Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 385
Only Noblemtl
Stealth Movement is a trait that reduces body weight while maintaining defense. It is a trait that is suitable for a guy who is used to stealth activities after me. In fact, the guy who received the trait was quite satisfied.
If you transplant hijacking here, you will become a specialist in infiltration and information warfare.
‘There’s no need for radio interference anyway.’
Since we got the ‘Dark Curtain’ which can disable detection systems, the importance of radio interference has decreased. Hijacking, which can not only disable machines but also control them, is still useful, but it is not really necessary in the presence of PS-111.
‘Well, I guess we’ll think about the details later.’
After PS-111 came to me with the mini screamer, the others returned to my ship shortly thereafter.
“Big man” “Food” “I brought it”
“This is baby food for babies!”
“It’s amazing that something that looks like a mushroom can taste like this.”
“that’s right.”
The four who had descended into Adhai’s nest poured out what they had brought in front of my main body. A plant that looked like a carved oyster mushroom was piled up like a mountain.
That’s a plant that grows around the Gallagon nest. I’ve eaten it once before.
‘It tasted like canned apricots with almond milk flavor.’
The combination may look odd, but it was more edible than I thought.
“Big man” “Why” “Younger compatriot” “Food” “Eat?”
Adhai tilted his head as if he didn’t understand. As he said, that’s the plant that the blue gallagons mainly eat. The plant itself is very moist and nutritious, so it is used as a staple food for young gallagons.
At that moment, number 26 raised his tentacles as if he knew what was going on.
“I know! You want to cum? Cum!”
“It’s not sperm, it’s storage. Please be careful with your pronunciation.”
[Z zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu (That’s right. I’m trying to save it)]
Fortunately, the encounter with the Metallic Gremlin horde went well this time. However, there is no guarantee that it will happen again in the future. You should not let the side effects of ‘hunger’ affect your actions and thoughts.
So I asked the guys to gather some food for me to eat whenever I was hungry.
‘Well, it’s not like I’m the only one eating it.’
I looked up at the Heavenly Mother, who had gone out to forage with her children. She had assumed the form of a griffon and was taking a bite of a piece of plant.
“I think it would be okay to cook this and eat it. It’s not poisonous either.”
“There’s actually a soup made using mushrooms that look similar to this.”
“Really?”
“I’ll try making it later if I get the chance.”
The griffon and the mutant screamer, who had relatively more human spirit left, were talking about how to make the food taste better.
“… … .”
Behind the two of them chatting amicably, Sechan was seen eating food in a hurry. The guy who had survived on a few calorie bars until they arrived had lost a lot of weight.
Being infected with parasites doesn’t mean you’ve escaped human limitations. If you don’t eat, you’ll starve to death.
‘He knows a lot about LV-06, where I’m going.’
We must keep him alive as much as possible until we arrive.
“Then I’ll bring more baby food to save.”
“Fellow” “Support” “Food” “Movement” “Please”
[Z (Yeah)]
“I’ll go too.”
“me too.”
“I hope you have a safe trip.”
After the kids made a few more rounds, the ship had enough food to last about a week. It would take at most five days to get to LV-06, so I guess this should be enough.
‘Then shall we go?’
After making sure the kids were all in their desired spots on the ship, I prepared for super-speed travel. As the ship surrounding me was engulfed in blue light, the hordes of metallic gremlins that had been hovering around me began to move as well.
‘I originally thought about not taking it.’
To the intelligent beings that have ventured into space, the metallic gremlin is no different from a messenger of death. If I enter the constellation with them, everyone will focus on that silver cloud. In the meantime, I can safely land on the colony while disguised as a ship.
A moment later, a strong pressure was felt against the outer wall of the ship, which was covered with living tissue.
A realm beyond light and space guides me. I fly with the new friends of Number 26 towards a constellation far away from here.
–
Megacorp’s officially designated colony LV-06.
Every colony in Megacorp operates with specific goals in mind.
Some places focus on human resources, while others focus on planetary resource mining. LV-06, located in the N-51 constellation, is no exception.
The main product of this colony is entertainment.
The Zhao family, the owner of LV-06, uses the planet as an entertainment filming location. Most of the buildings built on the planet, as well as the humans living in them, can be considered sets built for entertainment purposes.
As such, the fate of the colonists is determined by the type of entertainment the owner wants to create. For example, dropping bombs on their heads to film a war movie, or forcing them to kill their own families for a realistic drama.
This is LV-06, where all sorts of unethical acts take place to provide enjoyment to consumers.
But this place, which was like hell until recently, has become quite quiet recently.
Since the return of Li Zhao, the governor of LV-06 and director of the Recreation Resource Improvement Research Institute, to Mars about a week ago, the entire planet has been in turmoil.
Was that all? Not long after the civil war ended, the sudden announcement by the CEO of Megacorp caused a subtle atmosphere to flow among the colony administrators.
“Here’s the news. There is a positive response from within Noble Capital regarding the ‘temporary federation promotion theory’ proposed by CEO Akira Eugene. If this comes to fruition, it will improve relations with Star Union and the Cult Empire… ”
“Yes. There is nothing unusual in the lab. Yes. Yes. We will continue to monitor it.”
An office furnished with luxurious furniture.
A man was talking on a communicator, his eyes fixed on the news broadcast from a holographic device on his desk.
“Huh? If you say construction, then the one buried underground 10 days ago… Oh, no! You’re spitting up the vomit! Absolutely not!”
As if something had gone wrong, the man suddenly got up and bowed his head to the terminal.
“I will check and report back immediately! Governor Li Zhao. Okay.”
After a while, the man, the acting governor, looked at the terminal where the communication was terminated and let out a small sigh.
