Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 336
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The 30-meter-tall stag beetle monster swung its front legs as long as the pillars supporting the building. The Heavenly Mother spread her agate wings and flew upward. The stag beetle’s claws sank down just in time to where she had been.
She flew up to avoid the attack, spraying particles the same color as her wings. The legs of the pile beetle that touched the agate granules twisted grotesquely.
Any other creature would have writhed in pain, but not this one. The pile bug, oblivious to the pain of losing one of its front legs, aimed the bio-files protruding from its back and head at her.
‘I modified it so that you can’t feel pain.’
She flew skillfully, dodging the flying bio-stakes. She could see other stake bugs coming from far away between the ruined buildings.
“Adhai! They’re coming!”
Taking cover behind a half-collapsed building, she called out to Adhai.
The guy was looking at the sky outside the dome from the roof of the building opposite. His amethyst-like purple eyes were fixed on the ‘black being’ that was greedily devouring ships and flying monsters.
‘Why are you suddenly doing that?’
I thought it was scared like the other creatures here, but upon looking again, that didn’t seem to be the case.
What should I say about the appearance of that guy who was completely still and had his eyes fixed on something? He looked like he was in a state of extreme immersion to the point of losing his mind.
The pile bug that was targeting her then also spotted the little Gallagon. A 3m long bio-pile was fired from its back.
The stake is headed towards the roof of the building where Adhai is. If he were to receive that attack now, without being protected by the ‘Red Armor’, he would be 100% fatally injured.
‘You can’t leave it like that!’
She kicked the ground hard, using her hind leg muscles. Her feline-like body shot forward as fast as an arrow. She also used the wings on her back to slap the air hard, increasing her acceleration.
The body of a golden-furred griffon bursts through the wall of a collapsing building and leaps to the roof of the building on the other side.
Just before the bio-stake could pierce Adhai, she managed to grab hold of it and dodge it. The sharp tip of the stake just barely scraped past the horn on her head.
Only then did Adhai look back at her.
“Ugly friend?”
“Aren’t you crazy? The battle isn’t over yet!”
“Battle?” “Hunting?”
When Adhai heard those words, a red light flashed in his eyes. The red pattern carved into his snow-white body suddenly burst into flames.
‘what?’
I was startled for a moment and looked again, but it was no different than usual.
The guy shook his neck loudly and spread his wings.
“Friend” “Words” “That’s right” “Hunting” “It’s not over”
“…okay.”
“Together” “Hunting”
The guy who said that flew up wearing red armor.
‘Did I see things wrong?’
Deciding that it was her own mistake, she followed Adhai, who started fighting the pile beetles.
–
Amorphs prey on other creatures and take their characteristics as their own.
However, compared to the concept of constantly evolving, there are not many characteristics that organically change the body. The characteristic of changing the body at any time according to the situation is closer to Wolf’s exclusive property than Aimov’s.
The ‘perfect organism’ that turns Amorph’s body into a killing machine, ‘organic evolution’ that can assume various special states, and the ‘transformable bioweapon’ that transforms body parts into Apex’s. All of these things did not exist in the game.
If even one of them were in the game, the balance of space survival would have changed significantly.
Anyway, the ability to change the body was quite rare in games. In these circumstances, the ‘Bone Beast’ that strengthened the user’s body was a very attractive ability.
A flesh-related fusion trait bone beast made using ‘giant creatures’ as materials.
When the trait is activated, armor made of bone-like material grows to protect vulnerable parts of the body. As a bonus, the overall size of the body also increases by about three times.
I’ve used it many times in games, so I know what changes occur. However, this is the first time I’ve turned into a bone beast since becoming an adult in this world.
As the trait was activated, the material that made up the bone armor flowed out from the tiny gaps in the dark black shell and scales. The material that coated the shell solidified in an instant, becoming a solid armor. Sharp spikes rose up from the completed white armor.
While I was putting on the armor, my entire body also grew rapidly. My muscles stretched as if they were going to tear, and a creepy sound came from the joints inside my body.
1.5 times, 2 times, 3 times. My body, which seemed to grow infinitely, stopped just before reaching 200 meters in length.
