Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 102



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Ep. 102

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It’s been a day since the Calvin entered the I-97 sector.

A lot happened during that day for the Rusrock Cartel led by Milo Rusrock.

To be precise, many ‘unfortunate’ things happened.

“Move quickly! We need to set up a defense line before he crosses the area!”

At the rear of the Calvin, the remaining pirates were busy building a barricade.

This was the last bastion, as the mysterious monster that had attacked the ship had taken over the entire forward section.

‘You piece of shit!’

One of his subordinates captured the monster’s true identity on camera before it was attacked.

Milo couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the monster.

The creature that roamed the ship and slaughtered pirates was a monster that looked like a pink balloon.

It was exactly like a bubble amoeba, except that it was 5 meters tall and had tentacles larger than its body.

‘Does it make sense for a bubble amoeba to kill a person?’

As far as Milo knows, bubble amoeba is a harmless herbivore that lives by eating things like plankton in the ocean.

But it wasn’t him.

He tore it apart with a strange force.

Moreover, despite its slow-moving appearance, it was quite fast. It used its tentacles to catch the fleeing pirates without fail, as if mocking them, and tore off their limbs.

In another time, Milo might have been interested in this strange bubble amoeba.

It’s not common to see a bubble amoeba that crushes people with its tentacles or disintegrates them with its psychic powers.

The problem is that half of the pirates on board were harmed by that bubble amoeba.

If this continues, not only will we not be able to capture them, we will all be eaten by them.

‘Fuck, fuck it all. He can’t handle this.’

In front of Milo, his men were busy setting up a battery that was almost as big as a grown man.

Official name: APDT (Automatic Point Defense Turret).

This is equipment mainly used by Star Union for security and local defense.

Other races call it the Storm Gun because the way it pours down fire resembles a storm.

It uses depleted uranium bullets as its basic ammunition and has a magazine capacity of up to 1,000 rounds. If the user does not control it with a terminal, a small AI will automatically fire based on the built-in motion detection sensor.

Depleted uranium bullets are cheaper than Megacorp’s tungsten bullets, but that doesn’t mean they’re cheap. Since they have a lot of ammunition, they cost a lot of credits each time they’re used.

Moreover, it is difficult to obtain if you are not a member of Star Union.

‘Because those crazy robot bastards don’t even sell ammo to other species.’

The Rusrock Cartel was also able to use the Storm Gun as it is now thanks to the large amount of ammunition and weapons it obtained while hijacking Star Union trading ships.

Of course, since ammunition was limited, it was only used when hunting very armored creatures like mountain crawlers.

‘It’s a good thing it’s stored in the second armory.’

The first weapons depot, located at the front of the ship, was destroyed by a monster attack, causing the loss of all bombs and weapons inside.

If Milo hadn’t built a second armory in case something like this happened, they would have all fallen prey to monsters long ago.

“Captain! Stormgun installation complete!”

“Okay. What about Beta Joe?”

“Storm gun installation complete! Let’s return to the situation room!”

Milo, who activated the storm gun, retreated to the rear area with his men.

While the engineers closed and patched up the shielding doors in each area, the other subordinates repeated the work they had been doing so far.

“Captain?”

“why?”

“The ship AI says it has something to report. It’s about changes in the surrounding environment.”

“I’m busy, so I’ll check later.”

Milo, who had ended the communication from the situation room, moved with his subordinates, carrying the storm gun.

‘Fuck, I’m the captain and I’m doing this.’

The ship was ruined by the mysterious monster, and the Stormgun cost me all the credits I earned.

And on top of that, it’s a bit much to put the captain in such a difficult position.

Because Milo’s head was complicated, he quickly forgot about the communication from the situation room.

–

After clearing up the bomb without any major problems, I started eroding right away.

While I was eroding, I asked No. 26 and Adhai to help me defend against pirate attacks.

The first role given to number 26 was to attract the pirates’ attention.

Since he’s been with me for a long time, he’s become a fairly experienced hunter, so he should be able to subdue the pirates without much difficulty.

Of course, I also sent a group of Tooth Fairies with No. 26, just in case she was in danger.

The tooth fairies are in a state of psychic connection with me.

If there is a risk factor that No. 26 is not aware of, I can warn you first.

The guy seemed to enjoy helping me, but he also seemed to enjoy moving around with his beloved Tooth Fairy gang.

And I gave Adhai the role of guarding me while I was undergoing erosion.

‘Because it’s disadvantageous to fight indoors.’

While Aadhai would have an overwhelming advantage if he were to fly freely in space, his body is not well suited to fighting inside the ship.

If it’s a wide space like a cargo hold, then maybe.

The guy seemed upset that he couldn’t go hunting, but he seemed to feel better after I told him to keep watch a few times.

Even now, the guy was flying slowly through the cargo hold, watching to see if anyone was coming or not.

‘It’s going smoothly.’

It has been four hours since erosion began.

If I just hold on for one more hour, this boat will be mine.

They had already taken control of not only the cargo holds on the first and second floors, but also the entire third floor.

For the 4th floor, I have the front of the hull in my hands, and only the center and the back remain.

‘I think they’re trying to stage a sit-in in the situation room over there.’

They were closing off the area around the situation room on the fourth floor at the back of the ship. No. 26 was also climbing the stairs to the fourth floor using several fins.

‘hmm.’

I don’t think there will be a major threat since I’ve removed all the bombs and even turned the armory into a wasteland, but you never know.

‘I can take care of the rest myself.’

There is no reason to push them forward since they are being passive. After all, once the erosion is complete, they will all die by my hand.

I shot a wave at number 26.

[Zuzu (for a moment)]

“Big baby, what’s wrong?”

[Zuzu zuzuzu (Come back now)]

“are you okay?”

[Yeah]

After returning No. 26 and the Tooth Fairy group, I focused on erosion again.

‘It’s been a long time since things have gone this smoothly.’

There was almost no time to rest while in the space city. Ever since I was discovered leisurely trying to fulfill the evolution conditions in the apartment complex, new enemies kept coming.

‘Thanks to you, I was able to collect a lot of genetic essence.’

It does have some useful traits, but it still feels unbalanced.

‘I don’t have much experience fighting wild animals.’

My current traits are focused on combat abilities, and close combat at that. It’s not that I don’t have ranged attack methods, but they’re limited, and I also lack a lot of utility-oriented traits.

‘After we steal the boat, we can go hunt wild animals.’

Based on the smuggled planet information stored on the ship’s computer.

When I go there, I’ll have to try to find more diverse types of genetic essence.

As I was thinking about what to do next, the message I was waiting for appeared.

“Erosion completed.”

As soon as the message appeared, my mind was filled with the entire 300-meter-long giant structure.

Perhaps because the ship was so large, the feeling was completely different from when I was controlling the escape ship.

If I were to define this feeling simply, it would be ‘heaviness’. It felt as if I had become one with a gigantic creature, like a blue whale, rather than Aimov’s body.

‘This is much bigger than a whale, though.’

When I concentrate, I can hear the heart beating in the center.

The nuclear reactor originally developed by Star Union now serves as the heart of a composite organism that has become one with me.

I drew energy from the reactor and directed it into the cannons mounted on the outside of the ship.

Plasma energy is forcibly focused into the cannon by my will.

And then a powerful cannon was fired that had power that surpassed the psychic breath I was using.

I smiled as I felt the heat of the gun barrel, red-hot by the destructive energy.

‘Okay. Then let’s begin.’

This ship is now mine.

I am not so merciful as to leave unauthorized guests alone.

–

“… … .”

The inside of the situation room was bustling with more people than usual, but not a single breath could be heard.

The 40 pirates were on alert to fight off the monsters that could strike at any time.

The monster has not moved at all so far, as if it is determined to kill the pirates.

‘Something’s wrong.’

Suddenly Milo thought.

I wonder if the very act of occupying the situation room is actually what he was aiming for.

‘no!’

He gritted his teeth to somehow shake off the ominous thoughts. He wanted to scream, but he couldn’t because all his subordinates were tense and out of their minds.

Milo stared at the wall, trying to think of something else.

A black wall that seemed to absorb all light like a black hole entered his eyes.

‘Was it always like this?’

Unlike Megacorp, Star Union ships preferred to be painted black rather than white, so the metal plates on the floor, walls, and ceiling were all black.

But even taking that fact into account, the color of the walls inside the situation room felt darker than usual.

‘Why is there sudden discoloration…?’

The moment he questioned the question, the power went out in the entire situation room.

“Ugh, eww! Hey, it’s that guy!”

“Calm down! The emergency lights will come on soon!”

Because the situation room is a critical facility, it is supplied with power from the reactor and has a separate standby power supply.

As Milo said, a red emergency light soon came on inside the situation room.

No matter how you looked at the expressions of the pirates under the red light, they looked almost like half-corpses.

Milo himself didn’t know, but Wolf’s characteristic fur was soaked with sweat and looked very shabby.

Milo called out to the ship’s AI computer, half in a rage.

“Calvin! Turn on the situation room computer too!”

“It’s impossible. The power has been cut off from the reactor.”

“Just sync it with the backup power supply!”

“All right.”

Soon the computers in the situation room lit up, but Milo and the pirates had no peace of mind.

That’s understandable, because a thumping noise was heard from outside.

They knew what that sound meant.

“Here, Captain!”

“…Nimi.”

It was the sound of a storm gun firing. The thing was coming through the hallway.

“Don’t worry. The Storm Gun is a weapon that can even take down a Mountain Crawler. There’s no way it can withstand it.”

“I guess so?”

The subordinates forced themselves to look hopeful.

But it didn’t take long for the hope to disappear from their faces.

‘The gunshots won’t stop?’

Milo urgently checked the terminal connected wirelessly to the Stormgun. On the small screen, the ammunition was rapidly decreasing.

The Storm Gun installed in the furthest area ran out of ammunition and lost reception. Within seconds, the Storm Gun in the next area began to run out of ammunition.

“Here, Captain!”

“What the fuck is this?!”

At this point, even Milo was having trouble staying sane.

Before entering the situation room, the pirates installed storm guns in each area and blocked all the shield doors.

No matter how powerful the monster is, it cannot move this fast, and while using up all of the Storm Gun’s depleted uranium rounds.

‘Oh, I have to check!’

He called the ship’s AI, Calvin, again.

“Calvin! Connect to the area camera!”

“It’s impossible.”

“I command you again, Calvin! Connect the camera and display it on the monitor!”

“Chijijijijik”

Milo ordered again, but Calvin did not respond. Instead, all he heard was a grating noise.

“Calvin! Camera….”

“Cheezjijik, Calvin Silver, Cheezjijik”

Just as he was about to open his mouth again, the speakers in the situation room came back on. The voice that came out next was completely different from Calvin, the AI ​​with a female voice.

“Calvin died”

“what?”

“You guys are all going to die”

A cracking male voice spoke as if declaring such a sentence, and all the lights in the situation room went out.

“Ahhhhh! Keuuuuk… .”

“Eww! Save me!”

“Kueuuuuuuuu!”

Screams and dying words echoed through the situation room, which was plunged into complete darkness.

Energy blasts from laser rifles, the sound of Hulk mutant guards throwing punches. Both light and sound were signs that those in the situation room were alive, but that didn’t last long.

A terrible silence oppressed Milo.

Since Wolf is a species sensitive to smells, Milo couldn’t help but know, even if he didn’t like it.

That all of his men were killed without exception.

He turned on the terminal, shivering in the suffocating atmosphere.

A small light illuminated the “thing” in front of him.

Snakes with six appendages and mouths resembling starfish were emerging from the ground, devouring the corpses.

‘under….’

The being on board this ship was something far beyond his imagination.

It is something that cannot be understood by reason or common sense.

Milo, who had put everything down, turned off the light on the terminal.

–

‘I ate well.’

I patted my stomach, feeling a pleasant sense of fullness.

Even though Aimov didn’t eat much, he still felt like he should.

‘This plan was smooth from start to finish.’

After clearing out all the pirates on the pirate ship, the Calvin, the time I can maintain the ship has increased significantly to 50 days.

‘Eating the Hulk mutant was effective.’

I was surprised to see that every time I ate a Hulk mutant, my lifespan increased by 10 days. In addition, by eating both of them, I gained three new traits.

“The big baby won’t eat anymore?”

[Zuzu (full)]

“Recognition” “Food” “Very much”

Since it was enough to sustain them for 50 days, the remaining food was given to No. 26 and Adhai. Thanks to this, the guys were able to enjoy a feast until their stomachs were full for the first time in a long time.

‘Then let’s check the ship’s computer.’

I looked at the database stored on the ship. A huge amount of information flowed into my head through the tips of the eroding tentacles.

The first thing that was relayed to me was the part about the cosmic phenomena that occurred around here before I eroded the ship.

‘Is there any rocky area around?’

I focused my senses on the outer wall of the hull, but I felt nothing.

‘It’s nothing special… huh?’

I was trying to let it go, but then I suddenly had a bad feeling.

‘for a moment.’

I read through the cosmic phenomenon reports stored in the AI ​​database again.

To summarize the report, it said that a group of meteorites gathered by a special magnetic field were moving in an abnormal orbit.

And this meteorite cluster was expected to enter this vicinity within two hours.

‘no way?’

I know very well what this means.

I hastily focused all my senses on the outside of the ship. My consciousness was not limited to the ship, but spread out to the surrounding area.

The time reported by the ship AI is 2 hours ago now.

Their highly developed senses picked up something in space where nothing was visible or felt.

At first it looked like a star shining.

No, it wasn’t a star, it was a white cloud.

The white clouds are approaching at a very fast speed.

‘This is crazy!’

Those clouds are a swarm of metallic gremlins.

The natural enemy of ships and the predator of space is now targeting us.