I Am the Swarm
Chapter 588

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To maintain the dignity of the Overlord, Rowan added some minor features to his customized Descendant. For example, eyes with powerful dynamic vision and paired with super-fast reflexes.

With this, the Overlord Dominator utterly humiliated Sarah in various games.

Perhaps it was preconceived notions, or perhaps the impression from that time was too profound. From then on, Rowan's image in the Swarm Network, in Sarah's eyes, became that of an Advent Being.

This kind of facial expression can convey emotions more accurately than an insect mask.

At this moment, Rowan's brows were furrowed, as if he was troubled by something. As Rowan and the Zerg grew stronger, this emotion appeared less and less on Rowan.

From the very beginning, the main theme of this battle in the Zerg No. 1 Star system was set: to preserve territory and eliminate the Coalition Army while buying as much time as possible.

Everything was going smoothly, and the Coalition Army forces' "own people" were also very capable, exceeding the tasks originally assigned by Rowan.

Originally, with the Zerg forces dwindling on the battlefield, Rowan had planned to unleash his ultimate move to completely annihilate the Coalition Army. However, an unexpected event disrupted his plans.

"My Overlord, may I know of your troubles?" Sarah's voice came again.

Rowan looked up at Sarah standing in front of him. Sarah's image was also designed by Rowan himself. To be honest, his avatar was also based on some of Sarah's design.

Although Sarah was originally Rat-folk Race, after joining the Zerg, she completely abandoned her former "Rat Tail Fat" image and has always presented a new appearance.

"Alright, from your perspective, you might be able to see something." Rowan thought for a moment. The Intellect was originally one with him, so there was nothing to hide. However, although they were one on a certain level, there were still specific differences. The Intellect had its own individual thoughts and its own thought patterns. Although he was very strong, he was not omnipotent. Perhaps Sarah could gain a different perspective by taking a look.

After Rowan finished speaking, a series of images were shared with Sarah. This information was directly transmitted into Sarah's consciousness. This kind of operation is not difficult to do in the Swarm Network.

Sarah closed her eyes and began to receive information from the browser screen.

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"Elder Cecil, how have you been lately?" The image was presented from a first-person perspective, a format Sarah was very familiar with. All the memory information provided by the Intellect was presented in this way.

An aged voice greeted her, coming from the person providing the viewpoint. The voice sounded somewhat familiar to Sarah. However, from the corner of her eye, Sarah couldn't discern what this place was or which race it belonged to, based on the rather unremarkable mechanical layout.

The Overlord did not tell her who the image came from, but she already knew where it came from.

Before her was a large projected communication screen, displaying various races with distinct styles, yet all sharing similarities. Sarah, having seen quite a bit, quickly distinguished them.

In the center of the large screen was a beautiful woman from a foreign ethnic group. She was very young and pretty, and her voice matched her age perfectly, being very pleasant to the ear.

Sarah was very familiar with the race to which this beautiful woman belonged; it was a very special race, the kind of race that all women longed to be born into.

It is the renowned Pot Spirit Race of the Star Sea Alliance. Members of this race are handsome men and beautiful women who conform to the aesthetic standards of most races. However, with the advancement of technology, such changes in appearance are not difficult. Even if other races are born ugly, they can undergo postnatal modification, so this is not a remarkable ability.

But their other talent is quite astonishing: eternal youth. Without any side effects, it's exactly what it sounds like – eternal youth.

The Pot Spirit Race will remain youthful after reaching a certain age, and will only rapidly age and wither away when they are about to die.

While modern technology can make a person appear younger, this is only superficial. But the Pot Spirit Race are different; their age is frozen. Their appearance, skin, muscles, voice, blood vessels, and everything else are frozen in their youth—true youth in the real sense.

This ability of the Pot Spirit Race gave them a very bad start when it was first discovered. It was a very dark moment in the history of the Pot Spirit Race.

Even today, after the long years, the Pot Spirit Race has developed into a powerful civilization, such things still happen from time to time. But to this day, the secret of their eternal youth remains unsolved.

There are many speculations, but the most popular one is that the unique environment of the Pot Spirit Race' Mother Planet fostered their unique genes, making replication virtually impossible.

Although the Pot Spirit Race and the Zerg have had little interaction so far, the Pot Spirit Race are perhaps the race in the Star Sea Alliance that should be most grateful to the Zerg.

Even eternal youth will eventually fade, but immortality allows for perpetual bloom. Therefore, the allure of immortality is far greater than that of eternal youth.

Although Sarah had transcended the base desires of ordinary females, she still paid attention to the unique race of the Pot Spirit Race.

With long, flowing green hair, perfectly proportioned features, and a slender, graceful figure, Elder Cecil is a typical example of the Pot Spirit Race.

Furthermore, her identity further proves this point. After all, the Epoch Clan Elder represents the pinnacle of individual power in this star field, a position that Elder Cecil, given his age, could not possibly attain.

Therefore, this beautiful woman is probably a grandmother who is several hundred years old.

Even though Elder Cecil was an old woman, her voice remained pleasant and melodious. The aged greeting from earlier was clearly not from her.

However, in the lower right corner of the large projection screen, there is a separate small projection screen, where the image displayed is the source of this information.

The small screen displayed a creature with a very peculiar appearance. It was short but not thin; rather, it was quite sturdy. Compared to its body, its neck was exceptionally long, and combined with its flat head, it made its height appear to be over two meters.

This fellow, who looks exactly like a shell-less turtle, isn't that Elder Humins of the Epoch Clan?

Humins, as the first Ji Epoch Clan elder to make contact with the Zerg, and the highest-ranking Epoch Clan member the Zerg have ever met, had even visited the Zerg Royal Court and met Sarah in person.

This intelligence actually came from him?

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