Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 374
Only Noblemtl
When Wolf raises his deification level, he needs the heart of another creature. In the case of Aimorph, the same thing will apply when he acquires other players’ perks.
The determined Heavenly Mother approached Salman.
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‘huh?’
As he flew towards the location of Salman’s base, the auxiliary organ under his chin vibrated. Strange signals came from the ‘left head’ and ‘right head’ clones.
‘what?’
It doesn’t feel urgent enough to be considered a dangerous situation. Instead, it seems like a situation that is quite exceptional even by my standards.
“Why all of a sudden?”
Isabel asked me when I stopped flying. I guess she was worried that something was wrong with my sister PS-111.
I said I would just check for a moment and went down to the ground. As I lay face down on the ground and focused my senses on my auxiliary organs, I felt like I was losing consciousness.
The connection was made, and I began to feel the different elements of the environment here.
A faint scent of blood can be smelled in the air. Along with it, faint waves of energy can be detected.
The energy wave was strangely felt from the corpse of a certain creature. The corpse was so damaged that there was no intact part of its body. In particular, the chest area was torn apart as if someone had torn it apart.
And the smell of blood came from the hill behind the creature.
No, I thought it was a small rock mountain, but it wasn’t. Because there is no mountain in the world with four eyes.
Four narrow eyes watched my clones.
‘Mountain Crawler?’
I’ve never seen a mountain crawler this big before. They grow infinitely until they die, so it would take them thousands of years to grow that big.
‘I don’t know why a guy like that is here…’
If it’s grown to that extent, it might have some useful characteristics. I’ll have to subdue it with a clone first and then eat it with the main body.
As he was about to attack by moving his left and right heads, a familiar face popped out from above the guy’s back.
It was Gallagon, Adhai, with snow-white scales and red horns.
‘You must have destroyed the satellite and come here?’
Perhaps you came here after seeing the explosion of the antimatter bomb.
“Some of the wounds were sutured, but only temporarily….”
PS-111 and Heavenly Mother, who were trying to get down from the back with the guy, also discovered my clone.
The Heavenly Mother, who returned in her griffon form, had a completely black glow to her entire body, unlike before. This was because she was wearing the newly created Wolf-specific equipment.
The PS-111 that was with me climbed down from the mountain crawler and approached me. It had two broken arms, probably from the battle.
“82% similar to subcontroller ‘Aimorph’. Is it a clone?”
“Yeah. What happened?”
“Due to unavoidable circumstances, we failed to subdue the target.”
“Unavoidable circumstances?”
“The target had overdosed on the Psionium drug, causing genetic alterations and cell collapse in his body. We were unable to keep him alive until Aimorph arrived.”
While the guy was explaining, I felt a subtle psychic power from the Heavenly Mother next to me. She was looking at me with serious eyes, trying to convey something.
‘Are you shooting a swarm of ideologists?’
Unfortunately, it is not understandable at the moment. This is because the clones do not have the monster’s tentacles, making it impossible for them to understand the thought waves implemented with psychic powers.
In addition to speaking, PS-111 can also communicate with subtle special waves, similar to No. 26. So, with just the mimetic organ and the auxiliary organ under the jaw, it is possible to have a conversation with him and Isabel.
But neither the Heavenly Mother nor Adhai have such abilities. To communicate with them, you must also have the monster’s tentacles.
‘Come to the main office and let’s talk.’
“I need to check something. Are there any more enemies around?”
“The new ability acquired by the middle baby has driven away hostile creatures in the vicinity.”
Listening to the guy, it turns out that the Heavenly Mother has obtained Salman’s special privilege, the Beast God’s Noose.
‘I thought you’d let me live until I got here.’
I didn’t convey my intentions to her directly. However, she must know the value of Salman. She is someone who can give us more information than Alshas.
However, looking at the corpse of the guy with his chest split open, the damage seemed so severe that it would be difficult to obtain information.
Information acquisition became uncertain, and no special privileges were obtained. It was a rather disappointing result considering the result of trusting in Heavenly Mother and PS-111.
‘Still, I think there’s something going on, so I’ll have to listen closely.’
I left a message saying I would come to the main body and released the link. As I moved my body, Isabel came to me urgently.
“What about you? Are you okay?”
[Zuzuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zuuzuzuz zu (I’m fine, don’t worry)]
I saw that two of his eight arms were shattered, but that wasn’t a serious injury to him. He could repair them himself if he had the right materials.
I flew up into the sky again with Number 26 and Isabel.
After flying for a while like that, we arrived at the place where the three were.
“Sister? What about that leg?”
“It was damaged during battle. Don’t worry, we will repair it using useful materials.”
“Please take care of yourself. Just because you’re a machine doesn’t mean you won’t die.”
Immediately after arriving, Isabel started nagging at her sister’s damaged appearance.
“Big man?” “Appearance” “Has it changed?”
“The big baby ate big, solid food and changed!”
Adhai stared at me with eyes that resembled amethyst. Then, No. 26 raised his tentacles and imitated a magmasaur.
“Horn” “Big” “A lot” “Good”
Soon, the guy started wagging his tail, as if he liked the look of my changed body. Judging from his taste, he would probably like the look of me with the ‘Destroyer’s Carapace’ applied.
Any other time I would have explained to him the changes in my body, but right now there are more important things to consider.
“I think you had something to say earlier. Please explain what happened.”
The Heavenly Mother nodded and began to explain. What happened when she fought Salman, why she had to take the privilege, etc.
‘indeed.’
The explanation wasn’t very long, but I could understand why she did what she did, and how hard she tried to avoid the worst outcome.
