I Am the Swarm

The dust from the original impact and the ash from the ensuing volcanic eruption finally began to slowly fall back to the ground after drifting in the atmosphere for decades.

With the thinning of the dust, the surface has enjoyed the sunshine for a long time. The temperature began to rise, the frost on the surface began to melt, and after a few heavy rains, everything began to recover, and the dust in the air began to decrease sharply.

In the early morning, a few fat rat cubs crawled out of the burrow. Although the PM2.5 index in the air was still high, it did not affect going out.

Fortunately for these cubs, their grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa only can rely on the imaginary sun, in their generation finally saw the real thing.

Fat tail rats reproduce very quickly, but their lifespan is not long, at most they can only live for more than ten years. In the past few decades, not counting all kinds of wars and accidents, there have been countless fat tail rats who died of old age.

Their biggest enemy at the beginning, after more than 20 years of fighting with them after the disaster, also disappeared in the long river of history.

After that, there were no enemy fat rats, and the number began to increase sharply, and the underground caves and farms were repeatedly expanded. But still can not alleviate this situation.

Then, their internal war broke out.

Over the past few decades, a total of more than ten civil wars have broken out, and many fat rats will die in each civil war. After the war, they will be peaceful for a period of time when resources are abundant again, and then, the population will explode, civil wars will start again and again.

Until they found out, the outside lighted up.

The existing tail fat rats could not understand the meaning of the word "bright" before. Just like they can't understand the sun, and the great "God".

These are the knowledge handed down from their ancestors together with language and writing.

Legend has it that they and their rivals were ignorant beasts before, and the "God" took pity on them, made them smart, and taught them knowledge.

But their ancestors were too dull, and the "god" was furious, so he punished them.

Huge balls of fire fell from the sky, destroying their homes.

Many things that happened after that are unverifiable. At that time, there were not many written materials left, and most of them were lost during the civil war. Many things are passed down through word of mouth.

According to legend, "God" is kind and merciful. The sage who invented "planting" told the truth in his later years. "Planting" was not invented by it at all, but taught to it by "God", and "God" did not give up on them.

Perhaps their infighting angered the "God" again, and since then, the "God" has disappeared. So much so that now, the newborn cubs only listen to this as a story, and do not believe in the existence of "God".

After crawling out of the cave, the fat rats are facing the vast land, and population can no longer limit their development.

At this time, there were more than 100,000 fat-tailed rats underground. After some discussion, they were divided into dozens of teams and headed in different directions.

Fat tail rats have entered the tribal age.

Rowan took good care of this seed of civilization. Too much interference, he found, could limit their development. So, except for some necessary guidance and help, Rowan no longer intervened in their affairs, including those civil wars.

After dozens of generations, the fat rats are more intelligent than their ancestors. They are accustomed to using tools and have adapted to walking upright.

From them, Rowan saw the shadow of the blue star erect ape.

The planet after the catastrophe is full of waste, and the fat tail rats have no natural enemies, and they quickly spread out on this continent. The rate of expansion is very fast.

The previous experimental field was too small to accommodate this nascent civilization. Then Luo Wen simply played with the big ones, and he used the entire continent as a testing ground.

In order not to affect the development of the Fat Rat, Rowan removed all the large insects and creeps on the continent, leaving only some small units such as ants and flying insects as the observation field.

And he himself will not be idle, he will go to the ocean to continue to develop the swarm, at least he must maintain the strength to control the situation when the experiment is out of control.

The planet's ocean is several times larger than the land. After the disaster, there are still a large number of genetic samples in the ocean.

In these years, apart from spying on the experimental subjects, Rowan has not been idle, and he has some new understanding of his own talent and genetic combination.

However, it is still far away to fly out of this planet. But he won't give up, and he won't pin his hopes on just one method. As his ability allows, he will look for more ways, self-evolution, finding unique genes, and cultivating civilization are just one of the ways.

Going to the sea to collect samples is just one of the purposes. The second purpose is to separate the body from the brood. Rowan has always been brooding about staying with the brood.

In order to be responsible for the future of the swarm, he decided to leave the brood in a base deep underground. After years of excavation, this base has reached a depth of two kilometers underground.

This is not an easy task for the bugs. After reaching a certain depth, every additional meter of digging requires a lot of reinforcement work, which is very troublesome.

And his body will head towards the depths of the seabed. He still remembered the previous knowledge, the difficulty of developing the deep sea and entering space is similar.

To resist the atmospheric pressure of the deep sea is not much easier than surviving in space. Since space is not yet accessible, he can conquer the deep sea first.

It is believed that the huge seabed pressure will become a good catalyst to help him squeeze the potential of his talent and improve his strength.

The rapid breeding of fat tail rats makes their civilization progress much faster. Without natural enemies, they quickly grew from a population of 100,000 to hundreds of millions.

Explosive population growth has strained resources and at the same time prompted the birth of classes. Some clever fat-tailed rats began to hire their own kind to work.

Subsequently, the act of transaction leads to the creation of commerce.

At this moment, the legendary "God" appeared again.

Several tribal chiefs and wise men spoke out one after another, claiming that they were favored by the "god", who taught them numbers, which can be used for calculation and trading.

Moreover, "gods" live on the moon, if they can go to the moon, they may be able to meet "gods".

But when asked what a "god" is like, they express themselves differently. Some said it was a beautiful bird, some said it was a flying insect, and some even said it was a large ant.

The fat-tailed rats doubted their words, thinking that they had fabricated all of this, and that "God" was illusory, and he did not exist.

However, the knowledge about numbers has spread, making it more convenient for people to trade. At the same time, the idea of ​​longing for the moon also quietly planted seeds in the hearts of the rat people.

I wish you all a safe and joyful New Year's Eve and a happy holiday.