Chapter 2789 - 1195: Consciousness Melding Dreams_2

Chapter 2789: Chapter 1195: Consciousness Melding Dreams_2

The fifth type of spore they activated is called the Illusion Spore, a method of attack that causes the target to experience intense hallucinations and behave chaotically, much like being affected by a Confusion Technique.

However, these Mushroom People have another way of using it, which is to combine it with the Communication Spore to achieve an Illusion Dream effect.

If these faction leaders can establish their own colonies and live to be over twenty-four, they will activate the sixth type of spore and become true Mushroom People Elders, known as Mushroom Man Kings.

The sixth type of spore is called the Activated Spore, which can be planted on animal corpses, turning them into spore slaves—zombies in spore form, not only fighting for the Mushroom People but also transporting prey’s corpses back to their Mushroom Gardens to cultivate more mushrooms and Mushroom People.

The Mushroom Tribe living here is far larger than Gaven imagined, with the number of Mushroom Man Kings exceeding hundreds, and countless giant mushroom heads clustering together.

Just as Gaven previously speculated, these Mushroom People and the five Purple Worms are in a symbiotic relationship.

The Purple Worms indeed prey on them extensively, but the complex and vast tunnel systems they excavated for years allow the Mushroom People to continuously branch out, establishing more fungal societies to share the survival pressure.

Even if a whole society is completely devoured by the Purple Worms, it doesn’t significantly affect them as a whole.

Within a few years, they would send people to rebuild that fungal society.

"I believe the information they brought back is true... Rumors about the surface have always circulated among our tribe... We’ve never had the chance to verify... From the behavior of the other party, he is not only a surface dweller... but possibly a God from the surface..."

"A God from the surface? That explanation clarifies many things... No wonder the other party can tame the Diggers... and can move so easily between two worlds... If the other party is a God, they likely mean no harm to us, or perhaps even present an opportunity for us..."

"Opportunities often come with risks, those Gods are adept at disguising themselves... No one knows whether the other is a Benevolent God or an Evil one, or what their intentions towards us are."

"I think such speculation is meaningless... Whether the other is a surface person or a God, we don’t understand them enough to fathom their thoughts...

I believe the best approach is to have no interaction with them... As long as we don’t make contact or intersect with them in any way, their intentions, whether good or bad, will not affect us or our people."

"Elder Piel, you’re not a child just learning to walk, your thinking is too naive, too wishful... Can this matter be resolved by simply avoiding contact, by not intersecting?

The key also lies in the other’s attitude and intentions... They are not holding an approach of no contact and no intersection... If we reject their goodwill, how can you be sure that they won’t resort to forcefully making contact?

Do not forget, those Diggers are not only controlled by them... two have even been enlightened with High-level intelligence... Do you think our tribe can avoid an intelligent Digger?"

"You’re also ignoring one issue... what if they take all the Diggers away...we won’t face the threat of being hunted by Diggers... but then we must deal with the dwindling cave spaces... we won’t have new caves to expand into anymore..."

"Indeed... this problem needs to be negotiated with them... they can take most Diggers away, but at least leave one for us... to ensure it attracts other Diggers for mating... only in this way can we ensure the future of our tribe..."

The Mushroom Man Kings communicated rapidly through telepathic ability, each expressing their opinions.

They were also indecisive on this issue.

There were those who held a resistant attitude towards such changes.

There were also suggestions for contact, to appropriately attempt and adapt.

The conservatives, however, were in the majority, as with most intelligent plants, these Mushroom People typically favor calmness over movement.

Even though life was hard being raised as snacks for the Purple Worms,

at least it was stable.

Whether it’s the surface or the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, both present huge temptations, but are beyond their understanding, instinctively eliciting a rejection.

Yet harsh reality stands before them, and some matters aren’t for them to choose not to accept.

Their current openness to the outside world is one such situation.

The attitude from the other party is currently mild, but their options are limited.

Either willingly initiate friendly discussions once they’ve figured things out themselves,

or engage in talks with them, even if forcibly accepting the conditions, if not reconciled.

Anyway, conducting discussions with the other party is the premise.

"I think rather than waste time here, we might as well initiate the Consciousness Melding Dreams, to see whether the surface and the Dragon Oak Dream Realm are as good as they say..."

"That may not be a bad approach... the only concern is... whether the other party has tampered with the souls of our clansmen who went to the surface? Might they bring threats into our Consciousness Melding Dream... If that occurs, it could wipe us all out..."