Colonial Suit

The moment Blood瞳 opened his eyes, he sensed the abnormality within his body. However, he didn't reveal any surprise.

This wasn't the first time he had experienced a cellular riot. However, last time he faced the feral cells of Unit. This time, it was the enhanced cells of the Colony Armor. It was only a difference in the individual cells. He knew that there were only two possibilities to suppress the riot of enhanced cells: the control of the Core, and willpower.

Pure, powerful willpower.

Blood瞳 endured the intense pain coming from within his body and slowly began to gather his willpower, probing towards the areas where he had lost sensation.

His strong willpower was like a blade, causing the enhanced cells to spasm violently with each area it entered. Blood瞳 endured the pain, biting his lip until it bled. However, he knew this was an inevitable price. The enhanced cells were already integrated with his body. To suppress them with willpower meant suppressing himself.

However, his willpower was clearly stronger than before. Last time, suppression required him to gamble with his life. This time, it only required his full concentration.

As his willpower poured in, he felt the control of his physical body returning to his hands. At the same time, more pain surged like a tide.

His injuries were truly too severe.

The continuous use of Bullet Time had already caused him great damage, and then he experienced the riot of enhanced cells. At this moment, his body could only be described as a complete mess. Not just his muscles, internal organs, and bones, but even his nerves had large areas of rupture. In Blood瞳's willpower-driven microscopic view, he could even feel the vibration of the gene chains.

Chest, shoulders, arms...

Almost every inch of contention brought Blood瞳 excruciating pain. Unconsciously, his face twitched, and large drops of sweat appeared on his forehead. These sweat droplets immediately dissolved into the nutrient fluid, giving him a bitter taste.

But the cellular riot wasn't without its benefits. His previous injuries were simply too severe. Almost all normal cells had been severely damaged. If treated normally, it would probably be difficult to recover.

However, the riot of enhanced cells gave him an opportunity. Because the enhanced cells also needed to survive. These unintelligent individuals preferred to act according to instinct. So, after they devoured Blood瞳's normal cells, they replaced the functions of the normal cells with themselves. In this way, Blood瞳 was equivalent to gaining a completely new body, just lacking sufficient energy. More importantly, the enhanced cells were stronger and more resilient than his original cells.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, Blood瞳 had already controlled most of his body and began to stabilize. But just as his willpower was suppressing the remaining parts, he suddenly sensed an anomaly.

In the remaining cluster of enhanced cells, he actually sensed a foreign consciousness...

"This is..."

In an instant, Blood瞳's mind was shaken violently. He could hardly believe his senses.

He never imagined that this would happen. Weren't enhanced cells supposed to be without intelligence? What was this consciousness then? How could it exist within his body?

Could it be...

An idea quietly surged into Blood瞳's mind, scaring him so much that he almost swallowed a mouthful of nutrient fluid.

Could it be that this consciousness was born from the enhanced cells?

This idea was so terrifying and so shocking that Blood瞳 was stunned for a long time. At this moment, his mood was extremely agitated, almost unable to maintain calm, causing some of the control he had previously gained to be taken back by the enhanced cells.

Fortunately, Blood瞳's willpower was extremely tenacious. After a brief moment of distraction, he immediately reacted and condensed his senses to probe towards that consciousness.

Soon, he came into contact with that consciousness again.

It was an incomparably cold world.

Blood瞳 couldn't describe the feeling, as if he had walked naked into the ice and snow. It was nothing but cold, just cold. There was no flow of thought, no thinking, and not even a fixed form. This consciousness was like a newborn ice mist, with only pure cold. If he hadn't personally touched it, Blood瞳 would have found it hard to believe that this was a complete consciousness.

An individual consciousness that didn't belong to him, but existed within his body.

Damn it... This really is the collective consciousness of the enhanced cells.

In just an instant, Blood瞳 reacted, and his heart shook violently.

As the heir of Krodir, he was too clear about how terrible this situation was. The enhanced cells were Krodir's strongest product. From the moment they were born, they were condensed with mysterious factors. Like demons released from Pandora's box, no one knew how terrifying they were. In order to drive them, Krodir set strict rules and never dared to let them develop self-awareness.

But no one would have thought that long after Krodir's demise, this change would occur in its heir.

No one knew what this change would bring. Even the scholars who cultivated the enhanced cells would not be able to figure it out.

It was extremely difficult for enhanced cells to develop consciousness. Because their metabolism was too fast. Enhanced cells that left the energy and control center would die within minutes.

