Colonial Suit

The ruins… they're actually here?

Blood瞳 felt his mind go blank, unable to think of anything else. [ ]

Come to think of it, it wasn't entirely impossible. Although his anti-space displacement this time was a hasty move, that coordinate… that coordinate that had always existed in Blood瞳's mind, was deciphered from a piece of information he found when he and Robbie broke into the Star Pirates' data core. It was said that the coordinate was the location where the Blood Phantom was first speculated to have appeared. However, no matter how they surveyed, they couldn't find any suspicious traces.

But what the Star Pirates couldn't find, Blood瞳 stumbled upon.

As his thoughts raced, Blood瞳 couldn't help but say, "This is the Lorbasser Mountains?"

"Am I in the mountain's belly?"

"Yes, Master," the core replied mechanically. "To be precise, you are three thousand meters underground in Keqi, the main peak of the Lorbasser Mountains. You entered here through an energy-absorbing vein. You passed through more than seven hundred layers of warning fungi. If you weren't the owner of the armor, you would have already turned into a pool of digestive fluid."

What?

Blood瞳 was immediately startled. Looking back, the cave he had fallen into might have been the so-called energy-absorbing vein. Connecting this further, a terrifying thought suddenly surged into his mind.

Could it be… that the entire Keqi Peak has been penetrated by the ruins? Like the roots of a large tree, countless energy-absorbing veins have been implanted? How big would this ruin be then? Could it have already occupied the entire Lorbasser Mountains?

"Come with me. We don't have much time," the core said mechanically, not paying attention to Blood瞳's thoughts.

Blood瞳 didn't hesitate and followed the core's guidance.

The large cavern was huge, shockingly so. Guided by the core, Blood瞳 gradually left the underground river and stepped into a vast underground plain. Here, his mental perception was extremely suppressed, and all long-range sensing was stripped away, as if he were an ordinary person using his eyes and ears to feel the world. If his bio-energy pool hadn't recovered, he probably wouldn't even be able to penetrate this vast darkness with his vision.

As he walked, Blood瞳 observed the vast underground plain. He found that the plain was extremely treacherous. Although it seemed flat, the ground was covered with jagged rocks, like countless erected rock needles. A little carelessness could result in being scratched by the sharp rocks. Moreover, some strange plants grew in the crevices of these rocks. In the darkness, these plants swayed slowly, occasionally emitting a fishy stench.

Not plants!

Blood瞳 suddenly had this thought. Then his heart skipped a beat, wondering why he knew this.

Looking down, he saw that the strange plants had grown countless tentacles, wriggling like living things. In the center of the tentacles was a faintly opening and closing mouth. The fishy stench emanated from it. Blood瞳's eyesight was excellent. In that instant, he saw a large earthworm that had been half-eaten in the mouth. He immediately understood the danger of these plants.

"Warning fungi. They can detect life fluctuations within a hundred meters and capture them at a speed of one-thousandth of a second. Their tentacles are equivalent to half the muscle strength of the armor. They can tear apart and swallow an ancient mammoth in a few seconds. After digestion, they transfer the energy to the bio-energy pool," the core's voice sounded in Blood瞳's mind, explaining calmly.

"You entered here through their warning in the first place. If they had attacked at that time, even the armor wouldn't have been able to protect you."

"These things…," Blood瞳 gasped. "How do they survive here? Are there beasts in this large cavern?"

"The underground world is always more wonderful than you imagine. There is also an unexpectedly large amount of life here. However, most of them are beasts raised by the ruins. Used as material farms," the core replied.

Blood瞳 nodded and didn't ask any further questions. Compared to these fungi, he was more concerned about what he would face next.

Next, he moved quickly across the vast plain. Although he had no sense of direction, Blood瞳 still felt that he was approaching a mysterious place. The warning fungi became more and more numerous. Later, there even appeared some giant aggregates of fungi. All of this told him that he was getting closer and closer.

After walking for several hours, Blood瞳 finally came to a huge rift after passing through a fungi jungle. This was the first rift he had seen in the underground plain after walking for so long. It was pitch black, and he couldn't see the scene below at all.

"Jump down," the core suddenly said in Blood瞳's mind at this time. "Jump down."

Blood瞳 was slightly stunned, but suddenly felt an irresistible force field coming from under the rift. It instantly pulled him in. As soon as he entered the rift, he felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see anything anymore.

