I Am the Swarm

The insect swarm node unit with the shell of local seafood hardly needs to be hidden on the ship. If it is discovered, it will either be stepped on or thrown back into the sea, which will not arouse any suspicion.

Behind these investigative units, Rowan has mobilized a professional intelligence team. Today's bug swarm is no longer the bug swarm that was when they first met the Ricken race. They already have considerable experience in deciphering the language and characters of alien races.

By observing and recording the conversations between the native race crew members, the native vocabulary mastered by the swarm is increasing day by day.

In the crew room, the scouting bugs also found many books. Judging from the cover illustrations on these books, the high probability is not very helpful for the bugs to understand the history of the indigenous race. However, the Zerg Swarm aims to decipher their text messages. Although there is no comparison and the progress is slow, it is better than nothing.

The various machines on the ship are also the key observation targets of the swarm. From these machines, Rowan couldn't see any trace of advanced civilization. In terms of energy, the original fossil energy is used, and in terms of power, the boiler used to generate hot steam and then drive the main steam turbine is an old design.

With such a backward combination plan, not to mention the level of the Riken civilization, even the Ratman civilization is stronger than this indigenous race.

However, Luo Wen's understanding is pretty good now, and he can't generalize, but various signs have given Luo Wen some ideas.

The expansion speed of the insect swarm was further accelerated, and several ocean-going ships were invaded every day. There were more comparisons, and the deciphering work in terms of text and language was also progressing rapidly, and the conversations among the natives could be roughly understood.

Although there were few nutritious topics in the conversations of the natives on these ocean-going ships, the swarm still managed to capture some interesting things from the complicated information.

On a deck, the crew is working intensely.

"Don't be lazy, finish it early and rest early! You have to work overtime at night!" An indigenous manager continued to patrol and direct.

"Boss, brothers have been working seventeen or eighteen hours a day these days, and the big guy can't hold it anymore." A crew member complained that they needed to reorganize the seafood caught last night and store it in the cold storage . Some of them even have to go through simple cooking before they can be stored, which is very troublesome, and sometimes even has to be busy until night.

"Hey, so I want you to hurry up, hurry up and finish it now, rest a little longer, and relax at night."

"Head, but everyone has been doing this for more than ten days in a row. If this continues, there will be big problems."

"Yes, boss, you have to tell the captain, you can't do this, isn't this treating everyone as human beings?"

"That's right, before I went to sea, I thought it was a part-time job, but after I went to sea, I realized that I was working hard." The crew members echoed and complained.

"Shut up! Of course I know, but this arrangement is also for your own good." The manager shouted loudly.

"Boss, you can't play us for fools. It's better for us if you do this?" The crew obviously didn't believe the words of "Boss".

"You know what a fart! Don't you realize that these days, the gang at the wormhole defense base are frequently dispatched like crazy?"

"Speaking of this is really strange, it's the first time I've seen those mecha fighters so closely."

"Me too, but what does that have to do with us working eighteen hours a day?"

"Of course you didn't have the chance to see those mecha fighters up close before. The relationship here is very important."

"Head, don't be tricky, talk about it quickly." Seeing that "Head" wanted to tell a story, the crew put down their work and surrounded him with a huff. In fact, it is false to listen to the story, but it is true to take the opportunity to rest. The "head" also obviously knows the truth, he understands the principle of combining work and rest. Recently, even he, who only needs to supervise and shout, is exhausted, let alone those who work. If things go on like this, resentment will accumulate, and it might really cause big trouble. Might as well explain it to them.

"Hmph, you all know that the wormhole will be opened every once in a while, and a monster will come out."

"Head, of course we know this. Let's talk about it... um..." But before the man could finish speaking, his companion covered his mouth and pushed him back. Everyone took the opportunity to rest, and they all hoped that the "head" would start from the origin of the race, and it would be better to talk about it for a day and a night. Some crew members were already yawning and preparing to squint for a while.

The "head" didn't care about the small movements of the crew, he continued slowly: "Whenever the wormhole is about to open, the defense base will block a large area of ​​the sea. At that time, everyone will have no work to do." The crew are paid daily, and they get paid for one day of work, and they can only live on their own money when they are on vacation.

"We also know this, um..." Another one was dragged down. However, someone who was not afraid of death continued to ask: "Boss, what's the use of talking about this, we just came back from vacation." This was not dragged on because everyone was a little curious.

"So you know what a fart. After the wormhole opened this time, the mech fighters successfully dealt with the monsters, but not long after, the wormhole opened again. But this time no monsters came out, or they did, but the defense It was not found there."

"Then what should we do? We're not in danger, right?" The crew was shocked. It was a matter of their own safety, and those who dozed off just now were no longer sleepy.

"I don't know if there is any danger, but I know that if you don't work, your money will soon be exhausted. Therefore, at my request, the captain decided to take advantage of the fact that there is no charter for the defensive position, and everyone can earn a little by going to sea." A little. Maybe in the next second, we will be ordered to return. At that time, the thickness of your capital will depend on the harvest of the past few days."

"Really, you wouldn't lie to us, would you?" Several crew members were skeptical.

"Believe it or not! This is reliable news from the captain. You all know the background of our captain, right? The nephew of his sister-in-law's partner's sister-in-law's lover works in the defense base, and that's all first-hand information."

Although the source of the news is somewhat complicated, the crew still chose to believe it, because the captain and the others really did not squeeze their labor so much before. Therefore, they worked a little harder in the next step, not for others, but only for themselves. And the "head" expressed relief.

And Rowan, through the scout bug hidden on the ship, collected all of this conversation, and found several key information from it.

Wormholes open every once in a while? monster? Coupled with those mecha fighters, the general outline of the matter took shape in Luo Wen's mind. Are these natives really not advanced civilizations? In the universe, is there really this type of wormhole?