Departure

Even seven days later, Chloe would still occasionally recall the scene in the underground chamber; she was utterly captivated by the feeling of toying with her prey.

After Claire fell into a coma, she was immediately taken underground. Twenty kilometers underground from this villa lies another branch of the Reiken Foundation.

After the Laboratory Sub-base developed to a certain stage, a Flying Bug carrying the Creep Seed found Chloe and established a new base below the villa.

If the Swarm Network hadn't evolved, Rowan certainly wouldn't have been so radical, but now he has his own reasons for being so confident.

After Claire was sent to the underground base, her new body was temporarily controlled by the Claire Bee's consciousness, and at the villa, Chloe put on a show of sisterly affection every day.

Chloe in the underground base didn't go there herself using the body she had outside. After all, traversing a 20-kilometer underground passage would inevitably involve some bumps and bruises, and since she had been away for a long time, there were other servants in the villa, and it wouldn't be good if they noticed anything amiss.

Therefore, Chloe, who met Claire, was merely a temporarily produced body that would be recycled after use. With Rowan's authorization, the Intellect switching between multiple bodies was just a basic operation.

As Chloe was pondering something, she suddenly noticed her "sister's" body tremble beside her, sensing that the Queen Bee's consciousness had departed and a new consciousness had descended.

"Welcome back, sister. How are you feeling?" Chloe smiled brightly and gave Claire a big hug.

Claire rolled her eyes, but still didn't refuse her sister's hug. "It felt pretty good."

After thinking for a moment, she added, "I would have felt much better without all your added scenes!"

Looking at the information provided by Claire, Rowan fell into deep thought.

Claire is a very important figure; she is a brilliant researcher who has direct access to the Ancient Spaceship and possesses a wealth of firsthand information.

After transforming Chloe, they learned about her connections and had already devised a plan targeting her sister Claire. Therefore, the plan was executed as soon as the Kenfonki had established themselves within the Swarm.

With Chloe's cooperation, the plan proceeded without any unexpected problems.

As a result, Rowan obtained a lot of top-secret information.

The Ancient Spaceship contained a level of technology far exceeding that of the Riken Race. Without the support of complete basic theories and prior technology, the analysis of the Riken Race was actually not ideal.

For many years, the Analysis Team has been working backward from the finished products to deduce the basic theories.

So far, only a few results have been achieved.

These achievements, however, have enabled the Riken Race to make rapid progress in their technological level.

For example, the fact that their warships can be built to a height of over a thousand meters is thanks to the Analysis Team and the materials group.

For example, their Sub-light Engine.

In reality, it was simply a result of reverse engineering the carrier-based engines of Ancient Spaceship. As for the engine system of the Ancient Spaceship itself, the Riken Race speculated that it was likely a warp Warp Engine capable of exceeding the speed of light, but because the prior technology was not perfected, they still hadn't figured it out.

Rowan mobilized a group of 200,000 Intellect to be specifically responsible for the overall analysis and study of the relevant experimental parameters and data transmitted back by Claire.

The number of Swarm Intellect has now reached several million, most of which are transformed from the spiritual entities of deceased Rat-folk researchers.

Over the years, although their presence has been relatively low, they have made great contributions to the Swarm.

Since venturing into space, Rowan has found it difficult to increase the Swarm's potential by acquiring biological genes, unlike during the ant wars.

Although the genes contained in space creatures can give the Swarm a qualitative improvement, so far, the Swarm has only encountered one and a half space creatures at most.

One type is Atmospheric Creature giant in the Origin Star System, which enabled the Swarm to develop bio-electromagnetic technology. The other type is Godzilla, which cannot enter space, but its Controlled Fusion technology still significantly boosted the Swarm's strength.

Furthermore, Godzilla still possesses advanced technologies that have not been fully utilized to this day.

However, such creatures are too rare and hard to come by. If the Swarm relies solely on finding these creatures to improve its combat power and civilization level, its development will be far too slow.

For Swarm to develop rapidly, it must have its own research team and technological system. And this is exactly what Intellect have been doing for many years.

To this day, most of the technology currently possessed by Swarm units is actually the result of research by the Intellect.

For example, upgraded electromagnetic technology, fusion technology, and optical technology, which have led to the development of Plasma Engine, Electromagnetic Cannon, and other technologies such as observation, radar, communication, and computing, which were developed from scratch.

Moreover, these Intellect do not need to worry about personal matters such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, and health, nor do they need to engage in infighting or consider issues of honor. All of them cooperate sincerely. Millions of Intellect may play a greater role than tens of millions of researchers in many civilizations.

The knowledge they possess is the most valuable asset of the Swarm today, and the source of Swarm confidence in War Star in the future.

Another six months have slowly passed.

Around Chloe, numerous advanced Overseer at distances of several kilometers, or even tens of kilometers, closely monitored everything through purely optical modes.

There was nothing discovered, and nothing unusual.

It seems Rowan's guess was correct. Even if there are Chess Player, they wouldn't be watching every single detail. They could only focus on the overall development trends of the civilization.

In light of this, the Swarm's next plan can now be initiated.

"Sarah, now it's up to you guys to perform."

"I will certainly live up to your expectations, Overlord Majesty."

Since the Riken Race Expedition Fleet fled the Proxima Star System, the Swarm has no longer bothered to hide and has openly revealed itself. Large numbers of Space Octopus are loitering in the orbits of Proxima Star System, where the abundant radiation energy rapidly accelerates their growth.

Furthermore, two enormous Electromagnetic Megastructure are slowly taking shape.

The Swarm's first Electromagnetic Megastructure took decades to develop, with many setbacks along the way. Afterward, the Swarm built many more Megastructure of varying sizes, gaining extensive manufacturing experience.

With the support of new technologies and algorithms, the two new Electromagnetic Megastructure have grown into behemoths spanning over 2,000 kilometers in less than a decade.

Next, the two Megastructure began launching Ancient Class Space Octopus densely towards the Riken Star System. With the ejection speed and the output of their own engines, these Space Octopus formed two straight lines and approached the Riken Star System at a speed exceeding one-sixth the speed of light.