Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 364
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“Ts, tsaaa!”
Since I wasn’t the only one in this place, he gave up his weapon. The guy who cut off his own arm quickly put some distance between us.
“Tsaaaah!”
Despite having sustained multiple fatal wounds in a matter of minutes, the creature now looked no different than when we first encountered it. It was truly a remarkable resilience.
He must know that too, that’s why he roars so proudly.
‘Well, I wonder what it will be like.’
This is the third time. That is, the number of times the erosion tentacle’s appendages have injected ‘something’ into the thing’s body.
“Tsaaa, huh?”
The thing stops moving. The thing tilts its head as it senses something unusual occurring in its body.
But it’s too late to realize it now.
“Tsk, tsk?!”
He looks at the crystallized shoulder and panics. He swings his other arm to break the scales on the shoulder, but it doesn’t work.
Because the silicon-based microbes I injected have already spread throughout his body.
“Is that by any chance?”
[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu zuzu (What you think is right)]
A trait named after a mythical monster that turns anyone who looks at it to stone.
The only trait in the environmental adaptation series, the ‘Medusa Organ’, was making the Pyromancer into a quartz piece.
“Tsaaaak?! Tsaaaak!”
The bastard went berserk, shattering parts of his body that were turning into a crystal-like substance.
If I had cut out the area right when I was first attacked on the back of my neck and then stabbed in my shoulder, this wouldn’t have happened. Because the microbes in the Medusa organ are useless if you remove the contaminated area before they spread.
One of them didn’t know that, and even left that part behind to regenerate the rest of his body, allowing the microbes to quickly spread throughout his body.
Now, his transcendent regenerative powers are practically neutralized. He won’t be able to regenerate his body easily, as his regenerative powers and the Medusa organ are on a tightrope.
[Zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (Do you think I came to catch you without thinking?)]
A pyromancer with the body of an ideal hunter.
The once confident Apex creature was no more. What lay before me was nothing more than terrified prey.
As always, killing the prey that had lost their will to fight was never difficult.
“Did you get what you wanted this time?”
I nodded to Isabel’s question.
Unlike Dreadsong, I was lucky this time because I got the trait I wanted.
‘Because the Pyromancer has a trap card.’
Metallic Gremlin’s ‘Dwarfism’ and Skywhale’s ‘Energy Absorption’ have more negative effects than positive effects when they are acquired. Pyromancers also have negative effects in this way.
Among the traits possessed by Pyromancers is the trait called ‘Hunger’. Those with this trait greatly increase the maximum limit of energy storage. This trait is essential for those who consume a lot of energy.
‘But the downsides are not insignificant.’
When you have the hunger trait, the energy stored in your body will continuously decrease. And when your energy falls below a certain level, it becomes uncontrollable.
As the name suggests, he goes crazy from hunger and runs wild. The reason he doesn’t run away until the end is because of that hunger.
Fortunately, the trait I gained is not hunger.
“Superior Homeostasis: Consumes a large amount of energy to greatly enhance natural healing power. After using the trait, the effect of energy generation traits is temporarily weakened. ”
The Pyromancer’s magical resilience, ‘Superior Homeostasis’, is currently being applied to my body.
‘Performance is slightly lower than the original.’
Some of the traits that Aimorph can acquire are less effective than the original trait, or the effects themselves are changed. Superior Homeostasis is also a trait that is applied in a weakened form compared to the original.
Even with this trait, it is impossible to restore one’s body in a matter of seconds like a Pyromancer. If it were the same as the original, Aimorph would have become the strongest race.
Of course, that’s not something to be sorry about. Superior Homeostasis is one of the useful auxiliary traits for Aimorph.
This trait, classified as an internal organ, restores the body’s healing power to an incredible level, as described. Unlike other recovery traits, it must be activated arbitrarily, but once activated, it shows regenerative powers comparable to the original.
