246

Ep. 246

Adhaj landed lightly on the hangar.

There wasn't a single scratch on its body, as it must have been using 'Red Armor' when it hit Pyrrha Eleven's aircraft.

｢My own people｣｢Grudge｣｢I paid back｣

[Zuzuzu (Well done)]

｢Big adult｣｢I｣｢Great leader｣｢Role｣｢Did you

do it?｣ [Zuzuzu(Of course)]

｢Little baby is great! Great!」

「Success」 「Thank goodness」

The guy who heard the praise from me and No. 26 nodded arrogantly. It felt strange to see this guy who used to jump up and down whenever he was happy so proud.

'I feel like I can't control my tail.'

I stroked the head of the guy who was wagging his chubby tail.

[Zuzuzu zuzuzu (Who is the mother of heaven?)]

｢Ham Ort｣｢I took charge of it｣｢Sea of Stars｣｢Going｣｢It's hard｣

[Zuzu (sigh)]

Wolf immediately said that he was going to outer space bare-body. It doesn't die. However, it is impossible to survive for a long period of time like monster-type races such as Aimorphs or Metallic Gremlins.

There would be no problem if there was a space with an appropriate amount of oxygen, such as a well-maintained ship or a nest I built, but coming into space hanging on Aadhai would be quite burdensome.

While we were talking, the hangar door closed on its own. And I felt the entire ship descending rapidly. PS-111, which has taken control of the ship, is trying to land the ship.

'He must be in the situation room.'

Pyrrha Eleven remotely controlled this huge ship, but that was only possible because she was an android with superior performance. It is true that PS-111 is special, but in terms of performance, it does not reach the level of Pyra Eleven.

So, you must be controlling this ship in direct synchronization with the bridge.

'It's a Zaxx Alpha-class battleship, so it should be in the center of the upper part.'

I took Adhai and No. 26 and headed to where the situation room was.

When I arrived at the situation room, I saw PS-111 as I expected. The guy lifted off the floor in the center of the situation room and lay face down inside.

The biological tissue covering its back was split in half, exposing its spine, where hundreds of cables were connected to it.

"Are you here?"

The guy who was staring blankly into space looked at us and pretended to know us.

"It just so happened. "I need to check something."

"Is it about Star Union's support fleet?"

"Can you confirm when the request for support was sent?"

This guy is directly controlling a huge ship. So, I thought I would be able to view the records without difficulty.

But contrary to what I thought, he gave a negative answer.

"Pira Eleven has strengthened its security system. "It is impossible to break through it in my current state."

"okay?"

"But I think I can break through it if I strengthen my mechanical module."

"Strengthen it. "I'm thinking of using this ship's facilities."

"It is an accurate judgment."

This ship is loaded with various mechanical devices and equipment responsible for the production of screamers. He could easily modify the equipment and use it to strengthen himself.

'I thought about eroding the ship and extracting the data, but that might be a better method.'

Considering Pyrrha Eleven's toxic personality, there is no idea what kind of problems might arise if the security system is forcibly disarmed. If it were him, he would have probably set up a trap.

The ship, which was steadily descending while I was talking to him, landed safely on the surface.

When I got out of the ship, I saw a half-collapsed canyon in the distance.

The Gallagons and the Heavenly Mother were waiting for us on the plain near the ship. The Gallagons' bodies were covered in wounds, but none of them were dead.

Ham Ort, who was standing at the forefront of the Gallagons, quietly bowed his head towards Adri. The gallagons behind them also bent their front paws and lowered their heads.

Adhai spread his wings wide and lowered his head slightly. Next, the guy released a thought wave around me that I couldn't interpret.

'Is it a consciousness of having achieved revenge?'

Gallagon has no concept of funerals, but this does not mean that there is no love for kinship. If a young Blue Gallagon dies or its egg breaks, the entire flock becomes angry.

'Even in games, Gallagon's Revenge was notoriously harsh.'

Because of that, hunting was really difficult. When I was hunting alone, other Gallagons kept appearing.

'And now I'm walking around with a group of Gallagons.'

If I saw myself in the game right now, I would be surprised.

As I was watching the dragons' ritual, Heavenly Mother approached me.

｢If that guy had seen it, he would have really liked it.｣

[zu zuzuzu zuzuzu zuzu zuzu zuzuzuzuzu (That Gallagon mania? Did you two know each other?)]

｢Yes. "He tried very hard to recruit me, who was alone after the clan disbanded."

The 'that guy' she was talking about was the 18th ranked Cold Blood Ranker and was very famous as a Gallagon mania. I heard they even stole eggs to raise gallagons.

'I guess he came to this world because he's a ranker too.'

Due to the nature of the race, Coldblood can grow quickly until the mid-game, but it becomes increasingly difficult after that. Because it uses the power of Vortex One, it is powerful at first, but as time goes by, the price to pay increases and becomes difficult.

'If you think about the cost, survival won't be easy.'

