Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

In the cold and damp underground caves, the swarms of insects that had been dormant all winter opened their bloodthirsty and cold eyes one by one. In the darkness, it seemed as if some prehistoric beast was awakening.

If a lizard man can break into this place at this time, he will find that in the darkness, tens of thousands of scarlet eyes are watching him densely. Even if the insect swarm does not move at all, this terrifying feeling is enough to make people go Ape!

The first ones to take action were the Zerg engineers. Even in the cold winter, there were still some engineers responsible for taking care of the insect swarms, providing them with the basic energy they needed daily to ensure the survival of each unit.

At this moment, they will provide enough supplies for the insect swarm that wakes up from hibernation, allowing it to quickly return to its prime.

It is worth mentioning that the so-called hibernation of the insect swarm today is not a dormant state without any consumption. They are just no longer active and reduce consumption. When this dormancy ends, they will need to replenish energy to meet the needs of more intense exercise. .

Strictly speaking, the first batch of resurrected bugs were not any of the soldiers in the cave. Long before they wake up, a large number of hatched explorers have already penetrated out of the jungle. They will be the most hidden scouts of the Zerg, completing intelligence reconnaissance for Zero and the Zerg Swarm before the war begins.

Zero knew that Sommer had passed information about the Explorers to the top lizard people outside the jungle. But this is not a threat. Some things are difficult to defend against even if you know they are real. There is only one Sommer in the world, and he does not believe that all lizardmen will have the ability to discern everything as clearly as that lizardman boy.

And what if the other party knows? How can this kind of mosquito-like military unit be defended with their technological level?

Even if Sommer is in the lizardman city now, he can't stop the explorers from infiltrating into it!

Although compared to the Zerg ground units, the Explorer's flying speed is not much different from that of a turtle, but time is on the side of zero. Even if their speed is slower, it will be enough for them in a few days. Finish this journey.

Zero still maintained enough respect for the lizard people. He did not let the explorers fly out of the jungle in groups. In that case, no matter how stupid the other party was, they would definitely notice something abnormal.

Therefore, they had already distanced themselves from each other midway, and even in order to avoid being discovered as much as possible, they did not start to move slowly until nightfall during the last part of the journey.

Zero will not underestimate any enemy, and his consistent strategy against enemies is to be lenient to them. Before the war begins, he will put himself in the enemy's position, think from this perspective, and make a decision to deal with the swarm, and then use this as a criterion to formulate the swarm's own attack plan.

This method requires a sufficient understanding of the enemy, and in this regard, the lizardmen who died in the hands of Sars provided him with too much information, and he was confident that he would not make fatal mistakes.

Last night, the explorers had already taken advantage of the darkness to sneak into the city of Heli and the mountains and forests around the city. They would directly feed back information about the lizard people to Zero, including his judgment on how the other party should deal with the insect swarm, and the possibility that there would be no Everything that comes to mind.

In the jungle, after several months, the insect swarm once again walked out of the cave in large numbers and came to this land that they had been away from for a long time.

This is the second year after the Zerg landed on the mainland. In just one year, the Zerg swarm that landed in embarrassment has now basically cleared this vast jungle.

Although this land has not been fully utilized by them, in fact, under the occupation of the Zerg, there are no large creatures here except plants and birds.

Most of them became the food of the insect swarm, and a very small part became the research material of Sass.

It can be said that the original ecological environment here has been completely changed by the Zerg. You may not be able to see anything for a while, but as time goes by, there will inevitably be corresponding natural feedback.

Without large animals, some plants may experience a period of crazy growth in the early stages and usher in a short golden period. This will be followed by an explosion of insects that feed on plant foliage, providing enough food for the remaining birds.

Due to the lack of top predators and large herbivores, those organisms that were originally at the bottom of the food chain will suddenly become the last link of the food chain. Without the constraints of natural enemies, with sufficient food supply, if the time is slightly extended, they will Massive reproduction can even cause the collapse of the ecosystem.

If it's better, maybe we can wait until the ecosystem self-regulates and finally reaches balance again.

Of course, Zero doesn't care about this, or not that much. He wants the Zerg to get more food and have a stronger body. Compared with these, he doesn't care so much about changes in the surrounding environment as long as it doesn't affect the survival of the Zerg itself.

Last year, Sass completed the research on strengthening the Zerg, but since winter was approaching, Zero was not in a hurry to hatch, but now it is time.

The food seized from the lizardmen last year was moved out by engineers, and some of it has deteriorated slightly. However, the hatchery has no objection to this at all. As long as it is not completely decomposed by microorganisms or contains any toxic substances, it can be processed normally and relatively efficiently. Providing energy is a substance that it can absorb.

One egg after another rolled down from the hatchery, completing the process that had been repeated thousands of times over and over again. The strengthened Zerg units walked out of the caves one after another and came to the sun. Gradually taking over the entire nearby jungle.

The leaves in early spring have not yet sprouted new buds. Looking from the sky, the dark swarms of insects are like thick gray-black fog that suddenly appeared in the jungle. As the number increases, they continue to spread to the surroundings.

On the other side, in Heli City, the explorers have basically figured out the opponent's layout.

The area to be explored with zero focus is undoubtedly the defense facilities outside the city, the troop deployment on the city wall, and even the general outline of the city, the opponent's support routes, etc.

In addition, there is another point that needs attention, the cliffs on both sides.

The Zerg are not lizard people. Those steep and continuous mountains pose no threat to the Zerg swarm. Although they are not walking on flat ground, they cannot stop the Zerg at all.

After putting himself into the other party's perspective, Zero believed that based on the information Sommer provided them, there was no reason for the other party not to think of this. If the swarm broke into the empire's hinterland from here, the consequences would be beyond the imagination of Toril. of.

Therefore, the explorer's key exploration area also includes this part.

As expected, the lizardmen also have arrangements here. A small number of lizardman soldiers carry a large amount of flammable materials and are distributed in various dense jungles. They are obviously waiting for the insect swarm to break through from here and directly trigger a mountain fire. .

This is indeed a good method. Once a wildfire is artificially triggered in this way, with the help of combustion aids, it will expand to a considerable scale in a short period of time, and it may not be extinguished within a few months.

It can be used to block the westward advance of the insect swarm, buy time for the rear to mobilize resources, and even force the insect horde to engage in a decisive battle. It can play a very good role.