Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 290
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Episode 290 – Moving (3)
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In the Ion Cannon management room, the maintenance team leader and team members looked up at the ceiling with anxious eyes.
The sharp noise of the metal blades clashing against each other, and the occasional booming sound. Both were sounds that should never be heard from this gigacracker.
“Shouldn’t we go and see it too?”
“No, we can’t. If we move, we might lose control of the ion cannon.”
“There is too much time to wait for an hour….”
“We are wearing reinforced suits to prevent unexpected situations. What you are wearing are high-grade reinforced suits. They cannot be damaged by ordinary weapons.”
Doesn’t that mean there’s something out there that can nullify such excellent equipment?
The maintenance team leader brought that up to reassure his team members, but it didn’t really work. The team members simply didn’t object because they understood what he meant.
“We need to defend this place until the rescue team arrives. Everyone, please wait in your designated positions.”
“…yep.”
With those words, the maintenance team disbanded. The dozens of people split into groups of three and dispersed to the maintenance rooms located in the middle of the hallway.
“Fuck, I don’t know what the hell this is.”
“That’s right.”
One of the maintenance rooms installed along the Ion Cannon’s massive rail. The three team members waiting there were chatting to relieve tension.
“The monthly report was due next week, and this is happening.”
“By the way, I heard you have a family…?”
“That’s right. I got married a while ago.”
“It’s a good time. This is my fifth year and I don’t know if this is family or a credit-earning employee. Ugh.”
“If you plan to have children, please report to St. Kay. You will receive a subsidy…”
They were talking and suddenly shut their mouths.
Because I heard a sound.
It was similar to the sound we heard in the management room, but it was louder. The team members unconsciously tightened their grip on the plasma rifle.
“… Did you all hear that?”
“Yes, yes. I heard that too.”
“I can hear it from nearby….”
Whatever it is, it’s never a good thing to hear that kind of noise nearby. Maybe another maintenance shop is being raided.
The team leader had given strict orders not to leave their posts, but now was not the time to argue about such things. The three maintenance team members came out of the maintenance room with their rifles in hand.
Since this facility is the very reason for Giga Cracker’s existence, it is equipped with a device that can independently supply power in case of emergency. It is a closed structure, so remote hacking is impossible unless you physically approach and manipulate it.
A brightly lit hallway greeted the team members. The distance between the maintenance rooms was not far. They headed to the nearby maintenance room and met other team members loitering in the hallway.
“You too?”
“yes.”
“It’s quiet again when I come out.”
“Did another team handle it?”
“I’m not sure, so I’ll have to check.”
Nothing unusual happened until the team visited the third maintenance room.
The problem occurred on the way to the fourth maintenance room. In the hallway, they witnessed an unusual phenomenon.
I don’t know where it came from, but there were small, dust-like things floating in the hallway.
“What is this?”
“Is it a piece of mineral?”
They were granules that looked like finely ground orange agate. In another place, I might have been amazed at the particles reflecting the light and shining like stars.
One, this is a space that handles cutting-edge weapons. The inflow of unidentified foreign substances is never a good sign.
And their anxious predictions soon became reality.
In front of the fourth maintenance room, which was filled with particles, there was an alloy door that was so crumpled that it was difficult to see its shape.
There is something nearby that has compressed a large alloy door that is several tens of centimeters thick into one-third its size.
“… … .”
“Gulp.”
The sound of someone swallowing resonated faintly in the hallway.
The team members who were supposed to be in the fourth maintenance room were nowhere to be seen, but the nine of them could easily guess what had happened to them.
“I have to go back….”
The moment one of the team members opened his mouth, something burst out from inside the maintenance room where the door had been blown off.
Appearing without warning, it resembled the paw of some feline beast, except that the paw, covered in golden fur, was larger than the upper body of an adult male.
What protruded from the forelegs was the head of a bird of prey with black horns.
The moment when ‘it’s’ amber eyes turned towards the nine people.
Inside the maintenance room, a shower of agate particles rained down on them.
The team members standing behind had no choice but to witness the sight of those standing in front of them shrinking to the size of a basketball as soon as the particles touched them.
He tried to scream at the sight of his comrades turned into red lumps, but the particles moving through the air were much faster than the sound that escaped his throat.
He touched the particle but felt no pain. His body was already in a state where it could not feel pain.
A beast that instantly reduced nine people to pieces of flesh passed them by.
There are still plenty of beasts out there, plenty of prey for her to catch.
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Tyran and the surviving team leaders run through the dark hallways.
Due to the tragedy in the dining car, only the research team leader and the equipment team leader remained. The rest were brutally murdered by monsters.
“Ha, Captain! This way… .”
“The engine is giving up. We need to get out of here immediately.”
“yes?”
The two team leaders looked perplexed by the captain’s decision. Even though the captain was a Noble Capital member of St. K, they could not understand why he would abandon Giga Cracker.
But Tyrone’s decision wasn’t made out of fear.
He had participated in monster hunting, a pastime of Walter St. Kay, the lord of St. Kay, many times in the past. Of the numerous predators he had hunted, there was only one that impressed him the most.
‘See Demon.’
