Everyone was very excited when they learned that there were diggers gathering in the forest.
"Groundworms are good at digging holes, and they can also spit out strong acid!"
"Transformed into a fungus beast, it is best used as a surprise soldier to attack enemies from beneath the ground!"
Flynn was gearing up.
"Stop talking and go catch the bugs!"
Tao Na couldn't wait and ran away!
Allen and the Griffin siblings quickly chased after him.
A mushroom circle surrounded by mushroom forests, with a flat open space in the center.
There are more than ten underground caves, with the diameter of the cave openings exceeding one meter.
When Allen and others arrived, Tao Na's natural warlocks were fighting the worms that had come out of the cave.
Digging bugs, look like giant brown watermelon bugs.
The body surface is covered with a hard segmented carapace.
Just the upper body exposed from the ground is three meters long!
Ten big bugs, baring their teeth and claws, spitting acid.
The forest clearing was filled with a pungent sour smell.
Inhaled into the body, it makes people feel sick and vomiting!
It would be even worse if you are sprayed with acid!
Metal armor will be corroded to pieces, let alone flesh and blood.
Tao Na rushed to the scene, raised her hand and cast the 3rd level "Wind Wall Technique".
The whistling airflow barrier is like a transparent screen, lying in front of the burrowing insects.
He blew back all the acid it sprayed and stuck it on his face.
Diggers have a high resistance to acid erosion and will not be harmed by their own acid, but it is extremely insulting.
The enraged diggers sprang out of their holes one after another and rushed towards Tao Na!
"Untúpa!"
The blue-haired girl casts spells calmly.
A circle of pale golden light spreads around the body, covering a ten-meter space around it.
4-ring magic "Insect Repellent Barrier"!
All insects, insect-shaped monsters, including warlocks with insect blood, will be blocked by this barrier.
Unless Tao Na, the spell caster, is defeated in the mental confrontation, there will be no way to break through the thin light film.
The insects that were shrouded in when the barrier opened were even worse!
You will continue to receive magic damage.
Until they escape the barrier or are killed.
Diggers are physically strong but have weak mental attributes.
The collective was suppressed by the "repellent barrier", and the whole body was covered in smoke and writhing in pain.
The three digging bugs rushing at the front had no time to turn around.
Not long after, he was killed by the magic rays radiated from the insect repellent barrier.
The other diggers shrank back hastily with clumsy steps.
Trying to get back into the hole and hide.
Allen took a step forward and raised his palms.
There are silver whirlpools flowing in the palm of the hand.
Whirlpool Dragon Claw, activate!
The burrowing insect that finally escaped back to its burrow was pulled by strong gravity.
One by one, Allen forcibly pulled them out of the hole and hung them on the tree, twisting in vain.
Julie and Felin stepped forward with their swords in hand, finishing their blows one by one.
Kill all the digging insects hanging on the trees.
The siblings made measured moves, and the magic-infused long sword penetrated between the gaps in the digger's hard carapace, stabbing straight into the internal organs, killing it with one blow!
Try to keep the corpse intact so that it can be used to transform the fungi.
The four of them worked together to eliminate ten ground-burrowing insects cleanly.
Tao Na ordered her men to patrol elsewhere to avoid exposing the four people's secret of making fungus beasts.
five minutes later.
Ten ground-burrowing insects implanted with spores were "resurrected" on the spot.
Following the instructions of their respective masters, they went back to their caves and waited for the call.
…
the next day.
Allen's team discovered traces of goblins.
Goblin... there's not much to say.
The most common weak scum in the underground world.
It's not worth wasting precious parasitic spores for goblins.
Allen continued to take a nap.
Let Tao Na lead the team to hunt down the group of goblins who are not qualified to transform into fungus beasts.
When I was half asleep and half awake, I received a "message" from Julie.
Alan reads the letter.
The hazy sleepy eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light!
Allen joins the jungle team. In addition to the obvious reason of avoiding Pamela, he also wants to get in touch with some weird underground creatures and collect special ingredients.
Unfortunately, Dire Bats and Burrowing Insects do not provide special ingredients.
Until just now, I received a summons from Julie.
Allen had a vague premonition that it was about to be shipped!
Stand up from under the tree and directly use "Lost Step".
Silver mist, appearing and disappearing.
Allen's figure appeared a hundred meters away.
Surrounding the mushroom forest is an underground swamp.
The muddy wetland was filled with bubbles.
Whenever a bubble bursts, a rotten smell is emitted.
