"Ahhhhhhh!"
The Screaming Bell chimed right on the hour. Today was yet another peaceful and tranquil day in the Mushroom Fortress.
"Mommy, look, a black shooting star!" a little half-demon girl said, tugging at her mother's clothes.
Her mother looked up but saw nothing.
However, the next moment, a muffled boom echoed from far away, sounding as if something had crashed further north of the Mushroom Fortress.
An anomalous event had occurred. The city guards of the Mushroom Fortress immediately swung into action according to their contingency plans.
Various key defensive nodes were guarded, while a response team ran toward the outside of the city.
But before they even left the city, they were called back by their superior through the mycelial network.
On the way back, a soldier complained breathlessly, "Who was that? Pulling a drill without even reporting it to the Mushroom Fortress Defense Department first, tossing me around for nothing!"
North of the Mushroom Fortress, at the "shooting star" impact site.
The Cow-Horse Puchis worked hard to dig out Little Black, who had knocked herself unconscious from the crash.
Looking at this massive crater on the ice—it was only because Little Black possessed an incredibly tough physical constitution and had been equipped with various passive enhancement skills by Lin Jun that she had merely fainted.
If it had been Norris taking this hit, he probably would have been turned into Norris jam by now.
[Meteor Impact]
A super acceleration and ramming skill that completely defied reason, far exceeding ordinary combat techniques.
You couldn't steer; you could only ram straight ahead, and you couldn't stop until you hit something.
It was an inherently difficult skill to control, and putting it in the hands of this silly dragon Little Black made it even more unmanageable.
It felt like this skill would be much more suitable for Ming, who had [Physical Immunity]!
However, Ming's stats were far inferior to Little Black's. If he used it, the ramming power would probably be much smaller.
Some Water of Life was poured down her throat to repair the various injuries caused by the recoil.
After Little Black woke up, she subconsciously clutched the top of her head, which clearly didn't hurt anymore. Curling her large tail around herself, she shrank into a ball, entering fear-of-pain mode.
Seeing this made Lin Jun shake his mushroom cap.
Thinking back to those days, even when Little Black was bombarded black and blue by his Puchi cannons, she still lunged at him fiercely with unyielding perseverance.
That posture, full of wildness and primal combat instinct, had now—within the gentle embrace of the Puchis where she didn't have to worry about food or drink—degenerated into a homebody dragon who curled into a ball the moment she got hurt.
This wouldn't do. But how could he get Little Black to take the initiative and move?
"Forrest Reed, Nigel Burke..."
The Voice Puchi muttered names, and the newly promoted D-class personnel stepped forward one by one.
The span of strength among them was quite large, ranging from Bronze tier to Hall tier.
What was identical was that everyone wore a terrified expression, yet none dared to disobey that voice.
Although they hadn't been D-class personnel for long, they had already seen hell.
The Voice Puchi squirmed over their trembling shoulders, comforting them softly, "Don't be so scared. I'm not some devil, I won't force you all to your deaths."
"Although every single one of you has committed unforgivable crimes, and countless Fungal Citizens are hoping I'll behead you in the plaza, I've always felt that death and despair are the most boring things."
"Even D-class personnel like you deserve a salvation called 'hope'!"
"Come, everyone, take a handful of things from the bag."
The Puchi placed the bag in front of Count Forrest. The Vampire reached out a trembling hand and grabbed a handful, pulling out a crystal-clear ruby.
As for the other D-class personnel, some pulled out silver scales, while others pulled out a few cheap glass beads.
Just as everyone was confused, the Puchi took out a map and laid it before the crowd, speaking again: "These things are your salvation. You must keep them safe. Whoever can keep them on their person for a full day will receive a month of enjoying life!"
"Now, flee!" The Otaku Puchi blocking the D-class personnel stepped aside, revealing the world of ice and snow outside.
"Flee? Flee from what?" a D-class asked.
But Lin Jun ignored him: "You can run for an hour first. Remember, do not approach the Mushroom Fortress. Run toward the wilderness, otherwise, you know what will happen. Now—begin!"
The crowd looked at each other, then in unison, they ran out into the wind and snow.
Some banded together in groups of a few, others fled alone. It didn't take long for them to all run far away.
On the other side.
"Little Black! Someone stole your shinies!"
The startled Little Black took a second to understand the meaning, then turned around and began digging through her pile of shiny things.
However, after digging for half a day, she still couldn't figure out what had been stolen, until Lin Jun directly projected the images of those "thieves" in the mycelial network.
The familiar rubies, the familiar glass beads, the familiar silver scales!
"Those... are mine!"
"Thieves, need biting!"
Little Black first carefully crawled out of the mushroom house, making sure no shiny things spilled out, and then—"ROAR—!"
Spreading her dragon wings, she took off with a hurricane, following the directional markers provided by Lin Jun.
Done!
After she left, several Puchis squeezed into the mushroom house and began searching for the next batch of "stolen shinies."
Just as Lin Jun was considering whether emptying it completely would be more shocking, two giant creatures flew in one after another from the southern boundary of the fungal mat.
Dragons again!
Was the Dragon Cliff Underground City broken just like the Stone Fort? Or did Mortis and the Demon King do something?
Lin Jun felt this was somewhat troublesome.
Those newly occupied cities in the south couldn't withstand an attack from giant dragons at present.
Just as Lin Jun was considering whether to organize an evacuation through the mycelial network, those two giant dragons—whom he originally thought were coming for Little Black—actually started slaughtering each other.
The location of their battle was a forest, dozens of miles away from the nearest city, so it wouldn't be affected.
Amidst roars and Dragon Breath, the two giant dragons fought for a full three hours.
In the end, the white dragon froze the black dragon's body and bit clean through its neck in one bite.
After securing victory, the white dragon didn't eat the corpse. Instead, spreading its somewhat tattered wings, it flew toward the east.
Lin Jun didn't have to do anything throughout the entire process, yet a black dragon corpse was left behind on the spot for free.
Lin Jun decisively used mana to accelerate the spread of the mycelium over it.
[Seven Deadly Sins: Greed Activated]
[Looted Skill: Corrosive Dragon Breath LV1]
[Looted Skill: Flight Mastery LV6 → LV7]
[Looted Skill: Draconic Aura LV4 → LV5]
A Puchi clasped its tentacles together in front of the dragon skeleton, thanking nature for its bounty.
Lin Jun suddenly felt the urge to shed a tear.
This is how it should be!
It's only right that others do the slaughtering, and he does the decomposing!
How could there be any logic in always making him, the decomposer, personally take action and beat people up?
If everyone were like these giant dragons, only killing and not eating, that would be great.
Having eaten and drunk his fill, Lin Jun also began to ponder the question of what exactly the giant dragons were doing.
Through the status panel, Lin Jun saw that after the white dragon killed the black dragon, its [Path of the Ancient Dragon] on the panel increased from 12% to 16%, and its various attributes also increased slightly along with it.
Looking at it this way, the [Path of the Ancient Dragon] was indeed—just as he initially guessed—a Gu-raising style of competition!
Had it entered the final stage of the struggle now?
Moreover, it seemed one had to personally engage in combat to advance the progress. Eating the meat afterward, like Little Black did last time, was useless.
Really making Little Black fight these dragons... with Little Black's intelligence, it was probably not even as high as these dragons, and she couldn't compare in stats either. She only had some advantages in skills with his help. Trying to win would still be somewhat difficult.
So the question was, what exactly was the definition of "personally winning"? Would injuring them first work? Would giving Little Black items work?
Lin Jun planned to run some experiments to see to what extent he could intervene in this.
(End of Chapter)
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