Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 156



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Ep. 155

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Sanadaev, acting commander of the Nemean fleet, was maddened.

There are no cult residents in this JP-22 system, as there are no resources that the cult would covet.

However, it is not a strategic point that is important to the Empire’s security. Aside from its proximity to Star Union territory, there is no particular threat factor.

‘But why is the Imperial Carrier here?!’

It’s not like we’re completely out of the realm of combat with the Cult. We’ve already made preparations to defend against super-powered attacks before we leap into hyper-speed travel.

But I never dreamed that the Imperial Carrier would appear.

‘If we fight like this, we’ll suffer enormous damage.’

The Nemean Fleet is one of the 12 elite fleets of the Star Union. They have the power to devastate multiple planets, so it is unlikely that they would lose a fight against an Imperial Carrier.

However, it is obvious that the opponent will suffer great damage as the opponent. The Imperial Carrier, which is equipped with the planetary purification weapon Cosmic Bolt, also has powerful secondary weapons. If you fight such a monster without caution, at least a quarter of the fleet will be destroyed.

‘… Let’s talk first.’

They also know that it would be difficult for them to fight and win against the Star Union fleet on their own.

It seemed that the other side was quite bewildered by the fact that the elite fleet of the forces that had made the agreement had invaded their constellation. That must have been why they had requested a conversation first.

“F. Connect the communication.”

“check.”

Immediately afterwards, an image appeared before Sanadaev’s eyes, connected to the ship’s computer.

A middle-aged yak-horned cultist stood in a magnificent situation room decorated with gold and jewels on an ivory background, glaring at him.

“I am Captain Eshta of the ‘Condemned One of Gormos 03’. Cyborg, state your name and affiliation.”

“… I am Sanadaev, acting fleet commander of the Star Union’s Nemean fleet.”

“The Nemean Fleet? Isn’t it the 5th fleet out of the 12 fleets?”

“You are right.”

The cultist who introduced himself as Eshtar opened his eyes wide. He had thought the fleet was large, but he had no idea that an elite fleet had come here.

Sanadaev thought that if he spoke nicely, it might be over, but he was mistaken. Ashta’s expression, which had seemed surprised, immediately became distorted.

“How dare you! Those who are in charge of one axis of Star Union do such a lowly thing!”

“What does that mean?”

“Don’t be so ignorant! Don’t you know how much damage the cyborgs have done to our empire!?”

“Damage? I hate to say this, but we just got here.”

“How shameless. Do you think I have to show you evidence of what you did before you admit it?”

“New communication log file confirmed.”

‘communication?’

He opened the file that Eshta had sent him. The communication records contained in the file began to play in his ears.

The contents of that communication were beyond his understanding.

“I am Mackay from the Population Management Department of Star Union. I am a cyborg who will give you the honor of becoming one with Star Union.”

“I, I am Koshe, a cult warrior from the Judgement Cult of Damos08! If the council finds out about this…!”

“Huh, the council? You don’t rely on weak races or inferior political institutions. You don’t know how to be grateful for the great work our mechanical committee has done to save useless people like you.”

“Rain, damn it! This is the final message to the Cult Fleet receiving this news! What happened in the Holy Land was the work of cyborgs! The location is JP-2… .”

“Shut up! Contacting me secretly! You son of a bitch!”

“Gyaaaah!”

‘What is this?!’

Sanadaev was confused. He listened to the transmission several times but could not understand the content at all.

‘Why is the Population Management Department here… No, more importantly, what is the Holy Land?’

For a moment, he thought that the Mechanical Committee had kept quiet in order to purge him, but he quickly shook his head. The Mechanical Committee, which values ​​efficiency, would not use a method that would cause great damage to the Nemean Fleet, which was a part of the 12 Elite Fleets.

It didn’t seem like Eshta was lying, though. Even if the Cult Empire had hundreds of Imperial Carriers, they wouldn’t be able to afford to waste them like this.

In other words, that communication is a manipulation. And it is very likely that both he and Eshta are being manipulated by someone.

Sanadaev, who had gathered his thoughts, opened his mouth.

“Listen, Captain Eshta. Have you ever thought that this transmission was a lie?”

“Our warriors are reporting lies now? That can’t be true. Koshay used a unique communication network known only to the warriors.”

“Think about it. If we were really trying to trap you, do you think we would be doing this? We would have laid the Gremlin torpedoes before the Imperial Carrier arrived at FTL.”

“… … .”

Eshta kept her mouth shut because it was not a false statement. If the Nemean fleet had actually set a trap, they would have suffered massive damage as soon as they entered this system.

“Then what do you want to say about the Mackay you sent? We know everything about Mackay’s affiliation and last known location.”

“That… please wait a moment. I’ll look for it right away.”

Eshta clicked his tongue at his words but said nothing more. It was clear that they had no intention of starting a war either.

He urgently called Eph because he knew that if he missed this opportunity, he would be in serious trouble.

“Search MacKay’s brainwaves right now and find out where he is.”

“Confirmed. Searching.”

