Colonial Suit

A swirling vortex of black mist formed in Bloodshot's hand, instantly changing Qing Yue's expression.

In that instant, she seemed to see an eye. A terrifying, demonic eye staring intently at her. The eye blinked within the mist and then vanished, but it was enough to leave Qing Yue drenched in cold sweat.

“This is…” Her voice trembled, her gaze filled with fear.

“Insurance,” Bloodshot replied, then presented the mist to Qing Yue.

Qing Yue's pupils constricted violently, and she involuntarily took a half-step back, as if Bloodshot were holding the most terrifying thing in the universe.

In fact, that was indeed the case, for this was the power of the Abyss, the only thing in the universe that could corrupt and kill her. Once she consumed it, it would be like planting an unstable bomb within her, one that could detonate at any moment and leave her without a trace.

Of course, as a collection of positive rules, perhaps Qing Yue could eventually digest it once she regained her true form. But who knew how much time and how many opportunities that would require?

“Is it… possible…” Qing Yue said with a wry smile, stammering. “To not eat it…”

“What do you think?” A hint of a cold smile appeared on Bloodshot's spectral face, his gaze fixed on the blue vortex beside Qing Yue. In the short time that had passed, most of the vortex had turned black, and it looked as if it was about to be completely corrupted.

“You have one minute.”

Qing Yue also noticed the situation with the blue mist vortex, and her expression changed again. After only a moment's hesitation, she gritted her teeth, took the mist from Bloodshot's hand, and swallowed it in one gulp.

The instant she swallowed the black mist, she seemed to hear countless ghosts screaming in her ears, and an endless sea of blood boiling around her.

Qing Yue's face turned as pale as paper, and her body became as blurred as a phantom.

She was still so beautiful, but in Bloodshot's eyes, he could clearly see a black seed seeping into her abdomen, then taking root and sprouting. Black tendrils began to invade every inch of Qing Yue's body, carefully avoiding interfering with the operation of normal rules.

Bloodshot smiled.

He knew that from that moment on, Qing Yue could no longer betray him.

Although Qing Yue was a collection of rules, the embodiment of a plane's will, how could the power of the Abyss be so simple? It was the will of Diablo, a hunter targeting the positive universe. Even the universe would be considered food by him, so what was a small plane like Qing Yue?

She would never be able to digest this Abyss energy, not until the end of the universe.

“Now you can take it,” Bloodshot said, pointing to the blue vortex not far away. A faint smile appeared on his face. “Don't worry, although what I gave you isn't exactly friendly, it will be a good help as long as you don't betray me. It will help you get everything you want, and even become your strength.”

“You will like it.”

“This one… This one understands.” Qing Yue's face was even paler, but she still bowed and then walked towards the blue vortex.

As she walked, her body became more and more blurred, eventually becoming almost non-existent. The blue vortex seemed to sense something and emitted a threatening pulse.

Unfortunately, it was no longer up to it. Although it had absolute control over its separated entity, how could it compare to the corruption of the Abyss? So, it was immediately suppressed by the power of the Abyss and could no longer make any 'sound'.

In the void, a look of poignant beauty appeared on Qing Yue's face, and then she merged with the blue vortex.

The next moment, the blue vortex suddenly shrank, and then expanded violently.

A large number of Abyss tendrils began to withdraw from its body, returning to the blood sea above. New rule lines began to form, replacing the parts that had been corrupted by the Abyss. In just a few minutes, the blue vortex returned to its original size and began to shrink, condense, and transform.

It was very fast, and the generation of new rules was also full of agility, without the previous sense of confinement. Within a large number of rule lines, the blue mist gradually condensed into a perfect human form, and then…

A new Qing Yue appeared before Bloodshot.

“Thank you for my Lord’s help.”

As soon as she appeared, Qing Yue knelt at Bloodshot's feet, showing absolute submission. In the red light of the blood sea, her long blue hair fell smoothly, revealing a beautiful back curve and fair skin. With Bloodshot's eyesight, he could even see the faint down on her neck.

A perfect, almost otherworldly beautiful shell.

Bloodshot shook his head inwardly, unable to understand why Qing Yue wanted to condense into such a form. He knew that for a plane will, a body was dispensable. She didn't need to turn back into Qing Yue. If she needed a body to hide her identity in the past, then at this moment, she only needed to stay in this void.

As a plane will, she could control the entire plane by constantly condensing new rules.

But this was also good. It was always more comfortable to have a clear target to talk to than to talk to the air.

Bloodshot smiled slightly and then began to restore his own body.

But his recovery was much more difficult than Qing Yue's. Perhaps the Abyss power was not full, or perhaps it was dissatisfied with being forced to withdraw by Bloodshot just now. At this moment, the Abyss power was full of unruly feeling, and even Bloodshot's restraint felt a little difficult. Every trace of the Abyss power required his great will to recover, and required the consumption of his spirit.

After a long time, the Abyss tendrils completely returned to the blood sea above and then quietly shrank, floating back to Bloodshot's shadow.

The shadow shook for a while, all the black mist instantly collapsed, revealing Bloodshot's body. The next moment, the black mist re-formed into mysterious runes, strange black lines, and returned to Bloodshot's skin.

Enduring the severe pain like being melted, Bloodshot watched as these black lines gradually disappeared, and finally showed a wry smile.

Sure enough, the power of the Abyss should not be used lightly.

Although there was no monitoring by the will of the universe here, each use of the Abyss power was equivalent to making it more adapted to the positive space, more greedy and thirsty. This was only beneficial to the original goal of the Abyss, but it was a complete disadvantage for himself who wanted to restrain the Abyss. Bloodshot estimated that if this continued to develop, then after a few more times, he might not be able to restrain it. At that time, the Abyss power would break through his restraints and directly confront the universe.

That would be a scene of destruction, and Bloodshot estimated that it would probably end with the failure of the Abyss power.

Still… too immature.

Still need to grow.

Bloodshot thought silently, just about to speak to Qing Yue.

Suddenly, a silver bell-like laughter came from the distant void. A figure jumped out.

“Ha, finally found you, how are you? The lovely and loyal nurse is here to visit!”

ps: The first update, Xiaodao is off work, now has a cold, a fever of 38, and is dizzy updating, it's hard to say whether I can write at night. It's really too painful to insist on working while sick. Especially after a day and night shift, I have to grit my teeth and code. Is this something a human can do?