I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 236
Ep. 236
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All activities of Screamer are controlled by a machine connected to the brain. The self before the modification remains, but all control of physical activity is in the hands of the machine.
Contrary to its name, ‘The Screamer’, it is a being that cannot make a single sound of its own volition. In fact, it is no different from a moving prison.
This was also the case with the new Mutant Screamer.
There are differences in that the identity of the modification target is unclear and that organic parts can be modified through gene absorption, but they are the same in that they are biological weapons controlled by machines.
And the biggest advantage of AI-controlled combat weapons is the fact that there is no fear.
Even when a comrade nearby is destroyed by a plasma bullet or they witness the sight of a Hulk mutant tearing apart an ordinary soldier, they do not waver. Just keep moving forward to achieve your goal.
Of course, the ego of the creature that the screamer is made of will feel fear, but that is not a problem. As long as the emotion control module connected to the head is activated, the body’s emotions will not affect its movements.
In any case, screamers are not afraid even when unexpected situations arise.
Even if strange things happen one after another like now, like space moving at will or life reactions appearing throughout the cave.
“Group D detection system needs to be modified.”
｢Conversion to Group B heat detection system. It is not useful as heat is sensed throughout the entire passageway.” ｣ “
The sonic detection system obtained with the Group C ‘Cavegoyle’ gene is confirmed to still be effective.” ｢
Group E psychic detection system… Support test… Support Support ｣
｢Reporting to Pyrrha Eleven. Everyone stand by…jigi”
“Psychic interference waves observed. “The line needs to be reorganized.”
At the words of the mutant screamer in charge of Group D’s communications, other entities went into standby mode. Monsters with characteristics of various living creatures monitored the surroundings using their own detection organs.
At that time, gray smoke seeped out from inside the cave. The screamer in the lead detected this and reported it.
“Toxic substances identified in the air.”
“Connect the gas tube.”
Some of the tubes connected to the metal skeleton and life support system had become detached and lodged in the mouth.
Skuu, the screens in Group D, “Kuou”, “Analyzing the Hazardous ingredients of the Air”,
“78%of the enemy raids”, “Kuuu”,
a part of Group D, talked with a hard mechanical voice instead of a tube.
Toxic fog flowing into a narrow passage means that an enemy attack is not far away. The screamers each took out their weapons and looked ahead.
｢Kuuu｣
The sound of heavy breathing echoing through the cave. There were other sounds mixed in as well. The sound I made when I walked on the soggy mud was the sound of my feet.
Someone is approaching this way.
｢Couuu｣｢The Magmagator’s ignition organ has been confirmed to be effective. ｣｢Couuu｣
｢Preemptive attack commenced.｣｢Couuu｣
Among the screamers, individuals with abnormally swollen flesh stepped forward. The metal pipes between the lumps of fat moved and pointed forward.
Soon, intense flames spewed out from the pipe. Flames made from gas and flammable substances stored in the body engulfed the passage.
At that time, a purple energy bullet flew from deep inside the front line and hit the Screamer, which was emitting flames. The flesh burst open and the flammable material inside flowed out, covering the surrounding screamer.
The Mutant Screamer’s metal skeleton and mechanical devices have high heat resistance. The outer shell of an organism’s body has also been genetically modified to be resistant to high temperatures. Therefore, none of them paid any attention to their burning bodies.
Of course, the original owner of the body was screaming silently from the intense burning pain.
｢Confirmed as Gallagon.｣｢Kuuuu｣
｢Counterattack begins.｣
As the Screamers aimed their newly added legs forward, purple translucent energy bullets were fired. It absorbed Gallagon’s genes and reflected them in the form of a psychic rifle.
As energy bullets made of psychic power rained down on the blazing flames, the dark cave became bright in an instant. At the end of the long passageway, a small, red-skinned Gallagon quickly retreated. ｢Enemy tracking begins.｣
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Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
isssssssssssssssssss at the enemy.
The PS entity in the rear suddenly collapsed without responding. Everyone’s eyes turned to the fallen object.
His head had disappeared without a trace.
And again, a dark blue energy bullet flew from behind. This time, the attack was aimed at the head of the PS model who was acting as a commander.
Group D’s commander raised his metal leg to block the attack. The leg disappeared without a trace, as if it had been hit by a cult’s material decomposition weapon.
｢It turned out to have a similar effect to the cult’s material decomposition weapon ‘Demolisher’. ｣｢Couuu｣ ｢
Couuu｣｢Slaughtering material to disrupt fire…｣
｢Enemy attack from the side.｣
｢Enemy attack…｣
Front and rear. As they were preparing to attack the enemy, the black walls on both sides they were standing on melted at the same time. And gallagons with white scales popped out from inside.
The Screamers thought the passage they were standing in was a straight cave, but it was not.
Originally, this was a crossroads.
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“Poor reception with Group D. “Line restoration in progress.”
｢Group B joined Group C and entered a huge cavity.’
Group E continued to attempt to communicate with the commanders of the group that entered previously.
What a communication problem for the Mutant Screamers, who synthesized the genes of Sea Demons and other psychic creatures. It was an impossible situation. Who can interfere with communicating with each other using unique psychic powers rather than using electronic devices?
A powerful psychic creature, say a Sea Demon-class creature, could disrupt the line, but that was impossible. The previous owner of this nest, Black Gallagon, is already dead and the Sea Demon does not live on this planet.
While the two commander models of Group E were struggling to find the cause of the communication failure, an order came from outside.
“Pira Eleven’s order has been delivered. It is judged to be a trap, so retreat quickly.”
“Confirm order. “Retreat.”
There was constant noise from earlier, but I was lucky. Group E prepared to leave the nest immediately.
There was no contact with the screamers in Group D, but that was a matter for General Commander Pyrrha Eleven to take care of. This is not something that those who only act as intermediate terminals should worry about.
