"Stirring up an insect tide?"

Zhang Yuan watched a video where these large bees flapped their wings, driving swarms of insects from the forest to attack the Lainino people in their stead. However, they themselves did not enter the battle, as no matter how fierce the insects were, they could not defeat firearms, at most causing some minor losses to the Lainino people.

"The Lainino Civilization already knows about the existence of this suspected wise species, so they have classified them as a dangerous species. But due to the production of insect glue, they have not been completely eradicated."

"Interesting, unable to win on their own, yet they're using the strategy of driving the tiger to swallow the wolf?"

An expert nearby said with interest, "It's just a pity they have no technology; relying solely on the flesh, it's impossible to defeat steel."

Old Yang continued, "This intelligence is reflected in all aspects of life. The survival competition on this planet is extremely fierce; many insects live for only a few days, and there are many powerful predators. Those few hundred-kilogram beetles, they are like small tanks, easily defeating tigers and lions on our planet..."

"But some individuals of this alien bee species have a long lifespan, ten or even twenty years! Because they live long enough to accumulate social experience, they can survive smoothly on this planet and even defeat species stronger than themselves."

Zhang Yuan looked at the detailed information of this species. If we talk about intelligence, there is certainly some, but only at the level of monkeys on Earth, or a bit higher, not considered a very intelligent species...

"Species B, alien ants, which are the ant-like insects in the soil, are even smarter! In this insect world, they can dwell in the soil, living leisurely, which is a very rare thing..."

"These ants are more clearly divided in their roles, with over a hundred different categories. Some are responsible for producing food, others for fighting, and yet others for management. We also discovered a pheromone language belonging to these insects... Oh, and a simple language that relies on wing vibrations to convey information."

"Even more strangely, this species exhibits a strong curiosity. They have captured some of our probes and study them every day."

From the video, you can see this group of ants discovering the probe disguised as a rock, realizing something strange, and bringing it back to their nest. Every day, a few big, white, plump insects would come and try to figure out what this thing really was, even fiddling with the occasionally glowing object.

They quickly learned the trick: pressing a certain button would turn on the probe's light, pressing it again would turn off the light, and they would play with great delight.

These large white insects seemed to lack any combat power and had low mobility, presumably mainly responsible for managing the nest.

This means they have intelligence, even higher than the intelligence level of bee colonies.

"Scientists generally believe that this species may have evolved a level of intelligence similar to ancient primitive people. They communicate through pheromones. If we simulate the pheromones, there might be a possibility for communication. They also have a concept of mathematics, placing exactly 178 eggs in each nursery nest, maximizing the use of space without crowding."

"The exact potential is still being assessed..."

Li Zhendong suddenly thought of something, a sudden idea, "According to this, we could catch some local insects and study them? Anyway, The Kyushu is still quite empty; digging a basement to raise some intelligent insects isn't a bad idea. Don't we have a group of insect specialists complaining about having nothing to do?"

"This... seems indeed a possibility."

Now, the Lainino people do not want to join the Alliance, and instead, two more primitive insect species have emerged, both of a hive mind model... If these insects truly have enough potential and can communicate normally, willing to be proactive, allowing them to join the Alliance might not be impossible, and it might even be simpler to civilize primitive species.

Zhang Yuan was a bit stunned, feeling a strange sense of losing one thing and gaining another.

Humans do not have much understanding of hive mind models, only assuming it to be a form of collective wisdom. How to educate it, people are still in the dark.

What is called "collective wisdom" cannot mean distributing intelligence evenly across every individual; there will always be a few special individuals responsible for thinking for the species. If using professional terms, these can be called "King Worms," hence a King Worm-type civilization.

This type of civilization is based on King Worms, with only the King Worms having self-awareness, and the other individuals have low or no intelligence, with the King Worm able to dominate the fate of most individuals in the group.

This type of civilization has individuals with clear division of labor, unified purpose, and highly efficient. The downside is self-modification is quite difficult, most individuals are merely executors, with not too much thinking ability, and there may be issues of resource consumption.

The famous Amoeba Faction seems to use this model.

Zhang Yuan bitterly smiled, "If there are scientists willing to research, then catch some insects... After all, our Unreal Laboratory really doesn't have the capacity to do this. We need to help the Half-sphere people clone their ancestors and also study Thought Acceleration, these two tasks are heavy enough."

Perhaps, if we encounter an Amoeba Faction spaceship, we could even sell the insects to them. Ah, I wonder if they are short on clan members."

And so, after this gathering, Zhang Yuan returned to a busy work state.

...

Two years passed in a flash, and the fleet's maintenance and reorganization was about to be completed. The transactions between humans and the Lainino people also neared completion; the number of natives purchased was sufficient for scientific research.

On this day, both sides parted very amicably.

"Esteemed Lainino Civilization, we are pleased to inform you that our fleet has completed maintenance and is about to depart. Thank you for the attentive care your civilization has provided during this time."

For the high officials of the Lainino Civilization, their mindset was both conflicted and joyful.

After all, no one hopes for a far stronger civilization to stay nearby indefinitely. As long as this Alliance was here, the psychological pressure was immense.

Now this new human civilization was finally about to leave... A huge weight was lifted from their hearts.

"May your civilization forever progress!" said the humans.

"And may your civilization forever progress."

This was the standard interstellar etiquette that the Lainino people had just learned. It was simple to say, but their understanding of its depth was not profound, grasping only the surface.

Without witnessing the true face of the Milky Way or having enough experience to traverse various civilizations, it is naturally hard to understand the profound connotations intended by the Gaia Civilization when they formulated this etiquette.

All the human diplomats nodded without saying much more, returning to their spaceships.

This Titan Level spaceship was filled with various insects, as well as two lured wise species, along with native people in hibernation. These gains would keep everyone busy for some time.

Thus, this phase of the native civilization investigation officially came to an end.

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