I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 297
Episode 297 – Break (4)
“Are you trying to see if you can implant biological traits into my remote control model?”
[Z(Yes)]
“You can experiment on my body.”
PS-111 pointed at himself with a claw. I shook my head, indicating that I couldn’t do that.
[Zuzzuzu Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzuzu Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzu (There may be side effects. If something goes wrong, you may have to throw away your body)] “Do you mean
side effects?”
Not all characteristics are advantageous to Aimov.
‘Energy absorption’, which changes the mouth and digestive system so that it cannot absorb purified water, or ‘dwarfization’, which fixes the body size as small as a human. In addition to this, there are many other characteristics that work against it.
In fact, there is no problem with these characteristics themselves. Energy absorption, dwarfing, and dwarfing are all useful characteristics to their original owners. It’s just that it doesn’t suit Aimov.
In other words, it is only beneficial to me, and there is no guarantee that it will be good for No. 26 or Aadhai. This also applies to PS-111.
“Obviously, if there is severe heterogeneity in genetic structure, transplantation is difficult. “We believe it will be useful in checking the compatibility of remote control models.”
He nodded, probably thinking that PS-111 wasn’t that bad.
After receiving his permission, I extended my fighting arm toward the remote control model. The inner palm of the four fingers opened and symbiotic spores popped out.
Targets that can be transplanted with traits are ‘friendly creatures’. Based on my experience so far, I believe that the target with the symbiotic spores is friendly to me.
Spores slithered and attached to the Screamer’s body, which consisted of only the face and upper body. Spores similar to ticks with short legs seeped into the underdeveloped upper body.
Then the Screamer body synchronized with PS-111 stuttered and shouted.
“Check for this foreign body. check.”
‘It’s not like it’s a machine, right?’
The only mechanical parts of the artificial body he created are the face and parts of the brain and skeleton. The rest consisted entirely of tissues or organic matter cultured in this facility.
Fortunately, when I placed the auxiliary organ under my chin, a text box appeared.
｢Double Helix Monolith activated!｣
｢You can select the characteristics to be transplanted.｣
‘Good.’
So what characteristics should we transplant?
It goes without saying, but characteristics that I use often or that are essential for my survival are not allowed. Traits that are assumed to be useful are, of course, exceptions.
‘If the results are good, I have to pass it on to the kids.’
Likewise, special defense-related characteristics are also excluded. Since you haven’t acquired the type yet, you can’t waste it.
‘If the characteristics are suitable for the experiment….’
It is better to be able to check the results quickly without being useful. That way, we will be able to analyze any changes in PS-111 in a short period of time.
After thinking for a while, I chose ‘Body Crystallization’, a general trait in the environmental adaptation series.
Body crystallization is a property that temporarily hardens the body’s carapace. However, since its solidity level is not that high and it has a higher-level compatible characteristic called ‘variable biological weapon’, it is not a very necessary characteristic.
｢Would you like to select the ‘Body Crystallization’ trait?｣
‘Yes…huh?’
When I selected OK to the last question in the text box, the heads on both sides began to move on their own, out of my control.
The heads that approached the artificial body opened their mouths wide. A long, thick tentacle that looked like a tongue was sticking out from inside. Two tentacles covered in black slime gently wrapped around the artificial body.
‘This?’
“This abnormal tongue phenomenon occurs.”
“This abnormal tongue phenomenon occurs.”
The body wrapped in tentacles and PS-111 showed the same reaction. Both of them trembled and repeated that something unusual had occurred.
｢The ‘Body Crystallization’ characteristic has been lost.｣
｢Infusing the characteristic. It is expected to take 5 minutes to complete.”
‘…It’ll be okay, right?’
As if reading my thoughts, a text box came to mind. The tentacles reentered the mouth, and control of the heads on both sides returned to their original state.
The body wrapped around the tentacles was covered in black slime, similar to when I evolved. However, the size of the cocoon was small, perhaps because the entire body was not reconstructed like mine.
