I Became an Evolving Space Monster

“Did you get what you wanted this time?”

I nodded to Isabel’s question.

Unlike during Drad Song, I was lucky this time. Because I got exactly the characteristics I wanted.

‘Because the Pyromancer has a trap card.’

Metallic Gremlin’s ‘Dwarfing’ and Sky Whale’s ‘Energy Absorption’ have greater losses than gains from acquiring the characteristics. Pyromancers also have negative characteristics in that way.

Among the characteristics that a Pyromancer has, there is one characteristic called ‘hunger’. Those who possess this trait have their maximum energy storage capacity greatly increased. This can be said to be an essential trait for someone who has to expend a lot of energy.

‘However, the disadvantages are also significant.’

If you have the hunger trait, the energy stored in your body will continuously decrease. And when energy falls below a certain level, control becomes impossible.

As the name suggests, you go crazy with hunger and run wild. The reason he didn’t run away until the end was because of that hunger.

Fortunately, the trait I gained was not hunger.

｢Superior homeostasis: Consumes a large amount of energy to dramatically improve natural healing power. After using the attribute, the effect of the energy generation attribute is weakened for a certain period of time.”

The Pyromancer’s near-magical recovery, ‘superior homeostasis’, is currently being applied to my body.

‘The performance is a bit inferior to the original, though.’

Some of the characteristics that Aimorph can acquire may be less effective than the original characteristics, or the effects may change. Superior homeostasis is also a characteristic that is applied in a weakened manner compared to the original.

Even if you have this trait, it is impossible to restore your body in a matter of seconds like a Pyromancer. If it were the same as the original, Amorph would have become the strongest race.

Of course, there is nothing to regret. Superior Homeostasis is one of the secondary traits useful to Aimorphs.

Classified as an internal organ, this property, as explained, restores the body’s healing ability to a tremendous level. Unlike other recovery characteristics, it must be activated randomly to be applied, but once activated, it shows regenerative power comparable to the original.

For example, even if only the head is left, the entire body can be restored within 10 minutes by activating the characteristic. You may think it takes a long time, but considering the size of my body, it is incredibly fast.

‘If you have this trait, you can freely use Revenant Organization and Tyrantroid.’

A Revenant organ that activates only in situations where one is about to die, and a Tyrantroid whose effects are amplified as the injury becomes more severe. Both are good traits, but there is a limitation in that their activation depends on how severe the injury is.

However, with superior homeostasis, many of these shortcomings are eliminated.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any drawbacks.

When superior homeostasis is used, characteristics that pump energy, such as ‘Dragon’s Heart’, are sealed. The sealing time varies depending on the characteristic, but can be as short as one or two hours, and as long as a day or more. At this time, the only way to replenish energy is in a primitive way, that is, by eating and digesting the enemy.

‘There are regenerative characteristics that don’t have these drawbacks, but you can’t get that here.’

There is a unique feature that allows for complete upward compatibility, but it is very difficult to obtain. The most effective regenerative trait I can obtain at this point is superior homeostasis.

“I think I got what I wanted. “What are you going to do next?”
[Zuzu (well)]

I intentionally made a generous plan in case the characteristics I wanted didn’t come out. This is because I expected to hunt at least three Pyromancers.

However, since it came out earlier than expected, there was no longer any reason to catch the Pyromancer.

No, to be precise, there is no need to catch it ‘right now’.

‘I have to catch it later when Heavenly Mother is there.’

When other kids received a trait or two from me, she told me what traits she wanted too.

There are two main characteristics she wanted to implant. It was revenant agency and superior homeostasis.

Her perk, ‘Hunting God’s Transformation Shell’, allows her to transform into various types of phantom beasts. In return, a cooldown of 30 days is required each time you transform into a beast other than the Gryphon.

Although it is a powerful perk, tactical versatility is significantly reduced due to this cooldown. So she always wanted to somehow resolve that shortcoming.

‘A combination of Revenant Agency and Superior Homeostasis would be good when using perks.’

However, all I can offer here is the latter, superior homeostasis. This is because the Revenant Agency cannot be obtained here.

