Development

He casually tossed the Little Black Bug into his mouth, then picked up and ate the rest of the Little Black Bug to ensure the integrity of his genes.

Having obtained what he wanted, Rowan wasted no time and immediately returned to the Mother Nest.

Of the 500 new generation queen Ant Queen ordered, 200 have already been fulfilled. Rowan quickly added the newly acquired gene fragments to expand the gene pool of the remaining Ant Queen that had not yet produced any.

In this way, his Aquatic Army production base was finally established.

As time passed, the 200 new Ant Queen matured and were transported to the front lines, where a huge Ant Nest awaited their arrival.

After showcasing their talents, the Big-Headed Ant Queen the remaining Worker Ant went into the belly-shaped village. The plantation was closed off and urgently needed manpower to manage it.

The three hundred queen Ant Queen were originally stationed nearby were also dispersed to various parts of the Big-Headed Ant territory, since that place was fraught with danger, with more than a dozen Red Ant nests nearby.

For a while, the Swarm's forces were particularly depleted, and it would be difficult to handle if the Red Ant actually attacked. However, with the Swarm's three thousand bases, replenishing their forces would be a piece of cake.

Now that territory has regrouped more than 2 million troops. Unless the Red Ant unite and launch a collective invasion, it would be suicide for just one or two of them to come alone.

Ant Queen arrived, the Swarm's own planters were quickly hatched. After a period of growth, they took over the maintenance and production of the plantation, but faced a severe shortage of manpower. After all, this was a place that once supported 7 million Big-Headed Ant, and the underground farm was enormous.

Those Fibrous Fungal Crop are quite delicate; after a period of neglect, some of them actually grew poorly.

However, the situation soon took a turn for the better. The Worker Ant of the original Black Ant template, whether due to their strong learning ability or some other unknown reason, also learned how to manage and maintain the plantation.

This eliminates the need to wait for the Worker Ant of the new Big-Headed Ant template to mature, and a large number of older Worker Ant are transferred to the Big-Headed Ant Nest, greatly improving the original shortage of manpower.

After a period of time, the new queen Ant Queen gradually matured, and they were originally also needed to support the front line. However, after the old worker Worker Ant took over the plantation, they had a new place to go.

New bases were built along the lake and riverbanks, and a large number of new types of troops began to be deployed. They all looked similar, like small boats upside down on the water, only their sizes varied.

They are as small as their original form, only two or three centimeters long, while the large ones are like a small millstone, about half a meter long, surpassing the Giant Scorpion to become the largest soldier in the Swarm besides Rowan.

These behemoths were only produced in small quantities and used as transport ships to send scouts to the other side. Future developments will depend on the situation and whether large-scale production is necessary.

The Swarm temporarily halted its expansion afterward. With the addition of the planting system, the number of insects the territory could accommodate increased significantly. Excavator Ant were added back to the production list, and large numbers of Excavator Ant hatched.

With the help of these creatures, the original bases in the territory were redesigned, spiral passages were added, and plantations were dug out, completely modeled after the layout of Big-Headed Ant Nest.

The Big-Headed Ant have been involved in agriculture for so long, their expertise is definitely greater than Rowan's. For example, the question that had been troubling Rowan was: what exactly are the countless holes above the Big-Headed Ant Nest for?

After taking over their Ant Nest, I discovered through practice that the holes were for heat dissipation. The fungal crops generate a lot of heat during production, and if this heat is not dissipated from the nest in time, it will not only affect crop production, but also the insects themselves.

The spiraling, downward-winding passage, the rooms along the passage, and the holes above the nest are all part of this cooling system.

Therefore, before fully understanding the nest's structure and any other concealment functions, Rowan decided to build a replica in all aspects, and then gradually learn and understand it through practice until he had mastered it completely.

In the following days, the Swarm entered a stable development period. The Northern Army ceased its exploration, and the other two armies also slowed their advance.

The new planting system requires a large workforce, and it's unclear how long it took the Big-Headed Ant to accumulate such a large population. Rowan cannot rely on time to slowly build up his swarm; the Swarm has its own advantages.

As a result, a new batch of Ant Queen orders was scheduled for production at the Mother Nest.

This order contains a full two thousand ants. These Ant Queen do not have their own territory; they will serve as production tools, doing their utmost to supplement the existing bases within their own territories.

However, these are only temporary. When the Swarm's cultivation system is perfected, manpower is replenished, and it expands again, it will surely have its own base.

Moreover, there will be more than three armies by then; a new Eastern Army will cross the river and expand its territory on the other side.

The river has been conquered by the Swarm, and they can no longer hinder Swarm expansion.

As time passed, Rowan, having had his energy released, settled down. One by one, Transport Bug set off from the original Big-Headed Ant Nest, carrying the Seed of fungi crops to various bases.

As the plantations at each base were gradually completed and harvesting began, the number of Swarm members started to increase steadily. Originally, each base had an average of about five thousand members, but now it has expanded to thirty thousand, and this number is far from reaching its limit.

The Swarm currently has over 3,000 Branch Base. Based on this average, the number of Swarm members is approaching 100 million, which is an enormous number.

Based on this number alone, even if they encounter Big-Headed Ant Nest again, the Swarm will not fight them to a standstill like last time, but will instead crush them outright.

During this period, five Red Ant Nest around the original Big-Headed Ant territory invaded the Swarm's territory. Rowan easily mobilized five million troops from the bases around there, directly attacked their nests, recycled them into protein, and occupied their territory without needing to resort to any tricks or schemes.

The crushing defeat of his enemies robbed Rowan of the joy of battle. With the Swarm growing stronger, among the known enemies, perhaps only the countless, seemingly natural disaster-like Earth-Yellow Ant could pose a real threat.

However, although Rowan had become much more arrogant, his intelligence remained normal. Although the Swarm was now much stronger and had more members, it was still several levels below the Earth-Yellow Ant.

To fight them, the Swarm needs to continue developing for a while, but given Swarm potential, this period shouldn't be too long.