Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Awakening from a big dream, the world is completely different.

For the octopus people, the situation they are facing now is nothing more than the same.

When the rivers above the surface are no longer clear, they are all swept by sand and rolling down. The land with thousands of ravines is like wrinkles on the planet. The original blue ocean color becomes darker, which is caused by a large number of microorganisms. The result of adaptive reproduction.

It's only fifty years, which is just fifty revolutions of the planet around the central star. On a cosmic scale, it's just a blink.

However, when the aircraft once again brought the octopus man to the surface, even Zero felt a little dazed.

After fifty years, the octopus man is really tolerant. As early as twenty years ago, under the leadership of Zero, all the Zerg units in the Zerg bases responsible for camouflage tasks had died.

They are really dead, and their number is tens of millions! In order to confuse the octopus man, Zero did not feel any distress in this regard. Even if it was a waste, as long as the purpose can be achieved, everything is worth it.

The octopus men appeared to be very cautious in their landing this time, especially in their extremely detailed exploration of the Zerg.

Except for the deep underground where they were unable to go there in person, almost all available methods were used.

The well-prepared octopus even sent out underground detectors to go deep underground on his behalf, entering the Zerg base to confirm the survival of the Zerg in this way that was close to direct observation.

There is no doubt that they got the conclusion they wanted. By exploring in this way, there are countless ways for Zero to hide himself and tell them the information he wants the other party to "see".

So after evading the Octopus Man's detection, the relationship between the two parties once again entered a situation where intentions were calculated but not intentions.

However, Zero is still waiting. This time he is bound to win, and he is not ready to take action until the other party completely relaxes his vigilance.

Under the cover of the aircraft, the Octopus Man once again opened the outpost that was still suspended underwater after fifty years. There were no marine plants entangling, and no molluscs clinging to it. There were only some microbial communities. Among the marine plants, After the area died, they took over the responsibility of producers at the bottom of the biosphere, and together with many microorganisms, they built a unique ecosystem.

Nowadays, they are the masters of the ocean.

Of course, after they evacuated, the Zerg did not cause any damage here, because in Zero's script, the Zerg at that time had already begun to go downhill and was unable to carry out such large-scale actions.

The Octopus Man's landing this time was much simpler than the previous one. In the past fifty years, the rotating staff who have stayed awake have been monitoring the surface environment in real time, so they know the current situation here very well, saving a lot of trouble. Time and effort.

They opened the dusty outpost and reestablished contact with space.

The energy supply was reopened, various laboratories were reactivated, and everything gradually began to look the same as it did fifty years ago. The only difference was that the ocean here was no longer as lively as before.

It is worth mentioning that during these fifty years, several octopus larvae born in the outpost have grown up under the care of rotating personnel.

As the seeds carefully selected by the original civilization, their genes and potential are the best of the best. So after receiving a good education during this period, these octopus people have all become useful talents.

Although there is a big gap between them in terms of knowledge level and experience compared to the older generation who have come all the way from their home planet, there is no doubt that they are no longer dragsters who need to be taken care of. , but human resources that can truly participate in various labors as an adult individual.

In Zero's field of vision, the octopus men behaved very cautiously. Even though the surface of the earth was already devastated, they still did not act rashly.

Especially for the information about the demise of the Zerg, they have repeatedly confirmed it. Even the Zerg base that had not been discovered before was discovered during the investigation and was carefully investigated using machines.

Finally, after many explorations and analyses, they initially lowered their guard and began to carry out production activities on the surface again under the protection of protective clothing.

Zero didn't react at all and let them do what they did.

Soon, the outpost was expanded, new functional areas were established, and more octopus toddlers began to grow within them.

For this reason, the octopus people's production activities above the surface are gradually expanding.

Five years later, they have begun to mine resources on the seabed veins. As a civilization that originated from the ocean, this is their traditional skill.

The outpost has been expanded to six times its original size, and various resource facilities are running smoothly. Zero even discovered that they had begun to build a "farm" in the ocean to provide themselves with food.

Energy harvesting devices protruding out of the sea convert energy from the sun to power the entire outpost.

In the past five years, the energy array above the sea has expanded again and again, and it is basically the same size as an outpost located underwater.

This should be the correct way to start the octopus colonization activities. If the Zerg had not appeared, they would have gone through this process the last time they landed.

The smooth implementation of various activities put the colonial work on track for the first time. A large number of children grew up in the outpost, human resources were fully utilized, all the octopus people were busy, and the entire civilization showed a rebirth-like prosperity.

Due to the twenty-year rotation punishment, Ariat and Nichols are now over 170 years old. For octopus people whose life span is generally around 200 years old, they are indeed He has indeed entered his twilight years.

Nowadays, they can no longer afford the heavy responsibility of going out. Therefore, after waking up again, they began to retreat from the front line of scientific research and began to engage in the care and education of the new generation.

Although at present, their plan is successful, and civilization has once again gained a foothold here, but mistakes are mistakes, and they can no longer be trusted as before, although they still have many supporters today. Damn, still respected.

A life like a pension is undoubtedly overkill for two top talents, so they still exist as scientific research consultants. When it comes to work in the professional field, their opinions are still needed in many cases.

The smooth progress of the colonization activities greatly excited the Octopus people. However, due to limited personnel, there was a limit to these activities in the early stage.

Until the new generation grows up, maintaining the current scale is the limit they can do.

After five years of smooth development, the octopus people finally confirmed the safety of the environment. In order to quickly develop the colony, the octopus people staying on the spacecraft also moved to the surface step by step. Today, there are less than twenty octopus people in the spacecraft. , they are responsible for maintaining the normal operation of the spacecraft, receiving information from the surface and docking back and forth. In addition, they also help the ground with some new generation children's care.

Zero watched all this quietly, watching the mines being established in the ocean, watching the octopus man expanding his colonial base little by little, watching the octopus man's aircraft busily traveling back and forth between the surface and space, again and again. At one time, more octopus people were brought back to the surface to engage in production work.