Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The giant beast lay prone, but the insect swarm continued to move forward.

Although hundreds of exploration teams were dispatched, each insect swarm represented a direction. Not to mention how important it is, at least it is a piece of evidence.

Instead of taking the many slow-moving hatcheries with them, they chose to move on. The lost creatures in this sea area will soon be replenished from other places, and these hatcheries will also spread out after they leave, spreading the glory of the Zerg around here, and eventually fighting against the Zerg behind. The team meets up.

Speaking of the Zerg's ocean exploration, it is much easier than the original battle with the lizardmen on land. With the improvement of Sass, the foragers have become equivalent to powerful predators in the ocean. They have become In groups, there are basically no obstacles in the shallow sea area.

However, the insect swarm did not reproduce crazily in the ocean like when dealing with giant marine creatures before. The damage to the marine ecosystem was too serious.

Wherever the insect swarm has passed so far, in addition to actively attacking the insect swarm and clearly considering them as prey, they are just hunting normally and reproducing in a controlled manner.

If you count them carefully, they probably have replaced the positions of those killed marine creatures and become a brand new link in the marine food web.

Of course, because there are basically no natural enemies, as the number of Zerg increases, even if they deliberately control it, sooner or later they will cause serious damage here. After all, even if they die, even their bodies will not return to nature. This kind of gluttony that can only enter and not exit will inevitably affect the natural cycle of the biosphere. However, compared to the huge ecosystem as a whole, today's Zerg have not yet reached the That's just one step.

So, this also puts some pressure on Zero.

He really has no idea about the stability and sustainability of the ecosystem, and he also finds it quite troublesome to ensure the stability of such a system that affects the whole body.

The simplest method is actually that the insect swarm has its own unique energy supply system, so that it no longer has to worry about the impact of its own activities on the ecological environment.

There is zero hope that even if one day all life on the planet is completely extinct, the Zerg will still be unaffected.

But things have to be done step by step. To achieve this, the Zerg still have a long way to go.

At the very least, in today's environment, we must first eliminate the Zerg's dependence on the environment, and this is also far away.

The current insect swarm mainly relies on the research and transformation of Sars. A considerable part of their mission in ocean exploration is to find more materials for Sars to study.

From being forcibly pieced together at the beginning, to now being a perfect combination based on the characteristics of various species, Sass has grown a lot.

In the past, Zero sometimes thought about the ability that Sass currently displayed. What if the Zerg had more and more complex functional requirements but could not find a creature with this ability? However, as Sass Continuous research keeps getting stronger, and its creativity is visible to the naked eye.

Zero gradually let go of his worries in this regard. Perhaps now it can only rely on existing creatures to transform the Zerg, but in the future, with the creativity it shows, it may not be unable to make innovations based on these creatures!

Even though it currently doesn't even have a complete grasp of biological modification and can only make targeted improvements to animals at a macro level, Zero still has full confidence in it.

Its potential is far from being unleashed. In the future, plants, fungi and even microorganisms, Zero believes that it will be able to find ways to use its advantages on the Zerg itself.

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The Zerg's exploration of the ocean has not stopped for a moment. Even such huge sea creatures have fallen at the feet of the Zerg. Nothing can really stop them.

However, many strange creatures in the ocean still caused some trouble for the insect swarm.

This trouble is not that they prevent the insect swarm from advancing, but more that when the insect swarm takes the initiative to attack and capture them, they will encounter some non-combat difficulties.

Among them was a creature that left a deep impression on Zero.

That's a jellyfish.

Although it is said to be a jellyfish, it is actually slightly different from the jellyfish in Zero's impression. Strictly speaking, it should not be the same species. It may have different living habits and even different aspects. However, he still followed the thoughts that emerged in his heart and stubbornly called it a jellyfish.

This kind of jellyfish is a social creature. They are numerous and vary in size and have a very wide range of activities. When the swarm of insects discovered their group, Zero was really shocked by this colorful species in the dim ocean.

Looking down from the surface, in the depths of the ocean, they are like undersea lanterns that flicker on and off, illuminating the entire water area with colorful and beautiful colors.

For new species, item 0 is mainly based on collection. Although this kind of creature is relatively rare in the shallow sea areas where the Zerg live, most of the time the Zerg can only look at it and sigh.

But they obviously don't only live on the bottom of the sea. The insect swarms can occasionally find traces of them within their own sphere of influence.

However, there was zero difficulty in dealing with this unique creature.

It's not that the insect swarm can't do anything to them. In fact, although the toxins contained in their bodies can also cause some damage to the insect race, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to use this to fight against the insect race.

At the same time, once they are not very fast and are targeted by the insect swarm, they are basically unable to escape the subsequent pursuit.

The trouble is not that, but what to do with them after killing them.

More than 95% of this unique creature's body is water. After it died under the brutal attack of the Zerg, only some tattered gelatinous skin was left. For Sars, its research value was greatly reduced.

Despite this, the swarm sent him back to camp to enrich Sass's knowledge base.

On the other hand, their special structure gave Zero some inspiration.

Since the birth of Zerg sea foragers, the deep sea area has always been their restricted area. There is no other reason. In deep water areas, especially ocean areas below 300 meters, as the depth increases, the originally gentle seawater will generate huge pressure. The Zerg will have obvious discomfort in this environment, and their bodies cannot support it. With such huge water pressure, if they were forced to go deeper, they would even die directly in the process.

Under Zero's observation, this kind of jellyfish seems to have no such restrictions. They are like "balloons", moving freely between shallow and deep sea areas through changes in their bodies.

At present, Zero doesn't know whether Sass can get any inspiration from the material left after their death, but at least the Zerg can learn from this idea in their body structure.

Of course, Zero also knew that it was not advisable to transform the Zerg into their form. The way they move is destined to make it impossible to move quickly, and the Zerg do not need to explore deep into the seabed in this way, which is meaningless.

The existence of this kind of creature gave Zero an idea. A device appeared in his mind that relied on actively swallowing seawater to control its own ups and downs, and even used this method to resist water pressure to a certain extent. Maybe it would be feasible for the Zerg.