Here, a bronze beasts line reigned supreme:
The mushrooms pulsed in warning when Ren detected the first trace: claw marks on the walls, so fine they seemed carved with diamond. Knowledge flowed revealing fragments about a new species: the Deep Assassins.
The Assassins were the true predators here.
Their bodies, long and segmented but with hyper-articulated elongated limbs, allowed them to move along walls and slip through narrow tunnels, while also being covered in vibration sensors that could detect the slightest movement through the rock.
Their bodies, a matte black that absorbed all light, made them practically invisible in darkness.
But most terrifying was their proboscis.
'Like a diamond sword,' Ren thought while examining one of the marks.