Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 302
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Episode 302 – Berzan02(1)
The cult’s homeland is quite different from Earth. It is similar to Earth’s deserts, with high temperatures and little water. If they didn’t have psychic powers, they would never have developed a civilization on that barren planet.
The environment of Berzan02 is quite similar to the home of the cult. Endless red sand and rocks. Occasionally visible blue oases. These are elements commonly found in the home of the cult.
Just as their ancestors built an empire on sand, their descendants built a great city on the red earth.
A forest of buildings spread out over a vast desert. The light ivory buildings were dyed red by the light of the sand reflecting off them.
It’s been a day since I arrived here with the help of a new servant.
The day I infected the knowledge manager Charas, I sent the information I had acquired from her and the ship to PS-111.
Which ship should I infiltrate to safely enter Berzan 02 without any restrictions, and how far along is that ship?
While we were spending two days on the battleship, the guys snuck aboard a large cargo ship heading towards the Aur constellation.
He said that boarding itself was not difficult since Adhai, who was the fastest moving member of the group, was carrying PS-111 and No. 26.
Of course, it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Because of the size of PS-111, it almost got caught on radar during boarding. According to him, it was thanks to No. 26’s wit that they managed to avoid being caught.
Anyway, the trade ship the guys are on will arrive today. Right now, I’m waiting for them in the port area with Charas.
“We have arrived.”
Charas said from the cockpit of his personal spaceship.
Beyond the reinforced glass on the front of the spaceship, a large ship can be seen landing. It is a rough-looking cargo ship with a long rectangular shape and gray color. It is a Star Union supply ship that was previously raided on the way to Adhai’s homeland.
Berzan 02 is a large slave trading post that rivals the Cult Empire. From the perspective of the supply line, there is no place easier to obtain cyborg materials than here.
There are guys hiding somewhere inside that huge ship.
As the ship’s doors opened, the cyborgs disembarked. There was no sign of them unloading their cargo or anything. When they returned, the ship would be loaded with refrigerated containers filled with humans and various species, the opposite of what it was now.
“What should we do?”
“Wait.”
The cyborgs have all fallen, but there are still many eyes watching around. I waited until there were no more eyes watching around.
‘I think this will suffice.’
After about three hours, the number of cult members and outsiders passing by decreased significantly.
“Get ready.”
At my command, she brought the spacecraft close to the side of the supply ship as I had already told her. As we got closer, the side door opened as if it had been waiting for us.
In accordance with that, the back door on this side also opened quickly. The moment the open doors faced each other, three familiar shadows appeared.
The guys quickly boarded Charas’ spaceship. Having achieved their goal, Charas quickly increased the speed of the spaceship and escaped the port.
[Zuzu zuzuzuzu (You all worked hard)]
“There was an error of about 2 seconds, but it is within the acceptable range. It is not a major problem.”
“Hello little big baby!”
“Big man” “Why” “You got smaller?”
The guys I met again after a few days were the same.
Number 26, who had shrunk down to a smaller size, climbed onto my head, and Adhai stroked my bushy fur with his forepaws.
“Then where are you going?”
Charas, who was piloting the spaceship, asks me.
She was completely unfazed by the presence of four monsters on her spaceship. She seemed to think that reality was so unrealistic that she thought it was all a terrible nightmare.
At her question, I looked back at PS-111. The guy’s red-lensed eyes fluttered. He was receiving information from the MPS-05 that was synchronized with him.
“The ‘middle baby’ has secured a hiding place and is waiting. You can go there.”
While I was waiting at the port, Heavenly Mother and MPS-05 went to look for a place for me to hide.
The duration of ‘Clever Weakness’ is 7 days. When the effect ends, my body becomes huge again.
‘It’s already been three days since I transformed.’
It is also possible that we may not be able to find the 22nd in the remaining 4 days. Even if we know the location of the communicator, if the 22nd is not nearby, we will have to search the entire planet.
I asked her to prepare a base in advance in case the search was prolonged.
