Red Moon Base

This flight took quite a long time; the Spore Sac projectile flew for more than two hours before crashing into the surface of the Red Moon, creating a splash of sand.

However, because the performance of the Catapult was limited, making it easier to control, the accuracy was greatly improved, and the impact point was only about 100 kilometers away from the calculated landing point.

Learning from the impact experience of the previous main body, the Spore Sac body adopted the skeleton of some deep-sea creatures and the structure of the Mantis Shrimp's hammer, plus its own plant cells, making its pressure resistance and impact resistance much stronger than that of the original Rowan body.

Moreover, the impact was relatively minor. Although the lichen structure outside the Spore Sac was severely damaged, the Spore Sac itself was not significantly damaged.

Rowan easily connected to it via the Swarm Network and remotely activated it.

In the crater created by the impact, the Spore Sac, facing downwards towards the ground, split open and expelled the Creep Seed and some nutrients.

Then the crack closed, thus blocking the Creep Seed and preventing some of the space radiation from seeping in.

Once the Creep Seed land on the ground, they are activated and begin to absorb nutrients from their surroundings, growing rapidly.

Nutrients rapidly diminished, and a purplish-gray figure emerged from within.

The root system of the Creep develops rapidly, searching for frozen water and minerals underground.

Subsequently, a magnetic field generating device was constructed, and a small magnetic field covered the pit.

The Spore Sac's cameo shield mission is complete; the Creep splits open and swallows it.

Next, the Creep underwent a period of development, gradually covering the entire pit with its purplish-gray form. The roots of the Creep penetrated dozens of meters underground and finally found a water source.

With the support of water, the Creep developed even faster, and its main body filled the crater. Some of the branching tissues adhered to some lunar dust, completely sealing the entrance.

Rowan considered that if the Spore Sac were to crash onto a planet with life, some camouflage would be necessary in its early, relatively weak stages.

Although it seems premature to think about these things now, he still set up such a program.

The holes, camouflaged by the Creep, are no longer so obvious and can easily be overlooked unless you are specifically looking for them.

Inside the sealed pit, a pale purple glow gradually illuminated the dark space. This was the revised lighting system, featuring a monochrome design. The purplish-gray Creep combined with the pale purple glow finally eliminated the karaoke-like feel and instead gave it a luxurious and mysterious appearance.

After developing for a while and accumulating some energy, some roots under the Creep began to close up and then squeeze outwards, pushing away the sand around the roots and forming a hollow root cage.

Then, the Creep undulated, releasing its Spore Sac into the root cages.

The Spore Sac splits open, revealing the Insect Empress and Worker Bee Insect Egg inside.

Some of the Creep extend into the gaps in the root cages, beginning to provide nutrients for the Insect Egg.

With this, the Spore Sac's mission was completely accomplished, and on the Red Moon, the Swarm had a rudimentary base.

What followed was just a boring wait.

The consciousness of the Yellow Moon Rat-folk has been sent back to the Origin Star by Rowan to summarize their experiences. Their space-based bodies have been sealed inside the Creep for maintenance.

Ten days later, the Worker Bee emerged from their cocoons. With their help, the underground base began to expand rapidly. However, Worker Bee are not dedicated to digging holes, so their efficiency was still somewhat lacking. Rowan considered stuffing a few Excavator Ant Insect Egg into the Spore Sac shells next time.

Thirty days later, the Insect Empress's Insect Egg had grown to five or six meters tall and were ready to hatch at any time.

However, Rowan let it stay in the Insect Egg for a few more days, until it grew to a height of 8 meters, before letting it emerge from the cocoon.

A larger size indicates a stronger hatching capacity. Although the plant can still grow after emerging from its cocoon, its growth rate will slow down because most of its energy is used for hatching.

The appearance of the Insect Empress finally gave the base a production unit to oversee it, making the structural system complete.

A large number of Excavator Ant Insect Egg are hatched first. Because this base is located on the side of the Red Moon facing the Origin Star, its main body will continue to develop underground, so a large number of Excavator Ant of various types are needed.

Later, when the two moons met for the second time, Rowan sent several more Spore Sac over using Catapult. These Spore Sac did not immediately begin working upon landing; instead, they were collected by Swarm units and transported to the far side of the Red Moon.

Even at the very end, during their third encounter, Rowan created a large Spore Sac and sent the Mother Nest over as well.

Because the Red Moon orbits in the outermost part of the Origin Star, it is less affected by the Origin Star's gravity, making it more suitable for launching Spore Sac.

After Rowan's original body vaporized in the natural disaster, the newly generated body has maintained a size of about 30 centimeters since he basically doesn't need to move.

Later, during various adaptation experiments in the Starlight Corporation's laboratory, several more bodies were lost. The current insect body is less than thirty centimeters long.

The Yellow Moon Mother Nest produced on the moon was created based on the current size of the original body, so it is only about 30 centimeters long, not much larger than an Insect Empress Egg.

The Swarm has conducted numerous launch experiments between the two moons, and the technology is quite mature. Therefore, after feigning death of the Yellow Moon Mother Nest, it is packaged together with the amber-like substance surrounding it and then launched to the Red Moon using Spore Sac, which is a very safe approach.

Because Insect Empress Egg can only be produced by the Mother Nest, Red Moon, as the main launch base for the future Swarm, must have a Mother Nest stationed there. Otherwise, relying on importing Insect Empress Egg from Yellow Moon would be too troublesome.

With the Mother Nest in place, the Swarm's growth on the Red Moon quickly surpassed that on the Yellow Moon, and a large number of Catapult were built on the other side of the Red Moon.

However, the name "Catapult" was met with strong protests from Morgan and other intelligent entities. They argued that as the Swarm's only space delivery tool at present, the Catapult needed a more imposing name.

Rowan thought about it and realized that the name "Catapult" was indeed a bit too rustic and didn't quite live up to the name of a space delivery vehicle. So, after some discussion, Rowan renamed it "Swarm Meteor Launcher Catapult," or simply "Launcher"...

Rowan didn't think this name was any more sophisticated than "Catapult," but he couldn't think of a better name, so he had to leave it at that for now.

The Spore Sac was subsequently renamed the Swarm Meteor. Because it was encased in lichen, it was indeed disguised as a small meteorite, and if it were not destroyed and examined closely, one would never discover that there was something else inside.

With multiple launch experiments between the two months, the Swarm's technique for slow deployment has become quite sophisticated.

Thus, the Swarm's next plan entered the implementation phase.

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