Command Authority

Although those flying creatures could still be seen as small dots at great distances, indicating that they were probably not small, Rowan estimated that they were at most only slightly stronger than the creatures of the dinosaur era.

At this point, it was difficult to arouse Rowan's interest.

In Rowan's view, of all the battles he had experienced, the battles during the dinosaur era were the most relaxed and enjoyable.

While the individual combat strength of creatures in this era was greater, their ability to fight in groups was too poor. Individuals were easily countered, and even among groups of creatures, the number of groups rarely reached tens of thousands.

The difficulty of fighting them is insignificant compared to the massive battles fought by millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of billions of insects in ancient times when they dominated the continent.

Therefore, during the age of dinosaurs, after overcoming their initial period of weakness, the Swarm quickly conquered Origin Star.

Therefore, Rowan ceased to be the overall commander of this operation and instead allowed the Swarm's Intellect to act freely.

Sarah Kerrigan, the first Rat-folk Queen and one of the few "commanders" under Rowan's command, who also held immense prestige among the Intellect, naturally took over the command.

Rowan was happy to see this happen. As the saying goes, "One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand." The Swarm had plenty of resources to create "famous generals." And it was time for Sarah, who only had simulated command experience, to get some real-world experience.

Sarah was granted temporary high-level intelligence privileges by Rowan; otherwise, even with her immense prestige, everyone else was on the same level, and without Rowan's orders, she wouldn't be able to command the others.

She first used her authority to gather Morgan, Terra, and others into a staff group...

Because the Big Origin Star is closer to its parent star than the Origin Star, the surface temperature of the planet is higher, averaging 50 degrees Celsius. Such a high temperature is nothing to the Swarm units. However, if the creatures from the Origin Star were moved here, probably very few would survive.

However, the high-temperature environment also gave rise to some strange life forms. As the Swarm Meteor gradually approached the ground, the scenery below gradually became clearer.

The oxygen content in the atmosphere of Big Origin Star is extremely high; Intellect have analyzed that it may account for more than 35% of the atmosphere. Such a high oxygen content allows life forms that have grown on the planet to be relatively large.

The landing site of the Swarm Meteor was a red forest.

The trees in this forest are generally over a hundred meters tall, with thick, dark red trunks and bright red, glistening leaves that look like red crystals, giving the place a magical atmosphere.

Based on information such as planetary temperature and environment, the Intellect team analyzed within minutes that the surface of these leaves should have a coating structure, which helps the trees retain most of the moisture under high temperatures.

All the evaporated moisture is locked in by the coating, which is why the leaves appear so glossy. Combined with their natural base color, this creates their beautiful hue.

With a series of crackling sounds, the Swarm Meteor broke off a dark red branch and trunk, crashing onto the black, muddy ground with a loud thud.

The land here is cooler under the shade of tall tree canopies, and the special coating of the tree canopies makes it difficult for moisture to evaporate.

The white mist formed by water vapor condenses back into moisture at the base of the tree canopy and falls to the ground, making the environment under the canopy very humid and stuffy, like being in a sauna.

Many animals live and reproduce here, forming a unique ecosystem.

But now a huge, burning fireball has shattered the harmony here. The shockwave from the meteorite's impact spread outwards, carrying with it a cloud of dirt.

Unaware of what was happening, the onlookers were terrified by the loud noise and blast of air and scattered in all directions.

"Sarah, the Seed have fallen to the ground. Please activate them." Because Rowan had been hiding behind the scenes and observing secretly, among the tens of thousands of Intellect here, only Sarah, who had been granted the authority, had the ability to activate the Creep Seed and Insect Empress Egg.

The Intellect are absolutely loyal to Rowan, but they all have their own thoughts. Some of the younger Intellect are resentful of being suddenly promoted to commander.

After all, Sarah has been dead for over a hundred years. Although there are many Intellect here from that era who are very supportive of Sarah, there are also many Intellect that have been transformed in recent decades.

Although they are all members of the Swarm, they are scattered in various places in reality or on the network, doing their own research. They have little interaction with Sarah in the command system.

Therefore, many young Intellect do not have much of a concept of this first empress.

Morgan deliberately said this to remind the other Intellect who they should be following and not to cause trouble for themselves. As the first Intellect in the Swarm, the researcher, and an Overlord of the Overmind, his prestige among these research Intellect was much higher than Sarah's.

By saying this, he was deliberately lowering himself, making all the Intellect understand their position, and thus begin to fully cooperate with Sarah.

After all, no one dares to mess up the tasks assigned by the Overlord. Not only has the Swarm Network effectively blocked any thoughts of pursuing this path, but even without the Swarm Network's restrictions, they wouldn't want to be relegated to the Aphid Pasture.

Sarah had risen from Queen to Empress, and then ruled cautiously for decades, so she understood all too well the intricacies of this system. She gave her teacher a grateful look and nodded slightly.

Then she closed her eyes.

With her activation authorization, the Spore Sac released the Creep Seed and began the normal development process.

Having experienced information overload, Rowan understands the importance of intellectual property. Therefore, the Spore Sac in the Swarm Meteor, including the Creep Seed and Insect Empress Egg inside, have extremely strict anti-theft procedures.

Without activation authorization, even if they reach a suitable environment, they will not develop on their own. Moreover, if they are forcibly dismantled, the hidden final setting will cause them to automatically activate their self-destruct program, and the cells will actively annihilate.

This is mainly to prevent the Swarm Meteor from being captured by other advanced civilizations, and then any clues found could lead to Rowan.

The Swarm currently like a newbie who has just stepped out of the Mother Planet's starting area. They don't know what the outside world is like, so it's better to be careful. This kind of proactive prevention, which involves outsmarting the air, has always been Rowan's forte.

When the meteorite landed, in addition to creating an air blast, the high temperature generated by friction with the atmosphere ignited this forest. Thanks to the extremely high oxygen content in the air, the flames here were easily set ablaze.

The wind fanned the flames, and the shockwave carried the flames rapidly, spreading the fire to even more distant places.