I Became an Evolving Space Monster

｢That’s the ability you gained by capturing Alshas.｣
[Z(Yes)]
｢Grrr｣

The Mother of Heaven looked with strange eyes at the ‘left head’ that had taken over the new body. When I tried to answer her question, a sound came out of my main body’s mouth and the mouth of the ‘left head’ at the same time.

“Do you think your body is in sync? Does it feel like an artificial assistive body?”
[Zuzuzu zzu zzu zzuzuzu zuz (That expensive item, I don’t know because I’ve never used it)]
“It looks like it can move independently when it’s not under your control.”

Aside from feeling bad about being drenched in saliva, she seemed quite intrigued by the sight of me moving two bodies at the same time.

‘I have a vague sense of movement.’

Does it feel like the sensations felt when linking to the nest and commanding the parasite are combined into one?

If I were to explain it in terms of human senses, it was similar to the feeling you get when you move your body right before waking up from a dream. Even though my body is still asleep, in my dream I wake up to go to school, go to the bathroom, and eat.

I tried lifting the wing arm of the ‘left head’ and moving the tail of the main body at the same time. It was awkward at first, but I quickly got used to it.

‘I think I would have lost my mind if I had been in this situation when I was human.’

It looks like things will get more complicated here if there are two duplicates, but I’ll have to experiment with that later. This is because there is a limit to the energy stored in the body.

‘But how do you use the characteristics as a duplicate?’

Clones can use a total of four types of characteristics: body, special defense, internal organs, and environmental adaptation. I don’t have to worry about traits like regenerative power as they will be activated automatically, but I’m not sure how complex traits like mimicry will work.

‘It just worked out.’

Aimorph is not affected by pheromones, so it is impossible to see what I look like. You can only tell what kind of object it has turned into by imitating its voice, which is a side effect of the mimicry organ.

However, the Mother of Heaven is influenced by the pheromones emitted by the mimicry organ.

[Zuzuz (just a moment)]

I asked her to wait a moment and concentrated on letting the ‘left head’ use its mimicry organ. I can feel the tiny pores all over the clone’s body writhing.

And the auxiliary organs of the main body detected the familiar lingering scent of pheromones. In that state, I opened the clone’s mouth.

“how is it?”
“how is it?”
｢….｣

The same voice comes out of the main body and the mouth of the ‘left head’. It is the voice of Alshas, the last being I ate.

“How do I look?”
“How do I look?”
“…It’s creepy, so can you tell me just one person?”

I guess I really hate it because I see the tangled hair standing up again due to the sticky saliva.

Instead of making a voice, I sent waves to the monster’s tentacles attached to its main body.

[Zuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzu zu zuzuzu zuzu (I can’t control it yet. How do I look now?)]
｢They both look like Alshas.｣
[Zu (really?)]

Her amber eyes look far below my head. This is because their senses are disturbed by the mimicry organ and they perceive me as a human being.

“That’s half the success.”
“Now all that’s left is…”
“It takes on a different form.”
“Using genetic essence.”
“…If you want to experiment, I hope you do it with other kids instead of me.”

There are a few more things left to check, but since they hate it so much, I’ll have to do it later. I left the mimicked ‘left head’ intact and deactivated the mimicry organ of the main body.

[Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzu (I have some things left to check, so please ask later)]
｢Phew….｣

She sighed and shook her head at the reaction I made.

“We’ll talk about that later. Doesn’t the separated part hurt? The neck is empty.”
[Zuzuz, zuzu, zuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (It’s okay. The awkwardness I felt after splitting went away quickly)]
“I see.”

As she was looking at the neatly separated marks near her neck, she snapped her fingers as if an idea occurred to her.

“Now I remember why I came here. I have something to tell you.”
[Zuzu (What?)]
“PS-111 says Isabel’s tuning will take about 30 hours.”

30 hours. It takes longer than expected.

Although there is nothing that urgently needs to be resolved right now, I am not happy that Isabelle remains incapacitated for a long period of time. Because another guy has to stay by his side to protect him.

