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!
it! You will conquer
However!
to higher up and get
at me like that, this is clearly the sensible choice! I need to raise my level and gain more mutations before I’m
Back up we go!
up the shaft and regroup back
pressured by time now. If my suspicions are correct then the ’main’ tunnel up here is connected to the cavern I was in earlier, which is now
they do come down, I won’t have access to the easier XP and Biomass I can gather from
to throw some of my earlier caution to the wind and make 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
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
hell I would hunt one of those giant crocodiles,
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
up behind the hideous snail creature, making sure to avoid standing in its slime trail. I keep a constant eye on my surroundings
slimy body topped with brightly coloured spines that seem to grow organically from the
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 constantly releases a thick covering
a rock and then quickly
Aaaaaaand nothing happens.
That thick layer of mucus is protecting the creature from my acid and will do exactly the same thing if I try to bite it with my jaws, I’d probably
Damn slug.
all the defensive measures you could employ, you had to use a slime barrier?! Could you make this
fine then. I will show you the
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to slide its way 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
It isn’t clear the slug can even
Gweheheheh.
Update Chapter 18 of Chrysalis
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