[YOU-ARE: INSIDE-MY-BODY.]
[LEVEL-TWELVE: TESTS-WHETHER-YOU-CAN-NAVIGATE-LIVING-SYSTEM-WITHOUT-KILLING-HOST.]
[DAMAGE-ME: TRIAL-FAILS.]
[REACH-HEART-CHAMBER: TRIAL-SUCCEEDS.]
[MY-IMMUNE-SYSTEM: WILL-NOT-STOP-TRYING-TO-ELIMINATE-YOU.]
[THIS-IS: BY-DESIGN.]
"So we have to climb 147 meters," Yoo said aloud, "while being chased by immune cells, without damaging anything, in—" he checked his internal clock, "—43 minutes?"
[AFFIRMATIVE.]
"That's—"
[IMPOSSIBLE-FOR-MOST. THAT-IS-WHY: FEW-REACH-LEVEL-THIRTEEN.]
Squelch-squelch-LUNGE.
A phagocyte attacked—SPLASH—trying to engulf Han.
She dodged—roll-TUMBLE—barely avoiding contact. The phagocyte's pseudopod slammed into the wall—SPLAT—and immediately the wall reacted.
PULSE-PULSE-ALARM.
The entire chamber convulsed—SHAKE—and new sounds emerged:
WAIL-WAIL-WAIL.
An alarm. Biological alarm. The Spire's pain response.
[WALL-DAMAGED: -1-POINT-FROM-TRIAL-SCORE]
[ACCUMULATED-DAMAGE-BEYOND-THRESHOLD: TRIAL-FAILS]
