I Became an Evolving Space Monster Chapter 440

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“Jacob, this is Blair. “We secured a total of 17 survivors.”

The captain’s cabin has a stiff atmosphere without any decorations.

Blair, the special rescue team leader, was reporting to his superiors over the communicator.

“There are 7 people in Third Capital and 10 in Middle Capital, and they are currently being inspected. yes. yes. As soon as it’s over, we’ll start the interrogation right away. yep! Loyalty!”

After saluting and ending communication, he immediately contacted the ship quarantine team.

“How long was the inspection?”
｢Two people have completed it so far, and one is currently in progress.｣
“What?”
“The inspection is being delayed due to strong opposition from third-party capitals.”
“Tsk, force it even if it means using force.” “It doesn’t matter if you get injured.”
“yes? Well, if you do that…”
“I will take full responsibility. “Please complete the power test within today.”
“yep!”

Afterwards, he gave a few orders to his subordinates and concluded the communication.

Unlike the silence of the captain’s office, his mind was busy.

In the name of streamlining management, the current interim head of the state is halting several projects led by the former head of the state and eliminating related organizations.

Egerton’s old faction is the result of those who were targeted for liquidation in this way. And the group to which Blair belongs, the Order of the Silver Lion, is the core force supporting the old power.

In the past, they were deeply involved in the new Hulk mutant project secretly led by Denver Edgerton. They were also responsible for managing the slush fund that Denver had prepared to proceed with the project.

If it weren’t for that, the old power wouldn’t have been able to grow as big as it is now.

However, the current structure is not always satisfactory.

Since Denver is already dead, it is the temporary family’s side that will gain the advantage as time passes. Right now, their power is large enough to pressure and keep the temporary head of the family in check, but this is not enough. If the slush fund runs out, that’s the end.

The old powers needed a new breakthrough.

In that situation, the outspacer problem arose.

The damage suffered by the family due to the great air raid was considerable, but it was different from the Silver Lion Knights’ perspective.

This was an opportunity to turn the situation around.

It is rare to encounter outspacers in Megacorp. Edgerton also does not have much accumulated information. As a result, it was difficult to develop weapons for use against outspacers.

Here, the leadership of the Knights planned to quickly secure information related to Outspacer and take the lead in ship development.

Rescue of survivors is also part of this information gathering. There is no resource more useful for weapon development than the experience of those who were defeated.

‘If this goes well…’

Knight Commander Jacob promised a huge reward to anyone who gathered a lot of quality information. An enormous amount of money that Blair had never dreamed of in his life.

‘The reward is mine. ‘I won’t hand it over to anyone.’

If you want to get rich, you have to be busier than you are now.

He resumed work with a smile on his face.

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“Hey, are you done?”
“What’s the end? Damn Third Capital bastards.”
“Third Capital?”

A quarantine team member who was taking a break in front of the examination room sighed in response to another teammate’s question.

“okay. Why do these idiots with no sense of self have such high self-esteem? Even if you threaten them with a gun, they won’t listen.”
“What a hardship. “Drink one of these.”

The quarantine team member drank the energy drink given to him by his colleague.

“I’m thinking of having a drink with the kids later, how about it?”
“Whether I go or not only after work is over.”
“How much is left?”
“The third capital is finished, and there are 10 middle capitals left.”
“Tsk, call me when you’re done.”

The quarantine team member separated from his colleague and entered the examination room.

The interior of the examination room was so clean that it reminded me of an operating room, and there were various cutting-edge medical devices everywhere. The quarantine team member’s job is to utilize all of these devices to check the physical condition of the survivors.

Outspacer Queen, who led this attack, uses spies. They inject parasites into humans or cults to steal enemy information.

The Knights of the Silver Lion, who heard about this as spies dispatched to the cult empire, remodeled the medical room on the rescue ship to create an examination room. This is to test for parasites and, if found, extract them and study them.

Of course, this is the position of the upper echelons of the Knights Templar. Survivors could not help but be embarrassed by the suddenly complicated testing procedures.

“shit! How long on earth do we have to wait?”
“Let me out quickly!”
“Why do we have to be treated like this!”

People naked and wearing only white gowns were locked in the isolation rooms located inside the examination room. Everyone was out of their minds after being locked in a small isolation room for several hours.

“Next is number 8. “Please come out.”

The 10 survivors took offense at the quarantine team member’s attitude of notifying them as if they were bothered.

“Do not be ridiculous! Do you know who I am?”
“What kind of capital are you?” “Don’t you know that I know someone on Mars?”
“…Whew.”

The quarantine team member did not respond but operated the terminal. Then, a strong stream of cold disinfectant gas erupted from the floor of the isolation room. Survivors in each isolation room were constantly coughing or hunched over and shaking.

｢Aaaah?!｣
｢Ugh! “Stop it!”
“If you want to end it quickly, shut up and stay still. Do you understand?”
“Yes, yes! I understand, so please stop…!”

The quarantine team members who forcibly silenced the survivors continued the examination.

Several hours passed like that.

A time when more people on the ship were asleep than awake. After completing the test, all people were moved to temporary accommodation, and only two people remained in the quarantine room.

“Next…is number 16?”

The long inspection has come to an end. The quarantine team member whetted his appetite at the thought of drinking alcohol with his colleagues.

“Wait!”

At that time, man number 16 called him.

“yes. “You can come out number 16.”
“That’s not what I’m saying…”

I thought he was trying to protest without coming to his senses again. The quarantine team member who was trying to tell him to shut up and come out was startled when he saw the other person’s face.

A complexion that went from pale to pure white, unfocused eyes, and excessive sweating. Anyone could see that it was not normal.

