Chrysalis

This is one huge pile of food… there's no way I can fit it all in! I kind of want to call my pets over and have them indulge as well, but I feel bad about it since the Colony has gathered all of this for me. I guess I'll dive in and if there's any left when I'm done I'll make sure the others get their fair share.

[Alright gang. Get some rest but keep an eye out. I'll make sure you get your food later, alright?]

[Yesssss,] Invidia says but I can see his eye blazing with green light as he eyes off my food.

[Yes, Master,] Crinis says, happy to attach herself once more to my carapace and allows her shape to blob.

[Hurrrrr…] Tiny growls, the saliva pouring from his mouth as he openly gnashes his teeth as if eating already.

[That's gross, Tiny! Just move over there, alright? We ate a bunch of demons in the tunnels not that long ago. Mutate or something.]

With my badgering, he finally turns his back on the feast and sulks in the corner. Five minutes later, he's asleep.

[Alright then, Granin. What's the first thing you want to discuss?] I sigh as I start to tuck into the mountain of food.

[The Rescindic Principle, obviously.]

the heck was

in, [it's going to be one of

into the choices you get when you evolve. If you have a clear picture of what you want, then it'll be easier to

[so what's the best choice? Is there a reason I shouldn't just reset everything and get a totally awesome new body? Just get it all over

and I can tell he wants to facepalm but is resisting by sheer force of will. Corun doesn't quite

the problem? So my mutations get set back to zero, but if I sit here in the Colony and they pump me full of Biomass, I'll be able to get them all back to a respectable level in a couple of days! I'll

only to second and possibly a few from third strata monsters when you evolve this time. The next time you evolve, you will see a few that may normally be seen on the fourth strata. Constantly resetting your body parts is hugely inefficient and the more you evolve, the worse it gets. For tier six, it's going to cost you a hundred and forty Biomass to improve each body part from +25 to +30, but if you start

have to be the third strata at that. Although the Colony could pour resources into me, the thought of that much Biomass going towards bumping up my mutations when it could instead

A better, more efficient strategy is to cycle critical body parts and reset them every few evolutions, if you get that far. Think of everything

body has pretty much pushed me away from the idea. I mean, I could do it, but to get that much food into me

there were other reasons?] I

would describe as Monster Dysmorphia. Which is to say that not all body parts

mainly to do with the higher concentrations of mana needed to fuel these more complex structures,] Granin breaks in, scratching his head. [In the first strata, a monster's body is more or less straightforward and the way mana is used to form them is simple and uncomplicated. When you get to