Chapter 595

by fanqienovel

Chapter 595: Trilobite Launches a New Product—Skin Relief!

"Shh… shh… shh…"

Trilobite trudged through the swamp.

He suddenly discovered a completely new benefit to quadrupedal movement!

"My footsteps seem much quieter now."

Moving on four legs increased ground contact area. Though his pace slowed significantly, it reduced noise, allowing stealthy approaches toward prey.

"The lizard-like vertebrae only permit side-to-side motion, drastically lowering my quadrupedal speed."

"But ambushes don’t require speed during the approach."

"Plus, four-legged movement lowers my height for hiding in bushes. When observing, I simply raise my body and lift my head."

"Truly gaining all the advantages!"

Stealthy approaches and ambushes made excellent attack strategies.

Modern predators largely employed such tactics.

This approach perfectly suited saber teeth with instant kill capability!

"My body structure—four legs for slow movement, two legs for running—accidentally worked out perfectly."

"Concealing my form, silent stalking, paired with rapid bursts and saber teeth instant kill…"

"This tactical combination was flawless!"

"Tsk tsk…"

This thought made Trilobite’s mouth, claws, and stomach itch.

He couldn’t wait to test his new physical adaptations and their tailored tactics!

But now wasn’t the time…

[Beep—!]

The system’s notification sounded.

[Your spawn has undergone mutation and differentiation. Please investigate.]

"Oh?"

"How unusual…"

"Mutation and differentiation…"

"This phrasing seems new."

Actually, something similar occurred once before.

His microorganisms spawn had split into two types: one attacked aggressively, supplementing the immune system; the other functioned like pure probiotics, strengthening the host.

Back then, the system hadn’t used such terms or alerted him.

"Perhaps I overlooked it?"

"Or simply didn’t notice?"

"Well… it didn’t matter anymore."

"He wanted to see what exactly had happened."

Trilobite opened the system interface and went to the page about his spawn.

Sure enough…

"Um…"

"He remembered that he should have three types of microorganisms spawn."

"One was the ‘hairy worms type,’ and the other two were ‘bacterial types.’"

"It seemed the system showed that the ‘bacterial type’ microorganisms spawn had changed from two into three kinds…"

"Actually, that wasn’t quite right."

"To be exact, the original microorganisms spawn had two genera, each with one species."

"Now, one of those genera had split, creating another new species."

【Bacterial Spawn 1: Damage Control Type】

【Bacterial Spawn 2-1: Normal Attack Type】

【Bacterial Spawn 2-2: Fungi Special Agent Type】

"That’s it, the extra one was this ‘Bacterial Spawn 2-2: Fungi Special Agent Type.’"

"This one…"

"Was pretty amazing!"

Usually, people thought only fungi could attack bacteria.

Penicillin and streptomycin, those big bacterial killers in nature, came from fungi; everyone knew those examples.

But bacteria fighting back against fungi…

"Maybe it sounded odd…"

"But it really happened!"

As a paleo creature researcher, Trilobite had often subscribed to journals in his past life.

Some were super focused on one domain and rarely covered other topics, while others were mixed-science journals with all kinds of stuff.

When reading those mixed journals, he first looked for articles in his own domain, but if he was bored, he’d flip through papers on other things.

Thanks to those mixed journals, Trilobite learned a lot more.

He recalled that around 2016 or 2017, he saw an article in a magazine called "Public Library of Science" about bacteria that could beat fungi.

That piece talked about bats suffering from the white-nose fungus, with many dying.

One group even lost ninety-five percent of its bats in just three years!

Even with the bats’ strong immune system, they couldn’t handle the white-nose fungus, showing how tough it was.

But scientists found that "fluorescent Pseudomonas" bacteria on the bats’ wings could stop the white-nose fungus well. Also, red soil bacteria gave off a smelly compound that killed the white-nose fungus.

"Um…"

"Maybe the mutated bacterial spawn I created was similar to that type of being!"

"Very good!"

"Perhaps…"

Trilobite thought for a moment and quickly found a way to earn money.

"Tsk…"

"I used to sell bacterial spawn all packed together."

"This pricing model was a huge loss!"

"Maybe I should sell them separately!"

"Yes, sell them separately!"

"Hehe, that makes sense."

Trilobite let out a devious laugh.

