Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 319 Creep of Fungal Carpet
As Lin Bo prepared to land on the ground, the remaining ninety-eight players from the cross-network began to enter the instance space-time one after another.

The world chat was buzzing with activity as people discussed their landing spots, and close friends were already planning to meet up offline.

Lin Bo also received private messages from netizens.

[Picking up trash makes me happy]: My friend, where are you? Quickly tell me your coordinates, let's work together to make this a success!
[Take this first!]: Bro Mage, I'm in now, and I'm quite far north. [Image][Image]
[Agilent]: Dude, what are your plans now? I'm thinking of making contact with the locals first. I'm surrounded by elves, they look pretty agile.

Lin Bo landed in the six-volcanic area in the heart of the rainforest. During his aerial cruise, he had already drawn a rough world map, so he first sent a copy to the channel's public files, then noted his coordinates and sent it to three friends.

This plane has undergone multiple restarts, and the geological evolution of the prime material plane is different each time, so mapping is a very necessary preliminary work.

Lin Bo has made a start, including the outline of the continent, the general climate zones, vegetation zones, ocean currents, trade winds, and geographical information such as the topography on the map. As for the distribution of local countries, forces, and races, there is still room for improvement.

The world channel was filled with expressions of gratitude.

[Sunset Duckweed]: Dude, are you launching a satellite into the sky?

[Lighthouse Guest]: Not yet, this is just my estimate, it might not be very accurate, but it's for your initial reference.

[Toad Journey]: By sight? (Panic)

Linbo landed at the largest crater, overlooking the surging lava lake. The pungent smell of sulfur filled the air, and a group of lava bats hung on the mountain wall, enjoying the sauna-like heat of hundreds of degrees Celsius.

The mage used his sense of smell to judge the composition of the magma, and it had all the raw materials needed to refine ocean magic, making it a fairly qualified mine.

Perhaps the demon bats here won't welcome him, an outsider.

Lin Bo didn't rush to greet his neighbors. He turned and went down the mountain into the dense, humid rainforest. Moisture in the air seeped out from the leaves and bark, dripping like tears. Black water seeped from the decaying branches and leaves. Insects and frog eggs were hatching near the tree roots. This was pure wilderness.

He took two beans from his ammunition pouch, dispelled the illusion, and restored Ironclad and the little seagull to their original forms. They had no memory of the transformation, as if they had gone from a wheat field to a rainforest in the blink of an eye.

"Beep beep." Iron Guard One held a long sword as a guard, while the little seagull looked around.

The monk pinned the leader's badge to his lapel, and the transparent crystal brooch glowed faintly.

[Leader's Token (Dungeon Only) has been bound; faction management module is now enabled...]

Please name your faction.

"Shelter".

[Network notification: Faction creation successful! Faction basic information has been synchronized]

[Shelter]
Leader: Lighthouse Keeper
Population: 0
Army: Not unlocked
Support: Not yet unlocked

Territory area: None
Allies: None
opposing faction: None
[Network notification: You have triggered the Leader Quest - Homestead]

Homestead: Find a habitat for your faction members
Difficulty: easy

Description: You always need to provide a place for your soldiers and civilians to spend the night. The first step to becoming a great leader is to find a place, draw a circle, and declare this your territory.

[Network Notification: You have triggered the Leader's Quest - Us]

Us: Expanding faction population (0/500)

Difficulty: easy

Description: Stop sleeping in, you lone commander! Go out on the street and recruit a few people to join you!

[Network notification: You have triggered the Leader Quest - Banner]

Banner: Recruiting soldiers (0/10)

Difficulty: easy

Description: I appoint you as general. You are a colonel, you are a lieutenant colonel, and the rest are majors. Follow me, we have a battle to fight.

[Network Notification: You have triggered the Leader Quest - Blood Rain]

Blood Rain: Kill hostile mobs (0/100)

Difficulty: Easy Description: Bathe in the blood rain, for this is the privilege of the victors. Do not associate with the dead.

