Thank stars you told me before I found out the hard way. I probably won't be going for a no-hit run, but I might still come back just for the gameplay. This might be my favorite game of yours gameplay-wise, the physics are really fun to work with.
The lore behind the maze is interesting, and it does make sense that something like this may have hid in the cargo and started infecting from there. I feel like I'd have to practice a lot more to consistently make it past all the slime at the start of the maze, but it's not as big of problem as I thought it was since there's only two main endings.