It is said that among primitive intelligent beings such as Wolf and Pissilian, there are often cases of Sea Demons being worshipped as gods, and this is by no means an exaggeration. The experience of fighting that monster, which is also called the god of the sea, the devil of the deep, etc., remains as the most nightmarish memory in Tyran’s life.
And the pink jellyfish in the dining car.
Even though it was small, it was definitely a sea demon.
‘We can never defeat him.’
Why are the Sea Demons in Gigacracker, and why are those vicious guys with other monsters?
There were a lot of things that I didn’t understand, but that wasn’t the point. Now that the bastard has taken over the ship, they have to somehow let the rescue team know about it. Otherwise, there will be a total massacre.
“Captain, please reconsider discarding the Giga Cracker….”
“It’s not about throwing it away.”
“yes?”
“If we don’t pass on information about that monster to the rescue team, we don’t know how many lives will be lost. If we do, it will be difficult to get the ship back.”
“Well, that’s true.”
“I don’t think that will happen, but if something goes wrong, I will take responsibility.”
The team leaders kept their mouths shut when the captain said he would take full responsibility. They continued running in silence and reached the area where the captain’s room was located.
Once you pass this point, you will immediately come across a hangar. Once you get there, you can take the emergency escape pod and escape.
But their troubles weren’t over yet.
What awaited them, who had run with only one hope, was endless ominousness. The corridor from the captain’s cabin to the hangar was completely in ruins.
The walls and ceiling on both sides of the corridor were shattered, as if something larger than the width of the corridor had moved and twisted its body. Beyond the alloy walls torn by sharp blades, the captain’s cabin was in shambles.
See, it wasn’t the winged white lizard that did it. Judging from the traces, the thing that had devastated the hallway was a much larger creature than the two of them.
In addition, the gravity maintenance system throughout the area seemed to have broken down, with objects and metal fragments floating in the air.
“… … .”
Tyran and the team leaders moved through the ruined hallway, tense and nervous.
Their bodies, floating and moving silently, were struck by objects that had flown out of the captain’s quarters. A portrait of a woman whose upper body and mouth were visible only because the top of the picture frame had been blown away, a grandfather clock that was broken and whose second hand did not move properly, broken glass, etc.
All of these things were everyday objects, but now none of them seemed creepy.
Fortunately, the corridor leading to the hangar wasn’t long. The three barely managed to reach the shielded door connected to the hangar.
The monster that had caused this mess in the hallway was nowhere to be seen, having moved somewhere else. As soon as the research team leader opened the shielding door, Tyran and the equipment team leader flew into the hangar.
“Close it quickly!”
“Yes, yep!”
You never know when he might come back. The research team leader quickly closed the shielding door with trembling hands.
Only after the eerie hallway was blocked by a door could the three feel relieved.
“It looks like the guy isn’t here because gravity still exists here.”
“We must have arrived first, seeing as all the escape pods are still there.”
No one spoke about what would have happened to the others.
“The captain’s escape ship is this way.”
“Captain, the code.”
“yes.”
Standing in front of the escape ship, which had particularly ornate decorations, Tyran entered the emergency code into the terminal.
“Captain of Gigacracker No. 14, ‘Tyrann St. Kay’ confirmed.”
A short message was output from the terminal, and the escape ship’s door slid open with a hiss. As Tyran was about to step aboard, something landed on his shoulder.
“huh?”
He touched his shoulder with his hand and a sticky liquid came out. He slowly raised his head.
There was a ‘monster’ on the ceiling of the hangar.
A guy hanging upside down and drooling pounced on him.
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‘Then that’s right.’
I was hiding in the hangar, wondering if anyone could escape, but no. The captain and what appeared to be the leadership came all the way here to escape.
‘I don’t think anyone else will come.’
The Heavenly Mother went to the Ion Cannon Management Facility, No. 26 and Adhai went to other facilities, and PS-111 went to the Situation Room. By now, all the crew members on this ship should have been cleared out.
A planet-destroying superweapon is in my hands.
‘Not yet?’
I looked down at my new friend, Captain Tyran.
Just like me, the size of the human-faced insects has also increased. Those that used to be about 1m long from head to tail are now 3m long.
The human-faced creature with the face of a middle-aged man immediately bowed its head as soon as it felt my gaze.
He said that a rescue fleet from a nearby constellation would arrive here in an hour. It would be difficult to say that we have full control of the Gigacracker until we clear them out.
‘What should I do?’
In the game, I have fought against super weapons that are comparable to Giga Cracker many times. I know how much effort rankers or NPCs put into protecting these weapons.
Moreover, I know the level of the rescue fleet in much more detail thanks to what I heard from Inmyeonchung. They are just good prey to me.
For example, I can step forward and destroy the fleet myself. As an adult with a powerful unique trait, the rescue fleet is not a difficult opponent for me.
Or, you can lure enemies inside the Giga Cracker as you usually do, and eliminate them together with the kids.
‘or not….’
I looked up at the huge metal structure surrounding me with my huge body.
An object that has never been used in a game and has only been encountered as an enemy.
‘A good idea occurred to me.’
I laughed as I thought of the moths that would fly in without knowing anything.