GTAG Chapter 48: A False Alarm
How far could the "Monster Factory" expand? Godzilla didn't know. At the early stage, however, it didn't need to be enormous.
After its size reached about a kilometer in length, Godzilla halted its expansion.
Instead, he began reshaping the flesh, cultivating a fusion reactor.
To be honest, replicating such a structure outside his own body was still incredibly difficult, but not impossible—only a matter of enduring repeated failures.
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Deep beneath the sea.
After countless attempts, Godzilla finally succeeded in building a fusion reactor that could power the Monster Factory.
With this breakthrough, he could now create whatever kind of monster he desired.
Once the factory's core was complete, its other functions advanced rapidly. At this pace, in less than five days, everything would be fully operational.
Five days later.
The factory was finished, and the very first thing Godzilla did was upgrade one of the monsters swimming above.
After an odd "conversation" that even Godzilla found difficult to describe, the beast finally entered the factory and underwent modification.
When the creature tore through the flesh wall and stepped out, Godzilla named it Electrobeast. From Electrobeast's body radiated a familiar will—one that entered Godzilla's mind directly, not through gestures, but through a higher form of communication.
To be precise, it resonated in his secondary brain.
Like a child with a new toy, Electrobeast eagerly flooded Godzilla's mind with emotions and curiosity.
Although intelligent, its short life and lack of guidance left it with a naïve, almost clumsy charm.
Godzilla had two choices: either teach it slowly, or implant the knowledge directly.
Uninterested in playing caretaker, Godzilla transmitted basic knowledge straight into its mind, then sent Electrobeast off to amuse itself. He had greater priorities.
Through the Monster Factory, Godzilla began producing new creatures.
This time, instead of another large monster, he designed smaller, more versatile ones. Using alien organisms from another world as a template, he created a group of "Workers" to maintain the factory.
With their flexible tentacles, they could handle a wide range of tasks, including construction.
Godzilla had long dreamed of building an undersea palace. Doing it himself would have been impossible—combat was his specialty, not craftsmanship.
Now, with Workers at his command, the plan could finally begin.
After producing the first batch of twenty, Godzilla ordered them to start building an undersea temple around the Monster Factory.
The Workers did not disappoint. Their tentacles were both nimble and reinforced, strengthened by G-cells to become far tougher than their alien ancestors. They were no longer the same species at all, except in appearance.
Within half an hour, the first twenty had expanded the area around the factory by more than double. Soon, however, their speed slowed.
They were hungry.
Lacking fusion reactors and unable to generate energy from G-cells as Godzilla could, the Workers required regular feeding or they would starve.
Godzilla had already considered this.
From the bottom of the Monster Factory, a seam opened, releasing twenty chunks of flesh.
The Workers swarmed and devoured them instantly.
Indeed, their food came from the factory itself.
With its fusion reactor, the factory had endless energy for self-replication. Feeding twenty Workers was trivial—feeding two thousand would still be possible.
And as the factory grew, its feeding capacity would only increase.
But for Godzilla's vision of a grand undersea temple, twenty Workers were nowhere near enough.
He ordered the Monster Factory to produce them in full force.
Soon, Worker after Worker emerged. Controlled by the factory's "brain," they dug tirelessly around it, hollowing out the seabed.
The Monster Factory sank deeper into the earth, while other Workers piled stone above, shaping the beginnings of Godzilla's undersea temple.
For the Monster Factory, survival came first. Hidden underground, it would be far safer than exposed to the open sea.
Above, Electrobeast swam curiously, watching the little Workers. At first fascinated, it quickly lost interest when it realized they lacked true intelligence and were physically fragile.
Instead, its curiosity turned toward the Monster Factory itself. What other creatures could its "Father God" possibly create?
Before it could investigate further, Godzilla intervened, barring it from getting too close and causing trouble.
Electrobeast sulked in disappointment for some time afterward.
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