“No, what’s wrong with your face?”
“It’s not me, but the person I’m with is strange.”
“The person I’m with?”

The survivor nodded and pointed to woman number 17 in another isolation room. Because he was crouching down, his face could not be seen.

“That woman is strange?”
“yes. “He’s been doing that ever since he was hit with disinfectant gas earlier.”

After listening to it, it was definitely true. That woman had been in that position since a while ago, not moving.

It is virtually impossible for an ordinary person to remain motionless in a small isolation room for several hours.

“Besides that, was there anything else strange?”
“I saw something that looked like an earthworm wriggling in that woman’s ear.”
“An earthworm? Are you sure?”
“yes. As soon as he made eye contact with me, he quickly hid inside. “I saw it clearly.”

Survivor number 16 may have been mistaken, but it was true that the woman’s behavior was suspicious. The quarantine team member walked to the front of the isolation room where survivor number 17 was located.

“Hey, number 17. come out.”
｢….｣

No reaction. The quarantine team member operated the terminal. Cold disinfectant gas hit survivor number 17. The woman who was crouching quickly got up.

The moment I saw her face, my doubts became confirmed. Even though his body was freezing, he had a completely expressionless expression. It had a mechanical appearance, as if it was moving under someone’s command.

“shit! “Don’t move!”

The quarantine team member quickly pulled out a Gauss rifle. I tried to contact other colleagues while aiming at the opponent behind the transparent wall.

｢Kyaaagh!｣

At that moment, the woman screamed and hit the wall with her head. Blood and flesh splattered on the wall, but she didn’t stop.

“This is the quarantine team…huh?!”

The ship’s isolation room was designed to be very sturdy for its intended purpose. Unless it is opened from the outside, bare-chested humans cannot get out.

“Kyaaa!”

It was obviously like that, but suddenly the door to the isolation room opened. A woman with a bloody face jumped out and attacked the quarantine team member.

“Keuok?”

A member of the isolation team, pushed by strength, lost his balance and fell backwards. The woman tried to bite his face, baring her blood-soaked teeth.

“Kek?!”

If the quarantine team member hadn’t hit the woman with a Gauss rifle, she would have died a long time ago.

The quarantine team member rolled to the side and escaped while the woman was staggering around after being hit on the head.

And then he fired his rifle.

“Eat this!”
“Kyaak!”

The muzzle spewed fire, and a barrage of deadly tungsten bullets tore into the enemy’s abdomen.

Charred flesh and broken bones are flying. The woman, whose waist was half blown off, fell to the ground.

The quarantine team member stood up, breathing heavily.

“Lord, are you dead?”

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman’s head moved. The mouth opened wide enough to tear open, and a black creature that looked like a corpse catfish crawled out of it.

“…It looks disgusting.”

Judging by its disgusting appearance, it was clearly an Outspacer parasite.

As I was trying to catch him with the capture frame I had prepared in advance, other people who heard the gunshot ran into the examination room.

“I just heard a gunshot…what the hell!”
“Crazy, what is that?”
“It’s coming quickly.”

The quarantine team member briefly explained what he had experienced.

“So that’s Outspacer’s parasite?”
“They are as vicious as they look, manipulating people’s minds.”
“If you understand, now help me.”

Quarantine team members and their colleagues worked together to capture the parasite and dispose of the woman’s body.

Unlike when it was in a human body, the monster barely moved. The same was true even after it was transferred to the test tube.

“Please deliver these test tubes and the woman’s blood sample to the research team.”
“What about you?”

Instead of answering, the quarantine team member pointed to the isolation room with his finger. There was survivor number 16, trembling, with his body pressed against the wall.

“Do you by any chance need assistance?”
“There’s only one person left anyway, so there’s no need for that.”
“Then we go.”

After that, all the colleagues left, and only the two of them remained in the prosecutor’s office.

“Okay, are you done?”
“Yes. “Now only you, the prosecutor, are left.”
“Whew, I’m glad things worked out well.”

The man must have been quite scared, and his complexion was still pale. He was sweating profusely and his condition looked very bad.

“We will be heading to our temporary accommodation soon, so please be patient.”
“thank you.”

If it weren’t for that man, my life could have been in danger. The quarantine team members also knew this, so they treated the survivors in a gentler manner than before.

“Go in here and stand still.”
“What is this machine?”
“It is a machine that examines the inside of the body. “You don’t have to worry because you won’t get sick or anything.”

The man who came out of the isolation room followed the instructions of the quarantine team member and entered a small room-sized machine. The quarantine team member operated the machine outside.

“what? Why is this happening again?”

I operated it the same way as I had done so far, but the machine did not listen. Even when I pressed the terminal with my finger, it only made a short beep sound.

‘Now that I think about it, the isolation room door suddenly opened a little while ago.’
“hey? What’s wrong?”

Just as I was about to suspect a series of machine malfunctions, a voice came from inside the machine.

“Hmm, no. Please wait a moment.”
“Uh, sparks are flying inside. Is this normal?”
“huh?”

Of course, this machine does not have such a function. The quarantine team member entered the machine.

“Where did the spark come from?”
“It’s over there.”

I looked at what the man said, but it was fine.

“There’s nothing wrong here. Are you sure?”
“I definitely saw it, but it’s strange.”
“Let’s go first and start with other prosecutors first….”

The quarantine team member turned his head and stopped when he saw something.

“Why are you doing that?”
“Your eyes…”
“Yes?”

The quarantine team member’s gaze was aimed directly at the man’s face.

This is because the position of the man’s eyes was not normal. The eyes, which should be between the nose and forehead, were lowered near the chin.

“ah. “It’s like this again.”