Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 175



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Ep. 174

｢Some of the evolution conditions from ‘semi-adult’ to ‘adult’ have been met.

APEX 1/30 (Unachieved)」

‘phew.’

I sighed as I looked at the Ice Horror lying on the floor.

I managed to catch one Apex, but I didn’t feel too good about it.

‘It’s definitely hard.’

Even in the game, hunting Apex wasn’t easy. In the first place, the creatures classified as Apex were only strong creatures like Gallagons and Sea Demons.

But that’s just a game. The death penalty in Space Survival is pretty big, but it’s nothing compared to death in real life.

Fighting for your life is not as easy as it sounds.

‘It would have been hard without those guys.’

Adhai, who had helped me in this fight, landed next to me. Number 26 and Heavenly Mother, who were riding on his back, also landed and approached me.

All three were a great help in capturing the ice horror.

“Big baby, aren’t you hurt? Big baby is badly hurt.”

[Zuuuuu zuuuuuuu (It’ll be okay in a little while)]

Number 26, who returned in a small size, worried about me first as always.

“Strong Enemy” “Hunting” “Success”

“… We knew we could catch this.”

Adhai climbed onto the corpse and jumped around, while the Heavenly Mother looked at the corpse in disbelief.

[Zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (Everyone, let’s eat quickly. There’s no time)]

The underground space we’re in is barely holding on. It could collapse at any moment because of the mess Ice Horror and I made.

‘If this place collapses, it will affect the outside too.’

If this were to collapse, the ice plain above would collapse as well, creating a huge sinkhole. Even the Gallagons would be suspicious of the perfectly good ice sheet collapsing.

Besides, I don’t have much time left.

The duration of the hunting symbol is 20 minutes. Since I spent most of the time fighting the thing, I only had about 5 minutes left.

After hearing my words, Mother Heaven looked at the cracked wall and nodded.

“Sure. I can’t hold out for long when I see the wall.”

[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu (You take out the heart first)]

“okay.”

I picked up the priest’s golden spear that was soaked in blood and threw it at her. She caught it easily and walked into the wound I had made.

“Hey, baby. I’ll help you.”

“…thank you.”

While No. 26 and Heavenly Mother were inside the bastard’s stomach, I prepared to eat the Ice Horror’s head.

‘The shell is hard, so you can’t eat it as is.’

I opened the creature’s jaw and crawled inside. As I passed the sharp teeth and hard protrusions and entered the throat, soft flesh greeted me.

The flesh surrounding my body, all parts that were edible. I lay down and started to tear at the meat that was spread out everywhere.

‘hmm.’

I thought the meat would be tough because its shell was so hard, but surprisingly, it wasn’t. Even though half of its teeth were broken, the flesh went down my throat without much resistance.

but….

‘It’s spicy.’

The Ice Horror’s meat was the spiciest food I’ve ever tasted. If Aimov had tear ducts, it would have brought tears to his eyes.

‘Is it because of the poison?’

The venom that the Ice Horror spits out is much more potent than the neurotoxin I carry. I tasted the flesh deep inside it to see if it was the same in other parts.

‘This one is a little less.’

It seemed that only the throat and esophagus, where the venom glands were located, were like this, and the other areas were fine. There is no creature in this place that is immune to the venom.

So I think it’ll be okay, but I’ll have to warn the kids just in case.

[Zuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz (Be careful, the meat is poisonous)]

“I wondered why it was so spicy, but it was because of the poison.”

The Heavenly Mother was eating the heart of the Ice Horror she had harvested. Her appearance, detected through her auxiliary organs, was that of a griffon. She must have tasted it in human mode, realized it was poisonous, and transformed into a resistant griffon.

Currently, none of us are immune to the poison. No. 26 and I have the highest tolerance, but the other two can eat Ice Horror meat as long as it is not in a dangerous area.

However, the 26th and Adhai waves and ideologies poured out without fail because of the spicy taste.

“It’s spicy! It hurts! It hurts, but it’s delicious!”

“Thrill” “Newness”

Number 26 seemed to keep eating even though he was sick, while Adhai seemed to enjoy feeling new sensations.

‘I’m glad everyone looks happy.’

I honestly wanted to see number 26 eating spicy food, but I still have work to do.

Before the hunt is over, you must eat all the heads.

‘I wonder what will come out this time.’

Since it was hundreds of meters long, its head was also over 20 meters long. I ate half the meat of my body at a furious speed.

As I was eating my way up from the neck to the brain, Mother in Heaven called me.

“When you’re done eating, come out for a moment.”

[Zuzuzu (What’s wrong?)]

“I found a screamer in his gut.”

[Z(what?)]

When I heard her words, I flinched for a moment.

