Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

This queen ant became incompatible with all the ants, but fortunately she still had the aura of a queen ant and would not be mistaken for an alien by the ants and attacked.

Zero immediately conducted a lot of observations on the queen ant. Over the next month, he gradually understood the changes that had taken place in the queen.

One is that her body has grown significantly, which is obvious to the point where she can no longer crawl out of the narrow passage of the ant nest.

The impact of her enlarged body is that her food intake has increased significantly. At the same time, her efficiency in hatching ants has increased to about five times!

This means that she can replenish the lost ants of her own group more quickly, and the upper limit of the ant colony that this queen can control has also been greatly increased, from the original one thousand to five thousand.

In addition, this is what surprised Zero the most. This queen ant no longer needs to combine with male ants to produce offspring. She can complete this process alone!

Ling sighed in his heart that the male ants in this ant nest might be unemployed.

In the end, Zero was delighted to discover that the ants she produced were also very different from the original colony.

Like the queen ants, these ants are also larger than ordinary ants of the same type, and their color has also become much lighter, from the original dark black to gray, with a hint of blue in it.

And the most interesting thing is that the temperature range suitable for their survival has expanded.

Originally ants could only move in environments above ten degrees Celsius, but after zero testing, the ants produced by this queen were able to survive in an environment as low as zero degrees Celsius. Only after the river completely froze, they activities will be significantly restricted. Moreover, the enlargement of their size has greatly improved their combat effectiveness. In the battle with ordinary soldier ants, they easily won a complete victory.

Although it seems that these ants are still unable to compete with the "special forces" sent by the group of termites in terms of cold resistance and combat power, there is no doubt that the combat power of the two is very close!

In a sense, these ants are no longer the same species as the other ants in the nest. Apart from the same breath and similar appearance, they are completely different.

Zero was happy to see this outcome. Except for the unemployed male ants, no ant in the ant nest suffered any losses.

This is undoubtedly a mutation. Zero can't give any explanation for this sudden mutation. The only thing that is certain is that this queen ant has indeed undergone a mutation, and it seems that it is still a kind of mutation. Very beneficial mutation for ant colonies.

As for the price, it is just a dozen insignificant corpses of invading termites, and there are tens of thousands of such corpses in the granary of the ant nest!

Zero had a momentary desire to replace all the current ants with this mutant ant, but reason suddenly came back to him and stopped this impulse.

One is that this kind of mutation or evolution is still short-lived, and it is not yet known whether there will be any shortcomings. There will be some risks in carrying out all transformations rashly.

The second reason is that there are more than four million ants of various types in the current ant colony. If you want to completely replace them, firstly, it will cause a lot of food losses in the short term. This is only secondly. After all, for the sake of the future, When the war comes, Zero has already stocked up on a lot of food. And most importantly, what to do with the original ants? Let them commit suicide or fend for themselves? Zero can't be made.

It is still far away from the date set by Zero to launch a decisive battle with the termite race. In this process, the ants will continue to accumulate food that is ten times, twenty times or even more than the current daily consumption of the ant colony. This is a very long period. During the process, Ling has enough time to observe whether there are any defects in this mutated ant. If there are no problems, he also has time to slowly complete the replacement of the entire ant colony!

And it turns out that Zero's caution was right.

When the hot summer came, this group of ants that could adapt to low temperatures immediately showed strong discomfort.

They cannot climb out of their nests and move around in such a hot sun, so they can only stay in the ant nests.

"It's true that good and evil depend on each other..." Zero sighed.

This unknown mutation gave the ants a stronger body and more ferocious fighting power, and also gave them the ability to adapt to severe cold, but at the same time, it also deprived them of their heat resistance.

Compared with the limited mobility in winter, Zero currently needs the ants to find more food in the hot summer to accumulate supplies for the decisive battle in the future.

"From this point of view, the current mutation seems a bit useless. So, let's put aside the blood exchange of the ant colony for the time being." Zero thought this way.

"Perhaps, in the future, I can choose to launch a war in the autumn, in which case this kind of ant may be useful."

"Compared to their consumption, their more powerful combat power can more effectively reduce the number of termite populations. They are undoubtedly good war machines." Zero found a position for their future while thinking.

In addition, this queen ant mutation incident also made Zero vaguely aware of some special information about the termite race.

Presumably, they must have caused the mutation of the queen due to some factors. This can explain why the number of this group of termites is so large and there is no sign of fighting each other. It can also explain why there is such a powerful fighting force. And the ant colony, which is not afraid of the cold at all, launches a surprise attack on the ants in winter.

Their inability to leave the forest in large numbers may be some side effect of this mutation.

"There must be some factor in the termite colony that can cause them to mutate. It may be one thing, or it may be something else. In short, this factor must exist!" After realizing this, Zero said in his tone It also brought a touch of fire.

From a long time ago, he has always felt that ants have very strong mobility, but their weak and small size means that this mobility can only be used within a small range, which makes many of Zero's ideas difficult to realize.

But now, he unexpectedly discovered clues about mutation and evolution within the termite colony. He must spare no effort to eliminate the other party. Either you die or I will be my mortal enemy! How could this not excite Him?

"No matter what, you must keep this kind of thing in your own hands!" Zero thought firmly.

This is not only caused by Zero's greed, but also the key for the tribe to get rid of the limitations of size and body. As long as they have this ability, it will mean that the ant colony will have unlimited possibilities from now on! All rivers, forests, and even the sky and the sea will open their arms in front of Zero!

Thinking of this, Zero couldn't help but feel excited! I wish I could immediately lead the ant army to wipe out the termites and take the secrets they hide into my own hands!

All kinds of daily requests, hehe.