Chapter 50: 050
Ep. 50
I thought I had seen it wrong, so I looked again, but the translucent text window shining in the air did not disappear.
'It really came out. 'It's a little different from what I thought, though.'
I wanted a feature that strengthened the teeth themselves, but grip strength isn't really an issue.
It cannot be said that Aimov's dental strength is particularly low. In the first place, it can easily chew a human skull, so it can be considered superior compared to animals on Earth.
However, in the world of space survival, which is filled with armor and equipment boasting extremely high defense power, it is difficult to say that such biting power is special.
'Aimorph's oral structure is closer to a mixture of a snake and an ordinary animal.'
The way it opens its mouth wide and secures its prey with its teeth is similar to that of a snake, but the way it chews its food afterwards is similar to that of an ordinary carnivore.
'If you develop the teeth strength trait, biting itself can become a weapon.'
Even in the game, the grip strength characteristic was considered an acceptable characteristic. Like the claws of a wild beast, it is not a problem not to have them, but it is a useful characteristic to have.
Anyway, to use the transcendence system, you need to have 13 body-related characteristics. Currently, every physical trait is lacking, so it is much better to have these traits than not to have them.
'If you gain dental grip strength, there are a total of 12. I just need to get one more from now on.'
When I accepted, my entire head began to change.
My jaw felt slightly sore, and then it became bigger than before with the sound of bones colliding. Accordingly, his head also grew larger than before. As the head and chin grew, the auxiliary organs under the chin also became longer and thicker.
The change did not end with simply increasing size. The teeth were also itchy and the structure of the teeth was slightly different from before.
Since it wasn't a major change, it didn't take long to complete. After completing my transformation, I looked at my face reflected in the tempered glass of the subway.
Overall, as the head grew larger than before, the feel of the head changed slightly. Before, the head felt like a viper's pointy head, but now it feels thick and heavy like an anaconda's.
And the teeth have also changed, so in humans, the teeth where the canines are located are longer than before. If it grew just a little longer, it could be considered a tusk.
'It was cute in the game…'
Is it because it's real? It felt even more terrifying than before.
Not only is it scary to look at, but thanks to its strengthened jaws, it can easily chew through the alloy inside a spaceship.
'I'd like to try it, but…'
Unfortunately, it's time to get off.
We'll arrive at the next station in a few minutes, so get ready to get off. I picked up the bag the reporter dropped.
'Then how do I get out?'
From what William told me, the train was the last one. It was unlikely that there would be anyone there when I arrived at the next station, but there was one catch.
'The man on the platform earlier.'
Judging by the person's mood as the train left, there was a high possibility that he would have reported it.
Since I was already activating my mimicry system when I was on the platform earlier, he must have seen me as a police officer. I'm glad he didn't see me as a monster, but the problem was that he saw me crawling up from the track onto the platform.
'I'll have to open the door on the other side of the platform and go out.'
After a while, an announcement was made that we were arriving at the station. I crossed the compartment and moved to a compartment as far away from the platform as possible.
The running train gradually slowed down, and a sharp friction sound rang out between the wheels and the tracks.
'also.'
When I look out the window with my body lowered, I see subway security guards waiting for the train in the distance. I grabbed the door on the other side of the platform with my fighting arms. Thanks to Amov's strong strength, the door was easily opened.
Before reaching the platform, I jumped out of the slow-moving train. I don't know if I was running fast, but I could easily withstand this level of impact.
I landed safely on the track without any trouble and quickly moved before they boarded the train.
"what? Hey, the door here is open!"
"What bullshit?"
Leaving behind the surprised voices of the security guards, I crawled into the darkness of the tracks.
When we returned to the nest, No. 26 and Adhai were awake. Number 26 was playing, tapping spores with his tentacles, and Aadhai was trimming his wings with his tentacles.
Number 26 saw me and welcomed me with its body glowing.
｢Are you here?｣
[Z(Yes)]
｢Big baby, has something changed?｣
No. 26 noticed that I had changed and approached me. The guy was so amazed that he stretched out his tentacles and stroked his face.
｢The big baby is growing up so fast!｣
[Zuz zuzu zuzu (when he is in his prime)]
｢I am proud of you.'
Adhai also seemed to be curious and came towards me.
｢Adult｣｢Change｣
[Zuzu (Yes)]
｢Mouth｣｢Tentacles｣｢Greatness｣｢Features｣｢Great young one!｣
Adhai seemed to especially like my auxiliary organ that was thicker than before. The guy shot out a wave of shouting, "A great young man," and lowered himself down.
'Gallagon seems to be attracted to the shape of tentacles. It wasn't in the settings.'
Gallagon is an NPC creature and is rare, so not much is known about its ecology. In my case, I only knew where Gallagon's weaknesses were and what to watch out for. I didn't know much about their ecology.
'Still, it's good for me if people look at it favorably.'
Unlike No. 26, Aadhai is tied to a contract with me. If a guy like that likes me, I'd be happy.
"Big babies are babies, so they eat a lot and grow up quickly."
[Zuzuzu (thank you)]
"I want to grow up quickly, too."
The guy who was sitting on my shoulder and stroking his head suddenly shrunk. I think it was because I grew up quickly and he didn't.
'hmm.'
Considering the future, growing No. 26 quickly is also an important task.
As was the case when I fought the androids in the apartment last time, there are limits to fighting enemies alone. I don't know if I can secure enough characteristics, but in my current situation, it is not easy to leisurely hunt enemies.
If I hadn't had them back then, I would have had a much harder time. If I wasn't lucky, I could have fought alone and lost.