"This is…," Blood瞳 was slightly shocked. Just as he was about to struggle, he suddenly felt that everything around him had changed. Although he was in the void, he seemed to be on a illusory film. Immediately afterward, the surrounding space rippled with twisting fluctuations, forming a huge void vortex, and he was slowly 'swallowed' into the void by the vortex.

Time passed little by little, maybe it was an instant, maybe it was ten thousand years. When Blood瞳 regained his vision again, he found himself in a strange space. The surroundings were full of stinky red liquid. Looking around, it was like a sea of blood.

Yes, it was a sea of blood. This was the first consciousness that arose in Blood瞳's mind, but after careful feeling, it was somewhat different from a sea of blood. The sea of blood gave him a feeling of affinity, like a mother's womb. But here it was filthy, filled with the aura of decay and death everywhere. In this turbid liquid, he even felt that he was about to rot.

"Where is this?"

"Offset Plane…," the core replied in Blood瞳's mind. "If you have to explain it, you can think of it as a piece of space debris. This is the method that 克罗迪尔 is used to preserve objects. In the chaotic years of the past, this method has always been the safest. Without accurate coordinates and the corresponding 'key', no one can enter an offset plane that does not belong to them."

"I know this is an offset plane… but here…," Blood瞳 interrupted the core. Of course, he knew about offset planes. His follower warriors were summoned from offset planes. But what Blood瞳 wanted to ask was not this, but this space. For some reason, at this moment, he felt that this place had a thousand and one connections with his sea of blood.

But this question was not answered by the core. It just fell silent… At this moment, Blood瞳 suddenly felt the surrounding liquid shaking, and then a suction force came from below. It seemed to be calling him. With the previous experience, Blood瞳 did not refuse. He allowed this suction to pull himself into the depths of the space… This process was very long, but also very short. In just a moment, Blood瞳 felt that he was getting closer and closer to the source. And because of the continuous depth, the surrounding liquid became more and more turbid. Even with Blood瞳's vision, he could not penetrate far. He seemed to have fallen into a blood-colored abyss. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly felt something in his vision. When he looked carefully again, he saw a huge and unparalleled round black shadow.

This black shadow was in the deepest part of the endless sea of blood, wriggling like a large meat ball, with countless tentacles growing around it. The suction force that was pulling Blood瞳 came from its body. Feeling Blood瞳's approach, the wriggling of the large meat ball became more intense, gradually splitting a hole in the middle.

In the next moment, Blood瞳 was pulled into the meat ball by the suction force… As soon as he entered the meat ball, Blood瞳 felt his body lighten, and the suction force that was pulling him disappeared without a trace. When he looked around again, where was there any turbid liquid? He had come to a strange passage. The surrounding walls were all wriggling living tissues. Countless muscle keys were entangled like tree roots, emitting a strong stench.

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"Go in… we're here," the core said slowly. For some reason, at this moment, Blood瞳 felt that its tone was no longer rigid, but had a hint of regret. It was like… like looking at the future self… How was this possible?

Blood瞳 was immediately startled. He couldn't believe his feeling. If this meat ball was once a core, then what was this place? Inside a certain armor?

Then where was the owner of the armor? Where was he?

Blood瞳 didn't dare to think about it. But at the same time, he had a burst of curiosity. So he walked inside along the passage.

The passage was very long. Blood瞳 walked for a full half an hour before approaching the source that was calling him. It could be seen how huge this meat ball was. When the last muscle tui door opened in front of him, what was presented to him was a scene that he could not have imagined even in his dreams.

It was an incomparably spacious hall. And in this hall, there was only one object. It was a giant cultivation nest.

It was completely transparent, shaped like an oval. Like a sapphire. It was suspended in the center of the hall by countless strong muscle keys. It exuded endless mysterious aura. But this was not the most shocking thing for Blood瞳. The most shocking thing for him was that in this huge and unparalleled cultivation nest, he actually saw an object.

An object that he would never have thought of.

Armor!!

Another set, an almost complete armor!!!

The reason why it was said to be almost complete was that although this set of armor still maintained its original shape, the waist was completely separated, as if it had been cut off by someone. In the gap between the upper and lower body, countless tentacles stretched out, like roots scattered in the nutrient solution of the cultivation nest. Its shape was completely different from the one used by Blood瞳. It looked more flamboyant and more oppressive. The entire set of armor was composed of prismatic armor plates, outlining sharp lines. The two exaggerated shoulders were even more slanted, each inlaid with three black crystals. It was arranged in a triangular shape.

"This… how is this possible!?" Blood瞳 stared blankly at the set of armor, stunned in place.

(To be continued)!.