Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 271
Only Noblemtl
Episode 271 – Rats (2)
“Everyone, back off! Kkaaaak!”
“The exit is blocked!”
A cyborg with five additional arms on its upper body roared and ran towards the mercenaries in front. Wolf, with three additional joints on his legs, climbed onto the container and attacked from above. While the mercenaries’ eyes were focused on the other infected, a human with a broken jaw and another mouth sprouted inside his mouth attacked from behind.
The number of mutants is approximately 100 or more. This is a third of the troops on board the train.
The rest of the people were either too seriously mutated to move or were killed by other mutated people, so they couldn’t make it this far.
Just as I cannot specifically control the changes in my mimetic organs, the same is true of mutations. Beings infected with the virus change completely randomly, so they do not necessarily change into only efficient forms.
‘Not everything can be just good.’
Even if it becomes inefficient, the mutant’s fighting power is not bad. Depending on the changed part, it can move quickly like a wild animal and split a human body in half.
Of course, this is only for close combat, and if the enemy fires a barrage of shots, it will be difficult for a living being to survive. If the head or heart is completely destroyed, the function will cease. At first, the enemies also aimed and fired shots at important parts such as the head and heart.
If I hadn’t been here, the other side would have won. The enemy side has many experienced mercenaries. They must have figured out a way to attack somehow.
“Damn it! They’re going too fast!”
“Friendly! Don’t shoot!”
But now the mercenaries were running around in confusion and were unable to properly deal with the mutants.
The reason is because of me.
‘Herald of chaos.’
The waves flowing from the monster’s tentacles were teasing the minds and senses of everyone present. The mercenaries could not properly distinguish between their allies and the enemies running around right before their eyes. The mutants were also only attacking the mercenaries instead of fighting among themselves.
This is all a result of your senses being distorted by the waves of psychic power I am spreading.
“Ugh, ugh?”
A mutant with hundreds of fangs sprouting from its vertically split face struck the mercenary from behind. The mercenary tried to wriggle his arms out of the way, but it was no use. The sharp teeth tore and tore at his skull and spine.
“crazy?!”
“Fuck!”
The mercenaries were astonished by the tremendous power. While everyone was focused on the mutant, I slowly approached the mercenaries.
There’s a mercenary who’s busy fighting monsters in the vicinity. The wolf mercenary with the rat head didn’t notice me because he was busy shooting monsters jumping around on the containers.
I approached him with my voice muffled and swung my tentacles.
“Whoooooo?!”
A tentacle that looked like an octopus’s leg wrapped around his neck, and before he could scream, the tip of the tentacle was stuck inside the thing’s mouth.
“… … !”
The mercenary trembled and groaned as the three-pronged tentacle choked his throat. Meanwhile, the mutant virus produced in my body moved to find a new host.
“Kuwaeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The tentacle didn’t stay attached for long. As soon as it fell off, the mercenary fell to the ground and retched. A mixture of undigested contents and a black tar-like substance poured out of his mouth.
“Ugh, ugh! Why! Uh, uh, that, that, that device… .”
“Hey! Are you okay?”
Another colleague saw this and ran over. He supported his colleague who was continuously spewing out black liquid.
Although he is a kind-hearted guy for a mercenary, his actions in this situation were hardly considered good.
“We need to administer treatment immediately….”
“That’s so funny”
“Huh? Huh?”
The body of the mercenary being supported twists grotesquely. The mutation has begun. His spine grows rapidly, piercing through his flesh and armor, and is exposed to the outside. Then, like a cobra, his spine and head stand upright on top of his tattered upper body.
The mercenary who was blankly watching the scene was hit in the spine by his comrade and was blown away. The mercenary was unable to resist and was thrown into the container. I helped him, who had a broken back, to join his friend.
“Gigi …
The newly mutated mercenary growled like a beast. I tried to use a wave of sensory disturbance to make him target another mercenary.
“Gigigeek”
But I was a little late, because the thing sensed me first. The mutant with four arms growing from its waist and moving like a spider roared and bared its teeth at me.
“gig?!”
At that moment, the bastard’s neck turned sharply as if it had been shot by an air gun. With an eerie sound, the bastard collapsed on the ground with his neck bent 180 degrees.
The one who broke the bastard’s body with psychic power was No. 26, who was on my back. He used ‘binding’ to force the mutant’s body to turn towards the other mercenaries.
“Baby, don’t play here. Go play over there.”
“Gigigigi”
As soon as the new target appeared, the mutant ran towards it. The mercenaries who were fighting the other mutants screamed at the enemy that appeared from behind.
“Ugh, eww! It’s here again!”
“Did I do well?”
[Z zu zu zu (Yeah. Good job)]
“Yeah yeah!”
I wish I could pet him like I usually do, but I can’t because his arms are too short. Of course, No. 26 doesn’t particularly hate it when I just compliment him verbally.
Within minutes, there were no gunshots or screams in the vault. Only the breathing of beasts eager to satisfy their urge to kill filled the room.
With their senses distorted, they were gnawing on dead bodies and containers. They were still compliant because there was still a distance nearby to attack, but once they were gone, they would ignore their senses and go crazy.
‘Then I have to give it new food.’
