I Am the Swarm

Just when Luo Wen was in a panic, on this day, the navy troops by the river found a new kind of bug in the water. And successfully caught it and sent it to Rowan.

At first glance, this worm looks similar to the little black worm before, but it is dark brown, with a slightly flattened head and a section of obvious shoulder armor. And the little black worm doesn't have shoulder armor.

At the same time, it has only one pair of eyes, which is also the obvious difference from the little black bug. There are also three pairs of legs, but the forefeet are small and stubby. Although the middle and hind feet are like oars, they have a lot of fluff.

How did the bug come from? The communications soldier couldn't explain it clearly, only that it was caught in the river.

Looking at its paddle-like feet, Rowan thought that it might be a kind of bug similar to a small black bug, which can float and row on the water. So I didn't pay much attention to it, and sent it to Dulitun casually.

Unexpectedly, this little bug gave Luo Wen a big surprise.

That night he entered the pupation state, and some fundamental changes took place in his body structure.

After an unknown amount of time, Luo Wen broke out of the pupa, and he ate some food to fill his hungry stomach. Then, while eating, began to check the whole body.

But as he looked at each part of his body one by one, he became more and more puzzled. There didn't seem to be any changes on the surface of his body.

Rowan lifted his paddle-shaped hind feet and looked, could it be this? But this is the change after eating the little black bug last time. On closer inspection, it seems that the legs have more hair.

After eating the little black bug last time, the last pair of his original eight legs changed into a paddle shape. This pair of "paddles" did not perform very well on land, and Rowan was not used to it at first.

But Luo Wen's steps are enough, even if he doesn't use the "oars" and only uses the other six legs to move, he can walk like flying, and climb mountains and trees like walking on flat ground. After getting used to it, he doesn't feel any impact.

But that change was only a partial molt, and it didn't reach the point of pupation. Could it be that a few more leg hairs have grown this time, and it will have to chrysalis?

This is absolutely impossible, Rowan shook his head and rejected the idea. His body will only pupate when there are major changes, that's for sure. Since it can't be seen from the outside, the change must be inside the body.

I went to the brood first, and checked it out. There was an extra set in the gene pool, which seemed to be a gene fragment about the respiratory system, and it should have come from that little bug.

Thinking of the size of that little bug, this respiratory system certainly cannot make the body bigger, so it has another function.

In fact, it is very simple to know. Rowan only needs to arrange for the brood to produce a few eggs. With the size of this insect, it doesn't take much energy.

But it takes a long time for the eggs to develop and grow, and Luo Wen, who is anxious to get the answer, obviously can't wait.

However, Rowan still arranged for the brood to produce some eggs based on the insect gene as a template, and updated the gene bank for subsequent orders from the queen ant.

Afterwards, he hurried to the navy base by the river.

The navy base sounds like a tall name, but it is actually a simple base by the lake. Because the underground soil is too muddy and watery, this base is not suitable for nesting, so there is no queen ants. There are such bases at intervals by the lake and the river, which are equivalent to simple docks.

What Rowan found was the base where Xiao Chonger was found. This place is not too far from the mother's nest, some sampan insects gathered here, familiar with the ability.

The sampan bug was hatched using the little black bug that Rowan caught last time as a template. Because they look like a sampan upside down in the water, they were given such a name.

Because it is a lakeside base, most of the small sampan bugs gathered here. Because the river was rushing, these little guys lacked motivation, and it was easy to not know where they were washed.

They did not know where they caught this new bug. Anyway, Rowan had wandered by the lake for countless times, but he had never seen this kind of bug.

Rowan searched around here for another day, but as expected, he found nothing.

It seems that if you want to get the answer as quickly as possible, you can only participate in the experiment yourself.

With these pair of oars and rear feet before, Luo Wen had never been in the water. Now, of course, he would not risk himself and enter the lake. Although he is the largest "sampan worm" in the swarm at this time.

Of course, he also has his own way.

With an order, more than one million digging worms and five giant scorpions were summoned. The giant scorpion is very useful when digging large-scale projects, so after the war, Luo Wen added some more.

Usually they eat soil to maintain the minimum survival needs, and when they have tasks, they eat a good meal...

By the lake, Rowan marked a small area and planned to dig a swimming pool about 80 centimeters deep. Because he has long legs and can reach a height of about one meter, eighty centimeters is a very safe depth.

The worms summoned are all good at digging holes, so digging a swimming pool is naturally a no-brainer.

In just one day, the swimming pool of about 20 square meters was dug. Then under Luo Wen's command, the insects dug another canal to connect the lake.

The lake water flows in and slowly fills the swimming pool.

With everything ready, Rowan strutted his legs and cautiously entered the pool.

Then he slowly retracted the walking legs one by one, coiling them under his body. When all the steps were put away, he was actually floating on the water.

Trying to pull the paddle-shaped hind feet, a burst of thrust came, pushing him to paddle forward. It's a pity that the pool was still too small compared to his size, and he had already touched the edge of the pool opposite before he pulled it a few times.

But Rowan wasn't annoyed at all. This novel experience made him feel a burst of excitement, and he has been amphibious ever since.

After playing for a while, he finally remembered the business.

Feeling the changes of his body in the water, as if instinctively, he suddenly plunged into the water.

The water surface was swayed by violent waves, and after bouncing back and forth by the pool, it slowly calmed down.

Time passed, and half an hour later, Luo Wen seemed to be swallowed by a pool, and he still hasn't surfaced yet.

Under the water, a big black bug was lying on the bottom of the pool. There is a gas bubble at the end of his abdomen, which is very prominent in the water.

This kind of big bug is exactly Rowan. After half an hour of research and personal experience, he probably already understood how to use the respiratory system that needs to be pupated to increase.