What If Something Happened While Farming Mushrooms?
Editor: Atlas Studios
[System Notification: Currently unable to fuse. Please remove your skin to fuse the bloodline.]
Sigh…
He got too impatient.
Mo Fan immediately removed his human skin and revealed his true form. Then, he attempted to fuse once again.
Just like before, he felt the stirring of a mysterious power in his body.
This time, the commotion was much smaller and he felt almost nothing from the fusion.
When the mysterious power disappeared, Mo Fan looked…
He found that a piece of the snake scale on his chest had disappeared. It was replaced with a few colorful spots that appeared out of nowhere. There were no other changes on his body besides this.
"What the f*ck is going on?"
"I've become a… I've become a flowery snake-skinned monster!"
"Wow! I… I look colorful!"
Mo Fan revealed a strange look.
He glanced at the new bloodline talent that he obtained.
[Talent "Inferior Mushroom Spirit Bloodline": When emotions changed drastically, there is a chance to grow mushrooms out of the body. The effect is unknown.]
Mo Fan took a closer look and confirmed that he did not read it wrongly.
Damn, what the heck was this?
Mushrooms growing out of his body?
How could he have such a strange talent?
Was it because of the unique nature of mushrooms?
Mo Fan was dumbfounded.
He originally thought that it was a talent that provided additional attack power or maybe it would even bestow upon him a special skill.
He did not expect it to be like this.
What's the use of this weird talent?
Mo Fan even had the feeling that this game was toying with him once again…
When Mo Fan's heart started beating rapidly, white spots appeared on his chest and mushrooms started growing out of his body.
Looking at the mushrooms growing out of him, Mo Fan was stunned.
What!
This talent took effect so quickly?
How can I take advantage of this?
Mo Fan pulled out the mushroom that had grown out of his chest…
[System Notification: You have been affected by the mushroom poison. Your movements have been frozen for 1 second!]
Mo Fan found himself unable to move!
"Oh my goodness! What's going on?"
He quickly regained his composure, but then…
[System Notification: Mushroom poison has been randomly converted. Your Poison Damage has been permanently increased by 10 points!]
Seeing the second system notification, Mo Fan's eyes widened.
He finally understood something.
"Oh lord, I thought it was a rubbish talent! I didn't expect it to be so awesome!"
"If that's the case, does it mean that as long as mushrooms are growing on my body, I can randomly increase my stats by pulling them out?"
Mo Fan could not calm down for a long time.
His mood fluctuated violently, causing the mushroom's talent to take effect.
Not long after, mushrooms grew out of his body again, this time on his belly.
Mo Fan pulled it out without hesitation!
[System Notification: You have been affected by the mushroom poison. Your movements have been frozen for 2 seconds!]
Two seconds later…
[System Notification: Mushroom poison has been randomly converted. Your Attack has been permanently increased by 10 points!]
Seeing the two consecutive system notifications, Mo Fan confirmed his guess.
Sure enough, it could randomly increase his stats!
However, the stun duration was extended by one second.
But that was simply negligible!
"Hahaha!"
"Isn't this too broken?"
"If that's the case, wouldn't I be able to farm stats?"
At the thought of this, Mo Fan immediately took action.
It was not hard to have intense emotions.
Cry!
Laugh!
Sadness!
Happiness!
Intense sadness!
Extreme happiness!
Utter pain!
He did the best that he could and acted silly—all for the sake of farming mushrooms,
He went all out!
Did he look like an actor or a clown?
He could be considered an actor.
After all, the fluctuations of his emotions had to be real.
Otherwise, mushrooms would not grow.
No!
He should be a clown!
His current appearance was definitely more like a ridiculous clown!
…
Mo Fan forced his emotions to fluctuate for more than ten minutes.
Then, the mushrooms on his body grew crazily.
They covered his head, arms, torso, thighs, and calves.
With so many mushrooms, it would be great if he could eat hotpot.
What a waste!
He started pulling from the top!
[System Notification: You have been affected by the mushroom poison. Your movements have been frozen for 4 seconds!]
Four seconds later…
[System Notification: Mushroom poison has been randomly converted. Your Defense has been permanently increased by 10 points!]
…
[…been frozen for 8 seconds!]
Eight seconds later…
[…Attack has been permanently increased by 10 points!]
…
[…been frozen for 16 seconds!]
Sixteen seconds later…
[…Constitution has been permanently increased by 10 points!]
…
[…been frozen for 2048 seconds!]
On the 12th attempt, the stun duration increased to 2048 seconds, it was a total of 34 minutes.
As for the random stat gain, it only increased 10 points every time a mushroom was pulled out.
Mo Fan did not expect that the stun duration would increase exponentially the more mushrooms he pulled.
He thought that he had found a bug that could increase his stats infinitely.
But who knew that it was like this?
Could it be because he accumulated too much toxins that the stun duration became longer?
If it continued to increase the stun duration exponentially, then this bloodline talent would become useless!
It was not worth it to spend so much time just for a random stat increase of 10 points.
Mo Fan planned to not touch the mushrooms after this final attempt.
If they wanted to grow, so be it.
In any case, his main body already had enough oddities.
Adding a few mushrooms to his body was nothing.
But Mo Fan found it very boring to wait like this.
Mo Fan could not move his body. He could only roll his eyes.
He looked at the mushroom jumping in front of him.
He looked at the leaves blown by the wind.
