I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 404

The sleeping consciousness gradually awakens.

The light of the red light installed on the ceiling of the storage compartment, the regular sound of the engine and the sound of breathing on both sides of my head. Among the subtle stimuli that existed before I fell asleep, small and heterogeneous ones were mixed together.

What woke me up was the sound of something heavy stepping on a metal floor.

‘Who is it?’

I opened my eyes to check for the intruder.

The first thing I saw was MCAE (Multipurpose Construction Auxiliary Equipment), which resembled the construction machinery that appears in classic science fiction strategy games. It seemed like they were moving minerals, as they were carrying large chunks of minerals on the thick mechanical arms.

In front of him stood two beings wearing spacesuits that covered their entire bodies. When they saw me open my eyes, they quickly bowed down.

‘They are coldbloods.’

It seems they came to transport food for the mountain crawlers. The Coldbloods who politely bowed to me left the storage compartment with MCAE.

‘I woke up.’

I close my eyes, but there is no sign of sleep. I feel refreshed, so I guess I should just get up now.

I lie down and activate the semi-transparent text box.

Due to this battle, many changes were made to the text box. This is because, in addition to handing over the ‘Revenant Organ’ to the Heavenly Mother, it also preyed on and fused various characteristics during the battle.

‘Well, there wasn’t anything that I thought was extremely useful…’

I also gained a few useful characteristics, such as ‘Hiveformer’.

‘It’s a disturbance needle. It’s been a while since this happened.’

‘Disturbance’ is a body-related fusion characteristic that can be created by feasting on cyborgs and metallic gremlins.

When this property is applied, saliva is created in the body that can be emitted by imitating the electronic signals emitted by the ship. One of the heating spikes on my back has been changed to one for the Disturbing Needle trait.

If you have a jamming needle, you can spy on the communications of ships nearby and intervene. To confuse the enemy camp by sending distorted communications. That is the reason for the existence of Hangjaengchim.

‘It wasn’t a very good trait to begin with.’

In the game, it was implemented to make enemy ships disobey player commands with a probability. It was difficult to use it in practice because success and failure depended on probability. There are many good features such as ‘hijacking’ and ‘radiation disruption’, but there was no need to use them.

The good news is that the penalty has disappeared as we move to reality. As long as you get close to the ship, you can eavesdrop on or disrupt communications going to and from that ship.

‘If I had gotten it earlier, I would have put it to good use.’

There is no particular need at this point.

This is because neutralizing enemy communications is fully possible with the abilities of ‘Messenger of Chaos’ or No. 26. Additionally, since the ‘hijacking’ characteristic has been secured during battle, there is less reason to use the disruption needle.

‘Instead, I have a friend who will use this more usefully than me.’

PS-111, dedicated to hacking among us. I’m thinking of handing over the interference needle to this guy.

Originally, I was thinking about hijacking or radio interference, but after thinking about it again, I think this would be better.

‘The ability to operate machines doesn’t have much of an advantage for him.’

PS-111 is still capable of breaching all security systems if it approaches an enemy line.

Rather, the ability to intervene in the enemy’s communication network and disrupt communication is more suitable. You can use the ‘stealth maneuver’ I gave you before to secretly infiltrate the ship and then operate it by preventing it from contacting the outside world.

‘Let’s hand over the disturbing needle to him.’

The next useful characteristic obtained after the Disturbing Needle is the psychic ability related characteristic ‘Ultra Control’.

Originally, it was a trait that could be obtained by eating Deer Antler Cult, but I was lucky enough to obtain it by feasting on shadows.

The effect of Ultra Control is mind control. This is a trait that allows you to control a specific target for a limited time.

Unlike the Antler Cult, which has no time limit on control, restrictions have been added, but it remains a powerful trait. When infiltrating enemy territory, it is very effective to use a combination of the three, ‘Mimetic Organ’, ‘Parasite’, and Ultra Control.

‘furthermore….’

Ultra Control is one of the materials that can be fused with a unique characteristic. I floated the unique characteristic synthesis formula of the transcendental system.

｢’Transcendence’ ingredient list: Inorganic Digestion, Reaper’s Maw, Bone Beast, Infernal Vision, Ultra Control｣

Although it was unlocked early, it is a synthetic formula that was not completed for a long time due to the difficult ingredients required. Since you have gathered all the ingredients, you can fuse whenever you want.

I feel like I want to merge right away, but I can’t.

‘Harvester’s Maw. This is the problem.’

As may be the case with other characteristics, once the Harvester’s Maw is lost, it is not easy to restore it. This is because this trait can only be created if you have the ‘Essence Harvester’s Jaw’, which can only be obtained from an Amorph subadult or a special Outspacer.

‘It is close to impossible to obtain a subadult in its natural state.’

