My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 10

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 (5)

「Hello. Secretary Haber Heydrich-nim.」

「I am secretary number 374 who passed the preliminary selection for the 4th chimeraz project. Ah, the secretaries who passed the preliminary selection hide their identities from each other. Therefore, please understand that I cannot provide more detailed information.」

「Incidentally, as I told you before, the preliminary selection is about to end, so in accordance with custom, the selected secretaries are personally emailing the following secretaries.」

「It’s a little early, but congratulations.」

「Our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation secretary groups unanimously expect that Experimental Subject 412 will pass the preliminary selection.」

「Therefore, before Subject 412 goes out into society, I would like to inform you of the concept of ‘risk’ as defined by the foundation.」

「Have you seen the ‘risk’ item in the data collected from Subject 412’s collective consciousness that was set separately by the foundation?」

「You must have been frustrated. The foundation prohibits anyone from asking about the risk item.」

「The Darwin Foundation defined the concept of risk in order to more clearly distinguish the power of living organisms.」

「The risk, which is divided into a total of 7 stages, is based on the actual force that the living organism can exert when it appears.」

「Of course, since that force is not a concept that can be calculated precisely like a number, there are many ambiguities in the expression of the defined risk. Please understand this as well.」

「Zion class.」

「It is a living organism that does not directly pose a threat to humans.」

「A typical example of the Zion class is Subject 412’s ‘Fly’.」

「Necro class.」

「It is a living organism that can threaten a group of armed soldiers. Since at least a ‘Necro class’ is usually required to be recognized as a bioweapon, Necro class is also the most common risk.」

「Examples of creatures that fall under the Necro class include Subject 412’s Hounz, Subject 428’s Tritula, and Subject 457’s elite chimeraz.」

「Legion class.」

「It is a catastrophic creature that can threaten a continent-sized army or city. From this point on, thorough control is essential and caution is required in operating the living organism.」

「As for the Darwin Foundation’s chimeraz project, currently, Subject 412’s Cust is the only living organism that has received a Legion class risk.」

「Balor class.」

「It is a hopeless living organism that can threaten a country and a planet. Once released into the world, control is impossible without the cooperation of the majority, and it is used for the purpose of ‘annihilating’ rather than ‘occupying’ the opponent’s camp.」

「Therefore, it is not recommended to operate a Balor-class creature unless there are very special circumstances.」

「In particular, it is common knowledge that there is no need to see creatures above the Balor class or to create them, especially nowadays when war has disappeared thanks to the UNF.」

「Medusa class.」

「It is a terrifying creature that can threaten a star nation, multiple star systems, or a federation of nations. This is the area where the limits of what humans can achieve intentionally have been reached. If you think of a living organism that threatens the entire UNF, it will be easy to understand how outrageous this risk is.」

「Baal class.」

「It is an apocalyptic entity that can threaten an entire intelligent life form species or the galaxy itself.」

「There are no examples or precedents for Baal-class entities. However, we believe that they definitely exist among the alien races somewhere in this universe.」

「Outer class.」

「It is an existence that becomes a mysterious nightmare itself that can threaten a local galaxy group or the entire visible universe.」

「The foundation has no further explanation. This is because a specific explanation or expression of the Outer class is impossible. It is just a risk that is theoretically defined.」

「Even so, to help you understand, if I add my personal expression, I think you can see the Outer class as the realm of ‘myth’.」

🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸

Subject 412 and Subject 470 have united.

The colonies of the two experimental subjects have expanded greatly, and although their territories are in contact with each other, the Chimeraz groups that meet do not fight.

And under the alliance of the two experimental subjects, other experimental subjects are literally being hunted.

The two strongest experimental subjects unite to hunt the remaining experimental subjects. This means the elimination of competitors other than the two experimental subjects.

Therefore, the competitors of the two experimental subjects will have no chance of winning.

The experimental subjects that were hunted down one by one were robbed of their brain information by Subject 412 without exception. The dead experimental subjects are being moved by Subject 412’s group to their colony.

While Subject 412 utilizes the city’s resources and absorbs the abilities of other experimental subjects, Subject 470 dominates the chimeraz groups that have lost their leader under her command.

