Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The southern colonial group's consumption of ethnic groups was completely replenished in just half a month, but the consumed food reserves could not be fully restored in such a short period of time.

Although the ant colonies still have enough food to meet their survival needs, and the amount of food is gradually increasing over time, they cannot afford a large-scale colonization plan again in a short time.

For this, zero does a simple calculation.

If enough is to be accumulated again to carry out a huge immigration plan similar to southern colonization, it will take at least three months at the current rate of increase in food in the ant nest.

This does not include setting aside food for winter.

After all, the food accumulated throughout last year was consumed in this short period of immigration. Although there are huge losses caused by wintering, the food pressure caused by this expansion is also evident.

Carrying out a similar expansion every three months obviously cannot complete the zero preset plan before the onset of winter. Moreover, the ant colony must ensure that enough food is retained to survive the cold winter. In this way, the ant colony's food storage is Even more dwarfed.

In order to solve this problem, Zero had to choose to change the existing expansion strategy.

The previous expansion method generally relied on the existing ant colonies to gradually accumulate enough resources for expansion, and then completed the immigration expansion all at once.

The advantage of this method is that it has immediate results and can greatly expand the sphere of influence of the ant colony in a short period of time.

At the same time, when the ant colony is weak, this method can ensure the safety of the immigration team and the smooth progress of expansion as much as possible. So far, no team that has gone out to expand has suffered any losses.

However, as the ant colony gradually becomes larger, after actual testing, this expansion method is no longer suitable for the current group.

The most important reason is efficiency. Take this southern expansion as an example. It will take a very long process to accumulate enough ants for about 30% of the entire existing ant colony to complete the colonization activities, not to mention the ant colonies in the "Second Ring" alone. As the ant colony expands again and expands to a wider area, this time will become even longer.

Therefore, in response to this situation, Zero finally decided to abandon the previous expansion method and launch a new immigration method for the expansion goals in the east, west and north, that is, free-range expansion.

In the current situation of insufficient food reserves, Zero dispatched a hundred flying ants at once that had completed the union with the male ants. They would fly directly to the target location to build a nest without carrying any food or subordinates.

It's like going back to the beginning. You have to rely on yourself to find food and develop the tribe. Whether you can develop smoothly depends on God's will.

However, Zero is not completely freeing them. At least where they were about to develop, Zero had sent a large number of flying ants to conduct detailed explorations, marking the location of their competitors, and also making predictions and reminders of possible dangers.

This expansion method can be regarded as an advanced version of the original ant colony's expansion of the population. Its benefits are obvious. It only needs to provide the queen, and everything is self-sufficient. There is basically no need to consume any food, which perfectly avoids the current difficulties faced by the ant colony.

After the group they belong to develops steadily, they will start to build passage links with the group, which is exactly the same as the previous expansion.

However, when this method was implemented, Zero suddenly began to have deep self-doubt.

He began to reflect on whether his previous strategy was too conservative.

Obviously, the current method is more suitable for the expansion of the ant colony. The cost it requires is only the risk of losing some flying ants, which is negligible for the entire ant colony. However, if you successfully develop it, you can get an entire ant colony!

It can be said to be the maximum benefit with the minimum risk.

"Then, why didn't I think of it before?" Zero was a little strange, and also felt a little bitter about himself.

He always felt that there was not enough food and did not dare to start expansion easily. He was not willing to launch a colonization plan until sufficient food was accumulated. He always felt that although this method was slower, it could control the risk to a minimum.

However, after being forced to change his strategy this time, he discovered that he had fallen into the misunderstanding of empiricism.

Because there is insufficient food, they dare not expand. After reluctantly expanding, they will face the problem of insufficient food.

He thought that this explosive expansion method was stable enough, but the facts told him that it was actually stupid.

Even without His command, the ants can be self-reliant. Even if they are unlucky enough to be eliminated, the loss is just an insignificant flying ant. What's the point? !

Why should we be timid and afraid to move forward? As long as the main group still exists, or even as long as there is a queen ant, there is almost no risk of death for her, so what is there to be afraid of?

The current ant colony is enough to bear the risk of thousands of flying ants dying!

If that's the case, why do you need to be so petty? Although the food is not sufficient, it is still enough to hatch several thousand flying ants!

Thinking of this, Zero immediately ordered all the queen ants in the nest to hatch three thousand female ants immediately, except for the ants that supplement daily consumption.

In half a month, He will let the fire from the ant colony burn to the entire grassland!

When the food meets the basic consumption of the ant colony, the combined flying ants are released with all their strength.

Whether it succeeds or not depends on God's will. Compared with the possible results, this loss is not worth mentioning.

Even if he faces the problem of insufficient food in the future, it will only happen after the ant colony has occupied the entire explorable area, and by then, he may have a better solution to this problem.

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In the next half month, except for the queen ant, the ant colony still lived step by step.

Take care of the queen when it's time to take care of the queen, and take care of the larvae when it's time to take care of the larvae. The predators hunted as usual, the herds grazed as usual, everything seemed calm and peaceful.

However, under this calmness, there is huge energy. Once it bursts out, it will burn the entire grassland.

Eggs containing female ants are continuously produced, and female ant larvae emerge from the eggs one after another. They spin cocoons again under the feeding of worker ants, and break out of the cocoons again. After several times, Their size gradually increased, getting closer and closer to the appearance of normal ants. After emerging from the cocoon for the last time, small transparent wings grew from their backs.

Finally, on a sunny afternoon, groups of flying ants spewed out from each ant nest like a volcanic eruption. After hovering over the ant nests for a while, they quickly dispersed.

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