Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 189



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Ep. 188

‘ah.’

The moment I put Jason’s head in my mouth, I realized I had made a huge mistake.

The red water of life flowing down my mouth was amazingly addictive. It was enough to make me forget the pain of the hole in my throat.

Jason’s blood tasted like maple syrup, but much more savory. His meat would surely be more appealing than I could ever imagine.

The problem is that all I have now is the bastard’s head. The rest of the body below the neck has disappeared somewhere along with the blue light.

‘Should I be thankful that I at least saved my head?’

Thanks to the jaw effect of the essence harvester, you can obtain the genetic essence of an opponent with just the head.

I clenched my jaw and chewed on Jason’s head.

Flesh, muscle, blood, bone, brain, and even the one remaining horn. Every element that made up the cult’s head was absorbed into me.

Then, translucent text boxes appeared one after another before my eyes.

“Predatory effect activated! ‘Jason (Jason Turningham)’s special privilege successfully stolen!”

“There are no fusion-compatible characteristics among the existing characteristics. They will be transferred to the token storage facility.”

“Predatory effect activated! ‘Jason (Jason Turningham)’s special privilege successfully stolen!”

“Can be fused with the ‘Space Bacteria’ and ‘Flame of Hallucination’ you have. Please select the trait. The result of your selection will be affected by the trait used as a material.”

“P.S. You are at a crossroads with a major choice. Please choose carefully.”

｢Time left until trait selection: 24:00:00｣

“You are eligible to use the trait enhancement system. Would you like to use the system?”

“Predatory effect activated! ‘Jason (Jason Turningham)’s special privilege successfully stolen!”

“There are no fusion-compatible characteristics among the existing characteristics. They will be transferred to the token storage facility.”

‘Why are there so many?’

I thought it would be similar to Muriel’s time, but there were more text boxes printed than I thought.

‘Are these the perks you gained by robbing other players?’

It looks like he has a total of 3 special abilities. Two of them are currently unusable due to conditions that don’t match, and only one can be used in combination with my trait.

‘In fact, the metal absorption was used as a material even in the irregular polyhedron of the plunderer.’

I checked the perks that can be fused right away.

It is written that one of the infection-related traits, Space Bacteria, or the superpower-related trait, Flame of Hallucination, can be used to fuse the perk.

These two traits are completely different in nature, and depending on which one you use, you’ll likely get completely different results.

Plus, for some unknown reason, they gave me 24 hours to choose from.

‘This is the first time something like this has happened.’

It was an unusual situation, but I wasn’t happy about it. They wouldn’t give me such a benefit without any reason.

‘A crossroads of important choices…’

There are still 24 hours left, so there is no need to choose right away.

There’s something I have to do first.

All the positive energy I gained from eating Jason’s head was used to heal the wound on my neck. The internal puncture wound was almost healed, and the gushing blood also stopped.

Now that the fatal wounds have healed, the Revenant Organ has completed its mission and returned to a dormant state. This tiny organ attached to the heart will be in a deep sleep for the next six months.

Therefore, it may be difficult to use the Revenant Engine when fighting Black Gallagon.

‘If we get attacked in this condition, we have no chance of winning.’

With the chaos I’ve caused underground and the Brain God activated, I don’t know when the Gallagons will come flying in.

Not only me, but everyone here is not in good condition. No. 26 has serious injuries on his body, and Adhai has broken legs and wings. It’s hard to find a single intact part of PS-111.

Fortunately, Mother in Heaven is in good shape, as her beak is broken.

She came to me.

“We need to get out of here quickly.”

She also recognized that this situation was by no means good.

[Zuzuzuzuzuzu (Let’s go to the mountain)]

“… The Gallagons have been here, is it okay?”

As she said, the mountain is not safe, but there is nothing we can do. The underground space below where we are standing has completely collapsed.

Even if you are lucky enough to find a place that hasn’t collapsed, there is a high chance that you will be caught by the Gallagons that have come to this place.

‘Food supply is also a problem.’

The last card I pulled out to kill Jason was the ‘Smart Underdog’ and ‘Symbol of the Hunt’ collaboration. I made this decision because I thought it would be useful for killing enemies, but there was another reason.

The clever weakling has a special status that specializes in agility, stealth, etc. It also has the effect of efficiently distributing the energy consumed. Therefore, it can minimize the side effects of hunting.

It’s unlikely that he’ll reveal this to his children like he did before.

