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!

your resolve Anthony! You are going to make it! You will conquer

However!

retreat to higher up and

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!

retreat up the shaft and

my suspicions are correct 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 I have to stay safe, assuming

Biomass I can gather from there and will be

have to move fast. It 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 I can’t take my time acquiring said XP

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

those giant

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

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

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

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

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

Aaaaaaand nothing happens.

monster continues to 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

Damn slug.

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

want to play, fine then. I

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I quickly scout around for some dirt. Grabbing

isn’t clear the slug can even

Gweheheheh.

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