I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 352

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There are countless creatures in the world of space survival. There are thousands of species of animals discovered and organized by players, and if you include things like plants and mushrooms, the number increases more than double.

Outspacer is one of the few creatures among the numerous NPCs that turns out to be from another universe.

The fact that the entire colony is under the command of a queen and that they prey on other creatures and apply their characteristics to the colony have different mechanisms from regular creatures because they are from a different universe.

But if they were just foreign, they would never have fit in in this universe.

Outspacers, like regular creatures, prefer planets with abundant resources. This is because a colony can grow quickly only if it has a variety of organisms and the organic matter needed to create energy.

Of course, most planets full of life have been conquered or are scheduled to be conquered by intelligent entities such as humans, cyborgs, or cults. If a nest is built in such a place, the colony is likely to be attacked by a punitive force and destroyed before it can grow.

In that respect, the Outspacer Queen, who nested on the barren planet OW-33 in the Z-10 star system, can be said to be both lucky and unlucky.

The planet he was born on is a place that escapes the gaze of the great powers, but that does not mean it has the conditions for growth.

When an outspacer devours all of a planet’s resources, it migrates to another habitat. If the planet cannot accumulate the energy needed for migration before it dies, the colony will collapse. The queen of OW-33 was also one of the individuals that died due to lack of resources.

This would probably have been the case if she had not had superior intelligence than the other queens.

Now, 40 years after his birth, he has become the Great King, leading the largest colony among Outspacers.

The being called ‘Empress’ by the individuals and colony queens under her command is now in her hometown where she was born. What was once just an old planet on the outskirts is now polluted not only on the crust but also on the inside of the planet.

The person responsible for polluting the planet was staying in the depths of the planet and having a conversation with an old colleague.

“How long on earth should I wait? How long must we watch our compatriots die?”

A large computer looted from Star Union is embedded in the sticky membrane. Thin, long tentacles were sticking out from the surrounding mucous membrane, connecting the computer and the diamond-shaped tombstone.

As the owner of the nest typed a message into the computer with his tentacle, the tombstone glowed red.

｢Message arrived.｣

Eventually, the other person’s intention was delivered to him on a tombstone.

“Not much time left? That’s what I said about the death of my compatriot last time. But look at the results. “Didn’t Olivia, who dedicated herself to your plan, also lose her life?”

The computer and the tombstone convey the Empress’s anger to the opponent. The tombstone sparkled and then fell silent.

After a while, the tombstone containing the other person’s answer began to emit light again. The Empress became irritated after checking the message sent by the other person.

“Be patient? Patience? I have lived in this heterogeneous female body for a whopping 40 years. How much longer do we have to endure here?”
“Message arrived.”
“This guy is far beyond our expectations. The more his compatriots lose their lives, the stronger he will become, but do you still believe he can control it? I don’t understand.”
“Message arrived.”
“Okay. You’ll have to do your best. My patience has now reached its limit.”
“Message arrived.”
“Communication ended.”

When contact with the other person was lost, the tentacles connected to the tombstone and the computer separated.

‘…a tiger.’

The person I contacted just now was Beomho, the leader of the returnee faction.

All the plans of the Returning Party came from his head. If everything goes according to plan, he can return to his hometown as he had hoped.

‘The problem is that things aren’t going as planned.’

Two major mistakes have already occurred in recent years. Because of this, two precious compatriots lost their lives.

Nevertheless, Beom-ho insisted that he did not deviate from the general framework of the plan. The death of a compatriot is unfortunate, but recovery is possible if the plan is completed.

In fact, within the Returning Sect, there is no one who wishes to return to their hometown more than the Empress.

Among the outspacers, the only entity the player can select is the queen. The Empress was the only ranker who changed not only her race but also her gender.

With the identity of a 34-year-old German man, he lived in this world as a monster queen for an additional 40 years. It is a bonus that we have produced so many objects so far. No matter how much a new body was created, the basic concept of the Queen as the mother of the Legion could not be removed.

He had no intention of living like this until he died, so he put in a lot of effort to see the ending alone. If it weren’t for Beom-ho who came to him 30 years ago, he would have attempted the ending a long time ago.

‘shit. But I never thought it would take this long.’

The Empress also knows that Beom-ho is right about having to be patient and wait. We also know that it will take a long time to achieve our plans.

But before I knew it, the time I spent as the mother of a monster became longer than the time I spent in reality. His ego was strong, but no one knows how long that will last.

‘You have to prepare for the ending now….’

Just as I was thinking about it, a red light came on again on the tombstone.

I checked to see if it was a tiger, but it wasn’t. Someone sent a message to everyone who had a communication stone.

‘Who is it?’

Jason from the ruling faction has sent messages like that before. Of course, I didn’t respond because I wasn’t interested in receiving messages from a lowly 10th place person.