‘I’m more worried about the kids than myself right now.’

There are only two ways to heal seriously injured ones: feed them or attach ‘symbiotic spores’ to them after I’ve laid my nest.

‘Either way, the need for large quantities of food is the same.’

And there is no food around here, because the underground collapse has buried the food in the ice.

[Zuzuzuz zuuzuz zuuzuz zuuzuz (There is no other way now)]

“okay.”

The Heavenly Mother nodded and transformed into a griffon, carrying the broken PS-111 on her back.

“Excuse me, baby.”

“Can’t I call you Mother of Heaven?”

“This is an unauthorized order.”

“… … .”

Meanwhile, I carefully picked up No. 26. The guy with the big wounds on his body had shrunk to a smaller size, perhaps to minimize energy drain.

[Zuzu zuzuzu (Are you okay?)]

“I’m fine! Isn’t the big baby in pain?”

Looking at the pale body of the guy, I could tell that he was in a lot of pain. But seeing the guy worrying about me first gave me a strange feeling.

[Zz zuzuzu zuzuzu (At this rate, I’ll be done in no time)]

“amazing!”

[Zuzuzuzuzuzuzu (Just bear with it for a little longer)]

I placed No. 26 on top of my head, being careful not to hurt him, and checked on Adhai’s condition.

The guy was in very bad shape. Not only was his front leg and wing broken, but hypothermia was the biggest problem.

I picked up the shivering creature in my fighting arms and held it close to my chest, hoping to warm it up a little with the fur covering its body.

“warmth”

I looked at my heavenly mother as I felt the boy in my arms rubbing his head. After finishing her preparations, she faced me and nodded.

We ran in the direction of the pitch-black mountain ridge.

I, with the body of a centaur, move my four legs diligently, and I, the mother of heaven, with a body like a lion, run powerfully.

The footprints we left behind were quickly blurred by the pouring white ice flowers.

As I was running, I heard a beast growling in the dark sky. It was a sign that a snow storm was coming.

The snowfall became heavier and the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly. If they delayed even a little, Adhai and Sky Mother, who are weak to the cold, would freeze to death.

Even the Heavenly Mother, who knew that fact, was running with all her might.

After running like that for about 10 minutes, we reached the end of the mountain range. It was a different place than where we had fought the Screamer yesterday, but the view was similar.

These trees are thin at the base, but as they go up, their branches spread out like spider webs. They have evolved in this way to survive the strong winds and snowstorms that come from time to time.

The forest was less cold than other places thanks to the canopy of trees.

Of course, it only means that you avoid freezing to death right away, but that doesn’t mean it’s warm.

I put down No. 26 and Adhai and started digging the ground. I dug up the dirt and made a big hole and covered it with the branches of the nearby trees.

[Zuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu (It’ll get better if you go in here)]

I’d like to light a fire, but if the smoke escapes, the Gallagons will catch me. Unfortunately, this is the best I can do.

“Come on, kids, stick together. It’ll be less cold that way.”

“huh.”

“Cold” “Cold” “Cold!”

“The heat dissipation function is currently disabled. It can be activated if you supply additional energy.”

Four types of creatures fought each other to survive. This bought more time.

‘Now all that remains is the energy needed to recover.’

As PS-111 said, we need energy. If 26 recovers, he can inflate his body and protect the kids from the cold.

‘And you can give psychic powers to PS-111.’

I also need something to eat and fill my stomach right away for my recovery. I left the children with the Heavenly Mother and went into the forest.

There are only a few minutes left until the end of the hunting symbol. To prepare for any possible side effects.

‘I have to find something.’

Anything that can be converted into energy will do. If you don’t put it in your mouth right now, you never know what will happen.

The auxiliary organs, which had transformed into the shape of bone swords, moved with all their might to find living creatures.

The auxiliary engine was diligently searching the surroundings, and some movement was detected nearby.

The sound of footsteps made by many people.

I ran in the direction of the sound.

After passing through countless trees, they reached the place where the sound was made.

‘…this.’

Unfortunately, they were far from what I had hoped for.

“Hostile creature confirmed. Matches target 30%. Main controller ‘Pira Eleven’ command delayed.”

“Transmission of the information to the PS-250 intermediate terminal. Transmission complete.”

The sound of footsteps was from three new Screamers. Behind them, a beast with green scales was lying on the ground.