“Grrrrrrr”
“Grrrr”
The heads on both sides growl at the change they feel for the first time. Their cries have also become much more heavy to match their enlarged bodies.
The snouts of both heads were covered with armor similar to a helmet made from animal skulls, which gave the impression of being much more ferocious than before.
‘good.’
「■■■■■■■■!」
After completing my transformation, I roared loudly. The heads on either side of me also roared in unison.
The three heads roared simultaneously, ripping the air apart and producing a sound close to thunder.
“It’s cracking! It’s cracking!”
“Your hearing has been damaged. We will restore it with residual energy.”
The 26 and PS-111 on my body also reacted to my movements. PS-111 seemed to have been damaged by the sonic boom that occurred temporarily.
[Zuzu zuzuzu (Everyone be careful)]
I wave my wings vigorously, warning the children. My black wings, which have grown three times as large as my body, push my body forward with the air. I see the sandy desert below covered in pitch-black shadows.
“Ssssss!”
The collecting bugs that saw me approaching let out a cry that was almost like a scream. Apart from fear, the bugs that were forcibly charging because of the queen’s order. I didn’t dodge but charged at them.
Outspacers are shattered like flying insects exploding on impact with the windshield of a moving car.
The vicious stomach acid and sharp teeth they boasted were of no use. The power to melt shells was still there, but the bone beast’s armor was so thick that it was difficult to inflict much damage.
“Bad flapping flapping!”
“Ssuk?! ”
“Providing support fire.”
No. 26, who was on my back, and PS-111, who was at the head of the center and moved to No. 26’s side, also helped me catch bugs.
No. 26, whose body had grown to several tens of meters in size, pulled out tentacles with sharp saw blades. The collecting bugs that barely managed to avoid a collision with me were hit by No. 26’s tentacles and torn to pieces.
PS-111 supported us with its tail equipped with a demolition shell, hidden under the 26. It calculated the flight path and fired, so none of its material disintegration shells missed even once.
The enemies also started counterattacking towards us as we slaughtered the Outspacers.
The main guns of the cult battleships hidden among the bugs open fire. A purple baptism pours down on me. The gastric acid and blood of the Outspacer covering my body are hit by the heat rays and evaporate.
However, the carapace reminiscent of a skull and the black scales underneath were not seriously damaged. Some of the protruding spines were broken, but the damage was minimal. I swung my two tails toward the nearby battleship.
The pincer-mounted right tail collided with the battleship’s shield. The translucent purple protective shield cracked like a glass window and shattered into pieces. The pincer that shattered the shield struck the front of the battleship hard.
A chain of explosions occurred inside the completely blown battleship. I extended my erosion tentacles and grabbed the battleship as it was about to crash.
“Eww!”
Cult crew members fall from the wrecked battleship. Some are eaten by my tentacles, others crash to the red sands below.
I used the broken battleship as a bat and swung it at other ships and outspacers. Every time I hit a battleship, dozens of collector bugs were crushed.
Then, there was a change in the movements of the insects that had been gathered together. Those who received the queen’s instructions quickly dispersed.
‘You can’t turn around.’
I temporarily attacked the ones whose camp had collapsed. I opened the mouths of all the heads wide and swallowed the retreating ones whole. Maybe because my body had grown so much, every time I opened my mouth, more than ten of them entered my stomach.
“Predation effect activated!”
Thanks to swallowing hundreds of bugs, I finally got the trait I wanted. Upon accepting, I began to feel my immobile arm again. The ‘parasite colony’ that had been banned due to the loss of genetic essence was finally restored.
‘Phew. Just barely recovering…’
At that moment, a golden lightning bolt flew in from afar and brushed past my body. Even when I was hit by a battleship’s main gun, there was no major damage, but this time it was different. The white shell that the heat ray had struck had shattered.
I looked around with my auxiliary organs while fighting the enemies surrounding me. In the distant sky, a sphere hundreds of meters in size was floating alone.
‘That attack just now, could it be the brain god?’
The brain god I know is a flat mandala shape, not something that looks like that. If you overlap several mandala-shaped brain gods to make a sphere, it would look like that.
‘Is it reinforced?’
Judging from its appearance and the fact that its firepower is stronger, it seems to be an upgraded version.
