Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 297
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Episode 297 – Rest (4)
“Are you trying to see if you can implant biological traits into my remote-controlled model?”
[Z (Yeah)]
“You may experiment on my body.”
PS-111 pointed at his own body with his hooked claws. I shook my head to show that I couldn’t do that.
[Zuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz (There may be side effects. If it goes wrong, you may have to throw away your body.)]
“Are you talking about side effects?”
Not all traits are advantageous to Aimov either.
There are many other disadvantageous characteristics, such as ‘energy absorption’, which changes the mouth and digestive organs so that they cannot absorb essence, and ‘dwarfism’, which fixes the body size to the size of a human.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with these traits themselves. Both energy absorption and dwarfism are useful traits for their original owners. It’s just that they don’t fit Aimorph.
That is, it is not only beneficial to me, but there is no guarantee that it will be beneficial to 26 or Adhai as well. This also applies to PS-111.
“It is certainly difficult to transplant when there is a lot of heterogeneity in the genetic structure. I think it will be useful for checking the compatibility of remote-controlled models.”
He nodded, judging that PS-111 wasn’t bad either.
With his permission, I extended my combat arm towards the remote-controlled model. The palm of the four fingers opened and symbiotic spores burst out from within.
The target for trait transplant is a ‘friendly creature’. Based on my experience so far, I believe that the target that has been implanted with symbiotic spores is a friendly being to me.
The spores sloshed and clung to the Screamer’s body, which was only a face and upper body. The short-legged, tick-like spores seeped into the less developed upper body.
Then the screamer body synchronized with PS-111 stammered and shouted.
“This, foreign body, quality, check. Check.”
‘Is it possible that it can’t be done by a machine?’
The only mechanical parts of the artificial body he created were the face, the brain, and part of the skeleton. The rest was made up of tissues or organic matter cultured in this facility.
Luckily, when I brought the auxiliary organ under the chin, a text box appeared.
“Double Helix Monolith Activation!”
“You can choose which traits to transplant.”
‘good.’
So what kind of characteristics should we transplant?
Of course, traits that I frequently use or that are essential to my survival are not allowed. Traits that are supposedly useful are also an exception.
‘If the results are good, I have to pass it on to the kids.’
Likewise, special defense-related characteristics are excluded. Since you haven’t acquired the type yet, you can’t waste them.
‘If it has the right characteristics for the experiment… .’
It would be nice to be able to see the results quickly without being useful, so that we can analyze what changes PS-111 has made in a short period of time.
After thinking about it for a while, I chose ‘Body Crystallization’, a general trait in the environmental adaptation category.
Body crystallization is a trait that temporarily hardens the body’s shell. However, the level of hardness is not that high, and since there is a superior compatible trait called ‘mutable bioweapon’, it is not a very necessary trait.
“Would you like to select the ‘Body Crystallization’ trait?”
‘Yeah… huh?’
As I selected OK to the last question in the text box, the heads on either side of me began to move on their own, out of my control.
The heads that approached the artificial body opened their mouths wide. Inside, thick and long tentacles that looked like tongues protruded out. Two tentacles covered in black mucus gently wrapped around the artificial body.
‘What is this?’
“This, strange tongue, phenomenon, strange phenomenon.”
“This, strange tongue, phenomenon, strange phenomenon.”
The tentacle-wrapped body and PS-111 showed the same reaction. Both of them trembled and repeated that something strange had occurred.
“Loss of the ‘body crystallization’ characteristic.”
“Injecting traits. Expected to take 5 minutes to complete.”
‘… Will it be okay?’
As if reading my thoughts, a text box appeared at that moment. The tentacles went back into the mouth, and control of the heads on either side returned to normal.
The body wrapped in tentacles was covered in black mucus, similar to when I evolved. However, unlike me, the entire body was not reconstructed, so the size of the cocoon was small.
As the body injected with the trait entered the cocoon, PS-111 also returned to normal. The guy, who looked perfectly fine as if he had a convulsion, blinked his camera-lensed eyes.
[Zuzuzu (are you okay?)]
“Extremely complex chemical reactions are occurring in your body. There is also incredibly precise genetic rearrangement taking place.”
[Zzuzuzuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (It will take about 5 minutes to finish)]
“We can detect that it is in sync, but we cannot control it.”
[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (That’s what it feels like when you evolve)]
“It’s an interesting feeling, so I’ll write it down.”
The guy seemed very interested in the mutations that took place in the remote-controlled model.
The mechanical arms in the production room sampled the mucus that fell on the floor according to the creature’s will. Meanwhile, the main body tasted the mucus scattered on the floor with its hooked claws.
Not only that, but I stopped him from touching the Kochi. Aimov’s Kochi is vulnerable to external attacks. If it were a remote-controlled model with a thinner membrane, it would be much easier to break.
After five minutes, the slime on the gochi had completely dried up. The transformed Screamer body moved, tearing through the fluffy membrane.
“We have confirmed that high-level adjustments have been implemented. We will save this data and use it as a reference for future model development.”
“High, high-dimensional, adjustment, development, dog, development, reference.”
[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (There will be a new ability to use. Check it out.)]
“yes.”
“yes.”
The main body and the unfinished replica answered simultaneously. The two screamers blinked their camera-lensed eyes and shook their heads.
Their actions were the same, like looking into a mirror, but the results were different.
The remote-controlled model lying on the floor began to develop granular skin on its neck and upper body. At first, the granules looked like water droplets, but they gradually grew larger and covered the skin. They looked like cubic scales.
‘Is it applied?’
When Aimorph activates his body crystallization, it doesn’t look like that, but is covered in a carapace that feels like obsidian. I touched the material covering the skin with my combat arm.
‘It’s solid.’
