I Am The Swarm

At this point, the Swarm’s opponents had officially shifted from the Koya Alliance and the Locke Mutual Aid Society to the Interstellar Technological Confederation. Although the former two were originally part of the Confederation, there were still some differences.

The biggest change was that the decision-making layer of the coalition had been completely replaced. The Swarm’s previous information channels had been pushed to the margins, leading to some delays in intelligence.

To regain the previous level of intelligence, Luo Wen would need to put in some effort.

Fortunately, the reason there were no “insiders” in the new decision-making layer was not because they had become resistant to the Swarm Network’s infiltration, but because they had been on the move for the past few decades, making it difficult for the Swarm to establish contact with them.

Now that they had come into contact with the Swarm, it was only a matter of time before “insiders” appeared.

Even though there were no “insiders” at the highest levels of decision-making, any actions they wanted to take would still have to go through the layers of command below.

This included the management systems of the Koya Alliance and the Locke Mutual Aid Society. As the local powers in the front-line territories, almost all orders required their cooperation.

Both of these organizations had already been infiltrated by the Swarm. What they knew, the Swarm also knew. Therefore, while there was some delay in obtaining the latest information about the coalition, the impact was minimal.

Through both conventional and unconventional channels, the Swarm had learned about the coalition’s preparations. As time passed, the coalition noticed that the Swarm was only gathering troops and showed no signs of launching an attack. The number of troops on both sides continued to grow, facing each other across a front line spanning more than a dozen star systems and tens of light-years.