Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 135



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Ep. 135

“Wow! I won!”

“Me” “Victory” “Awesome”

In front of the sea monster’s corpse, No. 26 pulled out only two tentacles and took a cheering pose. Adhai climbed onto the monster, spread his wings, and enjoyed the joy of victory.

“I thought I’d lived in this world for quite some time, but this is my first time experiencing something like this.”

The Heavenly Mother, who had transformed into a griffon, was admiring the guys performing the victory ceremony.

[Zuzuzu zuzuzu (they are smart guys)]

“… I had no choice but to borrow it during the battle. I will return it.”

As I approached her, she handed me back the spear she had been holding in her mouth.

‘Seeing that Adhai and I have good chemistry together, I think I should leave it to him in the future as well.’

Adhai is still an immature Green Gallagon, and due to his mutation, he is also small. If he were to become a White Gallagon, he would be much stronger than he is now, but it would still take some time for that to happen.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to use the Heavenly Mother to fill in what the guy lacks.

I was thinking of lending her the priest’s golden spear later, when No. 26 approached us.

“Big baby! We beat up that bad guy!”

[Zu zu zu (Yeah. Good job)]

“Yeah! But who’s the guy next to you?”

I was so flustered during the fight that I couldn’t introduce Heavenly Mother. I gave No. 26 a brief explanation of who she was.

“Then is your friend also the head of the family?”

“… No. I don’t have a family.”

“Why? Aren’t you a mother? A mother has to protect her children.”

“All my children are dead. My husband too. I am alone now.”

“I see.”

No. 26 blushed dark pink, perhaps sensing the sorrow of the Heavenly Mother. Come to think of it, No. 26 may have had a similar experience.

‘Because all my kind died while being experimented on.’

No. 26 is the last surviving bubble amoeba on the research vessel. Among us, only she can understand her sorrow.

The guy was still for a moment, as if thinking about something, then fired another wave.

“A mother must be strong enough to protect her children.”

“…okay.”

“So I’ll call you the middle child.”

“what?”

Heavenly Mother asked back as if she had misheard. No. 26 ignored her reaction and continued to radiate waves.

“My friend is a mother, but she couldn’t protect the babies, so she’s still a baby. That’s why she’s a middle baby.”

“uh….”

A look of bewilderment flows through her eagle-faced eyes. Her gaze swings from side to side before turning to me.

Since I didn’t show any particular reaction, she had no choice but to agree. When she nodded, No. 26 added a word while emitting a brief light.

“Let’s work together so that even middle-aged children can protect their families!”

“… … .”

Finally, the words left by No. 26. It seems that the words about cultivating the strength to protect one’s family struck a chord with her. Because the rejection in her eyes had subsided.

“thank you.”

Number 26 and Adhai are creatures that only communicate using special wavelengths or thought waves. So, Heavenly Mother uses a special necklace around her neck to send thought waves and communicate with them.

The waves of thought she sent now were somewhat more sincere than before.

Number 26, who had finished talking with the Heavenly Mother, called me this time.

“Big baby, there’s a place we can go together.”

[Zuzu (Where to go?)]

“Yeah. If you don’t go quickly, you might be late.”

It’s urgent.

I was wondering what wavelength 26 meant.

‘Now that we’ve caught Pale Mask, there shouldn’t be any new threats… Ah.’

By the way, No. 26 said it before. He said that his friend’s family was in danger because of that bad guy, Pale Mask, to borrow his expression.

‘My friend’s family.’

Given the circumstances, it seems clear that the friend is referring to the Sea Demon. When he says the family, does he mean the other Sea Demons?

‘That can’t be right. There’s no way a bunch of Sea Demons, let alone one, would lose to Pale Mask.’

Family refers to the bubble amoebas that live together with the sea demon.

To be honest, I’m not interested in Bubble Amoeba. Even if it contains genetic essences that I don’t know about, it’s something I can’t eat in front of No. 26.

‘But that doesn’t mean I can’t go.’

He must be going with me because there’s something I don’t know about. I nodded.

‘We’ll have to wait a little longer to prey on Pale Mask anyway.’

There are about 30 minutes left until you can write the hunting symbol. It won’t be a problem if you do other things in the meantime.

I told Adhai to eat before I left.

“Me” “Head” “Meal” “No?”

[Zzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Don’t eat it because there’s poison in the head)]

“Understanding” “Ugly Friend” “Together” “Eating”

“Wait a minute. Are you talking about me, the ugly friend?”

“You” “Tail” “None” “Horns” “None” “Ugly”

“…under.”

Leaving behind the Heavenly Mother and Adhai who were having a strange conversation, No. 26 went back into the water.

“This way.”

The 26, with its long fins spread wide, guided me deeper and deeper into the sea. It passed the deep-sea research base and swam into the trench beneath the submarine canyon next to it.

As I followed him inside, I was greeted by darkness so thick it was hard to imagine.

‘Like space.’

When we describe space, we often use concepts and words that are mainly related to water. For example, we call a machine that moves through space a spaceship, or we use the word “voyage” instead of “space flight.”

This space, where not a single ray of light shined, was a universe of a different form from the universe above.

