I Became an Evolving Space Monster

Chapter 354

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In Megacorp, piracy is treated as a very low-quality crime. It is inevitable that Space Dogs are a group of people who commit crimes such as human trafficking, murder, and smuggling. The damage they inflict on Megacorp is by no means small.

As a result, not only piracy but even cooperation with pirates was rarely forgiven. While working for Prime Capital, Jin Chen had seen colleagues who had been caught dealing with pirates and were reduced to ’employees’ several times.

“Fuck it! Everyone prepare for battle!”
“That captain? “This ship only has laser weapons.”
“Shit! So you’re going to give the pirates some ass? “No matter what happens, you have to fight!”
“Hmm, it’s difficult for our armed forces to last even an hour. If you resist for no reason, you may become even more miserable….”

Jin Chen could barely suppress the urge to hit the sailing team leader’s shiny head.

As he said, there aren’t that many weapons on this ship. The only personal firearm he had was a laser rifle, and the only protective equipment he used was a mid-level reinforced suit.

However, it was not easy to escape. If it were a newer model, it would be possible to sail at faster than light speed while holding minerals with a capture crane, but this ship does not have such a function.

‘Fuck you bastard! ‘I heard there are no pirates in this star system!’

I took a safe route that a colleague told me about, but I had no idea something like this would happen. I felt a rush of regret later, but it was already too late.

The sign of a pirate ship getting closer. I had a chance to become rich, but I couldn’t die here.

“Can you communicate with that ship?”
“it’s possible.”

Jin Chen recalled the stories of his friend who was active in the black market. He said non-rare minerals were unpopular items on the black market. This is because transportation is difficult, but the price is not that expensive.

If what my friend said is true, those pirates wouldn’t attack this mining ship carelessly. Unless you’re a fool, you wouldn’t risk losing money to take minerals that aren’t that expensive.

Of course, this ship’s armament is poor, but the pirates don’t know that. If you do well, you will be able to get over it with minimal damage.

“Communication established.”

At that time, a square screen was displayed in the center of the star map hologram. Inside was a grim-looking man with a mechanical device embedded in his face.

“Huh, how dare you send a message to our Shinoroku Cartel first?”
“…are you the leader?”
“okay. “I am the leader of the Shinoroku Cartel.”

Jin Chen swallowed his saliva at the scary-looking cyborg pirate. The pirate asked him while holding an electronic cigarette containing synthetic drugs in his mouth.

“Ai, if there is a word going, there must be a word coming. “What’s your name?”
“Ji, keum, I’m Jin Chen. “The owner of this ship…”
“That’s it.” “If you don’t want to lose, give everything you have.”
“This ship is a mining ship. All there is is minerals. “There is nothing to take from the Shinoroku Cartel.”
“All of these Amicorp bastards have to see blood to come to their senses. Hey, everyone, get ready for docking.”

Behind the leader, pirates with equally scary looks can be seen holding weapons and moving around. Jin Chen saw that and hurriedly continued speaking.

“Wait! “This ship has many skilled fighters on board.”
“so? “If it’s a little late, the sword won’t go into the belt?”
“…combatants wearing reinforced suits are waiting. Even if we lose, our losses will be significant.”

Instead of responding to Jin Chen’s bravado, the pirate leader took a deep breath of his cigarette. he asked, blowing smoke out of his mouth.

“Well, I’ll listen to your suggestion. “How much can I give you?”
“I will give you 10% of the minerals I have.”
“Guys, the captain wants to fight. “Prepare to attack.”
“2, no, 30%!”
“Everyone stop. Hey, did you say Jin Chen? “Is it really okay for you to be so small-minded as the owner of the boat?”
“…Then how much do you want?”
?70%. “If it’s 70%, I’ll just send it to you.”

When the pirate asked for more than half, Jin Chen almost swore.

‘That Nimirl pirate bastard is real!’

However, I could only curse a lot on the inside and remain calm on the outside. Even if they ask us to give up all the minerals in the first place, we have to accept it. If you get out after passing 70%, you should consider yourself fortunate.

“Joe, that’s good. I’ll hand over the minerals…”
“Captain, a new signal has been discovered.”
“what?”
“what is this?”

It seems that not only they, but also others, discovered something. The pirate leader’s eyes turned elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Jin Chen also checked the newly appeared mark on the star map.

A square-shaped marker was approaching them at a faster speed than a pirate ship.

“This is under the jurisdiction of the Shinoroku Cartel. What is this guy?”

I thought it was another pirate, but seeing the pirate leader’s confused look made me think it wasn’t the case.

“Are you guys trying to catch us?”
“Oh, no! “That ship is one we don’t even know about!”
“You bastards! Everyone fights….”

Just as the enraged pirate leader was about to launch his attack, the communication ended. Not only that, the lights in the situation room suddenly blinked and the hologram shook uneasily.

“Why are you doing this?”
“An unexpected radio interference phenomenon has occurred!”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“We are also good at that….”

I forced myself to sigh at the crew’s incompetent response. Jin Chen suppressed his rising irritation and stared at the shaking hologram.

And I discovered something strange. The square marker that was there just a moment ago has disappeared from the map.

“Where did the square mark go?”

As soon as I spoke, the lights in the situation room suddenly turned off. Eventually, the emergency power was activated and a red light came on in the situation room.

“What happened?”
“Well, we don’t know either.”
“Damn it! “If you don’t know, you have to find it!”
“Yes, yep!”

Jin Chen shouted and urged, and only then did the crew move.

“Sailing team leader, please take command for a moment.”
“yes?”

Ignoring the astonished looks pouring in from around him, he came out of the situation room. The situation is unusual. I felt like I could calm down only if I wore the mid-level reinforced suit in the captain’s office.

