Chapter 60 The Conspiracy of the Fungus Queen
A soft and bright light rose from the front, emanating from a huge cave.
The floors, walls, and ceilings of the entire cave are covered in moss and fungi, all colored in pastel whites, pinks, purples, greens, and light blues.
The light diffusing from the mushrooms makes the distant scenery sway, as if seeing the strange beauty in a dream through the mist.
"The Sunless Woodland is facing corruption." An old voice sounded in Brian's heart.
He turned around and looked at the tall Myconid King.
It stood in the open space of the cave, with a pale blue light flashing on the rough umbrella-shaped cap, making its tall and thin body appear empty and solid.
"The queen shared her dreams through spiritual communication, planting corruption deep into the entire colony, making our peaceful and peaceful nature become anxious and fanatical."
Myconid King Basdia hung down. The glowing cap said sadly, "Although we are aware of the existence of corruption and are trying to resist them, it is difficult to have enough power to solve the current problem without outside help.
The few of us myconids who have not been corrupted can only hide our thoughts and carefully avoid being touched by other myconids during thought, so as not to shake our hearts. My supporters are constantly decreasing, and there are more and more of them. The myconids are unknowingly infected by the spores of the fungus Queen, causing the quiet and peaceful lightless forest to become more and more uncontrolled. ”
Brian and Hesiah remained silent, quietly listening to what the Myconid King had to say.
“Everything you saw before your eyes in the Lightless Woodland is real.” The Myconid King sighed deeply in the hearts of the two of them, and slowly told what happened:
"The Fungus Queen was attracted by the surging leyline radiation, and a consciousness descended from the bottomless abyss. This consciousness happened to be attracted by the vibrant fungi in the lightless forest. Nourished by the leyline radiation energy, the Fungus Queen successfully Her consciousness transformed into a clone and descended into the Dark Territory.
After arriving in the Lightless Woodland, she quickly analyzed the situation and found that the fastest way to fully control the woodland was to confuse and corrupt the native Myconid King. , let him serve him until he regains the power of his clone, in order to strengthen his true self.
After Philo welcomed the fungus queen into the forest, the queen secretly entered into a mind union with the fungus king. . She described a mushroom paradise to Philo, luring everyone to become her followers in the material plane.
In this never-ending exchange of ideas, Philo got lost in the evil queen's sinister and crazy visions. The promised fertile soil and moisture, the recurring saprophytic growth and the beautiful and transcendent dreamland will all be gifts given to the people of the woodland by the generous and great Lady of Decay. "
"So, the consciousness of the fungus queen who came to your lightless forest is an incarnation that has been greatly weakened. Brian thought for a moment and asked, "Then can you judge her approximate strength?" ”
The so-called myconids are a group of walking mushroom people.
He knows the information about these mushroom people quite well.
In the society of myconids, Their strength is generally divided into myconid guards, myconid association leaders and myconid kings
If we use data to estimate, the approximate challenge level of the Myconoid Guard is 4, the challenge level of the leader of the Myconoid Association is 6, and the challenge level of the Myconoid King is 7.
Of course, this is just an average value estimated after digitizing statistics for the convenience of players to refer to. It does not mean that some powerful beings will not appear in the myconoid race.
Just like the old mushroom king in front of me.
Brian took a rough look and estimated that the other party's challenge level was at least 10.
At the same time, he could not guarantee whether the Myconid King had taken up the priesthood.
From the words of the Myconid King, he came to the conclusion that the incarnation of the Fungus Queen Zugmoi had really arrived in the Underdark.
Since this incarnation is transformed by the descending consciousness after absorbing enough energy radiated by the earth's veins, the strength of the Fungus Queen is not as terrifying as imagined.
Otherwise, she would not have been able to let so many fish slip through the net in the Sunless Woodland.
So, at this moment, he must confirm the approximate strength of the Fungus Queen, so that he can consider whether to help these myconids.
“I once tried to get in touch with the consciousness of the Fungus Queen hidden in the deepest part of the forest, as well as her evil sound and light effects.” Myconid King Basdia was silent for a long time, and the words that reached the bottom of their hearts were conveyed to the two of them. There was a hint of fear in the voice.
