Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 128



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Ep. 128

After Adhai finished eating, we departed for the archipelago where the research base was located.

The injury wasn’t fully healed, but there was no time.

It’s been four days since the guy escaped from the research facility. It’s not a short period of time, so there’s no telling what kind of hardships No. 26 has been through during that time.

‘We can’t threaten No. 26’s life since we’re moving together with the fishermen.’

But just because there are no visible injuries doesn’t mean things are okay. Researchers may be injecting No. 26 with painful drugs for their experiments.

‘He already has bad memories of the lab.’

The longer he’s trapped, the worse it’ll be for No. 26. We need to rescue him as quickly as possible.

‘If you listen to Adhai, the research base seems to be underwater.’

Although it is not certain, it appears that Adhai escaped using some sort of underwater elevator.

The Green Gallagon guy is quite intelligent, but it’s unlikely he would have operated the elevator on his own. He must have had help from Number 26.

‘We’ll find out the rest when we get there.’

Right now I am swimming with the Heavenly Mother and Adhai on my back.

The reason I was able to stay afloat on the water with two beasts despite my body being quite heavy was because of the gliding membrane. The membrane folded between my six fighting arms could be fully expanded to prevent my body from completely sinking.

The webs between each finger and the claws attached to various parts of the body served as oars, and the long, thick tail functioned as a kind of screw propeller.

The loot backpack I brought couldn’t be hung on my tail, so Adhai hung it on his chest instead.

In the previous swamp, I had acquired the fin trait along with the webbed feet trait.

So now I have fins on either side of my tail, like gliding membranes. They are hidden when I crawl on land or dig underground, but they can be used when I go underwater like I do now.

Thanks to this, I was able to swim at a speed faster than most ships, although slower than when I was swimming underground.

Of course, my swimming skills weren’t perfect, so I would often submerge myself in the water while moving, but since both Adhai and the Heavenly Mother were capable of flight, it wasn’t a big problem.

As I swam diligently, I asked Adhai.

[Zuzuzu zu zuzuzu (How much further do we have to go?)]

“Me” “Darkness” “Once” “Adult” “Speed” “Similar”

Adhai said that after escaping, he continued to hide on one of the many islands spread across the archipelago.

Then, it detected the psychic breath I shot and flew all day long.

‘I heard from Adhai that he will arrive tonight at the earliest, or tomorrow morning at the latest.’

Thanks to swimming all night, the sun is now in the center of the sky.

As I was estimating how much longer I had left, Adhai called me.

“Me” “Adult” “Question”

[Z(What is it?)]

Adhai hesitated, as if he was the one who called first and was having difficulty speaking.

[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (You don’t have to be sorry. It’s not your fault)]

After hearing what I said, the guy seemed convinced and didn’t say anything else.

I caught a fish with my erosion tentacles and gave it to Adhai to comfort him. He knew that he needed to recover quickly, so he didn’t refuse and just ate it wholeheartedly.

He also gave a fish to his fellow passenger, the Heavenly Mother.

Before we set off, I gave a rough outline of the plan to Heavenly Mother. She would take care of the Fishrian village while I went down to the research base located in the deep sea.

‘To do that, you need to save up strength.’

“… … .”

Even though I knew the plan, she didn’t seem to be used to me feeding her. After receiving the fish, she started eating slowly and awkwardly.

After traveling for quite some time, when we arrived, the sun had already set below the horizon.

Artificial lights are visible on an island that stands alone among the many islands. Floating houses extend from the island’s beach to the shore. This is the village where the fishermen live.

And next to the floating houses, there was an alloy submarine floating. The appearance itself was similar to the escape ship deployed on Megacorp’s spaceship.

Next to the submarine stood a fish-headed fish with thorns like those of a scorpion, and humans. The humans conversed with the fish-headed fish and then received what appeared to be fruit, which they filled up the submarine with.

“I thought you were really trading. It’s hard to believe.”

[Zuzuzu (I see)]

After completing the transaction, the humans boarded the submarine, left the floating house, and moved somewhere.

[Zuuuuu zuuuuuu (I guess we should break up here)]

As the Heavenly Mother may not know, Adhai is almost incapable of underwater combat. So it would be best to leave the village of Pishrian to the two of them.

“Yeah. That village is mine and this Green Gallery… um, Adhai will take care of it.”

“Adult” “Little Adult” “Help”

[Z (Yeah)]

The Adhai on his back spread his wings wide. The guy flinched slightly as if he was still in pain from the wind that hadn’t fully healed, but soon flapped his wings vigorously.

