Chapter 625
624 Mixed Goods
Chapter 625, Section 624: Mixed Goods
Mist Fortress, the territory of the Vera, was bathed in the afternoon sunlight.
Thanks to Number Five for sorting out and reshaping the mushrooms that were growing haphazardly in the territory.
The environment of the entire Mist Fortress has now been largely improved, and the people have resumed their work thanks to Vera's various incentive programs.
Although Vera is still relatively unfamiliar with the various administrative affairs of the lord, overall, everything in the territory is developing in a positive direction.
Not only that, but another thing also made him happy.
In the shadow of the distant colonnades, Sirian leaned against the stone railing, knees slightly bent, palms outstretched upwards.
One of the mycelial tentacles of Number Five rested gently on the elf's slender, well-defined fingers, as if they were communicating.
Vera crossed her arms and leaned against the open window on the second floor of the main castle, quietly taking in the scene.
A smile appeared in his eyes.
For some reason, Number Five was always somewhat timid when facing Xilian, and would subconsciously hide behind him or Feiling Feiyin.
As a long-time partner, this had caused Vera a lot of headaches.
Vera and her two companions tried various methods to address this issue, but none of them seemed to be effective, and in the end they could only helplessly let nature take its course.
Seeing them holding hands and looking like their relationship had improved, Vera felt genuinely gratified.
What he didn't know was that Lin Jun was using Mushroom No. 5 at that moment.
"You mastermind! Pretending to be a retired senior, you were actually plotting to overthrow the world! You fooled me so well!"
"Huh?" Faced with Puji's sudden question, Xilian looked puzzled. "What did you say? What world-shaking? What did I plan?"
"Still pretending to be innocent!" Lin Jun said indignantly. "You evil creature who attempts to destroy the world, I will expose your true colors to the world right now!"
With that, he ran off towards Vera.
However, the next second he tripped over a protruding tree root and fell to the ground.
Xilian picked up Puji and sighed helplessly. He felt that ever since he got involved with Puji, there had been no peace for days on end. "Alright, stop messing around. Let's talk about what's going on."
Lin Jun gave a general description of the spatial tearing and mist that followed the activation of the giant beast bone field ritual, then poked Xilian's chest with her tentacles: "What else do you have to say in your defense?"
"That subsidiary space has actually merged so much?" Sirian didn't try to deny it and readily admitted his mistake, "This... it was indeed my oversight."
But then he changed the subject, his tone returning to calm: "However, you don't need to worry too much. That level of rift is just a tiny scratch to the entire world. The spatial structure will naturally heal itself in a month or two at most. If it can't even withstand this much damage, then it's not our place to worry about whether this world will be destroyed."
The tentacles didn't retract; instead, they waved in front of him.
Sirius: "?"
"Compensation!"
Sirian was genuinely taken aback. "The problem occurred within the Empire's borders. Even if there's compensation to be made, it should be the Emperor of the Empire coming to me... What does this have to do with you? You're the real culprit, aren't you?!"
"I'm here to save the world!" Lin Jun declared righteously. "My world! Because of your mistake, it's been ripped open. Shouldn't you compensate for that?"
"What kind of logic is this..."
Lin Jun's struggle with Shenmu lasted for a long time, which was observed by Vera at the distant window.
It means that Sirius and Number Five have gotten along better and can even playfully fight with each other.
After much back and forth, Shenmu finally relented and provided a method for cultivating and evolving the Tree People.
Old Deng still has a lot of money; he can squeeze something out of it every now and then.
Having obtained the benefits she wanted, Lin Jun decisively withdrew.
Number Five came back online. Sirius noticed the change almost immediately.
First, the mycelium tentacle that had been tightly wrapped around his hand loosened its grip little by little, becoming soft and hesitant, as if the tentacle's owner wanted to retract it but dared not make too big a move, revealing a kind of cautiousness.
Then the mushroom cap began to tremble, the tremors growing stronger, and spores began to fall from the cap.
As soon as Sirian let go, he seemed to melt into the air, instantly disappearing from sight. Then, with a series of "plop plop" sounds, he hurriedly headed towards the main castle, his movements fading into the distance.
It trotted along, skirting the stone sculptures and flowerbeds in the courtyard, and then with a thud, climbed onto Vera's back, who had just picked up her scimitar to practice.
This left the latter completely bewildered, wondering how Number Five, who had just been playing around with Sirius, had arrived so quickly.
……
north.
[Boss!]
"Holy Scripture! You've had a long and arduous journey!"
[I would serve the Mushroom Garden without hesitation, even at the cost of my life!] The yellow book trembled with excitement, as if it wanted to dig out its loyal heart and show it off.
Marshal Puji carefully picked up the yellow book, which was noticeably thicker than when he left, with his mycelial tentacles, and held it for a long time.
It's a pity that neither the book nor the mushroom has eyes, otherwise they would surely be filled with genuine emotion and have tears in their eyes.
In the end, it was the Yellow Book that couldn't hold back any longer.
[Boss, I don't know about my...]
“I understand, I remember.” Lin Jun ran her hand lightly across the pages of the book, communicating with the yellow cover. “But this matter concerns your safety, so we must be fully prepared and cannot afford any mistakes. You should rest well first. Once I’ve made all the preparations, I’ll arrange things for you immediately. I won’t keep you waiting too long.”
After Lin Jun said that, even though Huang Pishu was burning with anxiety, he could only suppress his restlessness and wait patiently for a while.
Then, Lin Jun stuffed the yellow book into the bewildered Norris's arms: "Take good care of your Holy Scripture senior, and take it to eat something good."
It wasn't that Lin Jun intended to go back on her word, but rather that she genuinely needed to prepare some things.
However, these preparations were not to ensure the success of the Yellow Book's soul experiment, but to ensure that even if things did not go smoothly, the Yellow Book could not turn on them and cause trouble.
Since it involves sunstone, we must be extremely cautious.
Before you're fully prepared, occasionally pick out a few D-level books to feed them, just to appease them for now.
After arranging the major contributor, the Yellow Book, Lin Jun turned her attention to this gain—an auxiliary space that was half integrated with the world.
The area where the receiving ceremony took place was a strange, jagged hill formed by piles of soil, rocks, and twisted giant beast skeletons.
To explore and utilize the transferred secondary space, the accompanying materials must first be cleared away.
But Lin Jun noticed something unusual: among the soil and gravel that clearly came from the giant beast bone field, there were some things that were definitely not natural creations.
It has a twisted but still structural metal frame, curved panels inlaid with dull crystals, and fragments engraved with almost unrecognizable magical runes.
They were buried among the rocks and bones, as if they had been mixed in as space merged.
These things most likely came from that auxiliary space. It was unclear whether they had any research value. Lin Jun did not intend to let the Drilling Puji dig around with brute force, so as not to damage these things.
He mobilized a team of soldiers from the fungus fortress to attempt a protective excavation.
However, Fungus Castle lacks experience in this type of protective mining, and progress has been very slow.
Fortunately, this problem did not trouble Lin Jun for long.
The dwarves who had previously gone out to recruit people began to return one after another, bringing not only more blacksmith apprentices, but some even bringing their family and friends.
Among these new immigrants are many seasoned veterans who have spent half their lives working in mine tunnels and know the excavation like the back of their hand.
What surprised Lin Jun even more was that there seemed to be a truly influential figure in the group—a master who also enjoyed a reputation in the Dwarven Blacksmiths Guild!
However, among the master's entourage, there seemed to be a group of people with ulterior motives...
(End of this chapter)