Participation

The vast races within the Star Sea Alliance are limited by their theoretical knowledge; they generally believe that one must make physical contact with the brain to tamper with it.

However, the Swarm has no such need. The one truly capable of tampering is an existence beyond the Star Sea Alliance's comprehension. The Biological Armor only needs to modify the target's body into a secondary Node Unit and mark the location. Rowan can then strike from above the dimensions at any time, and the target organism would be utterly unable to defend against an attack beyond its cognition.

Therefore, the Biological Armor has no need to risk universal condemnation by touching the forbidden zone of a sentient being. At this moment, the Fusion Tentacle has already followed the modified subject's spine to the threshold of this forbidden area.

Through the Nano-robot array—which, despite the different bionic shell, was arranged in an unusually orderly and familiar pattern—Rowan knew that behind it lay the modified subject's brain. It was also one of the few places within the subject still connected to its biological roots.

Even without the obstruction of this braincase made of Nano-robots, the Fusion Tentacle would not touch the subject's brain. However, circling this cranium was perfectly feasible.

Furthermore, this could help Rowan find more information and clues to confirm his previous speculations.

The result did not deviate from Rowan's expectations: outside the host's braincase, all original biological nerves had been excised and replaced by Nano-robots.

These Nano-robots, which formed various conductive nerves, differed in appearance, model, and even bionic armor. Moreover, because their numbers were far too scarce compared to the Nano-robots forming the spine and braincase, they were easily overlooked.

This made them blend in among the other Nano-robots attempting to pass unnoticed, rendering them extremely inconspicuous. If