Chapter 207
by fanqienovelChapter 207: The Scale is Still Small
[The other party offered to pay 300,000 points of Chaos Energy for two years of usage permissions.]
[Do you agree?]
“Wow!”
“Of course, I agree!”
Trilobite felt overjoyed.
He looked at the over 180,000 Chaos Energy he got from this nameless lake without customer service and thought about the 300,000 points…
“Hey, I’m rich!”
“Now…”
Trilobite lay face down comfortably on the “Beach,” browsing the “Evolution STEAM page” in his dreams.
This seemed like a new feature Valaharl had set up for him, and it was pretty good.
“Now, what I should do is…”
Honestly, the sudden appearance of the Erelasaurus made Trilobite feel very urgent.
That thing was the biggest and strongest “creature” Trilobite had ever seen.
This also marked the start of the giant dragon era.
If he didn’t try harder soon…
“Damn, my body like a Caiman crocodile, in the age of giant dragons in the Cretaceous… Jurassic… No, even in the late Triassic period, it only fit at the bottom of the food chain!”
That’s right.
Even though large carnivorous dinosaurs hadn’t come yet in the late Triassic, you should know that among theropod dinosaurs, if you weren’t at least a ton, you couldn’t be called “large.”
The half-ton double-crested dinosaur was only “medium”; the around one-ton Ceratosaurus was only “medium-large.”
Today, only big brown bears and polar bears could get that big.
“So…”
“Damn it!”
“Grow larger! Grow larger!”
“Keep going all in on growing larger!”
Yes, in a world full of giant dragons, the only way to live was to get bigger with them.
We lizard-like creatures relied on strength over tricks!
Also, in the Mesozoic Era, many crocodile-type animals did well by growing larger and climbing to the top of the food chain.
In the late Triassic period, the Deinosuchus beat the Loricatosaurus and the already big early theropod dinosaurs, making it to the top.
But remember, while Deinosuchus had "crocodile" in its name, it wasn’t a real crocodile; it was a kind of true dragon—the planted dragon type.
Most members of the planted dragon group also had crocodile-like shapes, wore bony plates, and lived almost the same way of life.
The only difference was that the nostrils of the plant dragons were on top of their heads, while those of crocodiles were at the front of their jaws.
So, crocodiles were merely copying their plant dragon ancestors.
Of course, how could convergent evolution be called copying?
The Length of the Deinosuchus reached about ten meters and might even extend to twelve meters, already matching the giant crocodiles of later times like Crocodilian and Deinosuchus.
[You purchased a 10% size increase, costing 100,000 points of Chaos Energy.]
[You purchased a 10% size increase, costing 120,000 points of Chaos Energy.]
…
Thus, Trilobite dumped all his Chaos Energy into growing larger.
Unfortunately, growing larger was simply too expensive.
Even with the nearly 500,000 points of Chaos Energy he’d collected this time, Trilobite could only upgrade "size increase by 10%" five times.
Still, after this rapid growth spurt, Trilobite’s size finally exceeded three meters.
His weight must have broken 100kg!
That matched the weight of a large leopard!
If he faced that sub-adult Erelasaurus again, he wouldn’t be at a disadvantage anymore!
[As this rapid growth requires forcibly extended dormancy…]
"Makes sense."
"Guess I’ll sleep now."
"Hope no one bothers me before the upgrade finishes!"
"Mmm…"
"Zzz… Zzz…"
Trilobite began snoring heavily.
His sleeping posture looked dreadful—his tongue lolled out as drool seeped from the corners of his Big Mouth, covering the ground.
"Splash…"
Unaware, he didn’t notice this "saliva," along with other "pharyngeal secretions" and traces of blood, slowly gathering and trickling through cracked rock layers.
Eventually, it all merged into the underground water body!
—-
"Finally…"
"Saved it."
Lady Xidi’s swift reinforcement came just in time, thwarting the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons’ vicious plan to destroy the trunk of the Fantasy Tree of Subspace.
Instead, dozens of Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons caught greedily snapping Fantasy Tree branches were captured by Lady Xidi and subjected to strategic magic.
In the end, twelve Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons perished.
