Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 157



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Ep. 156

Cult and Star Union.

A race that developed civilization through supernatural powers and a machine race that emerged as mechanical engineering developed to its extreme.

Although they didn’t seem to have anything in common, at this very moment they looked similar.

Because they are putting all their effort into killing each other.

Long, oval-shaped torpedoes, resembling pointed thermometers, flew in in a chaotic manner. Controlled by androids, they moved in groups, resembling a school of fish in the ocean.

The cult ships returned fire on the swarm of torpedoes hurtling towards their prey. The ships changed formation from a diamond to a hexagon, emitting purple psychic powers.

As the nets of psychic power covered the torpedoes, just as fishermen catch fish with their nets, powerful explosions occurred one after another.

Amidst the silence and a massive fireworks display, the machine fleets take a detour and approach the cult warships. The cultists, too, are not letting their guard down and quickly intercept the cyborg ships as they approach.

And I’m in the middle of a battlefield.

All while narrowly avoiding remote-controlled torpedoes and psychic power heat rays.

‘right!’

My faithful assistant, the auxiliary engine, alerted me to the danger. Connected to the ship, I quickly turned the hull to avoid the torpedo flying towards the right.

Four cyborg warships are targeting me.

‘Psychic cannon activated.’

I activated the psychic cannons of the frigate that I had used to launch a preemptive strike against the Star Union fleet while maintaining speed. Six psychic cannons poured fire at the enemies.

The cyborg ship that was following me closely behind was shot down without being able to dodge, perhaps unaware that there were six of my cannons. The remaining three ships, seeing this, each used their own methods to dodge my attacks.

‘Not bad. Except for one thing.’

Two ships evaded me by making a detour, but one of them chose to slow down and avoid my attack trajectory. If I were the only enemy, this would have been a good method, but there are many blind attacks here.

As I thought, a heat ray flew in from somewhere and penetrated the cyborg ship that had slowed down. Flames shot out from a large hole in the hull, and it oxidized with a chain explosion.

‘Okay. Things are going smoothly.’

It was my intention to have the two forces clash, but I didn’t expect it to turn into a melee this quickly. It’s an unexpected windfall.

‘With this atmosphere, I think we can easily move on to the next step.’

My ultimate goal is to cut off the enemy’s pursuit and escape this constellation safely.

You can escape while the enemies are fighting each other, but there is one problem. If the chase resumes after the battle is over, it will be a headache.

The Star Union will never forgive me for causing so much damage because of me. Not until they are sure that I am ‘dead’.

So I’m going to show them that I’m dead.

I’m talking about the sight of the ship that my children and I had already left bursting.

‘Let’s wait a little longer until the right opportunity comes.’

I turned the fast-flying ship upwards sharply. If it were a normal aircraft, the burden on the ship would not have been small, but this ship was practically my own limbs.

As I made unusual movements, the torpedoes following me momentarily lost their targets and crashed into other ships or debris from floating ships.

The cyborgs also tried to turn upwards to follow me, but they were much slower than me. I maneuvered around behind them and fired my psychic cannon at the same time.

Short blasts of psychic power, resembling bullets, pierced the machine ship. The ship, hit by six energy bullets at once, split into four pieces. Inside, numerous androids and cyborgs were seen struggling, emerging from space.

As expected of a Star Union with a weak sense of camaraderie, no ships came forward to rescue them. The one remaining cyborg ship fired a torpedo at me, leaving my comrades to die in the zero gravity space.

[Zuzu zu zu zu (hold on tight everyone)]

The distance was short, so it was difficult to avoid them all. I sharply turned the hull that was flying upward and descended again.

Just as I was about to collide with the torpedoes, I turned my hull at an angle. The torpedoes rushing to destroy me passed me by with barely a sheet of paper between them.

The torpedoes that failed to attack were trying to change course quickly, but I wasn’t going to let that happen. Five psychic cannons were already aimed at the torpedoes.

The torpedoes disappeared along with purple flames.

‘I have one step left for you.’

The only remaining cannon is for the cyborg ship that fired the torpedo at me. The purple energy bullet collided with the side of the warship. A purple and red flame burst out from the point of impact, and the cyborg ship staggered violently.

The finishing blow was not mine, but another cult ship. A heat ray flew in from afar and swept away the enemy.

“As expected, your skills in games are second to none.”

“Of course. How many times has this happened?”

I’ve fought fleets dozens or hundreds of times in the game. I’ve also had many bloody fights with rankers.

‘Come to think of it, I seem to have more experience fighting fleets.’

In addition to the Megacorps and Spacedogs that encourage mercenaries and ship operations, races such as Star Union and Outspacers also tend to operate large fleets as the game progresses. Cults are a bit different in that they allow individuals to become extremely powerful due to their unique quest system.

I, who was hostile to them, also had no choice but to fight the fleet. I remember struggling to collect new characteristics for this.

‘Because space warfare is completely different from ground warfare.’

Characteristics that are very useful on land are often useless in space.

‘Even I am like that now.’

There are many physical traits that cannot be used properly, and the same goes for parasitic traits and nest-related traits.

Since there will definitely be more fights in space in the future, it is necessary to collect traits useful for space combat other than Nightmare Horizon.

‘There is still a lot of work to be done.’

