I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world

Chapter 698 Abnormal Things

The teleportation light to the Trifolium system slowly extinguished beneath Jemin's feet.

When he opened his eyes, the first thing that came into view was an ochre arc that almost occupied half of the sky.

That was a gas giant.

Because the teleportation coordinates were already very close, as soon as he was teleported over, Jemin could clearly feel the immense size and oppressive aura that far exceeded the size of Jupiter.

Simply hovering there is enough to instinctively evoke a sense of insignificance, as if facing a natural disaster.

In comparison, the primary colony in the adjacent orbit looks like an insignificant marble.

Near the equator of the giant planet, there is a never-ending belt of ammonia crystal storms.

Countless layers of ochre and gray-white clouds tore at each other, forming enormous vortexes that stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers.

In the polar region, a pale blue glow floats in the upper atmosphere, like a cold, burning flame in the polar night.

This planet itself was not transformed into a colony, since gas giants do not have a habitable solid surface.

However, the Tentacle Tree civilization still surrounded it, and built three massive research space stations.

Each space station is much larger than the previously captured Tier 6 main warship.

However, these space stations are cleverly hidden within the atmospheres of gas giants, with a willingness to expend enormous amounts of energy to cope with the terrifying storms within the gas giants in order to completely conceal them.

Jemin narrowed his eyes slightly as he recalled the information in the intelligence report.

He wasn't the first to arrive; a dozen or so black giant priests had already arrived and were stationed in different orbital areas. Several level-five black giants who were the first to discover the anomaly were hovering around the perimeter of the research institute.

When they saw Jemin appear, they simultaneously closed their chests, bowed their heads, and paid their respects.

Their movements were so synchronized, as if they had rehearsed countless times.

At that moment, a figure flew out from the depths of the gas giant planet; it was a black giant priest.

His figure was more slender than that of an ordinary priest, and the dark gold patterns on his body were not evenly distributed, but concentrated near his left shoulder and chest, like a hideous and broken scar.

However, that wasn't a real injury, but rather a pattern mutation resulting from autonomous evolution.

But this also makes him highly recognizable in a crowd.

"Alaric." Jemin recognized him.

"Owner."

Alaric stopped in front of him, and without any pleasantries, went straight to the point.

"It has been confirmed that there are no other anomalies on the three colony planets in the Trifid system."

"The real anomalous region is only inside this gas giant," he said in a low voice. "We discovered a peculiar artifact near the star's core."

Alaric paused, seemingly surprised: "It's not a technological product of the Tentacle Tree Civilization."

Upon hearing this, Jemin's brow twitched slightly.

Led by Alaric, the two flew into the interior of the gas giant.

As it passed through the outermost layer of atmosphere, the surrounding light dimmed rapidly.

The ammonia crystal storm churned in the deep sea of ​​clouds, its roar powerful enough to shatter the internal organs of ordinary creatures.

Of course, that wasn't a sound in the true sense, but rather a low-frequency resonance created by the friction between the high-density stream of charged particles and their energy field. The deeper you go, the greater the pressure.

The massive gravitational field even began to distort the surrounding space, causing significant drift in the measurement data from ordinary detectors.

Then, near the planet's core, Jemin saw the armor.

It hovers quietly about 20,000 kilometers above the core of the gas giant, enveloped by a pale blue energy barrier.

The entire suit of armor stood a hundred meters tall, completely unlike the rounded, streamlined designs typical of the Tentacle Tree civilization; it resembled more of an enlarged humanoid war machine. Its lines were sharp and its structure simple. The joints were covered with layers of interlocking armor.

This armor has been here for countless years, yet its gray-black outer shell shows no signs of corrosion despite the high temperature and pressure. Several thick tubes extend from its back, probing deep into the planet's interior, with pale blue pulses of light flowing rhythmically along them. This is it actively drawing energy from the star's core to sustain its operation.

Sensing the strength of the outermost protective barrier, Jemin's golden vertical eyes slowly narrowed.

Level 7.

Even when operating autonomously without human intervention, this armor can still maintain a level seven standard protective barrier.

"We have completed the initial scan."

Alaric raised his hand and unfurled a virtual structure projection, dark golden light streaks quickly outlining the internal structure of the armor in the air.

"Confirmed to be an exoskeleton assistive device for use by humanoid creatures."

"So the creator of this armor is definitely not the Tentacle Tree race; their physiological structure is simply incapable of entering this kind of cockpit." The projection rotated rapidly, and a large number of complex interfaces and neural transmission structures appeared one after another.

"Currently, the armor is in an unmanned standby state, with only the protection system and energy harvesting module still operating."

Jemin didn't speak, but simply flew slowly around the armor.

His gaze swept over every part of the armor; it was the first time he'd ever seen it, but…

Familiar with.

So familiar!

He suddenly spoke up: "The energy diversion structure, the shield frequency modulation, and the arrangement of these alloy crystals..."

His tone was as calm as if he were flipping through a book he had read countless times.

"The Tentacle Tree Civilization's shield technology, energy weapons, main cannon energy storage modules... they are all simplified and degraded versions of these things." Alaric paused for a moment, the dark gold patterns on his body rippled slightly.

Although the Black Giant Priest was part of the research team within Jemin's forces, he didn't have access to all the information, so he couldn't identify it as immediately as Jemin did.

But now, he has realized what this means.

Jemin continued his assessment: "The Tentacle Tree Civilization's technology tree can't even be described as referencing this armor; it's a direct copy, without even truly understanding the underlying logic..."

A moment later, several teleported black giant priests greeted Jemin and then subconsciously prepared to go forward to retrieve the armor.

But Jemin raised his hand to stop them.

"Don't move yet."

His gaze remained fixed on the armor. He stroked his chin, pondering, "First, we need to find out if there's a deeper connection between it and its surroundings." "If it's part of a larger system, removing it rashly could trigger a chain reaction."

"clear."

Alaric immediately agreed and arranged for the other black giant priests to continue diving down to conduct further investigations.

The two then floated upwards towards the outer edge.

In the shallower part of the atmosphere, a research institute silently floats above a storm.

It is flat and hexagonal, dark gray in color, and covered with a pale gold shield.

The churning ammonia crystal storm below relentlessly bombarded the edges of the shield, creating ripples of golden light, but the entire research institute remained completely still. Upon entering, Jemin immediately noticed the anomaly.

The technological level here is clearly far beyond the current level of the Tentacle Tree Civilization.

The corridor is equipped with highly precise environmental control devices on both sides.

Even he needs to spend time figuring out the principles behind the analytical instruments in the laboratory.