𝘒𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢!!!

The two strong ones hunt and eliminate the relatively weak ones.

Such acts were repeated.

The two experimental subjects divide the colonies and groups that have lost their masters, and the hunting is repeated until there are no more experimental subjects to compete with.

In the end, the power of Subject 412 and Subject 470 was enough to easily clean up the remaining experimental subjects in the training ground.

Thanks to this, the difficulty of the preliminary selection decreased sharply from Subject 412’s point of view.

‘𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 470. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴?’

━𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩.

‘𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯?’

━𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

‘𝘐𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?’

━𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.’

━𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐳 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

True collective consciousness was like that.

‘𝘐 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.’

The last hunt was over the moment the two experimental subjects had a wave conversation. The master of the colony that occupied the northeastern region surrendered helplessly to Subject 412’s rampaging Cust group.

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘮!!!!!

The experimental subject who surrendered was flayed alive in front of the Cust group as if he was being punished for his weakness. Until he died.

Soon, his head was cut off and put in Cust’s stomach, and he arrived in front of Subject 412.

━𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩.

Subject 412 holds the head that Cust spit out with both hands.

There was no longer any need to put his mouth to his head. This is because he had gained the ability of tentacles and sufficient internal resources. So it’s enough to stretch out a bundle of thin tentacles with his mouth open like this.

‘𝘐’𝘮 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 401 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.’

𝐂𝐨𝐨-𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤. . . .

The bundle of tentacles coming out of his mouth pierces into the cut surface of Subject 401’s neck, nostrils, open mouth, and closed eyes.

━𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

‘𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵.’

━𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐲. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸.’

Thus, Subject 412 entered the territory of Subject 470’s colony with the group escorting him.

𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘥. . .!

Subject 412, who got off Kabana’s tentacles, checks the texture of the ground himself.

𝘎𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬. . . . 𝘎𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 . . . .

Living matter that covers the entire ground in Subject 470’s colony. Its color and viscosity are similar to those of tar, but its contents are a mass of nutrients necessary for her colony.

It seems as if the earth is moving alive. This environment seems like a kind of terraforming for chimeraz.

Soon, a group of this colony appeared in front of Subject 412. A Chimeraz with a hunched back, three pairs of legs, a head curved like a crescent moon, a red single eye, a mouth that looks like a human mouth, and a black tentacle that flutters strangely like a water ghost’s hair behind its head.

Their size is about twice that of Hounz.

“I had a hard time getting here. Subject 412.”

Among the group, Experimental Subject 470 walked out confidently.

Although she is small in stature, judging from the fact that she is wearing an exoskeleton armor all over her body, it seems that she has already completed the weaponization of her body like Subject 412.

She looks at Subject 412 with her eyes resembling those of a reptile. Dignity and austerity naturally permeate her expression like a ruler.

“Does my colony’s Xenotera look strange?”

“Xenotera?”

“The ground you are stepping on.”

Subject 412 checks the slimy ground again.

“I can see the movement of biological matter. Is this also alive?”

“It’s conscious at the level of microorganisms, but yes. Look at the way they wriggle like a carpet. These are definitely living matter and part of Chimeraz.”

The vitality of his brethren is felt from the ground itself. Compared to the unpleasant feeling of grass leaves, this couldn’t be better.

Subject 412 showed his curiosity this time as well.

“My colony uses blood vessels laid on the ground for metabolism and energy metabolism. But is this method more efficient than mine?”

“Compared to the blood vessels that connect the structures of your colony, the metabolic rate is lower. However, Xenotera creates an environment that is beneficial to Chimeraz. And due to the characteristics of the fluid, it is easy to expand the colony, and it is connected to my collective consciousness, so I can feel all the movements that step on Xenotera.”

Xenotera, which changes the environment by spreading substances beneficial to Chimeraz, activates the colony, and can even sense intruders.

It’s a method Subject 412 had never thought of.

“If we use my blood vessels and your Xenotera together, we can create a more solid colony.”

“That’s right. The colony that will be newly born between us will surely be great.”

She insisted like that and walked slowly towards Subject 412.

“Take out your tentacles. It’s time to connect my brain and your brain.”

“. . . .”

