Chapter 50

I’m not feeling steps towards the water source.

Maybe the water isn’t staying above ground and is instead seeping underground?

I can’t imagine that’s it though most of my territory has been inundated with water and thus is muddy. I have been releasing water nonstop since the beginning with the sensory network which of course includes the direction of the water source…

Why am I assuming the water source reaches aboveground though? I just assumed since iv’e only seen rivers on the surface but who’s to say it isn’t subterranean? How would I even know for sure?

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

Grow more of myself layer by layer until I reach the surface and see if it I can continue to siphon off water? Not the most horrible idea I’ve had but the whole hub is fucked right now with how its fluctuating, my log is nearly exhausted, and has a slight problem of still being disconnected from the rest of me.

intermittent nutrient sources means no more fast grown mushrooms. Could I squeeze some nutrients from the log? Yes, but then it’d be completely tapped out and should I even devote the last of those nutrients to finding out whether the river is aboveground or not?

The direction of the water source lies on the opposite side of the fire so even if its not aboveground it’ll at least get it moving in the direction…

I just need the little bugger to move!

Wait.

i know I checked whether it was breathing and it was but what if after it collapsed the second time it stopped breathing?

Figures the second I give it a name the damn thing might be dead.

Fuck me.