Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 321
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“how is it?”
“Analysis results: 75% cactus from Berzan 02, 11% heavenly fruit from Gormos 03, 10% agave syrup from Amoria 09, and 4% others. Interesting taste.”
“I’m glad you like it.”
The guy nodded at me, but then suddenly tilted his head.
“I don’t know if this is the right expression, but it feels somehow familiar.”
“You’re familiar with it?”
“The moment I inhaled the liquid, similar ingredient combination data from my memory was output. I have never input such data.”
Although he had eaten various foods before, this was the first time he had shown such a reaction. It seemed quite unfamiliar to him that he had recalled a memory he didn’t know about.
‘This is data I don’t remember entering.’
PS-111 is a mutant Screamer created by the combined efforts of several rankers of the ruling faction. And one of the materials is the head of the intelligent being, or in other words, the brain.
I’ve seen footage of the PS-111 being created on the ship of Pira Eleven, one of the Star Union’s machine committees, before. The process of transplanting the brain of a cloned Coldblood into a Screamer machine.
‘Is this a memory from the past?’
The current PS-111 is a newly created being with the power of No. 26 after his body was severely damaged. His damaged brain was also restored in a different form than the original, so most of his memories were lost.
‘But not everything is gone.’
The reason he said it felt familiar might be because he was drinking and recalling memories from before he became a Screamer.
“Could it be that you drank this liquor before becoming a Screamer?”
“Am I the one talking?”
“Yes. If there are any memories that the ‘present you’ is not aware of, then they must only be memories of the past.”
The guy who heard me didn’t answer and just blankly stared down at the bottle. His red lenses were reflected in the caramel-colored liquid remaining at the bottom of the bottle.
The guy who had been silent for a moment slowly nodded his head.
“That’s a valid point. There’s a 51% chance that this drink and my past are related.”
“Once this is over, let’s look into this alcohol as well.”
“thank you.”
It’s hard to see the guy’s expression because of the metal skin on his face. His face is expressionless as usual, but he looks very upset, perhaps because he knows the situation.
“Would you like some more? If you drink more, you might remember more.”
“please.”
As I grabbed the wooden barrel to pour him a drink, he put his face close to the barrel. Then, just like me, he stuck his tongue out and licked the liquid flowing from the barrel.
“It’s interesting that it tastes completely different from the main ingredient.”
The guy said that, licking the alcohol off his cold lips with his tongue.
At that moment, number 26, who saw us, came over and got between us.
“Friend, you shouldn’t eat like that. People should eat food that has been put in a container.”
“I’m not human, so this is okay.”
“No. You shouldn’t eat human food like that.”
The conversation with the guy ended there because of No. 26’s intervention.
Afterwards, the drinking party at the cult mansion ended only after the cellar was emptied.
–
“Are you leaving this place?”
The reception room of a cult mansion.
Sihyeon Eugene nodded in response to the question from the older cult member, Kissos.
“Yes. Thanks to you, sir, I have secured enough equipment and slaves. Since you have invested in me, I should show you the results in return.”
“The Emperor of Megacorp will be a tough opponent. Wouldn’t you be lacking?”
“Megacorp is currently in a state of war. The long-standing wartime regime has been lifted, and the entire society is in chaos. Now is the time to kill the CEO.”
“Hmm.”
Sihyeon’s words were true.
As the leader of the reformist faction that emphasized exchanges with other races, Kissos had many connections in Megacorp. Thanks to this, he knew that Megacorp’s power was greatly weakened.
“I heard that the recession came about because one of the seven nobles that supported Megacorp fell. I heard that the Emperor and the nobles are very worried because of it.”
“Yes.”
“I’m curious.”
With those words, Kissos closed his mouth and calculated in his head.
It didn’t take long for her to conclude that it would be more beneficial for her to leave.
“Oh, the vision of Eugene. May Providence fulfill your will.”
“thank you.”
After politely greeting each other, Sihyeon left the reception room.
She was walking down the hallway when she soon collapsed against the wall. She had been having nightmares and headaches recently, so she had been having difficulty sleeping.
