Colonial Suit

"Ah... it hurts..." The Mechanical Overlord groaned softly, its silver body trembling continuously.

Muse glanced at it and asked strangely, "I really didn't know that machines could feel pain."

"We are all life, not cold silicon-based compounds. Even if I have silicon-based parts, I still possess the instincts of life," the Mechanical Overlord replied. "Pain... is proof that we are still alive. Muse, can I take your statement as discrimination?"

"Oh no, just pretend I didn't say anything," Muse immediately conceded. Although he suppressed the Mechanical Overlord, in reality, the two were in a symbiotic relationship, not a master-slave relationship.

The Mechanical Overlord revered his power and obeyed him, but it was merely a sharing and transfer of power. He, too, had to provide the Mechanical Overlord with what it needed to survive. The relationship between the two was very special and could not be simply described in words. But one thing was certain: he and the Mechanical Overlord could no longer be separated.

Except... for that instant just now.

"Absolute Severance... as expected, it's a troublesome skill," Muse sighed. He advised the Mechanical Overlord, "Give up that body. It will never belong to you."

"What are you talking about?" The Mechanical Overlord's voice became angry. "Make me submit to that weakling's will?" His voice was so loud that it seemed to be able to collapse the bar. But strangely, it was ultimately confined to a few meters around his body, and not even a wine bottle was shaken in the remaining space.

Muse glanced at it and shook his head slightly. "You're wrong, Jay. He was never a weakling."

"And the so-called Absolute Severance is a skill that even I can't figure out. Tens of thousands of powerhouses have died under this skill so far, but none have recognized its true nature. Is it an ability? Or a rule... we have no way of knowing. The only thing that is clear is that if a life is hit by Absolute Severance, unless Jay permits it, even if you traverse countless spaces and find the best doctor, it will be impossible to reattach the severed parts."

Speaking of this, Muse sneered. "So, do you still think he is a weakling?"

"What? That's impossible!" The Mechanical Overlord roared, almost unable to believe everything he was hearing.

However, as Muse had said, he could no longer sense his own body part. This situation was extremely special. So special that even the Mechanical Overlord, who had lived for who knows how many years, felt a trace of fear from the depths of his heart.

How come there are freaks everywhere in this universe? And at this moment, in another void, who knows how many light-years away, on the Sasha Clan's advancing fleet, on the Sasha Mother Empress... Lilith was also shouting.

"This is impossible!"

She stared intently at Lier, her gaze as sharp as if she wanted to cut open Lier's head and expose her inner thoughts.

"You can't give up everything here! This Mother Empress body! How much effort did you put into getting it? For this, you even pretended to be a sacrifice and were studied by the Sasha Clan's trash. You pretended to know nothing, and you were duplicitous with the Sasha Clan. No, you shouldn't give up... What exactly do you want to do, Maria! Stop fooling me! I am Lilith, the Succubus of the Abyss. I won't believe your crude lies!"

"Believe it or not," Lier said calmly, as if she didn't feel Lilith's anger at all. She just kept adjusting and importing more pulse tubes and瘤体 into the array. With her operation, all the resources of the entire Mother Empress were mobilized, paying the price for the emergence of the new auxiliary brain cluster.

No one knew all of this, except for Lilith.

But the clearer she was, the more fear she felt. The more she felt a kind of coldness from the bottom of her heart. She didn't know why Lier was doing this, but she was clear that Lier's decision must have a clear purpose. Because whether it was the Bloody Empress, or Maria, Lier was never an indecisive little woman.

The chamber gradually became silent. Only the breathing of the two people and the sound of the pulse tubes wriggling could be heard. After a long time, Lilith slowly opened her mouth, her voice somewhat low.

"Are you... going to leave me?"

"As you have always expected," Lier replied, not even looking at Lilith, who was close at hand. "You should be happy, because from now on, no one will restrain you anymore."

"Heh... then I'm really happy."

Lilith twitched the corner of her mouth, but her expression didn't look happy at all.

Seven years had passed since she and Lier reunited. Although in those sleeping years, she didn't know how many times she dreamed of killing Lier and devouring Lier. But these seven years had made her understand a lot, and she also knew that no matter how hard she tried, it was impossible to defeat Lier. It was even more impossible to occupy any of Lier's organizations without permission.

Because compared to her, Lier was more mature and more powerful. The law of the jungle was the basic principle of the Abyss.

But now Lier was taking the initiative to propose to modulate an auxiliary brain cluster for her, to give her this Mother Empress body. How could Lilith believe this?

Unless...

Lilith's face suddenly turned pale, and her pupils contracted into needles. "You... no longer need me? You want to kill me?"

"Oh, Lilith, why do you say that?" Lier asked strangely.

"You can't fool me," Lilith's voice began to tremble. "You are not those Sasha's trash. You are the cold-blooded Empress. If you want to give up something you have already obtained, there is only one possibility, and that is that it is no longer useful to you! And useless waste should be erased."

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As she spoke, Lilith retreated, and a look of fear gradually appeared in her eyes.

"No, you can't do this. I am your sister, we are one... I won't fight against you. Don't erase me."

"Even if my components can strengthen the function of the auxiliary brain cluster, a living me is more useful to you. I swear."

Lilith's voice became more and more panicked and weaker. After reuniting with Lier, she revealed such a weak side for the first time, and it was also the first time she formally submitted to Lier. Her enchanting face was as pale as paper, and the pleading in her eyes was enough to soften the hearts of the most iron-willed men.

But Lier was still working step by step, only leaving Lilith with an infinitely beautiful back.

After who knows how long, she sighed, her voice echoing far away in a strong tone.

"Lilith, you really think too much."

"I don't want to do anything to you. As you said, you are my sister after all. The reason why I do this is just the initial plan. There is only one reason..."

Lier suddenly stopped, raised her head, and looked at the top of the chamber, as if she could penetrate this layer of carbohydrates and see the starry sky above.

"The final battle is coming."

"I want to fulfill my duty."