I Am the Swarm

These bloody smells have attracted some hunters with a keen sense of smell to covet them. They are lurking, observing, and constantly approaching the swarm base.

But when they crossed a certain cordon, they were spotted by Type I flying insects patrolling in the sky. They immediately reported the situation to the two ant queens who were branched on the tree through the swarm network.

The two queen ants had received a higher level of authorization before, allowing them to view the vision of insects with lower levels of authority than them. After getting the report, they checked the situation at the scene, but they didn't know how to deal with it, so they immediately reported the situation to Luo Wen.

The whole process happened very quickly. In fact, less than half a minute passed between the discovery of the intruder and the receipt of the news by Rowan. Some of those cautious hunters hadn't even moved in place.

Rowan changed the perspective of the type I flying insects for aerial reconnaissance, checked these pretenders, and found that the reason why these guys are so cautious is because they are weak chickens.

Although they have different types, they are generally small in size, and the largest of them is only more than two meters long. They are mostly beasts, and whether they walk on two legs or four legs, they have relatively thick limbs and are good at running.

But their offensive weapons and defenses are relatively backward, according to Rowan's observation and understanding of the creatures in this area during this period. Most of them are scavengers, that is, they feed on the remains of animals and plants, and they specialize in picking up leftovers.

Among them are fat-tailed rats who can't beat themselves, but also want to eat some meat. There are also players like small dinosaurs who can hunt by themselves, but don't pay too much attention to leftovers.

Rowan manipulated the body of the flying insect to look around, but found no opponent that needed too much attention. I transferred the processing authority back to the ants and asked them to treat the guests well. Now that they are here, don't worry about leaving.

The ant queen's ability to learn and imitate is still very strong, although the previous command battle commanded by Rowan ended too quickly. But at that time, there were also dozens of ant queens watching, and everyone checked and filled in the gaps among each other, just taking advantage of the fact that the opponents were not strong enough to practice their hands this time.

When there are new queens later, you can also teach them. It's impossible for every batch of ant queens to be demonstrated by Luo Wen himself. This is the same as when learning to drive, the first to teach the later.

The consciousness returned to the body, and Luo Wen got up and rushed to the base. Although he is not required to command the battle, no one can replace him in the subsequent transportation work.

By the time Rowan returned to the base, the battle had been over for a while. On the outskirts of the base, there were many dead animals lying here and there.

This is also the result of the lack of troops in the worm nest, unable to attack at the same time, and scaring away many pretenders.

This large pile of prey is quite a lot, and the total weight exceeds two tons. Rowan worked hard all day before moving them all back to the base.

During this period, there were two more waves of food deliverers.

Among them is a dog-like animal creature with mottled black, white, and yellow hairs, which looks very unaesthetic. They are small in size, there are more than a dozen of them in a group, they have strong limbs, they run fast, and they have good endurance. It's a pity that these didn't have time to play under the attack of the new type of venom.

At the same time, this mixed-haired dog has a special mouth structure, and it has the strongest bite force among beasts Rowan has ever seen. The leopards, which are bigger than them, are slightly inferior in this regard.

Leopards excel in explosive power, and they can burst out with powerful speed in a short period of time. But the stamina is obviously not as good as this canine creature.

And the leopard still acts alone. Fortunately, it can climb trees and catch birds. Otherwise, it really can't compete with these canine creatures on land.

Many of their genes can complement each other, and maybe they can be used as templates in the future to create a new type of fighting creature.

There are mounds around the base, because the swarm doesn't have a large excavation unit at present, so the construction progress of the underground storage room is very slow.

And if this trend continues, the storage room won't be able to fix it for a while.

But it's not a problem that these prey are always left like this. Now it's just some sneaky people who come here. Who knows if those top bosses will come next time.

The food piled up here at this time is already enough for the appearance fee of those big shots.

Do you want to produce some giant scorpions to dig holes?

But the growth period of the giant scorpion is also very long, no matter how long it takes dozens of days.

For such a long time, there are too many variables, but there is no other way for the time being. Luo Wen still placed an order for a few giant scorpions. They are estimated to be able to leave the factory together with those heavy-armored soldier ants.

After placing the order, Luo Wen was still a little reconciled, and this was still a temporary solution, not the root cause. Now is no longer the time when the gene reserve was scarce. Recently, so many gene fragments have been collected, and the ability has been strengthened several times. A better solution should be found.

Slowly calm down, carefully review the creatures he has seen, and think about which abilities can help him.

In fact, the main problem now is that the scale of the insect swarm is too small. Thinking about the mountain of insect corpses that stretched for ten kilometers, it was not quickly disposed of.

But at that time, no other creature dared to covet the spoils of the swarm.

It doesn't make sense to think about the previous things. The first thing Luo Wen thought of was the saliva preservation method of worker ants. At first, they used a mixture of saliva and formic acid to wrap food for preservation.

This method is still effective now, but the problem is still that the swarm is currently too small and the number of worker ants is insufficient. There is no way for millions of worker ants to process more than two tons of food in a short period of time.

Moreover, when they process food, due to their size and method flow problems, they will inevitably leak a large amount of blood gas, and their safety is too low.

Next, Rowan thought about the ways in which many animals store food. But most of these guys are in a state of eating one meal and not knowing where the next meal will be, and there is no such trouble as Luo Wen.

There are also some such as fat tail mice, which have evolved special organs to store food in their bodies. These methods are of no reference to the current situation.

Suddenly, Rowan thought of those web-spinning spiders.

Some of them will wrap the prey entangled in the spider web with spider silk for preservation, and inject a little toxin every once in a while, so that the prey can neither escape nor die immediately.

Rowan looked at the prey that had already died. This method obviously didn't work. Maybe I can try it in the future, but it seems that none of the existing bugs in the swarm are equipped with glands that can produce spider silk.

There are also some spiders that inject digestive juices into their prey, making the skin of the prey a natural container to melt a little at a time.

That's what Rowan did when he hunted the long-faced beast. The melted muscle tissue must be eaten immediately, otherwise the spoilage rate will be very fast.