Chapter 1397 – Getting Into Gear

Note: Going to retcon the Vestibule mutations, specifically the ones that allow him to turn Will into physical strength, since the altar allows him to do that, and he’s basically never used it.

It’s been a long time since I went on a mutating spree, and if the food keeps coming, there’s going to be a lot that I can do. Without hesitation, I dive into the menu and start looking for organs to upgrade.

There’s still a fair bit of work to be done to get myself fully mutated at +35 all around. My sensory organs, eyes and antennae, still need that final push to max out and it’s definitely worth investing in both. The +35 mutations have been stronger and more versatile than those that came before, so I’m sure they’ll prove exceptionally useful when applied to my senses.

First, let’s take a look at my eyes.

My eye mutations have been fairly pedestrian up to this point. They’ve been really useful, don’t get me wrong, but they’ve been very basic. In essence, all I’ve done is make my compound eyes really, really good. Each individual lens is capable of focusing, giving me incredible depth of vision, and my ability to track motion is excellent. The quality of each lens is also extremely good. Each of my eyes is comparable to a thousand human eyeballs, giving me incredible vision.

But that’s it. There’s nothing fancy there, no crazy, weird mana-related stuff or spirit vision. I just have super good eyes.

Which is great! Don’t get me wrong, I love it. Recalling back to the early days when I couldn’t see the tips of my own antennae when they weren’t moving sends shivers running through my carapace. I swore I’d improve my eyes until it became bearable, and I stuck to that promise. However, it’s time to look for some more esoteric and weird options.

Largely because I’ll be cashing in my eyes for a reset next evolution anyway. I’m tired of having these massive weak points in the middle of my head. My eyeballs are becoming diamond, or something even harder. The amount of trouble I’ve had in fights due to enemies attacking my eyes is nuts. With future sight and my reflexes, I can get around it, but having to constantly change the angle of my head to dodge is a pain in the thorax!

So, firm in the knowledge I can pick something weird without lasting consequences, I dive into the list looking for… interesting options.

And I find them. Oh boy, do I find them.

I’ve got no idea if these mutations have been here all along or only popped up now at +35, but my guess is on the latter.

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Do I want to see electrical energy? See thoughts?! How does that even work?! Future Sight is here too, which I’m fairly sure it wasn’t before. Antennae seem to get that early for some reason. Go, ants! Oh look, I could see intent. Which is different from thoughts. Somehow. I can see the dimensional weave if I want. Not sure what I’d do with it… but sure. I imagine Brilliant has that mutation, or something similar. There’s even mutations related specifically to the System, seeing ‘Dungeon Lines,’ whatever those are. This must be what Dungeon Seers do, or at least part of it.

After flicking through the lists for half an hour, the ones that seem most relevant to me are: future sight, gravity sight, intent and mana. There are several flavours of each, and the mutations tend to do more than one thing at a time at this level, so even narrowing it down to this amount still leaves me with dozens of choices.

For example: