I Became an Evolving Space Monster

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An underground cavity filled with toxic pollutants.

There is a huge cocoon that is easily over 100 meters long. As the pitch-black egg-shaped cocoon slowly pulsated, a tar-like liquid flowed continuously.

A small being reminiscent of a spider approached the living black hill. It was MPS-03, a fusion of machine and organism.

“Chachi. “Chaechi.”

The Mini Screamer held a glass tube in its mouth and repeatedly uttered the word ‘collection’ as it tapped the liquid produced in the cocoon with its metal leg. The drop of liquid on the leg was placed in a glass tube and the same action was repeated several times.

After some time, when the glass tube was full, MSP-03 swallowed it and stored it in the back of its throat.

“We have the samples.”

PS-111, who was piloting the Mini Screamer a long way away from the underground cavity, muttered softly.

“We need to upgrade our capabilities to protect our controllers.”

During a recent battle, PS-111 felt helpless. Up until now, he had never neglected to improve his body, but his enemies were far ahead of him.

If this continues, one day it may be defeated by the enemy and its functions may stop. In that case, it becomes impossible to protect multiple controllers.

Moreover, it is difficult for her younger brother to survive without PS-111. Because she is the only one who can control the body of her ‘little brother’.

It must become more useful to prevent unexpected dangers.

“If we imitate ‘Aimorph’s’ ability to evolve, we can improve our function.”

In PS-111’s view, Amorph was a singularity of genetic engineering itself. It is no exaggeration to say that it is several centuries ahead of the Mutant Screamer, which is an integration of cutting-edge technology.

Even if we analyze the samples collected now, we may not be able to fully understand the mechanism, but that is okay. Even if we succeed in analyzing even just a part of it, it will be of great help in strengthening the function.

“Now that we have completed the sample collection, we will carry out our original mission.”

Anyway, the important work is finished.

PS-111 used a communications satellite to send out signals. This is to call ‘Middle Baby’ who went to another star system to search for the dangerous creature ‘Arcane Orca’.

They took MPS-05, which specializes in communications and hacking. As long as you send a signal from here, it will respond immediately.

As expected, MPS-05 responded quickly. However, the content of the reply was something she did not expect.

“Already on the move?”

‘Middle Baby’, who went to meet the Wolf natives in U-08, had already left the planet a few days ago.

“Securing important clues. Did you say you needed support?”

After thinking for a moment, PS-111 sent a communication to Mini Screamer, which was coming to Zer-11.

Please tell me what you need.

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“Why are you doing this?”

A captivating voice caresses my ears. I opened my eyes involuntarily.

A woman with black hair is standing in front of me. Although I couldn’t see her face, I felt that she was somehow beautiful. It also felt familiar, as if I had encountered it before.

A strangely attractive woman reached out and gently stroked my cheek.

“Are you still half asleep? “You look tired.”

It’s a strange thing.

Even though I was being touched by a faceless person, I didn’t feel any awkwardness at all.

“I’m tired. “I was thinking about it for a moment.”

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came out of my mouth.

“What were you thinking that made you stay blank even when I called you?”
“I was thinking about the breakfast menu.”
“oh? really?”
“I thought I would show off my skills after a long time.”

My body continued to move while having a natural conversation with an unknown person. Now I’m cooking something.

The arm holding the lightly oiled frying pan shows signs of familiarity. The red, wrinkled burn scar was the same as in my memory.

But this arm itself was very different from what I remembered. My body, which was immersed in virtual reality games, was in a state where it was difficult to say that it was good, even with empty words. I can’t even imagine my forearms being as muscled as they are now.

“I like the food my brother cooks the best.”
“okay?”
“Well, that’s not the only good thing.”

She comes over and gently wraps her arms around my waist. With that, the woman’s invisible face gets closer to me. ‘I’ responded to him without any hesitation.

A voice that seems familiar yet subtly mature, burn marks identical to memories, and an unfamiliar body. And a kiss with a woman who gives me a beautiful feeling.

A thought suddenly occurred to me. This is ‘me’ but it is not me.

Maybe what I hoped and dreamed of….

‘Ideal future.’

The moment I thought that, I woke up.

The warmth I felt from my lips and the cozy atmosphere in the kitchen disappeared in an instant. Instead, I was greeted by a glass tube filled with green liquid and a strong chemical smell that paralyzed my sensing organs.

This space is a place I know. I’ve been here once before when I entered Kochi.

But this is the first time I have seen a vision like the one just before.

‘It wasn’t the reality I knew.’

All the visions I have seen so far have been related to my memories. Things that happened in childhood, memories just before moving into the world of space survival, etc. I have never seen anything as unrelated to my reality as I do now.

‘To be exact, it’s close to the future I wanted, but…’

Whether in a game or in real life, I rarely had a proper conversation with another person. Of course, I don’t even remember kissing someone of the opposite sex.

