I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 146

Ep. 146

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The cult’s spaceships are renowned for their elegant design. In particular, the imperial carrier used in purification missions resembles a processed diamond, so some call it the jewel of the universe.

In some ways, it may be an accurate nickname. Because the production and maintenance costs of the imperial carrier are enormous.

‘Judge of Damos 08’, a beautiful jewel of the universe and one of the treasures of the cult empire.

The ship dedicated to the security of the cult empire faces a serious crisis.

“The flow of cosmic power is reversed! “The overload has exceeded 200%!”

“If we continue like this, the ship will collapse!”

The situation room was shaking as if it would fall to pieces at any moment. All the dazzling decorations inside fell and broke, and sparks continued to fly from computers and other mechanical devices.

Cult crew members who had somehow managed to establish themselves at the scene of the chaos urgently reported the situation.

“What happened to the carrier group!”

“30% are silenced by the enemy’s psychic power attack!”

“With just one blow?! Nonsense!”

Despite the commotion, the captain did not lose his composure and checked the images in the center of the situation room.

The dark matter handled by the Imperial Mothership is a delicate yet dangerous force. The advanced modules attached to the Imperial Carrier do not simply exist to charge and fire cosmic bolts. It is also a means of controlling and controlling dark matter, a beast that can change at any time.

After examining the condition of the mothership, the captain made a decision. He spread psychic power and sent a message to the crew on board.

“Notify the crew members on board. “Everyone retreat to the escape ship.”

“Captain!”

“Ha but!”

The crew was shocked, but the captain remained calm.

“I will stay here. “You guys leave here.”

“yes?!”

“The device that controls the output of the cosmic bolt is broken. “Someone has to hold the crew until they escape.”

After saying that, the captain came down among the crew and started operating the computer. Having gained control over images made of psychic power, he used psychic power and manipulated the ship’s computer at the same time.

The sailors who saw this all fell silent.

“What are you doing? “I told you to escape quickly!”

“….”

The sailors exchanged glances with each other after seeing the captain willing to sacrifice himself for his subordinates.

“I’ll take care of this, so run away!”

“…sorry!”

“Ugh?!”

One of the young sailors took a gun out of his pocket and struck the captain in the back of the neck.

The captain fainted with a short groan. A sailor carefully supported him as he was about to fall.

“Please take care of the captain.”

“We’ll buy as much time as possible to get to the escape line.”

“I don’t have time to sleep. “Everyone, take your seats!”

“That bastard always sings that he wants to be captain.”

“Tsk tsk tsk tsk.”

Cult sailors with cheerful expressions. Instead of sacrificing their respected captain, they decided to commit death themselves.

The young cult looked at each of their backs and then carried the captain on his back.

As he left the situation room, the cries of the cult were heard behind him.

“Brave cults! May Providence take us away!”

“May Providence take us away!”

He quietly murmured, vowing to convey their noble sacrifice to the empire.

“May Providence take them away…”

After a while, numerous escape ships were launched from the imperial carrier. Some were handed over to nearby ships of the carrier group, and some disappeared into the far reaches of space.

The Imperial Carrier, which had endured until the last escape ship was launched, seemed to be unable to hold out any longer and began to collapse.

The ship’s external armor, which had maintained perfect balance like a refined diamond, was greatly distorted and shattered, and the situation room located at the top center oxidized along with the explosion.

The cosmic bolt launcher in the center of the ship suddenly collapsed, as if it had been sucked into something.

At that time, dark matter was about to come out through the cracks in the broken armor.

The golden lightning that flew from Saigil 08 struck the black energy.

Soon, a huge light reminiscent of a supernova enveloped the mother ship and the mother ship group.

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‘I won.’

After confirming that the imperial carrier exploded, I fainted. Since there were still quite a few ships left, I thought I shouldn’t lose my mind like this, but I couldn’t help it. Because it wasn’t something that happened through my will.

‘Seeing that they’re still alive, it seems like they’ve retreated… huh?’

King of the Monsters Maybe it’s an aftereffect, but even though my body isn’t working properly, something keeps coming into my mouth.

What awakened my dulled sense of taste was the meat of a living creature. Someone was feeding me all kinds of meat, including horned gigant.

The deep-fried meat passed through the throat and was quickly digested, and vitality was slowly, very slowly, created. The monster’s tentacles and auxiliary organs, which were unable to respond to external waves at all, gradually became activated.

