Colonial Suit

Fragments, dust, and the burning main framework…

The battle was over. Although Blood瞳 had tried his best to protect Waterfall Bridge, this massive space station had suffered fatal damage, with a large crack splitting it in the middle. The entire bridge structure began to tilt.

Moreover, the space station's damage wasn't limited to this. Due to the damaged main framework, the space station had entered an unstable state. Both power and life support systems were in red alert. Tens of thousands of cracks on the space station's surface were constantly leaking oxygen. Explosions from the main energy pipelines could be seen.

Inside the space station, people scrambled to escape. They cursed and pushed, all seeking a chance to survive. Amidst the crowded masses, the cries of children and women could be heard from time to time.

Fortunately, although the spaceport was affected by Rain Song's explosion, some ships remained. These ships happened to be large-capacity cargo freighters. Due to their size and slowness, they were tethered outside the space station, thus escaping the disaster. Now, they became the lifeline for these people. They no longer cared about the distinction between cargo and passenger transport, nor did they mind the dirty and filthy cargo holds. Soon, the remaining cargo freighters were packed like sardine cans in the spaceport.

Unfortunately, even with their large capacity, time was running out. The space station's damage had spread to the spaceport, and parts of the spaceport's structure began to explode. So, after the third ship was full, the remaining captains ignored the pleading crowds on the spaceport and slowly departed amidst the explosions.

Watching the ships take away their hopes of survival, the remaining people collapsed on the docks, crying and cursing incessantly.

And in the distance behind them, a massive yacht appeared in the starry sky.

This was a yacht similar in style to Rain Song, but with a trimaran design, arranged in a triangular formation. Elegant and noble, it was the Romick family head's personal yacht… 'Sky Waltz'. Mina had destroyed Rain Song to cut off Carrie's escape route, but she couldn't destroy her own vehicle. So, this ship naturally belonged to Carrie now.

There was a small incident when occupying this yacht. It was unknown what benefits Mina had given the yacht's captain, but he refused to acknowledge Carrie's authority and even attempted to organize the crew to resist. However, under Five's forceful suppression, he quickly submitted in just a few minutes. Carrie executed the captain and dozens of other resisters on the spot.

Although Carrie couldn't bring herself to harm Mina, she was absolutely ruthless towards those who suppressed the family's rebels. This was a necessary quality for a large family's head; otherwise, she couldn't be the head of the family.

So now, she stood on the bridge of Sky Waltz, watching the chaos and despair of Waterfall Bridge's spaceport. Behind her, the yacht's first mate stood cautiously, now the new captain.

"Darling, what about those people? Should we take them with us?" Carrie tilted her head and said to the side. There… Five was carefully wiping his gun. A row of gun parts was laid out on the coffee table in front of him.

"Okay, honey. You decide," he replied without looking up, completely focused.

In fact, he was most charming at this moment. Isn't there a saying? Only a focused man is the sexiest man in the world. Carrie liked this about Five, gentle when he should be, and stern when he should be. Beneath his cynical exterior, he hid a man's masculinity.

However, only Carrie could appreciate this part of him.

She smiled sweetly, but when she turned her head, her expression changed. She coldly glanced at the first mate next to her and said, "Didn't you hear me? Hurry up and prepare."

"Yes… yes," the first mate, no, the new captain, replied with a head full of sweat. Then he hurriedly ran out to relay the order.

Soon, Sky Waltz slowly approached the spaceport amidst the explosions, quickly picked up the remaining survivors, and rushed out of the space station at maximum speed.

Behind it, the famous Waterfall Bridge space station of the Fifth World burned fiercely, slowly collapsing in the explosions…

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What Carrie wanted to do most at this moment was to return to the Romick family's main star as soon as possible. But this was not easy. Because the distance was too far, even using high-level warp wouldn't allow them to arrive in a short time. So, her first target was Planet B3, an industrial planet in the Fifth World.

After unloading the survivors from Waterfall Bridge on B3 and replenishing enough energy, she ordered Sky Waltz to return to the main star as quickly as possible. And she borrowed B3's super-giant stargate.

A stargate is an extremely large, ultra-long-range jump generator. Unlike ordinary high-level warp launchers, stargates do not launch ships in particle form. Instead, they use energy bursts to directly propel ships into anti-space, using the distance difference between anti-space and real space to complete the journey.

