Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 426



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The ranker probably kept it somewhere he deemed safe.

But he also brought a super weapon with him with the intention of using it.

It must have been hidden somewhere close to here.

I gestured to the leaders of Ventress and Shinoni.

“PS-111. How many ships belonging to Shinoichi are there among the ships that did not land on the planet?”

“It’s 5 feet.”

“Which one is the strongest among them?”

“This is a Star Union-made battleship.”

“I heard that ship was something Sutherland received from the commander.”

“okay?”

Even though it is not as good as the Sachs Alpha, the exclusive ship of the highest member of the Mechanical Committee, the Sachs 02-class, or Beta-class battleship, is not a ship that can be seen easily.

It’s not a ship that pirates can easily operate.

‘The true commander of the Beta-class battleship is Ranker.’

The leader of Shinoichi is a puppet. Most likely, both the Ranker and Prometheus’ important parts are inside.

“What are you going to do?”

I originally planned to wait a bit longer, but circumstances changed.

If you want to get the improved Prometheus and the Ranker at the same time, you’ll need to be more proactive than you are now.

‘therefore….’

“I have to do what I am good at.”

It’s hunting time.

–

The highest governing body of the Star Union, the Machinery Committee.

The organization is run by twelve high-powered androids known as the Supreme Council.

The reason for the existence of the Supreme Council is to govern the vast territory and people and assist the Great Leader. To this end, they are designed to effectively carry out the tasks assigned to them.

The 12th committee member, Pisces Twelve, is in charge of ‘Exploration’. His role is to analyze and organize various resources that exist in the vast universe.

Of course, Pisces rarely went outside the capital city of Sachs-01. Most of the time, information was collected by drones or androids under his control. With his overwhelming information processing ability, he oversees the data sent by the lower-level terminals.

But things have changed recently. There are a lot of things that require me to go outside Sachs-01.

The Machinery Committee and the Grand Commander are currently working on a secret project. It is so important that it is directly related to the future of the Star Union.

The fact that Pisces, the top member, works with Spacedog is also for the success of the project. He has no complaints, knowing full well how valuable his work is.

No, except for one thing.

“Hey, Mr. Can. How’s the situation on the ground?”

A frivolous voice woke her up. He activated the camera that was collecting visual information while syncing with the ship’s computer.

The owner of the voice stood in front.

The opponent was a young human male with scales on his face and neck. His name was Shinobu. He was the head of the Shino Group and a partner working with Pisces.

“Excuse me? Mr. Can? I asked what happened.”

“…Facility maintenance has been completed. In one hour and forty-five minutes from now, the entire planet’s atmosphere will reach stability.”

“What? Then it takes two hours? If it were a game, it would take two hours to finish in 10 minutes. The item specs and such are the same as in the game, so why is this part…?”

“… However, I can shorten the time by remotely connecting to the terraforming machine and adjusting it. So be quiet.”

At those words, Shinobu closed her mouth.

Having silenced his opponent, Pisces synchronized with the ship’s computer using a cable attached to the back of his neck.

But the stillness she desired did not last long.

“Now that I think about it, I remember when I learned how to hunt Arcane Orcas. Those worthless guys kept refusing to teach me, so it was like shit… .”

Shinobu starts talking again a few minutes later.

I would have liked to just ignore it, but I couldn’t. The reason the author’s value is so highly regarded is because it’s in those chitchats.

Shinobu, who the Grand Commander brought in two years ago, was very knowledgeable about rare creatures. Among the things he knew, there were many things that the Machine Committee did not know.

The ongoing continuous hunting operation for dangerous creatures. This too was actually carried out based on information from his head. So, I couldn’t just ignore Shinobu’s chatter.

Pisces, who was trying to do two things at the same time, suddenly stopped when he sensed an abnormality.

“Those punks, they keep saying shit about me ruining the mood….”

“Pisces Twelve. Trouble detected. Be quiet.”

“Huh? Problem?”

While remotely accessing the terraforming machine, a suspicious trace was caught.

“Someone tried to remote control it.”

“Who was it? Wasn’t it Common or Conan? He must have touched it while repairing it.”

“Negative. If that was the case, there should be traces of intrusion.”

Spacedogs mainly use cheap hacking modules obtained from the black market. The downside of these modules is that they leave a lot of traces when hacked. However, Terraforming’s security program did not see any traces of them.

