From Trilobite to Titan

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Chapter 62: Annihilate 100,000! Kill the Bandit Leader! Even the Vertebrae Were Pulled Out! 3/8

“Hmm…”

Trilobite chewed on the ancient giant dragonfly, crunching it like a big shrimp.

“Didn’t all arthropods taste pretty similar?”

“The texture of the ancient giant dragonfly was actually like the fried shrimp I had in my last life, crispy outside and tender inside.”

“And…”

“Was I being too silly just now?”

He had imagined stuff like “vertebrates seeing arthropods take over the land and not liking it, wanting to be kings” and so on…

But the real deal was…

The full feeling in his belly from eating the ancient giant dragonfly reminded Trilobite.

“Maybe the ancestors of vertebrates went ashore just because…”

“They were hungry.”

“Let me add another reason…”

“Ahh…”

Trilobite thought and swallowed the last bits of the ancient giant dragonfly’s limbs.

“Yummy bugs, heehee.”

“The Chaos Energy they gave was tasty too!”

The ancient giant dragonfly gave Trilobite a lot of Chaos Energy, at least 4,000; plus the over 6,000 Chaos Energy his spawn gave during his hibernation, the total Chaos Energy went past 10,000!

Exactly…

“10,864!”

“This time, he could buy some good stuff…”

It was probably the first time Trilobite felt so rich.

But he was worried.

Not the “I’ve got too many points to spend” kind of worry, but…

“Darn, he’d wanted to grow larger, but growing larger was pricey…”

“The worst part was he couldn’t even complain!”

The System Lady had explained why growing larger got more expensive.

It was simple—size, or weight, grew with the cube of the Length.

Growing larger wasn’t like pulling noodles.

Also, the bigger you got, the denser your bones and stronger your muscles had to be.

Even a young tiger could beat a cat because its bones and muscles were made for handling 300 kilograms; they were naturally tougher and stronger than a grown cat’s.

Saying a cat could fight a tiger shrunk to cat size was just silly.

Because of this, the prices for growing larger in the System increased by the standard of "the cube."

Every time he grew larger, it meant a full strengthening of his body; the System only charged for the weight gain, which was a real bargain for Trilobite.

“Well, that’s settled then…”

【You spent 8,000 points of Chaos Energy to Increase Size by 10%.】

“As for the rest, let’s not waste it.”

【You spent 2,000 points of Chaos Energy to buy a mutation that extended the bones in the flesh fins (finger type).】

Growing fingers from the flesh fins was not quick or easy.

The flesh fins of true finned fish had just one bony "stem," while the rest was like the "whiskers" of today’s lobe-finned fish; the next step in evolution was to stretch those bones into a "palm."

But this palm still had no fingers; what stuck out from it looked like the "fin whiskers" of lobe-finned fish.

Still, it was a big step forward.

The "finger type" came about because flesh-finned fish started moving onto land in many places at once.

Some evolved into amphibians with six or four fingers; sadly, they died out in later disasters and weren’t our ancestors.

Only one group evolved five fingers and luckily became the shared ancestor of modern vertebrates.

“Hmm…”

Trilobite stared at his new "palm" and thought for a bit.

“Honestly, this thing won’t be much help for getting onto land.”

It was stronger than the old flesh fin, with the basic bones of an arm, forearm, and hand, but it was still a fin; only a bit better than the stiff fin whiskers before, just an extension of the "stem." Since Trilobite had Increased Size, this extra strength supported his added weight.

But the boost to Terrestrial Mobility was small.

(Above is the bone structure after evolution; below is before evolution.)

Even though Trilobite was now a four-legged creature, his Terrestrial Mobility was worse than a mudskipper’s; maybe less than a loach’s, about like a catfish’s.

He could still rush onto mudflats and hunt small crustaceans, like an orca does.

Early four-legged creatures grew flesh fins to live in muddy ponds, swamps, and wetlands, not for walking on land.

“Landing is still far off.”

“The good part is, I’ll Grow Bigger soon.”

“Hmm…”

Just then, he felt very sleepy.

【Your Size is about to Increase; you will go into short hibernation. Get ready, host.】

“Whew…”

Trilobite swished his tail and hurried back to the City of Dimensions on the ocean floor, his home.

He shut his eyes slowly, full and content, and drifted into sleep.

That sleep changed everything!

“Bang——!”

“Damn it——!”

“Roar—— Roar——!”

In a realm of chaos and emptiness, Wabla roared with madness and anger.

His plan suffered a huge setback!

“How could this be… the God of Light I worked so hard to sway…”

To the demon gods, what started as a drill had unexpectedly turned into a full “annihilation battle” by the “Order Camp” against the demon forces.

This time, the demons faced heavy losses; ten demon legions were nearly wiped out by the tsunami from the God of Light, with only a few scattered ones escaping back.

However, those demons seemed to go mad from the powerful magic and intense shock, shouting things like “Light!” and “How could that thing charge ashore from the ocean?”

They could hardly gather any useful information.

“But one thing was certain!”

“The God of Light had betrayed us again!”

“Or maybe he never betrayed the Order deity from the start, but ‘faked his surrender’!”

“The Order deity wanted to use this trick to delay us from launching the Time of the End; he truly was cunning!”

Wabla had to admit one thing: under normal circumstances, their plans would have worked.

Though he executed all who knew to seal the news, it still leaked out.

Gimmerly, the demon god reassigned to boring tasks in this world due to Wabla’s false accusations, finally seized the chance and began stirring up trouble again.

Rumors of impeachment had started, and soon, a storm might hit!

Luckily, Gimmerly only knew about the demon legions’ total wipeout and didn’t realize Wabla had been tricked by the Order deity, suffering a humiliating defeat; otherwise, he might have been mocked for shaming the chaos and even demoted from core councilor to back-row councilor.

The chaos deity, famed for its schemes, had been outsmarted.

This wasn’t just Wabla’s disgrace as a chaos deity, but all chaos deities’ shame!

“I had to hurry. If I finished the Time of End and conquered this world before that woman Gimmerly gathered more proof for a bigger impeachment, all would be well!

“Still…”

Maybe he could quickly rebuild a huge demon legion using various resources.

Maybe he could find a strong enough vessel for ocean crossing.

But the strange “Outer God” lurking in the sea, which caused Sea God Agor’s fall, showed no signs.

“I clearly gave it to the ‘blood octopus deities’; those Outer Gods should be trustworthy, right?”

“But why! Why was there still no word!?”

Just as he grew anxious…

“We won! We won!”

“We killed a million! Killed a million!”

“Shot the leader! Shot the leader!”

“Ripped out their vertebrae! Ripped them out!”

“Rewards! Rewards! The second half’s rewards!”