Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 397



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Now, everything has completely changed.

He has become one of the most precious things to me.

‘If it were me in the past, I would never understand this feeling.’

[Zuzuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu zuuzu (and the leader of the pack doesn’t apologize carelessly)]

Adhai, who has reached my wavelength, slightly wags his tail. It must be because he sensed my sincerity and expressed his joy.

With that, the guy’s thought waves were completely cut off. He had lost consciousness due to his injuries. If I delay any longer, it will be dangerous. I aimed my auxiliary organ at the guy and focused my consciousness.

Then the guy was enveloped in blue light and disappeared from my palm.

‘The guy was sent away safely.’

The Heavenly Mother, who saw that, also prepared for superluminal travel. Just like Adhai, blue particles enveloped her body.

“Eimov.”

Just before leaving, she called me. I couldn’t answer now because of the starlight coordinate penalty.

She also seemed to know that fact and threw out a short word.

“Don’t die.”

With that, she disappeared from this place. In the black space she left behind, only blue particle specks remained, evidence of her superluminal travel.

After a while, the penalty is over and we can move. All that remains is PS-111.

The guy took out the MPS-05, which was in power-saving mode, from the storage space attached to the bottom of his body.

“I will hand over the MPS-5 I brought. I can contact you in case of emergency.”

[Z (Yeah)]

“Once the treatment is over, Giga Cracker will come with you to support you.”

I received the MPS-05 and kept it in my mouth, and sent the PS-111 to the gigacracker.

But right after he disappeared, enemy warships started to swarm this way. The unique energy waves generated when traveling at superluminal speeds caught the enemy’s attention.

The enemies slowly surrounded me to catch me while I was still unable to move. Among them, the Star Union warships were equipped with a lot of APD (Anti-Psychic Drone). This was to prevent torpedoes and ships from being blown up by psychic power.

As the distance narrowed, the main guns of the battleship all aimed at me. No. 26 trembled when he saw that.

‘Even he can’t defeat that many APDs.’

Even the psychic breath I fired with all my might was easily blocked by them. Here, the best thing to do is to endure the enemy’s attacks until you can move your body.

I thought so, but something unexpected happened.

No. 26’s body twisted bizarrely, and soon tens of thousands of tentacles sprang out. Large and small tentacles stretched out like waves, piercing the APDs scattered all around.

‘What is this?’

It looks like it has applied all of the saw tentacles, mimic tentacles, and even the ability to change bodies, but it is not certain. The Sea Demon in the game has never shown such abilities.

The guy who deleted about a quarter of the APDs that were in operation in an instant then spread his psychic powers wildly through the gaps. Along with that, eyes made of psychic power appeared on his translucent pink skin.

“You bad piece of metal that bullies a big kid! I really hate you!”

A being called the nightmare of the ocean planet and the devil of the sea.

In the dark abyss called space, the devil roars.

A wave of pink flesh flows across the empty space.

The sight of countless tentacles spreading out and intertwined resembled a sea in a storm.

Perhaps the word storm would be more appropriate. The steel ships were swept away by tentacles that swooped in from all sides, their screams and cries echoing and fading away amidst the surging psychic power.

The angry Mr. Demon, No. 26, is leading the ship and its crew to their death.

“No. 26, was that strong?”

Isabel let out a wave of shock at the sight. I couldn’t answer right away because of the starlight coordinate penalty, but I think the same as him.

The largest Sea Demon I’ve ever seen is the corpse of a Sea Demon I saw in the deep sea before. Even though it was in its normal state, it was larger than the 26 in combat mode.

However, the 26th one that was rampaging in front of me was overwhelmingly larger than any other Sea Demon. Its size seemed to easily exceed several hundred meters due to the enormous number of tentacles that had grown to enormous lengths.

In addition, the tentacles of the creature are growing in size and number in real time. The body is already buried inside the bundle of tentacles and is no longer visible.

The creature now appeared as a giant rose made up of pink tentacles and numerous eyeballs stacked on top of each other. Instead of giving off a scent, the gorgeous flower spread psychic powers and swept away the enemy with a terrifying momentum.

Even while destroying enemy warships without mercy, they never attacked me or the Metallic Gremlin. At first, the Metallic Gremlin group was afraid of No. 26, but they quickly changed their attitude and came to his aid.

The ships of Megacorp and Star Union, which were facing the offensive of No. 26, were slower to respond than before. This was because the communication network was paralyzed by the psychic power released by No. 26. The enemies were confused and were swept away by tentacles or bitten by silver demons that rushed in from all directions.

The battleships that were targeting me, who couldn’t move because of the star coordinate penalty, also scattered in all directions due to the greater risk factor.

