Recaps

Linden’s forces destroyed Kees, recovered the Sun Stone fragments, and expanded their influence while facing the Amethyst Dungeon’s guardians. As the Dungeon’s core destabilized, Spatial Rifts and violent monsters endangered Adventurers, forcing Vera’s group to flee during the town’s evacuation.

• Shou and Qiong joined Huyan’s expedition into Stone Fort Dungeon, where Kees ambushed them and Huyan’s warriors stayed behind so they could escape.
• Little Black destroyed Kees’s escaping heart, and the Pujis sheltered the wounded Shou and Qiong before they returned to their tribe.
• The elder left Shou his Magic Core before dying, while Linden’s Pujis destroyed Kees’s heart and Linden gained its Split Body skill.
• Linden’s forces recovered Piggy and the Sun Stone fragments, boosting the Fungal Carpet’s magic, while the Empire demanded the tribe’s Cradle and combatants.
• Qiong traded labor for mushrooms to feed his tribe, and Linden organized the Pujis with Contribution Points and led an assault on the Amethyst Dungeon’s guardians.
• Little Black and the Pujis damaged a Stone Statue but faced deadly Amethyst Puppets, so Linden turned to Yellow Book for help against the Dungeon Core.
• Linden sent Qiong, Shou, and Ze to aid Cave Dwellers, while the Pujis’ attacks on the Battle Puppets accelerated the Dungeon’s collapse.
• Spatial Rifts and berserk monsters trapped Vera’s party underground, but Puji and an Elf helped them fight through the floors and reach the surface as the town evacuated.

Linden seized control of the Dungeon Core, repaired the spreading damage, and turned the Fungal Carpet into a source of food and cooperation. As people returned to the Dungeon and new rules took shape, Linden prepared to explore its remaining Rifts and gave adventurers a new attraction.

• Linden overpowered the Yellow Book through the Crystal Stele and became Dungeon Administrator No. 13, then discovered that one-sixth of a Demon King lay sealed behind the Core Side Door.
• Linden repaired the Dungeon while limiting the Battle Puppets and keeping some floors damaged, and he learned that the Murlocs had returned to the Sanctuary while the Scout Puji had died.
• Dylan returned toward the Dungeon after learning that Linden had gone silent, while Snake People captured Angus Port and the Demon Race approached by sea.
• Linden expanded the Fungal Carpet and worked with the Demon Descendants, who pooled Contribution Points to recover Huyan’s Magic Core and bring it home to their tribe.
• Vera and her companions used Sirian’s Nature Magic to grow mushrooms and restore the cursed Sixth Floor, while Linden let the Puji bring them into the Dungeon to help.
• Inanna asserted control of Mute Wind Town’s mushroom harvest, then used Knight Puji to make the Fungal Carpet produce a mass of Delicious Red Mushrooms before the patch weakened.
• Sirian completed the Sixth Floor’s restoration, and Linden prepared Second-Generation Scouts to investigate the remaining Rifts as the Demon Descendants debated how to spend their Contribution Points.
• Horn, Aimei, and Noah found a Hidden Room where Fatty Puji served mushroom soup and treatment, then Linden revealed that he had taken the treasure and set up the restaurant for adventurers.

Linden expanded the Puji workforce, helped the Demon Descendants complete their newborn ritual, and explored the Sacred Tree Dungeon through a Scout Puji that befriended Elawen. After discovering Elves forcing Frenzy onto a Treant Demon, he lost one Scout and ended deeper exploration while Elawen kept searching for the missing Puji.

• Linden tested Scout Pujis against Norris, then used them to explore the Wheat Field Labyrinth, where he harvested Wicked Grass and raised his curse skills.
• Torin and Grum fell into the Amethyst Dungeon, where Linden’s Pujis captured Grum before Inanna rescued him and the dwarves returned home.
• Linden helped Spark save a newborn Demon Descendant by sending Cold Resistance through the mycelium, and the tribe completed mushroomization and joined his workforce.
• Linden sent a Scout Puji into the Sacred Tree Dungeon, where it captured a parrot, found the poisoned Elf Elawen, and accompanied her to Isildorin.
• Linden chose Resonance and tested it on Pujis and Jida, while Inanna retrieved Dream Flowers that allowed him to obtain Mental Guidance and experiment with entering dreams.
• Linden spread the Fungal Carpet through the Sacred Tree Dungeon as Scout Puji explored the Elven city and Elawen introduced it to her home and pets.
• Scout Puji No. 3 witnessed seven Elves force a red stone into a Treant Demon and give it Frenzy, but the Elves destroyed the Scout and discovered its modified familiar nature.
• Linden sent another Scout deeper, but it was eaten by a Giant Magic Frog, so he halted his investigation while Elawen searched for the missing Puji and Scout Puji No. 1 recovered.

Linden’s forces defeated the invading Half-Demons and Lizardmen, then absorbed their survivors as captives and Sinners. As the Mushroom Garden prepared to move before the Empire could retaliate, Louisa agreed to risk her life in a Blood-Stealing Ritual using Eunice.

• Linden expanded the Fungal Carpet through the elves’ territory, learned potion-making through Puji, and captured Galen after he attacked the Demon Descendant settlement.
• Linden sent Norris and Dylan to gather intelligence, while scouts revealed that the Empire planned to send Half-Demons and Lizardmen against the Demon Descendants.
• The invading tribes advanced through the Fungal Carpet, but Pujis destroyed their supplies and ambushed them before Linden’s forces met them at the fortress.
• Linden’s magical weapons and thousands of Pujis broke the allied attack, forcing Bastardos and Pine to retreat while Little Black pursued them.
• The Pujis captured Eunice and Gray escaped with Pine’s Magic Core, while Linden’s forces subdued the remaining Half-Demons and Lizardmen and brought them back as captives.
• Linden increased his Puji control limit, tested several skills, and decided to move before the Empire could respond to the defeat of its allied tribes.
• Linden established work rules and Contribution Points for the captives, while Slick’s defiance ended with mushrooms turning him into a Jailer.
• The Yellow Book explained the dangerous Blood-Stealing Ritual, and Louisa eagerly agreed to undergo it using Eunice despite the risk of death.