But this time it couldn’t be done. This is because the person who sent the message was so powerful that he could not be compared to the 10th place.

‘Third place?’

CEO of Megacorp, one of the powers that dominate the universe.

The head of a ruling faction that has built up a force as powerful as the Empress.

Akira Eugene calls the rankers.

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“Li Zhao. “What are the experimental results of the JS prototype?”

The Mercury weapons research base of the Carmelda family, one of the seven families of Megacorp.

At the family residence there, Chloe Carmelda was receiving a report from a researcher from another family.

“It’s quite interesting. It has excellent combat power, flexibility, and adaptability to psychic power. “Even in its shipped state, it is expected to demonstrate strategic utility beyond Green Gallagon.”

The new Screamer, made with new ‘materials’, is nearing completion.

Chief researcher Li Zhao, who led the Screamer development project with Chloe, is currently conducting the final experiment at the Zhao family colony.

“It’s not bad. Still, it may not be completely omnipotent. “What about the disadvantages?”
｢Combat intelligence is lower than that of the PS model. “Because they lack learning ability, they are vulnerable to unexpected situations.”
“To put it simply, they are dumber than the previous model, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm.”

Chloe tapped the handle of the levitating chair with her index finger. She quickly gathered her thoughts and spoke to Li Zhao, who was created as a hologram.

“It worked out better. They also cited high autonomy as an imperfection. “I’m glad I don’t have to do anything to lower my intelligence.”
“All right. Then, we will continue the experiment as is.”
“Take care. Please send me the relevant files. “Let’s check it with Carmelda’s simulation program.”
“I already sent it.”
“Okay. Oh, please tell Gaju Zao thank you for lending him the testing room.”
“Of course. Then, I will contact you again next time.”

The handsome yellow man lowered his head, and the hologram ended.

“When I heard that Cynthia had died, I wondered what I would do, but things turned out well.”

She hummed and pressed the buttons on the levitating chair. The files Li Zhao sent were linked to the computer in her room and played as holograms.

Just as I was about to check the various graphs and data floating in the air, a red light flashed on the floor. When I turned my gaze, I saw a diamond-shaped tombstone with wires connected to it, with a light on.

“huh? Is it Zubaka?”

She frowned when she checked the tombstone, wondering why he had contacted her when he always said he was busy.

“Keck, you are the old man, right?”

The person who called was Megacorp’s CEO, Akira Eugene.

There has been no contact with Akira since Jason’s death. As she debated whether to ignore it or not, she activated the tombstone.

“Sir, it’s been a while. “I heard you’re busy these days. What’s going on?”
“Oh, it’s Chloe. “Are you in a good mood?”
“Why am I so busy playing with toys in Mercury… huh?”

While she was speaking to Akira’s tombstone in a fake voice, the other tombstones were activated one by one.

“Akira, I am busy. “Please refrain from saying unnecessary things.”
“Are you sure this tombstone is working properly? Ah, are you there? Can you hear me?”

A dignified male voice and a frivolous young man’s voice were heard from the two newly activated monuments. They were both people she knew.

“what? You’re a kid with Zubaka, right? “Who called you?”
“I called Jubaka and Shino-kun. “Chloe.”
“Oh, Chloe. Long time no see. How many years has it been since this? 2 years? 3 years? In space, the sense of time becomes very blurred. Now that I think about it, I stopped by a certain planet a while ago…” ”
…Hey, kid. Shut up. Akira. “Why did you suddenly call the members?”
“Don’t be hasty. There are still more people to come in.”

As soon as those words were finished, a tombstone covered in dust rose into the air.

Chloe was surprised when the tombstone, which had never lit up before, became active.

‘What about that tombstone?’
“How dare you call me? You have good guts too. 3rd place.”
“Huh, it’s been a while. 4th place.”

The last participant was the 4th outspacer ranker, the highest power of the returning faction that is hostile to the ruling faction.

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Thanks to my conversation with Isabel, I have a new goal.

However, there is still work to be done, so we are currently on the planet where Aadhai’s group resides.

This planet, nicknamed ‘White Stone’ by the Gallagons, is covered with a thick layer of ice that extends between tens and hundreds of kilometers. It looks like there is no life at all, but if you go down through the ice, a unique ecosystem unfolds.

Under the frozen sky, there were plants that looked like mushrooms or rainbow grass enlarged to gigantic size. Animals that have adapted to life underground roam around near the plants.

After passing through a wide community of underground plants, a long, split canyon appears. There are gallagons there, hidden by steam due to the acidic river that flows in the center of the canyon.

Near the canyon, in a community of plants resembling oyster mushrooms.

There, Adhai introduced the newcomers to his compatriots.

｢Cute Dwarfs｣｢Eggs｣｢Protection｣｢I Will Help You｣

Recognizing Adhaj’s ideology, 40 Coldbloods bowed to Ham Oort.

