Colonial Suit

In the bright light, two 'potions' on the table emitted a soft blue glow, like two crystal blue sapphires.

Blood瞳 sat quietly beside them, staring at the two 'potions' without blinking. These two items had just cost him a full three hundred star coins, the largest single expenditure since he became a vassal. This sum was enough to pay a ten-person service team's salary for a month.

But Blood瞳 still felt it was worth it, especially after seeing that deep assessment card.

“B”……

This was a very good grade, representing excellent potential for a mercenary to awaken a second ability. Blood瞳 still remembered the surprised look on the girl's face when she saw the card.

Regardless of whether the machine actually succeeded in the deep assessment, this card gave Blood瞳 hope.

He decided to try it.

Reaching out, he picked up one of the 'potions' and unhesitatingly injected it into his arm, feeling the coolness of the 'potion' seeping into his veins. Blood瞳 gradually closed his eyes.

This was an ability enhancement 'potion'. According to the instructions, he had to endure a three-hour onset period, during which he could not use any anesthesia and had to remain conscious, or he would fail.

“Gene 'potion' intake detected, type… inducing. This type of 'potion' may produce unknown effects… Reject?”

“No.”

“Host command accepted, monitoring…”

“Ugh!” As the Core released its restriction on the 'potion', Blood瞳 suddenly felt an extremely intense pain coming from within his body. He suddenly widened his eyes.

“Pfft!!” A mouthful of blood uncontrollably spurted out, forming a cloud of blood mist in front of him.

In just an instant, Blood瞳 felt as if he had been cut into pieces. His bones, muscles, internal organs, nerves—every inch, every part was groaning in pain, sending him intense signals. The blood vessels all over his body swelled up, like earthworms crawling on his bare skin. His muscles began to contract violently, producing visible undulations.

So painful!!

This was the only feeling in Blood瞳's consciousness. But this was just the beginning. As time passed, he felt the pain becoming more and more intense, more and more prolonged. His body began to twitch uncontrollably, trembling on the reclining chair as if electrocuted.

“Host gene invaded, reject?”

“No!” Blood瞳 gritted his teeth, revealing bright red blood.

“Host nervous system invaded, reject?”

“No!”

“Host…”

“Shut up!! I said no! No!!” Blood瞳 suddenly shouted, interrupting the Core's prompt.

At this time, a full two hours had passed since he ingested the 'potion'. He was completely submerged in intense pain. In this extremely intense pain, he could not even maintain sufficient consciousness and could only persist with instinct and will. He could fall at any moment, but he simply refused to faint.

In the darkness, there always seemed to be a voice calling him, scolding him!

Unconsciously, red spots appeared in Blood瞳's eyes again, twisting and gathering little by little… finally turning into a blood-colored pupil…

A妖异的血'色'瞳孔!

“Host… shallow gene awakening…”

“First-level bloodline activated…”

“Attention… This is a first-sequence event. Record in the colonial equipment control center work log… Marked successfully.”

“Host authority elevated, permission to use second-level weapon system. List activated…”

“Warning, colonial equipment energy insufficient to support all second-level systems. Urgent need for expansion unit… Unit not found. Second-level system partially shielded.”

Blood瞳 could not hear a series of prompts. All his spirit was concentrated on one point at this moment, concentrated on fighting the pain. In this situation, he felt his spirit seemed to leave his body, becoming an invisible and intangible ghost. In a daze, he seemed to see himself in the sky, seeing himself trembling and twitching.

He didn't know how much time had passed, maybe a minute, maybe a year. Blood瞳 finally felt the pain gradually weakening, dissipating like a receding tide. He tried to move his fingers, lifting his hand little by little.

Blood was flowing on his palm, all stained from the blood mist he had just spurted out. It looked shocking.

“Finally… it's over…” Blood瞳 groaned softly, feeling a trace of relief.

In fact, he had almost been unable to bear it. He had intended to give up several times. But the vague call and scolding made him grit his teeth and persevere.

Blood瞳 didn't know why there was that hazy voice, but he knew… he had finally survived the 'potion's' onset period.

Gasping for breath, Blood瞳 struggled to get up from the reclining chair. He reached out and flipped a star coin into the air, then immediately activated his ability.

“Bullet Time!!”

With a whoosh, Blood瞳 instantly felt everything around him stagnate. The tumbling star coin froze in mid-air.

According to past experience, Blood瞳 should feel completely bound at this moment, also frozen in this bullet time. Even if he could act, he would have to use all his strength and endure the pain of muscle tearing. But this time Blood瞳 felt different. Although there was still a sticky sense of restraint, his actions became smoother. He felt like a fish swimming through the gaps of time.

