I Became an Evolving Space Monster - Chapter 429

Knock

A drop of water formed on the carapace of my head.

I lifted my head and looked up. There were so many dark clouds that it seemed as if they were going to spit out water at any moment.

‘You must have infiltrated the ship by now, right?’

Beyond the thick clouds, outside the planet, are Mother Sky and PS-111. The purpose is to infiltrate the Zax Beta-class ship supporting the Ranker in orbit.

The commander currently running the pirate fleet is likely to be a high-ranking android. If you are a member of the Supreme Council, you may be able to eavesdrop on our communications. So we decided not to contact each other until the operation was successful.

‘It’s been a long time since we’ve had an operation where everyone responds on their own.’

I feel strange, perhaps because I haven’t felt like this in a while.

‘The two of you will do well.’

I took my eyes off the sky and looked down at the ground.

Underneath the long, outstretched fighting arms, colorful waves crash. It is a wave made up of homeless people, pirates, soldiers, engineers, and other humans.

Their identities are Hiveformers. This is Aimorph’s army created using those from AG-01.

‘It’s more like a horde of zombies than an army.’

Seeing countless crowds moving at exactly the same speed reminded me of zombies from horror movies.

Of course, they are not living corpses. That’s because the inside of that leather is full of black worms instead of flesh and blood.

A huge number of body snatchers advance to subdue their target. There were eight monster walkers in front of where they were heading.

All of the hiveformers here were based on humans. You cannot pierce the heavy armor of a walker with your bare hands.

‘But it’s a different story when the number becomes hundreds of thousands.’

It is on a different level from the hundreds of birds patted in the harbor.

No matter how excellent a walker’s defense is, it is difficult to survive being crushed by waves of hiveformers. Once you are crushed by the military, you cannot move due to the weight and have no choice but to wait for death.

The enemies also seemed to know this, mobilizing all their weapons to push back the approaching army.

The walkers at the front adjusted the firepower of the plasma cutter to create a pseudo-flame thrower and burned the hiveformer. Those in the rear fired a barrage of shells from the multiple gun batteries mounted on their backs.

Every time the air vibrates due to heavy drinking, a hole opens up between the group. However, that was only for a short time, and another Hiveformer quickly filled the empty space. Unless you use orbital bombardment, it won’t be easy to push it out.

On the other hand, this side was also unable to reach Walker, but there was nothing to worry about. I lowered myself and put my head close to the ground.

‘Where should I take it out then?’

This place where we stand is no ordinary land. The moment the auxiliary organ under my chin touched the floor, my consciousness became connected to the wide, shallow nest. In that state, I took out the card I had prepared in advance.

At a point not far from where the walkers were, a nest disguised as land lifted its mimicry. A large pit formed, and the monsters hiding beneath it rose up. The identity of the monster, which is several times larger than a human, is Megacorp’s biological weapon, the Hulk Mutant.

‘To be exact, they are worms wearing the skin of a Hulk mutant.’

The hiveformer, the gardener of the nest, makes the body of an alien creature its home. Any object that has a body they can gnaw on can be used as a hiding place.

‘I came to the Hulk Mutant Testing Site, so I’d be disappointed if I didn’t use it.’

In addition to genetic samples, many unfinished or discarded Hulk mutant test subjects remained in AG-01’s research complex. They are like by-products created while making weapons, so even if I eat them, they have no value beyond nutrients.

So this time I decided to give it up to my little friends.

‘Now, go.’

Hulk mutants with their bodies filled with black earthworms advance.

Although it is noticeably slower than the original, its strong defense is still intact. Even when hit by a flying cannonball, it only flinched slightly but did not stop walking.

Belatedly, the walkers also tried to replace the shells with stronger firepower, but the Hulk mutants reached them first.

Some swung their arms with large swords, while others struck with their protruding heads like battering rams. Monster Walker’s armor is not damaged by such things, but it is not at a level that can be ignored either.

The walkers, who were spewing flames at the front, had no choice but to start dealing with the Hulk mutant, who was left with nothing but a shell.

Monster Walker is almost 10 meters tall, which makes him three times taller than the Hulk Mutant. The same goes for the power contained within it. Walker crushed his enemies by swinging his fist, which was bigger than a child, like a mace.

However, my army did not retreat at all. Because the Hiveformer has no pain or fear.

While the allies were biding their time, the humanoid hiveformers narrowed the distance between them and the walkers. The walkers also seemed to know that if they were surrounded, it would be the end, so they tried to keep the enemies away.

And between them, I see a guy with dual swords equipped on both arms.

A bipedal weapon that roams the battlefield with dual swords attached to both arms, like a robot character from a Japanese science fiction animation.

That guy is ranked 25th.

‘Then let me move too.’

I disconnected from the nest and spread my wing arms wide. As I bent and straightened the fighting arms that supported my body, my body bounced upward.

Below my feet as I hover, I see walkers fighting with their backs to each other. One of them found me.

The guy moved to avoid it, but it was already too late. I pounced on the metal giant and knocked it down.

And with its three heads, it bit down hard on the area where the cockpit was located. A short sigh leaked out between the crumpled alloy plates.

‘Just one thing for now.’

Now there are seven left, including the ranker. I rotated my body sharply in that state.

The forked tail moved in a certain direction and swept the floor. A walker standing in its path was hit by a pincer attached to the end of its tail. The man who had lost both legs fell helplessly to the floor.

‘two.’

Then, the tentacles that had been sleeping on its back came out all at once.

