Chapter Became A Space Alien Chapter 15
015: 5% Probability
I’d have to go to Earth and get a genetic test to know for sure, but Kori was what you could call a ‘Sigorzab species’ – essentially, a mixed rural breed.
However, judging by it’s appearance, you could see that Jindo dog genes were heavily mixed in.
Was that why?
Kori possessed the characteristics of Jindo dogs – agile physical abilities, hunting instincts, and especially… What should I call it? It intelligence for survival was incredibly high.
Kwajik!
Kori quickly and stealthily took care of a Rayvex.
Then, the sight of it dragging the processed Rayvex corpse along.
It hides the corpse in an invisible corner.
An action to avoid being discovered by other Rayvex as much as possible.
“Well done. Let’s start again.”
When I climbed onto Kori’s back, it ran through the interior of the spaceship as if it had been waiting.
We carefully moved from inside the crashed spaceship to inside another spaceship, minimizing our exposure to the outside.
It was an action to avoid being discovered by Rayvex.
Checking the distance to the Kelkeres battleship with the Macron.
[Distance to destination: 6.3km.]
Considering that it had been less than an hour since we departed and that we hadn’t been discovered by Rayvex.
We were approaching our destination faster than expected.
This was possible thanks to Kori’s abilities, but also…
[If you go outside through the passage now, there’s a group of Rayvex ahead. It would be better to make a big turn and go left.]
“Yes!”
It was also thanks to Louis’s help, who kept watching over me.
When we moved quickly without major danger like that.
[Distance to destination: 1km.]
The Kelkeres battleship right before our eyes.
Even if I lifted my head high up, it was so enormously large that I couldn’t capture the entire Kelkeres battleship in view.
It felt like facing a giant cliff.
“…It was big when I saw it from far away, but damn, it’s really huge up close too.”
“Wal!“
“Right. We don’t have time. Wait just a moment.”
At Kori’s urging, I picked up the communicator and made a call.
I called Louis.
“Louis. The Kelkeres battleship is split into two pieces – is it in the back part? Or the front part?”
The Kelkeres battleship split into two large pieces.
Which side would the Saper Code be on?
1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds passed but no communication came.
“…Louis?”
The memory of when I went to the mining ship came back to me.
Communication with Louis had been cut off like this before.
Just when I was having anxious thoughts about what might have happened again.
[Ah! I’m sorry. I’m looking for a route to move to where the Saper Code is stored.]
“…This might make me seem a bit obsessive, but could you answer communications right away? I have bad memories about this.”
[Yes, I understand. I understand that anxiety. To answer your earlier question, it’s in the back part.]
“You mean the Saper Code is in the rear spaceship?”
[Yes. I’ll tell you the way there step by step.]
“Understood.”
I stroked Kori’s neck.
A signal meaning let’s depart now.
At my signal, Kori, who had been looking around and watching for Rayvex, quickly rushed out.
Running 1km in one breath, we arrived at the Kelkeres battleship.
[That passage you see on the left. You can enter through there.]
When I turned my head left, I could see the passage.
I nodded and said to Kori.
“Kori. Let’s go that way.”
At my words, Kori immediately turned direction and moved.
Inside the passage we entered like that.
Like all crashed spaceship interiors, there were many places that were broken and cracked here and there.
“We’ve entered. Where should I go?”
[To get to where the Saper Code is, you need to go up to the 102nd floor.]
“…How many floors did you say?”
[The 102nd floor.]
How many floors total does this spaceship have?
Suppressing the curiosity that suddenly surged up, I asked Louis.
“Is there a place where I can go up?”
[There’s a space where elevators pass through. You can go up through there. Keep moving forward, straight ahead.]
Following Louis’s guidance, I moved carefully.
Maybe because it was a spaceship that had crashed long ago?
There were no Rayvex inside.
So I could look around the spaceship interior with a bit more leisure.
“What… Is this place for?”
The first thing I see is a giant mechanical device.
There are hundreds of mechanical devices the size of buildings, and each device has a control panel that someone human-sized can operate.
What exactly is this place for?
[It’s a manufacturing space. It’s a place where they make necessary devices, objects, parts and such.]
“For example, what do they make?”
[Small things like daily necessities, or large things like transportation vehicles, even mining equipment like what we use for escape. They make things when needed, and when they’re no longer needed, they immediately disassemble them to make new devices, so it was always a busy place.]
