I Am The Swarm

“Overlord, Knight 3857 is honored to serve you,” greeted the Knight controlling the Bio-ship, sensing Luo Wen’s consciousness descend.

A year earlier, two Egret-class transport ships carrying Luo Wen’s physical body had traversed the outermost asteroid belt of the Neighboring Star System and arrived near Planet A5.

The two Bio-ships, disguised as meteors, didn’t head directly for the Great Dawn Planet. For a Bio-ship to reach the Great Dawn Planet, it required multiple deceleration maneuvers and orbital adjustments—behaviors inconsistent with a natural meteor.

Additionally, the Swarm lacked information about the observation capabilities of the alien civilization’s shipborne systems. Such maneuvers could expose anomalies in the meteor disguise.

To remain cautious, the two meteors simulated being captured by the gravitational pull of Planet A5, following a natural trajectory to impact Satellite 2 of Planet A5.

After landing, Luo Wen’s consciousness descended to inspect his physical body, which had been dormant for decades but remained in good condition. Satisfied, he directed the fungal carpet to begin its work and ordered the hatching of ten Brood Queen eggs.

Thanks to advancements in Swarm technology, the Egret-class transport ships, which no longer required an ecological recycling system, featured significantly larger internal spaces than older Swarm Meteors. These spaces could carry much more cargo.

Luo Wen’s personal transport ships alone housed dozens of Brood Queen eggs, each of which had been in close proximity to his physical body and was encoded with the latest gene library version.

A month later, the Swarm base on Satellite A5B2 began to take shape. Besides hatching auxiliary worker species for excavation, the Brood Queens focused on producing Bio-ship eggs.