Brian opened his eyes and found that he was floating in the boundless silver sea.

Soft gray clouds moved slowly in the distance, and a strange black band of light twisted violently in the sky. Its two ends were too far away to be observed, while its middle was tumbling violently like a rope rolling on a child's fingertips.

He lowered his head to see what was supporting his body, but all he saw was that his feet were in the void, surrounded by the same strange pearl-like sky.

The astonishing sight in front of him made him take a deep breath subconsciously, and then he felt that his lungs were filled with something sweeter than air.

This sweet taste unexpectedly didn't make him feel like vomiting or drowning, but he had completely adapted to the environment here.

He also found that he had become completely accustomed to such a simple breathing action.

"As expected." Brian nodded thoughtfully, suspended in mid-air.

He had long suspected that the so-called ideology of Sunless Woodland originated from the astral realm.

Now, looking at the familiar scenery in front of him, it really confirmed his guess.

The astral plane is a vast silver sea, with no distinction between top and bottom. Gray and white strands of light are constantly rolling like distant stars.

At the same time, it is also the country of spirit and dreams.

Most travelers who travel here will arrive in the form of disembodied souls.

It's a wonderful feeling to have your soul out of your body.

A friend of Brian's who helped him embark on the path of a psion taught him the power of "astral travel" and led him to experience this wonderful feeling many times.

Otherwise, they would not risk crossing the star realm and reaching the main material world.

Although this is not the first time he has tried to project his soul out of his body, every time he uses this ability, he will clearly feel a strong sense of weightlessness in his soul.

Losing the shackles of gravity, he, who had descended to the star realm in the form of projection, felt as light as a feather.

However, he quickly adapted to the environment here and began to move around here flexibly.

at this time.

A beam of silver light, like dawn on a cloudy day, spread out around him, illuminating a strange realm.

Brian found himself floating in the silver smoke, and colorful vortexes shone out.

"Big brother, your spirit has been linked to the ideology of the Sunless Woodland." Teemo's voice echoed in the depths of his mind:

"The Fungus Queen is on her way with her followers, preparing to perform a demonic ritual. Now you need to get ahead of them, find the ideology of the Sunless Woodland, and stop the spread of the situation."

"I know." Brian responded from the bottom of his heart.

Immediately afterwards, he clearly felt a spiritual 'pull', causing him to drift unconsciously towards the colorful vortex shining in the silver mist.

If his prediction was correct, the destination of the whirlpool should be the independent spiritual space where the ideology of the Matte Woodland resides.

Therefore, he did not resist this 'pull', but allowed this force to lead him towards the position of the ritual form in the Aphotic Woodland.

At the same time, with a thought, the Spiritual Crystal Servant quietly appeared in front of him, suspended in mid-air, flashing with a faint blue light.

"Master, you are finally willing to let me go." The moment the spiritual crystal servant appeared, he excitedly circled in front of Brian, stretched out his cat head, and said:

"Great, you actually came to the astral plane, did you know? For psychics, the astral plane is their favorite fighting venue. By the way, what are you planning to do here?"

Of course Brian understood what the Psychic Crystal Servant meant.

Since the astral plane belongs to the realm of thoughts and dreams, psychics specialize in spiritual energy.

This means that when a psychic enters a spiritual realm like the star realm, he will gain a unique advantage.

So, from the moment he stepped into the star realm.

His psychic energy points began to skyrocket wildly, at least doubling.

This feeling was like untying some kind of shackles, breaking free from the shackles of matter, allowing him to come into contact with the most primitive and essential energy.

If the wizard's magic comes from the magic network, then the psychic power of the psion undoubtedly originates from a spiritual realm like the astral realm.

At this time, he was in the astral plane, and he felt the same as a wizard in the deepest part of the magic network.

Because the spiritual energy here is as rich as a gaseous river, he can call it at will by raising his hand.

This is also the reason why many psychics who are proficient in the teleportation system often like to be the first to force the enemy into the astral battle during battle.

Brian briefly explained his purpose to the Psychic Crystal Servant, then immediately shut it up and continued on his way.

In the silver mist sea.