"Previously, I had agents for internal use, like oral or injectable; this batch was for external use, like creams or sprays!"

"Then, let’s sell!"

As expected, soon…

【You have a new ‘microorganism cream’ purchase request for 1000 Chaos Energy. Do you accept?】

…

The system was immediately flooded with pop-up notifications.

Trilobite nearly couldn’t click fast enough.

"Wowhahahaha…"

He laughed joyfully.

"Even though 1000 Chaos Energy was probably the default price I set when selling ‘probiotics,’ it wasn’t high."

"But little by little, it added up!"

"Buy more!"

"You have to buy more!"

Trilobite watched his Chaos Energy continue to increase, delighted.

But just then…

"Thud—!"

He suddenly felt something small bump into him.

"Who is it?"

"Watch where you’re going!"

"Oh?"

Trilobite looked down and saw a lizard-like little guy.

Actually, it wasn’t small at all.

Its length was 2.5 meters; even while lying down, it possessed a long tail and was roughly the size of a husky.

"You there…"

"Aren’t you the Serpent Tooth Dragon?"

"We’ve met before."

The Serpent Tooth Dragon was a basal species among the archosaurs, Dragon-type creatures, and true Dragon suborder—a relative of the Deinosuchus.

They did look somewhat alike.

Both had lizard-like heads.

Unlike the Nasal Cup Dragon, which also belonged to the Dragon-type creatures but fell under the Carcharodontosaur suborder, the Serpent Tooth Dragon had a large head with a decent head-to-body ratio. Though it appeared slightly goofy, it wasn’t as absurd-looking as the Nasal Cup Dragon.

"Hmm…"

"Your color… seems different!?"

When Trilobite mentioned color, he wasn’t referring to skin tone but the hue visible through his system vision.

He recalled that last time, the Serpent Tooth Dragon had been entirely crimson, saturated with dense Chaos Energy.

It had even made Trilobite crave a bite.

But now, the creature had shifted to a yellow-green shade, predominantly green.

This suggested…

"Friendly neutral or something?"

"Or wavering between mild hostility and slight favor…?"

"Eh, whatever—the difference hardly matters anyway."

Even if Trilobite bit this Serpent Tooth Dragon in half and swallowed it, he’d gain little Chaos Energy; he might even lose a bit.

Anything that couldn’t provide Chaos Energy or satisfy his hunger wasn’t worth eating.

"Shoo! Shoo!"

"Get lost!"

Trilobite considered kicking this nuisance away.

But then it occurred to him.

"Hey!?"

"Hold on!"

"Didn’t somewhat friendly creatures become potential clients?"

"Maybe I should test this?"

Thinking, "It’s free, so why not try?" Trilobite posed a question.

"Are you my customer?"

As soon as the words were spoken…

"Oh no!"

The reaction of the Serpent Tooth Dragon scared Trilobite badly!

It actually started to tremble, shaking like it was having a fit; its body quaked violently.

That long tail curled and uncurled repeatedly; finally, it even stuck out its tongue and rolled its eyes.

If a pretty girl made such a face, it might be thrilling; but for a lizard-like creature to do this…

It was rather funny.

Only zoo keepers might get excited—if they didn’t act fast, they’d lose their wages!

Luckily, this funny scene passed quickly.

In under two minutes, its tongue pulled back, its eyes returned to normal, and aside from a puddle of drool, the Serpent Tooth Dragon was back to normal.

Then it did something Trilobite never expected.

"Thump!"

Those short forelimbs quickly reached out and grabbed Trilobite’s strong forelimbs.

[The other party sent an evolution consultation request. Accept?]

"Of course!"

This was exactly what Trilobite had been waiting for!

"Let’s begin!"

"Um…"

"Since you’re a creature of the archosaurs."

"Staying in the lizard-like foundational form won’t do."

"How about I help you change that!"

"I’ll make you a typical archosaur!"

In Trilobite’s mind, the "typical archosaurs" meant the only remaining archosaur group, once a small side branch of the Therapsida—mammals!

"So let’s start!"

Trilobite rubbed his hands together and felt a slight, harmless dizziness.

Clearly, the System was sucking up a huge amount of Trilobite’s Magic Power.

It nearly drained him dry all at once!

"Great!"

"If we’re doing this, let’s go big!"