Colonial Suit

"Light!"

Bloodshot's voice echoed across the arena. Before anyone could understand what was happening, a change occurred.

A series of muffled sounds emerged from underground, barely audible at first, but quickly growing louder until they resembled thunder. As the sound intensified, the entire arena began to shake, the ground cracking and undulating in waves. Most terrifyingly, the eight 'petals' of the arena also started to tremble, with chunks of ice rock falling from them.

This cataclysmic scene caused widespread panic. Everyone watched the transformation in fear, crying out in alarm.

"Heavens… what is that?"

"Run! The ceiling is collapsing!"

"My Lord… has your wrath descended?"

People screamed in terror, many elders kneeling down, praying to the gods in fear and trepidation. But this was just the beginning. As the tremors intensified, the entire Nest of Blood began to shake violently, the eight 'petals' trembling madly. To the naked eye, it looked as if the entire arena had come 'alive'.

Panic spread to everyone's heart in the shortest amount of time. Someone shouted, and the crowd finally abandoned their hopeless prayers, scattering from every corner of the arena. The scene was utterly chaotic.

Above the arena, Gaia watched all this coldly. He didn't know what it meant, but his warrior's instinct gave him a bad feeling.

Below him, Bloodshot stood quietly, his short hair fluttering wildly in the wind, his eyes gleaming with an unreadable light.

This was his last trump card. All the previous battles had been to make this trump card possible.

Because no one knew that the tens of thousands of Nests of Blood on this Planet Rotaska were not holy lands, nor were they the origin of life for the Rotaska people. They were actually defense bases left here by the Crodyll civilization, the foundation for controlling this planet and the surrounding star regions!

Light had told him this secret, so before the battle, Bloodshot made a bold decision to have Light infiltrate the Nest of Blood and activate its life response.

This was no easy task. After so many years of dormancy, the Nests of Blood on Planet Rotaska had basically fallen asleep, and more than half had died completely. Without enough bio-energy, these Nests of Blood would be little more than ordinary rocks. But without a doubt, if Light really activated this Nest of Blood, the battle would be without suspense.

The activation process was very complicated, and Bloodshot didn't quite understand it. But the current situation clearly told him that Light had succeeded.

He had gained control of the Nest of Blood.

Standing on the empty, permafrost rock ground, Bloodshot's eyes flashed with brilliance. He seemed motionless, but in reality, he was receiving a massive amount of information. In his mind, the core's prompts rose and fell.

"Receiving unknown connection request, unit confirmed… S76-1 type self-generating defense system."

"Connection allowed, information network docking…"

"Docking complete, confirming the other party's user identity, Giant King Light. Identity verification complete. Receiving defense system data…"

"Warning, defense system energy is severely insufficient. Weapon systems are in hibernation. Request permission to expand energy pool."

"Permission granted." Bloodshot took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. There, Gaia was warily surveying his surroundings, seemingly not understanding the meaning of this change. But out of warrior's instinct, he had already adopted a defensive posture.

"Permission obtained, energy pool expansion begins, searching for obtained energy acquisition channels, Rotaska planet's core geothermal energy, establishing absorption system, energy conduits introduced into the new energy pool. Energy pool designation X-1."

"Energy conduit established successfully, energy pool replenished. Some weapons are entering the awakening process. Warning, hostile threat detected. Approaching at high speed… Approaching at high speed…"

"What!?" Bloodshot was stunned, then suddenly looked up, only to find a small dot of light appearing directly above him at some point. The dot was falling at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye, and it only took a moment to see its shape clearly.

It was a large, heavily armed shuttle. And on the side of the shuttle, a large "01" was clearly painted.

01? Odd number!!

The thought had just flashed through Bloodshot's mind when Gaia suddenly burst into wild laughter in the sky and flew towards the shuttle. Visibly, the shuttle transformed as it descended, eventually merging with him. When it came to a complete stop, it had become two huge cylinders, connected to Gaia's arms. Lightning flashed on the cylinders, surging with terrifying energy fluctuations.

Those were… large ship cannons!

