Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Two lumps of poop-sludge slid into the city's sewer system.

"What in the world did humanity go through in 130,000 years?" Kiana uttered her ultimate question.

poop-sludge Kiana, who now sported an extra mouth-like appendage, was gradually accepting the idea that the other being was a human from 130,000 years in the future.

"Oh, my great Earth, in 130,000 years we'll have already charged into the galaxy and colonized the entire universe... If you're asking what we went through, it's something that can't be explained in a single sentence. Nuclear radiation, cosmic storms, chromosome modifications, even sun wind bathing…"

"You shouldn't learn from those idiots. Sun wind bathing is nothing more than a pursuit of death."

"People have lived too long, and the monotonous universe became boring. So often, they create life just for entertainment."

"And then terrible things happen..."

"The act of creating life to satisfy one's own desires is what people of our era call 'Proliferationism'."

poop-sludge No. 03 stated his intentions plainly, gradually adapting to communicating with ancient humans. He knew that if he could turn one of them into his kind, he'd gain more local support.

No. 03 had managed to preserve the ancient human's head, but even while being careful, he still scanned some of her memories.

'No biggie, the ancient humans will soon abandon using such a primitive organ like a head.'

No. 03 was very confident about this.

Going from being a beautiful white-haired girl to a piece of sewer poop-sludge, Kiana still hadn't come to terms with it.

But the other party said there was a way to change back, giving her at least a glimmer of "hope."

Especially after the poop-sludge transformed into what appeared to be a normal human in front of her, Kiana felt a lot more at ease.

Kiana didn't quite understand, after all, her brain, being the important part, was preserved by No. 03.

This rendered her brain completely useless in this conversation.

"I only have one dose of the serum... Don't worry! I'll definitely bring you up to the level of intelligence of a human from 130,000 years in the future."

poop-sludge No. 03 seemed rather pleased, and Kiana could hear the joy in his voice.

It was the joy of finding a kindred spirit.

"I'm not at ease at all—! Hurry up and teach me how to change back—!! Are you future people always this reckless?!"

Kiana's voice echoed through the sewers, and she had already mastered the art of consuming the surrounding microorganisms to enhance her strength.

Isolating odors, changing her own form, all seemed to be an innate ability.

No. 03 sounded a bit aggrieved as he retorted, "Why are you treating me like this? I helped you evolve! You can freely change into any form you like, control the settings of your own organs, and even traverse through space, immune to all kinds of cosmic rays, drawing the energy you need. You can even reproduce asexually, free from the worries of being controlled by other life forms... What more could you want?"

"I'm not happy about anything—! What exactly have you turned me into?!"

This transparent poop-mud Kiana was turning red, she was itching to pull out a weapon and give this thing in front of her a couple of whacks.

Oh, wait, she didn't have a weapon.

It had been confiscated by No. 03 as soon as they met.

"Your current consciousness can control DNA modifications at the chromosome level, why are you still not satisfied? You are too greedy. I can change you into a human!"

No. 03 seemed quite heartbroken, feeling rejected by his new companion.

Is he out of his mind?

Kiana suspected that she had encountered a mad god with a few screws loose. How was she even remotely human now? Not even "humanoid."

"We're out of the city. Come up with me."

No. 03 took the lead and crawled out.

Two lumps of poop-sludge squeezed out of a sewer outlet. They had already moved from the city center to the outskirts.

"Kiana Kaslana, is it? Your name is a bit complicated, why don't you guys assign names by numbers?"

Perhaps it was because they had just crawled out of the sewer, or perhaps it was because the late winter weather was rather sunny.

In this nation known as the Japan, No. 03 felt a rare urge to indulge.

He still quite liked his first companion in this world.

But Kiana only had one thing to say.

"Do you future people have some kind of problem? Hurry up and turn me back!"

Unfortunately, No. 03 didn't have eyebrows yet, otherwise, he would definitely be frowning.

He couldn't understand. They had already evolved to this point, so why would she still want to go back to being a "monkey"?

What was so great about the simple organic bodies of apes?

"To return to your original body, you need to reconstruct your original physical form. I suggest abandoning the organic muscle model, and even changing the human body structure. You should still be around the year 2000 in your mythological timeline, which is perfect..."

Kiana's eyeballs swirled within her poop-sludge body, even displaying simulated Rinnegan circles.

She didn't want to continue having a sensory body like this. This level of perception was completely beyond her small brain's capacity.

For the current her, there wasn't much difference between the sewers and the ground.

Even the sewers that the two had crawled through were directly purified by this body into the cleanest drinking water, while other organic and inorganic matter was directly absorbed and converted into energy by this powerful body.

The absorption speed had already exceeded her little brain's understanding.

So, the first thing she learned was to temporarily block out these senses that weren't suitable for her.

Two 'people?' had cleaned up a pretty clean sewer.

"Like this. I remember saving a copy of your chromosomes in my memory. I found it..."

No. 03's eldritch body twisted and shook, and the numerous eyes suddenly vanished, melting back into his body.

He was about to transform.

In Kiana's sight.

This lump of poop-sludge rapidly changed form, expanding and growing in a short amount of time, absorbing the surrounding grass and plants.

Then, it gradually molded into the form of an adult male.

Hair began to appear on his body, and his features became three-dimensional. Although his body was still somewhat soft and pliable like putty.

But soon, new inorganic bones began to form, supporting the poop-sludge's body.

To the astonishment of poop-sludge Kiana, this future "human" had truly become human.

It's not like she hadn't seen the "Venom" movie. What was the difference between his current behavior and Venom?

A handsome guy with white hair and blue eyes appeared in front of the girl.

"You bastard! You turned me into this, then stole my genes to become a handsome guy, is that it?!"

Kiana just started throwing out words of breakdown.

No. 03 blankly touched his face, revealing a look of disgust and difficulty.

"You don't think being a simple organic life form is something to be proud of, do you?"

"This form is just so ugly..."

Kiana was so angry that she was turning red, and her new body emitted waves of pinkish aura.

"Put some clothes on before you say such shameless things!"