Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 237
Only Noblemtl
Ep. 236
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Screamer’s every activity is controlled by a machine connected to his brain. His pre-altered self remains, but the machine has full control over his physical activities.
Contrary to its name, ‘The Screamer’, it is a being that cannot make a single sound of its own accord. In fact, it is no different from a moving prison.
This was also the case with the new mutant Screamer.
Although there are differences in that the identity of the target of modification is unclear and that organic parts can be modified through genetic absorption, they are the same in that they are bio-weapons under the control of machines.
And the greatest advantage of AI-controlled combat weapons is that they have no fear.
Even when they see their comrades being shot by plasma bullets or witness the sight of a Hulk mutant tearing apart a regular soldier, they are not shaken. They simply move forward steadily to achieve their goal.
Of course, the ego of the creature that becomes the Screamer will feel fear, but that is not a problem. As long as the emotion control module connected to the head is activated, the emotions of the main body will not affect the movements.
Anyway, the Screamers are not afraid even when unexpected situations arise.
Even if bizarre things like space moving on its own or life reactions appearing throughout the cave occur one after another,
“D-team detection system needs to be modified.”
“Switch to Group B’s heat detection system. Not useful as heat is detected throughout the passageway.”
“The sound detection system acquired from Group C’s ‘Cave Goyle’ genes has been confirmed to still be effective.”
“Group E Psychic Detection System… Support, Test… Support Support”
“Reporting to Pira Eleven. Everyone on standby… Support.”
“Psychic interference wave observed. Circuit re-routing required.”
The other entities went into standby mode at the words of the mutant Screamer in charge of Group D’s communications. The monsters with the characteristics of various creatures attached to them used their respective detection organs to monitor the surroundings.
At that moment, ash-colored smoke began to flow out from inside the cave. The Screamer at the front detected it and reported it.
“Toxic substances detected in the air.”
“Connect the gas tube.”
Some of the tubes connecting the metal skeleton and life support machine broke off and lodged in the mouth.
“Kuuuu” “Analyzing harmful components in the air.”
“78% chance of enemy attack” “Kuuu”
The Screamers in Group D spoke with a harsh, mechanical voice instead of their mouths being blocked by tubes.
The toxic fog flowing into the narrow passage meant that the enemy’s attack was not far away. The Screamers each took out their weapons and watched the front.
“Kuuu”
The heavy breathing echoed through the cave. There was another sound mixed in. The sound I heard when I walked on the sticky mud was the sound of footsteps.
Someone is approaching this way.
“Kuuu” “Magmagator’s ignition mechanism has been confirmed to be effective.” “Kuuu”
“Initiate preemptive strike.” “Kuuu.”
Among the Screamers, those with abnormally swollen flesh stepped forward. Metal pipes between the swollen flesh moved forward.
Soon, a fierce flame burst out of the pipe. The flames, made up of gases and flammable substances stored in the body, engulfed the passage.
At that moment, a purple energy bullet flew from deep inside the front and struck the Screamer, who was emitting flames. Flesh burst and the flammable material inside flowed out, covering the surrounding Screamers.
The metal skeleton and mechanical devices of the mutant Screamers are highly heat-resistant. The outer skin of the organic part is also genetically engineered to be resistant to high temperatures. That is why none of them care about their bodies burning.
Of course, the original owner of the body was screaming silently in extreme burning pain.
“Confirmed with Gallagon.” “Kuuu.”
“Counterattack begins.”
As the Screamers aimed their newly added legs forward, a purple, translucent energy bullet was fired, which was a reflection of Gallagon’s genes absorbed and transformed into a psychic rifle.
The dark cavern was instantly illuminated as psychic energy bullets poured down on the blazing flames. At the end of the long passage, a small, red-skinned Gallagon quickly retreated.
“Enemy tracking initiated.” “Kuuu.”
“sudden…”
The moment when Group D’s Screamers try to track down the enemy.
