Colonial Suit

Close all power?

What is this about? Wouldn't the mothership be like a coffin in space then? No one could understand the old geezer's order. However, out of obedience to him, they executed it immediately. In just a moment, the lights of the mothership went out one by one, turning it into a cold, steel behemoth. Except for the main power module in the engine room, which was still running slowly, all other modules stopped operating.

It wasn't that they didn't want to follow the old geezer's orders. It was just that if even the main power module was stopped, the entire mothership's functions would be completely lost. Even the life support system couldn't be maintained completely. Billions of members on the entire mothership would face life-threatening danger.

"What are you doing? Don't you understand my orders? I said, shut down all power!" The old geezer immediately noticed the anomaly and shouted loudly.

"Don't keep a single bit of power! Including that damned engine room!"

"But, sir!" The captain couldn't help but protest, his face covered in cold sweat. "Without it, we..."

"You will face danger, but it's better than dying immediately!" The old geezer interrupted the captain unceremoniously, saying with disappointment, "Hurry up! I will do my best to protect you. Execute the order!"

"Yes, sir!" The captain agreed helplessly. Then, he issued the command to the engine room. Three minutes later, the mothership's last power module also began to shut down.

The entire mothership seemed to have entered a dark world. There wasn't a single light anymore.

Without power, the anti-gravity system couldn't function either. Gradually, people entered a state of weightlessness, floating in the increasingly cold bridge. But this wasn't the most terrifying thing. As energy was lost, the mothership's life support system began to shut down, and necessities for human survival, such as oxygen, began to deplete slowly. Some people already felt suffocated.

Cold, weightlessness, lack of oxygen. These were all fatal factors for ordinary people. Coupled with the inability to activate the shields and filtration facilities, the deadly rays of the universe also began to gradually invade the ship's hull. If this continued, perhaps in just a few hours, the entire mothership would become a dead zone.

It could be said that this was the worst environment since the mothership's maiden voyage. As time passed, the crew members gradually began to enter a state of functional failure. Some people desperately clutched their throats, their eyes wide open. Body temperature, heartbeat, all signs of life began to leave them.

They looked at the old geezer in fear, not understanding why he would issue such an inhumane order. As a 'King,' didn't he even have the ability to protect this mothership?

And what exactly was this so-called Mana Root Maze?

Of course, the old geezer didn't know what the crew members were thinking, but he couldn't care less. Because at this moment, even he began to feel nervous, focusing his mind to perceive everything around him.

The reason was that he knew better than anyone how terrifying the so-called 'Mana Root Maze' was.

This was an existence that made people in the Third World, and even the Second World, turn pale with fear. But because it was so rare and so terrifying, not many people knew about it. The old geezer happened to be one of them.

The Mana Root Maze was actually the sacred domain of the Mana race.

It couldn't be considered an ability, nor was it a common attack skill of cosmic warriors. Instead, it was a surreal extension that transcended time and space. It was one of the strongest guardian talents of the Mana race. To this day, the number of Mana race experts who could use this move in the entire universe didn't exceed five fingers.

The only reason was that it wasn't a manifestation of the user's own ability at all, but a projection of the Mana race's sacred mother tree. In other words, once you entered this maze, you wouldn't be facing a single cosmic warrior, but the threat of the entire Mana race's most powerful sacred mother tree. Its significance was no different from a person facing the entire universe!

You had to know that the Mana race's sacred mother tree was said to have been born with the universe...

Looking at the green light spreading outside the window and the countless thick roots, the old geezer only felt a splitting headache, and his heart couldn't help but twitch.

The more you knew, the greater the fear.

As a famous 'King,' he knew too well how terrifying these roots were. Even if only touched by a strand, these roots would wrap around like vipers, sucking the energy of the entire mothership dry. This energy wasn't just energy in the ordinary sense, even human life wouldn't be an exception.

Because those were the roots of the Mana Ancient Tree. One of the most terrifying existences in the universe.

Records about the Mana Ancient Tree have mostly been lost in the universe. The only thing that could be confirmed was that it was an unimaginably huge tree. It was the origin of all life force. The reason why the Mana people could occupy a part of the universe's high-end civilization was that they contributed the life energy extended from it (also called Mana energy). And this energy, which could affect the balance of the universe, was just a parasite on the ancient tree. It was enough to see how unimaginable this ancient tree was.

No one could understand the origin, existence, and growth of the Mana Ancient Tree. All civilizations only knew that the Mana Ancient Tree was one of the most mysterious creatures in this universe. Its existence condensed all the adjectives related to mystery, incredibility, and miracles. So much so that some people even speculated that it wasn't a product of this universe, but a relic of the previous universe era. Its source could even directly enter the core of the universe, beneath the 'Abyss' that only appeared in legends.

