Chapter 285: Mutation
If that were all, these abilities wouldn’t seem to offer much help in deploying a Brood Queen to Riken’s homeworld. But these abilities were merely the initial functions revealed by the evolution of the Swarm Network.
As Luo Wen continued to explore the capabilities of the new Swarm Network, he uncovered a far more terrifying power.
While experimenting with the remote authorization for Brood Queens to update their genetic libraries, Luo Wen had a sudden idea: what would happen if this function were applied to ordinary units?
That was when he discovered the new functionality.
Ordinary units, upon gaining access to the genetic library and having sufficient energy, could mutate into Brood Queens!
This meant that regardless of their original form—whether Worker Drones, Raiders, Storm Gods, Space Octopuses, or even Fungal Carpets—so long as they were connected to the Swarm Network and Luo Wen willed it, they could evolve into Brood Queens.
Of course, for smaller units like Worker Drones or Raiders, the success rate of evolving into a Brood Queen was extremely low due to their insufficient inherent energy. The process required an immense amount of energy.
Among all units, Fungal Carpets had the highest success rate of mutation, reaching nearly 100%. This was likely because they stored the most energy.
After discovering this ability, not only did the primary body and Brood Nests become less critical, but even the significance of Brood Queens diminished. As long as Fungal Carpets existed, the Swarm could never be eradicated.