Colonial Suit

In the vast universe, a large spaceship slowly drifted...

Its exterior remained intact, but it had lost all signs of energy. 【 】 No light could be seen from any portholes or conduits. The massive jet engines at the rear were covered in corrosion, as if they had been floating for countless years. The huge hull was riddled with holes, through which one could even see the internal passages and furnishings.

This was a spaceship devoid of life. Perhaps it had once enjoyed glorious honor, but now... it was just an iron coffin.

"Crack." Bloodshot eyes stepped on a piece of deck fragment. He looked down at it for a while, then said softly, "We're too late."

"More exaggerated than expected." On the other side of the passage, Robbie walked out of a cabin, his face calm as he said, "Everyone has disappeared, without even leaving a corpse."

"Amazing. But there should still be survivors." Bloodshot eyes raised his head, looked around for a moment, and then said, "Let's look for the escape pods."

"Useless, I've already checked. The escape pods are all in place, and even the energy conduits haven't been opened." Robbie frowned, trying to imagine the scene at the time. "This shows that they were attacked unexpectedly, and the capture was so fast that no one had time to use them."

"This speed..." Robbie thought for a moment, revealing a hint of fear. "Even a direct hit from a large naval gun couldn't do this."

"This wasn't caused by naval guns." Bloodshot eyes walked towards Robbie, while reaching out and touching the surface of the passage wall, feeling the countless bumps with his fingertips. He said softly, "This is the impact of strong corrosion. Judging from the current situation, this corrosion has the power to kill everyone inside the ship with one blow. Fifth World technology can't do this. Then..."

"Blood Specter." Robbie shrugged. "In this starfield, I can't think of anything else. It's just that this kind of lethality is really surprising. If it were you, could you take down such a large spaceship so quickly?"

"I could." Bloodshot eyes nodded. "But I can't guarantee that they wouldn't even have time to use the escape pods."

"So, the Blood Specter's lethality is beyond our imagination." Robbie took up Bloodshot eyes' words and analyzed seriously, "Based on the known information, it should be gaseous or liquid, with amazing corrosiveness and penetration. It ignores energy shields, moves quickly, has a high desire for life, is good at sneak attacks and entangling, has advanced intelligence, understands how to attack enemy weaknesses, and the most terrifying thing is, maybe it can also spread large-scale mental attacks. Otherwise, it can't explain why the crew didn't have time to use the escape pods."

"That's not the key. I'm not interested in the lives of these crew members." Bloodshot eyes interrupted Robbie's words. "I just want to know if there are any survivors. Or rather, are Avril and the others still alive?"

"There's no way to know at the moment," Robbie sighed.

He said with some guilt, "We came too late."

Robbie was the one who formulated this plan, but he didn't expect to encounter the Blood Specter as a variable. So Robbie felt very sad. He had a sense of guilt until he knew whether Avril was alive or dead.

Bloodshot eyes certainly knew Robbie's mood, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "Let's go, maybe the situation isn't that serious. After all, this is a well-protected spaceship that has also been modified by space pirates. There must be safe places inside. Let's look again."

Robbie nodded in agreement, and began searching with Bloodshot eyes again.

Time passed bit by bit. They searched the storeroom, the crew cabins, the bridge, and even the rear jet engine ducts, but found no signs of life. Finally, they arrived at the power compartment. After searching carefully, Robbie took a deep breath.

"It seems that our previous judgment was wrong. The reason why the crew members couldn't open the escape pods was because the spaceship's energy was drained before they could escape. Look here, there's a record." As he said that, Robbie handed a smart device to Bloodshot eyes. This was a system connected to the power compartment's console, and it clearly showed the ship's final power output.

Looking at a special symbol on it, Bloodshot eyes' eyes suddenly narrowed. "The blank cabin in the center of the ship? Why doesn't it have a name?"

"Let's go take a look," Robbie said. Then he and Bloodshot eyes walked towards that location.

A few minutes later, they arrived in front of the cabin that Chris had last entered, but couldn't find the controller to open the hatch.

"It seems that this is the spaceship's last safety mechanism." Bloodshot eyes touched the hatch, sensing it slightly. "Three meters thick of super composite metal, even stronger than the spaceship's outer shell. And it seems that the structure is very different from the general hull. You step back a little."

Robbie understood and took a few steps back. He saw Bloodshot eyes suddenly raise his right hand and punch down. This punch was unannounced and had no charging action. But the attack power was astonishing, and it actually dented the entire hatch with just one punch. After the punch, Bloodshot eyes paused slightly, twisted his waist, and swung his arm.

