Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 394



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The Metallic Gremlin can sense the energy emitted by ships through the tiny protrusions in its mouth. The protrusions are so powerful that it can easily detect small spaceships from afar. There is no way it would miss a fleet that is pouring fire at us from afar.

In the distance, warships that look like small stars are moving. They are changing camps to deal with the metallic gremlin.

And some battleships began to fire long-range shots. It was likely an attempt to reduce the damage beforehand, as the damage would be very great if a swarm of 10,000 approached.

Just before the incoming heat rays reached the silver clouds, they disappeared like smoke.

Then, metallic gremlins covered in blue light emerged from near the enemy fleet. This was a large-scale teleportation cast by the warp boys. They quickly closed the distance and immediately entered into close combat with the ships that were changing positions.

[Zuz …

Following this, I and my children approached the enemy fleet.

Unlike before, there were no defensive shots coming. They were too busy dealing with the raiders who had suddenly appeared and attacked them.

The silver monsters, hungry as they were, latched onto the ships nearby. The auxiliary cannons of each ship moved tirelessly to knock them down. The heat rays and energy bullets fired from the cannons painted the black space in disarray.

One of them moves its main gun and aims at me. Just before the heat ray is fired, the hull shakes violently. This is because the clone born from the ‘Hydra Split’, the ‘right head’, rammed into the body.

The collision caused the ship to rock back and forth, and the heat ray fired by the main gun struck another battleship behind me. The battleship hit by the heat ray had a large hole in its hull, but it did not sink.

But I don’t have to finish it, because the hungry ogres nearby will take care of it.

At that moment, five destroyers in front exploded almost simultaneously. Red stars and black storms burst out of the silent flames and rushed toward the other ships.

It was Adhai in his ‘Red Armor’ and the Heavenly Mother transformed into a griffon. The two fastest and most agile members among us were taunting the enemy with their flight combat. The two of them literally became living torpedoes, piercing through ships from ship to ship.

The ships that were not completely destroyed due to their large size were finished off by my alter ego ‘Left Head’ and the Metallic Gremlin.

The left head attached itself to the ship, and with sharp teeth and claws, it tore off the cannons and propulsion. With its attack and movement disabled, the ship was nothing more than a bulky piece of scrap metal. The well-groomed prey went into the stomachs of the silver demons that followed.

No. 26, like the others, was actively using his unique abilities to launch an offensive. He used his psychic powers to distort the trajectories of incoming torpedoes and crushed the battleship’s cannons.

While everyone was fighting hard, I was looking for a command ship or a ship that seemed to have enemy rankers on board.

‘If we go into a war of attrition, there will be no end.’

The current chaos will never last long. If the enemy starts to respond, we will be at a disadvantage.

Before that, you have to shake them up by dealing as much damage as possible. Either by capturing and killing the rankers, or by disabling the command center.

[Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuz (Have you found anything?)]

“Ranker, boy, don’t. You have to find a special ship.”

“Command ship, looking for it. There isn’t one in the vicinity.”

Isabel’s special ability, ‘Thousand Heavenly Eyes’, can only read information about creatures and objects that she has seen. It is impossible to confirm information about those on board the ship. So she is looking for ships with characteristics different from ordinary ships. PS-111 is also helping Isabel to check if there are any ships that have undergone special modifications.

‘You have to set a goal before you can use the dice of emptiness.’

The duration of ‘Empty Dice’ is 3 minutes. It lasts quite a short time. So, you should use it only when you are sure that you can get the best efficiency.

As I continued to look at the numerous ships, I noticed a change in their movements.

The ships carrying the metallic gremlins broke away from the formation and gained some distance from the fleet. Once they were a little farther away, other battleships attacked them. The ship was hit by three or four heat rays and exploded.

The other ships then did the same. They ordered the ship with the metallic gremlin to leave the fleet and leave it to the other ships to deal with it.

‘You do what you do in the game here too.’

It is very difficult to remove the metallic gremlins that are attached to the ship, so players who operate a fleet often take some losses and eliminate the enemy in this way.

‘But if you do it that way, there will be quite a bit of backlash.’

This may not be a problem in a game, but this is reality. If a ranker recklessly consumes the lives of his subordinates, side effects are bound to occur.

‘furthermore….’

At this moment, Star Union and Megacorp are conducting a joint operation to capture me. The two forces are originally enemies. If it weren’t for the rankers’ orders, they wouldn’t be cooperating like this.

