I Became an Evolving Deep-Sea Creature Chapter 106

Chapter 106. For the Revival

The Turusain had reached the height of their golden age. No race could oppose them any longer.

With overwhelming technology and magic, they created a new civilization.

-There was an explorer. He was soone who loved exploring the Deep Sea.

The explorer kept descending, tirelessly going down in order to explore a world whose end could not be seen.

The journey had no end. But when that Turusain explorer reached the hadal depths, he ended up disturbing an ancient evil.

-An ancient evil?

-He encountered a gigantic existence bound to the rules of the Deep Sea. And that beca the very reason our race went extinct.

-Is that an Outer God?

Yul recalled what he had seen in the ancient mural long ago, before fighting Syrendron. The battle between the Turusain and the Outer God.

-A battle? Heh. It was a one-sided massacre. We were helplessly struck down by thods we couldn’t even understand, and though we tried to respond sohow, we failed. We predicted that the enemy’s attacks would continue until every Turusain was wiped out.

-And then?

-So we decided to erase all Turusains from this world. Then the enemy’s attacks would stop as well. And our prediction was correct. Most of us fled to other worlds.

As the number of Turusains remaining in this world decreased, the Outer God’s attacks lessened, but they did not stop.

-Until recently, I had been dead. My soul had been preserved, and I was resurrected using a Matter Recombiner.

-Then what about the Outer God’s attacks?

-After I was revived, there were none. But what aning is there in reviving alone? That’s why I first needed to take control of this facility.

After that, it was just as Yul already knew. He had discovered the Mother Nest occupying the facility, and he tried to eliminate it, but most attempts ended in failure.

The Mother Nest did not bother attacking Kaiman either, because he was behind a door that would never open.

-It was a place with the highest-grade security, so the Mother Nest couldn’t attack . But I also had no thod to act.

-I see. Still, you didn’t have to help , did you? As long as I dealt with the Mother Nest, it didn’t really matter to you.

-……That’s true. I’ll tell you the reason. Ein!

-Did you call?

A voice ca from the wall speakers. Yul wondered if it was another Turusain, but it wasn’t.

-There is an artificial intelligence administrator inside this facility. That is Ein.

-I am not a sentient being. Nor do I possess a physical form.

-We predicted the karma that would follow the Outer God’s attack in advance, and we realized that at a certain point, that karma would disappear. And when the designated ti arrived, Ein, as the AI administrator, revived .

-You predicted karma?

-Yes. At the height of our golden age, our race invented a device called the Karma Gauge.

A machine that could directly check karma. Yul could see it through the status window, but for them, it must have been observed through a physical device.

-And when we tried to revive the others as well, most of their genetic information had been damaged.

Yul asked.

-Because of the Mother Nest’s attacks?

-No, because of the passage of ti. The point at which the karma for the Outer God’s recognition of the Turusain disappeared lasted longer than the Turusain had originally predicted.

Ein stepped in to add.

-I was the only one left intact. Unfortunately. So, according to the original plan, I ended up being responsible for the revival of the species.

Kaiman, who said that, looked lonely.

-I said earlier that we created the Karma Gauge, right? The Turusains’ Karma Gauge device is extrely sensitive to information related to Turusains. And you were once entangled with it as well.

-Ah. Are you talking about Syrendron?

-Yes.

Yul had never thought about what had happened to Syrendron after the Heaven and Earth Resonance.

It had been sealed by the Orca Tribe, but since the whereabouts of the Orca Tribe had beco unknown, the seal on Syrendron might have been broken.

-Syrendron must once have been a Turusain as well. At our facility, we developed technology to return a Turusain who had turned into Syrendron back to their ‘original’ state. Right around the ti of our extinction.

-You developed sothing like that even while your species was going extinct?

-This is a facility. Hehe. Scholars are creatures who must continue their research even as the world collapses….

Kaiman grew a little gloomy. Perhaps he was rembering his last colleagues.

-Right, so why Syrendron?

-I need your help. You know the location of Syrendron, don’t you? I have no external information from the ti of our extinction until the present. The network connections of the Turusains that once existed have all disappeared.

-I know. Should I help? In return, I’d like you to help with sothing.

-Of course. If it’s sothing I can do, I’ll do anything. Even if it ans using this facility.

-The facility? What can you do here?

-If the Energy Drill operates properly, we’ll be able to activate the Matter Recombiner.

-The Matter Recombiner?

The Matter Recombiner Yul knew existed only in science fiction novels. It rearranged elents at the atomic level to create new objects. Like a 3D printer.

-It creates matter in whatever form you want using existing “materials.”

But since the universe of this world was created differently, he thought it might be sothing else.

-It would be easier to think of it as a very fast forge.

-Ho… so it really is like a 3D printer.

-Y-you can’t just use the Matter Recombiner freely. We need to use it for facility restoration first. Especially since we need to repair the energy drill right now, we have to strip away unnecessary facilities.

-Who said anything about that? Anyway, got it. I’ll tell you where Syrendron is.

-Really?

-Of course.

Turusain Kaiman would need a partner for the revival of his race.

Yul would also gain access to the ancient technology of the Turusains, so this cooperation would be a win-win for both sides.