‘What happened?’

Even though No. 26 has the ability to change tentacles, he has never changed his appearance as drastically as I do. Most of the time, when his body changes drastically, it is because he has eaten an Apex creature or received a trait from me.

But this time, there is no particular element that can make the guy grow.

‘Is the effect of eating the Magmasaur coming on now? Or is it because of the Vortex One predation?’

As I was looking back at the various foods that No. 26 had eaten, something suddenly came to mind.

‘Screamer.’

The Screamers that No. 26 fought here were all made from a special material. It was the corpse of Jason, a cultist with powerful psychic abilities. While I was fighting the enemy main force, he fought and devoured the Jason Screamers.

‘Could it be that absorbing a large amount of psychic power at once had an effect?’

Or, it could be that the various foods eaten so far and the enormous amount of energy consumed this time have combined to create a synergy effect that hastened the change.

‘If that’s what happened because I ate energy…’

When all the psychic power stored in the body is depleted, it will return to its original state.

Besides, the enemies who are confused at the moment will soon adapt. Since they came to capture me, they must have prepared countermeasures against EMP.

‘So we have to kill Akira Eugene now.’

Before the chaos ends, you must cut off the enemy’s head.

And he seems to have thought the same as me. He, who should be fighting against my clones, is flying towards me. Behind him, I can see the Star Union warships that were not affected by No. 26’s EMP, buying time against the clones.

Akira, who had shaken off his clone, quickly approached me. Akira, who had closed the distance, turned his right wing toward me. Isabelle stepped in to check him as he was about to fire a light bullet.

The guy who left me and went forward like a snake swimming on the water picked up a pistol. The point of the gun was aimed at Akira’s right wing. When he pulled the trigger, the power of the Vortex One stored in the barrel was activated.

Akira, who had already been hit once, dodged the pistol attack by diving. Then, he spread his left wing, which had been destroyed and replaced, and shook it violently. Then, small objects shot out from inside the wing and flew towards Isabel on their own.

As soon as Isabel saw Akira counterattack, she moved her body to dodge, but she was a step too late. The sharp, blade-like projectile cut off the arm holding the pistol and the torso.

“!”

Isabel hurriedly retrieved the gun floating in the air. Meanwhile, Akira approached the guy.

The bastard’s hooked claws flashed like lightning, neatly cut cables and metal tubes scattering across space.

Isabelle barely managed to avoid Akira’s attack aimed at her eyes. The guy bent his long body to wrap his entire body around his enemy. Akira grabbed Isabelle’s torso with both arms that did not have hooked claws.

As he applied force in that state, the outer shell made of Vortex One’s flesh began to crumple. Isabel swung her hands several times to counterattack, but failed to inflict much damage on the enemy.

“this!”

‘It’s dangerous.’

The moment she was caught, she should have escaped immediately, but Isabel misjudged. Akira took the guy’s attack and raised his hooked claw arm high.

Just before the sharp claws were about to sink into Isabel’s crown, a pink pillar appeared behind the creature. The tentacle sent by No. 26 struck Akira hard. The impact knocked Akira out, and Isabel was freed from the creature’s bonds.

“Little friend, are you okay?”

“thank you.”

Akira, who was hit by a tentacle several meters thick, suffered no injuries. However, he seemed to be in a bad mood, perhaps because his work was interrupted. The creature fired a light bullet to burst the tentacle that had hit him.

“I’m going to beat up that bad kid!”

Just like the guy, No. 26, whose anger was running high, responded by sending more tentacles instead of showing any pain. Isabel, who was badly hurt in the melee, hid between the tentacles and restrained the guy with her pistol and the Gallagon’s Claw sword grafted onto her tail.

While Isabel and No. 26 were dealing with Akira, the penalty ended. I was able to move my body again and jumped into the battlefield.

Green heat rays and metallic missiles with a strong smell of gunpowder flash past my large wings. Debris from the shattered ship, human and cyborg corpses crash and crumble onto my carapace.

I cut through the chaos and approached the enemy, firing my erosion tentacles to grab Akira. The creature performed acrobatic maneuvers and evaded the six tentacles I shot. As it did so, it swung its left wing and fired sharp projectiles.

I quickly withdrew my erosion tentacles before the objects it emitted could tear them apart. Then it abruptly turned around and charged at me.

At the same time, I felt a large amount of energy gathering from the bastard’s right wing. It seemed to be trying to snipe me from close range. But instead of dodging, I sprinted toward the bastard as he approached.

The moment the light bullet was fired from its wings, a pink wall appeared in front of my head. No. 26 had stretched out several tentacles to take the attack instead.

