Fifty Years

Because the location where this project was built was deliberately chosen to be on the far side of the sun, although this Electromagnetic Launch Platform is already a behemoth, it cannot be observed on the Origin Star due to the obstruction of the sun.

This reduces the workload of many Swarm Intellect... After all, making up reasons also takes effort.

Over the years, the earliest swarm of Swarm Meteor, judging by their speed, should have reached the nearest star system. For ease of identification, it has been named the Proxima Star System.

Unfortunately, apart from the first Swarm Meteor that lost contact, most of the rest had already encountered accidents on the way and perished halfway.

However, these successive Swarm Meteor carved out routes with their bodies. And along the way, they also left behind a large number of Node Unit that served as routers.

These Node Unit can disguise themselves as small meteorites and have incorporated various observation-related genes, allowing them to act as network routers while also monitoring a large area around them.

Based on the information they collected, the Swarm's Intellect summarized and discovered many hidden dangers along the way, such as scree slopes. Because of their size, these dangers could not be observed from a distance and could only be discovered by close observation.

In addition, they also summarized the trajectories of many large celestial bodies or obstacles.

Gradually, they identified several relatively safe flight paths and launched numerous Swarm Meteor into these routes.

Over the years, with the continuous improvement of the Swarm's observation technology, coupled with the constant disturbances from the Proxima Star System, Rowan has determined that there is no highly advanced civilization in the Proxima Star System.

Although the distance is too great to directly observe the surfaces of the many planets in the Proxima Star System, the Swarm Intellect can determine whether a space-based civilization has emerged by comparing and observing their situation in space.

For example, looking from Proxima Star System towards the Origin Star System, we can see that over the past hundred years, the Origin Star System has seen a lot of strange and unusual things appear in space. In particular, Planet A7's brightness decreases significantly every year, clearly because it is being blocked by something.

These details make it easy to determine that the Origin Star System may contain a civilization capable of space travel. Of course, this requires long-term observation and comparison to discover these things.

The Swarm has been observing the Proxima Star System for decades and has not detected any significant changes. This suggests that even if intelligent life exists Proxima Star System, their technological level would be relatively low.

Now that it has been confirmed that there is no threat from the Proxima Star System, the Swarm has become more unrestrained in its actions. Many of the Swarm Meteor head straight for that star system without even changing direction.

Furthermore, Rowan could be even more radical.

By kicking the main body or the Mother Nest offline, the other half is born. Rowan calculated that if the main body or the Mother Nest is considered as a separate entity, he can currently suppress a maximum of three.

In other words, at the maximum extent, Swarm can have 5 main bodies or Mother Nest simultaneously.

Since there are already three entities—the main body, the Origin Mother Nest, and the Yellow Moon Mother Nest — Rowan can continue to produce two more main bodies or Mother Nest.

Now, two new entities have been produced. They are about to travel to the Proxima Star System, each aboard a 50-meter-long Egret-class Transport Ship.

Although the Electromagnetic Launch Platform, this Megastructure, is not yet fully developed, it has already grown to a scale of 3,000 kilometers. Thanks to its biological characteristics, its growth is proportional, just like that of a large fish and a small fish.

In other words, although it has not yet grown to the intended size, all its functions are working properly.

Electromagnetic acceleration at 3,000 kilometers can speed up the "cannonball" to about one-fifteenth the speed of light, and it is estimated that it will take about eighty years to reach the Proxima Star System.

Based on this calculation, it would take even less time than waiting for the Electromagnetic Launch Platform to grow to 5,000 kilometers before launching and flying to the Proxima Star System.

However, in order for the Electromagnetic Launch Platform to develop better and faster, it is best not to conduct such energy-intensive launches frequently. Therefore, for this launch, Rowan only plans to launch two Egret-class Transport Ship carrying the main body, Seed, and Insect Egg.

Thanks to advancements in Swarm technology, the Electromagnetic Launch Platform can directly launch the Swarm's Bio-ship as "projectiles." These Bio-ship, by loading some stress-resistant genetic components, can withstand this speed of flight.

Moreover, the transport ship itself possesses a formidable kinetic energy system, making it far more agile and adaptable than the Swarm Meteor that only have braking devices. This allows it to better ensure the safety of Rowan body and the Insect Egg.

Rowan's decision to send the two bodies to the Proxima Star System was not a whim.

Considering that occupying the entire Proxima Star System would require constructing numerous Swarm bases, this would necessitate a large number of Insect Empress support.

Because only the Mother Nest can produce Insect Empress, if these Insect Empress were all produced in the Origin Star System and then transported to Proxima Star System via Swarm Meteor or transport ships, it would greatly slow down the time it takes for the Swarm to conquer Proxima Star System, and it would be very troublesome in practice.

Furthermore, if any strange life forms were to emerge in the Proxima Star System, only the Mother Nest or the main body could absorb their genes and store them in the Swarm's gene pool.

Therefore, whatever the reason, Rowan needs a Mother Nest in the Proxima Star System. As for why he sent two of his main bodies there...

That's because the main body itself possesses a certain level of combat and adaptability. Whether on the way to Proxima Star System or after arriving there, the main body's survival rate is much higher than that of the Mother Nest.

Once they have settled in the Proxima Star System and confirmed that it is safe, one of the original bodies will self-destruct, and the other original body will produce the Mother Nest.

Time flies, and fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye. Over these years, the Swarm has completely occupied the entire Origin Star System. Except for the gas giant A7, which has no Swarm base, all other planets and moons have Swarm branch bases.

Even on Planet A1, the closest planet to the sun with a surface temperature that is consistently above 3000 degrees Celsius, a new base was built a few years ago. The insects and Creep on it are all specially made species with genes fully developed for heat resistance, heat tolerance, and heat insulation.

Rowan's daily routine consists of studying, reading papers and reports, and occasionally, when bored, playing online games to beat up Sarah.

Just when Rowan thought this peaceful life would continue for decades to come, the Sky Eye, responsible for monitoring the Swarm Meteor, suddenly sent a message.

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