I Am the Swarm

The south of the nest is surrounded by cliffs, and the east is blocked by lakes and rivers. Even so, only the fan-shaped area connecting the west to the north, as the three-way army continued to advance, the territory of the insect swarm also increased rapidly.

As time passed day by day, Luo Wen successively sent hundreds of ant queens to guard and develop new territories.

The size of the insect swarm continued to expand, but there was still a big gap between the army of hardy yellow ants in front of them.

The boring days continued day by day, with no internet, no mobile phones, no games, no newspapers, not even a creature that could talk.

Loneliness enveloped Luo Wen. Gradually, the news sent back by the three-way army every three days became his biggest expectation. These news were the only spice in his current monotonous life.

It's a pity that although the queen ant has a bit of intelligence, it's only compared to ordinary worker ants and soldier ants. They cannot describe what they saw and heard on the road in a rich, exciting and fascinating way. There wasn't even a single extra word, and the news sent back basically had normal meanings, and Luo Wen was simply dismissed.

The bored Luo Wen felt that if he didn't do anything else, he might die of depression. Sometimes he would lie on a tree trunk, look at the lake in the distance, and even get up and try swimming to see if he could develop the ability to breathe in water.

Fortunately, his reason still has the upper hand, and he barely suppressed these thoughts of death.

However, as he becomes more and more anxious, the high ground of reason will gradually be smoothed out.

Just when he was getting more and more ready to move around and wanted to play tricks to death, good news finally came from the front line, and the army of the North Road encountered red ants again.

Although the black ants are industrious, they are self-organized and have low combat effectiveness. After they are discovered, they cannot pose any threat to them except to increase the food reserves of the expeditionary army.

Therefore, although the three-way army destroyed countless black ant nests, these were trivial matters and there was no need to report them.

But red ants are different. They are a hunting ant species, and they can even enslave black ants that are several times their number, which is very threatening.

It was inevitable that there would be an accident with the expeditionary army, but Luo Wen had specifically warned the queen ant. After discovering the traces of the red ants, notify him immediately, then retreat 500 meters, and stay where they are, waiting for his arrival.

The ant queen faithfully carried out his order, and the army of the North Road had advanced an unknown distance. The red ants found this time are definitely not the remnants of the previous nest, which represents a new red ant nest.

Luo Wen had been looking forward to something to divert his attention and pull him back from the road to death.

However, due to the life pattern of red ants and their numbers, it is doomed that each nest needs a large area to maintain their survival and development.

Therefore, it took so long for the Beilu army to discover another red ant nest.

Fortunately, although it was a bit late, it was finally here. Luo Wen didn't delay and set off immediately.

On the way, he thought of red ants and yellow ants. Their behavior patterns are very similar, and they all live by hunting. But only tens of millions of red ant nests need such a large site.

So, how much land do those earthy yellow ants need to support them?

Maybe, they don't sweep every few hundred days. Instead, they are sweeping all the time. They follow the established route, and each time they reach the cliff, it takes hundreds of days.

Luo Wen was speechless secretly. If he thought so, how many soldiers would he have to save to take revenge?

Just as he was thinking wildly, the eight long legs led him to run wildly all the way.

His current body length has exceeded sixty centimeters, and his long legs can even reach a height of more than one meter. Ordinary worker ants are really like a small thing in front of him.

But this new breathing and oxygen supply system has also reached its limit. If Rowan's size continues to grow, they will not be able to maintain the normal oxygen supply in Rowan's body.

Therefore, Luo Wen is facing new shackles, and urgently needs some new gene fragments for reference.

But the environment by the river is dominated by ants, and now we can only hope that the other two armies that went deep into the inland will make new discoveries.

After traveling for about three kilometers, Rowan just passed a swarm base, which is also the farthest sub-base so far. From here onwards, it will leave the actual control range of the insect swarm.

Originally, Luo Wen thought that the army of the North Road was not far ahead, but he abruptly walked another two kilometers, but he did not find any trace of the army of the North Road.

At first he thought he was going in the wrong direction, but the landmark pheromones left on the roadside reminded him that he was not going wrong. Later, he wondered whether the army of the North Road had been killed. But along the way, there were no traces of the war.

The trees here are extraordinarily lush, and it seems that it has just rained. There are constant drops of water dripping from the leaves above the head, and some of them will happen to hit Rowan's armor, bringing a cool feeling.

The ground is also very muddy, and puddles have formed in some places, which is an insurmountable gap for ordinary worker ants. But with Rowan's current size, these puddles can be easily crossed.

The pheromones retained here were also affected by the rain, and became much thinner, and some places were even destroyed by puddles. Fortunately, with the increase in size, Rowan's tentacles have also become a lot longer, and the detection range has expanded a lot, so he didn't lose his way.

However, he also slowed down his own speed. After walking so far from the territory, he has not found the army of the North Road. This is a bit abnormal. After all, he is more cautious.

Although he didn't really believe that something would set up a trap to target him, but in case, his leg muscles were tense, and he was ready to run at any time.

Just groping forward like this, and marched for nearly two kilometers, the sky gradually darkened, and it began to rain sparsely in the sky.

Although the road sign pheromone is still vaguely floating on the road, there is no problem with the identification contained in it.

But Luo Wen himself is a good at manipulating identity information. Back then, he used the pheromones to confuse the road signs to fool the red and black ants allied forces. It's hard to guarantee that there won't be anything now that will use this trick to deal with him.

And now it has exceeded the range of nearly four kilometers from the territory. It stands to reason that the army has not advanced a certain distance, and the queen ant will be dispatched immediately.

On the one hand, it is to occupy the territory, and on the other hand, it can provide certain supplies to the army, and it can also facilitate the transmission of news.

In this situation, should a few signal soldiers crawl alone for several kilometers to return to the swarm territory?

The messengers are only served by ordinary worker ants, they are not Rowan, and there are too many dangers that can threaten their lives along the way.

Just when Luo Wen was gradually convinced by his own analysis and believed more and more that this was a trap, reality slapped him hard.

Thank you for your reward, and thank you again for your support.