Chrysalis

Muahahaha! With over a hundred points to spend, I’m feeling slightly giddy. What to go for first?

Currently I’ve upgraded eyes to +7 and acid to +6, so I may as well finish those off first, that’ll take a significant chunk out of my points already.

[Would you like to upgrade Focused Eyes to +10 and Restrictive Acid to +10? This will cost 61 Biomass?]

Sixty one?!?!

Even if I already knew it, feels bad to hear Gandalf actually say it out loud.

I still have sixty eight Biomass to play with so I need to get spendin’. Once I’ve upgraded these two, I’ll still have legs, Gravity mana gland, Regeneration Gland, Pheromone and the two newest editions to go before I reach a complete +10 state.

Arrrgghhh! This is so frustrating!

Just how much do I have to eat before I can upgrade myself all the way?! Is it my tiny ant stomach that’s the problem?! I have two stomachs and I pack them both full every meal!

When I consider that my current level of evolution supports upgrades up to +15 I can only feel depressed. The goal of fully mutating everything before my next evolution seems like a long way away. Work hard stomachs! I’m counting on you guys!

Since I’ll be striding forth into battle after this round of upgrades I really want to ensure my combat effectiveness is at its peak, not only on the offensive but also the defensive. I’m thinking that the regeneration gland could use a boost, just in case things turn south and I get bitten in half or something.

[Would you like to upgrade Focused Eyes to +10, Restrictive Acid to +10 and Limb Regeneration Gland to +10? This will cost 101 Biomass?]

Yikes!

Only eighteen left?!

I guess that’ll be it for the full upgrades to +10... Enhancing my senses has never been a poor choice. I’ll upgrade my trusty antennae next. With 18 Biomass I can upgrade them to +7 and have five points in the bank.

Ok then!

[Would you like to upgrade Focused Eyes to +10, Restrictive Acid to +10, Limb Regeneration Gland to +10 and Infrared Antennae to +7 ? This will cost 114 Biomass.]

Let’s do it Oh bearded one.

of mutation you may select a mutation

I jump into

When I was a weak and helpless ant, all alone without my colony to support me, it was the acid that became my trusty sidekick. Every combat would entail the acid attack playing a key role, letting me deal damage

acid has become outshined. I don’t really need it to do damage, what I want is more utility out of it. The

Hmmmm.

Wait a sec.

Wait. One. Second.

Acid. Acid becomes able to dissolve magic it comes into contact

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Done!

don’t need to see any more! In

Able to eat

is back in town, in a big

the slightly more pedestrian eyes. Hopefully

upgrade, and honestly, ever since I took the focused mutation I haven’t really suffered in the eye department since I can basically see like a

are still poor in comparison to human vision, but they do well enough to get me by. My default option would be just

range focus of the compound eyes in

I like it!

hence the compound eyes helping out a lot. Being able to see in almost all directions without shifting my head at all is obviously a great advantage. The drawback of each individual lens in my eyes being quite crud is something I’ve just had to put up with. From the sounds

taking the eyes from +7 to

an advancement for this organ I was quite concerned about how less well defended my legs are compared to the rest of me, being relatively thin and

faster or more frequently. Not interested. What I want from the regeneration gland is to make it better at what I originally purchased it for, that is,

help heal my carapace, and that’s fantastic, but it doesn’t do anything for my internals, organs or muscles, that might get damaged. The regeneration organ definitely still has an important role to

quickly, meaning it can

lands to battle for supremacy and

all of my selections are done. Time to mutate this

you like to confirm

Awwwww yeah!

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Wait a sec.

nnnnnnnnOOOOOOORRRRFFFLETABINNNNNN!!!!!

The eyes! The eyes are so bad! Not to mention the organs inside my body