[Zuz …
PS-111, who heard my words, crawled into the cockpit. Charas flinched as the human-faced spider, which was 7 meters long, excluding the tail, approached.
“Just go to the old Hover Bus Center on Glory Street.”
“…yes.”
The spaceship flew towards its destination, passing through numerous buildings.
As we continued to move, the buildings decorated in red gradually decreased, and buildings that looked ominous began to appear one by one.
‘I wondered why I chose the Avenue of Glory…’
I know the Street of Glory. It’s a street on the outskirts of the city we’re in. There’s a large slave market nearby, so it’s one of the places where cults hang out a lot.
But the view across the tempered glass was far from glorious.
‘It’s fallen.’
Somehow, the slave market that should have been visible by now was nowhere to be seen. The place, with its buildings half-buried in sand, looked like a ruined city itself.
Charas landed the spaceship in front of a large building that looked like an equilateral triangle lying down. From inside the building, which looked completely unmanaged, the Heavenly Mother, in the form of a water spirit, walked out.
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (We managed to get this building)]
“Isn’t it possible to get it cheap because it’s ‘this kind of building’?”
[Zuzu (Hinji)]
“It was originally built as a hover bus center targeting slave markets. But when a large market was built on another street, the street became ruined and the center was shut down as well.”
It was as she said. On the way here, I didn’t see any other ships or cults besides Charath’s ship.
“And the broker told me an interesting story.”
[Zuzuzuzuzuzu (funny story?)]
“I think it would be better to come in and see for yourself.”
Her amber eyes, darker than usual due to the red light reflecting off them, curved into crescent moons. She answered my question with a smile and led us inside.
The interior of the Hover Bus Center looked like a typical haunted house. Parts of the walls were cracked, exposing the steel frame inside, and the floor was covered in sand.
‘It’s still wide though.’
Although it was old, it was large enough to be returned to its original state. However, Heavenly Mother continued to go inside as if this was not the end.
‘stairs?’
This is the center where hover buses gather, so why is it connected to an underground space? As we followed her down, a large underground space and unfinished tracks branching out in various directions greeted us.
‘I see why you asked me to see it for myself.’
It seems that this hover bus center was also intended to serve as a facility for the subway.
“This was built halfway through, so it wasn’t connected to anything else. It’s because there was a lot of opposition.”
The Cult’s home planet is a desert planet full of sand, so they don’t like building anything underground.
Of course, like we saw in the Space Fortress, if it is deemed necessary, things like subways will be built, but I don’t think that will be the case in Berzan 02.
‘Besides, if you build something like this on a ruined street, no one will ride it.’
I looked around the subway station that was under construction.
‘It actually turned out well.’
This is a place to use as a hideout. It is advantageous that there are no tracks to other cities or streets. I can dig more if necessary.
“And there’s still more.”
[Huh?]
“From here on, I will explain.”
“I. Explain.”
PS-111, who had encountered MPS-05 again as he entered, stepped forward.
As the guy manipulated the terminal in the corner, sparks flew from the ceiling of the underground chamber. A creaking mechanical sound could be heard from beyond the walls of the chamber, and soon an image of a sphere several meters across was output from an old camera mounted on the wall.
‘This is… Berzan 02, right?’
Colorful marks were floating here and there on the image of Berzan02.
“This is a map of the hover bus center and the surrounding slave market that was planned to be installed in Berzan 02.”
“Considering the 22nd race, there is a high possibility that they are disguised as slaves in the slave market.”
[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (That means that the guy is where this mark is)]
“Yeah. I think it would be better to start looking from here.”
The 22nd race is the Coldbloods, who are persecuted by the Empire. If you want to operate on this planet, which has the largest branch of the Prophet Society, it would be most effective to disguise yourself as a slave.
‘Not a bad start.’
I put my face close to the map of Berzan02.
‘Even living things are sold in the slave market.’
Although slave trade is the main activity, rare creatures are often traded in places as large as Berzan02.
‘Not as good as Kesha Arma, but pretty good.’
