《Supremus》 How Slime? Slime are simple creatures. Pysically and spiritually they operate on the level of a bit. 1 means go forward. 0 means stop. As the world dungeon needs simple creatures to fill it up, the top stratum is full of these. This is because the core of a slime only holds 1 gene, of which has only 16 characters. In short, a slime is a cell of giant proportions. This is why the traits of a slime also mimic this. As a slime only has one skill, mitosis. A skill allowing the user to split. Due to the entire species relying on this skill, natural adaptations have made this skill reach the maximum level at the start. This means every slime multiplies by five when they reach maximum level. Which in this case is five. Since every generation multiplies by five, the species can never really be killed, that is also why they are reared by some sentient creatures above the surface. Yet what happens when a slime has never had the genetic information passed down to itself, only knowing how to use biomass? That is where it starts to get intresting. ____________________________ Void, the definition of no purpose or existence, it''s warming yet it brings a sense of crushing hoplessness. The only thing to keep going is the light the blue boxes bring. Generation 0 ___________ At what point does a creature gain the ability to control what it does. Is it when they finally realized that they were the one behind the vision, that it was their body not the simple instincts controlling it. To a slime, nobody thinks about it, there is no reason to, for they have no control nor senses for them to even remotely be able to remember, let alone think. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. __________ [Status Slime Lv.1 State (1) Wandering Might 0 Cunning 0 Adaptations- None Skills- Mitosis Lv.5 Biomass 0-->1] [Would you like to purchase adaptations or use skill Mitosis Lv.5?] A glowing invader entered the abyss. It radiated information of which it never had before, deep within this creature it''s instinctual answer was chose the "skill" but due to a mutation it was supressed, it didn''t know what to do, for the first time it needed to do something. To Think Something. So it waited and waited until something happened. Long story short it didnt. During that time the instinctual part had caused it to find more of this "biomass" as each time it got one the same thing would happen, a new intruder would come and replace the old one, at this point it had 6 biomass, it didn''t''t even have the capacity the know what that meant but it seemed good, as it gave a way to distract it from the never ending void, and at that realization a miracle happened, __________ [Status Slime Lv.1 State (0) Resting Might 0 Cunning 0-->1 Adaptations- None Skills- Mitosis Lv.5 Biomass 1-->6] Something other than biomass gained a value, it was a true miracle! One thing that sparked it''s newfound curiosity was the state, before it was one yet now it is zero, it wanted it to be one, mostly because it always seems that biomass appeared when the state was set to that, it felt that was the correct state, why zero when you can be one, 0 simply had less value. Clearly this state was useless, it didn''t produce anything of worth! It felt insulted that this simple value was in peeing on what it wanted for it must be above the value zero, and turns out, after thinking really hard it changed values! It simply was better than zero and controlled it, if something dared to get in the way it would just thing really hard about it and it would go away, it had the power, no more waiting, It Was In Control Something else clicked in its tiny nucleus, what if it where to think really hard about the screens that distracted it? Could it also control them? So it tried and failed, it did nothing no matter what part of the blue it focused on, why not foucus on the symbols and focus it did, on all of them, with the luck it had it took the third to last word for it to do anything. [Would you like to purchase adaptations or use skill Mitosis Lv.5?] [Purchase Adaptations- Nucleus- +1,+2,+3 Cytoplasm- +1,+2,+3] It was proven, It was big brain. Ignorance Is Bliss [Would you like to purchase adaptations or use skill Mitosis Lv.5?] [Purchase Adaptations- Nucleus- +1,+2,+3 Cytoplasm- +1,+2,+3] What was this? Something new? It was obviously smart, above all. So as any being would do it went with the first option. [Adapt Nucleus to +3?] Sure champ! As wave of energy passed through it, everything went black. It awoke, everything in the void was clear, as if there once was fog that covered its mind. The only thing to prove that time had passed was the biomass meter which had increased from zero to ten, it didn''t even know that was possible! Apperently, adapting costed biomass related to the number that was displayed, to get to +4 it would need four biomass and so on. [Adapt Nucleus to +5?] Many yes! [Pick an adaptation,] The what? A list of many different options popped up, so many it