I Am the Swarm

The enemy army in the ant nest was tricked out one after another, and there were tens of thousands of them.

Two hours later, although there were occasional sporadic ants crawling out of the hole, Rowan didn't want to waste any more time.

At one command, the soldier ants lead, the soldier ants assist, and the worker ants provide long-range fire support. The army was divided into several teams and rushed into the passage.

After so many rounds of tossing in the ant nest, there were not many ants left, and most of them were dizzy by the spy bugs and were weak in resistance.

In contrast, the army of the swarm is invincible, and a reasonable combination of arms is invincible in narrow passages.

Two hours later, the ant nest will change hands, and it will be transformed into a swarm base, guarded by an ant queen accompanying the army.

So far in this battle, more than 700,000 enemy troops have been wiped out, and the swarms have killed more than 10,000 units of various types, most of which were lost in the final channel battle.

The small red ants are very good at using stingers to attack in narrow terrain, and they can often do a one-for-one exchange to the limit, causing great casualties to the swarm army.

But this loss is nothing to Rowan, who has 1,500 queen ants.

After cleaning the battlefield, the relatively well-preserved insect corpses were collected and buried in a centralized manner to prevent decay and deterioration. The wreckage is recycled into protein for daily consumption by the army.

After the battle, after a day's rest, the army was divided into several teams, and the two teams began to clear the remaining enemy troops in this area in different directions. Another one is stationed in place, waiting for those hunting teams that are lucky enough not to be encountered by the clearance team.

In the next few days, the three teams wiped out a total of more than 30 hunting teams returning to the ant nest, and there were almost 400,000 of them. This area finally fell under Luo Wen's control.

Afterwards, the 300 ant queens who accompanied the army took the standard 2,000 personal soldiers and 3,000 engineering soldiers as a bonus, and divided up a lot of military rations, and then went to guard and develop their respective territories.

Most of the remaining 900,000 worker ants were sent to other areas by transport insects.

Of the 1,200 queen ants that were produced intensively before, in addition to the 300 that accompanied the army, 900 of them arrived in their respective territories, rested for a while, and then began to support the front line with all their strength.

Now that the war is over, it's time to replenish their workforce.

There are nearly 150,000 soldier ants, 50,000 of which are added to the central army (restructured from the Northwest Army). As the angle continues to expand, the area they need to explore becomes larger and larger, and there is a serious shortage of manpower.

The remaining 100,000 soldier ants, together with a small number of auxiliary units such as worker ants, scout bugs, and transport bugs, for a total of 120,000 troops, reorganized the North Army and continued to advance along the river bank.

And Luo Wen also has arrangements, he needs to rush to the West Road Army to join them. There was news from there before, but the messenger did not express clearly,

It probably means that some abnormal situations or things have been found, and Luo Wen feels that it is necessary to check it out in person.

It just so happens that I'm already busy here, and I need to find something to divert my attention so that I don't have to think about how to die when I'm idle.

As the largest individual in the bug swarm, Rowan's size prevents him from traveling leisurely in a transport bug like other bugs, and can only run by himself with his long legs.

But also because of his size, his running speed is much faster than that of a transport bug, and his eight strong legs also give him a good jumping ability. Obstacles such as some small ravines and exposed tree roots, he can easily jump over, and there is no way to slow down his speed.

Luo Wen set off in the morning. Since he was traveling very fast, he even stopped by to check the development of several branch bases along the way. When he found the West Road Army and joined them, the sky was only slightly dark.

After a night's rest, Rowan went to check the abnormal area under the leadership of the Western Army early the next morning.

Because the army encountered this anomaly when it was marching, the Queen Ant ordered the army to bypass this area and sent troops to notify Luo Wen.

Therefore, Rowan's route at this time is going backwards.

After walking about a kilometer southeast of the army, he saw the area marked as abnormal.

It was already very close to the cliff, and there were many boulders rolling down from the cliff on the ground. They were stacked together, and there were some huge gaps between the stones.

But from the outside, it is just an ordinary pile of stones. Although it occupies a large area, there is nothing unusual about it.

At this time, it was the turn of the cannon fodder to appear. Rowan flicked his tentacles, and the two transport bugs came out more and more, and rushed towards the stone pile at a high speed.

Their feet are the same as Rowan's. The sticky hair on their claws allows them to walk on smooth stone surfaces, and their strong limb muscles give them good running speed and jumping ability.

I saw two transport worms crawling quickly among the stones, turning and moving. It seemed that they hadn't done this for a long time. They ran without carrying a load, and they seemed a little excited.

And Luo Wen also noticed something unusual at this time. The two transport bugs who had fun seemed to disturb the owner here.

In the shadow of the cracks in the rocks, several creatures of different sizes crawled out slowly.

They have a slightly slender, but still strong body. The head, chest and abdomen are connected together. Although there are segments, they are not as different in thickness as ants, and the various parts of the body can be clearly distinguished.

There are a total of eight eyes on the head, a pair of slightly larger middle eyes in the center, and three side eyes on each side. The front of the head is slightly flat, without barbels.

A pair of huge claws protrude from both sides of the head, with openings in the front, like pliers, and huge muscle tissue attached to the back of the pliers, which looks very powerful and full of deterrence. Four pairs of walking legs grow on the back of the claws at a time, and they have a very low site. Although they are not small in size, they can pass through very low gaps. For example, the rock crevices they just drilled out. Although the transport bugs are similar in size to them, it is difficult to get in.

In addition, their whole bodies are covered with thick, pure black chitin armor, which has amazing defensive power. And it's all covered with fluff, especially on the pair of claws, not only the outer carapace is bumpy, but also the fluff is several times more than other places.

And the most special thing about them is a long and slender tail extending from the back of the body. The tail is curled upside down and curled up above the body. At the bottom of the tail is a cold hook.

Luo Wen was dumbfounded. If it wasn't for the fact that there would be two moons in the sky before nightfall, he would have thought he had returned to Blue Star. How come these species are so similar to Blue Star, and now even "scorpions" have come out.