The only possibility is an out-spacer, but even this is not easy. Although it has preyed on several outspacers so far, the essence harvester’s chin has not opened.

Either the 4th place intentionally created it without that characteristic, or they didn’t send me an entity with the characteristic. The reason is unknown, but it is certain that he did it because he was wary of me.

Of course, collecting genetic essence is as important for Outspacer as Amorph. There is no way to give up the ability to efficiently collect essence.

They just didn’t send it to deal with me, and there must be an entity dedicated to collecting essence. Only by secretly targeting when it is hunting a rare creature will you be able to snatch the Essence Harvester’s jaw.

‘Even so, it’s hard to get it for the time being.’

If you consume the Reaper’s Maw, you lose the ability to obtain genetic essence by consuming enemy heads. If you want to eat the genetic essence of your enemy, you must eat the corpse whole.

‘Instead, you can get unique characteristics, so it’s not a complete loss.’

The unique characteristics obtained through the transcendence system all had outstanding power. No matter what type of characteristics it will have, the performance itself will be impeccable.

‘This time, I can’t guess by looking at the ingredients.’

There is a mix of properties that change the structure of the body, properties that strengthen the body, and properties that manipulate energy such as psychic power or heat. Unlike before, I have no idea what kind of concept the outcome will be.

‘It’s time for a new unique characteristic…’

Arcane Orca’s energy manipulation ability surpasses that of No. 26. And the most powerful weapons I have are all ones that use energy. In front of Arcane Orca, it is virtually useless.

‘You’ll have to see the Black Devourer Cannon and Complex Spectral to see for yourself.’

There is a possibility that even this will not work properly. If that happens, you’ll have to rely solely on your physical abilities, and having a new unique trait will be of great help.

However, in this case, you have to give up the opportunity to obtain the genetic essence. Because I have to bring the body to Aadhai.

‘It would be great if the Harvester’s Maw effect was inherited as the only trait, but it would still be difficult.’

I looked at the text box and looked at the number of different cases for a while, but I still couldn’t find an answer.

‘There’s still more time left to fight Arcane Orca.’

I don’t even know where it is yet, so there’s no need to make a decision early. After much deliberation, I withheld my choice.

After completing the inspection, I stood up. As I was about to go to the situation room where the kids would be, the door inside the storage room opened.

“Are you awake?”

The identity of the visitor was PS-111, the Mother of Heaven, who returned in the form of a griffon beast, carrying a hologram regenerator on her back.

“We have completed estimating the target’s action radius based on the information provided by ‘Middle Baby’.”
[Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu (Huh? Already? Didn’t I say it would take a few days?)]

Heavenly Mother tilted her head at my question.

“Today is the third day since this guy started analyzing.”
[Zuzu (3rd day?)]

For a moment I thought it was a joke, but the look in her eyes told me it wasn’t. I fell asleep for not just one day, but three days. I guess the mental fatigue from the large-scale battle was greater than I thought.

‘For some reason, I felt refreshed when I woke up.’

It’s worth it since I slept for 3 days.

[Zuzuzu zuzuzu (wake me up midway)]
｢It’s okay. “I deliberately didn’t wake you up because you looked tired.”
“I’ll show you the completed simulation of the action radius.”

PS-111 placed the hologram player brought from the situation room on the floor and connected it to the wire taken from the body. Then, a map with a blurry image was output from the player.

“There are a total of 42 places where the ‘Arcane Orca’, an unspecified dangerous creature, is believed to have appeared. Among these, there are five star systems where Arcane Orca is expected to reappear within 60 days: ZP-02, OT-20, Zer-11 conflict zone, U-08, and Dar-Kissos binary star system.”
‘ZP-02?’

Among the places PS-111 mentioned, ZP-02 is a place I know.

‘This is where Star Union’s huge factories are located.’

Approximately 10% of Star Union’s warships come from ultra-large space factories located in the ZP-02 star system. If Arcane Orca had appeared there, it would have been subdued long ago.

“I think we should leave this place out as expected. Even if an Arcane Orca appears there, it will be difficult for us to catch it.”
“Is that so?”
[Zuzzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (Then should we search the remaining 4 places?)]

Surprisingly, there were not many candidates to investigate. Of course, there is no guarantee that traces of Arcane Orca will be found here.

Then PS-111 spoke.

“I recommend two of these: Jer-11 Conflict Area and U-08.”
[Zu Zzu (Why?)]
“Hamilton the Strong said that the number of pirates dealing in rare creatures visiting Jer-11 has increased over the past three months.”
“Who is Sechan Hamilton?”
“He is a pirate infected by ‘Aimorph’ in Asuka 44. “Before going to LV-06, I received information about the pirates’ movements from him.”
｢Aha.｣

PS-111 looked at me with eyes made of red camera lenses. I felt like he wanted a compliment for some reason, so I stroked his hair with my fingers.