Heavenly Mother, who read my thoughts, continued.

｢They say it’s because it’s difficult to fine-tune it with Giga Cracker’s facilities.｣
[Zuzuz zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzuzu (That means if the facilities are good, it will be finished faster, right?)]
｢Yes. maybe.”

When I hear that, something comes to mind.

40 Cold Bloods aboard the Giga Cracker. I thought about sending them to an ice planet ruled by Aadhai’s hordes.

‘And there’s a Screamer support ship.’

With the help of screamer production facilities, PS-111’s work efficiency could be further improved.

[Zuz, zuzu, zuzu, zuzuzu (there is one thing that comes to mind)]
｢Huh?｣

On my way to the ice planet, I brought up the idea of letting the Coldblood slaves live with Gallagon.

｢This would never have happened in a game, but it seems possible here.｣
[Zuzuzu (right?)]
｢The part to consider here is not Gallagon, but the environment. Last time I was there, it was confirmed that oxygen was present. Although there are concerns about bacterial infection, cold blood is resistant to various viruses…”

She smoothed the tip of her beak with her finger, wondering if the ice planet was suitable for coldbloods to inhabit.

“The problem is temperature. Cold blood is vulnerable to low temperatures. They won’t be able to withstand the cold underground.”
[Zuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzuzu Zuzuzu Zuzuzuzuzu (The area around the nest will be warm thanks to the river of sulfur, right?)]
“If they are healthy, they will endure as you say, but their current physical condition is It’s not so good. It’s hard to hold on until you recover your stamina.”
[Zuzuzuz, zuzuzu, zuzuzu, zuzuzu (trying to solve that problem by wearing reinforced clothing)]
“Reinforced clothing? Ah, that’s the reinforced suit from Giga Cracker.”

Gigacracker is equipped with reinforced suits specialized for activities in outer space. If you wear it, you can avoid their temperature problems and bacterial infection problems.

‘Of course, I can’t wear it for the rest of my life, so I need to recover as quickly as possible.’

From there, it’s up to them. My role ended with moving the coldbloods to a safe place.

｢I’ll talk to them.｣
[zuzu zuzuzuzu zuzuzu (I’ll go to PS-111)]

After sending off the Heavenly Mother, I pointed the tip of the crown of the ‘left head’ towards the main body.

‘Should we try this while we’re practicing?’

I’ll have to go to PS-111 with the ‘left head’ to see what happens when the distance between me and the clone increases.

While the main body rested face down in the hangar, I crawled up the hallway while connected to the ‘left head’. Even as the distance grew, the feeling of foreignness did not change much.

While slowly crawling toward the manufacturing plant, I tried a few experiments. What happens if you lose touch with the original while connected to a duplicate, and can you reconnect without contact?

First, in the former case, consciousness returned to the main body as soon as the connection was disconnected. It was impossible to focus my consciousness only on the ‘left head’ instead of the main body. This seemed to be because even though it had its own identity, it was only a part of my body.

In that state, as soon as I thought I wanted to control the ‘left side of my head’, my senses reconnected. The sensation was shared with the ‘left head’ along with a numb feeling as if the arm had been held tightly to prevent blood flow and then released again.

‘Plus, there’s one unexpected advantage.’

What’s interesting is that even at the point when consciousness was separated, the ‘left head’ voluntarily tried to carry out what I had tried to do. During the brief period of loss of consciousness, he continued to crawl up the hallway and try to get to the manufacturing plant.

‘Maybe you two brains are smarter than you think.’

Although they show behavior that is close to instinct, they are beings that were born based on me, no matter what. Even when they are not under my control, they are likely to imitate my fighting style and strategies. Even if a situation arises that I cannot care about, I can inject orders in advance so that I can fight strategically.

‘I’ll have to do more experiments to be sure.’

In addition, how long the connection is maintained no matter how far away from the main body, how to use complex characteristics such as mimicry organs and human worm hosts, etc. There are many things to check.

While moving through this simple experiment, we arrived at the manufacturing plant.