I thought it might be a side effect of genetic modification, so I got tested, but nothing came out. The head of the research team in charge of the test said it seemed to be a mental problem.
Even though I took the medicine as instructed, the nightmares and headaches did not go away. I was able to sleep while in the bio capsule, but the time I could sleep was getting shorter and shorter.
“…after.”
Leaning her head against the cool wall, her headache subsided a little. She sighed softly and started walking again. As she left the hallway and walked down the corridor, a familiar figure came walking toward her from the other side.
“Sihyeon Eugene? Why are you here?”
“Hello, Alshas.”
The opponent was a cult woman with shining silver hair, Alshas. She opened her eyes wide as if Sihyeon’s presence was unexpected.
“I came to say hello to Kissos before leaving Berzan02.”
“I see. So you’re leaving after all?”
“Thank you for connecting me with Mr. Kissos. It was a great help. I will visit you separately later to say hello.”
The fact that Alshas appeared at the Kissos mansion must mean that she also had an appointment. After giving a quick greeting to the other person, Sihyeon tried to leave the place.
“Just a moment.”
“yes?”
Alshas, who was holding Sihyeon back as she was about to leave, took out a small data chip from his bosom.
“Take it.”
“What is this?”
“I heard from my senior that you were looking for mysterious relics. This is a map I acquired a while ago.”
As soon as the word map left her mouth, Si-hyeon’s heart pounded loudly. Her black eyes were fixed on the data chip on her palm.
“Did you say map?”
“Actually, it’s embarrassing to even call it a map. It’s an unfinished map.”
“Unfinished… .”
“I asked a friend of mine in the Prophet’s Society. He said it seemed to be a map to the altar where the mysterious weapon was hidden, but he couldn’t confirm any further details.”
In fact, the probability that the data chip Alshas handed over and the map Beomho left behind would respond was extremely low. Unless someone intentionally did so, such a good thing could not happen.
However, her intuition reacted differently. She was convinced that this data chip might be the key to repairing the damaged map.
Sihyeon asked Alshas, barely able to suppress her emotions with reason.
“Why are you giving me a map that leads to where the weapons are hidden?”
“Honestly, I’m interested, but I’m the captain of an imperial carrier. I can’t act recklessly based on uncertain information. But unlike me, Sihyeon, you don’t have such restrictions, do you?”
“That is true, but.”
“I, too, am in a position to invest in Sihyeon, just like you, sir. It is beneficial to me that Sihyeon achieves his goal. So please accept it.”
Sihyeon, who met Alshas’ eyes, felt the sincerity of the other person. That female cultist truly wanted her to have this map. She felt no other emotion.
“You are an important part of the grand scheme of things. You have nothing to worry about.”
“…thank you.”
In the end, Sihyeon decided to receive the data chip.
–
When Aimorph reaches the sub-adult stage, he becomes immune to most poisons. This is thanks to the trait ‘Complete Immunity’ obtained as a sub-adult perk.
Even though I drank a huge amount of alcohol, my body didn’t change at all.
‘I didn’t feel drunk at all after I started drinking.’
In fact, even if Aimov’s body didn’t have the perfect immune system trait, he wouldn’t get drunk or anything. Since his metabolism is excellent overall, he would quickly break down alcohol and the like.
This was similar to the others, not just me. No. 26 and PS-111 remained unchanged even after emptying dozens of wooden barrels.
Of course, not everyone was completely sober. In Adhai’s case, the more he drank, the better he seemed to feel.
‘I had a similar reaction when I ate the Hellside Hornet’s larva.’
The other Gallagons who were drinking Kochi’s liquid at the time also seemed happier than usual, just like him. It was similar to the feeling of wild animals enjoying the intoxication of eating fermented fruit.
However, Adhai didn’t seem to know that he had a body that he could take. The drunken guy ran around the room and then fell asleep in my arms.
‘And now he is sleeping in the room that the owner of the mansion used.’
“Adhai is still sleeping.”
“I know.”
The Heavenly Mother, with a towel draped over her shoulders, looked into the room and said.
As soon as she woke up, she had taken a bath, as there were water droplets on her fur. The wet fur clung to her body, revealing her figure.
‘Even if the level of deification increases, nothing much has changed.’