Sisters Tao Na and Griffin led the team to guard the edge of the swamp.
Seeing Allen teleporting over, he quickly waved to him.
"Where is the stone statue?" Alan asked in a low voice.
"Look over there—" Julie pointed toward the swamp.
Felin used remote-controlled "dancing lights" to illuminate.
Allen narrowed his eyes slightly.
Under the illumination of the magic light ball, I saw a group of goblin stone sculptures displayed on the edge of the swamp.
These wretched little monsters pretended to be running away.
Standing quietly in the mud.
The horrified expression is forever frozen on the stone sculpture.
"The goblins were petrified."
Allen revealed the truth in one sentence.
"We think so too, the question is who did it?"
Tao Na looked around warily.
"Petrified bull?"
Allen shook his head slightly.
Of all the people present, no one knew Man Niu better than him.
"If it were a bull, it wouldn't be so quiet. You should be able to hear its thunderous mooing."
"Could it be a cockatrice?"
Julie offered another guess.
The Cockatmon is a legendary monster that has the body of a chicken and the tail of a snake.
The toxin secreted by the cockatrice can turn its victim to stone.
"The support team of Surprise Circus has a sorceress named Coco. I fought against her not long ago."
Feline recalled.
"That little enchantress, wearing a gorgeous cake skirt, is dressed like a princess in a fairy tale."
"However, when she turns on her ancestral form, she will turn into a terrifying monster that is half chicken and half snake!"
"Two of my teammates were injured by her. Starting from the wounds, petrification symptoms spread throughout the body, and they were not saved in the end..."
"Could it be the Surprise Circus that sneaked in?"
Allen shook his head again.
"If it was done by Coco, there would be no goblin stone statues left behind to alert the enemy."
In fact, there is another piece of solid evidence that is difficult to explain clearly.
After the death of Caius, Sonia took over the position of leader.
Surprise Circus, now she alone has the final say.
If the circus sneaks into a secret place, Sonia will definitely send a letter in advance to notify it.
"Shhh - keep your voice down, there seems to be something moving over there!"
Tao Na was nervous and pointed to the opposite side of the goblin stone statue.
Illuminated by the magic light ball, Allen saw a monster that looked like a giant lizard lying behind two stone statues.
This guy's back is bumpy and covered in scales.
The black and translucent skin color blends in with the swamp environment, forming a natural camouflage.
No wonder it was not discovered until now.
Upon closer inspection, Allen discovered that unlike ordinary monitor lizards, the monster actually had eight legs!
There are many sharp bone spurs protruding from the top of the forehead.
The most impressive thing is the monster's eyes.
The cold pupils faintly emitted a light green light.
"hiss--"
There was a gasping sound in my ears.
Allen turned his head and looked at a young man in green robe.
"Junior brother, do you recognize that big reptile?"
The green-robed warlock nodded repeatedly, his voice trembling slightly.
"Senior Brother Allen! That's a basilisk!"
"Don't get closer than ten meters, otherwise you will be stared at by its eyes and you will soon turn into a stone statue!"
"Doesn't it matter even if we look at each other ten meters away from the basilisk?" Allen asked with interest.
"That's not a problem!" The young man in green robe replied firmly.
Allen nodded, turned around and whispered to Julie.
Julie understood.
Holding a piece of mica in his hand, he chanted a mantra in a low voice.
Whoosh!
Julie waved her hand and cast the 2-ring magic "Glitter Dust".
A sudden burst of intense light illuminates the swamp.
The basilisk was the first to bear the brunt, and its eyes were stung by the bright light.
I had to close my eyes and shed tears in pain.
Clang!
Flynn drew his sword in his hand and injected it with magic!
A golden beam of light emerged from the sword's edge and continued to extend.
The third level light martial skill "Sun Sword" is similar to the "Flame Knife".
The light blade condensed by magic power is longer than the "Flame Knife".
Counting the length of the blade itself, it extends up to ten meters!
The light blade part has no entity.
But it can also be used to kill enemies.
The damage caused by the light blade is equivalent to the cutting of a sword, and it has its own "brilliance" attribute, which has special effects on underground creatures who are afraid of light.
Felin activated the Sun Sword, intending to directly kill the basilisk from ten meters away.
"Wait a moment!"
Tao Na quickly grabbed his arm.
"Killing the basilisk and transforming the body into a fungus beast will cause the visual nerve to atrophy and possibly lose the supernatural ability of 'petrified gaze'!"
