Chapter 317
by fanqienovelChapter 317: My Microorganisms Spawn Unexpectedly Underwent Differentiation
“Hmm… so much Chaos Energy… I’ll spend some first.”
“After all, I can’t gather it all immediately.”
Trilobite stared at the System panel, eyeing the five hundred thousand Chaos Energy, and shook his head.
Hoarding energy unused while dreaming of unleashing a big move was misguided.
Everyone knew saving money in banks wouldn’t make you rich; true wealth required earning more and spending less!
“But cutting expenses? Never. Not in this lifetime.”
Trilobite now commanded vast resources—not just animal spawns and plant spawns, but also microorganisms spawns and even fungal spawns.
He’d gathered representatives from every major category across the biological world.
“Investing in these spawns and symbiotic creatures isn’t wasteful. They’ll repay me later.”
“Surprisingly, my greatest Chaos Energy returns didn’t come from those symbiotic creatures—it came from the microorganisms.”
“So funding them? Totally worth it!”
“Therefore—”
“Huh!?”
Trilobite tapped the System panel and froze. His microorganisms spawn had split into distinct variants!
【Microorganism Community 1: Attack and Slaughter Type 2.】
【Microorganism Community 2: Multifunctional Probiotic Conditioning Type. (Convertible to Slaughter Type 1 under specific conditions)】
“Well then…”
“Honestly, the second one sounds more acceptable…”
The "Multifunctional Probiotic Conditioning Type" basically meant probiotics—microbes like yeast, probiotic bacillus, butyric acid bacteria, lactobacillus, and bifidobacteria. They regulated the digestive tract’s environment, aided food fermentation for better nutrient absorption, and similar functions.
But the "Attack and Slaughter Type 2" microbes? Downright terrifying.
These didn’t just assist digestion—they acted like immune cells…
“Any precedents for this?”
“Uh…”
“Actually, yes.”
“Though… it’s sketchy.”
That sketchy precedent was "bacteriophage therapy."
Bacteriophages are viruses targeting bacteria. While lethal, each phage specializes in one or few bacterial strains, ignoring others and body cells.
Unlike antibiotics—which would rather kill a thousand than let one escape—phages spared non-targets.
Antibiotics often wiped out half the gut’s bacteria while eliminating pathogens. Phages avoided this with their precision.
Yet decades later, phage therapy remained a "potential" antibiotic alternative—never widely adopted clinically. Perhaps medical rigor or inherent flaws hindered it.
This therapy was first applied in livestock farming and aquaculture, achieving fairly good results.
Thinking of this, Trilobite’s thoughts became clear.
"Ah, right."
"It seems bacteriophages can be found in some animals’ intestines too."
"This indicates bacteriophages might indeed be part of certain animals’ immune systems."
"And since they’ve shown good results in livestock and aquaculture…"
He reflected on what he’d witnessed since crossing into this world.
"Everything I’ve encountered has been either livestock or aquatic creatures!"
"Even I’m livestock myself!"
"Perfect for using on them, hehe."
"Great then, let’s add some enhancements."
"Wow, this is pricey!"
Trilobite checked the "STEAM Evolution Mall" and saw upgrades for "microorganisms spawn" started at one hundred thousand units of Chaos Energy!
"Ah, that makes sense."
"After all, whether upgrading myself or those symbiotic creature ladies, it’s upgrading just one individual."
"But upgrading ‘microorganisms spawn’ is different."
"Who knows how many billions of bacteria need upgrading?"
"I’ve heard humans host about one hundred trillion microorganisms!?"
"Considering that, spending one hundred thousand seems worthwhile!"
"Alright then, let’s proceed."
After spending two hundred thousand units of Chaos Energy on two upgrade projects for his microorganisms spawn variants, Trilobite shifted his focus elsewhere.
"So next…"
"Your turn!"
"Fungal spawn!"
Fungi—countless mushrooms, large and small, visible and invisible, edible and poisonous!
Their evolved traits are incredibly diverse and promising.
Many evolutionary adaptations even terrify humans, inspiring numerous sci-fi creations.
"No fancy experiments this time."
"You’re the one!"
—-
While Trilobite shopped for his spawns, Valaharl’s battlefield shifted.
This time, multiple core councilors of chaos were launching attacks.
The Twentieth Seat Busong, the Twenty-First Seat Morax, the Twenty-Second Seat Inbos, the Twenty-Fourth Seat Nabelis, the Thirty-Ninth Seat Mapa, the Forty-First Seat Fgalor, and the Forty-Sixth Seat Bifron had all arrived.
