Chapter 149 – 149. Encounter With the Unknown

The occupation around the shrine has ended.

As a result of ordering the 10 summoned Shogus spirits to suppress all the original Shogus, they were able to suppress them all in 30 minutes.

Surprisingly, the Shogus Dark Spirits had self-proliferation skills, so they were able to continuously increase their numbers. One thing that is unfortunate is that even if it multiplies, if the summoning is canceled, the self-replicating dark spirits that multiplied will die at the same time.

So, if you summoned it once and continued to multiply it, it would be better not to cancel it if possible.

And when the main body of the proliferated Shogus dark spirit dies, the dark spirit propagation also dies. In short, 10 Shogus must be kept alive so that the remaining ones can continue to proliferate and spread.

Anyway, the 10 Shogus ghosts quickly devoured all the living sacrifices and stragglers around the shrine, and they also actively attacked the nearby survivors and stole their bodies.

“Everyone, come pick up the awakening stones.”

Thanks to you, I now have hundreds of slaves. They searched the corpses of Chinese people scattered throughout the forest and extracted awakening stones.

Additionally, their luggage and farmed items were piled up at the entrance to the shrine.

“Wow.”

“Ooh, what should we do now..?”

“Uh. Let’s rest, right?”

I sat in front of the shrine with my companions and watched the dark spirits devouring the forest.

The search for Chinese corpses has just been completed, and now forest maps and important locations are being mapped and recorded as a group ritual.

[You’re crazy.]

“I know. “The snowball rolls like this.”

Thanks to Asmorphia, he was able to commit this eccentric act thanks to the ability to combine spirit and physical transactions and skill theft.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to use those bastards as dark spirits because I wouldn’t have been able to obtain the Shogus awakening stone, and I wouldn’t have been able to do such efficient work.

“Keueuuuuu… “

[How did this happen..]

[Damn it.]

Meanwhile, the Shogus captured by me were in despair, as if they couldn’t understand the current situation. I opened my mouth to them.

“So, I should have eaten it in moderation and run away.”

[Ouch…]

“Now that I think about it, what happens to the 50 that escaped beforehand?”

[They..]

“You went to Earth, right?”

[…

The Shogus remained silent.

The 50 Shogus infections they sent out.

They have now gone to Earth. Using the trick of keeping the egos of those whose bodies were taken away alive, the gate made the infected entity recognize them as people rather than Shogus, allowing them to escape.

Thanks to this, 50 Shogus infected organisms have now been released on Earth.

Following zombies, new infectious agents have increased. Even those who share information between dimensions.

That’s right, they share information with the Earth-side Shogus inside the simple labyrinth, so in a sense, they are crazy people who communicate between dimensions.

“There will be chaos.”

The good news is that these chicks can only enter the body of a living creature, especially one larger than 1 meter.

[And if it is too big, it is difficult to control.]

“So, you’re saying that only humans are suitable?”

[It can cover humans, cows, horses, wolves, bears and other beasts in general.]

“And they said I couldn’t go into the water.”

[Right. It needs moisture, but if it goes into the water, the body cannot withstand it and melts.]

“Hmm. “Aren’t you freezing to death?”

[If it is too cold, their behavior may become slower, but they will not die.]

“What about sunlight?”

[No need.]

These guys can’t just deal with the winter night coming. Considering that it lags behind when it enters the water, it seemed like it would not be able to live on Earth forever as a parasite on deep-sea creatures.

‘When winter nights begin, most animals die. There is less than a week left until then. Until then, this will be the time when these things will spread the most on Earth.’

It will happen. Once we know that these guys have entered the Earth, we need to prepare a response plan in advance.

“Is there any way to avoid having your body taken away?”

[I can’t tell you that. However, our species will never attack you directly. Our conversation is now also being transmitted through the hive consciousness, and we have just decided to give up our confrontation with you.]

Can not believe it. Something like what an alien said.

“So, the most important weakness is that I can’t tell you. Instead, since you’ve unlocked most of the other information, you’ve let me know that you guys aren’t that dangerous? “Are you afraid I might actively hunt you?”

[Accurate. We want coexistence.]

“It’s symbiosis. Would you have wanted coexistence even if I didn’t exist?”

[Do you want a fabricated lie? Do you want the raw truth?]

“Truth.”

[If you hadn’t been discovered, we would have tried to completely take over the Earth. However, when the alien being called you was confirmed, the vigilance towards Earthlings rapidly increased. We realized that we had to take care of ourselves. That’s all.]

