Deep in the dark underground, a huge jellyfish is waving its tentacles and trying to dig into the maze.
The flexible tentacles have the capabilities of a variety of tools. Whether it is opening and closing or carving, it is not difficult for it. Around it, a maze is gradually taking shape.
Looking into the distance, if you have sharp eyes that can see through the darkness, you can see a huge maze, just like ancient ruins, buried deep away from the ground. There was only a bright light somewhere, proving that it was still connected to the ground.
Sui Xiong dug hard, humming a little tune while digging.
"There is one monster, there are two monsters, the monster's friend is the third monster, the monster's brother is the fourth monster..."
To be honest, the melody of this song is actually okay, but the lyrics are a bit weird. Fortunately, he sang it in Chinese. No one in this world can understand what he is singing. Even if they heard it, their thoughts would be nothing more than...
"Your Majesty, it seems that you are in a good mood today?" After Akane came down from the deep well, he heard the singing echoing in the dark underground from a distance. He flew over with a smile and praised, "The music of this song is very interesting, and the rhythm of the lyrics is also very good. It's a pity that I can't understand the lyrics - is it a folk tune from some other world?"
Sui Xiong smiled and nodded, silently applauding the artistic accomplishments of this master of mushroom alchemy.
Although he actually composed this tune himself, the style is indeed a folk tune.
It can be seen that even if the world is different, the races are different, the cultures are different, and even the life forms are different, everyone's love for art and understanding of music are still the same after all.
"Why did you come here suddenly? There are new results in the research?"
Akane nodded and said happily: "The two little dragons found several valuable mushrooms. I combined them with existing varieties and successfully developed a mushroom that can absorb negative energy with high efficiency and use it to absorb negative energy." A variety that has been transformed into fine crystal fragments. Now it can be cultivated in large quantities in the cultivation room, and formal sowing can begin at any time!"
Sui Xiong was so happy that he clapped with his tentacles: "That's great! Then I'll start preparing the culture tank."
"But the ability of that kind of mushroom to decompose flesh and blood is very weak." Akane said, "The cultivation of mushrooms that can decompose flesh and blood is not progressing smoothly. The existing varieties are either poisonous or mutated. , cannot meet the requirements.”
"There's no rush." Sui Xiong said with a smile, "We have plenty of time, so take your time."
Special mushrooms that use the flesh and blood of World of Warcraft as a culture medium are intended to be used as a backup staple food. Therefore, Sui Xiong has three requirements for it. The first is that it must be able to quickly and efficiently decompose the useless flesh and blood of monsters to avoid contamination; the second is that it must be non-toxic and can be used normally; the third is that it must not produce malignant mutations and does not need to be used. Worried about turning into a mushroom monster.
Akane has cultivated several types of mushrooms that can efficiently decompose the flesh and blood of Warcraft. However, probably because the mother parent comes from the mushroom monster, these mushrooms are either highly toxic or can condense power from the flesh and blood of Warcraft. , quickly transformed into a monster that is quite dangerous to ordinary people.
Of course, none of this met the requirements, so he continued to research, hoping to cultivate mushrooms that fully met Sui Xiong's requirements.
He felt that if he could cultivate all the two mushrooms proposed by His Majesty the Mask of the Void to perfection, then the achievements of these two mushrooms alone would be enough to change the druids' prejudice against Pasteur's alchemy and cleanse them. The family's long-standing notoriety could even lead to his father's release!
Therefore, he is very motivated and works hard on research every day. He works in the research room, training room and bedroom all day long. The first two places are used for scientific research, and the last place is a place for sleeping and eating.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too many dangerous things in the research room and the training room, and it was unsafe to eat there, he probably wouldn't even come out to eat!
With such enthusiasm, his research progressed very smoothly. In less than two years, he had obtained results that ordinary mages might not be able to obtain in decades.
Today is a good day to announce that one of the two major issues has been conquered. So after he planned to inform His Majesty the Mask of the Void, he would give himself a holiday and sleep well all day.
But after Sui Xiong learned of his plan, he advised him not to always use sleep as a vacation, but to go out for a walk.
"You won't be able to find a girlfriend if you stay in the research institute all day long." Sui Xiong said, "Even a great sage needs to get married and start a career!"
"I'm still young and it's too early to think about this."
"Young? I knew such a teacher back then. I always felt that I was still young and should focus on research. Unknowingly, decades passed. When he finally succeeded in his research, he found that his classmate's grandson had already He is his own student..."
"Haha, this is too tragic."
"Yes! So you can't imitate him! Human youth is very precious!"
"But I'm really still young..."
"Stop talking nonsense, crawl out of your hole, and communicate with people!" Sui Xiong laughed, wrapping his tentacles around this technical house who had been living underground for a long time without seeing the light of day. The light of the spell flickered, and a The advanced teleportation technique teleported him directly to Longhou Town.
Most members of the Church of the Mask of the Void currently live here. Some of them are learning various skills, some are hunting with Gerald, and some are providing logistical support for their companions. They are all busy. Live a fulfilling life.
Akane's arrival was welcomed by Gerrard and others. They even held a small welcome party to welcome the church's most senior scholars.