Leading them was Barbatos and his ally Walifer.
He held the Sixth Seat in the Chaos Council, and he was one of the core councilors of the Core Council of Chaos!
Seven core councilors plus one core council member—this lineup…
Not even besieging a lone Ether Dragon demanded such force.
With so many Chaos Demon Gods waging this war, the resources they could muster were beyond measure!
Though the Death Legion war organization repelled the first assault, that attack was only meant for probing and scouting.
It even carried a hint of…
Luring the enemy away!
“Foolish mortals!”
“Foolish ‘Will of the Bubble World,’ did you truly believe this was the full extent of our power?”
“Did you imagine we Chaos Demon Gods knew nothing of Valaharl’s interior weakening chaotic Magic Power?”
“We cracked that secret long ago!”
Crouched on a platform built by etheric serpents hauling mud, Walifer narrowed his eyes, monitoring the battle through his scattered spies.
“The true fight starts now!”
“Let us give you a surprise!”
“Twisted, greedy roots of the Fantasy Tree of Subspace! Burst forth!”
Amid the Chaos Demon Gods’ frenzied roars…
“Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!”
Deafening tremors shook Valaharl’s core.
Roots of the Fantasy Tree of Subspace erupted one after another.
They shredded Valaharl’s painstakingly repaired Crystal Walls into swiss cheese while hurling endless demons through every breach!
A tidal wave of demons instantly drowned all surface cities.
But worse was yet to come.
“Boom—!”
The roots barely surfaced before sprouting violently.
Structures resembling volcanic vents—yet far more elongated—shot upward. More than craters, they resembled open-topped aerial roots.
“Fwoosh—!”
“Hiss—!”
Thick, filthy crimson smoke gushed from their openings.
It billowed across Valaharl’s skies.
Within moments, half the world vanished beneath spreading banks of “Chaos Clouds.”
Although the Giant Pillars kept emitting golden light specks, they could only neutralize at most.
“Ha ha ha ha…”
Walifer watched as the demons swept through the city, starting round after round of brutal slaughter, and laughed with pleasure.
“The Giant God is nothing special.”
“Our plan was so successful!”
Walifer was an extremely brutal demon god, and his aim was not only to destroy Valaharl but also to slaughter every life in the Bubble World before ruining Valaharl completely!
The diversion tactic used an advance team to distract the Chosen Warriors, luring them to a set area.
Then, chaotic demons charged into the cities and began a massacre!
“True, the Chosen Warriors made by the Giant God were strong, able to match mid-level demons. A small team could kill high-ranking demons.”
“But your numbers are too few!”
Valaharl was the recruitment world for the Death Legion war organization.
And the Death Legion only recruited native Valaharl people.
This limited the Death Legion’s size in theory, but since Valaharl people had no parents and were all born in culture dishes, recruitment could be tailored as needed.
However, high failure rates in the “membership tests” and “candidate training” weeded out many “defective products,” dropping the quality rate of Chosen Warriors to just 30%.
Despite these setbacks, the Death Legion still had over ninety thousand members, slightly fewer than the Solar Knights war organization.
Sadly, even with ninety thousand Chosen Warriors, the Death Legion couldn’t cover all Valaharl cities and had to focus most forces to push back the first enemy wave.
When the Fantasy Tree of Subspace kept breaking through the Crystal Walls and ground, spraying demons across the Bubble World, the Death Legion couldn’t help in time!
“Even if these demigod-level warriors could fight our army, mere mortals couldn’t hold off our demon legion!”
“I heard these mortals love to chop off demon heads and pile them up? To brag about their deeds?”
“Well, I’ll use Valaharl heads to build a huge mountain on the earth!”
“Ah ha ha ha ha…”
Just as Walifer pictured that mountain of mortal skulls…
“Buzz—!”
An Outer God from the Void in charge of communications suddenly appeared beside him, bringing a battle report.
“Master…”
“There was trouble with the attack.”
“Our demon legion hit obstacles attacking some cities.”
“The attack stalled!”
Walifer snorted coldly.
“Seems the number of Chosen Warriors was…”
“No!”
Walifer spotted many issues in the battle report.
“You call this some cities?!”
“Aren’t all the big cities under siege?!”
“How were five demon legions wiped out?!”
“Didn’t our trick lure away the Chosen Warriors?!”