Xiao Qi Jing's Outburst, Lilina's Disaster

A small squad of Imperial Soldiers stepped forward in unison and carefully placed the dead Giant Warrior onto a transport platform. An Empire Technician in a white lab coat inserted a probe into his scalp and began reading images of his brain tissue at the moment of death. This would make the subsequent resurrection process smoother.

After that strange silvery-white radiant energy and his own courage faded away, the wounds covering the warrior's body finally burst open. From cracks in his shattered armor, dark-red blood tinged with blue light sprayed nearly several meters away. At first, we had not even realized he had been injured so badly.

Well, probably a third of those wounds came from those careless laser cuts earlier. After all, we had no idea the guy was still alive at the time...

Of course, those wounds were not fatal. What had truly killed the warrior was likely the deadly journey through space and the astonishing exhaustion he had suffered fighting Abyss enemies. Although he possessed combat strength beyond that of Imperial Soldiers, as a Carbon-Based Lifeform with innate physical limitations, facing both challenges at once had simply been too much for him.

"There are signs of mutation in his blood." Tawell smeared the faintly blue-glowing blood gathered from the ground across her fingertips, directly analyzing the secrets within it. "It seems he underwent artificial genetic modification. Every cell is mixed with strange but nonlethal impurities, allowing his body to far exceed the strength limit of carbon-based cells. But the source of that strange silver energy appears unrelated to the cellular mutations. It may be a manifestation of mental power: some kind of special ability."

"Leave the scientific analysis for later." Frowning, I walked toward the other corpse under tight surveillance, the distorted humanoid creature infected by Abyss