The tentacles turned into a mass of meat in an instant, but I was able to avoid the energy bullet thanks to that. I swung my bone-bladed auxiliary organ at Akira, who was beyond the fleshy fragments.

The bone blades that appear when in the hunting state are as hard as the shell and are also very sharp. Akira quickly extended his hooked claws to defend against my attack.

A fierce flame flashed, and the thing’s hooked claws and my bone blade cracked. With our blades locked against each other, the thing kicked the tip of my snout with both legs. Although it was overwhelmingly smaller than me, the force contained in the kick was by no means small.

As my head was pushed back, the thing’s body also rapidly moved away. There, it spread its two wings and prepared to attack me.

‘but….’

When fighting with me, it is not very wise to focus only on ‘me’.

A large head popped out from the side of the thing. It was the ‘left head’ that had come flying in at my call after fighting the warship. The thing opened its mouth wide like a snake and bit Akira’s right wing with all its might.

As the wings buckled, the creature’s face also became distorted. It tore off the wings without hesitation and struck the head of the clone with its hooked claws.

A hole appeared in the hard shell of the skull, and blood mixed with flesh gushed out. Akira dug his hooked claw into the clone’s body and opened his mouth at the sight of the fountain of blood gushing out from the wound.

At that moment, the left head that was mortally wounded grabbed the guy with his fighting arm. Then the guy’s head melted like water. Isabel shot him with her pistol.

If he were a normal human, this would have been the end of it, but he is no ordinary being.

“It’s not over yet, huh.”

Akira didn’t die even though his head was blown off. The creature quickly retreated after tearing off the clone’s hand with its hooked claws.

I took advantage of the gap in Akira’s retreat to approach the left head. The guy was critically wounded and couldn’t move any further.

‘You’ve worked hard. Come back now.’

I released ‘Hydra Split’ while holding the bone-bladed auxiliary organ to the clone. The liquefied clone crossed over to my body through the auxiliary organ and the snout. After a moment, the left side of my neck rose up from between my neck and shoulder.

Currently, I can’t use the recovery trait because of Akira’s trap. That’s why the left head that came back to me was restored to a state where it wasn’t completely healed.

That’s when Isabel sent me a wave.

“Genetics, self-consumption, should not be done.”

[Zuzuzuzu (is this a special privilege?)]

“Target of intake, imitation of appearance, privilege of doing.”

The moment he recognized Isabel’s wavelength, Akira’s appearance from afar began to change. His body, which had lost its head and one wing, twisted wildly before soon transforming into a familiar form.

“Eimov blood, you ate flesh, so…”

A large skull, a long neck, horns protruding where the eyes should be, auxiliary organs growing under the chin, two wings, four arms, and a long tail. Although its body size was only about 10m, its form looked familiar.

‘Eimov?’

Akira’s newly transformed form was very similar to that of an adult Aimorph with only one head, my clone.

Akira smiled, showing his teeth, as if he liked the world that felt like an auxiliary organ. He seemed quite satisfied with the way he imitated my appearance.

[Zuzu zuzuzuzuzuzu zuzu zuzuzuzuzu (If there was such a special benefit, please tell me in advance)]

“I don’t have time. Sorry.”

Isabel, who was very nervous, apologized to me. I didn’t really have anything to say because what he said was true.

‘I’m an imitator of Aimov.’

If you’re up against other rankers, taking the form of a pseudo-Aimorph isn’t a bad choice either. The Aimorph adult form with various characteristics applied guarantees strong fighting power.

‘If it had been a different ranker.’

It seems like he pulled out a desperate measure to finish me off here, but that was a mistake.

I am the only Aimorph ranker.

I never lose against an Aimoff.

–

The fifth member of the Mechanical Committee, Nemea Five, was currently in Megacorp’s territory.

As one of the rulers of Star Union, the reason he came here in person was because of the Grand Commander’s orders.

In collaboration with Megacorp, we are tasked with subduing an unidentified creature known as ‘Special Objective A’.

Forces that have been at odds for a long time have joined forces to capture a single animal.

Of course, considering what Special Objective A did, it is difficult to view it as a single creature. This is because the entity has a history of destroying the 11th Committee, Pira Eleven, and annihilating an elite fleet.

The fleet can be quickly restored, but the Supreme Council cannot. Most of the data has been lost, except for some of the knowledge that Pira Eleven had backed up. One of the pillars that supports the Star Union has been shaken.

That is why the Machinery Committee made every effort to prepare for this suppression operation. In addition to linking up with Megacorp, they dispatched a large force and three top members to command it. The scale of the suppression force sent by Star Union was such that it could almost be called an expedition force.