Colonial Suit

Time... is running out...

These were the last words Lier heard before falling back into unconsciousness.

Her existence could not sustain her consciousness for too long, and each awakening meant change.

The vast darkness was endless, and Lier continued to slumber, waking up and falling unconscious repeatedly. The sense of her body grew stronger and stronger. Unknowingly, she began to develop intuition and touch. Intuition allowed her to foresee some things, while touch was manifested through countless nodes. Lier didn't know where these nodes came from or where they existed, but she could feel the passing pedestrians through them. Even contact... Of course, this information became very vague after being transmitted to her, as if shrouded in a layer of mist. But it was enough to excite Lier, who had been enduring darkness and the unknown for so long. Any evolution that allowed her to interact with the outside world was worth anticipating.

Except for the increasingly grim situation...

It had to be said that the civilization Lier belonged to was too vast and too strong.

According to the man's report, they had already been breached through seven lines of defense, and the situation was precarious. But in reality, Lier woke up countless times later, and each time he was still alive and well. Not only that, but he also seemed to be organizing a counterattack. The only thing that made Lier feel the severity of the situation was that they began to relocate their base.

Lier couldn't feel the passage of time or the migration of space, and could only learn from the conversations of these two men that they had successively migrated through twelve star clusters. A star cluster was the unit of measurement for this civilization, and one star cluster was roughly equivalent to fifty star systems.

Such a vast domain was truly terrifying to even think about. But it seemed they felt it wasn't enough. They organized counterattacks while migrating. But the results of each counterattack were disappointing.

Gradually, the man's words began to include many names. Some of them had died in battle, while others were the man's hopes. The name that appeared most frequently was Reya. According to the man's words, it seemed that as long as Reya appeared, the current situation would be reversed.

Could one person reverse the decline of a civilization? Lier didn't believe it for a hundred reasons. But the fact was that it was recognized by most people. Only the old man who had been accompanying her seemed unconvinced.

"War is not a stage for one person. Our great civilization cannot rely on just one person to support it."

This was the old man's reply to the man. At the end, he urged him to re-select a base location, which showed that the current situation was deteriorating further.

Lier didn't know what the old man was still insisting on, but she always felt that the 'she' he mentioned seemed to have some connection with her.

This idea was finally confirmed one day.

That day, the man barged in here and announced a fact in a desperate tone: the civilization's capital star had been attacked by a mysterious enemy, resulting in heavy casualties. It was submerged in a mysterious red liquid, and all the citizens of the capital star had died. The King happened to be inspecting outside and escaped the disaster. But because of this incident, the King realized the failure of the war and began to consider post-war preservation and the survival of the race. Therefore, he issued the final mobilization order and required the old man to execute the 'Primal Pulse' plan.

Hearing this news, the old man was furious. He cursed for a whole day. Lier didn't know what 'Primal Pulse' meant, but she could tell from the old man's reaction how cruel and desperate this plan was.

Finally, from the man's words during another awakening, she learned that 'Primal Pulse' was actually an ultra-long-distance immigration plan. The goal was to migrate the seeds of civilization to a safe area through an extreme voyage. This plan sounded simple, but it was actually suicide. The so-called extreme didn't refer to simple long-distance teleportation or jumps, but a method of movement that Lier had never heard of.

"Zeroing."

Zeroing Voyage!!

This could be said to be the most mysterious and greatest idea in the universe. Its premise was based on the assumption that the universe was an unlimited, super-giant sphere. Its positive space was the surface of the sphere, and there were countless layers of space below. This idea was once confirmed, so subspace and primary anti-space were utilized one by one. But the most shocking thing about the Zeroing Voyage was that it wasn't an ordinary surface voyage, but an action to directly enter the core of the 'sphere' through a series of means.

In other words, the destination of the Zeroing Voyage was not the universe in the ordinary sense, but the point closest to the center of the sphere, beneath countless layers of anti-space!

This was simply suicide!!

Everyone knew how dangerous anti-space was. The destination of the Zeroing Voyage was even deeper than anti-space. It was hard to imagine how crazy its originator was. And it was betting on the entire civilization!

Even Lier could imagine how great the risks behind this voyage were. It could very well be a world-shattering event, leading to the extinction of the civilization.

But the result was beyond her expectations.

What she was about to face was not just a crazy leader, but a crazy... nation.

