Colonial Suit

The cold night passed, and as the first ray of sunlight 'shot' out from the dark clouds in the early morning, Blood瞳 and Robbie, fully armed, entered their target cave.

It was a cave located halfway up a vertical cliff, more than thirty meters from the ground. The inside of the cave sloped downwards at a forty-five-degree angle, a dark abyss like the maw of a monster.

“Hopefully, we can find our target smoothly. It should be asleep by now.” Robbie carefully examined the traces around the cave entrance, then took out two sets of head-mounted eyepieces from his backpack, handing one to Blood瞳.

“Night vision goggles. It’s very dark in the cave, and don’t step on the metal worms.”

“……” Blood瞳 took the night vision goggles and put them on. Then, they each took a set of soft ropes and threw them into the cave, securing one end with a nail 'gun' at the entrance.

Robbie, in his black priest’s robe, with the conspicuous cross on his back, gave Blood瞳 a gesture of good luck, then looped the steel cable into a buckle on his waist and quickly slid into the cave. Watching his figure being rapidly swallowed by the darkness, Blood瞳 also looped the soft rope into his waist buckle and slid into the darkness like a great bird.

The slope at the cave entrance was short, quickly turning completely vertical. The two men slid down the soft rope at high speed, feeling the strong wind rushing past their ears while cautiously watching their surroundings.

They had made a plan last night. Robbie was mainly responsible for finding and capturing the target, while Blood瞳 was responsible for guarding him. According to Robbie’s estimation, this Starry Sky Beast cub had only recently been born on this planet, so there wouldn’t be too many parasitic metal worms. Blood瞳’s demonstrated combat power should be enough to guard him, as the metal worms weren’t very aggressive and didn’t easily attack unless provoked.

Blood瞳 had a leather bag on his waist containing a metal-decomposing 'agent' specially prepared by Robbie. This was something Robbie had bought at great expense from the Cosmic Mercenary Guild, which could effectively inhibit the activity of metal worms and decompose their bodies. This wouldn’t cause fatal damage to swarms of metal worms, but it could serve to drive them away, and it was Robbie’s trump card for daring to come alone. However, because it was expensive, they didn’t plan to use it unless absolutely necessary.

The vertical cave was pitch black, and the sound of high-speed descent rushed past their ears. Time passed bit by bit, and the two didn’t know how deep they had descended when a flash of silver light suddenly appeared below them.

“Be careful, we are about to enter the metal worms’ activity range.” Robbie’s expression became serious, and he raised his hands, revealing two sawn-off shotguns.

“1887?” Blood瞳 was taken aback. “You really have a lot of antiques.”

“Of course, antiques are my favorite.” Robbie smiled, flicked his wrist, and the two shotguns immediately spun around in his hands, while simultaneously making the clicking sound of bullets being loaded.

The Winchester 1887 was the most famous lever-action shotgun of the old era. Although its power and accuracy were not ideal, it had a very special loading method. This method allowed for rapid one-handed reloading, which was extremely useful in certain environments. Robbie’s two 1887s were undoubtedly modified, as could be seen from the protrusions on the guns. Both guns were equipped with infrared sights, 'shooting' out two clear red lines in the darkness.

The two were still descending at high speed, with no intention of attacking first. Soon, they passed the location where the silver light had flashed. Through the night vision goggles, the two clearly saw a thick worm, a full meter long, clinging to the vertical cave wall. However, this worm didn’t seem to have any vitality and was completely unaware of their passage.

“That’s a metal worm.” Robbie’s gaze swept over the worm. “Just as I expected, their activity isn’t very strong. It seems we’re in luck.”

“Whether we’re lucky or not, we’ll only know in the end,” Blood瞳 replied calmly.

Robbie smiled and then became more vigilant.

Descending deeper was a tedious and dangerous process, and neither of them dared to be careless. After some time, the silver light on the cave walls began to increase. One metal worm after another appeared before them. Fortunately, their activity really wasn’t very strong, and they paid no attention to the two unusual creatures invading the cave, which put the two men slightly at ease.

Finally, after descending more than a hundred meters, they saw the dark bottom of the cave. Among the jagged rocks, a purple little thing was sleeping soundly.

It was a creature that looked like a little pig, with purple skin and a chubby figure. In terms of appearance, it possessed all the cute features that would attract girls. If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, probably no one would believe that such a creature was actually the terrifying Starry Sky Beast. But as soon as they saw this little thing, the two men’s faces changed simultaneously.

Robbie clearly felt the enormous vitality and terrifying power within this little life. This power was displayed as data on his eyepiece, causing his heart to sink.

