6 Tues – Endless Expansion (3)
“Even if we go outside, I think it would be better if we just learn photosynthesis.”
[Aside from learning the powers of plants, do you know what lies at the end of this labyrinth?]
“I have hope.”
As always, I took pictures of trees in the mountains behind me and checked the situation.
Even the animals on the 5th floor, which seemed a bit strong, could not withstand the mass lynching and were eaten one by one.
It was inevitable, because they were nothing more than beasts that did not form a group and walked alone.
Rather, it seemed that the ants on the 4th floor that formed a colony and attacked as a swarm were stronger.
[The abundant food on the 5th floor gave us enough energy, and at the same time, contributed greatly to the evolution of our species. This too will be recorded in history. This is the moment when we evolve into higher beings.]
“…I’ll have to grow bigger. I won’t be able to live as an ant forever.”
The corps that ate and ate the noble animals of the 5th floor gradually grew in size.
In the past, data on large animals were scarce, but not anymore.
Rather, the more the accumulated data increases, the faster and more diverse the modifications and optimizations that have not been utilized properly in the past.
[Soldiers with toad-based, carapace and body shape correction are now harvesting mushrooms and crushing them]
As the first step, the newly created soldiers were great.
They used their strong jaws to smash those huge mushrooms.
The shredded mushrooms were broken down and replaced with nutrients by the nested roots and the smaller decomposers they produced.
In fact, it seemed that there were several times more nutrients in that thick and large mushroom than the tree I put in.
[New soldiers also took over the air, hunting those who lived on the walls and ceilings]
Classifying and classifying disease types was already done even when we were at the cellular level.
Although it is based on the body of a toad, the only similarity is that it is a four-legged vertebrate.
Rather, the new Legionnaire, who could be called a ‘combination’, with everything from a bat’s wings, carapace, jaw and tail to a slender body, flapped its wings and went to reconnaissance on the next floor.
I also left
It was time to eat.
“What game are you playing like that?”
“yes?”
I was quietly eating, and I was taken aback by the sudden remark.
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My younger sister, Kang Do-yeon, was looking at me with a frown while eating.I glanced at the phone that was placed on the table.
“Nothing.”
“They say it’s a test, so they’re sick, but they’re only playing phone games.”
“Why are you suddenly interested?”
smirked A kid who usually didn’t care what I was doing.
“Okay. Anyway, the exam is over next week.”
“right.”
As we talked, I realized why he said this.
I can’t forget it in the first place.
“Daddy’s anniversary, I remember it, so don’t worry about it.”
“…okay.”
The boy looked at him and started eating quietly again.
The atmosphere got a little weird for a while, but it cleared up quickly anyway.
I finished eating and got up first.
“I mean, it’s a game… When does the alternate tutorial end? Why can’t my account level up?”
[The tutorial is cleared when you cross the 9th floor, that is, when you reach the 10th floor]
“It’s crazy.”
Now the 6th floor is also being robbed of us.
At this rate of growth, I don’t think it would be too difficult.
[Look. Evidence that the Swarm is evolving into a higher life form]
One screen was projected on the screen.
This is the lowest level, the source we originate from.
Now, in this place, where the entire cavity is covered with our nest, a disgusting six-wall writhes.
“Ummm…”
[Do you think it’s creepy? Those pulsating six walls mimic the internal genitalia of higher life.]
“why?”
[This is also for efficiency]
Frowning my brow, I looked at the six walls.
So, according to the description, these six walls were made by taking off only the reproductive organs and making them gigantic.
It’s literally a nest.
The entire corps is now slowly starting to divide.
Production focuses on production, and thinking focuses on thinking.
[The newly refined production system begins to run]
The wriggling of the six walls got worse, and something began to appear, tearing the meat wall.
Its identity was a large egg.
[Beyond simply replicating itself like a tumor, the corps that introduced the concept of ‘growth’ was able to dramatically increase the energy efficiency of nurturing troops]
Eggs generated from the six walls grew faster than before, but broke the eggs and came out.
