Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 105



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Ep. 105

“I, I have told you everything I know! Please spare me!”

A human pilot controlled by a parasite pleads with me.

I winked at the Tooth Fairy group as I chewed on the cult pilot’s arm.

Then the man-eating fleas surrounding the pilots began to jump at their prey in joy.

“Hey, don’t do this!”

The pilots of the downed aircraft were all sorted out here.

The place I am currently in is the continent of Saintopia 02 on a planet called PH-101. The ecosystem is similar to that of the primitive Earth, and has good conditions for life to exist.

But this planet is not as beautiful as it seems on the outside.

‘It’s blue hell.’

The creatures living on this planet all possess strong powers, so users with intermediate levels are more likely to be hunted than hunted.

And around the areas where precious resources are buried, there live hostile Wolf NPCs, among whom named Wolfs appear occasionally.

‘They’re on a whole different level from the ones I’ve eaten.’

The rare named Wolf is very powerful. Even the current country cannot easily guarantee victory.

Because of this, it is difficult to conquer this planet unless you are a player with skills similar to that of a ranker or a large clan.

On the other hand, even top players or large clans that can easily conquer planets cannot monopolize this place.

Because PH-101 is a planet that a cult protects for religious reasons.

Even if other forces want to monopolize it, the game system does not allow any construction activities or fortifications. Even if you are a cult player, you can only stay here for a certain period of time.

‘That’s why I chose this planet.’

Because with PH-101, you can avoid the checks of other forces and secure high-quality genetic essence as much as you want.

‘That’s how it should be.’

After interrogating the pirate pilot, I found out that there were some differences from the game.

This place is currently occupied by a very powerful cartel among the current space dogs.

The cartel’s name is ‘Humanity’.

This is an unusual case considering that the Spacedog cartels usually have their leader’s last name as their first name.

‘And on top of that, humanity.’

Before I quit Space Survival, there was a clan with a similar name among the clans led by rankers.

Strangely enough, the clan leader was a woman, but the clan members were only male.

Because of that, I remember there were a lot of negative comments in the community about the queen bee clan and such.

‘… Isn’t that something I, the main enemy of the community, should say?’

Anyway, I can guess why the Humanity Cartel was able to occupy this place.

As you can see from the cult pilot I’m eating right now, most of the members of Humanity are said to be members of a cult.

Thanks to this, the Humanity Cartel was able to openly visit this planet. It would have been impossible in a game, but it was a variable that arose because it was reality.

‘Plus, the leader is said to have connections to the cult’s ruling class.’

That means the leader of Humanity is at least a high-ranking cult member of the Yak Horn Cult.

I don’t know why such a person commits pirates, but I don’t need to know that.

‘Thanks to this, I can collect genetic essence and fulfill the evolution conditions, killing two birds with one stone.’

I devoured the remaining remnants of the cult and retrieved the tooth fairies.

From what the pilots say, Humanity periodically leaves this planet for smuggling purposes.

‘If I have a boat, it will be easier for me to go out.’

There are roughly 14 days left before the pirates leave.

We must capture the ship before they get out.

‘Before that.’

I enabled translucent textbox.

｢Race: Unidentified hostile space creature

Status: Subadult (Transcendence Stage 1)

Objective: Survive (succeed in evolution 2 times).

Possessed characteristics (14 physical series/7 superpower series/5 infection series/3 special defense series/1 nest series)

① Physical related (type applied): Acid skin, metal absorption, complete organism (only), pheromone enhancement, stalemate, bone axe, gliding membrane, radio interference, enhanced suction

-Physical fusion traits: regeneration, neurotoxin glands, mimetic organs (unusable), blood-sucking tentacles, quill-shooting tail

② Superpower related (type applied): humanity, superpower resistance, insight

– Superpower related fusion traits: Predator Senses, Monster Tentacles, Ghost Claws, Fear Watcher

③ Infection-related: Space bacteria, enhanced transmission

– Infection-related fusion traits: Parasitic colony, decaying fungal organ, tooth fairy nest

④ Special defense related: Pain reduction, resistance

-Special defense related fusion trait: Protective coloration

⑤ Nest Related: Nightmare Horizon (Only)

Possession type (2)

Physically strengthened type, superpower strengthened type

Specializable types (3)

Infection Enhancement Type (5/8), Special Defense Enhancement Type (3/4), Nest Enhancement Type (1/4)

* Imperfect traits (5)

Energy Absorption, Strong Vitality, Dwarfism, Gills, Fins

We’ve acquired a number of useful traits from capturing the Hulk mutants of Calvin and the metallic gremlins of Sector I-97.

