Ethan was perusing the menu and viewed his stats.
Ethan
Species: Cheiracanthium inclusum (swarm queen)
Gender: Female
Power level 5
Strength: 70
Agility: 60
Intelligence: 70
Luck: 45
Vitality: 100
Mutations:
Mandibles +5
Legs +5
Webbing +5
(mind control) Venom+5
"Okay instead of just upgrading things as I please, I need to think about this. Essentially I need to make a build and stick with it. Being as I went with the swarm queen evolution. I should go ahead and build around that. So what parts of my body benefits that, I need to be bulkier for sure! So I'll bulk up my carapace as well as pick mutations for my other body parts now. Then I can focus on my body parts that make my swarm-lings"
With that path in mind Ethan got to work. First I'll upgrade my carapace to lvl 5 which will cost 60 mutogene in total. As Ethan made his selection a menu popped up for mutations for the carapace. "Let's see, self repairing... explosive?? Thorn-ed? Oh here we go! Camouflage! I could be a burrowed siege engine of death... camouflage it is." While looking at his stats he realized that he hadn't chosen mutations for his mandibles, legs and webbing. So for legs he went through the list and chose armored legs, and mandibles he looked through the list for a long time. Eventually stopping to think what he wanted to go for. "I want something with options for both close range and medium range... sparking mandibles? Mandibles that spark when they are snapped shut, if sprayed with your acid bile it will create a flame jet... yes please!" Last but not least the webs. After looking through the list, he came across paralytic webs and had to have them.
Now for things that build around my swarm-lings. This will be expensive as I'm adding new organs to my existing swarm-ling build. Ethan looked through the menu and found the swarm-ling hatchery and upgraded it to plus 5 as well as the swarm-ling ducts which is what they come out of.
For the hatchery mutation Ethan found what he wanted pretty quickly with the rapid incubator upgrade and the ducts mutation he chose compressed ducts which can fire the swarm-lings almost like bullets, each costing 60 to get to level 5.
"Okay! I should be good for now!" With that Ethan placed his choices as he felt himself fall asleep. His stats now looked like this.
Ethan
Species: Cheiracanthium inclusum (swarm queen)
Gender: Female
Power level 5
Strength: 70
Agility: 60
Intelligence: 70
Luck: 45
Vitality: 100
Mutations:
(sparking)Mandibles +5
(Armored$Legs +5
(Paralytic)Webbing +5
(mind control) Venom+5
(Rapid) swarm-ling hatchery +5
(Compressed) swarm-ling ducts+5
Remaining mutogene 480
Ethan woke up shortly after and marveled at how big he was now, not only that but with his new upgrades he is much more beastly than before.
Ethan burst out of the ground and began walking to where he could hear sounds of fighting.
Ethan crept up as much as he could onto the scene in front of him. There was a clearing full of monster corpses that made Ethan drool a little. Plus 4 giant monsters fighting over everything.
One looked like a T. rex but with barbs all over it and it seemed to be spitting poison. Which Ethan named Spitty for time saving purposes. Then there was a giant... bat? That seemed to use sound from his attacks that Ethan saw.
He will be named Old Yeller. Then a giant crab that seemed to shoot giant pressurized jets of water which shall be named Super Soak-er and last but not least a giant praying mantis that can shoot blades of air by closing and opening its blades rapidly so I'll call him Dyson. "I bet I could take them. But why hop in the middle of that when I can.... help things along. "
First let's take a look at his stats to see what I am working with here.
Concussion Bat
Strength :40
Agility: 80
Intelligence: 30
Luck:15
"Yeah I was right, he is extremely agile. He dies first, the others will be easier to take down."
With that, Ethan began shooting webs all over the clearing basically surrounding spitty, old yeller, super soaker and dyson. Then began shooting webs over head to lock down the flyer. Once that was done Ethan used his camouflage and moved a good distance away and lined up his first shot. He loaded up 5 swarm-lings and aimed for the old yeller as he was the most mobile. "Time to go to the pound!" As he compressed them further and further until he could not anymore and fired!
Old yeller heard... something but he was busy with his fight. Which really sucked for him as he was impacted by what felt like giant rocks! But those rocks started burrowing and biting into him enraged he broke off from the fight and took off into the air. Or... he tried to but he hit the webs that were in the air and became tangled in them and shortly after became paralyzed as the swarm-lings feasted on him.
Super soaker and spitty and dyson were too enthralled In their fight to go looking for what attacked the old yeller... Their mistake.
Ethan lined up another 6 shots and compressed them down until he couldn't anymore and fired! They impacted spitty and it actually insta-killed him as it hit it in the throat and nearly took his head off. Of course dyson and super soaker were pretty stunned but then they decided that they should finish their fights! Dyson launched out several air waves at the super soaker and it sliced chunks out of his armor. Super soaker retaliated by shooting a stream of compressed water and nearly slicing Dyson's arm off.
"Okay now is the time" Ethan burrowed closer and loaded up several more swarm-lings and fired! They each impacted super soaker and dyson knocking them down as the swarm-lings began feeding. They roared with rage and pain as they looked to see where the shots came from seeing... nothing until they see more swarm-lings being shot at them! They tried to move, they really did but their fight plus being pulverized like that took its toll. They took the swarm-ling to the face and were essentially killed instantly. With that done Ethan walked out and he and his swarm-lings began feasting on the carcasses of all the monsters. A massive windfall for sure.