Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 295
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Episode 295 – Rest (2)
‘hmm.’
This time, I focused on helping Adhai hunt. So I didn’t use the symbol of hunting. I didn’t think I would gain any traits, but the results were unexpected.
‘furthermore….’
“Successful acquisition of ‘Tyrantroid’ genetic essence.”
“Seize ‘Tyrantroid’ from the ‘Giganterium’ creature characteristics.”
“Would you like to apply ‘Tyrantroid’?”
Of all the many traits, I would have never thought I would get this.
The name of the trait obtained by preying on Apex creatures is ‘Tyrantroid’.
At first glance, it may seem like a physical trait or an internal organ-related trait, but this trait actually belongs to the environmental adaptation trait.
According to the setting, there is an organ in the body of Giganterium that helps it to effectively acquire and utilize energy even in limited situations. Tyrantroid is a special chemical substance secreted from this organ. Thanks to this substance, it can survive without major restrictions in any environment.
The important thing here is that this substance is related to the creature’s fighting ability. The fact that it grows larger whenever it gets angry is all thanks to the Tyrantroid.
‘Now, the traits I will use are also like that.’
Tyrantroid is a type of trait that greatly changes the body, similar to the ‘Bone Beast’ or ‘Symbol of the Hunt’. However, it is similar to the ‘Revenant Organ’ in that it only activates under certain conditions.
‘Easier to activate than the revenant organ.’
Tyrantroid has only one activation condition. It is activated automatically when the body is seriously injured. With this trait, the more serious the injury, the greater the strength and energy output, and the larger the body becomes.
However, in return, the movement becomes as slow as a snail. The body becomes larger, so the hit area increases, but the speed also decreases, so it can be considered a pretty fatal flaw.
‘Of course, this is only when limited to this one characteristic.’
It is very powerful when combined with things like the Bone Beast, whose shell hardens as it grows larger, and the Revenant Organ, which only activates conditionally when it is seriously injured. You could call it an Aimov-style bamboo spear.
The only downside is that this combo is based on injuries. If you can’t subdue your enemies while the traits are active, you’re at a huge disadvantage. At the very least, there should be a way to quickly recover from injuries or remove the reduced speed penalty.
‘I have two means of recovery now.’
‘Regeneration’, ‘Hand of the Predatory Leech’. Hand of the Predatory Leech requires that I grab the enemy directly, and Regeneration has a limited recovery speed. Regeneration is not bad, but it is not perfect.
This is not a game, this is reality. When you die, it’s over. This combo is sealed until you can sufficiently compensate for your shortcomings.
‘Well, it’s better than nothing, I guess.’
I feel good because I received a gift I never expected.
“Why?” “Not moving?”
“Big man” “Head” “When eating” “Sometimes” “Like that”
“Taste” “Impressed?”
“maybe”
‘ah.’
Feeling the waves of thought coming from here and there, I unlocked the semi-transparent text box.
In the darkness, her purple eyes, like amethyst, glowed and looked at me. It seemed as if she had been waiting for me to finish eating her head.
[Zuzu zuzuzu (I ate it all)]
After hearing my words, Adhai cut off both of Giganterium’s arms with the wingtips of his red armor.
Gigantherium’s body resembled a mix of a gorilla and a bear, so its two arms were quite developed. As a result, even its severed arm was quite large. The arm alone was 10 meters long.
Adhai placed a large piece of food on the ground and sprayed waves of thought at his fellow creatures.
“Big man” “Reward” “The end” “Us too” “Let’s eat”
As soon as the ideology spread, the Gallagons began to rush to the arms.
First, the White Gallagons used their sharp claws to scrape off the fur and hide, and then inserted their tentacles from the corners of their mouths inside. Adhai skinned the hide so that it could be easily eaten by the other Gallagons, and then joined the feast.
The relatively weaker Green Gallagons stuck their tentacles into the wounds made by Adhai and Gallagons and sucked their blood.
They were gallagons with different scales, green and white, but their tentacles were the same color. The purple bio-straws embedded in their arms would twitch and shrink in real time as they moved.
The total number of Gallagons that Adhai brought to this place was 10. There were three white Gallagons and seven green Gallagons. Including Adhai, the 11 Gallagons were sucking blood so fiercely that both of Giganterium’s arms quickly became mummies.
“Taste” “Excellent”
“Delicious”
“Lack” “Food” “More” “Need”
The Gallagons, who had just finished their short meal, raised their heads. The young Green Gallagons turned their gaze towards Giganterium’s body, as if they were lusting after it.
At that sight, Adhai kicked the ground hard with his hind legs. The Gallagons flinched as the sharp sound of the impact rang out.
“Food” “Nest” “I’ll take it” “Eat” “Now” “The end”
“Great Adhai” “Words” “Following”
The green gallagons hurriedly lowered their heads at the queen’s cool threat. Adhai, who warned his greedy compatriots, cut off Giganterium’s healthy left leg.
“Sha Belmag” “This” “Companion” “Nel Germa” “Give”
“Great Adhai” “Consideration” “Gratitude”
The lanky white gallagon, Sha Belmargh, bowed his forelegs and thanked Adhai. While Adhai stood proudly with his head held high, Sha Belmargh collected the gifts bestowed by the queen.
‘By the way, didn’t you say that Nel Germa was hatching eggs?’
Nel Germa, the White Gallagon who helped us the most in the past Dragon’s Nest.
The guy laid an egg just before we got here and is now brooding it in the nest.
