The formation of the cave on this rock wall is unknown, but it can easily accommodate one person and a tuft of grass.
Compared to the space inside, the cave entrance appears sowhat narrow.
With a place to hide, the next steps beco much more convenient.
Li Pu and Long Ren first squeezed into the cave, while Jiang Guiju leapt to the designated spot to pour out an entire bottle of mushroom mint, then returned.
Rumble rumble rumble...
Whoosh!
However, just as she had poured out the mushroom mint and hadn’t gotten far, the warm wind from the abyss burst forth.
[Goo goo da da!]
So the three of them heard the sound of mushroom creatures shouting above them.
"Ah, that’s what we forgot."
It was only at this mont that Li Pu realized.
Before, due to the strong warm wind, the sll of mushroom mint on the shore couldn’t be transmitted into the abyss, because of the headwind.
Now with the warm wind blowing, the response from the mushrooms above was the most logical explanation.
"Look over there!"
Jiang Guiju had just slipped into her own cave, and Long Ren pointed upwards in a certain direction.
Following his direction, the others saw that the soil at one of the cave entrances had been pushed aside.
A deep purple mushroom head struggled to squeeze out from inside.
"This thing’s size seems bigger than usual."
Long Ren compared it to the other mushroom creatures on the shores before.
Aside from a few particularly big mushrooms, this deep purple mushroom’s cap size was larger than the average outside.
"Uh, but why is its body so small?"
However, in the next second, Li Pu couldn’t help but complain.
Even though the mushroom creature had a large cap, its proportions were a bit off.
Compared to its cap, its body was short and chubby, and looked like it would probably have very poor mobility if placed on flat ground.
"It’s definitely an abyss mushroom,"
Jiang Guiju, having seen the guide before, recognized it at a glance.
"Our task this ti is to collect its cap bottom’s seed-like particles."
"We only need 100 particles in total to complete the task."
When she said this, Li Long and the others focused their gaze on the bottom of the abyss mushroom’s cap.
Indeed, unlike the gill-like underside of regular mushrooms, its bottom was smooth with small light purple bumps, each about the size of a walnut.
This abyss mushroom had about seven or eight of these seed particles, so they would need to handle around 12 or 13 of them to complete the task.
"Seems like it’s not that hard."
Long Ren felt that these creatures didn’t seem to be very formidable magical beasts.
But then again, it was natural; they couldn’t asure the difficulty of this practice activity based on their team’s strength.
After all, it was a randomly assigned task, and if they found it hard, it would be even more difficult for another team.
[Go da da!]
At this mont, whether it was attracted by the scent or simply oblivious, the abyss mushroom ignored the three of them and started hopping from rock to rock towards the mushroom mint.
Originally they thought its large mushroom cap would cause it to scrape against the rock faces, but the abyss mushroom’s actions were not as clumsy as imagined, and its cap could even retract like an umbrella.
No reminder was needed this ti, and the three of them maintained a stance of observation.
They wanted to see what this mushroom was all about, while also waiting to see if any white lumps would appear.
[Goo da goo da~]
As the abyss mushroom jumped to the rock, no white lumps appeared.
It eagerly lowered its head, taking a deep whiff at the spot with the mushroom mint~
"Oh no,"
Seeing this scene, Jiang Guiju finally realized.
Their approach seed off.
[Happy mushroom~]
Indeed, the abyss mushroom appeared to be intoxicated and, swaying, lost its balance and fell into the abyss.
Jiang Guiju: "..."
Long Ren: "..."
Li Pu: "..."
This operation plan overlooked the terrain.
The area of rock they chose was too small, only accommodating two or three abyss mushrooms at most.
They forgot that these creatures would beco uncontrollable upon slling mushroom mint.
Dropping down like that was simply a waste of a task creature.
Rumble rumble rumble...
Whoosh!
However, at that mont, the warm wind rose again.
"Well, well."
With keen eyes, Li Pu spotted a purple thing below, floating back up.
Jiang Guiju: "No wonder they can survive in such a harsh place."
Long Ren: "This is truly enlightening—is this a flying mushroom?"
It turned out that the abyss mushroom which had fallen, had reopened its mushroom cap and was using the warm wind to float back up.
Apparently, its disproportionate body served a purpose in this environnt.
But this abyss mushroom seed unable to control its flight direction very well, spinning in circles in the air.
It didn’t seem to care much now, with a blush on its face, evidently still intoxicated by the scent of the mushroom mint.
That scene, it seed joyful and free.
"Let’s move,"
At this mont, Jiang Guiju looked at Li Pu and Long Ren.
"I’ll go first,"
Long Ren looked at Li Pu.
"Okay."
Li Pu nodded and stayed put.
Then Long Ren gave the cave entrance position to the fire-clawed scorpion.
[Claw gah gah!]
The fire-clawed scorpion seized the opportunity, raised its head, and shot a white thread to bind the flying abyss mushroom.
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