-By the way, the Reverse Analysis Disassembler is completely broken?

-You don’t need to worry about that anymore.

* * *

When the incident ended, Yul was looking at the status window when a quest completion ssage appeared.

–Discover information about your original species, Xenoia, and learn the whereabouts of your ‘siblings’.

He had at least discovered the whereabouts of one brother. And he had also roughly learned what the original species, Xenoia, was, so that must be why it was completed.

Xenoia was a species created by the Sower, possessing extrely high potential values.

Because of that, so of the surviving Xenoia—those called Yul’s brothers—had evolved into different forms.

‘So that was the species I felt that strange sense of kinship with.’

If so, then what the one ‘modified’ by the Mother Nest had said was very likely true as well.

The Deep-Sea Anglerfish he had seen during the Heaven and Earth Resonance. The one that appeared first, ascended, transford into a dragon, and headed toward the moon.

That one was probably one of Yul’s brothers, too.

‘Hmm. My eye is itching again.’

One of his six eyes began to itch. Ever since the Demon Eye of Sea Synchronization had ford, this kind of itching occasionally happened, but this ti, he was certain.

‘I’ll awaken another Demon Eye soon.’

A race that awakened Demon Eyes simply by being alive—the Deep Sea King race really was overpowered.

But that was only true in a world like this.

He had nearly been killed by the Sower that had appeared only briefly.

Yul had felt fear in the face of that sudden crisis of death, but he had also gained motivation from it.

-I need to obtain Divinity a little faster.

Until now, Yul had been loafing around and postponing this and that, but he was planning to intervene more actively now.

-I’ll beco the god of the Sea Elves.

If he needed to gather soone’s faith, he would gather the faith of the abandoned. That was why he felt the need to beco at least a little ‘stronger’.

Of course, that would be sothing to deal with after this matter was finished.

-Puyo, do you have anywhere to go?

-, you say? Where would I go? I should stay attached to your side, Sir Yul.

-Hmm… about you, do you really have to do that ‘parasitizing’ thing?

-I can live just fine without doing it. But usually it’s more convenient to ‘board’. Doesn’t it make things safer?

By replacing Yul’s word “parasitizing” with “boarding,” Puyo’s intentions were obvious.

He was a bit sly, but judging by everything he had done so far, he didn’t seem like the type who would turn into an enemy.

Yul’s suspicions had eased sowhat. He turned to Kaiman beside him.

-Are you ready?

-Of course.

Kaiman was still wearing his pitch-black clothes, but his luggage had increased. He was carrying sothing bigger than his own body.

-You won’t be able to carry all that.

-Outside the blanket is dangerous!! The mont I leave this facility, I could die at any ti!!

-It’s not that bad.

Hmm? A sudden thought crossed Yul’s mind. Maybe the reason this guy, Kaiman, had remained in the research institute until the very end was because he disliked taking risks.

-You’re a hikikomori.

-Hey! How can you say sothing so harsh, like calling a shut-in loner outsider loser? I’m just a researcher.

-That’s how it gets translated…?

Yul’s translation worked both ways.

Anyway, once they finished preparing, they resurfaced.

‘The color of the surrounding magic is becoming faint.’

As soon as the Mother Nest disappeared, the surrounding magic was changing into sothing like the magic of the Great Azure Ocean.

When they rose above the purified sea, the storm was passing.

-Lucian, are you there?

-Yul? What happened down below?

-It’s resolved. I took care of the Mother Nest.

-We left our position because of the storm. And we defeated the pursuers that the Mother Nest sent again. This ti, Ms. Yera did most of the work.

-That lazy human?

-To be precise, it was Ms. Yera’s Seabon that did the work. Its na was… Pinky, I think?

Lucian was usually the type to call Seabons by their nas, so the fact that he said it like that ant he felt a bit uncomfortable about it.

-Why?

-I shouldn’t say this, but… it’s the kind that gives you a bit of a feeling of disgust.

-Ah, did it reveal its true form? That Carbuncle guy is normally in a polymorph state.

Lucian usually didn’t judge anyone by appearance, so its original form must have been quite shocking.

-Anyway, I think you can return first. I’ve got sothing I need to do.

-Sothing you need to do?

-I’ll share my vision.

While looking around his surroundings, Yul glanced at Puyo and Kaiman.

-Everyone, look at and say hello. My Sinker is sharing my vision right now.

-Huh? ? Why?

-H-hello…? Good morning?

Both Puyo and Kaiman greeted awkwardly. Yul almost smacked Puyo, but stopped himself and continued speaking with Lucian.

-Anyway, I’ll explain what’s been going on.

He explained that he had gone down below and encountered the Mother Nest, and that the dungeon where the Mother Nest had been was actually a Turusain facility.

He also told him that he had decided to help Kaiman.

-I understand. The Mother Nest… is it completely dealt with?

-At the very least, you won’t find a Mother Nest within the Great Azure Ocean’s domain anymore. I felt the Sower ‘transmit’ it very far away.

-Then I’ll report to the university that the extermination is complete.

-Got it. I’ll probably be traveling around here and there even after finishing this matter, so it might take a while.

-Understood.

After finishing his conversation with Lucian, Yul recalled his mories and moved toward the place where Syrendron had been.