Chapter 80
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Chapter 80: Connecting Five Hundred Worlds!
“Hmm, that’s an interesting question.”
Trilobite couldn’t understand why the System Lady wanted to keep him from leaving the lake.
There was no reason for it, right?
Did it make any difference where he ate or evolved?
He wondered why.
After thinking for a while, Trilobite drew from his past life’s common sense to consider a seemingly “reasonable” possibility.
“Could the system’s customer service be region-based? Leaving this lake might mean switching service areas, so I’d get a new customer service agent?”
“Ah, that actually makes sense.”
He recalled his past life.
As a museum researcher, Trilobite often traveled for fieldwork.
During those trips, he’d cross all of China, receiving seven or eight “Welcome to XX Mobile” texts along the way.
“So, the System Lady is just this region’s customer service? If I leave, I’ll get a replacement?”
“Wait… would I lose signal?”
“It’d be a shame to lose such a lovely voice.”
“And…”
Trilobite remembered the little “den” he’d dug, the busy “little trilobites,” and the young lady Trilobite he’d “comforted” several times…
“Fine, I’ll admit I’m reluctant to leave.”
“Besides, I really need a home base or stronghold of some sort.”
When it came to strongholds, crocodiles were the perfect example.
Though some called them “tragic heroes,” the opposite was true—they were cunning “hundred-million-year-old survivors.”
They’d safely reign as “kings” in freshwater forever, biding their time before heading to sea or land.
Success meant feasting; failure just meant retreating to freshwater to wait for the next chance.
This “holding the doorframe” tactic was brilliantly sneaky.
Trilobite decided to adopt the same “holding the doorframe” approach.
“I’ll make my ‘birth’ lake the stronghold, digging tunnels through muddy ground to other environments.”
“If there are no powerful predators, I’ll feast.”
“If strong ones appear, I’ll retreat to the original lake.”
“This tactics is perfect!”
With his plan set, Trilobite prepared his explanation for the System Lady—the plain truth.
“You see, System Lady, in my past life I worked and studied daily.”
“On holidays, I’d sometimes go out for fun.”
“I’ve changed many places for work, study, and fun.”
“But home is the one spot I hardly ever change, and I return often.”
“That unnamed lake here—that’s my home!”
Trilobite spoke with deep emotion, entirely omitting how he’d moved multiple times in his past life.
【……】
The System Lady typed a row of ellipses across the interface.
Her “heart” pounded wildly.
【What… what’s he saying!】
【That lake… must mean the ocean in my world, right?】
【It’s his home? So… I’m his home…】
【……】
Reaching this thought, the System Lady totally lost her composure!
【Eek—! Y-you… what are you saying!】
【Enough about home! It’s too blunt!】
【You’re just my… my…】
Abruptly, the System Lady fell silent, anxious and no longer tsundere.
【Oh, I understand.】
【Go ahead.】
Somehow, Trilobite sensed the System’s tone turn strangely “docile,” with what seemed like fiercely restrained joy!
【You must visit often!】
【Come home often! I’ll wait for you!】
At that moment, Trilobite suddenly felt his “soul” tugged free, sinking into something warm, soft, and “blissful.”
【You promised to return home.】
【Here’s your reward.】
【*Mwah*…】
Trilobite abruptly sensed “awareness” at his soul’s core—through it, he detected something like a “body.”
“Hah…”
A scalp-tingling warmth gradually swathed his soul’s nonexistent “form”; this bath-like soak flooded him with comfort.
“Ahh…”
Much later, the peculiar sensation ebbed away.
The System Lady’s voice vanished too.
Only… lingered…
【Ding——!】
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“Were we connecting all the ‘Bubble Worlds’ together!?”
“Using pathways to link the ‘Oort Bubble Cluster,’ including the ‘Bubble World’ Themis, to form the ‘Five Hundred Worlds’ union, unifying the power of each ‘world’ against chaos!?”
“This….”
“Could this be done!?”
“It’s impossible!”
“The scale was too huge!”
“Did the Giant God really think this way!?”
……
All the representatives of the people had different reactions; some still couldn’t believe it, some were amazed, but everyone was shocked!
What a great achievement this was!
Also, this was the only good way to fight chaos.
After all, chaos could keep making paths to different worlds through the roots of the Subspace “Fantasy Tree.” Themis had “closed its borders,” but if the roots in Subspace grew strong enough, they would break the Crystal Walls and invade again!
Hiding to survive wasn’t a fix; it just meant dying later or sooner.
Chaos had the upper hand over each “Bubble World” because they could gather forces fast through Subspace and hit one world quickly.
In the Time of the End of Themis World, the loss came not just from the “descending Giant God,” but also from the Chaos Council’s leaders, who made the “Black Expedition” too big.
Though each “Bubble World” still fought alone in despair, they faced less pressure.
But if every Bubble World was linked well and formed a strong defense force; not just stopping each Time of the End, they might even push back into Subspace!
The chaos slave masters who wiped out life must be destroyed!
“Everyone, I invited you here today to see the Giant God’s great work for this reason!”
“To keep our world from chaos’s ruin, so our children can live in peace…”
“From now on, all power on Themis must serve the grand net path project!”
“Must serve the great expedition the Giant God started by digging pathways!”
“On Themis, there will be no more countries, nobles, or common folk! Only the Giant God’s people!”
“Themis has only one sun in the sky! The Holy Light Giant God is that sun!”
Just as the Saltwater Queen, Albert Drake announced this big decision that shaped the world’s future…
“Boom——!”
The pathways the Giant God just dug had a huge problem!
Cracks showed up again in the net path wall!
It seemed like something else was about to burst out!
—-
“Quick! Bite! Bite harder!”
“These ‘Root Worms’ are so slow without a whip!”
“Like those nightmare donkeys!”
At the roots in Subspace, several strange creatures, like giant worms, were biting the “root systems” madly from inside.
The demon generals with these huge worms were big, over two meters tall; but next to the worms, which were nearly a hundred meters in Length and ten meters high, they were small.
They swung their whips, making sharp cracks.
At the whip’s sound, the “Root Worms” bit harder, gnawing at the Subspace root walls.
But oddly, the root systems of this Subspace didn’t wither from the bite; instead, they grew longer and split into more roots!
“Good, this means more small roots can flow into the ‘Bubble Worlds’!”
“Our sneaking in will be more…”
“Boom——!”
Before he finished, a huge shake cut him off!
This wasn’t from inside the Subspace “roots”; the whole roots were shaking!
Like some scary thing was tearing at the roots!
