Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 131



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Ep. 131

‘I was trying to see who did this.’

On the way here, someone had closed all the barrier doors in the hallways. The survivors were getting really dizzy as they pressed their faces against the tempered glass to see who had done such a nuisance.

Those in the quarantine area rushed out as soon as the door on the other side opened.

I was watching their backs as they ran away, and I took my head off the tempered glass.

“Eek!”

As I turned my head, my eyes met with those of the survivor I had captured. He made a sound like a choking chicken.

Although his expression was not visible because of the helmet he was wearing, it was easy to tell what he was thinking.

I think we need to put an end to his fears quickly.

I squeezed his body with my fighting hand.

“Agagakgagak!”

As the body wearing the reinforced suit crumbled, an incomprehensible sound came from inside the helmet. With a final word, the human fell limp in my hand.

I took off his armor with my fingernails, tore off pieces of flesh, and stuffed them into my mouth.

‘You can just chew it and eat it.’

The reinforced suits they wear are designed solely for the survival of the wearer, so their defensive capabilities are extremely high.

To put it simply, it’s extremely chewy. Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t eat it, but it’s annoying because it keeps getting stuck in my teeth when I chew it.

I leisurely broke down the door to the isolation area while chewing on the captured humans. The seawater that filled the area I was in flowed out into the C-section corridor.

‘Then let’s go to another area.’

I slowly followed the current and came in, and instead of going to where the survivors had run, I turned towards the next area, Area D.

‘Anyway, all those guys’ actions are in the palm of my hand.’

I already know what the survivors are thinking. They may think that I can’t catch up to them because they move fast, but they are wrong.

Do you think it’s because I’m really slow, or because I have a hard time breaking down the barrier?

no.

I just took the time to bring despair to those who tormented No. 26 and Adhai.

‘Hope can be the driving force of life, but…’

On the other hand, it can also be painful.

There is no salvation in the place they fled to.

Those who seek revenge on ‘bad people’ are waiting for them.

‘I’d like to watch him hunt, too.’

There are many living beings in this base. We need to extract information from them, so we must hurry.

As the water in the hallway rose to the point where it could barely submerge my prone body, I felt an unusual movement.

‘hmm?’

From it moves, it gives off a metallic odor, essentially different from the salty smell of salt water.

There are a total of five giant chunks of metal. Their size seems to be around 4 meters.

My hesitation was brief, and I soon realized what that lump of metal was.

Similar to Star Union’s Walker, but different, this is a construction machine exclusive to Megacorp, the MCAE (Multipurpose Construction Auxiliary Equipment).

MCAE is a construction machine inspired by the resource mining machines of mankind that appear in classic space-based strategy simulations.

Simply put, it is easy to understand as a space loader with various construction-related functions and flight functions added.

‘Why is MCAE here?’

The reason I didn’t notice it right away was because it was so out of the blue.

MCAE is a device mainly used for large-scale construction projects such as the construction of space cities. It is not a machine that you would see in the deep sea, far away from space.

I headed toward the smell to get a closer look.

After passing through a narrow hallway, we came to an open space that looked like a warehouse, where we could see five activated MCAEs and three Fishlians.

“…he says. I smell the devil.”

“Damn, did you escape after all?”

“We need to get out of this base quickly.”

“You must escape before your father gets angry.”

“If you go straight this way, there’s an elevator.”

Because it was indoors, the MCAEs, which had their flight functions turned off, were moving by removing the wheels hidden inside. The two arms attached to the upper body next to the cockpit were equipped with a large torch used for closing doors and a metal injector used for building repairs.

Unlike the guys we saw earlier, the Pishrians held harpoons in their hands. Overall, they were similar in shape to the Pilum, but they had the unique characteristic of having a blade that was carved into a whirlwind shape.

That harpoon is a traditional weapon of the Pishrians that inflicted damage on Adhai.

The original fishermen’s harpoons were roughly made of ordinary metal, but the ones they carried were black like obsidian. It was clear that they were made of metal containing black silver.

‘Did those guys attack Adhai?’

It doesn’t seem like a common harpoon made of black silver would be, so those three must be the ones who injured Adhai.

‘Then I can’t miss it.’

I slowly approached the MCAE group while maintaining my underwater state. At that moment, the gaze of the fish-human with spines on its head and back turned in my direction.

The bastard tilted his head and then shouted loudly as if he sensed my presence.

“It stinks! It stinks!”

The other two fishermen also squeaked along with him.

“The smell of blood!”

“There is a man who killed his own kind!”

I decided that it was pointless to hide any longer, so I got up. The Pishrians’ eyes widened as they saw me glowing red from the emergency lights.

“What is that!”

“Monster! A monster that killed his own kind!”

I charged at them, cutting through the water. The erosive tentacles on my back sank down on the fishermen like a viper spotting prey.

“Crrr! Die!”

“Offer it as a sacrifice!”

Unlike the ones I had met before, these three fishermen seemed to be quite old. They moved nimbly to avoid my eroding tentacles and clung to my back.

