Colonial Suit

Blood瞳 walked into the bar...

It was a complete mess inside. Looking around, it was as if a typhoon had passed through. Flowers and chairs were overturned in a hundred different ways on the ground. Even some of the partitions had been blown away and twisted. The artificial hill with its trickling spring was gone, replaced by a few uneven water pipes that were still spraying out clear water.

Blood瞳 easily found Li Er's seat. It was the only place in the bar that hadn't been affected. The chairs and furnishings were still in their original condition. But on the alloy table, there were two clear handprints.

How much pain must it have taken to make those handprints...

Next to the handprints were fine grooves, obviously marks made by fingernails. And the two handprints themselves had clear finger marks, deeply embedded in the tabletop. The deepest part even pierced through the entire table. Looking at those two handprints, Blood瞳 could almost feel Li Er's pain and torment at the time... "Li Er..."

Blood瞳 closed his eyes in pain. The scene at the time flashed in his mind. Something must have happened to Li Er to make her like this, but this was the strictly regulated Third World. What could have caused Li Er to lose control?

Could it be...

Blood瞳's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly widened his eyes.

Could it be that her memories... were starting to return?

This was the most likely possibility he could think of. If Li Er regained her memories, she would definitely remember her past encounters with him. It wasn't impossible that this would cause her such pain. But... this wasn't the result Blood瞳 wanted. As long as Li Er returned to his side, what did past conflicts matter?

Their relationship was different from ordinary ones... Even a life-and-death struggle, as long as they could ultimately die at each other's hands, wouldn't be a kind of happiness?

Li Er...

Blood瞳 raised his head and took a deep breath, as if he could feel Li Er's body temperature and her presence. But Li Er had already been gone for a long time. The air had been replaced countless times. How could he possibly sense any trace of her?

The scenery remained, but the beauty was gone. The only thing Li Er had left behind were the two handprints on the alloy table.

A sound of footsteps came from behind. Blood瞳 didn't open his eyes, but asked in a low voice, "What... happened here just now?"

"Some things that were meant to happen happened," the bar owner said with a faint smile. He was the one who had come.

"Meant to happen?" Blood瞳 raised an eyebrow and opened his eyes. "You're not planning to tell me the details?"

"Now that it's happened, there's no need to dwell on the past. Besides, this isn't a bad thing for you," the bar owner shrugged. He smiled and turned his head back, looking as if he had no idea how dangerous Blood瞳 was.

But Blood瞳 clearly didn't want him to act like this. Although Blood瞳 was somewhat wary of him, he wouldn't allow him to continue to evade the issue at this point.

So Blood瞳's eyes flickered, and he sighed softly. "Really... there's no need to dwell on it?"

Before he finished speaking, his figure had already disappeared from the spot, instantly appearing behind the bar owner. At the same time, he grabbed at the other's neck.

This attack had been brewing for a long time, and it was extremely vicious. With Blood瞳's current strength, even under suppression, this attack broke through the Meteor level and reached the Comet level. This was an anomaly in the Third World's universal Stellar suppression!

But the most unexpected thing for Blood瞳 happened... Not only did he fail to grab the other person, but his hand passed right through the other person's body, as if the bar owner was an illusion. Then, before his eyes, the bar owner revealed a mysterious smile, and his figure began to fade and blur... "Hmph!" A cold light flashed in Blood瞳's eyes, but he didn't hesitate to shake his wrist again, directly breaking into the sub-space!

The probe was as fast as lightning.

When Blood瞳's palm retracted again, there were two pieces of black cloth on his fingertips. But Blood瞳's face turned ashen.

He actually... got away...

Just who was this bar owner? Not only could he use sub-space, but he even used the anti-space of the first layer. Such methods were truly terrifying, and even Planet-level experts couldn't do it.

Silently standing in place, Blood瞳's mind was filled with doubts, and his face turned pale and red.

After a long time, he shook his head and walked out of the bar... Once again, he had missed her. When would he and Li Er be able to reunite?

Since leaving the apocalypse, this was the first time Blood瞳 had lost confidence.

While Blood瞳 was feeling heavy-hearted, at the same time he walked out of the bar, in a certain time and a mysterious place, Li Er had just opened her eyes.

She felt as if she had had a nightmare, and her mind was in a daze. Her head ached, and her vision was blurry. She wanted to ask someone for a glass of water, but she couldn't make a sound. She wanted to see where she was, but everything in front of her was blurred. In a haze, she couldn't feel her body. The emptiness made her almost cry out.

