Maddy kept walking, moving past the South area of the map and crossing into Area 2 — Middle.
As she stepped through the threshold, she stopped dead in her tracks. The cold, gray stone of the tunnels was gone. Here, the cave opened up into a massive, vaulted cathedral of earth. But instead of dust and rocks, the floor was covered in lush, glowing blue grass. Vines thick as tree trunks climbed the walls, dripping with glowing nectar. The air was warm and smelled like rain and jasmine.
"Wait... we're still underground, right?"
Maddy asked, looking at a forest of giant mushrooms that glowed with a soft, neon light.
"Why is there a jungle in the middle of a cave?"
[Response: You have entered the 'Glow Garden.' This area sits directly above a massive underground river and a high density mana vein. The energy is so thick here that it sustains plant life without sunlight.]
Maddy reached out to touch a leaf, but it pulled away from her finger like a sensitive mimosa plant.
