Trouble

Conrads found it increasingly suspicious, but the Zerg's Biological Armor contained extremely advanced biotechnology, and even the Epoch Clan probably couldn't detect its problems.

No, no, no, Conrads realized that the Epoch Clan would definitely not be able to detect the problem inside the Biological Armor. Because this armor could be used to make items with extremely high added value, it was impossible for no one in the Epoch Clan to obtain it.

During this period, it's impossible that the Epoch Clan who acquired them never conducted any inspections. Yet, until now, there has never been any rumor from the Epoch Clan that there's anything wrong with the armor.

Conrads knew that Elder Humins of the Epoch Clan, who was stationed at the front, had obtained a set of this Biological Armor because he had interacted with the Zerg in the past.

It was because of this that Mowei became involved with Humins, successfully buying ten years for their Lashudia Clan. When Conrads arrived at the front lines, he even met Elder Humins through Mowei's introduction.

At the time, Conrads didn't notice anything unusual about the two, but now that he's sorted out some of the relationships, he feels a chill run down his spine.

If even the most powerful elder of the Epoch Clan on the front lines is influenced by the Zerg, then aren't those of us who came to fight the Zerg just lambs to the slaughter?

But he couldn't tell anyone about this.

This is still uncertain; it's all just his imagination. At least the Biological Armor he currently possesses is only slightly warm. Perhaps this is normal, but the unusual timing has caused him to overthink it.

If he reports this matter and it turns out to be a complete fabrication, he will likely offend a large number of people.

Similarly, what if this is true? There are many people with Zerg Biological Armor, and many use it as a cover. If there's something wrong with it, and what if the person he reported it to happens to be one of them? It would be better to pass the report to Humins, otherwise he would be in great danger.

Moreover, even if the person he reported is innocent, he is now also a member of the Zerg Biological Armor. In the end, it's hard to say whether he will be implicated as a collateral damage.

But if he didn't report it, and this thing really did have brainwashing capabilities, the consequences would still be severe. Conrads was at a loss; he didn't know what to do. It seemed that no matter what he did now, there wouldn't be a good outcome.

Suddenly, his eyes caught sight of his Adjutant beside him. His eyes lit up, and he glanced around. That's right, these guys didn't have the resources to acquire the Zerg's Biological Armor. Yet they still hadn't noticed anything amiss earlier. Did this mean the problem wasn't with the Biological Armor?

But if it wasn't Biological Armor, then what was it? Conrads was lost in thought.

Suddenly, his body trembled slightly, so slightly that even sophisticated body monitoring equipment couldn't detect the problem. His eyes glazed over for a moment before returning to normal.

After a moment, his eyes glazed over again, then brightened, as if all the problems that had been troubling him had been solved. At that moment, he felt better than ever before.

Rowan, who was attached to this universe, was like someone who had opened a hole in the universe when he only had one territory, constantly drawing nourishment from it. As the territory grew larger, the hole also grew larger, and the speed at which he drew nourishment increased.

Rowan initially thought this was the correct way to upgrade, until he opened his first branch base.

After establishing a branch base in an unfamiliar star region within this universe, it's equivalent to opening another opening in this universe. Even if the new opening is small, the speed at which it absorbs nutrients is far more efficient than simply expanding territory.

As the Swarm expands its bases, it also means Rowan is opening more and more portals within this universe. Not only is his growth accelerating, but the increasing number of portals also strengthens his connection with this universe, leading to a corresponding increase in some of his abilities.

Both Life-Extending Serum and Biological Armor can subtly modify a creature's body. This modification can help the target creature's body become a Node Creature entity, allowing Rowan to locate the target creature's mental coordinates outside this universe.

However, this modification will not affect the target creature's consciousness; at least before Rowan made his move, everything about the target creature was normal.

Once this transformation is complete, the target creature becomes a toy that Rowan can manipulate at will. Rowan can kill it or transform it into Intellect at any time, and currently, the Star Sea Alliance's technology, regardless of which civilization's member, including the Epoch Clan, cannot stop this process.

Rowan is now quite adept at modifying Intellect. Because many of his "own people" hold high positions in the Star Sea Alliance, Rowan is also quite familiar with the Alliance's measures to defend against the Zerg.

However, Rowan's operations have actually deviated from the scope of biotechnology. Therefore, he has many ways to evade the Star Sea Alliance's monitoring, especially as he becomes stronger, these methods become simpler and more brutal.

Previously, he would have to strike when the target was dormant, but now, for example, Conrads's transformation was completed instantly among a crowd while the target was fully awake.

The specific operation is very simple. First, locate Conrads' position, then Rowan extracts his spiritual body from his body. At the moment he finishes his operation, Rowan instantly inserts another Intellect into Conrads' body.

This was the first time his eyes seemed dazed. At this moment, Conrads had become a different person. However, the Intellect occupying his body was already very familiar with Conrads, and even if he talked and communicated with others for a short time, it would never give him away.

Rowan then extracted the consciousness from Conrads's spiritual body, absorbed the pure spiritual body, and then used this energy to create a blank Intellect.

While performing this operation, Rowan will also copy Conrads' consciousness, and then combine the copied consciousness with the blank Intellect.

At this point, the original Conrads was actually completely dead; what existed now was only Conrads who had been branded with the Zerg mark and had become a complete member of the Zerg.

Having completed all this, Rowan once again extracted the Intellect from Conrads's body and then inserted Intellect named Conrads. This is why Conrads's eyes were dazed the second time.

Rowan didn't actually want to switch Conrads so early, because switching this high-ranking commander on the Alliance's front lines to one of his own would inadvertently reduce a lot of the fun in the game.

But who told this kid to overthink things? If he caused any trouble, even Rowan would find it a real hassle. Between trouble and fun, Rowan could only choose to eliminate the trouble first.