Chapter 422: The Birth of the [Symbiotic Bio-Armor]!

"Everyone's here. I'm really sorry, something urgent came up just now." Li Yu, with a genial smile on his face, slowly walked down the metal stairs.

"Duke Li Yu sure puts on great airs. What could be so urgent that it must be handled at this time?" Someone's tone was With veiled hostility.

"Sorry, sorry..." Li Yu didn't get angry either.

Actually, since the Avatar had completed the mission, it wouldn't run away. His urgency in handling it was just because he wanted to see the harvest as soon as possible.

Seeing his good attitude, the expressions of some people eased a bit. Since he was willing to apologize, it seemed this Duke was not an arrogant person.

It was just a slight delay, not a big deal.

"Your Excellency Duke, please don't take it to heart." Someone spoke up, "It's normal to have urgent matters to deal with."

A slight clamor arose among the numerous generals, seemingly discussing something in low voices.

However, no one aggressively pursued this issue. After all, Li Yu's current Identity, Strength, and Status were all above theirs.

"Commander-in-Chief Horus, long time no see." Li Yu walked up to Horus, once again confirming that he had absolutely no urge to attack Horus.

"To think I'm really not a good person..." Li Yu muttered secretly.

Due to his "Curse" on Horus, all creatures on the side of justice harbored more or less hostility towards Horus.

The stronger the sense of justice in one's heart, the stronger this impulse was.

Yet facing Horus, Li Yu's heart was completely unruffled, which made it somewhat "hard to accept" for him.

Horus frowned slightly. He always felt Li Yu's eyes were somewhat strange, seeming very friendly towards him. Perhaps this was due to his inherent impression.

After all, more than half a year ago, he and Vimala were still discussing how to silently kill this guy.

Now they had become teammates in the same trench. The fantastical development of the situation made him feel it was somewhat absurd.

But being an Old Fox after all, he quickly adjusted his mindset and said in a deep voice: "On behalf of the Expeditionary Force, I welcome your arrival."

Immediately after, he pointed to a senior general beside him: "The Black Pupil Fleet has finished its preparations. This is the deputy Commander of the Black Pupil Fleet—Nelson. You can connect with him."

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Black Pupil Fleet—Nelson, reporting to you!" Nelson said robustly.

Li Yu nodded, then signaled Hunter to communicate with him. Horus glanced at Hunter and reluctantly acknowledged that he had the qualifications.

"It's wartime right now, everything is simplified. There won't be a welcoming banquet, so all of you can head back." Horus waved his hand, dismissing the rest of the senior generals.

Some senior generals had long not wanted to stay here. Their fluorescent blue projections flickered instantly, and then disappeared from the spot.

There was another group who eagerly greeted Li Yu, exchanged contact information with each other, and then logged off and left.

"You didn't encounter any danger on the way, did you?" Horus inquired.

This rather caring attitude made Li Yu somewhat uncomfortable. He looked at Horus strangely and answered: "...Although we encountered a few waves of attacks, overall it was more of a scare than real danger."

"That's good..." Of course Horus wasn't actually caring about Li Yu, he was just indirectly asking if that Glove was dangerous.

The two walked side-by-side at the very front, while Horus's and Li Yu's guards followed behind them.

Hunter stared blankly at Li Yu, who was standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Horus, chatting and laughing, and a certain strange emotion swelled in his heart.

"...15,237 Assault Cruisers, 3,465 Frigates, equipped with..." Nelson was still reporting the specific data of the Black Pupil Fleet to Hunter.

Horus told Li Yu the general situation. During this time, they had exchanged blows with the Troll Legion and the Four-Armed Titan Legion multiple times, and both sides suffered losses.

"...Although their attacks seem fierce, based on my past experience, this is not their full Strength."

"Several secret weapons of the Star Glory Empire haven't been deployed."

Horus looked a bit puzzled: "As for why the Four-Armed Titan Fleet was dispatched over, I temporarily don't have many clues..."

Horus didn't hide much from Li Yu, because they now both belonged to Vimala's core circle.

Listening to Horus's investigation intelligence, Li Yu nodded, his eyes flickering, and spoke: "I think Gensokyo is an important direction of investigation."

"The possibility of the Four-Armed Titan Legion coming because of me is too small. If it were because of me, they might as well hire a few more bounty hunters."

Actually, Li Yu had basically confirmed the existence of Gensokyo, so the Star Glory Empire was also very likely here for Gensokyo.