Only then did I get some idea of my body’s condition. My body had now returned to its semi-adult state after the effect of psionium had ended. The two heads supporting me disappeared, and the lower combat arms that served as legs returned to a similar appearance to the other arms.

My body, which briefly evolved into an adult through Psionium, has returned to its original state.

Even as my senses were recovering, unidentified food continued to enter my mouth. I looked around with the auxiliary organ under my chin.

Only then could I see who was feeding me.

“I might not have enough energy! You have to keep feeding him!”

“Big baby!” You can’t die!」

“Me” “Prayer” “Big Adult” “Survival”

They are gathered near my head. When Heavenly Mother and Adhai brought food, No. 26 cut the food into small pieces and stuffed it into my mouth.

‘How do you bring food so quickly?’

I opened my eyes to see what had happened. Aadhai, carrying the small animal carcasses of No. 26, who was dismembering the charred animal with his tentacles, is surprised to see me.

｢Big baby has woken up!｣

｢Big adult｣｢Survival｣｢Confirmed!｣

No. 26’s body glowed brightly, and Adhai threw away the small animal corpse that he had caught with the tentacles of his mouth and ran towards me.

“Don’t stop! Because my physical strength may not have recovered yet!”

“Yes!”

“Recognition”

The Mother of Heaven sent a message of resignation to the guys who were happy to see me alive.

She could be seen in the distance between the burning trees. She had tanned fur all over her body and was carrying the meat of a large creature on her back.

‘fire?’

I raised my gaze and looked up.

There was a burning sky there.

After the Imperial Mothership was destroyed, its debris became a meteor shower that is still pouring down on the planet. Looking at it, it seems like it’s not just the area around here that’s burning. The entire continent of Seintopia 02, no, the entire continent of PH-101 would have become a sea of fire.

‘indeed.’

I thought it was strange that the food coming into my mouth tasted like barbecue or burnt meat, but now I understand. He picked up the meat of animals that had been burned to death in the forest and brought it to me.

Even after I came to my senses, the three of them continued to feed me food. I’d like to tell them that it’s okay and they don’t have to, but everyone here knows that’s not the case.

I thought to myself as I calmly accepted the food like a baby bird.

‘It would have been dangerous if the body had not been easily obtained.’

The effect of King of the Monsters was excellent, but the reaction was unusual. Psychic Breath, which causes you to lose consciousness if you fire more than the limit, causes you to go berserk if you run out of remaining energy, which is a side effect as dangerous as the symbol of hunting.

‘I can’t believe it’s this much after one transformation.’

When an Amorph becomes an adult, its efficiency in using its energy greatly increases. If I hadn’t turned into a saint, I would have run out of energy and died in an instant because of the King of Monsters.

In fact, his energy was so low that even his assistive organs could not move properly before he woke up. If it wasn’t for the Holy Body, or if I was alone, I would have been out even after defeating the Imperial Mothership.

‘I survived thanks to my children and Heavenly Mother.’

The reason I’m still alive today is because of their efforts to save me.

‘He’s an ally.’

The situation was so urgent that I couldn’t check it properly, but the message clearly said ‘ally’.

You don’t have to say who that ally is, but that’s not the important part.

Aimorph is a being that cannot interact with other life forms according to the system. They are a race of killing machines that only repeat hunting and killing.

The system recognized that such Amorphs make friends. What does this mean?

‘I, or Aimorph, am evolving.’

Although it varies from case to case, sociability is usually advantageous for survival. Animals that live in groups can effectively defend against attacks from enemies stronger than themselves. If they are carnivores, they can subdue high-risk prey through numerical superiority.

The same applies to humans with high social skills. Although humans have many factors that are disadvantageous to survival, aren’t they able to thrive thanks to their social nature?

‘When I used the symbiotic spores, that message didn’t appear…’ What

this means is that things are fundamentally different now from before.

‘Space monster type.’

I opened the semi-transparent text box and checked the type at the bottom.

｢⑥ Space Monster (Unique): Complete Organic (Unique) Nightmare Horizon (Unique) Organic Evolution (Unique)」 There, ‘

Complete Organic’ and ‘Nightmare Horizon’, which were previously classified as body-related types and nest-related types, respectively. This had been moved.

