Chrysalis

Curious about Crinis' new Shadow eye I dive deeper into the information hidden within her core, laid bare before my core surgery skill. Ah, interesting. It's dense bloc of information, clearly a powerful organ, far more than the average, if anything I would think that the majority of her evolutionary energy was spent on this.

From what I can gather, the shadow eye is a special type of sensory organ, it doesn't help her to 'see' per se, not like human eyes, it allows her extend her vision or more accurately, her 'awareness' through shadows. I'm not sure exactly how powerful that will prove to be, although I'm sure Crinis will have a use for it, otherwise she wouldn't have picked it. Combined with her shadow magic gland and affinity Skill, there must be some trick she can use that I'm not aware of.

The other new organ she gained is also interesting. This is Crinis' solution to the problem of divided attention. I resolved this issue by adding a number of brains to allow me to think about multiple things at once, but she's taken a slightly different path. Much like how an octopus has neural connections for each tentacle, Crinis' new organ, the tentacle conductor, effectively acts as nerve endings for up to eight tentacles, so they'll be able to move and act independently of her main mind. Eight may not seem like enough considering the kind of numbers she can manifest, but with mutation advances I'm certain she'll be able to push the boundary higher.

Interesting! All in all I think she's done an excellent job!

[Well Crinis, it looks as if your evolution has been very successful!] I praised her, freezing my antennae at the last moment so I didn't pet her. If I overpraise her, she might freeze up and I can't afford the time. As it is, she's already quivering a little bit, like a blob of jelly I'd poked.

Crinis collected herself, lifting her body up on her new permanent tentacles and skittering left and right a little as she got used to them.

[Thank you Master] she replied warmly, [I spent a great deal of time thinking about how I was going to evolve.]

[I took a good look at your Shadow Eye, but I'm not quite sure how it's going to work. I assume it has something to do with your shadow magic affinity?]

The slightly larger blob nodded.

[That's right. I'll show you.]

The squishy orb of death grew still for a moment and I notice that the shadow beneath her body grew noticeably darker over time until it was pitch black. Then, Crinis deliberately extended a tentacle into the shadow.

at the sight of her tentacle extending into solid stone. What is this? Some sort of shadow

my carapace and I leapt high into the

[Wazzat?!] I cried.

I looked down to see the tip of the tentacle emerging from the ground where my shadow had been, wiggling

withdrew her tentacle

[but the Shadow

attack things through a shadow that is in a separate room than

can a shadow be before you can't connect

is around twenty metres right now, if I can detect the target shadow through my

stroking my chin with an antenna. [Train hard Crinis, this new ability will be extremely

already sounding pumped for

So diligent.

her skills. I'm somewhat jealous of her

such a dramatic way. It's invigorating, the sense of growth and strength that you feel

I still have three upgrades that I need to do, but only enough Biomass for two. So close! I've never been this close to a completely upgraded body before and the sense of accomplishment is

Biomass or time to eat it, but I'll have to manage somehow. Perhaps I'll need to lean on Vibrant again to

time to

you wish to improve Precognitive Infrared Antennae to +15? This will cost

Yessiree.

to combine your mutations, or emphasise

senses have been steadily improving, particularly my sight, there isn't really a need to emphasise the infrared. The