*(mood song: "The Police - Message In A Bottle")

Back at the base, Erik first gifted some shiny collars to the hybrids, they tracked their movement and would incapacitate them if they tried attacking an octoperson, they all liked them as they were really shiny, then he put them to work on the farms.

[what if they try escaping?]

Erik: [I'm their only hope now, they won't escape, the collars will also detect it, I will make them their own tribe too, to give them a sense of belonging]

[another city dug up on the stone?]

Erik: [nah, just on the sandplain where the octopeople tribe used to be, it's a great spot and they could act as bait if anything attacks, some plasma cut stone blocks could be lifted using air balloons and then put into place to make a big stone dome, and then cover it with sand once it was finished]

[that's a great idea and all, but... they don't have any males though?]

Erik: [yeah... I observed that among their descendants with the crabmen, only Crabina was born with hybrid features, they must be dominant genes]

[why not some hybridization then? hehe~]

Erik: [he~ that's a great idea, the team should have secretly brought the perfect test subject too, I wonder if she finished digesting her sisters already jajajajaja]

Then he went to the outside lab and scanned the weird mushrooms, and just as he had thought, they contained hallucinogenic substances. He walked to the cage area and selected a dejected-looking crabwoman 'seems like she needs to cheer up anyway' he hit the bars, getting her attention, and said "here, eat this!"

crab woman: "yes, my lord" and carefully took it from his hand and ate it, soon falling to the ground, he opened the cage and took her to the lab.

Once there he scanned her body, finding out the mushroom extends its spores inside the digestive system and covering the poop of the host organism, growing on them, taking out a recorder from a nearby drawer, Erik said out loud "subject seems to be experiencing extreme levels of euphoria, the spores also easily survive the subjects digestive system, they seem to be made of a strong compound similar to cellulose... interesting, maybe I could dry them or use them for making furniture, it needs further research"

Scanning the rest of her body and fluids he found something else that was surprising, they had a poison gland in their heads that gave them the ability to spew it and calm crabman males 'extremely interesting, this should make it easier to take over the crabmen and to keep the hybrids peaceful'.

To grow a new culture for future experiments, he placed some spores in a bucket with water and fish guts at the bottom to see the spores grow, he might even turn them into one of his weapons, and they would also be great decorations with their glowing colors and anemone-like tentacles, it was a great find anyway.

He then went back to base and into the workshop, placing the green cube into a socket Rose had created to charge it, it quickly started growing brighter from top to bottom and soon was completely green.

[the internal circuits seem to be fine, it just needed to be charged... open it already!].

Erik: [okay okay... let's see... ....] he kept flipping the cube and pressing its corners.

[... twist it by the middle]

Erik: [...I was just about to try that]

[yeah sure]

Erik: [well, its alien tech-]

Rose interrupted him [do it already! I will translate if you give me access so just do so already!]

Erik grit his teeth and carefully and slowly twisted the cube by the middle, a light shining along with a vibration that made him drop the cube, out of it came the hologram of a reptilian humanoid with a serious face and it seemed gravely injured, it then started talking "Here Tratkar, chief researcher from the forge secret lab, to anyone hearing this, don't go there. It was taken over by the crabs, and they released lots of the test subjects onto the caves... if the primigenian found we made a secret lab on their ARK, they may destroy our civilization, I suggest an immediate evacuation, and- *BOOM* shit, the crabs are breaking in... if anyone sees this, please avoid the caves, it isn't safe! *screaming noises*"

If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.

*(the alien in the message on the cube looks like a Krogan from mass effect.)

Erik: [wow... a secret lab...] Erik's eyes shone just thinking about it.

[yeah, I can't believe they actually dared, the primigenian took treason very seriously]

Erik: [i wanna see that lab]

[what?! didn't you hear what it said? lots of weird monsters remember?]

Erik: [yeah, it seems interesting]

[but you could d.... oh, you mean using an avatar right?]

