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"...That bird just now had 100 million HP."

The second son suddenly turned to look at him, "What did you say?!"

The leader repeated: "That bird had 100 million HP, and it got killed instantly."

The second child slowly turned his head, looked at the cartoon mushroom that was still sleeping, still smiling in its sleep, and fell silent.

After a long while, he took a deep breath, sheathed his beginner's iron sword, and then spoke softly, "...Or maybe we should just let the dogs chase us?"

Boss: "...The system has been dormant for a long time."

Second brother: "...I've made many wrong decisions in my life, but the biggest mistake was making friends with Shang Xiaosong."

Shang Song yelled, "What does this have to do with me?!"

The second brother roared, "The mushrooms you ate! The dream you had! You dragged the three of us into this mess!"

Shang Song: "..."

The eldest brother pushed up his glasses. "Stop howling, you've woken it up."

The second brother's voice abruptly stopped.

All four of them looked at the giant cartoon mushroom at the same time.

Its canopy trembled slightly, and then the cartoon expression on its face, ๑＞ᴗ＜๑, slowly changed into ๑•ᴗ•๑.

It did wake up and seemed to be in a good mood.

It slowly unfurled its cap, as if stretching, and the golden halo around its edge swayed gently with its movement, scattering a few star-like points of light onto the grass, like a shower of stars.

Then, it lowered its head, tilted its umbrella, and saw four people standing at the edge of the open space.

The four brothers remained motionless, trying to play dead and communicate using whispers.

Second son: "...It's watching us."

Boss: "...Hmm."

Second brother: "It doesn't seem to intend to attack us."

Boss: "Not at the moment."

Second child: "Then what do we do?"

Boss: "..."

Leader: "I'm the guild leader, not a god. I don't know what to do either."

Second brother: "Then why don't you think about it!"

Boss: "I'm thinking about it."

The third brother weakly interjected, "...It seems to be constantly watching Shang Xiaosong."

The three looked at the giant mushroom, then at Shang Song.

Shang Song looked at the giant mushroom, and the giant mushroom seemed to be looking at him.

Moreover, the big mushroom's expression changed from ๑•ᴗ•๑ to ๑•‿•๑, making it look even happier.

Shang Song spoke slowly, unsure: "...Is it smiling at me?"

Second brother: "Shang Xiaosong, tell me honestly, are these mushrooms related to you?!"

Shang Song: "How is that possible?!"

Second child: "Then why does it only smile at you?!"

Shang Song: "I don't know either!"

The giant mushroom slowly began to move.

It stood up from its nest, and with a sway of its cap, it blotted out the sky.

It took a step and walked towards Shang Song.

The second child yelled, "It's coming! It's coming!!!"

Boss: "I saw it."

Second brother: "To fight or not to fight?!"

Boss: "It shows no intention to attack, let's wait and see."

The giant mushroom took another step, causing the earth to shake, its expression still gentle ๑•‿•๑.

Then, without warning, the system's cold, mechanical voice rang out:

[Player has been detected as not intending to attack the BOSS for an extended period, constituting passive resistance.]

[Forced battle mode will be activated soon.]

Brothers: "!!!"

As soon as the system's mechanical voice faded, a beam of light shot out from the void, precisely grazing the edge of the giant mushroom's cap.

Although the beam of light was absorbed by the golden halo of the giant mushroom, it did not cause any damage.

However, it successfully angered the giant mushroom.

The expression on the big mushroom's face instantly changed from ๑•‿•๑ to ๑•‸•๑.

It was unhappy.

The golden halo on the cap suddenly burst into a blinding white light, and countless stardust rose from the cap, rapidly condensing into dense points of light in the void.

The condensed points of light seemed to be suspended in mid-air, trembling slightly, as if gathering strength.

The next second, a rain of light exploded towards the brothers.

The second brother was the first to be hit, and he flew backward, crashing into a tree before sliding to the ground.

He scrambled to his feet, roared, drew his novice iron sword, and tried to charge forward to slash the giant mushroom.

But the light spots were too dense; he couldn't even get within 100 meters of a large mushroom, let alone cut it down.

He could only run, roll, and dodge in vain on the perimeter, getting beaten black and blue, cursing, "I can't get close! It won't let me near!"

