WHAT!? iM REBORN AS A METEOR

Carter held still as the four-armed aliens went to work, drilling into his surface. He watched through his Zone Vision as drones zipped back and forth, carrying chunks of his mass back to their ship. He didn’t feel much—just the faintest tickle, like something brushing against him. For a moment, Carter marveled at how little this actually hurt.

“So, being mined isn’t that bad,” he muttered to himself. “Still, this is weird.”

The aliens moved with cold efficiency, their voices muffled, but Carter could sense their intentions. One of them hammered a flag with their skull-emblem into his side—claiming him as their resource. “Great, they’re planning a return trip,” Carter thought.

He waited, watching as they finished loading their ship. Hours passed, but finally, the aliens boarded and blasted off, leaving Carter floating in silence once more.

“Well, guess I’ll be paying them a visit soon enough,” Carter mused, a grin creeping across his mind.

[SYSTEM]

Host should continue absorbing debris to grow bigger before the counterattack.

“SAY NO MORE—already on it!” Carter shot forward, eager to continue his cosmic scavenging.

He waited until the alien ship was well out of range before speeding off to absorb more meteors. He tried catching the distant light of stars, but they drifted away every time he got close—his current gravitational pull wasn't strong enough to reach them. Frustrated but undeterred, he focused on smaller targets, crashing into meteor after meteor, growing larger with each impact. With every collision, his size swelled, the sensation of his expanding form sending a rush of exhilaration through him.

After what Carter estimated to be six days, the ship finally stopped moving. The faint buzz of detection through his Zone Vision told him it had landed—likely on their base planet.

“Alright… time to pay those thieves a visit.”

Carter had accumulated a staggering amount of mass in a short time. Now standing at a colossal 14,000 feet, he had also gathered over 96,000 celestial energy. His immense size made the space around him feel small, and he could sense the power radiating from within.

Feeling the rush of energy, Carter decided it was time to make his upgrades. His first stop was the skill upgrade tab. Without hesitation, he upgraded Astro Movement to Level 3, costing him 44,000 C energy. The moment the upgrade completed, a surge of control flowed through him—he could already feel the difference in his ability to manipulate his speed.

Next, he turned his attention to Zone Vision. He had been working with the 10-mile range for long enough, so he upgraded it to Level 2, a costly 50,000 C energy. As the upgrade took effect, His perception expanded dramatically, and suddenly he could see everything within a 100-mile radius. The leap forward was astonishing.

With his abilities upgraded, Carter rocketed toward the direction where he sensed his missing mass. His upgraded Astro Movement allowed him to blitz through space several times faster than before.

“WHOOAA, CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS EVER UPSET ABOUT BEING A METEOR!” Carter laughed, the rush of speed exhilarating him. He slammed into every meteor in his path, hurtling Through deep space, Carter blitzed like a comet—only this one was half the size of Mount Everest.

[SYSTEM]

If the host wishes to further increase speed, gravity control can be used to pull yourself forward.

“HELL YEAH!” Carter grinned and activated gravity control, pulling himself toward his target. Instantly, his speed doubled.

“WHOOOOAAAA!” The rush of speed was almost overwhelming as he shot through the void, his mass growing ever larger.

Meanwhile, on the base planet of the space bandits, they were blissfully unaware of the calamity that was about to descend upon them.