“What the fuck is that crazy cyborg kid doing….”

“find.”

“Already? Where are you?”

“JP-22 Discovered near the Jonas Rock Ring.”

“The Jonas Rock Ring is nearby, right?”

Sanadaev had an ominous feeling when he saw the report from F.

This situation is definitely not normal. Someone unknown must have pushed them into a trap.

‘no way?’

“Captain Ashta! Listen carefully! This is all a trap… .”

Sanadaev tried to explain in a hurry, but the video communication was suddenly cut off. Not only was the communication cut off, but Sanadaev’s cable connected to the ship’s computer also stopped working.

“What is this? F? Answer me!”

“Chi, chijik, E, EMP occurs, chijik, recover after 1 minute.”

“EMP?”

A minute later, communication was restored. As soon as Ashta’s face appeared, he shouted urgently.

“Captain! It’s all a misunderstanding! Don’t judge too hastily!”

“… … .”

But something was strange.

Eshta wasn’t looking at him. He was staring blankly into space with his eyes hazy, as if he had forgotten that the video communication had been restored.

‘Why are you suddenly doing that?’

Ashta’s face was so pale that even he, a cyborg, was shocked to see it. It was a face that said he had seen something extremely frightening.

Then Ashta screamed at the top of his lungs.

“Three, three-headed demons! All begin firing!”

“uh?”

“Imperial carrier’s main gun is activated. Dark matter detected.”

“What the heck, all the mountains… ugh!”

Sanadaev tried to shout the order to disperse in a hurry, but at that moment, the entire ship shook violently. Along with that, Ep brought up a video of the enemy ship that had attacked this side.

“Psychic power attack detected from said ship.”

“Fuck, I know! Ships, fight back!”

Sanadaev cursed as he looked at the black cult frigate in the video.

We can’t stop any longer. We must subdue the enemies as quickly as possible and then report to the Machine Committee what to do.

Thus, the elite forces of the two superpowers of the universe, the Cult Empire and the Star Union, clashed at JP-22.

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“Big baby, is this okay?”

[Zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (You’re doing very well)]

“huh!”

I was impressed by the way No. 26 was concentrating so hard, so I stroked it with my erosion tentacle. It felt good to be stroked with my tentacle, as it squirmed and its entire body glowed red.

[Zuzu (focus)]

“Ah. Right. Focus. Focus!”

The guy who read my wavelength came to his senses and straightened out the flow of my disrupted psychic power.

He’s using the fear properties of the deep to create some pretty cool visuals right now. With the power of the 26th, our ship is covered in a huge hallucination. It’s a hallucination of what I looked like when I took the psionium and became an adult, the three-headed demon that the cultists call it.

‘If the cultists saw this, they would be really upset.’

As I thought, the Imperial Carriers and Cult warships that came here are losing their minds after seeing the illusions created by No. 26.

‘With this, we can get past the ambiguous parts.’

Among the cult genetic information I have saved, there is one warrior from the Imperial Carrier. He is the warrior that Heavenly Mother hunted while I was in the second stage of Transcendence.

Her voice has since been used to deceive other cults, and here it is again helping.

‘I was able to avoid suspicion thanks to contacting them through the emergency line that only the warriors use.’

I connected to the emergency line using a code that only she knew, and imitated her voice to create a fake situation. In the process, the cyborg McKay under my control played the role of a villainous Star Union villain.

As a result, a large fleet including Imperial Carriers came to this constellation to rescue Koshai, who was already dead.

‘Normally it wouldn’t have come to this extent.’

The word ‘holy land’ that I mentioned, and the contact of the survivor who was killed while trying to remove the contaminants from that holy land. These two factors caused their overreaction.

And to drive a wedge into their delusion, I explained to Number 26 that I wanted to show him an illusion of the type designated as the Terror of the Deep.

The original fear of the deep sea was to embody the image that the victim of a psychic attack feared the most. It was unknown whether or not the C-demon could directly reflect the image he wanted. So I thought it might not work, but No. 26 did it.

‘It wasn’t difficult because you remember my appearance well.’

I don’t know how the blind guy knew, but he managed to create my adult form without any problems.

And here the fear that the cult soldiers had of me also played a significant role. This deception operation was successful because they were afraid of the ‘three-headed demon’ that destroyed the entire carrier fleet.

‘The biggest source of anxiety is Star Union.’

The Star Union’s cyborgs are also androids, and they have installed superpower defense devices on their ships. As a result, they have high defense against various Saakik power attacks, including the terror of the deep sea.

So I had the cults see the vision of the ‘three-headed demon’ and prepare for battle, while I fired a preemptive strike at the Star Union fleet. Since I was attacking in the form of a cult frigate, they would inevitably fight back.

‘If I just run a thorough check, my identity will be revealed right away.’

Do you really have the luxury of doing that when you’re facing an enemy right now?

The Star Union, mistaking my attack for an attack by the Cult Fleet, launched a counterattack. As a result, a space war is now unfolding between the two forces right before my eyes.

