Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

In a season full of vitality when the grass grows and warblers fly, the ant colony quickly falls into silence after a vigorous expansion.

It takes time for the new ant nest to establish itself in its new territory, and it also takes time for the original colony to repopulate.

The worker ants that rear the earthworms take care of the earthworms dutifully, and the worker ants that herd the aphids also keep a close eye on the honeydew-producing aphids, patting the aphids' fat bellies with half urging and half threatening.

While the entire ant colony was working hard to maintain production, after a drizzle, a delicate leaf tenaciously pushed up the soil above its head and poked its head out playfully.

A few foraging worker ants discovered that they were completely different from the surrounding grass. Of course, this also attracted Zero's attention.

Zero looked at the small young leaves in front of him with some surprise. This was the place where he led the ant colony to plant the unknown fruit seeds last year. Before, he just had the attitude of giving it a try, but he did not expect that they would actually grow. .

Several aphids on the surrounding grass also took a fancy to these young leaves and wanted to move them. How could Zero tolerate this happening? Without exception, they become food for the ant colony.

Zero dispatched several ant teams to guard the aphids near the seedlings to prevent them from harming the new fruit tree seedlings.

At the same time, He also lifted the ban on aphids on the grass within half a meter of the seedlings, allowing aphids within this range to multiply freely, killing the weeds and making room for the low fruit tree seedlings.

At the same time, the worker ants who guard the earthworms in the ant nest also have a job. They are responsible for moving the organic fertilizer produced by the earthworms out of the ant nest and spreading it around the seedlings. At the same time, they also specially drag out a few earthworm larvae from the ant nest and let them Loose soil near seedlings.

With the precedent of the first seed surviving, Zero paid more attention to the place where the seeds were planted last year.

Sure enough, soon after, another seedling emerged one after another. Zero treated them all the same, making room for growth, fertilizing, and adding earthworms to loosen the soil.

In the end, only ten of the more than twenty seeds survived, and Zero was not disappointed. This was not a one-time deal. There was still a long time to come, so there was no rush for this moment.

The development of the ant colony is still in full swing and never stops for a moment.

The new ant colonies around them have gradually established themselves, and like their predecessors, they are now beginning to clear out nearby competitors.

At the same time, the passages of the main ant colony are also slowly advancing towards each other, and the aphids are also moving into a larger space to survive under their protection.

After completing the construction of the nest, the new ant colony on the south bank of the river also began to explore the surroundings and release aphids.

Although there is a lot of food brought from the main nest group, it cannot support them. They must start to rely on themselves.

Groups of soldier ants and worker ants move around in a very targeted manner under the command of flying ants in the sky, capturing enough food for the colony.

Flying ant scouts were flying around in the sky, and one group of them approached the edge of the forest again.

This is of course due to Zero's instruction. He has always been deeply curious about this deep mountain range, even if there are countless dangers in it.

The flying ants spread out and flew as low as possible to the grass, slowly approaching the edge of the forest. A flying bird came out slightly and swallowed a few flying ants into its mouth like lightning. However, a few flying ants still escaped and took advantage of their size to hide in the thick trunks of trees.

Because there are a large number of spiders in the forest, the transparent webs can easily capture flying insects, so they no longer rely on flying to explore, but just walk on the tree trunks.

However, this behavior is not necessarily safe. There are also praying mantises and a kind of predator that cannot be named on the tree trunk. If a single flying ant encounters them, it will become fat meat on the chopping board, and there is basically no way to survive.

This is the conclusion reached by Zero who has been sending flying ants into the jungle for a long time to explore. In the past, many explorations have failed to obtain anything valuable to the current ant colony.

Until this time.

As they gradually went deeper into the jungle, the flying ants discovered a pine tree. It grew quietly in the jungle, and there was nothing surprising about it, but Zero still noticed it at a glance.

To be precise, I noticed the rosin flowing on it.

The moment he saw the rosin, Zero had some ideas in his mind. If his ideas could be put into practice and actually useful, they would indeed be of great help to the ant colony.

The group of flying ants continued to explore deeper into the jungle, but nothing valuable was discovered after that, until the group of flying ants was consumed by the predators in the jungle.

However, discovering rosin was already the biggest surprise for Zero. More ideas came to his mind, such as using rosin to solidify and build a channel above the river. Because of its lower density, the same volume of rosin is much lighter than stone.

At the same time, under extreme conditions, rosin can also become food for ant colonies.

This kind of rosin will become soft in the sun and can wrap less dense substances in it, further reducing the mass of the same volume. Moreover, it is sticky, can stretch, and can solidify. For ants, it can be used as a building material.

In addition, rosin is also a natural fungicide and can be placed in ant nests to prevent fungal growth.

At the same time, Zero has a bold idea.

"Since rosin is so easy to use, can it be used to build earthworm breeding grounds?"

"But getting into shape is a hassle, and the demand is just too high."

Zero was a little discouraged. He was sure that rosin could be used to build earthworm farms, and the effect would be better than natural ones.

However, with the ability of the ants, it is really impossible to complete the shaping conveniently. It can be said that there is almost no way.

Moreover, the demand for rosin is also an astronomical figure.

"It would be nice if the ants were a little bigger or had a stronger ability to pull objects..."

Zero once again lamented the limitations of the ant's body.

If ants could have the shape of a beetle and the forelimbs of a mantis, Zero wouldn't be helpless about many things. Not to mention the frogs nearby, they will definitely not be able to escape the ant colony's butcher's knife.

Unfortunately, ants are just ants and cannot turn into beetles or mantises.

"Perhaps, I can try to adjust the evolutionary direction of the ant colony myself?" A bold idea came to Zero's mind, and it was out of control.

"However, first, the food problem faced by the ant colony must be completely solved."

Feeding aphids can only be fruitful in spring and summer. Once autumn arrives, the gradually yellowing grass leaves will no longer provide much nutrition for the aphids, and the aphids will begin to prepare for overwintering.

By then, the aphid feeding grounds will almost cease to exist, and the ant colonies will still have to rely on themselves to obtain enough food.

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