No, to be exact, the traces of the intrusion were so elaborately concealed that it appeared as if there were no traces. If it weren’t for Pisces’s outstanding analytical skills, he wouldn’t have noticed.

The unidentified intruder is a being with such high skills that he could almost be considered a machine. Could such a being have really broken through the terraforming machine’s security program?

“So what? Why did you stop talking? What I hate the most is when people stop talking… .”

“Verifying. Please wait.”

Pisces, who had thought that far, quickly checked the warehouse where the ‘important assets’ were stored. Various data related to the warehouse, including the storage records of the internal camera, were transmitted to her head.

After processing the massive amount of information in an instant, she confirmed that a highly skilled hacker had also broken into the warehouse.

Unlike the terraforming machine, this time there was no trace of remote control. It was so clean that I wouldn’t have even suspected it if there had been no precedent for the terraforming machine intrusion.

but

There were tampered parts in the internal camera recordings. It was clear that the hacker had entered the warehouse and then left.

“There is an intruder in the warehouse.”

“what?”

“An unauthorized person was in the warehouse for 20 minutes an hour ago.”

At those words, Shinobu’s expression hardened.

“What about our stuff?”

“No parts were lost.”

“… I’ll go down and check it out right now, so get ready. While I’m down there, find out what the hell he’s doing.”

“Search personnel and equipment are already prepared.”

The conversation ended there.

Shinobu went out, her face completely expressionless without a trace of playfulness, leaving Pisces alone in the room.

She combed through the data produced by AG-01 to get information on the intruder.

The essence of Star Union, the work of the highest committee members. Finding the intruder won’t take long.

–

Five large transport ships descend through the dark clouds. The transport ships, larger than most patrol ships, landed as if they were crashing into the harbor.

The ship’s hatch opened and what appeared were steel giants. They were the Star Union’s elite walkers, the Monster Walkers.

The Monster Walker, a reinforced version of the Heavy Walker, boasts monstrous specs as its name suggests. It is equipped with three Walker engines to increase output, and its armament, defense, and mobility are also far superior. However, as it is powerful, its production cost is high, making it a Walker that is not commonly seen even in Star Union.

There are dozens of those expensive monsters here right now, and all of the people on board the walkers are spacedogs.

“Hmm, it’s really strange that we came here and didn’t see a single person.”

“I contacted someone I know at the port and he said everything was fine?”

“You’re saying it’s okay even though I don’t see a single rat? That doesn’t make any sense.”

The pirates’ voices are heard through the communicator built into the Walker cockpit.

Shinobu, who was among the walkers, just listened in silence. After all, his agent would convey his wishes on his behalf.

“Searching the warehouse is a top priority. If you spot anyone suspicious along the way, kill them immediately. Even if they’re pirates, just kill them.”

“yep!”

Sutherland, Shinobu’s puppet, relayed his master’s wishes as they were. The pilots, unaware that their leader was a puppet, responded vigorously.

Then, dozens of metal giants began to move. Shinobu also walked among them.

The floor cracked and a dull cracking sound rang out with every step taken by the 8-9m tall monster walker.

Even though it was quite noisy, no one showed up. The buildings were also only lit up, and there was no sense of life at all. Perhaps because of this, it felt like I was walking on graves.

“… … .”

Perhaps because of the strange atmosphere, the voices of the pilots heard through the communicator gradually faded away.

Shinobu pondered the identity of the intruder in the silence.

He always has a playful attitude, but his mind is not a flower garden. It’s a kind of survival strategy.

In reality, he was a low-level member of a vicious criminal organization. In order to survive among the villains for a long time, the best thing to do was to act as a harmless and cheerful person. In reality, he was a cautious and cold-hearted person.

‘Who broke in?’

As he piloted Walker, several candidates came to mind.

It couldn’t have been the work of a traitorous subordinate or a separatist here. If it had been, Pisces would have noticed it long ago.

‘Could it be that another ranker has come?’

The opponent sneaked in while avoiding the eyes of the top committee members who were watching them every hour. There aren’t many beings with such excellent infiltration skills.

At best, he’s a shadow raised by Akira Eugene, or a ranker who can clone himself in the Return Sect.

‘It’s definitely not a shadow.’

Shinobu and Akira are on the same side. All they have to do is ask them to hand over their superweapon without having to use Shadow.

However, it was a bit ambiguous to see him as a ranker of the Returning Faction. This was because the ruling faction and the Returning Faction had been in a state of truce even before he woke up in an unfamiliar world.