This Dungeon Is Covered in Mushrooms!

It's either the 'Ghost Nightmare Tree' that can mimic animal sounds, the 'Man-Eating Flower' that can suddenly attack you, or those Corrupted Tree Spirit outside.

Seeing these Common plants for the first time feels a little strange.

This made Shen Xing somewhat expectant, wondering what he might find in this cave.

The group continued forward, having penetrated approximately two to three thousand meters deeper.

This is already quite deep underground.

At this moment, the surrounding scenery changed once again.

There was more moss and lichen on the rock face, and the air became more humid.

Even in some of the cracks in the rocks, patches of grayish-white fungal beds were discovered, with several umbrella-shaped fungi already growing out.

"Mushrooms, they're mushrooms!"

Shen Xing exclaimed in surprise, her eyes widening in astonishment.

In the Land of Mist, mushrooms are also a primary food source.

They have an extremely short growth cycle and produce astonishing yields, making them a primary food source for many lords in their later stages.

However, there are very few types of mushrooms suitable for cultivation, most of which are highly poisonous, and the 'spores' are also not easy to obtain.

Shen Xing pushed his wheelchair over, took out a green-quality longsword, and prepared to pick a flower to check its variety.

But as soon as the sword tip touched the stem, the mushrooms seemed to be stimulated, and suddenly turned from grayish-white to grayish-black.

Immediately afterwards, bursts of black dust erupted and spread rapidly through the narrow tunnel!

Shen Xing's expression changed, and he hurriedly reminded everyone, "Don't breathe!"

The generals also realized that the situation was not good, and they all pinched their noses.

But it still didn't work.

In just a moment, everyone's faces turned pale, their lips turned purple, and their vision became double.

This dust appears to be poisonous without needing to enter the human body; it can cause poisoning simply through skin contact.

"Holy Light will grant us Redemption..."

Fordring raised his hammer high, and a dazzling Holy Light erupted in the passage, shining upon everyone like the warm spring sun.

The dizziness quickly subsided, and my vision became clear again.

"Oh! By the ancestors!" Gorehowl exclaimed, "These mushrooms are so poisonous, even we've been affected!?"

Recalling the sensation just now, Shen Xing analyzed, "The toxicity was indeed strong, but only for the first moment; it quickly weakened afterward."

"This means that the toxicity of this mushroom can affect us Tier Three powerhouses, but the effect is relatively limited."

Fordring nodded in agreement. "Indeed, even without my Purification Spell, you all recovered quickly."

Gorehowl in sudden realization.

Shen Xing turned his gaze back to the grayish-white mushrooms in front of him and found that they withered quickly after emitting that grayish powdery mist.

This dashed his hopes of picking some to take back and study.

"Let's go, let's keep going and see if we can find any normal mushrooms or other plants."

"Yes."

Everyone responded in unison, and then continued to delve deeper.

The tunnel seemed bottomless; after traveling three or four thousand meters, we still hadn't reached the end.

The air is more humid.

The ground and the surrounding rock walls were covered with lichen and moss, making them soft and spongy underfoot.

It was like stepping into the intestines of a monster...

We also encountered some new varieties of mushrooms along the way, but most of them were poisonous.

Shen Xing casually picked a few and put them in the corner of his backpack, intending to study them when he got back.

At that moment, Fordring was walking at the front, suddenly spoke up, "My lord, it seems we've reached the end."

"Oh?"

Shen Xing looked up and indeed saw that there was no way forward.

However, at the end of the passage, there was a glowing opening that seemed to lead to another area.

A ring of grayish-white, tentacle-like plants grew around the edge of the cave entrance, forming a spiral structure that looked like the gaping maw of a monster, or perhaps a chrysanthemum...

Looking at this strange shape, Shen Xing felt a little uneasy.

"Dragon Lord, shall I go in and investigate first?" Onyxia appeared from the darkness and volunteered.

Shen Xing thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Indeed, apart from Onyxia, no one is more suitable for this kind of reconnaissance work.

The dragon girl nodded slightly, then vanished into the shadows.