Faced with such a deranged plan, surprisingly, not many people in the entire civilization objected. Even the old man, who had been furious and cursing for a day, was not objecting to the plan itself, but to the execution time of the plan. In his words, this plan was too hasty, and there was no time to store even the most basic resources, which would definitely lead to losses outweighing the gains. If they continued to implement it, the entire civilization would be destroyed at the hands of this King.

Therefore, he even directly contacted the 'King' and expressed his protest. But the result was that it had to be implemented.

The King told him that the civilization had reached a point where it had to find a way out. And according to the King's prediction, in the vast universe, there was no longer a place for them to exist.

The entire universe... couldn't even accommodate a civilization?

Listening to the old man's words, Lier couldn't believe her ears.

But that was the fact. After receiving the King's order, the old man immediately changed his mind and stopped dwelling on the 'errors' of the plan, and instead began to calculate the plan's 'feasibility'.

It was only at this moment that Lier realized how powerful and how crazy this civilization was!!

The entire civilization actually began to operate with all its might, and that kind of determination and willingness to do anything made even Lier, the Queen of the mutated people, feel a chill down her spine.

Have you ever seen the destruction of an entire planet to leave no trace for the enemy?

Have you ever seen the cruelty of setting up destructive traps, even destroying star systems, to hinder the enemy?

Have you ever seen a plan that gathers the energy and resources of the entire civilization?

This was the reality! Everything happened after the 'Zeroing' plan. Although Lier didn't know how vast this civilization was, judging from the resources gathered in a short period of time, they definitely exceeded any of Lier's previous knowledge. Even the Third World was hard to match!

That was a truly unmatched and terrifying civilization, and even just a glimpse of it was enough to make the universe tremble.

But such a civilization was forced to abandon everything. This showed the cruelty of the laws of nature.

In the end, the preparations for the Zeroing plan were nearing completion. But there was still a crucial problem left... a problem that even the wisest of the entire civilization could not solve.

In the vast darkness, Lier woke up again. She didn't know how many times she had woken up, but she knew that even if she continued, she probably wouldn't have any changes. Awakening and confusion had become the main parts of her life, and other than that, there were only the conversations of those two men.

But this time, she didn't hear the voice of the middle-aged man. Only the old man, sighing softly beneath her.

His voice was very hoarse, and coupled with the coldness like metal friction, it made people's hair stand on end. But for some reason, Lier only felt closeness.

In the darkness, she faintly heard the old man sigh and say softly.

"I know... you should wake up..."

Lier was shocked, but couldn't speak.

"Don't worry," the old man said hoarsely. He seemed to glance at Lier. "I know your senses haven't fully developed. I also know your thoughts. No one likes to have their secrets discovered, so even you, the greatest creation in the universe, are no exception."

"But this shouldn't become an obstacle to communication between you and me."

"Maria."

Maria??

Is he talking about me? Lier pondered silently. This name... why is it so familiar?

But she didn't have time to think further, because the old man continued, "I'm sorry, Maria."

"I wanted to cultivate you into the strongest existence in the universe, our great savior. But... I couldn't do it. Instead, I have to ask you to make a sacrifice at this time."

The greatest existence? Savior? Sacrifice?

What are you talking about?

Lier was confused, but couldn't speak. At this moment, whether it was illusion or reality, they were closely integrated with her, making it difficult for her to distinguish where the illusion was and where the reality was.

The old man's apology sounded simple, but it felt like a needle piercing her heart, making her feel a faint pain. At this time, Lier realized that although she had never met this old man, in the depths of her heart, she had already regarded the old man as her closest person.

Commander? Instructor? Teacher?

Or maybe...

Father.

Lier didn't know what she was feeling, but at this moment, she felt a little heartache. No... it was an immense heartache. She felt heartache for the old man's decadence, and also heartache for herself... But, what was this? Lier couldn't say.

But in the following time, she gradually understood.

Because after that, the time she slept became longer and longer, and occasionally when she woke up, she heard the old man's words seemed to be more and more busy. Of course, he was no longer busy with Lier's growth, but with something else. In his words, it was called "Ark."

Time passed little by little, and Lier didn't know how many years had passed, maybe it was a moment, maybe it was countless years.

Finally, one day, Lier felt her body, and finally possessed other senses besides hearing. For the first time, she used her own will to open her eyes... and saw 'herself' clearly.

It was a super-giant... planet... that was more massive and vast than any planet she knew.