Arrival

The Swarm was unaware of the Cat Ear Spaceship's response. If Rowan and the Intellect knew that Big Origin Star would be temporarily contained in preparation for the Cat Ear Spaceship's arrival, their actions would certainly be much bolder.

The Cat Ear Spaceship's onboard computer analysis was correct; a simple meteorite impact wouldn't have caused this meteor shower. However, given the missing data and the fact that they were unaware of being targeted, they certainly wouldn't have detected the anomaly—all of which was within the Swarm's expectations.

The interiors of those meteorites had all been excavated to reveal Bio-ship belonging to Swarm. Although, due to the passage of time, they were still the smallest Mosquito-class, they were fully functional except for their inability to carry Electromagnetic Cannon Component.

At the moment when the gravitational tides of Big Bear Star became turbulent, they activated their plasma thrusters at full power inside the meteorite. Although they were only 5-10 meters in size, the thrust they generated was not significant.

However, sometimes this extra bit of force can change many things. As a result, more than 300 meteorites deviated from their original orbits and flew towards Big Origin Star.

The Swarm prepared over a thousand such meteorites, but only about 300 were successfully produced.

These meteorites not only contain Bio-ship, but also two Rowan bodies and dozens of Insect Empress Eggs. If they successfully land on the Big Origin Star, it won't be long before the Swarm develops an unimaginable military force.

Only then will Rowan's role-playing game officially begin.

Meanwhile, the Big Bear Star will continue to produce Insect Egg for the Bio-ship at full capacity, so that even if Rowan's plan fails, there will be a backup plan.

Two months later.

"My Overlord, the meteorite swarm is about to make contact with Big Origin Star. To avoid attracting the attention of alien spaceships, the meteorites cannot change their course. Therefore, of the 312 meteorites that will make contact, 306 will fall onto the surface of Big Origin Star, and 6 will impact its First Planet," an Intellect reported to Rowan.

Rowan nodded. There was no other way; everything had to be disguised as a natural phenomenon. If the alien spaceship collected and calculated the trajectory information of these meteorites, it would be bad if they discovered that any meteorite had inexplicably changed its position.

"Overlord Majesty, no trace of an artificial satellite has been found in the planet's orbit facing the meteor shower."

Rowan recalled that a few hours earlier, the Intellect had reported that the alien spaceship had dispatched ten Transport Craft, which had been busy in orbit for a while before returning to the spaceship. Meanwhile, the alien spaceship had changed its course and hidden behind the Big Origin Star.

However, due to the poor observation conditions on the ground at the time, it was unknown what those Transport Craft were doing. Previously, the Intellect had speculated whether they had deployed some kind of instrument, but they never expected that they would actually retrieve the satellite.

"Such a good thing? So economical?" Rowan couldn't help but reflect on himself. Had he been too extravagant, simply recycling unusable or outdated Zerg units? But recycling didn't seem to waste much, did it? Besides, neither the Swarm Intellect nor the Mother Nest needed wages or anything like that. Many combat units had even been converted to radiation-powered systems, so they basically didn't need to eat...

"Sigh, perhaps only a race or civilization like the Swarm has the potential to develop to such a high level. At the very least, their efficiency in utilizing resources is miles ahead of most civilizations," Rowan sighed silently, giving the Swarm a thumbs up.

However, since the other side has removed the satellite, that's for the best. Originally, Rowan was worried that the numerous meteorites passing close to the satellite might alert the other side to something, but now he no longer needs to worry about that.

Hundreds of enormous fireballs, trailing trails of flame, rained down from the sky. Most of them crashed into the sea, while a small number flew toward the two continents facing the meteor shower.

Originally, Rowan had prepared a meticulous ground support team to prevent alien spacecraft from investigating after the meteorite landed. But now that the other side has withdrawn its satellites, Rowan can be quite reckless.

The Swarm ships hidden on the meteorite that was about to crash onto the continent, under the cover of the firelight, either alone or carrying Insect Empress Egg, detached themselves from the meteorite.

Equipped with Optical Stealth System, they are very difficult to detect when there are no energy fluctuations.

They did not use electromagnetic propulsion, but instead, with their extremely low mass, they free-falled. After landing on the ground, they did not move. After a moment, one by one, invisible Wind God came, grabbed them, and left the spot.

Although these Wind God are old versions, they fly using wings and do not generate any energy fluctuations. Combined with Optical Camouflage, they are extremely stealthy.

Originally, they had no chance to participate, but since the satellites that had been hovering in the sky were contained, a batch of them were urgently awakened to come and perform the rescue mission.

After all, moving something from the ground will inevitably leave some traces.

"Dr. Lute, we've collected most of the meteorite debris that fell to the ground. Their material isn't anything special, but what's strange is that most of them have internal cavities," an assistant reported.

"Perhaps it was precisely because of their unique structure that they were flung out by T855." Unaware of the other forces lurking in the shadows, Dr. Lute paid no attention to the meteorite's strange structure. These things could wait until the Riken conquered the area; there would be plenty of experts to study these oddities.

Finding the monster he suspected was his top priority; whether he would live a life of luxury or starvation for the rest of his life depended entirely on it.

"Have the sensors I had you set up beforehand collected any useful data?" The land search is almost complete; the next step is to explore underground and the ocean. And underground, at the very least, we need to find the target first.

The original plan was to drop stun grenades on land to detect the presence of large underground cavities based on the vibrations. However, the spaceship was limited in size and could not carry many stun grenades. He had previously worried about this and even tried to find materials on Big Origin Star to make some simple bombs.

Upon learning of the impending meteor shower, Dr. Lute ordered his assistants to join Kamas' search team in setting up numerous observation instruments on land.

Following the impact of this meteor shower, let's see if there are any large underground cavities. Even if we don't find any, at least it will narrow down the scope of future searches, so it's still worthwhile.

"I was just about to report to you that we have indeed made a discovery. Our instruments on Continent Three have detected some anomalies, suspected to be large underground cavity structures. I will send you the coordinates now," the assistant reported.

Dr. Lute nodded, checked his Personal Terminal, and then headed towards the captain's cabin.