It might be a good idea to collect genetic essence while searching for the hidden guy.
–
The white room.
There is a woman with flowing black hair sitting on a chair.
Behind her, sitting with her head bowed, stood two beings. Their faces were covered in black fog, as if they were mosaics.
The faceless ones were whispering something to the ears of the woman who had her head bowed down, their voices so persistent that even though their faces were not visible, their expressions could be felt.
The room was filled with whispers. It was no longer a whisper. The woman did not move at all, as if she could not hear the noise echoing in the room.
At some point, the woman raised her head.
Black eyes, just like the black hair, stared straight ahead.
The woman said.
“You ■■ ■■■.”
“omg!”
Sihyeon Eugene opened her eyes, letting out a ragged breath. Her face was reflected in the transparent glass walls of the biocapsule.
That face, with its sweaty hair hanging down, looked very much like the face of the woman I had just seen in my dream.
‘It’s that dream again.’
Since being resurrected in the clone’s body, her dream has been the same. It is a dream of the unidentified monster that killed ‘Sihyeon Eugene’ killing her again.
The nightmare that wouldn’t go away no matter what I did has now completely disappeared.
To be exact, since the day she acquired the relic from the planet Gallagon, she has stopped having dreams of being attacked by unidentified monsters.
Instead, the dream she is having now is this.
It is a dream in which two beings whisper endlessly to her.
At first, their voices were very sweet. It felt like they were guiding her on the right path when she was wandering.
But at some point she began to feel uncomfortable with the voices. She felt like they were manipulating her rather than guiding her.
As soon as she started to think like that, the sweet dream turned into a nightmare. Now, she couldn’t sleep unless she entered the biocapsule like she did now.
“They say there’s a mountain beyond a mountain.”
After a brief moment of self-pity, Sihyeon got up from the capsule.
As the glass wall opened, cool air enveloped her naked body. The cold air from the air conditioning blew away the beads of sweat on her body.
As she emerged from the capsule, the lights slowly came on, casting a natural-day glow into the room.
The room, bathed in soft light, had an elegant yet exotic atmosphere. The geometric patterns painted on the walls and ceiling were something you wouldn’t see in Megacorp’s facilities.
Even in such a heterogeneous space, Sihyeon walked out of the capsule as if nothing had happened.
The discomfort from the nightmare had subsided, but I had no desire to go back to sleep.
She picked up the gown and pad that had been placed next to the capsule. As usual, she had decided to start her day earlier than everyone else.
‘It will be difficult to secure more manpower. We will have to consider quality as well as quantity…’
She spent her time concentrating on her work, wearing a thin gown. It was a knock on the door that woke her up.
“Come in.”
A door of an antique design opened, and a creature with what looked like a reptilian human base mixed with insectoid features entered.
A species not commonly seen in Megacorp, the Coldblood. Compared to the regular Coldbloods, this being has a smaller body and wears a silver necklace around its neck.
“Have you coughed? Sihyeon Eugene.”
“I guess it’s already time for the meeting.”
“Yes. Minseok and Eugene are waiting in the reception room on the first floor.”
“I’ll be there soon, so wait. I’ll pack my own clothes.”
“All right.”
Contrary to what he said, Coldblood brought Sihyeon’s clothes and offered them to her. Sihyeon frowned slightly but said nothing.
She knows why this Coldblood is acting this way. The reason he treats her with the utmost respect, as if he were a king, is because that being is a slave.
And here in Berzan02, where she is, you can witness this kind of scene very easily.
Sihyeon, who was fully dressed, opened her mouth just before leaving the room.
“Thank you always.”
Despite Sihyeon’s praise, Coldblood only lowered his head. She also didn’t expect a response when she praised him.
After the owner of the room left, Coldblood, who had been bowing his head, quietly raised his head.
Her back was captured in the vertical pupils typical of reptiles. Only the owner of the eyes could know what was in his or her mind.
Coldblood, who had been looking at Sihyeon for a moment, began cleaning the room as usual.