Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 251
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Ep. 250
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A spaceship is wandering around a planet as white as a snowball.
This is the ship of Sihyeon Eugene, who is secretly working to overthrow Akira Eugene, the usurper of the Eugene family. Currently, Sihyeon Eugene’s butler, Minseok Eugene, is acting as captain in place of his master who has gone down to the planet.
In Si-hyeon’s office, Min-seok was performing various tasks on her behalf.
He looked up from his terminal pad and pressed his fingers to his temples. The report he had received a few hours ago was adding to his stress.
‘You found the relic.’
We received a call from the expedition team, who had been unable to contact us due to radio interference.
Yesterday, Shihyeon recovered the relics and is currently returning to the probe. I thought Shihyeon’s actions were absurd, but it wasn’t.
‘…I don’t know yet.’
When you explore a new planet, you sometimes find objects that look like ancient artifacts. And none of these things have the incredible powers that the media portrays them to have. They are just unique objects that end up in museums or auction houses.
So, it was highly likely that what Si-hyeon had found was something you would only see at an auction house. If so, his owner had wasted a lot of time on a worthless game.
‘I didn’t know clones could have such side effects.’
Megacorp prohibits the creation of clones, but Star Union does not. Just as Megacorp uses its employees as mutant Hulks, they use clones as materials for military bioweapons. To that extent, it can be said that clone creation technology has advanced considerably.
However, Star Union’s cloning technology has side effects. Memory transplant problems, brain damage, increased mental instability, etc.
Sihyeon Eugene tried to minimize this by applying Megacorp’s genetic manipulation technology and the cult’s psychic power technology that he learned as a child.
In other words, the being that descended under that white star, the ‘replicated vision’, is nothing less than a being that has the technology of the most advanced intelligent beings in this universe concentrated. Minseok was frustrated that such a being was so absorbed in strange legends and myths.
‘If we use the things he left behind… .’
Minseok took out the object inside his arms.
The small, lighter-sized remote control in his hand is the item left to him by the original Sihyeon Eugene.
If the clone deviates from the plan he has set, he is given the means to prevent it.
“phew.”
As I was sighing and fiddling with the remote control, the terminal pad suddenly lit up. It was a call from the situation room.
“It’s Minseok. What’s going on?”
“Ouch, we’re in trouble! The satellites we’ve installed on the outskirts of the constellation have detected large amounts of warp energy!”
“what?!”
Minseok jumped up from his seat at the sound of his subordinate’s urgent voice.
“Where are you coming from? Can you identify yourself?”
“According to energy analysis results, there is a 78% chance that this is an elite Star Union fleet! Judging from the energy flow, the advance force is expected to arrive within a few hours!”
“Damn it! Is there any contact from Sachs-01? What are they doing that we can’t hear from them!”
“Okay, let me check!”
Min-seok, who had let out a curse, hurriedly left the office. He ran toward the situation room and gave orders to his subordinates.
“That’ll be later! For now, bringing Sihyeon is the priority. Track the exploration team’s movement path, input the coordinates, and send a transport ship to that location. Understood?”
“All right!”
Sihyeon found the relic yesterday and is returning. Considering the distance, it will take a week even if he returns quickly.
‘If you get caught by Star Union, you will definitely die!’
This ship has undergone several remodels, giving it considerable combat power, but it is not overwhelming enough to fight against an elite fleet. Even if it fights an elite fleet’s reconnaissance unit, it cannot guarantee victory.
By the time Minseok arrived at the situation room, a small spaceship had launched toward the white star.
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[Zu zu zu zu (What’s left?)]
In the empty space, I asked Adhai a question. The guy was walking around the space on legs that looked as sturdy as a deer’s.
“That” “The last” “More” “None”
After learning that an elite fleet was on its way here, we quickly prepared to leave. While PS-111 inspected the ship, Adhai and I headed to Gallagon’s nest.
When we arrived at the dragon’s nest, we went around waking up all the gallagons and explaining the situation. We told them that a very powerful enemy was coming and that they had to run away.
I thought it would take quite some time to persuade them, so I deliberately hurried, but surprisingly, the Gallagons didn’t show much resistance. As soon as they heard Adhai’s words, they immediately prepared to leave.