“Don’t worry. There are only the remains of the already stopped Screamer.”

I felt a little relieved by her subsequent words, but I wasn’t yet at a point where I could completely relax.

[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (Do you think they’re around?)]

“That can’t be. Judging by the state of corrosion, it’s been a long time. Almost three weeks.”

[Zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu (You were on the ship for 3 weeks?)]

“Looking at the remaining metal skeleton, it seems similar to the one we saw earlier.”

From what I’ve heard, it seems that the modified new Screamers have entered this basement before. Then they encountered the Ice Horrors and were all wiped out.

‘Could the guy I saw in the forest above be the one that ran away from here?’

Come to think of it, he didn’t seem to be in such good shape when we first met. At the time, I thought it was because he was fighting Winterwalker, but maybe he was being chased by this guy.

‘I’m curious, but….’

For now, eating comes first. I told her I understood and resumed my foraging activities.

After increasing the speed and eating frantically, I was able to take out all of its heads with exactly 10 seconds left.

and.

“Predation effect activated! ‘Giant creature’ genetic essence acquired successfully.”

“Stealing the ‘giant creature’ trait from the ‘Ice Horror’ creature.”

“Can be fused with the existing ‘Bone Axe’.”

“The ‘Giant Creature’ and ‘Bone Axe’ traits are fused. Evolve into the ‘Bone Beast’ trait! ”

“Bone Beast: Inherits and strengthens the characteristics of existing giant creatures. Once a week, you can transform into a very powerful ‘Bone Beast’. The transformation lasts for 60 minutes.

*Note: Cannot be used with ‘Symbol of the Hunt’.

*P.S. Exoskeletons are not exclusive to any particular species.

“A new message has arrived.”

Along with the message that a new message had arrived, the famous trait loved by all Amorph players, ‘Bone Beast’, came into my hands.

–

Jason of the Ashre tribe.

He was a cult figure with many nicknames.

The revered ‘priest’ of the empire, the ‘leader of the Providence Sect’ who protects traditions, and the ‘hero of the nation’ who defended the capital from the attacks of the Outspacers.

It was a title befitting of him, who was ranked 10th.

However, recently his fellow countrymen have been calling him by adding a letter before his title.

That letter is ‘전(前)’.

A recent blunder had caused him to fall from being an object of envy to a villain who threatened the safety of the empire.

Actually, I could have tolerated it up to that point. He may be a cult in body, but he is human in spirit. As long as you are human, you are bound to make mistakes as you live.

But what truly drove him mad was the being that had contributed so much to his downfall.

Morphbak is ranked 5th.

Jason was the one who hated the most, whether in reality or in this world.

The bad relationship between Jason and Morphbak was quite long. In reality, I don’t know how many times I had to re-create my character because of him.

The reason he came to this world and worked so enthusiastically to wipe out the seeds of Aimorph was because he had suffered many losses from Morphbak. Even though he knew that his actions would hinder the completion of the quest.

And yet he survived. No, he didn’t just survive, they fucked him over really well.

The day he heard the news that the Imperial Carrier and its fleet had been destroyed, he realized.

The fact that he would never be able to sleep well unless he stuffed Morphack’s head and hung it in his bedroom.

So, unlike his colleagues, he decided to take action himself.

He has prepared thoroughly enough to be able to catch even an adult Eimophre without difficulty, with only the best equipment that can be obtained by clearing the latter half of the quest, loyal subordinates that follow him, and even a dedicated warship.

Not only that. There was even a Black Gallagon, a semi-boss creature supported by Akira Eugene. At this point, it would be strange to lose to it unless you were deliberately letting it go.

Until he first set foot on the cold, icy star, he was confident that he would finally be able to kill Morphbak.

However, that idea was shattered after meeting the Black Gallagon, ‘Great Odd Grad’, introduced by Akira Eugene.

“Damn it! When on earth are you going to show up yourself? This guy is no match for a normal Gallagon!”

Jason, wearing a dragon armor made from Gallagon, was roaring inside the vast cave.

He wasn’t suddenly out of his mind and screaming alone. There was a huge being lying in front of him.

A black Gallagon lying face down on a bed of various sparkling minerals. He was the great Odd Grad, the lord of the dragons that inhabited this planet.

“Odd Grad” “I Said” “An Important Cause” “There Is”

Odd Grad answered leisurely while eating the food the young Gallagons had caught. Jason was incensed at the sight of his carefree and lazy demeanor, but he barely managed to suppress it.

‘You stupid lizard! That White Gallagon, you could easily subdue him if you came forward yourself!’

When Jason arrived, Odd Grad’s group was divided.

When gallagons grow older and become adults, or black gallagons, they gain the right to challenge the leader of the pack.

