Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 318
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Episode 318 – Side Story: The Monster’s Dream
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Spacedogs, marauders who survive in the harsh space.
This pirate group, consisting of orphans, runaway slaves, war criminals, and mercenaries, has no family, no property, and no place to live. They simply live from day to day off the goods they plunder.
But some groups were thinking about the ‘future’. Those pirates who survived long enough made long-term plans to maintain their cartels, using the wealth they had amassed through plunder.
The path they chose was to join the order created by the three great powers: Megacorp, Star Union, and the Cult Empire.
At this point in time, when the spheres of influence of the great powers were fixed, the existence of pirates who brought in slaves and rare creatures without caring about territory was like scratching an itchy back. The gray area between legality and illegality was Spacedog’s new stage.
For example, human trafficking, which involves selling prisoners captured from plundered ships as slaves or guinea pigs for experiments, was also one of the cartels’ money sources.
Among the pirate groups whose main business is human trafficking, there are two most notorious groups.
The Humanity Cartel and the Satua Cartel.
They didn’t just pillage and kidnap, they took over entire planets and sold off all of their inhabitants. Both were possible because they were protected by the Cult Empire.
Of the two, which one is more evil and scary is the Satua Cartel. Humanity is a relatively new cartel, so it is less notorious.
On the other hand, the Satua Cartel is a long-standing cartel that has been active for over 40 years. Its power is so great that it can be called a warlord on the edge of space. Its ships and personnel are overwhelming compared to other cartels.
In addition, they also targeted their fellow pirates for human trafficking. As a result, Satua was regarded as an extremely detestable group even among the Spacedog Cartel.
Of course, there aren’t many cartels that can compete with Satua, and even if there were, the large cartels already had close relationships with Satua.
Satua Cartel, one of the space dogs that has begun preparing for the future.
With the protection of the great powers and the help of the great cartels, it seemed that there was nothing in this universe that could threaten them.
If ‘they’ hadn’t appeared on the planet where Satua’s home base was located.
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‘Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!’
The Satua Cartel’s vice-captain, hiding in the mud, kept cursing inwardly.
He doesn’t know when or where this disaster started.
The ships that were supposed to visit the slave market were unable to contact each other, the forest camps were lost, the return of the comrades who had left to restore communication was delayed, and the sudden spread of an unknown infectious disease. What could be the cause?
No, maybe it’s all the same.
It doesn’t matter anyway.
What is clear is that the long-standing Satua Cartel is finished.
“Geugigigigig!”
“Eww!”
“Kkwagya gagagak!”
Distant screams, roars from unknown beings, and the sound of gunfire all swirled around overhead in a chaotic mix.
Sounds that were unheard of until yesterday. They are coming from the cartel’s main camp. His colleagues are being brutally slaughtered by mysterious beings.
‘What on earth did we do wrong to be like this?’
The boss has committed countless robberies and crimes so far. I am tired of hearing the victims cry.
But I never thought of myself as having done anything wrong.
Isn’t that how the world works? It’s the law of nature that the strong prey on the weak. He and his subordinates and colleagues simply followed that law faithfully.
While he was blaming the culprit who had caused this situation, the noise coming from afar gradually died down.
“… … .”
After a long while, when everything around him had become quiet, he carefully raised his head from the mud.
The forest that had been full of sunlight when we ran away was now slowly becoming dark.
From a distance, a thud, thud sound of an animal’s cry could be heard. The boss moved very slowly as if he was going out for a snipe.
Thump, thump. The sound of the beast’s chirping is mixed with the sound of its wings. He crawled hard on the ground, ignoring the sound that was digging into his ears. There was a fighter plane inside the forest. The urgent task was to get on it and get out of here.
Thump, thump. The crying sound that had been soft is getting louder. Is it because I move without making a sound? That sound is especially starting to bother me.
‘What a fucking kid… .’
As he was swearing inwardly, it suddenly occurred to him that the sound was not unfamiliar.
Is it because it’s an animal that lives in this forest? No. He heard that sound recently.
Specifically, I heard about it just before the camp was reduced to ashes.
Boom, boom.
The moment he thought that, the sound got closer. The dock boss quickly got up from his seat.
The distance to ‘it’ was less than 10 meters. He tried to run to where the fighter was in one breath.
“!”
His body jerked forward as he felt pain in his ankle. As soon as he got up, he fell forward again and looked down at his ankle.
“Hee, heek?!”
A pink tentacle sprouted from between the bushes and wrapped itself tightly around his leg. Then, the owner of the tentacle appeared in front of him with a thud, thud.
“Okay, sleep…!”
His words could not be continued until the end.
The pink ball-like ‘thing’ swelled up and came crashing down on him.
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“Me” “What I was trying to catch” “Little adult” “I stole it”
“No! I was the one who aimed first!”
“Me” “Ugly Dwarf” “Running Away” “I Saw It”
“You didn’t know where it went. I knew. That’s why I caught it first!”
Point 26 was correct.
Adhai lost track of the ugly dwarf as he was distracted by another fugitive. On the other hand, the little adult, number 26, continued to pursue his initial target.
