Humanity Protection Company

142 - Alien

TL/Editor: raei

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Yeonwoo's offer to help with the observation left the re

The screen was dotted with white spots. It seemed to be Pluto as captured by the telescope.

"Are these Pluto and stars?"

"No, it's noise. We can't observe accurately because of that mist. I'll zoom in."

The researcher scrolled the mouse wheel, and mechanical sounds came from the telescope.

"The noise got worse, right? Even though this isn't just a simple telescope but a piece of equipment loaded with advanced science and anomalous technology, we can't block out the mist's noise."

The researcher, who had been leaning over the computer, straightened up. He turned to Yeonwoo with hope in his eyes.

Yeonwoo nodded. He knew what he had to do.

"I'll give it a try."

He resolved to do his best. Yeonwoo quietly closed his eyes. He called upon the dice in a corner of his mind.

'Dice. The possibility of piercing through the mist's noise and observing.'

Roll-

Failure!

"Ah..."

Crackle, the noise got worse. The researcher stamped his foot in frustration at the messy screen, while Yeonwoo kept his eyes closed.

'There doesn't seem to be much risk in failing. Even if I get a critical failure, it shouldn't be unmanageable. I'll keep rolling then.'

Perhaps because he didn't sense any danger, his various senses remained calm. Yeonwoo purely rolled the dice, and the results kept coming.

Miss, failure, miss, miss, and then success.

"Ahhh!"

Suddenly, a terrible scream erupted. The researcher jumped up and down, delighted like a child.

"We did it! We succeeded in observing! I can see Pluto, the mist of contamination! I can see it clearly! As if it's right in front of me!"

His voice was excessively intense. Torn, cracked, flipped, filled with noise.

Something was wrong. Yeonwoo felt cold sweat running down his spine. It wasn't just the researcher's voice that was the problem.

The observation room should have been filled with dry winter air, but he felt a sticky, humid moisture.

The researcher continued speaking.

"I can see what the mist is! Contamination! ██! █████"

His voice was terribly horrific, unpleasant to hear.

Yeonwoo felt his blood boiling. No, the anomaly within him, the parts contaminated by anomalies, were bubbling furiously.

"No!"

Yeonwoo opened his eyes urgently. He saw.

The observation room filled with mist.

In the mist, the researcher's shadow was faintly visible. It was no longer in human form. His eyeballs were elongated, his spine curved towards the sky, his head and eyes pointed straight up.

They had observed the mist. The mist had also seen them. The mist had come here.

'Why did this happen!'

Yeonwoo screamed internally as he called upon the dice. Then he made a strange expression. He opened his mouth and spoke.

"My senses..."

His contamination level had skyrocketed. He felt senses clearer than ever before, possibilities he could almost grasp.

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