113

Ep. 113

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Seintopia 02 Deep in the central forest of the continent, there is a place where various electronic devices and communication equipment cannot be used.

It is protected by powerful energy, so it cannot be observed from outside the planet or from the sky, and can only be reached by walking through the jungle maze.

The name of the place is 'Temple of the Forgotten Earth'.

Only the Earth Father, whom the Wolfs of Saintopia 02 serve, knows the way to the Forgotten Earth Temple.

It should have been that way originally.

The people standing now in the Temple of the Forgotten Earth were not Wolff.

The interior and exterior of the temple were littered with broken statues and corpses of human cult members.

Inside the temple, a group of people were moving around collecting corpses.

They were cult young humans with horns on their heads, but they had something in common.

They are all very handsome and their gender is male.

Those who invaded the temple were members of the powerful pirate group Humanity Cartel.

All of the pirates' faces were full of tension and fatigue as they cleaned up after the battle, but only one was an exception.

The cult girl with deer antlers on her temples had a wide smile on her face. In her hand was a golden spear.

"Heheung, I heard there is nothing better than eating an important item before others."

A voice as beautiful as her appearance flowed from her mouth.

Her name is Muriel.

He is the leader of the Humanity Cartel.

As she looked around the window with satisfaction, a man approached her.

"Boss."

"why? brother?"

"There were a few people injured."

Her gaze turned to the pirates lying behind her men. They were seriously injured in a battle with the stone statues guarding the temple.

"Are you guys in a lot of pain?"

"Oh no!"

"it's okay! "It's just a little scratch!"

The injured pirates were shocked and appealed that they were fine.

Muriel approached them and took a quick glance. And he furrowed his eyebrows.

"I can't do it because my brother is ugly."

"Please save me! "Kwaek!"

"Your brother too."

"Please…Ack!"

Muriel did not even pretend to listen and killed each of the pirates who were seriously injured or had scars on their faces by stabbing them to death with a spear.

Strangely enough, the golden spear's light became brighter every time it killed a pirate. It's as if they rejoice after soaking in blood.

"Thanks to my brothers, the experiment was a great success."

She nodded with satisfaction as she looked at the spear shining so brightly that it brightened up the entire temple.

Muriel, who killed all the wounded, led her men and left the temple.

Away from the temple, there is a temporary camp set up by the Humanity Cartel.

When she arrived, the men waiting at the camp came out to meet her.

"Are you here?"

"Who is the Mother of Heaven?"

"As you said, we are training."

Muriel entered the camp with her men. In the center of the camp, a 3m tall animal was chained up.

The appearance of the beast with the head of an eagle and the body of a lioness was truly gruesome.

The entire body was covered in hardened crusts, and the wounds were so rotten that maggots grew.

All four legs were studded with thick iron stakes, and around his neck he wore an iron necklace with thorns on the inside.

In addition, the internal organs protruding from the wound on the side were tied together with a thick wire connected to the wheel.

Muriel spoke in a bright voice to the beast, which seemed to be in a state that would not be surprising even if it died immediately.

"Woah, Choi Seo. No. Heavenly Mother. how have you been doing?"

｢….｣

When the beast called the Mother of Heaven did not respond, Muriel winked at one of the pirates. As the pirate turned the wheel, the wire was pulled and the animal's intestines began to be pulled out.

｢Kaaaaaaaa! "You fucking dog!"

"When people ask questions, you have to answer."

｢Ouch… stop that!｣

"Why are you chewing when I want to say thank you for getting the treasure? "Do you still find me funny?"

"Aaaaa!"

The extreme pain of having her internal organs torn made the Mother of Heaven even urinate.

"Hehehe, it's amazing that even after going this far, the transformation hasn't gone away."

｢Uuuu…four years ago….｣

"But how long can I hold out?"

As Muriel was laughing at the pitiful sight, her subordinate approached her holding a terminal pad.

"Boss, this is an emergency communication from your cruiser."

"I'm busy right now."

"It's very urgent."

"…Tch."

Muriel received pads countless times.

What was displayed on the pad screen were video records transmitted from a camera mounted on the reinforced suit.

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'Phew.'

After the aftereffects of the hunt were over and I came to my senses, I looked around. I was worried that I might get out of the cave, but that didn't happen.

'I ate it a little messy, though.'