Two fingers smoothly reached out, clamping the star coin in between.

Ability deactivated…

Everything returned to normal.

Only then did Blood瞳 feel the soreness in his muscles. But compared to the past, it was a world of difference. And most importantly, the consumption of mental energy had also become much less. In the past, he could use the ability three times. Now he could use it at least five times. And there were no more sequelae of mental exhaustion like headaches.

Sure enough… the ability has been enhanced…

A burst of joy welled up in Blood瞳's heart. An ability is only valuable when it is used. His original bullet time might have been good, but the effect was too poor and the consumption was too great. It belonged to the kind of damage that hurt both the enemy and himself. Every time he used it, he had to endure the pain of tendon rupture. And the mental exhaustion was even greater, so it could only be used as a life-saving trump card.

But now it was different. With the reduction in consumption and the enhancement of the effect, bullet time suddenly became very practical. Blood瞳 had a thousand ways to add it to his attacks.

The newest novel is first published on Liǔ 9 Shū Bā!!

In fact, he had already made an attempt in the battle with Hector.

After resting for a while, Blood瞳 picked up the second 'potion'.

Deep ability probing 'potion'.

This kind of 'potion' was different from the ability-inducing type. It belonged to the deep assessment type. There were no side effects when using it. If the inducing 'potion' was to guide the mysterious potential in the organism, its role was to pave the way, to prepare for future guidance. At the same time, through this 'potion', the user could also feel the existence of the deep ability.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the only performance of this 'potion' was… no performance.

Reaching out, he picked up the sapphire-like 'potion' and injected it into his arm. The cold 'potion' entered his blood vessels. Blood瞳 felt a burst of comfort. He couldn't help but groan softly.

Because of the pain of the first 'potion', the blood in his whole body was still heating up at the moment. At this moment, this cold 'potion' entered, what was the difference from swallowing a large piece of ice on a hot day? For a time, Blood瞳 felt his whole body was soft and he fell asleep little by little.

The sleeping him would not know that just as he fell asleep, the Core moved without any call…

“Host… entering sleep. Stop secreting anesthetic hormones.”

“Newly ingested 'potion' has been determined, gene conditioning type, no damage to the host's body, but the effect is weak and will inhibit subsequent conditioning effects…”

“Host gene belongs to the first sequence protection object. Prohibit this 'potion' from taking effect, include it in the metabolic system, and immediately discharge it.”

“Impurities in the body have been cleared… Start repairing the damage from the first 'potion'… Repair will take fifteen minutes and consume seventeen percent of energy.”

“Repairing… Repair completed.”

“Host first-level bloodline activated. According to the first sequence predetermined procedure, enter the cultivation stage.”

“Start colonial equipment neural network, connect to bloodline gene. Establish a permanent energy supply network for the bloodline gene. Energy quota… thirty percent.”

“Establishment successful. Bloodline gene begins to awaken… Estimated time… 140160 hours… Before increasing sufficient energy, disguise the chromosome.”

“Disguise successful.”

“Re-enter hibernation…”

……

He didn't know how much time had passed, but Blood瞳 finally gradually woke up. He slowly stood up and moved his body, and was surprised to find that the pain and fatigue caused by using the 'potion' had disappeared.

“How long have I… slept?” Blood瞳 wondered. He turned his head and glanced at the time, but found that six hours had passed.

In addition to the time he had used the 'potion' before, he had spent most of the day.

However, this room of his was a rest room specially equipped for mercenaries by the training institution, and he also used the do-not-disturb service, so no one came to disturb him.

Blood瞳, who had slept, felt energetic. So he went straight to the gravity room.

Today he planned to accept the training course for apprentice mercenaries. This part of the course was exchanged for thirty contribution points, and Blood瞳 attached great importance to it. In fact, it was rare for an affiliate to accept the training of apprentice mercenaries in the t6 branch. This was not only a matter of ability, but more importantly, training was already dangerous at the apprentice mercenary level. If it was a general affiliate, I am afraid that he would have to die halfway before the training was completed.

A mercenary is a profession that deals with death, not only in combat, but also in every bit of life.

Walking on the corridor leading to the gravity room, Blood瞳's expression was indifferent. Although there were many people on the corridor, he didn't know any of them. He wouldn't even talk to them. On the contrary, because his training was too crazy some time ago, many affiliates paid attention to him, and when they saw him entering the gravity room again, they flocked to the observation port.

“Look, what is that madman going to train today?”

“I bet he will definitely die in the training ground today.”