Chapter 522: The Push
The Swarm and the Interstellar Technological Confederation continued to amass forces along the front lines, but the Swarm showed no signs of launching an attack, leaving the Confederation puzzled.
The representative from the Locke Mutual Aid Society, who had a deep understanding of the Swarm, had recently fallen ill and, after a few days of rest, became somewhat reticent. According to him, the Swarm’s current inactivity made it difficult to analyze their intentions.
This explanation was reasonable and left no room for criticism. After all, if no one else could figure out the Swarm’s plans, it would be strange if he could.
However, the Confederation wasn’t overly concerned about the stalemate. The longer the delay, the more reinforcements they could gather. Moreover, the number of advanced civilizations joining their ranks would only increase over time.
If this dragged on for a few more years, the Swarm might even be pushed back to their starting point in one decisive blow.
As for the Swarm, they weren’t particularly concerned about whether to attack or not. The territories of the Interstellar Technological Confederation were tough to conquer and would only disperse their forces. On the other side of the Swarm’s territory, beyond the outer rim, lay countless unclaimed star systems waiting to be occupied.
While the Swarm had only captured a little over twenty star systems in the Confederation’s territory, their overall domain in this region of the galaxy already approached two hundred star systems, thanks to the efforts of the Seed Plan in previous years.
Moreover, this was just one branch of the Swarm. Since Luo Wen mastered long-distance fold-crossing technology, he had deployed anchor units over twenty times, successfully establishing more than ten new colonies.
Given enough time, each of these colonies could grow to the size of the Swarm in the Genesis System.