Thanks to this, the fleeing pirate captain was completely destroyed beyond recognition.
“Adult” “Concession” “Important” “Little Adult” “Greedy”
“The older one said that what he caught was his to eat.”
“That” “I admit”
Eventually, when the topic of the older child came up, Adhai gave up.
The male she loved was asleep in a safe place. As he had done many times before, he had entered a long sleep to grow his body.
After the big adult finished growing, he was always on the lookout for food. Adhai did this out of a desire to make sure his beloved one would not starve.
And this was also the mind of No. 26.
“Big Adult” “When It’s Over” “Food” “I Want to Give You a Gift”
“If you catch another prey, take it.”
“really?”
“Let’s eat this and go find it together.”
“agreement”
The two, whose thoughts were on the same page for the first time in a long while, decided to chase after the other fugitive. Number 26 stretched out his tentacles to digest the prey he had captured in one bite.
“Huh?”
While sweeping the pieces of meat into the body, No. 26 felt a strange sensation. There was something he had never seen before inside the corpse.
“what?”
“Little Adult” “If you’ve eaten everything” “Let’s go”
“huh.”
No. 26 packed the stuff because he didn’t know what it was but it looked fun.
After that, several short screams were heard from the forest. Gallagon and Sea Demon, the ones who made the screams, returned to the burning camp at night.
“Are you here?”
They were greeted by PS-111, who was piling up corpses in the center of the camp and extracting the necessary genetic and biological data.
“This” “Where should I put it?”
“You can leave it inside that building.”
“Where did the middle baby go?”
“I am guarding ‘Aimoph’ from the inside. Why are you doing that?”
“I have a question.”
“Little Adult” “Strange Object” “Found It”
“Strange object?”
No. 26 pulled out the object it had been wrapping its tentacles around. PS-111 stretched out its hooked clawed leg and carefully caught the object.
“Do you know what it is?”
“It is a type of cult-style pad-type terminal. However, judging from the fact that it looks different from the existing model and the remnants of psychic power are detected, it is confirmed to be a model that has been improved for a special purpose.”
“That” “You mean you don’t know?”
“I never said I didn’t know that it was different from the stored information.”
“Everyone worked hard.”
“It’s a middle name!”
While everyone was talking about the items brought by No. 26, a griffon man emerged from a large warehouse inside the camp.
“Huh? What is that?”
“This is a pad-type terminal brought by the main controller.”
“I brought it after beating up a human.”
“Little Adult” “Ugly Dwarf” “The Hunt” “Success” “The Spoils” “I Got It”
“When you say ugly dwarf, you mean Deputy Wolf? I guess it’s something you stole from him. Can you give it to me for a moment?”
The Heavenly Mother received the terminal with shining amber eyes. And just like PS-111, she was slightly confused by the terminal’s appearance.
“It looks a bit strange?”
“It is presumed to be a model modified for special purposes.”
“For special purposes.”
She carefully examined the pad and called number 26.
“Just give me some strength here. Not too much, just a little bit.”
“Okay. I’ll try.”
The tentacle of No. 26 touched the pad held by the Heavenly Mother. The moment the tentacle turned slightly purple, the pad became activated.
“also.”
Griffin Wolf let out a short exclamation of admiration upon seeing the working pad.
“What is that?”
“It’s a tool that teaches non-cult races how to use psychic powers. You could say it’s like a Braille book that you read with supernatural powers.”
“Is there such a thing?”
“I also set it up… I only heard that it existed, but I didn’t know it actually existed.”
Sky Mother, who almost brought up the subject of the game, cleared her throat once and then manipulated the pad.
Then everyone present reacted, as suddenly the psychic power created large images before their eyes.
“What is it?” “What is it?” “This is strange!”
“A trace of psychic power is distorting my senses.”
“What is this? I feel so confused! This is amazing!”
Number 26 and Adhai, the best users of psychic powers, showed the most extreme reactions. The Heavenly Mother and PS-111, who had relatively weaker psychic abilities, only floated slightly.
“When you activate it, images implemented with psychic power according to a set theme will be projected. This is… hmm, it’s like a cult-style fairy tale? ”
As she says, anyone with the potential for psychic powers can feel the images created by the pad. Those who are sensitive to psychic powers are able to perceive not only what they see, but also much more detailed parts.
Now they were not in the middle of a fallen pirate camp, but inside a luxuriously decorated palace.
“Compared to the stored information, it is 55% identical to the internal structure of the villa mainly used by the Cult Emperor.”
“Villa?”
“The records saved on that pad seem to be ‘The Legend of the Pirate King Who Killed the Tyrant.’ It’s the story of how the brave Pirate King and heroes condemned the Emperor when he became mad and tyrannized.”
“Hmm, so there was a fairy tale like that. It’s the first time I’ve heard of it… Huh?”
While listening to PS-111’s explanation and enjoying the fantasy, Heavenly Mother suddenly stopped when she saw the group that appeared.
The new characters were a mix of humans, wolves, cultists, cyborgs, and various other races. That was fine, but the problem was their gender and clothing.
