My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 36

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟔: 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐞 (1)

The Magellan Galaxy does not have as many stars as the Milky Way, and the environment for life to evolve is not as abundant as in the Milky Way.

However, the universe is always full of miracles, and the Aooa race, which evolved early in the Magellan galaxy and formed a space civilization, literally became the dominant force in the Magellan galaxy.

The Magellan and the Large Magellan galaxies, which are colliding and being absorbed by the Milky Way, are actually about 40,000 light-years apart, so they are often called the Magellan galaxies.

In addition, the Magellanic Stream, a stream of gas that flows between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud and touches the Milky Way, has become a landmark connecting the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds in the empty space outside the galaxy.

And the original Magellanic Stream is also the path used by the race that dominates the Large Magellanic Cloud to reach the Small Magellanic Cloud.

━𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭?

The creatures that occupied the Aooa diplomatic corps looked like quadrupedal war machines due to their full-body metallic armament.

They are a race with an eight-meter-tall stature and a single eye that takes up half of their face. The Aooa are always intimidated in front of them.

Their equipment can translate Aooa’s language and shoot it directly in the form of ultrasound.

━𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫.

“Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh. . .”

━𝐈’𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭.

━𝐀 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

━𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝘒𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘨!

At that moment, those who occupied the diplomatic corps menacingly rotated the barrels attached to their arms. At that sight, the Aooa trembled, but only looked at each other.

━𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

━𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝! 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩!

Among the Aooa who were trembling with fear, the 1st Class Diplomat, Oaaa, appeared.

━𝐎𝐡, 𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐚𝐚𝐚.

━𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

━𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲? 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲. 𝐀 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬.

━𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. . . 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝟕𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲.

━𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“. . .”

━𝐒𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐓𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬?

━𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭. . . 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐨𝐨𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞.

━𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭.

Those called Crolr are taking away what the Aooa race has this time as well.

━𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭.

━𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

━𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞.

Despite their brutal exploitation, the Aooa dare not raise their voices.

Because the Aooa are infinitely weaker than the Crolr race that dominates the Large Magellanic Cloud. If they only wanted to, they could destroy the Aooa race at any time because they are belligerent and always conquering something.

━𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞?

━𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰. . .

In this way, another crisis of ruin was overcome.

The Californium batteries that they had worked so hard to make were taken to the Milky Way and exchanged, but it all came to nothing. They had hoped to be freed from endless starvation, but the cruel Crolr did not allow it.

━𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

It seemed like the Crolr were leaving, but there was one last question.

━𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐚𝐚𝐚.

━𝐘𝐞𝐬.

━𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫?

Crolr has been interested in human movements for a long time.

━𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫.

━𝐀 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐚𝐚𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬.

Oaaa thinks for a moment.

And the answer Oaaa spit out next was a statement for the Aooa race.

━𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

Humans are belligerent enough. They are rich because they have abundant celestial resources, but they compete or conflict endlessly to occupy even one more of those many things. Therefore, they are a powerful race that generally pursues technology and wealth rather than sophisticated art and culture.

━𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

From the human point of view, there is nothing more to conquer in the Milky Way. However, humans still develop and produce weapons and prepare for war even in long-lasting peace. Enviable.

━𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲? 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐞, 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Oaaa calmly composed himself and then quietly argued.

━𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐨𝐨𝐚, 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐫?

In the end, the Crolr inferred and provisionally confirmed the race called humans from Oaaa’s answer.

━. . .𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.

🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹

November 7th.

One of the seven pods brought from Apoptology was opened.

The 15-year-old subject who opened his eyes inside was startled by the unfamiliar environment.

“Ugh, eek!”

A floor and walls that seemed to be finished with smooth black minerals. A giant bone that is not sure whether it is a profound design or an actual thing is attached to the ceiling and walls like a decoration.

Gloworms emitting white light are attached to the ceiling without moving, and Hydras near the pod flock to them, making a ‘squeak’ sound.

