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!
your resolve Anthony! You are going to make it! You will conquer this
However!
higher up and get
to raise my level and gain more mutations before I’m prepared to
Back up we go!
and regroup
cavern I was in earlier, which is now fully occupied by soldiers. They could come down in this direction at any time, so I have to stay safe, assuming
won’t have access to the easier XP and Biomass I can gather from there and will be forced
has become necessary 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
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 bonus point from Gandalf, which means I would need to try and hunt one of the mollusc creatures (ugh), the tail rat and if possible one of the
of those giant crocodiles, they are so much more frightening than everything
the wall to my left. I don’t have two days to sit around starving myself as I obsessively study
mode, I sneak up behind the hideous snail creature, making sure to avoid standing in its slime trail. I keep
long slimy body topped with brightly coloured spines that seem to grow organically from the creatures back. I absolutely
draw closer to still to the creature I’m able
from the slug slightly I nip behind a rock and then
Aaaaaaand nothing happens.
as much. That thick layer of mucus is protecting the creature from
Damn slug.
you had to use a slime barrier?!
you want to play, fine then. I will show you the power of
...
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 behind the slug and place the chunk of soil
It isn’t clear the slug can even feel what I’m
Gweheheheh.
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