Stargazing

The powerful mobility and delivery capabilities of the Wind God air-to-ground carrier have allowed the Swarm to take such a large leap forward this time.

The Swarm's troop reserves are simply insufficient to establish bases across the continent simultaneously. However, the Swarm's mobility allows each base to no longer be required to garrison a million troops as it did before.

All you need to do is leave an Insect Empress Larva and Creep Seed there, along with a small number of support units. After surviving for a while, a Swarm base will slowly take shape.

Even if faced with insurmountable danger, as long as they can hold out for a while, the air force bases that have been prioritized for construction in various locations can promptly deploy troops to the problem area.

At the very least, revenge is no problem.

Gradually, the bases developed and began to radiate outwards.

One by one, top predators like Tyrannosaurus were discovered, then surrounded and hunted down.

In the Swarm's territory, there's no need for these voracious eaters to compete for food. Initially, they weren't disturbed; they were simply allowed to help maintain the ecological balance.

As time passed, the Swarm, unchallenged on land, gradually extended its reach into the sea. Rowan already possessed some templates of marine life, such as various Crab, Green Shrimp, and Mantis Shrimp.

In the process of conquering the land, Rowan also acquired the genes of many aquatic creatures, such as Carnivorous Fish and crocodiles. Although many of them were simply freshwater creatures, Rowan, who had mastered genetic modification, only needed to make slight modifications so that they could survive in seawater and retain their fighting ability.

With their powerful logistics and resource gathering capabilities, as well as their diverse unit types, the shallow sea areas surrounding the continent have gradually been occupied by the Swarm.

Even in the deep sea where sunlight cannot reach, the Swarm begins to send out exploration teams. Here, the role of sight is diminished, but the effect of echolocation is amplified.

This talent, derived from bats, is particularly impressive underwater, and the Swarm's territory gradually expands into the deep sea.

Although the number of Swarm was much smaller than before Rowan went to sleep, the territory they occupied had expanded several times over. Everything was on track, and Rowan, with nothing to do, fell into boredom again.

In the days that followed, Rowan began to wander around the territory in search of something to do. Sometimes he would watch the sunrise from the top of a high mountain, and sometimes he would admire the moon on a beach.

However, his route was also carefully planned. Although the Swarm's transportation system is now very advanced and Rowan has collected the genes of most organisms, some plants and animals are very difficult to preserve. In the past, when conditions were not available, he didn't care, but now that he has the means, he naturally tries to eat them as fresh as possible.

In the blink of an eye, several years have passed, and Rowan has tried almost everything he could think of. He has explored most of the planet, except for the deeper parts of the ocean.

In this situation, Rowan's loneliness grew day by day. He felt as if he were trapped in a cage, only this cage was larger.

Lying on the fine, soft sand of the beach, feeling the slightly fishy sea breeze, I gazed at the two moons and the countless Starlight in the sky.

This planet is completely unpolluted, with excellent visibility and stunning nighttime views. Ever since he saw the night view from the beach once, it has become Rowan's favorite activity, and he comes here frequently.

Gazing at the dazzling starry sky, he often wondered, where exactly am I? Is there a single bright spot in the sky that belongs to Blue Star? Are there extraterrestrials? If I could return to Blue Star, would I also be considered an alien?

But at this moment, my nose felt a little sore.

Then he thought, now that he had essentially taken control of the planet, and with his own lifespan unknown, he didn't know how long he would live. Was he destined to spend the rest of his life here as a Tribal Chief?

How should we spend these endless years?

People used to say that our journey lies in the stars and the sea. Perhaps he could also look to that horizon.

But can he really do it?

Even though his astronomical knowledge was very limited, he knew that outer space was extremely hostile to life. Oxygenlessness, low temperatures, and various forms of radiation could easily end life.

Even thinking about these things is premature; he has no clue how to get to outer space. Even the Wind God's maximum flight altitude is less than 20,000 meters. To think that it could reach outer space is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

However, it would take an unknown amount of time for him to evolve this ability using his talent. His talent is not omnipotent; its function is to shorten the evolution time.

A species' special ability usually takes hundreds of thousands, or even millions or tens of millions of years to evolve. Even if this time is shortened by thousands or tens of thousands of times, the time spent is still a considerable amount.

This is also why he often adopts a "take-what-you-need" approach. Many biological abilities are mature products that have been refined over a long period of time. Since there are readily available ones, there is no need for him to evolve them himself.

Creatures with low aggression typically evolve primarily for defense, with armor being the most common ability. Survival techniques like limb amputation and the use of toxins are essentially defensive evolutionary processes. On the other hand, for highly aggressive creatures, sharp teeth and claws are standard features.

Efiash's strength lies in her ability to absorb these genes and combine them, achieving both defense and offense, and then further improving upon them.

He had never heard of any living being possessing the ability to fly out of outer space. And to evolve such an ability out of thin air on his own—not to mention how long it would take, whether he could even evolve it at all—was still unknown.

However, in some of his previous genetic manipulations, he found that if he had some understanding of certain theories, it would be easier to acquire or derive certain abilities.

For example, he had personally used the venom sac ability for a long time and had a good understanding of its operating mechanism. Therefore, in subsequent modifications, he was able to use this spiritual power more flexibly, miniaturizing it and implanting it into the Walking Leg of the Spider War-Bug.

Perhaps, if he had known how to build rockets back in his life, this would have helped him modify his genes more quickly, evolving the ability to fly out of the atmosphere and into outer space.

He had indeed built rockets before, and not only rockets, he had even built spaceships. But it was all in a game; he would gather the resources, click to build, wait for the loading bar to complete, and the finished product would appear before his eyes.

As for the various principles behind it, they are completely unknown.

Reality isn't a game; you definitely can't do that.

There's no Baidu search engine here, no library, no books or materials. Even if he wanted to become self-taught, he couldn't. As for expecting him to discover and research those theoretical concepts on his own, that would be giving him far too much credit.

That's a complete scientific system that took hundreds of millions of people and hundreds of millions of years to develop.