I Am the Swarm

Some carnivorous plants also have genes that allow them to produce digestive juices, which quickly convert prey into nutrients.

At the same time, it also strengthens the root system ability from a variety of green leafy plants. The powerful root system can continue to extend underground, even reaching a distance of hundreds of meters.

The most amazing thing is that it has fused biological genes, and it will also produce a large strain on the body. These strains can actually light up the nodes of the swarm network.

This means that Rowan can descend on these strains with direct consciousness and observe the surrounding situation from their perspective. At the same time, although these strains have no intelligence, they can set some stress options.

Because it lights up the relationship between nodes, it means that they are already a member of the swarm and have the ability to identify friend or foe. When unidentified creatures step on or pass by them, their nodes in the swarm network will start to flash as an early warning.

The new plant is also a good solution to the food storage problem, because it has a strong digestive function. Just put prey on their bodies, and the prey will be quickly digested and converted into nutrients.

These nutrients are stored in plants and can be transported rapidly within them. As long as they have the node status in the swarm network, they can open a hole in any part of their body and apply for the use of these nutrients.

To put it simply, these plants use their bodies to build a "tap water" system. As long as they have legal status, they can install "faucets" on this system to get water.

Moreover, at critical moments, these plants can also be used for direct consumption.

The practicability far exceeded Rowan's original expectations.

However, it also has disadvantages, that is, the appearance is not very good. The exposed part of them is like laying a layer of carpet on the ground, which is purple-gray all day long. However, this layer of carpet has vertical and horizontal veins, and these veins will squirm from time to time, like living things.

Although he knew that they were transporting nutrients, the occasional movement of the "carpet" still made Rowan a little uncomfortable.

To commemorate some memories of being human, this new plant is named "creep".

With the help of creep, the problem of food storage is finally solved. And no accidents, and it won't bother me in the future. Because the creep digests the prey and converts it into something like "sap", there is no problem of spoilage.

Creep seeds can be directly produced by queens. In theory, only one seed is needed for creep to grow infinitely. But if you want it to cover an area quickly, it's better to spread more seeds.

Everything that the creep comes into contact with, as long as it does not have node status, will be nourished by it. Therefore, where the creeps are covered, no grass will grow.

At the same time, because it incorporates many genes that prey on plants, it can also hunt some insects and small animals autonomously. Without these creatures, the creatures that feed on them will not come over. Therefore, its damage to the environment and ecology is devastating.

Therefore, Rowan did not let them grow, but stipulated that each base should plant a certain range of creeps according to actual needs.

Even so, as the swarm base increases, the area covered by the creep also increases.

The increase in the coverage area means that there are more large strains on it, which means that the number of nodes increases. These large strains can't tell which is normal and which is enemy, and they will call the police as long as the tail fat rat is detected.

Some nodes in the swarm network began to flicker abnormally, which seriously interfered with Rowan's daily work. So, he reset the permissions and sliced ​​the creeps, and the creeps only docked with their direct queens and blades. If it is really an abnormal situation, then report the situation to Rowan.

Only in this way can we solve the problem of those strains calling the police indiscriminately.

The enthusiasm for tinkering with plant genes faded, and Rowan regained his leisure. He has now returned to the familiar life of an "otaku", nestling in the base every day, spying on everything in the territory through the swarm network.

Under his attention, the expansion of the territory accelerated a lot. And because of the emergence of creep, only a small amount of worker ants need to be produced in the new base for cleaning. They are no longer required for the quest feeding larvae.

Because now, the incubation room of the base has been covered with creepers, and the larvae can open the "tap" on it to replenish food at any time.

Moreover, because these foods have been digested once, they are very easy to absorb, and the growth cycle of the larvae has been shortened a lot.

The efficiency of troop replenishment has been accelerated, further increasing the speed of swarm expansion.

The entire forest was soon included in the territory of the swarm. This forest stretched for more than two thousand kilometers, and there were many mountains and rivers in it, and the products were very rich.

Afterwards, the swarm went through a period of stability, and the swarm bases had reached 500, and they became watchful of each other, firmly controlling the forest.

With a logistics base, Rowan immediately set his sights on the outskirts of the forest.

The place where Luo Wen fell was at the outskirts of the forest. When the swarm was still weak, Luo Wen went there to investigate and saw Diplodocus and Triceratops.

But after that, the strategic focus of the swarm was mainly on attacking the forest. Although the general base was only one step away from the outer edge of the forest, they rarely dabbled in that direction.

It's not that Rowan has forgotten that side. In the early days, the swarm base radiated and developed in all directions. But on the outskirts of the forest, the trees gradually thinned out, and the canopy could no longer block and block attacks from the sky.

Those huge pterosaurs are not interested in small things like spiders, war insects and flying insects. But the basic size of the prey of the swarm is more than one meter.

There are few shelters outside the forest, and basically all large dinosaurs are active there. Occasionally, a few small ones were caught, and before they could be dragged back to the base, the "fisherman" in the sky made a move.

Although they are at an altitude of hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters, they have excellent eyesight. Spiders, war insects and flying insects do not have the ability to carry them, so they have to wait for heavy armored soldiers to carry them after each hunt.

In this gap, the pterosaurs can always catch the opportunity to intercept the prey of the beetle swarm. However, it is difficult for the two main combat arms of the swarm, the open space, to stop them.

Even if the spiders and war insects took advantage of the moment they swooped down to grab their prey, they climbed onto the pterosaurs. But let's not talk about whether the toxins they carry can kill the pterosaurs, even if they are killed, the pterosaurs will fly away long ago.

When the time comes, the pterosaur will fall, and in addition to benefiting some predators, the swarm will also lose spiders and war worms.

The most unbearable thing was that the pterosaurs even attacked the heavily armored soldier ants who had escaped from the cover of the forest. These small heavy tanks move relatively slowly and cannot dodge attacks from the air at all.