Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 195



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Ep. 194

As I was released from the excruciating pain, my mind quickly returned. As my mind stabilized, the hairs that had been on end began to calm down.

It still hurt because the tail with the pincers had been cut off raw, but it was incomparable to the pain that triggered the trauma.

Only after I got better was I able to look at the colors of the abyss objectively.

‘The risk is fatal, but….’

I guess you could say it’s high risk, high return. Aside from the pain I felt, I also gained a lot.

Enhanced Psychic Breath and Fearful Gaze. The former damages the target by gnawing until their flesh disappears, while the latter awakens the most horrible pain hidden in the target’s memory.

But the effect of the trait being applied is a secondary issue. It depends on how skillfully I use it.

What really matters is the color of the abyss itself.

‘The fact that I can decide whether to activate it or not at my own will is a huge advantage.’

The fact that I can choose to use it whenever I want. This means that I can enjoy two effects with one trait.

For example, you can use psychic breath to snipe enemies as usual, and then shoot bubbles that will eat them until they die when they let their guard down.

The same goes for the Terror Watcher. Unlike the original, the Abyss Color version works on multiple people. It would be very effective if you spray it on enemies in a small space.

What if you later get a new superpower series trait and the abyssal color is applied? It’s like getting two traits at once.

‘I wonder if this will be reflected in the new abilities as well?’

According to the text box, there are currently only three characteristics that apply the ‘Color of the Abyss’.

Traits that are not related to combat, such as humanity or predator sense, were not applied. ‘Superpower Reflective Gloves’ were applied, but have not been tested yet because they do not meet the activation conditions.

What if the newly acquired superpower traits are also subject to the abyssal color? It would be a great help to my lack of superpower combat ability.

‘I guess I’ll have to find out while hunting.’

Whether or not the Abyss’s colors will be applied will probably become clear once the new Psychic Power trait is acquired.

The planet where I am is home to Gallagon’s nest. It’s one of the easiest places to gain superpower-related traits.

‘That’s it. We need to get out of here immediately.’

The master of the forest is dead, but the danger still remains.

There are still hundreds of worms of various sizes around here, inside of which sleep the slaves of the red substance.

Now that the Glacier Find that provides the drugs is dead, it’s a given that they’ll wake up soon.

‘Before you go…’

I looked down at the decapitated corpse of the Glacier Find.

A fresh piece of meat, 8m long and spread out on the floor, no, 15m long if you include the lower body buried in the ground, is waiting for me.

Because I am in the ‘Smart Weak’ state, my body cannot exceed 5m. So it is impossible to collect all the corpses, but it doesn’t matter. Thanks to the ‘Jaws of the Essence Harvester’, I can obtain genetic essence by eating only the head.

I grabbed the head of a glacier finder that resembled a stag beetle.

He held the bastard’s head firmly with his fighting arm, then pulled hard. The flesh near the neck, barely connected, was torn, and the head was separated.

Thanks to the ‘Jaws of the Harvester’ trait acquired when it became a semi-adult, eating just the head will have the same predatory effect as eating the whole body. The size difference is so big that it would be difficult to take the whole thing. So I plan to cut off just the head and take it.

‘I can’t let those pharmacists take it away from me.’

Glacier Fiend is a monster with many useful characteristics. It is not a common creature to see, as it hunts for prey with a vast territory underfoot. If you miss it here, you never know when you will get another chance, so you must take care of its head.

As I was about to leave with the bastard’s head in my hands, the gochis around me began to stir.

The nearest worm burst open and the creature inside jumped out. A long-legged salamander-like monster lunged at me.

The bastard’s name is Snow Banshee.

It is a small carnivore with pale skin, almost white, and a red tongue. It lies face down in the snow and attacks by catching its prey with its thick tongue.

‘The bastard’s fear comes from his perfect concealment….’

The guy in front of me was crazy from drugs. Instead of hiding and fighting, he just licked his tongue at me.

I caught the flying tongue with my arm to my chest.

