I Am the Swarm

Facts have proved that he thought too much, just when he thought more and more that this matter was a trap and planned to return.

He actually found the army of the North Road!

At this moment, Luo Wen had various feelings in his heart, but his education level was too low to express it accurately.

"Maybe it's because I'm too idle these days, thinking about it all day long, and I'm a little nervous."

Although some of them scared themselves along the way before, fortunately it was a false alarm, and it was finally good news that they could find the army of the North Road.

It was still raining in the sky at this time, and these guys were hiding in a tree hole to avoid the rain.

Small size is also beneficial. Just find a tree hole and drill it to shelter from the rain. Like Luo Wen, you can only find a slightly dry place under the shade of a tree to hide from the rain.

The shade of the tree couldn't completely block the rain, and there were still raindrops passing through the leaves and falling on Rowan's carapace. Looking at the completely unaffected bugs in the tree hole, his anger gradually surged up.

These guys run pretty fast, how do their messengers go back every three days? It seems that the IQ of the queen ant is not trustworthy either.

Then he reflected on himself, is he too lazy, and occasionally he has to catch up with the army to see the situation, this distance is not a problem at all for his long legs.

The advance of the bugs is not a rush march. They need to completely clean up the area around the route during the advance, eliminate all dangers, and lay a good foundation for the subsequent arrival of the queen.

Therefore, in fact, their advancement is very slow, which is why Rowan crossed the last base, and after walking less than two kilometers, he became more and more suspicious that it was a trap. After walking four kilometers, he even turned around and returned. .

After thinking about it carefully, the matter of feelings still depends on him, he didn't know the progress of the bugs in time, and he didn't send the queen over in time.

In fact, this is still a communication problem. The communications soldiers sent back by the North Road Army only communicated that everything was normal every time. He had no idea that the follow-up base follow-up had been seriously out of touch with them.

Once again, Rowan desperately wanted a remote interaction system.

Gathered the northern army, counted it, and there were 70,000 to 80,000 when we went out. After such a long time, there are still close to 70,000. It seems that the team composed of all soldier ants is still powerful.

While the bugs were sheltering from the rain, he planned to investigate the enemy's situation alone first.

His eyesight evolved better as he stopped digging holes and spent his days crouching on tree trunks looking at the scenery. Now I can clearly see a distance of more than 200 meters.

Moreover, this is not the same as seeing 200 meters with human eyes. He can even see ants more than 100 meters away, but then his vision will gradually blur until the scene more than 200 meters away completely turns into frosted glass.

In addition to his long legs, his body is more than one meter tall, which is equivalent to an eight-legged stand, and the viewing angle is quite good.

Coupled with good mobility, after careful calculation, he turned out to be the well-deserved number one scout of the bug swarm.

The bugs faithfully carried out his order, and searched forward for a distance of about 300 meters. He was so far away that he could see the iconic volcanic shape of the red ant nest 200 meters away. The bugs just retreated a distance of more than 500 meters.

Perhaps because of the rain, there were no traces of patrolling soldiers near the "Volcano", and they probably all hid in their dens to avoid the rain. After all, they were not as big as Rowan.

Suddenly, he became vicious and ran all the way to the side of the "volcano". Before the red and black ants inside could react, he raised a pair of digging feet to dig the "volcano" down, and then pushed the side The soil will fill and block the "crater".

Afterwards, Rowan fled the scene happily.

This was one of his favorite things to do when he was a child. He still remembers that he especially liked poking ant holes with wooden sticks. Plug their holes, but unfortunately, the most important thing is missing, and this is a bit flawed.

Originally, it was a happy thing to fill in the enemy's block. But I don't know why when I think of this, a faint sadness pervades the surroundings, coupled with the pattering raindrops, it makes people choke up.

It's a pity that he has no tear ducts, and he has no way to vent his depressed mood.

Back to the shelter from the rain, none of the tens of thousands of living creatures around him could understand his mood.

He sighed secretly, lying quietly under the shade of the tree, and in an instant, even his body color blended into the surrounding environment.

It rained all night, and finally stopped the next morning. Although some stagnant water occasionally dripped from the leaves, it no longer affected the march.

The red ant nest, from the size of the "volcano" at the entrance of the cave, Rowan can judge that it is at least a million-level or more. No matter how brave the more than 60,000 bugs here are, rushing past them is no different from sending them to death.

Although Rowan desperately needs a war to distract him from dying, he doesn't really want to die.

And now that it is so far away from the territory, reinforcements and supplies cannot be delivered in time, and even if this area is captured, there will not be enough troops to guard and develop it.

Fortunately, he had filled the other side's barriers and caused some troubles, so this trip was not in vain.

Rowan comforted himself and returned with the bugs.

Returning to the territory, he ordered the northern army of more than 60,000 soldiers to station near the border and protect the safety of the surrounding area. Luo Wen hurriedly returned to his lair in the rear.

Link to the mother nest, first postpone all other tasks, and spend a period of time dedicated to producing 500 queen ants.

There is still an area of ​​about four kilometers between the swarm territory and the red ant nest. This area is even larger than the swarm's current territory, requiring a large number of ant queens to guard and develop.

In addition, a large number of queen ants are also needed to attack the red ant nest in the early stage and occupy the enemy's territory later.

Therefore, Luo Wen simply took one step and directly produced 500 queen ants. You know, the swarm now only has a total of more than three hundred queen ants.

After arranging the work in the rear, Luo Wen rested for a night, and spent a few days to investigate the situation of the other two armies.

The situation of the West Road Army and the Northern Army is similar, and there is a large blind spot between their positions and territories. The situation of the army on the Northwest Road was slightly better. As they gradually moved away from the territory, the fan-shaped area assigned to them to investigate became larger and larger, resulting in the shortest distance between their positions and the territory.

Even so, in essence, the area of ​​this blind spot is not much smaller than the other two armies.

For example, the blind spots created by the other two armies are a vertical rectangular area, so the northwestern army is a horizontal rectangle.

In this way, five hundred queen ants are far from enough to fill the gaps in these areas.

Knowing these things, Luo Wen rushed back to the old nest overnight and placed another order for 700 queen ants. In this way, after these queens mature, the swarm will have about 1,500 queens.

As for the brood to complete this batch of orders, it is estimated that it will not be able to take on other jobs for a period of time.