Chapter 154

Chapter 154: An Unforeseen Path!

“Woohoo! Take off!”

Trilobite, like a crocodile, buried most of his body in the water, watching as his spawn “Trilobite” flew straight up into the sky. He nodded in satisfaction.

His nearly twenty thousand Chaos Points were well spent.

This time, he spent heavily on his “earliest symbiotic creature young lady”!

Although he didn’t make her grow larger, he completely remodeled her inside and out; the traditional, outdated “leg gills” were replaced by a more efficient “tracheal” system.

Inside the “Trilobite,” Trilobite had also placed many air sacs.

These air sacs weren’t like those of birds but were structures from some flying insects and diplopods. They could boost breathing efficiency but mainly lightened the whole body.

He poured lots of resources into these two changes.

Compared to that, the “wings” cost less.

Growing the “back plate” was easy; after all, many trilobites naturally had similar parts.

Next, he just needed to add one DLC after another for tweaks.

The mutations weren’t complex.

The only hard part was growing muscles to attach the back plate and let it flap up and down.

Of course, if he spent some points, these weren’t problems!

Finally, Trilobite used some points to have the Trilobite specialized the remaining limbs. He kept the “Smashing Claw” but retracted the first few limb segments upward and healed them to form sharp mouthparts on the face.

The last few limb segments specialized into things like “radar antennas.”

With these, the Trilobite could better sense its surroundings and lead its swarm more easily!

“Anyway, congratulations!”

“The Trilobite has started on an unforeseen path!”

“A flying Trilobite like never before!”

“Let me see what species you are!”

But when Trilobite checked the system panel, his face fell.

The expected “Flying Trilobite” didn’t show up; instead, a weird creature appeared—a primitive mantis shrimp!

“Ah…”

【Current Form: Peter Foot Salamander Type】

【Status: Not Hungry】

【Magic Power: 4000/4000 (Regenerates 50 per minute)】

【Chaos Energy: 3922/1000 (Can enter evolution interface)】

【Skill 1: Flip the World Off (100 Magic Power cost)】

【Skill 2: Ball Joint Armor (100 Magic Power cost)】

【Skill 3: Dance of Bacteria and Archaea (Magic Power cost varies)】

【Special Skill: Whale Fall Aura】

【Spawn 1: Trilobite Mantis (Equipped Smashing Claw, True Social Insect Colony Pheromones)】

【Spawn 2: Spiny Shark】

【Spawn 3: ancient jumping spider (Equipped powerful venom, Silk Spinner)】

“Ah, so after the Trilobite insect evolved, it couldn’t be called a Trilobite insect anymore.”

“But what exactly is this Trilobite Mantis?”

“Why hadn’t I heard of it?”

“Could it be a fantasy species!?”

Trilobite wasn’t an expert in entomology, but as a paleo creature Researcher, he knew a bit about insects, especially their evolutionary history.

“The so-called ‘Trilobite Mantis,’ the ‘Trilobite’ naturally refers to its class, and ‘Mantis’ should mean the mantis; these two points were easy to grasp.”

“As for ‘Mantis’…”

Trilobite remembered, “Mantis” seemed to mean termite.

“Hmm…”

“So, an arthropod from the Trilobite class that looked like both termites and mantises?”

“That truly was an ‘unforeseen path.’”

It seemed that, in this strange world and under Trilobite’s own control, the Trilobite insect didn’t just avoid extinction; it actually thrived!

They grew elytra and took the old path of coleopteran insects.

“Hmm, I gave the blonde young lady the capability of ‘gene sharing,’ right?”

“Soon, this heaven-sent Trilobite insect would prosper!”

“They would occupy the Ecological Niche of beetles, becoming one of the most successful species!”

“Who knows, they might even save a world or something…”

Trilobite nodded in satisfaction.

“The blonde young lady’s species had evolved!”

“Oh wow!”

“It seemed my species had evolved too!”

He then realized that his own “species” had changed.

“Anyway, I’m finally not a fish anymore!”

The Peter Foot Salamander species was very special; it was likely the first early tetrapod whose adults could mainly move on land.

