Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Under the helpless gaze of the lizardmen, the number of insect swarms increased, almost to the point that they could not count them.

Despair spread on top of the city. They relied on the Acropolis and miraculously re-established the defense line here, but now it seemed extremely weak under the oppression of the insect swarm.

Even if they had taken as many defensive measures as possible before, even if the defense supplies in the rear had been piled up, it still could not give them a sense of security.

Every moment, there are tired explorers flying around them, and everything above the surface has no secrets in their eyes.

Things have reached such a point that no one will take the disgusting and ugly bugs outside the city any seriously.

They can use strategies and collect intelligence. All the tactics that existed or even did not exist in the history of the lizard people, they can easily use them in the overall offense and defense during this period.

If there are still people who regard these bugs as ordinary beasts because of their appearance, they are really stupid.

While the lizardmen are waiting, the Zerg diggers have begun to dig into the defense line from underground. Although they are unable to dig a large area at once due to their size, as long as there are enough, this is not really a problem.

Zero made overall arrangements at the rear to prevent too many excavators from directly damaging the underground structure and causing the surface to collapse. At the same time, he also arranged for engineers to transport the waste they produced and continuously widened and leveled the channels opened by the excavators.

Above the surface, the insect swarms are still gathering in a steady stream. The endless swarm of insects can be seen at a glance. Although they have not shown any signs of attack, they are just standing in the distance and have begun to scare the lizardmen in the city.

They all know that every insect is a war machine that only knows how to kill. No matter how terrible the injuries are to them, as long as they are not dead, even if there is only one head left, they will continue to attack crazily until they die!

The war hadn't even started yet. Under the harassment of the explorers around them and the oppression of the insect swarms outside the city, they had already lost half of the battle.

The underground diggers continued to advance. Compared to the ground units, their advancement speed was not fast, but they were numerous. Where the lizardmen cannot see it, dozens of spacious and stable underground passages are gradually built below.

Behind the diggers, there followed a large number of Zerg engineers. They were responsible for cleaning up the residue after being processed by the diggers and re-stabilizing the channel to provide a smooth environment for the main force of the insect swarm later.

After breaking through Heli and entering the lizard people's hinterland, the Zerg didn't have a moment to relax. It was already normal for the Zerg people to scatter and attack before the lizard people could react.

During this period of time, the Zerg were absorbing the flesh and blood of the lizardmen every minute and every second to grow stronger.

With an almost uninterrupted supply of resources, even if there is basically no way to expand the number of the insect swarm, until now, when the lizard people are waiting in full swing, the insect army that gathered opposite them at the first time has exceeded 600,000. , fully twice as many as when Heli was first breached, and there were still swarms of insects coming in a steady stream.

In this lizard territory occupied by the Zerg, all the information accumulated over the years was seized by the Zerg. Although the other party burned part of the food in the process, most of the time, they did not have this opportunity, so that Today's Zerg can freely hatch all kinds of needed troops on a large scale.

When the number of the insect swarm finally stopped growing, the insect army that looked like a dark cloud across from the lizard man had reached nearly 800,000 in number alone!

This is still the result of zero deliberate control, because there is no need for such a large number of insect swarms to break through here. In the previous process of plundering by the insect swarms, there would be some damage after each battle. In order to replenish the number and avoid waste, they would often digest the resources left on the battlefield on the spot, and the food reserves in the rear base camp would also be lost. increased dramatically in the process.

Eight hundred thousand! What kind of scale is this? If there is one bug distributed evenly per square meter, then this number of bugs can occupy the entire land within 800,000 square meters, which is approximately equivalent to more than a hundred standard football fields!

This is still in a concentrated situation. In fact, the insect swarms are far from being able to stand in such a neat position, so that at a glance, the lizardmen in the city can see that from the distance to the end of the horizon, they are all densely packed with insect swarms!

Just the overwhelming pressure all over the mountains and plains has already made the lizard's heart tremble with fear, and a feeling of invincibility can't help but emerge from the bottom of his heart.

As for the Lizardmen, the Battle of Heli ended less than two months ago. Since the Zerg had already marched in to plunder as soon as the war ended, news about the war was transmitted very quickly.

At the time of life and death, the empire also burst out with strong cohesion. In just two months, the empire assembled more than 300,000 troops and armed civilians on this defense line, including the Guards Corps, almost exhausting their strength. He tried his best to keep the insect swarm out at all costs.

In today's temple, there is no longer the original intrigue. Everyone and the interest groups they represent are very clear. Although this incident happened extremely unexpectedly, the facts are already in front of us. The empire is now in the sky. There is already a huge crisis of national subjugation, and the glorious lizard people civilization is about to face a heavy risk of extinction!

At this time, the struggle for power and the allocation of resources all lose their meaning. In this short period of time, the lizardmen showed extremely strong cohesion. In the end, they almost exhausted all their information and were able to stabilize the situation on this line of defense and prevent the situation from completely collapsing.

Although the most important reason for this is that the insect swarm suspended their offensive and chose to attack in all directions, it is undeniable that with the progress of their civilization, being able to do this is enough to be called a miracle!

At least at this moment, the entire empire still shines with the brilliance of civilization.

They received civilians from occupied areas with extremely high efficiency, and at the same time stabilized people's hearts internally, recruited young men and women into the army as quickly as possible, and mobilized resources to urgently train armed forces...

They do this like crazy, and the results are amazing. People have to sigh, how many ordinary and great heroes will emerge when a race is in danger.

Doing so many things at the same time in such a short period of time, even though the empire has a large population and abundant products, in normal times, even if the emperor personally orders it, there will be restrictions. The interests of all parties and the intricate relationships will limit The progress of things.

However, under the strong pressure of the Zerg, they had to put aside all their scruples and go all out to do things that might allow the group to survive.

That shining spirit is the last afterglow of the empire.

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The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk.

The defense line built by condensing all the strength of the lizard people was ultimately useless under the dim sunset.

Those trap fortresses set up on the periphery and even the fire oil buried in advance that could almost burn the entire wilderness to a white ground were easily broken through by the Zerg without being put to any use.

Under dusk, the imperial soldiers on the city wall looked in horror at the holes behind them that were broken out from under the ground, as well as the swarms of insects that poured out of them and were charging toward them crazily.