Although the appearance was different, the feeling itself was the same as when I used body crystallization.
[Zuzu (How is it?)]
“A substance that promotes crystallization was secreted in the upper body. It is understood that the secretory organ was created through genetic mutation of an existing organ in the body.”
[Zuzuzuzuzu (what are the side effects?)]
The guy twisted his neck about 200 degrees on the spot. The remote-controlled model did the same. There was only a rattling sound like rocks hitting each other, but no major damage.
“The crystallized material hardens into thin scales, so there is no problem moving it.”
That’s good news, because it means that the transplanted trait is somewhat tailored to the creature’s body.
‘Let’s try it one more time.’
A double helix monolith can have up to two properties transplanted.
The next option I chose was the physical fusion trait ‘Neurotoxic Gland’.
There are two reasons for this. The first is to see to what extent the traits are applied to the body.
For example, if you give wings to a creature that lives only in water, or give it the ability to breathe fire, how will that be reflected? It would be nice if it were applied in a meaningful way like it is now, but on the other hand, it could be applied in a way that would be a hindrance to the creature that received it.
‘The body created by PS-111 is unfinished and has no resistance to poison.’
The main body is a combination of genes from various creatures, making it stronger and immune to various types of poison.
However, this is not the case with clones. If transplanted in that state, it remains to be seen whether the immune system against neurotoxins will be applied as well, or whether only venom glands that harm the body will be developed.
‘And the second.’
Because the neurotoxin itself is no longer useful to me.
After becoming a semi-adult, many of the enemies I encountered were resistant to poison, so there were fewer opportunities for my neurotoxin to be effective.
‘I’ve been using it for a long time.’
The neurotoxin gland was the fusion trait I first acquired from the research vessel I opened my eyes to. Thanks to this trait, I was able to overcome many crises.
It was time to let go of that precious trait. I transplanted the neurotoxin glands into a remote-controlled model.
After going through the same process of wrapping the replica in gochi, it was time for PS-111 to check the body again.
The guy who was trying to check another body blinked a few times and shook his head.
“The paralyzing chemicals spread throughout your body, making you unable to move.”
[Zuzu (really?)]
“The glands in your body have developed a toxic substance that cannot be detoxified. Until you build an immune system that can neutralize the toxin, this remote-controlled model cannot be used.”
The neurotoxin glands that had helped me for a long time also helped me when I left.
‘Unlike Aimophran, it is not applied perfectly organically.’
When using body crystallization, it only changed the shape of the shell into a thin scale shape, but it did not give it the venom glands and the immune system for the venom. It seemed that the latter was because it required at least two independent organs to be created in the body.
‘There are too few experimental results.’
Remote-controlled models with full body paralysis are no longer experimental.
“This is an interesting experiment. I think it will be useful for building and improving models for remote control. I suggest more experiments.”
The guy spoke as if he had read my thoughts.
‘All we need is the properties to use in the experiment, and… .’
My head and the guy’s head turned at the same time. At the end of our gaze, we saw the machinery moving diligently inside the production room.
[Z zu zu zu zu (What else do you need?)]
“We need minerals that will become the materials for biological tissues, skeletal tissues, and machine parts around here.”
[Okay (Okay)]
I’ve decided what to do for the rest of my vacation.
Time passed so quickly, and 10 days had already passed.
Three days later than scheduled, the Heavenly Mother arrived at the new dragon’s nest.
“Wow. I’m speechless.”
Heavenly Mother, who had come to support the broken Screamer, opened her mouth wide when she saw me and PS-111.
[Zuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz (This is what happened while experimenting)]
“Is this a screamer?”
[Zuzuzu (for now)]
There were currently 5 Mini Screamers in this production bay.
No, it’s a bit of a stretch to say Screamer as she said. After all, you don’t call a creature with eight metal legs on a woman’s head a Screamer.
“This model is made in the most efficient form for genetic transplant experiments. It consumes less energy and has excellent survival rates.”
“excellence!”
“excellence!”
Mini Screamers with PS-111’s face all uttered the word ‘excellent’. This was because several functions, including the language module, had been simplified to fit the trait transplant experiment.
‘I was inspired by what it looked like when I first saw the PS-111.’
“Wow! There are so many little friends!”
Number 26, who came with the Heavenly Mother, seemed to like the mini screamers.
“Little friends, just like friends!”
“Body” “No” “Does it hurt?”
“It was originally like this.”
The guy also seemed to recall the first time he met PS-111, as he gently picked up the mini-screamer with his tentacles. Adhai, who was next to him, poked the mini-screamer with his forelegs, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Heavenly Mother, who saw the mini screamer crawling over No. 26 and Adhai’s bodies, tightly pinched her eye with one hand.
“I feel like I’m going to throw up.”
“This is the best result of my and Aimov’s joint work. Please reconsider that statement.”
“Joint! Stock!”
“Joint! Stock!”
“Joint?” “Work?” “Result?”
“My little friend is cute!”
As PS-111 said, that form allowed for multiple experiments to be conducted in a short period of time.
Of course, we don’t know exactly how the transplanted traits are applied or what side effects they have. Still, just knowing what to watch out for when transplanting them to children is enough of a harvest.
‘It also helped PS-111.’
Those five mini-screamers are the ones that have at least one of my traits transplanted into them. This is thanks to the fact that I used the symbol of hunting every day to collect the traits and then just put them in.
‘From my perspective, they aren’t such good traits.’
However, from PS-111’s perspective, it is not. Each of the five has different characteristics, and PS-111 controls them all at the same time. Contrary to its appearance, its individual specs are not bad, so it will be a great help to its activities.
Anyway, Mother in Heaven must have returned too.
It’s time to end the 10-day break, which was short if you say it was short and long if you say it was long.