If you go to the Dragon’s Nest, you can obtain the characteristics needed to fight in space.

The planets where Gallagons usually live also have various beasts and predators. There are also many creatures with characteristics such as space flight, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to first clean them up and collect their characteristics when you arrive.

As I was thinking that, Adhai called me.

“Big Man” “Me” “Battle” “Participation” “Wind”

A guy who keeps insisting on going out. Seeing all the bellies exploding outside makes him want to fight along.

“I” “Flight” “Fast” “Enemy” “Slow”

[Zuz …

Adhai is small and agile for a Gallagon, so he would fight well if he went out to fight, but it’s too dangerous here. If he makes a mistake even once, there’s no turning back.

‘If I don’t come back before I change ships, I’ll be in big trouble.’

He can sense the psychic power flowing from Nana 26’s body, so he’ll be able to find me easily even if I move to another ship. The problem is that the enemy must not know that I’m abandoning this ship.

If the enemy sees Adhai boarding another ship, they may become suspicious.

[Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuz (let’s play together next time)]

“disappointment”

I continued to move the boat, comforting Adhai whose wings were frayed.

The tide of the battle changed as the Star Union ships successfully approached the cultists, as the black hole bomb on the Imperial Carrier, which was at high risk of being destroyed, was sealed.

The cyborg ships fired torpedoes or rammed the cult ships at close range.

In the space age, ramming tactics seem like a primitive tactic, but they are quite effective when fighting cults. If you prepare well.

The Cult ships’ superior defenses are due to their shields made of psychic power. What if those shields were disabled?

The front of the cyborg ships approaching the cult were completely dyed white. These were the APD drones, defensive equipment used to defend against psychic powers.

If you stick a bunch of these on a cult ship and slam it into it, you can temporarily disable the shields at that location.

The rest is easy.

‘The durability of the Cult ship is lower than that of the Star Union.’

As the cyborg ships collided with the cult ships, a purple glow would flash and then fade. With their shields disabled, the cult ships would be torn apart by those spike-like batteries.

The cult ships were seen panicking at the sight, but none of them attacked rashly. Unlike the cyborgs who had little sense of camaraderie, the cultists were afraid to fire recklessly for fear of getting their allies involved.

While the fighters moved out to intercept, the other cult ships quickly moved away. Those that failed were reduced to space dust by the cyborgs.

Eventually, the imperial carrier, unable to stand watching its own people die, went to the front.

I retreated, blending in with the ships of the retreating cultists.

The beautiful absolute weapon, resembling a diamond, is equipped with hundreds of psychic cannons. Then, a huge number of purple energy bullets fly towards the cyborgs.

Even if the front is protected by the APD, the sides and rear are not. Cyborg ships were destroyed after being hit by dozens of energy bullets.

Some reckless cyborgs attempted to implement ramming tactics against Imperial carriers.

‘How stupid.’

The Imperial Carrier’s shield itself is stronger, but its armor itself is also very strong, making it difficult to destroy using current tactics.

As I expected, all their attempts were in vain. After that, several more ships were seen trying and then abruptly stopping.

‘The commander is holding him back.’

The cyborg fleet split into several directions at once, each flying towards the Cult fleet in the rear from a detour. The plan was to take out the other supporting ships before the Imperial Carrier.

A cyborg that charges like a mad dog without giving up, a cult that tries to distance itself and force you into a long-range fight.

It looks like both sides are at odds, but it’s not. The cyborgs haven’t used their secret weapon yet.

‘It’s almost time to move the boat.’

When the cyborg rams me, it’s my chance to switch ships.

I stopped my evasive approach and started to attack actively. I fired energy bullets at cultists and cyborgs without any regard for them.

After destroying several of them, I felt the cyborgs’ attention turn to me. Along with that, No. 26 sent me a wave.

“Big baby, what does that big ugly kid over there look like?”

[Z (really?)]

“Should I stop you from doing it?”

[Zuzu zuzu (No, leave me alone)]

What No. 26 said was probably an enemy flagship attempting to conduct a precision survey of me. They’d probably know by now.

The fact that there was a cyborg on board this bio-ship who had sent them strange messages, and that this ship was the culprit who had caused this situation.

A fine wave gently swept over my body. This must mean that the precision exploration was complete.

After that, the enemy’s attacks became more fierce than before. As many as 10 ships followed me to mark me.

‘Come on, here it is, so hurry up and eat it.’

As I deliberately avoided the torpedoes by a hair’s breadth, the cyborg ships seemed to have gotten really excited. It was clear to see them ignoring the cult fighters that were keeping them in check and chasing only me.

And finally, the moment I’ve been waiting for has arrived. From a distance, I feel a cyborg ship rushing towards me.

‘There’s less than two minutes left.’

I quickly moved our position to somewhere near the reactor, except for the cyborg and McKay I had been holding on to.

“Uh, uh? Me too… .”

His last screams were muffled by the living, moving walls.

After safely completing the move, I quickly deactivated ‘Nightmare Horizon’. As soon as my body, assimilated with metal, separated and fell to the ground, I activated the ‘Organic Evolution’ trait.

The special state that I’m trying to transform into this time is….

‘Clever underdog!’

As soon as the trait was activated, my body shrank rapidly.

At the same time, the boat rocked violently.