I Am The Swarm

Within the Swarm Network, all genetic information belonging to Luo Wen, as well as the genes he has acquired, are stored. However, only the Brood Nest currently has the authority to remotely download this genetic data.

For example, when Luo Wen’s primary body absorbed the genes of atmospheric organisms on Genesis Planet A7B5, he uploaded the data to the Swarm Network. Immediately, the Yellow Moon Brood Nest, currently located on the far side of the Red Moon, could begin producing a new species based on the atmospheric organisms’ genetic template.

A long time ago, after Luo Wen’s primary body was vaporized by a falling meteor, he began researching how to grant the Brood Queens similar access.

Even though Luo Wen himself had become a “Swarm Overlord”, ensuring that as long as there were Swarm units left alive, he would not perish, losing his primary body along with a Brood Nest would severely compromise the Swarm’s ability to evolve rapidly. If this potential for evolution were lost, it would make the Swarm easier to destroy and reduce his own security.

Thus, if the Brood Queens could, like the Brood Nests, directly download the genetic library from the Swarm Network, then even if his primary body were destroyed, any one of the Brood Queens could recreate it. This would greatly enhance both the Swarm’s potential and his personal safety.

Unfortunately, Luo Wen failed to achieve this. Instead, he resorted to a forced “disconnect” workaround to marginally improve his security.

Moreover, granting Brood Queens the ability to directly download the genetic library would allow them to remotely update their genetic databases, similar to the Brood Nests.

Previously, this limitation was not a significant issue because the Swarm was confined to the Genesis Star System, where Luo Wen could personally link to update the Brood Queens’ genetic libraries.

Given the Swarm’s advancing navigation technologies and the static nature of genetic information over long periods, updating these libraries seemed trivial. Luo Wen’s primary body had little else to do, so updating them occasionally wasn’t a burden.

The introduction of Bio-ships, capable of transporting Brood Queens no larger than a dozen meters, further reduced the inconvenience. Luo Wen no longer needed to act personally; the queens could be sent to him for updates.

However, as the Swarm extended its reach into other star systems, the limitations became apparent. Managing updates was feasible for the Neighboring Star System alone, where Luo Wen’s five primary bodies and Brood Nests could function as before.

But the Swarm’s ambitions wouldn’t stop there. In the future, when they might occupy ten, twenty, or even more star systems, if navigation technology did not improve, updating the genetic libraries of all Brood Queens might take thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Thus, Luo Wen needed to continue researching methods to enable the Brood Nests to download genetic libraries remotely.

The Greeting Gift was now less than 300 million kilometers from the Great Dawn Planet, and in about six months, it would enter the planet’s outer orbit.

At such proximity, even the outdated observation organs aboard the Greeting Gift could collect much more detailed information.

The Great Dawn Planet had five satellites. Among them, Satellite One and Satellite Three were similar in mass to the Yellow Moon, while Satellite Two and Satellite Five were smaller. Satellite Four, however, was larger. None of these satellites showed evidence of atmospheres or biological activity.

On the Great Dawn Planet itself, obscured by its atmosphere, five continents were visible, with the rest of the surface covered by oceans. It rotated once every 48 hours and orbited its star once every five hundred-plus days.

The Visit Team had already used this information to plan the Greeting Gift’s trajectory. In 162 days, it would reach the front orbital path of the Great Dawn Planet, avoiding its five satellites and initiating contact with the planet.

Time flew by, and soon, 162 days had passed. The Greeting Gift was about to enter the planet’s atmosphere. Following it were two Swarm Meteors, stationed in the Neighboring Star System and ready to act.

If the Greeting Gift landed successfully and encountered no resistance, the two Swarm Meteors would find nearby landing sites or remain in orbit, awaiting Luo Wen’s arrival.

Conversely, if resistance arose, the Swarm Meteors would alter their course to provide support.

The Swarm now possessed extensive experience in rapid planetary descent, particularly on planets with atmospheres. With the combined assistance of atmospheric drag and the Swarm Meteors’ deceleration systems, along with their moderate initial velocity, the meteors quickly reduced speed.

The chosen landing site was the second-largest continent of the Great Dawn Planet, closer to the meteor’s trajectory, minimizing the need for course adjustments.

The older models of Swarm Meteors had less effective propulsion systems, so a nearby and stable landing was preferable.

The Visit Team, composed of over ten thousand Intelligent Entities, was on high alert within the Swarm Network. Every observation device hidden in the Spore Capsules was monitored by dedicated personnel, who didn’t dare relax.

The airspace and surrounding areas near the landing site were under constant surveillance.

Fortunately, unlike the events on Genesis A7B5, no attacks from the sky occurred this time. Although some distant moving black dots resembling birds were spotted in the sky, they did not approach the landing zone.

This indicated that the Great Dawn Planet’s environment had indeed fostered life—a welcome discovery for Luo Wen and the Swarm. Despite the Swarm’s ability to develop biological technology independently, borrowing from existing templates was always advantageous.

Alien lifeforms from other star systems represented valuable acquisitions. After all, one of the Swarm’s expansion goals was to find such treasures.

The bird-like creatures, perhaps due to their distance, made no attempts to approach the descending Swarm Meteor. Luo Wen speculated that even if they wanted to, they were too far away to do so.

Having dominated an entire star system and begun interstellar expansion, the Swarm now reached a medium-level civilization status.

As the Swarm Overlord, Luo Wen’s concerns spanned star systems, celestial bodies, and interstellar navigation, with speeds measured in millions of kilometers per hour, tens of kilometers per second, or fractions of the speed of light.

Confronted with the sight of primitive organisms within a planet’s atmosphere, moving sluggishly compared to the Storm God of yore, Luo Wen felt a momentary disconnect. He looked at the weak and leisurely flying creatures with disappointment.

If this was the extent of life on the Great Dawn Planet, it would hardly bring him any surprises.

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