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.

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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!

to make it!

However!

I will retreat to higher up and get some

gain more mutations before I’m

Back up we go!

the shaft and regroup back in my

then the ’main’ tunnel up here is connected to the cavern I was in earlier, which is now fully occupied by soldiers. They could come down in this direction at any time, so

can gather from there and will be forced into the open space below without any further preparation.

bold moves. Without XP and Biomass I won’t survive if I push deeper into this place and I can’t take my time acquiring said XP and Biomass as I’d like to. Time for this ant

ceiling, antennae waving in the air as I cast my eyes about to spot prey. If I want to maximise my Biomass gains then I should be sure to target the creatures I haven’t been able to consume yet, ensuring I get the

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

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 study the creature, I’m going to have to

sure to avoid standing in its slime trail. I keep a constant eye on my surroundings as I do, not wanting get caught

even less appealing, probably twice my body length they are very sizeable, a long slimy body topped with brightly coloured spines that seem to grow

point to attack later. As I draw closer to still to the creature I’m able to notice something else, the

away from the slug slightly I nip behind a rock and then quickly give it

Aaaaaaand nothing happens.

thick layer of mucus is protecting the creature from my acid and will do exactly the same

Damn slug.

use a slime barrier?! Could you make this anymore disgusting for

you want to play, fine then. I will show you the power of a

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along the wall I quickly scout around for some dirt. Grabbing a mandible full I sneak up behind the slug and place the chunk of soil on its side before immediately backing off,

isn’t clear the slug

Gweheheheh.

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