Chapter 36

As I waited I kept feeling the stalky mushroom bend one way then the other.

Time passed by and I started thinking over some things.

After mulling over my situation a bit I think I was a tad naive to assume I knew where the fire is and the direction it’s moving solely based on the direction the wind is blowing.

Think about it, if the wind blows in a northerly direction the fire could also be coming from the north. Pushing the fire towards me. Same goes with all the cardinal directions. Why would I assume the fire was coming from opposite direction of where the wind blows?

The fire could be coming from anywhere. Heck it could be coming from all sides, so that no matter where the wind blows the fire will burn me.

The stalky mushroom is without a doubt gaining me valuable data but it won’t do me a lick of good if I use it stupidly.

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I need to know where the fire is before relying on the wind for information.

I thought I could be smart about it too and reinforce and saturate the area with more water before the fire makes its way towards me.

No doubt my sensory network will detect the fire before it even reaches any one of my mushrooms.

And it was.

But not from where I was expecting. With how big the sensory network around my log and the testing sites was I just assumed I would feel the fire encroaching my territory from there.

But the truth was the sensory network around the foreign mushroom I was connected to started to detect something.

The temperature was rising there. Which was not something I thought mushrooms were actually capable of detecting.

But it wasn’t like how I remember sensing temperature back as a human.

What I felt was the feeling that it was easier to grow more of myself there than back near and around my log.

I did remember hearing that growing mushrooms did better under slightly higher temperatures. Actually I think I heard that mentioned in the last of us tv show.

That growth trend has a steep decline after a certain point I’m assuming because I think I’m starting to approach it.

What’s worst?

I wasn’t even directing water towards this location. It was too far out and starting that now would be a lost cause. Remember how long it took to direct nutrients here?

I guess I’ll have to go through this portion of hardship without water to help discourage the fire from burning me up.

This is gunna be a bitch to go through.