I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 192

Ep. 192

“It seems like something has changed.”

This is what No. 26 said to me when I woke up in the morning.

As always, No. 26 recognized my change right away. It’s probably because they think of me as someone who needs to be protected.

Strictly speaking, it’s closer to a relationship where each person protects the other, but it doesn’t feel particularly bad. Whether in reality or in a game, it has been rare to meet someone like No. 26 who gives free love.

I gave a brief explanation as I plucked out the plants growing at the base of the tree.

[Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzuzuzu (It got bigger after eating the bad guy)]

｢It’s amazing that you’re a big baby growing so fast!｣

[Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzu (Thank you. Eat this)]

｢Yes!｣

He took out his tentacles and picked plants that looked like mushrooms. It was swept away in one go.

“Hurry up, let’s grow up and bring the little one too.”

[Zu (yes)]

As I petted the strangely behaving boy, his pink body glowed brightly.

At that time, PS-111 awoke from its dormant state for nourishment. I created the Tooth Fairy and gave it to Heavenly Mother and PS-111.

“Oh well, I’m done.”

“Thank you.”

The Heavenly Mother was disgusted when she saw the Tooth Fairy and shook her head. Instead, PS-111 next to her took everything, even hers.

“Are you in a new state of transformation?”

Is it because of No. 26’s psychic power? PS-111 also showed curiosity at the sight of my tentacles.

[Zuz Zuz ZZZZ ZZZZ (No, this is a permanent change)]

“Waves of energy that are not registered in the database are distorting the light.”

The guy swallowed the tooth fairies in one gulp and his eyes lit up with interest.

“If you give me a sample…”

[Zuzu (No)]

I don’t know what kind of ability ‘Color of the Abyss’ is. I can’t give that to him. Not only do we know what kind of side effects it will have for him, but it is also not good for us.

‘If something goes wrong and it gets out of control, it’s a pain.’

When I flatly refused, he chewed the Tooth Fairy in a sullen manner.

After a quick breakfast, I explained today’s plan to the kids. He said that since he had to test the newly acquired badge of a powerful enemy, he would have to act alone.

“I want to go with the older one too.”

[Zuzuzuz, zuzuzu, zuzu (sorry, not this time)]

I still don’t know how this trait works. It is difficult to know whether uncontrollable characteristics are landmines or not until you try them out.

I don’t want to put him in danger by going with him.

[Zuz zuzu zu zuzuzu (Help the middle baby instead)]

｢Why the middle baby?｣

[Zuz zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (I’ll find a nest and food while I’m gone)]

Yesterday, I gave breakfast to my heavenly mother. We talked briefly about what to do.

She said she would find a place to make a nest while I conducted the experiment. He says he has the best vision and is perfect for finding a place.

‘That’s true.’

She has quite a bit of experience fighting me in games. Therefore, we know very well where Amorph nests. She might be able to find a place for us to hide out.

Also, even if there are Gallagons wandering around, you will be able to avoid them without difficulty if you have No. 26 and PS-111. Because they can sense Gallagon’s psychic power.

[Zuzuzu (Be careful)]

“Don’t worry. I’ll be as careful as I can.”

[Zuzuzuzu (please)]

“Be careful, too.”

She hesitated, then added another word and looked away. Maybe he still remembered yesterday, but his attitude toward me still seemed awkward.

If you tell them not to worry, they’ll be more annoyed. Instead of answering, nod your head.

So we parted ways to do our own work.

I ran between the trees that spread out higher and higher. Because the branches were so spread out and intertwined with other trees, very little light came inside.

There was only a sound similar to an animal’s growl as the air passed through the branches. It was

already dark and a snowstorm was raging outside, so the atmosphere was quite gloomy.

I ran for a while in the eerie forest.

This isn’t just to create distance from the kids. Now I’m looking for traces of some ‘creature’.

‘There must be one here too.’

In the game, Gallagon’s Nest is classified as a hunting ground that is difficult to conquer. It is difficult to enter because it is only available on planets with extremely low temperatures like the one I am in, or on volcanic planets with boiling lava.

No matter how well you prepare, problems still remain.

‘Because the area around the dragon’s nest is a devil’s land.’

Near Gallagon’s nest, a large number of powerful creatures of Gallagon level or higher than Gallagon live. These creatures serve as food for gallagons or control the gallagon population.

Simply put, the planet where Gallagon’s nest is located is infested with Apex-level creatures.

‘If you look at the Ice Horror Winter Walker, there are other creatures here too.’

We already know what kind of monsters live on the ice planet where the dragon’s nest is located. I’ve beaten it several times in games before.

While the four legs were moving diligently, the auxiliary organ under the chin was also diligently searching for traces. Then I felt movement in the distance.

I crouched down and slowed down.

Because I haven’t lifted the ‘clever weakling’ status, my body, including the tail, is so small that it cannot exceed 5 meters. If there is a large rock or thick tree, you can hide yourself.

Using the terrain as cover, I cautiously approached in the direction where I could feel movement.

After a while, I saw him through the trees.

He was 4 meters tall, had a skinny body, had abnormally long arms and legs, and had a pitch black face unlike his white body. It was Winter Walker, the hunter of the snowy fields.

However, despite his nickname as a hunter, his actions seemed very sloppy. Its white eyes were hazy, like there was fog in them, and it didn’t seem to care at all that I was nearby.

Winterwalkers are creatures located at the bottom of this planet’s food chain. Therefore, its characteristic is that it does not neglect the surrounding boundaries.

There is a reason why that guy acts so strangely.

‘smell.’