The space demon Vortex Ones are transcendent beings that only rankers can meet. The power of lending is tremendous, but the price is also transcendent. Can't we properly repay those people? A future worse than death awaits.

If you didn't take the cult route, there's a chance you could still be alive, but this world is not a game, it's reality. With the power of Vortex One, we can solve most of the problems we face, but it is questionable whether we can overcome that desire.

'If you think about it, Jason also caught a Cold Blood Ranker.'

I heard this when I made cult ranker Jason into a prisoner and interrogated him.

Among the perks he possessed, the ability to create metal shapes, now known as 'Color of the Abyss', was originally a perk of Cold Blood Ranker.

'Jason said he didn't know what rank he was in.'

Cold Blood rankers are all ranked low due to their unique limitations. As an arrogant guy, he had no interest in those who were weaker than him.

'You lost to me because of your careless personality.'

Furthermore, it is said that the investigation into the Coldblood ranker was handled exclusively by another player who also participated in the ranker hunt. So there is no reason for him to be interested.

While I was already lost in thought about the dead, Adhai sent me a thought wave.

｢Big adult｣｢I｣｢Nest｣｢I'll come back.｣ He

probably wants to inform his compatriots in the nest as well. Just as I was about to tell him to do whatever he wanted, PS-111, which came out of the ship late, approached us.

"To increase ship control efficiency, I need to improve my mechanical module. To do this, they need metal in their nest."

｢I｣｢I'll take you there｣

"Thank you."

It was decided that those who had business to do so would return to their nest.

They left and only me and #26 Sky Mother were left next to the ship.

'Then…'

I looked up at the ship with damaged front and sides.

This does not mean that there are still remaining problems. Because we don't know when the Star Union support unit that Pyrrha Eleven mentioned will arrive.

But that is information that can only be grasped after it has been strengthened. It's not something that can be done right away.

There's only one thing I can do now.

Treasures that Pyrrha Eleven worked hard to collect to create the Screamer. It's a matter of checking them.

'How many genetic samples are there on the ship?'

[Zuzuzuzu zuzu (let's go see the ship)]

｢Okay.｣

｢Screamer's ship. It wasn't there in the game. "That's interesting."

I got back on the ship with the kids.

If you are lucky, a new unique characteristic synthesis ceremony may be held here.

'Although a synthesis method that requires infection-related characteristics as ingredients has already been opened.'

Conversely, there are many samples of the same organisms, so there is a possibility that few characteristics can be obtained. Of course, it's not a bad thing because you can secure a lot of characteristics even if you do that.

With such happy thoughts, I headed to the area where the genetic essence was stored. As I got closer to the area, the alluring smell I had passed by earlier became stronger.

Is it because I expend a lot of energy because of the intense fight? I felt better without realizing it due to moderate hunger and anticipation of the future.

｢I guess the big baby is in a good mood.｣

｢…As expected, Moffak Keuhum.'

Finally, we reached the place where the smell was the strongest. I grabbed hold of the thick iron door blocking the sweet scent and tore it down.

Then an incredibly concentrated scent hit my auxiliary organs.

'and.'

The scene unfolding behind the iron gate was just as I imagined.

No, in some ways it was beyond my imagination.

There, a freezer was filled with genetic samples purified from more than hundreds of species of organisms. That's all. I was also greeted by refrigerated containers containing corpses of creatures rescued from this and other planets.

"and! There's so much food!'

No. 26 said curiously from above my head. As he said, this place was a treasure trove of genetic essence.

The unfortunate thing is that a significant portion of the samples that should have been in the freezer spilled out and were broken. It was assumed that the freezer was damaged due to shock during the battle.

Still, there is no big problem. There were as many remaining samples as there were broken ones.

'There's no need for all that, let's start with the symbol of hunting.'

After a long time, the time for predation has come.

–

The unnamed planet has an unusual volcano.

Although it is large enough to be called a super volcano, it is not so huge that it is actually special. Because other planets have even larger volcanoes.

What makes the volcano truly unique isn't its size.

The first is color. On this planet where snow and hail fall day and night, the volcano always remained black. It's strange that nature doesn't avoid volcanoes.

The second is energy. This volcano was constantly spewing out enormous amounts of energy. It was so intense that the energy-eating creatures found it difficult to leave this place.

What is interesting is that this volcano was not like this from the beginning. It has only been a few decades since the volcano changed like this.

At some point, a volcano transcended the laws of physics and nature. There was a cave at the beginning of the mountain.

On the outside, it looks like an ordinary cave, but once you go inside, it's not that simple. Long caves intertwined like a maze reach into the depths of the volcano.

Once inside the volcano, the temperature rises high enough to support life, so the burrows are filled with many of the planet's predators.

Thanks to this, no strangers have entered this cave for a long time.

Until recently.

"Seuak…!"

A disgusting creature, a cross between a mantis and a wasp, collapsed with its head half severed.