Felin looked hesitant and turned to look at Allen.
There was a look of inquiry in his eyes.
Allen thought about it and felt that Tao Na's words were reasonable.
Fungus beasts are still corpses after all.
Parasitic spores can only maintain the operation of some organs, and delicate organs like eyeballs may not be able to return to their original state.
The basilisk turns into a fungus beast. If it loses its signature ability of "petrified gaze", it won't be of much value.
At this time, the basilisk, whose eyes were stabbed by the bright light, had turned around and ran deeper into the swamp.
Swinging its tail, its eight short legs swam very fast in the muddy water.
Allen waved his hand to signal his companions to retreat.
Close your eyes on your own and activate the "qi induction".
Release invisible magical threads to lock the basilisk.
He slowly raised his right hand, grabbed the big lizard that had escaped more than ten meters away, and activated the Whirlpool Dragon Claw.
The silver vortex circulates and the gravitational field expands!
The basilisk, which was paddling desperately, suddenly flew into the air.
He was forcefully sucked back by Allen and fell to the ground.
Boom!!
The basilisk fell with its legs in the air and was stunned.
Allen closed his eyes tightly and relied entirely on his qi sensor to position himself.
Walk forward, intending to capture the basilisk alive.
At this moment, the system issued a prompt:
"The smell of special ingredients has been detected!"
"The samples are rare and cannot be identified!"
Allen raised the corners of his lips slightly and pressed the belly of the petrified lizard with one palm.
The bone spurs in the palms protrude, sucking blood to refine the essence!
The blood essence of the Basilisk is extremely valuable.
By injecting a warlock with a compatible bloodline, it is possible to awaken the magical skill of "Petrifying Gaze"!
Something strange happened...
The basilisk was sucked blood, but it did not struggle and bite as fiercely as he expected.
Lying on the ground very tamely, letting him hold his belly.
Like a big cat enjoying the caress of its owner.
……What's happening here?
When something goes wrong, there must be a reason.
Allen closed his eyes and thought.
Wild basilisks are quite ferocious.
I will never surrender to strangers.
Eliminate all impossible options.
In the end, there is only one possibility left...
Allen freed his right hand and took out the "Tears of the Snake Mother" that he carried close to his body.
Monasuo, the mother of snakes, the main god of reptiles.
According to legend, the orb evolved from a tear of a snake mother, and its holder can tame a group of snakes and make them friends.
Basilisk is a reptile monster.
It is a distant relative of snakes.
"Tears of the Snake Mother" seems to also have a charming effect on lizards.
This has been verified by the Naga tribe on snake lizards.
Basilisks and basilisks are even closer in blood genealogy.
Allen was stunned.
So, with a push of his left hand, he turned the basilisk over.
The big lizard lay at his feet with hesitant eyes.
Instinctively, I wanted to run away, but I hesitated.
"Vanima!"
Allen chanted the incantation in a low voice, and a green beam of light popped up from his fingertips and landed on the head of the basilisk.
The basilisk's body trembled, and its eyes looked at Allen, adding a touch of intimacy.
Level 4 "Monster Charm" can be applied to non-hostile monsters to temporarily win their favor.
Combined with "Snake Mother's Tears", it can be used to charm snakes and lizards, and the spell effect changes from temporary to permanent!
Allen opens "Hexin Channel".
Try to communicate spiritually with the basilisk he charmed.
The communication went very smoothly and was very pleasant.
Snap!
Basilisk closes inner eyelids.
Separated by a layer of transparent eyelids, the field of vision is basically unaffected, and the petrification rays are shielded.
Even if you look at it face to face, you don't have to worry about turning into stone.
Allen could finally open his eyes with confidence.
Smiled at the basilisk.
"Let's go, little brother."
"Take us to your home as guests."
"Check on your brothers and sisters."
The basilisk nodded meekly.
He slowly turned around and crawled towards the other side of the swamp.
Allen turned around and ordered his companions.
"Tona, Feline and Julie, come with me."
"The other junior brothers and sisters will stay here, camp and wait."
After saying that, he stepped on the "dancing air step" and walked across the waves.
Sister Tao Na and Griffin quickly applied their "flying skills" and hurriedly caught up.
The four of them followed the basilisk leading the way and flew across the swamp.
When we reached the depths of the swamp, we found a strange area.
In the void, a flashing vortex emerged.
It looks like an arch, about five meters high and more than two meters wide.
"This is...the rupture of the secret realm barrier!"
