Yet when faced with this buy-one-get-one-free stroke of luck, Gao Gong's first reaction was to frown.
The reason was simple. As a specialist in insectoid research—especially as a player who had thoroughly studied their reproductive systems—Gao Gong knew all too well how difficult it was for an insectoid queen to gestate.
According to the information Gao Gong had obtained through various channels, its difficulty was, at any rate, no less than Nezha's.
The reason was simple as well. Once an "insectoid queen" successfully gestated, it meant that the insectoid species had entered adult mode—or, in other words, calamity mode.
When calamity was born, heavenly punishment was bound to follow.
Especially for an ascension-tier insectoid queen, the disasters it brought would affect ascended civilizations.
"Swarm, have you sensed anything?"
As he spoke, a little girl in a military uniform jumped out from the crowd. She first gave a deeply respectful military salute, then reported solemnly:
"Great Khan, I sense the insectoid technology tree boiling!"
It was an unexpected yet perfectly reasonable answer.
And this little girl was none other than the former Swarm Khan.
"What about your Queen's authority?" Gao Gong continued asking.
"It seems to have weakened. No, it also seems to have grown stronger." The Swarm scratched her head.
She raised one hand. A faint, ghostly-purple biological glow lit up at her fingertips—that was the symbol of royal authority, which directly controlled the swarm units. The light remained as bright as ever, but its "density" seemed somewhat thinner. Yet the density and complexity of the information flowing within it had risen exponentially.
"Although it's increasing, the technology tree is absorbing all of it."
In the end, she gave an accurate description.
"The insectoid queen comes with an innate ability to master the technology tree. That's a good thing. It