It means it’s possible to make a car when needed, then when the car is no longer needed, disassemble it to make something like an airplane.
“The scientific technology… Is certainly good.”
I made a resolution.
If I return to Earth, I’ll bring back devices and technologies like those to Earth too.
[The elevator is on the opposite side of that manufacturing space.]
“Wait a moment.”
Quickly passing through the manufacturing space and moving.
When I reached the opposite side Louis mentioned, I could see a door made of metal.
With a bit of exaggeration, it was a door so huge that even a spaceship could enter.
“Is it this door?”
[Yes! That’s right.]
I understood why this elevator was here.
It must be used to transport equipment made in the manufacturing space using this elevator.
For now, the elevator door was firmly closed.
“Hmm. Where should I enter?”
[There’s a manual opening and closing device on the left. The red handle.]
“Ah! I found it.”
The manual opening and closing device Louis mentioned.
A red handle, painted very conspicuously.
The moment I pulled down the handle, which was large enough to require both hands to hold.
Kung!
A sound as something moved.
Along with that, the giant door slowly rising upward.
When it had risen about halfway, the door stopped rising and wouldn’t operate anymore.
“It doesn’t open completely?”
[Originally it should go all the way up, but it seems to be broken]
“Well, there’s no problem going up, so I’ll move right away.”
[Yes. Since there’s no specific marking for the 102nd floor, I’ll let you know when you reach it.]
I nodded and turned around.
Then I reached out my hand toward Kori.
“Kori. Let’s go.”
“Wal!“
Kori quickly ran over and jumped toward me.
Holding Kori, I wrapped my entire body in Saper Energy.
Gooooooo
Red energy currents overflowing from my body.
The sight of rising into the air as if riding clouds.
“Hmm… Since there’s no zero-gravity flight from enhanced body, the Saper energy consumption is definitely higher.”
Enhanced body’s zero-gravity flight.
If I used that, Saper energy consumption would decrease and it would help with flight too, but now that my enhanced body was broken, I’d have to fly using only Saper energy.
Putting aside my regret about my enhanced body, I shot upward.
Paang!
The sound of air bursting and the sight of surroundings quickly passing by.
“Kiiiing…“
“Hold on a little. We’ll arrive soon.”
Was it because of the memory of being attacked by Rayvex flying soldiers and crashing?
Comforting Kori, who was making pained sounds, I moved quickly.
My current speed was 103 km/h.
We should reach about 100 floors soon.
Then at that moment.
“Huh?”
I showed confusion and gradually slowed down.
Right, I couldn’t go up any further.
“Louis? An elevator is blocking the path.”
[Th… Wait a moment.]
The giant elevator blocking above me.
I checked here and there to see if there were any gaps, but I couldn’t see even a speck-sized gap.
[I’m sorry. I failed to check if there was an elevator in the middle.]
“There don’t seem to be any gaps so I can’t go up. Is there another way?”
There seemed to be no emergency exit or space to enter inside the elevator.
A situation where I could only go another way.
[Another way is…]
And then.
Karek’s voice coming through the communicator.
[The Rayvex’ movements are not normal. They could come to where we are soon. Please handle it as quickly as possible.]
Karek and Louis, who couldn’t avoid death if discovered by Rayvex.
Right, we don’t have time.
“Got it. I’ll try to do it as quickly as possible.”
[What are you going to do?]
Gooooooo.
Saper energy being emitted from my body.
The sight of red energy currents spreading widely.
Those currents soon extended toward the elevator blocking my path too.
“I’m going to clear it and go. That seems like it would be fastest.”
[….]
Louis fell silent for a moment.
She spoke with an emotion of having no choice.
[Be careful. The elevator is big.]
“Yes.”
Was it because it was an elevator that moved giant mechanical devices?
It was definitely big.
But.
Kiiiiiiiik! Kwang! Kwadeuk!
The sight of it screaming at my Saper energy.
The elevator gradually shrinking along with that scream.
“Keuk…! Damn…”
I grimaced hard.
Even though I was over Saper Grade 100.
Compressing such a huge elevator wasn’t an easy task.
But.
Kwadeuk! Kwadeuk! Kwang!
Loud noises bursting from here and there.
Right, it was the sound of being unable to withstand my Saper energy and becoming distorted.
Gaps gradually appeared as it got crushed.
