Chapter 636
by fanqienovelChapter 636: Easily Achieved the Dream Barbatos Could Never Complete
“Air sacs! Deep into the bones!”
“This is called pneumatization!”
“Feathers aren’t just birds’ privilege, not even dinosaurs’ alone. They shouldn’t be mere flaunted decorations or only serve as down for warmth. They must become flight feathers!”
Since discovering feather-like structures on pterosaurs, feathers ceased being birds’ unique identifier. Likely, they marked all “avemetatarsalian true dragons.”
Yet asymmetrical flight feathers still belonged solely to creatures aspiring to conquer the skies!
“Claws must change too!”
“Need opposable grip!”
“Walking on ground isn’t enough—must grasp tree trunks!”
…
A series of evolutionary modifications gradually fell into place under Trilobite’s deft touch and the System’s aid.
The former “Moon Valley Ornitholestes” shed its nondescript form. Feathers sprouted across its body.
Coloration shifted toward vibrancy—
Crimson and black, like the banner of Lindenwan.
“Hmph! A lifeform driving ecological revolution deserves revolutionary hues!”
Trilobite worked intently, investing considerable time.
Evolving small creatures demanded extra patience: tinier bodies meant smaller, more intricate organs.
This required immense perseverance.
Fortunately, his museum days cleaning and studying fossils with dental tools under microscopes had forged endless patience.
“Done!”
“Well…”
“Not perfect, but it meets the client’s requirements.”
Despite his efforts, Trilobite hadn’t transformed this “flying dinosaur” into a true bird. Dinosaur-to-bird evolution spanned eons, with iterative anatomical overhauls.
Paleontologists had only sketched a broad framework; finer details awaited more fossil discoveries.
…
“Regardless—”
“Splendid!”
“Another epoch-making Chinese dinosaur has been born!”
“And it’s yet another from the Northeast.”
"Uh…"
"Hmm…"
"Umm… glug glug…"
A dinosaur lay on the ground, tongue out, eyes rolled back, which was strange enough.
If a whole group gathered together…
The scene was too bizarre to watch…
Even worse, although Lady Xidi’s Divine Body was small then, changing a small Divine Body required more precision and caution; after all, fitting fully functional deity organs into a "tiny" Divine Body truly needed skill and patience.
The Giant God seemed to possess both patience and a strong sense of responsibility.
So, a group of "Lady Xidi ladies" lay on the ground, sticking out their tongues, rolling their eyes, and kicking their legs for quite some time.
But…
"Cough cough…"
"Is it done?"
"It’s done!"
"Great, very good! Truly impressive for the Giant God!"
"This is exactly what I was hoping for."
"Or rather, what we were hoping for!"
As the "Lady Xidi ladies" stood up, shaking their newly formed Divine Bodies, she suddenly realized she had become quite talkative.
"No, this isn’t being talkative."
"That’s right, it’s the inevitable result of soul fragmentation."
"One me and countless selves, each self has its own identity."
"But each self is not independent."
"And they all belong to a unified me."
"Organization is necessary."
"Yes, otherwise it would be too much trouble."
"Even a quiet experience of the Divine Body became impossible."
…
Lady Xidi now existed in a state like schizophrenia.
The unified soul shattered into countless pieces, causing this effect; luckily, she quickly found a way to fix it.
"The technology fragments I stumbled upon when peering into the Giant God’s consciousness before."
"Although they couldn’t be fully restored, they were quite helpful."
"But does this count as stealing?"
"Certainly not!"
"We had just submitted so much of the ‘blood tribute’ that the Giant God needed all at once!"
"Enough! Everyone, be quiet! I am about to set up the nodes!"
Lady Xidi’s solution was to establish a "Soul Network" like the one Sulya had, connecting every "Soul fragment" in a way that spread out but worked together, forming a "unified thought loop."
Inside this network, the soul fragments could build up a huge will without messing up each soul’s own thoughts!
It was like an improved version of Sulya’s "Soul Network."
Lady Xidi called it…
"Soul Network!"
"Setup complete!"
"Unified thought loop, activate!"
"Virtual divine rank built!"
"Now…"
"Buzz…"
Even though the "shattered" Lady Xidi ladies kept chattering away, the "virtual divine rank" they formed looked down on each "self," lost in thought.
Her first focus was the look of the new Divine Body.
But just as she started admiring the Giant God’s "masterpiece" that was masterfully created…
"Buzz—!"
A wave of turbulent void suddenly swept by.
"Shhhh… shhhh…"
The Lady Xidi ladies’ "Divine Bodies" began to shake.
Their uneven, black "heavenly feathers," giving off a strong sense of sacredness, shook hard, calming the turbulent void as they slowly turned under it!
The Divine Bodies became light as air, as if one big push could send them flying straight into the void!
"Then…"
"Let’s try it!"
"Whoosh—!"
To the mortals, huge sky-covering wings opened up!
Her knees bent, her long legs crouched, and then she pushed off hard!
"Boom—!"
The huge Divine Body, big as a hill, surprisingly lifted into the air!
The ground got farther and farther away.
The void happily waved to her, welcoming the real ruler!
At that moment, something new seemed to enter Lady Xidi’s mind; it was empty but also a huge endless space.
Above it, everything looked tiny!
But now wasn’t the time to go there.
In the "low position void," she still had more to do.
"Bang—!"
"Thud—!"
One by one, Lady Xidi’s Divine Bodies jumped onto the "Giant God World Tree" and the "Fantasy Tree of Subspace." Some looked gratefully at the Giant God, while others raised their heads, feeling the new "authority" they got.
"Very good!"
"The authority of the void!"
"It’s ours!"
Right then…
"Buzz—!"
A smoky thing, buzzing, flew toward Lady Xidi.
"Oh…"
"To hold the authority of the void is to rule the void; even the carefree Outer Gods from the Void must bow down."
"But…"
"I don’t need fancy titles, and I don’t want Barbatos to notice because of them."
"So…"
"Go away!"
"This is the first gift I give to you!"