‘I thought it was all broken.’
The destruction range of the ‘Black Devourer Cannon’ included the Thunder Gods. I thought they were all swept away along with the ships, but I guess not. That was probably the last Thunder God left in the elite fleet of the Surveillance Agency.
‘I think I know who’s controlling this.’
The Orbital Weapon Brain God can only be used by powerful psychic power users. It must be controlled by Alshas.
The brain light gathered again on the brain god who failed to hit me. I also gathered my psychic power without dodging.
Could it be because of the energy consumed by the Black Devourer Cannon? Unlike when I fired in rapid succession before, I felt a distinct sense of energy draining away. Thanks to the Dragon’s Heart, it was recovering quickly, but it seemed like it would take time to fully recover.
‘Let’s not think about anything else right now and just focus.’
The brain god, who had gathered energy to the limit, shined brilliantly. This might be what it would feel like if you faced the sun head-on. At the moment when the yellow heat rays were fired, I also breathed out a breath of highly condensed energy.
The dragon’s power, stretching out in three lines, collided with the lightning of the god of thunder. The shockwave generated by the collision of energies shook the heavens of Berzan 02. The surrounding enemies were also swept away by the shockwave, colliding with each other or falling to the ground.
‘It’s definitely strong, but….’
It’s not enough to beat me.
The standoff was short. Just as a snake swallows a smaller snake whole, the breath fire from the three heads devoured the lightning.
As the yellow light in the red sky was almost gone, a purple heat ray struck the brain. Then, an explosion occurred that was strong enough to temporarily paralyze the auxiliary organs under the jaw.
A huge amount of flames covered the sky, as if several nuclear bombs had exploded simultaneously. The few remaining battleships were engulfed in flames and turned to dust.
Beyond the blazing flames, Alshas and Isabelle are seen above the Queen, protected by her Collector Bugs.
He was extremely flustered, as if his plans were falling apart in real time. It was too far away to see, but I could definitely feel his emotions.
I aimed my restored combat arm at the bastard. The bastard took a big step back when he saw that.
“What did you say? We’ll work together to overcome difficulties?”
“!”
There’s a high chance that the guy in this spot is a clone.
But it doesn’t matter.
No matter where you hide in this universe, no matter what weapon you bring.
I won’t stop until I devour his essence.
–
Alshas couldn’t believe the reality that was unfolding before his eyes.
I heard a while ago that Aimoff killed Jason. And that her old colleague, Cynthia, was also killed.
So I prepared thoroughly. I recruited influential people on the planet long in advance so that I could operate an elite fleet. As if that wasn’t enough, I contacted the Empress and had the Outspacer Legion on standby.
Not only that. She also prepared insurance in case her plans did not go as planned. In other words, it could be said that she prepared doubly or even triply.
I was confident that I could stop him even if he came unexpectedly.
But now her expectations were completely off.
The elite fleet of the Overwatch Agency has been annihilated, and only a few Outspacer legions remain.
Now all that remains are the Imperial carriers that guard the prepared insurance and surveillance offices.
“The Empress has commanded. She has ordered us to retreat as the hunt for the ‘predator’ has failed.”
“No! Wait! It can’t end like this!”
“The Empress warns you. If your friend is eaten by a ‘predator’, it is dangerous. Run away.”
“Run away.”
“Run away.”
“Shut up! Shut up!”
It was already difficult to maintain my senses, but the Queen’s voice kept ringing in my head, making it unbearable.
‘Insurance! There’s still insurance left!’
She glared at Isabel next to her with bloodshot eyes.
‘If you ask me to call Vortex One… .’
The more contracts Coldbloods make, the deeper their relationship with their ruler becomes. When that relationship reaches a certain level, a contract to summon the Vortex One directly is unlocked.
The summoned Vortex One grants you one wish in exchange for a certain price. It can range from assassinating enemies to burning planets or destroying fleets.
Of course, as the difficulty of the wish increases, the price also increases exponentially. If you don’t prepare a proper price, you won’t even respond to the summons in the first place.
In addition, the cost of summoning Vortex One includes the summoner’s life. In the game, this wasn’t a big deal, but not here. If Isabelle summons Vortex One, she dies unconditionally.