At that moment, like a star shining on its own in space, No. 26 shone forth. Its light was far from the intensity of the sun’s light, or the paleness of moonlight reflected from sunlight.

A soft light, mysterious yet warm at the same time, lifted the curtain.

How far down did I go? I witnessed an amazing sight.

In the distance, grains of light began to appear.

‘star?’

A star that shines brightly in the darkness, similar to number 26, with a pink tint.

It was the Bubble Amoeba, the same species as No. 26. They were emitting light as if in resonance with No. 26.

“My friend’s family is alive!”

No. 26 feels relieved upon seeing that sight.

She sent out scattered beams of light at the swarm of bubble amoebas. Different from the way she usually communicated to me, light of various colors flowed out from her body.

‘This must be a conversation between bubble amoebas.’

If you think about it, I’m communicating through waves created by the monster’s tentacles, so it can’t be different.

There were flashes of various colors on the other side, as if they had seen the message sent from here. Another group nearby saw the light from No. 26 and joined the conversation.

The sight of a group of bubble amoebas glowing in unison to communicate resembled a meteor shower or the Milky Way in a clear night sky.

Who would have thought that the weakest creatures on the dark and heavy sea floor, where life seems completely absent, could shine so brightly?

Even the most emotionally dry person will be filled with awe when they see this sight.

‘… That’s cool.’

The colorful ball on the stage covered with a black curtain was amazingly beautiful.

I have never seen anything like this in a game. Even if such an event existed, would a VR machine be able to capture even 1% of this fascinating scenery? I can say with certainty that it is impossible.

The conversation of light and color that seemed like it would last forever ended unexpectedly quickly. No. 26’s body, which had been emitting various colored lights for the conversation, turned pink again.

“Everyone said it was okay.”

The Seed Demon that protected them is dead, but so is their powerful rival, Pale Mask. They should be safe now.

Another human may invade, but with Muriel dead and her connections to the cult’s higher-ups, it’s unlikely that surveillance on the planet will be lifted.

From now on, they will live in accordance with the natural order. Sometimes they encounter predators and run away or are eaten, and sometimes they meet new species and form groups and prosper. That is the cycle.

However, as I listened to the guy’s continued conversation, I realized that the conversation he had was not that simple.

“My friend’s family asked me to do it.”

[Zuzu (please?)]

“They ask me to be their mother.”

I know what that guy’s wavelength means.

‘No. 26 is left here?’

The moment I understood what it meant, I was greatly surprised. The sense of loss I felt as soon as I thought about parting with No. 26 was greater than I had imagined.

Even while I was silent, the waves of No. 26 continued.

“Your friend’s family is weak. If there is no one to lead the family, it will be hard when another bad kid comes.”

I wanted to refute that statement. That it was the natural order of things, that the ecology of bubble amoeba was like that.

“I know the pain of losing a family member. When my family hurts, I hurt too.”

The 26th species is the Sea Demon.

Just as it is a natural habit of Aimorph to steal the genetic essence of other creatures, it is a creature that must live in the deep sea. It is natural for it to live underwater with its family and other bubble amoebas.

‘but.’

We can’t send No. 26, who has such great skills, here when we don’t know what kind of difficulties he might face in the future.

On the one hand, I want to respect the guy’s wishes.

‘… What should I do?’

I couldn’t decide what to say, and then he decided for me.

“But I said no.”

[Z(what?)]

“I have a family to protect too.”

Number 26 pulled out a tentacle and stroked my head.

I can clearly feel the emotions No. 26 feels from the part where he touches me. Just as he occupies a large portion of my heart, he also cherishes us.

“The big baby is growing up quickly and is stronger than me, but he’s still a baby. I have to protect him.”

Only after hearing the guy’s honest words could I send a heartfelt message.

[Zuzu zuzuzu (I feel the same way)]

“huh!”

Although the wavelength was short, I can proudly say that the emotions contained within it were by no means lacking. The guy who understood my earnest heart brightened his body with joy.

With that, my work in the deep sea was over. I slowly prepared to go up.

The light emitted by the bubble amoebas is really nice to look at, but I feel uneasy because I think that if we stay here any longer, No. 26 will be left behind.

On the other hand, it seemed like No. 26 still had work to do.

“Big baby, your friend’s family told me to go downstairs.”

[Zuz …

Further down is the bottom of the trench, where the Dread Hydra lives. It is Pale Mask’s main food source, but it is not a weakling.

But number 26 went off with a negative meaning.

“My friend told me to take the treasure he left behind.”

‘A treasure?’

What could be the treasure at the end of this deep sea? And it’s hard to imagine that it’s the treasure of the Sea Demon.

‘But let’s go anyway.’

There might still be some valuable equipment left, like those dropped by the Sea Demon, a sub-boss-level creature. I decided to go down further with No. 26.

We pushed through the tremendous water pressure and headed toward the other side of the deep, deep sea.

After moving forward for a while, No. 26 stopped in its tracks. There was a huge object in front of the smoothly swimming guy.

‘What is this?’

It looks similar to No. 26, but its size is incomparably larger.

A deep-sea breathing terror and a sea devil.

The dead seed demon was waiting for us at the bottom of the world.