Chapter 449: The Backup Plan
As the Swarm’s territory continued to expand, the variety of intelligent entity source species increased, and Luo Wen’s abilities grew at a remarkable pace. Twenty years ago, when he first attempted long-distance warping with a two-meter flesh pod, one attempt failed, and the other only succeeded due to sheer luck.
Now, warping two-meter flesh pods had become effortless, and even five-meter flesh pods were successfully warped on the first try. This improvement was not solely due to increased proficiency with the technique.
Another indication of Luo Wen’s growing strength was the increase in the number of anchor units he could create. In the early days, his limit was five. By the time he joined the Interstellar Technological Confederation, his limit had risen to ten. Now, he could easily produce nearly twenty anchor units.
Of these anchor units, Luo Wen had already deployed eight. One was carried by the intelligent entity sent to the Ji territory, another was stationed near Planet Botian, and six more were deployed with the recent seeds.
However, the number of anchor units could never be too many. Once Swarm bases in other galaxies developed beyond the reach of Ji surveillance, they could freely construct megastructures and detonate them to power warps. At that point, anchor units would undoubtedly be in short supply.
Fortunately, when enough node units were concentrated in a specific region, a quantitative change could lead to a qualitative one. Even without anchor units, Luo Wen would still be able to locate and link to them.
For example, on Planet Botian, the number of node units there had already reached a sufficient level. Luo Wen planned to send its anchor unit elsewhere once the megastructures in that area were fully developed.
This way, the anchor units could reach new star regions, establish bases, scale up, and then be sent off again. With this cycle, even if there were only twenty anchor units, the Swarm’s expansion rate in the future would be ferocious.
From this perspective, the territory around Genesis Planet no longer seemed crucial. Moreover, judging from the current situation, the opposition was closing in step by step, as though they had reached the final stage of their plan and were about to reveal their true intentions.