I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [256]

Kumoko’s eight compound eyes all snapped open at once.

Just as she’d expected, the scene before her was a familiar wreck. The ground was in total disarray, with only the area beneath her and Zhongli remaining completely untouched.

Even her mother—the Queen Taratect—seemed unwilling to accept this outcome. She let out a furious roar toward the sky, but it was all in vain.

Zhongli’s striking, otherworldly face remained unreadably calm, not a single emotion flickering across it.

After a brief pause, he turned to Kumoko and said,
“Go on. Kill her.”

“...Huh???” Kumoko blinked, stunned.

“I’d like to observe what exactly this so-called ‘evolution’ entails,” Zhongli explained plainly. “Your experience points should be nearing a critical threshold. If you kill your so-called ‘mother’, perhaps it will trigger evolution.”

“Ohhh~~! Ooh~!!”

Kumoko had absolutely no reason to refuse a request like that.

With a whoosh, she shot up to the top of the Queen Taratect’s head. Raising one of her scythe-like front legs high into the air, she slashed down hard at her mother’s skull.

Her most powerful corrosion attack flared to life, instantly tearing through the Queen Taratect’s armored shell—a shell tough enough to withstand most of the physical and magical assaults this world had to offer.

Seconds later, the already dying Queen Taratect went completely still.

Then, in the very next moment, a massive wave of experience data surged into Kumoko’s field of vision.

[Experience gained. Level increased: Death God’s Shadow LV28...]
[Experience gained. Level increased: Death God’s Shadow LV29...]
[Experience gained. Level increased: Death God’s Shadow LV30...]
[Level cap reached. Evolution possible.]
[Proceed with evolution?]

Kumoko stared at the “Evolve” button floating in front of her. She didn’t click it right away, instead glancing over at Zhongli.

“Go ahead,” Zhongli gave her a slight nod.

Receiving the senior’s approval, Kumoko finally felt at ease. She tapped the button to evolve—
And the next second, she felt something strange stir within her body.

—Huh? My consciousness isn’t slipping into darkness like it usually does during evolution...

—Is it thanks to Zhongli-senpai’s assistance? Or maybe it’s the sleep immunity effect from my ‘Slothful Ruler’ title?

—Well, whatever. Doesn’t matter. Right now, I can feel the power welling up inside me.

Fully awake, Kumoko could clearly sense the changes overtaking her body.

—Such a weird feeling. It doesn’t hurt. Doesn’t itch either. Though I guess itching is just mild pain, and if there’s no pain, there’s no itch.

Her thoughts drifted freely, like usual, even as her body underwent violent transformation.

Countless strands of silk extended from the ground, and invisible energy gathered around her in a dense swirl—energy that normal people couldn’t perceive.

It flooded into her, fusing seamlessly with her body.

All of it unfolded under Zhongli’s watchful gaze.

Arms folded and one hand resting on his chin, he observed the special system program known as “evolution” with quiet interest.

Roughly fifteen minutes later, Kumoko’s evolution was complete.

The bizarre spider creature that once stood only half the height of a person had subtly changed once more.

A horn-like tail rose from her back—something spiders weren’t even supposed to have—protruding from just above her spinnerets. In addition, part of the carapace on her back had turned a deep, dark shade, bristling with sharp spikes.

Zhongli observed her transformation without blinking, a flurry of data and analytical models running through his mind like ripples across a still lake.

Once Kumoko had fully evolved, he received the insights he’d been seeking.

“Not bad. That alone advanced my analysis of the skill system by about five percent,” he said.

That was the very first thing Kumoko heard upon opening her eyes.

“I… I actually evolved successfully?”

Before she could process it, a crisp yet unsettlingly flippant voice echoed inside her mind.

[Yup, evolution’s just that simple.]

Kumoko froze, her eyes going wide.

As the voice rang through her head, a sleek, high-tech smartphone appeared out of thin air and clattered to the ground by her feet.

Kumoko didn’t dare reach for it. Her gaze shifted nervously to Zhongli, who remained motionless nearby.

The handsome young man gave her a small nod, gesturing for her to pick it up.

With trembling hesitation, she lifted one of her scythe-like claws and carefully brought the phone up to her face.

[Hellooo~ This is Administrator D speaking.]

The same silky, teasing voice came through the device’s speaker.

“Ahhh~~! Ahhh~~! I heard nothing! Nothing at all!”

Kumoko screamed inwardly.

But at that exact moment, a private message window from the Multiverse Chat Group appeared before her eyes, initiated by Zhongli.

[Don’t worry. Even if she becomes aware of my existence, I can obscure your perception of any god conversing with you. She won’t be able to probe your thoughts for anything relating to me. It’s the same reason she can’t detect the Multiverse Chat Group’s presence.]

His message immediately swept away the storm of panic rising in Kumoko’s heart.

[Oh dear~ What's this? I seem to have a lovely spider self-destruct button in my hand~]

Administrator D’s voice cut back in, her tone sing-song and threatening.

Kumoko’s heart skipped a beat. Still, she quietly thought to herself—

“I’m sorry. Please forgive me.”

“And… what do you mean, a button? When did you even make something like that?!”

[I’m just messing with you~ There’s no such thing. But even if I didn’t have one, I still have ways to turn a spider into a pretty little puff of smoke.]

“Please, please don’t do that.”

Kumoko sincerely bowed in her heart, offering up a mental prayer.

And so, under Zhongli’s steady gaze, the upper-tier administrator—Eldritch God D—chatted away pleasantly with Kumoko.

Thanks to Lady D’s boundless generosity, Miss Kumoko learned many things.

For instance: her newly evolved form, the Undying Spider Queen, was an entirely unprecedented monster species. Her evolution had occurred through a mix of chance and miracle.

Also: no human who had ever reached the forbidden max level had met a good end.

And another thing: because Kumoko had accessed a skill that didn’t exist within the system, she might actually have a chance to ascend to godhood.

And lastly—during that final stretch of their conversation—Kumoko learned the truth behind her reincarnation.

That this world wasn’t hers alone.

There were other reincarnators here as well—classmates and teachers who, like her, had been caught up in the aftermath of that incident.

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