Chapter 450
by fanqienovelChapter 450: Finally Changing Species Again!
“Damn it, the Chaos Energy is running low again.”
Trilobite winced at his remaining five hundred thousand points of Chaos Energy.
But he had no regrets.
“Splash…”
The “heavy rain” showed no sign of stopping.
Gazing skyward, Trilobite wondered whether the first storm of the Carnian period had rained this endlessly too.
Tiny droplets and ripples burst from the “pools” on the ground.
Yet they still faintly mirrored Trilobite’s current form.
“Phew…”
“This works.”
“I’ve become a real dinosaur!”
Trilobite had completely remodeled his body once more.
He reinforced his ankle joints and lengthened his feet, turning them into leg extensions—shifting from “palm-walking” to “toe-walking.”
This tiptoed gait distinguished dinosaurs from most False Crocodiles.
Walking on toes acted like “high heels,” accentuating his long legs while letting them store springlike energy during motion for greater speed.
Today’s swiftest runners—whether felines, canines, or ostriches—all walk on their toes.
His internal hollow cavities expanded further, lightening his frame while boosting gas exchange and cooling.
His once-thick, floppy tail grew longer and stiffer.
This rudder-like tail steadied his direction during sprints.
Even his bulky skull developed weight-reducing hollows, though its arched design preserved its strength.
…
Countless similar refinements, plus slight growth in size…
Thus, Trilobite’s species transformed anew.
“Here I come, dinosaur order!”
[Current Form: Beautiful Nodosaurus]
[Status: Not hungry]
[Magic Power: 20000/20000 (Regained 300 per minute)]
[Chaos Energy: 554327/1000 (Access evolution interface)]
[Skill 1: Flip the World Off (100 Magic Power cost)]
[Skill 2: Ball Joint Armor (100 Magic Power cost)]
[Skill 3: Dance of Bacteria and Archaea (Magic Power cost varies)]
【Special Skill: Whale Fall Aura】
【Spawn 1: Trilobite Mantis (Equipped Smashing Claw, True Social Insect Colony Pheromones, carries hairy worms)】
【Spawn 2: Gorylia Wrinkled-gill Shark】
【Spawn 3: Ancient Jumping Spider (Equipped with Venom and Silk Spinner)】
【Spawn 4: Aqualong】
……
“Wow! This time I’m a big star featured in a documentary, remembered by kids!”
“Although the way they remember me is a bit…”
“Uh…”
The episode featuring the Beautiful Nodosaurus was a childhood memory for Trilobite, filmed by BBC in the documentary—“Walking with Dinosaurs.”
It was probably the episode about the ocean and the coastline.
In that episode, the Beautiful Nodosaurus was described as a theropod dinosaur that roamed the islands, loved to forage for seafood, and had good swimming skills, often migrating between islands.
It even showed the Beautiful Nodosaurus skillfully hunting pterosaurs.
Looking at just those descriptions…
Although the model of the Beautiful Nodosaurus was a bit ugly, the description of its habits was quite accurate.
Because the Beautiful Nodosaurus was truly a dinosaur living among the islands. In the Jurassic period, Europe was split into many islands by the ocean; in that setting, it made sense for the Beautiful Nodosaurus to search the shore for seafood washed up by waves.
For dinosaurs moving between islands, being good swimmers like polar bears was normal.
But the model looked bad, though not terribly unique; so that wasn’t why Trilobite felt his “compatriot” was remembered by many kids in “Walking with Dinosaurs.”
The real reason the Beautiful Nodosaurus was remembered, even becoming part of a “world-famous scene,” came from its meeting with the Smooth-side Mosasaurus in the film…
One Beautiful Nodosaurus stood on a reef, head down and tail up, trying to catch fish, when a huge Smooth-side Mosasaurus, said to be twenty-five meters long and weighing one hundred fifty tons, grabbed its tail and dragged it underwater…
Poor Beautiful Nodosaurus became a tool to show off the Smooth-side Mosasaurus’s power…
Of course, everyone knows now.
With the Smooth-side Mosasaurus only about six meters long, it couldn’t easily hunt a Beautiful Nodosaurus nearly its own size, a fellow meat-eating theropod dinosaur.
At least, it wasn’t that easy.
What made Trilobite feel more “unfair” was that in the documentary, which exaggerated data like satellites and blew up the Smooth-side Mosasaurus’s weight many times, the Beautiful Nodosaurus’s data actually seemed “shrunk.”
It was smaller than real life.
Although in truth, the Beautiful Nodosaurus fossil measured about five meters long, matching the film; that was just a young one.
From later fossil finds and growth guesses, the Beautiful Nodosaurus’s size was at least six to seven meters.
But in “Walking with Dinosaurs,” it was only called five meters…
“It’s so unfair…”
“I chose to be the Beautiful Nodosaurus not because it looked weak in the documentary, but because the Beautiful Nodosaurus was actually strong.”
In fact, the Beautiful Nodosaurus could surely rank among the best in overall strength among dinosaurs of the Middle to Late Jurassic period.
Their size wasn’t small; the largest could reach about seven meters, similar to the average Allosaurus.
However, Trilobite was a bit smaller, around six meters long, slightly larger than that one in “Walking with Dinosaurs.”
They had very standard builds—typical, seemingly unremarkable members of the Baryonyx family. Yet living on islands made them highly aquatic with excellent swimming ability.
But what concerned Trilobite more was the speed of the Beautiful Nodosaurus!
According to reconstructions by paleontologists, their running speed could reach forty-eight kilometers per hour!
This speed already rivaled many present-day mammals.
Extinct creatures like the saber-toothed tiger probably only matched this pace. Though tigers and lions might briefly hit sixty kilometers per hour, they could sustain it for mere seconds.
In contrast, the Beautiful Nodosaurus—equipped with an air sac system—could maintain such speed for extended periods, like others in the dinosaur order.
Trilobite pondered…
"Ah! This perfectly fits my current needs!"
"Activity in swamps and coastal areas? That aligns exactly with the Beautiful Nodosaurus’s habitat!"
"Exceptional mobility meets my requirement to dash across the wetlands!"
"Plus, belonging to the Megalodon superfamily offers tremendous growth potential!"
The Megalodon superfamily itself was highly diverse—capable of dominating like a Jurassic mini-tyrannosaur or swimming like a spinosaurus to catch fish.
In short, it provided a solid foundation for any evolutionary path.
"Excellent!"
"For now, I am the Saber-toothed Beautiful Nodosaurus!"
Trilobite no longer emphasized "air sacs" because all dinosaurs possessed them; highlighting it seemed pointless.
Instead, he focused on teeth—most theropod dinosaurs had uniform dentition, making specialized teeth exceptionally rare.
Thus, sporting a pair of "saber teeth" was truly remarkable.
"Very good!"
Trilobite shook his head, eager to experiment with his Divine Body.
But just then…
"Ha… Hiss…"
"Hiss… Ha…"
A group of small figures peeked out cautiously.
"Hey, big guy with long teeth! Hiss!"
"We want to get stronger too! Hiss!"