Colonial Suit

In the beginning, Singel's eyes were still a little dazed as he spoke. He was facing the enormous, unparalleled steel monster.

"You go," Singel said in a deep voice, his back to Blood Pupil. "This mission ends here. I'll finish the rest myself. You can take the soldier's badge to my adjutant. He'll fulfill my promise."

"What about you?" Blood Pupil asked, not at all surprised, but with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Singel didn't see any of this, though. He was still staring at the huge demon in the distance, as if murmuring an answer. "Me?"

"I'm not going back..."

"Beyond the mountains... is my starting point. And here... is my end."

With that, he took a deep breath and suddenly pressed the armor's injection device. A large cloud of cryogenic mist sprayed out from the armor, and lines of drug tubes pierced his muscles. Under the effect of these drugs, Singel's muscles swelled violently, his blood vessels bulged, and his tendons trembled. A bloodthirsty, frantic look began to flash in his eyes.

It was 'Zmic' berserker mixed potion. Once injected, it meant that Singel would gain half an hour of absolute peak time. After that, his muscles would lose strength, his nerves would be paralyzed, and his reactions would be sluggish. He would be completely turned into prey to be slaughtered.

If he wasn't forced to, Singel would never want to use this potion. But he had no more choices. The steel monster was so huge, so huge that it was beyond his imagination. Without the berserker potion, he couldn't face such an opponent at all. And even with the potion, Singel knew he had no chance.

This was a battle destined to die.

He just wanted to do what he had to do before he died.

"Go! The rest is my own battle!"

He said this to Blood Pupil, then picked up his battle axe and charged towards the huge monster in the distance. He wasn't fast, but each step kicked up large clouds of dust, and each step gathered strength. Later on, an invisible force surged around him, spreading out like a shockwave, pushing away all the surrounding rocks.

The thick ion battle axe dragged out a long trail, like a blue meteor, with an indomitable momentum... and... a resolute determination to never return.

Looking at his fierce lion-like back, Blood Pupil's eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

This kind of momentum and fighting spirit... reminded him of meteor-level combat potential. But it was clear that it hadn't awakened yet.

Even so, it was still too amazing. You had to know that Singel's current strength was at most at the level of a subordinate, and he hadn't even reached the level of a trainee, yet he could show the beginnings of meteor-level combat potential. His own quality and potential were immeasurable.

Maybe... this guy will become an amazing warrior.

Blood Pupil thought silently, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

At the same time, Singel had already rushed to the side of the steel monster. From his angle, the steel monster looked even more enormous, like a mountain. But he didn't hesitate at all, and crashed into it with an indomitable momentum. The sharp ion battle axe dragged out a long trail, and plunged deeply into the steel monster's outer armor in one fell swoop.

"Open for me!!"

Singel's face twisted violently, and he let out a thunderous roar. The energy around his body burst out suddenly, and he actually used the ion battle axe as the vanguard, directly blasting a large hole in the steel monster's outer shell. All the steel in front of him was squeezed and rolled up, pushed aside like clay, allowing him to 'squeeze' in.

This squeeze was a distance of more than ten meters. He actually relied on the impact force after berserking to open a tunnel in the steel monster's outer shell, allowing him to sink deep into the monster's body.

But the steel monster's armor layer was too thick. More than ten meters of armor was only a small part of the outer shell. When Singel ran out of strength, he still failed to break through the monster's armor shell. Before he could continue to attack, the steel monster suddenly let out a terrifying roar. Its limbs suddenly plunged into the surrounding ground.

Singel, who was inside the monster's shell, couldn't see this terrifying scene, of course. But Blood Pupil outside saw it clearly.

Each of the steel monster's arms was a hundred meters in diameter, as thick as steel pillars reaching the sky. This action immediately triggered a violent earthquake in the surrounding area, and the earth was lifted up in waves like tides. Shockwaves mixed with gravel scattered and shot out, even forming a dense rain of gravel.

But this wasn't the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing was that as it made this movement, its body actually began to crack piece by piece, revealing the intricate gears and linkages behind it.

It's... transforming??

Blood Pupil was surprised for a moment, and when he looked again, the monster had indeed begun to change shape. Its incomparably huge barrel-shaped upper body split into dozens of giant individuals, and began to recombine according to strange lines. Huge gears, intricate pipelines, and telescopic nodes all operated, allowing it to acquire a new shape in just a few minutes. An upper body similar to a flying saucer. Singel, who had squeezed into its outer shell earlier, was pushed out by a powerful electronic barrier. While he was still in the air, countless shells hit him from all directions, instantly turning him into a fireball exploding in mid-air.

