Karne enters the caves, but runs into some bats inside. After taking them out, he runs into giant spiders and bats after the cave widens. He begins to kill more bats and large spiders, but there are too many, and he starts to get injured. Before It becomes something serious, he retreats and regroups. He is not chased, and uses the opportunity to plan further exploring.
Beyond the newly killed spiders and bats the cavern widens and a large chamber with natural light and a central energy dispersal area looks back. This is an unknown phenomenon. On Earth, this would have been artificial, but here, it could be natural. There are exits from this giant chamber, and Karne decides to skip the scientific analysis for now to focus on exploring this cave and being safe.
Both exits lead to the same tunnel and Karne continues to explore. While the naturally illuminated cavern is a good spot to rest the night, the presence of giant spider creatures leads him to believe that further explorations are necessary for his safety.
Another pack of bats and some more of the 20 centimeter long spiders attack and he takes them down. The cave widens again into another giant cavern and snakes appear. They are fairly large. While they have a superficial resemblance to cobras, their coloration is different and they aren’t the same. They have two tails - a bit odd. All of the snakes are killed and Karne grabs the bodies of two and moves back to the first cavern.
After double checking to ensure that there are no issues with snakes, bats or spiders Karne moves to inspect the energy dispersal. It is occurring at a regular pattern, which is unusual. After inspection, it appears to be mechanical in nature. He can’t tell where the electricity goes, but the slot in the ground shows it is manmade. Or sapient-made rather.
The cobra-ish creatures are skinned and gutted. Exposing a flammable object to the energy discharge lights it on fire, and he has one burning quickly. He cooks the snakes, fire hardens the top of his spear, and drinks from a dripping wall to one side of the cavern, where water filtered and cleaned by the bedrock tastes clean.
He considers the planet he is on. There have been many theories explaining that under similar circumstances, similar evolutionary tracks may be followed at times. Clearly, this is a likely candidate for a Class M planet, and snakes, spiders and bats appear similar to those on Earth. The spiders were a lot larger, and the bats both larger and aggressive towards humans. The snakes were not exactly like those on Earth. There is differentiation, but also a lot of similarly. The rocks here are sedimentary ones, but the structure of one of the main ones is different than the ones he knows. Another is limestone, and that‘s an interesting fact. The planet has similar grass, but yellower, similar snakes, but with two tails, and similar rocks. In the area he has explored, it certainly is similar to Earth in some ways.