“What is it? What’s that!”

Cell control, specializing in networking.

A small body, black hair mixed with a few white hairs, vivid emerald eyes, and a timid and innocent face.

The name of the boy who has now transformed the nails of his right hand into a blade is Gnox.

“D-Don’t come near me!”

“Back off. . .”

Whispering voices like old women in a cave.

Immediately after, a creature that looked like a rattlesnake with devil’s horns approached between the Hydras that were stepping back. The creature’s crimson single eye flashed.

“Kyaaaaaahhhhhh!!!”

“Calm down. . . Gnox-nim. . .”

“Gasp. . . Gasp. . . What. . .?”

“I formally greet you. . . I am Ludwig, the 2nd in line of the collective consciousness who carries out the master’s adjutant. . .”

Gnox barely catches his breath. And with a cautious movement, he emerged from the pod.

“What are you talking about? Talk so I can understand. No, rather, how are you speaking human language?”

“. . . I will explain one by one. . .”

After hearing everything about the current chimeraz, Gnox was guided by Ludwig to meet Kreion.

The elite lined up to the left and right, the purple eyes of the being sitting on the throne wearing a black outfit mixed with organic tissue are quite intimidating.

“Welcome. Gnox. Our brethren.”

Gnox asks Ludwig on the sly.

“So. . . Is that Kreion. . .?”

“Kemet Agele Kreion. . . The ruler of the chimeraz and the master of all leaders. . .”

“Come closer. Gnox.”

“Y-Yes. . .!”

Gnox hurriedly ran to the throne.

“I bet Ludwig explained everything to you?”

“I heard everything for now!”

“No need to answer loudly.”

“I-I’m sorry.”

“You don’t have to apologize for something like that.”

“. . . Yes.”

“I rescued you from the clutches of humans. Originally, you were a competitive experimental subject to be sacrificed to enhance the ability of the ruler individual. . . A kind of artificial human mixed with the genetic material of chimeraz.”

In a word, Gnox was born as one of those 499 experimental subjects out of 500.

“You were human before you were infused with memories and genetic material, but from the moment you woke up after that, you became a chimeraz. Do you understand?”

“I understand.”

“I don’t know what kind of memories you were infused with. That’s why I’m going to respect your choice as a fellow tribesman. Once you decide, you can’t go back.”

As Ludwig said, Kreion seems to be giving him a chance to choose.

“I see.”

“Will you return to the human world? Or will you become my subordinate and become a member of our race? Choose.”

“. . .Can I ask you just one question before that?”

“Speak.”

Gnox gulps.

Kreion precisely captured the way his Adam’s apple moved up and down and the cold sweat that formed slightly on his forehead.

“I know that all the lives I’ve lived. . . Are fake memories infused by the Foundation. I checked the terminal of the pod myself, so it doesn’t seem like a lie.”

“That’s right.”

“But even if it’s a fake memory, my heart is real.”

“What do you mean?”

“The ones sleeping in the remaining six pods are my colleagues. Kreion-nim, I wonder if you think you’re going to wake them up and take them in like me. . . Like our brethren.”

Kreion infers in his head.

‘𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴. . . 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.’

“I was going to take them all in even if you didn’t ask. I vowed never to cast out my brethren again.”

“. . .Then I will join you.”

“Good. You are now one of us.”

Gnox was taken in for now.

“But Gnox. Do you know the name Anima Selas?”

“Huh? . . . No. It’s a name I don’t know.”

It is an honest expression that he really doesn’t know.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣*𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭.’

According to Haber’s memory, there were a total of 13 artificial human pods in the isolation room of Experiment A11. The Foundation researchers called them ‘human resources’.

Seven of them came this way, and the remaining six were sold to New Ark.

‘𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴.’

The six artificial humans mixed with the genetic material of the chimeraz will become bioweapons and mercenaries and will return as enemies.

