From Trilobite to Titan

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Chapter 63: The Destruction of the Crater Ecosystem! 4/8

“Shards of divine rank! Merge! Merge!”

“Grew bigger! Bigger!”

“We became powerful! Super powerful!”

“What a good deal! What great business!”

A group of little flying elephant octopuses spun joyfully and swam across the ocean floor; their membrane-connected "tentacles" hooked together like ladies in petticoats dancing a lively waltz.

They had every reason to rejoice.

Though these small creatures delivered late—moving the "vertebrae bones" beyond the world proved troublesome for their feeble divine bodies—the outcome surpassed expectations.

The blood octopus Outer Gods had gloomily assumed their wages would be docked. Yet the chaos deity abruptly overjoyed upon receiving the delivery, granting them 1,000 shards of divine rank.

Moreover, that chaos deity assigned them a new task: guiding!

Mr. Wabla, core councilor of the Chaos Council, reasoned that the blood octopus deities’ frequent travels through this "Bubble World’s" waters made them its foremost experts.

More remarkably, both the "lowest-rank councilor" and "back-row councilors" had vanished there, meeting grim fates—even the sea god perished. Such perils lurked in the depths!

Yet the blood octopus deities consistently returned unscathed, laden with spoils!

This proved their unmatched familiarity and deep-sea power!

Therefore—

“More business! Big business!”

“Huge deposit! Huge!”

“But we might earn more! More!”

…

The vampire squids arrived hand-in-hand before the crater.

“Friendly! Friendly!”

“We mean no harm! Not evil!”

“Just scouting! Scouting!”

“Plus! Plus! Good things! Good things!”

Despite their peaceful chants, the Giant God’s spawn remained unwelcoming.

Countless Trilobite-shaped vessels surged from the City of Dimensions.

They methodically formed a colossal fish-shape—complete with a gaping, threatening maw.

“Impressive! Impressive!”

“But no fighting! Fighting’s bad!”

“We—”

“Boom— Boom— Boom—!”

The crater convulsed violently. Some colossal entity strained to emerge from the City of Dimensions beneath, but jammed—too immense to break free!

“Boom—— Boom—— Boom——!”

The loud sounds echoed repeatedly, and finally…

“Bang——!”

The City of Dimensions connected to the Bubble World erupted violently, and a huge amount of Primal Mud was thrown out forcefully!

“Woosh…”

Amidst the dust from fragments of Primal Mud, a huge fish slowly revealed itself.

He swung his head, watching the “Trilobite bugs” dodging everywhere due to the “eruption of the City of Dimensions,” and he also spotted several vampire squids.

—-

“Hmm?”

Trilobite tilted his head.

He had just squeezed out of a “cave” because his body had grown larger, and he accidentally caused the entrance to break apart, making the ocean floor erupt like a small volcano and spattering “mud” all over the sea.

But with his calcite compound eyes, he could see the few little octopuses waving their tentacles in the distance, dancing an unknown dance.

“Isn’t this a guy coming to trade my ‘parts’ for hornstone?”

“Why are you here again? Wanting the things I drop?”

“So you collect trash?”

“Great!”

“I just happen to have some new trash…”

Trilobite was about to return to the City of Dimensions to get his “skin” for trading food with those little flying elephant octopuses.

He had indeed molted, and his species had changed.

【Current Form: True Finned Fish】

【Status: Not Hungry】

【Magic Power: 3300/3300 (restores 25 per minute)】

【Chaos Energy: 516/1000 (not enough chaos energy to enter evolution interface)】

【Skill 1: Flip the World Off (costs 100 Magic Power)】

【Skill 2: Ball Joint Armor (costs 100 Magic Power)】

【Skill 3: Dance of Bacteria and Archaea (Magic Power cost varies)】

【Special Skill: Whale Fall Aura】

【Spawn 1: Trilobite bug (Equipped Smashing Claw, True Social Insect Colony Pheromones)】

“Ow, not bad!”

“He actually dropped the word ‘primitive,’ so now I’m a full four-legged creature.”

“This is likely because I have a swim bladder and fairly decent flesh fins, moving a step from ‘fish’ toward ‘salamander!’”

“Though, my land capability is still weak; the swim bladder can breathe air, but it’s barely helpful and pretty disappointing…”

"It seemed that Magic Power increased with size."

"Indeed, bigger was better! The rule that bigger meant stronger had been confirmed by System Lady!"

…

"Overall, internal changes outweighed external ones; besides growing larger, there wasn’t much difference in appearance…"

Suddenly expanding by ten percent wasn’t minor. Most arthropods didn’t grow that much during molting.

Trilobite inevitably molted, shedding a relatively intact skin.

He figured that after shedding, he could trade with those garbage collectors for various class Cephalopoda treats.

But this time, Trilobite miscalculated.

The three little flying elephant octopuses merely wiggled their tentacles, circled a few times, bubbled incoherently, then maintained distance from Trilobite…

After observing the murky water and expanding "mushroom cloud" Trilobite created, they swam away.

"Ah?"

Trilobite had just retrieved his "skin" from the City of Dimensions, waiting for the vampire squids to collect it. He even wondered what squid they might bring.

But clearly, they weren’t interested this time.

"Mocking me?"

"Hmm… didn’t seem like it."

Proper mockery required some cost—at least infuriating the target. Yet Trilobite lost nothing. That "skin" could simply go to his Trilobite spawn; they’d surely relish the "meal."

Skin flakes still beat excrement any day.

"So… hinting at something?"

"Hmm… that made more sense."

"Maybe a grand feast approaches!?"

"Perhaps they couldn’t deliver it today?"

…

After pondering, Trilobite abandoned the thought.

"These desolate waters rely on vampire squids bringing occasional Cephalopod treats, or I’d starve. With nothing better to do, might as well give it a shot!"

"Didn’t the Trilobite bug acquire True Sociality pheromones?"

"Time to see how socialized they’ve become."

"Send scouts exploring these days."

"United actions work—what about dispersed ones?"

"Show me what you’ve got."

—-

"Scatter! Now!"

"The City of Dimensions erupted!"

"Has the Giant God raged?"

The Soul Network of "Holy Light from the Sun" devotees flooded with confusion and screams!

After brief slumber, the Giant God’s awakening shook the world.

"Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!"

Craters trembled violently as landslides and fissures spread. Fortunately, mining ship pilots connected to the Soul Network received instant warnings and retreated.

Yet tremors weren’t the Giant God’s sole message to ocean people and followers.

"Bang—!"

The City of Dimensions’ entrance shattered at the crater’s base!

Powerful forces ejected massive "dimensional mud," clouding waters everywhere.

Visibility vanished almost instantly.

From afar, a colossal "mushroom-cloud fluid" slowly expanded from the seabed, surfacing to churn azure waves into bubbling sludge!

The barely recovering ecosystem was ruthlessly buried anew.

Still, the ocean floor’s future remained secure.

Fine "dimensional mud" particles floating underwater proved far more vibrant than stagnant piles, nourishing countless microorganisms.

The Giant God’s vibrant radiation also pulsed outward.

"Did we anger the Giant God somehow?!"

"Unknown—the living saint detected no divine fury through the Soul Network…"