Stepping inside, the tunnel was dark, wooden, and seemingly alive. If felt strange to think about being inside of a living plant, yet at the same time, it was relaxing. Regardless, I was happy to see that the tunnel did not go one for too long. A dim light could be seen around the corner.
Stepping out of the tunnel, I didn’t realize that the floor ended. I fell about ten feet, landing roughly on the ground. Thankfully I remained unharmed. I was starting to wonder if I was invincible. After brushing myself off, I looked around. I appeared to be in a large cavern. Small glowing plants decorated the cave, giving off a calming light. There were small structures everywhere, holding up platforms high above the cavern floor. Looking around, there were a few piles of boxes sitting in various corners of the cave.
Standing up, I walked over to the nearest one. Climbing the stacks of boxes, I tried opening them randomly. Many of them refused to relinquish their contents. When I was about to give up, one box opened easily. Looking inside, I found what appeared to be small guns. Picking one up, I aimed at the cavern wall and pulled the trigger. A beam of blue light shot out of it, hitting the wall and disappearing. Turning around, I tried firing a few more shots at various areas of the cavern.
When I tried to pull the trigger for a sixth time, it refused to fire. It seemed to be out of ammo. Tossing it to the side, I tried another gun. After five shots, it too gave out. It seemed as if each gun was only capable of five shots without being reloaded with more ammo. I grabbed a third gun and began to look around.
Many of the platforms were out of reach. If I wanted to reach one, I would have to push something nearby to give me a boost. Unfortunately, the lowest platforms were nowhere near the piles of heavy boxes. Scanning the platforms, I saw another box sitting on top of one. If there was only a way to knock it off...
Raising my gun, I fired a single shot at it. Just as I had hoped, the box slowly began to tip over and fall off the edge of the platform. With a crash, the box landed but thankfully didn’t break. Walking over to it, I tested its weight. It was a lightweight box, but it would hold several times my own weight. Climbing on it, I jumped and managed to reach the platform.
The next platform in the series was a short hop away. I managed to clear it easily, pulling myself up without any difficulty. This process continued for a while longer, leaping from platform to platform until I reached a pile of boxes against the wall. I carefully jumped onto the stack, walking around the edge of the cavern until I managed to jump onto the platform on the other side.
Down below, I noticed another strangely-colored patch of ground. Squinting to see it, I saw that was another wooden area, much like the one I had just come through. Sure enough, there was a cracked area in the middle. Now that I knew how to get out of the cave, how would I manage to break through this time?
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