Colonial Suit

This shuttle belongs to the Star Pirates, and it even has their insignia on it. Its body is entirely prism-shaped. Although larger than the one Blood瞳 was riding, it boasts better aerodynamics, making it more agile and swift within the atmosphere. Just from its appearance, Blood瞳 could imagine its dashing and swift figure.

But right now, it's just a pile of scrap metal.

莱特 led people to search around and quickly returned, reporting with a serious expression.

“My lord, there's no one here.”

“Are they all dead?” Blood瞳 asked. With such a shuttle crash and the harsh natural environment of this planet, it wouldn't be surprising if they were all dead.

However, 莱特's answer surprised him. “Not dead, but no bodies were found.”

“The interior of this shuttle has been completely destroyed, with no traces of life... and of course, no remains.”

“No bodies?” Blood瞳 frowned slightly, his pupils contracting.

This was truly bizarre.

It wouldn't be unusual for everyone to die in a shuttle crash during descent, after being attacked. After all, space warriors are a high-risk profession. But the absence of bodies was strange. Could it be that the shuttle was empty? If so, why did it descend?

“Are you sure?”

“I am very sure,” 莱特 replied, his face as firm as a rock.

Blood瞳 fell silent, and after a moment, he stepped forward, intending to personally inspect the shuttle. It wasn't that he didn't trust 莱特's loyalty, but 莱特's strength was limited, and he might have missed something.

But just as he took a step, 罗比, who was behind him, suddenly groaned, and two lines of blood flowed from his nose.

“Hmm?” Blood瞳 was taken aback. When he looked back at 罗比, he found that his face was as pale as paper.

“I just tried to use psychic sense,” 罗比 said concisely, while holding his nose. “But as soon as I released it, it felt like countless sharp needles were piercing my brain. My mind is now in chaos.”

“Binary rule disorder!” Blood瞳's expression changed instantly.

As the strongest person closest to the planet level, he certainly knew what this situation meant. Even a space warrior's psychic sense was being blocked. Only the disorder of binary energy rules could do that! This was not a good thing. For space warriors, it was practically a nightmare.

Because the strength of space warriors was based on their understanding of binary energy rules. Low-level space warriors naturally wouldn't feel much. But the more they evolved, the more they relied on binary energy rules. Especially at the planet level, they relied on the utilization of binary energy rules for 80% of their strength. Once they lost control of the rules, they would at least be reduced to the comet level.

Of course, planet-level space warriors also knew this weakness and had their own ways to compensate for it to some extent. But Blood瞳 was different. Although he had touched the planet energy level, his true rank was still meteor. He had no way to deal with binary energy rule disorders.

How could he not be nervous?

After a moment of thought, Blood瞳 immediately released his own psychic sense. But to his surprise, he didn't feel the stinging sensation that 罗比 described, but an extreme sense of restraint. It was as if his psychic sense was being applied to a viscous sea of chaos, and every point of exploration consumed a hundred times the usual energy.

This situation caused Blood瞳 to give up after only a moment. When he returned to reality, he was covered in cold sweat and visibly panting.

“I can still do it, but I'm also restricted.” Blood瞳 answered frankly, looking at 罗比's concerned gaze. At the same time, a sense of clarity vaguely emerged. The reason he could release his psychic sense wasn't because he was stronger than others, but because the call in the dark was indulging him. Otherwise, even if he was at the planet level, not to mention just a meteor level, he would have difficulty moving here.

Just like 赫克 back then.

Now Blood瞳 understood why 赫克 was so embarrassed during the last expedition. The reason lay in the disorder of binary energy rules. If the interference intensity was as it was now, 赫克 would probably not be able to grasp the flow of binary energy rules. It would be good if he had 30% of his strength left. It was also evident how terrible the suppression was for the warriors who entered the ruins with him at the time. No wonder they were all wiped out.

But now...

Blood瞳 silently gasped for breath, a gleam of light flashing in his eyes. This seemed to be a second chance...

While he was pondering, 莱特's voice suddenly came from his ear. “My lord, come and look at this.”

“Hmm?” Blood瞳 was taken aback, and then followed 莱特's guidance and looked over. He was immediately stunned.

What appeared before him was the most important engine part of the shuttle. As many as seventy-six nozzles were twisted into a strange posture, as if they had been kneaded by a terrible force. But that wasn't the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing was a large hole with a diameter of more than fifty meters below the engine compartment. The edge was as smooth as a mirror and the depth was as much as a hundred meters. It was as if a red-hot iron had pierced through the entire engine compartment.

“This is...”

