Chapter 501

Chapter 501: I Wanted to Stay in a Seaview Room, but Ended Up Being Deceived to the Border

“Hmm~”

“Bad person, you finally found the right one!”

“I’m quite versatile!”

“Super amazing!”

“A mere aquarium is nothing to me!”

Trilobite could now see that the caretaker, Miss Themis, had changed her "illustration," and even the background had shifted!

From a childhood friend in the countryside to "Countryside Childhood Friend·Coastal Vacation."

Her fresh white long skirt and sun hat turned into tight denim shorts and a swimsuit, with one hand holding the sun hat.

She sat on a reef, the sea breeze showing the girl’s bright smile.

In the sea around the reef, the ancient cup animals bloomed like odd flowers and branches, showing the shallow sea’s life and richness.

“Hmm…”

“This skin must have been ‘Countryside Childhood Friend·Cambrian period.’”

“But with this conservation area’s caretaker here, I really could feel more at ease.”

Trilobite watched the long, white legs gently stirring the water.

He knew it must have been the "Conservation AI" adjusting the water flow and currents, letting nutrients move freely and making the whole ecosystem of the "Shallow Sea Ancient Cup Conservation Area" more lively and full of life.

Sure enough…

The ancient cup animals excitedly opened and closed the parts on their "body," taking in the floating bits, while small "Trilobite creatures" slowly swam and crawled on the ocean floor, seeming to dig for something in the muddy sand.

Strange worms and micro-net worms crawled up the exoskeletons of the ancient cup animals, moving slow and smooth.

“Alright, you have fun in your new home.”

“This is like… hmm… a seaview room with a seaside pool.”

“Way better than any big house.”

“I should go back to the old home and look.”

“First off…”

“I remember there’s a lake area with a big patch of mushrooms in the lakeside conservation area.”

“I need to go back and see if I can find a way to help Miss Valaharl, the caretaker.”

“I just got over 300,000 Chaos Energy, really made a big profit, but lost some too.”

“Ah, my customers are too good.”

The "Saber Tooth Barinasaurus" that evolved from "urgent consultation" had borrowed some, but paid back the interest in just a few hours that day.

Trilobite only earned two-digit Chaos Energy interest.

It seemed that sometimes, if the payback was too fast, it wasn’t good for the lender.

“Still, it should handle some surprises.”

“Secondly…”

【There was a new rental request; the property was ‘First New Themis.’ Would you like to accept it?】

“This request was quite unusual.”

“Just as I had cleared the house, a new tenant came knocking!”

“I needed to go back and see what kind of ancient creature it was.”

“And I would bring the tenant to check the house; I would also see if they needed any ‘proliferation services’.”

Trilobite did not disturb the happily absorbed Miss Themis, who had just moved into the “seaview room,” and turned to walk deeper into the Chaos Swamp Realm once again.

Themis, “newly appointed and full of energy,” appeared more like a little girl playing with her new toys, eager to fiddle with them.

She expanded, extended, and rooted her will into the entire shallow Ether Sea and the surrounding "Holy Tree World."

Perhaps Themis’s original "base" was indeed the "Holy Tree World," created by the Giant God using Chaos Energy, completely from the same source. So, both the "Ancient Cup Divine Realm" and "Far Reaching Star Holy Tree World" welcomed this new “goddess” with great peace and even joy.

However, the "Far Reaching Star Holy Tree World" was completely under Themis’s control; in contrast, the "Ancient Cup Divine Realm" resembled the cat that Miss Themis had raised.

The main body of the "Ancient Cup Divine Realm" consisted of true “Ancient Deities” with relatively simple and vague wills.

They simply used their “divine thoughts” to rub and respond a few times in greeting.

Miss Themis was very happy and quickly crystallized the outer “Holy Tree World.”

The goddess lightly tapped her ethereal feet upon the Sea of Ether, starting the flood of ether to flow.

She carefully manipulated them, gently stirring the Primal Mud and Ancient God Fragments to let the nutrition flow rapidly.

“Bad person, I was very satisfied with this new place.”

“Hehehe…”

“Hmph, hmph, hmph…”

“Ahhahaha…”

If Trilobite had been paying attention to the system right then, he might have noticed…

“Hmm?”

“Bad person?”

“Bad person!?”

“Where did you go?!”

Miss Themis was so engrossed in her “play” that she accidentally forgot about Trilobite and didn’t hear his call.

“Hmph!”

“So annoying! Just left without a word!”

“But never mind.”

“Since this was now my territory, it was time to give it a new name!”

“Far Reaching Star…”

“Sounded unlucky just by hearing it!”

"Let’s just rename it to…"

Miss Themis thought for a moment and recalled that before, when the Crystal Walls had shattered, the Ether Sea surged in, and the Holy Tree extended to replace the walls, Themis had changed the name once.

It was called…

"First New Themis!?"

"Alright, this time we’ll call it Second New Themis!"

The instant Miss Themis changed the name…

"Boom—!"

"Boom—!"

The Ether Sea suddenly turned turbulent.

Giant waves crashed violently against the "world" made of the "Holy Tree."

The "Holy Tree Embankment" and the shallow sea inside it trembled too!

"Eh!?"

Miss Themis gasped in shock.

Then, the somewhat slow new "Domain Consciousness" realized a problem.

"Wait…"

"Could that ‘seaview’ that bad guy mentioned be… Endless Ether!?"

Themis’s blood pressure instantly shot up!

"That bad guy!"

She roared through gritted teeth, like a puffed-up tiger-striped cat.

"Who said I’d live in a mansion!"

"This is clearly a trick to lure me here as a guard!"

"Now… what am I supposed to do?!"

Through divine scanning and taking over the vision of low-tier deities nearby, Themis could sense the terrifying pressure from the Endless Ether; she even saw massive backs slowly surfacing from the sea!

—-

"Ah, this…"

"I thought these tenants were someone…"

"Turns out it’s you clingy things."

"Didn’t I chase you away before?"

"You actually came back to try your trick of taking over my nest again?"

Trilobite looked at the group of "giant Dream Beach Crocodiles" in front of him, feeling furious.

The System’s so-called "rental request" was actually a warning because a bunch of "Dream Beach Crocodiles" had sneaked into the "lake area" while Themis was away to settle down.

Since the "Woodland Lake Area" was so vast, they even divided their territory and started building nests.

If the System hadn’t alerted him, they’d have treated the place as their own home.

Seeing these "tenants," Trilobite got so mad he caused a commotion in the "Woodland Lake Area," roaring and scaring them all away.

If not for their color changing from red to light yellow in the System, he’d have eaten them all!

"But…"

While chasing the Dreaming Shore Dragons earlier, Trilobite had glanced around and used the System’s mini-map to check the spawn distribution in the lake area; he saw most spawns had already retreated.

Only a few remained quietly active in hidden "caves" and "bushes."

"It’s possible to rent this empty spot to you with the first month free."

"But, there are conditions!"

Trilobite’s calcite compound eyes glinted with cunning.

"You’ll need to buy some bundled services."

"Don’t worry, they’re services to make you stronger! They’ll only help you, not hurt you."

"Think about it—it’s a time of big climate changes; this swamp isn’t safe, and getting stronger for self-defense is smart."

"What?"

"You don’t have Chaos Energy!? Can’t afford it!?"

"No problem, you can still ask me for a loan!"