I Am the Swarm

Withdrawing the power of a star system as a whole is a very troublesome thing, because after occupying a star system, a large number of basic buildings will inevitably be built and a very large population will be immigrated.

According to common sense, it takes nearly a hundred years for a civilization to evacuate a star system that has been occupied for hundreds of years. If it wants to evacuate cleanly, a hundred years is not enough.

The Ji clan gave the swarm 20 years. This time limit itself has the meaning of making things difficult, but it may also have other purposes, such as not having enough time for the swarm to evacuate, leaving something behind.

However, the personnel and arms structure of the swarm are different from those of the civilization of the mechanical route, so the moving speed is naturally different.

The swarm does not have a large number of "individuals" to encumber, and there is no need to dismantle the colony. If there is no creep and those fixed defense facilities, the swarm can go on a long journey in just a few days.

But since the Ji clan has given them twenty years, the swarm will naturally make full use of it.

However, when the swarm started to move, a large number of observation equipment also appeared on the outskirts of several swarm bases such as Lazer Star, Izumo Star, and Star Near Orbit.

They belong to different forces and civilizations, but they have the same purpose. They all want to peek into more secrets of the swarm while the swarm is moving. At this time, some important information will inevitably be exposed. Even the swarm cannot completely avoid it, so it can only hide it as much as possible.

The space units and facilities of the swarm are almost all derived from the creep, and at worst they are compatible with it. Moving at this time, those electromagnetic guns and energy guns that are fixed on the ground can all be integrated into the space octopus. These things have too many targets and too many to hide.

But it doesn't matter, this level, even the mechanical route can be completed, it is not a special skill.

All the underground troops were recycled, not exposed to the outside world, even the queen was recycled, and the recovered materials were made into space octopuses.

As for the creep, Rowan struggled a little bit, and originally planned to stay here directly, wondering if he could get away with it. Later, I thought that even if the creep was left behind, those Ji and other tribes would not regard it as a native natural plant. At that time, there will definitely be anatomical studies and so on. Once the gene of the creeper collapses, it will definitely be exposed, so it is better to just withdraw it all.

Thus, the creep slowly retracted to the ground, and then self-recovered, and all the energy was turned into a space octopus.

Of course, it is impossible to evacuate completely. Deep in the planet's crust, there are still a lot of creeper seeds and queen eggs buried. They are all condensed ultra-micro versions, with top-level hidden abilities, making them more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack for anyone other than Rowan.

In the end all that remained were the subterranean structures that allowed the swarms to weave vast networks of caves beneath the planets over hundreds of years. Because many textures have been absorbed, there is no way to restore them to their original appearance. Fortunately, with the evacuation of the creeper, most places lost their support and gradually collapsed, but some structures still persisted.

Rowan could only destroy and bury them as much as possible. Day by day, the planet that had turned purple-gray slowly began to fade and returned to its original color, but a large number of depressions and even basins appeared on the surface, all of which were caused by the collapse of underground caves.

Rowan's conjecture was correct. After the rules were revised for the dispute between the Zerg Swarm and the Rikens, the Zerg Swarm followed suit silently. In addition, the Zerg Swarm did not have any new excuses for them to continue to attack because they handled it properly. The number of people gradually decreased, and the heat also dropped.

But Rowan also understands that this is only a temporary calm, and maybe soon, a new round of troubles will come.

But the development of the matter was somewhat beyond Luo Wen's expectations. Maybe there were really many forces behind the plan, and they would also play games with each other, which prevented one of them from chasing after the situation.

As a result, the swarm survived for nearly twenty years, until the time limit given by the Ji Clan was about to expire.

Over the years, the Zerg Swarm has successively withdrawn 60% of its troops from the Rickon Galaxy in batches. The bases on several geological planets have almost been transferred, but the planetary near-orbit bases still retain a large number of troops.

Although the planetary near-orbit base is floating in the orbit of the star, there are no underground structures, so the evacuation should be completed faster. But don't forget, there are swarm megastructure units here.

When the rules of the Ji Clan were revised, the megastructure units here had grown to a size of more than 3,000 kilometers, and there were two of them. If this is replaced by a mechanical structure, it will be impossible to dismantle it in a hundred or eighty years.

Although Rowan can quickly decompose and recycle it, there is no cover from the surface of the planet, and the completely exposed field of vision makes it impossible to hide all its movements.

In order to hide part of the secrets of the swarm, Rowan could only slow down and use the space octopus to pretend to dismantle it, which is why there are the most troops left here.

However, the deadline is still approaching, and the progress of the dismantling work is not satisfactory. The giant structure is full of calculations, and only less than one-third of its volume has disappeared. In the little time left, it is undoubtedly a dream to completely disassemble it.

In the past twenty years, the number of alien races in the Rickon galaxy has doubled again. Looking at the giant swarm of insects in the close orbit of the star, they almost drool.

"It seems that the Zerg can't take this big guy away."

"Hehe, the Ji Clan gave them such a little time, and they are probably also trying to get this big guy's attention."

"Hmph, this is completely self-inflicted by the swarm. Such a huge creation, not to mention the outer circle, even the middle circle, or even the old civilizations in the inner circle, can't be created."

"Indeed, look at these guys around us, how many of them are trying to pick up the leaks."

The reason why giant structures are so rare is not that those civilizations have no resources to build and can colonize alien galaxies, mining asteroids is a basic requirement. Various minerals that are rare on the parent star are not difficult to find in the vast starry sky.

But such a huge creation cannot be simply piled up with resources. The larger its volume, the greater its own gravitational force. How to keep the gravitational balance of its parts and prevent it from collapsing inward is a big question. And this is only the most basic, but it is this foundation that blocks most civilizations.

The giant structure of the swarm is undoubtedly a successful work. Although it has been disassembled, its value still cannot be reduced. Other technologies are easy to hide, but some data such as its bone armor and its supporting structure can be collected by means of measurement.

This is also why, as the deadline approaches, the number of people in the Rickon system is increasing. As long as they go in and take a look and take some pictures, they may be greatly inspired.