didn''t know what half of them were, as a simple slime it chose a galaxy brain move, pick the first option. [Photosensitive Nucleus chosen, skill Mitosis Lv. 5 activated] Nea- Void __________ Generation 1 It awoke, diffrence this time, the fog that had once covered it''s mind was back, making its actions sluggish as well as a entire new sense of control, it saw. Not in high definition of course, but it was able to make out rough images of its surroundings, it was in a dark cavern with weird mushrooms, as well as many blobs, it itself was a blob. Another thing it noticed was four more of itself, almost identical copies, they surrounded it and acted almost the same as it, but more confused, as if they had none of its memories. In short, they were idiots. Stolen story; please report. This was a lot to take in, as with a new sense it gained a entirely new sense of control they was no longer a state section on its status. [Status Adapted Slime Lv.1 Might 0 -->1 Cunning 1 -->3 Adaptations- Photosensitive Nucleus +0, Cytoplasm +0 Skills- Mitosis Lv.5 Biomass 9 -->0 Summery, Due to mutations, this species of slime has adapted well to its situation, even adapting the ability to recognize light, giving it an advantage over competitors] New things yay, while the others were out doing something, it studied the wording of this summery, with words came knowledge, it would be the most knowledgeable Adapted Slime there ever would be! It also recognized that it''s adaptations were gone, but the main adaptation it chose was still there, it was obvious it was part of this Mitosis skill. It would leave that be as it studied the world around it. It looked for its new generation, as it called it. They were relatively easy to find from the unadapted Slimes, mostly because they would sometimes turn in direction, when the other Slimes would stay in one fixed direction. It also took note that it seemed to be in a big pit inside this cavern, the walls curved, as if to specifically stop Slimes from exiting. It kept track of time by keeping track of the roof, for every time a vein like trail pulsed, tiny mushrooms popped out of the ground, only to be consumed by Slimes at random, it also seemed like the new generation was picking things up fast, as they started to go near the mushrooms more and more often until they targeted them, it was also worth note that none of them split during that, just like it hadn''t when it first got biomass. They were obviously adapting their Cytoplasm because they were getting faster and bigger. It was also time to get biomass, Aproxamatly 4 pulses later, of which it called the light emitted from the vain. It decided to stop, it also noticed that only after 2 biomass did the option to use the skill Mitosis Lv. 5 appear, [Biomass- 10] Last time it didn''t notice, but now it felt overstuffed, as if it couldn''t even move. It tried to adapt to the situation by spending it on its Nucleus but something stopped it, [Warning, further adaptations to the Nucleus will create many unforseen mutations, for further adaptations, invest in the Cytoplasm] 10/10 would not do again. So as any sane species with a big brain it invited into its cytoplasm. [Adapt Cytoplasm to +4?] Yes, This feeling was diffrence, there was no blackout, it could only feel that its body was being thickened and expanded, by the time it stopped it was 4 times the size of a regular slime, unadapted that is. Since there was no reason to continue, it decided to see what happened to these mushrooms after more than one pulse, it noted that one mushroom produces .1 biomass, and started its researching career. First step was to choose a mushroom, as the newest generation had cleared it out, it waited for the next pulse. __________ Pulse 1, it found the perfect mushroom, five infact, they were in a cluster. Pulse 2, they seem to have grown, by consuming one it seems to have a biomass value of .2. Pulse three, they have grown again, their value in biomass has doubled again, even though their mass hasnt. Pulse three, the pattern continues, they are now worth 1 biomass, this is a great discover for my species, for overtime they amass more value. Pulse four, grew alto, they are not twice my height, their worth has followed this pattern and they are now worth 2 biomass, it is worth to note that the idiots of the new generation are crowding me, wanting to eat it, they have only adapted to plus 2, so I can easily hold them back. Pulse five, Big News, they started to radiate Light, after eating one they are worth 5 biomass, the remaining one, after half a pulse, released 10 miniature hard shelled blobs, which in the next cycle grew to be mushrooms. This experiment was a great sucess, as it proved that sincem mushrooms make more mushrooms, there should be infinite mushrooms! I also got biomass, [Biomass- 8.7] __________ It was also discovered that, after 10 pulses, a chamber open up on the side of the caver, after some Slimes entered, it closed. They were not seen again.