Do you know what the Death Spiral is?
As the heavy rain poured down, the air was stifling, and thunder flashed.
With a diameter of over three hundred meters, tens of thousands of densely packed ants marched in orderly lines, circling around the center to form a nebula-like ring. The ants on the outer edge needed two hours to complete a single lap.
There was no particular reason for it. It was merely an accident that caused an endless loop in their behavior.
Because ants communicated entirely through touch and smell, they were nearly blind. When the ants in front left behind incorrect information for those behind them, every ant followed that guidance and entered an endless cycle.
In the end, they marched toward extinction.
Was there a problem?
Nearby, the children crouched on the grass, watching this magnificent Death Spiral with amazement and fear. The ants kept spinning, kept moving forward, and kept treading in place, as if performing some kind of ritual to pray to the gods.
In the end, it attracted the gods' attention. The gods merely took one look before turning away.
By the next day, every ant was utterly exhausted, and their corpses lay scattered across the earth.
The entire area was covered with dead and dying ants. A few survivors trudged heavily around a small, irregular ring.
This was the essence of Swarm Mode.
Mimi understood this very clearly.
If no one had any independent thoughts and everyone blindly followed along, then one person losing their direction would send everyone into a Death Spiral.
On the surface, they appeared to be moving forward the whole time.
In reality, they were merely going around in circles until their lives were exhausted.
This was the Insect Swarm Deadlock that Mimi could never avoid on her path