Spore Sac

Rowan felt that this old man was quite something. After careful consideration, he concluded that Morgan's suggestion was sound. In the Rat-folk's perception, he was inherently an ethereal being, and as long as he continued to act as before, there was no question of him being exposed.

The two discussed some details and finalized the plan.

Morgan then returned to reality and went back into the insect's body. The insect opposite him was no longer under Rowan's control. It was only confused for a short while before finding its place and crawling away to continue its work.

Old Morgan clicked his tongue twice and crawled over to take a look at the underground Insect Nest. However, judging from the way the insects moved around so casually, it was clear that he was not yet used to the insect's body.

Two days later, a custom-made Rat-folk body hatched from the egg. It bore an eight or nine-tenths resemblance to Morgan in life, only looking younger. This kind of accelerated production requires nurturing the experimental subject to near maturity directly inside the Insect Empress's body. Although it consumes a huge amount of energy and cannot be widely used, it can still be used occasionally.

After two days of practice, he had mastered the insect body and was now frolicking in the Insect Nest. Suddenly, his consciousness was remotely extracted from his body, and before he could react, it was roughly shoved back into the Rat-folk's body.

It took old Morgan a while to recover his senses. He got up, checked himself over, and muttered to himself, "How is this any different from the gods we know?"

He wandered around. The place was deep in the mountains, surrounded by tall trees. On a nearby rock was a set of clothes he had gotten from somewhere, along with some Rat-folk coins.

Rowan had previously upgraded his Swarm Network privileges, and he could now actively sense his surroundings, including Swarm units with lower privileges than his. Through his senses, he detected a large number of Swarm nodes gathered underground not far away, which was likely a hidden Insect Nest base. His body was probably produced from there.

He got dressed, but didn't know how to get out of there. He fumbled around and tried to contact Rowan through the Swarm Network, only to receive a patient reply.

As darkness fell, a sudden gust of wind arose, and a Pterosaur appeared before Morgan. Morgan had only learned a few simple details about this large aerial transport unit from the information Rowan had sent him, and this was the first time he had ever seen it in person.

The Pterosaur opened its mouth and protruded a fleshy ball-like object, a byproduct of Rowan's research into the Creep. When energy was plentiful, it could rapidly multiply, enveloping living creatures or objects to help them withstand certain harm.

Later, Rowan fused some large Strain with it, developing it into a Node Unit called Spore Sac. This was previously needed when using the Larval Form Insect Empress the Wind God to transfer the larvae. The Larval Form have very poor defenses, and these Spore Sac can help them effectively resist the invasion of cold and strong winds.

Morgan's network privileges were higher than those of the Spore Sac, so he quickly learned how to use it. He activated the Spore Sac using his privileges, and the fleshy ball in his hand rapidly multiplied, soon forming a layer of plant flesh around his body.

In a short while, old Morgan disappeared, leaving behind only a purplish-gray Spore Pod that was over a meter tall.

With its hind limbs grasping the Spore Pod, the Wind God spread its wings and took flight. Then, its body, including the Spore Sac in its claws, quickly disappeared, blending into its surroundings.

This is the newly revamped Wind God, which adds Optical Stealth System.

Although the Rat-folk's technology tree, under Rowan's covert guidance, has become severely unbalanced, resulting in extremely backward radar technology, visual observation should still be respected. If these legendary creatures were to be discovered by the Rat-folk, it would likely cause a huge uproar. It would be unfortunate if this distracted researchers.

Optical Stealth System have also been improved in recent years. After Rowan integrated multiple similar genes, the system's reaction speed is much faster. It no longer produces a mosaic-like effect due to excessive speed.

Old Morgan now has slightly higher network access than Wind God, so he can use Wind God's perspective. After exploring for a while, he successfully switched perspectives, but now Wind God's flight altitude is above the clouds, and it's nighttime, so he can't see anything.

Wild Pterosaur wouldn't be able to see anything in this environment. However, the Swarm possesses a mental network; to consider it merely a video recording tool would be a gross underestimation.

Over the years, the Swarm has reconstructed the real-world map within its mental network, perfecting the coordinates of various locations. Node Unit in these locations guide the Swarm. As long as there are Node Unit in the desired destination, there is no possibility of getting lost.

As for how many Node Unit there are on this planet, Rowan can only say that perhaps a nest of ants in front of an ordinary Rat-folk's house contains hidden Node Unit.

Do you really naively believe that someone as cunning as Rowan would simply hand over the continent to the Rat-folk for development? If the Rat-folk were to become even slightly out of control, they might simply disappear overnight, existing only as a part of this planet's history.

Of course, Rowan wouldn't tell anyone about this.

Guided by the Node Unit, the Wind God quickly arrived above the City of Glory. After consulting with Old Morgan, the Wind God landed on the hills outside the city, replenishing the Spore Sac's energy and loading it with Airbag Module.

Creep are a very special auxiliary unit in Swarm, and their development generated countless byproducts. Over the years, in his spare time, Rowan has created many interesting gadgets based on those earlier creations. This Airbag Module is one of them.

Because of the inherent compatibility of Creep, many of their byproducts have been made into modular components by Rowan. This not only makes their combination more flexible but also saves a lot of unnecessary energy waste.

The Wind God took off again, clutching the Spore Sac, and, guided by the ground Node Unit, hurled it down from ten thousand meters above the Kerrigan Palace.

The Spore Sac fell silently and rapidly downwards, and because it also had Optical Stealth System, and it was still nighttime, it did not attract anyone's attention.

When descending to an altitude of 3,000 meters, the Airbag Module on the Spore Sac begin to function, and an algal gene fused within them begins to produce large amounts of hydrogen gas in a short period of time.

The upper wall of the gas sac begins to expand, filling it with hydrogen gas. As the gas sac grows larger, the falling speed of the Spore Sac begins to slow down.

It stopped falling completely when it reached a height of 1,000 meters and floated in the air.

Thank you for the 100 Qidian coins from Abyss Order.