He said he couldn’t conclude that there was the only one irregular like me. So, Shogus will save himself.

Now that they’ve seen me dealing with their clones, they’re probably worried that if they make a mistake, they won’t be able to do anything and they’ll all be annihilated.

That’s right, if I spread their dark clones all over the Earth and tell them to hunt down all the Shogus, they will be finished.

“Anyway, I’ve already entered Earth. It has spread all over the world.”

You can’t travel around the world to catch these chicks. If I had the time and energy to do so, I would have driven out the zombies first.

[Our home planet has become too desolate for us to live on. Please have mercy.]

[Mercy.]

[Please have mercy on us..]

They all lowered their heads.

We don’t show mercy to fellow humans, so we can’t show mercy to aliens.

But I did not reveal my true feelings. Since they were the first to provide information after a long time, I had to listen to their story as much as possible.

The Shogus dark spirits I summoned are currently disconnected from the original Shogus’ hive consciousness, so their knowledge is not that high.

“Still, if you get noticed, you have no choice but to fight. Like today. A simple labyrinth is actually a death game.”

[I recognized it. Avoid it as much as possible.]

“If I ever run into you, I will kill you.”

[That’s the same for us. We have no choice but to avoid each other as much as possible. And I realized that the language you use is the language of the country called Korea. The area is recognized as a danger zone.]

“Aren’t we going to launch nuclear weapons in South Korea if we do this? It’s a bit scary.”

[It is difficult for us to properly manage the variable called radioactivity. Do you know how sensitive a race that has already lost its home planet once due to environmental destruction is to radiation?]

“…”

[Rather, we plan to turn off all nuclear power plants that are still operating and not turned off. I do not want silent destruction. It is a survivable planet that we worked hard to obtain. I cannot afford to fight your species. Because our only hope is the 50 pioneers who entered Earth.]

They were embarrassed by the word nuclear weapons.

What on earth happened on these babies’ home planet?

Suddenly, I remembered the Great Science and Technology hypothesis that I had seen on the Internet in the past.

The hypothesis was that if a civilization develops beyond a certain level, without exception, it will encounter obstacles that will determine its survival, such as a specific disaster, adversity, or trial, and if it does not overcome these obstacles properly, it will be destroyed.

Perhaps, this race called Shogus failed to pass through the filter and faced extinction, and while wandering around the universe aimlessly, they were invited as guests to a simple labyrinth and found a new colony called Earth.

“I understand first. “Then.”

The Shoggars seemed to have mentally prepared themselves. They lowered their heads.

I hit their heads.

The heads of about a dozen Shogus exploded and their cores were destroyed. Now there is not a single original Shogus left in this forest.

“I will exterminate them all.”

What does symbiosis mean?

Even humans can’t trust each other, so there’s no way we can trust a slime monster like this.

First of all, I have to transmit the survivors infected with the Shogus spirit around the world.

Then, after increasing the number to a certain extent, I will order you to hunt down the Shogus.

Because we can’t let them settle on Earth. Shogus is caught with Shogus.

And as they say, it is dangerous if the nuclear power plant explodes, so we will have to stop the operation of the nuclear power plant by having the Shogus spirit infected agents sent all over the world.

“It’s perfect.”

Try to survive, you slime monsters.

I know the Earth is so soft. They say it explodes with just the humans and zombies.

How dare you demand alien sensitivity from me who has even abandoned my love for humanity? Rotten guys.

“First, bring all the survivors you caught.”

In order to carry out the important plan of hunting down the Original Shogus and shutting down the nuclear power plant, all 34 of the 39 people who could escape, excluding me and my four companions, had to be designated as dark spirit infected.

We should also capture China, leader, Russia, and the Americans, which have many nuclear power plants.

‘There will be quite a few in European countries, so I’ll have to hunt down a few Europeans as well.’

If we release them one by one, the population will increase on its own, so we should catch one person from each country and introduce them.

“Then..”

Now I’ve roughly taken care of everything.

Now is the time to collect your rewards.

First, you must check the hundreds of awakening stones obtained from the bodies of those you killed, and open the reward box by offering their bodies.

In addition, you will need to purchase blessings with the survival rights obtained by hunting intelligent beings, and furthermore, you will need to look at the items farmed from buildings scattered throughout the forest.

In short, this entire forest has become my farming area.

It will be an unprecedented strengthening.

Before the winter night comes, we may perhaps rise to the ranks of the strongest humans in existence.

I gained so much.