Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 280 - 272: Resistance Capability

On the ground, the Fungal Mat spreads to the horizon, towering Mushroom Trees stretch into the clouds, with countless Puki busily shuttling between them, presenting a vibrant scene of the Mushroom Kingdom.

"Norris, listen to me, drills are flashy but impractical! It’s better to install another set of Mushroom Cannons!" The boss Puki chattered endlessly at Norris’s feet.

Norris only silently checked the status of Jida, without replying.

Suddenly, the sky was devoured by swirling dark clouds!

Then, sticky green raindrops poured down in torrents!

No! That wasn’t rain!

It was Slimes!

Countless Slimes crashed to the ground, furiously devouring the Fungal Mat, dissolving Puki, even those gigantic Mushroom Trees groaned with a teeth-grating sound as they collapsed under the corrosive slime!

The Mushroom Garden was plunged into disaster in an instant!

Norris’s eyes flashed with determination, and he leapt into Jida with lightning speed.

The Mushroom Cannons fired with precision, blasting the approaching Slimes into a thick slurry!

Roar—!

The King of Slimes, with its mountainous body, noticed this lone resistor, and with a forceful momentum, crashed down towards Jida!

"It’s over! All over! The Mushroom Garden is doomed! We’re all doomed!" The boss Puki huddled by the broken remnants of a fallen Mushroom Tree, its mushroom cap trembling, emitting a cry of despair.

"I’m still here!" Norris roared angrily, his voice echoing through the sky!

Rather than retreating, Jida advanced, with the drill that the boss scoffed at exploding into a piercing scream, transforming into a deadly whirlwind, striking forward with fierce resolve!

The drill tore into the body of the King of Slimes like breaking through bamboo, ripping, piercing, and finally churning it to pieces!

The sky was filled with pouring slime like a rainstorm.

"Phew... it’s over." Norris tiredly emerged from Jida, wiped the slime from his face, and looked towards the clear sky after the calamity.

"Norris! My hero!" The boss Puki flung itself and clung tightly to Norris’s leg, loudly confessing, "I was wrong! The drill is the strongest! Thanks to you! You are the great savior of the Mushroom Garden!"

Xiao Hai and Louisa also emerged from some corner of the ruins, cheerfully hugging Norris’s waist, saying in unison, "Norris, you are the strongest in the Mushroom Garden, we’ll rely on you from now on!"

Norris smiled and comforted everyone, not noticing that a nondescript Green Mushroom had grown silently on a nearby piece of remaining Fungal Mat.

Suddenly, Louisa, who was half-kneeling and hugging Norris’s waist, looked up, her beautiful eyes twinkling, and pleaded, "Norris, hero... could you help us with one more little thing?"

"Of course!" Norris instinctively replied.

"Then I won’t hold back!" Before Louisa’s words finished, she suddenly opened her mouth, revealing sharp fangs, and bit towards Norris’s neck!

"Me too!" Xiao Hai cheered excitedly, his eyes sparkling with excitement, starting to peel the silver scales off Norris!

"Wait! Not this, no, no!"

Norris awkwardly broke free from the two, scrambling and rolling back into Jida, making a mad dash!

"Don’t run! Hero!" Xiao Hai and Louisa screamed excitedly, chasing relentlessly, the three figures quickly fading into the distance within the broken Mushroom Garden, kicking up a trail of dust.

The noise faded away, that Green Mushroom on the Fungal Mat, like when it appeared, silently and unnoticed, merged into the Fungal Mat, disappearing without a trace.

...

New rule of the Mushroom Garden: Prohibit defaming the boss’s image, not even in dreams!

Shifting focus from Norris, who was in the Mushroom House, eyes closed tight and brows furrowed.

After multiple attempts, Lin Jun has begun to grasp the use of [Spiritual Guidance].

Firstly, concerning connection, Hallucinogenic Spores are not essential, they are merely a means to build a soul bridge.

Just like the recent intrusion into Norris’s dream, Lin Jun used the channel of the Fungal Network.

However, not every entry would encounter a dream; if the target hasn’t dreamt, the consciousness falls into a realm of darkness, while Hallucinogenic Spores ensure that a maneuverable "stage" appears inevitably.

Furthermore, regarding control over dreams.

Lin Jun cannot create objects out of thin air in dreams, at least not at Level 1.

Currently, the ability is limited to altering the behavior protocol of NPCs in dreams, just like making Xiao Hai and Little Pig in Norris’s dream teach him a lesson, or previously making the bully’s underlings rebel in his dream.

The difficulty of this operation seems related to the opponent’s mental strength.

Taking Little Pig as an example, she was commanding tens of thousands of Puki in the dream to drag the world into flames.

Lin Jun attempted to seize control over some of the Puki, but initially could only defect a small group.

Additionally, Louisa quickly began pondering the reason for this Puki rebellion, calmly commanding other Puki to quell the mutiny.

This high mental stability greatly slowed Lin Jun’s progress in seizing control.

However, as the effect of [Spiritual Guidance] continued to deepen, just before Louisa awoke, Lin Jun finally succeeded in turning nearly one-third of the Puki against her, forcefully dragging her conquest into a quagmire of suppression. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Meanwhile, Xiao Hai’s dream presented a different situation, even in the dream, she guarded her Bright Crystal, only, in the dream, the Bright Crystals multiplied several-fold and were all top-quality gemstones.

By Lin Jun’s reckoning, Xiao Hai was silly and simple-minded, unlikely to withstand the erosion of her dream.

The fact was indeed so, Lin Jun effortlessly gained control over the Demon Race in the dream, and directed them to try and seize Xiao Hai’s treasure.

However, the outcome was both unexpected yet reasonable and filled with absurdity.

Faced with the swarming Raiders, Xiao Hai exhibited astonishing rage.

She brutally slaughtered all those "actors" controlled by Lin Jun!

Her efficiency in resisting mental invasion was even more complete than that of Little Pig.

By the time Lin Jun withdrew his consciousness, she had already nestled back in that pile of sparkling gems, happily continuing to count them, even feeling more at ease now that all other NPCs were eliminated.

Clearly, the ways of resistance for the two weren’t entirely the same.

Moreover, it appeared that intelligence did not necessarily impact mental defense.

And the next day.

When Norris woke up, he seemed somewhat fatigued, but his status was still much better than that of the bully.

Little Pig continued her disciplined training, unaffected from the looks of it.

Xiao Hai’s reaction was apparent; she was even more aggressive toward the Demon Race approaching her Mushroom House, with the triggering distance of her low roar extending from the original ten meters to twenty meters.

However, Lin Jun thought her behavior was naively bringing dream remnants into reality, offering little reference value...

Overall, although this rare soul-related skill had little practical use at present, serving mostly to amuse Lin Jun.

Tormenting and killing others in dreams continuously could perhaps drive them insane, but why not just kill them with a single stab in that case?

Perhaps at a higher level, more surprises would arise?

If only the default appearance while entering wasn’t always a mushroom...