Blood瞳's breathing suddenly became rapid, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

This kind of destruction... this kind of ablation... only one weapon could do this, and that was his positron beam! No. This wasn't the high-compression positron beam used by his colony equipment, but a wider-area defense weapon!

Blood Nest!!

This was exactly the damage caused by the Blood Nest's positron beam! Only this kind of super-scale biological defense weapon could create such a terrifying attack effect. What's more, because the Blood Nest was a living weapon, the positron beam it produced was somewhat different from the general positron beam. That's why Blood瞳 recognized it at a glance.

Blood瞳 had personally driven this terrifying weapon, and of course he knew how terrible they were. But he never expected to see traces of the Blood Nest here. Thinking back to the familiarity that 罗比 and others had mentioned before, Blood瞳 immediately understood.

This place, this super-giant relic planet, was just like 爱丝柯尔特, where he had collected 莱特 and others. Both were 克罗迪尔's colonial territories. Even the ecological environment was specially constructed to conform to 克罗迪尔's survival of the fittest rules. What a big deal!

Blood瞳 had seen the greatness of 克罗迪尔 civilization more than once, but even today, he was still shocked by the achievements of the 克罗迪尔 people. One offset plane after another, one completely transformed planet after another. The things they left behind were being fought over by all the civilizations in the universe. This was still the legacy after their destruction. One could imagine what they would be like in their heyday.

How could such a huge and magnificent civilization head towards destruction? What kind of existence were the many civilizations that destroyed it?

Blood瞳 had thought about it more than once, but had never gotten an answer.

But now was not the time to consider these things. Since traces of the Blood Nest had been discovered, Blood瞳 could imagine what the fate of the other landed shuttles would be. This was not a simple landing operation, but a counterattack by an armed planet. Based on Blood瞳's understanding of the Blood Nest, at least half of the space mercenaries or Star Pirates who landed this time would be annihilated.

Some people might ask, since they were space warriors, how could they not have life-saving measures? Even if positron beams were powerful, they were just ordinary human weapons. Couldn't they protect themselves?

The answer was right in front of them. This shuttle, which had been turned into scrap metal, was the best proof.

The reason was the terrible binary energy disorder! Having lost their perception and utilization of binary energy, the strength of space warriors would be greatly reduced. How could they survive after being subjected to a devastating positron beam? Even after thousands of years, the 克罗迪尔 people were still teaching everyone a lesson with cruel reality, letting people know who the real fighting race was.

But where did the shuttle occupants go? Even if they were attacked by positron beams, they should have left remains. It was impossible for everyone to be annihilated.

This question was soon answered. After Blood瞳 continued to travel along the canyon for a day, a second crashed shuttle appeared before them. But this time, there was something extra in the shuttle.

It was a piece of blue-green debris that looked like a shell.

Blood瞳 didn't know what it was, but 莱特's face changed. He said in disbelief and trembling voice. “This is... a Polar Domain Attack Spore?”

“Attack Spore?” Blood瞳's eyes flashed. He looked at the shuttle, which was not much different from the previous one, and asked softly. “What is that?”

“A high-level Recreated Organism!” 莱特's voice trembled, and his eyes flashed with different colors. “A powerful existence that can autonomously find targets and forcibly modulate them! I only heard about it before I went into hibernation, but I didn't expect the Sages to have modulated it!”

“My lord! This is a true war life form. Their destructive power can even reach infinity.” 莱特 explained excitedly to Blood瞳. “Because their attack method is not penetration or blasting, but devouring. They use their own enhanced cells to devour their prey, and then perform simple random remodulation! They absorb the prey's energy to split and recreate tissues. So in theory, they can expand almost infinitely. It is said that after an attack spore obtains enough prey, it can split into hundreds of avatars, each of which has the same aggressiveness as the main body. If this continues to multiply, it can devour a planet in just a few days!”

“The greatest thing is that it is not a simple ground attack, but a strategic-level weapon of destruction that can be delivered over long distances across interstellar space. After devouring a planet, they can also aggregate and reorganize countless avatars, so as to leave the destroyed planet and enter the universe to find the next target! It is said that when it was discovered, our great Sages once tried to let it replace ordinary conquerors as an alternative weapon for conquering the universe!”

“My lord! It's too powerful!! We must find its main body. This will definitely allow us to get in touch with the local ruins!”

In the end, 莱特 was so excited that he couldn't control himself, and even his body was trembling. Looking at his excited eyes, Blood瞳's heart also throbbed secretly, and at the same time, he felt a chill.

A war weapon that can spread across interstellar space, constantly devouring prey and splitting itself. This attack method reminded Blood瞳 of only one name.

Plague...

War Plague. (To be continued) rq!!!