"I have the same thought." Horus nodded, and then his expression looked quite hesitant. For a sly and cunning Old Fox, this was quite rare.

"There's another thing you need to pay Attention to. The Radiant Council's alliance with us was too abrupt. The reason they gave on the surface was to curb the disordered expansion of the Star Glory Empire."

Horus clearly hadn't let down his guard against the Radiant Council.

"But I guess there must be a deeper reason. The leader of this alliance is the Solar Councilor, a Councilor renowned for his profound plotting abilities."

"He might be scheming something behind the scenes."

The reason the Radiant Council allied was because that Solar Councilor got Conned by Li Yu.

Hearing Horus's warning, Li Yu expressed his understanding.

Before coming, he had used his Ability to Glimpse the Future, attempting to learn some news.

However, this was a battlefield, and battles were the most common occurrence, so he couldn't get much useful information at all.

The two were conversing, and when they passed by a deck Blast Door, Li Yu raised his eyebrows.

"Hmm?"

He then backed up, staring at the guard on the left, his eyes looking a bit surprised: "Why are you here?"

"Haha, I knew Boss you would definitely notice me." Max's expression instantly became animated, extremely excited.

Horus frowned slightly. How did Aisel spawn such a thing?

Li Yu took two steps back in disgust, looking at Edwin on the side. "You're here too?"

"It was my father's and Prince Connor's request. They felt this war is a rare tempering opportunity." Max explained halfway, then muttered:

"Actually, it's just to fish for Merit. Commander Horus won't even let us go to the battlefield."

The corners of Horus's eyes twitched slightly. Since you know, yet speak so directly, I'd actually like you to go to the battlefield.

As long as you die and those two guys don't hold a grudge against me, that's fine.

Edwin was also somewhat Speechless, shaking his head without speaking. He was already used to Max's erratic personality.

Li Yu, however, shook his head and laughed, turning to Horus and saying: "Transfer these two guys to me."

"Alright!"

Horus agreed immediately on the spot. He had long found this little Bastard Max an eyesore, so throwing him out now was just right.

"Great!" Max was extremely excited. Following his own Boss felt much better; standing guard every day like a doorman was so boring.

Horus arranged a dedicated room for him on this Interstellar Fortress where he could temporarily rest, or he could also directly head to the Black Pupil Fleet.

The "Circe" Interstellar Fortress took over three years to build, gathering various cutting-edge Technologies of Returning Star. It had been in service for sixteen years, counting as an old veteran.

Some less important Blast Door connections were already emitting strange noises, as if there was a problem with the internal structure.

Li Yu entered his room, and immediately, Impatient, he took out the [Symbiote - Carnage] from the System Space.

Just like in the movie, this small piece of symbiote was also continuously tumbling blood-colored liquid, but it kept transmitting thought fluctuations of reverence towards Li Yu.

According to the System's description, this thing could attach to any object, and could strengthen itself by Devouring lifeforms.

Li Yu took out the red liquid and casually placed it on his palm.

Carnage seemed to want to attach to Li Yu, but without Li Yu's permission, it didn't make any movements.

Li Yu touched this red liquid and gave the command to attach.

The next moment, Carnage was like a runaway wild horse; red web-like veins extended across Li Yu's body, rapidly covering his whole body.

And the feeling it gave him was like being wrapped in a layer of cold jelly.

As for the Amplification to combat power, he didn't feel much. After all, this thing was relatively weak at the beginning and wouldn't provide him much help.

Looking at the mirror in the room, Li Yu couldn't help but roast: "This is way too ugly."

His appearance presented in the mirror wasn't much different from the movie. The ferocious exterior and the bloody maw stretching to the roots of his ears were extremely out of line with his Aesthetics.

Sensing Li Yu's disgust, Carnage rapidly detached from Li Yu's body surface, transmitting aggrieved thought fluctuations.

It wasn't like it could decide its appearance, it had no choice either.

Li Yu ignored it, and instead let the [Titan Colonization Armor] detach from his body surface and float in mid-air.

He issued a command again, letting Carnage attach to the [Titan Colonization Armor]. The [Titan Colonization Armor] could strengthen itself by Devouring foreign Technology.

And Carnage could Devour biological entities to strengthen itself. If the two were combined, it would simply be perfect complementarity, simultaneously raising the potential of the [Titan Colonization Armor].

As the blood-red web-like veins covered the entire [Titan Colonization Armor], the two underwent a deep integration. The jelly-like substance penetrated deep into the [Titan Colonization Armor].