But of course, these were not within the old geezer's scope of consideration. What he feared was reality.

Green Rain actually moved this great weapon of the universe in front of him.

Mana Root Maze!!

Even the legendary 'Emperor' would have a headache with this name, not to mention himself. The reason was that it was the only way to ignore the hierarchy and use the power of a stellar level to drive the Mana Ancient Tree. The principle was to materialize the Mana Root system and forcibly project it onto the battlefield.

As everyone knew, there were countless routes for the evolution of cosmic warriors, but in the end, they all came down to the understanding of the universe's binary energy rules and the utilization of multi-layered anti-space. The more one could drive deeper anti-space rules, the more incredible combat power one could exert. And the stellar level was precisely a crucial node. It represented the power to drive the second, or even the third layer of anti-space!! So it was the king of the Third World.

Even energy civilizations had to pay attention to it!

It was just that no matter how powerful the stellar level was, when facing the legendary Mana Root Maze, one would also feel one's own powerlessness.

The reason was that this ability had exceeded the cognition of the stellar level. It didn't involve the utilization of anti-space, but instead, it projected the roots of the Mana Ancient Tree out of thin air, creating an environment similar to spatial displacement. The result of this was that this skill was the only one that could ignore the laws of the universe and use the power beyond the stellar level with the strength of the stellar level.

In fact, the Mana Root Maze had already reached the level that even the stellar level could not touch in that legend.

That mysterious, unrecorded hierarchy.

"Green Rain, are you courting death?"

Looking at the endless green world and countless thick roots outside the window, the old geezer said to himself with a heavy face.

He was the only one on the entire mothership who recognized the situation. He also knew what kind of sacrifice Green Rain had made.

The Mana Root Maze was by no means something that a stellar level could drive. No matter whether it was using the power of the Mana Ancient Tree or something else, projecting it here meant transcending the rules and endless sacrifice!

The existence of the Mana Ancient Tree was too mysterious and high-end. Its roots, even a trace of it, exceeded the limits of human imagination. How could an ordinary life achieve the ability to project such a terrifying existence into a designated area?

In the entire universe, only the top experts of the Mana race could do this at the cost of a huge price. This was not a question of strength, but the Mana race itself was the race in the universe that was closest to nature, loved life the most, and was the best at defense. Their existence was the most incomprehensible mystery in the universe. Perhaps in terms of attack, the Mana race could not reach the corner of some cosmic warriors, but in terms of defense and toughness, even the strongest cosmic warriors had to stop.

This was the power of life!! It was the greatest natural force in the universe!!

Even a 'King' like the old geezer had to be afraid in the face of such great and legendary power!!

Mana Ancient Tree, the most legendary life! In this form, this kind of singularity. Blocking in front of the mothership of the universe mercenary!!

"Sir!" Heck stepped forward with a solemn face. "The mothership is overwhelmed. How about, let me..."

"Heck." The old geezer interrupted Heck, his eyes pointing directly at the endless world outside the porthole. But the tone was endless sighing. "Do you think I don't know the current situation? But this is nature... Great nature... Mana Ancient Tree, the greatest creature in the universe, in front of it, any life will only feel its own insignificance. No matter what level we evolve to, it is still like a drop in the ocean..."

......." Heck's eyes turned to the outside of the window, but he did not look forward to it like the old man. Just faint, full of indifference and unknown.

In the vast and endless green, he replied word by word. "I only know that it will lead us to death. So"... It is the enemy. And the enemy must be eliminated."

"Heh, how easy it is to talk about." The old geezer smiled bitterly and shook his head. "The projection of the Mana Ancient Tree looks like just an illusion. But in fact, it involves deep spatial rules. To put it bluntly, it's like splicing two completely different spaces together. A miracle that transcends time and space. I don't know how Green Rain did it, but there is no doubt that she has sacrificed everything. And how can you and I stop the trick that even a stellar level has to sacrifice?"

"The Mana Root Maze is an unsolvable problem in the Third World." Speaking of this, only a wry smile remained on the old geezer's face.

But then, he turned around and said softly.

"It seems that I was too careless this time. I didn't expect the energy civilization of the Third World to make such a sacrifice. But in any case, this should not be what you face."

"Let me, this old bone, solve this matter."

"Sir!"

Heck exclaimed, and before he could stop him, the old geezer waved his hand, took a step down with a wry smile, and appeared in the green world outside in the next moment.

"Old woman!" he shouted loudly. His face was full of bad luck. "If you don't come out to help, you will be a widow at any moment!!"