Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 201



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Ep. 200

‘This is my fourth Apex.’

Thanks to the combined efforts of the kids, I was able to take down the female Crystal Wing without much difficulty. This was much faster than when I was playing the game.

‘Because back then I moved alone.’

If I were to fight two Crystal Wings at the same time by myself, it wouldn’t be easy. Not only that, I also have to worry about other players competing for them.

It probably took several weeks to catch two of them.

But today was a good day. I had the guys helping me, and there were no other competitors. It was also lucky that I met them after two days.

‘And it is also an achievement to have confirmed the potential of No. 26.’

As expected, the guy was only able to coordinate ‘projectile-type attacks’.

‘Gaze of Terror’ enhanced with ‘Color of the Abyss’, ‘Acid Fungal Gland’ with the ability to fire a fungal mass that melts objects.

These two characteristics were easily controlled by No. 26. He could make the flying sphere explode in the middle of the flight, making it look like a spread bomb, or adjust the speed of the flight, etc.

Instead, the regular psychic breath that was fired in the form of a heat ray could not be controlled. The similar attack method, ‘God’s Whirlwind’, would also be uncontrollable.

‘I haven’t tried the enhanced psychic breath though.’

In cases like this, I intentionally didn’t use it because I had to leave a corpse behind. I think it’s possible since it’s a similar attack method to the Gaze of Terror.

Aside from No. 26, Heavenly Mother and PS-111 fought as well as expected.

Sky Mother, who unlocked the ability to transform into a Wendigo, was able to use some of the Wendigo’s characteristics.

One of them is the ‘Ice Demon’ ability.

Like the Wendigo’s legend of driving humans it encounters mad, the Wendigo in Space Survival can also interfere with the minds of other creatures.

Creatures affected by the Ice Spirit’s power lose their reason and become obsessed with eating other creatures. They cannot use any skills that require concentration or any characteristics that the owner consciously activates.

For example, if I were to be possessed by an ice demon, I would become a cannibalistic monster that only seeks genetic essence, with all of my abilities sealed away.

‘Wendigo is a phantom beast exclusive to PK.’

It is a very powerful one-person debuff ability, but it also has significant limitations. The duration varies depending on the opponent, and the caster cannot use other skills or abilities while the Ice Spirit is active.

So, if your physical abilities are inferior to your enemy’s, it is actually a disadvantage for you to use your skills.

To put it simply, it is the ability to force the enemy into close combat.

Because of that effect, the female Crystal Wing was defeated without even being able to properly fight back.

‘It would go well with the priest’s golden spear.’

I left all my gear in the nest today, but I think it would be a good idea to bring it with me next hunt.

“I thought you got stronger, but this is amazing. I didn’t know that Sea Demon had such an ability.”

“Am I great? Am I great?”

“Your Psychic Power proficiency has increased by 42% compared to before. Congratulations.”

“I don’t know what it means, but thank you!”

The guys were rejoicing in front of the Crystal Wing corpse. I approached them, dragging the male’s corpse.

[Zuzuzuzuzu (You worked hard)]

“It’s an interesting change no matter how you look at it. I’d like to request a sample for genetic analysis.”

[No way]

“Can I eat the female heart and some of the intestines?”

[Zuz …

“No. This is necessary to raise the level of Griffin’s deification.”

Now that I hear it, I remember. Just like Aimov’s growth, there are stages to Wolf’s deification. In the setting, the higher the stage of deification, the closer they become to the god of Wolf.

The griffon is a hybrid creature that combines an eagle and a lion. It is specialized for land combat, but also has the ability to glide for a short time. Therefore, the power of a powerful flying creature is needed to raise the level of divinization.

Her growth is also beneficial to my survival. I nodded.

[Z (Like)]

“thank you.”

‘Then let’s start eating slowly.’

While Mother Heaven was dismembering the body, I decided to start by eating the male’s body.

The head of the creature was so huge that it was easy to count its length by the meter. I ripped off the beak and the comb from its head. Then I stuffed the comb, with its muscle fibers and skin tissue attached, into my mouth.

‘… … .’

The jaws that split open diligently moved and chewed the ridge. The unique texture that seemed to be located somewhere between bone and cartilage made my mouth happy. Every time I chewed, the sticky juice that flowed out and moistened my throat made me feel good without me knowing it.

‘It’s like a dog meat stew.’