After an unknown amount of time, Brian finally discovered a large group of fungal organisms and spores forming a bizarre procession, gliding forward silently like ghosts.

This made him realize that the team ahead was definitely the fungus queen Zugmoy.

With a thought, he mobilized a little spiritual energy to speed up his pace.

As it gets closer.

Through the thin silver mist, Brian saw from a distance that what appeared in his line of sight were myconids of various sizes, jumping crazily in front of a group of huge live mushrooms as they walked.

They also carry a nest of mossy mushrooms, and sitting on them is none other than the Queen of Fungi.

Since this is just her ideology, Brian will naturally not be afraid of her direct threats.

He saw Zugmoi wrapped in mold and mushrooms, the mushrooms being woven into a grotesque wedding dress.

Behind her are vaguely human figures, tufts of glowing lichens and swollen fungi following her like bridesmaids, with veils and lacy strands of mycelium.

As her followers lowered the items, the Fungus Queen rose to her feet, towering over all creatures around her.

"My fiancée..."

She chanted, and the meaning was clear: "I'm finally here."

Brian, who was hiding in the dark, followed the other person's gaze.

Sure enough, I saw a distant floating object, which seemed to be a hemisphere. It was not until it rotated slowly that I could see its true shape clearly.

It was a huge head without a lower jaw, formed from some kind of pale rock.

The head was about the size of a small mountain, and its surface was covered with lichen and large areas of mold, with a color similar to green algae on the flat surface of the material.

Through the empty eye sockets on the skull, Brian could see that its interior was hollow and filled with all kinds of dazzling giant fungi.

There are also many tendrils and tentacle-like growths that stretch outward and intertwine to form a castle-sized brain-like fungus suspended in the center of the open space.

The moment Brian looked at the brain-like fungus in his skull, he suddenly felt strongly the soul of the Lightless Woodland.

At the same time, a set of data also popped up in his system panel:

"Contacting the source of energy..."

"The source of energy contact was successful!"

"Attempting to establish connection with the source of energy..."

…………

Seeing the prompt on the system panel, Brian immediately figured out the reason.

Before the projection of his soul, the spores Teemo sprayed on himself, in addition to being able to live in harmony with the mind body in the Aphotic Woods, probably also played a role in establishing a connection with the independent spiritual space where the mind body was located.

If the connection is successfully established, it means that you can directly mobilize the purest source of energy in the spiritual space.

In this case, the amplification effect of his psychic spells will be greatly improved.

Obtaining an increase in source energy can even give him the strength to fight against the spiritual body of the fungus queen Zugmoy not far away.

After all, the incarnation of the Fungus Queen is nothing more than a consciousness.

Now, she is in a spiritual space like the star realm. Apart from using spiritual attacks, she can hardly exert any inherited abilities from her body.

This is the fundamental reason why Brian is fearless.

"Sure enough, no god is a fuel-efficient lamp, especially those gods of the lawful neutral and absolute neutral camps. This seems to be calculated in advance."

Brian secretly commented in his mind on the fungus lord that the mycoids believed in.

He vaguely felt that his encounter with Teemo on the Silk Trail was probably not a coincidence, but was deliberately arranged under the influence of certain beings.

This reminded him of a piece of history about the fungus forest.

The Fungus Forest, also known as ‘Araumac’, is currently the largest home and sanctuary of the Myconids known to exist.

It is a huge fungal colony with a single consciousness, as large as the supreme forest of the surface world.

The elves believe that the fungus forest "Araumak" was created by magic from the Irevandar Empire, one of their many ancient empires.

Originally, Brian had no doubts about the disappearance.

After all, in the history of the elves, any wonders and wonders on the continent seem to have something to do with them.

However, when he truly saw the ideological form in front of him from the lightless forest, he was connected to the source energy of this independent space.

Only then did he realize that the formation of the fungal forest was by no means as simple as the elves said.

This forest of fungi with autonomous consciousness is most likely an incarnation of Boslophel, the god believed by the mushroom people, left in the material world.

As for the lightless woodland, the same is true.

After all, before the elves made their great retreat, Cormanthor, the Valley, Sembia and the Kingdom of Cormyr, all of these places were covered with dense forests and belonged to the elves' territory.
To be continued...