I Am The Swarm

In truth, opportunities to use this feature were practically nonexistent.

During subsequent tests, Luo Wen discovered that when his consciousness descended upon a particular insect, he could emit a special kind of wave through its body.

Insects receiving this wave would naturally follow his commands, eliminating the need to take direct control of their bodies.

This meant that in future wars, Luo Wen wouldn’t need to personally step onto the battlefield. He could remain safely in the rear and conduct remote operations.

However, Luo Wen also identified a flaw in the system: the insects lacked names and were displayed as mere nodes within his mental space.

Currently, with the insect population still sparse, this wasn’t a major issue.

But if the swarm ever regained its former scale of trillions, imagine the chaos of so many nodes flooding his mind. Distinguishing them would become an enormous challenge.

After repeated experimentation, Luo Wen devised a temporary solution to this flaw.

He could group these nodes in his mind and recreate a sandbox map based on the real-world terrain. The insects would then be arranged and organized according to their actual positions.

Moreover, Luo Wen found that he didn’t always need to click on nodes in his mind to switch perspectives. He could now seamlessly leap between insects within his line of sight.

For instance, if he had possessed this system earlier and wanted to contact the northern army, he could first descend upon any insect in their ranks, then leap between countless others until he found the desired perspective or insect.

Although somewhat cumbersome, this method solved the problem, considering the transitions were instantaneous.

Additionally, since this was an instant communication system, it should have some interactive features. Luo Wen believed the insects should be able to call him actively, rather than him descending upon them unilaterally.

However, the swarm had only recently begun to recover, and the current insects were mostly low-intelligence workers, incapable of such complex operations.

Testing whether this function existed would have to wait for the emergence of a Type I Queen Ant.

The system was incredibly powerful and had even evolved additional features over time, far surpassing the scope of a mere instant communication system.

Luo Wen named it the Swarm Network, signifying an invisible web linking the entire swarm together.

While the Swarm Network didn’t directly enhance the swarm’s numbers—a critical form of strength—it invisibly boosted their overall capabilities, raising the swarm’s competitive edge by several levels. ȑÀ₦őВĚS̈

What other functions it possessed remained unknown due to the current limitations. Only through continuous development could they be uncovered.

But even its currently displayed capabilities elevated Luo Wen’s vision to new heights.

Perhaps the swarm’s future was boundless.

Over the next few days, Luo Wen spent his time bringing back a few Ultra Giant Soldier Ants to the nest daily and using venom to dissolve parts of Long-Faced Beasts to treat himself to private meals.

He also ambushed passing birds and insects to satisfy his cravings.

Ten or so days later, the chirping of insects and birds around him noticeably dwindled. The area had become a forbidden zone for them.

Meanwhile, the Long-Faced Beasts had been completely consumed.

Fortunately, during this time, the first batches of insects had begun to emerge from their cocoons.

Under Luo Wen’s orders, the Burrower Ants dug tunnels while the Spy Bugs provided cover. Within half a day, they had completed a tunnel connecting to the Big-headed Ant nest’s lower levels.

This rapid completion was due to two factors: Luo Wen had originally chosen a base location close to the Big-headed Ant nest. The second reason was the Swarm Network, which allowed him to command the troops in real time, even directly taking control of certain insects for precise operations.

Since Luo Wen’s body had grown larger, he no longer personally supervised the digging. The Burrower Ants, with their limited intelligence, often failed to fully understand his instructions, leading to imperfect results. The arrival of the Queen Ant improved the situation somewhat, but it still fell short of Luo Wen’s standards.

Now, with the Swarm Network’s help, Luo Wen returned to the frontlines of excavation, personally guiding the work. The resulting tunnels felt significantly smoother.

Once the tunnel connecting to the Big-headed Ant nest was completed, the Burrower Ants withdrew, and swarms of Spy Bugs moved in.

Approximately ten thousand Spy Bugs were divided into several small teams, infiltrating the Big-headed Ant nest in sequence.

During the excavation, Luo Wen noticed that while these basic units weren’t very intelligent, they had strong learning and imitation abilities. Many tasks only required him to demonstrate once for them to replicate with impressive accuracy.

This infiltration operation was somewhat complex. After entering the Big-headed Ant nest, the Spy Bugs needed to create localized numerical advantages and steadily devour the Big-headed Ants’ living forces.

If it were just about stealing food or targeting a specific objective, such simple commands could be executed well.

But they likely couldn’t grasp the concept of creating localized numerical superiority.

Fortunately, Luo Wen could now provide live demonstrations.

Inside the nest, the familiar spiral structures greeted him, with plantations dotting the tunnels.

After sealing off the entrance with misleading pheromones to temporarily obscure their presence, the Spy Bugs approached their targets under Luo Wen’s command.

These specialists in infiltration and assassination were particularly devious poison insects. Given their numerical advantage, eliminating the unguarded Worker Ants felt almost overkill.

As Luo Wen had expected, the Spy Bugs completed the task flawlessly, with zero casualties.

After eliminating the Worker Ants in the room, some Worker Ants from the swarm were escorted in by the Spy Bugs to take over the plantation.

The enemy Worker Ants’ corpses and the matured fungal crops were transported back to the swarm’s base for daily needs.

Starting from remote plantation rooms, the swarm steadily devoured the Big-headed Ants’ underground territory.

The Big-headed Ant nest had never encountered such tactics and was woefully unprepared in defense.

Occasionally, passing Worker or Soldier Ants might brush against Spy Bugs, exchanging pheromones in a friendly manner.

But if they wandered into the occupied plantations out of curiosity, they would swiftly become lifeless resources transported back to the swarm base.

If this scenario were filmed as a human movie, it would resemble an underground base where colleagues were continuously replaced by unknown entities, all while the base remained oblivious—a chilling thought.

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