I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 250
Ep. 250
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A spaceship is wandering around a planet as white as a snowball.
This is the ship of Sihyeon Eugene, who is secretly working to overthrow Akira Eugene, the usurper of the Eugene family. Currently, Sihyeon Eugene’s butler Minseok Eugene is acting as the captain, replacing the owner who went down to the planet.
In Si-hyeon’s office, Min-seok was carrying out various tasks on her behalf.
He looked up from the terminal pad and pressed his temples with his fingers. The report he received a few hours ago was stressing him out.
‘I can’t believe I found a relic.’
We received a call from the expedition team that had been unable to contact us due to radio interference.
Yesterday, Sihyeon recovered the artifacts and is currently returning to the probe. I thought Sihyeon’s actions were nonsense, but in reality, they weren’t.
‘…I don’t know yet.’
When exploring a new planet, objects that look like ancient artifacts are sometimes discovered. And none of them have the power they seem to have in the media. It simply turns out to be a unique item and is sent to a museum or auction house.
Therefore, there was a high possibility that what Sihyeon found was something you would only find at an auction house. If so, his owner wasted a lot of time playing house.
‘I never thought clones would have such side effects.’
Megacorp prohibits the creation of clones, but Star Union does not. Just as Megacorp converts its employees into Hulk mutants, they use cloned humans as materials for military biological weapons. To that extent, the technology for producing clones can be considered quite advanced.
However, Star Union’s clone culture technology has side effects. Problems with memory implantation, brain disorders, worsening mental instability, etc.
Sihyeon Eugene tried to minimize this by applying Megacorp’s genetic manipulation technology and the cult’s psychic power technology he learned in his childhood.
In other words, the ‘replicated vision’ that lies beneath that white star is no different from an entity that is the culmination of the technology of the most advanced intelligences in this universe. Minseok was frustrated that such a being was preoccupied with strange legends and myths.
‘If you use the items he left behind…’
Minseok took out the items in his arms.
The small, lighter-sized remote control in his hand is an item left to him by the original visionary, Eugene.
He was given a means to prevent this if the clone deviates from the plan he had set.
“phew.”
I was sighing and fiddling with the remote control when suddenly the terminal pad light came on. It was a call from the situation room.
“It’s Minseok. “What’s going on?”
“We’re in big trouble!” A satellite installed on the outskirts of the star system has detected a large amount of warp energy!”
“What?!”
Minseok jumped up from his seat at the urgent voice of his subordinate.
“Where does it come from? “Can you confirm your identity?”
“As a result of energy analysis, there is a 78% chance that it is Star Union’s elite fleet! Judging by the flow of energy, the advance unit will arrive within a few hours!”
“Damn it! Any contact from Jaxx-01? “I haven’t heard from you about what they’re doing over there!”
“I’ll check the episode!”
Minseok let out a curse and hurried out of the office. Running toward the situation room, he gave orders to his subordinates.
“That’s later! For now, the priority is to bring Sihyeon. Track the exploration team’s movement path, enter the coordinates, and send a transport ship to the location. Do you understand?”
“I understand!”
Sihyeon is returning after discovering the relic yesterday. Considering the distance, no matter how quickly we return, it will take a week.
‘If you get caught by Star Union, you will definitely die!’
Thanks to this ship’s multiple modifications, its combat power is considerable, but it is not overwhelming enough to fight against elite fleets. Even if you fight against an elite fleet’s reconnaissance unit, your chances of victory cannot be guaranteed.
By the time Minseok arrived at the situation room, a small spaceship had been launched toward the white star.
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[Zzuzu zuzu (What else is left?)]
In the empty cavity, I asked Aadhai a question. The guy walked around the cavity with legs that looked as strong as those of a deer.
‘That’, ‘the last’, ‘no more’, ‘nothing’
After learning that the elite fleet was on its way here, we quickly prepared to leave. While PS-111 was inspecting the ship, Adhai and I headed to Gallagon’s Lair.
When we arrived at the dragon’s nest, we went around waking up all the Gallagons and explained the situation. A very powerful enemy is coming here and we must run.
