Underground base.
Professor Pat widened his eyes, incredulous as he stared at the screen in front of him, at the countless larvae that defied calculation.
They crazily lunged at the laser cannons, dismantling them in large swaths at the painful cost of fifty percent of their numbers.
In the corner, a few larvae with silver-white luminous backs gently vibrated their wings, causing the remotely controlled mechanical guards to simultaneously go offline.
The metallic lid of a giant petri dish was directly blown off, as the huge, bloated, and sluggish Mother Worm tore into large pieces of metal with its terrifying mouthparts.
One by one, larvae flew toward the Mother Worm, diving straight into its mouth.
The hair-raising sounds of chewing echoed in Professor Pat's ears.
"Stop it... it's going to evolve... A Third Rank Mother Worm can profoundly transform the Swarm! Damn it! We didn't realize they were hatching in a suicidal manner!"
Professor Pat shouted,