Everyone saw that the tentacles at the edge of the cave entrance twitched, as if something had crawled through.

Shen Xing took out the communication crystal, stood in the passage, and silently waited for Onyxia's reply.

Chapter 218: This dungeon is covered in mushrooms!

Shen Xing led his generals, standing in the passageway awaiting news from Onyxia.

However, two minutes passed without any response from the communication crystal.

"Onyxia, what happened over there?" Shen Xing called out to Crystal.

Silence, still utter silence.

He frowned, a bad feeling creeping into his heart, and he even considered rushing in to see what had happened.

But reason prevailed over impulse.

"Onyxia, are you in danger?" Shen Xing took a deep breath and asked again.

This time, the communication crystal finally responded.

"Lord Dragon, I haven't encountered any danger yet; I just went to scout the surrounding area."

Onyxia's cool voice came through, filled with emotion, "This... is truly a magical place."

Shen Xing breathed a slight sigh of relief; as long as there was no danger, that was good.

He had just thought something bad had happened to the dragon girl.

"Let's go in too," Shen Xing ordered.

The generals nodded in agreement, then maintained their formation and passed through the glowing hole one after another.

When it was Shen Xing's turn, to prevent any accidents, he switched to the Ruin Black Dragon form and stepped straight in.

The tentacles at the edge of the cave brushed against my face, like being swept by a light feather.

When Shen Xing walked through the passage and saw the scene at the other end, he froze on the spot.

The other generals were also in a state of shock.

Before them lay an underground world composed of various strange plants.

The ground and sky were covered with dark blue lichens and mosses, like a soft carpet, radiating a faint blue luster.

Countless glowing vines hung upside down from the ceiling, emitting a pale purple light.

Many unnamed flowers and ferns bloom quietly among the cracks in the rocks.

A clear underground river meanders across the surface, its clear surface reflecting the fluorescent glow of the sky.

Like a flowing galaxy, it looks incredibly dreamy and enchanting.

However.

The most abundant plant in the entire underground world is, however, mushrooms.

This place is covered with mushrooms of all colors and shapes.

Some are as short as buttons, clustered together in the cracks of the rocks.

Some are as thick as giant trees, with stipes reaching seven or eight meters in length and caps spreading out to be tens of meters wide.

There are also some tower-shaped mushrooms, stacked layer upon layer upwards, reaching heights of hundreds of meters.

Further away, you can even see a castle made up of various giant mushrooms.

[You have discovered the area: the Underground Mushroom Kingdom...]

As the system notification flashed before his eyes, Shen Xing snapped out of his shock.

"That's outrageous..." he murmured in amazement. "There's such a massive underground mushroom world right next to our territory."

"Oh, this place looks so beautiful and amazing!" Gorehowl exclaimed excitedly, carrying his flaming greatsword, seemingly eager to rush over and explore.

The people around him still looked shocked.

"Let's go explore and see if we can find anything interesting," Shen Xing ordered in a deep voice, then sat back down in his wheelchair.

They regrouped and began their journey through this vast and mysterious underground world.

The wheelchair rolled over the soft lichen, making a soft rustling sound, without any bumps or jolting.

I must say, it's quite comfortable here, and the scenery is nice too.

Aside from being a bit dark and a bit trendy, it has no other flaws.

But the group stopped again shortly after it began to move forward.

They saw it.

Not far ahead, there were several large mushrooms, all blackish-gray in color, with caps about half a meter in diameter.

The stipe is thick and low, as if most of its body is buried in the soil.

"Wow, what a huge mushroom!"

Shen Xing became interested. "This thing shouldn't be poisonous, right?"

He was just about to approach so that old man Fordring could pick one and take a look.

At that moment, the mushrooms began to sway slightly.

"Shh... shh..."

A soft, slippery sound rang out, and the ground around the mushroom quickly rose, its stem rapidly emerging from the soil.

In the blink of an eye, these mushrooms sprouted from the soil.

It transformed into a humanoid creature nearly two meters tall with thick, mycelial arms.