A woman with black hair stood in front of the fallen monster. Wearing a white bodysuit with a slender figure, she lightly brushed off the blood from the white knife sticking out near her wrist.

"What about that one?"

"It's over."

What answered her was a being wearing a 2.5m metal suit. Because it was a heavy suit that mixed the features of a reinforced suit and a walker, it was closer to the image of a fully armed combat android.

"Captain Nern, is everyone okay?"

"I am safe. Sihyeon Eugene."

Eugene, a woman in a white bodysuit, looked at the survivors. The number of those remaining was not very large.

'…9 people?'

When we first set foot on this planet, there were 60 people. Ten of them went missing after being attacked by wild animals before entering the volcano. Actually, it's okay to go missing, but falling alone on this harsh planet is the same as being dead.

Although we entered the volcano with the loss of a considerable number of people, 10 out of 60, this place was an even more terrible evil than the outside.

There was no harsh cold inside the volcano, but instead it was infested with all kinds of dangerous creatures.

The creature she just killed is also a very dangerous monster named the Hellside Hornet. Without the 'White Maiden', a reinforced suit that changes shape according to the wearer's imagination, her life or death cannot be guaranteed.

'This is already the fourth time I've encountered such a monster.'

"I will rest here for a moment."

"yes!"

At her command, her subordinates fell to the floor and prepared to rest. Sihyeon didn't say anything bitter to them because he knew that they were tired from fighting against a difficult enemy.

Sihyeon approached the subordinate in charge of communications.

"What happened to the communication? "Has the problem of extreme weather been resolved?"

"It is understood that the current extreme weather problem has been resolved. However, it appears that the line over there has not been completely restored."

"The problem with the satellite radar… hmm?"

Then Lyla Chamberlain, a being in a metal suit, beckoned to her. It meant that there was something else to say.

"Try again and let me know if you succeed."

"yep."

Sihyeon, who gave orders to his subordinates, followed behind Laila. She stopped slightly away from the clearing where other people were resting.

"Do you have something to say to me?"

"I've already encountered four Hellside Hornets since I came here. Oh, if you add the ones just now, there are a total of five. "This is the first time I've seen so many Hellside Hornets in my life."

"…Okay."

"Besides that, there was also one Ice Horror, right? 20 people died because of him. Thanks to your bait, we barely managed to get rid of him and suffered only that much damage. If we had made a mistake, we could have been wiped out. Am I wrong?"

Due to severe physical damage, Lyla will have to live the rest of her life dependent on the suit's life support system. My vocal cords are completely damaged, so I have to use a machine to speak.

Although the machine's rapid-fire voice did not contain any emotion, Sihyeon easily understood what Lila was feeling.

Lila wonders if what she's doing is worth it.

"There are important relics here. "Only by obtaining it can we achieve what we desire."

"That damn relic. Do you know how ridiculous you say things to yourself? "Magical artifacts do not exist anywhere in this universe."

The T&C family to which Lila belongs has the most colony planets in Megacorp. They are people who know all the unique elements that exist on all planets.

So Laila knows better than anyone else. This means that things like ancient relics or secret weapons left behind by fallen civilizations that existed in the distant past that humanity does not know about do not exist.

"You gave me a chance. I can't die until I achieve what I want. Dying in a place like this is especially out of the question."

"…."

Sihyeon did not immediately respond to Laila's words, but remained silent for a moment.

Lila's thoughts Si-hyeon knows what Min-seok, who is somewhere outside that planet, is thinking. Originally, she would have thought similarly to them.

But she saw.

She, who was reborn as a clone, checked not only the records left behind by Si-hyeon, but also the records left by people around Si-hyeon.

Then, he discovered an unusual message in the few records left behind by Si-hyeon's former teacher, Beom-ho.

It was something close to a kind of arrangement for the future.

Sihyeon has not shared that record with anyone until now.

'But…'

Now it's time to say it. Sihyeon handed Lila a small memory chip hidden inside the armored suit.

"What is this?"

"You'll find out when you check."

Layla didn't ask any more questions and immediately put the chip into the panel on her wrist. Then the copied images contained on the chip appeared before her eyes.

"Is this a navigation chart?"

"Yes."

"What are these next to here? word? sentence? "It looks like letters left behind by primitive intelligences."

"Those are letters used on Earth in the past."

"earth? "You mean the Earth I know?"

"Yes. These letters are now dead words. If you decipher it, this is what it means."

Sihyeon took a deep breath and opened her mouth.

"The ownership of two pieces of equipment made with the 'perks' of the creator 'unknown' is temporarily transferred from 'player Jeongwoo' to 'player Shin Beomho'."

The words that came out of her mouth were words that no one would use these days. Even as Sihyeon spoke with her own mouth, she felt that she looked familiar.

As if the blood flowing in the body was responding.

"From now on, only those with 'Player Jeongwoo' blood can acquire ownership of the two pieces of equipment. 'Player Shin Beomho' will keep this equipment safe until then.'" With that in mind, she recited the next sentence

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