These are all characteristics obtained by using the first stage of transcendence, that is, the ‘unique characteristic synthesis’ system.

‘…If I hadn’t acquired the nest-related characteristics in advance, I would have been in big trouble.’

Each time a type is acquired, the number of characteristics required to acquire a new type is doubled.

For example, let’s say the number of required characteristics for the nest enhancement type and the special defense enhancement type is 8 each. At this time, if the nest enhancement type is acquired first, the number of characteristics required to acquire the special defense enhancement type increases to 16.

The problem is that while the number of characteristics required to obtain a type increases, the characteristics of the already acquired type are missing.

If you use it as a fusion material to become a characteristic related to another type, or if you use it as a unique characteristic material, the characteristic is consumed. In that case, even types that have already been acquired will be considered as not yet acquired and the strengthening effect will be lost.

One thing to note is that the required number of types does not go back to what it was before.

When acquiring the type, you only needed 8, but what if the number needed increases to 16 after acquiring the type? You must fill up to 16 characteristics to receive the type enhancement effect.

‘I’m not trying to screw anyone. They change this at will without any message.’

If the number of characteristics I had secured was small, I would have suffered a huge loss, such as losing the nest reinforcement type.

Fortunately, I acquired many miscellaneous characteristics while wandering around the swamp for 14 hours before entering the second stage of transcendence.

At that time, in addition to the ‘claw’ trait, I acquired several infection-related traits and nest-related traits. Thanks to this, type effects will not be lost even if the characteristics are moved arbitrarily, as is the case now.

‘At that time, I saved it thinking I could use it as material, but it turned out to be a fortune.’

In any case, it was significant in many ways that only the characteristics secured through the unique characteristic synthesis system were transferred to the new type.

‘Nightmare Horizon’ that erodes and dominates the ‘completely organic’ ship that transforms into a more powerful monster. ‘Organic Evolution’ that can be used by swapping the ‘Giant Creature’ and ‘Dwarfing’ traits.

‘It’s a trait that goes beyond the limits of Amorph.’

Moreover, I have never seen the ‘only’ type among the types in the game.

‘And there’s no other type with an explanation like now.’

There is absolutely no explanation as to what effects or types of characteristics belong to every type that Aimorph acquires. The only thing players have to do is see it with their own eyes.

Even though that is the rule, an explanation is available, perhaps because it is the only space monster type. I opened the text box that came with the space monster type.

｢Space Monster (Unique): The ultimate goal of evolution is to overcome the limitations of species. This type receives additional effects step by step each time the characteristics acquired through the ‘transcendence’ system are added. The type ignores the penalty incurred by acquiring the type.

*Level 1 (Number of required characteristics 3/4)

*Level 2 (Number of required characteristics 3/8)

*Level 3 (Number of required characteristics 3/??)

*Level 4 (Number of required characteristics 3/??)

Looking at the content, I wonder why I could see the need for explanation. As a Level 2 Transcendence reward, the type effect was quite unique.

‘This is the first time I’ve seen a type that strengthens you step by step.’

In general, types have no effect when just unlocked, and are ‘acquired’ by satisfying the conditions. Only later does it become effective. Like the space monster type, if you collect more than a few characteristics, there are no special effects.

‘What effect it gives… is not written down as expected.’ It is too

early to tell for sure as there is no clue, but it is a very powerful effect. I wonder if they will give it to me.

‘All that’s left now is the characteristic enhancement system…’

I want to check it right away, but extreme fatigue is creeping in. My stomach is slowly filling up, and the ground is warm, perhaps due to the fire around me, so the desire to sleep arises. .

｢Big baby, if you are sleepy, you can sleep.｣

｢Big adult｣｢Tired?｣

｢…I put out the emergency fire, but it would be better to rest. Since it is a feature that does not exist in the game, you don’t know what side effects may come.｣

Even though it will be difficult because of me, rest. They recommended it to me.

“Zuzu… (Thank you…)”

I couldn’t express my gratitude properly and quickly fell into sleep.

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Mercury.

The planet closest to the sun and the smallest planet in the solar system is officially Among Megacorp’s noble capitals, they are ruled by Carmelda. The

Eugene family, which owns the moon, the Carmelda family, which controls Mercury, Prime Capital, which competes for TNC Ganymede, which exerts influence on Mars’ satellite Phobos and Deimos, etc. In this way,

Megacorp The seven families of Cobb owned several satellites and planets in the solar system.

