131

Ep. 131

'I was trying to see who did this.'

While I was getting here, someone had closed all the shielding doors in each hallway. The survivors got very upset when they pressed their faces against the tempered glass to see who had done such a troublesome thing.

Those in the quarantine area rushed out as soon as the door on the other side opened.

As I was watching their fleeing backs, I lifted my head from where it was pressed against the tempered glass.

｢Hi!｣

As I turned my head, the survivor I had captured made eye contact with me. He sounded like a chicken choking.

Although I couldn't see his expression because of the helmet he was wearing, I could easily tell how he was feeling.

I think we need to end his fear quickly.

I squeezed his body with my fighting hands.

"Agagagagak!"

As the body wearing the reinforced suit was crushed, an incomprehensible sound was heard from inside the helmet. After the death, the human fell limply in my hand.

I peeled off his armor with my fingernails, tore off pieces of flesh, and stuffed them into my mouth.

'You can just chew it and eat it.'

The reinforced suits they wear are focused solely on the wearer's survival, so their defense power is very high.

Simply put, it is extremely tough. Of course, it doesn't mean I can't eat, but it's annoying because it keeps getting stuck in my teeth when I chew.

I leisurely broke down the door to the containment area while chewing on the captured humans. The seawater that filled the area I was in drained out into the corridor of Area C.

'Then let's go to another area.'

I slowly followed the current and turned to the next area, D area, instead of where the survivors ran.

'Anyway, their actions are all in the palm of my hand.'

We already know what the survivors are thinking. The survivors may think that I can't chase them because they move so fast, but they are wrong.

Do you think it's because I'm really slow or have a hard time breaking down the screened door?

no.

He just took his time to bring despair to those who tormented No. 26 and Aadhai.

'Hope can be the driving force of life….'

On the other hand, it can also be pain.

It is not salvation to be where they fled.

Someone who wants revenge on a 'bad person' is waiting for them.

'I'd like to watch him hunt, too.'

There are many people alive in this base. We need to get information from them, so we need to hurry.

When the water in the hallway rose enough to barely submerge my prone body, I felt an unusual movement.

'hmm?'

As it moves, it emits a metallic smell that is essentially different from the salty smell of salt.

There are a total of 5 giant chunks of metal. The size seems to be approximately 4m.

The worry was short-lived, and I was quickly able to realize the identity of that lump of metal.

It is similar to Star Union's walker, but it is a different Megacorp-specific construction equipment called MCAE (Multipurpose Construction Auxiliary Equipment).

MCAE is a construction machine inspired by humanity's resource mining machines from classic strategy simulations set in space.

Simply put, it is easy to understand if you think of it as a space loader with various construction-related functions and flight functions added.

'Why is MCAE here?'

The reason I didn't notice it right away was because it was so unexpected.

MCAE is equipment mainly used in large-scale construction such as space city construction. It is not a machine worth seeing in the deep sea, far from outer space.

I headed in the direction of the smell to take a closer look.

After passing through a narrow hallway, I came to an open space that looked like a warehouse, where I saw 5 activated MCAEs and 3 Fishlians.

"… says. "It smells like the devil."

｢Damn, they escaped too.｣

｢We have to get out of this base quickly.｣

"We have to escape before my father gets angry."

"Go straight this way and you'll reach the elevator."

Since it was indoors, the MCAEs, who had turned off the flight function, were moving by removing the wheels hidden inside. The two arms attached to the upper body next to the cockpit were equipped with a large torch used to close doors and a metal injector used for building repairs.

Unlike the guys we saw earlier, the Fishrians held harpoons in their hands. Overall, it is similar in shape to a pilum, but has a unique feature in that the spear blade is grooved in a whirlwind shape.

That harpoon is the traditional weapon of the Fishrians who caused the damage to Aadhai.

Originally, Fishrian harpoons were roughly made of ordinary metal, but the harpoons they held were as black as obsidian. It was clear that it was made of metal containing black silver.

'Did they attack Aadhai?'

It doesn't seem like harpoons made of black silver are common, so those three must be the ones who hurt Aadhai.

'Then you can't miss it.'

I remained submerged and slowly approached the MCAE group. At that time, the gaze of a fish-man with thorns on his head and back turned in my direction.

The guy tilted his head and shouted loudly as if he felt my presence.

"smell! "It stinks!"

The other two Fishrians also squealed in unison with him.

"The smell of blood!"

"There is a man who killed his own people!"

Deciding that hiding any longer was pointless, I got up. The Fishrians' eyes widened when they saw me shining red due to the emergency lights.

"What is that?"

"Monster! "A monster who killed his own people!"

I cut through the current and rushed at them. The tentacles on my back pounced on the spot where Fishrian was, like a poisonous snake finding its prey.

"Kruk! "Die!"

"Offer it as a sacrifice!"