“Map records are meaningless due to periodic structural changes.”
“Based on the current location, breaking through the wall is effective.”
“check. Ready to break through.”
A screamer with many legs stepped forward. Those who adopted the Hellside Hornet’s genes had very large claws attached to their legs.
Hellside hornets use their sickle-clawed forepaws to dig up the dirt of the caves they stay in. Just like the original did, the Screamers were planning to dig their way out of the wall.
Screamers with sickle-shaped paws began digging. Every time the sharp scythe claws moved, the solid wall was dug into chunks like sand.
“The soil component contains an unidentified substance.”
“Observation of life reactions in matter.”
The scythe’s claws were covered in a black, gritty substance.
Maybe that substance is what’s interfering with their communication. The commander-level PS models in the rear conveyed this fact to the outside world.
“Identification of a foreign substance not found in Gallagon’s nest. Since drone use is not possible, only relevant information will be transmitted first.”
｢Confirmation of cracking material support Confirmation of crackling…｣
“A new material has been discovered, so information is transmitted. Please check.”
The state of communication, which had been fine until just now, has rapidly deteriorated. The commanders of Group E were about to report again when a communication came from over there.
｢Support, support, confirm, support, support, support.｣
“Communication status is poor. Please check.”
“It’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad”
“PS-005?”
“Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad…” The
PS models quickly stopped communication due to the sudden burst of communication. Afterwards, I tried to reconnect, but it completely failed.
That wasn’t all. At the same time that communication was cut off, a massive flow of psychic power was felt behind them. Even the screamers who were breaking through the wall sensed this and turned their heads.
A pink balloon-like object was placed on the black passage.
Even though it was an object that didn’t fit in with this place, the commander-level entity immediately recognized what ‘that’ was. It was a being that absolutely could not exist on this planet.
“Enemy sight…?!”
The PS model that was trying to issue a command stopped. The same was true for the entities that tried to rush towards the pink balloon.
As if time had stopped, all the screamers in this place stopped moving. It didn’t stop there; their bodies slowly rose in the air.
And their bodies began to overlap and come together, as if they were being pressed down by something invisible.
The metal skeleton made of high-strength alloy bent like rubber, and the mechanical devices connected to the organic parts were crushed with sparks flying. The Mutant Screamer’s appearance changed as if it had been thrown into the deep sea, which boasts an enormous level of water pressure.
“Up up up risk risk risk.”
Some of the screamers fired psychic energy bullets, but it was no use. This is because the energy bullets stopped as they flew, like they were stuffed in the air.
“Replace the cluster bomb bridge….”
“Counterresponse response response fire fire fire….”
“Retreat and then check!”
They tried to somehow replace energy bullets with physical shooting methods, but it was still impossible. There was nothing they could do as the modules and metal skeleton inside the body were ruined.
Other than just throwing out a sigh of relief.
A few minutes passed and the passage fell silent.
The dozens of screamers there were no longer there. Instead, there was only a huge blood-red sphere floating in the air.
When the pink balloon, which had completed all work, disappeared into the darkness, the sphere split and its contents spilled out.
The remains were a mixture of blood, flesh, broken metal pieces, and foul-smelling chemicals.
Those scattered on the floor were absorbed by the black slime that covered the cave walls.
After a while there was nothing left there.
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While the others were being attacked, Groups B and C continued to enter the cave.
The last orders they received before communication was cut off were to search inside the nest and kill Special Target A. This was because we decided to conduct an exploration in order to secure as much information as possible to achieve our goal.
After entering for a while, a cavity of a gigantic size that they had never seen before appeared in front of them.
“Joint discovery. “A large amount of moisture was detected in the air.”
“Confirmed traces of multiple organisms.”
Inside the cavity was a sizable swamp. One of the screamers approached the swamp and stuck one of its legs in it. Judging by the high temperature, this must have been a place for gallagons to rest.
“Due to the nature of the surrounding environment, it is unnatural for the swamp to be located there.”
“Need to be confirmed.”
“Search inside the swamp begins.”
“check.”
The S model screamers from Groups B and C entered the swamp. Outside, commander-level entities waited in a passageway connected to the outside of the cavity. In any case, it was to retreat while the lower-level entities were buying time.
“Detecting a large amount of vital reactions.”
“No movement detected.”
A strange situation in which life reactions are detected but no movement is detected. Tried using other detection functions, they all produced contradictory results.
While continuing the search, an entity discovered that the water surface was fluctuating unnaturally. Waves were periodically flowing out from the center of the swamp, shaking the surface of the water.
The screamers quickly dispersed and formed a surrounding camp. The entity that discovered the anomaly slowly approached the epicenter of the wave.
As he made his way through the sticky black liquid, he saw the edge of a black rock in front of him. The water around it shook slightly, perhaps because waves were flowing from the rock.
“We need to dive and check.”
“Permitted.”
Screamer plunged his head deep into a swamp lake filled with an unknown substance. Thanks to the mixing of genes from aquatic organisms, he was able to easily read the situation inside the swamp.
What was in front of him looked more like a very large tumor than a rock. Several long stems were extending from the rock-like object. The length of the stem was quite long, enough to reach under the feet of the screamers surrounding the rock.
After checking the stem, he turned his head and looked at the rock. And as soon as I saw the rock, I realized it.
A rock, or something that looked like a rock, opened its eyes and was watching him.
“Special tree….”
He tried to report on the enemy, but ‘it’ moved faster.
The creature’s huge arm came out from beneath the swamp and grabbed him. The organic part of the Screamer that came in contact with the creature’s hand rapidly shrunk and then broke apart.
‘It’, no, ‘Special Target A’, which had sucked the Screamer’s energy, slowly raised its body from the swamp.