This counted as a great victory.
The Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons became too proud after winning at first, but then they lost.
"But was it really like that?"
Looking at the trunk of the Fantasy Tree, the "Heavenly Fire Prison," which had been ruined by the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons, Lady Xidi thought deeply.
"The Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons I killed…
None of them belonged to the clans or direct lines of the Three Kings."
"Instead, they were the opposing groups inside the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons."
"Was Ye’s Foolish Act using my hands to get rid of them?"
"Using me as a tool to kill them!?"
"When did he gain such wisdom?!"
"And what’s worse…"
Most of the branches of the "Heavenly Fire Prison" had been broken off, leaving it badly hurt.
The millions of demons living in and around the "Heavenly Fire Prison" were almost all killed.
Usually, demons rushed into the "Bubble World" to murder mortals, burn towns, and spread ruin and fear.
But this time, the tables turned.
The demons suffered too.
Though no one cared about demon deaths, seeing the scars from the broken branches and the roots chewed to bits…
"Was this really a win?"
The Fantasy Tree of Subspace kept making Chaos Energy, stealing stuff from deep in the Primal Mud and the Bubble World.
It used this stuff to grow stronger, creating countless demons to give endless resources to the Chaos Demon God.
It was not just a way to invade the Bubble World but also the supply base for the Chaos Demon Gods’ growth.
If it kept getting hit like this…
The core councilors fighting up front might run out of energy.
This could be the real plan of the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons and that "Giant God"!
"You used yourself as bait to draw me to the Bubble World ‘Tritium.’"
"Then the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons attacked."
As she thought this, Lady Xidi’s eyes brightened.
"Was it you who set up this huge trap?!"
She seemed to see a giant net covering the whole void and the Sea of Ether. It was slowly opening and tightening, ready to choke the unprepared Chaos Demon Gods, who knew nothing of this big plot!
"Scary."
"What a terrible scheme."
"When you spread your web of lies over the whole void and the Sea of Ether,"
"I was only watching the Bubble World ‘Tritium.’"
"So that was it."
Xidi’s eyes lit up.
She raised her head, gazing further as if to take in the entire swamp-like microcosm.
"My vision was still too limited."
"But I couldn’t keep losing."
"Shift our strategic focus."
"Summon all core councilors not engaged in battle."
"Have them return to the central Fantasy Tree for reorganization."
"Prepare for a full-scale counterattack!"
Xidi’s fighting spirit burned fiercely.
She planned to adopt a grand strategy herself, launching a tempestuous assault against the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons – those claws of the Giant Gods.
But there was a problem…
"Um, about that…"
Gimmerly stammered hesitantly, but after deliberation, she courageously voiced her concern.
"What about Mr. Blais?"
Mr. Blais held the Fourteenth Seat in the Chaos Council. He owned Bubble World "Tritium," had conquered Bubble World "Bismuth," possessed a young Fantasy Tree sapling, and was revered as the "Great Primordial Deity" by the Triton Empire.
He was also one of Xidi’s "clients."
Xidi had promised to help defend his Bubble World "Tritium."
But now…
Bubble World "Tritium" had fallen to the Giant Gods. His First Subordinate, the "Azure Emperor," was gone…
The fate of the entire Triton Empire was easily imagined.
Worst of all, the young Fantasy Tree of Subspace that Blais had painstakingly planted and nurtured had been toppled by the Giant Gods!
Perhaps the incident concerning the Fantasy Tree trunk "Heavenly Fire Prison" could still be explained away at the Chaos Council – after all, the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons had ultimately withdrawn.
But the matter of Bubble World "Tritium"…
Xidi truly couldn’t deceive Blais about this.
"Haa…"
Xidi drew a deep breath.
Finally, she conceived a last-resort plan.
"We must deceive him."
"Absolutely prevent Blais from returning to Bubble World ‘Tritium’."
"Seal all information completely."
"Hire Outer Gods from the Void and etheric serpents."
"Intercept and kill every messenger."
"If we truly can’t delay him…"
Xidi paused in thought.
"Call the Blood Octopus Outer God clan."
"I have a mission for them."