I Am the Swarm

Just when Rowan was in a panic, a new kind of bug was found in the water when the navy troops were cruising by the river one day. 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 flat head and a distinct shoulder armor. And the little black bug has no shoulder armor.

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

How did the worm come to be, the communications soldier did not understand, but only knew that it was caught in the river.

Looking at its oar-like footsteps, Rowan thought that it was probably a bug similar to a little black bug that could float and row on the water. So I didn't care much, and sent it into Belly Tun.

Unexpectedly, this little bug gave Rowan a big surprise.

That night he entered a state of pupation, and his body structure underwent some fundamental changes.

I don't know how long it took, Luo Wen broke out of the chrysalis. He first ate some food to fill his hungry stomach. Then, while eating, I began to examine the whole body.

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

Rowan raised his hind feet that turned into paddles and looked at it. Could it be this? But this is the change that occurred after eating the little black worm last time. On closer inspection, it seems that the legs are a little more hairy.

After the last time he ate the little black worm, his original eight walking feet changed into the shape of a paddle at the end of his body. The performance of the "paddles" on land was not very good, and Rowan was not used to it at first.

But Rowan's steps are enough, even if he doesn't use "paddles" and only uses the other six feet to move, he is still walking like flying, climbing mountains and trees like walking on the ground, and after getting used to it, he doesn't feel that it has any effect.

But the change that time was just a simple partial molting, and it didn't reach the point of pupa formation. Could it be that after a few extra leg hairs grow this time, it has to become a chrysalis?

This is absolutely impossible, Rowan shook his head to reject the idea. His body will only chrysalis when there is a big change, that's for sure. Since you can't see it from the outside, the change must be inside the body.

First, I went to the mother's nest and checked it. There was an extra set in the gene bank. It seemed to be a gene fragment related to the respiratory system, which should have come from that little bug.

Thinking of the size of that little bug, this respiratory system definitely can't make the body bigger, so it has another function.

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

But it takes a long time for the eggs to develop and grow, and Rowan, who was anxious to get the answer, obviously couldn't wait.

However, Rowan still arranged for the mother's nest to produce some eggs with the worm's gene as a template, and updated the gene bank for subsequent queen orders.

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

The naval 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 ant stationed. This kind of base is located at intervals between the lake and the river, which is equivalent to a simple dock.

And what Rowan found was the base where the bugs were found. It is not too far from the mother's nest, and some sampan worms gather here, familiar with their abilities.

The sampan worm is a worm that hatched based on the little black worm that Rowan caught last time. They are so named because they look like sampans upside down in the water.

Because it is a lakeside base, there are mostly small sampan worms gathered here. Because of the rush of the river, these little guys have insufficient power, and it is easy to not know where they are being washed.

They caught this new bug from nowhere. Anyway, Rowan wandered around the lake many times, but he had never seen such a bug.

Rowan searched the area for another day, but found nothing as expected.

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

With this pair of oars and hind legs before, Rowan has never been in the water. Now, of course, I will not take the risk and enter the lake. Although he was the largest "Sampan" in the swarm at this time.

Of course, he also has his own way.

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

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

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

The worms called are all good at digging holes, so it's no problem to plan a swimming pool and come out.

In just one day, this 20-square-meter swimming pool was dug. Then under the command of Rowan, the worms dug another canal connecting the lake.

The lake water flows in, slowly filling the pool.

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

Then he slowly retracted his feet one by one and coiled them under him. When all the steps were put away, he actually floated on the water.

Trying to pull on the paddle-shaped hind feet, bursts of thrust came, pushing him to row forward. It's a pity that the pool is still too small compared to his size. He didn't even scratch a few times before he touched the edge of the pool opposite.

But Rowan wasn't annoyed at all. This novel experience made him excited for a while, 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 with violent waves, and after bouncing back and forth by the pool, it slowly returned to calm.

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

Underwater, a **** bug was lying on the bottom of the pool. There is an air bubble at the end of his abdomen, which is very conspicuous in the water.

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

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