“What, what is this?!”
“Wow! New humans!”
“Dwarf” “Type” “Many”
“The races are diverse, but the genders are all considered to be the same.”
“I know too!”
The attire of the newly revealed women was far removed from the palace setting. They were wearing clothes that were so provocative that even those who rolled around in the red-light district would not wear them.
‘Oh my god! This is porn!’
Only after the women, dressed in things that could hardly be called clothes, climbed onto the bed did the Heavenly Mother realize the true nature of the contents of the pad.
It was a kind of adult film based on the legend of the tyrant. A virtual reality adult film realized with supernatural powers.
Even in her hometown, she was extremely conservative about sexual elements, so she couldn’t have been unaware of it. In the first place, the virtual reality games she enjoyed were not allowed to pass the review process because of that.
“Wow! The humans are exchanging food with their tentacles!”
“Food?” “I can’t see it.”
“They’re inserting their tentacles into your body. They’re feeding you through there!”
“That” “Tentacles” “No”
“It is confirmed that it is a body part with a special purpose. However, it is ineffective to apply that part to that part.”
The Heavenly Mother came to her senses after hearing the conversation between the three monsters.
To her, who has a weak ability to handle psychic powers, it is merely an image that can be seen, but not to them. Gallagon and Sea Demon, who are psychic creatures, will be able to feel as if they are actually in that space, not just seeing it.
So she immediately turned the pad off.
“What? I suddenly lost my feeling.”
“Middle-aged man” “thing” “broke it”
“… It’s not broken, but I still have to tell you.”
“?” “Me” “Group” “Leader” “Enough” “Adult”
“I’m an adult too. I want to see more.”
She said no to them because they were young, but it didn’t work. When No. 26 and Adhai protested, Heavenly Mother hid the pad behind her back.
“Oh, that… Even adults shouldn’t see that.”
“It’s my stuff. It’s mine, so I can do whatever I want with it!”
“Agreement” “Object” “Little Adult” “Thing”
“I agree. This is biologically interesting data. I demand that the pad be reactivated.”
“… … .”
When PS-111 arrived, she was speechless.
In fact, since the races themselves are different, it is unlikely that anything will go wrong even if you know the contents of the pad. She is also aware of this fact.
However, the reason she acts like this is because the creatures in front of her are far from ordinary wild animals. Those with intelligence beyond humans will quickly realize what kind of knowledge this pad provides.
Also, what can be done using this ‘knowledge’.
‘… It’s none of my business.’
It’s clear who these guys want to be with. They want to form a deeper relationship with Aimorph, who is preparing for a new evolution.
26. It is Aimoff who decides what to do with Adhai. She, as a third party, has no reason to interfere. In fact, I thought so when something similar happened before.
But is the reason she acts like this now because she thinks of them as her children? Or is it because of another emotion she doesn’t know about?
‘No matter what, this kind of distorted image is not good!’
I couldn’t give a clear reason myself, but I couldn’t back down like this. I had to stop it somehow, because I didn’t know what kind of effect ‘hardcore adult content involving multiple people’ would have on the intelligent beasts.
She eventually came up with a panacea.
“Oh, that, the big kid would hate that too.”
“Big man?” “Why?”
“Why? It’s fun.”
“Big kids don’t like this kind of thing. So PS-111.”
She handed the terminal over to PS-111 before the kids could ask any more questions.
“Just take out all the important data and dispose of the rest. Do you remember what Aimov told you to find?”
“Information about the pirate auction? Okay.”
The issue of the pad was buried as Mother Heaven took an unusually strong stance.
Adhai, who had been quite interested in the contents, soon lost interest and went to the building where the food was stored. Heavenly Mother also seemed embarrassed to stay in that place and left without a trace.
PS-111, who was asked by Aimov and Heavenly Mother, began the task of analyzing the contents of the pad. As he was about to connect the cable to the pad to check, No. 26 approached.
“Hey friend.”
“yes.”
“I want to see what’s inside.”
“‘Middle Baby’ said that ‘Aimop’ hates her. Is it okay for me to take Aimop’s resentment?”
“I don’t want the big baby to get angry! I want something else.”
“other?”
“Yeah. If I study something that my older child hates, won’t it be helpful later on?”
At wavelength 26, PS-111 stopped.
“The eldest child is the strongest because he is the eldest, but if stronger bad kids appear, I have to help him.”
“That certainly makes sense.”
“That’s why you have to study. Even the things that the older child hates.”
PS-111 nodded at the pink jellyfish speaking calmly.
“We have received the feedback from the main controller. We will make a copy of the contents of the terminal so that you can check them.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“It means that I will grant you a favor.”
“Wow! Thank you!”
“But I’m also interested in the content. Let’s study together.”
“This will be fun!”
It was a very different ending from what Heavenly Mother had expected, but she had no way of knowing.
However, the ending she fears will never happen.
Until he came to this planet, No. 26’s dream had never changed.
Her dream was to lead her people and families to greater happiness and prosperity.
And that family circle includes everyone she loves.
She will learn anything to share happiness with her family.