I Became an Evolving Space Monster

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The sound of water colliding with metal resonates within the dark complex.

Alex, who had just left the security team building, walked towards the management office where the system management team was staying.

“Damn it. “How did you manage it so that the whole complex looks like this?”

There were emergency lights on inside the building, but not at all outside. Buildings and metal structures that would normally be brightly lit were all immersed in darkness.

‘Why is there so much fog again?’

I have been working at the research complex for a long time, but this was the first time the fog was as thick as today. It was so thick that it was difficult to see anything even if it passed several meters in front.

Buildings without light, endless rain, and thick fog. It seemed as if the entire complex had fallen into a huge swamp. The only source of light on the way here was the light from his reinforced suit.

“I can’t even see these idiots.”

There are thousands of humans in this complex, including his subordinates. Alex turned on the heat-sensing camera built into his helmet and looked at the tall guard tower.

People can be seen moving inside. They swayed violently as if they were dancing, but then stopped.

‘You idiots.’

How many drugs did it take to have a reaction like that even though the entire tower was immersed in darkness? He clicked his tongue as he looked at the guard tower, then moved again.

Every time I took a step, the heavy mechanical sound and the sound of water splashing on the floor tickled my ears.

The reinforced clothing he is currently wearing is a high-grade reinforced clothing provided to team leader-level personnel. Thanks to its high-performance detection function, it can sensitively detect surrounding sounds and movements.

Thanks to you, I was able to find out. That he was the only one walking down the street in the rain.

Of course, that didn’t mean there were no people at all. Thanks to heat-sensing cameras, people could be seen moving around inside the building.

Even now, the people at the windows of the building are clearly visible. Some ran wild like the guards in the guard tower, while others just stood still.

I tried to ignore it like I did before, but suddenly a strange thought occurred to me.

A person standing motionless in a place where there is no light, as well as a person twisting his or her body as if dancing in the dark. It was too strange to dismiss it as simply a reaction to drug addiction.

And it’s hard to explain in words, but I felt an inexplicable eerie feeling every time I saw them. It wasn’t the feeling I got when I saw my colleagues or subordinates. It only looked like a human, but it seemed like there was something completely different inside.

‘…It must be an illusion.’

It is true that the soldiers at the research complex are corrupt, but that does not mean that the security system is a mess. There are numerous mines and combat drones around the complex, and there are many powerful anti-aircraft artillery batteries inside the complex. Also inside the building are thousands of humans armed with reinforced suits.

It is absolutely impossible for an outsider to infiltrate this place without encountering any resistance. Anxiety is just an illusion.

After deciding like that, Alex moved again. I forcibly suppressed the rising anxiety. However, I couldn’t help but walk faster without realizing it.

Soon, I saw a rectangular building with no windows in the distance.

That building is the management office that stores various data of the research complex. It is equipped with its own power supply system and communication network to prevent data damage caused by terrorism.

Alex approached the door and entered the security code.

“Alex, a member of the security team. Approved.”

A short message came out from the terminal next to the door, and the thick alloy door opened.

｢Phew.｣

Alex entered the management center and let out a short sigh. I don’t know if it was my anxiety or the humid air, but the inside of the suit suddenly became unpleasantly damp.

It would be nice to at least take off the helmet, but the job isn’t over yet. Alex manipulated the terminal on his wrist to display the internal map.

｢Beep｣

His location was circled on a holographic map. The place he needs to go is the information processing room located on the second floor. You can use the communication facilities there to transmit files to pirates.

‘good. Then let’s go…huh?’

The sound of sticky water that rings as soon as you step on the hallway. When I looked down, the floor was a sea of water.

‘What is this?’

It wasn’t rainwater because the liquid stuck to the surface of the suit and dripped down every time it moved. It seemed like sewage backed up after a power outage.

“…shit!”

It was fortunate that I couldn’t smell anything thanks to the helmet. Alex cursed softly and walked towards the second floor.

‘Is it here?’

When he arrived at the information processing room, he entered the security code and entered.

Inside, there were larger computers wearing reinforced suits. Even though the lights were turned off, just like outside, the light from the computers made it possible to see everything inside.

The computers all appeared to be working fine. Alex walked over to a random computer nearby and checked it.

“The communication network is normal.”

He pulled out a wire from the computer, connected it to the terminal in the armored suit, and transferred the data.

‘it’s okay!’

The amount of data being transmitted and the remaining time were displayed inside the visor. The transmission will be completed successfully in one minute.

Sasasak

Just as I was trying to relax and feel at ease, I heard something coming from inside. Alex quickly got up.

“Who is there?”

The only answer that came back was a mechanical sound made by a computer.

｢I heard wrong….｣
Sasasasak
｢!｣

The second time I heard it, it became clear. That was not a sound made by a person. When I checked the holographic map, there was a new triangle mark that I had not seen before.

There must be someone else in the information processing room.

｢….｣

Alex, very nervous, entered the machine forest. The closer I got to the triangle mark, the faster my heart beat.

If you pass by the computer in front of you, you will see an unidentified intruder. He strengthened the hand holding the weapon.

As soon as he crossed the last obstacle, he pointed his gun forward.

But there was nothing there.

“what?”

The triangle on the map was pointing ahead of him. But when I looked around, all I could see were computers, wires, and small external terminals.

‘for a moment.’

He was staring at the floor and was startled by a sudden thought. His head slowly rose towards the ceiling.

｢?!｣

There, a woman’s head was hanging upside down. The ‘thing’ with bright red eyes as if a blood vessel had burst was glaring at him.

When Alex was taken aback by the appearance of a completely unexpected being, ‘it’ opened its mouth wide.

