Sorting It Out

Rowan has confirmed that the host of this Biological Armor is a Pot Spirit Race, but whether he is Cecil is unknown.

However, Rowan felt that it was most likely not Cecil. Because based on the current situation, the host not only had to act as an experimental subject during the fusion and go through unknown experiences, but also, judging from the expression of the gene sequence, his original body had been tampered with.

Cecil is, after all, an elder of the Epoch Clan. If it were just a simple fusion of Biological Armor, that wouldn't be a problem. But to go this far, isn't the sacrifice a bit too great for Cecil?

While the Zerg's Biological Armor was valuable, it wasn't worth risking the life of an Epoch Clan elder. Therefore, Rowan thought that the fact that the test subject was a Pot Spirit Race was likely a coincidence, or perhaps just a simple quirk of Saide's.

Judging from the architectural style of his Castle, this guy seems to have a special fondness for the Pot Spirit Race. It seems reasonable for him to use a Pot Spirit Race as a test subject.

However, nothing is absolute. Cecil's origins as a Pot Spirit Race meant that suspicion could not be completely eliminated. It's a pity that Humins only communicated with him via video. If they could have met in person and had a more in-depth conversation, obtaining some of Cecil's DNA information, a simple comparison would have sufficed, instead of all this guessing.

The fusion of the Biological Armor continued, and Rowan's attention became increasingly focused. If the other side wanted to peek into the secrets of the Zerg, now was the best opportunity, given their knowledge.

However, the current configuration of the Biological Armor is too low, and it can only provide too little feedback, leaving Rowan somewhat passive. This cannot continue; Rowan felt that sometimes, it was necessary to take some risks.

Under his authorization, the Biological Armor, which was originally just following the established procedures, secretly intercepted a portion of the energy and then produced some sensory nerves, connecting some cells together.

At the same time, it also attempted to connect to the host's sensory nerves, which were somewhat abnormal and contradicted certain genetic information of the Pot Spirit Race. Fortunately, Rowan found some familiar places among them and successfully connected to a part of them, sharing some of the host's tactile information.

However, these sensory connections made during the adventure did not help Rowan obtain more information. The host's current state was very strange, seemingly in a completely static state.

The host made no move, leading Rowan to speculate that Saide and his team had completely paralyzed the host to ensure the experiment's success. This suggested that the other side might be planning something big next.

Fortunately, reality didn't slap Rowan in the face this time. Although the host's own sensory nerves didn't provide any useful information, the Biological Armor's mutated sensory system detected something different.

Some very, very small creatures are lingering outside its biowall and are beginning to try to make contact with the Biological Armor, which seems to be quite malicious.

Rowan quickly figured out what these little things were: Nano-robot. The term Nano-robot, or rather nanotechnology, is not uncommon in civilizations that primarily rely on mechanical methods.

In the historical records of many civilizations, even before they had the ability to leave their Mother Planet, the term "nano" appeared very frequently. These terms included nanomedicine, nanochemistry, nanoelectronics, and nanomaterials.

However, these usually only represent a general scientific term for research within a certain scale, and many of them are just theories; turning them into reality is not so easy.

However, this does not include the Epoch Clan. The Epoch Clan has existed for millions of years, and their unique civilization model allows them to continuously draw on outstanding researchers from the Star Sea Alliance to drive their own progress.

With so many outstanding talents working hard generation after generation, it shouldn't be too difficult to create some truly meaningful Nano-robot.

It seems that Saide and his team are planning to use nanoscale robots to observe the process of the Zerg Biological Armor fusion with its host at close range, in order to find and attempt to find a way to intervene in this process.

But they're probably overthinking it. Even for the Epoch Clan, there are still some limitations inherent in Nano-robot that they will find difficult to overcome. The most important of these is that the smaller their size, the more limited their function becomes.

This prevents them from performing very precise operations. Even when their size is as small as one nanometer, they can only execute a few simple commands and cannot actively provide feedback.

The fusion of Biological Armor is based on a level even smaller than nanometers. Nanometers alone are not enough. Moreover, even if it reaches the level required for fusion with Biological Armor, Rowan would still need to refrain from interfering.

The Nano-robot roaming outside the Biological Armor are about twenty nanometers in size, which means they are more fully equipped and have more functions. They can execute relatively complex commands and also provide feedback.

Presumably, they were worried that a hasty incursion would be interpreted as an attack by the Biological Armor, causing Biological Armor to collapse. Therefore, the Nano-robot did not act rashly; they constantly hovered around the fusion point, trying to identify the parts that were fusing.

Perhaps they believe that the merging parts will confuse the Biological Armor's judgment mechanism, and using this as a starting point, they might be able to gradually unlock the Zerg's Gene Lock step by step.

Seeing Saide and his team's arrangements, Rowan breathed a sigh of relief. The unknown is always worrying. Now that the fog of the unknown has been lifted and Saide and his team's trump cards have been revealed, some targeted arrangements can be made.

There's really no need for Rowan to make any further arrangements. The Biological Armor's established design is its greatest protection. If all else fails, just let the Biological Armor collapse on its own, then blame it all on the defense mechanism and let Sain and the others continue their research.

Now that he had a way to block the opponent's spear, Rowan could also try to launch a counterattack. Some of the opponent's situations had been on Rowan's mind, and his burning curiosity urged him to figure out the key to it.

The Biological Armor began to accelerate its fusion process and started attempting to integrate more of the host's nervous system. If Rowan wanted to understand the current situation inside the Castle, the fastest way was through the host's eyes and ears.

If we can figure out and connect to these two neural pathways, we will inevitably be able to obtain more information. Many previous speculations and mysteries can also be cleared up in this opportunity.

However, Saide and his group did indeed tamper with the host quite a bit. The familiar body structure and genetic information of the Pot Spirit Race were disrupted and replaced in too many ways, Rowan had to slowly sort them out.

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