I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 331 331. Mother Nest, Insect Swarm

To be fair, these "dishes" taste delicious - if you can ignore their origins.

As Wonte watched his companions eat, he couldn't help but mutter, "These are things that the myconids have tasted and accumulated over the generations, but I don't know why these mushrooms can be reproduced perfectly."

Companions: “…”

In fact, they don’t really care about knowing the origins of these foods. The world like this is very strange in itself, and if the origins of some things are really traced, people may find it unacceptable.

Fortunately, after being angrily stared at by his companions for a while, Want's incarnation of the little mushroom man finally reacted and said with a wry smile: "I meant that this special kind of feasting mycelium can be used in different places."

These words finally had some effect. While chewing on the fungus that looked almost the same as a chicken leg, Lina thought: "Can the nutrition keep up? What kind of conditions does this kind of mycelium need to grow?"

If we can really grow a big meal on the spot, it would be great whether we sell it as a specialty or use it as logistical supplies for the army. What's more, this thing has high research value.

If it could be mass-produced in the real world, the students at the Earth College would definitely join in crazily for such a topic - they are even now studying artificial insemination of breeding pigs.

Want replied: "Mushrooms are very nutritious. I can see a lot of fiber in this, so it should be very filling... As for the growth conditions, it seems that it only needs a simple fungal nutrient solution to grow."

As he said this, he stretched out his hand and waved it. Immediately, a huge mushroom grew into a cup, which was filled with light white liquid that seemed to be constantly wriggling.

To be honest, it looks quite weird, like fungi... sometimes they can be really weird, without the kind of relaxed natural vitality that plants should have. Instead, it looks like some mutated monster.

In such a special environment, Lina and others were unable to distinguish the magical structure of these things. They could only feel the twisted and powerful vitality inside them. It was simply... like a mammoth tiger was beaten into juice but still alive.

Lina was immediately shocked by her own thoughts, "Then can we take this thing back? According to your authority, what is it made of?"

"I haven't figured it out yet. I think I need to go back and do a careful inspection and analysis."

The mushroom man scratched his hair with his hand: "According to the rules here, if you can pass the ceremony and come to me, you can make a wish for something."

"But you have to finish eating these things before you can proceed to the next step!"

"What are you talking about? We've already finished eating!"

Lina immediately gave an order - the apprentices brought over a group of feather pigs. The feather pigs gracefully and quickly summoned feathers with the magic of wind element, lifted the food to their mouths and ate it with relish.

They hardly need to move, they just need to lie on the feather bed formed by the wind element, wait for the food to be delivered to their mouths and then enjoy the food.

The huge amount of food that the apprentices couldn't finish was devoured so quickly by them that it was completely eaten up in less than half an hour.

After the pleasant meal, Wante did not delay and directly started the second welcome ceremony -

A huge, flowing river appeared in front of them, and the thing in the river... was actually clear water.

This is actually very abnormal. They have not seen water in such a long time here. Only the drinks just now contained water. How come water suddenly appeared?
They instinctively felt that something was wrong, and they began to distrust this place.

"What is now before your eyes is the second welcome ceremony. In the inheritance of the mushroom people... it is a test of the degree of compatibility with the elements."

Want was actually a little uncertain, because according to the information he saw in the core center where countless hyphae gathered, it was not a test, but... fusion.

But the final effect is indeed to test the sensitivity of perception of various elements, so he felt very strange, and always felt that his thoughts seemed to be affected in some way.

He himself did not realize that his thoughts were gradually moving towards the direction of the mushroom people. But Lina remembered Kloya's warning, so she carefully found a group of magic crystal mice to try first.

"Let the Magic Crystal White Mouse Team try out the magical structure of these liquids first."

"it is good."

The crystal clear white mice came out, chirping and jumping happily, and went straight to the river, then jumped in with a "plop".

At first they were swimming leisurely in the river, but after a while, their bodies were pulled by an invisible force, and their flesh and organs were gently and quickly decomposed by the mycelium.

——This scene is very strange.

The fur and flesh of the cheerful magic crystal white mice were washed away in the river, but they were still alive and were even flowing along the river towards the deepest part of the Fungus City.

Imagine that a person’s skin, flesh, internal organs and bone marrow have been decomposed, but he is still alive and can even communicate with you...

The female apprentice who was usually in charge of taking care of these white mice looked very unhappy and said, "My contract with them has not been broken. They are now flowing in the river... no, in the fungal river, and are about to converge into the fungal ocean."

She felt extremely horrified at this moment. The contract split into different strands, but it still retained its thoughts and vitality, which made her doubt deeply whether these magic crystal mice were the same ones she usually fed?