‘There is one thing that can replace it.’

In Berzan 02, thanks to gorging on Sihyeon Eugene’s crystal equipment, he gained abilities similar to Revenant Engine.

The name of the ability obtained through the effect of ‘Plunderer’s Irregular Polyhedron’ is ‘Void Dice’. Using this ability resets the cooldown of all attributes. Thanks to this, the Revenant Agency became usable again.

‘It seems there are other effects, but I haven’t confirmed them yet.’

After using it as soon as I got it in Berzan 02, there was a cooldown of 66 days. Because the cooldown was still remaining, I couldn’t test what effect it had.

‘…I can’t get over this situation.’

I thought about it again, but it still wouldn’t work. I know it helps her. However, I can’t give you the Revenant Agency now that I can’t use the Void Dice.

‘Because we face big enemies called Magmasaur and Wolf Ranker.’

I’ll have to hold off on Revenant Agency and hand over Superior Homeostasis later. After all danger is gone and I can acquire the same characteristics again.

[Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzuzuzu Zuzuzuzuzu (Let’s check the places where Pyromancers are likely to live)]
“What about Elemental Porcupines?”
[Zuzzuzu zuzuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzuzu (I guess we should search for volcanoes that researchers are not investigating first)]

Isabel, who heard me, did not reply. The guy who raised one arm and scratched under his chin pointed behind me.

“How about me and Adhai go looking for it?”
[Zuzuz (two of us?)]

The guy stretched out his finger and pointed to Aadhai and No. 26.

｢I like this one.｣
｢Negative｣｢This｣｢More｣｢Delicious｣
｢That is delicious, but this is even more delicious!｣
｢Parts to eat｣｢Write down｣｢Not good｣

The two were feasting on the creatures slaughtered by the Pyromancer.

“He and I are small, so it won’t be easy to catch them with radar.”
[Zuzuz (right)]

In particular, in the case of Aadhai, it can fly so fast that it is difficult for radar to properly detect it. Although Isabel is slow, she knows the ecology of elemental porcupines well.

I thought it was a pretty good combination, but I shook my head.

‘It’s not good to split up any further than this.’

Unlike the group that infiltrated Salman’s base, Adhai and Isabel cannot use parasites as a means of communication. If they, or I, have a problem and we can’t contact them, it will be very difficult.

[Zuzuzuzuzu zu zuzu zuzu (You can’t do this because you might get destroyed individually)]
“What about maintaining an appropriate distance?”
[Zuzzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzu (if that’s the case, there’s no reason to share)]

At least it’s better to stay together until Heavenly Mother and PS-111 return. Isabel also understood and agreed to what I meant.

[zu zuzu zu zuzu zuzuzu (Once we’ve finished eating, shall we move slowly?)]
｢Where are we going this time?｣
｢Bird food｣｢Are you looking for it?｣
[Zu (yes)]

I loaded the kids up and jumped into the sky.

Looking down, I see the little stoners coming back to eat the corpse. They will clean up the remains of corpses scattered around the lake.

The last time I saw the lava lake, it was just as it was when I found it.

–

From behind a large rock, Heavenly Mother and PS-111 were looking at Salman’s base.

Several buildings floated on the lava thanks to gravity control devices. Each building was connected by a long passageway and was protected by a shield.

The base, with several buildings intertwined like a model of molecular structure, was much larger than expected. There was even an air port that could comfortably accommodate large battleships. In fact, it would be enough to call it a space fortress above the surface.

‘I can’t believe there is a facility of that scale in the outskirts.’

Such facilities can only be found on rich planets like Berzan 02. No matter how ranker you are, building such a huge levitation base on an unknown planet is not an easy task.

‘I don’t know why…’

What is important now is not why that base was built. I need to figure out how to infiltrate that base.

As she looked at the base, her amber eyes focused on a certain building.

Some of the buildings floating on the lava had facilities resembling chimneys installed at the bottom.

The equipment, located close to the burning surface, performs the job of sucking up heat and gases. The accumulated heat and gas are converted into energy by other facilities in the building.

