
Almost just a few minutes after the Horned Demon was escorted away, some Fungal Citizens watching the commotion managed to inquire about the situation, and then immediately shared it with others nearby.
"I found out, I found out! This guy is a worker over at the magic crystal vein. He took on a task but pushed all the work onto a half-demon in the same group. That half-demon was controlling twenty Puchis to do the work of forty, so naturally, something went wrong. When the higher-ups investigated, this Horned Demon still tried to shift the blame to the half-demon, but ended up being discovered by the inspectors."
However, right after the sharer finished speaking, someone raised a question: "That's fake news, right? If that half-demon was too busy, why would he help him do that portion of the work?"
"They are both from the Empire."
As soon as these words came out, the other Fungal Citizens successively revealed "so that's how it is" expressions.
Immediately after, a half-demon among the Fungal Citizens sneered: "That Horned Demon probably still thought he was in the Empire, feeling that he was a level above half-demons. And that half-demon is also stupid, having been here for several months without realizing it yet."
"Those coming from the Empire are always like this, full of bad habits."
"Sigh, don't say it like that, not all Empire Demon-kin are—"
The veteran Fungal Citizens present successively expressed their sense of superiority as residents of the Mushroom Fortress, until someone shouted "Praise the Fungal Lord," and this gossip finally ended amidst the crowd's collective "Praise the Fungal Lord."
They did not realize that discrimination had not disappeared; it had merely changed from racial discrimination to regional and cultural discrimination.
A sense of superiority was like spiritual food; there had to be a comparison to feel happiness.
And when they understood that the Fungal Lord was the foundation of their superiority, their faith naturally became increasingly firm.
The Grim Reaper seemed to be advising him not to preach anymore, but the signal was bad. Who knows, maybe his original meaning was to tell him to put more effort into preaching?
It didn't matter which one it was, because Lin Jun didn't pay attention to what the Grim Reaper said at all.
When Lin Jun usually called to ask something, the Grim Reaper never replied. Now that he had some need, he remembered Lin Jun?
How could there be such a good thing.
Especially now, under the circumstances where Lin Jun suspected the Grim Reaper wanted to use him as firewood, he would listen to the Grim Reaper even less.
Everything would proceed according to the original plan.
Without the Fungal Converters, who knows how much slower his progress in unifying the continent would become.
Especially now, with the appearance of a super-spec combat power like the Demon King. If he shamelessly played the "top-tier powerhouse harassment tactic," Lin Jun was counting on the Fungal Converter warriors to wage a war of attrition against him.
In the end, it was still because his own side lacked super-spec combat power that they seemed somewhat passive.
And right now, the one in the Mushroom Fortress most likely to become a super-spec combat power was—
On top of a pile of shinies, Little Black was fast asleep, sprawled in a posture that Lin Jun thought looked extremely uncomfortable. The walls were covered with silver scales, and she was still holding a few of the most beautiful jewels in her arms.
[Ancient Dragon Path 11%]
Clearly, without fighting those giant dragons to the death, this progress would not continue to increase.
In this regard, Lin Jun hadn't been idle recently.
Although giant dragons flew high and fast, Lin Jun's territory was quite large now, so there were actually quite a few opportunities to discover their whereabouts.
It was just that there wasn't an opportunity to capture them every time. The vast majority of the time, he could only watch them linger on a patch of fungal mat for a while before taking off again to look for other dragons before Lin Jun was ready.
However, after encountering them so many times, there would always be opportunities.
Half a month ago, two green dragons engaged in a deathmatch near a city in the north.
The highly toxic dragon breath destroyed large swaths of mushroom fields outside the city, along with two unlucky souls who didn't have time to take refuge inside the city due to accidents.
The battle lasted for two days and three nights. The strength of the two dragons was close, and neither had any intention of backing down. In the end, it resulted in a situation with one dead and one heavily injured.
Naturally, Lin Jun didn't hold back on the dead one. After collecting the dragon blood, he decomposed it.
The heavily injured one struggled as it was stuffed into the belly of a Giant Puchi. When it was swallowed, its dragon eyes were filled with grief, indignation, and humiliation.
The Giant Puchi transported this dragon to the North. Through a massive, pre-dug tunnel, like going down a slide, it sent the giant dragon into the ruins that had already been transformed and reinforced.
There, Lin Jun treated this dragon.
At first, the green dragon was quite well-behaved, but as its injuries gradually recovered, it also became increasingly restless, gradually attempting to destroy the ruins and escape.
It was time to release Little Black.
As the saying goes, when the Fungal Lord bestows a great responsibility upon Little Black, he must first steal her shinies, and make her suffer—
This time, Lin Jun didn't steal her shinies.
The image appearing in her consciousness interrupted Little Black's sweet dream of counting shinies.
She first yawned a bit groggily, then subconsciously looked at the jewels in her arms. Feeling that none were missing, she then gradually focused her attention on that image in the mycelial network.
In the image, a tailless lizardman covered in silver scales cowered in a corner of a massive building in the ruins. Outside the building, a green dragon was constantly trying to attack him, and between them was a seemingly unreliable magic shield.
The instant she saw the image clearly, Little Black shuddered from head to tail, the black scales on her body bristling up!
"Nor—shinies, save!" Little Black was so anxious she flapped her wings continuously, but she didn't know which direction to fly.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, an honest Puchi jumped out and pointed out the location of the evil dragon that had kidnapped the prince.
Little Black erupted with unprecedented speed, rushing out of the Mushroom Garden in a flash.
The strong wind she kicked up even knocked down Norris's nearby mushroom house.
The black lightning flew rapidly along the massive underground tunnel, finally arriving at the snow-and-ice-covered underground ruins via a medium-sized passage that giant dragons couldn't traverse.
Sensing another dragon approaching, the green dragon naturally shifted its attention away from that tiny silver bug.
However, when it saw Little Black, it appeared somewhat surprised, then grinned: "Svirgis? You actually haven't been torn to shreds yet? Coming here, do you wish to fight me?"
On that dragon face, a highly humanized mocking expression was revealed at this moment.
But Little Black didn't realize the green dragon's mockery at all. Instead, she roared in the mycelial network: "Release, Nor!"
Then, under Lin Jun's reminder, she opened her mouth and roared it out loud again.
"Release?" The green dragon looked back at that silver lizardman in confusion. Then, after guessing Little Black's intention, it burst into loud laughter. "Hahahaha, Svirgis is mixing with bugs like lizardmen? And it's a tailless one! Hahahahaha!"
The giant dragon laughed so hard it rocked back and forth, and after quite a while.
"I refuse to release him!"
As soon as the words fell, a mouthful of dragon breath was fiercely spewed toward Norris's direction, submerging him along with the shield in dark green toxic mist.
The next moment, the black lightning abruptly accelerated and slammed into the smug-faced green dragon.
(End of Chapter)
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