When you enter the smart weak state, your body size decreases, but the muscles in your arms on the chest area become more prominent. Although they are less powerful than your combat arms, they can be used effectively when fighting enemies of similar size to you.

‘Just like now.’

“Huh?”

I pulled him with all my might, using the arm that was holding his tongue. As if he didn’t know he would be pushed back by my strength, he fell forward helplessly.

I approached the fallen man and bit the back of his neck with my mouth. His body went limp with the eerie sound of bones breaking.

‘Take this too.’

One that was 1.5 meters long was also placed on the back with the head of the Glacier Find. In the meantime, the other cocoons burst one by one.

The monsters that awoke from the lair also joined in to eat the corpse of the Glacier Fiend.

That’s because they know where the red stuff is coming from.

‘Let’s run away quickly.’

While they were distracted, I quickly escaped from the center. The kochis located near the outskirts had all been destroyed with psychic breath earlier, so there was no one to stop me.

Except for one thing.

“Ugh.”

Standing at 4m tall, with a skinny build and deformed long arms and legs. A black face contrasting with the white body.

A Winterwalker suddenly emerged from the forest and blocked my path.

‘It’s that guy from before.’

It was the Winterwalker I had been following.

The bastard’s gaze was fixed squarely on my back, on the head of the Glacier Find.

It looks like even if I run away, they’ll chase me until I die. I guess it’s better to just wrap things up here and go.

‘It turned out well.’

The Heavenly Mother needs Winterwalker’s heart.

I put the things on my back down on the floor. The thing growled threateningly when I didn’t seem like I would back down easily.

The Winterwalker strides toward me. He looks quite threatening now, as he is about twice as tall as me.

I kicked my four legs and jumped at the bastard.

Just in time, the bastard swings his abnormally long arm. My fighting arm and his arm collide.

“Ugh.”

“Grrr”

Winterwalker has many more joints in its arms than a normal animal, allowing it to move so flexibly that it appears more like a whip than an arm.

The bastard’s arm snakes across my fighting arm. Its razor-sharp claws are aimed at my eyes. It’s going to attack my eyes and disable my vision.

As befitting his nickname, the Hunter of the Snowfields launches cunning attacks from the beginning.

But I fully expected him to come out like this.

I lifted my front leg up while keeping my weight on my back leg. I kicked the bastard’s lower abdomen hard with my front leg, like a horse kicking with its front leg.

“Huh?!”

The guy who got hit in the vital spot hesitated and released his arm. I returned my front leg to its original position and rolled my foot to rotate my body in place. Then I used the rotational force to swing my tail widely.

The pincers haven’t regenerated yet, but the large log-like tail alone is enough of a weapon. The blunt, truncated tail beats the creature’s two legs like a club.

“Ugh.”

The creature jumped up. Its tail, flying low and sweeping the ground, lightly brushed the soles of its feet.

It’s more nimble than it looks, but that’s also within the expected range. My real intention wasn’t the tail, but the attack that followed.

Now that I’m half-turned, my back is facing him. And there are human faces on my back.

Five faces quickly emerged, their mouths wide open. Paralyzing sound waves poured out towards the target.

“!”

Winterwalker, floating in the air and then falling paralyzed. My jaw split open and covered the bastard’s head.

My teeth sank into the bastard’s black face. Then, as I clenched my jaw, the bastard’s head slowly began to crumble.

“… … .”

Even with the pain of his head being crushed alive, he couldn’t move a finger. Silent screams were the only thing he could do.

After a while, the sound of a walnut shell breaking was heard and a sweet liquid flowed into my mouth. It tasted rich and smooth, reminiscent of chocolate pudding.

‘Ugh, I want to eat more.’

Now, I barely held back because I wasn’t the only one who had a mouth. All Heavenly Mother needed was a heart, but it would be strange to give her only a heart.

After gathering food in this manner, I left the red forest. As I reached the outskirts, I could see that the red moss was already withering.

