[Subnautica Below Zero and Subnautica Spoilers] How are there Void Chelicerate
Frankly, I might be stupid since its been a while since I have finished the game, but I'm just confused on the whole void thing. We know most of the planet is empty, from the POV of when Ryley leaves the planet seeing the two islands and the aurora followed by the Arctic region.
Surprisingly, the Arctic region is not that far from the crater when seen from that distance which probably explains alot of lore reason of how some life is alive at the Arctic since the enzyme doesn't have to go as far in the void. As we all know the Ghost Leviathan lives in this region. (probably headcanon from wiki) they grow up in the Lost River moving onto other open water regions as they grow and eventually move out of Crater's edge. And more head Canon I think, idk if its true, are filter feeders in the void as there is only microbial life in the void.
What my main question is, is how are there Void Chelicerate in Subnautica Below Zero when the Ghost Leviathans exist.
GL are filter feeders (maybe) which is why they are able to live in the void, the Void Chelicerate has no indication of being able to do this. In the VC data entry, it just basically states its a rarer mutation of the regular Chelicerate. Unless the VC ventures into the main land every so often there is no way it can live out in the void in the same amount as Ghost Leviathan.
Why have the Ghost Leviathan not in BZ when they are so close and can definitely make the swim. I really don't think temperature is a large issue when extremely deep oceans can be just as cold as Arctic water or void Arctic water.
The VC and the GL have to had interacted right? There's no way there is not a border that they overlap due to the regions being close. Or maybe, they respect each other's turf