Final Lord

Chapter 241 The Strange Mushroom King

"Yes!"

The blind chicken cautiously reached out, and just as his fingertips were about to touch the mushroom cap—

"Buzz!"

The golden mushroom suddenly burst into a dazzling light, the patterns on its cap flowing like a living thing, and countless tiny golden particles of light rose from the mycelium, condensing into a dazzling golden spore in the air, which slowly drifted toward the blind chicken.

The spores, as if alive, gently landed in the blind chicken's palm and immediately merged into his skin. The blind chicken shuddered, his eyes momentarily glazed over, as if lost in thought!
Wang Bufu finally understood.

"This mushroom ring spectacle itself is born from the cavemen's military nests! What it needs is not conquerors, nor lords, but... symbionts!"

The blind chicken, as a cave-borne fungus carrier, is naturally symbiotic with mushrooms and can even cultivate higher-level fungi. His existence is a perfect match for the mushroom ring!
The mycelium of the golden mushroom swayed slightly, as if expressing joy. And the fungus-dwelling beasts all bowed their bodies, as if submitting to the blind chicken.

Wang Bufu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Goodness, I've been running around doing all this, and it turns out I'm the 'outsider'! If I hadn't come along and Xia Ji had come in on his own, he might have been brought here the moment he touched those mushroom monsters."

The blind chicken snapped out of its daze and looked blankly at Wang Bufu: "My lord, I... I think I can understand what they're saying..."

What are they saying?

“They said…” The blind chicken’s expression gradually became strange, “Welcome home, Mushroom King.”

Six!

Wang Bufu couldn't help but laugh. This blind chicken really does have a bit of a protagonist's aura; he always manages to run into such good things.

He walked toward the golden mushroom, and as soon as he moved, the mushroom beasts around him issued threats again.

"Shut up!" the blind chicken yelled, and all the mushroom-like monsters immediately quieted down.

"I'm your boss, he's your boss's boss. Anyone who dares to bare their teeth again will be kicked out!"

Upon hearing the blind chicken's words, the mushroom beasts all bowed their heads in defiance to the king.

Wang Bufu walked over to the golden mushroom and carefully examined its properties.

Strange Mushroom King
Natural wonders
Basic attributes

Health Points: 8000 (Not yet fully developed, can be destroyed)

Area of ​​influence: 3 kilometers in radius (expands gradually as spores spread).

Daily generation:

100 random mushroom foods (minimum Common Tier 1, maximum Epic Tier 9)
"Fungi-Dwelling Beast Embryo" x3 (Common Tier 3 Combat Unit, requires hatching)

Basic characteristics

Strange Colony: Increases the growth rate of all fungi within the affected area by 500%, with a chance of giving birth to strange fungal life forms.

Symbiotic nesting (passive):

Automatically modifies all creature nests within range, adding "Fungi-Dwelling Beast Nest" recruitment slots to them. Fungi-Dwelling Beasts possess the "Spore Parasitism" trait: when attacking, they inflict random spore effects (weakness, poison, confusion, etc.).

Mycelial spread (active/cooling 24 hours):
Carrying exotic mushroom spores, it can expand its mycelial network to a radius of 300 meters in the area where the spores are located, and generate a temporary mycelium-dwelling beast (lasting 12 hours). The area covered by the mycelium is considered its sphere of influence.

If the mycelium is too far from the spectacle, it will die naturally after 12 hours.

Seven-Colored Spores (Passive): All enemy units within the affected area are affected by seven types of spore effects.

Metal parasitism, mindlessness, synergistic infection...

Core Skills
King of Fungi Domination (Active):

Consume 3 "Fungi Beast Embryos" to summon 1 "Fungi Colony Beast" (Superior Tier 1 Elite Unit), lasting 24 hours.

The Bacterial Beast can unleash a "Spore Storm," which inflicts group poison and confusion on enemies within range.

Deeper Special Skills: Not yet unlocked
special:

For each territory linked, the mycelial network expands at a speed increased by 10%.

Evolution unlocks new spore effects (such as "Regeneration Inhibition" and "Sensory Deprivation").

powerful! too strong!
Wang Bufu stared in disbelief. This was a wonder in its infancy, yet it possessed such a powerful effect.

Putting everything else aside, the symbiotic relationship between the microbial nests alone is so strong it's almost unbelievable.

Automatically modify all creature nests within range, adding "Fungi-Dwelling Beast" recruitment slots to them.

This means that all creature nests built near the Strange Mushroom King come with an additional common Tier 3 Fungal Beast.

One nest can function as two nests. Over time, this can provide a massive army of fungi-dwelling beasts.

For a warmonger like Wang Bufu, the Strange Mushroom King's special abilities were exactly what he wanted.

He took out a fire and carefully approached the Strange Mushroom King. The Strange Mushroom King trembled slightly, emanating a calming aura towards him.

Wang Bufu gently brought the flame close to the golden cap of the Strange Mushroom King. The flame's light flowed down like ripples, reflecting the orderly runes on the mushroom king's surface. The previously menacing mycelium suddenly stiffened, then slowly contracted like receding tides. The seven-colored patterns on the cap began to pulsate rhythmically, as if echoing the flame's cadence.

"Ding--"

With a clear, resonant sound, the top of the Mushroom King suddenly spewed forth a shower of luminous particles. These translucent spores were no longer aggressive; instead, they drifted down gently like snowflakes. As they touched the ground, the mutated vegetation immediately shed its fungal patches, unfurling back into its original verdant state. The poisonous mist permeating the air was drawn by some unseen force, transforming into seven colorful streams that flowed back into the gills of the Mushroom King.

The mushroom ring, which originally covered an area of ​​three kilometers in radius, shrank dramatically, eventually leaving only a core area of ​​about one hundred meters. The insects parasitized by the mycelium awoke with a start, and the menacing scales on their wings peeled off, revealing healthy feathers.

On the ground, the captured fungal-dwelling beasts suddenly froze, standing still as if they had lost their lives.

[Hibernating Bacterial Embryo (Common Tier 3)]
Effect: Can be awakened as a friendly unit, or used as a high-level mushroom culture medium.

"This is..." Wang Bufu reached out and caught a cluster of falling gold dust. A system notification immediately appeared:
[Receive "Gift from the Strange Mushroom King": Max HP +50 (lasts 24 hours), all abnormal status resistance +30%]

The strange occurrence in the northeast corner of the White Spirit Forest has finally subsided. The grass, which was once covered by mycelium, has regained its vitality, except that a ring of colorful mushrooms has appeared in the center as a warning line. These mushrooms are no longer aggressive; instead, they stand neatly arranged like guards, their caps shimmering with a gentle fluorescence.

"My lord!" Heska's voice suddenly echoed in Wang Bufu's mind. "Those imprisoned fungus-dwelling beasts... they've turned into mushrooms!"

The attempt to appease the situation was successful.

Wang Bufu breathed a sigh of relief. But just then, he covered his mouth with his hand and couldn't help coughing.

"Cough cough!" With his cough, a jumble of spores gushed out.

The blind chicken exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no! My lord, the spores I planted in you have already begun to invade your body. You must be treated immediately!"

(End of this chapter)