The PS entity at the rear suddenly collapsed before answering. Everyone’s eyes turned to the collapsed entity.
His head was gone without a trace.
And then, from behind, another blue energy bullet flew in. This time, it was an attack aimed at the head of the PS model acting as the commander.
The D-team commander entity raised his metal leg to block the attack. The leg disappeared without a trace as if it had been hit by the cult’s material disintegration weapon.
“It was found to have a similar effect to the cult’s material decomposition weapon ‘Demolisher’.” “Kuuu”
“Kuuuu” “Shooting distraction material…”
“Enemy from the side.”
“Red…”
As they prepared to attack the enemies in front and behind, the black walls on both sides where they were standing melted away at the same time. And from inside, gallagons with white scales emerged.
The Screamers thought the passage they were standing in was a straight cave, but it wasn’t.
Originally, this place was a fork in the road.
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“Poor reception with Group D. Line recovery in progress.”
“After joining Group B and Group C, they entered a huge space.”
Group E continued to attempt to communicate with the commanders of the groups that had gone in earlier.
A communication failure for mutant Screamers who have synthesized the genes of Sea Demon and various psychic creatures. It was an impossible situation. Who could interfere with their communication, which is not done by using electronic devices but by utilizing their unique psychic powers?
A powerful psychic creature, say a Sea Demon, could disrupt the circuit, but that was impossible. The previous owner of this nest, Black Gallagon, was already dead, and Sea Demons did not live on this planet.
While the two commanding models of Group E were struggling to find the cause of the communication failure, an order came flying in from outside.
“Pira Eleven, your orders have been delivered. This has been determined to be a trap, so retreat quickly.”
“Order confirmed. Retreat.”
There had been noise all along, but luckily Group E was ready to leave the nest right away.
We haven’t been able to contact the Screamers of Group D, but that’s something that the commander-in-chief, Pira Eleven, should take care of. It’s not something that those who are merely acting as intermediaries should be concerned about.
“Map records are meaningless due to periodic structural changes.”
“Based on your current location, it would be effective to break through the wall.”
“Confirmed. Prepare to break through.”
The many-legged Screamers stepped forward. Having adopted the genes of the Hellside Hornet, they had very large claws attached to their legs.
The Hellside Hornet uses its scythe-clawed forelimbs to dig into the dirt of the caves it inhabits. Like the original, the Screamers were also planning to dig their way out through the walls.
The Screamers, with their sickle-shaped forelimbs, began to dig. With each movement of their sharp sickle claws, the solid wall was dug into clumps like sand.
“The soil composition contains an unidentified substance.”
“Observation of life reactions in matter.”
The scythe’s claws were covered in a thick, black substance.
Perhaps that substance is the factor that is interfering with their communications. The commander-level PS models in the rear immediately relayed this fact to the outside world.
“We have detected an alien substance that is not found in Gallagon’s nest. Since drone use is not possible, we will only transmit the relevant information first.”
“Chijik, material, support, confirmation, jijik, confirmation… ”
“We have discovered a new substance, so we are transmitting information. Please confirm.”
The communication that had been fine until just now suddenly deteriorated. As the E-Team commanders were about to report again, a communication came flying in from the other side.
“Support, support support, check, support, me, support support”
“Communication is poor. Please check.”
“Seriously, badly, seriously, badly, badly, badly, badly, badly, badly”
“PS-005?”
“Nappa nappana …
The PS models abruptly stopped communicating due to a sudden surge in communication. They later tried to reconnect, but the connection was completely blocked.
That wasn’t all. At the same time that the communication was cut off, a massive flow of psychic power was felt behind them. Even the Screamers who were breaking through the wall sensed it and turned their heads.
On the black passage was a pink balloon-like object.
Even to Screamer, it was an object that did not fit in this place, but the commander-level entity immediately knew what ‘that’ was. It was something that absolutely could not exist on this planet, or rather, it should not exist.
“Enemy detection… Remember?!”