Moreover, the side effect problem of the improved version of Cyonium was an unexpected gain.
‘If you look at the other privileges she received, it could be considered income.’
It’s a shame I didn’t get it, but I have to be satisfied that Mother in Heaven took it.
“I know what happened.”
“… Sorry. If I had been stronger, the results would have been better.”
“This much is enough. Don’t blame yourself.”
I decided to wrap things up there. I picked up the fallen corpse of the ranker and put it in my mouth.
PS-111 said that his genes were mutated, and it seems to be true. As soon as I chewed, a horrible, eraser-like texture greeted me. This is the first time I’ve eaten such tasteless food since becoming an Aimorph.
Because it was so tasteless, I just chewed it roughly and swallowed it. I waited for a while, but my body didn’t react at all.
‘I tried just in case, but it didn’t work.’
The mimetic organs and the host of the human face insect are organs that operate based on the genes of the opponent. It was impossible to obtain information from the meat of the enemy that was damaged at the genetic level.
As I licked my lips and consoled my regret, I looked at the new friend my heavenly mother had brought me.
“Is that mountain crawler the one Salman brought?”
“Huh? Yeah.”
She turned around as if her mind just occurred to her in response to my question.
“You must have been in control because you’re so well-behaved.”
“Actually, it’s a bit ambiguous to call it domination. The special effects have changed a bit.”
“okay?”
“Should I call it sympathy? In addition to simple domination, I can also read the guy’s emotions and memories.”
She placed her hand on the mountain crawler’s head, and the giant beast closed its eyes quietly. It was just like a pet dog feeling its master’s touch.
“It’s communication.”
“I can still feel his pain, his fear, and the painful memories he experienced here.”
Her amber eyes fluttered as if she sensed the mountain crawler’s senses. From what I’d heard, it seemed like a higher-level version of the parasitic colony I had.
‘for a moment.’
There is something bothering me about what she says.
“You said you felt like you remembered something now?”
“huh.”
“How much detail can you find out?”
“That’s… ah!”
Her eyes widened as she realized what the question meant.
That giant mountain crawler was brought here by Salman. It’s likely he’s watching what his master is doing here.
‘good.’
To get information, we need to first treat the guy’s wounds.
I implanted the symbiotic spores into the wounded creature while it was still communicating with its new owner.
‘The next thing you need is a nest.’
Things are different than expected, but there is no problem.
If we do well, it seems like we can achieve all the goals we set out to achieve on this planet.
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A huge star burns like a bonfire illuminating the pitch-black darkness.
A spacecraft appeared in a blue glow as an old celestial body, named the red giant ‘Olga’, glowed on its own.
“Superluminal travel completed. Red giant ‘Olga’ confirmed. Safely arrived in Dorane Constellation.”
A situation room with a clean atmosphere, as if it were built with white marble.
In front of the hologram of the constellation map floating in the center, people wearing military uniforms are operating computers. Those in the situation room are so orderly in their uniforms and actions that they are reminiscent of soldiers.
However, their true identities are not soldiers.
“Hey. Now that you’ve arrived, call your employer again.”
“Yes, Captain.”
The name of the one called Captain by the sailors is Sechan Hamilton. He is a space dog from Megacorp.
He was once a soldier working in the crisis management team of a warship or the space city security team. After retiring from work, he became a pirate.
Piracy is a serious crime in Megacorp, but many soldiers engage in corruption by interacting with pirate cartels. Most of them are caught by Megacorp and meet a miserable end, but there are lucky cases where they are not caught and retire. Sechan and his men were also lucky cases.
The Hamilton Cartel, a powerful force, is made up entirely of retired military personnel. Perhaps that’s why, unlike regular pirates, they tend to operate in sunny areas.
Instead of serious crimes like smuggling or human trafficking, he earned credits by engaging in security-related activities like protecting important people and transporting important goods.
Of course, if they had only done legal activities, they would not have been called pirates. They often took on shady jobs, such as protecting criminals or secretly transporting terrorist items. These illegal jobs were the ones that brought in proper profits, so it was natural for them to do them.
Anyway, Sechan did a pretty good job. The Hamilton Cartel was never tracked by Megacorp or any other large power. They were on good terms with other pirates.
This is because he is an expert at managing connections.
He maintained friendly relationships with people he had made during his military days, and with profitable customers, and continued to do business with them. He thoroughly managed those he deemed important.
Thanks to this, the Hamilton Cartel was able to safely commit piracy without being tracked by the larger powers.
The customers at Asuka 44 in the Dorane Constellation were also one of Sechan’s main management targets.
The client’s demands were quite simple: a large number of slaves and a regular supply of luxury goods and other necessities. The demands themselves were simple, and the compensation was very generous.
Even this kind of good contract has been going on for several years. In Sechan’s position, there was no better customer than this. So, every time a deal was made, he visited the planet in person.
I was thinking of doing the same thing this time, but something went wrong.
Normally, if you contact me 3 days before arrival, you will receive a reply, but this time, there was no reply. I kept sending messages until yesterday, but there was still no response.
“Captain, we still can’t contact you.”
“What? Keep going.”
“yep.”
Sechan frowned as he gave orders to his subordinates.
‘What the hell is going on all of a sudden?’
We already finished talking about the deal with them 7 days ago, and we received a portion of the deal amount as a deposit. In that situation, there is no way they would suddenly cancel the deal.
‘Could it be that you’re dealing with some other pups besides us?’
Recently, there have been rumors of pirates with strange names roaming around the Dorane Constellation. They call themselves the Shino Alliance, and I’ve heard that they’re quite powerful.