Practice

The impact of Creep on the original ecosystem is extremely destructive. If the Creep spreads beyond the forest, the vast grassland will quickly turn purplish-gray, and the vegetation on it will basically not survive, but will be recycled and stored as nutrients.

At that time, even if the Swarm doesn't specifically clear these creatures out, they will inevitably be driven elsewhere, just like the previous ecosystem in the forest. As the Creep expands, their living range will become smaller and smaller.

This could ultimately lead to the extinction of many species, which is not what Rowan wants to see.

Under the intervention of the Supreme Will, the Swarm ceased its aggressive expansion and shifted its focus to stockpiling food.

The Creep also began to spread along the coast towards the seabed.

However, with the aim of giving Sarah some practice, the Swarm still organized some combat operations against carnivorous creatures.

Because on this Big Origin Star, we encountered carnivorous bat-like creatures whose abilities were extremely effective against the Optical Camouflage of the Spider War-Bug. Considering that our future adversaries might also be spacefaring civilizations, some bionic technology would be a given, and these assassination units might not be able to play a significant role. In that case, we would probably have to rely on direct confrontation.

The production rate of a single Insect Empress is still very slow, not to mention that the Insect Empress was underdeveloped. It took Sarah a whole year to gather a usable army.

This creature is modeled after a medium-sized predator from the dinosaur era, an ancestor of wolves and canines.

They resembled a ferocious giant wolf, with a body length of over two meters and a back height of over one meter. With such a size, it would have been extremely difficult for them to gain a foothold in the dinosaur era. Therefore, they needed to possess at least one special skill.

Giant wolves have exceptional stamina, allowing them to run at 60 kilometers per hour for over 30 minutes continuously. If it weren't for their poor heat dissipation system, they could easily run for 2 hours straight.

At the same time, Rowan also incorporated feline genes into this template, which made them extremely powerful, capable of reaching speeds of up to 90 kilometers per hour in a short period of time.

Furthermore, their bodies have become more agile and their jumping ability is stronger. The structure of their forelimbs and claws is closer to that of felines, with sharp and curved claws. Combined with the jaw structure of canines, this makes their strikes and bites extremely lethal.

However, perhaps because their hind limbs are more canine in structure, they are not very good at climbing. But the terrain of the grassland is very suitable for them.

Their vision, smell, and hearing are all extremely sensitive.

Their exceptional dynamic vision, combined with the powerful reflexes inherited from their feline genes, allows them to always anticipate their opponent's moves. The olfactory genes in their canine family give them over 200 million olfactory cells, enabling them to detect tens of thousands of different scents.

While the auditory abilities of the two genes cannot yet form an echo system, they can still distinguish sounds in complex environments, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages compared to the Echolocation System.

These combat units, named Dire Wolf, are almost entirely made of flesh and blood, but they were designed to adapt to various complex alien environments for combat.

Therefore, their interiors are also closed, with an internal Ecological Circulation System.

This Dire Wolf, while possessing the advantages of many organisms, doesn't employ any particularly advanced technology, resulting in relatively low manufacturing costs. However, due to their considerable size, the initial Insect Egg are quite large, leading to low production efficiency.

Therefore, Sarah spent a long time collecting them before she could gather 10,000 Dire Wolf.

With all forces in place, Sarah quickly identified her target using high-altitude Wind God and low-altitude Flying Bug for reconnaissance.

This is a pack of over 5,000 Magic Wolf, one of the most powerful tribes on the grasslands. They occupy tens of millions of hectares of hunting grounds, and this is only because of the muscular delicacies of Ox Demon; otherwise, it would be impossible to support so many Magic Wolves.

Tens of thousands of Dire Wolf Swarm through the grass. Although the tall vegetation concealed their figures, the thuds of their feet, seemingly coming from all directions, were all the more awe-inspiring.

Any creature with a modicum of sense fled far away from the source of the sound. A Big Origin Giant Lizard, however, defiantly blocked the path of the army.

To be honest, with the weapons and equipment the Dire Wolf are equipped with, there's really not much they can do about this behemoth that's over 20 meters long.

Dire Wolf primarily rely on biting attacks, but the length of their claws and teeth makes it difficult to penetrate the defenses of the Big Origin Giant Lizard. Meanwhile, the monitor lizard can inflict considerable damage on Dire Wolf with a simple shake of its head or tail.

Although they ultimately managed to tear it apart thanks to their overwhelming numerical superiority, the cost was the lives of over a hundred Dire Wolf.

Although the losses were significant, these 10,000 Dire Wolf were originally intended to give Sarah some real-world practice, so their complete loss was not a big deal.

Furthermore, this operation has already attracted Rowan's secret attention.

Future wars cannot be fought entirely in space; tasks such as planetary conquest and eliminating resistance units will still require a large number of ground troops.

Therefore, in addition to assassin-type units like Spider War-Bug, the Swarm also needs some combat units that can engage in direct combat. And actual combat can often yield a large amount of data to identify its own shortcomings.

For example, the battle with the Big Origin Giant Lizard made Rowan realize the drawback of insufficient attack power in his combat units. Considering that future enemies may include large mechanical units, simply biting them would be even less effective than dealing with the Giant Lizard. Perhaps he should equip his future main combat units with a cutting or piercing weapon to deal with this situation.

The Swarm Dire Wolf their advance and encountered the Magic Wolf a day later. Although both had "wolf" in their names, they were not related at all.

There was no pre-battle trash talk; it was simple and brutal. The two sides immediately launched a legion-level clash upon meeting.

To be honest, Rowan found this fight quite boring.

Although the Swarm Dire Wolf are much smaller than the Da Qi Magic Wolf, the Dire Wolf, which combine the advantages of multiple genes, are still very powerful in combat against enemies that are not much larger than themselves.

The two sides pounced and tore at each other, blood and flesh flying everywhere. The Dire Wolf Magic Wolf the advantage in numbers. For a time, the two sides were evenly matched, and casualties were rising rapidly.

Sarah was here to practice coordinated operations, and when the battle became intense, she naturally had to call for air support.

Hundreds of Wind God arrived above the battlefield and airdropped thousands of Kamikaze Bug.

These air-to-air biological missiles, once used to exterminate Pterosaur, can be easily modified into air-to-ground missiles, and their accuracy has increased dramatically due to the upgrade in Swarm technology.

After a series of piercing whistles, nearly half of the Magic Wolf was wiped out. This primitive pack of wild beasts was simply no match for this coordinated air-ground combat strategy.

Previously, the heavy casualties among their own kind did not deter the Magic Wolf in the slightest. On this grassland, casualties were all too common. Not to mention wars against other tribes, even among their own kind, they often fought to the death.

But the Magic Wolf said that the piercing whistling sound coming from the sky was too terrifying. Out of fear, the Magic Wolf began to scatter and flee, and the clash between the legions turned into a chase.

Screams of agony filled the air.