As I thought about it that way, an idea occurred to me.

If done well, this method can cause considerable damage to enemies.

‘Shall we try something?’

I approached where the enemies were gathered.

Megacorp and Star Union ships are attacking the ship with metallic gremlins attached to it. Some of them spotted me and opened fire with their auxiliary cannons. I continued to advance, taking damage from the incoming energy bullets.

And when I got close enough to them, I activated ‘Herald of Chaos’.

Thin wisps of psychic power rose from the tentacles of the monster’s head. A deadly smoke that distorted perception and drove madness seeped into the interiors of nearby ships.

Herald of Chaos is the only talent that specializes in mind control and crowd control of large groups of people. If the range is maximized, it can affect sentient beings within a 500m radius.

‘It’s not a trait suitable for use in space combat, though.’

The battleships that fight me are hundreds of meters in size on average. Even if I approach them like I am now, only two or three ships will be within the range of influence.

But that doesn’t matter. The crew on board will take care of the rest.

I continued to approach the enemy concentration with the Herald of Chaos activated. I did not attack. I left the planes that were harassing me to death.

[Z zu zu zu zu zu zu zu (Don’t attack those fighters)]

“what?”

“Hey, Morph. Sai, kick power, detected. Enemy, mind, contamination, in progress, are you?”

“Jeong, Shin pollution?”

Isabel, the only one of the children who had never seen the herald of chaos, expressed her doubts.

‘This should be enough.’

It is time for the seeds that have been sown to ripen. It would be better to show them rather than explain them in words. I stopped the messenger of chaos and stepped back.

After a while, ships from among the enemies began to show strange movements. The cannons mounted on the outer wall began to target nearby friendly forces, especially Star Union ships, instead of the enemies.

The cyborg ships were focused on attacking us, oblivious to anything that was going on, until the Megacorp ships nearby attacked them.

‘It’s a success.’

Star Union ships are hit by plasma heat rays and sink one after another. As friendly forces die one after another, the cyborg warships also show signs of agitation.

It wasn’t just the Star Union cyborgs who were bewildered by the alliance’s sudden actions. The humans were equally confused.

‘It can’t be helped.’

Because the ships and aircraft that were fighting together just fine suddenly started rushing towards them.

Two destroyers ram a battleship at the same time. The marble-white battleship is engulfed in explosions.

The ship that collided with the aircraft had no major problems other than damage to the outer wall. I can guarantee that the outside is fine, but the inside is a mess right now.

‘It must be crazy when people suddenly start going crazy.’

Those affected by the Herald of Chaos will be randomly granted the ‘Madness Bomb’ effect. The target of the bomb will become a mad cannibal who is obsessed with preying on others.

However, if you hastily remove the person carrying the bomb, the problem will become more serious. This is because the madness bomb will be transmitted to the nearest sentient being when the host dies.

‘If it’s a narrow space like a spaceship, it would spread out in an instant.’

It’s only a matter of time before hell breaks loose inside that battleship.

As the Megacorp warships continued to take sudden actions, the enemy’s offensive also weakened.

The Star Union ships were the same. The black, rectangular ships were slowly gaining distance from the white, streamlined ships. Their appearance clearly showed a wary look on their faces.

As the confusion among the enemies grew, Isabel, who was on my back, sent a thought wave to me.

“Special, found a boat. 2 o’clock ahead, heading.”

In the place the guy was pointing, there was a white spaceship that looked a little different from a regular warship. The long, stretched hull and the narrow front reminded me of a large sword.

‘Where have I seen this before?’

Despite its unusual appearance, it felt strangely familiar. I had a strong feeling that I had seen the ship before.

“Supermu, Kii, Oncannon, and similar weapons are equipped.”

[Zuzu zuzuzuzu (Ion Cannon)]

Ion Cannons, which are ranked higher than plasma weapons, are mainly used as the main weapon for Megacorp super weapons such as Giga Cracker.

Of course, that ship is incomparably smaller than the Giga Cracker. It is unlikely to have the same power as a super weapon.

‘A ship equipped with an ion cannon.’

In the game, ion cannons cannot be mounted on regular warships for balance reasons.

[Zuzu zuzuzu (what else?)]

“There is a device called ‘Go, Sok-Response War, P-N, Jin’. It is faster than super-light, high-speed navigation. There are many other devices besides that.”

Then suddenly I remembered where I had seen that ship.