The creature with a body that was easily over 10 meters long, including its tail, and wings as large as its body, was none other than the Green Gallagon.

There were many bite wounds on his body, but there was no smell of blood at all. It was clear that someone had sucked every last drop of blood from his body.

‘I don’t know what happened, but….’

I need that Gallagon’s corpse to replenish my energy right now.

“Confirmation of no decision-making authority in the middle of the terminal. Independent judgment is required.”

“Energy replenishment complete. Gallagon’s biological characteristics applied.”

“Initiate target suppression.”

With those words, the Screamers rushed towards me at incredible speed. It looked similar to when Adhai used hyper acceleration.

A Screamer slashes at me, slicing through the air and swinging its spider-like metal legs at me.

Transformed into a ‘clever underdog’, I kicked the ground with my four legs and dodged to the side.

I swung my tail at the buttocks of the thing that had just barely passed me. The pincers on the end of my tail struck the back of the thing’s head with precision.

“Squeak!”

The screamer fell to the ground, groaning bizarrely. Meanwhile, another screamer had already approached me.

Two forelegs with three sharp claws flew towards my head. I grabbed both of its legs with my fighting arms.

The body of the Screamer, whose front legs were caught, twisted bizarrely, and the leg behind it aimed at my side. It was a possible attack method since it had a total of eight legs.

‘Then I’ll do the same for you.’

I, in hunting mode, have more arms and legs than the guys. I crossed my arms, which had bone scythes on my back.

Following the eerie sound, the strength drained from the body of the thing that was about to stab me. I threw the cleanly decapitated corpse of the Screamer into the air.

A Screamer who had been climbing a tree to look for an opportunity to attack sees his comrade flying towards him and quickly jumps down.

I dashed towards where the bastard was going to land. The bastard twisted in midair to avoid my attacks.

‘Where!’

The human-faced beasts on my head opened their mouths in a chorus and poured out powerful sound waves at the creature. The creature’s body froze as it was directly hit by the paralyzing, invisible waves.

And the six horns on its head pierced the Screamer’s body.

“Cow, incinerate, pro… .”

Before the bastard could self-destruct, I grabbed his head with my combat arm and pulled it out with great force.

“Cow, cow, cow… .”

The one whose spine was completely torn off didn’t last long before its functions stopped. I threw the disgusting screamer’s head carelessly on the floor and tore off the remaining parts hanging from the horns with my hands.

As soon as the fight with the Screamer ended, all the strength left my body.

The symbolic effect of the hunt has ended.

In the areas where strength had drained away, an intense hunger, as if starving for several days, filled the empty space. The thick shells that had covered the body in layers crumbled like a sand castle.

The bone sickle arm on his back had shrunk to the point where it was completely detached and fell to the ground. Armed with solid muscles and a carapace, it now looked like a mummy that had just been unearthed.

Aside from the shedding of the shell, the body size remained virtually unchanged.

Even if the clever weakling grows bigger, he cannot grow more than 5m. Even if he uses the symbol of hunting, only his appearance changes and his length does not increase.

The moment the symbol of the hunt ended and the body’s transformation was completely finished, someone’s voice was heard.

“Hostile creature. Combat situation information, relaying to PS-250 interim terminal.”

It was the Screamer who had hit the back of my head on my tail. He was still alive, even though two-thirds of his head was crushed.

‘Because it’s annoying if you blow yourself up.’

I took steps to deal with the bastard, even under the pressure of immense hunger and lethargy.

At that moment, I was about to get close to him and finish him off.

“Big man!”

‘Adhai?’

Suddenly, I heard Adhai’s thought waves. I turned my head and saw the figure of a guy flying between the trees.

The guy was barely able to fly, flapping his shabby wings.

“Big trouble!” “My kind!” “Me!” “Found it!”

‘what?’

As soon as I understood what the thought wave he had shot meant, I felt something above my head.

‘The sound of flapping wings?’

As soon as I realized that fact, I quickly stepped back. Immediately after I stepped back, a huge white beast fell on top of Screamer.

It looked down at me with eyes that resembled amethyst, the Screamer neatly ground into powder.

‘…crazy.’

Multiple horns on its head, huge wings, a reptilian body, and a bundle of tentacles instead of a mouth.

Among the Gallagons known as the dragons of the universe, he is said to be the second most powerful after Black Gallagon.

At this very moment, there before me was the White Gallagon, a creature I had hoped I would never encounter.