Lin Jun now felt that his eyes were almost blinded—if he had eyes at all.
Don't be fooled by how many Puki there are in own Mushroom Garden, but the basic version of Puki all have a standard five attributes of 1 point each, with a blood volume of 10, is 3000 blood a realm that an ordinary Puki can reach?
Of course, Lin Jun could easily manage her, but that row of fixed effects was truly envy-inducing.
So envious that he almost wanted to eat her, to seize her abilities...
Just kidding, it's rare to have someone to communicate with.
Besides, looking from the panel, this Puki in front of him is probably human, right? It's not like Lin Jun has degenerated to the point of preying on live humans yet.
"Calmed down now?" Lin Jun controlled the Puki pinching her to loosen up a bit, not giving her too much pressure.
Suddenly, a voice appeared in Inanna's mind, making her very anxious. She still didn't know if the other party was human or demon, she only knew that all the Puki nearby were under his control.
Could it be the follow-up to the plot, the person assigned here to execute me?
"If you want to kill, then kill!"
"Why would I want to kill you? Could you please calm down a bit?"
"Huh?"
The foreign mushroom is really rude, causing chaos in his own Mushroom Garden without even an apology.
"I am the lord of all the mushrooms on this floor, you can call me Lin Jun, what's your name?"
"Mushroom... Lord..."
Inanna didn't understand how the words mushroom and lord could be connected together.
In her impression, mushrooms were just the bottom feeders with a level cap of 10, even at full level, they would be considered food by other demons of just a few levels.
Yet what she saw here was not something a level 10 demon could possess, let alone such a 5th level magic-like form of telepathy.
Moreover, this was clearly more than just telepathy.
Ever since they connected, Inanna's perceptive range suddenly expanded from a few meters around her to far and wide.
And even clearer, as if she received the perceptions from all the surrounding mushrooms.
Inanna was completely unable to judge what kind of strength this mushroom lord had.
In any event, she tried to pretend she was a Puki, to muddle through.
"I, I am also Puki, don't have a name..."
"Then why don't I give you a name, let's call you Inanna."
"..."
What?
How did he know?
Could it be this telepathy-like skill also has a mind-reading effect?
The Puki that had originally scattered around slowly gathered again, were they going to eliminate me because of lying?
No, please!
Luckily, as the space remained, the Puki stopped, and Lin Jun's voice sounded in her mind once more.
"I am very friendly, but the premise is you don't try any tricks, otherwise I wouldn't mind a little extra fertilizer to enrich the soil, understand?"
Inanna nodded her mushroom cap vigorously.
"Now let's do this again, name."
"In, Inanna. Saint Claire..."
"And your identity?"
"Duke... Alama's... daughter..."
Duke's daughter?
So the outside world has a medieval-like structure.
No wonder there's Church Blessing, Life Fruit, even turning into a Puki with 3000 blood volume.
No matter which world, having a good father is a shortcut in life.
"Tell me, how did a duke's daughter end up here?"
Having revealed herself, Inanna had no reason to hide anything.
Not only did she explain how she was harmed and ended up here, but she also answered all of Lin Jun's other questions honestly.
Lin Jun took the opportunity to learn a lot.
For instance, this place where he resides is actually an Underground City located within Inanna's family's territory, and it is in the deep area, no wonder there are demons everywhere.
For instance, outside exists various races, and humans are on the brink of war with Vampires of the Demon Race, those two traitors trying to kill Inanna most likely colluded with the Vampires too.
Moreover, he also realized, Inanna, a local, seemingly couldn't see the panel, otherwise, she wouldn't have tried to hide her name.
Perhaps this panel is a hidden benefit for the "Hero"?
In any case, Lin Jun now found this pink Puki much more pleasing to the eye with all the intel gathered.
"Inanna, now that you've become a Puki, do you have any plans?"
"Plans for the future... you really won't turn me into fertilizer?" Being pressured earlier, Inanna was a bit fearful of Lin Jun now.
"I promise."
"I want to return to the surface..."
Inanna not only wanted to return to the surface, but she also wished to find her father, reverse the Transformation Technique, and then take revenge on those two traitors!
"Ah, return to the surface,"
Lin Jun chuckled as soon as he heard.
"I want to go to the surface too!
But as you can see, you're a mushroom and I'm a mushroom too, how are we supposed to break through this underground world full of terrifying demons to reach the surface?
Not to mention far away, just on this level, the way up is in the lair of a Flame Demon."
A Flame Demon, that's at least a Level 55 high-tier demon!
Even if Inanna weren't transformed, she couldn't defeat it, and whether she could escape upon encounter is uncertain.
"By the way, wouldn't your Duke father come to rescue you?"
"He should..."
Inanna recalled the traitors saying her father was done for, making her uncertain as well.
Her pink mushroom cap visibly drooped.
Indeed, after turning into a Puki, even her specialty in magic was unusable, how was returning to the surface even possible?
"Alright, alright, since you're here, settle down, you've been quite raucous and must be hungry, let's get something to eat first."
Can't let the newly found novelty starve to death.
A Puki with a blue umbrella cap popped out of the mushroom field, leading Inanna, and she did indeed feel a bit hungry.
"Is that you?"
"Sort of, all the mushrooms here are me."
Actually, he does have a mushroom body, but he wasn't intending to reveal that.
Inanna nodded in a half-understanding manner, and they then arrived at a fungal mat formed by gathered mycelium.
Lin Jun considerately demonstrated how Puki eat.
The Puki he controlled lay down quietly, allowing the mycelium beneath to connect and provide nutrients, replenishing completely in less than 5 minutes.
Inanna's mushroom cap beside him even changed color watching this.
What is this?
Letting a bunch of mycelium disconnect and pump something unknown into the body?
Witnessing this scene, Inanna, who had always consumed food orally for 16 years, found it hard to accept momentarily.
Lin Jun didn't rush her; if a child isn't eating, it's definitely not hungry enough yet. When starving, they'll figure out eating.
Eventually, a weakening body forced Inanna to lie on the fungal mat.
This feeling!
Nourishment surged in from countless connection points beneath, filling her with satisfaction and a sense of being cared for.
So blissful...
Only after the nutrients filled her and the mycelium stopped supplying did Inanna rise with lingering enjoyment.
Being a mushroom doesn't seem so bad?
No, no, what am I thinking!
Inanna, has your mind turned into a mushroom too?
Oh, indeed, her mind did become a mushroom cap, and a pink one...
Lin Jun had no clue about Inanna's inner musings. Seeing she had finished eating, he introduced the various areas of the Mushroom Garden to her.
"You know the cafeteria, and you've seen the Puki cultivation area, that's where you hit my Puki."
"See that rock wall over there? Below that is the mining area."
"That's the breeding area, with some Rolling Beetles and Slimes, they are aggressive, don't go there lightly."
"Did you see that giant mushroom on the right? That's the division area, it's quite complicated to explain, go check it out yourself later."
"Don't go in that direction, going that way leaves the Mushroom Garden range, and it's unsafe."
Lin Jun introduced unilaterally, whereas alongside him, Inanna was dumbfounded from the very first word.
What cultivation garden, what breeding area?
Inanna felt Lin Jun wasn't introducing an area inside the underground city, but rather, a well-functioning small town.
Am I still in the Purple Crystal Dungeon?
What about the other demons?
After all, it's just a bunch of mushrooms, based on what are they occupying such a vast territory in the dangerously deep underground dungeon?
Inanna, filled with question marks, grew increasingly confused, only feeling that the deep area of the dungeon was incredibly bizarre, even common sense didn't seem to exist anymore.