The [Titan Colonization Armor] gradually degraded from its armor mode into its primitive form, surging like a nano-stream, blending together with Carnage.

The material used to craft the [Titan Colonization Armor] was extremely special, and Carnage didn't even belong to this world.

As time passed, the nano-stream gradually turned blood-red. Every particle-level material within it was wrapped with the Symbiote Battle Armor.

This change surprised Li Yu a bit. He reached out his hand, and the [Titan Colonization Armor] rapidly covered him, deriving pieces of blood-gold mechanical outer Armor that interlocked with each other.

It was completely different from its previous style, possessing an overwhelming bloody murderous intent.

Now that's more like it. Li Yu nodded in satisfaction. This appearance was at least satisfactory to him.

With a thought, the blood-colored symbiote on his back surged and gathered, then rapidly spat out a thick mechanical cannon. The composition of the technological equipment was completely different from before.

It seemed to have sped up quite a bit, and the Energy transportation efficiency had also improved.

The mutual enhancement brought by the combination of the two was even greater than he imagined.

Immediately after, Li Yu walked towards the bottom-level prison of the fortress. In specially reinforced electromagnetic Cells, highly threatening captives were held one by one.

"Open this Cage..." Li Yu pointed at the Cage in front of him, which held a ferocious behemoth over five meters tall.

Its exterior resembled a rhinoceros, its whole body covered in metallic Scale Armor, and it was firmly nailed in place by Black Chains.

The single horn on its head had already been broken off, but its eyes were still fierce, intending to be Predatory and Ferocious.

The guards naturally knew Li Yu's Identity and didn't dare to neglect, hurriedly opening the Cage.

The creature imprisoned within let out a restless low roar. The Armor on Li Yu extended blood-colored Protoplasmic Avatars, directly piercing into this creature's body.

Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, this behemoth's body rapidly shriveled, and in a short while, only a layer of skin remained.

The guards outside stared blankly, unable to help but retreat several steps continuously. It was really too terrifying!

Streams of faint blood-colored Energy merged into the [Titan Colonization Armor], strengthening it. Although the power was very faint, this creature was only an ordinary C-class lifeform after all.

What if it was replaced with an A-Tier Lifeform?

If this continued over a long period, the [Titan Colonization Armor] would inevitably be greatly enhanced.

Although the [Titan Colonization Armor] was a product from the Titan Civilization, possessing the power to Devour technological creations.

The material used to craft it, something similar to Nanoparticles, had limitations itself. As Li Yu's Strength grew stronger and stronger, it was gradually approaching its limit.

Following normal development, in the near future, the [Titan Colonization Armor] that had accompanied him for a long time might lose its value.

However, this symbiote enhanced the [Titan Colonization Armor], giving it the potential to be upgraded.

Now perhaps it shouldn't be called the [Titan Colonization Armor], but should be called the [Symbiotic Bio-Armor]!

...

At the same time, above the Solar Diadem, numerous Deities of The Council gathered together once again.

However, on the side of the Neutral Deities, the God Of Justice was missing. Who knows where he went to sulk.

"The time has arrived. When do we strike?" Someone among Nightmare's Subordinate Deities asked.

The Neutral Deities mostly had bewildered faces. What happened recently? How did the time suddenly arrive?

However, there were a few smart guys whose eyes flickered, clearly guessing something from this.

"Don't act rashly for now, otherwise it's very likely the Star Glory Empire will take advantage of it." Solar's Subordinate Deity was very cautious, shaking his head and saying.

"Then we wait for the next time the Star Glory Empire attacks, and we'll look for an opportunity again."

"Alright, before we succeed, no infighting is allowed." A multicolored Subordinate Deity exhorted.

The Deities were all Noncommittal. After all, infighting was truly too common in The Council.

Using a certain honorific incorrectly, or calling a certain Divine Name wrong, could possibly develop into a Bloody Battle.

"Horus is not a simple opponent, and Returning Star is very likely to be furious because of this, we need to be vigilant of their follow-up actions."

"...We also need to be vigilant of Li Yu, that Glove is very powerful..."

"...Relax, we have already made preparations, he won't be able to make any waves."

The Deities were discussing. What they worried about was not whether they could catch Li Yu; with their lineup and preparations, it was almost foolproof.

What they were worried about was the aftermath. Acting against Li Yu would definitely make Returning Star go crazy.

Numerous Neutral Deities Look at Each Other in Dismay, only then understanding that this group of people were actually going to act against Li Yu. How shameless can they get?

(End of this chapter)