Chapter 1: Beneath the Verdant Veil Before dawn’s first light, the Viridian Sundew Grove exhaled phosphorescent haze: jade-tinted vines entwined with ruby creepers, their petals aflame with emerald dew. Crystal ferns unfurled like fractal lace alongside opal-infused boulders, while ghost-lantern mushrooms glowed beneath basalt ridges. Translucent leaf bats flitted through pollen-laden...