Once the trait-infused body entered the cocoon, PS-111 returned to normal. The guy, who looked fine as if he had suffered a convulsion, blinked his eyes with camera lenses.
[Zuzuzu (Are you okay?)]
“A very complex chemical reaction is occurring in your body. Additionally, incredibly precise genetic rearrangements are occurring.”
[Zzzzzzzzz zzzzz zzzzzzz (it will take about 5 minutes to complete)]
“Even though I can sense that it’s in sync, I can’t control it.”
[Zuzuz zuzu zuzu zuzuzuzu (that’s how it feels when evolving)]
“It’s an interesting sensation, so I’ll record it.”
He thought the variations in the remote control model were very interesting.
The mechanical arms in the production room followed the guy’s will and collected samples of the mucus that fell on the floor. Meanwhile, the main body used its claws to dip the slime scattered on the floor and even tasted it.
Not only that, he tried to touch the cocoon, so I stopped him. Aimorph’s cocoon is vulnerable to external attacks. A remote control model wrapped in a thinner film would be much more easily damaged.
After 5 minutes, the cocoon’s mucus dried up. The Screamer’s body, which had completed its transformation, moved, tearing the crumbly membrane.
“We have confirmed that high-level coordination has been implemented. “We will save this data and refer to it in future model development.”
“See High-Order Coordination Development Dog Development.”
[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (There will be a new ability to use. Check it out)]
“Yes.”
“yes.”
The main body and the unfinished clone answered simultaneously. The two screamers blinked their camera-lensed eyes and bobbed their heads.
As if looking into a mirror, their actions were the same but the results were different.
Granule-like things sprouted on the skin of the neck and upper body of the remote control model lying on the floor. The particles, which looked like water droplets at first, grew larger and covered the skin. It looked like scales made of cubic.
‘Has it been applied?’
When Aimorph activates body crystallization, it does not appear that way, but instead is covered with a shell that feels similar to obsidian. I touched the material covering my skin with my fighting arm.
‘It’s solid.’
Only the appearance was different, but the feeling itself was the same as when using body crystallization.
[Zuzu (What do you think?)]
“A substance that promotes crystallization has been secreted in the upper body. “It is understood that the secretory organ in question was created through genetic mutation of an existing organ in the body.”
[Zuzuzuz (What are the side effects?)]
The guy bent his neck about 200 degrees on the spot. The remote control model also twisted its neck in the same way. There was only a crackling sound, like stones hitting each other, but no major damage.
“The crystallized material hardens into thin scales, so there is no problem moving it.”
That’s good news. This means that the characteristics being transplanted are applied to some degree in accordance with the body of the creature.
‘Let’s try one more experiment.’
The double helix monolith can have up to two characteristics transferred.
The next option I chose was ‘Neurotoxin Gland’, a body-related fusion trait.
There are two reasons. The first reason is to check to what extent the characteristics are applied to the body.
For example, if a creature that only lives in water is given wings or the ability to breathe fire, how will it be reflected? It would be nice if it were applied in a meaningful way as it is now, but on the contrary, it could be applied in a way that becomes an obstacle to the transplanted organism.
‘The body created by PS-111 is unfinished and has no resistance to poison.’
Its main body has been strengthened by combining the genes of various organisms, so it has immunity to various types of poisons.
But that’s not the case with replicas. If you receive a transplant in that state, you need to check whether the immune system against neurotoxins will also be applied, or whether it will just develop poison glands that will cause harm to the body.
‘And the second.’
Because the neurotoxin itself is no longer useful to me.
Since many of the enemies encountered after becoming a semi-adult were resistant to poison, there were fewer opportunities for neurotoxin to be active.
‘I wrote it for a long time.’
Neurotoxin glands, a fusion trait I got from the research vessel I first opened my eyes to. Thanks to this characteristic, I have overcome many crises.
Now is the time to let go of that grateful trait. I transplanted the neurotoxin glands into a remote control model.