A delicious smell permeated the air, as if the neighbor next door was making pancakes on a rainy day. He was walking towards the source of that delicious smell.

‘Good.’

I kept my distance and followed him. The sight of him walking languidly with his eyes fixed in front of him seemed as if he had been hypnotized.

‘In some ways, it might be hypnosis.’

As I walked along with him, the surrounding scenery began to gradually change.

The biggest change was the color of the densely packed trees. There was red moss on the tree, which was brown, almost black. It was as if the veins were bulging.

Even the snow on the ground was stained red as if syrup had been sprinkled on it. Not only that, it even had a sweet smell, like it was real syrup.

‘I found it.’

That red moss that gave off a dizzyingly appetizing smell was the trace I was looking for.

Winterwalker, who smelled just like me, greedily licked the moss off the tree. Every time his tongue touched the moss, his body trembled like an addict experiencing an orgasm from inhaling drugs.

That red moss is a toxic substance created by a very powerful Apex-level monster. However, it is not the type of poison that causes pain or hallucinations to the addicted person.

‘It’s closer to a drug than that.’

Just as the Venus flytrap attracts insects with its sweet smell, the red moss attracts nearby creatures with its fragrant food smell.

Even for me, who has the characteristic of a ‘complete immune system’ that provides immunity to poisonous viruses, that smell is so fascinating that it’s hard to bear. A Winter Walker with little immunity to poison would never be able to survive.

‘I won’t be satisfied with that alone.’

As expected, the guy who put his head down on the tree looked even more thirsty.

This is inevitable because that red moss has incredibly powerful narcotic effects. If you ingest even a little bit of that substance, you will instantly become a slave to this forest.

As if his lethargy until now was a lie, he quickly entered the forest filled with red moss.

I followed him, keeping just enough distance to keep up with him.

You can’t go too deep. If you make a mistake and can’t come out, it’s over.

As I slowly followed along with all my nerves tense, I began to see other creatures around me one by one.

Starting from weak creatures like Winterwalker Cavegoyle to strong creatures like Green Gallagon.

The types were different, but the appearance was the same. Except for the head, the body is stuck in the ground in the form of a red moth cocoon.

The stem connected to the ground was continuously pulsating and injecting something into the creatures. Every time the stem twitched, the trapped creatures drooled with happy expressions.

This is a food storage area. All those caught in the red stems are food carefully selected by the owner of the red forest.

‘Glacier Fiend.’

It is a monster with a stag beetle-like upper body and a plant-shaped lower body with numerous stems. Before settling down, they use the wings on their backs to roam around in search of places with abundant food.

Then, when it finds a suitable location, it roots down in the ground and produces a red substance to attract food. There must be a lot of its roots under this frozen ground where I stand now.

In other words, this entire vast red forest is its territory.

Glacier Fiends that have succeeded in planting themselves in the ground are very powerful enemies. It can control other creatures with red matter.

‘To be exact, it’s inducing behavior with narcotic substances.’

Even the creatures trapped in that cocoon know who gives them the drugs. So, when a Glacier Fiend specifies a target, it obeys with the readiness to die.

If Glacier Fiend wants to kill me here, all the monsters in that cocoon will attack me.

‘This should be enough.’

I stopped chasing Winter Walker and moved to a place with as few red stems as possible. The owner of the food store is very slow, but his slaves are not.

What I will do from now on is something that the owner of the food storage will hate. You must secure an escape route so that you can easily escape if the situation arises.

‘Because I plan to experiment with psychic breath.’

The target for shooting is the prey that is having an orgasm while hanging on the stem.

I positioned myself in a place where I could easily escape and activated the colors of the abyss. Then the hairs covering my body stood up stiffly, as if static electricity had occurred.

‘Why is this happening?’

In confusion, I raised my fighting arm and saw a strange coloring on the inner shell of the fur.

It looked like purple or green. All kinds of colors wriggled as if they were alive. Suspicious lights appeared not only in my arms but also in my entire body.

‘It doesn’t feel like a part of my body. ‘I can’t even detect energy.’

Unlike the faces, the colors flowing through the body were clearly heterogeneous. It feels like I’m wearing the skin of something else.

I have a strong feeling that it won’t be good if I keep it for a long time.

I focused my attention on the monster’s tentacles covering my neck and jaw joint area.

Then, the fluttering colors quickly began to focus on the tentacles. The colors of the tentacles, which had been dyed purple and green, became much clearer.

The limp tentacles float in the air, ignoring the laws of physics. The colors covering the tentacles spread into the air like a drop of paint dropped into water.

If the sphere created when using Psychic Breath is like a purple sun, then this sphere in front of me is completely different. It was a sphere that barely contained a feast of eerie light colors.

I threw the constantly seething sphere of chaos onto the red cocoon. The appearance of the bullet being fired in the form of a sphere was completely different from the previous psychic breath that had been released in the form of a purple heat ray.

And the moment the sphere reached the target, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Countless lights inside the sphere began to pour out and engulf the red cocoons. The cocoons that were directly hit by light and color lost their circular shape and changed into the same shape as the sphere I shot.

The newly born sphere of chaos rushed towards another prey next to it. And the same process was repeated.

Uncontrollable chain attacks. That was the effect of the psychic breath imbued with the color of the abyss.

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

As the psychic breath spread and engulfed all the red cocoons, a roar was heard from inside. The owner of the warehouse was angry.

As soon as the roar ended, the movement of several creatures was felt.

‘How many more warehouses are there around here?’

I moved to avoid Glacier Fiend’s slaves.

It’s unfortunate for him, but the experiment isn’t over yet.