Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 236
Only Noblemtl
Ep. 235
Although Amorph has a limited number of nests that can be placed, the installation itself is not that difficult.
Compared to the Outspacer, which has very strict conditions for building a nest, it can be said that it has no conditions.
However, if you want to properly grow your nest, Aimorph also needs to consider various factors, not just the installation itself.
A large-scale nest can be created only when several conditions are met, such as evolutionary stage, energy reserves, and suitability of the surrounding environment.
And now I have all the conditions to create the best nest.
There is a lake here where the injured Gallagons gather, which helps the slime spread easily.
That’s not all. The dragon’s nest is located in an area where psychic power is highly concentrated. This common wall where I stand is filled with tremendous psychic power. It is overflowing with elements that can provide nutrients to the slime that has left my body.
In an instant, I dyed the lake black and attached symbiotic spores to the fallen Gallagons.
Some were so badly injured that they were thrown into the polluted lake immediately after being planted with the symbiotic spores. Among them was Nel Germa.
“Black Kindred” “Nel Germa” “Nest” “Defense” “Failure”
[Zuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu (It’s okay. Don’t worry)]
The guy had suffered a severe wound to his abdomen that exposed his internal organs. If it weren’t for Gallagon’s strong body, it would have killed him long ago.
But not everyone was as tenacious as the guy.
“Big man” “Fellow” “Dead”
Adhai let out a thought wave in front of the corpse of Gallagon drawn by him. The man’s deep sorrow echoed throughout the room.
‘A lot of people died.’
As they moved the injured Gallagons and counted them, only 13 adults, including Nel Germa, survived. There were four White Gallagons and nine Green Gallagons.
Most of the hard-earned Gallagons have died.
[Zuuuu zuuuu zuuuu zuuuu zuuuu zuuuu (Adhai, check if the kids are okay)]
The chicks would not have died because the Gallagons had sacrificed their lives to protect the nest. They would have been hiding and waiting for the nest to become safe.
To appease Adhai, who is in shock over the loss of his kind, it would be much better to show him that the Blue Gallagons are alive than to just say anything.
“okay”
“Great Adhai” “This way”
Green Gallagon, relatively uninjured, left the clearing with Adhai.
‘I knew it would turn out like this.’
The best loot I got from hunting Odd Grad was actually a bunch of Gallagons, since I planned to lead them to raid Apex creatures and space fortresses on other planets.
But my plans were completely ruined by those Screamers outside. Even if there were any pups left, it would take quite some time to grow them.
‘You dare touch my Gallagons?’
It’s been a long time since I’ve been this angry. It’s as intense as when I get interrupted from evolving in a game.
I can never let those disgusting chunks of scrap metal go like this.
‘There’s only one way to kill them all.’
I lay face down on a lake filled with sticky black liquid. My senses were immediately drawn downward as the lukewarm mucus touched my accessory organ under my chin.
Consciousness emerges from the fleshy shell and hard scales and merges with this vast cavity, this vast lake. And it does not stop there, but the senses expand further and further along the passages connected to the cavity.
How can I describe the feeling? It was similar to when you wake up and feel your body return to normal. It wasn’t really that different. My consciousness had moved into the nest, so the lake was my heart, and the black slime was my limbs.
In the past, I have connected to nests in various places, such as Megacorp’s research ships and space cities. This is to observe and plan in advance where to fight the enemies, when to target them, and where to lure them.
This time it’s the same.
Having successfully established a link with the nest, I began to closely examine the structure of the Gallagons’ treasure trove.
You can sense what’s happening above the network of passages that stretch out like an anthill. Blue gallagons that are as big as Adhai but still tremble. Adhai confirming the survival of them and their eggs and feeling relieved, and even the empty caves.
‘You don’t have to see everything.’
I turned my senses away from Adhai and focused on the entrances in the cliff.
There are four entrances in total, including the cave we stepped into. There were several other caves, but they were all fake entrances with the middle blocked.
The slime that made up the nest quickly extended into the passages connected to the cliff-side entrance according to my will. Since there were enough elements necessary to maintain the nest, the expansion rate was tremendous.
At this rate, within a few hours, the passages leading to the entrance will be covered in mucus.
After disconnecting from the nest, I called 26 and PS-111.
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (I’ll call the enemy here and catch him)]
I plan to wipe them out in one fell swoop from this maze created by nature. To do that, I need the help of the kids.
“How do you plan on carrying out a suicide attack?”
“I don’t think I will.”
If they were outside, it would be different, but it is unlikely that they would self-destruct after entering the nest. If they had intended to do that, they would have buried the dragon’s nest with a suicide charge a long time ago.
There is one reason why this is not the case.
‘Gallaghan’s genes.’
As PS-111 said, Pira Eleven needs genetic information to produce mutant Screamers. And not just any genetic information, but advanced genes of the Sea Demon level.
Since these cannot be produced from the ship, they must be obtained from outside, and there is no place more attractive than the Gallagon’s Nest. Even if the suicide tactic is successful, if all the Gallagons are buried, there is no benefit for the Screamers.
Moreover, they have fought me once before. They must know very well that I will not die even if the cliff collapses.
So instead of self-destructing, they’ll try to subdue me by other means.
‘No matter what, their actions are meaningless.’
There is no place where Aimov fights better than in a maze full of dark, narrow passages.