And Blood瞳’s face changed, not because of the Starry Sky Beast’s power, but because of the intense desire that suddenly涌out from the deepest part of his heart. A kind of hunger he never thought he would encounter here.

From the moment he saw the Starry Sky Beast, Blood瞳 felt that “it” within him had awakened, as if a beast that had been sleeping for a long time had suddenly erupted with a terrifying appetite for the Starry Sky Beast before him. That intense desire almost made Blood瞳 rush forward. Fortunately, his self-discipline was extremely strong, and he managed to control his body before it overwhelmed his reason. But even so, the desire to eat still impacted his reason like a raging wave.

Eat, eat it!

Eat this creature! Let it become your nourishment!

Eat! Eat its blood and flesh, let its blood and flesh become one with you!

Eat!

You need it, you need to eat it!

It was as if countless voices were诱惑ing him in his mind. Unconsciously, the blood streaks in Blood瞳’s eyes began to enlarge, and his breathing quietly became heavier.

“What’s wrong?” Robbie sensitively noticed this and looked back at Blood瞳. At this time, he didn’t want any accidents to happen. If he couldn’t catch the Starry Sky Beast before him, his first mercenary mission would be a failure, and he would never have another chance to become a cosmic mercenary.

Taking a deep breath, Blood瞳 forcibly suppressed the desire for hunger. “Nothing. Let’s do it now.”

“Okay. When I start the capture, it will emit a stimulating gas. The Starry Sky Beast will be paralyzed as a result, but the surrounding metal worms will be activated. You need to buy me a few minutes.” Robbie gave Blood瞳 another serious look before taking a small tube of blue 'color' 'drug' from his backpack and raising it to Blood瞳.

“Ready?”

“Do it!” Blood瞳 nodded, then silently recited in his heart.

“Armor!”

A soft blue light flashed, and his hands and feet were immediately covered by armor components. At the same time, a look of surprise flashed in Robbie’s eyes, but he unhesitatingly stabbed the 'medicine' into the Starry Sky Beast.

“Aww!” The Starry Sky Beast let out a deafening roar and immediately woke up. However, under the effect of the blue 'color' 'drug', it instantly fell into a state of complete paralysis. But its cry immediately spread throughout the cave. All the silver light spots vibrated, and then, seeming to feel the stimulating aura of the blue 'color' 'drug', they all let out ear-piercing screeches.

The two didn’t know what the metal worms’ screeching represented, but they clearly felt their anger from it. Robbie immediately took out a团软rope made of a peculiar material and began to捆绑 the Starry Sky Beast. Blood瞳 cut off the soft rope on his body and stood in front of Robbie.

In his vision, countless silver light spots were涌来ing from all directions, like a never-ending wave, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth.

“Hmph.” Blood瞳 snorted coldly. The elbow joints immediately made a “clang” sound. Two azure blue crescent light blades instantly extended more than a meter long. Then, with a leap, he came before a metal worm, raised his hand, and slashed!

“Blade!”

The crescent-shaped blade light drew a perfect arc in the darkness, silently掠过了 the metal worm’s body, cutting the metal worm into two pieces without any sense of resistance. It蠕动ed twice and then stopped moving.

The attack is effective!

Both men’s hearts were filled with joy. Blood瞳 immediately sped up, his whole body like a ghost constantly穿梭ing in the darkness, madly killing with two soft blue lights. In an instant, he killed more than a dozen worms. Under the light blades of his elbows, the metal worms’ skin, as坚若精钢 as it was, had no power to resist.

But this was just the prelude. The可怕的地方 of the metal worms was not only their powerful impact, but also their countless numbers! In the face of absolute numbers, even the sharpest light blades were fragile.

Blood瞳 simply wanted to kill as many metal worms as possible in a short time to reduce the pressure on the two of them.

But the metal worms’ reaction was faster than they had imagined. Just as Blood瞳 killed twenty-three metal worms, countless metal worms had already降 from the sky,压向ing the two men with a piercing whistle. With Blood瞳’s eyesight, he could even see several metal worms like drills!

“Be careful! They can also transform!”

Before the words finished, Blood瞳 had already猛点ed his toes, and his whole body迎了 up like a炮弹. While still in mid-air, he stretched out his hands, making a gesture similar to a cross. Then, he began to spin wildly with the soles of his feet as the axis.

“Blade!”

“Blade Vortex!”

“Clang!” Two beautiful crescents drew graceful arcs in the darkness,泼洒ing out soft blade light with Blood瞳’s rotation. The blue 'color' blade light was so beautiful in the pitch-black cave, like a团突然blooming flower…

Deadly, the flower of the blade wheel.

Following that… silver碎屑 fell like rain…