The third brother hid behind a tree and tried to cast a spell. He had only cast a third of it when a streak of light precisely interrupted his casting. The Weakness buff instantly reduced his health bar by one unit.

He moved to a different spot and tried to start the loading screen again, but was interrupted once more. The third brother cried out in despair, "I can't load it! It's watching me like a hawk!"

The boss opened the data insights and tried to analyze the patterns of the light spot attacks, but the result was—there were no patterns at all.

He could only dodge and shout, "Its attack pattern is unpredictable! I can't find its weakness! Help!"

The three members of the Brotherhood were beaten so badly they were jumping around and looking disheveled, but Shang Song was still standing there, forgetting to even activate his shield.

But the points of light swept past him, none of them landing on him.

He is like the eye of a typhoon, surrounded by raging storms, but here he is calm and peaceful.

He was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening and started chasing after his brothers, desperately shielding and healing them.

He first healed the already dying third brother, saying, "Hide! Stop casting! You already have 10 stacks of the Weakness buff!"

He turned and caught up with the second brother, shielding him, "Stop charging! Your health is only half gone!"

As the eldest brother was running away with his head in his hands, Shang Song quickly shielded him with a shield as well. "Boss, have you figured anything out yet?!"

The leader, bracing himself against the shield, felt the pressure lessen and gasped, "We've analyzed it! All its attacks radiate outwards from you! It's driving us away! Preventing us from getting close to you!"

Shang Song was taken aback: "...Wouldn't if I nursed you like this, it would only make it angrier?"

Before the eldest brother could answer, he saw the ๑•‸•๑ on the big mushroom's face turn into ๑╰_╯๑.

Then, the golden halo on the canopy surged again, and more stardust rose up, condensing into light spots a hundred times denser than before in mid-air.

boom--!!!

The second brother was hit by three beams of light in succession, and was blasted away, landing headfirst in a clump of bushes. His exposed legs trembled violently, and his health bar was reduced to almost nothing.

The third brother's hiding place was razed to the ground. He rolled away in a sorry state and could only lie behind a rock, with blinding glares getting closer and closer in front of him.

The eldest brother was temporarily spared because he stood with Shang Song.

But seeing the second brother's miserable state, he was extremely anxious. He gritted his teeth and said to Shang Song, "I'll go and pull him out."

Then, crouching low, he rushed out.

As soon as he left Shang Song's protective circle, the light spots hovering in mid-air seemed to receive a command, and they all changed direction and hurtled towards their boss at high speed.

When the eldest brother looked up, he could only see countless points of light falling towards him like shooting stars.

His glasses reflected a white light, his pupils behind the lenses suddenly contracted, and his mind went blank.

Shang Song shouted in a hoarse voice, "Boss!!!"

Then, all the points of light stopped simultaneously at Shang Song's shout.

Those dazzling points of light remained frozen in mid-air, motionless.

Then, those points of light began to slowly dim.

Like stars swallowed by the night, they went out one by one.

As the countless points of light faded, Shang Song realized that night had fallen completely without him noticing.

The giant mushroom stood in the center of the open space, its expression changing from ๑╰_╯๑ to ๑—_—๑.

It was sleepy.

Its face showed a big yawn.

The entire mushroom cap rose upwards and then slowly fell back down.

It lowered its head, looked at Shang Song for a while, as if to say—I'm going to sleep now.

Then, it turned around and walked back to its mushroom nest step by step.

It curled up in the mushroom nest, its cap drooping, and remained motionless.

She seems to be asleep.

Shang Song: "..."

Boss: "..."

Shang Song was the first to react. He turned around and ran to the bushes, pulled the second brother out of the bushes, and found the third brother, who was barely alive, behind a rock. Then he hurriedly started healing them.

The second son lay on the ground, staring blankly at the night sky. After a long while, he finally came to his senses and muttered to himself in an incredulous tone:

"……I'm alive?"

The eldest brother sat down against the tree, took off his crooked glasses, and wiped the lenses with the corner of his clothes: "It's dark, it's off work."

The second brother turned sharply to look at him, his eyes filled with shock: "Off work?! You mean it almost killed us! And then, when it was time to go to sleep?!"

Boss: "...Hmm."

Second brother: "He's the boss! He goes home as soon as it gets dark! Doesn't he have any professional ethics at all?!"

Giant Mushroom King: ๑＞ᴗ＜๑ zZ～