Tao Na couldn't help but change her face.
"If you pass through this whirlpool, you will be teleported outside the secret realm."
"Isn't it just like a mushroom circle?" Julie asked.
"The mushroom circle is a stable and controllable teleportation array, and it is also the preset gate to the secret realm. This crack is different."
"Only when the secret realm barrier is seriously damaged will uncontrollable cracks appear."
"There are more and more cracks, getting bigger and bigger, which will eventually lead to the complete collapse of the secret realm!"
Tao Na was worried.
Julie and Felin looked at each other.
According to Tao Na's judgment, the life of the Mushroom Garden Secret Realm is about to come to an end.
The enemy and we fought fiercely to compete for the secret realm.
This conflict accelerated the decline of the secret realm.
In the end, no one can get the secret realm, and their work is in vain!
This is obviously not an outcome we are happy to accept.
Everyone was in a low mood.
Keep your spirits up and keep up with the basilisk.
Anyway, let's go to the other side first and see what's going on.
The basilisk buried its head through the crack in the secret realm barrier.
Allen added protective spells, turned on the soft bone and flesh armor, and followed the basilisk through the cracks.
The moment my body entered the whirlpool, I felt a slight dizziness.
When he woke up, he was already outside the secret realm, in a dark cave.
The basilisk's lair is deep in the cave.
There are four adult basilisks in total, and seven pups.
The cub's eyes can also release petrifying rays, but the range is shorter.
Allen holds the "Tears of the Snake Mother" and wins the favor of the Lizard family.
Then, add the "Monster Charm Technique" one by one to ensure that the friendship will last forever.
After some spiritual communication, Allen successfully persuaded the lizard family to follow him and move into the secret realm of the mushroom garden.
When necessary, basilisks will gladly fight for their human friends.
There are still a bunch of eggs in the lizard's nest, and they have to be moved to a new home.
Alan put all the lizard eggs into storage bags and helped his lizard friends move.
Returning to the Mushroom Garden, I found a warm and clean cave for the basilisk lizards to use as their new home.
Allen opened the storage bag, took out the lizard eggs, and carefully placed them in a nest made of dry moss.
The female lizard wagged her tail at him with satisfaction.
Climb into the soft nest and continue to hatch the eggs.
Allen smiled and said goodbye to the lizard family.
Now he is sure of one thing.
Basilisk doesn't know how to count and is very careless!
I can’t even remember how many eggs I laid in total.
When Allen returned to the camp, he had a lizard egg in his pocket.
Didi——
"Eat special food: petrified lizard eggs!"
"Potential +2!"
"Physique +1!"
Current attributes: Physique 46, Agility 31, Spirit 51
Potential reserve: 13 points
…
After dinner, Alan lay beside the warm campfire.
Resting on Julie's long legs wrapped in black stockings, she closed her eyes and rested.
While half asleep and half awake, I heard three friends chatting.
Julie, Feline and Tao Na, gathered around the fire, frowning.
The topic of the chat was the gradual collapse of the secret realm barrier.
"Leaving it alone will definitely not work!"
Felin said worriedly.
"If the enemy discovers these cracks, they can bypass the mushroom circle and break into the secret realm directly. It is impossible to guard against it!"
"Is there any way to repair the secret realm barrier?" Julie asked Tao Na.
"It is said that every time secret realm has a core called the 'Orb of Time Law'."
Tao Na thought and spoke.
"If we can find the Orb of Time Law and control it, we may still have time to repair the secret realm barrier."
"Where is the Mushroom Garden's Orb of Time and Law stored?"
"Unfortunately, it is impossible for us outsiders to know this secret."
"Only the indigenous people who lived here when the secret realm was born can possibly know this secret."
"Tao Na, you mean...the fungus owner?" Felin asked.
Tao Na nodded, looking frustrated.
"I tried to communicate with the fungus owner, but she ignored me..."
"Master Fungus Master, you are becoming more and more disgusted with outsiders."
"She closed her mind and refused to communicate with outsiders."
"In this case, I can't gain the trust of the fungus owner, and there's no point in being anxious..."
Allen sat up suddenly!
Julie was shocked by him!
I thought he was awakened by a nightmare, so I hugged him and comforted him softly.
"Don't be afraid, we are all by your side...Did you dream about Angel again?"
Allen shook his head and kissed her cheek.
"Sister Julie, I want to talk to the fungus owner."
"You, Felin, and Tao Na, just wait here for me to come back."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared into a silver mist.