Just like the locusts that can survive no matter how hungry they are, as long as they have food, they are the same. If they can soak their claws and teeth with blood, they will continue to fight endlessly until they exhaust their stored energy.
I adjusted the ‘Herald of Chaos’. The tentacles of the monster that covered the back of its head and neck like a mane swayed and adjusted the distortion waves.
“Gigigigi”
“Gigig”
The mutants who had been burying their heads in the corpse and devouring its internal organs reacted all at once. Their dull eyes turned towards the passage leading outside.
There is food there that they want.
“Gigi …
“That’s so weird”
“Gigigigi”
A pack of hungry rats roared. The mutants ran outside, led by a messenger who brought chaos.
‘There are still not enough numbers.’
To destroy the order of the fortress, more chaos, more terror is needed. It seems that the number of mutants among the humans outside will have to be increased.
[Zuzu zuzu (Then shall we go?)]
“huh.”
I followed the mutants with No. 26 aboard. PS-111 was not there. He had gone somewhere else along the tracks to handle more important matters.
As we passed through the blood-stained passage, loud noises could be heard here and there. Screams from outside the underground storage room could be heard here as well.
‘If we had just closed the entrance, we could have bought some more time.’
If you’re a player, you might not know, but it’s probably too much to expect such a quick response from regular pirates. Those who are used to killing and stealing from others would never have thought they would be treated like this.
‘If it’s too late, I won’t be able to get the mutant ingredients… Huh?’
Behind the torn door of the vault, a presence was felt. Three men, who appeared to be pirates, were hiding in the shadows, shivering.
“Please save me, please save me, please save me… .”
“Hey, be quiet! They can hear you!”
“Fuckfuckfuck! If this was going to happen, I shouldn’t have joined the Marcio Cartel!”
The three of them were chattering like crazy people. Their eyes were fixed on the scene of massacre taking place outside. Because of that, they didn’t even notice me crawling out.
‘Good. Let’s make these three mutants first.’
Three tentacles moved along the shadow.
One of the cowardly pirates turns his head as if he senses something strange. His eyes widen as he spots me.
At the same time, a three-branched black tentacle engulfed his face.
–
“Haaam, I’ll get you a drink.”
“okay.”
The 8th Environmental Management Office, which is in charge of securing the oxygen supply facilities and gravity maintenance devices in and around the military port. The atmosphere inside the uniquely shaped building with two overlapping diamonds was, as always, peaceful.
The pot-bellied pirate stopped and spoke to his companions.
“Should I bring you one?”
“I didn’t like it because it tasted like urine that had been held in for two days.”
“… How would you know that, senior?”
“You too, try being a pirate for a year. You’ll learn all the things you don’t like.”
The pot-bellied pirate left the management office, leaving his comrades shivering.
He walked through the neat hallway and opened the refrigerator at the end of the hallway. He took out a palm-sized can of energy drink, looked around for a moment, and then took out another bottle from inside.
He grabbed the bottle of synthetic liquor and ran to the bathroom. He sat on the toilet, took off the cap, and drank the contents of the bottle.
“Ugh!”
A fire spread from his tongue to his throat and esophagus. He quickly opened the can of soda and took a sip.
“Ugh, good.”
The Environmental Management Office is a vital facility for maintaining the lives of the fortress residents. If it were breached, the safety of the military port and its subordinate areas would be in jeopardy.
The pot-bellied pirate also knows this fact well. If the captain Kadoon knew this fact, he would surely tear him to pieces. In fact, even if he didn’t go to the captain, if the manager found out, he would have him thrown out of space.
But as a serious alcoholic, satisfying his immediate desires was more important to him than any future danger.
He emptied the cans of soda and the synthetic liquor and left the room with a red face. If he went back to the management office like this, his stupid coworkers would notice. He filled the sink with water and scrubbed it hard.
“Is this enough?”
His complexion had returned to normal and he came out of the bathroom.
“huh?”
As he walked back to the control room, he noticed something strange. The emergency exit door at the end of the hallway was open.
‘Who went out for a smoke?’
Kesha Arma’s main facilities are equipped with bunkers to prepare for any unforeseen events. If you use the emergency exit, you will find bunkers where the personnel working at the military port’s subway station and environmental management office can take refuge.
“I guess I can ask whatever I want.”
He checked that there was no one inside the emergency exit and locked the door.
And then he walked towards the management office, whistling.
“These kids are getting away with it. Who smokes in the management office… .”
He opened the door to the management office and went in, trying to say something to his colleagues.
If it weren’t for my coworkers in the management office, it definitely would have been the case.
Instead of the familiar back of his colleague, a completely different being was sitting there. It was so large that even though it was bent over, its back touched the ceiling of the management office.
‘It’ was sitting on the remains of its comrades who had been alive until a few minutes ago. ‘It’, which had been manipulating the computers in front of it with its large hook-like fingers, slowly turned its head.
“I didn’t expect there to be one left. It was a mistake due to lack of information.”
A monster with the head of a beautiful woman spoke as it twisted its neck in a grotesque manner.
“You, you, you, what, what are you?”
“According to the body analysis results, it contains abundant nutrients.”
The monster dug its hooked claws into the blood-soaked keyboard.
“I’ll take your energy.”
The door behind the pirate closed quietly.