No one had expected this group of Mysterious Creatures, who had theoretically just hatched, to be so destructively inclined. By the time we noticed, the little fellows had already begun digging a hole in the floor with tightly coordinated teamwork. Apparently, after discovering that the Holy Light Barrier around them was too sturdy to break through, they had decided to dig their way out. More than a dozen little ones formed a circle in the middle and dug furiously at the floor, while the others lined up outside to carry the excavated debris away. And the tools they used for digging and hauling debris were...
Their eggshells.
When I saw that, the corners of my mouth went stiff. They would not even twitch. These little guys were waving around the eggshells stuck to their bodies as tools, and sturdy building materials were being chipped apart, dust and debris flying everywhere, by things that should theoretically have been fragile calcified matter. I could only credit Little Crow for it: thanks to her egg-hatching—or rather, charging—the eggshells were probably tougher than Interstellar Alloy by now. Just think about what Ding Dang's lollipops were like after she had chewed on them.
Taking advantage of her body's nature, Anweina immediately sank into the floor and passed through the wall into the basement. A moment later, her head popped back up. "Great, Master, they haven't dug through yet. I reinforced the ground with a Holy Light Barrier."
The little creatures digging the hole had clearly noticed the change as well. Their eggshells had run into a hard barrier made of the same material as the surrounding walls. Although the underground barrier was weaker than the ones around them, it was still not something these four-inch-tall little things could deal with. So after a heated debate,