The Activation

Although the Biological Armor has been moving around quite frequently inside the Castle these days, this also means that Saide and his Biological Armor haven't done anything substantial to it.

In fact, the Star Sea Alliance was unaware that, in addition to the Biological Armor, the Life-Extending Serum was also a product that would not self-destruct once it left the so-called Swarm radiation range.

It contains many nanoscale materials, which, after entering the host's body, absorb nutrients and grow into Node Unit that can link to the Swarm Network and mark their own location. Then, they lie dormant, waiting for Rowan's further instructions.

Rowan would typically order them to secretly transform the host's body into Node Unit, allowing Rowan to locate them at any time, extract their spiritual bodies, and make them "his own."

However, the Swarm characteristics of the Life-Extending Serum were well concealed, and although the outsiders had always suspected it, they had never discovered anything. The Biological Armor, on the other hand, was different. It had a strong Swarm signature. Although it could stay away from the Swarm, it still had Gene Lock, and if anyone tried to do anything to it, it would initiate self-destruction.

There have been some people with strong curiosity who bought Biological Armor -Biological Armor at high prices, then planned to do bad things to it, only to end up losing more than they gained.

Afterwards, these people, perhaps feeling resentful that their enormous investment had been wasted, went to the Swarm's trading city to cause trouble, demanding compensation from the Swarm.

At that time, the Swarm had only been a member of the Star Sea Alliance for a short time. They probably thought the Swarm were just an ordinary Outer-Ring Civilizations and that the Swarm were easy to bully, so they came to blackmail and extort money from them. Otherwise, secretly cracking the core technology of another race would be a major taboo, so how could these people dare to openly bring it up?

However, the Swarm didn't tolerate their behavior and simply ignored them. As for their resistance to the Biological Armor, they let them be, since the Swarm wasn't expecting to profit from it anyway.

After the Swarm's initial silence, those individuals, after causing a ruckus for a while, realized they had gained nothing but wasted time and gave up. However, somehow, just as they were leaving the Swarm territory by ship, they accidentally struck a Void Mine, and they were all wiped out.

Although the Swarm was the main suspect in this incident, Swarm denied it, and after a brief war of words, the matter was dropped.

Rowan knew that the troublemaking outsiders were just pawns trying to test something, but the Swarm had been tested countless times before, so this was no big deal. In any case, he eventually sent them to where they were supposed to go, which was a way of venting his anger and showing his power.

However, through this incident, the Star Sea Alliance gained some understanding of the characteristics of the Biological Armor. Meanwhile, in the Saide, the Biological Armor is taken out of the secret room every day, though its purpose remains unclear.

But Rowan was quite certain that they hadn't done anything substantial to the Biological Armor. The Biological Armor's node beacon was still there; if Saide had done anything, the beacon should have disappeared by now.

They must know how terrifying the Swarm's Gene Lock is, and dare not act rashly. But he takes out his Biological Armor to examine it all day long; could he possibly discover something from it?

Rowan had been wondering what Saide and his team were planning to do. Did they really intend to decipher the secrets of the Biological Armor simply by reading their expressions?

Now, Rowan knows.

The Biological Armor has been activated.

The Biological Armor, which had been stored for a long time, was activated at this moment, but what use was it? Although Biological Armor was very rare and precious, this was because the Star Sea Alliance had a large population base, and they were currently at war with the Swarm, so there was no way to replenish the Biological Armor.

But in reality, during the decades-long honeymoon period between the Swarm and the Star Sea Alliance, at least tens of thousands of Biological Armor were lost from the Swarm Trade City.

At least most of them were merged into the swarm. Rowan didn't believe these guys hadn't secretly taken action. Not to mention those that had gone missing, Rowan had discovered several others within the Swarm Network.

However, Rowan locked their access when the Biological Armor was produced, so that if they were spied on, they would self-destruct even when out of contact.

Even if they are merged, they will self-destruct without harming the host's life. The reason they won't harm the host's life even if they are spied on is because this is, after all, a commodity. Rowan still needs it to convert important figures into his own people, so he certainly won't let it cause any deaths.

After all, that would be like strapping a time bomb to one's body; such a dangerous thing is something those important figures wouldn't try.

Saide and his team couldn't possibly be unaware of these things. So why did they use the Biological Armor they had treasured for so long? Did their many days of visual observation actually allow him to glean something?

Rowan shook his head, rejecting the idea. He knew his own abilities best. The Gene Lock thing was just a way to fool the Star Sea Alliance. In reality, it was an ability derived from his own body, a skill that transcended dimensions. Without reaching that level, it was absolutely impossible to break.

However, the Saide were unaware of this. But since they activated the Biological Armor, they must have made some discoveries, or perhaps they were simply conducting some experiments.

Rowan frowned in thought, and quickly came up with a possibility. Since the Star Sea Alliance had tried to break the fusion both before and after it occurred, what happened during the fusion process?

The Swarm initially advertised that once the Biological Armor was activated, it would absorb a large amount of nutrients from the host and undergo a fusion process. After this process was completed, the Biological Armor would separate again and return nutrients to the host, helping to improve the host's physical condition and increase its protection.

Could it be that they wanted to observe the fusion process? After all, from an outsider's perspective, this fusion process, which involves incorporating foreign flesh and blood, might be the weakest point in the Swarm's Gene Lock defense.

Regardless of their thoughts, for Rowan, the activation of the Biological Armor was an excellent thing. Compared to being left alone under the spotlight, once the Biological Armor merged with its host, any mutations or energy consumption would be difficult to detect thanks to the host's cover.

What puzzled Rowan was that, even at this stage, the Biological Armor still hadn't sent back any audio information.

Don't those people need to communicate? Rowan shook his head. That's impossible. Could Saide really complete an experiment of this level by himself? These are precious Zerg Biological Armor, a temporary, non-renewable resource. Every single one is precious. If it were Rowan himself, he would never be so hasty.