My Children Swarm the Cosmos

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━𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭.

━𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

━𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞.

━𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞. . .

━𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

━𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍𝐅 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭.

━𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. . .

In Kreion’s dark settlement, life is born. It is the egg sac of the Hounz pack, which can be created the fastest.

As they burst, the cries of birth leak out of the settlement.

𝘒𝘦𝘦-𝘺𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘬. . .

“What was that sound just now?”

“. . . There’s something inside there.”

Police armed with rifles and special forces armed with energy-based firearms stand guard. They are encircling the settlement.

𝘒𝘦𝘦-𝘺𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘬. . .

𝘒𝘶𝘫𝘪𝘬-𝘬𝘶𝘫𝘪𝘬. . .!

Those who engage in dangerous work have a hunch. They don’t know what’s inside, but they might soon be in a situation where they have to pull the trigger.

And in response to their intuition, the lower part of the settlement, which has grown to 25 meters, opens like a snout of a living creature, and the Hounz pack appears.

“T-Those things. . .”

𝘒𝘦𝘦-𝘺𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘬!!!

Who wouldn’t pull the trigger at the sight of the Hounz pack running towards them, screaming?

“Fire! Open fire!”

𝘛𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨!

The energy bullets fired by the police in advance seemed to pierce through the exoskeleton of the Hounz, but their firepower seems to be lacking. Even though they shot bullets collectively, none of them fell.

“It’s a hostile life form!”

𝘗𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱-𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱-𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱-𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨!

Following that, biohazard special forces wearing thick combat suits fired blue light with high-powered energy firearms. The Hounz in the front lines had their heads burst or their front legs blown away every time the light flashed and collapsed with a thud.

Still, the Hounz don’t stop.

𝘑𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘨!

Police humanoids ran forward and unfolded a translucent energy barricade. And the tall humanoids of the special forces picked up heavy weapons and fired high-temperature flames widely beyond the barricade.

The settlement and the Hounz pack are trapped in the round shield and are being roasted.

𝘏𝘸𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘩. . .!

The heat on the ground where the flames swept across was so hot that the asphalt surface melted stickily with gravel and tar. The screams that echoed amid those intense flames were truly horrifying.

“Those crazy. . .”

𝘒𝘦𝘦-𝘺𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘬!!

𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨! 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨! 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨!

The Hounz break through the flames and crash into the energy barricade. The already black exoskeleton’s carbon component is charred even blacker, making it look like a living being made of coal. They are trying to break through the barricade somehow by swinging their claws, tails, and heads.

And the shield blocks attacks from both allies and enemies without distinction.

Was it a mistake to deploy the energy barricade? The police force and biohazard special forces are unable to use their firearms.

“It’s a strange life force, but for now, it won’t be able to break through the shield for large organisms.”

“Let’s keep them locked up like this and find another way.”

“Request support from tanks and war machines! We need more firepower!”

They gulped as they watched the Hounz pack running wild amid the smoke and hellfire. The feeling of facing a very aggressive unknown creature that they had never encountered before made their nerves tighten.

While enduring like that with the shield deployed like a barricade, one of the special forces members made eye contact with something in the hellfire.

Fear.

An unpleasant gaze felt from an unknown being.

Something with a strangely bent head and a red single eye.

The Hounz are screaming in the fire, but it doesn’t move and just sends a strange gaze.

Unpleasantly, as if it was looking at this side, not the other side.

“That. . .! Another unidentified life form of a different species. . .”

It was just one Cresecter.

𝘒𝘶𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢!!!!

A bright red plasma, brighter than the burning flames, exploded with a loud noise, scattering green impurities like blood. The artificial particles of the shield, which had been withstanding the physical shock of the Hounz pack, were displaced from their original area by the plasma explosion.

The Hounz pack escaped like dogs that were trapped by them and ran wild in all directions.

“Euaaaaaaaagh!!!”

The number of Hounz was too many for their firepower to handle right away. The Hounz pack, which eventually jumped in front of the police and special forces, signaled the start of a full-scale invasion by tearing them apart.