Subject 412 reaches out his right hand to her. From the palm of his hand, thin tentacles like threads pierce the skin and head towards her forehead.

The consciousness of the two experimental subjects overlaps in one area of the brain.

𝘒𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘬. . . .

𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭. . . 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭. . .

The surrounding chimeras watched this astounding scene, either whimpering or trembling.

The two subjects made eye contact during the process of exchanging consciousness.

They could read each other’s thoughts clearly.

Each other,

thoughts,

can be read directly.

This was not good.

Subject 470 was the one reading minds.

Subject 412 had decided to read Subject 470’s mind. It was something they agreed on from the beginning.

‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?’

‘𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.’

𝘒𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘳. . . . . .!

𝘎𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘭. . . . . .!

The surrounding chimeras made excited cries.

‘𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 412. 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦?’

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯.’

‘𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺.’

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘦.’

𝘒𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘳. . .!!!

The group behind Subject 412 became especially agitated. Consequently, the group behind Subject 470 began growling while baring their teeth.

‘𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 1,266 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.’

‘. . .𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.’

𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 470, 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺. 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶?’

‘𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.’

‘𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵?’

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶.’

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥. . . 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭.’

One of the Kabane behind Subject 412 raised its foreleg.

‘𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘈 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘈 𝘒𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘺.’

The collective consciousness faltered.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥.’

𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘩!!!

Then, one of the Kabane, mistaking its master, perceived Experimental Subject 412 in front of it as an enemy.

𝘚𝘓𝘈𝘚𝘏!!!!

The chrome-colored claws protruding from the Kabane’s forelegs were sharp enough to tear through Subject 412’s black armor, and Subject 412’s waist and neck were severed in midair.

Subject 412’s group, momentarily bereft of their master, stood still like machines that hadn’t received any commands.

‘𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 412. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.’

Thud. . . Thud. . . Thud. . .

Subject 470 removed the tentacles from her forehead and personally checked the body of Subject 412, who was sprawled on the floor.

Sheath. . . . Sheath. . . .

The body was in pieces, spilling its entrails and blood.

“. . . . . .”

Once she confirmed that the heart, which had been continuously pumping blood, had stopped, she heartlessly turned her back as if she had no interest in it. 

“Are you watching? Secretary.”

As soon as she opened her mouth, her voice spread throughout the training ground.

━𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟔, 𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎.

━𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝟒𝟕𝟎, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝.

━𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐳 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭. . .

━. . .𝐀𝐡.

The voice’s absent-minded response is extremely unnatural. The sense of discomfort spreading throughout the training ground evokes silence.

At the center of her silence, she feels the fear of the unknown coming from behind her.

“Why. . .”

She turns around and captures the sight of the body she had just checked, just 10 seconds ago, in her reptilian eyes.

Experimental Subject 470 and Darwin Foundation officials who witnessed the scene all had the same question in the midst of the rising unknown fear.

Is that really a living, breathing organism?

Rather than a living being, it is a shape that unpleasantly reproduces something transcendental, such as a heteromorphic, foreign, other-dimensional, and something beyond.

“T-This is not. . . . This is. . . .”

━𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. . . . 𝐌𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝.

She dare not confront it.

She took a step back in shock at seeing something she had never seen before in her life, and then fell to the ground. Her legs gave out. Her mind froze.

━𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

Subject 412’s face flashes his bloodshot eyes devilishly in the broken black armor exoskeleton.

━𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐳, 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤.

His head is floating about 3 meters above.

Below his neck, red things that are either blood vessels or tentacles are dancing unsteadily, connecting his severed upper and lower body like a flexible spine.

Ugly.

━𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

She overlaps her trembling voice with the waves.

“G-Get rid of that!!!”

━𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝟒𝟕𝟎.

The group gathered behind her rushes towards Subject 412 all at once. At the same time, the group gathered behind Subject 412 also rushes towards Subject 470.

Subject 412 stands up like a puppet, relying on the tentacles connecting his lower and upper body and head. Then he uttered words close to a curse in his actual voice.

It was a slimy voice as if he was chewing blood in his mouth.

“I. . . will. . . kill. . . you. . . .”

At that moment, Subject 470 could not help but scream.

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