An example is the ‘Camouflage’ trait, which is a combination of traits gained from the Rhino Hulk mutant and the Metallic Gremlin.

Currently, my outer skin and shell are covered in small scales that are not easily visible unless you look closely. If I crouch and do nothing for 10 seconds, these scales will automatically move and change the color of my body.

How it changes is that it changes into something similar to its surroundings. When I crashed and hid under a large tree, the carrier-based aircraft couldn’t detect me thanks to this protective coloration.

‘It’s not like I’m changing my body, but I’m caught in detection equipment… .’

I now have a jamming trait. It may be possible to detect me from a distance where the jamming effect cannot reach, but it will be difficult for enemies nearby to find me.

Additionally, he has a bone sword and contagion booster from a gorilla-like Hulk mutant, and enhanced suction cups from a metallic gremlin.

I put strength into my upper right arm, one of my fighting arms. Normally, a vampire tentacle should have sprouted from the inside of my palm, but instead, a strangely curved blade bone emerged.

It had a similar shape to the arms that appear when using the hunting symbol, but there were also differences.

The bone blades on the back of the arms are thin but sharp, making them ideal for cutting and stabbing, but the bone axe is thick and heavy, making it ideal for striking down enemies and crushing them, like a kukri or axe.

‘I always say that.’

New weapons are always welcome.

After retrieving the bone axe, I used my fighting arms and feet to climb up the tree.

Originally, Aimorph had organs similar to the basal plates that insects use to stick to walls on the inside of their feet.

However, due to the Nightmare Horizon effect, my body became heavy and it was difficult to climb walls anymore, but a good trait appeared at that time.

The tiny suckers on my hands and feet helped me climb trees with ease.

This continent is home to many trees much larger than the redwood, which is said to be the largest tree on Earth, so the tree I was climbing could easily support my weight.

As we climbed to the top of the tree, an endless jungle unfolded before our eyes.

In the cloudless sky, pterosaur-like creatures flew, and in the jungle below, the howls of beasts could be heard.

Judging by the depression where the blue sky and green jungle met, the cruiser that had fired its main gun must have been located over there.

When I turned my gaze to the other side, I saw that the horizon was filled with blue.

There will be 26 and Adhai in that sea.

‘… Let’s pick up the kids once they’re safe.’

There’s a reason why you don’t necessarily have to bring those guys with you to fight a strong opponent.

There are many dangerous creatures in this PH-101, so if you come with me, you could easily get injured.

You should be focusing on fighting pirates and dangerous creatures, but trying to protect them could actually ruin your work.

‘If it were like before, I would have used them as bait… .’

Now I’m also in a situation where I’m attached to the guys.

If No. 26 and Adhai were seriously injured or killed, I honestly can’t guarantee that I would be able to maintain my sanity.

‘When fighting in the jungle, the one with the most patience wins.’

Emotional turmoil leads directly to defeat.

‘The sea is No. 26’s home ground, so it will be safer than here.’

Aadhai would be much more comfortable living near an open beach or island than in a jungle with many obstacles to flying.

‘…Because they are both smart guys.’

I’ll have to pick you up once I clear out all the pirates.

After organizing my thoughts like that, I came down from the top.

There is a small pirate camp nearby.

I reached the middle of the tree and stretched out my erosion tentacles to cross to another tree.

As I moved between the trees using my erosion tentacles and reinforced suction cups, I could feel the movement of creatures below me.

All kinds of monsters roam the forest, from insect-like creatures the size of a puppy to giant dinosaur-like creatures that are dozens of meters tall.

The term monster is not an exaggeration. Here in PH-101, even a creature as small as a newborn can easily kill an armed soldier.