The Coldbloods were all wearing reinforced Megacorpan suits, so they were quite tall, but to Gallagon, who was tens of meters tall, they still looked like dwarves. Ham Ort, a female with beautiful obsidian scales, looked down at the new visitors with cool eyes.

｢Dwarf｣｢Plunder｣｢Everyone｣｢Must be killed｣
｢Rejection｣｢Cute Dwarf｣｢Good｣
｢Dwarf｣｢Lie｣｢Capable｣｢Kingdom｣｢Dangerous｣ ｢Negative｣
｢Cute Dwarf｣ ｢Family｣｢ “I swore to protect you”
“Family?”

Ham Ort’s eyes turn to me. In response, I nodded to the purple eyes that shined like jewels.

｢Dwarf｣｢Adhai’s Companion｣｢Baby?｣
｢No!｣｢Absolutely｣｢No!｣
[Zuzuzuz Zuzuzuz (It’s my new friend’s family)]

Ham Oort tilted his head and looked at me and Adhai in turn. And he nodded as if he understood something.

｢Adhai’s Companion｣｢Friend｣｢Kingdom｣｢Friend｣
[Zu (yes)]

Once the leader’s representative, Ham Ort, accepted, there was no longer any concern that the Gallagons would attack the Coldbloods carelessly.

The Coldbloods lying on the ground rose carefully. The Mother of Heaven, transformed into a griffon beast, approached them and handed them a mechanical device the size of a shoulder bag.

“PS-111 is a translator created by analyzing Adhai’s school of thought. “I taught you how to use it before, but if you don’t remember, ask now.”
“Friend of the Savior. “We remember it perfectly.” “If there is a problem…”

The Heavenly Mother taught the Coldbloods what to do to survive in Gallagon’s lair.

For four days after arriving here, we prepared for the Coldbloods to migrate safely.

‘Strictly speaking, PS-111 did almost everything.’

While its main body took over Isabel’s control, MPS-01, which remained to manage the planet, created equipment for Coldblood to use. Unlike the MPS-05, which specializes in communications and hacking, the MPS-01 is a mini screamer specialized in facility repair and modification.

MPS-01, synchronized with the main body, repaired the damaged aircraft remaining on the Screamer support ship and created a Gallagon thinker translator. Thanks to the diligent help of #26 and I, it didn’t take long and was over quickly.

‘Isabelle’s tuning was also roughly finished.’
“Everyone is so motivated, so I think you can rest assured.”

As I was thinking about setting off again for a new destination, Heavenly Mother approached me.

｢There is a communication problem, but Ham Ort said he would help with that, so I put it to rest.｣
[Zuz zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzuzu (I wish I had more of your necklaces)]
｢This?｣

After hearing what I said, she pointed to the sapphire necklace around her neck.

The necklace that Muriel attacked and forcibly put on her in the past is a necklace that does not exist in the game. Thanks to this, she was able to communicate in a thought-like manner like Gallagon even when transformed into a divine beast.

“As you know, this is something that Soobin…no, Muriel brought. If it’s made by a player, it’s probably difficult to mass-produce.”
[Zuzuzu (that’s a pity)]
“Maybe the guy who manages the equipment for that returning faction might have more.”
[Zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (I hope so)]

The next destination in my head is planet Asuka 44, where the equipment manager of the Returned Sect is said to be hiding.

‘You said it was a volcanic planet, right?’

Coincidentally, there are some Apex creatures that can be encountered on volcanic planets. It would be perfect to collect the characteristics while going to catch the returning faction’s ranker.

[Zuzuzuzuzu(Then shall we go back)]
｢Big adult｣｢I｣｢Nest｣｢I’ll stop by｣
[Zuzuzu (Okay)]

Adhaj left for the canyon with Ham Ort, perhaps intending to check on the nest’s compatriots. After burning the Coldbloods, I spread my wings wide.

My huge body rises into the air. I could feel the strength coming from the hands of the Coldbloods holding the scales on my back. The oldest, Coldblood, thanked me even though he was afraid.

“Great three-headed dragon. Thank you for giving us sanctuary.”
[Zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Yes. But can’t you change that nickname?)]
“If you order, I will change it.”
[Zuzuzuzu zzu (just call me Eimoff)]
“I will follow your orders. “Great Aimov.”

The embarrassing nickname whetted my appetite. The two heads on either side seemed to like the new nickname and stiffened their necks even as I was flying.

“why? That sounds like a good nickname. Don’t you like ‘The Great Three-Headed Dragon’ a lot better than Morph Park?”
[Zuzu Zuzu (No, not at all])

The gryphon flying next to me with its wings wide open clicks its beak as if it is so excited to see me confused.

‘Tsk. I have to quickly clean up and leave.’

With that in mind, I headed to the Screamer support ship with Heavenly Mother.

“Watch next episode”