The cave walls and my body were covered in blood. Leftover intestines were hanging from the fingers, and broken bones and pieces of flesh were scattered on the floor.

'Then let's get ready.'

After putting all the food I had prepared into my stomach and disposing of it, I left the cave.

Evolution cannot occur immediately after all evolution conditions have been fulfilled.

The time when Aimorph is most incapacitated is when it is in a cocoon to evolve.

If you are attacked at that time, you will die without any resistance.

'It took six hours to evolve so far.'

It will probably take the same or longer time to evolve into a semi-adult.

You need to be prepared to stay safely in this jungle for at least 6 hours.

'Let's block the cave entrance first.'

I went out and went to a nearby pirate camp. The pirates had already caught everyone, so there was no one in the camp.

Except for the wood devils who came and took away the box containing the calorie bars, the items in the camp remained the same.

After taking a small bomb from the camp, I returned to the cave and placed it at the entrance. When the bomb exploded, the cave entrance collapsed and the inside of the cave was plunged into darkness.

'Then let's go.'

Inside the cave, there is a cavity large enough for me to evolve without any problems.

As I walked along the wall and deep into the inner cavity, I settled into a suitable spot.

｢'Sub-adult' – >'Semi-adult' evolution conditions have been met. Do you want to evolve?"

I've waited so long.

I said to the text box waiting for my response.

I will evolve.

Then, a huge amount of mucus was secreted from my body in an instant. I lay down on the cool floor of the cave, feeling sticky all over my body.

The mucus not only covered my entire body but also spread throughout my cavities. I quietly closed my eyes as the slime slowly hardened and formed an egg-shaped shape.

and.

'hmm?'

I opened my eyes in a familiar space.

'Where?'

The place where I was standing was someone's room.

A computer and VR headgear in the corner. A poster of a classic science fiction movie on the wall. A blanket arranged on the floor.

I know the identity of this space.

'my room?'

For a moment, I looked down at my palms, wondering if I had returned to reality.

What was there was the familiar hand of Eimov. It just shrank in size to human size.

'What happened?'

It was too realistic to be considered a dream. The smell of kimchi stew wafting in from outside, which had a musty smell unique to a single room, could hardly be considered fake.

I walked up to the computer and turned on the VR headgear with the wires connected.

The screen displayed on the translucent visor inside the device was clearly the login window for Space Survival.

'It's different from when it evolves into a subadult.'

At that time, I assumed that the space I was in was an image world. That's because the space I was standing in itself felt unreal.

But now the boundary is very vague.

Looking at the weight of the device in my hand, it was difficult to judge whether it was real or unreal.

I put down the VR headgear and opened the door.

'huh?'

The moment I opened the door, I was standing in another space.

It was a family home.

'This is…'

A picture frame hanging in the entrance.

The picture in the frame is a picture I drew when I was in kindergarten.

As we go inside, we see two middle-aged men and women arguing on the floor.

Both had black paint on their faces, and their voices were unintelligible as they had noise, as if they had been altered by a machine.

They continued arguing among themselves as if they didn't know I was in the same room.

'…'

I passed them and entered the innermost room.

A room with only a bed, a desk, and a closet. It is a space that feels more desolate than my living room that I saw a while ago.

I approached the closet without even paying attention to the bed or desk. And opened the door with both hands.

"…."

The thing in the closet was a child covering his ears.

No, to be exact, he is a child with burn marks on half of his face.

The child looks at me and opens his teary eyes.

I unconsciously stretched out my hand toward the child. The child also held out his hand in the same position as me.

As their hands touch, the child's expression changes.

The moment I recognized that it was a smile.

The environment surrounding me turned into deep darkness.

'You're back.'

I stretched out my 'sixth arm' and tore the skin covering my body.

The mucus filled inside the membrane pours out, and the cold, stuffy air unique to caves envelops my body.

It was like the pleasant coolness you get after washing your body with warm water.

I slowly got up by putting strength on my 'tail'.

There wasn't a single light entering the cave, so I couldn't see anything with my eyes, but I could feel it.

Because the auxiliary organ under the chin, which had increased from 2 to 4, vividly conveyed the changes that had occurred in my body.

'Is this a semi-adult?'

A hatchling that resembles a spider or scorpion.

Juveniles and subadults that walk on two legs, similar to humans or apes.