Inside, PS-111 was using his long claws to touch Isabelle, who was lying down.

When fighting an enemy, the threatening claws that cut the opponent’s body into pieces have now become delicate surgical tools. The boy’s sharp fingers moved fluidly, as if a pianist was playing, and operated various mechanical devices. Around them, the MPS series were moving diligently, using their short metal legs to help their creator.

The guy who was engrossed in work senses my presence and raises his head. The red camera lens that replaced the visual organ is pointed at me.

“82% similar to the sub-controller ‘Amorph’. who are you?”
“It’s Amov. “I gained new strength after feasting on Alshas.”
“New strength?”

The guy tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

“It’s similar to what you control by synchronizing with the MPS.”
“It is very interesting to have created a terminal similar to the original in such a short period of time. “If you allow us to collect skin samples, we can confirm that great progress will be made in MPS design.”

Jane is interesting in her own way, but I have things to do first.

“I have something to ask you more than that.”
“What is?”
“Heavenly Mother said it would take 30 hours for the attunement to be completed? “Wouldn’t it be possible to reduce the time further with equipment on the Screamer support ship?”

I briefly explained the conversation I had with Heavenly Mother. PS-111 listened to my story until the end and nodded.

“With the facilities of the Screamer support ship, coordination can be completed in less than 10 hours.”
“okay?”
“yes. “We will stop coordinating for a while and start operating the Giga Cracker.”
“please.”
“In the meantime, please check the condition of ‘younger brother’.”

As a guy who is half machine, he acts quickly once he decides on something. He left the manufacturing plant to start the ship with the mini screamers.

‘Then here…’
“Aimov.”

The moment I thought I needed to experiment with human face bugs, I heard a voice from below.

Isabelle, who had wires and cables connected to her head, was looking up at me with her eyes open.

‘Are you awake?’

I thought PS-111 would naturally be in a dormant state because it was busy tuning, but that wasn’t the case.

Thanks to the transplant of Coldblood’s eyeballs, his eyes glowed the same blue as the sea. Perhaps by coincidence, she was the complete opposite of her twin sister, who had bright red mechanical eyes.

The guy looked at me with his blue eyes and opened his mouth.

“You ate that body, Alshas.”
“okay.”

Looking at the reaction, my body changed, but I did not lose my ability to read the other person’s information. I thought it might have something to do with the eyes, so I told PS-111 that at least the eyes should be transplanted, and fortunately, the answer was correct.

“This is the privilege I received when I came to this world, ‘the heavenly eye of all beings.’ As the name suggests, you can only use it if you have eyes.”
“As expected, it was a perk.”
“It’s funny to say this now, but I thought you would take it from me, even if it meant killing me.”

To be honest, I still have very little desire to do that. The perk of reading someone else’s information is that attractive. However, I decided that it would be more beneficial for me if he stayed alive, so I made a different choice.

Of course, you don’t have to say exactly what you think.

“Your sister, PS-111 asked for it. Please save me. “I just listened to his request.”
“I knew it, but it’s still different.”

He said to himself that he was impressed that I behaved differently in the game and in this world.

‘Looking at it, it doesn’t seem like there’s much of a problem with conversation.’

Part of its long body was disassembled and its head was full of wires, but its mind seemed to be intact.

Since there is still time left before arriving at the ice planet, it would be okay to ask the questions you wanted to ask here.

“You have the ability to read information, so you probably know more than others, right?”
“huh. “If I can answer, I will.”

I asked Isabelle, who nodded obediently, directly.

“The players I’ve met so far, and even myself. As we all got closer to the ending, we all saw unusual visions. “Do you know what this means?”

A fantasy secret that I kept wondering about because there were no clues. Among the rankers I’ve met so far, not a single one has given me a clear answer about fantasy.

Is that why? The guy didn’t answer my question right away. He just stared at me silently with his sapphire-like eyes.

After a while, the small mouth of the silent guy opened and the answer to my question flowed out.

‘what?’

And the answer was something I didn’t expect.

A word from the author (author review) 2023.04.13 Illustration added. See next episode.”