Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Waves came in waves, and the tide hit the cliff from time to time.

Sass re-established a Zerg camp across the sea and land where the Zerg swarm first landed. An Xin accumulated knowledge here. At the same time, he also summarized previous discoveries and constantly tried to apply the beneficial characteristics of different species to the Zerg itself. .

Among them, the most important thing is undoubtedly the research on the "lead" of fireflies.

This unique material zero has directed the insect swarm to find traces in the cave where the fire bugs live.

Compared with other caves, there is nothing special about where they are located at first glance. But now that the existence of the substance "lead" is known, Zero has a targeted target.

He knows that since the "lead" is not self-sufficient by nature, then they need to use some method, either by directly swallowing it, or by indirect contact to ingest this substance, so that it can enter their bodies for their own use. Used.

Therefore, the most likely place for this substance to exist is under the densest swarm of insects.

The facts were just as he expected. Although the process was very troublesome, after using swarms of insects to divert fireflies that were as dense as stars over and over again, Zero finally saw this substance.

I did see that, although it was not obvious under normal circumstances, in the places where the fire bugs were most densely populated, white spots suddenly appeared on the walls.

That should be the "lead" in Sass's mouth, and as soon as Zero saw them, a word came to his mind - saltpeter.

In fact, it shouldn't be. After all, in a place with such a humid underground river, if it is really saltpeter, in Zero's impression, they should not exist stably, and these substances do not exist alone, but are mixed with the rock wall. This point It also seems very inconsistent with the name.

The specific substance and ingredients are unknown.

But now that this word appears in his mind, Zero doesn't mind using this word to call them for the time being, so let's call it saltpeter.

The fire bug should have used the special characteristics of its body to absorb this substance into its own body. After some complex changes, it finally became the "lead" in Sass's mouth.

But no matter what, now that the appearance and existence of this substance are known, Zero does not have to collect it here. There are so many fire bugs here, which will be very troublesome.

As soon as Sass discovered the true appearance of this substance in nature, he found them from the memories of the lizard people. Although they were uncommon, they were not precious materials.

It needs to use this substance to verify the feasibility of transformation based on the structure of the fire bug's body. Zero will lead the insect swarm to search the outside world based on the lizard man's memory, and finally deliver the sample to Sars.

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After the hatchery became oceanized, the insect swarm's activities on the ocean can be said to be like a fish in water.

Although the hatcheries are often attacked by creatures from the depths of the sea due to their slow movement, most of the time they are surrounded by a large number of insect foragers, which provide them with food resources and are also their most important. Loyal bodyguard.

After completing the exploration around the continent, the Zerg in the ocean are still expanding outwards.

It is said that they are expanding, but in fact their number has not increased explosively. They are just exploring the deep sea and cleaning up threats along the way.

Today's Zerg are still dependent on food. The various creatures that live in the ocean are the main source of food for the Zerg at sea.

Although the sea is vast and boundless, it is still unwise to fish all the water. At least before the Zerg can truly become self-sufficient, they still need to exercise some restraint.

Even so, the number of Zerg in the ocean is not growing slowly. Within a reasonable range, in order to meet the needs of exploration, the hatcheries in the ocean are constantly advancing while also using the food captured by the surrounding Zerg. Food continues to expand the size of the Zerg.

Today's insect swarms have no way to set foot in the deep sea. They say they are exploring the ocean, but in fact they only move in areas within tens of meters below the sea surface. Further down, the increasingly huge water pressure will prevent the insect swarms from diving. , causing serious damage to their bodies.

The mysterious and dark depths of the ocean are still a forbidden land for the Zerg.

But there is no need to worry about this. Rather than exploring deeper, Zero currently needs them to go further. After completing the exploration of the continent's outline, Zero became more and more curious about what the world he was in was like.

To this end, while the insect swarm continued to explore along the outer reaches of the continent, Zero also dispatched several teams of foragers as an advance team to take the lead in advancing deeper into the ocean.

In order to move forward faster, they did not carry hatcheries, some were just unhatched eggs. Compared to the huge size of the hatcheries, the eggs were much smaller, and they did not need to expend much effort. You can carry it with you.

If you suffer losses beyond quantity in the ocean. They will hatch eggs quickly, and the new hatchery will replenish their numbers and produce the next batch of eggs that will be taken away by the insect swarm.

As for itself, it will be left by the insect swarm to develop on its own, leaving a seed in the depths of the ocean for the subsequent insect race.

Completing global exploration first is actually a kind of ritual for Zero. At the speed at which the insect swarm develops on the ocean, even if there is no wanton expansion of the population, in the absence of real natural enemies, they will inevitably be able to spread all over the world in the future.

It's just that Zero desperately wanted to know the size and appearance of this world, so he sent out an exploration team in advance. While exploring the world, they could also accelerate the expansion of the insect swarm in the ocean.

They are the pioneers of the swarm in the ocean, and will also be the first to reach those sea areas that the zerg have never reached before.

It is worth mentioning that all the islands the insect swarm encountered along the way were also occupied by them. Sometimes, they would even encounter lizardmen who had fled here. Either luckily or unfortunately, they managed to reach these islands and temporarily settled down to survive. However, after the swarm arrived here, everything came to an end.

Sometimes Zero will also think about what do land and ocean mean to the Zerg? Why do I have to completely occupy it?

To be honest, the territory currently occupied by the Zerg Swarm is more than enough to feed the Zerg itself, and the lizardmen will no longer pose any threat to the Zerg. It seems that occupying more land is no longer based on rational considerations of the Zerg Swarm's own interests, but more More like an instinct, a greedy instinct that brings all visible space under its own rule.

But later, Zero found the answer to this question.

In the process of the Zerg growing from being weak to what it is today, they have always faced various threats, either enemies or natural disasters.

This threat always drives them to move forward and become more powerful. Until now, in the known world, there is no creature that can pose a threat to the swarm of annihilation.

Sometimes a thought would arise in his mind, that is, why the Zerg now have such a vast land, but are still obsessed with occupying more and larger areas. Is it due to their own greed or desire for control? What’s the point of occupying so much unused land?

However, this kind of fundamental thinking did not occupy him too much time, because he quickly came up with the answer.

This feeling is so familiar.

He had thought this way when he was on the initial island.

At that time, He was leading a colony of more than ten million ants. When there was no way forward, He chose ease and enjoyment. He led the ant colony to have fun on the beach every day, and lived a very comfortable life.

However, the lesson learned that time was too painful. The uneasiness and fear that the ant colony was almost wiped out and itself was almost extinct still lingers in my mind to this day.

The Zerg's current expansion is no longer based on the need for survival. In terms of survival, they have few threats to their survival as they occupy the entire continent.

The fundamental reason why it seems that it will never stop expanding is Zero's lack of confidence in its own power.

He was once confident, but he got a slap in the face.

He no longer wanted to face the difficult situation he had faced on the island. He had to rely on luck to get through the difficulties, and his life and death depended on it.

Only by constantly moving forward, constantly making progress, and becoming stronger and stronger can we have the power to resist when disasters or powerful foreign enemies come.

Today’s update is 5,000, and there will be another chapter in the afternoon~