Then the Heavenly Mother tried to rise up to follow Adhai. I called out to her briefly before doing so.

[Zuuuu zuuuu zuuuu zuuuu zuuuu (Adhai is still not feeling well, so please)]

“…okay.”

She nodded once and controlled the air, flying over the sea after Adhai.

After sending the two away, I dived in the direction the sub was headed. It was nighttime so there was little to see, but I had auxiliary organs.

Four auxiliary organs extending under the chin began to detect waves in the water and track where the submersible was moving.

‘This way.’

I swam through the darkness, guided by auxiliary organs that were, no exaggeration, transcendent beyond simple sense organs.

As I was swimming, I saw a hazy light in the distance. I thought it was the light coming from the submersible’s lights, but it wasn’t. The light, neatly arranged from bottom to top, was the light from the underwater elevator.

I approached the elevator. The elevator extended from the deep sea and reached about 100 meters above the water surface.

After confirming that the submarine had entered the elevator, I dived a little lower to examine the size of the research base and its defense facilities.

As I descended through the long, thin, cylindrical underwater elevator, I saw an underwater canyon leading even deeper into the deep sea. The research station was located outside the canyon, not inside it.

The research base was shaped like a thin ring, perhaps about 2km long. In the center of the ring were passageways connected to an elevator.

‘No defense facilities are detected outside.’

It’s unlikely that those studying the Sea Demon would build a base in a place like this without even a single defensive facility. I approached the base a little closer.

And soon I found out why.

‘Crazy. This is all black silver.’

Surprisingly, the material of this huge, high-tech structure was a black silver alloy.

Black silver is by no means the most expensive or rare metal, but it is not cheap either. To build a structure like this, you would need to invest an astronomical amount of money.

‘Is that why I couldn’t get caught by the sea demon?’

Sea Demons are powerful psychic creatures.

If the building is painted with black silver, which suppresses the effects of psychic power, you can avoid the threat. Also, there is a high possibility that the inside will be equipped with various equipment that can suppress or defend against psychic power.

‘I understand why No. 26 and Adhai lost.’

Both are creatures that mainly use psychic powers. They are helpless against enemies who have thoroughly dealt with them. Rather, it is amazing that No. 26 was able to somehow escape Aadhai from such a place.

I swam around the research base. I was getting a general idea of ​​the structure, but I felt a faint wave from somewhere.

‘What is this?’

It was such a faint wave that I almost passed it by, thinking that the flow of the waves in the ocean had changed.

But I couldn’t do that because this wavelength was very familiar to me.

‘Number 26!’

“Big baby… .”

I hurriedly followed the direction from which the waves were flowing.

Then, I approached a certain part of the ring and pressed my head against the outer wall.

[Zeu (No. 26?)]

“Big one… Baby?”

[Z zu■ ■zu (Yeah. I’m here)]

“Big baby!”

I don’t know if it was because of the pressure of the deep sea or the black silver, but the waves sent to the monster’s tentacles were cut off in the middle.

But just as I recognized him right away, No. 26 recognized me right away and sent me a wave.

“long time no see!”

[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu ■zu (I’ll take it out soon. Is it okay?)]

As soon as I sent a short, choppy wave, the guy replied right away.

“I’m hungry.”

When I heard that answer, I couldn’t help but laugh. I felt like he was answering that way on purpose, even though he must have had a lot of other hardships.

I promised number 26.

[■ Zuzuzu■ (Get the gold.]

“huh!”

I took a long step back, lifting my head off the outer wall. I moved some distance away from the base, swinging my tail and combat arms wildly.

My body quickly leaps forward. My head gets closer and closer to the black walls of the research base.

And the 2km-long ring-shaped research base shook violently.

–

Zhao family researcher Chen Hai opened his eyes in bed.

It was because the vibration was so strong that I could feel it even while I was sleeping.

‘Is it an earthquake?’

There is an underwater canyon near the base. Earthquakes like this sometimes occur because there are many scary predators living underneath it, including sea demons.

This research station is built to withstand even the harshest environments, so it won’t budge even if hit hard. That is, unless a group of marine predators go crazy and swarm the station.

‘But isn’t it a bit strong this time?’

He tilted his head and left the room. When he went out into the hallway, he saw that he wasn’t the only one who felt the vibration, and that several of his fellow researchers were there too.

Outside the base, a loud noise similar to thunder could be heard, as if monsters were fighting each other.

“Hey, Hao. What’s going on?”

“I don’t know either.”

“If it’s an earthquake, the warning lights should be ringing.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the warning lights in the hallway started to blare loudly. Everyone in the hallway frowned at the warning lights that were blaring so fiercely, as if there was no time to spare.

