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!

it!

However!

I will retreat to higher up and

choice! I need to raise my level and gain more mutations before I’m prepared to explore this space. I will conquer the known

Back up we go!

the shaft and regroup

is connected to the cavern I was in earlier, which is now fully occupied by soldiers. They could come down in

to the easier XP and Biomass I can gather from there and will be forced into the open space

I won’t survive if I push deeper into

I want to maximise my Biomass gains then I should be sure to target the creatures I

no idea how the hell I would hunt one of those giant crocodiles, they are so much more frightening than everything

slug creatures is sliding along on the wall to my left. I don’t have two days

snail creature, making sure to avoid standing in its slime trail. I keep a constant eye on my surroundings as I do, not

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

I draw closer to still to the creature I’m able to notice something else, the body

from the slug slightly I nip behind a rock

Aaaaaaand nothing happens.

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

Damn slug.

could employ, you had to use a slime

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

...

this is a trick that even ants on Earth are able to do. As the slug continues to slide its way along the wall I quickly scout around for some dirt. Grabbing a mandible full I sneak up

It isn’t clear the slug can even feel what

Gweheheheh.

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