I Am the Swarm

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

Its body is slightly larger than Rowan. It is based on the black armor "God of War", with a pair of giant jaws on its head, extended tentacles with better signals, and a pair of digging feet, from the original three pairs. The arthropods became four pairs.

Looking at the results in front of him, Luo Wen praised secretly, 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 probably 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 he had in front of him was only alive. And looking at its movements, there is no inconsistency in the various newly added organs, and it is completely free to use.

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

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

This joke is really a bit big.

Who would have thought that after working so hard for such a long time, the brood was almost crippled, and yet he came up with such a thing?

Luo Wen didn't know if he should use worm language to communicate in this situation, but he hadn't learned it before. How could he know worm 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.

But after thinking about it, it seems impossible. Even if the boss is a vegetarian, he has a violent temper. The nickname "God of War" given to him by Luo Wen is not smug, but a real one. It can be said that among the bugs he has seen so far, the frontal battle is the strongest.

If you look at it this way, the bugs hatched in the brood have an identification system, so what is wrong with this interactive system?

Luo Wen believes that under normal circumstances, there must be an interactive system when playing, so what is the reason for the current embarrassing situation?

He sank his mind and began to think that the mother's nest grew out of the gene fragment of the queen of ants.

This was just a guess before, but after the birth of the brood, you can check the gene pool and confirm this matter. Rowan did carry some fragments of the queen's gene, though 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 to communicate. So assuming that his queen gene comes from black ants, will he also absorb this kind of gene fragments that help ants communicate with each other?

Thinking of this, Rowan hurriedly checked the brood. Fortunately, he can now indirectly check his own genetic storage through the brood, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with this matter.

Fortunately, there were 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 called formic acid. Rowan's newly acquired saliva-sticking house skills are related to this gene.

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

Luo Wen analyzed that since formic acid can be combined with saliva to stick to the house, it is less likely that it has the function of communication. Still, it's something to experiment with.

And you can see results right away.

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

Sure enough, formic acid cannot be used for communication...

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

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

So now there is a great possibility that the gene fragments that allow the body to secrete certain pheromones belong to the interactive components. It's a pity that he didn't install it on the black beetle when he was preparing the blueprint.

At this time, the black beetle had left its weakness when it was just born, and was crawling aimlessly back and forth outside the brood room.

Looks like it's on patrol.

Could it be that it instinctively protects the brood? If that's the case, then it's a little bit more useful.

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

Without further ado, Luo Wen went to replenish the food first, brought back two tree roots by the way, and stuffed one for the brood. The black beetle took the other one away unceremoniously, as if Rowan should provide food for fighters like it.

Luo Wen cursed secretly, but didn't get too entangled. After all, if you can't really get angry with a bug that can't communicate, it's right to raise a puppy that guards the door.

After carefully sealing up the small room in the mother's nest, he glanced at the black beetle that was gnawing on the tree roots, but didn't respond to it. He didn't stop and crawled towards the surface.

He hasn't been on the surface for a long time since he got dragged down by the brood. I came up again after many days, and it seemed that the air was much fresher.

The level of danger on the surface is far from that of the underground, but he has his own advantages both above and below ground.

His digging speed is fast underground, so far no bugs can catch up to him, but the early warning range is poor, and the enemy can only be detected by the vibrating vibrations of the fluff on his body.

And underground, although he was fast, his steering was not flexible, and if the speed was too fast, the protection of the eyes would be prone to leaks, which would cause damage to it.

On the ground, his observation range far exceeds that of other bugs. Among most of the bugs that are short-sighted, he can be regarded as a clairvoyant.

Although there are still such things as wait-and-see earthworms and camouflaged sneak attack bugs, Rowan already knows their existence at this time and is already wary of them. Under his ultra-high refresh rate eyes, they basically couldn't sneak attack Rowan.

Therefore, Rowan likes to go to the surface to check the surrounding situation. Even if he encounters danger, he can return to the runway he is good at with just sticking his butt.

At this time, Rowan was patrolling outwards clockwise around the mother's nest, constantly expanding the search area to see if there was any danger around.

See if you can solve the small danger. If there is a big danger that cannot be solved, you can only prepare early and run away.

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

Rowan didn't try to tease their minds, these big guys are existences that he can't afford to provoke at the moment. Moreover, they are vegetarians, so as long as Luo Wen doesn't get involved, there will be no conflict of interest for everyone and they can coexist harmoniously.

On the third lap of the spreadout patrol, Rowan found a target, an excellent material for experimentation.