I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 165

Ep. 165

｢Oh, is this too cold?｣

｢Cold｣｢Cold｣｢Cold｣

As expected, Aadhai and Heavenly Mother began to shiver from the fierce cold. It would be better if our stomachs were full, but right now, everyone is starving.

‘It would be difficult to maintain the temperature with this spaceship.’

After the erosion tentacles were released, the spacecraft was completely destroyed. Not only the engine but also the metal walls that made up the hull were completely corroded. If a storm hits in this state, the ship will be torn to pieces.

‘We must quickly find food and shelter.’

[Zuzuzu Zuzuzu (Take care of the kids)]

“Trust me!”

I asked number 26, who was the most sane among them, to take care of them and came out of the spaceship.

The icy land covered with snow welcomes me. As the fighting arm moves, the thick snow is swept away and the ice beneath it is revealed.

Ice that is as smooth as a mirror without a single blemish. On its surface, my appearance in its pure state without the use of the ‘organic evolution’ characteristic is reflected.

Underneath the six massive horns and an elongated head reminiscent of a crocodile or large theropod, countless tentacles of the monster can be seen fluttering like a mane.

Underneath the tentacles swaying in the wind, there was a body covered with a mixture of hard carapace and synthetic scales, six combat arms, and two small arms on the chest.

Lastly, although it is not reflected in the ice, the large, long tail that replaces my lower body is half buried in the snow. Only the claws at the end of the tail and the thorns attached to them are peeking out from above the snow.

I raced across the snowy field, leading a huge body measuring between 27 and 28 meters. The traces I had passed quickly disappeared thanks to the constantly falling snow and hail. If I didn’t have any assistive devices, I would have quickly become a lost child.

‘Shall we go over to the mountain range visible in the distance? no. It’s too far over there. Instead…’

I stopped running and looked down at my feet.

Among the creatures that inhabit the ice planet, there is a species that lives under the ice sheet. Life exists even under ice so thick that its thickness cannot be determined.

‘There’s an empty space beneath this ice.’

After confirming the fact through my auxiliary organs, I lifted the claw at the end of the tail upward. In that state, I concentrated on the feeling of giving strength to the muscles of my entire body.

Then the scales and shells covering my body began to turn red. It was an effect of the ‘heat release’ characteristic acquired from the previous Star Union manpower supply ship.

‘Originally, it is a temperature-regulating characteristic of cold blood.’

Unlike the original trait, which is limited to simply warming the body, if Amorph acquires it, it can convert body energy into heat and emit strong heat like now.

This ice is over tens of meters thick and is incredibly hard. If I were physically capable, I could easily dig it out with my bare hands, but that would take a lot of time.

‘I’m running low on energy, but…’

Since you need to find shelter and food as quickly as possible, it’s best to invest your energy now.

As the ice sheet I am standing on melts, steam rises. The claws and head carapace, which were the thickest carapace on my body, glowed red like heated iron.

‘That’s enough.’

I hit the ice with the claws of my tail, which had become extremely hot and golden. When the hot tongs hit the floor, tremendous heat and steam were released.

The thick ice melted quickly with a crackling sound. For some reason, it resembles the sound made when pork belly is just put on the grill.

‘Tsk. ‘You must be very hungry.’

After I had finished my appetite, I pulled my tail out of the ice hole. Inside the deep hole, there was only darkness.

I used my fighting arms and blunt claws all over my body to dig into the hole and climb down. Thanks to the heat radiating from my body and the ice wall melting, it was not difficult to increase the size of the hole.

As we dug hundreds of meters further, the space suddenly expanded.

We finally arrived at the underground space beneath the ice. I hung on the ice ceiling and looked down.

Even though I couldn’t see anything because the light wasn’t coming in, I could clearly feel the structure of this place thanks to the auxiliary organs. The temperature in the underground space was higher than that above, and there was dirt and ice at the bottom of the cavity.

‘There are also living creatures.’

I can hear the sound of life wriggling beyond the darkness. I moved upside down on the ceiling using the suckers on the inside of my fingers.

There is a group of creatures not far from where I am. It is alerting its surroundings by emitting unique sound waves.

‘It’s Cavegoyle.’

Cavegoyles are creatures that live in underground cavities or very deep caves. It looks like a combination of a bat and an ape, then enlarged to about 3 meters in size.

Because their vision has completely deteriorated, they identify objects by emitting special ultrasonic waves like bats. You’ve probably realized by now that I’m in this cavity.

‘They’re very alert.’

It must be scary to see a large monster approaching 30 meters tall crawling on the ice ceiling. Maybe if I get a little closer, they’ll all run away.

‘but.’

Now I have a way to catch them.

The characteristics of the five faces sleeping on my back.

I mainly use Inmyeonsu to acquire information and deceive enemies, but the effect of this trait is also useful in battle. Because it can paralyze enemies by shooting powerful sound waves.

‘The more developed your hearing is, the more serious damage you can inflict.’

It wouldn’t work at all for my friends who don’t have ears, but there probably aren’t any such creatures in this dark space without a single light. I woke up all the prisoners.

Five faces bound by my will open their eyes at once. Black veins appear on their pale faces.

Eventually, they opened their mouths wide and a second, swirl-shaped mouth came out. Powerful sound waves were fired from its mouth, which had tooth-shaped protrusions inside.

Because the space was blocked on all sides, the sound wave attack was stronger than usual. My scales that shot the sound waves were shaking, so it would be safe to say that the effect was tremendous.

As I thought, there was an uproar among the cavegoyles below.

“Keeek! KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”

“Keck!”

“Keeeeek!”

There is a strong smell of blood, as if all the organs used to detect sound waves have burst.

For a person, this is like losing both eyes and ears at the same time. A group of cavegoyles panicked and started attacking each other.

