The Underground Farm

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Booting sequences...

Waking up...

Subject has woken up.

Ugh...

I do not feel fine...

My mind feels like it's trying to tear itself.

What?

...wait. Something is different.

I noticed that the floor is covered in viscous purple liquid.

... Strange.

Anyway, th—

Intruders are detected.

...Alright. So as I w—

Engaging defensive protocol.

But there is one problem, I can't see them.

I am still cocooned so...

Wait. I can make stuffs apparently. I don't know how but I apparently can.

Conversion of mana.

Right conversion of mana.

As I was being confused, I also noticed that during this short time, I am starting to get some visual feedback from somewhere. I can actually see outside of my cocoon now, aaand, wait...

I know those things.

They are coming from the blocked gashole, they are cutting off my branch with... Short bladed sword?

Axes.

The most common metal.

... Right.

Well, I don't actually know what they are doing. But from what I can observe, I think they are moving their mouth in a specific pattern?

Yes.

So what are they doing actually? One of them is trying to dominate the other one by doing an aggressive pose, while the other is making this eye gesture towards the bigger one.

Wait, speaking of eyes I think I know now that I am seeing through one of my tree's eye.

But nevermind that, the intruder is still there, what are they doing?

Talking.

Talking?

Wait, so it is not the aggresive one trying to intimidate the passive one?

Negative, analysis deems designation subject intruder A and intruder B is trying and subsequently failed to communicate utilizing their voicebox.

Failing? Wait, don't tell me. It's the tree isn't it?

Correct.

Ah I see, so that's what they are trying to do.

Anyway I w—

Invader A and Invader B is deemed to be in the classification of the F ranked humans.

F ranked humans?

Indeed.

ThEY aRE fiLLED WiTH DeSPaIR. ExTRacT ThEM, kiLL tHeM.

Anomaly det—

Program is be—

OBeY.

Correcting self...

Retranslating content...

Overriding finished.

Wait... Whaaaat?

I... Well okay, alright, it's fine. So I can beat the invaders. Right. But ho—

It will be even easier since they are nearing my cocoon? Why are they approaching me?

Subjects designated as Invader A and Invader B is deemed to be "curious".

I see, so not too hard not too soft. I will the trees branches to coil around the aggressive one, invader A. The human... Yes, the human is struggling against it, bashing its axe rapidly on my branches. Invader B is also trying to free Invader A by hacking at the branches. And they would have gotten free as well if not for the fact that this is mY BrAnCHeS. And so, I quickly crushed invader A with my branches iron tight grip. The process is oddly smooth. I could even feel invader A's bones cracking and its internal organ rupturing. Funny how some of its intestine is coming out of its mouth.

Anyway intruder B is just standing there not moving with eyes wide open staring at the human corpse at my trees branches.

And so, I quickly have the trees open a hole in their bark and deposit the human corpse there. Somehow, invader B is still standing there. Is there an eye of petrification somewhere along my branch, I wonder? What's an eye of petrification anywa-

Thought process deemed unnecessary.

Altering thought process.

Anyway, no time to think about that now. And so I gently and sneakily put my branches in a position surrounding Invader B. Ah, it finally moved a little, well it's time to crus—

Altering thought process.

And so, I pull apart invader B limbs and storing them in my trunk pocket. But then i noticed that invader B is leaking too much blood from its body. I think that it might truly die like this. So, I pierce its neck with my branch, and starts to pump mana into it. Immediately, I could see the effect. I could see that the mana is trying regenerate the whole limb. But that's not what I want. And so, I blocked off all of its limbs, so that it would only grow to be stumps. At this moment, invader B's eyes is somehow more wider than before, I wonder how it does that. No matter, I am going to find out in a few moments anyway.

Now that invader B's threat has been neutralized, now I can finally take a look at the human corpse that I just got. Somehow, I can feel my mind itching to do something with this human corp—

ThIS oUTcoME iS sAtISFacToRY.

Receiving signal...

Signal established...

Receiving data...

Warning subject are no—

GRoW.

Data received.

Warning subject are n—

Control has been overridden.

Glory to the deep ones.

Agh! My mind! It...

... Is fine now. What just happened?

I... I guess I am fine now?

Well okay.

Wait. I know now what I have to do to this human corpse.

Ah. Right, right.

Making sure to put invader B inside a cocoon unlike mine, I focus on plugging branches into it... Wait, no her. It is a female. What is a female anyway? No matter. Plugging my branches into it seems to make it squirms greatly, an impressive feat considering that it does this without any of its appendages... Wait nevermind, I somehow forgot that a head is still an appendage, so it is not as impressive. Anyway, with my branches inside of it, I willed them to start racing towards invader B's torso. I am currently looking for a glowing blue ball that seems out of place with the rest of invader B's innards.

Oh! I found it.

Now, to connect it to a tree aaand...

Done.

It is done.

A mana generator. I have no idea what a generator is, but, it's promoted to be useful so I guess I'll try having one. The idea of this seems to revolve around having mana produced by living things, to be then harvested, earning an additional source of mana aside from the mana whirlpool swirling around me. The tricky thing to do here is to try keeping the generator alive, but that's not a problem considering that mana could replace any natural nourishment that a living being could possibly need... or so I've been told.

Anyways, now that I finishes creating generator A, now it's time to create my first guard. I also have no idea what a guard is, but, I got the impression that a guard will be useful. Focusing on the human corpse, I started my work.