Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The flying ants flew low over the grass. However, this time, almost instantly, Zero found that he had lost sight of the four flying ants.

In this case, there is no doubt that they must be dead.

Zero could only see a flash of red light in the field of vision of the other flying ants.

"what is this?"

Zero is confused.

He decided to let the flying ants fly again. This time, two flying ants were left in place to observe and see what would happen.

The three flying ants got the order and turned back again, flying over the original path.

They don't know what fear is, they just obey.

The moment they flew over the grass, Zero saw through the observing flying ants that two long, red things stretched out from the reeds almost at the same time, and swept away the two flying ants at the front. , retreated into the reeds and disappeared.

However, this time, through the observation of two flying ants, Zero had a clue of the identity of this group of potential enemies.

"It should be a frog." Ling had a hint of realization in his heart.

Frogs can be said to be one of the natural enemies of ant colonies. Unless there is an absolute numerical advantage, that is, an ant colony of tens of thousands or even more than one hundred thousand attacks it, it is absolutely impossible to defeat it, or even to drive it away. It can only become its food.

This was an existence that Zero didn't want to mess with now. After understanding the enemy's identity, Zero felt a lot more relieved.

The frog's staple food is not ants. Unless it flies by in front of its eyes like that just now, it will not take the initiative to hunt the ant colony. Although it will not have a big impact, the formic acid in the ants' bodies will still make it feel... to discomfort.

It can be said that if the ant colony does not actively provoke it, it poses almost no threat to the ant colony.

Ling, relieved, immediately recalled the remaining flying ants. The first batch of hatched flying ants was only a hundred, and the next batch hatched half a month later. During this half month, this batch of flying ants was Zero has the most convenient reconnaissance power in his hands, and he doesn't want to lose too much if it's not necessary.

In the next half month, Zero gradually figured out the general situation of the grassland where he was through the investigation of flying ants.

After crossing the river to the south of the grassland, there should be a mountain range covered with deep forests. Due to the presence of birds, flying ants are basically unable to enter and explore. Even if they are lucky enough to enter, they will die soon.

The east and west sides are all grassland. At the end of the grassland on both sides is a beach, and then there is endless water.

As for the north, after a brief rise, the terrain quickly dropped, forming a cliff that was neither high nor short. Under the cliff, there was also endless water.

"This should be an island, or a peninsula protruding from the coast." The environment surrounded by water on three sides made Zero conjecture.

Zero even sent flying ants to fly upstream along the river at the risk of being swallowed, to explore the river's drill bits, and finally discovered that the source of this small river should be in the mountains in the forest, and as for the downstream, it flows eastward into the sea water. among.

It can be said that the current surrounding environment of the ant nest, except for the inaccessible forest, has been basically explored by Zero.

This grassland is actually not big, only about one kilometer in radius, at least after Ling had the flying ants as a unit.

However, although the grassland is small, there are many creatures in it. Needless to say, there are various types of insects. During the exploration process, Zero also discovered that they are herbivorous hares, wild birds that lay eggs in the grass, foxes that prey on hares, plump roe deer, as well as many unknown and bizarre herbivorous and carnivorous creatures.

However, Zero did not find large herbivores and carnivorous predators here. It must be because this grassland is too small.

Summer seems to have passed more than half, and the weather is getting hotter.

During this period, in addition to exploring the environment, some important things happened.

One is that the branch nest where No. 3 is located has once again found two places underground that are suitable for raising earthworms. Due to lack of labor force, it has not been developed yet.

Number three has begun to hatch the next generation of queen ants, further expanding the size of the ant colony.

During this process, the six expatriate queen ants have established a firm foothold in their own territory. The branch with the best development is No. 3, which has already begun to expand.

After a while, they will start the explosion mode, dispatching large swarms of ants to clear out the surrounding alien species, including ants from other groups of their own species.

The area around the Brood Nest was also cleared under Zero's organization, and this was completely Zero's territory. It is worth mentioning that with the establishment of the branch nest, Zero has a sporadic field of vision outside the mother nest. These fields of view are the newly opened territories for him by the first batch of colonists sent out.

It is foreseeable that as the mother nest and branch nests continue to expand, these scattered views will eventually converge. By that time, any movement in this entire grassland with a radius of 100 meters will be discovered by Zero. .

In addition, the underground "highway" between the mother nest and the branch nest planned by Zero is also slowly being constructed. Not only the ant nest where No. 3 is located, but all the branch nests are currently building this "highway" to the mother nest.

Of course, this process is not smooth, and can even be said to be very difficult. The fastest progress currently is the branch nest where No. 3 is located, but even with the fastest progress, the construction progress of the mother nest and branch nests combined is only meager. to a quarter.

The current number of ant colonies determines that they must send a considerable number of ants out to hunt for food to maintain their survival. At the same time, they must work harder to accumulate food for the winter, which takes up most of the energy of the ant colony.

The remaining ants still need to protect the ant nest, take care of the larvae and the queen, and the ants in the separate nests even need to fight with nearby aliens to compete for more food and territory. As a result, there are not many ants left for construction.

This is just the difficulty of the ant colony itself. During the excavation process, they must take detours when encountering sections that the ants cannot overcome. At the same time, they must avoid encountering the underground nests of large creatures such as rats and foxes.

Not only is the journey long, but there are also many difficulties. However, this is what Zero is determined to do. After these "highways" are built, the various ant colonies will be able to be connected and exchange what they need, which is not only convenient but also safe. , this is also the first part in which Zero completely brings this grassland into his sphere of influence.

Next, not only each branch nest must build such a high-speed passage with the mother nest, but also each branch nest must be connected by such passages to form a circular spider web-like underground transportation structure.

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