Colonial Suit

The meatball began to expand upon landing, transforming into a base with a diameter of several meters. Silver-white protein armor began to form on the surface of the base, gradually changing into six upward-extending spikes, like six sharp claws.

But that wasn't the most important thing. Most importantly, countless tentacles extended from Jerome beneath Blood瞳, frantically devouring the surrounding energy. The front end of each tentacle had an almost infinitely expanding maw, instantly swallowing any food or energy block. The whole process was as fast as lightning, with no sign of chewing or digestion. At the same time, bulges appeared on the tentacles, converging towards the base.

“Jerome possesses an extremely efficient energy conversion system, capable of utilizing almost any known energy,” the Core's explanation echoed in Blood瞳's mind, its tone tinged with envy. “As Jerome grows, it can devour billions of Pacas of energy every second and possesses a feeding desire surpassing that of a Tropos.”

“Pacas?” Blood瞳 didn't understand what unit that was, but he could understand its meaning even with a little thought. “What if there's no energy around?”

“Any energy…” the Core simply repeated, sending a chill down Blood瞳's spine.

Any energy… Did that include the host's flesh and blood?

For a moment, Blood瞳 didn't know whether to feel lucky or terrified. If he hadn't prepared, then…

The food and energy blocks in the room decreased at a visible rate. In just a few minutes, the entire room was emptied. Only then did Jerome retract its tentacles, returning to the appearance of a six-clawed base.

But before Blood瞳 could ask about its purpose, a force field began to form in the very center of the six-clawed base. Immediately afterward, a blue energy layer appeared on the base out of thin air.

The energy layer was egg-shaped, very similar to a healing nest, but clearer than a healing nest, like a beautiful sapphire with slight ripples on its surface, giving people a desire to touch it.

As the energy layer finished construction, a transparent liquid began to secrete from the bottom of the base, gradually filling the space inside the energy layer. In just a few minutes, a giant blue egg completely filled with liquid appeared before Blood瞳.

“You can enter,” the Core's voice echoed deep within Blood瞳's mind. Blood瞳 hesitated for only a moment before raising his foot.

Strangely, the energy layer that could bind the liquid had no blocking effect on him. Blood瞳 felt like he passed through a soft membrane and directly stepped into the liquid. All the clothes on his body dissolved the moment he entered the liquid, leaving only his naked body to feel the temperature of the liquid.

As he entered the liquid, a new voice replaced the Core, appearing in his mind.

“Sensing host's thought waves, new gene code confirmed, host authority confirmed. Jerome No. x7113, saluting you.”

“This is what you call simple intelligence?” At this moment, Blood瞳 really wanted to strangle the Core. This tone, this attitude… Compared to Jerome, the Core's communication style was like a machine. And it still had the nerve to look down on Jerome's intelligence?

The Core didn't answer, only coldly snorted with disdain, like a sulking child, making Blood瞳 not know whether to laugh or cry.

However, Blood瞳 didn't have time to argue with the Core, because in that short moment, he discovered that the liquid had seeped into his body.

It was a feeling that probably no one could describe clearly. Anyway, Blood瞳 felt warm all over, unable to muster even a shred of strength. At the same time, an extreme drowsiness surged into his mind, and he actually entered a state of semi-consciousness in just a few seconds.

In the instant before falling asleep, an idea suddenly popped into Blood瞳's mind.

Mother's womb.

That's right, the current Jerome gave him a feeling similar to a mother's womb. No one knew how warm and comfortable this feeling was. Even a steadfast warrior like Blood瞳 was lost in an instant, falling asleep involuntarily.

What he didn't know was that after he fell asleep, Jerome's liquid began to enter and exit his body, carrying out bursts of blood and filth.

A faint thought wave flowed in the room.

“Preliminary scan complete, host's physical condition is negative three, cell stability is extremely poor.”

“Nervous system has suffered severe shock, nerve chains show damage. Repair probability is level two.”

“Muscle fibers show multiple signs of tearing, enhanced cell vitality is missing, need to rebuild cell extension units.”

“Warning, host has undergone rigid replacement of enhanced cells, original body foundation is severely damaged. Gene chains have been invaded.”

“Foreign gene detected, preliminary detection is enhanced cell variant. Exclusion process starting.”

“Exclusion process interrupted, foreign gene has been authorized by the host. Establishing monitoring mechanism. Synchronizing with host's Core information.”

Silently, information was exchanged. Blood瞳's body also began to tremble uncontrollably. During this process, his body cells were repaired bit by bit, and all the wounds were compensated. At the same time, under Jerome's control, an extracorporeal circulation was established, gradually eliminating impurities from the body.