‘If you eat those, you’ll be fine until the next evolution.’

Of course, I’ve been here a lot in the game, so I know what creatures live there and how to attack them.

As I was moving through the trees, a creature that looked like a cross between a monkey and a bat swooped down on me from above.

There is a creature called a wood devil that hides on top of a tall tree and preys on creatures passing by below.

Although it is a creature that is at the bottom of the planet’s food chain, it has been nicknamed the “Newbie Slayer” thanks to its fast movements, strong muscles, and relatively high intelligence.

‘The problem is that I’m not a newbie.’

I knew all along that he was after me.

I shook my tail and spit out the thorns without even turning my head.

“Squeak?!”

The guy, whose body was frozen in the same position as he jumped, was about to fall to the ground. An erosion tentacle shot out from my back and snatched the guy from the fall.

Then I pulled a vampire tentacle from my fighting arm and swung it over the tree on the other side.

“Squeak!”

The wood devil, disguised as a leaf, struggled as it was caught in the blood-sucking tentacles. As the tentacles tightened, its bones broke and its entire body was crushed into a deformed shape.

I didn’t lose my guard even as one of them leisurely swallowed me with its eroding tentacles and the other sucked my blood with its vampire tentacles.

‘There should be one more.’

Wood devils always hunt in groups of three. As I expected, I see the wood devil on the tree diagonally running away.

“Squeak!”

I kicked the tree while holding onto the two of them. My body glided between the large trees and flew towards the fleeing one.

“Squeak?!”

Wood Devil is dizzy as he watches me flying towards him quickly.

The axe bone from my upper right hand smashed the bastard’s head. I quickly wrapped my tail around the bastard as he fell, losing his head.

‘It’s easy.’

I opened my mouth wide and chewed on a headless wood devil.

Since I used the bite strength characteristic as a material, my jaw strength is lower than before, but I was still able to tear off something like a wood devil.

‘…It tastes healthy.’

Wood Devil’s meat tasted like cheap soybean meat.

Even when I ate Plantrizard in the space city, all the things with grass or trees in their names have this feeling.

‘I know wood devils are carnivorous, but why do they taste like soybeans?’

Konggogi is meat in name only, but it doesn’t contain any meat in its ingredients.

I ate the remaining corpse while thinking such silly thoughts.

After eating everything, I was about to eat the one with the blood-sucking tentacles when another predator appeared, smelling the blood.

The name of the guy with the body of a black panther and the legs of a spider is Nightstalker.

It has the material property of a thorny feather launcher tail.

The bastard ran towards me, quickly waving his eight legs.

‘Poison doesn’t work on him.’

You have to fight the wood devil in a different way than the one you neutralized with thorns.

I didn’t resist and just stayed still. In an instant, the thing rushed at me and exposed its thick fangs and bit my neck.

No, I was going to ask.

If my outer skin hadn’t been so tough, I would have been bitten by that guy’s fangs and almost died.

The Nightstalker’s venom is more lethal than the neurotoxin I have. It spreads so quickly that it’s hard to use an antidote.

It would be fair to say that it would be difficult to avoid death unless you are immune to the poison itself.

‘But it would only be useful if it entered the body of such a powerful opponent.’

The Nightstalker’s teeth aren’t sharp enough to penetrate my armor, which is stronger than the outer wall of a ship.

“Huh?”

Only then did the thing realize something was wrong and try to back away, but it was too late. My four combat arms were holding the thing’s body in place.

I held on and applied strength to my four arms. With my strong strength, the Nightstalker was crushed like an empty bottle.

The entrails flowed out from the bastard’s buttocks, but I used my erosion tentacles to suck them all out.

‘Obviously, once you come here, there’s no time to rest.’

While the eroding tentacles were sucking out my entrails, my mouth was chewing on the Nightstalker’s body.

Interestingly enough, this one tasted like a croissant.

The erosion tentacle’s mouth has no sense of taste, so I don’t know what the internal organs taste like, but I think they originally tasted like a croissant sandwich.

After licking off all the blood that had splattered on the tree, I set off again.

After that, after moving through several raids, I suddenly found myself in front of a pirate camp.

The sun was just setting in the jungle.