Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Time passes day by day, and exploration and development are in full swing.

The warriors gradually entered the depths of the forest and constantly encountered various wild animals.

Most of them have entered their own mouths, but a small number were seriously injured and captured alive under Sass's order.

Zero was a little curious at first about what he was doing by capturing these creatures alive, but he discovered that Sass, who seemed harmless to humans and animals, was also cruel.

Perhaps, it cannot be called cruel. For the Zerg, even themselves can be sacrificed without hesitation when necessary, let alone these animals. For the sake of their own development, there is no cruelty between different races.

In short, what Sars did to them was eat their brains while they were still alive.

These animals are relatively large mammals with relatively developed brains and appear to be quite intelligent.

These brains seemed to be some kind of great supplement. After swallowing them, Sass's entire body seemed to have grown significantly larger.

Zero felt that it wasn't that Sass had become fatter, but that his brain had become larger. It is enhancing its own abilities by sucking the brains of other creatures!

This was also verified in subsequent exchanges with Sasse. It can indeed improve its intelligence in this way, and at the same time, it can easily obtain the knowledge that other creatures have learned throughout its life. For example, it has sucked several creatures before and obtained from them the knowledge that animals need to survive in the jungle. skills, although they are of little use to the Zerg.

However, there is an upper limit to this improvement. According to Sass's description, it can feel that it cannot grow indefinitely using this method. In other words, there may be a ceiling for its strengthening method.

Although Sass couldn't tell where the ceiling was, he was certain that it must exist, perhaps far away, perhaps very close.

Even so, Zero could only remain silent after learning about it. From his perspective, the abilities currently displayed by Isaac were already quite powerful. Some abilities Zero could not even understand, such as the transformation of Zerg warriors. It can simply be considered as its innate ability.

Can he continue to strengthen in this state, and absorb the knowledge that other creatures have acquired throughout their lives?

A long silence was followed by deep self-doubt.

Is this so-called master of me too weak? Apart from the complete control over the Zerg, there seems to be nothing better than Sass?

However, he did not realize that he was actually growing. From the narrow field of vision when we only had one queen number one at the beginning, to the huge field of vision spanning several islands now; from the difficulty of feeding thousands of ants at the beginning, to the ability to command the entire group with ease now; from the very beginning of the disaster. From being panicked at that time, to being calm when facing the crisis of survival now.

Unknowingly, His abilities were also greatly enhanced.

The so-called not knowing the true face of Mount Lu is just because we are in this mountain.

He had never thought about what it meant for his vision to expand with the expansion of his group. He simply regarded it as one of his own abilities.

As the tribe grows stronger, the growth of his abilities is also visible to the naked eye. This growth is not only reflected in the spirit, but also obviously in the impact on reality. The fact that he can see wider and wider areas is proof.

Perhaps one day He will be able to leave a mark on this world through Himself.

But then again, Sass's ability to devour the brains of living creatures to strengthen itself also has some limitations. That is, when it devours the brains of creatures it has swallowed before, although it has made progress, it is obviously not the first time. So effective.

This is somewhat similar to the previous evolution of the ants that required different mutant bugs, and it can be considered a continuation of the same line that started with gems.

However, although these discoveries were strange, they did not cause Zero to have any major emotional fluctuations. Even if he was hit by Sass, he was more of a self-mockery.

What really touched him was a discovery made by the warriors during their subsequent exploration.

Originally, for the Zerg warriors, Zero had given full authority to Sass to take charge of the command. However, when Zero noticed this discovery, he immediately took over the command of the warriors again and ordered them to stay put.

Zero is not a being who goes back on his word. If the warriors' discovery hadn't been so shocking, he wouldn't have acted like this.

The source of all this is simply that they discovered an intelligent race!

Intelligent creatures! It is not a group like termites, but a real race, each individual possesses considerable intelligence!

It was very simple to come to this conclusion. Zero had already made this judgment almost at the first sight of discovering them, because it was indeed obvious.

They are using tools!

Using tools, in Zero's cognition, is a skill that only intelligent races can possess, and it is also an important basis for distinguishing intelligent and non-intelligent races.

This was also Zero's first encounter with an intelligent race since he became conscious, so he immediately decided to take over the command of the warriors from Sass, because he was worried that Sass would rashly let the Zerg come forward and treat them like ordinary beasts. Usually kill them directly or bring them back to the top of the cliff to eat their brains.

This is not impossible. Sass has not been around for a long time. Although learning and progress have never stopped, there are still many things that it has not understood.

Through the Zerg warrior's vision, Zero observed the opponent carefully.

He discovered that it was an upright creature with fine scales covering its body. It had well-developed limbs and muscle joints. Its feet were claws with three claws, and there were some thin skin connections between the claws. It goes up like the hind limbs of a Zerg sea warrior. Behind the legs is a thick tail that is also covered with scales.

As for its forelimbs, it has five finger-like organs, similar to the forelimbs of the Zerg engineer, except that the number of fingers is larger.

Regardless of whether it is the limbs or the body, all exposed skin is covered with dense scales, which looks quite strong.

The reason why I specifically say exposed skin is because from their waist to the leg joints, they are surrounded by a circle of tattered fabric that is obviously hand-sewn.

Not to mention what the fabric itself represents, just because it is worn on the lizard man's body, it is obviously meaningful.

In other words, it's actually a tool, and that's just the first thing.

The second tool is the different sharp objects they hold in their hands. The first time he saw those items, some words popped into Zero's mind, such as hunting knives, hunting bows, arrows, etc.

"They are hunters?" Although this was zero guess, he was almost certain.

The first time he saw their appearance, a word to describe each other popped up in Zero's mind, lizard man.

Therefore, this word simply became Zero's name for them.

This group of lizardmen must have been hunting in the jungle, and then they were discovered by the ant explorers who continued to explore deeper into the forest. After that, the nearby warriors began to approach quickly until they were stopped by Zero.

But they obviously did not discover the existence of the warriors and explorers, or they may have discovered the explorers, but because the explorers were not large, they did not arouse the other party's vigilance.

At this moment, Zero suddenly realized something.

At the beginning, the first generation of explorers of the ant tribe might have had an unparalleled advantage under such conditions, because their tiny size could easily make the other party ignore them!

If it were them, they would be less likely to be discovered by the other party, and he could get closer to them.

But it doesn't matter, today's ant tribe can still hatch this original army.

Third update.

I am actually very nervous to publish this chapter, but no matter how ugly the daughter-in-law is, she still wants to see her parents-in-law, and no matter how bad the writing is, she wants to see the readers. The plot has indeed come to this point. Such a lush planet should not be without intelligent creatures.

After careful consideration, based on the trend of the previous article, they were finally set in an era when weapons were cold and the great voyages had not yet begun.

Now that I’ve written it, let’s leave it at that, try my best to describe it, and please forgive me for any shortcomings!