"Aww, aww, aww..." A deafening roar sounded in the air. The steel monster acted again. This time, it was going to pull its lower body out of the ground. It used its four arms inserted into the ground to exert force, lifting its lower body out of the ground little by little. Visible to the naked eye, the mountains began to collapse, and cracks tearing the earth appeared before Blood Pupil's eyes.

It was a scene of destruction. The affected area even reached nearly a hundred kilometers. Taking the giant monster as the center, the ground within a few kilometers radius sank at the same time, as if someone had hollowed it out below. The soil and rocks rolled like waves, and huge steel parts floated up from below, quickly merging into the steel monster's new body.

At this time, the steel monster's volume had exceeded that of a city, and it was still expanding. Countless new parts floated up from the ground, forming its weapon system, defense system, and even its action system. In just a moment, it had turned into a behemoth with a flying saucer upper body and dozens of giant mechanical legs. Its head could almost reach the clouds, and its feet were deep in the ground. Cannons were lined up on its four huge arms, and floating orbital cannons began to appear around it...

Where was this still a mutated beast? It was clearly a self-propelled fortress that only advanced civilizations would have! How could something like this appear here??

Blood Pupil frowned slightly. He hadn't moved yet, but he didn't want to wait any longer.

Such a terrifying weapon of war would be a disaster no matter where it appeared. Especially since Blood Pupil knew that this kind of fortress had self-repair capabilities. It had a complete collection, smelting, and manufacturing system inside it. It could enhance itself by plundering the surrounding environment. If it was allowed to develop, even the entire x35 might be hollowed out.

But Blood Pupil still had a question, who was inside the fortress? And how was it deployed to this planet??

Thunder rumbled in the sky, and the rain fell even harder. In the blink of an eye, it was pouring down. Because of the heavy rain, the visibility in the distance became more and more blurred. But Blood Pupil still saw a figure getting up from the ground. His figure was swaying, and there were explosion wounds all over his armor. A large amount of electric sparks crackled and shot out, like a human figure that had been crushed countless times.

He still hadn't given up. He was still holding the battle axe tightly in the pouring rain. Rainwater slid off his armor, forming a mud puddle at his feet. But he seemed not to see it, just staring at the giant fortress in the distance.

"What... is that?" Singel said in a deep voice, more to himself than to Blood Pupil.

"Forget it, whatever it is..." Singel shook his head, as if to shake off the despair and the rain. In the pouring rain, he staggered towards the fortress step by step.

His figure was very tired, and his armor was almost scrapped. But he never stopped walking. Every step he took seemed to be about to fall, but he never fell down. No one knew why he was persisting, and no one knew how long he could persist. But he just walked like that, struggling, as if he could walk to the end of the world.

Looking at his almost collapsing figure, Blood Pupil suddenly said. "If you continue like this, you will definitely die."

"............" Singel didn't answer, and continued to move forward.

Blood Pupil paused for a moment, and then opened his mouth again. "If you can't achieve your goal, what's the point of persisting?"

"............" Singel was still silent, but after a while, he reacted. "I don't know what you're talking about." Singel stepped into a puddle, swayed, and said without looking back. "But I think, for me now, the goal is not important, what's important is... what should I do, what can I do..."

"And this... is my meaning."

After saying that, Singel was about to continue forward. But just as he raised his foot, he was surprised to find that he couldn't move.

His body, his armor, and even his will, seemed to be wrapped in an invisible force. Although this force couldn't be seen or touched, it seemed to be able to isolate time and isolate space, making him freeze in the void like this. Under such force, Singel felt that his body was not his own. His pain was still there, but his injuries no longer worsened, and the effect of the potion was also cut off. The whole person... seemed to be cut off from reality.

In this strange state, he watched in surprise as Blood Pupil walked towards him step by step. The corners of his mouth still carried a faint smile.

"Not bad," Blood Pupil said to Singel, then waved his hand and sent Singel to the side. "But I think what you need now is rest. Instead of risking your life."

"As for this thing," Blood Pupil turned his head and glanced at the huge fortress.

He sighed softly.

"Let me do it."