Chapter 6: Chapter 6 - Creating A Mimic
She sat down with her legs folded and focused on herself within.
She didn't need to do this in order to make a mimic— she just wanted to fully understand and experience it for herself since it was her first time.
She focused on what she wanted and activated her abilities.
Instantly her body and mind kicked into drive— it understood what she wanted and knew how to make it possible. It started to use the matter it had stored within her to create the body of the Mimic.
Her mind coded the DNA and other information that would be stored within the mimic she created.
A worker— a basic worker— it took a matter of seconds because of how easy it was, but with each passing second, you could see it forming.
Slowly a gooey liquid started to leak from her body and drop on the ground next to her— taking the form of what would commonly be attributed to a slime.
Once it was done she opened her eyes— feeling marveled at what she had just experienced.
It was insane.
Words simply couldn't be used to describe it.
It felt as if her body was melting and going to euphoric heaven.
Every part of her body— every single cell in her— felt at such blissful ease that she didn't want it to stop.
It felt great.
But it came to an end when the mimic was complete, causing her to open her eyes and release a soft sigh of relief.
'That was definitely not what I expected. I can see why they wanted to create such massive hives that they killed themselves over it. I hope I don't get addicted to that feeling.'
She knew her worries were unfounded since her body would adapt to become resistant to that as well as time went on, but she couldn't help but ponder.
Finally, she looked down at the creature before her— a mimic.
Her mimic.
Someone would call it a slime if they saw it— it definitely resembled one from the shows she saw in her past life— however, this one was semi-translucent and black in color.
It took this form for one simple reason— it didn't have a form of itself yet.
It was called a mimic for that very reason— they mimicked the forms of things that they have seen, or make new forms based on information they had.
That's what made them truly terrifying, because you can never tell them apart from other things if they wanted to do so.
It also aided them in conquering because then they can adapt to better suit any form of environment— be it aquatic, aerial, land, or even worse climates like fire and ice.
But what she needed right now was something simple but helpful in gathering.
She needed something small that could hide in the bushes of the forest, and fast so they can avoid prey that caught onto them.
An idea of a form that would work came to mind, a centipede-looking creature that was around the size of a rat but somewhat longer.
It had pincers for hands that it could use to harvest things.
With the idea clear in her mind— she connected mentally to the mimic.
The connection was already there— it would always be there— it was just in her subconscious because she had just formed it.
She could use this mental connection for all sorts of things, from sensing wherever they were, to seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and even tasting through them.
They basically acted as an extension of herself— should they gain something, she would too— should they eat something, she would too.
They were her and she was them.
So with the link strengthened and the image installed into the creature's coding, it instantly started to take form.
It broke down the stone and dirt around it to use as a body, taking mere minutes to take form because of how weak the material was.
And when it was done she was truly impressed.
It looked exactly as she imagined it, just more refined.
She couldn't help but smile at her first hive member.
The first of many to come.
Thoughts of the future were grand and all, but now wasnt the time to get distracted about a future that may never come if she acted foolishly, so she focused on the matter at hand.
She sent her command to the hive member, but it was more like a will.
It wasn't like she was commanding someone to do something in the sense of how humans did it, but rather it was like moving an extra body part.
It was that easy.
She ordered the mimic to go around the area using the bushes and tree line as a cover in order to harvest leaves, fruits, and other useful materials it might find.
She also ordered it to keep hidden from anything that might threaten it, anything that moved.
She ordered it to instantly run in a random direction if it was getting attacked.
The reason she chose a random direction was so it didn't lure the creature back to her location, and she would never lose the mimics because she could sense them no matter how far apart they were.
So, with the order in its coding— the creature started to harvest.
'It's really so amazing to look at, I can't help but marvel at it. Now, onto myself, what should it do?'
She didn't need to worry about collecting things to eat anymore because the mimic would do that, but she needed to start planning and executing those plans while she was here.
'Alright, let's take a rest for the night because it's rather late. First thing tomorrow I should explore the forest some more and see just how big it is— I need to see if humans had been to any other parts of the forest and it was just my part untouched, or if it's untouched in total.'
With an idea in mind for the next day, she decided it was time to take a rest. But sleeping on the ground would be too dangerous, so she decided to climb a tree.
The tree would help her avoid being attacked by any creature that couldn't climb it, and it was also a good vantage point to get a wide view.
While it was uncomfortable to lie down on, it was bearable, and she didn't care about comfort right now.
So slowly, she fell asleep.
