Arrival

Fortunately, the Swarm, in order to await the arrival of the real Rowan Big Origin Star. Only in the Red Forest, where the Swarm's base was located, did the ecology change significantly.

But at this moment, in the Red Forest, the purplish-gray Creep on the ground began to shrink downwards, revealing the original color of the ground.

Although the Creep has concealed them, the creatures here are not controlled by the Swarm. Hopefully, in the next few years, they will be able to return to their familiar habitats.

Otherwise, a forest devoid of any signs of life is quite conspicuous.

The Flying Bug patrolled the forest repeatedly, instructing the Worker Bee on the ground to clean up all traces left by the Swarm, ensuring that everything was restored to its state before the Swarm arrived.

Unnecessary combat units such as Dire Wolf have been recovered. Although they appeared unharmed, their internal Ecological Circulation System were far too conspicuous. They were clearly not native creatures, and exposing them would be a huge loss.

Even large aerial transport units like the Wind God were mostly recycled after completing their missions, with only a small number being hidden deep underground for hibernation.

The Big-Headed Fish in the sea were not recovered, but instead buried underground with the Creep, but all were far away from the place where Godzilla hibernated.

The unknown civilization was clearly attracted by Godzilla's Thermonuclear Breath, and a major battle might break out in that area later, so it's best to avoid it.

However, to prevent Godzilla from being captured, Rowan also prepared some Swarm units with storage stomach sacs in advance. If the enemy civilization's technology level was not high enough to overwhelm the Swarm, even if he was exposed, he would find an opportunity to seize some of Godzilla's body tissue.

Of course, this is only possible if they engage in a major battle with Godzilla and cause physical damage to Godzilla.

Based on the opponent's speed, they would only arrive seven or eight years earlier than his main body. If they could seize some of his body tissue and store the stomach pouch in the extreme cold of the polar regions, given that Godzilla's body tissue is undoubtedly extremely special, it might not spoil even after seven or eight years.

However, even if it had gone bad, Rowan could still bring himself to eat it for the sake of the Swarm's development. Back when he was just a little bug, he had done even worse things.

Two weeks later, all preparations were complete. The Swarm vanished as if from Big Origin Star, and animals slowly began to reappear in the Red Mangrove Forest. The forest was once again alive with the sounds of various creatures.

All the Swarm Meteor in and Proxima Star System Centauri system were pointing their observation organs toward the unknown civilization's spaceship, hoping to determine as soon as possible whether it was truly powered by Light Sail.

Time passed by day by day amidst the tense waiting, and several years went by in the blink of an eye.

For over a hundred years, the Swarm has been projecting a large number of Swarm Meteor toward the Proxima Star System.

Therefore, as the alien civilization's spaceship gradually approached the Proxima Star System, it was inevitable that it would be observed by the Swarm's monitoring units.

This time, with preparations in place, it can be said that since the alien spaceship entered the Swarm's field of vision, it has never left the Swarm's sight.

However, due to the great distance and the fact that these Swarm Meteor were equipped with old-fashioned observation devices, they were unable to penetrate the blinding light barrier and observe the true nature of the other side.

Fortunately, because their versions were so old, they generated almost no energy fluctuations, and even though they observed the other ship the whole way, they were not detected.

However, the Swarm still managed to glean some information from various clues.

For example, the enemy spacecraft was smaller and its speed was slightly slower.

Based on this, the Swarm Intellect speculated that it was likely because they were about to enter the Proxima Star System and, in order to adapt to the increasingly complex space environment, they reduced the size of their Light Sail and slowed down their speed.

These signs further confirm Tikas's previous speculation that the unknown civilization used Light Sail for propulsion.

From this perspective, even if the opponent's technology is slightly superior to that of the Swarm, it's not by much.

However, although the speculation had been confirmed, the cautious Rowan still felt he needed to see it for himself.

Several dozen days later, the spaceship had crossed the outermost asteroid belt of the Proxima Centauri Proxima Star System. The spaceship's size had shrunk by 90%, and its speed was less than 110% of what it used to be.

In the Proxima Star System, Planet A5 had rotated to a position directly in front of the spaceship.

After the "Greeting Gift" landed on Big Origin Star, two more Swarm Meteor were waiting behind it. After discovering that Big Origin Star did not need support, it found a nearby planetary orbit to stay in and wait for the arrival of the main body of the Rowan.

Meanwhile, a Swarm Meteor happened to be orbiting Planet A5, allowing the Swarm to finally observe the alien spaceship up close.

Although this distance is close to 2 billion kilometers, it's important to know that one light-year is 9.4604 trillion kilometers. Comparing the two, it's clear that in space, this is truly considered extremely close.

There were no dramatic events; the facts were as predicted: the other side used a Light Sail made of an extremely thin material to propel the spaceship forward.

Behind the Light Sail was a tiny spaceship, much smaller in comparison. According to measurements, it was about 300 meters long. However, its width and height were very small, and its overall shape was long and cylindrical, making it look somewhat deformed, like a chopstick.

Rowan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Such an ugly spaceship couldn't possibly be very powerful. This meant the Swarm's tactics could be much more flexible.

Even if they capture Godzilla intact, leaving no flesh or blood, the initial acceleration from the Light Sail drive is too slow. Once Rowan's main body arrives and produces his Bio-ship, they will be able to catch up with and seize them.

However, we still need to find a way to thoroughly investigate the other party's technological level.

Let's see how they perform for the next while.

"Captain, we are about to arrive at Planet T853. The ship's speed has decreased to 10 km/s. We are expected to reach our designated orbit in half an hour." A mechanical female voice sounded in the command center.

"Very good, Celia, notify all crew members to take their positions."

At this moment, the Cat Ear Spaceship had retracted its massive solar sail that had been supporting it from the front, leaving only the spaceship itself as it continued its journey toward the Big Origin Star. Occasionally, energy streams would emanate from parts of the spaceship's long, cylindrical hull, subtly altering its orientation.

"10, 9... 3, 2, 1. Spaceship has reached designated position, orbital alignment successful, thrusters shut down."

As the mechanical female voice finished counting down, the cabin shook slightly before the Cat Ear Spaceship successfully came to rest in outer orbit around the Big Origin Star.

For civilizations that are already capable of interstellar travel, this is a piece of cake, and there are virtually no unexpected incidents.

Thank you for the 1500 Qidian coins reward for seeing my blurred vision.