'You can die in games, but not in reality.'
If you receive a fatal injury in real life, you will be at a much disadvantage compared to the game. In games, you can just die and respawn, but in reality, that's not the case. Fatal wounds increase the probability of defeat, and defeat immediately leads to death.
'For that to not happen, we need to pay more attention to the growth of No. 26.'
However, it is definitely a problem that I do not know the conditions and process of Mr. Demon's growth.
The Sea Demon is not as rare as the Gallagon, but its ecology is not well known as it is not a formidable monster for players to investigate.
'Still, inference is possible.'
Sea demons are creatures that only live on ocean planets, especially in the deep sea. If we select creatures with similar characteristics to those living in the deep sea and feed them to No. 26, it may be able to grow quickly.
Until now, I've mainly provided creatures that I don't need, but I think I need to change my thinking a bit. By giving a creature that would be helpful to No. 26 even though it wouldn't be of much help to me.
Fortunately, there were a few remaining creatures on the smuggled list that met those conditions, although they were rare.
[Zuzuzu Zuzu Zuzu (If you eat a lot, you will grow faster)]
｢Really?｣
[Zuzuzuzu (Yes, let's check)]
｢Yes!｣
｢Me｣｢Hungry｣
[Zuzu (You too)]
I guess I need to call William again. It seems.
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Apartment in Complex E in a residential district.
A man was spending time watching virtual TV. Like most people living in this residential district, he seemed to be immersed in a stimulating virtual reality with a bored expression on his face.
At that time, the communicator next to the man rang briefly. The man's blurry eyes suddenly became sharper.
"…."
The man turned off the virtual TV and looked at the communicator. A short message appeared on the small screen.
｢Operation Preparation｣
"Have we finally arrived?"
The man, Jade Russell, muttered softly.
A year ago, Jade Russell received a command from Sihyeon Eugene.
The order was to bring Gallagon disguised as Fairy Wing into the space city in advance before the board meeting and to infiltrate with Jade.
Although the Board of Directors meeting was not officially announced at the time, Sihyeon Eugene was the shadow of Akira Eugene. It was not very difficult to obtain important information related to Noble Capital faster than others.
The reason why Gallagon had to be disguised as a Fairy Wing was because although the appearance of the two was somewhat similar, Fairy Wings were rarely smuggled. Both Sihyeon and Jade knew that smuggling often occurred in special trade centers, so they did this to prevent smuggling from occurring.
After completing all preparations, Jade was deliberately discovered while pretending to smuggle Gallagon disguised as a Fairy Wing from a special trade center. Gallagon's primary goal was achieved by being handed over to the smuggled animal control team, and he secretly escaped from the detention center.
"It's time to put this ability to good use again."
Jade looked down at her hand holding the communicator. Then the battery suddenly ran out, and the body of the communicator slowly began to be crushed and sucked into his palm.
After a few minutes, his communicator disappeared completely, leaving only some metal dust on his palm and a mouth with sharp teeth.
The Russell family is the Eugene family, or to be more precise, it is a family made up of people raised by Sihyeon Eugene himself.
Sihyeon Eugene assigned roles to each person who received Russell's name and provided necessary support according to their roles.
For example, Arnold Russell received a large sum of money, a plasma pistol, and Jade Russell received a gene from a creature that was difficult to obtain.
The original owner of his genes is Metallic Gremlin.
It is a notorious creature that is called the predator of ships and is said to be feared by no one on the crew.
The metallic gremlin is about 30 to 80 cm in size and looks like an ape without any hair on its body. The difference is that its skin is all metallic, it has no eyes, and has a sucker-shaped mouth that is large enough to fill half of its face.
Although they look hideous in appearance, the reason why metallic gremlins have become a symbol of fear for sailors is because of their habits.
Metallic Gremlins gather in groups and swim through space in search of food. And the metallic gremlin's prey is metal.
When it finds a ship while floating in space, it immediately attaches itself to the outer wall and mercilessly eats the metal with its red-shaped mouth. The speed is so fast that even a battleship hundreds of meters long can be reduced to nothing more than a skeleton in less than a day if it is caught by a group of metallic gremlins.
They were such a threat, but the more problematic thing was that they were so small that they were difficult to detect on the ship's radar. It was difficult to detect it even with high-tech radar, as it was difficult to distinguish it from trash or small meteorites floating in space.
Also, even if it is discovered early, its body is made of metal, so it is unlikely to die even if hit by a laser weapon. As a result, it was not uncommon for a person thought to be dead to attack again later.
As a result, the reality is that many ships are still falling prey to metallic gremlins and reaching the end of their lives.
If it weren't for the Eugene family, we would never have thought of extracting and using the genes of these threatening creatures.
'Thanks to this ability, escaping wasn't difficult.'
He was imprisoned in a holding cell and escaped using the Metallic Gremlin's abilities. After completing plastic surgery with the help of another colleague, he has been hiding ever since.
'I guess I'll have to go collect Gallagon.'
Jade stood up.
The time has come to prepare to safely carry out the orders given by his master, Sihyeon Eugene.
The container where Gallagon is stored has high-level encryption, but it doesn't matter. Because with his ability, he can easily disarm it.
Jade took out another communicator and contacted her colleagues who were infiltrated with her. It was necessary to freeze Gallagon until Sihyeon Eugene arrived, so he made the preparations.
'Then let's go.'
Everything was perfect, Jade thought.
So he couldn't even imagine it.
The fact that Blue Gallagon, the most important person in his plans, is now roaming around with strange monsters at his feet.
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