“Wal wal!“
Kori barked while held in my arms.
He’s probably barking because he thinks the elevator getting crushed is threatening.
“Just a little… More… Just a little…”
I wanted to reduce it more in my heart, but maybe because its shape was a stable rectangular structure?
It wouldn’t compress much more than expected.
If I emitted energy at full power, it would shrink more, but that would be inefficient.
Being satisfied with this much, I released the Saper energy.
And at that moment.
Deolkeong! Kwakwakwaang!
As if it had been waiting, the elevator roughly scraped the walls as it fell.
“Uaaaak!“
I was shocked and pressed myself tightly against the wall.
Fortunately, the elevator fell below me without touching me.
When I looked down following that falling elevator.
I could see it hitting walls here and there as it fell.
And 3 seconds after it fell so far below that it was out of my sight.
[Kwaaaaaaang!]
An intense shock strong enough to shake the entire spaceship.
How big of an impact was it? The air wave… No, shockwave created by that aftermath reached where I was.
[Kim Chan-hyeok! Are you okay?]
“Huh ha! …I’m okay.”
[Why didn’t you safely drop it slowly with Saper energy?]
“I didn’t know it would fall straight down like that. On our Earth, elevators have strings attached.”
Right, I didn’t expect it.
I thought there would be strings on the elevator and it would dangle.
I don’t know the principle, but the elevator here had no strings, and contrary to my expectation, it fell straight down.
[Ah. I understood what you mean. Let’s talk about elevators later and move quickly. Rayvex will come because of the vibration just now.]
“Yes!”
The sound was too loud.
A sound that could draw all the nearby Rayvex.
I had to move as quickly as possible.
Paaang!
My body shooting through the air again.
When I had been flying through the now completely empty elevator shaft for less than a few minutes.
[Stop!]
At Louis’s words, I stopped flying and checked the surroundings.
Louis’s communication came through again.
[There, right ahead there is the 102nd floor.]
Here, here it is?
The door in front of me.
Although it was tightly closed, I could see some crushed gaps.
“Kori. Go in first.”
“Wal!“
Since the gap was very small, I pushed Kori in first.
I also squeezed my body into the gap.
When I arrived at the 102nd floor and straightened my body.
“Huh ha! Louis. Where should I go?”
[You need to go straight ahead. It’s quite far, so it might be good to use Saper.]
“In a place like this, there’s something better than Saper.”
The moment I looked at Kori next to me.
Kori, who stretched once as if it had been waiting, became tremendously huge.
Boarding such Kori’s back.
Dadadadadadak!
Kori ran as if it had been waiting.
From Kori’s back, when I looked around, what I saw.
“It looks like a laboratory.”
Though it looked very different from Earth’s laboratories.
Places where researchers would have sat.
Looking at the clean interior and machines that seemed to be for experiments, I thought it seemed like a laboratory.
[It’s a place that researches Saper. They develop superpowers using Saper, and also make things like Saper Codes.]
“But the scale is tremendous.”
[If you develop powerful superpowers and make them into Saper Codes to sell, you can obtain tremendous wealth.]
“I… Understood what you mean.”
In Earth terms, it would be similar to developing and selling applications or software.
Once you make a good superpower, if you just make it into Saper Code and sell it.
It would bring continuous profit.
“But where does the laboratory end? How much further do we need to go?”
[Right ahead there. That passage next to it.]
Entering the passage Louis mentioned.
What I saw not long after.
“There are Rayvex corpses.”
It wasn’t just one or two, but quite many.
At least dozens of Rayvex corpses.
[It seems the security system was activated, but it won’t be operating now.]
At Louis’s words, I moved past the Rayvex corpses.
Moving a bit more, I could see the end of the corridor.
Past the end of that corridor, what I saw.
“This is…”
A space as wide as two soccer fields put together.
A dome-shaped building in the center of that space.
[There, that’s the warehouse. The warehouse where Saper Codes are stored.]
“I’ll go in.”
[Yes!]
Riding Kori, I entered the dome-shaped building.
As if there had been quite a fierce battle, it was full of battle traces and Rayvex corpses.
When I entered a bit more inside.
An enormous amount of information appears in my view.
[Saper Code: Rushing Lightning (Code Grade 19)]
[Saper Code: Mirage (Code Grade 11)]
[Saper Code: Illusion (Code Grade 21)]
.