Originally, Adhai had planned to bring Nel Germa, who had been fighting alongside him and had been in sync with him, instead of Sha Belmag, to the hunt. However, due to the circumstances, Sha Belmag took his wife’s place and participated in the hunt.
‘The breeding of Gallagons.’
I’m not a Gallagon fan, but this is a pretty interesting topic. It’s not even revealed in the game how Gallagons breed.
‘Thinking about it now, it may have been something that wasn’t implemented.’
Like most VR games, Space Survival also includes a significant amount of sexual content, including physical interaction between players and sexual services provided by NPCs.
Space Survival, a game that puts a lot of effort into implementing and setting up the NPC ecosystem, has implemented the reproductive activities of wild animals.
‘Not all of them, though.’
In the case of creatures where males and females are on good terms, or where maternal instinct is strong and parenting is an important factor, reproductive activity was depicted. For example, the Crystal Wing I hunted in the dragon’s nest was one of the species where reproductive activity was implemented.
However, these detailed parts became a topic of conversation in a negative way in the world, and ultimately influenced the deliberation.
‘It didn’t pass the review because of its sexual nature.’
Since it wasn’t officially released in Korea, I had no choice but to purchase a foreign version and enjoy it. I had to rely on the translation function provided by the VR device itself.
Anyway, since Gallagon was a creature that was likely to be described as breeding, many people had high expectations. There were even rankers who infiltrated Gallagon’s nest to check it out for themselves, but they ultimately failed to find out.
“Big man?”
[Huh?]
“Nest” “Let’s go back”
I was lost in my old thoughts for a moment when Adhai’s stray thoughts woke me up. The other Gallagons were preparing to return with their wings spread.
‘Should I go back for now?’
I picked up the corpse of the Giganterium, which had lost all of its limbs from its head. I held the corpse tightly to my body with my erosion tentacles and spread my wing arms. I flapped my wings, which were as big as my body, and soared upward with the Gallagons.
The underground caves and passages that Giganterium used as its hideout were relatively narrow places in this underworld. They were not so wide that it would feel cramped if I and the eleven Gallagons flapped their wings at the same time.
But once you leave the relatively small caves and narrow passages, a completely different world unfolds.
As I followed the eleven Gallagons ahead of me and emerged from the underground passage, my vision suddenly widened. What lay there was a vast space that could be described as an underground world rather than a hollow.
The ceiling, made of a thick layer of ice, could almost be called a second sky, and beneath it was a vast land.
If you look at the ice ceiling, not just the description, it feels like the sky. The reason is because of the microorganisms that cover the outer part of the ice layer. These moss-like creatures emit light and heat from their bodies every time they eat and digest food. When you look at them from a distance, they look like stars in the night sky.
The sight of galleons flying under the stars that were densely packed in the frozen sky was a beautiful sight that I had never seen or could not see where I lived.
Looking down, you can see plants growing densely on the underground ground, from several meters to several tens of meters high. Wild animals roam among the plants, which have a unique appearance that is a mixture of mushrooms and rainbow grass.
The journey with the dragons of space was not long. After passing through the forest of plants, this time a valley with thick steam rising greeted us.
That place, where geothermal steam rises, is the new palace of the Gallagons.
As we entered the canyon, there were numerous caves. As we entered the largest cave, the black dragon Ham Ort greeted us.
“Ham Ort” “Great Adhai” “The Hunt” “Success” “Congratulations”
“huh”
Adhai nodded to Ham Ort, who bowed politely.
When I saw Ham Ort after a long time, he looked quite different from the last time I saw him. All the scars on his scales had disappeared, and his body had grown slightly larger.
‘I think I’ve gained a little weight because I’ve been living in a good environment.’
That doesn’t mean she’s fat. She still has that unique, captivating beauty that makes you wonder if she’s Aadhai’s mother. Her obsidian-colored scales shined smoothly, and her four legs and long torso were full of life thanks to her solid muscles.
Although the horns were still unbalanced as they had not fully regenerated, they gave off a wild feeling in contrast to the graceful body, giving it a unique charm.
Ham Ort, who greeted Adhai, bowed his head slightly to me as well.
“Thank you”
[Zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (I didn’t do anything)]
“Adhai’s Companion” “Thanks to You” “Comrades” “Not Hurt”
“Companion” “No” “Not yet”
“Big baby, did you have a good trip?”
Then a large pink creature emerged from inside the cave. It was Number 26, hugging a bunch of small blue gallagons.
“You didn’t get hurt this time?”
[Of course]
“good job!”
The guy glowed brightly, glad that I returned unscathed. The dark cave was instantly illuminated by the 25m long light.
“What is it?”
“Amazing”
“Again” “Again”
The pups that were being held by No. 26 and absorbing his psychic powers were curious and started patting his body with their front paws.
I placed the corpse of the giganterium I was carrying on my back in front of Ham Ort.
[Zuzu zuuuu zuuuu (This. Adhai took care of it)]
“The King of Beasts” “The Corpse” “Why?”
When the guy tilted his head in question, Adhai, who was next to him, answered on his behalf.
“Younger compatriots” “Feed” “Growth” “Nutrients” “Need”
“Great Adhai” “Mercy” “Thank You”
When Adhai said that he had brought it to feed his people, Ham Ort gently wagged his tail. Anyone could see that it was the appearance of a parent proud of his daughter’s growth.
[Zzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (Is there anything else to catch?)]
“There is” “Only” “Fellow people” “Rest” “Need”
[Zuzu zuzuzuzu (I guess so)]
Anyway, I have to stay on this planet for at least a week. There’s no need to rush things.
Now that the hunt is over, it’s time to take a break.