"What on earth is... this..."
High above the Bloody Racetrack, special correspondent Shou Margot glided by on her hoverbike. The camera mounted on the back of the bike automatically rotated and focused down on the road surface.
The once vast and flat desert was no longer distinguishable, as bright-colored plants had taken over the area.
Soft Lichen Moss covered the sandy rocks in large patches, blending with the fluffy mycelium.
The green ferns, more modest in height, spread their triangular leaves, swaying in the wind.
The fungal organisms showed the most noticeable variation in size, ranging from a few centimeters tall saprobic slime molds to giant mushrooms growing as tall as trees and flourishing.
The air was thick with the stench of rot, tinged with a potent, sickly sweet after-smell.
It was as if this place was no longer a normal world, but rather the surface of a pulsating, alien, and unknown living planet.