….
…
[Saper Code: Concentrated Strike (Code Grade 9)]
“Wow…”
I don’t know what principle it works on.
Inside the dome shape, transparent panel-type display stands were floating in mid-air.
Something that looked like transparent electronic panels was attached to those display stands.
Right, those are Saper Codes.
[How is it?]
“There are too many Saper Codes. There are so many I don’t know what’s what.”
And at that moment.
Karek’s voice comes through the communicator.
[Send me the Saper Codes identified by Macron. We’ll do the analysis of which Saper Codes would be useful in the current situation.]
“Yes! Understood.”
Identifying all the Saper Codes in sight.
Transmitting that information to Karek.
Now, Karek will analyze and tell me which among these Saper Codes would be helpful.
I moved slightly and checked information about the Saper Codes in front of me one by one.
[Saper Code: Lightning Transformation
Code Grade: 5
Required Saper Grade: 5
Price: 2,832 Ian (average transaction price)
Description: Transforms Saper energy into energy similar to electricity. Depending on proficiency, it can be transformed into various forms.]
So, if I attach this transparent electronic panel-like Saper Code to my body.
I can transform Saper energy into lightning?
Curiosity surged.
I attached the Saper Code ‘Lightning Transformation’ to my wrist.
Flash!
“Wow…”
The sight of light flashing from the circuit board.
And soon, information appeared on the Macron.
[Saper Code: Lightning Transformation recognition complete]
[Applying Lightning Transformation… 10%… 50%… 100%]
[Lightning Transformation application complete]
Now I can use Lightning Transformation.
In terms of a mage, it’s like I’ve learned one magic spell.
“So, if I put Saper energy into the Lightning Transformation Saper Code…”
Saper energy changes to be like electricity, right?
Injecting Saper energy into the Saper Code.
And at that moment.
Kwajijijik!
“Owa…“
Intense lightning extending from my fingertips.
The sight of Saper energy being converted to different energy with electrical properties.
“This is pretty interesting?”
It said I can change it to various forms depending on proficiency, right?
Attempting to make the lightning shooting from my hand into a circular form.
Pajik… Pajijik!
Far from circular, it couldn’t even become close to circular.
“Hmm! I understand. Proficiency is needed!”
It wasn’t easy.
It’s like… What should I say…
To express it, it felt like being a novice driver?
I need to hold the steering wheel, stay in lanes, check side mirrors, and turn on signals.
Right now, since it’s my first time, I can’t pay attention to everything.
But gradually, with practice, I’ll definitely get used to it.
“Is there anything else, anything else?”
It’s fascinating and fun.
I wonder if there are any other Saper Codes?
With that thought, I explored the surroundings.
And then.
Karek’s voice comes through the communicator.
[Kim Chan-hyeok.]
“Yes. Please speak. I’m listening.”
I was tense.
A Saper Code that could break through this situation where the blade had approached right under my chin.
Did such a Saper Code really exist here?
And Karek’s following words.
[I’ve checked all the Saper Codes. Among these, there’s a Saper Code that can make you fight on equal terms with a Rayvex Guard.]
“Oh? Really?”
[Of course, I said you can fight on equal terms, but it doesn’t mean you can beat the Rayvex Guard. Calculated in probability, it’s about 5%.]
“…That’s definitely not high.”
[Moreover, even if you break through this 5% probability, there’s a very high chance you’ll die too.]
5% probability.
Even if I break through this probability and defeat the guard, there’s a high possibility that I’ll also die in the process.
That’s how powerful the guard is.
[Even in this situation, if you want to try fighting the Rayvex Guard, I’ll proceed with the plan. Of course, if you don’t want to, you don’t have to. We can try to find another way.]
Karek’s proposal.
Whether I want to try fighting the guard with only a 5% probability.
I didn’t need to think deeply about this.
I only had one choice given to me.
“Yes, I’ll try fighting. With the guard.”
This is the only way.
Another way?
Right now, in this situation, Karek knows and I know there’s no other way.
Anyway, if I don’t do anything now, everyone will die.
With the feeling of grasping at straws.
If there’s even a 1% possibility of surviving and returning to Earth, I must seize this opportunity.
Then, what I need to confirm now.
“So what is it? The Saper Code that can make me fight on equal terms with the Guard?”
I was genuinely curious.
What Saper Code could make me fight on equal terms with the guard.