So what animal does a semi-adult resemble?

I'd say it's a huge snake. A snake with eight arms.

For me, who has become a bird, there is no longer anything that can be called legs. The arms that originally served as legs have been remodeled into new combat arms, so now the total number of my combat arms is 6.

'Is it the upper arm, the middle arm, or the lower arm?'

Each combat arm is located near the shoulder and below the side pelvis. As the legs transformed into arms, the upper body became longer than before.

And my lower body, which had lost its legs, was replaced by a tail as thick as my torso.

In other words, to put my current body simply, it could be said to be similar to Naga, the half-human, half-dead monster from Indian mythology.

I thought it would have slowed down because the legs were gone, but that wasn't the case.

From now on, movement is taken over by the stubby claws on the tail. The strength of the tail claws is so incredible that it can run much faster than before even when running on land.

'And it's also useful when moving around underground or swimming.'

Thanks to these changes, subadults can operate easily in a much more diverse environment than before. Burrow into the ground and ambush them, or chase down enemies that have escaped into the water, etc.

In addition, the tail became an important means of movement and support of the body, and the carapace at the same level as the head was split like scales and studded here.

Because it has to move freely, its carapace is divided into small pieces, but its defense power is not so low that it can be ignored. Probably, if I hit the enemy with my tail, I'll get as much power as a lunge with all my might.

'In the past, I killed many enemies by entangling them with this tail.'

Even a swamp king that was eaten before evolving would not be able to survive for even a few minutes if its back shell was tightened with this tail, and it would be crushed. Of course, he's not an idiot, so he won't let me screw him up easily.

As the overall body shape changed significantly, the shape of the enlarged carapace due to the Nightmare Horizon effect also changed slightly. The rough and heavy shell was changed to a longer and less thick shape to match the snake-like body shape.

'Let me see.'

From now on, instead of walking on two legs, I move around by supporting my body with my tail. I tried moving my tail.

Ssssss

'Oh?'

To be honest, I thought it would be difficult to adapt, but surprisingly it wasn't difficult. The sensation of moving the tail was similar to the sensation of flicking the back and forth by applying force to the waist.

'Anyway, it has grown a lot.'

Previously, my body length including the tail was 12m, and when I used the symbol of hunting, it was 20m.

But now, the role of the tail has become more important, so even though it was not used as a symbol of hunting, its length was well over 25m.

There are other mutations that occur as a sub-adult other than an increase in size and the replacement of the lower body with a tail.

"Grrr"

I opened my mouth wide. The lower part of the jaw was split into two parts, and the mouth opened wider than before.

The inside of the bifurcated jaw was filled with sharp teeth.

'The tail is powerful, but…'

The true power of the semi-adult lies in one newly acquired characteristic.

That is this jaw.

｢Essence Harvester's Jaw: The predation effect can be activated just by eating the head of a target that possesses genetic essence.｣ The predation effect

can be activated by eating only the head rather than eating the entire body.

If you have the skills of an essence harvester, you can very quickly collect the enemy's genetic essence even during battle.

That means it is possible to grow much faster than before.

'Because of this, other players also tried to kill semi-adults in some way.'

Now that I've seen all the changes, there's no reason to stay in the narrow cave anymore.

I lowered myself and crawled towards the cave entrance.

The cave became narrower as I approached the entrance, but I never felt uncomfortable. It moved by digging into the surrounding walls with its six fighting arms.

After easily breaking through the collapsed entrance, I climbed up the nearby redwood.

It lifted its body by wrapping its tail and used its fighting arms at the same time, so the speed at which it rose was very fast. The best

part

is that it makes almost no sound.

Just as a snake doesn't make a sound when it moves, so did my current movement.

As proof, the Night Stalker lying down on the tree branch was completely unaware that I was right behind it. It was yawning as if it was bored waiting for its food.

I quickly bit off its head with my split jaw.

"Kung?!"

The corpse of the Night Stalker, who lost his head in an instant, falls down.

'There is no one on this continent who can keep me in check.'

Once it becomes a semi-adult, even predators like Horned Gigant or Swamp King are no match for me.

Fortunately, pirate players are the only risk factor.

If she disappears, there is no one who can stop my evolution.

'I'll try talking first, but…'

She will be responsible for what happens if negotiations break down.

With the essence of her genes.

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