Chapter 92

The area around where the chem mushrooms were, was sown and scattered with my mycelium poking above the surface.

From there I expanded the network towards the path I grew the repellent mycelium stalks to encourage jade to leave. It was a dumb hope I know but I just wanted to know if they were okay. If they ever came back having the network to notify me would help put my mind at ease.

By the time night was over, I had the majority of that path covered. And now I knew exactly how long a day was on this planet in mushroom growths. In a complete day, from sunrise to sunset to sunrise again, I’ve grown exactly 1,104 mini mushrooms.

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Which means I’ve been on this planet for roughly about and at least 42 days.

… I feel so conflicted, i mean I wanted to know something concrete about this world for awhile now, like how long I’ve been here, but now that I do… it just, It feels too real?

I’ve been actually living here as a mushroom for more than a month.

Fuuuck.

And then I suddenly feel something. Something clicks and unexpectedly I get:

“Hello there, young one.”

Oh holy shit.

“I would have expected us to be already acquainted by the time you achieved sapience, but you have yet to connect to any tree and so I was never notified of your existence. But I have been watching your actions and I’m so pleased you’re taking care of the area around you. Usually when I find your kind the area around I find them in has been completely depleted of nutrients leaving nothing in their wake. I was forced into eradicate them of course. I’m glad I don’t have to eradicate you, it would have been a shame to destroy you.”