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!
going to make it! You will conquer
However!
I will retreat to higher up and get some
the sensible choice! I need to raise my level and gain more mutations before I’m prepared to explore this space.
Back up we go!
up the shaft and regroup back in my
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
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 all this
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 to. Time for this
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
have no idea how the hell I would hunt one of those
along on the wall to my left. I don’t have two days to
trail. I keep a constant eye on my surroundings as I do, not wanting get caught out by anything as
sizeable, a long slimy body topped with brightly coloured spines that seem to grow organically from the creatures
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 creature to increase its speed but I suspect also for
from the slug slightly I nip behind a rock and then quickly give
Aaaaaaand nothing happens.
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
Damn slug.
defensive measures you could employ, you had to use a slime barrier?! Could you make this anymore disgusting for
to play, fine then. I
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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
slug can even feel what I’m
Gweheheheh.
Update Chapter 18 of Chrysalis
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