On her naked back, she had a tattoo of agate-colored wings. When she wasn’t fighting, she would change them into tattoos because it would be cumbersome to move around with wings. It seems she changed them into tattoos on purpose because it would be a hassle to dry the wings when they get wet.
Anyway, other than the wing tattoo, there wasn’t much difference from his previous appearance.
“So when do you plan on meeting that supposed slave?”
The griffon wolf with a beautiful body asked while wiping his fur with a towel. I took my eyes off her body and said what I was thinking.
“If possible, I’d like to check it out from afar today.”
“Today? That soon?”
“There is a chance that the opponent is not in 22nd place. Let’s at least confirm before talking face to face.”
“Well, that makes sense.”
“Once we sort out everything about Roberts, we’ll get going. We’ll also check out the large warehouse on the way.”
“I hope I don’t have to use the warehouse.”
Before going to find Roberts, there were two reasons for renting a large warehouse.
We came to the fortress in name only to sell rare creatures. We have to rent a warehouse under Charas’ name so that there are no paperwork issues.
And the second is to prepare for the long search for the 22nd place. When the duration of the clever underdog ends, I will turn into a giant monster that is 60 meters long. I need a safe place to hide in my original body, so I rented a large warehouse in advance.
‘To put it simply, it’s for insurance.’
It would be nice if it ended before we used up the warehouse, but that’s the way things are in life. There’s no guarantee that things will turn out the way you want them to, so you have to prepare in advance.
“Unless something special comes up, I plan to proceed as we just discussed. If there’s anything you’d like to point out, please let me know.”
“What would you like to point out?”
She squinted her eyes slightly and pointed at my chest with her finger.
“That body.”
“huh?”
“You look like a cult member in a bathrobe right now?”
Hearing that reminded me of something.
The last one I ate was almost naked. The ‘mimetic organ’ uses pheromones to make others recognize me as ‘the intelligent being I ate’.
It is a trait that is highly effective for camouflage and infiltration, but it has a fatal flaw. It does not work on machines or creatures that cannot detect pheromones, and you cannot arbitrarily change the way you appear to others.
‘I don’t know about anything else, but it’s annoying not being able to change how you look.’
Fortunately, this shortcoming can be somewhat offset by the ‘Human-faced Host’ trait. If you have a Human-faced Host, you can store genetic information of up to five people in your body. The mimicry organ has the trait of analyzing the genetic information of the intelligent beings you’ve eaten and implementing it as pheromones. If necessary, you can extract the information stored by the Human-faced Host and use it.
Only Jason, the key informant, is fixed, while the other four have changed frequently. I put on the skin of ‘Charas’ that I used to infiltrate this fortress.
“Is this okay?”
“… It really gives me goosebumps every time I see it. It’s even scarier because even the voice changes completely.”
She stuck out her tongue as she looked at me, who felt like Charas, the knowledge manager.
‘The clothes are done.’
After changing my appearance, I used the terminal pad to contact Robets’ secretary.
“Master?”
“Something suddenly came up that I have to do. So I won’t be able to go to the store for a while.”
“Huh? Uh, that’s what you said yesterday….”
“yesterday?”
“You told me to strengthen the defenses because you said that someone suspicious might break into the store. The Wolf slave said he smelled a strange smell.”
“I took care of that, so don’t worry about it. Remove all guards. Oh, and. Deduct the allowances from the ledger and give them to those who were on guard yesterday. Especially give that Wolf slave an extra amount.”
“Ah! I understand!”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
The call ended with Roberts’ voice. Heavenly Mother, who was watching the scene, shook her head in disbelief.
“Isn’t this too natural?”
“It’s not like it’s the first or second time.”
“It’s not an acting skill that can be acquired through repeated practice. Is it because of bloodlines?”
Leaving her muttering to herself, I began to sort things out so that Roberts’ death would not be revealed. I deleted all the remaining camera footage from the observation room and the shelter, and also filed a cancellation request to nullify the report I had made to the fortress’s warriors.
No one in the water fortress will know that a slave trader has died.
After everything was sorted out, I left the mansion with MPS-05, the Heavenly Mother.