I Am the Swarm

Among the faces hidden under the helmets of the attackers, there are several familiar faces that seem to be the soldiers of the patrol who were rescued?

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Yes, to do this kind of thing on the home planet of Riken, who is more suitable than an expeditionary soldier who just returned from outer space, has no whereabouts record for decades, and has combat experience?

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"Master Lord, our Creep Seeds on Rickan's home planet have been activated." Sarah Hui reported.

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Rowan nodded. Although the Creep Seed was activated by the Sky Eye that he authorized to monitor from time to time, he knew about it the first time it was activated.

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"Master Lord, we should find a way to deliver a worm queen to the home planet of Riken, so that the next step can be carried out."

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"Then what do you think?"

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"There is no good way yet. According to the information provided by the intelligence over there, the Ricken people have made the Ricken galaxy into an impregnable wall. Although the degree of completion is not high, it will be difficult for us to pass through if we are not overwhelmed by the army."

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"I see, I'll solve this problem!" Rowan thought for a while and replied.

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Judging from Cross's news, the closer the entire Riken galaxy is to their home planet, the tighter the defense will be. It is said that their technology has made some progress, and they even plan to hollow out the satellites of the parent star to make planetary fortresses.

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The Insect Swarm still wants to put a few Insect Swarm meteorites as cover and fall to the planet as before, it is absolutely impossible. Because the reason why the Liken tribe went on the expedition was that the swarm threw a meteorite to destroy an administrative district on the Liken home planet.

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This made Rowan realize that he was inexplicably carrying a **** pot. If he knew who did it, he would definitely make them into feed to feed the cubs.

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However, this is precisely because of this, so that the Riken people are especially careful about meteorites and the like. No matter how small the meteorites are, they can never get close to their home planet.

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So, if it was more than 20 years ago, this problem would have been extremely difficult to solve. It is impossible to say that the insect swarm can only rely on hard power to capture the home planet of Riken, but this is somewhat inconsistent with Rowan's original intention.

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But now, this problem has become extremely easy to solve.

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The reason is that Rowan's swarm network ability has been improved again.

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As early as the birth of the first intellectual body made of the Riken spiritual body, Rowan had vaguely noticed some changes in the swarm network, but because it was not obvious, and the swarm network was too broad, he did not. Did not find where the change appeared.

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Then, as more and more new kinds of intelligence became available, this change became more and more obvious.

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In fact, it is not always the case that the changes in the swarm network are caused by a simple new intelligence.

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The transformation method of the intellect is to absorb the energy of the mature spiritual body, and then use this energy to create the intellect.

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The point is, this energy is first absorbed by the swarm network, and then there is the intellectual body.

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To put it bluntly, this energy did not disappear, it just changed the presentation mode. The intelligent body that seems to have independent consciousness is actually a part of the swarm network.

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Over the years, the worm swarm has also accumulated millions of intelligence bodies and absorbed the energy of so many intelligence bodies. It is definitely impossible to say that the worm swarm network has not changed at all.

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But these changes are just enhancements to the original functions, such as the increase in its coverage, such as having a total of 5 bodies and mother nests.

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But this time, it may have been impacted by the seeds of a new civilization, which brought an opportunity to the swarm network, so that the energy it absorbed over the years changed from quantitative to qualitative, and even produced an evolution.

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The most direct change in the evolved swarm network is that many of the problems that have been plaguing Rowan have been solved.

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Moreover, these functions have been enhanced beyond imagination.

For example, all the production units of the previous insect colony, such as the early queen ants and the current queen ants, all require mother nests to produce. But today, any queen can be licensed to produce these units.

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In other words, queens can produce queens. This means that if the swarm wants to set foot in a new galaxy, it is no longer necessary to launch the body and the mother hive like exploring the adjacent galaxy.

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This can greatly speed up the speed at which the swarms take over new galaxies.

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For example, in the past, if you wanted to absorb the genes of a certain creature, you could only absorb these genes by Rowan's body or the mother's nest. But now, all production units have the ability to absorb these genes and upload them to the swarm network.

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That is to say, if you encounter a creature like Godzilla again, you don't need to use Rowan to eat it yourself. You only need to eat any of the nearby worm queens, and Rowan can harvest these genes through the swarm network. .

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For example, after the previous queen ants left the factory, the gene bank could not be updated, and the gene bank of the later queens could be updated, but Rowan had to personally contact them and share data, which was very time-consuming and labor-intensive.

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Even if Rowan is constantly running around, limited by the speed, coupled with the speed of the expansion of the swarm and the replacement of genetic data, this work is becoming more and more inadequate.

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Fortunately, many of the units in the swarm were based on the Creep template, and many components could be added later. Even if the queen's gene pool was not updated for a while, the impact would be much smaller.

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However, if the impact is small, it is not without impact. For example, the genetic information drawn from Godzilla must be completely updated. Every time this happens, it is a big action.

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And the fact that the main body is active outside frequently was not too acceptable for Rowan at that time.

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Fortunately, the problem has now been solved, and the gene pools of all production units can be remotely authorized and updated through the swarm network. This makes data sharing tasks that need to be completed one by one become as easy as just one copy and paste.

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For another example, in the previous body and mother nest, only the body can grow the mother nest, and only the mother nest can hatch the body.

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But now, Rowan can incubate ontology through any production unit through network authorization, and with ontology, there will naturally be a mother nest.

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what does that mean?

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This means that the ontology and the mother hive will no longer limit the potential of the swarm~www.readwn.com~ The ability of Efi Ash is completely integrated into the swarm network, changing from a physical entity to an illusion Ability.

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The ability to absorb genes will not be lost due to the destruction of the body or the brood.

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The original unique abilities of the ontology and the mother hive have been integrated into the swarm network, which further weakens their existence.

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They originally needed to be hidden and protected by heavy troops, and they became less important. Rowan even planned to annihilate them all and only produce them when needed.

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This can further ensure that Efi Ash's genes and abilities will not be leaked.

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At the same time, this greatly enhanced Rowan's survivability.

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The main body and the mother nest together are only 5 at most, but how many queens are there?

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The latest data shows that the two galaxies, plus the queen eggs drifting in the void of the universe, the total number of queens exceeds one million.

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As long as any of them survive, they can reproduce the swarm again in a short period of time.

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The changes in these abilities made Rowan gradually and completely transform from a physical creature to a spiritual creature. Whether this change is good or bad, Rowan can't judge for the time being, but these changes give him more confidence when facing possible future crises.

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