Unlike the guys I met earlier, these three Fishrians seemed to be quite old. They avoided my encroaching tentacles with agile movements and clung to my back.

"Kruk? "It's solid!"

They chewed my skin with their poisonous claws and teeth, but it was no use. There is no way their fragile bodies could break the shell, which is indestructible even when hit directly by a plasma launcher.

They seemed to think they couldn't do it with their bare hands, so they stabbed me with a harpoon. It was made of black silver, so if it had been Adhaina No. 26, it would have suffered damage, but they chose the wrong opponent.

Six tentacles stretched out from its back and struck the Fishrians. Two of them dodged, but the one that couldn't dodge was hit by my tentacle and fell away.

"Eat it!"

MCAE shot the liquefied metal from the metal injector at me.

The metal that stuck to my body, half submerged in the cold water, hardened in an instant. The combat arm with the chunk of metal hanging on it suddenly became heavier.

'This is going to reduce mobility, right?'

MCAE must have decided that my movements had slowed down and started pointing a large torch at my eyes.

It's impossible to harm me with an industrial torch, but the heat in my eyes is quite annoying.

I swung my fighting arm, which was armed with a bundle of cold metal.

The target point is the MCAE's cockpit. The cockpit, which was big enough to fit one person, was crushed by my arm.

｢Pfft!｣

It would be difficult for a pilot to survive if they weren't, like, one-third smaller than an ordinary person. Out of control, MCAE's arms went limp and stopped working.

After silencing one of the construction machines, I used my fighting arm to hit the Fishrian flying over my head. Fishrian's head shattered with a sound like a hammer cracking a walnut.

Meanwhile, another guy ran to the other side and jumped on my tail. The guy stuck a harpoon between the carapace and tried to use it as a lever to pry it off.

I raised its tail above the water and rotated its entire body sharply. The fishrian held on to its tail carapace to avoid falling. But that was his mistake.

｢Uh huh?｣

｢Damage!｣

My tail cuts through the water, aiming for two MCAEs. The guys who were circling around me to seize the opportunity to attack were shocked and tried to back away, but I was one step faster. The massive tail swept over 4m-sized MCAEs.

"Gyeong!"

The fishrian hanging on its tail collided with that hard metal machine and turned into blood in an instant. The construction machine that was hit directly by my attack had its entire upper body, including the cockpit, completely blown off, and the other one floated in the air, flew over the water, and landed on the wall.

"Run away too!"

Now there are only two left. The MCAEs, who lost all their colleagues in an instant, retreated quickly.

'Should I leave both of them?'

Originally, I was only going to leave one person, but I changed my mind. I swam leisurely and followed the construction machine.

The murder of the Sea Demon, the partnership with the Fishrians, and the MCAE that suddenly appears at the deep-sea research base, etc.

I have a lot to ask them.

–

｢Huh huh huh huh huh huh

. "Hehe hee."

"Hehe hehe, that's stupid!" Keep running!」

A corridor connecting Area C to the central area where the underwater elevator is located.

There was a series of groups in the pitch-black water against the red light of the emergency lights.

Wearing thick reinforced suits resembling space suits, they were a group of survivors led by team leader Runan. Sixteen men, exhausted both physically and mentally, toiled through the current.

"He entered Area C! "Haha, haha, we have to go fast before we catch up!"

They didn't know what the slowly but steadily rising water meant.

It's coming somewhere in the invisible water.

Whenever such thoughts occurred, the team members were able to keep running like horses hit by a horse.

"I can see the door leading to the central area!"

"Check if the inside is flooded!"

While the research team member was checking inside with the still-functioning terminal, Runan and other team members watched to see if it was coming or not.

A gloomy glowing emergency light, the gently shaking sound of water drops falling irregularly.

｢Huh huh huh huh.｣

｢Huh huh huh huh.｣

And the team members' struggling could be heard through the communicator.

Every element in this space was eating away at their spirit.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Runan.

What if all of this was "it"'s intention?

What if all escape routes have already been blocked by this guy and the remaining survivors are going to be harassed and killed like rats in front of a cat?

'I'm going to die? Do not be ridiculous!'

A lot has happened before Runan, a native of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede colony, becomes the prime capital of Mars. He did nothing to please the governor's aide sent by the Zhao family.

As a result, he was able to marry an aide from the Zhao family and obtain Prime Capital's qualifications.

'How did you get this position!'

Runan has yet to fully enjoy the life of the upper class of Megacorp. If I die here, it will be so unfair that I won't even be able to close my eyes properly.

"We confirmed that there was some damage inside, but it was not flooded!"

A subordinate's shout woke him from his thoughts.

Fortunately, the central district survived.

Runan and the team quickly entered the airlock. After the water draining work was completed, they entered the central area.

Five submersibles that looked similar to escape ships were placed near the wall, and in the middle was a large cylinder with a gate.