At the welcome meeting, I learned that the mushrooms used to remove negative energy have been cultivated, and an area can soon be cleared. Moreover, there is no need to worry about skeleton attacks at night. The land and drinking water are not polluted, and you can live and farm normally. area, many people cheered happily.
Although they knew that under the guidance of His Majesty the Infinite Power of Mask of the Void, these would all happen sooner or later, but when their expectations finally became a reality and were coming towards them at a foreseeable speed, no one could be unhappy or excited.
Beginning with Gerald, everyone toasted to Akane one after another. You had one drink, one drink for me, and another for him. I don’t know how many drinks he drank before and after. In the end, the master of alchemy who could eat poisonous mushrooms without changing his face finally became too drunk and poured Falling asleep on the ground.
Even in his sleep, he still muttered: "Well said! That's right! Have another drink!"
The next morning, with some hangover dizziness, he was woken up by the armored demon Phil, and followed Phil towards the depths of the desolate mountains, heading to the lair of the "Extreme Cold Tyrant", which was once an ancient temple. The dragon's lair.
"There are a lot of monster corpses in the mountains." Phil said, "To be honest, these corpses are really troublesome and often attract some nasty things. I used to clean them up myself, but now that you have developed a method that can decompose corpses mushrooms, why not spread them into the mountains."
Akane told him that the mushrooms he cultivated were either poisonous or would mutate into monsters, either way it would be troublesome.
"Then let's spread the second kind." Phil said nonchalantly, "There are already enough monsters in this mountain, and we don't care about another weird mushroom - but I want to ask, what kind of monster-like mushrooms are there? ability?"
Akane recalled it and said: "The first thing is action. Although the speed is not fast, they can rely on magic power to fly slowly in the air, and they can also slowly wriggle on the ground."
"It's nothing."
"Secondly, they can use collision and self-destruction. Although the power of self-destruction is not great, it can emit a fragrance that attracts other monsters."
"... Well, it's nothing."
"If they grow to a certain extent, they will also grow sharp, zigzag-shaped arms, like two short knives. Although they are not very powerful, if they are cut, the wound will be very troublesome to deal with."
"Can't it be changed to an ordinary blade arm?" Phil asked.
"No, because this kind of arm is used to divide the corpses of large monsters."
Phil shrugged indifferently: "That's it, do you have any other questions?"
"If it continues to grow, it can use spells. The first spell is nausea, which can make people feel nauseated."
Phil laughed: "What an interesting spell! What else?"
Akane clapped his fingers and counted them one by one: "Next is the Stinky Cloud Technique, then the Sleep Technique, the Immobilization Technique, the Disease Technique, the Poisonous Mist Technique... and finally the Death Cloud Technique."
Phil stopped smiling, he stopped and turned to look at Akane.
"Death Cloud Technique?"
"That's right, Death Cloud Technique."
"The level of the Death Cloud Spell is not low!" Phil said, "This is a typical mid-level spell, and even lower-level mages can't cast it!"
Akane nodded: "So only monster mushrooms that have grown to an old age have this ability. In my laboratory, after using magic to induce growth, only mushrooms that are roughly equivalent to a maturity of about twenty-five years can have this ability." Level of ability.”
"Twenty-five years... To be honest, it's really not that long..." Phil hesitated and asked about the corresponding ages for other spells.
"You can grow blade arms starting from the third year, and you can use spells from the fifth year. After that, you can add a spell in about three to four years, and by about twenty-five years, you have mastered all the spells." Akane detailed Having studied this kind of monster, he spoke out his research results in detail, "Even if we continue to cultivate it, there will be no growth. I guess this is the limit of its species, and it needs to break through the limit to go further."
Phil thought for a long time and could not make up his mind until they arrived at the dragon's lair.
In the end, he gave Akane several kinds of mushrooms unique to the flower fields in the temple, but the matter of cultivating carnivorous mushrooms in the mountains was finally shelved.
But Sui Xiong didn't waste any time. The first mushroom cultivated by Akane was quickly cultivated in large quantities in the underground labyrinth. They quickly absorbed the negative energy that permeated the maze, and grew extremely strong. Under the illumination of the luminous ores, the clusters exuded a deep black luster, and even had a somewhat metallic texture.
These luminous ores are not minerals from the Ash Forest, but minerals from the Death Meteor Desert thousands of miles away. Sui Xiong purchased a large amount of this mineral through commercial channels in Gars City, then went there in person and brought back a lot of it in one go.
They are placed throughout the maze to provide light. Under Sui Xiong's careful design, most parts of the entire maze are shrouded in just the right amount of dark light. Only some places specifically for explorers to rest have sufficient lighting.
Along with the bright light, several layers of protective formations can be seen. They not only protect these "resting points" well, but also relax the nerves that have been tense in the maze.
Of course, you have to pay to rest at the resting point. After all, maintaining the magic circle requires spending magic power. If Sui Xiong hadn't regularly replenished his magic power, he would have been able to consume backup energy—expensive magic crystals.
There are also several teleportation arrays in the maze that allow explorers to leave safely. You don't have to pay to use them, because leaving means the adventure is over, and you have to buy a new ticket if you go in again next time.
After all the luminous ores were placed, this huge and magnificent underground maze was finally completed.