Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 334
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A giant creature with hundreds of eyes emerged from the pit where the mansion used to be. The being, which had countless sensory organs, lifted Alshas and Isabelle onto its body and rose into the air.
“It’s a shame to blow up Berzan 02, but the Empress strongly wants it, so there’s no choice.”
“‘■■’■ said ■■. He ordered his friend ■■ to kill ‘■■■’.”
“I know. I know. Then let’s get started.”
As Alshas finished speaking, the men emerged from the pit.
Thousands of monsters, each 5 meters long and looking like a mixture of wasps, snakes, and scorpions, fly into the sky at the same time. The sky above the collapsed dome is instantly filled with the loud sound of flapping wings.
While the flying monsters surround me, the 30m tall giant monsters on the ground also aim the tips of their bio-cannons at me.
Those monsters have no names.
Because to them, being an individual means nothing.
The many exist for the one.
A being from a completely different universe.
A horde of Outspacers summoned by Alshas attacked me.
–
The watchtower of the Aur constellation, located near the Red Jewel Berzan 02.
The Oversight Bureau is an organization that oversees the safety of the entire constellation. As such, it is always busy and never idle.
But not today.
An emergency was declared throughout the surveillance office due to an emergency report that came out of nowhere.
“Ba, there are traces of bio portals all over Berzan02!”
“Outspacers are pouring out!”
“Contact lost with the water fortress!”
“Ouch, we’re getting a flood of rescue requests! What should we do?”
All the situation rooms in the surveillance office were in a state of confusion due to the incoming reports. The inside of the situation room was filled with psychic images displayed by the cultists, making it difficult to even see the faces of the opponents.
The director of the surveillance office, receiving reports from his subordinates in the situation room, wished that this situation was a dream.
Although he had held many important positions within the empire for a long time, this was the first time he had encountered such a serious situation.
The invasion of Berzan 02 by Outspacer. It was a catastrophe that will be recorded in history.
“Chief of the Watch! What should we do?”
“Give me instructions!”
“… … .”
Although the knowledge managers were waiting for orders, the watchdog chief could not open his mouth.
Currently, the Imperial Diet is in a sharp conflict between the Providence faction and the Reformation faction. If he, who supports the Reformation faction, mishandles this, it could cause a big problem.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I can keep my mouth shut forever.
“Well, first, the safety of His Excellency the Governor….”
“please wait for a moment.”
At that moment, a familiar voice stopped him. He turned his head and saw the silver-haired female cultist he had met a while ago.
“Captain Alshas?”
The person who appeared in the situation room was Captain Alshas of the imperial carrier ‘Defender of Berzan 02’.
“I barely escaped before disaster struck the water fortress.”
“Your Excellency the Governor? Or rather, is Elder Kissos well?”
“I’m sorry. Providence has taken them away.”
“This can’t be happening!”
The Commissioner of the Watchtower almost collapsed on the spot when he heard the bad news. The leader of the reformist faction, Kisos, was the Commissioner of the Watchtower’s political mentor. It was inevitable that he would be greatly shaken when he heard that such a person had left Providence.
“Chief of the Watch, now is not the time to be doing this. If we’re not careful, we could lose Berzan 02.”
“Oh, I see! We need to assemble the fleet quickly…!”
The moment the Director of the Watch, who had somehow managed to pull himself together, was about to give an order, Alshas came close to him.
“It seems like you are having a hard time. Let me help you.”
“what…?”
She suddenly whispered in my ear.
He panicked and tried to push Alshas away, but his body wouldn’t move.
At the same time, the scene inside the situation room before my eyes suddenly darkened. The cultists who were running around busily seemed completely unaware of the darkness that had suddenly descended.
The head of the surveillance department who saw that realized.
That Alshas had cast a mind control technique called ‘Ultra Control’ on himself.
‘Why on earth?’
He didn’t understand the situation, but there was no one here who could answer his questions.
“Okay. As expected, it’s easy to get caught off guard.”
Alshas raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he saw the Director of the Watchtower who had become a living puppet.
