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!
are going to make it!
However!
retreat to higher up and get some
need to raise my level and gain more mutations before I’m prepared to explore this space. I will conquer the known before
Back up we go!
the shaft and
then the ’main’ tunnel up here is connected to the cavern I was in earlier, which is now
down, I won’t have access to the easier XP and Biomass I can gather from there and will be forced into the open space below without any further preparation. Taking
Biomass I won’t survive if
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
hunt one of those giant crocodiles, they are so much more
about I notice one of the slug creatures is sliding along on the wall to my left. I don’t have two days to sit
avoid standing in its slime trail. I keep a
less appealing, probably twice my body length they are very sizeable, a long slimy body
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 of mucus, presumably to help grease the path of the
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 from my acid and will do exactly the same thing if I try to bite it with my jaws, I’d probably just
Damn slug.
to use a slime barrier?! Could you make this
then. I will show you the power of
...
to slide its way along the wall I quickly scout around for some dirt. Grabbing a mandible full I sneak up behind the slug
slug can even feel what
Gweheheheh.
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