Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The process of finding bird nests went smoothly. The most indispensable thing in the jungle is probably birds. Bird nests can be seen everywhere on the high branches of trees.

However, it was early autumn now, and most birds did not lay eggs in the jungle. Therefore, although there were many bird nests, not even a single egg was found.

Zero can only remember the location of part of the bird's nest, and wait until spring to let the ants go there to "get" the eggs or chicks.

As for Sass, after the experiment of using the ants to transform the Zerg aerial units failed, he began to analyze the ant guardians and assassins. Although the warriors' combat power is not low, there will always be things that cannot be caught. At this time, we can never rest on our laurels and stop moving forward.

After absorbing the brains of many animals, Sass's analytical ability has also been enhanced. Coupled with the experience of gradually becoming familiar with the road, he can complete this kind of experiment significantly faster.

It did not waste the bodies of these animals. It conducted anatomical observations on them very carefully. It even decided that after completing the analysis of the existing ant species of the ant tribe, it would also analyze these animals. It was completely He looks sharp and eager to learn.

Zero doesn't interfere much with its affairs. Sass is smart enough. In addition to absolutely obeying Zero's orders, it is almost an independent individual. It can no longer be regarded as unintelligent like the ants. biology.

It is like an obedient and studious child, and Zero has no reason to criticize it harshly.

At the same time, the Zerg's reconnaissance of the lizardmen never stopped. After the hatching of the explorers was completed, Zero initially completed the intelligence reconnaissance of the lizardman settlement.

Although their language has not yet been analyzed, Zero has still obtained a large amount of information.

For example, their social structure here, their main food sources, and even more, their means of attack, eating methods, food reserves, location of granaries, and even excretion frequency, reproductive processes, and so on.

Regarding aliens, Zero doesn't think there's anything wrong with his behavior, nor does he think they have any right to privacy here.

Therefore, except for the details of the internal structure of the body and information such as life cycle that cannot be obtained in the short term, it is difficult for them to hide it from the ant explorers. In other words, for such tiny bugs, they have no defense at all, so that they have zero He easily knew everything he wanted to know.

The social structure of this race is generally relatively rigid, at least in this settlement. Because Zero saw that there are various lizard people here who are responsible for production. Most of them seem to have very low status. The products they produce, whether they are the prey returned from hunting or the fruits of planting, must be paid to the settlement. It is placed in the granary of the land, and is then distributed by beings similar to managers in the settlement.

Zero didn't know if this behavior was normal, but at least it was the case here.

From this point of view, they seem to be somewhat similar to the ants, concentrating resources and allocating them uniformly.

But unlike the ants, each of them has intelligence that is many times higher than that of the ordinary ants. Moreover, Zero's resource allocation for the ant tribe is completely based on demand, because there will be no laziness in the ant tribe, and every ant tribe will work hard without complaining.

But the lizard people are completely different. They are thoughtful, and this distribution method cannot be fully applied.

Zero saw that when the production resources they worked hard to obtain were allocated by managers, they could only get a very small part of them, which probably could only meet their survival needs.

In the center of the entire settlement, there is a wooden building that is obviously wider than all other residences.

This is the home of the Lizardfolk administrators, and Zero witnessed their return here through the Explorer. Managers are obviously very different from workers in terms of their attire and the tools they use.

That's why Zero feels that this is a harsh race. Although he has never seen managers abusing lower-level workers, Zero believes that as an intelligent race, it should be difficult to accept this without extremely strict rules. of life.

In Zero's opinion, at least in this settlement, this group of lizard people have an extremely strict hierarchy. Managers are obviously at the top of the pyramid and producers are at the bottom.

Due to the inability to achieve information exchange, Zero does not really understand their culture and thinking. All of this is actually just his guess. The specific details need to wait for time to be verified.

Consistent with Zero's guess, the lizard people's main food is not the proceeds from hunting. In fact, the proceeds from hunting are only a very small part of their food. Most of the time, they eat agricultural products.

The lizard people have a much richer variety of agricultural products than the ants. There are at least six types of crops that Zero has observed so far, four of which are grown in very small quantities. He speculates that it may be because of low yields or just supplementary food.

The remaining two are planted in large areas. One of the plants can produce football-sized fruits above the ground. This kind of fruit has a hard skin and is not easy to break, but has a high yield and is easy to preserve.

Another crop, the plants above the ground are more than one meter tall. Each plant can produce a large number of granular fruits. These fruits are also their seeds, and the yield is also large.

Zero managed to get a few seeds and returned to the camp. After analyzing them, Sass found that the main ingredients were the same as the sweet potatoes of the ant tribe, and in terms of yield, they should be inferior to the sweet potatoes.

These two are the main food sources of the lizard people, and those four crops that are rarely grown are rarely seen eaten by them during this period of time.

Maybe condiments? The thought suddenly came to his mind. As for what condiments were, he had no intention of delving into them. In short, the Zerg didn't need them.

Zero was still a little curious about the first intelligent race he met. However, he was troubled by not being able to understand the other party's language.

However, according to his analysis during this period, although they last discovered the traces left by the warriors, the vigilance of the entire settlement has been significantly improved.

But if Ling is willing to use the remaining food to breed a group of warriors, with the Zerg's current combat power, it shouldn't be a problem to kill them all at a relatively small cost.

Therefore, in any case, this group of lizardmen does not pose a threat to the survival of the Zerg.

Since they did not pose a threat, he could capture a few lizardmen alive and let Sass try to parse their language without having to worry about the other party's retaliation.

It sounded like a good idea, and Zero once thought about doing so, but this idea was temporarily suppressed by him.

He also needed to think carefully about the pros and cons of the matter.

This is the first intelligent race that Zero has encountered in a long time. Zero wants to get as much information as possible in secret to determine how to deal with them.

This is due to Zero's character. He always retains enough awe for unknown things.

It's hard to tell whether this is cowardice and conservativeness or calmness, but deep down in his heart, He will be the first to prepare for the worst every time he makes a decision. If He can bear the worst price, then there is no reason not to do it. Otherwise, you still need to think carefully.

But now, Zero has basically understood all the information that can be obtained without language, except for the information that requires a long time of observation to draw conclusions.

There would be no gain if he continued like this, so after a period of simple thinking, he finally decided to find a way to capture a lizard man and let Sass try to analyze the other party's language logic and pronunciation skills. Of course , if they have writing, it is best to learn their writing as well.

The 5th update! Urgent deposit of manuscript~~