When I left the TNC Special Trade Center before, I suddenly felt a predatory sense at the port. Unlike usual, I saw a future filled with noise.

‘That’s why I chose a different escape route.’

The ship I was avoiding back then looked very similar to the one over there now.

“Target, Eugene, the family’s flagship, ‘Cheongeom (Heavenly Sword)’ confirmed. The head of the household, the probability of boarding, is over 80%.”

PS-111 put a wedge in my guess.

The third ranked player, Akira Yujin, is on that ship.

‘good.’

Now that I have found my target, there is no need to hesitate any longer. I immediately used the ‘Dice of Void’.

The moment I threw the dice, I felt a shallow flame rise up in my chest.

What started out as a small ember gradually grew larger and soon became a flame that burned the entire body. As if it wasn’t a simple feeling, the silver pattern on the chest also spread in all directions.

“What is this?”

“We have confirmed that the energy released from within Aimov’s body is intact.”

The Screamer sisters are shocked to see the changes that have occurred in my body.

I know what happens when this pattern covers your entire body. I’ve experienced it before.

A strange sensation took over my consciousness as silver patterns reminiscent of the Milky Way completely engulfed my entire body.

A strange feeling of vitality, liveliness, and liberation. As long as this state continues, you can freely use all of your traits without cooldowns or restrictions.

Of the numerous weapons stored in my body, the two I chose first were:

‘A symbol of the bone beast and the hunt.’

Two characteristics that are originally absolutely incompatible.

In my body, ‘gigantization’ and ‘perfection’ are fused.

I have several traits that completely change my body shape. Like the hunting symbol where my body parts grow, or ‘organic evolution’ where my body shape changes completely.

Bone Beasts are also one of those traits, but they are a bit different from the ones mentioned above. They don’t show any particularly impressive changes other than their body becoming larger and their shells becoming thicker.

‘That’s what happened.’

I checked the body with the hunting symbol and bone beast applied at the same time.

The body shape itself was similar to that of the hunting symbol. The disappearance of vision, the highly developed auxiliary organs under the jaw, and the new bony sickle arms between the waist and pelvis were characteristics unique to the hunting symbol.

What was different was that thick thorns reminiscent of stalactites were densely packed all over the body. They were not only present in areas where thick shells were already present, such as the head, back, and chest, but also on the arms, fingers, and tail. Despite this, there was no hindrance to movement.

This is because of the structure of the thorn.

The large thorns all over my body were all made up of small, saw-shaped bone fragments. They freely deformed, folding and straightening to fit my movements. Thanks to this, I felt like I was wearing nanomachine armor from a science fiction movie.

“A huge amount of energy is observed. The body shape, color, and texture change.”

“White A, Morph. First, let me see.”

PS-111 and Isabel also expressed their surprise at seeing me change.

Isabel in particular seemed impressed by the change in color as well as appearance. As she said, my current armor and spines are silver and white, which makes me feel very different. If someone who doesn’t know Aimorph well saw me, they would think I was a completely different creature.

‘Let’s stop checking the physical condition here.’

Now that the mutation is complete, we need to move quickly. There has been some change in the text window, but we don’t have time to check it.

‘Empty Dice’ lasts for a total of 3 minutes. Since the original Hunting Symbol and Bone Beast cannot be used together, there is a high probability that one of them will be canceled when the effect ends.

‘Or both are released.’

This is my second time using the Void Dice, so I don’t know what the results will be.

‘No. Let’s not worry about that right now.’

I spread my wings, which had been curled up during the transformation. The energy released from my wings pushed my body forward powerfully.

As I approached at high speed, the ship, Cheongeom, which was presumed to be boarded by enemy rankers, began to move.

“Goal, energy, focus, become.”

PS-111, hanging on the back, warned. As he said, a tremendous amount of energy was gathering from the front of the ship, which resembled a sword. It wouldn’t have the power of a super weapon since it was lightweight, but it certainly wouldn’t be the main gun of a normal battleship.

I immediately stopped flying and used both the ‘Complex Spectrometer’ and the ‘Variable Bioweapon’.

Energy surges from the surface of its body, which is covered in thorn clusters. At the same time, the carapace that houses the erosion tentacles also wiggles.

As the azure creatures gathered to form a translucent mirror image, the carapace on my back quickly thickened. The carapace of a powerful Apex creature, a Magmasaur, was materializing on my body.

[Zuzu zuzuzu (all down)]