It was similar to the feeling of eating cartilage soaked in the broth of the bone marrow and dipped in sour soy sauce. I think it would be an accurate analogy to say that the taste and flavor were a bit stronger.

It had a distinctly local feel, unlike the Ice Horror, which was impressive for its intense spiciness.

After quickly finishing off the snail, I tried chewing on the beak. Perhaps it was because the food I had eaten before was too strong. There was no particular taste to the beak.

‘The texture is refreshing and good, though.’

The beak was crunchy, like chewing on a ripe cucumber. I chewed the beak and tore off the head. As soon as I had chewed the beak and swallowed it, I started eating the head, which was still dangling from its tongue.

‘Hmm, good.’

Judging from the texture of the crest and beak, I expected it to be very tough, but it wasn’t.

‘This feels like meat.’

Unlike the head, which has a strong meaty flavor and aroma, the entire head has a mild and soft feel. It would have been much better if the two were eaten together rather than separated.

‘Instead, the tongue is the point.’

I’ve heard before that pork and cow tongues have a unique taste. I’ve never had it before so I can’t compare directly, but Crystal Wing’s tongue taste was also quite unique. It was chewy and had a strong oily taste that really went well with alcohol.

Having eaten the whole thing, including the head, I waited for the predation effect to take effect.

‘huh?’

Even after waiting, the semi-transparent text box did not respond. I thought the effect had appeared but I just didn’t see it, so I opened the text box, but everything was the same.

‘no way?’

I thought it might be because I didn’t eat enough, so I ate all of Crystal Wing’s long neck, but the text box I expected didn’t appear.

‘crazy!’

After Glacier Find, the predation effect didn’t appear again with a low probability. I thought about eating all the remaining parts, but that should be used after the hunting symbol ends to remove the side effects.

‘… Is this true?’

I thought I was lucky, but it wasn’t. Lady Luck betrayed me again at a crucial moment. The happiness I felt thanks to the delicious meal quickly turned into a downfall.

I turned my gaze to the female’s corpse.

‘There is only one chance left.’

The trait I was most interested in was the ‘Spaceflight’ trait. Next would be the ability to conceal and detect radio waves, or the ability to regenerate. The former would be the best case scenario, but the latter ability isn’t all that bad.

The problem is that some of the other traits he has are duds. For example, ‘strong vitality’ and ‘enhanced vision’.

‘…I never even thought about that.’

Even though things were going smoothly when fighting those guys, I had no idea that an unexpected difficulty was waiting for me.

Then the Heavenly Mother came to me holding something covered in blood.

“What did you just find… Huh? What’s wrong?”

[Zuz …

“what?”

Her eyes widened when she heard that I didn’t get the trait.

“… Don’t you have to eat the whole corpse?”

[Zuz …

“But since it failed once, the predation effect will work the second time.”

When I heard that, I thought of the gambler’s fallacy, but I didn’t point it out. I thought she was probably trying to comfort me.

‘Ugh. There’s nothing I can do about it not appearing yet.’

I’ve done everything I can. Nothing will change if I keep getting frustrated here. It would be more efficient to prepare for failure and then move on.

‘If I can’t get it this time, I’ll prepare another ability first.’

It might not be a bad idea to first target Sharkbear’s ‘Enhanced Endocrine Glands’.

I tore off the head of a female Crystal Wing. I chewed it whole without separating the beak or anything.

As with the male, it was still delicious, but the nerve-racking part was greater. The strong beak was crushed, and the skull that covered the brain was also broken by the strong jaws. The contents quickly passed through the throat and flowed into the stomach.

‘please!’

Now the remaining part was the part connected to the bastard’s neck. I swallowed it without chewing.

The moment I digested that bastard’s head completely.

“Predatory effect activated! ‘Spaceflight’ genetic essence acquired successfully.”

“Stealing the ‘Space Flight’ bio-specialty of ‘Crystal Wing’.”

“Would you like to apply ‘Spaceflight’?”

“Grrrrr!”

‘Good!’

As soon as the text box appeared in front of me, I screamed in my voice. When I raised both arms and growled, No. 26, who was next to me, was startled.

“Big baby, what’s wrong? Where does it hurt?”

“It’s not that I’m doing that because I’m sick, it’s because I like it.”

“Is it that delicious?”

“Do you think anything you eat now will taste good?”

There was a hint of laughter in the thoughts shot by the Heavenly Mother, but I didn’t have the luxury of caring about such things at the moment.