Erik: [that's right, like the test subject from earlier, she should be a good candidate, if I conquer all the crab tribes I will reach there eventually, there should be lots of genetic information in there, and I also need to make avatar bodies for the elders too, I will need all the help I can get to set the forge on again to be able to print the pillars for my above water base, maybe exploring the ice]

[i wouldn't recommend exploring the ice]

Erik: [it's green ice full of algae on top and weird organisms, I need to check it out eventually, I mean right now it's impossible as it's already too thick, but maybe in some more months]

[as you wish, just don't die]

--- Back at the caves ---

A small and nimble black crabman observed from a ledge as the octopeople took every single bone and thing, not leaving anything behind, taking it out to a tunnel he couldn't sneak through as it was too well protected, so he immediately ran back to report.

On the shadow crab tribe, a crab scout came running to his king "my King! my king! there's news, the rock crab tribe has been decimated!".

The *king*, a plump short crabman that had been fucking a female much bigger than himself with his tiny dick, reacted excitedly to the news "that's wonderful news indeed! with those meatheads out of the way I should finally be able to get one of those hybrid crabwomen! yes... their soft flesh should be able to satisfy me!" he kicked the female next to him "not like these hard things"

The female just went away while muttering "shortie wimp..."

The king didn't hear her though as he was already sunk in his own delusions, shouting "SEND THE ARMY ALREADY!, SEND THEM ALL!!! THOSE HYBRIDS SHALL BE MINE!!!!"

A nearby guard bowing "as you command my king!"

--- Back at the base ---

Erik was peacefully eating the crab legs from the crab elders.

He had boiled them and made an aioli sauce with mayonnaise and garlic to dip them, also some regeneration glands and adrenaline glands he had found inside just cut into thin slices as a side dish.

By the side, an *experiment* was taking place too, an experiment crucial to the survival of the hybrid crab people, an experiment Timberly had been quite eager to help on.

The hybrid crab woman with no legs was tied belly up to a table and gagged so she wouldn't be noisy, her eyes filled with dread as Timberly got on top of her and lined her cunt destroyer to her small hole, slowly rubbing the head of it trying to push it in as the crab woman violently shook her head while shouting on her gag.

Timberly: "damn, she's way too tight" she looked at Erik "are you sure you don't wanna try yourself?"

Erik: "Nah, it's fine, I'm eating anyway, just don't break her too soon"

Timberly: "but it seems that it won't fit..."

Erik: "Nah, they can even regenerate their limbs so don't worry about it, remember, their ancestors ate your parents..."

Timberly solemnly nodded and a sadistic smile came to her face, grabbing the crabwoman firmly and slowly pushing in, her monster tearing the entrance to her tight cunt, digging deeper and deeper until it was almost all in, not able to fit a single inch more, by that moment the crabwoman was foaming at the mouth from shouting, as her eyes were bloodshot.

Erik had a passing thought while watching this happen 'is this how Vlad the impaler felt? just eating while watching your enemies be impaled...'

Without letting the crabwoman rest, Timberly started hammering her elephant cock in and out of the crab woman, every thrust in displacing her organs and every thrust out pulling her cunt out along, hammering faster and faster as the crabwoman faded in and out of consciousness again and again from a mixture of pleasure and pain, her body quickly adapting to protect itself.

Timberly was groaning in pleasure as she hammered her hips, it felt completely different than usual, and she was thoroughly enjoying the new sensations "ahn~... the sliminess feels just right, it's also so tight..." she looked down, seeing the no longer struggling crabwoman who looked at her with enamored eyes "heh~ you can't resist my cock either?" she pulled the gag off.

Like a broken dam, the loud moans from the crab woman filled the room "AHNNNN~! FUCK ME WITH THAT AWESOME COCK OF YOURS! FUCK ME HARDER!" Timberly picked up speed, her dick reaching slightly deeper "THAT'S IT! MAKE ME YOURS! MAKE ME YOUR BITCH!!!!!"

Timberly growled as she was getting close, speeding up "I'm cumming!"

crabwoman: "YES! FILL ME WITH YOUR SEED!" Timberly's semen started flowing into her, as her belly inflated and expanded.

At that moment stood up saying "well, I will get going, tell me if you manage to impregnate her" no one answered or noticed him though, as they started going for round two.

[what?! don't you wanna look some more?]

Erik went out of the room and went to the octopeople city [Nah, I have something to do].