I Became an Evolving Space Monster

Green flashes pour down like a shower.

I forced my recovering wing arms and flew up. The plasma heat rays fired by hundreds of battleships completely pulverized the meteorite below me.

While the battleships were preparing to fire again, so many patrol ships and aircraft carriers followed behind me that it was difficult to estimate their number. Countless plasma bullets hit my outer shell.

Attacks from patrol class ships cannot cause much damage to me, but I must not relax because of that. In a situation where a long-term war is expected, it is not good for damage to continue to accumulate.

I sprayed reinforced ‘Gremlin Moss’. A cloud that destroyed high-tech equipment spewed out from the biological pipe attached to the body and struck the surrounding ships.

Some of the enemies that were following closely had stopped working because of the gremlin moss. The aircraft carriers and patrol ships that avoided the attack quickly dispersed and formed a spread formation.

And between the gaping aircraft, flying monsters with large bodies intervened. Outspacers, equipped with bio-cannons as big as their own bodies on their backs, fired something at me.

Projectiles that looked like nails with what looked like spores stuck to them got stuck in my tail and hind legs. Soon, the spores swelled like bubbles and hardened.

‘this!’

The attack they fired was not intended to cause fatal wounds to me. This is to slow down my movements and give the battle an advantage.

Afterwards, the outspacer monsters in charge of the attack started targeting me. A large 40m monster approached me at very high speed.

‘What about that?’

It was a type of Outspacer I had never seen before, with four arms, two legs, an elongated head, and a long tail. I tried to keep it in check by pulling out the erosion tentacles with the ‘Medusa organ’ activated.

Surprisingly, just before the tentacle’s appendage touched it, it turned its body and narrowly avoided it. As I dodged, the blade at the end of its arm cut off my tentacle appendage. The appendage, which boasted considerable durability even though it was not at the level of a carapace, was cut off without any use.

‘I used the genes of the Hellside Hornet!’

Moreover, I don’t know how it was modified, but the blade on that arm is sharper than the original. I hit its body with another eroding tentacle to stop it from attacking any more.

Due to the impact, the enemy’s body stumbles and its movements become slightly slow. To finish it off, I tried to catch it with its clawed right tail.

Just as the pincers were about to tighten it, the tail stopped as if caught in a restraint. It wasn’t just a feeling. A web of very powerful psychic power was entangling my tail. Meanwhile, the Outspacer escaped leisurely, avoiding the attacks of my claws.

‘Why psychic power?’

I turned my head to see if there were any cult members hiding there, and saw a strange-looking flying object in the distance. I thought it was an anti-ship drone, but it wasn’t.

‘Screamer?’

The beings who disturbed me with their psychic power were the Star Union’s Screamers.

‘Screamer uses psychic power?’

It’s easy to be mistaken because of PS-111 and Isabelle, but originally, Screamer cannot use psychic powers. This is because cults with potential for psychic power cannot be used as material for cyborgs or screamers.

Even the previously encountered Mutant Screamer had limited use of psychic powers, limited to only the Overseer model for control.

‘But how?’

Just as its abilities were very different from regular screamers, its appearance was also quite heterogeneous.

The head was developed to the point where it was malformed, and the metal legs it used to move around did not exist. Various mechanical devices were attached to the bloated head. The face, covered with stitch marks here and there, was very ugly, but somehow it looked familiar.

‘I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere… Oh, really?’

A being that looked more like an Inmyeonbug than a Screamer radiated psychic power. A faint purple net flew in to catch me.

I accelerated at once and went out of range of psychic power.

‘That face resembles Jason.’

Jason, a cult player who belongs to the ruling faction. During a fight with me before, he tried to escape using his special powers and was decapitated. At that time, the body except the head flew away at faster than light speed, so I was unable to secure it.

‘You used that body as material.’

I don’t know how they found it, but I think Jason’s headless body was found by his colleagues. And just like PS-111 was made, it was made into a mutant screamer. That’s why he can skillfully use psychic powers as a screamer.

While I was avoiding the attacks of Jason-made screamers, a green light flashed in front of me. Megacorp and Star Union battleships showered plasma heat rays along my path.

Among the numerous battleships, there were six Sachs Alpha-class battleships on which the Star Union’s highest ranking member was aboard. Near the super-large battleships, which were clearly visible from a distance, large and small outspacers were guarding the battleships in formation.

It was truly an all-out offensive that transcended race. It was a scenery not easily seen in games.

‘Was there an outspacer ranker in the ruling faction?’

In the top 20, the only outspacer rank is 4th. Below that, down to number 40, there are a few more, but it’s hard to think they’ll go against the will of number 4.

‘And in Outspacer, the more the same species unite, the more synergy there is.’

Alshas was like that. There are a total of two outspacer rankers belonging to the returning faction. Since two of the rankers are on the same side, it will be easy to put pressure on fellow rankers who have different opinions than themselves.

Therefore, it is safe to say that all outspacers follow the return group.

‘What that means is that the ruling faction and the returning faction joined forces to capture me.’

Or the Outspacer Rankers independently formed a temporary alliance with the ruling faction.