I thought it would take a while to convince them, so I deliberately hurried on, but surprisingly, there was no resistance from the Gallagons. As soon as they heard Aadhai’s words, the guys immediately prepared to leave.
After that, it was all smooth sailing.
The Green White Gallagons flew to the ship with the young Blue Gallagons on their backs. Me and the Black Gallagon ship Ort also carried the Blue Gallagons.
After moving the Gallagons, it was Al. More than 50 eggs were stored in the dragon’s nest.
Because Gallagon eggs become impossible to hatch if exposed to cold temperatures for a long time, I and Ham Oort, who are large and have a fast flight speed, decided to move them.
Six hours have passed since we started moving the eggs back and forth so many times.
Now all that was left were the seven eggs I was holding now. It pulled out all of its tentacles, grabbed one egg each, and grabbed the remaining one with its small arm near its chest.
[Zuzuz, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (since this is the last time, let’s look elsewhere)]
｢Grand Adult｣｢Thank you｣
Aadhai expressed his gratitude to me as I carefully checked to see if there were any eggs left.
When the Gallagon that hatches from this egg grows, it becomes a force. If you’re lucky, there may be an individual that can grow into a Red Gallagon like Aadhai.
I did this because I was worried that I would be in trouble if I missed even one thing, but he seemed to misunderstand that I was doing it because I valued the Gallagons.
‘There’s no need to correct it.’
After leaving the nest where the eggs were stored, we decided to split up and check the surrounding cavities.
As this is where the eggs are stored, it is the deepest place in the dragon’s nest. This is the first time I have experienced it directly with my own feet, other than feeling it indirectly through the nest.
Holding the egg, I walked along a natural path created by hardening minerals. When I entered a nearby cave room, I found only traces of eggs. Ham Ort had already gone.
‘Let’s take a look at just one more place and then head out.’
The last place we visited was a large cavity further inside the egg storage room. As I passed through the curved passageway, a brilliant light hit my eyes.
‘This?’
Light was flowing from inside a large cavity. When I entered the cavity, I was surprised.
There was a sea of jewels there.
‘…It’s enormous.’
Would you say it is like Gallagon with a Western dragon as a motif?
This place, filled with an enormous amount of precious metals, must have been Od Grad’s residence.
‘Because Gallagons like precious minerals.’
In mythology, dragons collect gems out of greed, but Gallagon collects gems for a slightly different reason.
They like metals with special effects, such as Moonsilver Thunder God, which amplifies the effect of psychic power, and Nova Metal, which is used as a key material for the Imperial Mothership. It can be seen that the characteristic of being vulnerable to lack of energy in childhood continued as a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder later in life.
In any case, all the metals in Od Grad’s residence were lumps of unrefined rare metals. Some still contained a lot of energy, while others had lost all of their energy and turned into ordinary gems.
‘If I wasn’t Amorph, there would have been an uproar.’
Disposing of even half of these metals would be enough to buy two or three planets. I looked at the sea of gems for a while and picked up a few metal chunks.
‘Heavenly Mother will need it.’
The place I plan to go after I leave this planet is quite important to me and my Heavenly Mother. In my case it’s evolution, in her case it’s rising to the level of deification.
‘Not until we finish what we want.’
Since it was holding an egg, I couldn’t pick it up much. I grabbed hold of the chunks of metal with the claws of my tail.
‘Then let’s go…huh?’
The moment I was about to leave, something caught my eye.
There were diamond-shaped stones mixed in between the jewels.
‘What is that?’
Other precious metals were rough because they had not gone through any special refining, but that stone was different. It was very clean, as if it had been carefully crafted. In addition, the surface was heavily engraved with tiny letters and patterns.
‘zeolite?’
I picked up a diamond-shaped stone, or rather, a tombstone. No matter how I looked at it, it looked like an object that had been touched by civilization.
‘Why does Od Grad have something like this?’
When I thought of it as an artificial object, something came to mind.
A ring that hides the emotions the guy had. It was definitely not something Gallagon deserved.
‘I’ll have to check when I get back to the ship.’
The Ring of Od Grad is now in the ship’s sample storage. This is because I had completely paid attention to it after taking it off when eating the genetic sample.
I took the diamond tombstone with me and came out of the cave. Then I heard Adhai running from across the passage.
