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Gasping for air, you are forced to retreat from this seemingly impenetrable cloud of poisonous spores. For several minutes you claw your way blindly up the steep passageway until at last you reach a section where you can breathe more easily. You have survived, but you have been severely weakened by your encounter with a colony of deadly khloros fungi: lose 8 ENDURANCE points.

Unable to continue in your chosen direction, you turn around and reluctantly head back towards the fissure.

Turn to 332.

Text copyright © 1990 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1990 Brian Williams.