This was a very subtle process, a procedure that every Krodir warrior had to experience and use frequently. In the past, among the Krodir, it was called… “Purification.”

It should be known that the Colony Armor was an enhanced armament based on the host's body. Whether it was combat or evolution, it consumed a large amount of bio-energy and also caused a loss of vitality. This was an extremely violent process that seriously violated the laws of nature. Therefore, in the early days of the Great Chaos Era, every Krodir's lifespan was very short.

But it was different since this re-modulation device appeared. Modulation could rebuild the host's internal circulation, update and replenish enhanced cells, and repair damage to the gene chains. All of this together allowed the Krodir to escape the punishment of violating nature and gave them the motivation to move towards higher evolution.

In the later period of the Great Chaos Era, the Krodir once reached the point of immortality, which showed how amazing their vitality was. It's just that all Krodir died in battle. So-called lifespan was meaningless to them.

Born in battle, die in battle!

This was the destiny of the Krodir.

In the egg-shaped energy layer, the liquid's metabolism continued. But this was just the beginning. As Blood瞳's body was repaired, the Colony Armor appeared on the surface of Blood瞳's body at some unknown time.

Unlike the combat state he used in the past, the current Colony Armor looked like a car with its hood open.

All the protein armor was stripped away, revealing the purple-black tendons and exoskeleton underneath. Countless tiny transparent tubes extended from Jerome's base, connecting to various parts of the Colony Armor. Visibly, countless tiny organisms shuttled back and forth in the tubes.

Under the bright lights, every inch of the Colony Armor's tendons was expanding and contracting, like a human body with its skin peeled off, looking extremely terrifying. Especially on the head, the veins of the eyes and mouth were directly exposed, as frightening as it could be. Fortunately, no one dared to enter this room at the moment, otherwise, the Sanjie Hotel would probably explode immediately.

Thought waves were still flowing slowly…

“Inputting original gene password, level one, level two… unlocked. Starting Colony Armor detection program…”

“Model, Tropos, Tropos variant, suitable for space warfare. Action system normal, amplification system normal… Energy pool construction… abnormal. Energy pool construction is overloaded, there is a parasitic tumor.”

“Energy pipelines, abnormal… Energy pipelines show signs of being altered.”

“Additional weapon system detected, micro-positron cannon! Warning, positron generator has suffered severe damage. Basic cells have been destroyed, self-repair has errors. Stopping self-repair function. Connecting cell regeneration pipeline, replacing the original program for repair.”

“In view of the serious modifications to this Colony Armor, performing deep detection.”

“Detection starting… Attention! Evolutionary traces detected! Evolutionary direction… Ketram! Level two all-adaptability Colony Armor! Serious warning, the evolutionary process has been interrupted, this evolution has a fracture, the estimated probability of restarting evolution is 0.018%. Repair probability is 12%. Repair value is missing…”

“Connecting Colony Armor Core, synchronizing data. Acquiring evolutionary information.”

“Evolutionary information acquisition complete, authorization obtained. New sequence command, terminating this evolutionary process. Modifying evolutionary direction. The new evolutionary direction is…”

“Ketrams! Super-adaptability level two Colony Armor. Space warfare enhanced type.”

“Evolutionary map retrieval successful, implanting new evolutionary template. Embedding gene chain successful, embedding enhanced cell matrix successful, in view of the great damage to the host from evolution, cutting off host's nervous system network. Cut off successful… Starting to clean up evolutionary failure remnants.”

“Cleanup complete, original evolutionary template has been cleared. New evolutionary template replaced. Starting evolution preparation!”

“Warning, serious warning! Jerome's stored energy is insufficient, Colony Armor energy pool reserves are insufficient! Unable to guarantee evolution completion. Authorization obtained, seeking new energy acquisition methods.”

Silently, Jerome's base began to secrete countless liquid-like enhanced cell tissues, spreading like a flood to every corner, and gradually seeping into the cracks in the room… It was so fast and so fierce, like an ancient beast that had been hungry for countless years, quietly released…

It corroded the walls, penetrated the floor, and gradually invaded everything it touched. It passed through room after room, flowed under the beds of some partying men and women, penetrated the floor slabs, and fell from people's heads like raindrops… Finally, it came into contact with the Sanjie Hotel's energy pipelines.

The next moment, all the lights in the entire Sanjie Hotel went out, plunging into darkness.

But this was just the beginning. If anyone was in the sky above the Sanjie Hotel, they could see that, with the Sanjie Hotel as the center, the lights of the entire Soft Cloud Planet… were going out one by one.

Like a dark plague.