He looked at Maple Leaf City beneath the setting sun.
Maple Leaf City was still very far away from him, he could only see the outline of its corners.
The destination this time was this city.
He did not know what was going on inside.
Also, those eight players who came out of the Dense Fog Forest first should have already changed their class in Maple Leaf City, right?
[System Announcement: Congratulations to Player "Needless Sword" for being the first to complete the Class Change Mission. Reward: Red Equipment Treasure Chest and 1000 Reputation Points.]
Seeing the system announcement that flashed three times, Mo Fan wished that he could curse himself. Speaking of the devil, the first Class Change actually had such a good reward, to think that it would bestow a red equipment treasure chest!
It was needless to say how powerful his red weapon—Iron Crushing Fang—was.
He did not know what kind of good stuff this 'Needless Sword' got.
Sigh…
Someone had stolen the first place from him.
But it was no big deal for Mo Fan.
In the worst case, he would look for 'Needless Sword' and take his red equipment away.
But Needless Sword's performance made Mo Fan realize that he had to play seriously.
These hardcore players were simply more hardcore than him!
Humph!
Who cares how much they played? He would still kill them all in the end!
He was the King of Farming after all!
…
Mo Fan patiently waited for the stun duration to end.
It was simply too long, only a few minutes had passed since his monologue.
26 minutes…
21 minutes…
15 minutes…
10 minutes…
Looking at the remaining stun duration, Mo Fan became agitated…
The stun duration this time was even longer than all the previous attempts.
It was too long!
His entire body remained motionless.
He felt like he was about to turn into stone.
"Eh, so many mushrooms?"
A young lady's voice came from behind and Mo Fan's heart trembled.
Damn, don't touch the mushrooms on my body!
There are only a few minutes left until the stun is over. Don't you come here!
Where did this wild girl come from?
Soon.
A young lady carrying a large basket appeared in front of Mo Fan.
This little girl was about ten years old. She was very pretty and looked like an NPC.
There were some herbs in her basket.
The little girl did not seem to be afraid of Mo Fan.
She circled him a few times before asking,
"Hey, who are you?"
"Mmm… mmm—"
"What did you say? I didn't hear you!"
"Mmm… mmm—"
"What are you moaning for? Shameless!"
The little girl's face turned red as she scolded.
Mo Fan was also anxious, but not because he wanted to.
It was because he could not speak!
This was too much!
He really wanted to open his mouth and say something, but the words that were about to come out of his mouth only turned into: "Mmm… mmm—"
"Hey, let me ask you one last time. Who exactly are you?"
"Mmm… mmm—"
"Alright, since you don't want to say it, I'll pluck all the mushrooms here!"
"I love eating mushrooms. I'll pluck them and stew them!"
"Mmm… mmm—"
"You're so annoying. Can you not moan? Would it kill you to speak human language?"
"Mmm… mmm—"
"…"
The little girl glared fiercely at Mo Fan.
Mo Fan was screaming in his heart:
Oh my God, please don't pick the mushrooms on my body!
After you pluck it, how long do I have to wait for my stun duration to end?
Mo Fan's face was completely red.
He felt as if he was constipated!
The young lady first picked up the mushrooms that Mo Fan had thrown onto the ground and placed them into the large basket on her back.
She then glanced at Mo Fan and was about to reach out to pick mushrooms.
"Mmm… mmm—"
"Mmm… mmm—"
"Mmm… mmm—"
Seeing that Mo Fan had suddenly started humming, she was shocked and stepped back a little.
At this moment, because of the intense emotional fluctuations, mushrooms kept growing out of Mo Fan's body. Not long after, his entire body became submerged in the mushrooms.
Only his face remained exposed.
The little girl covered her mouth in disbelief when she saw the strange scene before her.
Then, she thought of something…
She seemed to recall something and shouted. "So you're a mushroom spirit!"
"I heard that mushroom monsters are very rare. I didn't expect to meet one today!"
"How lucky!"
"The mushrooms of a mushroom spirit are great medicinal ingredients!"
"Hahaha, I'm rich!"
The little girl's eyes shone and her face flushed red.
She excitedly went to Mo Fan's side and began to pluck crazily.
Even as Mo Fan continued to hum, she turned a deaf ear to his pleas.
Mo Fan looked at the series of system notifications in front of him.
He was completely dumbfounded!
He didn't know what to say anymore…
[System Notification: You have been affected by the mushroom poison. Your movements have been frozen for 4096 seconds!]
[…been frozen for 8192 seconds!]
[…been frozen for 16,384 seconds!]
…
[…been frozen for 9,999,999,999 seconds! (Upper Limit Reached)]
[…been frozen for 9,999,999,999 seconds! (Upper Limit Reached)]
What the heck, 9.9 billion seconds?
317 years?
The upper limit of the stun duration was ridiculously high!
Damn it, what the heck?!
What kind of poison was this mushroom poison?
Even a poisonous dragon's poison was not that poisonous!
What should he do now?
What could he even do?
Mo Fan even regretted fusing with this Mushroom Spirit Bloodline.
It was just…
At this moment, Mo Fan's body trembled and a feeling of pleasure and excitement spread through his entire body!
What an innocent little girl!
Mo Fan did not even want to hum anymore.
He painfully recalled that nursery rhyme:
"Little girl picking mushrooms, carrying a huge basket on her back…"
"Lalalalalalala~"
…
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