“Let’s evacuate first and see.”

“Okay. I’ll wake up the people in the hallway of Sector G.”

“I’m going to Zone F.”

After sending his colleagues away, Chen Hai walked down the hallway. On his way to Area F, the warning lights suddenly went out.

“What? Is it over?”

In that case, there should have been a related broadcast, but there was no response from the speaker hanging from the hallway ceiling.

Still, just in case, Chen Hai continued walking.

As he walked to Area F, he felt the temperature in the hallway drop sharply.

“Is the thermostat broken?”

The research base they are in is equipped with a system that can control the internal environment so that research can be conducted without any problems even in extreme environments such as the deep sea, outer space, and volcanoes. The temperature control device seemed to have malfunctioned, and the hallway that was always warm was now as cold as if it had entered a freezer.

Chen Hai, who saw the breath coming out of his mouth, was thinking about going back to his room right away. At that moment, the electricity in the hallway suddenly went out.

A moment later, the emergency power came on and a red light filled the entire hallway.

‘What the heck, what’s going on all of a sudden?’

Now that it’s come to this, I need to find out what’s going on.

He decided to go to Sector B, where the situation room was located, rather than Sector F.

If you go down this hallway and turn that corner, you’ll come across a hallway that leads to Area B. He walked with his arms wrapped around each other in the bitter cold.

There was a sloshing sound like water as the hard alloy and slippers collided.

‘Huh? The sound of water?’

Only then did Chen Hai feel something strange and looked down at the floor.

Before I knew it, the hallway floor was a sea of ​​water. I realized it too late because it was dark due to the red light.

“What is this…?”

It was only then that he realized that this situation was extremely dangerous.

A loud noise that sounded like thunder that I thought I heard outside earlier. It wasn’t the sound of monsters fighting.

‘The base is flooding!’

That was the sound of water leaking into the base.

But his realization came too late. He saw water pouring in from around the corner of the hallway leading to the situation room.

“Ugh, euaaaah!”

He quickly turned around and ran, but of course he couldn’t outrun the seawater that was coming in at a tremendous speed.

Water colder than ice swept over Chen Hai’s body.

“Kkaaaah!”

As he was being swept away by the water, Chen Hai grabbed the doorknob in the hallway. The water that had been pouring down fiercely rose to his shoulder level and then briefly calmed down.

Perhaps the research base’s central computer automatically sealed the flooded area.

‘What the hell is this!’

Chen Hai, who looked like a drowning rat, moved to go to the situation room.

“I, do you think I’m going to lose?! Prime Capital is right in front of you, do you think I’m going to give up because of this bullshit?!”

He took with him a bundle of documents and a laptop that had drifted along the way. All of these were materials that could cause a stir in the academic world, so he absolutely could not afford to lose them.

Chen Hai endured the cold temperature of the deep sea water and moved forward with only his poison.

How long did it take?

The letters on the hallway wall changed to B. Thinking he didn’t have much time left, he picked up his pace.

As he walked, he saw the upper body of a person in front of him. He was hard to see because of the red light, and instead of a white gown, he was wearing bluish overalls.

Chen Hai, who thought the other person was from the facility management team, called him.

“Hey! What’s going on?”

I called out loud, but there was no answer. There was no other sound around me besides the sound of water, so it was impossible for him not to hear me.

“Hey, you middle capital kid! What’s going on?”

“… … .”

Chen Hai shouted again and approached him.

Only after getting closer could he see what condition the maintenance team member was in.

“Why are you ignoring me… Huh?”

The moment he saw his appearance, Chen Hai felt his blood run cold to the point where it couldn’t get any colder.

The maintenance crew member was headless. His clothes, which I thought were blue overalls, were stained red with blood.

And behind that team member.

Under the red light, a huge beast was swallowing a human head with a gurgling sound.

“Uh, uh uh uh… .”

When Chen Hai saw that sight, his spine froze and he couldn’t control his trembling body.

The monster that had swallowed his entire head turned its head and looked at Chen Hai. Even in the darkness, his two eyes shone clearly.

“This person is about a hundred people.”

“Hee, heeeeek!”

A thick, masculine voice flowed out of the guy’s mouth. Chen Hai screamed and threw down the notebook and documents he was holding.

“It” stretched out its snake-like tentacles and caught Chen Hai as he ran away.

“This Jeongdo-myeon woman Seok-do will be able to eat enough.”

“It” muttered leisurely as it looked at Chen Hai, who was shivering in fear.