For example, even if only the head remains, if you activate the trait, you can fully restore the body within 10 minutes. You may think it takes a long time, but considering the size of my body, it is an incredibly fast speed.
‘With this trait, you can freely use Revenant Engine and Tyrantroid.’
Revenant Engine, which activates only when you are about to die, and Tyrantroid, whose effects increase as your injuries become more severe. Both are good traits, but they have the limitation that whether they activate or not depends on how severe your injuries are.
However, many of these shortcomings are eliminated when superior homeostasis is present.
Of course, that doesn’t mean there are no drawbacks.
When using superior homeostasis, energy-pumping traits like ‘Dragon’s Heart’ are sealed. The time it takes to seal varies depending on the trait, but it can be as short as one or two hours, or as long as more than a day. The only way to replenish energy at this time is through primitive methods, namely eating and digesting enemies.
‘There are regenerative traits that don’t have these drawbacks, but you can’t get them here.’
There is one trait that is perfectly compatible with the upper class, but it is very difficult to obtain. The most effective regenerative trait I can obtain at this point is Superior Homeostasis.
“I think I got what I wanted. What do I do next?”
[Zuzu (well)]
I deliberately planned it generously in case the desired trait didn’t come out. This is because I expected to hunt at least three Pyromancers.
But since it came out earlier than expected, there is no longer any reason to catch the Pyromancer.
No, to be exact, there is no need to catch it ‘right now’.
‘I have to catch it later when Mother in Heaven is here.’
When other kids got one or two traits from me, she told me which traits she wanted too.
There were two main traits she wanted transplanted: revenant organs and superior homeostasis.
Her special ability, ‘Hunting God’s Shell’, allows her to transform into various types of phantom beasts. In return, each time she transforms into a beast other than a griffon, a cooldown of 30 days applies.
Despite being a powerful perk, its cooldown time leaves a lot of tactical variety lacking, so she’s always wanted to somehow address that shortcoming.
‘The combination of revenant organs and superior homeostasis would be good when using the perk.’
However, all I can give you here is the latter, superior homeostasis, because you can’t get the revenant organ here.
‘There is one thing that can replace it.’
In Berzan 02, he acquired abilities similar to those of the Revenant Organ thanks to preying on the crystal equipment possessed by Sihyeon Eugene.
The name of the ability obtained through the effect of ‘Plunderer’s Irregular Polyhedron’ is ‘Void Dice’. Using this ability resets the cooldown of all characteristics. Thanks to this, the Revenant Organ can be used again.
‘It seems like there are other effects, but I haven’t confirmed them yet.’
After using it right after obtaining it from Berzan02, it had a cooldown of 66 days. Since there was still some time left on the cooldown, I couldn’t even test its effects.
‘… I can’t let this situation pass.’
I thought about it again, but it still won’t work. I know it will help her, but I can’t give her the Revenant Engine now that I can’t use the Void Dice.
‘Because we’re facing big enemies like Magmasaur and Wolf Ranker.’
I’ll put the revenant agency on hold and hand over the superior homeostasis later, once all the danger is gone and I’m in a position to regain the same traits.
[Zzzzzzzzzz zz …
“Elemental Hogwarts?”
[Zzuzuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzuzu zuzuzuzuzuzu (We should start by looking into volcanoes that researchers aren’t investigating)]
Isabel didn’t answer after hearing what I said. The guy who had been scratching under his chin with one arm raised pointed behind me.
“How about Adhai and I go looking for it instead?”
[Zuzuzu (two of them?)]
The guy extended his finger and pointed at Adhai and No. 26.
“I like this.”
“Negative” “This” “More” “Delicious”
“That’s delicious, but this is even more delicious!”
“Eatable parts” “Little” “Not good”
The two were feasting on the creatures the Pyromancer had slaughtered.
“My body and the guy are small, so it won’t be easy to catch them on radar.”
[Zuzuzu (right)]
In particular, Adhai can fly so fast that radar has difficulty detecting them properly. Isabelle, although slow, knows a lot about the ecology of the elemental porcupine.
