I Am the Swarm

In the early days, due to the problem of strength, Rowan lost the vision of many node units. But as his strength continues to improve, the increase in sub-bases also makes him more closely connected with the universe, which makes it easier for Rowan to locate new areas.

Originally, tens of thousands of node units were required to light up a new map for the swarm, but so far, this number has dropped to less than a thousand.

The reduction in requirements has led to the re-lighting of many areas that were originally lost, and the number has increased a lot. After these things were reincorporated into the swarm network, Rowan also issued new instructions.

In fact, it is very easy to gather a thousand node units in an area. Because under the influence of the escalating swarm network, Rowan can remotely command node units to perform mutation operations.

In the case of sufficient energy, any node unit can mutate into a creep, and then the creep can breed a queen. With the queen of insects, it doesn't take too long for a new Zerg base to be born, and a thousand node units will be bred in it, which is not too simple.

But the premise of all this is that Rowan can link to them and command them, because without Rowan's authorization and permission, the node unit alone cannot perform these operations.

And the uncertainty after the node unit lost contact made it impossible for Rowan to grant them permission in advance. This is not to worry about the betrayal of the node units. Even if they lose contact, they will never have other ideas about Luo Wen.

What Rowan is worried about is that when the node unit is out of contact, due to the lack of intelligence support, some hasty decisions may be made, resulting in exposure and causing some problems.

However, with the continuous release of life-extending potions and the decreasing number of node units required to light up the map, relying solely on the flow of those people will often meet the quantity requirements and light up an area.

However, because of the temporary gathering at this time, the lighting in this area is not stable, and it is very likely that they will lose contact again. But while positioning, Rowan can issue an order to authorize one of the node units to mutate, leave a Zerg base in that area, and permanently light it up.

With the gradual increase of such areas, the territory of the Star Sea Alliance in the swarm network is like spots lit up in nothingness, and then connected into strands, strands, like tattered rags. If this trend continues, perhaps in a few hundred years, this rag will be stretched and bonded to become a brand new, flawless satin.

But even in the current state of rags, its effect on Rowan still cannot be underestimated, and sometimes there will be some surprises...

For example, the real reason for Rowan's entanglement this time is that in a newly lit area, Rowan unexpectedly discovered Cecil, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

This is an enclave of the Ji tribe far away from the Zerg territory. According to rough estimates, the straight-line distance may have exceeded two thousand light-years. It is impossible to gather a certain number of people over such a long distance by the flow of people at this stage, and the process of lighting up here is quite dramatic.

When the Rikens and Zergs first joined the Star Sea Alliance, a group of scientific researchers who had been exchanged for points left collectively. Although it is mixed with many node units, as it is continuously dispersed, most of the personnel have lost contact in the end.

But there is one team among them, no matter how the number of people decreases, Rowan can always locate them. The reason was that one of the team carried a specimen of the golden beetle.

And this golden-armoured bug, who had been fooled by the Ji Clan's inspection and classified as carry-on luggage, was an anchor unit that was very precious both at that time and today.

Thanks to this golden armor bug, even though the number of node units in this team had been reduced to a few dozen at least, Rowan has always been able to grasp their movements.

And this team has also helped the Zerg make a lot of contributions. As long as they stop along the way, a creep seed will be buried. Whenever this team is split, the golden beetles will transfer to the node units that continue to move, and just like that, they opened the map all the way.

When they arrived at Cecil's location, there were only less than ten nodes left. These ten researchers are all from the biological research branch. Presumably, they can no longer be split up. This is where they will work in the future. .

With a distance of two thousand light years, even if it is the car of Humins, the elder of the Ji clan, it will take more than two hundred years to complete the journey without stopping. As for ordinary scientific researchers from foreign races who have just joined in, their spaceship speed is far from comparable to that of the elders of the Ji clan.

If they rely solely on warp speed engines to fly, it may take them more than three hundred years to arrive, and at this time, the war against insects may be over.

Long ago, Rowan guessed that the Ji clan had a faster way of moving. Because relying solely on the speed displayed by the warp speed engine, it is almost impossible for them to control such a huge territory, even if they build overseas enclaves everywhere.

Then, they must have a mobile method of rapid deployment nature. And it wasn't confirmed until Hummings turned his back on the dark.

The Ji Clan possesses a device called the "Star Gate", which is a large controllable wormhole. It is built near the near orbit of the star and can only be turned on by relying on the huge energy supply of the Dyson sphere.

However, this kind of stargate is different from Rowan's jumping skills, but it is similar to the technology of the small controllable wormhole on Potter Star. Although the star gate can be opened independently, the Star Sea Alliance has no record of surviving through a single star gate so far. Those brave explorers were either crushed to pieces by the violent energy on the spot, or disappeared in the star gate. The flow has gone to some corner.

Therefore, if you want to use the stargate safely, you must also build a stargate at the destination. Building a star gate is an extremely resource-intensive and time-consuming task, which makes the star gate only a semi-fixed facility to provide services for the Star Sea Alliance.

At some transportation nodes, the Ji clan will build these star gates to provide services for the Ji clan and outsiders. However, because the star gates consume a huge amount of energy every time they are opened, they will be opened every month or three months depending on the traffic flow.

Although Cecil's area is far away from the Zerg, it is not remote within the Star Sea Alliance. Therefore, the Ji Clan spacecraft carrying the anchor unit only waited for less than 20 days before it was time for the star gate to open.

Against the background of the vast starry sky, the huge fireball is covered by a special energy-absorbing material on the outer layer. Although there are large gaps in the mesh structure made of this material, it still reduces the brightness of this star system a lot. Makes the environment here a little dark.

Thank you for the reward of 100 starting coins from the people on the water of Yanchuan and the barbarian king who opened the big game.