These nests are filling the entire stairway occupied, and hundreds of thousands of these eggs are pouring out.
[And see. An organ worthy of being called a proper brain tissue is being created. It even has some kind of investment concept. We are already aware of the need for an advanced and specialized nervous system. This will go down in history. I don’t know when it will be, but the brains of our fully developed race will definitely have an ego.]
It was not only the production institutions that were located on the bottom floor.
The deepest and safest place.
There was a brain connected to the Legion.
It’s still just a pilot organization that’s not very helpful. But as more data accumulates, that brain will definitely get bigger.
*
“What is this?”
[These are new types of enemies]
The moment I woke up from sleep, I found my surreal cell phone.
You don’t even need to look at the watch. Looking out the window, it is still dark in the morning.
“what?”
Rubbing my eyes, I looked at the screen.
On the 7th floor, where there was obviously nothing special that we had to scout first, our newly produced large scouts had been wiped out.
[This time it is the same as before. Things that I couldn’t even scout with a small individual, this time I reacted]
“What the hell is that…”
A new scout has been dispatched.
This time, it is a small individual based on bees.
The entity found enemies that it had not caught before.
[This is a double-winged bat that we once hunted on the 5th and 6th floors]
“…what are so many?”
A common ceiling was visible.
And those guys that were full of them were definitely bats.
There seemed to be at least hundreds.
I got goosebumps when I realized that the alien bats were already the size of a child.
[Obviously, these guys are a little too short to be called a ‘corps’. They just live together, and the hunting spreads to each floor and is done individually]
“Even so, we can’t win if there are so many people fighting. Look at the physical difference.”
I laughed and muttered.
Now, while I was slowly getting the hang of it, the judgment I made was impossible.
The strength of the current corps is insufficient to engage in a head-on power battle with that swarm of bats.
We could produce better fighters of a similar weight class, but then we couldn’t match the numbers.
[That’s not what we think]
“What?”
[Did I not tell you? The legion doesn’t stop. Now we are rather happy. If you can feed all those meats, you can make a large army like those bats]
“How the hell are you going to fight?”
[…trust us]
The corps has already begun to move.
I still don’t know what it is, but at least he didn’t seem to be thinking of a head-on fight.
Rather than replenishing the troops, it was enough to kill the existing troops and return them to nutrients.
“I’m really curious about this.”
Once I got my clothes on, I put them on.
I had an exam today, so I thought I should study cramming.
[The corps drafted the first tactic]
And sooner or later, the Legion began to radiate the energy it had accumulated.
I took a closer look at the nest.
Something else began to crawl out of the tiny egg.
[The first tactic the Legion adopted was also a vile tactic. But I don’t know if this will work
There were small creatures crawling on the wall.
They only had one weapon.
poison right away. The sting contained acid poison, the most powerful poison the Legion had ever created.
As soon as it was judged that a face-to-face confrontation would be difficult, he chose this kind of dark battle.
[Certainly, stingers and acid poisons are effective against bats. However, the performance was not very good. Some bats were careless and fell to the ground as they were, but in the first place, bats were the ones who preyed on these small vegetation]
Exchange cost is not good.
The bats easily noticed the approach and ate the poisonous insects.
Acid poison had no meaning unless it was injected into a blood vessel.
In addition, the vegetation of this cave, including bats, was basically resistant to poisons, thanks to the mushrooms.
“Now what? I think I’ve used all the methods I have.”
[The legion chooses the second tactic]
Slowly getting ready to leave, I watched the progress.
There was no further movement.
However, the six walls that filled the lowest and second floors hardened in an instant.
“This…”
[The corps temporarily put the two-story nest dormant because it needed explosive energy]
For what?
I turned the screen to the entrance of the 6th floor.
I realized the intention there and burst out laughing.
[Imitating the tactics of the White Cave Ants resisting at the fortress, the Legion decided to launch a siege]
“I don’t think it’s the siege I know?”
Since when did the meaning of a siege mean hitting with a castle?