I thought it was a pretty good combination, but I shook my head.
‘It’s not good to split it any further than this.’
Unlike the group that infiltrated Salman’s base, Adhai and Isabelle cannot use the parasite as a means of communication. If they or I are in trouble, it will be very difficult for us to not be able to contact them.
[Zuzuzuzuzuz zu zu zu zu zu (You can’t do it because you might get defeated individually)]
“How about keeping an appropriate distance?”
[Zuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuz (If that’s the case, then there’s no reason to share)]
At least it would be better for us to stay together until Heavenly Mother and PS-111 return. Isabel also understood and agreed with my intentions.
[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu zu zu (Now that you’ve eaten, let’s start moving)]
“Where are you going this time?”
“New food” “What are you looking for?”
[Z (Yeah)]
I carried the kids and jumped into the sky.
Looking down, I see the little stoners coming back to feast on the corpses. The remains of the bodies strewn around the lake are for them to clean up for me.
The last lava lake I saw was the same as when I discovered it.
–
Behind a large rock, the Heavenly Mother and PS-111 were looking at Salman’s base.
Several buildings were floating above the lava thanks to gravity-control devices. Each building was connected by long corridors and protected by shields.
The base, with its many buildings intertwined like a molecular structure model, was much larger than expected. It even had a floating port that could easily accommodate large battleships. In fact, it could be called a space fortress on the surface.
‘There’s a facility of that scale in the outskirts.’
Such facilities can only be found on wealthy planets like Berzan 02. Even for the most elite rankers, building such a huge floating base on an unknown planet is no easy task.
‘I don’t know why, but….’
The important thing now is not why that base was built. We need to figure out how to infiltrate that base.
Her amber eyes, looking at the base, were focused on a certain building.
Some of the buildings floating on the lava had chimney-like structures installed on their lower parts.
The facility, located close to the burning surface, performs the task of absorbing heat and gases. The accumulated heat and gases are converted into energy by other facilities within the building.
‘I have to go there or into the port.’
The port is so heavily guarded that sneaking in is impossible.
There is only one way to sneak in without being caught by the shield and without being noticed by others.
“What do you think? Do you think it’s possible?”
“Confirmed success probability of 62%. The size of the passage is estimated to be just big enough for me and the ‘middle baby’ to pass through. Precision flying skills are required to break through.”
It was a screamer-like answer, half of whose brain was mechanical.
The odds of success weren’t great, but she was confident.
‘I’ve cleared passages much narrower than that. That’s definitely possible.’
I don’t know about PS-111, but the Heavenly Mother’s flying skills were quite impressive.
Her fighter piloting skills in the game were among the top five. It wasn’t for nothing that Aimoff entrusted her with teaching Aadhai how to fly.
Since the time he gained his wings was short, he is more accustomed to ground combat, but he can always demonstrate his past skills when needed.
“I’ll aim for the moment when the gas erupts from below. I can use the rising air current caused by the gas to avoid detection by the shield and sneak in.”
“It’s not easy even for a ‘little baby’ with the skills. Do you think it’s possible?”
“I taught him, you know? Well, back when I was a Green Gallagon.”
“Okay. If you calculate the gas eruption cycle, the next eruption will occur in 6 minutes.”
“good.”
She nodded and checked the plan again in her head.
While reviewing the various risk factors related to carrying out the operation, PS-111 opened his mouth.
“I have a question about the sub-controller ‘Aimorph’.”
“Huh? What is it?”
“Is Aimov male or female?”
For a moment, I thought the screamer was joking. When she kept her mouth shut, PS-111 asked again.
“Is Aimov male or female?”
“… Do I really have to ask that in this situation?”
“The middle child has been confirmed to be a subject capable of quickly accepting Aimov’s thoughts. Since we are conducting operations with such a being, we judged it to be easy to gather information.”