…
"Master Fungus Master, I want to talk to you."
Allen turned on the "other mind" and tried to establish a spiritual link with the fungus owner.
Including Tao Na, many people have tried to do this, but they were all rejected by the fungus owners.
Allen is the only exception.
Of all the humans in the mushroom garden, the fungus owner only wants to communicate with Allen.
It wasn't as Felin said that Allen had any special charm that made the fungus owner particularly favor him.
The real reason is because Allen has done good deeds and accumulated good deeds.
Panthes, a great philanthropist, has won a special status in the mind of the fungus owner through his righteous deeds.
"Alan, you're here..."
The fungus owner emits weak mental waves.
"A few days ago, thanks to you, you put out the fire in the garden and saved the myconid clan."
"I want to thank you on behalf of the children..."
If you do good deeds, you will be rewarded.
Panthes, the good man, accepted the fungus owner's thanks calmly, and then asked straight to the point:
"The secret realm barrier is collapsing. Why is this?"
"Because... I'm going to die." The fungus owner sighed.
The fungus host is actually a cluster composed of massive fungal spores.
The collective consciousness of the spores is called the "Brother's Mind".
Human beings fight over mushroom gardens and a war breaks out.
The long and cruel war caused irreparable damage to the local ecology.
The fungus owner is also affected, and the brood will is about to collapse.
"The collapse of the barrier is just the beginning."
"Next, the laws of time in the secret realm will be chaotic."
"Time flows from a constant speed to suddenly fast and sometimes slow..."
"The environment here is no longer suitable for human survival."
"Now... before it's too late, you should leave quickly."
The mental fluctuations coming from the fungus owner revealed strong negative emotions...
As soon as Allen received this wave of fluctuations, he couldn't help but feel depressed, as if the world was dark and there was nothing left to love.
He quickly calmed down his mind and closed his eyes to meditate.
Silently initiate requiem meditation.
Eliminate the negative emotions transmitted to him by the fungus owner... which is almost a high-level hypnotic magic!
This feeling of emptiness, loneliness and coldness seems familiar.
Allen couldn't help but recall that not long ago, he was in the Silver Moon Secret Realm.
He and Master Shiva gathered together to practice dual cultivation to help her break through the twelve inner demon tests.
At that time, I didn’t know the heights of the world, and I wanted to experience how terrifying the spiritual test that Master Shiva had to undergo was.
As a result, his self-confidence was severely damaged at the first level!
Inner demons are not necessarily scary and crazy.
Loneliness, emptiness, all thoughts are in vain, and it consumes the will.
No matter how you practice, you cannot escape the fate of death.
Since death is inevitable, what's the point of trying hard?
Regarding the meaning of life, the more I think about it, the emptier it becomes.
Allen realized something was wrong and hurriedly withdrew from Master Shiva's meditation world. He did not dare to try the inner demon test again.
It took a lot of effort to forget these unpleasant experiences.
At this moment, I established a spiritual connection with the fungus owner and was mentally contaminated...
Fortunately, Allen had the "Requiem Meditation Method" and defeated the inner demons that quietly invaded.
After calming down, Allen slowly exhaled.
"Master Fungus Master, we don't want to watch the secret realm collapse. Is there any way to remedy it?"
The fungus owner was speechless.
Allen waited for a moment and had to take the initiative to break the silence.
"I heard that the core of the secret realm is called the Orb of Time. With this orb, can I repair the enchantment of the secret realm?"
The fungus owner sighed and asked quietly: "Isn't the Orb of Time and Law right in front of you?"
Allen couldn't help being stunned.
"You...are the Orb of Time and Law?"
"A long time ago, I was just a bunch of mushrooms without intelligence. I had a chance encounter and merged with the Orb of Time, and then evolved into what I am now."
The fungus owner replied softly.
Through spiritual communication with the fungus owner, Allen gradually understood everything...
…
The so-called Orb of the Law of Time is actually a fragment of the Godhead of Time.
Different time-law orbs have different time-law multiples and radiation radii.
The radiation area of the Time Law Orb forms its own set of time laws, which is the foundation of the secret realm!
"I and the Orb of Time Law have become one body, and we will live and die together."
The fungus owner continued.
"I am here to unfold the time barrier, and the secret realm can be created."
"After my death, the Orb of Time Law will be annihilated and the secret realm will no longer exist."
"I'm almost dead, so why talk about restoring the secret realm..."
The emotions conveyed by the fungus owner were lifeless.