Reborn as an insect, eventually reincarnated as Galactus

There is nothing left for me on this asteroid.

I looked up. The asteroids whizzed past at a million miles per hour, and some of them collided with each other, exploding into clouds of dust and ice. Larger insects move at the same speed, produce larger explosions, cause more damage, and potentially kill more insects. Belch. Belch. yes, okay. Never mind. Uh-huh. I just need to do this. Sit here. A while.

...... I really don't want to do that. That insect makes it look easy! Just grab an asteroid and go!

How do I know it's just another death trap?

It's ridiculous. I had a better chance of succeeding in the entrance exam. Ha.

... All right. Damn it. I don't have any other options, do I? Either I stay on this asteroid and end up being eaten, or I'm there and maybe still alive.

I've got my tentacles ready. Bend down. All my eyes were on the air. An asteroid roars by. I don't need to grab one. I just need to enter the stream. I tensed my tentacles. You ready. At such moments, acting as if it is enough. Another asteroid whizzed by. I concentrated. Fly like the wind. My body was shaking. I was nervous for the last time. And with a strong push....

I threw myself into it.

One of my eyes caught a glimpse of the asteroid I was on before, and it was flying off into the distance, too fast for me to see it anymore.

I try to focus on the here and now. It's too hard. Some asteroids flew past me at a rapid pace, moving faster than anything I've ever seen. Everyone else is slower than me. Some were just at the same speed as me, but too small for me to really catch anything. And some, a few... There are faces I know.

... Nibbled?

Hello!

Crank.

15 -> 20

Thank you, man! I must say that the first use of my extra mouth was very useful. In addition, I noticed that this insect is a very small. Like, if the insect used to be the size of a puppy, now it's the size of a big mouse. Depending on where you live, this may not make much of a difference, but for me, it's a pretty big shift!

This clearly tells me that at least I'm unlikely to be killed by insects again. Contented laughter?

In an instant, I lost my entire tentacle, mouth, eyes, consciousness, and so on.

I could barely comprehend that the barely visible asteroid was flying away.

I really need to go to a safe place. Just stand there and be killed, or worse, expelled!

Sadly, it's harder to move. I don't have a jet like a normal octopus, but what I do have is a bunch of tentacles that can easily grab other asteroids. Now, I have nothing.

It has to change. Now it turns out that having a lot of eyes is advantageous, because I can keep an eye behind me and see at what speed the asteroid is approaching. I avoided some of the things that threatened to dissect me further, ignoring the small, slow stuff before I finally saw it. Not big enough to be a permanent home, but enough to ride.

Soon it was approaching, and the jagged edge threatened me, but I persevered. Open my arms. Get ready to grab it.

It's close. I didn't exist and my breath was short. It was so close that I could even see various insects desperately sticking to it. It's right there. Right in front of me.

I grabbed it.

Oh baby, now I do feel safe! This may be the opposite of what those insects feel. Hehe.

There weren't many of them, but I wiped them all out in a minute. Ha.

20 -> 50

Okay well, 17 for one modification, this should be enough! Although my fifth tentacle hasn't fully recovered....

50 -> 16

I'm just going to add five two-fingered tentacles around my mouth. You know, just to make things easier. I don't want all my grips in my hands, do I?

16 -> 6

um. That ——, probably going to cost some money, right?

Yes——, it should be fine!

Oops, my fifth tentacle is growing again, and it's in great shape! All my eyes are telling me that I look cool too. I look like a somewhat multiaxial neuron, it's just. Cool. I love the shape! Of course, it's better than being a bean stalk.

All in all, it's not that bad. Except maybe I'm driving in an asteroid belt at a speed of a hundred kilometers per hour, trying to avoid death.

Speaking of the latter fact, I should probably try to get out of this asteroid before the other limb is severed.

There's something ahead! Well, although there is still a long way to go, it must be persistent. That's life on the planet.

It's just as dark as the rest but much bigger. Not as big as the moon and not as round as the moon. But big enough to sit comfortably.

That's my goal, and it's fast approaching.

I climbed to the side of the asteroid. Leaning out a part of my body. Stretch out my three tentacles. Await. Await. Wait a minute...... My tentacles trembled. I'm ready for anything. It's close. Closer, closer. What if it rips off my tentacles? What if I die? If....

- It's here!

I grabbed the protruding edge of its rock with my tentacles, dug my limbs in, and immediately loosened my grip on the smaller asteroid, but a part of my body continued to fly, too far to grasp the larger asteroid, and I could feel my tentacles tearing, the flesh stretched to the limit, and then snapped, snapped, and fell off, one of the three tentacles that clung to the big and small planet for the sake of dear life was torn and flew into the darkness, as a pillar was removed, Another pillar had to be removed. Make up for the slack, but it's not enough, the muscles tear and break again, but I won't give up!

In a desperate attempt, I pulled up my two unused tentacles and dug them into the asteroid.

My tentacles were ripped off in half, but it was enough. The stress was gone, and after a while, I was fine. Catch the asteroid.

... Call. Yes, that's so close.

But now I'm here! I'll be safe...

Yes. A mistake.