After going through the same process of wrapping the clone in a cocoon, it was time for PS-111 to check himself again.
The guy who was about to check another body blinked a few times and shook his head.
“Chemicals that cause paralysis spread throughout your body and you cannot move.”
[Zuzu (Really?)]
“Glands that secrete toxic substances have developed in the body, making detoxification impossible. “This remote-controlled model cannot be used until we build an immune system that neutralizes the venom.”
The neurotoxin glands that had helped me for so long also helped me when I left.
‘Unlike AimoF, it is not applied completely organically.’
When using body crystallization, it changed the shape into thin scales instead of a carapace, but it did not give it poison glands and an immune system against the poison. The latter of these seemed to be because it required the creation of at least two independent organs in the body.
‘The results of the experiment are too few.’
Remote control models with paralyzed bodies can no longer be tested.
“It’s an interesting experiment. It is believed that it will be useful in producing and improving remote control models. I suggest more experiments.”
He spoke as if he had read my thoughts.
‘What we need are the characteristics to be used in the experiment and…’
His and my head turned at the same time. At the end of our gaze, there was mechanical equipment working hard inside the production room.
[Zuzuzu zuzu (What more do we need?)]
“We need minerals around here that can be used as materials for biological tissue, skeletal tissue, and mechanical parts.”
[Zuzuzu (Okay)]
I have decided what to do for the rest of my vacation.
Time passed so quickly and already 10 days had passed.
Three days later than the scheduled date, the Heavenly Mother arrived at the new Dragon’s Nest.
“and. “I’m speechless.”
The Mother of Heaven, who came to the broken Screamer support box, opened her mouth when she saw me and PS-111.
[Zuzuzu zuzu zuzuzu zuzu (After experimenting, this is what happened)]
｢…This is a screamer, right?｣
[Zuzuzu (for now)]
Currently, there were 5 mini screamers in this production compartment.
No, as she said, it is a bit absurd to say that she is a screamer. That’s because a creature with a woman’s head and eight metal legs would not be called a Screamer.
“This is a model created in the most efficient form for gene transfer experiments. “They consume less energy and have excellent survival.”
“Great!”
“Great!”
Mini-screamers with PS-111 faces all said the word ‘excellent’ in unison. This is because various functions, including the language module, were simplified to fit the feature transplant experiment.
‘I was inspired by the PS-111 when I first saw it.’
“and! “There are a lot of little friends!”
Number 26, who came with Heavenly Mother, seemed to like the mini screamers.
｢Little friends, they are the same as their friends!｣
｢Body｣｢Nothing｣｢Does it hurt?｣
“It is normally like this.”
Perhaps because he was remembering the first time he met PS-111, he gently picked up the Mini Screamer with his tentacles. Adhai, who was next to him, tapped the mini screamer with his front paw, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Sky Mother saw the mini screamer climbing up the bodies of No. 26 and Aadhai, and pinched the corners of her eyes with one hand.
｢…I feel like throwing up.｣
“This is the best result of me and Amov’s collaboration. “Please reconsider this statement.”
“public! inventory!”
“public! inventory!”
｢Collaboration?｣｢Work?｣｢Result?｣
｢Little friend is cute!｣
As PS-111 said, thanks to that form, we were able to conduct several experiments in a short period of time.
Of course, it is not completely clear how the transplanted characteristics are applied or what side effects there are. Still, it is enough to know what to watch out for when transplanting it to children.
‘It also helped PS-111.’
Those five mini screamers have at least one of my characteristics implanted into them. This is thanks to using the symbol of daily hunting to collect the characteristics and hit them as is.
‘From my perspective, they are not very good characteristics.’
However, not from PS-111’s perspective. This is because each of the five animals has different characteristics and PS-111 controls them all at the same time. Contrary to appearances, the specifications per individual are not bad, so it will be a great help to their activities.
Anyway, Heavenly Mother must have returned too.
When I say short, it’s short and when I say long, it’s time to end the long 10-day break.