Chapter 3
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Chapter 3: Abnormal Development
“Not bad, not bad. I can actually sell these organs.”
Trilobite spotted something called the “Devolution Scraper” in the “System Mall.”
This thing was seriously handy—it could “swish” organs right off.
After scraping away organs, he even recovered a bit of “Chaos Energy.”
A pair of limbs sold for 100!
He immediately got to work, scrubbing hard.
“Hmm, let’s scrape off the armor plates on the back first.”
“And all these walking legs? What’s the damn use? Scraped!”
…
At first, Trilobite had a blast.
Until he realized buying back “sold” limbs cost 200 each…
“What a ripoff!”
[Pfft, aren’t all online games like this?]
[Remember that notorious scammer Akara from "Diablo II"?]
Way too real. Uncomfortably so.
Anyway, by scraping off 9 pairs of limbs, the rear armor plates, plus the messy internal tracheal system and arthropod-style circulatory setup, Trilobite clawed back 1980 Chaos Energy points.
Staring at his stash of 6669 points, he finally went on a spending spree.
“Dorsal nerve for 800?”
“Done! Get it!”
“DLC upgrade for dorsal nerve—notochord? 1000?”
“Hell yes, upgrade!”
“Primitive notochord-attached muscle groups? 200 per set?”
“Gimme six sets!”
“Gill-opening breathing system for 1000? Sold!”
“Combo pack: primitive vertebrate circulatory and digestive systems? 2000? Take my points!”
“400 to move mouthparts forward? Bought!”
“Caudal fin plus dorsal fin as the ‘Weird Fin Set’—70% off at 140? Deal!”
After this frenzy, Trilobite finally…
[Check the preview already. See what ridiculous thing you’re turning into.]
The system kept mocking him, but Trilobite brushed it off.
“Uh… Starfish?”
It really did look a bit like that.
The front part and spine of Trilobite’s body were covered with shell plates, with seven gill openings on the side. He had a short, thick tail with a caudal fin, and below his body, there was a lone pair of limbs.
He looked completely like a silly creature.
“Beep——!”
[Current Form (Preview): Starfish]
[Status: Not hungry]
[Magic Power: 208/300 (Regenerates 1 per minute)]
[Chaos Energy: 29/1000 (Not enough Chaos Energy to evolve)]
[Skill 1: Flip the World Off (100 points of Magic Power cost)]
“Not bad, not bad…”
[ Ding——!]
[Due to the drastic changes in evolution, you are classified as “Abnormal Development,” and the host needs to enter a sleep state to complete the new hardware installation.]
[Sleep duration: 24 hours.]
“Uh… alright…”
This time, Trilobite didn’t blame the system for calling him “abnormal” because he truly was.
Jumping from “Arthropoda” to “Chordata” was so extreme that calling it “abnormal” was an understatement.
“Alright then, let’s sleep…”
Sleepiness quickly took over, and just as Trilobite was about to fall asleep, Chaos Energy suddenly went up by a few points for no reason.
“Who sent me Chaos Energy!?”
“Thank you! Hope you become super strong!”
“If I get the chance, I’ll thank you face-to-face!”
[You have chosen “Dream Arrival” and “Blessing,” costing 20 points of Chaos Energy.]
“Darn! Scammers!”
“They charge for this?”
“Phew…”
A beautiful dream came true.
“It’s really a good dream!”
Trilobite was overjoyed.
A tall, voluptuous blonde young lady appeared in his dream.
She was taking a shower!
“So big! So white!”
“The energy wasn’t wasted!”
Sulya bathed under the thin streams from the showerhead, letting them form sparkling beads on her fair skin, quickly sliding down her elegant and powerful curves.
Perhaps showering seemed unnecessary for sea-dwelling people, but it was vital after fighting chaos.
The water wasn’t ordinary; it was a “neutralizing liquid” made through alchemy. It cleansed the chaos energy clinging to the warriors, freeing them from its influence.
Without this step, warriors suffered nightmares nightly, their bodily functions failing, harming their health. In severe cases, they mutated badly or were lured by the Chaos God’s whispers, joining the chaos forces.
Mobile city-states had special shower rooms for warriors to remove the polluted chaos energy.
But this time, with two Chaos Gods arriving, a huge amount of chaos energy was released, deeply eating into Sulya’s body, and the “neutralizing liquid” couldn’t handle it.
“Damn it… What should I do!”
“Great Giant God… please give me guidance.”
But suddenly, she couldn’t think at all.
“Hmm…”
A seductive moan escaped her bright red lips.
Her pale body trembled, slowly turning a tempting pink.
She felt a gentle power, like a lover’s touch, moving inside her. It went deep, caressing every cell and changing them fundamentally.
This rebirth feeling, inside and out, made her tremble with awe and immense joy.
Sulya even felt wrapped in a warm, gentle light, as if she’d returned to a sunlit world.
The divine light spread and burst in her mind, the constant surge of growing power left her mind blank.
After a while, she came to her senses.
“Ha… Ha… Ha…”
The shower kept spraying, but Sulya collapsed to the floor against the stall wall; her chest heaved like after intense exercise.
She felt too lazy to move a finger, yet the chaos energy inside her had vanished completely!
A vast, pure power flowed within her!
“Divine grace entering my body!?”
“Have I gained new strength!?”
“Should I try it out?”
Moments later, in the training room of the mobile city-state…
“Boom——!”
The massive stone shattered instantly as Sulya pulled back her glowing fist!
“This…?”
Sulya stared at her hand in disbelief.
Before, even while piloting a large construct, she could only cut a giant stone in half, but now?
One punch turned the stone to dust!
Such combat power surpassed that of large constructs, able to dive into the chaos warriors’ formations and cut through them with ease!
Incredible!
The ocean people warriors, sorcerers, and technicians watching were all filled with joy and excitement, cheering loudly!
“Is this the power of divine grace!?”
“He has created a living saint!”
“Long live the Giant God!”
The female knight quietly knelt down and prayed to an unknown god for a while.
But her beautiful brows remained tightly knit.
“God has granted me exceptional strength, but the situation is still grim.”
Several mobile city-states, including the Seventh Brigade, were trapped by the chaos gods in this tiny trench.
It was desolate there, with no fuel to be harvested.
The mobile city-states were about to run out of fuel, becoming live targets on the ocean floor.
Even with fuel, the path ahead was far from promising.
“The chaos gods deployed terrifying fortresses to encircle us along the way!”
“Breaking through it will be extremely difficult.”
Sulya pondered the battle strategies, but with scarce resources, her choices were limited.
However, her thoughts were soon interrupted.
“Lady Sulya! Something big has happened!”
It was a frantic and reckless shout.
A person dressed in a special protective suit ran over.
Sulya placed her hands on her hips, very displeased with the newcomer’s recklessness.
“Mr. Icarus, as the chief technician of the Seventh Brigade, you should always maintain the calmness of a scientist.”
Icarus said nothing but grabbed the female knight and ran.
“You’ll understand when you get there!”
“You wouldn’t be calm either!”