After seeing that the enemies were in confusion, I jumped towards the floor. My nearly 30m body flew through the air and fell on top of them.

“Quack?!”

“Quick!”

Six cavegoyles crushed on my body and killed me instantly. Cavegoyles that were not attacked by me rushed at me. There was no sound, but I guess it was because of the impact of me falling to the ground.

A cavegoyle riding on my back struck my stomach with both hands.

Cavegoyle is strong enough to tear apart a mid-level reinforced suit with his bare hands.

‘That’s why it’s often used as material for Hulk mutants.’

An attack that would crush any other creature’s entire body as soon as it was hit. But there wasn’t even the slightest scratch on my carapace.

“Ke keek?”

You might have expected blood or flesh, but the feeling at your fingertips is strange, so the guy tilts his head.

I twisted my lower body and tail over my back. The pincer at the end of the tail caught it.

“Keck!”

As soon as he applied force, his body was split in two. The hot bastard’s blood and intestines poured down on my back.

After that, it was all smooth sailing. All 10 cavegoyles died within a few minutes.

The scent of blood spread throughout the underground space, but no living creatures appeared.

After deciding that this place was safe, I relaxed.

The smell of hot, fresh meat wafted through the cool air and tickled my auxiliary organs. As I was starving and smelled delicious meat, my mouth began to water without me realizing it.

‘Should I just eat one and go?’

Since no one is chasing me, I guess it doesn’t matter if I eat and leave.

A lot of thoughts came to mind, but I struggled to turn my head. I climbed the wall and went back the way I came.

As I climbed up through the long ice road, nothing had changed from before. Not the constant snow and hail analogy, but really strong winds sharp enough to cut through flesh.

In a world where everything was the same, I relied on auxiliary organs to find the direction of the spaceship.

A ray of metallic smell is mixed in the knife-like wind. I ran following the scent coming from the spaceship.

Not long after I ran, I saw a pile of snow sticking out. Even though not much time had passed, the snow had already piled up to the point where the spaceship could not be seen.

As I got closer, the wavelength of No. 26 came out from inside the spacecraft.

｢Big baby?｣

[zu zuzu zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Yes, I found food and a safe place)]

｢Wow! Really fast! It’s amazing!」

[Zuzuzu (Follow me)]

After a while, the sound of metal being crushed was heard from inside the snowdrift, and soon the snowdrift scattered as if it were exploding. What appeared on the white snow was number 26, which had grown to 10 meters in size.

｢Ugh, please tell me it’s not far.｣

｢Cold｣｢Hunger｣｢Cold!｣｢Hunger!｣

Looking closely, the guy was hugging Heavenly Mother and Aadhai tightly. The two were buried in No. 26’s slime-soft body, shaking with only their heads out.

In my experience, No. 26’s body temperature was always constant regardless of the surrounding temperature. So, it gave a moderately cool feeling when placed on top of the head or on the shoulder.

‘Do you think it would actually feel warm in a cold place like now?’

From the looks of it, if we wait any longer here, we might both end up in trouble. I guided them to a hole dug underground.

As No. 26 and I were going through the snow and wind, Adhai suddenly shot a warning thought wave.

｢Big adult!｣｢Little adult!｣｢Danger!｣

[Zuuuu (ad hai?)]

｢Me｣｢Kingdom｣｢Detection｣｢Sky｣｢Flight｣｢Tracking｣

｢Huh? I feel like a little baby over there. “It’s amazing.”

Aadhai trembles and spreads thoughts. Next, No. 26 also said something similar to Adhai.

A fellow countryman?

I raised my head and looked up at the sky. Beyond the mercilessly pouring snow and hail, only dark gray clouds were visible.

I quickly called my heavenly mother.

Heaven’s mother also looked up, as if she felt that the situation was unusual. Her amber eyes moved slowly until they reached the mountain range and then rapidly dilated.

“It’s White Gallagon! It’s flying in this direction!”

[Zuzuz, zuzu, zuzuzu, zuzu (Let’s hurry. Everyone get on top of me)]

Looking at Adhai shaking, it doesn’t seem like he’s coming this way with good intentions. I placed No. 26, who was hugging the kids, on top of me.

After seeing that No. 26 had firmly grasped my body with its tentacles, I ran at full speed.

[Zuzuzu (Hold on tight)]

“Wow!”

I mobilized all three pairs of fighting arms and the blunt claws found here and there on my body, and my body shot forward like a cannonball fired from a cannon.

As I ran, I asked Heavenly Mother.

[Zuz zuzu zuzu (How far did he come?)]

｢5 minutes at that speed? No, it will pass over us in less than 3 minutes.”

If it is White Gallagon, it can see us even while it is flying high. It seems like they don’t know we’re here because the distance is still far away, but if they fly around here, they’ll soon find our location.

‘The traces will soon disappear thanks to the snow.’

Pits are not like that. The entrance is so large that it will take a while for the snow to cover the top.

‘I have to stop it.’

I quickly arrived at the hole leading to the basement and pushed No. 26 inside first.

[Zuz zuzuzu zuzu zuzuzu zuzu (If you go downstairs, fill your stomach first)]

｢Big baby won’t come down?｣

[Zu zuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzu (I have work to do.) I’ll come down soon)]

After reassuring No. 26, I covered the entrance to the pit with my body. Then, I stretched out my erosion tentacles and dragged in the snow that had accumulated around me and sprinkled it on my body.

Only after a lot of snow had piled up on my body did I retrieve the erosion tentacle.

After finishing everything, I was holding my breath when I heard a strange wind noise in the sky.

It sounded very small and faint, but it was clearly the sound of wings flapping.

The sound slowly went on and off.

‘The guy came.’

A great beast called the Cosmic Dragon was circling around me.