Chrysalis

Chapter 18

Spreading out before my very (small) eyes is an impossible vista. A huge underground world of incredible size, the entire floor covered in strange, magical plant life.

Bizarre looking trees and giant mushrooms loom below me, casting deep shadows over a forest floor covered in grasses and plants similar to the strange crystal flower I saw in the shaft. The entire scene is suffused with the blue light I’ve seen in the tunnels before, the plants themselves have the creeping veins of light twisting through their forms.

As I watch the entire seen pulses, just like I’d seen in the tunnel walls.

This is insane.

...

Gandalf? What is going here?!

How can an under-ground space of this scale exist? I can’t even see the other side?! The roof looks like its 60 meters high! I didn’t expect to see this flourishing eco system?

This place must be absolutely crawling with monsters!

The thought grips my little ant heart. Somewhere in this massive cavern my colony exists, or perhaps they are even further away than this and the scout passed through this area on its way higher up!

At any rate, I somehow have to explore this space.

I can’t help but feel depressed. The vista in front of me is exotic and exciting but I can’t appreciate it whilst I’m in a position of not knowing the first thing about it! In such a massive open space, what size could the monsters have grown to? How much Biomass could they pile up in a flourishing area like this?

I have no idea!

Gah!

going to make it! You

However!

I will retreat to higher up

that, this is clearly the sensible choice! I need to raise my level and gain more mutations before I’m prepared to explore this space.

Back up we go!

retreat up the shaft and regroup back in

was in earlier, which is now fully occupied by soldiers.

have access to the easier XP and Biomass I can gather from there

and Biomass I won’t survive if I push deeper into this place and

to spot prey. If I want to maximise my Biomass gains then I should be sure to target the creatures I haven’t

hell I would hunt one of those giant crocodiles, they are so much more frightening than everything else

I notice one of the slug creatures is sliding along on the wall to my left. I don’t have two days to sit around starving myself as I obsessively

sneak up behind the hideous snail creature, making sure to avoid standing in its slime trail. I keep a constant eye on my surroundings as I do, not wanting get caught out by anything as

length they are very sizeable, a long slimy

from the front of the monsters head, either eyes or antennae on the end, I’m not sure, they could be a vulnerable point to attack later. As I draw closer to still to the creature I’m able to notice something else, the body

nip behind a rock and then quickly give it a surprise blast of

Aaaaaaand nothing happens.

slide along the wall, seemingly totally oblivious to my sneak attack. I thought as much. That thick layer of mucus is protecting the creature

Damn slug.

to use a slime

play, fine then. I

...

As the slug continues to slide its way along the wall I quickly scout around for some

isn’t clear the slug

Gweheheheh.

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