Moreover, my appearance in real life was not good to look at. Because there is no human being who would like the burn scars left all over the body and the miserable, sickly body. Honestly, I think Amov’s body looks even better.

‘Come to think of it, Alshas was like that before.’

As you get closer to the ending, you see a fantasy that embodies your future in reality. The 4th and 7th ranked returners said they had seen this vision.

On the contrary, Jason, a ranking member of the ruling faction, directly killed his ‘real self’ in his fantasy. Perhaps because he gave up on reaching the ending, he hasn’t had any other illusions since.

I also went through a similar situation. When I entered the cocoon to grow into an adult, I had a vision of the ‘real me’ trying to kill me.

Then I made a different choice. ‘The real me’ was not killed, nor was ‘the Amorph me’ killed.

Looking at the cases so far, it seems that the fantasy you see varies depending on the faction, that is, which world you are closer to.

So which side do I belong to? Is what I just saw related to my choice?

‘The fantasy is not over yet.’

If you raise your head and look around, you will see countless green coffins. From some point on, every time I entered the cocoon, I ended up in this huge space.

This is a place I can never remember coming to, either in reality or in this world. Still, if you keep coming here, it must mean something.

‘Let’s check.’

I stood up by strengthening my legs.

As I became an adult, my body grew very large, but now my size was comparable to the test tubes scattered everywhere. I remember it was about this size even when it was a sub-adult. It seems that the size is adjusted to fit the fantasy.

‘huh?’

However, the only difference from before was the heads on both sides.

After becoming an adult, my head grew to three. The two heads, which are normally under my control, can move on their own when necessary.

And now both heads were pointing their snout tips upward.

‘ceiling?’

This space is so large that it is difficult to estimate its size. The same goes for height. Even when I looked up, all I could see was darkness, not the ceiling.

‘It’s above.’

Now that I think about it, I’ve always been crawling on the floor, and I’ve never looked up above.

‘Let me check.’

As I was about to walk towards the wall to climb up, a long, outstretched arm caught my eye. It is a wing arm with the membrane folded.

‘Do you think you can fly?’

The folded film was spread wide open and shaken once. My body rose slightly with the pressure of the wind. Although it had shrunk in size, it didn’t seem to have any problems with flying.

I lifted myself up using my wings and flew in the direction the heads pointed.

The smell of harsh chemicals and unpleasant moisture became lighter as we went higher. At the same time, a change occurred in the upper landscape, which was filled with thick darkness.

A lot of green grains are visible on the darkness that looks like black paper. Just like on the ground, there were a lot of green test tubes on top.

And beneath it, floating in the air, was a black sphere-shaped structure.

‘What about that?’

It is a unique structure that has never been seen before. I walked around and looked at the sphere.

At that time, the heads on the left and right stretched their necks straight toward the sphere.

‘huh? ‘Go closer?’

The heads bobbed their snouts up and down.

When I got closer, I saw that it was quite large. At first glance, it looked like it could easily be just a few hundred meters in diameter. The surface was smooth and flawless, as if it were carved from obsidian.

It flapped its wings and stretched out its fighting arms to touch the surface. The surface shimmered like a pebble dropped into the water, and the tip of my finger went inside without any resistance.

‘I guess I can go in.’

There must be a reason why Aimov’s heads led us here. I jumped into the sphere.

The moment my body passed through the surface membrane, the surrounding scenery changed in an instant. I, who had been flying until just now, was now standing in a black space without any light.

‘Where?’

Every time you move your body, concentric circles of waves are created on the floor. I remember seeing that.

‘…This is the place I went to when I was growing up as a sub-adult.’

The first time I had a vision was when I entered the cocoon to become a subadult. At that time, unlike now, I came with a human body. At that time, I woke up after walking through space for a while and encountering a fluid-level Amorph.

Maybe I should meet someone again this time.

‘Let’s walk first.’

Just like I did when I first came, I walked on a barren space with nothing in it.

How long did it take to walk like that? As I continued following the swaying waves, something caught my eye.

It was a person. A man with large burn marks on his face.

I was wary of having to fight with ‘the real me’ again, but ‘me’ opened her mouth.

“no. “I don’t fight.”
‘what?’
“I’m not cheating.”

The ‘real me’ who raises both arms as if there is no hostility. Even though I didn’t ask, it seemed like he could read my mind as he spoke so fluently.

“you’re right.”

‘I’ nod my head in the affirmative to my question.

“I intervened to rewire your brain, so I can read your thoughts. That is why I took on this form.”
‘Who are you?’
“I am an information functionary in charge of selecting recipients and coordinating thought systems among the projection systems. “I have stepped in to relay important information to you.”
‘Projection system? Wait…no way?’

System, audience, selection.

When I heard those three words, something suddenly came to mind.

“We cannot answer this question in detail due to security reasons.”

I said I couldn’t answer, but that was answer enough.

That being who introduced himself as an information entity.

He seems to be the one who brought the rankers to this world.

“Watch next episode”