Secondary force exertion.

Gathering Qi Punch, Inch Punch!

With a muffled "Dong!" Robbie immediately felt the entire spaceship tremble. A black flame flashed and disappeared. When he looked over again, the entire hatch had disappeared, leaving only a dark hole.

Robbie took a few steps forward and exclaimed as he looked through the hole.

Beyond the hole was a spacious cabin with a complete control system. And in this cabin were lying several people. Several humans who were still intact, even their clothes were not damaged!!

There were three humans in total, all wearing neat clothes, and it was clear that they were not ordinary crew members. One of them fell on the console, and the other two fell on the ground. They were all face down and their expressions could not be seen. Robbie knew at a glance that these guys were all dead. But no matter what, this was the first corpse he had seen since boarding the ship, and it must be hiding some important information.

Excited, Robbie immediately walked into the cabin with Bloodshot eyes and began searching carefully.

The walls, the console, the furnishings of the room. Everything was intact. Finally, Robbie focused his attention on the three corpses. The three corpses were all intact, and one of them could be recognized from the back as the man who bought Avril in the bar. The other two looked like a captain and a butler from their clothes.

After observing carefully, Robbie took out a scanner from his pocket, preparing to conduct a further investigation.

Just then, he suddenly heard Bloodshot eyes shout.

"Be careful!"

Robbie was startled and retreated without hesitation. As soon as he left the spot, he felt a terrible aura emanating from one of the corpses. The corpse actually jumped up. In a flash of lightning, Robbie was not panicked. He raised his right hand and fired three shots in a row.

"The Lord says, let the living have peace, and let the dead be liberated."

The three bullets, carrying a holy white light, penetrated the corpse's chest. In an instant, the upper half of the corpse was blown to pieces, and the fragments were completely annihilated by the white light while still in the air. The remaining half of the body rushed forward a few steps with inertia and fell to the ground. A pungent smell rose, and the half of the corpse gradually dissolved and vaporized before Robbie's eyes, eventually disappearing without a trace.

"What is this thing?" Robbie frowned and said with disgust. "Looks like a zombie?"

"No. This is not a zombie." Bloodshot eyes interrupted Robbie's words, a gleam flashing in his eyes. "I think I've found it."

"What did you say?" Robbie was stunned. Before he could react, he saw Bloodshot eyes suddenly step forward and stomp on one of the corpses. He obviously used the battle stance with this kick, and a terrifying black flame burst out. The corpse did jump up as before, but was stomped back to the ground by Bloodshot eyes in one encounter. With a muffled sound, Bloodshot eyes stomped a large hole in the corpse's chest, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

But this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that in this flying flesh and blood, Bloodshot eyes only clamped his fingers. When he took it out again, there was a mass of blood.

This was a very special mass of blood. Robbie couldn't take his eyes off it after just one glance.

Because the blood was actually moving...

It twisted violently between Bloodshot eyes' fingers, and also emitted the terrible aura from before, just like a living creature. Moreover, the shape of the blood kept changing, sometimes flowing, sometimes solid. It even turned into a sea urchin-like sphere full of spikes. But no matter what, it couldn't escape Bloodshot eyes' fingers. When Robbie wanted to take a closer look, the blood even let out a strange cry and turned into a scattered cloud of blood.

Unfortunately, Bloodshot eyes' fingers were wrapped in black flames, and whether it was liquid or gaseous, the blood had no chance of escaping.

Looking at its constantly changing form, Robbie felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart. "This is... the Blood Specter?"

"I don't think it's wrong." Bloodshot eyes' eyes flickered, but he didn't know whether he should tell Robbie that this thing actually had another name.

Wilding Cell Cluster.

A kind of waste product in the Clodil civilization. It comes from the same parent body as the strengthened cells of the colony. However, it is a self-aware cell produced due to the long-term lack of a control core. It is extremely aggressive and destructive and can self-replicate and reproduce when there is sufficient energy. Bloodshot eyes encountered it when collecting units.

However, this wilding cell cluster was obviously different from the one Bloodshot eyes encountered at the beginning. Because its consciousness was clearer. And its behavior was even more bizarre. It could actually control human corpses by infiltrating them, and it could also produce such terrible corrosiveness, making Bloodshot eyes almost think that this thing was another kind of alien creature.

But wilding cells are wilding cells. No matter how it changes, the core's prompt will not be wrong.

Now Bloodshot eyes' only questions were where these wilding cells came from, and how they attacked this spaceship.

And... is Avril still alive?!