I Am The Swarm

Chapter 431: Escape

The success of his experiment filled Luo Wen with excitement. He continued to practice relentlessly, increasing the teleportation range from ten meters to a hundred, and eventually a thousand meters.

The objects he teleported also grew larger, starting from small beetles, progressing to large beetles, worker drones, and ultimately even teleporting Sarah Kerrigan’s insect body.

However, Luo Wen discovered a limitation: he could only teleport node units. The inherent nature of node units made them bridges capable of connecting reality and the virtual.

Fortunately, this restriction didn’t trouble him much.

As his proficiency grew, so too did his ability—or rather, he approached the upper limit of his current capabilities. The ceiling itself was fixed, but through practice, Luo Wen got ever closer to it.

That ceiling, however, still constrained him. This limitation was also something that could be overcome. As Luo Wen continued to evolve, so too would his upper limit increase.

The path he had taken seemed to diverge from his original intent. The “wormholes” he now used bore little resemblance to the wormholes he had studied earlier. Yet, this new method was uniquely suited to him and the Swarm, a wormhole concept entirely their own.

To commemorate this breakthrough, Luo Wen named his new skill Fold Crossing.

Despite this achievement, Luo Wen’s current abilities still fell short of his goal to send the “seed” beyond the New Ji Race’s territory. Achieving that was akin to chasing an impossible dream; he needed to further refine and enhance this skill.

Through continuous experimentation, he discovered that he could temporarily amplify his abilities by drawing energy through the node units. It was akin to taking a low-level character at level 10 and injecting it with enough power to temporarily experience the capabilities of a level 20 account. Although the enhancement was short-lived, the abilities during this period were undiminished.

Because of this discovery, the previously abandoned Megastructure Self-Destruction Plan was revisited.

On that day, the energy generated by a 2,000-kilometer-long Megastructure, combined with the power it siphoned from a star, allowed Luo Wen to experience the capabilities of a level 60 “high-level account” for a fleeting moment.

However, the massive power gap and the brief usage period, despite Luo Wen’s prior preparation, still caught him off guard. A small mishap occurred, causing the plan to fail.

Fortunately, he had another chance.

Over the course of several hours, Luo Wen replayed the sensation of the enhanced power in his mind, analyzing and internalizing every detail. Only when he felt fully prepared did his consciousness return to the present.

The second Megastructure had already reached its designated position and was siphoning energy from the star. Luo Wen waited patiently, with Sarah silently standing guard behind him.

Suddenly, Luo Wen closed his eyes. At the same time, the Megastructure in the distant Riken Star System exploded, unleashing a brief yet dazzling burst of light.

At the center of the explosion, a flesh pod was ejected.

Drawing on his earlier experience, Luo Wen executed his operation with unparalleled precision this time. The flesh pod didn’t need to