Five Years

More than a month later, the Swarm Meteor, under everyone's watchful eyes, suddenly lost contact. The situation was exactly the same as the two Swarm Meteor that had lost contact before.

So it seems that the speculation was true. After nearly two months of anxiety, the result left Rowan somewhat amused and exasperated.

Since Rowan awakened and discovered it, the Swarm Network has acted excessively powerfully.

Rowan guessed that it wasn't this powerful at first, but after it was born, it encountered something that had been sleeping for a long time.

The exact duration of his sleep remains a mystery.

Perhaps it was during this endless period of slumber that the Swarm Network grew to its current strength.

Hundreds of years have passed since Rowan awoke, and he has always felt that the Swarm Network is getting stronger, but because he has never been able to compare it, he has never been able to pinpoint where the strength lies.

Now he knows at least one thing: the coverage area has increased. As for other areas that haven't been covered yet, that will require further discovery and observation.

In fact, when he first awoke, he had considered the coverage area of Swarm Network. However, as the Swarm Network 'Swarm exploration range continued to expand, this issue never arose.

Later on, with the addition of the Wind God, the Swarm's exploration range saw a qualitative leap. With the Wind God's help, the entire Origin Star was soon filled with Swarm units.

At this point, the Swarm Network still had not encountered this problem.

Then came the moon landing, and then the colonization and exploration of other planets. Just when Rowan had begun to forget about this matter, who knew that this problem would be placed in front of Rowan again.

Fortunately, this is no longer a major problem for the current Swarm. Simply developing a new type of insect and distributing it in fixed locations will easily solve the issue.

Moreover, the capabilities of the Swarm Network are constantly improving, and Rowan is no longer troubled by lifespan limitations. Perhaps, as time goes on, he will be able to cover the entire universe with the Swarm Network's signal without relying on relay routes.

Then, two months later, the fourth lost Swarm Meteor appeared, completely confirming this hypothesis.

Although he was a little frightened, Rowan knew his own limitations; the Swarm was not yet strong enough to face an enemy of that caliber. A false alarm was perhaps the best outcome for him.

Six months later, after discovering it was all a false alarm, the Swarm Colony Star resumed normal operations, and Meteor Launcher were re-erected on the back of the Red Moon.

In the following period, the Swarm launched dozens more Swarm Meteor toward the lost meteorite, hoping to re-integrate the lost creature into the network.

However, this possibility is now extremely low.

Because over the years, the technology for launching Swarm has not improved much. The speeds of these later Swarm Meteor were similar to those of the meteorites that lost contact.

The meteorites launched later were almost a year later than the former, and that one-year gap was like an insurmountable chasm. If the Swarm Meteor lost contact and didn't stop, the later ones would never catch up.

But if they stop, the outcome certainly won't be good.

Hidden within the meteorite were Spore Sac and insect Insect Egg, Insect Egg were in a dormant state and would never awaken without Rowan's remote activation.

While the Spore Sac does not go into dormancy, it lacks adaptability. Without Blade's monitoring and Rowan's and the Intellect's remote command, it is unable to take effective and timely action when it is about to encounter the asteroid; crashing is the only outcome.

Their only hope of survival is to fly in the void without encountering any obstacles. Then, before their reserves run out, they wait for the Swarm's navigation technology to upgrade, achieving a breakthrough in speed, and for new Swarm Meteor or similar objects to catch up with them and reintegrate them into the network.

Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye. The Spore Sac pod meteorite that Rowan Wen was riding on is gradually approaching the A7B5 satellite and is about to make contact with it.

The massive Planet A7 remains as volatile as ever, its extremely rapid rotation making the superstorms it generates clearly visible even from a great distance in space.

Meanwhile, the B5 satellite has just moved from the far side of Planet A7 to the front, and Rowan is expected to enter its atmosphere in about five days.

Stargazing in space is boring, but thankfully Rowan is no longer bound to his physical body, and he can do other things through the Swarm Network.

That day, Rowan, who was focused on reading posts, suddenly received a reminder from Blade that the Swarm Meteor containing his main body was about to enter the atmosphere of the B5 satellite.

Rowan acted immediately, bringing a large number of people into the group to closely monitor and direct the next steps.

The terrain of the A7B5 satellite is somewhat similar to that of Origin Star, but due to the much lower temperatures, the liquid oceans on Origin Star are covered by thick layers of ice here.

The frozen ocean encloses three continents, one large and two small, with scattered islands around them.

The Swarm initially deployed four Insect Empress on A7B5. As this was the Swarm's first long-range deployment, they deployed them all to the largest landmass as a precaution.

In fact, even if the Spore Sac falls into the sea, it can still build a base and hatch the Insect Empress. Over the Insect Empress has undergone several minor upgrades and can survive normally even in the deep sea.

However, given that the environment on A7B5 was extremely similar to that of the Origin Star, there were concerns that unknown life might be lurking in the ocean. Therefore, the final decision was to send all the Spore Sac onto land.

This means that even if they are attacked, they can likely be observed by Swarm units on other satellites. If they are in the ocean, it would be very difficult to observe them from a distance.

Unexpectedly, the initial danger came from the sky.

Fortunately, whether they landed smoothly or encountered a little "teasing," they all eventually landed safely on land.

They have now been developing for five years. Except at the very beginning, in order to prevent other unknown creatures from existing on the planet's surface, the four Swarm bases remained underground for a long time, and even the Creep did not spread to the surface.

Having passed through the initial period of weakness, the Swarm produced some small scout Flying Bug. After wandering around, they discovered that there was nothing on land, not even any plants.

With no worries about the future, the four Swarm bases embarked on a frenzied expansion.

In just five years, the largest landmass on the A7B5 satellite has been turned purplish-gray, and it continues to extend into the sea.

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