Starting as a Mechanical Hunter
Chapter 1697

Corrupted Begonia

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Normally, outsiders could not see inside the "Tower of Silence."

Especially when the "Tower of Silence" was decrypting information.

But for some unknown reason, outsiders could actually see what was happening inside this time.

It stood there quietly. Its surface was not a smooth mirror, but had a flowing, mercury-like texture, while still carrying the weight of metal.

When light fell upon it, it did not form sharp highlights. Instead, the light was softly absorbed and transformed. Its base color was a cold steel gray, but within it, extremely faint veins with a biological quality seemed to pulse slowly, emitting a dim blue or pale golden glow.

Its lines perfectly followed the contours of the human body, like a second skin, yet they contained the precise, powerful strength of machinery.

The joints were not simple hinge structures. Instead, they were covered in layers of living metal plates resembling dragon scales or carapaces, ensuring that its movements were as smooth and natural as real muscles.

When it was still, its surface would occasionally rise and fall ever so slightly, like a sleeping creature, as if it were breathing.

"An—exoskeleton?"

This player finally found the corresponding option in his distant memories.

No AI module, no weapons system, not even an information-processing system. If it wasn't an exoskeleton, then what was it?

"An exoskeleton, probably first-tier, right?"

Another player sounded uncertain.

"It depends on whether it has an implanted system. If it has one of those old-fashioned neural connectors, it might be able to reach the second tier."

This player carefully recalled what he knew.

"This probably isn't that simple. Maybe it has something like a 'quantum computing module' or a 'nanoscopic AI system,' the kind we can't detect."

As soon as he said this, the player who had called it an "exoskeleton"

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