It’s a guess, but looking at the composition of the enemies, it’s likely the latter. The leader of the returning faction is said to be the 7th rank, not the 4th rank, or the tiger, because there are no cult ships here.

There may be cults aboard the Megacorp warship, but that’s probably not the case. If that were the case, they wouldn’t have been able to use the Screamer made of Jason, a former cult priest, so openly.

‘…I like it anyway.’

It is too early to feel relieved that the cult has disappeared. The alliance between the Outspacers and the ruling faction alone is already a big threat. They prepared well to catch me, and used almost every means at their disposal.

On the other hand, preparations here are minimal. Because I was caught up in PMB, my condition is not perfect, and some of my characteristics are on cooldown.

‘There are no metallic gremlins and no gigacrackers.’

Currently, the area around this area has been sealed for faster-than-light navigation for unknown reasons. Even if No. 26 calls, it will take quite a while for the Metallic Gremlins to get here.

Even if they arrive safely, their mobility will be greatly lost in a situation where faster-than-light navigation is blocked. Metallic Gremlin, which has lost its means of transportation, is nothing more than a slow-moving target and is of no help in battle.

‘First of all, we need to make it usable for faster-than-light navigation.’

Only then will this side have a chance to retreat and reorganize or call in reinforcements.

‘It’s fortunate that there are no Vortex Ones among the enemies.’

Earlier, I thought that he had taken control of Vortex One and brought it back, but it seems that was not the case. Faster-than-light navigation must have been blocked by a method I don’t know.

To change the unfavorable situation, you must first eliminate him.

I, who was moving to avoid the heat rays, suddenly turned my body at the same time as I used the ‘variable biological weapon’.

The outspacer who was chasing me must have seen this as an opportunity and tried to stab me with four sharp weapons.

I don’t know if he knows, but I also possess the genetic essence of the Hellside Hornet. The large bone scythe sticking out from the end of my fighting arm clashed with its blade.

And the result was my victory.

The blades on two of its arms were shattered.

‘Being sharp isn’t everything.’

I’m almost twice as big as him. Naturally, the size of the blade created on the combat arm is much larger.

But I guess he didn’t expect this situation at all. The thing with its long snout wide open showed a clear look of confusion.

Without missing the opportunity, the erosion tentacles reached out at the creature all at once. The tentacle’s appendages clawed at its legs and tail.

I held on to it tightly and tried to kill it with the Medusa organ, but I was interrupted. A huge heat ray fired by a Sachs Alpha-class battleship hit me directly in the back. One tentacle was torn off and the shell was dented. Because of that, I lost the outspacer I was holding.

The guy cut off the part that touched the appendage with the blade without hesitation and quickly retreated. As it is a special entity, it is highly likely that it is equipped with a means of recovery. I will recover and come back soon.

However, even after knowing that fact, I did not chase him.

Instead, I returned my deformed arm to its original state and spread a ‘shroud of darkness’ around my body.

The biological pipe that vaporized and sprayed gremlin moss this time sprayed a pitch-black fog. The enemy fleet’s main guns fired again, but no ship hit me as I hid behind the curtain.

In that state, I opened the mouths of each head. Then, as if they had been waiting, the kids inside jumped out.

[Zuzuzuz zu zuzuzuzu (I’m sorry, but I need to help you)]
｢Hunting｣｢Starting?｣
｢There are a lot of bad people!｣
｢…Is this what happened in the end? “What can I help you with first?”

Despite this situation, what the kids have to do hasn’t changed much.

No. 26 will mark enemies using psychic power, while Sky Mother and Adhai will deal with the fleet. PS-111 will provide support fire above me.

What has changed is Isabelle’s role.

‘If you have the heavenly eye, you will be able to catch the enemy’s secret move.’

With Isabel’s privilege of reading the other party’s information, she can easily check who is interfering with faster-than-light travel. And if there are any other cards hidden by the enemies, Isabel will find them and let you know.

[Zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (Okay. You all understand, right?)]
｢Yes! I understand!｣
｢Formidable Enemy｣｢Hunting｣｢Difficult｣｢Still｣｢I’ll try my best｣
｢Wow, it won’t be easy, but I have to do it.｣

Members who can express their thoughts through thought and wavelength have sent messages telling us not to worry.

｢Space, communication, difficulties, but I try my best.｣
｢I, too, will help.｣

PS-111, who had learned from No. 26 that she could communicate with psychic power at the time of reconstruction, and Isabel, who had been transplanted with that technology, also responded, albeit in a slurred manner.

[Zuzuz, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (Be careful not to get hurt as much as possible)]
｢Yes! Even older babies shouldn’t be in pain!”
“Agree.”

Honestly, it is difficult to say that the current situation is good. Because I had never experienced a battle with a large fleet commanded by rankers of three races in this world. I hope the kids don’t get hurt, but that’s probably just greed.

‘but….’

Since coming to this world, my life has been a series of crises.

Numerous dangers and powerful enemies constantly obstructed my survival.

But it was always me who stood at the end.

It’s the same this time too.

I and my family will survive.

“Watch next episode”