For a long time he had been the only Black Gallagon in the Odd Grad horde, but there was one problem.

The White Gallagon female, who was second in line, began to eye his position. Normally, it would be a Black Gallagon who would challenge him, but this happened because no new Black Gallagon emerged after Odd Grad became the leader.

“If you just step forward, everything will be sorted out, so why are you dawdling?”

“Odd Grad” “Speaking” “The Traitors” “Gathering” “Waiting”

There were some who were wondering why there were no adult Gallagons among the current group. They were rebelling, thinking that Odd Grad, the only Black Gallagon, was up to something.

As Odd Grad had told Jason, he planned to use this opportunity to wipe out the Gallagons who opposed his reign. Pretending to be holed up in a cave was also intended to make his enemies let their guard down.

But that’s the Gallagons’ business.

To Jason, who knew that an unprecedented danger was approaching with the 5th ranked Aimov Ranker, this seemed like nothing more than pathetic political maneuvering.

‘When Aimorph grows up, you’re all finished! You skink bastards!’

As Jason was internally cursing Odd Grad, a Gallagon flew in from outside the cave.

The white-scaled Gallagon folded its wings and bowed its head before Odd Grad.

“I” “Great Odd Grad” “What You Said” “Report”

“What does that mean?”

“Odd Grad” “Speaking” “A Lowly Being” “What You Want” “The Young One” “I Found It”

“What? Is that true?”

Jason didn’t care that he was called a lowly being. Catching Aimov was more important than anything else right now.

“Odd Grad” “Great Undertaking” “Preparing” “Instead” “A Lowly Being” “The Young One” “Follow”

“… Are you saying you won’t come out until the end?”

With those words, Odd Grad lifted his foreleg and waved it. It meant that he had nothing more to say and that he should leave.

Jason gritted his teeth, as if it was a king gesturing to his servants. He was extremely displeased with the way Akira Eugene’s pet was being so arrogant, but there was nothing he could do about it.

With Jason’s power, he could kill Odd Grad, but then he would have to fight all the Gallagons here. If he fought them, Jason and his party would suffer great losses.

‘Then we’ll be defeated individually by Morphbak!’

There were many instances in the game where clan alliances were destroyed because of his mischief. He had no intention of reproducing the events that occurred in the game in real life, so he left the cave without saying anything more.

Anyway, once the traitors are driven out, that unlucky Black Gallagon has no choice but to help him. Since Akira ordered it, he too has a duty to help Jason.

However, there is not enough time to wait for Odd Grad’s help. If the Morphbaks are really on this planet, it is no exaggeration to say that they are in a very dangerous situation right now.

“Hey, that’s the place I just told that lizard kid. Show us the way.”

“understanding”

So now, you have to take action first, even if it’s on your own.

Jason headed to the camp where his men were with the White Gallagon.

–

I opened my eyes as I was lying in the nest concentrating on recovering.

‘I can’t sleep well these days.’

It’s not because of a nightmare or unresolved worries like last time. It’s because of the message I received after preying on the Ice Horror earlier this afternoon.

After unlocking Transcendence Stage 2, a new system called ‘Characteristic Enhancement’ was unlocked. At the time, I had forgotten about it because it wasn’t activated even though it was unlocked, but it was activated today.

‘I didn’t think it was that kind of system… Huh?’

As I was looking into the trait enhancement system, movement was detected in my auxiliary organ.

There are no other creatures in the nest besides us. I quickly linked to the nest to see what had moved.

‘Number 26?’

This guy said he wanted to go to bed early because he used up a lot of energy during the day.

I thought it was because my daily routine was messed up due to going to bed early, but the guy’s behavior was strange.

Number 26 came out of the nest and disappeared through the passage.

‘what?’

He rarely acts on his own. Unless it’s an urgent battle situation, he tells me what to do and what he wants to do.

For that guy to sneak out in the middle of the night was clearly suspicious behavior.

I got up and followed the guy carefully. The guy was so absorbed in something that he didn’t even notice me following him.

The guy who had moved quite a distance from the nest suddenly stopped in place and started taking something out of his body.

“Eat this.”

“PS-111. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the newly registered main controllers for their dedication.”

I couldn’t hide any longer when I heard the voice in front of No. 26. I quickly approached No. 26.

“Huh? Big baby?”

[Zuzu zuzu (what is that?)]

“Oh, this is, that.”

Although No. 26 was unusually hesitant, I couldn’t help but pay attention to that fact.

A small object in front of him. It looked very similar to something I had seen a while ago.

“PS-111. Unknown life form detected.”

It had mechanical parts and tubes attached to a human female face.

It was a new type of Screamer with only the head remaining.