Chapter 255

Chapter 255: Watch Me Make You Bloom!

"Hmph, only the slow-witted act before they speak."

"The sharp-minded scheme long before uttering a word!"

Agareth took the form of an elderly sage, leisurely playing chess.

The game resembled international chess as he moved pieces with practiced grace, locked in a phantom match against an imagined void opponent.

Beside the chessboard stood a seemingly empty glass jar.

Yet within it drifted a faint, almost imperceptible wisp of "smoke".

The powerful Chaos Demon God studied the intersecting lines of the chessboard as though surveying the entire "Quagmire Universe".

"You are truly wise, Giant God—vigorous and ambitious."

He rubbed his withered chin while clutching a pawn, admiration coloring his words for this "void opponent".

"Rustle—!"

The deity’s thoughts materialized into fluttering papers that drifted downward.

Tiny script densely covered each sheet.

They chronicled nearly every action of the "Giant God".

Had Trilobite seen these "records", he would surely have thought—how could this be called documentation?

So many crucial details omitted—unworthy of being called a "record"!

Nevertheless, these testimonies from survivors, combined with intelligence from Xidi and the "blood octopus Outer God", formed the foundation of Agareth’s strategy.

"I chose you as my opponent not from underestimation, Giant God."

"But because you are a formidable existence deserving my personal attention."

"Witness these successive glorious victories!"

"These thoroughly suppressed Bubble Worlds."

"This terrifying growth curve rising like a cobra’s strike."

"Even I might fail to replicate such achievements."

"But…"

"All things have two sides."

"While riding high on success and charging ahead, have you noticed the dangers at your back?"

"Naturally, this isn’t your failing."

"The vigor of youth is inevitable."

"Nor should victories breed contempt for your foes."

"We too are learning."

As he spoke, Agareth gently touched a cluster of "slime mold" beside him.

Though merely a projection, it faithfully rendered every intricate detail!

It resembled the blob of "slime mold" that Trilobite created, which could slowly corrode the Fantasy Tree of Subspace in both form and structure.

However, this "chaotic slime mold" was a different color—it was a very nasty dark red.

It looked like the color of rotting flesh.

It wasn’t clear or shiny; on the slime-like, semi-fluid body, there were many rough bumps.

In short, it truly lived up to the word "chaos."

But its true name was not "chaotic slime mold," but a much more terrifying one—"Chaotic Curse!"

"That woman, Lady Xidi, talks tough, claiming I cannot defeat the Giant God."

"And it seems she doesn’t want me to succeed either."

"Still, under my pressure, she gave up the work she poured her heart into making."

"These ‘small things’ can slowly eat away at the Crystal Walls from both inside and out."

"Even better, this corrosion is very sneaky; before it finishes, the Crystal Walls will show almost no signs."

"If the ‘Will of the Bubble World’ is busy with other things, it won’t notice this corrosion."

"This is a foolish Will of the World."

"It actually focuses on tending that useless ‘Reversal World Tree’ instead of watching the Crystal Walls."

"Right…?"

He tilted his head a bit, looking at the empty bottle by the chessboard.

"Bang—!"

"Thud—!"

The wisp of smoke swirling in the chessboard suddenly got angry, wildly bunching up and banging against the bottle walls.

"Useless, you can’t get out…"

"This bottle is an artifact I made myself, able to trap the Will of the Bubble World."

"It is part of my body."

"Unless I am destroyed or say yes, nothing can open it."

Yet, that wisp of smoke kept at it…

"Thud!"

"Bang!"

Maybe it didn’t want to escape; it just wanted to let out its rage.

"What do you know!"

The being in the bottle cursed angrily.

"That tree…"

"It is a gift from Him!"

"It is my treasure!"

"You…"

“Miss Themis, stop being stubborn.”

Agareth kept taunting.

“Whatever excuses you make, it’s undeniable that your negligence let the Crystal Walls keep corroding.”

“Urk…”

Miss Themis whimpered like a beaten dog, sinking to the bottle’s bottom in despair. Her color faded from pale gray to the ghostly white of cigarette ash.

“Once the corrosion builds up enough…”

“Pop—!”

Agareth mimed an explosion.

“Instant collapse!”

“The moment the Crystal Walls shatter, I’ll strike with thunderous force. I’ll seize control before the Will of the World reacts! My mighty servants will disguise everything as normal and build a hidden landing site!”

“By the time the Giant God returns, His lair will be rubble.”

“Then…”

He pictured it—the Giant God returning to His "lair" only to find utter ruin, leaving Him utterly devastated.

“No god could endure such loss!”

When that moment came…

The catastrophic damage and shock would rattle the deity’s very Soul!

He’d be at His most broken, His most defenseless!

“Meanwhile, I’ll lie in wait on a Fantasy Tree of Subspace near Themis, biding my time.”

“Then…”

“Deathblow!”

“The Giant God falls!”

Agareth marveled at his own cunning plan!

—-

While Agareth treated the chessboard as the whole “Quagmire Universe,” plotting the Giant God’s movements…

Trilobite hesitated.

“Hmm…”

He stared at the cluster of red dots on the mini-map.

“So much prey!”

“This swamp’s truly abundant.”

“And most food’s gathered in…”

“The canopy layer!?”

"Hmm…"

"Interesting."

As he pondered, Trilobite began craving food again.

His hunger nearly made him forget his original purpose.

Fortunately, he soon recalled why he’d come.

"Oh dear, didn’t I need to return to Lake Themis to cheer up my tsundere customer service lady?"

"What should I do now?"

Food on one side, a woman on the other.

"Hmm…"

"Maybe I should find somewhere near ‘Themis’ to eat."

"I’ll grab a meal while checking on… wait no, visit Miss Themis while grabbing food!"

"Ah, killing two birds with one stone!"

"But before that…"

Trilobite reflected on his rather barren dating experiences from his past life…

"Seems girls don’t care much for meaningful gifts like Trilobite fossils or Canglong teeth fossils that symbolize eternity and glory."

"They prefer fleeting things like flowers instead."

"Hmm…"

"Miss Themis’s personality seems similar to those girls I met before."

"Probably she’d also enjoy assigning unnatural, whimsical meanings to ordinary things—calling it ‘flower language’ and touching their own hearts."

"So…"

Trilobite decided to gift her flowers!

"And it must be a surprise!"

"Girls all love surprises!"

He promptly opened the System to inspect his spawn.

Truthfully, Trilobite was an irresponsible "boss" who never even glanced at his spawn.

This marked his first proper examination through the System.

"Hmm…"

"Spiny fish, Spiny Shark, Trilobite, Trilobite Mantis, plus ‘Unnamed 1,’ ‘Unnamed 2’…"

"Ah, got it—probably microscopic organisms invisible to the eye."

"Since I can’t see them, I can’t identify them, hence unnamed."

"Hey! Columnar fungi? Slime mold?"

"These count too?"

"Ah! Right!"

"Found it!"

Trilobite’s gaze locked onto one creature—Cork Wood.

"You’re the one!"

"Watch me turn you into a flower!"