So I was overthinking it?
As Lu Ming said, she couldn't possibly be that stupid—sacrificing the greater for the lesser. There was no need for that!
Thinking about it carefully, Lu Ming was rarely unreliable. And when she was, it was never intentional. She should be trustworthy! After all, this system spirit was someone she had personally sought out. If she didn't trust her, was she supposed to think about Ai-chan, whom she had replaced?
"Sorry! I shouldn't have doubted you."
"Five thousand Crystals, right? Just deduct them!"
Kumoko's reward was ten thousand Crystals plus other rewards. Spending five thousand on her was still bearable.
[Lu Ming: It's fine, it's fine. That's only natural! The evolution data will take a moment, but I'll have it soon.]
Lu Ming did not seem to mind much. After receiving the Crystals, she immediately began obtaining the detailed information on Taratect evolutions.
Crystals were manifestations of the world's origin. They had merely become her currency in the form of Honkai Impact 3 Crystals. The Crystals rewarded by the system came from the same source.
[Lu Ming: Done. I sent the information directly to you.]
"So this is the entire Taratect evolution tree. There are really a lot of branches..."
After obtaining the Taratect evolution tree, Fu Hua immediately felt that her five thousand Crystals had been well spent. Without this, if Kumoko evolved down the wrong path, she would regret it beyond remedy.
Kumoko looked adorable as a spider, but... she was fine as a pet. As a girlfriend... if she couldn't evolve into a humanoid form, then forget it!
She couldn't really make love with a spider-shaped monster...
The Small Taratect's next evolution paths were Small Poison Taratect and Taratect.
The Taratect path was the one Kumoko's mother