Seeing Gaia's transformation, Bloodshot's heart sank. He never expected Gaia to have such a trump card, to be able to turn the shuttle into an armored weapon system. But he couldn't worry about that now. The Nest of Blood had awakened, and the changes that followed could not be stopped.

Beneath the sky, the Nest of Blood had completely transformed into a living thing. The ice rocks on the eight split 'petals' had all peeled off, revealing purplish-black muscle tissue. At the same time, the ground in the middle began to sink, revealing thousands of circular crystals. These crystals were embedded in a circular shell, emitting a faint black light.

Among the countless crystals, Light was rising from the ground, his lower body transformed into countless tiny blood vessel networks, completely connected to the Nest of Blood. As soon as he appeared, he bowed to Bloodshot respectfully.

"My Lord, I have completed the mission."

"Very good. Bring my companions under protection." Bloodshot glanced at the twin siblings and the priest Robbie not far away and said in a low voice.

"Yes." Light agreed, and the ground beneath the twin siblings and Robbie sank, completely swallowing them.

"They have been brought under protection. Request connection."

"Begin." Bloodshot said decisively.

At his words, Light's body quickly sank into the ground, and hundreds of bio-vessels shot out. At the same time, holes opened in the external armor of the colony, connecting all these bio-vessels.

As soon as he completed these, Bloodshot felt a thunderous roar in his mind, entering a mysterious state.

In this state, he seemed to be connected to the entire Nest of Blood. The Nest of Blood was his body, his eyes. His thoughts spread rapidly, soon covering an area of hundreds of square kilometers. Everything was under his control. This feeling was so wonderful that Bloodshot felt omnipotent. He even thought that if he wanted, he could be the god of this land.

"Is this… Crodyll's technology?"

Amazed by this state, Bloodshot's heart was filled with excitement. But at this moment, Gaia in the sky had also completed his transformation and was looking down with joy.

"Hahahaha, this is great. I didn't expect such a surprise. So this planet is actually related to the legendary Crodyll. What an unexpected gain."

High in the sky, Gaia's body had completely merged with the shuttle, turning the shuttle into his weapon. He laughed madly, his eyes flashing with ambitious light.

"What an amazing civilization… I see why these natives treat me like a god. So that's how it is!"

As a veteran death mercenary, Gaia was clearly familiar with Crodyll's information. This large-scale biological weapon was Crodyll's most famous symbol. Countless years ago, Crodyll had roamed the universe with this bio-technology, creating a vast empire.

How many years… With the demise of Crodyll, their technology seemed to be a flash in the pan, and no further information was passed down. To think it would be discovered here. How could Gaia's heart not be filled with excitement at this moment? It was simply ecstatic!

He knew very well what this technology meant. If he could obtain Crodyll's legacy, he could very likely recreate Crodyll's miracle and build a vast empire.

What a huge temptation this was. Compared to this, what was a death mercenary?

In an instant, Gaia had a thousand thoughts, and the ambition in his heart grew even stronger. He stared intently at Bloodshot below and shouted.

"Give up, submit to me. Let's rebuild this great empire together. With these, we can become the overlords of the universe. Why should we fight?"

"…………" Bloodshot did not answer, but quietly looked at Gaia in the sky, and after a while, revealed a mocking smile. He gently shook his head.

"I refuse!"

"Why!?" Gaia opened his eyes in disbelief. "Don't you understand what this means? This means…" His voice grew softer and softer, eventually stopping completely. Then he revealed a look of sudden realization. "So… you are…"

Before he could finish speaking, Gaia had already raised the large ship cannons in both hands and aimed them at Bloodshot. His face twitched violently, looking extremely hideous.

"In that case, you die for me!! Even if I kill you, I can still obtain Crodyll's legacy."

At the same time, Bloodshot suddenly raised his palm and made a gripping motion towards Gaia. With a boom, thousands of crystals in the entire arena simultaneously erupted with terrifying black light. In the next moment, a huge black beam shot out…

This black beam was so huge, with a diameter of hundreds of meters, that it instantly swallowed Gaia and his ship cannons completely, then pierced into the sky.

In the beam, everything was silently decomposed, as if it had never existed.

Only Bloodshot still stood quietly in the center of the square, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"This… is not a legacy that belongs to you."