Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

One day later, the lizard people noticed this hunting team that had not returned.

However, there must have been situations like hunting teams not returning for days in previous hunts, so their initial reaction was not intense. It was not until two days later that the other party really took action on this matter. .

Under the gaze of the explorers, the lizardman leadership in the territory sent a twelve-man apparently well-equipped lizardman team to search along the direction of the hunting party.

Sass did not cover up the traces of the battle site and surroundings. In fact, the Zerg's ability was impossible to cover up. All the bloodstains and traces of the battle, including the traces left by the engineers who dragged them away in the end, were all visible.

Therefore, after the search team found this place, they apparently easily judged that something had attacked their hunting team, and the body should have been taken away.

After confirming the death of the members of the hunting team, the group of lizardmen responsible for the search had no intention of continuing to explore along the traces on the ground.

Perhaps they had seen such things too much and no longer cared much about it, or perhaps they judged that it would be dangerous to continue deep into the jungle with the strength of the exploration team. In short, contrary to Zero's expectations, they did not follow the traces.

It had only been a little over three days since they discovered that the hunting team had not returned and sent an exploration team to search here. At this point in time, Sass was still processing the newly acquired memories.

If they continue to pursue it, there is a high probability that they will be able to discover the existence of the Zerg.

But even so, Zero was not worried because Sass had obviously arranged everything.

All the nearly a hundred warriors in the two ambush teams were mobilized by it to prevent this from happening.

If they catch up, with the combat power displayed by the warriors, even if they are well-equipped, they will never be an opponent if they swarm them. With their number, Sass will definitely not mind letting the engineers carry a few more lizardmen. go back.

But their unexpected withdrawal foiled its plans.

In the next few days as Sass processed the newly acquired knowledge, Zero discovered that the number of lizardman hunting teams out was significantly smaller, and basically all of them avoided this direction.

It seems that their exploration team judged part of the strength of the Zerg and made a compromise.

Zero didn't quite understand this compromise, because according to the traces left by the Zerg at the scene at that time, only about a hundred or so of them could be sustained to death. Although there were a lot of them, in their opinion, the Zerg should be unintelligent beasts. The population size of the Lizardmen settlement makes it unreasonable not to even explore this direction.

Sure enough, on the same day that Sass completed absorbing the knowledge of the lizard people, Zero saw the lizard people's outgoing team coming in this direction for the first time in a long time.

Sass has compiled the lizard people's language into a "dictionary" and taught it to Zero. The so-called "dictionary" is a one-to-one correspondence of the meanings corresponding to the various pronunciations of the lizard people with the meanings understood by Zero.

This method is simple and easy to understand, and it is easy to complete the study.

However, because there are no corresponding vocal organs, the Zerg have no way to simulate the lizardman's voice. Currently, they are all mute who can only hear but cannot speak.

But this is enough. Zero does not need to communicate with the lizard people to gather information. It is enough for him to let the tiny explorer eavesdrop.

Zero commanded the explorers to keep up with this large group of lizardmen, all of whom were wearing armor. A rough count showed that the number should be around seventy or eighty. Looking at the direction of travel, it was Sass who commanded the warriors to capture the lizardmen. Lizardman place.

Based on the population size of the Lizardmen settlement, this number should account for a considerable part of their armed forces.

They seemed to be very disciplined, and most of the lizardmen did not speak at all during the march, which disappointed Zero, who was eager to hear some information.

However, not all lizardmen were quiet. The three leading lizardmen at the front were communicating with each other from time to time. Zero let a few explorers fly closer and heard their voices immediately.

These three people should be similar to the managers in the settlement, and are the leaders of this group of lizard people. This is not only reflected in their positions, but also in their distinctive "armor".

Behind them, all the lizardmen were wearing simple wooden armor made of hardwood. However, it was obvious that this kind of wooden armor could not cover the whole body. It could only roughly protect the chest and abdomen, while other parts were almost completely covered. Without protection, at best it's just a few extra leggings.

To be honest, the protective effect of this kind of hardwood is quite good, at least it is indeed very hard. With such protection, coupled with the protection of scales on their bodies, the warriors want to instantly penetrate their chest and abdomen from the front, almost It's impossible, at least the current warriors can't do it.

However, their protection pales in comparison to the three lizardmen at the front.

Because what these three lizardmen are wearing is actually iron armor!

Different from simple wooden armor, the refining process of armor obviously involves the development of metallurgical technology. If we infer from this, the other party at least already has the means of large-scale iron smelting.

The skill of making this kind of iron armor is obviously many times superior to the wooden armor worn by ordinary lizardmen. Compared with the craftsmanship of making this kind of iron armor, the making of those wooden armors is not even perfunctory.

Not only that, this kind of armor actually covers the whole body, and the design is quite exquisite. Even the tail is protected. If the warriors imagined cutting off their tails as easily as last time, it would most likely be impossible.

From the front, the defense of the chest, abdomen and legs is obviously the top priority of this armor design. It just looks unbreakable, but the actual defense capability must be even stronger. Even the head has an iron helmet. Most of the lizard man's head was wrapped in it, leaving only his face exposed.

Compared to ordinary lizardmen, they are simply armed to the teeth. And this was also an important reason why Zero judged that they were the top leaders of the entire lizard-man settlement.

This must be the army in the lizard-man settlement, Zero thought.

The explorers were far and near, but no matter what, at the same moment, there was at least one explorer flying next to the three lizardmen, listening to their conversation.

Zero could already understand their language. After getting closer, he immediately heard the armored lizard man at the front speaking quickly.

"...In this jungle, we have explored it so many times, how can there be any large group of wild animals? I think Xi Li must have neglected his duty, and he has the nerve to brag about his bravery in front of me." The word Xi Li is obviously It was a name that Zero could only transliterate in his mind through their language.

Behind him, another lizard man answered, probably trying to persuade him.

"Since he dared to make such a guarantee to the lord, I think it would probably not be a lie. Moreover, although he had some conflicts with you, he still asked someone to lead our team. The lord trusted him so much that he directly let us lead the team. Let's go and deal with this matter. If we don't find the large group of wild beasts he mentioned, the evidence will be solid by then, and we can settle the accounts with him when we come back."