Chrysalis

These menus are always intimidating due to their sheer size, but I’m prepared to go the distance on this one, I can’t afford to make a mistake and pick the wrong options. There’ll be no reset after this one.

I suppose it’s technically possible to do one, but that would be a criminal waste of evolutionary energy. Basically a punch straight into my own face.

So I have to be careful, no yahoo off the cuff stuff. I’m going to peruse these menus with extreme focus.

Focus….

Focus….

Zzzzzzzzzzz….

Hah!

Wazzat?! Curse these damn lists! Despite having so many brains and such a high Cunning score, how is it possible my attention span and capacity to look at fine details remain so terrible?

But I can’t give up, I won’t!

With renewed determination, I begin to scroll once more. Most of these, I’m not interested in, obviously. Long ago, I decided against using mutations for specific resistances. I want my improvements to be as broadly applicable as possible. Naturally, that means I have to settle for a bit of oomph in many areas rather than a huge shazam in one. It’s the wiser tradeoff.

exo-skeleton in a fine layer of the precious gem. That worked great, since the outer coating was harder than my carapace and helped protect it from harm. What am I going to coat my new carapace in? Something even harder? There’s barely anything harder than this, and what’s the point of layering something ultra tough on top of something that’s already close to

ultimate defensive combo I suppose, but I’ve already invested heavily in solving that issue with my own mana skills. I can create shields to

even more defence. What I need, are mutations that will help synergise with what I hope to make my greatest strength: my

I’ve yearned to better harness that absurd power. The humble gravity bolt, welding my opponents to the floor, the gravity spear, or even the

to be a gravity ant! Now, finally,

affinity for that type of energy, it’s only natural that there should be some specific mutations for it attached. I eagerly scroll through thousands of different mutation options, looking for

only three

Regeneration: Harnesses gravitational energy to

There’s synergy there, sure. I want to use gravity mana in battle, which will generate gravitational energy, which will

my inner-plating for something like this, or

gravitational energy to further compress and harden the

adding an extra layer onto my carapace, but toughening up what I already have whenever I use gravity magic, which I intend to do, all the time. I can already see myself floating gracefully through

Compressed Diamond to provide a boost to any Gravity Spell

one is also quite sweet. Turn my defence into offence! I can get behind it. The more I reinforce this mutation, the stronger the resonance will

actually melds quite well with the second I considered. Perhaps I should take both mutations and then fuse them in

I love it!

my upgrades all the way to +30, selecting Magnification at +5, Hardening at +10, fusing at +15, then repeating the process for +20, +25

results is: Intensifying Compression Carapace

in and turn to my