He quickly returned to the captain’s office and put on his reinforced suit. The metallic sound that came out whenever the reinforced exoskeleton moved and the electronic sound that the activated mechanical pad made gave him a sense of stability.

As I was about to leave the captain’s office with even the laser rifle, the entire ship suddenly shook violently. It was a shock I had never experienced since boarding a mining ship.

And that wasn’t the only problem. As the ship rocked, loud noises were heard. The mining ship must have hit something.

“Situation room! Is there anything wrong there? Situation room!”

I tried to contact the situation room, but the communication machine was completely dead.

‘Is this the work of pirates?’

It was clear that they had attacked the mining ship. He injected the strengthening agent built into the strengthening suit into his body. I knew there were side effects when injecting the strengthening fluid, but it was better than dying.

After completing all preparations, Jin Chen headed to the situation room.

The hallway lit with red emergency lights was very gloomy. It felt like a lie to say that I was used to running until a little while ago.

‘Why is it so quiet?’

If pirates entered the ship, it would be normal to make loud noises, but the hallways were quiet. Even as a Hulk mutant, it would be impossible to annihilate the crew in such a short period of time.

‘What’s going on?’

After communication with the pirates was lost, the whole situation eluded his understanding. The more he walked, the more beads of sweat flowed down his neck.

Fortunately, nothing happened until we arrived in front of the situation room. He saw the situation room door closed in front of him.

As Jin Chen approached the door to open it, he suddenly felt something strange.

How could there be no one coming and going from the situation room when the ship was so shocked? Plus this silence. It was absolutely not normal.

He cautiously put his ear to the door. This is to check what sounds are coming from inside.

“!”

The moment he put his ear to the door, he was startled.

I wasn’t panicking because of the cold coming from the alloy wall. This is because I heard sounds that should not have been heard inside the situation room.

That very small sound was clearly a scream.

“Fuck, fuck!”

Something unknown has entered the situation room and is doing terrible things. When he realized this, he immediately turned his back and ran to the other side of the situation room.

As I ran wearing heavy reinforced clothing, the hallway rang loudly. The sound of the door opening and air escaping was heard in his ear. Something in the situation room must have heard his footsteps and came out.

A strange sound was heard from behind, as if several sharp objects were clawing at the alloy wall. And the sticky, wet smell of iron stung his nose.

‘Oh, don’t come!’

He chose to run away instead of using the laser rifle in his hand. Thanks to the strengthening medication he was given, he was able to run very fast. The eerie metallic sound mixed with the thumping footsteps gradually quieted down.

‘We must escape on an escape ship!’

There was a high chance of being captured by pirates if he escaped on an escape ship, but he didn’t care. It is much better to be captured by a pirate you can understand than to face an incomprehensible entity.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck….”

Jin Chen mechanically cursed and continued running toward the escape ship.

When there was only a short distance left to the escape line, a group of people appeared in front of him.

“…shit.”

The face of the one standing at the forefront among them looked familiar. It was the pirate leader who had been talking via video communication just a moment ago. There was no doubt that Jin Chen had infiltrated the mining ship while wearing a reinforced suit.

The pirates were saying something while holding the crew of the mining ship.

It was a given that he would have to fight if he encountered them, so he quickly hid behind the wall at the crossroads.

‘huh?’

While I was hiding and watching, there was something strange about the atmosphere. It was hard to see because it was far away and dark, but the crew didn’t seem too afraid. Rather, the pirates holding them seemed more urgent.

At that time, Jin Chen’s eyes caught a strange object. Behind the pirate at the back of the group was a pair of arms that I had not seen before. Those slender arms, stained red by the light of the emergency lights, grabbed the pirate like a lover hugging him.

And very quietly, they dragged him into the darkness. It was so quick and quiet that the other pirates didn’t even notice that their comrade was gone.

It was a scene similar to the ghost stories the flight attendants sometimes tell. I couldn’t believe it even when I saw it with my own eyes.

When the thin, smooth arm of the woman shot out again and snatched up one more pirate. Jin Chen realized that what he was seeing was not a ghost story, but reality.

Also, he was not the only one who witnessed his subordinate disappear under suspicious hands. The pirates also realized that their comrades had disappeared and began to be wary of their surroundings.

When the third victim came out in the same way, the weapons the pirates were holding burst into flames. Thanks to the flashing green light, Jin Chen was able to see what was in the darkness.

A ‘snake’ with dozens of arms was attached to the ceiling, floating in the air.

The guy did not avoid the attacks coming at him, but instead took the hit and easily caught the pirates. As the arm dragged the pirates, the head of the ‘snake’ hidden in the darkness was revealed for a moment.

It was the face of an incredibly beautiful woman. The pirates who were struggling while being held by his arms stopped resisting as soon as they saw his face.

However, the moment the beauty opened her mouth, the pirates woke up from their fantasy. This is because the mouth stretched out like a snake and swallowed the pirate whole.

“Ugh, wow!”
“Fuck?! “I followed you here!”
“Everyone run away!”

Even pirates who have experienced countless hardships would have never seen a scene like that. A snake with the face and arms of a woman swallowing its companion alive.

Jin Chen thought he should run away, but his legs wouldn’t move. My body froze in extreme fear.

and.

“I’m glad that my ‘little brother’ has adapted better than expected.”

A woman’s voice coming from behind.

There were no women on board Jinchen’s mining ship.

So it was easy to imagine who that voice belonged to.

“The part about choosing food is disappointing.”

The smell he smelled in the situation room lingers on the back of his neck.

Jin Chen stopped thinking.

“Watch next episode”