Discussion

Rowan believed that the metal armor on Bodi Planet was left behind by a mechanical civilization, since that thing clearly had nothing to do with a biological civilization that played with flesh and blood.

The force on the other side of the wormhole should be a powerful biological civilization. After all, being able to create creatures that generate Negative Energy means they must have come a long way down this path, at least much further than the current Swarm.

But even these pioneers' works are somewhat difficult to describe in the eyes of Rowan, his "younger generation".

That internal circulation system, frankly, was inferior to the one Rowan used when he first entered space. Although Rowan's system also "breathed," it only needed to be replenished with a little water every few years. Finding water in space is difficult, but finding ice is not hard, so Rowan's system could support him to stay in space for a very long time.

However, the monster's energy is somewhat disappointing. Once fully charged, it can only last for a month at the lowest energy consumption level. If it engages in high-intensity battles, it may be completely depleted in just a few hours.

This is somewhat inconsistent with the technological level of that Negative Energy organ.

Perhaps it's due to cost considerations? This monster is designed to be cannon fodder? But the cost of that Negative Energy generation organ isn't cheap.

Moreover, this isn't a battle between two armies; it's a surprise attack by a single elite unit. In other words, this monster is a special reconnaissance soldier. If it were Rowan, he would definitely use all the most cutting-edge technology, arming it to the teeth.

However, the other party's actions were like sending a primary school student on a mission, only equipped with melee weapons like sticks, but given a nuclear battery instead.

Secondly, the monsters' intelligence level is too low.

Rowan did not find any chips or similar items inside the monster, but for a civilization that has made considerable progress in biotechnology, improving the autonomy of Biological Weapon, especially special operations weapons, is not a difficult task.

Even monkeys can be trained to execute complex commands using primitive methods, let alone advanced civilizations that specialize in this. But this is completely absent in monsters.

Putting aside the question of why the monster didn't start digging immediately after leaving the wormhole, the "Dead Zone" is entirely located on the land of Bodi Planet, which means that the monster chased the Bodi People all the way from the sea, ran there on its own, and was then killed by Nuclear Bomb.

And apart from the last two monsters that suddenly appeared, which knew to fight and retreat, scattering and escaping, all the monsters that were previously surrounded and beaten by the Mecha Warrior were the type to fight to the death and never retreat.

With this level of intelligence, they're barely on par with the Soldier Ant and Worker Ant Rowan used to play in the mud on Origin Star. Back then, the Swarm units mostly acted on instinct. If Rowan were to order those combat units to attack autonomously without restricting their performance, they could come up with all sorts of ingenious tactics on their own.

A vague idea popped into Rowan's mind, but he was still somewhat unwilling to believe it, subconsciously trying to find reasons for the other party.

But then one problem after another arose, and there was no single explanation that could unify everything and tell a logically consistent story.

Therefore, he had to resort to the old method of brainstorming.

"Perhaps their orders to the monsters were to eliminate all threats, which is why the monsters are chasing the Bodi People."

"Then they'll at least have to equip the monsters with an Atomic Furnace, so they can at least reach the level of Godzilla. Otherwise, relying on hand-to-hand combat, even if the planet were full of monkeys, let alone the Bodi People, how long would it take to kill them all?"

The Intellect were engaged in a heated discussion...

"First, monkeys cannot kill monsters. Given that the enemy releases a monster every so often, the number of monsters will only increase. While the monsters' size would allow them to instantly kill a monkey, the monkeys are relatively agile, and the monsters cannot guarantee a hit with every attack. Furthermore, the monsters need to rest and replenish their energy, making continuous killing impossible... We currently do not know the specific parameters of the monkeys, such as their species, reproduction rate, and food consumption, so we cannot calculate exactly how long it will take for the monsters to kill us..."

"Shut up! Monkeys are no threat to monsters at all!"

"Why should I? Do you look down on monkeys?"

"..."

As the conversation between the Intellect here gradually became pointless, Rowan shifted his attention elsewhere.

"Perhaps these monsters are controlled remotely, like the Knight remotely controlling the Space Octopus, but the closure of the wormhole severed this connection, making the monsters seem somewhat... stupid." The Intellect thought for a moment and came up with an adjective.

"That makes sense, but wouldn't that mean the other side doesn't have any surveillance or communication facilities here?"

"Therefore, they can only receive the information from the monsters when the wormhole opens again."

"But what they didn't expect was that the monster was killed by the Bodi People as soon as it appeared."

"So, after repeating this more than ten times, they finally realized something was wrong. They not only increased the number of monsters, but also changed their response mechanism so that they would choose to run away when they realized they were outmatched?"

The Intellect here, one after another, told a different version of the story, which somewhat matched the unbelievable guess in Rowan's mind, but there was not enough evidence to support this claim at present.

"But this contradicts their technological capabilities. Don't they know there are Bodi People here?" one of the Intellect raised the question that had been on Rowan's mind.

"Indeed, the small wormholes and the Negative Energy organs are not fake; they contradict each other in many ways," an Intellect echoed.

"But why do they wait so long between opening the wormholes? And why don't they release more monsters at once? Is there some kind of limitation to wormholes?"

"I don't know. I don't know much about this."

"We need to find an expert in this field to answer our questions."

The Swarm is extremely efficient. Although the Swarm has only recently ventured into the field of wormholes, several Intellect quickly found an expert and raised the question they had just asked.

"Opening a wormhole requires a lot of energy, so perhaps the other side is waiting to accumulate energy. As for the number of monsters that can be released, the wormhole itself shouldn't have any limitations in that regard. However, its opening time limits the number that can be released, since it takes time for the monsters to enter the wormhole one by one, and those monsters are quite clumsy," the expert shrugged and replied.

"How much energy does it take to open a small wormhole? Would such a powerful civilization need more than a year to accumulate enough?"

"That's actually what I'm also wondering about. Although the energy required to open it is enormous, this small wormhole consumes far less energy in comparison. If there were a complete Dyson Sphere, the energy it absorbs each day would be enough to open that small wormhole once. I think for a civilization of that level, a Dyson Sphere shouldn't be a big problem."

The expert paused for a moment, then continued, "Furthermore, according to the Bodi People's data, the early opening intervals of wormholes were only a few months, but later they evolved to the current intervals. This indicates that the other side has the ability to shorten the opening time, or at the very least, extend it to release more monsters."