But... she had no voice. Not only that, but even her sense of touch and perception seemed to have disappeared.

In the vast darkness, only her consciousness was flowing, slowly... silently... After an unknown amount of time, a voice sounded below her. It seemed to be a man, a little hoarse, a little anxious.

"Wise Leivor, is it still not working?"

"I'm afraid not, it is not," another voice replied, sounding like an old man in his fifties. But there was a metallic friction in his voice, which was indescribably creepy.

Li Er was puzzled. Who were they? And where was this?

There was no answer. She was still immersed in the darkness. Only her hearing was working.

She heard the previous man speak again, his voice becoming more and more anxious, as if he was facing some difficulty.

"Wise Leivor, please hurry up. The enemies have already begun to gather. Lord Leia has already set off. Even Lord Mond is on his way back. If we can't complete her, we will have to abandon this place."

"Don't worry, young Conqueror," the old man with the metallic voice replied, his tone still unhurried. "Any success is built on countless failures. What's more, she is the most outstanding one? I need more time and a safer environment, not your urging... Remember, her completion is not up to you or me, but up to herself."

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"But, my lord!" The previous man became even more anxious, with even a hint of complaint in his tone. "We don't have time! Can't we use some catalytic methods? On the current defensive line, our warriors are dying every minute and every second. For the sake of our great continuation, we can't wait any longer!"

"That is your responsibility!" The elder still replied calmly, as if he had seen through life and death. "As Conquerors, you have an obligation to protect our civilization. Even if you all die in battle, you will inevitably return to our King's embrace. That is the glory of a warrior, not a burden."

"As for me, I'll just wait here, watching her grow, watching her improve, protecting her, and modulating her. This is my responsibility."

"Lord Leivor..." The man's voice lowered, seemingly convinced by the old man. After a long time, he spoke again. "She, can she really be completed?"

"I have no doubt!" The old man replied decisively, revealing a strong confidence.

"If that's the case, then pretend I didn't say those words!" The man pondered for a while, seemingly about to leave. But just as he was about to leave, he paused and said hesitantly. "I heard that her brother, the wise Lord Renos, is also conducting another modulation. I wonder if we can get ahead of him? Who can get the King's approval?"

"That's not something you should be thinking about!" Unexpectedly, the old man, who had previously been unhurried, suddenly became agitated and shouted loudly. "No matter how many modulations are carried out at the same time, it's all an achievement of our great civilization! It's our hope to change our destiny. In the face of this hope, any personal feelings are useless burdens. Don't you understand that after growing up in war?"

"If we can't change our destiny, even if we conquer countless star spaces, we are still slaves, forever!"

"Yes, Lord Leivor!" The man suddenly shuddered, turned around, and strode away.

And behind him, only the lonely voice of the elder remained, seemingly talking to himself, and seemingly doubting.

"It will definitely succeed... I firmly believe it."

Li Er's consciousness was blurred, and she passed out again...

The vast darkness seemed to have no end. She didn't know how much time had passed. She woke up many times and passed out many times. But each time, she couldn't see the surrounding environment clearly. The only thing that comforted her was that, as time passed, she gradually began to feel the existence of her body. But she couldn't tell where her fingers were and where her legs were. The feeling of being in a daze made her feel painfully crazy.

And during these few times of waking up, she had heard the middle-aged man and the old man talking more than once. The middle-aged man's tone became more and more agitated and anxious. It seemed that every time she woke up, the crisis he faced was more serious. Later, even the old man couldn't hold back anymore and began to reprimand him in a sharp voice.

From their conversation, Li Er could hear that the situation was getting worse and worse. It seemed that large areas of the controlled territory were falling, and countless 'Conquerors' were dying in battle. And the great civilization they spoke of seemed to be crumbling in the face of a mysterious enemy.

But no matter how urgent the situation was, when they talked about 'her,' the two of them were always full of confidence, as if as long as 'she' was completed, it would definitely change everything. The blind faith even reminded Li Er of her own people, who were also so fanatical, like faith.

Until... one day.

When Li Er woke up again, the man rushed in madly, shouting in a desperate voice. "My lord... Lord Renos, her brother, has succeeded, and the King has approved of his work! But... we don't have enough time either. The seventh defensive line has collapsed, Lord Mond has died in battle, Lord Leia is missing, and Lord Dirk is missing!"

"We... it's too late..."