Chapter 1627 Mushroom Forest
The size of the can almost filled the entire passage. The body of the can looked relatively slender, and there were colorful patterns and incomprehensible words printed on it.
Li Chengqi's hand pressed on the top. As his fingers pressed down, the three of them heard an extremely strong, sharp whistling sound from the wind blowing through the narrow place. A nice jasmine fragrance covered the decaying smell of the mushrooms. .
Then the other hand stretched out, holding a device of unknown use. There was a click, and a flame comparable to a large torch lit up.
The next moment, the gas spurted from the tank turned into a jet of flames, extending towards the far end of the corridor with a roar like a fire dragon.
The high temperature forced the three of them to squat down and protect their faces, feeling like their skins were being burned.
A piercing cry could be heard in the distance of the corridor, which may be the howl of some monsters hiding in the mushrooms, accompanied by a series of explosions. It may be that some kind of exploding mushrooms were ignited by the flames.
No matter how dangerous it is, mushrooms are just mushrooms after all, and organic matter is still weak in the face of flame jets.
After spraying for almost a minute, the flames finally went out, and Li Chengqi retracted his hand again.
Looking at the front of the corridor at this time, all the mushrooms have been burned to ashes, and from time to time you can still see crackling coals.
Because the underground temperature will remain at a temperature of more than ten degrees for a long time, even though it was grilled by the flames, it cooled down very quickly, and it became passable after a while.
"You don't seem to have any priesthood related to fire, right?"
Nemea was a little puzzled, but Zola said:
"Your Majesty can bring down fire, and flames of this magnitude can certainly do it."
Aldee shrugged:
"Props should be used."
You were right, I used a combination of air freshener and lighter.
As for why Aldai and the others walked forward for so long before offering help, you have to ask the delivery boy.
Li Chengqi had no air freshener at home and needed to place an order on an errand delivery platform. As a result, the delivery boy took the wrong route, otherwise he would have arrived half an hour earlier...
In any case, when the fire goes down, all the mushrooms in front of them are burned away. The monsters hidden among the mushrooms are all afraid of fire. Now they have returned to dust. The three of them should move forward next. It will be much easier.
Stepping on the still warm ashes, we continued to move forward. This corridor was not too long, and there were no turns. It was just a very straight road.
The flames ejected from the air freshener and lighter extended for nearly a hundred meters. At this time, the three of them also saw the exit of the passage.
Walking out of the passage, the first thing that came into view was the mushroom burned by the flames at the door. The humus that allowed the mushrooms to grow was dried, and the traces of radioactive flames spread to a distance of five or six meters away.
If you look forward along the traces of the flames, you will see a 'forest'.
Mushrooms that were almost as tall as trees were crowded in front of everyone. Some were phosphorescent blue or orange, some were twitching like living creatures, and some were crawling slowly close to the ground.
"Where should this go..."
Nemea sighed, probably mixed with "Fuck".
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A forest composed of mushrooms sounds like a journey to the center of the earth.
But in fact, this kind of thing is not that rare. When Zola went to look for the Demon King's Ring for the first time, she had seen similar things, but they were not so dense.
But the problem lies in the density.
Whether it is a mushroom as tall as a tree or a mushroom that glows like a street lamp, the growth of these things is very scattered under normal circumstances.
Just like plants competing for nutrients if they are too dense, mushrooms cannot grow so big out of thin air. If they are too dense, they will not grow tall at all. But the mushroom forest in front of us is not only tall, but also extremely dense, so there is only one possibility.
It is artificially grown.
As for who planted it, it's hard to say.
The only people who would do this kind of thing on the surface are mages or druids who are interested in mushrooms, but if it is restricted to the underground...
"There are traces of repairs here. It is a small road."
"That should be right, we ran to the myconid's house."
Myconids, an intelligent race that looks like humanoid mushrooms.
They communicate with similar creatures from a distance through their spores and are very dangerous creatures.
They generally live deep underground, but occasionally their shadows can be seen in shallow caves near the surface.
Fortunately, these guys can't bask in the sun, otherwise they would have run to the surface long ago.
Even though they are mushrooms themselves, they are also quite good at growing mushrooms. Some are like nomads who migrate after nutrient-rich areas, leaving such huge mushroom forests behind every time.
They are dangerous because myconids will do whatever it takes to get food. If adventurers encounter them, they may become mushroom cultivation vessels.
The three of Aldai walked along an inconspicuous path. On the way, they would see that the shapes under the surrounding mushrooms did not look like pure soil. If you look carefully, you can find the corpses of a large number of underground creatures and even people here. corpse.
At least Aldai recognized a lot of underground dwarves and gray dwarves. Although they were decayed into disgrace, they could still be identified occasionally by the bones exposed on the surface of the soil.
This may be why the thick fog the three of them encountered when they came down by boat had excessive negative energy, and there were indeed a large number of dead people down there.
So this is not just a mushroom forest, it can even be said to be a mass grave without exaggeration.
In this state, the three people's nerves were tense, ready to deal with undead creatures that suddenly jumped out, as well as humanoid mushroom-like myconids.
Aldai even gave the two people a poison-delaying potion early. Drinking it first would be a vaccination, which was better than being suddenly poisoned when they needed to fight.
Myconids will use spores to invade the bodies of living people, not just as simple as poisoning, but even to control someone's body.
Like the Necromancer, they can also make corpses stand up and fight for them, but by manipulating spores and hyphae.
The individual strength is not strong, but Aldai is worried about being surrounded, and the myconids never live alone.
But fortunately, this kind of thing did not happen, otherwise Li Chengqi would have warned in advance.
Maintaining a cautious posture and continuing to explore forward, Aldai felt that she had walked for almost half an hour, and her sense of time underground became a little blurry. She was not sure.
At this time, a smell other than mushroom spores entered the nasal cavity, like a burning smell.
For a moment, the three of them thought they had gone back the same way they came. However, after the three of them took a few steps forward and passed through several large burnt black mushrooms, they noticed that something was wrong.
What appeared in front of them was the canopy of a huge mushroom, almost as huge as a hill, with yellow or red dots appearing on the brown canopy.
The cap of this oversized mushroom seemed to have been burned by flames, and igniting coals could be seen in many places.
There had been an attack here, and not too long ago.
(End of chapter)