Simply put, traveling a thousand meters in anti-space can be converted into one light-year in real space. And although both use anti-space, high-level warp can only use the first layer of anti-space, which is similar to the interlayer between real and anti-space, while stargates can use the second layer. The speed is naturally incomparable. (Here, I pay tribute to Master Huang Yi. His Interstellar Wanderer was the first science fiction novel I read, and it greatly enlightened me.)

However, due to the constraints of technological level, the Fifth World's stargates cannot freely traverse anti-space. They can only use fixed-point launching and receiving devices to complete the journey. That's why Carrie came to B3.

At this moment, B3's super-large stargate stood in the starry sky outside the planet's outer layer. Carrie's expression was serious, and her eyes coldly stared at the new captain behind her.

"Is everything ready?"

"Yes, Madam Head. All energy has been fully charged. The stargate's communication positioning has also been completed. Our next stop will be the independent stargate in the X712 starfield. After popping out from there, we only need to perform two high-level warps to return to the main star," the new captain replied, wiping his sweat. He had been extremely busy these past few days. In addition to meeting all of Carrie's needs, he also had to arrange for the survivors of Waterfall Bridge. It almost drove him crazy.

But as the saying goes, pain and pleasure go hand in hand. In fact, he was enjoying it. Especially with Carrie's return this time, the entire Romick family was destined to undergo a major reshuffle. He, as the new captain, would definitely be reused. This was too rare for him.

"Very good," Carrie nodded, satisfied with the new captain's efficiency. Just as she was about to decide to set off, she suddenly seemed to think of something and asked the captain again.

"Have all of Mr. Blood瞳's requirements been met?"

"This…" The captain immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Blood瞳 had become the most special nouveau riche on this ship.

He was called a nouveau riche because he had almost single-handedly helped Carrie win the battle for succession. According to the Romick family's tradition, he immediately obtained a lofty position second only to one person and above all others. Of course, this position didn't mean he could interfere in the Romick family's affairs. But the weight of his words was something everyone could figure out.

God, he was the man who saved Miss Carrie's life. Although no one knew the specific details of the battle at the time, they had personally witnessed the tragedy of Waterfall Bridge. A battle that could achieve this level of destruction showed how tragic the situation was. And Blood瞳 had become a great warrior revered by everyone because of this.

But this nouveau riche was too difficult to serve.

This wasn't because Blood瞳 was extravagant or had a violent temper. In fact, Blood瞳 had said very few words since boarding the ship. But the problem was that he just didn't like to enjoy himself.

Normally, after experiencing such a great battle, who wouldn't want to relax with some women? Or drown themselves in a bunch of bottles of alcohol? The captain had seen too many cosmic warriors. They possessed unimaginable power, and they also possessed desires that ordinary people couldn't reach. But he had never seen a guy like Blood瞳.

Blood瞳 only had one problem: he was too ruthless.

Not ruthless to others, but ruthless to himself.

Having just experienced such a battle, he didn't even rest and immediately threw himself into training. He had hardly left the gravity chamber since boarding the ship. Not only that, but he had also kept the gravity chamber at its maximum capacity. His crazy appearance made people think he was insane.

Moreover, what gave the captain the biggest headache was that he had made almost impossible demands.

He wanted to increase the gravity chamber's multiplier and needed a new batch of training equipment.

God, that was fifty times the gravity! Was he a monster?

The captain still remembered when he first heard this request, he was almost scared out of his wits. Blood瞳, who couldn't be satisfied with fifty times the gravity, could only be described as a monster in his eyes. And his training equipment was also very special, specifically requesting the use of Jester alloy! Damn it, if this Fifth World's hardest alloy was readily available, the Fifth World would have become the Fourth World long ago!

So in the end, the captain could only urgently order a batch of equipment on B3, raising the gravity chamber's standard to seventy times. But Jester alloy couldn't be obtained, so he could only use ultra-dense secondary alloy instead.

Now that Miss Carrie suddenly asked about this matter, the captain was naturally uneasy.

But no matter how uneasy he was, he didn't dare not answer, so he could only repeat the requests Blood瞳 had made. In his opinion, Miss Carrie would definitely treat this request as a joke. But unexpectedly, after listening to his report, Miss Carrie seriously considered it. After a long time, she coldly glared at him and said fiercely.

"It seems that you have been overwhelmed by your new position. You can no longer grasp your own position. If you continue like this, maybe I will have someone throw you out and let you cool down in the cold space."

"Order, delay launch. Immediately meet Mr. Blood瞳's requirements," Carrie took a deep breath and looked out the window at the starry sky.

"Immediately!"