Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The sky is as clear as water and the sea is undulating. From time to time, seabirds flew over the fleet, and sometimes they even boldly stayed on the deck, attracting the attention and discussion of some idle lizardmen.

It was not clear from a distance due to the light and angle. It was not until he got closer from under the sea that Zero could see clearly.

This is obviously a lizard convoy. Among the twelve ships, only two are warships, and the rest should be transport ships.

The most obvious difference between them is the draft and firepower configuration, as well as the speed difference that is inadvertently shown.

The two warships, both at the bow and stern, were obviously equipped with cannons. Of course, this also included the sides of the ship, with a total number of no less than ten.

Although their draft is also not shallow, compared to the other ten merchant ships, they are undoubtedly dwarfed.

I don’t know what kind of supplies are contained in them. There are only two or three simple artillery pieces on these transport ships, but the draft is extremely deep.

Of course, their speed is much slower than that of battleships. Through careful observation, it is not difficult to find that the two warships have been deliberately slowing down their sailing speed to protect these merchant ships within a certain range around themselves.

Zero didn't know where they came from, but it was obvious that such a large-scale maritime fleet, even with armed escorts, must not be a simple transportation operation. Presumably, the goods on these merchant ships must be valuable.

But for the zero-sum Zerg, no matter what kind of priceless treasure it is, it is meaningless if it cannot be used for oneself. Therefore, Zero also has no desire to covet them.

What he wants to do at the moment is to follow the other party to see where the main body of their civilization is. It is best to find a hidden place, set up the hatchery first, and then slowly map it out.

It is obvious that although the lizard people discovered this time have a relatively developed navigation industry, they do not seem to have really launched a large-scale navigation movement. At least they have not discovered the continent where the Zerg are now located.

Perhaps it was because their ocean navigation capabilities were insufficient, or perhaps their social development did not meet the need for overseas expansion through ocean voyages.

Ling Wuxin didn't understand the reason. In short, so far, he had not found any trace of them near the continent occupied by the Zerg people, nor had he found any records of landings, exchanges or invasions from other species in the history of the lizard people.

This means that they have not yet developed to the extent of dominating the world with sea power. If there is no black technology, there is a high probability that they will not pose a threat to the Zerg.

As the saying goes, no one is innocent but the one who possesses the treasure is guilty. The technological process they have developed to this level is what the Zerg race urgently needs.

Even if many of them are of no use to the Zerg, enriching Sass's knowledge base and giving the Zerg swarm more possibilities for development in the future are also things that Zero needs to lead the Zerg swarm to do.

But out of caution, Zero still hopes to get more information. Moreover, they currently don’t even know where the main body of the other party’s civilization is. Even if Zero wants to start a war, he has no goal at all.

Sass is not here, and the swarm has no way to directly obtain information from the lizard people's minds, so following the fleet is the fastest and most direct way.

The insect swarm split into two, and while completing their global exploration, they also followed the lizardman fleet.

In the process, Zero witnessed a naval battle.

It was said to be a naval battle, but in fact it was a one-sided beating. The group of lizard warships escorting the merchant ships discovered traces of pirates in the distance. Although the pirates realized that something was wrong when they discovered the fleet's escort force, it was still too much to escape. late.

Taking advantage of their speed, the two warships easily caught up with them, sank them in the ocean, and then escorted the caravan away.

What they didn't know was that Zero watched the entire naval battle at close range through the foragers, and even a cannonball exploded next to several foragers, killing them on the spot.

Zero didn't expect that before he came into contact with the main body of the opponent's civilization and took the initiative to initiate a war, the first person to suffer damage was the Zerg himself!

However, through this, Zero had a basic understanding of the approximate data including its rate of fire, range, and power regarding the lizardman's firearm, and finally came to a conclusion.

"That's all."

Compared to the shock when he first discovered that the opponent had this kind of weapon, Zero was now completely relieved.

It is true that this kind of weapon is not weak in power. If it explodes in a dense place with insect swarms, the insect units within a radius of several meters will inevitably be killed or disabled.

But with the range and rate of fire of this thing, when the insect swarm enters its range and runs at full strength, they probably only have time to fire five rounds of shells, unless the number of such weapons is large enough to provide full carpet coverage. Bombing, otherwise there is no way to stop the insect swarm from approaching.

This still refers to being on land. If they were in the ocean, their role against the Zerg would be even smaller.

Not to mention, today's Zerg are much stronger than before.

There are flying dragons in the sky, and there are diggers under the ground. Once the war breaks out, if the opponent can only do this, Zero believes that it will not be much more difficult for the Zerg today to defeat them than to defeat their kin on the other side of the ocean. Even simpler.

At this moment, Zero basically determined the offensive strategy against the opponent's civilization.

However, although technology is such a thing, generally speaking, you can know the whole story at a glance.

Through the level of their weapons, Zero can basically judge the level of civilization the other party is in, and it is not beyond his scope of cognition.

However, we cannot ignore the possibility that the other party will distort the technology tree and become a partial science civilization.

The Zerg Swarm will not take the lead in launching an attack before they truly understand the full picture of the opponent's civilization, even if in fact, they have already taken the lead in attacking the Zerg.

As for other civilizations, Zero has no awareness of coexisting with them. Looking at how far they have developed, they must have had a glorious past. The science and technology accumulated, inherited and developed over thousands of years are urgently needed by the Zerg today. Erasing its civilization, taking its achievements into your own hands, and using the crystallization of the other's civilization as nourishment for your own development, what a bargain this deal is!

What you have to pay is just some time and some resources needed to hatch the Zerg, which is useless!

If on the island, the Zerg were still a group of bloodthirsty beasts that relied on mutation and evolution. After absorbing the essence of the previous civilization of the Sadman Empire and beginning to develop their own basic technology, they have become a unique Biology is civilized!

They are still bloodthirsty and brutal, but they have developed their own unique system and are gradually embarking on a road that can control their own direction. The future is bright and clear at a glance.

That is, while continuously developing its own biotechnology, it plunders the scientific and technological fruits of other civilizations and uses its technology to supplement and improve itself.

If there is anything worth coveting in the lizardfolk civilization, it is undoubtedly this.

In addition to the fact that their own existence will inevitably become an obstacle to the development of the Zerg in the future, the technological development of the entire civilization is also another important reason why Zero hesitates to launch a war.