“-!”
｢Ugh?!｣

Alex flinched back due to the sudden pain he felt in his ear.

I felt an intense pain in my ear, as if I had been stabbed by an awl. Something came out of my ear and ran down the back of my neck.

Alex roughly took off his helmet. When I looked at the speaker part inside the helmet, it was completely black and covered in blood.

‘Holy shit!’

Even though I was clearly swearing with my mouth, no sound was heard at all. It was clear that his hearing had been damaged.

At that time, something the size of a human head passed by in front of me. As soon as I saw it, I immediately fired my Gauss rifle.

Light flashed from the muzzle, the computers lined up fell, and electric lights sparkled.

‘I will kill you!’

Losing his mind, he threw away his broken helmet and chased after the unidentified being. The triangle mark on the holographic map moved quickly.

A woman’s head can be seen moving among the broken machines, her hair flowing. It moves so quickly thanks to the multiple legs protruding from under its head.

It wouldn’t have been easy to track him if he was naked, but he was wearing advanced reinforced clothing. Alex used his enhanced physical abilities to destroy computers and follow the signal.

‘Gotcha!’

Just before ‘it’ escaped through the vent on the wall, a tungsten bullet fired from a Gauss rifle hit its leg. The main body disappeared into the vent, dropping the broken leg fragments.

Unfortunately, I missed, but I just had to chase it anyway. Thanks to the building map, I can clearly see where that vent leads.

‘I wonder if I’ll miss it.’

Alex returned to the entrance of the information processing room to go to the room connected to the vent. The moment he opened the closed door, he couldn’t help but believe his eyes.

‘What is this?’

There was a thick fog in the hallway I had passed just a few minutes ago. It was the fog I saw outside.

And something stirred beyond the thick fog.

‘helmet!’

His instincts cry out. That fog, no, that gas is very dangerous. Alex quickly found his helmet to avoid the gas.

“manager.”

A familiar voice suddenly sounded. Alex was surprised when he saw those who appeared with him.

“You are here. manager.”
“I’ve been looking for it for a while.”

The identity of the owner who made the voice was a subordinate who was supposed to be in the guard tower. Armed with reinforced suits, they are calling for Alex.

It was just as Alex remembered. He was holding a Gauss rifle ready to fire, but he carefully lowered the gun.

“It’s dangerous here.”
“We need to get out of here quickly.”
The subordinates standing in the fog and urging.

Alex also let his guard down and followed them out of the information processing room.

“The situation is not good because of separatist terrorism.”
“They even dragged the Shino Group into it.”
“The others are taking their time, but I don’t think they can last much longer.”
“This way.”

As I followed my men down, something strange occurred. Clearly, the location of the information processing room was on the second floor of the management office. It only takes a few minutes to get out of the management center.

But now they just kept going down the stairs. The subordinates seemed not to have noticed this incident and continued their conversation naturally.

“■■, ■■ … ?”

I tried to call my subordinate to stop, but my voice didn’t come out. No, to be exact, the voice came out of my mouth but I couldn’t hear it. The hearing that was damaged because of ‘that’ earlier did not come back.

“Why are you doing that?”
“I don’t have time for this. “We have to go quickly.”
“….”

Come to think of it, both he and his subordinates are wearing reinforced clothing. On the way here, I listened to the heavy sounds of machinery and footsteps. There are three beings wearing reinforced suits here right now, so it can’t be this quiet.

“ , ■■■, ■■?”
‘What are you, you guys?’

The subordinates who were ahead of Alex’s question stopped.

“I don’t have time for this.”
“We have to go quickly.”

Their heads turn slowly. You can see faces with their eyes obscured by the visor attached to the helmet.

“There is no time.”
“Pali, ri, go, ya, hap, ni, da.”

The familiar faces of his subordinates crack. Like glass about to break, cracks spread across my face and body. You can see something black boiling and shaking through the gap.

“U·ri·wa·ham·ke·ha·ra.”
“U·ri·wa·ham·ke·ha·ra.”

The guides of hell hiding inside the shell attacked Alex.

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“danger. Removed.”

MPS-03, hearing the screams coming from downstairs, crawled out of the vent. As soon as it came out it checked the broken leg.

“Damage, minor. Temporary restoration, possible.”

PS-111 and ‘Aimorph’ were given two abilities when producing MPS-03.

One is a sonic attack ability created by applying the genes of cavegoyle, which mainly lives in ice caves and underground. This ability, which Aimoff called a ‘destructive sound wave’, can easily damage the hearing of even heavily armored enemies.

The remaining ability is ‘heat release’.

MPS-03 picked up the broken piece of leg with its thin, long legs reminiscent of a spider’s legs. When I put it on the broken part and held it still, the part started to turn red.

“Restoration, complete. complete!”

The Mini Screamer shook its legs, which were joined together using high heat, a few times. It’s not perfect, but there was no problem moving around.

“work. check. check.”

MPS-03’s mission was to transfer some of the data stored here to the terminal received from Amov. The obstructionist who intervened along the way has been dealt with, so you must return to your mission.

It crawled on its metal legs and started copying data again.

After that, about ten minutes passed. All data requested by Amov was copied. MPS-03 put the external terminal in its mouth and tried to go out.

While crawling towards the door, it suddenly seemed to think of something else and stopped in front of a computer.

“intruder. “Computer, use.”

I know that the other person entered here by entering a security code.

This building is an important place that handles various types of information. You need to check what the other person has done.

“Usage history, purpose, confirmation. check.”

Maybe this information will also be helpful to Amov.

After checking all the computers used by the saboteur, MPS-03 left.

“Watch next episode”