Mushroom City is very huge, with dark walls that can’t be seen to the end.
But there are no weapons on the city walls, and there are no patrolling guards outside the city, only watchtowers.
This is a situation that only exists within Trorian.
When they entered Mushroom City, Rhodes discovered how strange this city was.
There are no buildings in the city. They are all mushroom trees of different sizes - the thick mushroom rhizomes grow like trees, and the layers of mushroom umbrellas are like balconies. The mushrooms have obviously been hardened, doors and windows have been cut out, and lanterns have been hung.
There are ropes tied between the mushroom umbrellas, and some of them have clothes hanging on them to dry.
Obviously, these mushroom trees are inhabited by people.
At a glance, Rhodes saw that the mushroom trees were layered and lined up, like a mushroom forest, and the lanterns were like glowing elves hanging on the trees.
Annabeth said with great nostalgia: "This is where I grew up. These mushroom trees and the spiders on the trees are really friendly."
Rhodes said nothing.
The light in the mushroom forest is dim and somewhat eerie.
It's hard for him to imagine what it would be like to live here for a long time.
Annabell seemed to have returned home, running wildly on various paths, and soon came to an even bigger umbrella-shaped mushroom.
"This is the Defense Department of Mushroom City. All matters related to the defense of Mushroom City will be handled here."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people inside rushed out.
"Who is where?"
"Whose spirit is so dazzling?"
Annabeth transformed back into human form with a bang, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lear, Aunt Para, you are all here!"
An old man and an aunt shouted at the same time: "Annabelle!"
Rhodes asked: "Who are they?"
Annabeth replied: "The governor and defense minister of Mushroom City."
She turned her head and shouted: "Uncle Lille, Aunt Pala, this is Rhodes, a high-level combatant, our supporter."
The old man and the aunt smiled at the same time. Just looking at his palace robe and the flame mark on his collar, they knew that he was a warrior of the palace, supporting the high-level combatants of Mushroom City.
The crowd suddenly became excited and rushed up.
"Are you the famous Rhodes?"
"Oh my God, I finally saw a real person!"
"As expected, you are as young as the legend says!"
"Can I touch it?"
Rhodes smiled and said directly: "Time is running out, tell me where the monster is."
As soon as these words were said, everyone's faces darkened.
The old man and the aunt looked at each other and asked, "Annabelle, is there anyone else?"
Annabeth replied: "No, the only supporter is Rhodes."
Everyone suddenly became quiet. You looked at me and I looked at you.
Finally, the old man said: "Annabelle, Lord Rhodes, is there any misunderstanding in the palace? This is a sinful spirit. It is very strong and has spiritual attributes. According to convention, at least a high-level combatant is required.
Only an elite combat group composed of personnel, or three second-level combatants, can fight it."
The aunt said: "Little Rhodes seems to have not completed the tenth-level psychic upgrade ceremony and is not yet a second-level combatant. It is impossible to fight against the spirit of sin."
Rhodes smiled slightly: "Please trust the judgment of the palace."
Annabeth also said: "Uncle Lille, Aunt Para, Rod...he is very strong."
Everyone looked at each other and said nothing.
The old man sighed: "Well, since it is the palace's choice, then we can only believe it."
He lit a lantern and waved.
"Come with me."
Along the way, the old man briefly introduced the whole story.
In fact, it is very simple. Last night, about three hours ago, there was an unprecedented psychic fluctuation in their core planting area, and the psychic monitoring station was overloaded and burned down on the spot
Then, a huge black evil spirit emerged from mid-air, and the powerful psychic impact of the flash explosion destroyed large areas of planting.
Fortunately, the evil spirit returned to the spirit world after wandering for a while.
Annabeth blinked: "It doesn't seem to be serious. Maybe the monster has escaped."
Rhodes frowned and said, "Then the matter is serious."
Annabeth looked at him in surprise: "Why?"
Consul Lille sighed: "Your Excellency Rhodes is right. He is indeed a high-level combatant. He understood the core of the matter so quickly."
Aunt Parra showed a smile of relief: "I now believe why the palace only sent you. Annabeth, you should learn more from others. Your sisters are all about to become the pillars of mankind." Annabeth wrinkled her nose: "Why?"
Lille explained: "The spirit of sin has left a mark here. It will come back sooner or later. If it does not go far, we can still wait for it. What if it goes far? Is there a team specially stationed here?
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Aunt Parra sighed: "The battle situation in the royal city is not going well right now, and it is impossible to have so much idle combat power."
Everyone fell silent for a moment, and even Rhodes felt a sense of crisis.
The monster won’t really run away, right?
After walking for a while, everyone came to the real area of Mushroom City - the planting area.
At a glance, there are endless mushroom trees here. Different from the surrounding buildings, they are only about two to three people tall. They are red, green, blue, and gray, with different colors. They look very fresh, crisp, and full of flavor.
The vitality of plants.
Some workers are taking care of the mushroom trees in the woods, cutting the edges of the mushrooms, cleaning the cobwebs on the mushroom trees, and cutting down the rotten mushroom trees.
There are also some workers harvesting mushrooms from the mushroom trees, and they put mushrooms of various colors into baskets.
Not to mention how bizarre this scene is.
Rhodes was almost dumbfounded, but Lille and the others turned a blind eye and walked straight past the mushroom forest to another planting area.
