Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Research on flying units is progressing slowly. It’s not that Sars can’t transform Zerg with wings. The main trouble is that the new Zerg don’t know how to use their extra wide wings to fly into the sky. Sass was also unable to determine whether the reason why they could not fly into the sky was due to structural problems after modification, or whether it was simply because the Zerg did not have the instinct to fly.

Or maybe both? It can't be sure. Although it has enough confidence in its own abilities, it is most likely due to the lack of flying experience of the insect swarm itself. However, this kind of thing still needs to be the most rigorous attitude. For Sass, no matter how hard it is, Confidence, since the possibility exists, it cannot be ruled out.

How to make the insect swarms have the ability to fly once they hatch is still a problem for Sass.

However, while the east is not bright and the west is bright, the research on the Zerg Diggers is proceeding quite smoothly. Sass has completed the transformation of this unit without spending much effort.

Compared with other bugs, this bug is more similar to what is commonly known as a "bug" in appearance. It has a cylindrical body shape and a body with distinct segments. It relies on many short limbs and body crawling to move forward. In addition to being slightly larger in size, it does look like a regular bug.

Similar to the Zerg land unit, its fully extended body length is about ninety centimeters to one meter, and its roughly cylindrical body has a diameter of between twenty and thirty centimeters. Although it is not huge, compared with the original ant diggers, it has already achieved a leap.

Although the overall appearance looks very similar to the previous ant digger, its head is completely different. The indented mouth is full of fangs for chopping soil and rocks. The elastic body allows them to There are few obstacles to activities underground. The relatively long and narrow body shape provides them with sufficient length for digestion. As they move, they can secrete a unique acidic substance that corrodes the hard rocks in front of them. At the same time, they can also decompose the soil and rocks swallowed from the mouth through the body. They turn into relatively loose particles, and a strange substance secreted on their surface as they travel can also stabilize the soil layer.

Of course, matter will not disappear out of thin air. After it passes underground, it will squeeze the nearby soil layer to widen the channel. At the same time, the organic matter such as soil and even stones swallowed in the belly can also replenish some energy for them.

Although compared with consumption, the energy obtained from soil and rocks seems a bit small, but no matter how small it is, it cannot withstand their devouring in huge amounts. After long-term activities in a large amount of soil and underground rock formations, they can always By relying on this method to continue working, there is no need to consume food like other Zerg species.

This is probably the ability that Sass obtained from certain organisms that were previously collected by the Zerg, and was used on the Digger at this moment.

Of course, in theory, it can also be used on all Zerg species, but this way of obtaining energy is many times less efficient than directly eating sugar-rich crops, and often requires an extremely large amount of substances. It's really not cost-effective to meet a bug's daily needs.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly impossible to use it to relieve the Zerg's dependence on food, so it is more suitable for a unit like the Digger that is destined to operate underground.

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Although this kind of bug is still far from what Zero imagined in terms of size and ability, it is enough for now. Although the Zerg is not small now, it is a bit difficult to drill into a cave with a diameter of thirty or forty centimeters. , but as long as the number of diggers is large enough, the efficiency can still meet the demand.

The emergence of this type of unit gave the Zerg an initial means of three-dimensional attack. Of course, it still cannot be regarded as a true trinity until the air unit is finalized by Sass.

In Zero's vision, the underground, the ground and the sky, whether melee or long-range, can attack the enemy at the same time. This can be regarded as a true three-dimensional attack on the surface of the earth, and the Zerg can be regarded as having a relatively comprehensive attack system. .

But they still have a long way to go to accomplish this. The first is the bottleneck faced by the transformation of air units, and there is no way to overcome it yet. Remote units only exist in Zero's conception, and we still don't know how to implement them.

But the road must be walked step by step, and nothing can be achieved by aiming too high. At least the Zerg already have diggers. Although there are still some shortcomings, it is still a good start. Zero believes that everything will happen, it is just a matter of time.

Furthermore, with the combat capabilities of the Lizardmen, the main enemy of the Zerg on the mainland, Zero is confident that he can easily destroy them even without air units and long-range units.

Compared to attacking the lizardmen and seizing the dominion of the entire continent, Zero was more pleased with every progress from the Zerg itself.

Searching for oneself is what he believes is the right path for the Zerg to become stronger. As for how much territory it has occupied and how many resources it has obtained, although it is also very important, it is still an external thing and an external aid.

Therefore, when the insect swarm was roaming the continent, He did not let Sass command the insect swarm, but did not give up research for a moment. If the second Zerg worm does not come out, Sassi will not personally command the Zerg swarm for a long time to come.

First of all, compared to leading the Zerg to occupy more land, the Zerg need it to shine in scientific research positions.

Secondly, it still has many restrictions on how to command the insect swarm, and it is quite inconvenient to run back and forth.

Perhaps in the future, the swarm will have a second or even more cerebrates. At that time, Sass will have the opportunity to be liberated, command the zerg battles, and even take charge of one side alone.

But now, it can only be the chief scientist of the Zerg.

The emergence of the Digger adds another tactical possibility to the Zerg, but it has not yet been used on the battlefield.

The main reason is that the current insect swarm has not taken any offensive actions during this period. They have completely scattered and wreaked havoc throughout the eastern part of the empire. In such a vast land, with their current number, even if they are allowed to gallop, they are like a flock of birds entering the forest.

Although the number of insect swarms is increasing almost every day, this vast land seems to never end. After capturing a village, there are always more towns waiting for them ahead.

After cutting off all the major transportation routes to the east from the empire's center, the Zerg race was completely in control of the territory. Even if they encountered a strong enemy by chance, they could assemble nearby insect swarms in a very short period of time and defeat the opponent head-on. After defeating them, they expanded their numbers on the battlefield and then split up again.

However, with a unit like the Digger, Zero no longer intends to let the insect swarm continue like this.

Attacking the center of the empire as soon as possible, defeating all resistance forces, overthrowing the lizardman regime, and then taking the entire continent into his possession is what he will do next.

The two sides have long established hostility. Now that the Zerg has once again gained a new unit, the Digger, the war system can be said to have been completely changed. He will not give this lizard civilization any more time.

The originally scattered insect swarms began to gather again. They were no longer obsessed with the villages and fortresses that were within easy reach and the lizardmen attacking them. After Zero's order, all the insect swarms were running very fast in the same direction.