Chapter 518

Chapter 518: The Most Useless Living Saint Wants to Become Useful

Loseta often asked herself a question—“Am I the most useless Living Saint?”

Putting everything else aside, she truly fell short compared to the previous four Living Saints in both avatar body and authority.

The First Living Saint Sulya served as the Soul Network’s "second ultimate node"—the first being the Giant God herself. Through this network, she effortlessly monitored every Giant God follower’s status and information.

Big Sister is watching you!

The Second and Fourth Living Saints, Albert Drake and Angna, both wielded remarkably powerful avatar bodies.

In raw strength alone, their avatar bodies rivaled those of Chaos’s mightiest core councilors.

As warriors of the Giant God, they now roamed the Divine Realm, ever vigilant against chaotic entities creeping in with the Endless Ether.

The Fifth Living Saint Sylvia, though newly ascended with no particularly strong divine body, dared to break new ground beneath the Abyssal Carpet—making her indispensable to the Giant God’s Great Plan.

But…

What about herself?

"Beyond venom that slightly corrodes deities, I’ve nothing noteworthy to offer…"

"Sigh…"

"And I barely register on anyone’s radar."

Once, Loseta had governed Valaharl—one of the Giant God’s core worlds.

There she directed industrial operations and supervised the underground Network Plan, assisting Sulya in maintaining flawless order.

While insignificant before the Giant God, she at least commanded mortal respect.

She’d believed herself somewhat useful to the Great Plan.

But now…

"Valaharl has vanished."

"At least, it can no longer function as a Bubble World."

"So what purpose does my existence serve?"

Loseta trudged through the war-torn ruins.

She questioned herself, doubted her very worth.

"Giant God, why elevate me as a Living Saint? Why grant me this feeble divine body? What did you intend?"

As a true Valaharl person, enjoying unearned status gnawed at her more than any battlefield death.

Within her avatar body, the silver-haired woman knelt gracefully, praying in silence.

The Giant God hadn’t answered her pleas in ages.

She held no hope for divine guidance now.

Yet at that moment—

*Buzz—!*

A tremendous force abruptly seized her!

“Uh…”

Loseta’s delicate body trembled as powerful energy suddenly surged down from a higher dimension, striking fiercely at her soul.

But it didn’t hurt.

It felt like her body, falling into the darkness of the cold Abyss, suddenly encountered a warm, bright current.

A pleasurable sensation flowed down her spine, spreading throughout her entire body.

“Divine grace!?”

This was a long-lost feeling.

Whenever such a sensation arose, it meant that the Giant God was bestowing divine grace upon the Living Saints, granting their divine bodies new abilities or powers!

“Great is the Giant God!”

Before she lost consciousness in excitement, Loseta joyfully offered her gratitude to the Giant God!

Her awareness soared in extreme exhilaration, drifting up into the void and even beyond it.

There, she saw a blazing inferno.

“This was…

The Fire Domain!?”

But before she could further explore what the “Fire Domain” meant in her mind, Loseta rolled her eyes and fainted from the overwhelming pleasure.

It seemed that this time, the Giant God had granted her a large amount of divine grace.

—-

“Hmm, I thought it was just a ‘small adjustment,’ but the more I worked, the more changes I found that were needed…”

“And then…”

When working on a project, it was easy to get carried away.

Often, as one kept going, the budget could overshoot significantly.

This time’s “project” was no different.

Trilobite chose to conduct a large-scale magical alteration on the ancient jumping spider, especially on his third spawn sister, intending to turn her into his personal “physical lighter.”

Though the “fire-breathing” Trilobite Mantis seemed capable of igniting things, Trilobite wasn’t sure if the corrosive liquid had any other side effects.

After thinking it over, he opted for a health-safe physical spark instead.

“I remember that jumping spiders had some very strange courting behaviors.”

Trilobite wasn’t an insect researcher, but he had watched some documentaries in his past life; those documentaries discussed how certain jumping spiders exhibited very “interesting” courting behaviors.

For example, male spiders would spread open their long, colorful forelimbs and perform bizarre dances in front of female spiders to attract their attention.

Among them, the most famous and vibrant was the “peacock jumping spider.”

This small jumping spider lived in New Zealand, and the males boasted striking and variable patterns on their abdomens.

During mating season, males would elevate their abdomens and raise both pairs of forelimbs, performing a dazzling dance before females, much like a peacock displaying its feathers.

Thus, it was named the “peacock jumping spider.”

This magnificent courting behavior was complex enough to rival many vertebrates, even matching birds.

It clearly showed that jumping spiders must be the pinnacle of intelligence among arthropods!

Trilobite’s plan was straightforward.

Modify the jumping spiders first, then alter their behavior.

"Hmm, I’ll transform their color-display dance from swaying to clapping! Those long forelimbs shouldn’t just sway during the dance—they should strike together like hands applauding!"

"Courting through clapping exists in nature too—some seals do it…"

"Since my spawn sister is female, I’ll redesign this dance for both genders to perform."

"Why should only males enjoy the privilege of flamboyant displays and dancing?"

"Outrageous! How infuriating!"

"Females deserve to dance too!"

"Next, when they clap-dance, their limbs should generate tiny sparks upon impact."

The first two steps proved manageable.

Adjusting the jumping spiders’ habits and modifying dance poses presented no major issues.

But the third step became problematic…

"Making sparks fly when their limbs strike…"

"This…"

"Seems rather challenging."

Legends claimed Suiren invented fire-drilling after observing "sparks from birds pecking flint," but after all—just myths.

Trilobite recalled no creature intentionally using tools to create fire.

Thus while upgrading the ancient jumping spider, he cautiously attempted fire-making through the "courting dance" modification.

Yet…

"How could jumping spiders’ limbs produce sparks?"

"Unless I install fire-starting devices on their limbs."

"But…"

Striking flint or pyrite worked best for sparks.

A few strikes would create fiery particles.

The real challenge was…

How could jumping spiders grow easily ignitable minerals or "alloys" on their bodies!?

"Oh my, growing minerals and alloys biologically…"

"Wait—that actually exists."

Creatures growing mineral structures was commonplace.

Mollusks, coral reefs, shells—all constituted "minerals."

Trilobite’s own eyes were "calcite crystals," weren’t they?

These eyes had accompanied him throughout his journey. Though their size and calcite compound eyes’ fusion degree varied slightly, their essence remained unchanged—viewing the world through transparent calcite concave lenses.

Mineral-made eyes proved exceptionally durable, ranking among nature’s toughest visual organs while serving Trilobite faithfully.

"Hmm, flesh is frail but calcite excels—no plans to replace them."

"But limestone and calcite make inefficient fire-starters and shatter easily."

"If only metal constructs could grow on their limbs…"

The "evolution STEAM system" operated on a key principle—attributes could be reassigned but never fabricated.

With sufficient Chaos Energy, Trilobite could grant archosaurs a dinosaur order’s air sac breathing system—yet couldn’t create true fire-breathing creatures.

Now, while biological mineral growth was simple, could "metal constructs" develop naturally?

As Trilobite agonized, he scrolled through the "evolution STEAM interface."

"Oh, oh, oh!"

Remarkably, he found the solution.