Then, the seven on this side and the six on the other side will have the memories of each other’s colleagues, so they will be able to grasp each other’s weaknesses or tendencies.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴.’

For now, strengthening the race is the top priority. You never know when New Ark will invade.

🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹

Kreion and Gnox are looking around the Lemegetons that have landed on the colony.

And now Gnox is also wearing a black outfit made of organic tissue, just like Kreion or Anima.

“I developed a nuclear fusion tissue to move a creature of this size.”

“What is the energy source for operating that nuclear fusion tissue?”

“The Lemegeton sucks in hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, various inorganic substances, organic substances, heat energy of celestial bodies, and radiation energy as needed without distinction. It uses that as the material and food for the power source.”

“Aha. . .”

“That’s why Gnox. I think we need a ‘flagship’ for our race. We need a child who has a larger colony than a simple colony, is equipped with multiple Organic Accelerator Cannons, and has a ship’s gun attached to it.”

Gnox was very well-versed in this area.

“There are so many factors to consider in order to build the structure of a huge creature and maintain it.”

“What are some factors?”

“First of all, we need a brain to carry out commands through Kreion-nim’s waves. That’s because if there is a brain, it will be able to receive commands and move various complex organs in its body.”

“That’s right.”

“Generally, the signal transmission speed of brain nerve cells is about 300 km/h. The larger the brain becomes and the more complex the nerve cells spread throughout the body, the more time it will take to process multiple signals simultaneously. It’s also because the distance is far.”

“We use waves. If we use the gravity wave cable method inside the body of a huge creature, we will be able to somehow solve the brain’s signal processing or the signal transmission speed of the nervous system. And the maximum size of the flagship creature I’m thinking of is about the size of a single satellite.”

“Then there won’t be a big problem with the gravity that the signals or the size of the creature itself have. I thought of a creature the size of a star.”

“What about other factors?”

Gnox answers smoothly without hesitation.

“It’s cooling. As a creature gets bigger, it has a larger volume compared to its surface area, so the cooling efficiency decreases as it gets bigger. Naturally, large creatures everywhere in the universe have evolved to have a low metabolic rate in order to compensate for the problem of being scorched by their own body temperature.”

“Lemegetons or living colonies have vent organs to release heat.”

“What about the size and weight of the Lemegeton?”

“There are differences depending on the individual, but it is about 320 meters from tail to head. The weight is about 680,000 tons.”

“Once any creature exceeds 1,000 tons, it definitely needs a functional structure or organ that will solve thermodynamic problems.”

“An organ. . .”

“If we design a creature larger than the Lemegeton, there must be a cooling structure somewhere to hold, emit, or exhaust heat. Much larger and more efficiently than the current Lemegeton.”

“That’s why I can’t attach more organs to Lemegeton. The structure that solves the heat takes up most of the space inside the body.”

At Kreion’s complaint, Gnox strokes his chin and thinks deeply.

Then, he came up with a solution right away.

“That’s it! There is a way!”

“What is it?”

“It’s using a state of hibernation. . . Usually dead, but wake up only when needed and only until the creature’s thermodynamic structure reaches its limit!”

“So. . . Are you saying that it’s okay for the body to be big if we operate it restrictively, like humans using ships, only when necessary?”

“Yes. It’s a creature that rolls until it’s about to get burned by its own heat. Then, we can save the space used for cooling. In that saved space, we can put more organs for the colony or multiple Organic Accelerator Cannons.”

A huge creature that is awakened and used only when necessary.

For Kreion, it was a groundbreaking idea that he could not come up with.

“Good. I’ll do the initial design, so let me know if there are any areas to revise.”

“Yes. But why are you trying to make such a flagship creature all of a sudden? It seems a bit inefficient for defense.”

Because we can’t stay stuck in this red dwarf star system and just defend all the time.

The chimeraz are not such a race.

“If the enemies don’t come in the end, I’m going to go.”

We need a flagship-class creature for that.

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