Ultra Control doesn’t work well on those with strong psychic powers. If the Director of the Oversight Bureau hadn’t been in such a state of confusion, he wouldn’t have been caught.
‘Then shall we deploy the elite fleet?’
“Prepare the elite fleet of the Watchtower to sortie. We will strike the enemies in the water fortress.”
“All right!”
Alshas began to issue orders to the knowledge managers through the mouth of the Watch Commander.
‘Morphack. You’re finished now.’
In addition to the 4th rank Empress’s legion, there are also elite fleets and imperial carriers belonging to the Watchtower.
Even if there is a number one person in this position, they will never win.
She smiled silently, confident of victory.
–
In Space Survival, there are only two races that use ‘genetic essence’ as a resource.
Outspacers grow in colony units by absorbing genetic essence, and Amorphs devour essence and evolve themselves endlessly.
The former is based on the monster race ‘JerX’ from classic strategy simulation games, and the latter is based on the space monster ‘EXX’ from classic creature movies.
In fact, if you look at just the motifs, you might think that they are not that different since they both originated from insect-like alien races in famous science fiction novels.
However, not many people feel that the two races are similar when they see them in the game. This is because their genetic traits are different and their playstyles are also different.
Unlike Amorph, who fights and evolves alone, Outspacer is all about upgrading the legion, not the individual. The strength of the legion is determined by how you design the components of the legion.
For example, individuals that directly participate in battle are evolved to be able to inflict more damage to their opponents, even if their survivability is somewhat reduced. Individuals in charge of command are specialized in combat but support their own kind well.
The same goes for the flying monsters that look like wasps flying towards me now, the ‘collecting bugs’. Their role is to collect essence under the orders of the queen. They are specialized in quickly moving around the battlefield, taking the lives of enemies, and taking their essence.
“Ssssssssss”
“Ssssssss”
A large number of collecting bugs cling to my body. And they start to dissolve my shell by spewing out very strong stomach acid from their mouths.
According to the settings, Outspacers cannot use psychic powers. If they were queens or guards, they would have evolved to be able to use energy, but it would be impossible to make even the Collector Bugs do so.
But don’t let that fool you, because there are no limits to how much you can evolve your body parts.
Even now, holes are forming in my shell due to the acid attacks of the collector bugs. This shell is barely affected by plasma weapons.
‘I mixed the genes of a metallic gremlin with the genes of a creature that spits out acid.’
In terms of power alone, it was much weaker than the acid breath I fired. However, since there were so many entities spitting out stomach acid, it was quite threatening.
‘We can’t leave it like this.’
I spun around in the air with hundreds of collecting bugs hanging from my body. The impact sent the bugs flying off in a flurry.
“Go away!”
“Self?!”
The tentacles of No. 26 flew towards the collecting bugs that had fallen from my body. The tentacles, which had sharp tips like the thorns of a nightshade, pierced the collecting bugs.
Dozens of them died in an instant, but the number left was far greater. Newly emerged bugs took the place of their dead comrades.
They must have judged that No. 26 was more dangerous than me, because they attacked his tentacles.
“Ouch!”
[Zuzu zuzu (shrink body)]
Sea Demons, who have the strength of a raid boss, also have very high defense. However, they can even melt my shell, which has a defense higher than that of a 26. It won’t be easy for them to endure.
Moreover, since they are like biological machines without a sense of self, they are not greatly affected by the ‘terror of the deep’. There is no reason for them to grow so large.
The guy who heard me shrank his body to 10m. In the meantime, I used my erosion tentacles to swat away the collecting bugs that were clinging to him. Some were eaten by my tentacles, and some were turned into lumps of quartz by their ‘Medusa Organs’.
“Flies” “A lot”
“It’s closer to a wasp than a fly!”
“Wasp. Believed to be the ancestor of the Earth’s carnivorous insects, the ‘devil wasp.’ It has not been found since the last record of its discovery 400 years ago.”
Not only me, but also Adhai, Heavenly Mother, and PS-111 are diligently moving around and reducing the number of enemies.