The forest that lost its owner will return to how it was before. If even the beasts that are fighting inside leave, this place will become as quiet as before.

I followed the path I came from, focusing on the auxiliary organs. If I go to the place where I stayed until morning, there will be traces of the guys’ movements.

I left the Red Forest and ran through the dark forest for hours without stopping. The branches barely let in any sunlight and the trees were all similar, making it easy to get lost, but that didn’t apply to me. Aimov’s own extrasensory senses told me where to go.

I sensed the presence of several wild creatures, including snow banshees, along the way, but they all avoided me. No creatures approached me, perhaps because of the scent of Winterwalker blood coming from my body.

As I continued to move, I arrived at the hole I had dug yesterday. I stopped nearby and bent down to bring the auxiliary engine closer to the ground.

A faint scent left by the children was detected. The traces continued sparsely in one direction.

I followed the faint traces. Along the way, there were traces that seemed to have been made intentionally. A small stone tower, claw marks on a tree, etc. They must have made them on purpose in case I couldn’t follow them.

After crawling on the floor for a while with my legs crossed, I arrived in front of a cave.

‘hmm.’

The entrance itself was narrow and surrounded by trees, making it difficult to see. It was so well hidden that even I wouldn’t have noticed it without an assistant.

‘It looks okay.’

I was carrying a lot of luggage, so I didn’t think I could go in like this. I threw my luggage inside one by one and entered the cave.

Inside the cave, instead of the smell of the earth, there was a musty, musty smell, probably because it had originally been used by another animal.

As I looked around the entrance, someone appeared from inside.

“You came sooner than I thought?”

It was the griffon, the mother of heaven, with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion covered with golden feathers. She greeted me with shining amber eyes.

“I thought it would take all day.”

[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (I got enough information I needed)]

I handed her the Winterwalker’s torso.

“What is this? Winterwalker?”

[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu zu (Yeah. I need a heart)]

“Huh? Oh, yeah. Thanks.”

[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (I managed to find such a good place)]

“Well, I didn’t really do anything….”

[Zuzu (huh?)]

“You’ll know when you go in.”

I shared the load with her and went inside the cave.

Looking inside, the interior was quite spacious. Should I say it was in the shape of a gourd? The passageway at the entrance and the beginning of the cave was long, but it seemed to get wider as it went inside.

“Big baby!”

At that moment, the wave of No. 26 flew towards me. No. 26, who had been waiting in the inner cavity, approached me with a pink glow. The small guy jumped up and landed on my head.

[Zuzuzuzu (How have you been?)]

“Yeah. It was fun looking for a house.”

When I see the guy welcoming me, I feel happy without knowing it. As I was petting him, I saw something strange inside the dark cave.

‘huh?’

An unidentified creature was detected lying in the corner of the common area. I thought it was an old cave with a musty smell, but it wasn’t.

The source of the smell was that creature.

It was definitely a corpse, as there was no sign of a heartbeat or muscle movement. Lying next to the corpse of a large creature was PS-111.

“Sub-controller Aimov. Welcome.”

“What’s next to you?”

“Shark Bear. I thought it was an uninhabited cave, but it wasn’t.”

I was a little surprised to hear what the Heavenly Mother said. Sharkbear is not classified as an Apex, but it is still a fairly powerful monster.

He is a monster with a shark’s head and a bear’s body, and he has excellent hand-to-hand combat skills. However, his only drawback is that he is not immune to psychic powers.

‘Oh, really?’

Now that I think about it, there was something odd about Sharkbear’s corpse. From what I know, it was quite large. If it stood on two feet, it would be about the same size as Winterwalker.

But the body of the guy detected by the auxiliary organ was not that big. It was as if he had been crushed in a press machine.

“I was resting in the cave when it suddenly came in. That’s when No. 26 caught it.”

“I live in a house with a baby, so I scolded the bad kid who came in. Did I do a good job?”

The man who turned a bear with a shark’s head into a cube steak.

Sea Demon No. 26 smiled brightly in my head.