I Am the Swarm

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At this moment, the black beetle lying in a pile of mucus had already struggled to get up from the ground.

Its size is slightly larger than that of Rowan. It is based on the black armor "God of War". It has a pair of giant jaws on its head, an extended version of the tentacles with better signal, and a pair of digging feet. From the original three pairs The arthropods became four pairs.

Looking at the results in front of him, Rowan secretly praised it, it was amazing, and he felt a lot better.

You must know that in the previous life, in the human world with such advanced technology, it is estimated that it is impossible to fuse certain organs of various insects together to achieve the level of the black beetle in front of you.

Unless it's dead bugs and glued together.

However, what was in front of him was only alive. And looking at its movements, the newly added various organs have no incongruity and are completely free to use.

However, looking at it, Rowan discovered a very embarrassing thing.

He actually couldn't communicate with the bug in front of him!

This joke is really too big.

Who would have thought that after working so hard for such a long time, the mother's nest was almost crippled, and such a thing was made?

Rowan didn't know if he should communicate in insect language in this situation, but he had never learned it, how could he know insect language?

Fortunately, although this bug can't communicate, it won't attack him either. I don't know if it's because its prototype is a vegetarian boss.

But when I think about it, I think it's impossible. Even if the boss is a vegetarian, he has a violent temper. The nickname "God of War" that Rowan gave to it is not watery, but it is real. It can be called the strongest frontal battle among the bugs he has seen so far.

Looking at it this way, the insects hatched by the mother nest have an identification system, so what is wrong with this interactive system?

Rowan believes that under normal circumstances, he must have his own interactive system when he appears, so what is the reason for the current embarrassing situation?

He sank his mind and began to think, the mother nest was grown because of the genetic fragments of the ant queen.

This was just speculation before, but after the birth of the mother hive, the gene bank can be queried to confirm this matter. Rowan did carry some of the queen's genes, although he wasn't sure if he got it from the black ants.

Then I thought that there are so many ants in the ant nest, but they can be orderly. They must have some way of communicating. So assuming that his queen gene comes from black ants, will he also absorb this kind of gene fragment that helps ants communicate with each other?

Thinking of this, Rowan hurriedly checked the mother's nest. Fortunately, he could now check his own gene repository indirectly through the mother's nest.

Fortunately, there are not many gene fragments in the gene bank. Although this should be sad news, it saved Rowan a lot of time at this time.

In addition to the queen gene, the gene fragment from the black ant also has a gene fragment that should be called formic acid. Rowan's newly acquired saliva sticking to the house skill is related to this gene.

In addition, there is a gene that makes the body secrete certain pheromones. I don't know why it is used for the time being.

Rowan analyzed that since formic acid can be combined with saliva to stick to the house, it is less likely to have a communication function. However, this can still be tested.

And you can see the results right away.

Rowan spat a few saliva at the black beetle, but the black beetle didn't respond.

Sure enough, formic acid cannot be used to communicate...

However, there may also be a problem with Rowan's saliva that is no longer due to formic acid. His saliva seems to be mixed with the gene fragments that some camouflage insects secrete mucus and stick leaves to their bodies for camouflage.

If you think about it this way, formic acid cannot be ruled out for the time being, although it is unlikely.

Then there is a great possibility that the gene fragments that make the body secrete certain pheromones belong to the interactive components. It's a pity that he didn't put it on the Black Beetle when he was preparing the blueprint.

At this time, the black beetle had broken away from the weakness when it was just born, and was crawling back and forth aimlessly outside the mother's nest room.

It looked like he was on patrol.

Does it instinctively protect the mother nest? If that's the case, then it's slightly more useful.

The black beetle has one more pair of big jaws than Rowan, and there are many spikes on it. Although the IQ is worrying, the frontal combat power should be stronger than that of Rowan at this time. With black beetles guarding the brood, he could also scout further afield.

Without further ado, Rowan went to replenish the food, brought back two tree roots by the way, and stuffed one for the mother's nest. The black beetle took the other one away without any hesitation. It seemed that Rowan should provide food for fighters like it.

Luo Wen scolded secretly, but didn't tangle too much. After all, he couldn't really get angry with a bug who couldn't communicate, so he should have a puppy who only guarded the door.

He carefully sealed the small room of the mother's nest, and looked at the black beetle that was gnawing at the roots of the tree, but didn't respond to it, he didn't stop, and crawled towards the surface.

Since he was dragged by the mother's nest, he has not been on the surface for a long time. After coming up again after many days, it seems that the air is a lot fresher.

The level of danger on the surface is far from being comparable to that of the underground, but he has its own advantages both on the ground and underground.

His digging speed is fast in the ground, so far no bugs can catch up with him, but the early warning range is poor. He can only detect the enemy's situation by sensing the vibration of the fluff on his body.

And in the underground, although he is fast, his steering is not flexible, and if the speed is too fast, the protection of the eyes will be prone to flaws, which will cause damage to it.

On the ground, his observation range far exceeds other insects. Among insects that are mostly short-sighted, he can be regarded as clairvoyant.

Although there are still things like giant earthworms and camouflaged sneak attack insects, but Rowan already knew of their existence at this time, and he was already wary of them. Under the eyes of his ultra-high refresh rate, they are basically unable to attack Rowan.

Therefore, Rowan likes to go to the surface to investigate the surrounding situation. Even if he encounters danger, he can return to the track he is good at by just shoveling his butt.

At this time, Luo Wen was patrolling the mother's nest clockwise in circles, expanding the search area to see if there was any danger around.

Let’s see if the small dangers can be solved. If there are big dangers that cannot be solved, we can only prepare early and run away.

The tentacles received some insect sounds coming from all around, and the two sound sources in his observation range were from black beetles. They lay on the tree trunks, making hysterical calls.

Rowan didn't bother to tease them, these bigwigs are the ones he can't afford to provoke at the moment. And people are vegetarians, as long as Luo Wen doesn't come to look for trouble, everyone has no conflict of interest and can coexist harmoniously.

On the third lap of the outreach patrol, Rowan found a target, an excellent experimental material.

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