After delivering the Biomass to the surface and marking it with pheromones so the colony will pick it up we return back down to the entrance, making sure to conceal it once again. I feel good knowing that all of this Biomass is going to bring the Queen closer to upgrading all of her egg production organs and laying the …

I hadn’t even finished celebrating Tiny’s spectacular lightning wave technique (named it myself) before my joy is quenched by more monsters rushing up the as the ones in front of them collapsed from being overcooked. Dammit! How many of these damn things are there going to be?! I hurriedly make use of the room Tiny has bought us by stuffing …

Electricity rippling across his body endlessly, Tiny’s fists continue to flash out and devastate his opponents. None can stand up to his blows. That doesn’t shock me much. We’re talking about a ten foot tall Gorilla monster here. If I’d seen a Gorilla on Earth that was ten feet tall I’d have fair browned my downstairs department. Physical strength is …

Almost as if the air were rushing towards us I can feel a wave pressure roll up the tunnel and press against my face. It… isn’t comfortable. [“Something is coming up. Get ready to fight”] I warn my crew. Vibrant and Crinis huddle carefully on my person. Tiny stands to his full height, his head brushing the roof. He can …

We make much more rapid progress in our descent this time as opposed to the first. Tiny is much stronger after his second consecutive special evolution and he smashes his way with extreme speed and a strangely casual attitude through these small fry. I don’t think I’ve even seen him throw a punch, he’s just squashing monsters flat underneath his …

Once Enid wakes up and manages to gather herself I speak to her a little longer before sending her back to her people. Then I lay a heck of a big pheromone marker around their campsite encouraging the workers not to eat them. If they run into a worker outside of that ring…. That’ll be a little different. Although I’m …

[Yes, you] I snap. Enid immediately stumbles forward until she reaches the side of the still sonorously praising one-armed priest. I see her concentrate and then her voice appears in my mind. [Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to communicate with this man?] she indicates the priest, [it was he who led our people to this place]. This priest?! How the …

My mind snaps back to its regular housing and I take a moment to reorient myself. I’m still where I was before, partially buried in a mound of workers with the Queen standing in front of me, quite close. “Are you alright child?” she asks, seeing me suddenly look so fatigued. “I’m completely fine!” I gasp out as my brain …

Tentatively, I bring my antennae into contact with the Queen’s and then activate the skill. Core Surgery! With what I learned during the skill upgrade I know that all I need is to be touching a part of the body on the monster I’ll be ‘operating’ on but with an ant it feels like the antennae are the most appropriate …

At this moment, with my head filled with the glorious victory of the new super-ant race, I notice something a little odd. There is a dull ache coming right from my core. What the heck is with that? What on Pangera makes your core hurt? Do I have core-itis? Flu of the core? Seasonal Core swelling? I’m unusually disturbed by …