Mushroom Lord in the Underground City

Chapter 530 - 520: Book of Miracles

Lin Jun wasn’t in a hurry to get Julia out of the cell.

In fact, whether she comes out or not makes no difference to Lin Jun.

What Lin Jun needs now is not her running around spreading doctrines but purifying her faith in the "God of Puki".

To some extent, the isolated environment of the cell, instead, provides an excellent place for contemplation.

With her body constrained in the cell, she can focus more on yearning for the promised future, allowing her faith to grow stronger with each reflection.

During this time, her husband tried to visit her, worrying yet pretending to stay calm in an attempt to comfort his wife, but in the end, he was comforted by her instead.

Lin Jun decided to maintain the current situation for now; after all, the "No. Twelve emergency hotline" has been opened for her, and nothing too messy will happen—if things do go wrong, she’ll feed Twelve to Xiao Hai for a month, then find another suitable sample.

Once the mission group returns, she could let Inanna come up with some random reason and easily get Julia out.

Lin Jun then focused her energy once again on analyzing the usage of the Sunstone and studying the Book of Miracles.

Thanks to the ancient experiment records discovered in the Abyssal Space of Pujie Dungeon, Lin Jun finally figured out the way to actively activate the Sunstone.

Before this, whether it was absorbing energy through photosynthesis or shaping the Mushroom Race by splitting her soul, it was merely a shallow use of the passive characteristics of this divine artifact.

Relying on notes from the God of Light, Lin Jun thought of many unusual usage methods.

However, it’s still necessary to find a suitable occasion to test the effects properly.

As for the Book of Miracles, this tome itself is some creation of Abyss Magic.

When it was initially delivered to Sigmund, it was sealed in a half-meter-thick multi-inscription metal box and transported on special vehicles.

Emperor Mortis even added a note, warning him "not to cause abyss-related havoc within the Empire’s territory."

After the seal was lifted, the book, like a miniature abyssal rift, constantly radiated the knowledge it contained outward, forcibly infusing it into the minds of nearby creatures.

However, this information flow is much slower compared to a real abyss, even Xiao Xi can withstand it alone for a while.

Theoretically, Lin Jun doesn’t need to learn it. Just by sleeping with the book, she would naturally grasp the knowledge inside it, but that would be inefficient.

The content inside is quite profound, bringing back the pain of learning to Lin Jun.

The Book of Miracles records several relatively stable abyssal ceremonies.

Though the casting conditions are harsh, risks still exist, but at least these risks are confined within a controllable range, including the method to summon Abyss Beasts.

It cleverly separates the abyss core and the body of the Abyss Beast into two ceremonies, so even if it goes out of control, an Abyss Beast without a core would stop functioning within minutes after being summoned, minimizing harm.

However, these aren’t the real essence of this book.

The rituals recorded in the book seem more like "successful examples" to corroborate its true core content.

The truly important aspect of the book is in seeking patterns within the chaotic abyss and provides a complete method to "wish upon" the abyss.

Theoretically, you can use this method to create countless rituals to achieve any wish.

Of course, if it were that convenient, the Emperor would have already used it to realize his world domination ambition and wouldn’t have handed it over to Xiao Xi so easily.

This method is akin to a directed searching technique; you need to lock a special "concept anchor point" during the ritual to filter the massive, chaotic information stream.

It’s like you can use it to lock onto "apple", but whether what comes out is a red edible apple or some square box is unpredictable, but at least it won’t pop out a pear for you.

Actually, the "concepts" used as anchor points are not mere imagination.

You must personally salvage from the information turbulence of the abyss, capturing those fragments that carry specific meanings.

Often, in a whole segment of junk information, only a tiny portion is what you need.

You will have to collect a large number of such fragments, engrave them simultaneously on a complex ritual array, and perform cross-verification to potentially find what you truly want.

Not to mention, in this creation process, a vast amount of slaves and captives must be consumed as fuel.

The Emperor doesn’t think Sigmund will try to invent rituals on his own; seeking the Book of Miracles is likely for those relatively mature rituals.

In fact, even Sigmund himself thinks this way.

Things like Abyss Beasts are indeed very powerful, but they don’t pose a threat to the Emperor and his rule.

As for if Sigmund becomes arrogant enough to study and invent rituals... His Majesty the Emperor also stated to not cause trouble inside the Empire if you want to seek death.

Lin Jun is very interested in "miracles" itself.

However, for one, the content of this book is very difficult, even harder than any magic book Lin Jun has seen before, and second, Lin Jun has yet to find a suitable place to tempt fate.

Therefore, no further actions have been taken for the time being.

The Mushroom Garden is bustling with activity at present.

Little Pig is gearing up to adapt to the battle armor, targeting the former Half-demon Leader who had already been living a leisurely life. Recently, he has become a real punching bag, although Little Pig is paying a large amount of contribution points for this.

Norris has received an enhanced version of Jida, with Lin Jun having added functions to the Puki inside, such as electric tentacles, corrosive aura, and limb-launching.

Furthermore, even Norris himself, Lin Jun has given him new skills, such as the ability to stealthily leave the cabin now...

Meanwhile, over at the Fungus Castle, Xing Huo and Huang Pi are continuing to lay out the city’s defense magic.

Tolin is also analyzing the battle puppet technique brought out.

Just, although this young master of the Deep Furnace Clan knows more about this than ordinary people due to hearing and seeing, he is truly not suited for research.

Recently, he’s been writing letters to his brothers, hoping to find a few more professional guys to help, but not sure if anyone dares to come.

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On the other side, the Kingdom’s mission group led by Inanna encountered a bit of trouble after successfully passing through the Scarecrow Abyss.

Here, there is a town temporarily in a state of neglect, although frequent bloodshed incidents occur, the overall town is still thriving thanks to the flow of people brought by safe passage through the Scarecrow Abyss provided by Puki.

Now that the war has ended, it won’t be long before the Elves or Dwarfs take over the management rights of this town and get everything back on track.

However, when Inanna and the group arrived, this town was strangely deserted.

The locals seemed to have disappeared.

The abandoned shops were looted by adventurers who arrived before them, but those adventurers didn’t leave directly; instead, they collectively stayed in the tavern, drinking free beverages, awaiting more newcomers.

After all, anyone can see the abnormal situation of the town. No one wants to be the pathfinder; those more timid have even returned the way they came from the Scarecrow Abyss.

Until Inanna and her group arrived.