“Ugh? It’s hard!”

They chewed at my outer skin with their poisonous claws and teeth, but it was no use. Their fragile bodies could never break my carapace, which was impervious to direct hits from plasma launchers.

They must have thought that they couldn’t do it with their bare hands, so they stabbed me with their spears. Since it was made of black silver, if it had been Adhaina 26, it would have caused damage, but they chose the wrong target.

Six erosion tentacles shot out from the back all at once and struck the fishermen. Two of them dodged, but one of them, who couldn’t dodge in time, was hit by my tentacles and fell.

“Eat this!”

MCAE shot me with liquid metal from a metal injector.

The metals stuck to my body, half-submerged in the cold water, instantly hardened. The fighting arm with the metal lump hanging from it suddenly became heavy.

‘This is going to reduce mobility, right?’

MCAE must have sensed that my movements had slowed down, so he started pointing a large torch at my eyes.

It’s impossible for an industrial torch to harm me, but the intense heat from it is quite irritating to my eyes.

I swung my fighting arm, which contained a lump of cold metal, in a large wave.

The target was the MCAE cockpit. The cockpit, which was large enough to fit one person, was crushed by my arm.

“Ugh!”

If the pilot is about a third smaller than a normal person, it would be difficult to survive. The two arms of the MCAE, out of control, sagged and stopped working.

Silencing one of the construction machines, I swatted away the Pishrian flying over my head with my combat arm. With a sound like a hammer breaking a walnut, the Pishrian’s head shattered into pieces.

Meanwhile, another guy ran over to the other side and jumped on my tail. He stuck a harpoon between my carapace and used it as leverage to try to rip it off.

I lifted the tail the guy was riding on above the water and spun my whole body around. Pishrian grabbed the tail shell to keep himself from falling. But that was his mistake.

“Huh, huh huh?”

“damage!”

My tail cuts through the water and targets two MCAEs. Those who were circling around me to find an opportunity to attack were startled and tried to retreat, but I was one step faster. My heavy tail swept past the 4m-tall MCAEs.

“Ouch!”

The fisherman hanging on the tail instantly turned into blood as he collided with the solid metal machine. The construction machine that was hit by my attack completely lost its entire upper body, including the cockpit, and the other one floated into the air, flew over the water, and crashed into the wall.

“Hey, run away!”

Now there were only two left. Having lost all of their comrades in an instant, the MCAEs quickly retreated.

‘Should I keep both?’

I originally planned to leave only one person behind, but I changed my mind. I leisurely swam along and followed the construction equipment.

The killing of the Sea Demon, the partnership with the Fishrians, the MCAE suddenly appearing in the deep sea research base, etc.

I have so many questions to ask them.

–

“Gasp, gasp, gasp, gasp.”

“Hic, hic, he’s not following me anymore! Hic, hic.”

“Huk, huk, you idiot! Keep running!”

A corridor connecting the central area with the underwater elevator in Area C.

There was a series of groups in the pitch-black water, contrasting with the red light of the emergency lights.

They were a group of survivors, including Team Leader Runan, wearing thick, spacesuit-like armor. Sixteen men, exhausted both physically and mentally, struggled through the rapids.

“He’s in Area C! Gasp, gasp, we have to hurry before he catches up!”

They knew what the slow but steady rise of water meant.

Somewhere in that invisible water, something is coming.

Whenever such thoughts came to mind, the team members were able to keep running like whipped racehorses.

“I see the door leading into the central area!”

“Check if the interior is flooded!”

While the research team members checked inside with the still-operating terminal, Runan and the other team members watched to see if the thing was coming or not.

The emergency lights glowing ominously, the water gently rocking, the sound of water drops falling irregularly.

“Gasp, gasp, gasp.”

“Hic, hic, hic.”

And the team members’ grumbling can be heard through the communicator.

Every element in this space was eating away at their spirit.

Suddenly, Runan had that thought.

What if all this was “it” intended?

What if all the escape routes have already been blocked by the thing, and the remaining survivors are destined to be toyed with like mice in front of a cat and then killed?

‘I’m dying? Don’t make me laugh!’

It took a lot for Runan, a colony from Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, to become a prime capital on Mars. He did everything he could to please the governor’s aide dispatched by the Zhao family.

As a result, he was able to marry an aide from the Zhao family and obtain qualifications for Prime Capital.

‘How did you get this position!’

Runan has yet to fully enjoy the life of the upper class of Megacorp. If he were to die here, he would be so resentful that he would not even be able to close his eyes properly.

“We confirmed that there was some damage inside, but it was not flooded!”

His subordinate’s shout woke him from his thoughts.

Fortunately, the central area remained intact.

Runan and his team hurried into the airlock. After the water draining operation was completed, they entered the central area.

Five submarines, similar to escape pods, were positioned near the wall, and in the center was a large cylinder with a gate.

The cylinder is actually an underwater elevator. If you take a submarine and enter the cylinder, you can use the elevator to get closer to the surface.