Normally, when Noble Capital or Prime Capital purchased another planet, it was common to send a family member as governor to rule by proxy. However, Carmelda was slightly different. .

Chloe Carmelda, the current matriarch of the Carmelda family. She has been locked away in a weapons research facility located on Mercury for the past ten years and has not come out. In fact, her nickname is ‘Queen of Mercury.

‘

Since the head of the family did not take care of the family, her position could have been shaken, but surprisingly, that did not happen. Because the impact of the equipment she was developing was enormous.

Weapon-enhanced suits and even special drugs that strengthen soldiers.

Thanks to her ability to create new murder weapons every year, Carmelda remained the wealthiest of all time. So, despite the handicap of not being interested in family affairs at a young age, she received strong support from her elders.

The Queen of Mercury, such an accomplished weapons developer, took a rare day off today.

“Recently, the head of the family has been taking frequent vacations. “You were on vacation a few weeks ago.”

Researchers were walking along the sidewalk at the bio-dome-shaped Garmelda weapons research base. Their eyes turned to the center of the dome. In the central basement, Chloe Garmelda’s residence is located.

“It went well. Because you are too focused on work. “If you get hurt like that, it’s a big problem.”

“While the matriarch is away, let’s do one more kidney test on our own.”

Chloe, supported by minions from the same facility, was currently in a space located in the head of the household.

In that dark place, diamond tombstones connected to wires had fallen. Of these, only two tombstones were lit and floating in the air.

Chloe, who was sitting on a specially developed levitation chair, opened her mouth to the two tombstones.

“What happened to Jason’s dispatch to the Imperial Carrier? “My satellite is split in the middle so I can’t understand the situation?”

“I’m curious about that too. “Espionage is impossible because of the carrier strike groups.”

Jason Chloe Zubacca.

Each of them are powerful figures in the cult megacorp Star Union, and a few weeks ago they conspired to eliminate the infamous 5th ranker Aimov.

They spread false information that the planet called Saigil 08 was polluted by the PH-101 cult, where the 5th ranker was believed to be hiding, and induced the cult council to issue a purge order. As a result, the imperial carrier ‘Judge of Damos 08’ headed to Saigil 08.

As the carrier group protecting the imperial carrier destroyed all of the satellites of the Megacorp Star Union around Saigil 08, Chloe and Zubaka were still unable to figure out what had happened.

That’s why Jason was called to check the results now that some time had passed since the purge order was issued.

“It wouldn’t have been too difficult since it was a semi-adult, right?”

“I don’t know because it’s Morph Park. The carrier battle group may have suffered quite a bit of damage.”

“They’re all toys anyway, so who cares? “If it breaks, you can fill it with other kids.”

“Befitting Megacorp, this is a remark filled with disregard for human life.”

“What are you saying? A dictator.”

The reason Chloe and Zubaka can joke around so leisurely is because they firmly believe that Aimorph has been subdued.

No matter how talented the 5th place ranker is, it is impossible to win against the Imperial Mothership that annihilates all living things on the planet. There may have been some resistance, but it was probably reduced to a handful of ash by the cosmic bolts fired by the mother ship.

but.

That the unthinkable could become reality.

A clear female voice suddenly sounded, awakening them to the cruel reality.

“Long time no see. Chloe-sama, Zubaka-sama.”

“Huh? Cynthia? “Why did you put Jason’s tombstone on…”

｢….｣

Chloe, who was trimming her nails, was surprised to hear a woman’s voice coming from the tombstone. Zubaka let out a sigh, perhaps feeling ominous rather than surprised.

“Normally, I would have used my own tombstone, but the situation was urgent, so I used Jason’s tombstone as a proxy.”

“Urgent? “What’s so urgent?”

｢…No way?｣

｢The purification order led by Jason completely failed. The imperial carrier and carrier battle group were annihilated. Because of that, the council is condemning Jason, who attempted to violate the providence and attack the Holy Land. Jason failed to comply with the attendance order and is currently in seclusion.”

“….”

｢….｣

“I, too, was summoned to a hearing all day for misinterpreting the prophecy, and finally came here. Please understand.”

The worst future ever imagined has become a reality.

When Chloe realized that fact, she unknowingly dropped the nail grinder she was holding.