Clearing Up the Confusion

Those extraterrestrials who acquired and fused with the Biological Armor were mostly prominent figures in the Star Sea Alliance. Even if Rowan was extremely curious about the process, he couldn't possibly disregard the bigger picture and allow his curiosity to affect those Fu Zi.

Now he can only hope that Saide and his team still have a tiny bit of compassion and won't completely disregard the feelings of the test subjects for the sake of the experiment.

As time continued to pass, the fusion progress of the Biological Armor was approaching 50%. Due to the expansion of the Fusion Tentacle' spread, the Biological Armor could reach a greater number of Nano-robot, which had increased dozens of times compared to the last count. Even the types of biomimetic biowalls had increased significantly.

Logically speaking, the Pot Spirit Race are vertebrates. Even if the fusion part that Saide and his team gave this Pot Spirit Race host was on the sole of its foot, with the fusion progress close to 50%, the Fusion Tentacle should have already reached the host's spine.

But at this moment, the periscope structure on the Fusion Tentacle was sending back images that Nano-robot. This made Rowan gradually realize that something was wrong.

The situation is somewhat abnormal now. We're surrounded by Nano-robot, and the Fusion Tentacle can only reach tiny bits of flesh and blood.

The fusion process of the Biological Armor is merely a matter of the Fusion Tentacle circling within the host's body, collecting information, and then retracting back into the main body. As for transforming it into Node Unit, that's something that's done covertly and gradually, and certainly can't be done openly and ostentatiously under the watchful eyes of so Nano-robot.

Even now, after the Fusion Tentacle have traversed a portion of the area, Nano-robot still occupy a significant portion. If this proportion continues, the experimental subject's life is in danger, and there's a serious problem with him as a whole.

As mentioned before, there is a group of fanatical supporters of mechanical immortality within the Star Sea Alliance. They particularly enjoy replacing certain organs and parts of their bodies with various machines, attempting to bring themselves closer to their faith through this act.

Given the current technological level of the Star Sea Alliance, achieving this is not actually too difficult. Various biomimetic mechanical parts are sufficient to replace most of the body structure.

Nanotechnology plays a crucial role in this process. With advancements in technology and the improvement of Nano-robot technology, it has become possible to use Nano-robot to engulf existing body organs or tissues and then replace them.

Unfortunately, the soul and spiritual body have always been a forbidden zone for them, a boundary that even the Epoch Clan cannot cross. This prevents them from truly controlling the Nano-robot within their bodies like artificial intelligence, and they can only indirectly command them through the attached AI chip.

Even so, this makes them more powerful in some ways; they have even completely replaced parts of their limbs with bionic Nano-robot.

This part of the limb is not only more robust and stronger, but it can also actively disintegrate and reassemble. Apart from the increased weight, it has almost no other disadvantages.

Even now, Nano-robot can replace a portion of the nervous system and receive neural signals from the host. This allows the host to issue commands directly to the replaced mechanical body without going through a smart brain chip.

Although this does not allow them to achieve immortality, it is still considered a step closer to this ideal goal.

Rowan wasn't particularly concerned with these matters, but based on his current observations of the Pot Spirit Race host, he wondered if this host might actually be a heavily modified robot.

His body already contains a large number of Nano-robot. These Nano-robot have replaced many of his limbs and organs, so the Biological Armor cannot intercept his visual signals.

Because his optic nerve has likely been removed and replaced with Nano-robot. His eyes may have been modified into multifunctional and modal mechanical eyes, capable of seeing a much wider spectral range, far superior to his original ones.

Moreover, his life wasn't as Rowan feared, that he might die at any moment due to the excessive number of Nano-robot in his body. These Nano-robot had likely been inside him for a very long time.

Their biomimetic walls are not only meant to confuse the Biological Armor, but also to confuse the host's body itself, so that it does not react excessively to these foreign objects.

Goodness, Rowan originally thought that Saide team wanted to use Nano-robot to observe the fusion reaction of the Biological Armor. He didn't expect that they actually used a cyborg to fuse with the Biological Armor. That's a really good idea.

The collision of mechanical and biological technologies within the same body is bound to generate considerable innovation.

At the very least, Rowan had already thought of one. For example, the Zerg's description of the Biological Armor stated that the Biological Armor was entirely based on the host's consciousness.

However, the Nano-robot that can deceive the host's consciousness cannot deceive the Biological Armor, indicating that the Biological Armor has its own recognition system and is not based on the host's consciousness at all. If it were truly based on the host's consciousness, the bio-armor would have accepted the Nano-robot long ago, and this experiment would have ended long ago.

Having guessed the host's situation, Rowan had a better understanding of the situation, and some of his previous doubts were answered. For example, why the Biological Armor had not been transmitting audio signals.

In such experiments, the subject's cooperation and timely expression of their feelings usually make the experiment much more effective. Previously, Rowan had wondered why, for such an important experiment, Saide and his team treated the subjects so cruelly—weren't they afraid of a backlash from the subjects providing incorrect experimental information?

In retrospect, the lack of audio feedback wasn't because the subject was in a sealed, vacuum-like environment. Rather, it was because some of his organs had been modified or replaced, enabling him to directly emit radio waves—similar to communicating by typing with his mind without speaking. In this situation, the audio receiver inside the Biological Armor naturally wouldn't pick up any signals.

The experiment's limits were extended, and the subjects no longer needed to be sustained by special instruments as one might imagine. Since improving survival adaptability is one of the goals of body modification, Nano-robot can directly decompose some substances outside the body and then feed them back to the host.

He also doesn't need to worry about the collision between the Nano-robot and the Biological Armor inside the experimental subject. Even if there are any adverse reactions, he can block the transmission of bad information by cutting off some nerve signals, such as turning off the pain sensation.

To a certain extent, their functions are very similar to those of Biological Armor.