The identity of the cylinder is an underwater elevator. If you take a submersible and enter that cylinder, you can take an elevator to a place closer to the surface. ｢Inner

pressure

stable

!

"

Did everyone relax after coming to a safe place? Some of the team members who took off their helmets fell face down and vomited.

"We'll recharge with oxygen here and then take the submersible up."

"When will the rescue team come?"

"I already sent the message, so it won't take long."

"yep."

While everyone was doing their job, such as recharging oxygen, one of the team members screamed.

"The sub is broken!"

"what?"

The faces of all the survivors who heard those words became stiff. Runan hurriedly started looking at the other submarines.

'Unbelievable?!'

Of the five cars he examined, three were already broken.

Each submersible can accommodate up to three people. And the survivors here are sixteen. Even if the remaining two units are in good condition, the maximum capacity has already been exceeded.

"This is ridiculous! "We are all dead!"

"Wait! If I can fix it somehow…"

"You sound like an idiot!" "If anything goes wrong during repairs, you'll be killed on the way up the elevator."

"Fuck then, is there any other way?"

"How about going into an elevator and holding on with a reinforced suit?"

"If it were the universe, it would be so bad here. "No matter how strong the reinforced suit is, it cannot withstand it because of the water pressure."

"Nimi, just say no! "Then what are we going to do?"

"You bastard!"

As the last hope collapsed, the team members could not hold out any longer.

One person grabbed the other by the collar and engaged in a fist fight. Some just sat down and cried like children. Some people were pointing their fingers in the air and swearing.

In a situation where everyone was confused, Runan barely kept his cool and kept his head.

'There are two subs remaining. 'The one next to me looks fine from the outside.'

As he was about to open the door to check inside the submersible, a team member pointed a finger at him.

"Ren'an you bastard! "Get out of there right now!"

"Fucking bastard! "If the submersible was okay, you were going to get on it and run away alone, right?"

"Hmm, what does that mean?"

The eyes of the opposing team members all turned to Run An.

'That bastard…!'

Runan cursed under his breath and fiddled with the Gauss rifle he was holding.

Excluding him, the remaining people were fifteen. Since Ren An was a researcher and not a soldier, it was not easy to suppress that many people with just a gun.

I'll kill a few people, but if I get attacked by the rest in the meantime, that's the end of it.

In the end, he decided to take a different approach.

"stop!"

Run An shouted with all his might. His shout echoed throughout the wide space of the central area. The team members who were looking at him with eyes full of hostility also cowered in surprise.

"Liwon! Dazing! You don't know me like that! "I tried to run away alone?"

"okay! "You don't think we know what you're thinking…"

"Bullshit! " Even while we're at odds like this, he's getting closer to us! "Are you all sane to waste your time on such useless things?"

"That…"

The team members' eyes wavered after hearing Runan's words. Runan, who thought everything was going according to his plan, continued talking.

"okay. As you live, you may despair. What I thought could be this bad could get even worse. "You and I know very well that there is a monster out there targeting us and that the nature here called the deep sea is trying to oppress us."

Runan took a step while speaking passionately.

"but! This level of suffering is nothing compared to the harsh life on Ganymede! There, it is not uncommon for hundreds of people to freeze to death due to a broken temperature control device! Do you know what kind of people survive in such situations?"

"…."

Runan made eye contact with each of his teammates. Meanwhile, don't forget to check the distance to the submersible.

'good.'

Now, if you stretch out your hand, you can immediately open the door of the submersible.

"Only those who work together to overcome difficulties will survive! Do you understand? Do you want me to cry like a child and die here? Or do you hope to join forces and survive?"

"That…"

"Look at the faces of the colleagues sitting next to you! "There will be a way out right there!"

The team members who heard those words looked at each other's faces. While their attention was elsewhere, Run An quickly grabbed the submersible's door handle.

'opportunity!'

Open this door, climb in, and activate it right away.

Thinking only about that, Run An opened the door.

and.

"ah?"

Instead of the mechanical devices that should have been immediately visible when the door was opened, there was something pink and soft. Then, pink tentacles came out at incredible speed and grabbed Runan's limbs.

Before he could scream, the tentacles that were holding him pulled Runan's body into the submersible.

Creeping, crunching, crunching,

eerie sounds coming from inside the submersible. There were no screams or groans of pain.

Soon, red blood flowed down the submersible's door.

"Huh? "Team leader T?"

The team members muttered blankly, as if they couldn't believe what was happening in front of their eyes. As if in response to those words, a bundle of long tentacles protruded from inside the submersible's door.

"Hey!"

Ujijijikkak

"Aaaah! He caught me! Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Tduduk ughgeuk kwajik

"Everyone run away!"

The tentacles grabbed the closest team members one by one and dragged them inside the submersible. After entering, the only sounds heard were creepy sounds such as bones breaking or skin being torn.

The central area, which the survivors considered to be their last escape.

The place was filled with only silent screams.

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