From then on, things were smooth sailing.
The Green and White Gallagons flew to the ship carrying the young Blue Gallagons on their backs. I and the Black Gallagon, Ham Ort, also carried the Blue Gallagons.
After moving the Gallagons, there were eggs. There were over 50 eggs stored in the dragon’s nest.
Since Gallagon’s eggs become unhatched if exposed to cold temperatures for too long, Ham Ort and I, who are large and have fast flight speeds, decided to move them.
Six hours had passed since they started moving the eggs back and forth like that.
Now all that was left were the seven eggs I was holding. I pulled out all the erosion tentacles and held each egg tightly, and held the remaining one in my small chest arm.
[Zuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu (This is the last time, so let’s take a look at other places)]
“Big man” “Thank you”
Adhai thanked me for checking carefully to see if there were any eggs left.
When the Gallagon hatched from this egg grows, it will become a force to be reckoned with. If you’re lucky, you might even get one that can grow into a Red Gallagon like Adhai.
I did it because I was worried that I would miss even one, but it seemed like the guy misunderstood that I was doing it because I valued the Gallagons.
‘I don’t think there’s any need to correct it.’
After leaving the nest where the eggs were stored, we decided to split up and check out the surrounding areas.
This is the deepest place in the dragon’s nest, as it is where the eggs are kept. This is the first time I’ve been there with my own feet, other than feeling it indirectly through the nest.
I walked along the natural passageway created by the hardening of the mineral, holding the egg. When I entered the cave room nearby, only traces of the egg remained. Ham Ort had already been there.
‘Let’s take a look at just one more place before we go.’
The last place I would visit was a large cavern located further inside the egg storage room. As I passed through the winding passageway, a brilliant light struck my eyes.
‘What is this?’
Light was streaming from inside the large cavity. I was startled as I entered the cavity.
There was a sea of jewels there.
‘… This is amazing.’
You could say that it’s a Gallagon-like design inspired by Western dragons.
This place, filled with an enormous amount of precious metals, must have been Odd Grad’s residence.
‘Because Gallagons love precious minerals.’
While mythical dragons collect gems out of greed, Gallagon collects gems for a slightly different reason.
They like metals with special effects, such as Moonsilver, which amplifies the effects of psychic powers, and Novametal, which is used as a core material for the Brain God and Imperial Carrier. It can be seen that their characteristic of being vulnerable to energy deficiency when they were young continued as a kind of obsession.
Anyway, all the metals in Odd Grad’s residence were unrefined lumps of rare metals. Some still contained a lot of energy, while others had all their energy drained out and turned into ordinary gems.
‘If I wasn’t Aimov, there would be chaos.’
If I sold just half of these metals, I could buy two or three planets. I took a quick look at the sea of gems and picked up a few metal nuggets.
‘Mother in Heaven will need it.’
After leaving this planet, the place I am going to is a place of great importance to me and my Heavenly Mother. In my case, it is evolution, and in her case, it is the ascension to the level of divinization.
‘We’ll know when we get what we want, but not until then.’
I couldn’t pick up much because I was holding the eggs. I used the pincers on my tail to hold on to the metal chunks.
‘Then I’ll go out… okay?’
The moment I was about to leave, something caught my eye.
There were diamond-shaped stones mixed in between the jewels.
‘What is that?’
Other precious metals were crude, as they had not undergone any special refining, but that stone was different. It was very clean, as if it had been precisely crafted. Furthermore, the surface was densely engraved with very small letters and patterns.
‘zeolite?’
I picked up a diamond-shaped stone, or rather a tombstone. No matter how I looked at it, it looked like an object that had been touched by the hands of civilization.
‘Why does Odd Grad have something like this?’
When I thought of something artificial, something came to mind.
The ring that he had that concealed his emotions. It was definitely not something that Gallagon would have.
‘I’ll have to check it out when I get back to the ship.’
Odd Grad’s ring is now in the ship’s sample storage, as it was taken off when he consumed the genetic samples and was completely out of consciousness.
I took the diamond-shaped tombstone and went out of the room. Then I heard Adhai running from across the passage.
[Zuuuuu (Adhai?)]