‘What is this that makes people suffer like this? Agree!’

Seeing the trait I had been hoping for, I accepted the trait application.

“The ‘Space Flight’ characteristic has been applied.”

“Can be combined with the existing ‘gliding film’.”

“The ‘Space Flight’ and ‘Gliding Film’ traits are fused. Evolve into the ‘Monster’s Reinforced Wings’ trait! ”

“Monster’s Reinforced Wings: Inherits and strengthens the ‘Space Flight’ trait.

*P.S. There are countless foods in the universe waiting for you.」

I was born in the cargo hold of a spaceship and walked on alloy plates for the first time.

Swim with fins deep under the sea on the cult’s sacred planet.

Land, sea, and sky.

On this frozen star, I gained new strength.

The power to travel through that infinite world filled with darkness.

–

“Ugh… Is everyone okay?”

“Okay, it’s okay!”

“Captain! Are you okay?”

“Damn it! Report to the manager!”

“Extensive damage to the cannon! Damage to the outer wall of the stern as well! Fortunately, only minor damage to the engine compartment!”

“Casualties?”

“… Five of the carrier-based pilots and seven gunners are missing.”

Captain Cult, who had been relieved that the engine damage was minimal, immediately frowned.

‘This is a cursed planet!’

It had already been five days since Jason, the young priest they served, had gone missing. And now there was the attack just now. With so many complicated things going on, the captain was about to have his head explode.

A promising talent, who had recently suffered a major failure, went missing while on duty, and on a suspicious planet that was not even registered on the route. This was truly an unprecedented incident for the Empire.

If it were any other time, I would have kept waiting for the priest to contact me, but this time I couldn’t do that.

Because the being who gave them permission to set up camp issued an edict to banish the guests.

The old Black Gallagon immediately kicked them out when Jason did not return after several days, saying he had work to do and no time to worry about trivial things.

The captain personally thanked the Black Gallagons, regardless of what others thought. The Gallagons’ attitudes changed noticeably as the days went by.

If they had stayed there even one more day, the hungry Gallagons would have drained their blood.

It was good that he left the nest like that, but the real problem happened after that.

They were attacked by some creature as they were trying to leave the ship they had left outside the nest.

“… Please answer this one thing. Do you think the Garan Minos will leave us alone?”

“Considering the nature of cowards, they won’t come after us now that they’ve got what they want.”

It was obvious without them having to say anything that what they wanted were the twelve missing sailors.

‘Why did it have to be Garan Mino who picks on us…?’

Garan Mino, the giant pterosaur whose name means shining wings, is an extremely rare creature. It is not easy to encounter one in your lifetime unless you are a temple guardian who specializes in hunting monsters or a cult smuggler.

When two creatures whose names he had only heard slammed into the ship that had just taken off, the captain thought he was dreaming. When he came to, the outer wall of the ship had been breached and the crew had been killed.

Thanks to the efforts of the 12 Temple Guardians who remained on the ship, we were barely able to drive away the Garan Mino.

“Captain, I know it is presumptuous of us to do so, but we must convey this message to the council as soon as possible.”

“I know, too.”

The captain was annoyed by the urging of the Shinto Guardians who were in charge of protecting the crew, but he somehow managed to remain calm. If it weren’t for those members, everyone on this ship would have become a meal for the violent pterosaurs.

“How long will it take to repair the engine?”

“I guess I’ll have to try it to find out, but it’ll probably take quite some time.”

“We will spare no support, so repair the engine quickly. We will seal off the area near the outer wall and isolate it, so move important supplies to another area.”

“All right.”

The only good thing is that the engine is not damaged. This planet is a remote place that is not even on the route. If you get lost, it is difficult to expect a rescue team.

‘We’ll all die before the rescue team arrives!’

On this planet where all kinds of monsters are running rampant, it is difficult to survive even for a day. Not only that, the climate is so terrible that you can’t even last a few minutes without a reinforced suit.

“We will take care of external monitoring. Please repair it as quickly as possible.”

“… Please.”

All members of the Temple Guardians wear special armor called the Yongrinbok (龍鱗服). Thanks to this ivory armor, they can withstand the bitter cold.

If the captain or the average cult crew member leaves, there’s a good chance they’ll freeze to death.

‘Dear Providence! Please don’t let anything happen!’

The captain prayed inwardly as he watched the crew members running busily around the situation room.