The PS model that was about to give the command stopped. The entities that were about to rush towards the pink balloon did the same.
As if time had stopped, all the Screamers in the place stopped moving. And it didn’t stop there, their bodies slowly rose into the air.
And then their bodies began to overlap each other, as if they were being crushed by something invisible.
The metal skeleton made of high-strength alloy bent like rubber, and the mechanical devices connected to the organic parts were crushed with sparks. The mutant Screamers’ appearances changed as if they had been thrown into the deep sea with tremendous water pressure.
“Up, up, up, danger, danger, danger.”
Some of the Screamers fired psychic energy bullets, but it was useless. The bullets stopped in mid-flight, as if they were stuffed in thin air.
“G, G, G, G, G, G, G, G… .”
“Response, response, response, response, fire, fire, fire…”
“Retreat, retreat, retreat!”
They tried to somehow replace the energy bullets with physical firearms, but it was impossible. With the modules and metal skeleton inside the body in disarray, there was nothing they could do.
Other than just yelling out the final words.
After a few minutes, the passage was filled with silence.
The dozens of Screamers were no longer there. Instead, only a giant blood-red sphere was floating in the air.
As the pink balloon disappeared into the darkness after completing all its tasks, the sphere split open and its contents spilled out.
The remains were a mixture of blood, flesh, shredded metal pieces, and foul-smelling chemicals.
Those scattered on the floor were absorbed by the black mucus that covered the cave walls.
After a while, there was nothing left there.
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While the others were being attacked, Groups B and C continued to advance into the cave.
Before communication was cut off, the last orders they received were to search the inside of the nest and kill Special Objective A. They had decided to conduct the exploration in order to obtain as much information as possible to achieve their objective.
After entering for a while, a huge cavity of the size they had never seen before appeared before them.
“Joint discovery. Large amount of moisture detected in the air.”
“Traces of multiple living creatures have been confirmed.”
There was a sizable swamp inside the lair. One of the Screamers approached the swamp and stuck one of his legs into it. Judging by the high temperature, this must have been a place where the Gallagons rested.
“It is unnatural for a swamp to be located there given the nature of the surrounding environment.”
“Confirmation required.”
“Initiate search inside the swamp.”
“check.”
The S-model Screamers belonging to Groups B and C entered the swamp. Outside, the commander-level individuals waited in the passageway connected to the outside of the common area. This was to buy time for the lower-level individuals to retreat if necessary.
“A large amount of life-like responses detected.”
“No movement detected.”
A strange situation where life signals are detected but no movement is detected. Trying other detection functions only produced contradictory results.
As they continued their search, one of them noticed that the water surface was shaking unnaturally. Waves were periodically flowing out from the center of the swamp, shaking the surface.
The Screamers quickly dispersed and formed a siege formation. The entity that discovered the anomaly slowly approached the epicenter of the wave.
As he advanced through the sticky black liquid, the tip of a black rock appeared in front of him. The water surface around it shook slightly, as if waves were flowing out from the rock.
“Need to dive in and check.”
“Permission granted.”
Screamer plunged his head deep into a swamp lake filled with an unknown substance. Thanks to his aquatic genetic mix, he could easily read the situation inside the swamp.
What was in front of him was more like a very large tumor than a rock. Several long, thin stems extended from the rock-like object. The stems were long enough to reach the feet of the Screamers surrounding the rock.
After checking the stem, he turned his head and looked at the rock. And as soon as he saw the rock, he realized.
The rock, or rather the ‘thing’ that looked like a rock, had its eyes open and was staring at him.
“Special item… .”
He tried to report on the enemy, but ‘it’ was faster.
The creature’s massive arm shot out from under the swamp and snatched him up. The organic part of the Screamer that made contact with the creature’s hand shrank rapidly and then fell apart.
‘That thing’, or rather ‘Special Target A’, which had been sucking up Screamer’s energy, slowly raised its body from the swamp.