Chapter 380

Chapter 380: So Your Wish Was the Ocean

"Assess the troublesome customer."

Trilobite sat in the "consultation space," watching the strange fellow, the corner of his eye twitching.

"This guy was already a top predator…"

"What else did you want to change?"

Trilobite complained.

Top predators were the absolute champions and rulers of their time. They sat at the very top of the food chain in their habitat, looking down upon the world and gazing proudly at everyone else.

Their bodies represented the ultimate solutions of their era—terrifying beings incredibly specialized for predation!

Of course, specialization also meant "hitting a wall," rendering them almost unable to cope with changes in their environment and ecology. Evolution worked that way; "foundation" implied some room for change, while "specialization" meant waiting for extinction in place.

"So you were the renowned Permian period Deinosuchus!"

The Deinosuchus had not appeared on BBC, nor on "Discovery Channel" or "National Geographic," so he couldn’t be considered a star.

To this, Trilobite could only say, "You’ve been overlooked!"

"The documentary guys only seemed to know about all kinds of dinosaurs, but they could have dug deep into the giant beasts before dinosaurs too. Those beasts had plenty of potential to become ‘idols.’"

Among them, there was no doubt the Deinosuchus from the superfamily of basal amphibians could have been sculpted into a new generation of "ruler."

He was discovered in Brazil’s Paraná Basin of the Permian period, where the type specimen was a fragment of a broken long snout. Later, some other scraps of bones were uncovered.

Based on the existing bones, it was estimated the Deinosuchus could grow to an astonishing nine meters!

His weight could exceed two tons!

This size was already larger than any modern living crocodile and ranked among the series of prehistoric giant crocodiles.

The Deinosuchus’s most notable feature was his long, slender snout, highly similar to some long-snouted crocodiles. Paleontologists estimated his habits might have aligned closely with crocodiles—either swimming in water, devouring fish, or lying in wait along the water’s edge to ambush passing prey.

It was easy to imagine that while the land’s rulers were powerful creatures like Deinosuchus and Anteosuchus, they had to tread cautiously near water. Hidden beneath the surface lurked a terrifying river colossal creature!

On land, you reigned, but in water, he was the true master!

"Ah, but this guy hadn’t reached the exaggerated nine meters yet; he was still over seven meters!"

"He weighed at least over a ton."

"With a size like that, he would have been a ruler wherever he went."

"So, what more did you want?"

Trilobite pondered for a moment, then clapped his hands.

"Clap!"

"I understood now."

No matter how strong the Deinosuchus was, he was still an "amphibian." Although some basal amphibians didn’t have completely mucous skin like modern ichthyosaurs and might even have had scales or bony armor like crocodiles, their ability to retain moisture still fell short.

"Hmm…"

"I see, you must have yearned for the ocean, right?"

"It was just a matter of solving osmotic pressure; I could arrange that for you!"

Crocodiles could make multiple advances into the ocean, largely thanks to their "prying the door open" tactics.

Take today’s estuarine crocodile as an example.

Its main territory is freshwater rivers, though it occasionally ventures into the sea to hunt. It can also spread widely through ocean currents.

Historically, its range stretched from Australia in the south to Fujian and Guangdong in the north, reaching west to the Indian Ocean islands. Given future opportunities, estuarine crocodiles might evolve like ancient Crocodilians into a new generation of "semi-sea crocodiles"—or even become true sea crocodiles!

“First…”

Trilobite began modifying.

Though Deinosuchus skin had some moisture-locking ability, it remained limited. After all, as freshwater creatures in humid environments, completely waterproof skin served little purpose.

As for why crocodiles developed highly water-resistant skin despite humid habitats…

That’s in their blood!

Crocodilian ancestors like the Proterosuchids lived on land and likely endured the Permian and Early Triassic Period droughts. When they moved to freshwater, their moisture-trapping skin—though temporarily redundant—became a hidden weapon for seizing new Ecological Niches!

“Skin upgrade complete.”

“Next, minor skull adjustments.”

“Widen and thicken the tail!”

“Since you’ve got a slender snout, let’s thicken that too.”

“Nostril placement…”

…

After the modifications, a new creature materialized before Trilobite.

“Hmm…”

“This being is…”

—-

“Urgh—!”

Baimeng’s Divine Body erupted in blinding gold.

“Buzz—!”

As the radiance condensed, a colossal monster surged through the Ether Sea!

“Splash—!”

It churned the waters, its immense Divine Body straining the very fabric of the sea!

“Boss!?”

“Baimeng’s luck holds…”

Magaxia and Gimmerly murmured in awe, witnessing her rebirth.

Baimeng channeled magic to examine her transformed Divine Body.

“Superficially, the changes appear subtle.”

“The Divine Body’s size did not increase significantly.”

“But the Divine Body’s strength improved greatly, and the magic power storage also saw a noticeable boost.”

“Both my capability in the Ether Sea and on the primordial dry land improved considerably.”

“Such remarkable transformative power!”

“Even more impressive was that the Giant God could use this ‘transformative power’ correctly.”

Although Baimeng did not know how to modify the Divine Body, many chaos deities did.

This method for ‘Divine Body modifications’ was called “transformative power.”

Some Core Councilor Level demon gods also possessed “transformative power,” but their transformative power only worked on etheric worm-level deities; among the core councilors, Barbatos and Xidi also held great “transformative power.”

They could use “transformative power” to alter the Divine Bodies of Core Councilor Level deities.

However, the biggest issue for these two big shots was that they did not know how to use this power right!

Modifying the Divine Body was a chaotic system where one small change affected everything, and chaos deities, who did not grasp chaos, could only treat symptoms instead of root causes.

Often, their changes ended up worse than the original state.

But the Giant God seemed to have no such problem; he knew how to skillfully adjust the divine bones’ structure and position the organs, making the already strong Divine Body even stronger!

“However…”

“If this was all, my Divine Body hadn’t achieved a true breakthrough.”

“But I felt a vague sense of something.”

“What could this be…?”

Baimeng soon had no time to think.

Because…

“Buzz—!”

The “Fanged Giant Mouth” emblem on her forehead and stomach shone brightly.

“Uh…”

“Is this… the price!?”

Baimeng lamented, feeling the Hunger from her stomach.

This feeling controlled her, eating away at her reason.

“Roar—!”

She roared, giving in to this primal, wild feeling, and swam off, tail waving toward the distance!