Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The jungle after the rain exudes the unique smell of the soil, and the morning air carries a hint of sweetness unique to the woods.

A group of ants quietly crawled through the humus accumulated over the years on the ground. Just after the heavy rain, they needed to repair their nests and continue to go out to capture food.

In the jungle, there is never a shortage of various insects, and they can occasionally encounter berries, so ensuring the food supply of the tribe has always been easy to do in the past.

But today was different. As soon as the foraging team set out, they encountered a life and death crisis.

A huge black shadow quickly passed over their heads, and its sharp legs were digging into the ground around them. Although it did not cause any casualties to them, it caused considerable chaos.

They were scurrying around like headless flies in an instant, but this was just the beginning.

Next, one after another, continuous black shadows, accompanied by the sound of feet being inserted into the humus, quickly passed over their heads and headed into the distance.

In the process, the poor ant team was completely dispersed, and it was not until a long time later that these black figures finally disappeared.

At this time, these ants had dispersed far away.

However, perhaps it was a blessing in disguise. In the process of searching for their way back, several of them discovered the "compensation" left by these shadows.

It was a trace of flesh and blood, accompanied by continuous blood stains as if an artery had been cut, spreading far away from the original path!

This is undoubtedly the food they need! There is no complaining, and certainly no gratitude. Now that the food is found, it is taken back to the nest to feed the queen and larvae, and that's it.

The Zerg warriors passing through the jungle at high speed did not pay any attention to the ants under their feet. They just returned to the camp with the prey they captured this time.

In essence, they are no different from these ants.

Once upon a time, Zero also commanded the ant colony, just like the ants at this time, working hard to find food, working hard to transform the environment, and develop in a more and stronger direction.

After decades of dreaming, the weak ants now have such a huge body. With their huge numerical advantage, they can even pose a life threat to most living things on the planet. They are no longer the same ones as before. A race of insect-eating ants.

And their current enemies are already unimaginable existences at the beginning. They have developed brains, can use tools and weapons, and can easily use the power of water and fire that was no different from the natural disaster to the original ant colony.

But for today's Zerg, they are no longer enemies that can threaten the survival of the race. Even under the attack of the Zerg, they may not be able to protect themselves.

Yes, after careful consideration, Zero finally decided to lead the Zerg to launch a raid on the lizard people's territory, seize enough food from their hands, and allow the Zerg to gain a firm foothold on the continent.

And these warriors who hunt everywhere are working hard to breed more Zerg.

If someone can look down from the sky at this moment, they will find that from the ocean to the forest, from the sea to the plains, whether in the sea, on the beach, between cliffs, or even inside and outside the forest, everywhere They are all alive with insects.

There are only a few transporting animal carcasses from the forest, and more warriors and engineers are transporting captured fish from the sea!

On the beach, there are cliffs thousands of meters long from south to north. At a glance, it seems that there are densely packed sappers and warriors transporting food everywhere.

They were in groups, nervous and orderly, as if they had been rehearsed countless times. They took the food from the water and crossed the beach in an orderly manner. Their sharp feet inserted into the cliff and climbed up quickly.

This food was carried by the Zerg, climbed all the way from the beach over the cliff, and arrived at the Zerg camp. The food was piled together and eventually consumed in the hatchery.

Nowadays, in the Zerg camp, if you look down from above, you will see that the hatcheries are like huge dark tumors, growing on the outermost edge of the forest, and even continuing to spread towards the jungle. The original grassland there has long disappeared, and apart from the crops deliberately planted and protected by the Zerg, there are only densely packed bugs.

Close to the jungle, there are still a large number of Zerg engineers who are trying to use various methods to remove obstructive trees and continue to expand the available area of ​​​​the camp.

With the food supply provided by the warriors in the ocean as if they were fishing for food, eggs were laid out in the camp one after another, and then hatched in batches. After eating rapidly and growing, they transformed into adults again.

They are either engineers or warriors. Once they emerge from the cocoon, they can immediately join the journey to obtain food, adding a bit more busyness to this already seemingly crowded camp.

This process lasted for several days, and during these days, Zero was also closely observing the movements in the lizardman territory through explorers.

Maybe it was because he was confident enough in the team he sent, maybe because he felt that time was still short, or maybe because Sass's previous strategy of not letting go of a lizard man had worked. In short, the other party showed a calmness that exceeded Zero's expectations.

But it doesn't matter, if they don't come to look for the Zerg, Zero will lead the Zerg to meet them.

As the number of Zerg on this limited land increases, an increasingly large Zerg army is quietly gathering in the jungle!

The supplies from the ocean have no intention of stopping. Zero completely sacrificed the predatory fish in the offshore in exchange for a Zerg land army numbering more than 10,000!

Before they can get enough food from the lizardmen, the Zerg units in the ocean need to continuously provide them with supplies.

For this reason, almost all the fish and shrimps near the coast were eaten by the Zerg!

In order to relieve the food pressure he faced, and at the same time, to temporarily solve the problem of lizard people, Zero decided to take a preemptive strike and declare his existence to the race that ruled the continent for the first time!

The mobilization of the Zerg brigade startled the birds in the forest, and also aroused the vigilance of the lizard people.

On the sentry tower, overlooking the flocks of birds flying in the distant mountains but not landing for a long time, the lizardman warriors on duty immediately became alert.

In the jungle, this phenomenon happens from time to time, but most of the time, it happens when birds return to their nests in the evening. At that time, thousands of birds return to the forest. Looking from the distance from the sentry tower, there are flocks of birds circling everywhere.

And now...

He looked up at the scorching sun above his head, and his expression became solemn.

This is very unusual. There must be something running in the forest, and it can attract his attention from such a long distance. It is not small!

This was the first reaction from the bottom of his heart.

And when he discovered that the abnormality of the birds in the forest was rapidly spreading in the direction of him, the expression on his face gradually changed from serious to solemn. Finally, he slammed the warning button next to him. Gong!

The harsh gong sound alerted all the lizardmen in the territory, and they all knew what it meant.

A large group of enemies are rapidly approaching the territory!

After a moment of daze, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Although the gong had never sounded since they settled in the jungle, when it actually sounded, no one doubted the authenticity of the information it represented.