Chapter 7: Chapter 7 - A Long Night
She was sleeping peacefully in the tree— well as peacefully as she could be sleeping in an uncomfortable position that is— when she suddenly heard a sound that woke her up from her sleeping position, shooting up in response.
Shortly after the sound that woke her up— came a shaking throughout the tree that almost caught her off-guard and knock her off from the branch she was on.
But thankfully, she reacted quickly enough and grabbed onto the branch tightly, keeping herself in place.
Quickly looking over the edge of the tree, she saw something barely moving around in the darkness of the light at the bottom of the tree.
She could barely make it out due to how dark it was, and her eyes hadn't adapted to the darkness yet because it didn't experience it enough.
But as the creature attempted to climb up the trunk of the tree she got barely a glimpse of it— yet it was all she needed to know what it was.
A large cat that was yellowish in color with black spots all over its body. So big in fact it was somewhat larger than her current small form.
Yet she knew what it was thanks to all the animal documentaries that mentioned it as a prime hunter in the forest— a jaguar.
A large wild cat that was known to hunt by blending in with the areas around them in order to sneak up on prey. They were also great climbers and enjoyed resting in trees apparently.
'God dammit.'
She said to herself in her mind with a sigh— she was annoyed naturally.
She wasn't annoyed that she was attacked— she wasn't even annoyed that she was attacked by a rather strong predator— she was annoyed that she was woken up.
Sleep was blissful.
It allowed her to clear her mind and give in fully to the instincts that flowed with her blood— relishing in the feelings that it entailed.
Being awoken was like being pulled from that bliss— it was annoying.
But she had a target to take it out on, the big cat before her.
While a jaguar was definitely not what she would hope to fight on her first night here, she would have to make due.
She would've preferred to fight something weaker, like a boar, or even something weaker than that, like a wild rat or something.
But with her physical capabilities already being above a normal human— she wasn't too worried.
That didn't mean she wasn't going to be cautious— overthinking one's capabilities and overlooking the opponent's chance was one of the easiest ways to lose a battle.
And lose a life.
She had no intention to do that, so she quickly tried to think up a plan.
She knew that the creature was prided for its agility and speed, especially its ability to jump from tree branch to tree branch, so she knew that staying in the trees wouldn't help her too much.
But it would give her a good vantage point while the creature attempted to climb up.
'I need a weapon, something to pierce its skin.'
While she was strong, piercing its skin would be problematic with her bare hands, especially with the fur that covered its body.
So a weapon was needed for her to have an easier time.
Unfortunately, she had nothing that would be a good weapon, so she would have to make due.
Looking around she searched for a branch that was thick enough to use as a weapon— but also one she could break off.
She found the perfect one a few inches above her, but reaching it would be a hassle. She would need to climb up higher in order to get to it, but the branches leading up to it were spaced out.
She was also worried about the creature leaping upwards as she was climbing and catching her off-guard— it would be very bad then.
'Fine, I'll do something I didn't want to risk doing.'
Her mind ordered the worker mimic that was part of her hive to stop what it was doing and return, which was easy since it wasn't too far away.
She then ordered the creature to move around quickly in the bushes around the area in order to draw the attention of the jaguar to it.
It was a risky tactic because this could lead to the jaguar destroying her only worker right now, but the loss wouldn't be higher even if she did lose it.
She would just need to eat some more.
Plus the gains were better— it would give her enough time to get to the branch.
'Come on you overgrown house cat, take the bait.'
She thought to herself as she watched the jaguar slowly shift its attention to the ruffling of the bushes around it.
'Great, now quickly.'
She quickly stood up and pushed herself up the tree with the strength in her legs, gripping onto the trunk with her hands hugging around it to give her a good grip.
She used this position to climb up the tree the best she could, quickly making her way up to where the branch was located.
It was a bit high, but she was able to reach it by stretching a little, so she didn't waste time climbing to the same height and instead stretched her hand up to the branch.
Breaking it off wasn't too hard thanks to her strength, but it did put a strain on her muscles to stretch and then use her strength to break something at the same time— making her hand feel somewhat weak.
'Thankfully it's still distracted.'
She could see the jaguar was still struggling with finding her worker through her connection with it. Splitting her mind like this was as simple as breathing to her— thanks to her hive.
She could also tell it wouldn't stay that way for long, since the creature was clearly getting frustrated with looking for something it couldn't find.
But with the weapon in hand, she was finally ready to attack it.
Hopeful she would even be able to kill it, which would allow her to devour it and adopt some of its traits.
Or if that didn't work she could just use its body to get mass.
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200+ Power
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