Adhai used his wings, reinforced with ‘Red Armor’, like twin swords to cut down the collecting bugs. Those who were lucky enough to dodge the attack followed Adhai’s tail. He was aiming for the hind legs or tail where the Red Armor was not activated.
As they opened their mouths wide with sharp teeth and were about to shoot out their stomach acid, agate-colored particles appeared from somewhere and surrounded them. Enemies who touched the particles were crushed in midair like cans in a press.
Behind them was the Mother of Heaven with her agate wings spread wide. She rescued Adhai from danger and lured the enemies to the other side.
“Ssssssss”
“Seuss”
Hundreds of flying monsters keep their distance from the flying griffons, shooting acid.
No matter how high of a ranker you are, it is impossible to completely avoid the acid flying from all directions. The golden fur that was hit by the acid turned black.
The one who helped her in her crisis was the PS-111 riding on top of my head. The guy swung his hooked claws grafted with Gallagon’s claw swords to blast a blast of sword wind, while firing a material disintegration bullet from the muzzle at the end of his long tail.
Outspacers cannot use psychic powers, but all entities have a certain level of resistance to psychic powers. Because of this, it was difficult to inflict significant damage with just the sword wind.
Of course, the guy knew that fact well, so he aimed for the thin wing part instead of the less effective torso.
The wasp-like body of the collector beetle becomes extremely slow when even one wing is damaged. The slowed-down enemies were dealt with by Nana 26.
My large tentacles and his pink ones danced on the sky’s ballroom. Sometimes the appendages of the erosion tentacles cut insects in two, and sometimes the pink saw-toothed tentacles caught and crushed enemies.
‘The breathing itself is fine, but….’
We were killing dozens of them every second, yet the enemy numbers showed no sign of decreasing.
‘That hole.’
I looked at the hole where Alshas’s mansion used to be. Even now, bugs are pouring out endlessly from there. There must be a bio portal down there that calls them out.
‘Either break the portal or…’
That flying monster carrying Alshas and Isabel. I’ve been worried about that guy for a while now.
‘It’s my first time seeing this design.’
Its body was wrapped in small, thin tentacles. At the end of the numerous tentacles were eyes. Whether they actually functioned as sensory organs or not, each eye blinked and moved without rest.
It is an entity of a type never seen before in the game. It is unknown what genetic essence was applied to it or what abilities it possesses.
Considering the advanced detection organs and the fact that it is staying in the rear, it is highly likely that this individual is a queen.
As I was watching him for a moment, three-meter-tall stakes flew towards me from the ground.
A 30m tall giant monster, the ‘Pile Bug’, appeared and destroyed the mansion, and is diligently bombarding me.
Pillarworms are one of the few entities in the Legion that utilize energy, though they don’t expel that energy directly like I do.
Instead, it continuously circulates a huge amount of energy within its body. Using the power generated there, it fires a biological bullet called a ‘bio-pile’ out of its body. In that sense, it can be seen as similar to the firing principle of a firearm.
The problem is that the penetration power of these bio-stakes is very high. They are useful when dealing with heavily armored enemies or battleships.
In other words, from my perspective as a heavily armored, flying enemy, it is quite a nuisance.
‘It won’t work.’
As time goes by, more entities will come through the bio portal. We have to do something, either take out the queen or destroy the bio portal.
And I have one weapon that’s perfect for dealing with organic enemies.
‘I must use the colors of the abyss.’
The Outspacers are a species that is nothing but a biological weapon. There is no weapon more lethal to them.
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Everyone go down to the ground and take care of those guys)]
“you?”
[Z zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu (I’m going to sweep away the collector bugs)]
There are so many collecting bugs around that if we’re not careful, our side could get involved. Since I’m the only one who doesn’t have to worry, I decided to send all the kids to the surface.
“Okay. While I’m at it, I’ll check to see if the Coldbloods are okay.”
“Big man” “Be careful”
Immediately after the two left, I activated the Abyss Color.