[Zuuuu (adhai?)]
｢Big adult!｣｢Big deal!｣
[Zu(huh?)]
｢Little adult｣｢Here｣｢I’m here｣
No. 26 has arrived?
Just as I was about to ask what it meant, a familiar wave reached the tentacles of my monster.
“Big baby! “My friend wants to come out quickly!”
That was clearly the impact of No. 26. This guy came near the dragon’s nest.
‘Why all of a sudden?’
It is clear that something bad has happened. I hurried out of the nest with Aadhai.
As soon as I came out, what I saw was a huge chunk of steel. A huge ship floating on the cliffs surrounding the nest.
It was the Screamer support ship, a Jax Alpha-class battleship captured from Pyrrha Eleven.
‘no way?’
There is only one reason for PS-111 to come here in a hurry with the ship. A reconnaissance unit from the Star Union’s elite fleet has entered the star system.
‘It arrived sooner than expected!’
PS-111 predicted that the advance team would take about 18 hours, but they were completely wrong.
‘Grand leader!’
It was clear that he had intervened. Something must have been done to make the elite fleet move as quickly as possible.
I flew up with Aadhai and boarded the ship. As I entered the hangar, green gallagons greeted me.
[Zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Give the eggs to No. 26)]
｢Confirmed｣
After handing over the things I had brought with the Green Gallagons, I quickly ran to the situation room.
When I entered the situation room, PS-111 and Heavenly Mother, connected to the ship, were waiting for me.
“What happened?”
“The reconnaissance unit entered the system faster than I expected. “We plan to surround this planet within 10 minutes.”
“Anything special besides that?”
The answer was given by Heavenly Mother instead of PS-111.
｢I brought you a warp finder.｣
The warp finder is a device that can check where the opponent has jumped through the remaining energy for a short period of time. Even if we were to go faster than light right now, we would soon catch up.
“How big is the enemy?”
“30 X10-class medium-sized destroyers, 3 XAX 5-class fast battleships, and many other patrol ships.”
The size is also large for a reconnaissance unit. It must have been prepared to end me somehow.
‘Even if you try to annihilate them, it will take quite some time.’
If all Gallagons are currently mobilized, it is not impossible to destroy the reconnaissance unit. The problem is how long it takes.
They came a third faster than PS-111 expected. We cannot rule out the possibility that the elite fleet will arrive much earlier than expected.
‘Maybe that reconnaissance unit was deployed to kill time.’
They know that I can take over ships by undermining them. Or maybe he decided that I had already acquired the ability to fly in space. If it were a game, it would have been like that.
That’s why I may have deliberately assigned warp finders to the reconnaissance unit to encourage them to fight. I can’t figure out which ship the warpfinder is on, so I have to destroy them all to avoid being pursued by the enemies.
‘Then time naturally delays.’
Even if I destroy the enemy troops and then escape safely, it would be beneficial to them if they could gain enough time to track my traces.
‘The tracking time with Warp Finder is up to 30 minutes.’
It can be assumed that the time for the elite fleet to arrive is roughly around that time.
In other words, you must destroy the enemies within 30 minutes from now to escape their pursuit.
‘It should have been that way originally, but….’
PS-111, a mutant screamer with a brilliant mind, is not in their plan. They also don’t know how many Gallagons are on board this ship.
I looked at PS-111.
“You said they brought a warp finder, right?”
“yes.”
“Then can you tell which ship it is on?”
“It is confirmed that they are on board five ships.”
“Let me know before you fight them.”
“All right.”
“You really?”
Sky’s mother was surprised when she realized what my question meant.
[Zuzuz Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzu (Eliminate 5 ships as quickly as possible and leave this place)] ｢
…won’t we run out of time?｣
[Zuzuz Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzuzuzuzu (I can’t help it. If I don’t sort it out here, it will get worse)]
So far, I have survived while being pressed for time.
So, I am used to fights with time limits.
‘Even if I can’t do it, I can finish it in 25 minutes.’
The target is 5 ships equipped with warp finders. If I destroy them within 25 minutes, I win.
With that in mind, I left the situation room.
This is the final battle before leaving the planet.