“thank you.”
[Zuzuzuz zuzuzuz zuzuz zuzuzuz (I understand Jer-11. Then why did you recommend U-08?)]
｢That was decided by me. “There is a planet inhabited by Wolf natives in U-08.”

The Heavenly Mother pointed to a spot on the hologram as if she was familiar with U-08. There was a small planet there that had a similar image to the cult’s sacred planet I had visited before.

“I got information about Arcane Orca from the natives here in the game, so I’m going to check it out.”
[Zuzuzu (I see)]

I looked down at the result of Mutant Screamer and Gryphon Wolf’s combined efforts. While I was asleep, the plan progressed quite a bit.

‘I’ve decided what to do first.’
[Zuzuzu zuzuzzu zzuzuzu (then let’s start from these two places)]

The Jer-11 conflict zone, a lawless area where pirates roam freely, and U-08, home to the Wolf natives. Those places depicted as holograms are where we must go.

‘ah.’
[Zuzzu zuzuzu (just a moment before that)]

I brought my snout closer to PS-111, who was disconnecting the wires connected to the hologram generator. The auxiliary organ under the chin gently wrapped around the nape of the guy’s neck.

[Zuzuzu Zuzu (I have something to give you)]
“Is it a gift?”

Perhaps because I had had a transplant before, I noticed it right away. PS-111 stroked my accessory organ around my neck with its claws.

“New gifts are always welcome.”

After a while, the genetic essence in my body transferred to the new owner’s body.

A word from the author (author’s review) ｢Species: Unidentified hostile space creature
Status: Adult (transcendence level 2)
Goal: Survive (successfully evolve 4 times).
Possessed characteristics (13 body series / 7 psychic series / 5 infection series / 10 special defense series / 9 nest series / 7 internal organ series / 4 environmental adaptation series / 3 multidimensional organisms / 8 space monster series) Dog)
① Body-related (type in effect): claws, reinforced hind legs, beast carapace, heated spine armor, teeth grip strength, enhanced eyesight, warm skin
– Flesh-related fusion characteristics: regenerative power, mimicry organ, bone beast, reinforced monster wings , Insomnia Host, Harvester’s Maw, Hijacking
② Superpower-related (types being applied): Humanity, Dragon’s Heart (only), Clairvoyance, Ultra Control
– Superpower-related fusion characteristics: Predator sense, monster’s tentacles, Dark Veil
③ Infection-related (Applying type): Contaminated Blood
– Infection-related fusion characteristics: Parasitic Colony, Gremlin Moss, Acidic Fungal Gland, Corrupt Fungal Organ
④ Special Defense-related: Pain Reduction, Resistance, Disease Resistance, Complete Immunity, Mental Defense, Stealthy Maneuver, Gamma Ray Resistance, illusion of hell
– special defense fusion characteristics: protective color, refractive shell
⑤ Nest-related (type in effect): expansion enhancement, smog tower, master of the environment, swamp creation, unclean mixture, poison enhancement, hiveformer
– nest-related fusion characteristics : Symbiotic spores, ghost nest
⑥ Related to internal organs (type being applied): Strengthened endoskeleton, strengthened toxic secretion glands, superior homeostasis, hunger, bioelectric discharge tube
– Fusion characteristics related to internal organs: Berserker synapse, ultra jelly
⑦ Related to environmental adaptation (Types being applied): Inorganic digestion, Medusa organ (only), Tyrantroid, Warp creature
⑧ Multidimensional organism: Bio-plasma synthesis, colony consciousness terminal
– Multidimensional organism-related fusion characteristics: Deep space plague
⑨ Space monster (only): Complete organism , Nightmare Horizon, Organic Evolution, Great Infector, Herald of Pandemonium, Complex Spectral Body, Variable Bioweapon, Black Devourer Cannon Mark of a Formidable Enemy
: Marauder’s Amorphous Polyhedron (Dice of the Void), Colors of the Abyss, Appearance Dominator, Starlight Coordinates, Hydra division
possession type (6)
– Physical enhancement type, superpower enhancement type, infection enhancement type, nest enhancement type, internal organ enhancement type, environmental adaptation enhancement type
Specialization possible type (2)
– Special defense enhancement type (9/16 ), Multidimensional Creature Enhanced Type (3/4)
Space Monster (Only) Type Stage: Stage 2 (Number of characteristics required to achieve stage 3 8/12) (Reward: Essence rearrangement, Double Helix Monolith)
*Incomplete characteristics (7) Dog)
Gills, Giant Creature, Natural Healing, Saw Blade Tentacle, Mimicry, Catfish’s House, Demon Machine
**Token of Incomplete Strong Enemy (0)
– Obtained by: None
Available System: Unique attribute synthesis, attribute enhancement ｣Next episode look”