In build, this creature had strong limbs, able to drag the Peter Foot Salamander at a good speed on dry land; its tail was fairly long and a bit flat, one of the few aquatic traits left.

But the most noticeable thing was its huge skull.

Without counting the tail, the Head-to-body Ratio was about 1:3, making it a real big-headed baby.

They probably used the bite force from that big head and the movement from their sturdy limbs to catch small insects on the water’s edge or deeper dry land.

To be honest, Trilobite now looked quite similar to that.

However, the newly emerged Peter Foot Salamander was still quite small, with a body length of just over a meter, which felt awkward.

It couldn’t fight land scorpions on land, nor handle freshwater sharks or lungfish in water, so it only snuck around the edges of water and land, hopping back and forth.

But weak as it was, the Peter Foot Salamander was a vertebrate close to fully conquering land, marking an important step for vertebrates in dominating land!

“But I am much stronger than the Peter Foot Salamander!”

“Because I am bigger!”

Trilobite, using the grow larger ability again, reached a length of two meters!

The real Peter Foot Salamander, facing him, could only be a little brother.

If he really was in the late Carboniferous period, he would likely rank as a “top predator,” competing with the “Serpent Tooth Dragon” for the title of “first predator!”

“Very good!”

“I’m no longer afraid of water battles or land battles!”

“Better mobility! Stronger attack power! More attack methods!”

“And…”

“Goo…”

A sound came from his abdomen, like the friction of intestinal walls.

“A bigger appetite!”

Trilobite slightly turned his head, looking around.

“Hmm… Miss Valaharl?”

“This lake seems a bit off.”

Trilobite noticed the lakeshore was filled with “large mushrooms.” Most were tall but had no caps.

This wasn’t unusual, though, as some mushrooms fold up their caps before releasing spores.

Plus, tall fungi like columns did appear in the Devonian period and earlier.

What really troubled Trilobite was that these mushrooms looked like the ones before, but they showed blue in his “system vision.”

Trilobite couldn’t eat them at all!

So, he wanted to ask Miss Valaharl.

“Uh, do you still have food in your service area?”

【Cough, cough, cough…】

【Ha… ha… ha…】

Miss Valaharl’s violent coughing and gasping sounds came!

【Yes, there is.】

【But…】

“Oh, young lady, please don’t say ‘but.’”

“I’m hungry.”

“No matter what, hurry and show me a way so I can fill my stomach.”

【Alright… I will let you in right now.】

“Whew…”

At that moment, a big insect with a wingspan of about ten centimeters gently floated down.

Trilobite looked at the fellow and saw it was already dead, its head smashed and split in two.

“Hmm, this must be the first trophy from ‘Flying Trilobite Bug’ sister.”

“Not bad.”

“But…”

“Ah? Is this all?”

Indeed…

What could an insect with a wingspan of over ten centimeters do, frankly?

Not even enough for a bite?

However, just then…

“Buzz—!”

A loud buzzing of powerful wings echoed in the air!

Trilobite looked up and saw a massive, incredibly fierce insect appear!

—-

“Bang!”

“Boom—!”

The invisible Crystal Walls shook.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

“What a big deal!”

“To have two of you, and both core councilors!”

Valaharl gritted her teeth, straining to summon her power, activating layer upon layer of Crystal Walls, trying to block the invasion.

But…

“Thud!”

“Thud!”

“Clang!”

“Crash…”

The sound of the Crystal Walls shattering kept ringing out.

“Haha!”

The Chaos Demon God’s triumphant laughter echoed.

“You have more than just us two!”

“The core councilor of the Chaos Council’s Twelfth Seat, the creator of the ‘World Nails’ specially crafted ‘Wall Breaker’ for us!”

“See?!”

“Your Crystal Walls are about to shatter!”

“You…”

But before the Chaos Demon God could finish, a laugh cut in.

“Ha!”

Then Valaharl did something unexpected.

“Good!”

“Since you want to enter my home so much!”

“Then I won’t stop you.”

“Besides, the true master of this place has also invited you!”

“Crystal Walls!”

“Open!”