“Big man!” “This is a big deal!”
[Huh?]
“Little Adult” “Here” “I’m here”
Number 26 is here?
Just as I was about to ask what he meant, a familiar wave touched my monster’s tentacle.
“Big baby! Your friend is coming out quickly!”
It was definitely Wave 26. The guy was near the dragon’s nest.
‘Why all of a sudden?’
It was clear that something bad had happened. I hurried out of the nest with Adhai.
The first thing that came into view was a huge lump of steel. A huge ship floating on the cliffs surrounding the nest.
It was a Screamer support ship, a Jax Alpha-class battleship captured from Pira Eleven.
‘no way?’
There is only one reason for PS-111 to bring the ship here in such a hurry. The reconnaissance unit of the Star Union elite fleet has entered the constellation.
‘You came sooner than expected!’
PS-111 predicted that the advance party would take about 18 hours, but they were completely wrong.
‘Your Majesty!’
It was clear that he had intervened. He must have taken some action to get the elite fleet moving as quickly as possible.
I flew up with Adhai and boarded the ship. As I entered the hangar, the Green Gallagons greeted me.
[Zuzuzu zuuzuzu zuuzuzu (Tell the eggs to number 26)]
“Confirmed”
After handing over the things I had brought to the Green Gallagons, I quickly ran to the situation room.
When I entered the situation room, PS-111, who was connected to the ship, and Heavenly Mother were waiting for me.
“What happened?”
“The reconnaissance force entered the system sooner than I expected. We will be surrounding this planet within ten minutes.”
“Anything else special?”
The answer came from Heavenly Mother instead of PS-111.
“I brought the warp finder.”
The Warp Finder is a device that allows you to see where your opponent has jumped to based on the remaining energy for a short period of time. Even if you were to travel at superluminal speeds right now, you would be caught up in no time.
“How large is the enemy?”
“30 X10-class medium destroyers, 3 XAX-class fast battleships, and many other corvettes.”
The size of the reconnaissance unit is also large. They must have prepared thoroughly to finish me off somehow.
‘It’ll take quite some time to wipe them all out.’
If you mobilize all of your Gallagons now, it’s not completely impossible to destroy the reconnaissance unit. The problem is the time it takes.
They arrived a third earlier than PS-111 had expected. It is also possible that the elite fleet may arrive much earlier than expected.
‘Maybe they deployed that reconnaissance unit just to buy time.’
They know I can corrode and take control of ships. Or maybe they figured I’d already acquired spaceflight capabilities. That’s what they would have done if it were a game.
That’s why I may have intentionally assigned warp finders to the reconnaissance unit, to lead me to fight the reconnaissance unit. Since I can’t tell which ship the warp finders are on, I have to destroy them all to avoid enemy tracking.
‘Then time will naturally not be delayed.’
Even if I destroy the enemy force and escape safely, it would be a huge advantage for them if they could buy enough time to track my tracks.
‘The maximum tracking time with Warp Finder is 30 minutes.’
You can assume that the elite fleet will arrive around that time.
That means, you have to destroy the enemies within 30 minutes from now to escape their pursuit.
‘It should have been that way originally…’
Their plan lacks the brilliant mutant Screamer, PS-111. They also don’t know how many Gallagons are crammed onto this ship.
I looked at PS-111.
“You said they brought a warp finder?”
“yes.”
“Then, can you tell me which ship it is on?”
“It has been confirmed that it is loaded onto five ships.”
“Before you fight those guys, tell me.”
“All right.”
“You really?”
The Heavenly Mother is surprised when she realizes what my question means.
[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (Eliminate 5 ships as quickly as possible and leave this place)]
“… Won’t there be a shortage of time?”
[Zuzuzuz zuuzuz zuuzuz zuuzuz zuuzuz zuuzuz zuuzuzuz (I can’t help it. If I don’t organize it here, it’ll get worse)]
Up until now, I have been surviving by being chased by time.
So, I’m used to fights with time limits.
‘Even if I can’t do it, I can finish it in 25 minutes.’
The target is 5 ships carrying warp finders. If I destroy them within 25 minutes, I win.
With that thought, I left the situation room.
This is the last battle before leaving the planet.