“Internal pressure is stable!”

“That’s fortunate.”

“Kuuuk, kuck, phew… .”

“Wow, wow!”

Perhaps everyone had relaxed after arriving at a safe place. Some of the team members took off their helmets and vomited while lying face down.

“Here, refill your oxygen tank and head up in the submersible.”

“When will the rescue team come?”

“I’ve already sent the message, so it won’t take long.”

“yep.”

As we were each doing our own thing, like recharging our oxygen tanks, one of our team members screamed.

“The submarine is broken!”

“what?”

All the survivors’ faces hardened upon hearing that. Runan quickly began to look at the other submarines.

‘How can this be?!’

Of the five he examined, three were already broken.

The maximum capacity of a submarine is three people. And there are sixteen survivors in this place. Even if the remaining two are intact, the maximum capacity is already far exceeded.

“This is ridiculous! We’re all dead!”

“W-Wait a minute! If I can somehow fix it….”

“What nonsense! If something goes wrong while you’re repairing something, you’ll all be killed when you go up the elevator?”

“Fuck, what other way is there?”

“How about going into the elevator and holding on with the reinforced suit?”

“It might be okay in space, but it’s severe here. No matter how strong the reinforced suit is, it can’t withstand the water pressure.”

“Nimi, you keep saying no to everything! Then what are you going to do?”

“This kid!”

With their last hope dashed, the team members could no longer hold out.

Some grabbed others by the collar and threw punches. Some simply sat down and cried like children. Some swore at the air.

In a situation where everyone was confused, Runan barely managed to keep his composure and roll his head.

‘There are two submarines left. The one next to me looks fine from the outside.’

As he was about to open the door to check inside the submersible, one of his team members pointed a finger at him.

“Run is a chew!”

“You fucking son of a bitch! If the submarine was still intact, you were going to try to escape by yourself?”

“Ahem, what, what does that mean?”

The eyes of the team members who had been feuding with each other all turned to Runan.

‘That kid…!’

Runan swore inwardly and fiddled with the Gauss rifle he was holding.

The remaining personnel were fifteen people, excluding him. Since Runan was a researcher and not a soldier, it was not easy to subdue that many people with just one gun.

You might kill a few, but if you get attacked by the rest of them, that’s the end of it.

Eventually he decided to take a different approach.

“stop!”

Runan shouted with all his might. His shout resonated throughout the wide space of the central area. The team members who were looking at him with hostile eyes also flinched in surprise.

“Lee Won! Da-jing! Don’t you know me like that? That I tried to run away alone?”

“Yeah! We didn’t know what you were thinking….”

“Bullshit! Even while we’re fighting like this, he’s getting closer to us! And yet we’re wasting our time on such useless things. Are you all in your right mind?”

“That, that is….”

The eyes of the team members who heard Runan’s words wavered. Runan, who thought that everything was going according to his plan, continued talking.

“Yes. As we live, we may despair. Things that seem so bad can get worse. We all know that there are monsters out there, and that nature, the deep sea, is trying to crush us.”

Runan took a step forward while giving a passionate speech.

“But! This level of hardship is nothing compared to the harsh life on Ganymede! There, it’s not uncommon for the temperature control equipment to break down and hundreds of people to freeze to death at once! Do you know how many people survive in such situations?”

“… … .”

Runan made eye contact with each of his team members, not forgetting to check the distance from the submarine.

‘good.’

Now, if you just extend your hand, you’re at a distance where you can open the submarine’s door.

“Only those who join forces and overcome difficulties will survive! Do you understand? Do you want to cry like a child and die here? Or do you want to gather strength and survive?”

“That, that is….”

“Look at the faces of your colleagues next to you! The escape route will be right there!”

The team members who heard those words looked at each other. While their attention was focused elsewhere, Runan quickly grabbed the door handle of the submarine.

‘opportunity!’

Open this door, climb in and start it right away.

With only that in mind, Runan opened the door.

and.

“ah?”

When you open the door, instead of the mechanical devices that should be visible right away, there was something pink and soft. Then, pink tentacles shot out at incredible speed and grabbed Runan’s limbs.

Before he could scream, the tentacles that had been holding him pulled Runan’s body into the submersible.

Clumsy, clumsy, clumsy

There were eerie sounds coming from inside the submarine. There were no screams or groans of pain.

Soon, red blood flowed down the submarine’s door.

“Huh, huh? Tea, Team Leader?”

The team members muttered in disbelief as they watched what was unfolding before their eyes. As if in response to their words, a bundle of long tentacles emerged from inside the submarine’s door.

“Heeeeek!”

Ujijijik kkwaduk

“Eww! He caught me! Aaaah!”

Thump thump thump

“Everyone run away!”

The tentacles began to grab the nearby team members one by one and drag them inside the submarine. After they entered, the only sounds heard were the horrifying sounds of bones breaking and flesh being torn.

The central area, which the survivors considered their last escape route.

There was only silent screams there.