"Although I can feel that her incarnation, which is condensed by the radiation energy of the earth's veins, is very weak, the Queen's innate suppression of our myconids has prevented me from even getting close to the core association and the master association. You don’t even have the courage.”
“You are afraid of being infected with the same spores as Philo, so you don’t dare to try to contact the fungus queen, right?” Brian nodded thoughtfully and said. He speculated in his heart, "So, this is why you took the initiative to find us."
He did not continue. Although he believed his guess, he still needed the other party to admit it personally. "That's right."
The Myconid King nodded slightly, "The Fungus Queen cultivated the Yogmoo ancient palace deep in the lightless forest. A palace that took root in this fertile rotten land. A huge mushroom in the soil, this palace is the base of the Fungus Queen. She has completely controlled Philo and is letting the unfortunate Myconid King cultivate an army of myconids and spore slaves for her."
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"What on earth is the so-called 'wedding' in the mouth of Myconid King Philo?"
Xiseya couldn't help but ask the doubt that had been pressing in her heart for a long time, "The myconids in the entire forest seemed to be thinking about it. Preparing for the 'Mrs.' wedding."
"In fact, I don't know anything about the 'wedding'."
My subordinates sighed. As long as we approach the territory of the core association and the master association, we will be instantly corrupted and become their slaves. It is impossible for us to find out any information. We even risked hiring a drow patrol to enter the territory of the master association.
Although I don't know what this so-called 'wedding' means, I have a hunch that if the fungus queen's wedding can be held successfully, then , our entire Sunless Woodland will face the fate of corruption.”
The fungus queen's wedding?
Brian thought for a moment and recalled that in the game world, a "putrid wedding" that shocked the world once happened in the fungus forest in the underground world of the "Supreme Forest" in the North.
The bride of the wedding is none other than the Fungus Queen Zugmoy.
The Fungus Queen Zurgmoy conspired to 'marry' the Fungus Forest that occupies a large area of the Underdark.
She is united to the fungal forest in a manner that is full of satanic blasphemy against marriage - in fact, a demonic ritual of domination.
Because the fungus forest looks like a huge woodland composed of countless fungi and mushrooms.
But in the eyes of the demon queen Zugmoy, who is also a fungus creature, the fungus forest is more similar to a life form.
What if the Fungus Queen uses a demonic domination ritual full of evil to marry the life form of the Fungus Forest.
Then Zugmoi can gain the right to rule over all fungi and life in the Fungus Forest.
This is the same as the union between human nobles and the control of each other's family power.
As long as the 'wedding' is held successfully, the Fungus Queen can gain the ability to transform the entire fungus forest, turning it into her own new abyss domain power, thereby strengthening herself.
It can be seen from this.
Tomorrow's 'wedding' in the lightless forest is the same as the fungus forest.
After all, compared to the huge fungal forest, the lightless woodland is more like a small forest.
With the current strength of the Fungus Queen's incarnation, she can only gradually increase her power by attacking the weak forests, until she has the ability to control the entire fungus forest.
Obviously, she was progressing very smoothly, and with the power she slowly accumulated, she finally had enough strength to dominate the fungus forest.
Unfortunately, the Fungus Queen’s long-planned plan failed.
Because the only things standing in front of her are the core power of the Myconoid tribe and the army of ooze monsters of her mortal enemy, the king of ooze monsters, Jubilex.
What determines the outcome is the strength of their player base.
If Brian really nipped the evil plan hatched by the Fungus Queen hidden in the Lightless Woods in the cradle, maybe the Fungus Forest located under the Supreme Forest would be spared.
"My two adventurers, if you cannot help us, the entire Sunless Woodland will be in danger of corruption." The Myconid King lowered its mushroom head that shone with pale blue light and begged.
Hesiah set her sights on Brian, waiting for him to make a decision.
Brian thought for a moment, faced the thin and tall Myconid King in front of him, and pretended to be unhappy and said, "I can help you, but the prerequisite for cooperation between the two parties is that we need to be honest with each other. , am I right, the priest of Boslophel?”
(End of this chapter)