If she wasn't here, with friends she trusted by her side, her first reaction would definitely be to leave, because this place was far beyond her ability to understand.

Knowledge does need to be gained by exploring the unknown, but if everything is unknown and there is no clue, exploration is meaningless.

When she described her guess and the apprentices looked at each other in horror and fear, something strange happened again -

"Please enter the river."

"Please enter the river."

"Please enter the river."

Some fungi popped up from the ground like bamboo shoots after rain, forcing them to go to the river and emitting cold and hard mental waves.

This is because each of them was already on guard, so they did not fall directly into the river. If they had relaxed a little bit, they would have been pushed from behind by the mycelium and would have fallen in.

But even so, they couldn't help but say angrily:

"what?"

"Are these things alive?"

"Want, did you do this? You want to get beaten, right?"

Lina's first reaction after stabilizing her body was to grab the mycelium man Want that was gradually dissolving, then took out the chain blessed by Croa himself from her pocket and tied it up tightly.

"You better calm down."

She said: "You are very wrong now. You need to remember that you are a human being and you are the apprentice of Master Croa - these identities are before the Lord of this Fungus City!"

"If you are devoured by the consciousness of these fungi, your wife will be taken away by someone else, and your newborn son will not only have to call another man father, but will also be beaten by him!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the little man bound by the golden chains suddenly showed an expression of fear on his face.

"Absolutely not!"

Wante shuddered and was apparently a little more sober.

Lina was satisfied with her mental magic attack.

A subtle expression appeared on her face: "Does your memory say what would happen if a visiting guest called directly?"

She thought that if they continued to follow the mushroom people's hospitality ceremony under the current circumstances, something strange would most likely happen.

More importantly, she felt that this was a ceremony to meet the Lord of Fungus City. Would Want really become the Lord of Fungus City in this process?

Mistress Kloa's warning still echoed in her mind: it was a good thing for the mushroom people, but for them, for humans... it was really not a good outcome.

So she decisively decided to resort to violence to take control of the initiative. No matter what, the situation could not be worse than it was now.

Anyway, they were planning to break in directly. Compared with this slow decryption, they felt that breaking in would be faster and more cost-effective.

Being scolded by her, Want struggled hard to break out his consciousness which had been assimilated by the fungus.

Then he replied: "Mushroom people admire powerful strength. If you can fight all the way here, you should be able to get a higher standard of treatment..."

Before he finished speaking, four apprentices led by Lina had already taken out standard combat wizard robes and staffs from their pockets. Their hands were filled with rings like nouveau riche, and they even carried a pocket watch-shaped guide device.

"Didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I've been fed up with these fungi for a long time!"

"Why waste time when you can fight?"

The magic beasts and magic plants not far away also received the order and lined up separately, with the immortal wall potatoes as the first echelon, followed by some small trees growing bright red peppers, corn-shaped shells, and vines that emitted electrical energy...

Needless to say, they had already begun to spray and pour out powerful attacks in front of them. Various elemental bullets, flaming ice cones and other forces directly submerged the fungal forest.

Want, who was far away in the core center, inexplicably felt a surge of anger rising in his mind - these people, clearly "I" had given them the highest level of courtesy to entertain them, why did they still launch an attack!
The golden and azure light of the potion flickering in his soul still existed, emitting a chill that was enough to sting the soul.

The anger and bone-chilling coldness that surrounded him made him more sober. He finally realized that there was still something left here that was gradually eroding him!
After realizing this, he took the initiative to wrap the chain around himself tighter, even digging deep into his flesh, and then jumped into Lina's pocket and stayed there obediently.

He knew very well that the current situation was no longer under his control, and the only thing he could do was not to cause trouble.

Without his conscious intervention, the fungal forest came alive.

One after another, the fungus beasts pounced over frantically. They still carried the consciousness and combat experience left by the fungus people when they created them, and began to fight with the army of magic plants and monsters.

Because they had almost invulnerable bodies and a constant supply of assistance, they were able to suppress the armies of demon beasts and plants with an almost overwhelming advantage.

Even though these magical plants and beasts had been carefully cultivated and were the best in their respective positions, they were beaten back step by step and had only the strength to defend themselves.

Even so, there were still apprentices around to assist in casting spells, using both ordinary magic and the magic contained in the guide device to help.

This is an extremely rare situation. You know, the Warcraft and Demon Plant armies have never been at a disadvantage against the elite knights of the Holy See.

The more this happened, the calmer the apprentices became. They began to set up some magic circles on the spot for amplification.

Lina hesitated for a long time, took out a giant egg half a person's height from her pocket, then pierced her finger and dripped blood on it.

——This is the final resort that all pioneering teams have. It is a seal set by Croa himself that can only be opened with the blood of the team leader.

