Chapter 503
by fanqienovelChapter 503: Shanxi Shanxi Crocodile
The Dreaming Shore Dragons did not know what the terrifying “massive god” that had once easily “slaughtered” their companions and barbarically devoured them was saying to them.
They did not understand.
And they dared not understand!
That single-syllable language, packed with huge amounts of information, constantly pounded against their Souls, murmuring near their ear blades.
The “massive god” mocked the Dreaming Shore Dragons for their once-proud Divine Body.
He was qualified to do so!
With his saber teeth and huge mouth, he could defeat the Dragon Clan’s Divine Body in just one strike.
It was this “massive god” that made those deities who had long lived beneath the “Endless Ether” realize they were like frogs at the bottom of a well.
Yet, even if they refused the massive god’s information, the scary amount of data kept crashing against their minds, almost making them all collapse.
Their heads felt ready to explode!
Some creatures could not bear it anymore, even thinking of dying.
Desperately, to end the torment of this magical sound in their heads, and to stop their Souls from bursting under the flood of information, whenever that terrifying voice asked a question, the Dreaming Shore Dragons only answered—“Yes!”
Whatever it took, just shut up already!
So, when the “massive god” went quiet, a burning pain flared on their foreheads and stomachs.
Then, their Divine Bodies were dragged into a deep, dark fantasy.
Soon after, their muscles twisted, their bones creaked as they grew, and their skulls expanded.
Those weak, thin limbs thickened fully to hold up the ever-widening body cavity!
The small, feeble teeth in their mouths also turned thick and strong.
The reinvention of their Divine Bodies and rebirth of their Souls was very painful, but thankfully quick.
When it finally ended, the Dreaming Shore Dragons saw that though they still looked like dragons, they were nothing like before.
Probably even their “mother” would not know them anymore.
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“Hmm…”
“Not bad, not bad.”
Trilobite felt very pleased with his creation.
“I was getting more skilled, the modification time was shortening, and I used a better template.”
“This batch change should be a success, right?”
He looked proudly at his work.
This time, five “Dream Beach Crocodiles” needed changes, but Trilobite finished it all in under an hour.
The once slim “Dream Beach Crocodiles” had turned into big-headed, thick-necked beasts with a scary head-to-body ratio but very short, stout legs.
The heads and bodies were so huge…
Even raised doubts about whether those short limbs could truly support such a body.
“They definitely could support it.”
“But they surely couldn’t run fast.”
“At least, at this stage, I moved very slowly myself.”
Trilobite’s shortened “evolution surgery” time for clients stemmed partly from his growing expertise in “evolution consultation”—he’d learned how to effectively combine the System’s various “shelf products.”
It also helped that clients now adopted a physique Trilobite himself had once used.
These clients had evolved from Dreaming Shore Dragons into “Shanxi Shanxi Crocodiles.”
“Ah, no.”
“Shanxi Shanxi Dragons weren’t this big—barely over two meters long.”
“These creatures must exceed four meters.”
“Let’s call them Giant Shanxi Crocodiles.”
This “Shanxi Shanxi Crocodile” naming echoed “Chinese Chinese Dragon,” though unlike the dinosaur Sinosaurus, they weren’t dinosaurs.
Naturally, bearing “crocodile” in their name didn’t make them true crocodilians.
Classified within the true dragon form, Shanxi Shanxi Crocodiles belonged to the air sac crocodile group—far more primitive than pseudosuchians, which include crocodiles.
Their classification status, however, matched the Dreaming Shore Crocodile.
Both shared “crocodile” in their names, indicating this development stayed reliable, without even crossing morphological classes.
Trilobite himself had once lived as a large-headed, thick-necked, short-legged “air sac crocodile.”
“Hmm…”
“From my experience, while air sac crocodiles possessed massive skulls, numerous weight-reducing structures kept their large heads from dragging on the ground constantly.”
“But running fast…”
“That was out of the question.”
“These creatures with such exaggerated head-to-body ratios likely sacrificed speed for greater bite force.”
“They probably relied on ambush hunting.”
“Of course, contemporaries like Kannemeyeria didn’t seem much faster either.”
“Anyway, short legs versus short legs—sufficient!”
“Now then…”
Trilobite eyed these Giant Shanxi Crocodiles, each owing “two hundred thousand” Chaos Energy, a glint of cunning in his eyes.
“What are you waiting for?!”
“Go work off your debts!”
“Miss the deadline…”
“And interest piles up!”
“Heh…”
Trilobite was very happy.
On his way here, he hadn’t seen any creatures that could give much Chaos Energy to these Giant Shanxi Crocodiles.
It seemed this group would have to travel far to get enough Chaos Energy.
“A long road means a long time.”
“A long time means more interest.”
“Then I’ll make a huge profit!?”
“Guhahaha…”
“They’ve won!”
Trilobite laughed heartily, his merchant-like grin echoing in his mind.
But…
“Boom—Boom—Boom—!”
Inside the old First New Themis, now Trilobite’s rental room, a loud rumbling shook the place.
It was a tremor from outside.
The surface of the seawater inside rippled more and more.
“Damn!”
“No way!”
“The prey is coming to me!?”
“I need to see who’s so eager!”
“I just wanted an easy interest collection—why’s it so hard?!”
“I’ll deal with you!”
As Trilobite climbed over the hedge, angrily peering out…
“Holy moly!”
He quickly backed off in fear.
“One’s enough—now there’s two!”
“How can such scary things exist!”
“This is too much!”
But while Trilobite was scared, others weren’t.
“Roar—!”
“Awawaw—!”
Those Giant Shanxi Crocodiles, fresh from evolution, charged out madly to face the enemy.
“Good.”
“You be the cannon fodder for now.”
“Wait—I mean the vanguard!”
“I’ll jump in later!”
Trilobite had to time it right—not too late.
If he was late, the customer might get killed.
Customers weren’t cannon fodder. If they died still owing debts, his work would be wasted.
He’d lose everything!
But he couldn’t rush in too fast either.
After all…
“The ones coming are…”