A7B25

Looking through the Spore Sac, the massive Planet A7 completely obscured the view ahead. Its oval shape, with layers of different colored patches, made it resemble a layered cake.

Its rotation speed is extremely fast. A sphere that is more than a thousand times larger than the Origin Star takes less than half the time to complete one rotation, which makes the traces of the Origin Star color blocks on its surface clearly visible.

In front of or around the giant sphere, several small, dim spheres can be vaguely seen. The silhouette of one of them is gradually growing larger, which is the target of this Spore Sac's journey—A7B25.

Because this satellite is located on the outer edge of A7, it became the first target of the Swarm in the A7 system. It is much smaller than the Yellow Moon, about one-tenth the size.

Originally, the Swarm only needed one Spore Sac to conquer it, but for some reason, during this contact, each satellite, regardless of size, was hit by at least two meteorites.

The power system inside the Spore Sac begins to activate. Unlike the previous jet-type deceleration and steering system, over the years, the number of intelligent Swarm has increased, and with their help, some technologies have been upgraded.

For example, the hydrogen-powered system currently inside the Spore Sac.

The Spore Sac originally had a hydrogen balloon attached to it, which Morgan the Rat-folk used to fool Sarah.

The new power system consists of two storage chambers and a reaction chamber. One storage chamber is composed of special algal cells that can produce hydrogen, while the other storage chamber is connected to the body's Ecological Circulation System.

During operation, the Chloroplast in the body's internal Ecological Circulation System release a large amount of oxygen, which enters the storage chamber. At the same time, another chamber also produces a large amount of hydrogen.

The two gases are transported to the reaction chamber through special pipes to undergo a chemical reaction. The inner wall of the reaction chamber is made of a combination of various heat-resistant and heat-insulating materials, which is sufficient to withstand the high temperature and prevent the gases from damaging other organs in the body.

The reaction generates enormous energy, which is ejected through special channels, using reverse propulsion to propel the Spore Sac into flight or change course.

At the same time, the reaction between the two gases will also produce a large amount of water, which will be transported back into the Ecological Circulation System for reuse.

The new propulsion system is more powerful and has more power than a simple jet propulsion system. With it, the Spore Sac can even take off and land between the Red Moon and Yellow Moon without relying on a launch device, just like a spacecraft.

However, this system is somewhat impractical. Its speed is simply too slow; even at its maximum acceleration in space, it can only reach less than 3 km/s, barely enough to escape the moon's gravity.

This speed is much slower than the Rat-folk's rockets, making its position quite awkward. For short-range space travel, the entire system related to the Swarm Meteor Launcher is already very mature, faster, and more efficient. For long-range travel, although the system's reusability allows for more efficient use of the carried resources, it is not a perpetual motion machine. At its speed, it won't even be able to "drift" out of its Origin Star System before running out of energy.

Moreover, the orbital speed of the Origin Star can reach 30 km/s. Once this "spaceship" leaves the gravitational system of the Origin Star, it will never be able to fly back on its own.

However, it does represent a different system. The Swarm can't just rely on shooting all the time when they go out; they need a conventional navigation technology. Perhaps this system is the beginning of the Swarm's spaceships.

It just so happens that due to orbital issues, Planet A7 didn't have the opportunity to launch the Swarm Meteor until two years ago, so Rowan assigned this system to be used as a deceleration device to observe its performance.

In addition, to prevent accidents, another meteorite equipped with a primitive jet deceleration device was launched. This is the main reason why each satellite was hit by at least two launches.

The lichen tissue outside the Spore Sac has pre-reserved fumaroles and observation holes. Among them, the fumaroles located at the head begin to violently eject energy outwards, and the Spore Sac's speed begins to slow down.

The Docking Team's Intellect and Blade were working hard, because the distance between Origin Star and Planet A7 was too far, and there were too many variables, which made the initial calculations not so accurate.

Based on the real-time shared visual data, they recalculated the Spore Sac's trajectory. Every now and then, the fumaroles on either side of the Spore Sac would release some energy, slightly altering its course.

As the Spore Sac continues to approach A7B25, Spore Sac speed gradually decreases to 5 km/s. Over the next two minutes, its speed will continue to decrease to 2 km/s and will eventually collide with A7B25 at a speed of 1 km/s.

A7B25 is also an extremely cold environment, as can be seen from the frost covering its surface. However, it is even farther from the star than A6, so it is reasonable that A7B25 is a large ice mass.

The landing went smoothly without incident. The Swarm had already gained experience landing on planets like A4 and A6, so they were quite adept at it. Apart from needing to slow down considerably when landing on the icy planet, there was nothing else to worry about.

A shower of ice shards and stones flew everywhere, shattering the lichen structure in the front half of the Spore Sac, but the interior remained largely undamaged.

A short while later, the Creep Seed was released and awakened, then connected to the Creep Seed Swarm Network, signifying a successful landing. The Seed of a Swarm base had been planted, awaiting its development and expansion.

Shortly after, another Spore Sac carrying a jet braking device landed 200 kilometers away. Moments later, the Creep Seed it carried were also successfully launched.

The members of the Docking Team Intellect a collective sigh of relief; their emotions were much richer, while the Blade remained completely unmoved.

In the following period, A7B3, A7B7, A7B9, A7B15, A7B21, and A7B23 all successfully logged in.

Perhaps because A7 is a giant gas planet, some of its moons have surprisingly thin atmospheres. However, because these atmospheres are so thin, they did not pose any significant challenge to landing.

Surprisingly, all of these satellites that landed contained exceptionally abundant water resources. On A7B15, the roots of the Creep penetrated less than 10 meters into the rock layer and found abundant liquid water.

Abundant water resources allow the Creep to reproduce and expand more quickly, and with the replenishment of abundant resources, the Swarm's base will be established more rapidly.

The landing of several satellites has been completed, and now it's time for the main event: a total of fifteen Spore Sac, which will make contact with Planet A7 one after another within an hour.

Rowan reassigned several groups that had completed their missions, adding them to the fifteen groups responsible for the Spore Sac landing on A7.

Landing on a gas giant, and such a large one at that, is a first for the Swarm. A vast amount of data will need to be collected, requiring a sufficient manpower team.

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