But it was different with Blood瞳. Without the control of the Core, and being in the nutrient fluid, he created a perfect conditioning space for the enhanced cells. That's why this mutation occurred in such a short time. Adding a soul that didn't belong to him to Blood瞳's body!

This was too terrifying!!

Having understood this situation, Blood瞳 was immediately stunned. After a while, he re-condensed his senses and began to carefully experience this newborn consciousness.

How should I put it... Although this consciousness was icy cold, it didn't have the aggressiveness of enhanced cells. The only thing it gave Blood瞳 was emptiness, like a vegetable, without the concept of thought at all. And because it was newborn, it was unguarded, allowing Blood瞳 to explore inside.

This process lasted for several minutes, and Blood瞳 withdrew from this consciousness with surprise, and relieved.

Fortunately, its current performance is not dangerous. Maybe they can coexist peacefully for the time being, and deal with it after the Core wakes up.

But at this moment, an unexpected change happened.

Perhaps it was because Blood瞳's willpower touched the newborn consciousness, it suddenly rioted, like an enraged whirlwind, sweeping Blood瞳's whole body. At the same time, all the enhanced cells under its control began to proliferate wildly, like legions gathering.

This change was so fast that Blood瞳 was only stunned for a moment. The newborn consciousness, with its enhanced cell clusters, began to counterattack.

In just a few seconds, the control Blood瞳 had gained was lost one by one. His body was occupied, blood vessels ruptured, and skin disintegrated. A large amount of blood spurted from every part of his body, instantly staining the entire treatment nest red.

Ross outside immediately noticed this change and jumped up in fright.

"Lord Blood瞳!!"

"What's going on! Lord Blood瞳! Can you hear me?"

"Damn it! Lord Blood瞳 is going to die! I can't just watch this happen. Let me think about what to do... That's right, overload! Overload the treatment nest!"

The flustered Ross immediately jumped up and hurriedly pressed a row of buttons next to the treatment nest, putting the treatment nest into an overload state.

But Ross never imagined that his efforts to save Blood瞳 would push Blood瞳 into the abyss.

Because the treatment nest re-injected a large amount of nutrient fluid.

Normally, this would only be beneficial to Blood瞳. But now, it became an accomplice to the newborn consciousness. Under its control, the enhanced cells transformed these nutrient fluids into energy at an extremely fast speed and proliferated again. They frantically eroded every inch of Blood瞳's flesh, strangling the previously controlled counterparts. And in the face of their frantic offensive, Blood瞳's senses were rejected.

It turned out that the enhanced cells with a newborn consciousness actually had the qualifications to fight against Blood瞳!

Stormy waves...

This was Blood瞳's only feeling now. In the face of the terrifying erosion of the enhanced cells, no matter what efforts he made, it was futile. As his body disintegrated bit by bit, Blood瞳 knew he had miscalculated.

That nascent consciousness was not without aggression, it was just not yet complete. But now it was awake... To replace himself as the master of this body!

No, it wasn't just about becoming the master. It was actually going to use Blood瞳's body as nourishment and a foundation to regenerate a new species. Just like in Krodir's first petri dish countless years ago.

This was the instinct of the enhanced cells, and their only reason for existence.

"What... terrifying fellows."

In the midst of intense pain, Blood瞳 finally understood the purpose of this consciousness. But not only was he not afraid, but he suddenly erupted with a ball of fiery fighting spirit.

Alright, since you like war. Then... let me be your opponent.

For the right to survive!

Fight!!

Boom...

In an instant, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted, shattering the treatment nest. Ross was caught off guard and was pushed out by the aura. At the same time, a large amount of black flames burned from Blood瞳's body, vaporizing all the nutrient fluid like real flames. The entire room was filled with a pungent smell.

The frenzied battle situation was tumbling, actually forming a black flame storm. And Blood瞳 was in this storm, bit by bit... standing up.

No one knew how he did it, not even Blood瞳 himself. He only knew that he had to fight, even if the body no longer belonged to him, even if the enemy was a hundred times stronger than him...

He had to fight!!

Using willpower as strength, using willpower as a weapon.

Even if the body was lost, it didn't matter. Even if he died, it didn't matter. This was a contest of willpower, unrelated to the physical body. No matter how powerful this strange consciousness was, he only had one choice, the choice of a warrior.

"Bullet Time!!"

"Chain Activation!!"

In the room, Blood瞳's angry roar suddenly sounded...