"That's where the spirit of sin attacked. Fortunately, we evacuated in time and there were no casualties, but a large area of the mushroom tree was destroyed."
Rhode looked around and saw that the entire mushroom forest seemed to have been hit by a hurricane. The ground was covered with broken wood chips and mushrooms, and at least tens of thousands of mushroom trees were destroyed.
Everyone’s faces were distorted. For the people of Mushroom City, planting mushroom trees is their mission, and mushrooms are their lives. Seeing their carefully maintained mushroom trees being destroyed, their hearts are bleeding.<
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The loss this time is too great.
"There."
Lille suppressed his heartache and pointed to the west.
"It's the mark left by the monster in the spirit world."
Rhodes looked along his finger and saw a burnt black mark on the ground, like an ugly scar.
Annabeth asked softly: "Can it be cleared?"
Uncle Lear shook his head gently: "No, this is the mark of the soul. The spirit of sin has already remembered this place, and there is no use in clearing it."
At this moment, several guards escorted a dejected guy over.
Lear said angrily: "He is the culprit that caused this disaster!"
Rhodes looked at him in surprise: "You... aren't you Frank from Mushroom City?"
This is a teammate who fought in the Trident River before. He once killed the insect queen with Rhodes.
No matter how you look at it, you don’t look like a doomsday cultist.
Annabeth covered her mouth and said in shock: "Uncle Lear, how did he attract the monster? Is he a doomsday cultist?"
Lear said angrily: "Ask him yourself."
Frank raised his head, his long face full of paleness and guilt, and said weakly: "I'm sorry, this is all my fault. I accidentally attracted the spirit of sin."
Rhodes glanced at the watchman behind him. He was more angry and dissatisfied than vigilant and prepared. Obviously, this should be an accident, not
It's an attack by doomsday cultists.
"How did you attract it?" Rhodes asked curiously.
Frank said dejectedly: "You should know my characteristics, right? I can change the nature of matter to a certain extent, and my frontal combat ability is not very strong. My inorganic vines cannot even trap the insect queen for one second.
On the battlefield of Halberd River, I am a useless waste, and you are the glorious savior."
"My talent is not very strong. The ninth level of psychic power seems to be the limit. Look... you have already reached the tenth level of psychic power. Before, you only had the eighth level. If this continues, when will I be able to save the world?
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One of the watchmen said angrily: "You still want to save the world?"
Frank sighed: "Who doesn't want to save the world? Who doesn't want to see the blue and clean world in the book? I was once a genius, but when I arrived at the Palace of Fire, I discovered that there are many geniuses, and I am just the less conspicuous one among them.
One."
"I am not willing to admit defeat, but my combat power on the frontal battlefield is really limited. I cannot have the destructive power of the Rhodes brothers, who can kill the insect queen with one shot and blow up half of the insect swarm."
"So, I thought, is there any other way I can do it?"
"I think about it, food is a necessity for human existence. If I use my characteristics to create a large amount of food, will it help human beings go further?"
Rhode's eyes lit up and he praised: "This is a great idea."
Frank smiled weakly: "Thank you."
Uncle Lear said angrily: "Sir Rhodes, don't be fooled by his bullshit. Why don't you first listen to what he actually did?"
Rhodes looked at him curiously.
Frank sighed and said: "I have been thinking that making canned mushrooms in the Sigwe Food Factory is very troublesome and requires a lot of manpower and material resources. It would be great if canned mushrooms could grow directly on the mushroom trees." p>
Poof!
Rhodes almost sprayed out.
Canned mushrooms growing on mushroom trees?
Is this something a normal person can think of?
Frank continued: "I also thought that the brewing process of mushroom wine is very cumbersome and takes up a lot of workers' time. It would be great if mushroom wine could be brewed directly from mushroom trees."
Uncle Lear said angrily: "Then, this guy started his evil ritual in the mushroom forest! How did I give birth to this bastard like you?"
As he spoke, Uncle Lear was furious about O Frank.
The latter was beaten silently and did not dare to move.
Rhodes was even more shocked. You two are actually a family.
After an unknown amount of time, Rhodes intervened: "Well, Frank, have you succeeded?"
Frank sighed: "Half the success was achieved. My changes were too limited and could not violate the fundamental nature of matter, so I added some spiritual matter to the mushroom tree and changed the nature of the spiritual matter so that they could
The fusion between."
Aunt Parra sighed: "You unlucky child, you have no idea what you have done."
Rhodes asked curiously: "What did you do?"
"He created a tree in the spiritual world. It was this tree that attracted the spirit of sin, which is the most dangerous evil spirit wandering in the spiritual world. It is a monster formed by the condensation and corruption of human evil thoughts.
I am very interested in everything that is beyond the scope of common sense."
Frank didn't know how many times he sighed: "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
Lear shouted angrily: "Is there any use in saying sorry now? News just came from the White Tower. The spirit of sin has moved away from this area and can no longer be observed. What should I do now? Tell me!"
Frank's face was ashen and he was muttering speechless.
Lille walked around angrily: "This year's food is not enough, Mushroom City cannot be affected anymore! We have lost the target, and we don't know when it will come back! Tell me, what should we do?
In such a critical time, would you send an elite team to guard here?"
The scoldings continued, and Frank's face became darker and darker
Rhodes looked around, walked to the mark left by the spirit of sin, rubbed a little with his fingers, sensed it with his soul, and suddenly said.