If the situation wasn't really urgent, she wouldn't use this.

After the blood dripped into it, the magic seal on the surface of the giant egg gradually dissipated and it quickly broke out of the shell.

A worker bee slowly crawled out and circled on the ground a few times.

Then its body suddenly sprayed out mucus, wrapping it up completely. Not long after, a miniature mother nest was born.

The larvae around the mother nest quickly hatched into more worker bees, which then dug up mycelium in the surrounding area and transported it all to fill the mother nest.

They were really cold and efficient. In just half an hour, the light grey fungal carpet belonging to the mother nest gradually covered the mycelium originally on the ground.

Then more mother nests, fission pools, high towers and other buildings sprang up from the ground. These buildings contracted and breathed as if they had their own lives, continuously transmitting the digested essence to the mother nest.

Lina watched from the side as groups of Zerglings, Hydralisks, Flying Dragons, Cockroaches and other alien insects emerged from the eggs surrounding the mother nest. Each of them looked very strange and ferocious.

But they were comparable to the most disciplined human army, with almost no error of one centimeter when they lined up - this strange feeling made Lina feel instinctively afraid.

Even the fear of them exceeds that of the fungus beasts.

Even though these Zerg were her allies, even though her blood had soaked into the Zerg hive and she could clearly feel the heartbeat of the hive, she still felt fear.

The mother nest also noticed this. It gently contracted, and its horny shell dripped with sticky liquid, and it made an elegant and melodious female voice:
"You don't have to worry."

"My master."

It sent several half-human-high springtails to Lina's surroundings. These guys, who had sharp teeth and sharp claws, and even wings like locusts, used their heads to butt Lina.

That was the only weak spot on their body, covered by thick keratinous shells. However, abundant warmth was transmitted through their hard keratinous shells, which was continuously transmitted to Lina. The apprentice who had been a little afraid just now seemed to be no longer afraid all of a sudden.

Compared to humans, or Warcraft...these alien insects have very clear feelings, if they like, they like. It reminded her of the little fellow she had raised at home, who had been with her for several years, and was either a Warcraft or an ordinary puppy.

"You guys really are...love-brained?"

She remembered what Cloya had said, and suddenly felt it was very appropriate. Aren't dogs just love-brained? They only love their owners wholeheartedly, wanting to be close to them and accompany them.

The springtail raised its head and looked at her in confusion, and carefully retracted its sharp wings and fangs for fear of hurting this overly fragile human.

This scene made Lina's heart throb. After thinking for a while, she took out a treasure given to her by Croa from the deepest part of her pocket - it was a sunflower-shaped badge.

The crystal clear crystals wrap around rotating notes that are intertwined and entangled like movements on a musical score.

She slowly walked towards the mother's nest, stood in front of the tall mother's nest and held up the sunflower badge: "Eat it, and then help us win."

"You..." The mother nest was a little moved, but it did not hesitate at all. A worker bee carefully took the sunflower badge and entered the mother nest.

As the hive of war, it can't survive for long, and its only goal is to quickly complete the task assigned to it by the summoner while it is still alive.

The entire mother nest trembled violently. It couldn't completely control the music contained in the crystal. It could only go with the flow. Soon, it created several "angels" through the music... with feather wings, muscular bodies, and heads that looked like dogs.

They flapped their wings and played the harps made of cuticle and flesh in their hands, leading the swarm of insects and charging directly into the battlefield like an arrow.

——Among them, of course, there are also the few springtails that just used their heads to push Lina, or it can be said that the light shining on their bodies is the brightest. Their ferocious appearance looks sacred and majestic under the circles of light.

And then... no more.

Lina clearly saw the two Zerglings that were the first to rush into the fungus beast group being surrounded and beaten. Even though they had a circle of various holy magic blessings on their bodies, they could not withstand the beating.

They died quickly, killing thousands of fungus beasts before their death. Their bodies fell into a muddy mass of mycelium, flesh and blood, and they could no longer be distinguished after a few seconds.

“…” Lina clenched her hands slightly.

The mother nest issued a still very calm voice:

"Don't feel bad for them, this is our fate."

But even though it said so, Lina still felt a lump in her chest. After hesitating for a moment, she took out Want, who was curled up and shivering, from her pocket.

"Is it okay if this body of yours dies?" Her tone was filled with murderous intent.

"...No, no problem." Want tried to shrink back.

Before Want could finish his words, Lina threw him to the mother nest: "He is a life form that is closely related to the mycelium here. You analyze him!"

The mother nest silently opened its bloody mouth and caught Want.

Even the calm mother knew that it was best not to say anything now, otherwise she would be in trouble.

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