‘It’s not over yet.’

There are still tricks prepared against the Star Union. I plan to use them when the battle is in full swing.

At that moment, the Heavenly Mother muttered next to me.

“I can’t believe this is going to work.”

She is watching what’s happening outside through the tempered glass I made for her along with Adhai.

“Because people’s thoughts are simple.”

“I thought about it before, but you’re really good at acting.”

She looks at me as if she’s tired of me.

Well, she was always the one who got beat up by me in the game, so I can kind of guess how she feels right now. I wonder what she thought when she saw me imitating Koshy on the communicator. She must be feeling quite complicated.

‘It’s acting.’

Given her family history, her thoughts are probably close to the truth. Maybe that’s why I’m so good at deceiving people in games.

‘…Put away all useless thoughts.’

We’re in the middle of a battle now. I shook off the memories I didn’t want to recall and looked at the situation outside.

The Cult ships formed a diamond formation around the Imperial Carrier, and three purple heat rays were fired from the ships’ main cannons.

Rays of light flying through the black space, oxidizing all the rocks and space debris floating around.

The cyborg fleet wasn’t idle either.

Small white drones poured out like a waterfall from large and small rectangular ships. The drones moved in unison and spread out in front of the ships. It looked like a matador waving a cloth in front of a charging bull. In this case, it was white, not red.

Soon, the purple heat rays collided with a swarm of white drones. Anyone would have thought that the heat rays would destroy the drones, but the result was different.

The name of the drone launched from the Star Union ship is APD (Anti Psychic Drone).

This drone is made of black silver, a metal with strong defense against psychic powers, and gallium alloy, a metal that absorbs various energies. It is mainly used when fighting cults that mainly use psychic powers, such as the current ones, or beings like Gallagon.

A flash of purple light so intense that it would have blinded a normal human, occurred in the middle of space. The Star Union APDs were able to block the devastating impact of ‘some’ of the cult’s cannon fire.

The reason I say some is because the cult’s attacks are not over yet.

The heat rays fired from the cult’s main gun appeared to be three-pronged, but they were actually three rapid shots. Because of the time difference between the heat rays’ arrival, the APD was able to block the first attack without a hitch, but was unable to adequately defend against the follow-up attacks.

‘APD is vulnerable to timing attacks.’

As I expected, some of the purple beams passed through the drone swarm and pierced the cyborg warships. Where the light passed, explosions occurred one after another, and the warships were blown to pieces.

The Star Union fleet, which had lost several of its ships, began a counterattack without showing any sign of retreating.

To put it simply, Star Union ships have rectangular hulls with spike-like cannons attached to them. These spike-like cannons are not for decoration.

Countless cannons began to fire. Thousands and tens of thousands of torpedoes, precisely controlled by androids, flew towards the cultists.

The cult ships that had been maintaining a diamond-shaped formation simultaneously emitted a purple light. The purple shields that had appeared on the front of the ships connected with each other and transformed into a giant diamond-shaped shield.

The torpedoes that flew in first were blocked by a huge shield and exploded.

The cultists are maintaining their shields without any damage. However, it is still too early to relax. Some of the torpedoes flying towards them suddenly change direction and hit the side or rear of the cult ships.

Several of the Cult’s ships broke formation with the explosion. As the shields wavered slightly, other ships rushed to fill the void left by their shattered comrades.

Seeing that, Star Union tried to launch torpedoes again to strengthen their offensive. If the Imperial Carrier had not come forward, the damage to the Cult would have been greater.

‘Is this the beginning?’

A crack appears on the refined diamond-shaped Imperial Carrier. The part corresponding to the corner opens and a pitch-black cannon appears inside.

A total of eight batteries are Black Cannons, the secondary weapons built into the Imperial Carrier. Like the Cosmic Bolt, these are powerful weapons that use dark matter as their energy source.

The Star Union ships also quickly dispersed, knowing the power of the Black Cannon. The Black Cannon was fired at them as they moved busily.

Unlike other cult ships, instead of being shaped like heat rays, black spheres emerged from the Black Cannon and flew towards the Star Union ships.

The black sphere belatedly reached the moving ship. At that moment, the ship distorted and was sucked into the sphere.

The sphere devoured a ship in a matter of seconds and continued forward, quickly devouring other ships.

‘also.’

Black Cannon is a weapon that creates and shoots artificial black holes.

Since it’s the end if it hits, it’s very effective for messing up enemy battle lines and sniping flagships.

However, the downside is that the duration of the black hole bomb is not long and it cannot be controlled.

The Star Union fleet, seeing the Imperial Carrier use a black hole bomb, continued to disperse and approached the cultists.

The intention is to close the distance with the Imperial Carrier and induce a melee. The Black Hole bullet is an appropriate response as it is a weapon that does not identify enemies.

‘Okay. Then I’ll go too.’

There is work to be done when the melee begins. If only that work can be completed safely, then we can leave this constellation without being pursued.

I led the cult frigate that I dominated and advanced quickly.

A melee between space fleets awaits me.