Chapter 267

Words : 1351 Updated : Oct 9th, 2025

Episode 267 – Harvest (1) – “Yes. She hasn’t come yet. Hmm. I will prepare. then.” The light went out on the diamond-shaped tombstone that was floating in the air, and it slowly fell to the ground. After confirming that it had stopped working, Cynthia disconnected the wires connected to the tombstone. “Phew.” She sighed briefly and picked up an apple on the luxurious table. apologize. The fruit, which is native to Earth, is currently grown only in biodomes on Mars. It was a common fruit in the distant past, but now it is a fruit that cannot be easily tasted unless you are rich. Cynthia casually took a bite of such a precious fruit. The sweetness that fills your mouth, the sourness and freshness that makes your tongue tingle slightly. If you have never eaten an apple before, you might be quite impressed. But what she felt was different. Cynthia comes from a world where it is common to see red fruits held in one’s hands. When she was in her hometown, unable to return, she enjoyed eating this fruit. This sweetness I am tasting now was the taste of longing. ‘...It’s not far.’ There are people in this world who share the same experience as her. It is said that there were once dozens of strangers, but now there are only a few strangers left. As a result, most of the factions that existed have disappeared, and currently only three factions remain. She belongs to the ‘dominant faction’, a faction of foreigners who remain here and seek to rule over inferior beings. It is a faction centered on intelligent beings with advanced civilization, such as the Megacorp Star Union Cult. However, Cynthia harbors a secret that not even her comrades in the same faction know about. ‘Once the person he has arranged comes here, this role will end.’ Since coming to this world, she has never once thought about wanting to remain. I could do anything as long as I could return to my hometown. Even if it means killing other strangers, or ‘human’ players, or deceiving them. Holding the apple, she went out onto the richly decorated terrace. A panoramic view of the space fortress unfolded beneath her feet. On one side, the artificial light created by numerous stores was almost blinding, and on the other side, it was covered in black without a single ray of light. Above her, a fallen mining planet looked down upon the fortress, reflecting its light. Cynthia could not feel any emotion even after seeing Kesha Arma’s scenery, which seemed to be better described as amazing rather than beautiful. ‘Piece of data...’ The name of the real faction that Cynthia belongs to is the ‘Return Faction’. This is a force whose goal is to clear the game and return to their hometown. After looking at the city for a moment, she clicked her tongue and went inside. If she had stayed there a little longer, she would have definitely noticed. Black smoke is rising from a dark area with no light. – ‘It’s over.’ I picked up the anklet left by someone I didn’t know and put it in my mouth. ‘I didn’t know there was a means of communication that operates in a closed circuit.’ Due to the psychic power laid down by No. 26, all means of wireless communication in this underground cellar were completely blocked. So I was relieved, but I didn’t know that pirates had installed a wired communication network to prevent EMP. ‘It would have been bothersome if there had been contact from the outside.’ Fortunately, it was installed so that communication could only be done between the five areas inside the cellar. It seemed that communication lines were not connected to the outside due to cost issues. ‘I don’t think they would have thought that this place would be robbed.’ This is a space protected by over 100 mercenaries, hundreds of androids, and double shielded doors over 1 meter thick. Unless a war breaks out, no pirate would think that this place would be breached. ‘Unless it’s a monster that easily exceeds 20 meters in length.’ From the looks of it, if you clear all of this, you will be able to obtain enough material properties to create at least one unique property. If you’re lucky, you might be able to obtain two unique characteristics and satisfy all evolution conditions. I opened the unique attribute synthesis formula I had opened before coming to the fortress. 「’Transcendence’ Material List: Reinforced Skull Gallagon’s Horn Thorn Hair Projection Tail Protein Assimilation Cluster Skin Tissue (Not Obtained)」「’ Transcendence’ Material List: Mineral Digestion Harvester’s Maw Bone Beast Vision of Hell (Not Obtained) ) Ultra Control (not obtained) 」 ‘I think you can get the first fusion formula here.’ There is no big problem if the first fusion formula is made a unique characteristic, but the problem is with the second fusion formula. Since it requires characteristics that are difficult to obtain as materials, it seems difficult to use it carelessly in the transcendence system. ‘That reaper’s maw is especially problematic.’ Thanks to the ‘Harvester’s Maw’, I can obtain genetic essence just by eating the head. In such a situation, if that characteristic is lost, it becomes quite difficult to obtain the genetic essence. You can try to get it again, but that isn’t easy either. This is because ‘Essence Reaper’s Jaw’, the material for the Harvester’s Maw, can only be obtained by eating a semi-adult Aimorph or Outspacer. Aside from that, ‘mineral digestion’ and ‘bone beast’ are also ingredients that are difficult to obtain. Looking at this alone, it seems like it will be an extremely powerful unique characteristic when combined, but since materials are materials, they cannot be combined carelessly. ‘Well, it’s not something to think about now.’ There is no need to worry because you can just collect the ingredients and synthesize unique characteristics later. I had a similar experience before. Moreover, now the genetic essence contained in numerous containers is waiting for me. Who knows, maybe a new fusion food will pop out while eating them? ‘Now that I think about it, I should also take care of number 26.’ I have already checked all the things I will eat, so now I have food left to give to No. 26. In fact, the number of creatures stored here was considerable, but the number of creatures that could strengthen the Sea Demon was not large. Still, I’m glad to see a few things that seem to have the potential to make meaningful changes. ‘There’s marine life too?’ I don’t know how they caught it, but I also saw several creatures that live in the deep sea. Of course, there were no large monsters like Pale Mask, but small and medium-sized rare creatures less than 10 meters stood out. Until now, I have never fed No. 26 any deep-sea creatures other than Pale Mask. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to try it once at this opportunity. ‘I’ll have to try this and this and this too.’ After carefully checking the list more than 10 times, I decided what to feast on and what to give to No. 26. ‘Then let’s start from Area B...’ “I believe you haven’t forgotten mine either.” “that’s right. My friend is hungry too!」 ‘Ah.’ I was about to get up, but when I heard that, I fell down again. After 10 minutes, I decided on all the creatures I wanted to give to the two guys. [Zuzu zuzuzu zuzu (Then let’s go eat)] 「Okay!」 “I will save the selected list in my data.” [Zuzuzu zuzuzuzu (Start from Area B)] With those words, I began the ritual I always do before harvesting delicious food. It is now a natural trait, as if it had been there from the beginning. A trait that made me grow up so quickly that it’s impossible in games. It is a ‘symbol of hunting’.

Chapter 267

Comments (0)