Happy Childhood

The elevated network was only a temporary stopgap. Real logistics still had to rely on the fish in the village.

For these fish to swim freely through the air like this, it wasn't enough for the Eve Swarm to be equipped with new antigravity genes.

The Eve Swarm had another problem: it was too small.

At present, even the largest individuals were no bigger than a thumb.

They needed to be enlarged.

Antigravity had solved part of the problem caused by their size, but there were still many more problems to address.

The giant Queen Bee of the Kamizuru Clan was an excellent reference specimen.

Furthermore, the large-scale planting of trees would inevitably raise the oxygen concentration in the environment, which would benefit the enlargement of their bodies. However, it would take too long to have an effect.

It would take several hundred years for the global oxygen level to rise enough to see results.

But inside a large Barrier, a regional rise in oxygen could be created, recreating the ancient Giant Insect Era.

The Eve Swarm—or insects in general—wasn't incapable of growing naturally. Rather, their environment limited their potential. Giant insect genes had always existed within their bodies.

For various reasons, genetic selection suppressed their expression.

The giant Summer Red Soldier, for example, could naturally grow to a colossal size of over a meter. Mimi hadn't altered its body structure or genes. Instead, she had attached a few small auxiliary components that assisted its respiratory circulation, enlarging its body in the form of symbiotic organs.

Mimi already had a relatively mature technology for modifying large insects.

But just as with the yield of hybrid rice, Mimi didn't want the largest. She wanted something larger.

A truly colossal size still presented quite a few difficulties.

Of course, smaller bodies had