After binding the Leader's Token, a separate faction module appeared on the information board of the integrated network, and the information displayed was relatively simple.

Players don't need to worry about much information; clues can be gleaned from the leader's missions. Their task is to expand territory, grow the population, recruit soldiers, and win wars. Maintaining public support is crucial during this period; otherwise, a rebellion could easily lead to the faction's defeat.

There is no other information about national policies, ideology, technology development, dynamic maps, etc.

Compared to various simulation management video games, it can be said to be very crude, but precisely because of its crudeness, it has an extremely high degree of freedom.

The system does not restrict players' methods; it only considers whether they can complete the task.

Lin Bo raised his hand and gently patted the towering rubber tree beside him, then whispered an apology to the woodland.

He took out the incubator from the time-space cardboard box, picked up the dark blue all-purpose bacteria, and placed it on the ground.

“(Magic) Grow, [Fungus Lord], have no worries, just expand your presence.”

The mycelial mass resembles a huge heart, pulsating and suddenly overflowing like water, as magic gives them the power to grow rapidly.

The dead leaves and branches on the ground are covered, decomposed, and absorbed. Fine, hair-like hyphae travel through the soil, cling to the tree roots, dissolve their bark, and penetrate into the root system. They then spread upwards, reaching the tree crown, where azure, mimicking leaves emerge from the branches, bathed in bright, comfortable sunlight.

First, a rubber tree was dyed a deep blue, then a camphor tree, and then a piece of redwood.

Insects fled in fright, birds took flight, and beasts scurried about. The dark blue color expanded and spread, unstoppable like a torrent, yet it moved silently. The trees still stood in place, but they were no longer themselves.

The fungal host continues to expand, penetrating the groundwater layer and covering the canopy of the forest, eventually covering the ground surface with a thick, soft fungal carpet.

Lin Bo continued to pour mushroom oil, providing energy for the mycelium to expand. At the same time, the fungal master was also actively absorbing the radiant magic energy of this world, adapting to this new and warm power.

However, Lin Bo does not intend to use Radiant Magic Energy as his main resource.

According to information gathered from the forum, the Chaos Demons have apparently mastered the ability to corrupt the light of the sun and stars, a process known as the "Twilight Ritual." Normal beings exposed to this distorted sunlight suffer severe physical and psychological harm.

He had been planning to decipher the alchemical process of ocean magic energy, but he had been busy constructing the Holy Embryo, so the project was progressing very slowly. Now it was necessary to increase the priority of the plan to ensure that his own camp had an abundant supply of magic energy during the war.

There are many things to do, and the three months spent in the instance should be used wisely.

Half an hour later, the first expansion of the fungus ended.

Lin Bo stepped onto the soft plush carpet beneath his feet. Within a radius of one mile, the light and dark blue hues were layered and staggered, resembling the frozen surface of a summer sea.

This forest, once bustling with noise, now echoes with only one sound: the joyful laughter of the mushrooms.

"Happy, happy, growing up, growing up."

[Network notification: Task - Homestead (Easy) completed]

[Mission Rewards: 1000 Disaster Coins, 5000 Universal Experience, Packaged Rations (Gray), Building Material Pack (Gray)]

[Clearance conditions have been met, and the transmission channel can be activated at any time]

[Shelter]
Land area: 3.1 square kilometers
[Network notification: You have triggered the Leader Quest - Homestead]

Homeland: Expand territory to 1000 square kilometers
Difficulty: Normal

Description: Our home is our territory, our living space, and we are never satisfied with it.

At this moment, a friend message popped up in Lin Bo's chat interface.

[Collecting trash makes me happy]: Is anyone kind enough to pick me up at the airport? [Image]
A netizen sent her real-time coordinates, showing that she was less than 40 kilometers away from the Liulian Volcano.

The monk soared into the air, gazing southward. A slender metal flying machine pierced through the distant clouds, gleaming like a bright star.

[Lighthouse Keeper]: I see you. Just keep flying towards that blue spot on the ground.
[Picking up trash]: Coming, coming!

(End of this chapter)