I explained to 26 and PS-111 how to fight.
Screamers who dare attack the Dragon’s Nest will pay a heavy price.
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“Application of improved detection equipment capabilities complete.”
“The newly acquired ‘Gallagon’ has completed reflecting the biological characteristics of the dangerous creature ‘Hellside Hornet’.”
“Long-range attack methods need improvement.”
In the cold frozen forest, countless Screamers prepared for battle. Due to the recent series of battles, their number was greatly reduced to 100.
The total number of entities deployed for the mission to conquer Gallagon’s Nest and construct Special Objective A was 209.
189 S models and 20 PS models were deployed, but 90 S models and 10 PS models remained. More than half of them were out of action.
However, the Android Pira Eleven of the Machine Committee did not give up. This was because the remaining 100 units had their previous weaknesses improved by a huge leap in performance.
Thanks to the use of genetic information spread through the broken remains of the Screamers and the ship’s drones, the remaining 100 Screamers are much different than before.
All Screamers, regardless of model, have eight legs, but the number of legs of the 100 Screamers in this room varies. Some have 16 legs, some have 12.
The living tissue was much more horrifying than the metal skeleton. Some had red flesh that had grown rapidly and covered the tubes and skeleton, while others had long, sickle-like claws growing out from all over their bodies.
None of the 100 bodies had the same shape, but they had one thing in common.
The sight was so horrible that it looked like something created by the devil from hell.
From a human perspective, they were monstrous creatures, but to Pira Eleven, it wasn’t like that. The 100 of them in this place were perfect combat weapons optimized for slaughter and massacre.
Among them, the PS model with eight large eyes on its body conveyed Pira Eleven’s orders.
“Deploying an object for detection.”
Ten S-models with large machine parts embedded in their bodies leaped toward the opposite cliff. If it had been before, they would have crashed into the river flowing between the cliffs, but not now.
As the Screamers spread their legs, a wide membrane spread between them. They glided like flying squirrels and landed at the entrance to a cave on the opposite cliff.
“Initiate detection. Track life signs.”
As the ten models opened their mouths, ultrasound flowed out and entered the cave. It was an ability obtained by absorbing the genetic information of the Cave Goyle that lives beneath the ice surface of this planet.
“Confirmed 4 entrances leading to the nest.”
“Combat units. Deployed in stages.”
Twenty S models with bizarrely modified bodies and two PS models moved together as a group. Two PS models were left outside to act as a relay for Pira Eleven.
A total of four groups entered the entrance slowly, one by one.
The PS model outside, PS-005, synthesized the information flowing in from the commanders who had rushed in and gave instructions.
[Entering Group B.]
[Check the C fork in the road. Go right.]
[Group D jointly confirmed. Traces of Gallagons’ lives confirmed.]
[E Group, life signs confirmed 220m away. Prepare for battle.]
“Group E’s vital signs should be traced. Group D’s traces of life should be traced.”
Although a powerful psychic power is generated in Gallagon’s nest, there is no major problem in communication between them. This is because they communicate using their own psychic circuits by applying the genes of the Sea Demon.
And within 10 minutes of their arrival, a report came in from Group E that the enemy had been eliminated after detecting life signs.
“Confirmed as a parasite of Special Objective A. Delivered after collecting a sample.”
“check.”
PS-005 waited for the small drone to bring the genetic sample. However, even after waiting for several minutes, the drone was nowhere to be seen.
“Request confirmation from Team E. The sample transport drone has not arrived.”
“Sent 5 minutes and 45 seconds ago.”
Five minutes would be enough time for the drone to appear. PS-005 gave another order.
“Please check the access route again.”
“Confirmed… An abnormality has occurred.”
“Request to report on the above contents.”
“The passageway… crackle, change, crackle, re-exploration… crackle”
“There is a problem with the circuit. Please check other parts.”
“No more than Group B.”
“Nothing above Group C.”
“Group D is out of the question… life signs confirmed 100 meters away. Battle ready… Chijik”
Following Group E, Group D is also noisy.
PS-005 couldn’t help but feel embarrassed, since this had never happened before.
Their communication circuits do not use ordinary mechanical devices. They communicate using the body’s own biological organs, so they do not break down.
He hurriedly reported to Pira Eleven and at the same time gave the command that would normally be given in this situation.
“Group D? I want to see you again.”
“Chijijijik, no problem, chijijijik, check, chijijijik”
“Group D. There is a problem with the circuit. Please check again.”
“Confirmed. There is no problem with the circuit, but a new problem has occurred.”
“I want to see it.”
“Nest structural change confirmed.”
“Group E’s entrance route has been confirmed to have changed. Re-search has begun.”
Communications returned to normal, but the reports that followed were incomprehensible.
The nest structure changed? That would be impossible unless it was a living creature.
However, after hearing the following reports, PS-005 had no choice but to revise his judgment.
“Group B’s life responses detected from all directions.”
“C Group, 50 meters ahead, life is half… Correction. Life response observed simultaneously at 10 meters ahead and behind.”
“Group D is currently observing a change in terrain. Search function ineffective.”
“Group E, life signs detected from all directions. Unpredictable. Unpredictable.”
“Unpredictable. Unpredictable. Unpredictable.”
All PS models are talking.
The passage they are stepping through is home to a giant Gallagon nest.