‘I have to go there or enter the port.’

There are so many eyes watching the port that it is impossible to sneak in.

There is only one way to sneak in without being interrupted by the shield.

“how is it? Do you think it’s possible?”
“Confirmed with a 62% chance of success. The size of the passage is estimated to be large enough for me and the ‘middle baby’ to barely pass through. “Precision flying skills are required to break through.”

It was a screamer-like answer with half of the brain made up of machines.

The odds of success were not high, but she was confident.

‘I’ve penetrated passages much narrower than that. That much is possible.’

I don’t know about PS-111, but the Heavenly Mother’s flying skills were at a considerable level.

Her fighter jet piloting skills in the game were within the top five. It was not for nothing that Amov entrusted her with teaching Aadhai the art of flying.

Since he only gained his wings for a short time, he is more familiar with ground combat, but can use his past skills whenever necessary.

“I’m going to aim for the timing when the gas is erupting from below. By using the rising airflow generated by the gas, you can sneak in without being detected by the shield.”
“It’s not easy even with the skills of a ‘little baby,’ but is it possible?”
“I taught him? Well, it’s only when it’s Green Gallagon.”
“I understand. “Based on the gas eruption cycle, the next eruption will occur in 6 minutes.”
“good.”

She nodded and checked the plan in her mind once again.

While we were reviewing various risk factors related to the operation, PS-111 spoke.

“I have a question about the sub-controller ‘Aimorph’.”
“huh? “What is it?”
“Is Amorph’s gender male? Are you a woman?”

For a moment, I thought the screamer was joking. As she remained silent, PS-111 asked again.

“Is Aimov’s gender male? Are you a woman?”
｢…Do I really have to ask that in this situation?｣
“The middle child is confirmed as a subject who can nimbly accept Amorph’s thoughts. Since we are carrying out an operation with such a being, we decided that it would be easy to collect information.”

I looked at the opponent with astonished eyes, but PS-111 did not back down. The guy, who had no facial expression thanks to his metal skin, seemed to keep asking until he answered.

She sighed and answered.

“As far as I know, he is male. “I said so myself.”
“Is there biological evidence to confirm this?”
｢….｣

She knows what PS-111 means by biological basis. I also know how to check that. In the past, when I was in the real world, I couldn’t help but find out about it after seeing another Amorph’s photo of ‘there’ posted on the community.

‘But why are you asking only me?!’

Previously, No. 26 and Aadhai asked her, and now Screamer is asking the same question. As if she thought she knew everything.

“Don’t ask me, ask me directly.”
“I asked before, but I was rejected.”
“I definitely don’t have any tolerance for that kind of thing… No, wait a minute. “Why am I saying this?”

It certainly wasn’t like this just a few minutes ago. We’re in a situation where we need to infiltrate a base where an enemy ranker is hiding, but we’re just talking about pointless things. Even in real life, she was not used to this type of topic, so she felt quite strange.

‘I have to change the topic somehow…’

At that moment, as if her wishes had been heard, a change occurred at the base. Ships large and small floated above the quiet port facilities.

“behind!”

She and PS-111 quickly lowered themselves. The destroyers and patrol ships quickly took off and formed a line and flew in one direction.

‘Why are you doing this all of a sudden?’

He had been quiet so far, but now he seemed quite urgent. It looked as if they had been rushed to the scene because something was wrong.

‘no way?’
“The ships that took off are all models with the advantage of high speed.”
｢…Could they have gone looking for Amov?｣
“Given the state of their armament, I presume their intention is to carry out a reconnaissance operation.”

No matter what, it’s not a good sign when enemies make unexpected moves.

‘I have to tell Amov.’
“There are 30 seconds left until the gas erupts.”

To do so, you must quickly infiltrate the base.

Watching a plume of gas and fire rise from the lava lake, she began her operation.

A word from the author (author review) Thank you for reading zakuti.

There isn’t much left until 2022 ends.

I hope the readers of my article finished the year well.

Then, we’ll see you again in 2023. ? Watch the next episode”