Chapter 16

At the moment my sensory network only spanned the size of a kiddie pool around my original location. And the same goes for the second location of phase 1. However right now information was key to understanding what effects the chem mushrooms were having to the animals who were eating them.

I needed a larger sensory network to get the information I needed so I was dedicating some nutrients towards that goal. And since i was in a growing mood and information about who and what was around me was vital I started growing my sensory network around my original location as well.

That first predator who ate my mushrooms only passed by once in the time I started fucking around with other projects. And I guess once the fucker saw I wasn’t growing anymore mushrooms, they didn’t come back.

I mean why would they the only thing around me is my rotting log.

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I needed more sites to experiment with the chem mushrooms so I branched out from the second location and once I reached a good distance I would build a site with the accompanying sensory network.

I was kinda getting numb to the tickle-y sensations of the bugs. But to be honest I hope I find a compound that repels the insects soon. Predators might just eat those but at least I might get a few moments of peace.

But i think if I scare them off with my laxative chem mushrooms first from a location and then grow a repelling mushroom they’ll start avoiding the mushrooms I grow based on coloring alone.

You know in all my tinkering with mushrooms I wasn’t dedicating much of my nutrients towards contacting a tree. But it was also slow going because I wanted a free and clear pathway of mycelium since if I grew the contact point from say the mycelium from the hub and this didn’t work out a tree could easily decide to kill whatever was bothering its roots and kill that connection. Forcing me to grow another pathway towards the hub wasting some of my nutrients.

So no I really couldn’t do that.

The hub was where I was getting some if not all of my nutrients. I was still getting some from the log but I was practically wringing it dry with all the projects I was running.

Thank goodness I found a separate nutrient source.

I’d say maybe 80 more mini mushrooms and I’d start to find a tree to contact. Lets hope I find a friendly one.