“Whew, I have to check the lab’s security, and I also have to check on some useless underground construction… Tsk, I guess I won’t be able to sleep today either.”
The acting governor clicked his tongue and turned his gaze to the holographic news.
“Star Union has decided to share information on Outspacer special entities as a gift for the ceasefire, and Megacorp has… ”
“Ha. No matter how scary the Outspacers are, a truce with those crazy tin kids… Huh?”
He suddenly shut his mouth when he saw a red message appear over the news.
“Metallic gremlin appears in N-51 constellation… What?!”
As soon as he understood the contents of the message, the Governor-General’s face turned pale. He quickly began to tap on the computer next to the holographic device.
“Metallic gremlin! And a large one at that?”
The acting governor was taken aback by the completely unexpected turn of events.
As long as he’s on the planet, he won’t be attacked by metallic gremlins, since they can’t fly in the planet’s atmosphere.
But that doesn’t mean we can be at ease. The communication satellites installed outside the planet, the fleets monitoring the constellations, etc. are not safe. If something goes wrong with them, it’s all his fault.
Moments later, the entire defense fleet stationed in the colony was mobilized to subdue the horde of metallic gremlins. A star chart was output from the holographic device, and the movements of the fleet were displayed.
Triangular marks from the colonies and space fortresses move around the X-shaped mark. They will collide with the X-mark in a few minutes.
‘please…!’
Just then, as I was praying that it would end with minimal damage, an abnormal phenomenon occurred in the hologram.
The X-mark that marked the horde of metallic gremlins suddenly disappeared.
“Huh? Why is it like this?”
As he was panicking, wondering if the enemy had disrupted his detection system, a new report arrived.
‘Confirmed herd departure? What the? Did they really run away?’
Even after receiving the report, I couldn’t believe it, so I contacted the defense fleet directly via the communicator. The answer was the same.
“ha ha ha.”
Only after he was sure that the crisis was over did he relax and sink into his chair.
‘I guess I’ll have a drink.’
Even though Li Zhao had asked me to do something, I didn’t think I could write a proper report in this mood.
Just as he was about to leave his office, his personal communicator in his pocket rang. He checked the communicator and frowned slightly.
“Huh, when did this guy get here?”
The person who sent him the message is a business partner whom he has known for quite some time.
‘I was just about to have a drink.’
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to receive hospitality from the other party. He thought for a moment and then activated the communicator.
“Is it Sechan? Didn’t you say you were busy with business recently?”
He left his office, talking to someone somewhere on this planet.
Getting into LV-06 was surprisingly easy.
It was thanks to the metallic gremlin horde that I got my attention. If it weren’t for that, it would have taken longer than it did.
[Zuzuzuzu (who are the guys?)]
“Gone!”
Number 26, with its silver tentacles raised like antennas, answered my question.
“If you call, he’ll come back! Did you do well?”
[Zuzuzu (good job)]
He can use those tentacles to contact metallic gremlins outside the system, so I asked him to make the metallic gremlins retreat as soon as I enter the planet.
‘Even if we fight like that, they’ll win…’
If you do that, the number will be greatly reduced.
I plan to get help from them when fighting the rankers later. It is not advisable to waste them here.
Anyway, the guys have safely retreated. Until I ask them to, the new friends of No. 26 will be wandering around other constellations.
I ignored the guys and focused on the situation outside the ship.
‘It’s been a long time since I came to the Megacorp colony.’
The ship I’ve eroded is now landed in a quiet park. There are numerous buildings densely packed around the park.
However, there was hardly any human movement felt within it.
The number of people is extremely small compared to the buildings constructed on a huge scale. It is easy to guess why it is like that.
‘I guess it’s not time to film yet.’
Megacorps are quite popular in Space Survival.
The main force is humans, and the society and culture are familiar to modern people. It is easy for people who are new to the game to feel familiar.
However, if you ask long-time players who are the most evil force in the game, most of them will answer Megacorp.
The biggest part of Megacorp’s notoriety is its ’employees’.
In terms of setting, employees are not humans, but rather livestock with slightly higher intelligence, or living machines. Since high-quality meat or androids are more expensive than employees, it is safe to say that they are actually very cheap tools.
That’s why Megacorp’s employees are treated worse than slaves. This is why Megacorp has a bad reputation while the cult empires that also use slaves are classified as good forces.
In order to escape from the status of an employee, one must ‘pay off’ one’s debts, and if this is not achieved, the debt will be passed on to one’s descendants.
According to the setting, the colonists are said to be those who failed in these repayment activities or their descendants. Depending on the colony, it varies slightly, but most colonists live a life worse than that of slaves or livestock.
‘It’s not for nothing that they are evaluated as extremely evil.’
Of course, there are quite a few players who say that this is actually the charm of Megacorp. The setting of a future society where human rights are disregarded is something that can often be seen in science fiction media.
‘Well, that’s an assessment you can make only in a game, not in reality.’
The place I came to, LV-06, is a colony that exists for entertainment. Every element on this planet is used for entertainment purposes by the colony’s master. The parks, buildings, and even the people are all sets and tools used to create entertainment.
‘Looking at it, it looks like this is a place where they make period dramas.’
The atmosphere of the park and the design of the building are quite familiar. It seems like a place where they make videos based on Earth’s civilization before the birth of Megacorp.
The citizens of Megacorp love excitement. They are not satisfied with entertainment unless people actually die or get hurt. As a result, Megacorp’s entertainment is on a level that is unimaginable in the real world.
‘It’s probably the same here.’
When filming starts, the smell of blood will be everywhere.
“Big man” “Me” “Outside” “I want to go out”
“I want to go out too.”