The place the tentacles are targeting is the walker’s cockpit.

Three of the tentacles succeeded in piercing the bodies of nearby walkers. The tip of the pointed appendage was covered in liquid that I couldn’t tell if it was blood or fuel.

‘This makes five.’

However, the three at the front failed to destroy it. This is because 25th place cut off the tentacles flying towards them.

｢Pain reduction activated!｣
‘Tsk, as expected.’

The twin swords he uses, like the ‘Priest’s Golden Spear’, are the only level equipment that can be obtained in specific locations.

The name is ‘Sacred Fang’.

It is extremely durable and has the characteristic of being nearly impossible to destroy. It is strong enough to withstand being hit by Red Gallagon’s ‘Star Flame’.

However, the blade is not dull. As it is now, it is sharp enough to cut through erosion tentacles without difficulty.

Other tentacles move to grab the enemy wielding the Yuil-class equipment. The twin-sworded walker avoided the attack with agile movements using the thrusters attached to the sides of its legs. Not only that, he used the momentum generated while dodging with both arms to cut down the approaching tentacles.

Attacking the tentacles any further than this is pointless. I retrieved the tentacle with my back armor and prepared to charge.

But this time it was faster.

The walkers whose lives were saved thanks to the ranker aim the multiple gun batteries mounted on their backs at me. The gun gate opened and hundreds of small bullets were fired. This is a tethering bullet used to capture wild beasts.

｢Grrr!｣

The left head opens its mouth toward the bullets filling the sky. A green fountain that melted everything gushed from inside my throat. The confinement bomb hit by the acid breath could not function and was oxidized.

Most of them disappeared after being hit by the breath, but not all of them. Bullets that you were lucky enough to avoid explode above your head. A crystal that looked similar to pumpkin taffy was entangled in the left side of my head.

25th place and two walkers took advantage of that opportunity to increase the distance between me and me.

But there was something they overlooked. What things are under their feet.

The fight with the walkers wasn’t long at all, but it was long enough for the hiveformers to come.

Hulk mutants attacked them from behind. Ranker narrowly escaped, but Walker, who had multiple gun batteries on his back, was unable to dodge and fell.

And humanoid hiveformers piled on top of the fallen walker. Walker tried to resist by waving his arms, but it was futile. The huge army swallowed him up in an instant.

Rank 25, who had escaped the hiveformer’s attack, had already run far away. By focusing energy on the leg thrusters for an instant, he jumped over a group of hiveformers.

‘It seems like you were in quite a hurry.’

If operated in that manner, the walker’s engine will overheat and soon stop.

I tried to chase after him, but the remaining walker blocked me. In its hand was a large serrated sword that could have been several meters long.

The vibrating knife, making an evil sound, explodes on my head. When the saw blade and the carapace collided, sparks flew out.

But there wasn’t the result he was expecting. The alloy blade, which seemed like it could sharpen anything, quickly became dull, leaving only a few scratches on my head.

‘What a bother.’

He bit both sides of the walker with his center and right head and pulled in the opposite direction with all his might. The enemy could not hold out for long and was split in two.

‘Anyway, this makes seven.’

I spat out the fragments of the walker that had become scrap metal.

All walkers assisting the ranker were eliminated.

Now there is only one food left.

–

“Chikushiyo! (Shit!) Chikushiyo! (Shit!)”

Shinobu cursed and hit the control stick harshly.

Now he was hiding in a small city located close to the port. This is to cool down the overheated Monster Walker engine.

“When the hell are you moving!”

The reading on the dashboard says I need to wait a few more minutes for cooling to complete.

If it were any other time, it would be such a short period of time that I wouldn’t even care. However, it was a very long time in this situation where I was being chased by Eimov.

‘And Fiskes you son of a bitch! When is the promised time and they still haven’t bombed?!’

It was decided to attract Amov’s attention with an orbital bombardment, but there has been no news yet. While running away, I sent a message asking what was going on, but what came back was silence.

‘Did it really happen?’

Perhaps, while he was fighting on the ground, Aimov’s pets attacked the Fisketh Twelve.

I don’t know how they fooled the Supreme Commissioner who specialized in detection, but the opponent was the infamous Moffak. It was clear that this was another dirty trick.

“…Whew. Let’s calm down.”

Shinobu sighed and forced her anger to calm down.

If there is a problem with Fisces, it is impossible to receive support from ships in orbit.

Now there is only one thing I can rely on. A perk I received when crossing over to another world.

It is a difficult perk to use, but if you use it well, you can escape this threat.

He looked at his cold sweaty palms.

‘It’s almost time to come, but why is there no signal yet?’

The ampoule consumed during battle is a preparation stage for using the perk. The special has already been activated, but the ‘presence’ he was expecting has not arrived.

‘The others came right away, so why aren’t they coming? ‘Damn it!’

At that time, a sign appeared on the instrument panel indicating that cooling was complete. It was fortunate that nothing was going as planned.

He moved again, dragging his walker.

‘First, hide your body to save time…hundreds of millions?!’

The moment I went out of the building I was hiding in, the cockpit shook violently. Sparks flew all over the cockpit, and damage reports written in red were printed on the instrument panel.

‘Oh, before you know it?!’

Soon, the ceiling above my head was torn apart, accompanied by a loud sound of metal plates being torn apart.

At that moment, Shinobu faced him directly for the first time.

A ghost clearly visible even in the dark. The eerie being spoke quietly.

It’s ‘eight’.

“Watch next episode”