Challenge #04339-K321: Extensive Measures

By the time help arrives, those that did not die in the crash are in very bad shape. Dangerously thin, even their Gyiik friend. What was the problem? Poisonous plants? Yes and no. Large plants were edible, but to get to them, one had to traverse the equivalent of a field full of miniature gympie-gympie, and they were right in the center of a massive meadow of them. Native animals were immune, humans and others? Not so much.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04298-k280-suspected-supply-issue -- Anon Guest

To be fair, they tried everything. Humans were ingenious when it came to solving problems. When confronted with the fact that the good food was on the other side of incredibly toxic plants, they got inspired by desperation. They tried using the hides of the native creatures. They tried jury-rigging equipment to excavate a path or at least kill the barrier into harmlessness.

They tried setting the offending plants on fire.

In desperation, after each attempt resulted in injury, toxins, or damage to important equipment, they tried using stilts to cross.

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