Prehistoric Evolution: Squidward Becomes a Great Old One

Chapter 48 Earth Online Version Updated Again: The Carboniferous Period Arrives!

At this very moment, in the underground presidential bunker of the Rocky Mountains in the Starsea Federation.

"Clang!"

The president of the Starsea Federation slammed his expensive whiskey glass onto the screen.

His eyes were practically bleeding with jealousy, and his chest heaved violently.

On the big screen, the frenzied scenes in Yunxia were being broadcast live.

Those ordinary Yunxia commoners who were originally just ordinary people, now any one of them can be picked out.

Their physical test data is comparable to that of the Navy SEALs, who are trained by the Star Sea Federation at great expense!

Even elderly people who are half-buried have been given a new lease on life.

"Lifespan increased by fifteen years — all diseases disappear — physical strength doubles —"

The defense minister slumped in his chair, his face ashen, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

"It's over.

It's all over.

What use are our aircraft carriers and nuclear weapons?

Faced with absolute lifespan and health, all this scrap metal becomes a joke!

The Secretary of State’s voice was filled with deep despair: “Mr. President, please look at the reports outside.”

Within just ten minutes of Yunxia receiving the nationwide reward, the social order of our Star Sea Federation was on the verge of collapse.

The world's richest people, top conglomerates, and even our elite scientists are frantically selling off their domestic assets.

She cried and begged for a green card from Yunxia, ​​even offering her entire fortune just to become a Yunxia citizen.

The president roared hysterically, "It's not fair! It's not fair!! Why do they get to have gods?"

Why should we be slaughtered like rats in the game?!

However, higher-dimensional systems simply do not heed the impotent rage of the weak.

For Earth Online, the wheels of time keep turning, and the cruel crucible of evolution will never stop for a moment!

"Buzz!!!"

With a resounding roar echoing across the globe, countless dazzling white beams of light shot into the sky in the real world.

The 1.4 billion Cloud Xia players have just experienced a "complete transformation and the cure of all diseases" in real life.

They didn't even have time to run a couple more laps on the streets to test their doubled physical abilities.

The system then ruthlessly pulled them back into the high-dimensional sandbox.

Meanwhile, the Western players who hid in underground bunkers watched the Yunxia people ascend to heaven, their envy seething through their teeth.

Filled with deep despair and fear, they were once again drawn into the game.

[Ding! Earth Online Server-wide High-Dimensional Announcement!]

[The real-world boost rewards have all been distributed!]

The Third Age—[Carboniferous Period: A Feast for Giant Insects and Overlords]—has officially opened its portal!

A brand-new sandbox environment has been generated: global oxygen levels have surged to 35%!

Arthropods and insects are breaking size limitations, ushering in a gigantism frenzy!

[All surviving players on the server are forced to log in!]

Carboniferous period, ancient continent.

The sky was an eerily deep green, and the air was thick with water vapor so dense it was almost tangible.

Due to the surge in global oxygen levels, the plants here are growing in an extremely invasive manner.

Even an ordinary fern can easily grow to a height of 100 meters, like a green pillar reaching into the sky.

"Splash! Splash!"

Countless beams of white light flashed across the muddy swamps, dense jungles, and vast plains.

Nearly two billion surviving players worldwide, in various amphibians and early reptile rudimentary forms.

They were randomly born on this brand new continent.

A retired SEAL from the Starsea Federation was born on the edge of a dark swamp.

Its initial form was a primitive amphibian less than half a meter long—the ichthyosaur.

"My God—why is the air here so pungent?"

The veteran breathed in the oxygen-rich air, his short forelimbs swaying uncomfortably as he stepped into the mud.

His intuition, honed by years of walking the line between life and death, told him that a deadly trap lurked in this quiet jungle.

suddenly!

"Hiss" 7

A chilling scraping sound came from the giant tree above his head.

The veteran maneuvered the amphibian's body and suddenly raised his head, his vertical pupils instantly contracting!

On a tree trunk tens of meters high, there was a giant ancient millipede (Arthropoda fasciatus) that was three meters long and covered with a hard, dark brown shell!

Its hundreds and thousands of sharp legs moved rapidly across the bark, like a fully armed tracked armored vehicle.

With an oppressive, suffocating aura, it swooped down directly toward the veteran!

"Shit! Are you kidding me?! How could a bug grow that big?!"

The veteran was terrified and desperately tried to escape using his four short amphibious legs.

But it was too late.

During the Carboniferous period, when the oxygen content was 35%, these giant insects were not only enormous in size, but their growth rate was also astonishing!

"Snap!"

The giant millipede instantly pounced on the veteran, its terrifying mandibles, like hydraulic clamps, cruelly closing shut.

It cut the old soldier's fragile ichthyosaur body in half!

[Starsea Federation player killed! Faction points deducted!]

The same scene was playing out wildly in every corner of the Carboniferous period.

The giant dragonfly with a wingspan of nearly one meter hovered in the air like a fighter jet, its sharp mouthparts easily piercing the amphibian skin of the players below.

The one-meter-long Pumono scorpion brandished its highly venomous stinger, slaughtering hordes of Western players like food.

For the Western camp, this is like a hellish alien insectoid survival challenge!

The faction channel was instantly flooded with piercing screams and desperate wails.

However, on this ancient land filled with slaughter, the art style took an absurd turn when it came to the Yunxia players!

In the eastern Carboniferous period, on a vast fern plain.

Hundreds of Yunxia players were born here.

Their initial forms varied widely, including the stout salamander with a huge lower jaw.

There are also early reptiles, such as forest lizards, which are slender and covered with fine scales.

They had just adapted to their new biological bodies when a low, rumbling sound, like the rotor of a helicopter, came from above.

Five or six giant dragonflies with wingspans exceeding one meter were dripping a nauseating green slime.

Treating this group of Yunxia players like a lavish buffet, they swooped down straight down.

"My God! What a huge green bottle fly!"

A Yunxia player who was originally just an ordinary college student in real life instinctively exclaimed in surprise.

His game body is a salamander that is 1.5 meters long and resembles a heavily armored newt.

In the previous era, ordinary people would not have been able to react to such a rapid dive and would have been left with no choice but to close their eyes and wait for death.

But now... things are different!

The moment the giant dragonfly swooped down to within half a meter of his head, the college student's central nervous system jolted!

In reality, this is accompanied by the terrifying effect of a 100% increase in neural reaction speed.

The giant dragonfly, which was originally as fast as lightning, appeared to be moving in slow motion in his retina!

He could even see every single detail on the dragonfly's compound eyes!

This doubled neural reflex arc in reality was perfectly projected onto the game body he controlled!

"Whoosh!"

The college student controlled the salamander's body, and its powerful hind legs kicked out suddenly in the mud.

Its massive body actually managed to shift half a body length to the side in mid-air, perfectly dodging the dragonfly's deadly bite!

Moreover, in the instant they brushed past each other...

A fierce glint flashed in the college student's eyes, and he opened the salamander's gaping maw, which was covered with fine fangs.

Using the force of gravity during its descent, it bit down hard on the giant dragonfly's vulnerable abdomen!

"Pfft!"

Green insect fluid splattered everywhere!

With the boost of [100% increase in basic physical fitness], the salamander's bite force increases exponentially.

It actually bit that arrogant aerial assassin in half!

The remains of the giant dragonfly fell into the muddy water, twitched twice, and then remained completely still.

"Holy crap? Me—I reacted that fast?"

The college student spat out the worm's entrails from his mouth, looked at his strong, powerful, short forelimbs, and trembled with excitement.