Discovery

Perhaps there was no conspiracy at all, and it was simply a gift from a higher civilization to a lower civilization.

After discovering a planet that harbors life, they placed a spaceship on its satellite. When life on that planet evolves into civilization and ventures into space to develop its satellite, they will discover this spaceship.

The technology on the spaceship will help this nascent civilization enter the universe more quickly.

Does such a civilization truly exist in the universe? Perhaps, Rowan couldn't understand. The ideology of an advanced civilization was something he couldn't comprehend at his current level.

He is now an immortal being, and perhaps tens of thousands of years from now, when the Swarm has developed into a top power in the universe, he might be in the mood to do something similar.

Then Rowan thought that tens of thousands of years ago, perhaps an advanced civilization had visited Origin Star on its way. Although he was still asleep at that time, life was thriving on Origin Star.

Following the same logic as the gift-giving analogy, wouldn't there also be a "gift" on the Red Moon or Yellow Moon?

However, Rowan then dismissed the idea. As the first base the Swarm had ever set foot in space, the Twin Moons had been cultivated for so many years that its interior was already covered with Creep. If there were any unidentified objects, they would have been discovered long ago.

However, just in case, as soon as Rowan had a thought, the Swarm on the twin moons began their search. At the same time, the Swarm also launched search operations on other geological planets in the Origin Star System.

Because these planets are relatively large, the primary production capacity of the Origin Swarm in its later stages was used for space units, resulting in some neglect of the planetary surfaces. It's possible that advanced civilizations hid "gifts" in these places.

But if we follow the logic of "gift," then this advanced civilization might be monitoring everything. Wouldn't they have been observing all of the Swarm's actions over the years?

The information provided by Chloe left Rowan somewhat confused. But over the years, Rowan was no longer the same Rowan he once was; if you included the time he spent asleep, his age might be longer than the entire history of that advanced civilization.

If you're already scaring yourself with fear and uncertainty, how can the Swarm possibly develop? You have to outwit and outmaneuver enemies of similar strength, but if they far surpass you, there's nothing you can do but pretend you don't know.

Although Rowan spoke with great passion, it was still necessary to prepare for a possible retreat. In the following days, the Swarm used the Megastructure to randomly launch a large number of Swarm Meteor into the depths of space.

One of the meteorites contains the Origin Mother Nest that was secretly excavated.

Perhaps advanced civilizations are conducting some kind of civilizational confrontation experiment, but Rowan cannot stop his own development because of this. Only by becoming stronger can he break the deadlock and Overlord own destiny.

The next task is to obtain the Ancient Spaceship that the Riken Race unearthed and related information. As the first civilization to come into contact with the Ancient Spaceship, the Riken Race must have obtained more information, such as whether there were people from an advanced civilization on board, and whether they were alive or dead. Any piece of information will help Rowan deduce the truth of the matter.

Rowan already had a good idea on how to conquer the Riken Race.

"Cleary, still no news?" Major General Porter asked the search team via video.

"Sir, there's still no news about Colonel Chloe," the officer on the other end of the video call said helplessly. This was the twelfth time he'd asked this today; on average, Major General Porter would ask every half hour.

"Sigh!" Major General Porter didn't ask any further questions, but simply sighed and turned off the communication.

The search party here belongs to several factions, and Cleary is the commander-in-chief of the team sent here by Major General Porter.

Cleary had actually given up hope for the search operation; eight days had passed since she went missing, and Colonel Chloe was probably already compost.

It's a pity about this great beauty. Even if she were still alive, it would be difficult for Cleary to have any interaction with her, but that doesn't stop him from yearning for beautiful things.

"Sir! Found him! Found him!" Just as the officer was secretly recalling Colonel Chloe's face, a soldier suddenly rushed out of a Crypt entrance not far away. He looked around and quickly locked onto Cleary, who was deep in thought, and ran frantically towards them.

"Found what?" Cleary asked reflexively, still in a daze. Suddenly, he realized what he'd found and his eyes widened as he asked, "You found Colonel Chloe?"

The soldier who rushed over was panting heavily and said, "No, nothing."

"..." Cleary was speechless. His heart had been pounding just now. Colonel Chloe had a powerful background. If he could really rescue her, with his status as her savior, he might rise to prominence in no time. In a more fantastical scenario, he might even win the heart of a beautiful woman.

He had almost finished reciting his wedding vows, but then he suddenly had to take a deep breath.

"What did they find?"

"We've detected those signals."

Cleary had no connections; he had climbed to his position through sheer talent and ability. He immediately realized what the soldier was talking about.

Their search party's relationship with the so-called Zerg was quite interesting. During the day, they would dig pits and burrows while the Zerg slept, seemingly unconcerned that their base was being dug up. In the evening, they would hunt in the surrounding area and then, before midnight, drop their prey into the large pits.

In the latter half of the night, the Zerg will send out Zerglings to collect these prey and drag them back to their nest.

Then day broke, and they continued digging the pits. The Zerg continued to curl up and sleep.

The two sides maintained this tacit understanding for several days.

Cleary thought the Zerg might be using them as keepers.

However, these zookeepers don't work for nothing; they hide trackers inside the small prey to try and find the insects' Granary.

Although he believed the insects couldn't understand this high technology, there was unknown electromagnetic interference in the burrows, preventing them from receiving the tracker's signal on the surface.

However, their trackers have also been improved, enabling them to transmit signals over a smaller area.

Therefore, during the day, while digging tunnels, they would also send teams deep into the Crypt to search for these signals. What the soldier meant by finding them was that they had found the signals sent by the tracker.

After confirming that the answer was as he had guessed, Cleary quickly called back Major General Porter's communications to explain the situation, while inwardly shouting, "Seize the opportunity, and you'll have wealth, promotion, and a raise!"

Porter was overjoyed upon receiving the news. Although they hadn't found Chloe directly, it was better than having no information at all. He immediately ordered Cleary to organize a team to investigate.

At the same time, he also reported the situation to General Masai, hoping that he would organize manpower to provide support.

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