Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

However, Zero calmed down quickly. Not to mention that with his current strength, he was simply unable to compete with the termites, but this kind of thing that could cause mutation must have been in the hands of the termites for a long time.

Over such a long period of time, they only had some soldier ants and more ferocious flying ants that could be active in winter. In addition, the terrifying number of ant colonies was more threatening, and they were not found to show any other characteristics. s method.

This shows that either they do not fully grasp this thing that can cause the ant colony to mutate, or this thing is not that powerful.

If it's the former, that's okay, but if it's the latter, there's nothing you can do.

Of course, it is too early to think about this at the moment. Although the termite army is restricted by unknown factors and cannot leave the forest on a large scale, and can only send elite troops to harass the ant colonies, there is no doubt about its power.

To defeat this enemy, Zero must make complete preparations.

His tactics are actually very simple, which is to accumulate enough food, use violent troops in a short period of time, and then use a large enough numerical advantage to offset the recovery speed of possible termites and consume them bit by bit. quantity, and ultimately achieve the goal of completely annihilating them.

Since Zero didn't know how many termites there were, he needed to make as many preparations as possible in a completely unknown situation.

And this is also the biggest difficulty of the entire plan, because once the food reserves are insufficient, all efforts will be wasted.

The two large pastures are operating at full capacity under the careful care of the ant colonies. Two newly discovered plants suitable as ant food have also been planted on a large area above the ground.

Everything is paving the way for the war that is destined to come in the future. With the efforts of the ant colony, the amount of food in the underground nest is increasing every day.

At the same time, deep in the dark and humid underground, the number of mutant ant queens covered in ice blue is also increasing.

Under Zero's instructions, after they grow into adults, they will not immediately start to develop their own colony, but will continue to increase the number of queen ants at a slow but continuous rate.

In Zero's plan, the special soldier ants they hatch will be the vanguard and main force of Zero's autumn offensive against termites. In order to produce enough soldier ants in a short period of time, Zero needs enough queens.

At the same time, in addition to the worker ants that satisfy food production, the ant colonies began to actively reduce their numbers.

The queen ants no longer produce new eggs to replenish the daily loss of ants, but gradually fall into hibernation.

This kind of operation that goes against the biological reproductive instinct is naturally an order from Zero.

The first is to streamline the ant colony, while retaining sufficient combat power, while minimizing the consumption of the ant colony itself, so that more food can be accumulated as quickly as possible.

Secondly, because there is an upper limit on the number of ants that an ant colony can support daily, once it exceeds a certain threshold, the amount of food obtained will decrease instead of increasing.

Therefore, reducing the number of ordinary ants not only saves food, but also produces a group of special soldier ants in autumn, which can obtain more food with their stronger combat power and mobility.

Zero is very concerned about the things that may exist in termites that can affect the genes of the population. If this unknown thing does have this ability, it almost opens the door to a new world for him and the ant colony!

Perhaps before this, Zero was just puzzled by the unique behavior of termites.

The choice to expand into the forest is entirely due to the needs of ethnic development.

But it is different now.

The need for the development and growth of the ethnic group is one thing, but Zero's own curiosity and desire to obtain this thing is another.

What's more, the existence of this thing itself is constantly threatening Zero's ant colony, and it can indeed bring huge and unimaginable benefits to the ant colony.

Even if it is only one percent or even one thousandth of the effect that Zero imagined, it may even be a consumable item, or it may have been completely consumed by the termite colony. If you fail to get this thing and completely Until its state is determined, its attraction to zero is infinite!

Therefore, Zero has really made up his mind to destroy the termite colony and get this thing!

From this perspective, no matter how much supplies the ants accumulate, He feels it is not enough.

To consume this termite colony in sheer numbers, which may have tens of millions of people, and there may even be unknown mutated termites among them, is destined to be a protracted war of attrition. Who can hold on and hold on for a long time? will win.

The winner occupies the forest and possesses the rare thing that may exist, while the loser eats the dust and disappears into thin air.

Of course, this failure may not threaten the survival of the ant colony, but no one can guarantee whether this group of termites will mutate again one day and overcome the forest barrier and rush into the grassland.

Zero is very sure that once this happens, the ants will not be their opponents, even if the ants have the home field advantage.

Because termites do not exist, or there is almost no food problem, once they rush out of the forest, facing the endless army of termites, the ants will have no choice but to suffer defeat.

Therefore, Zero must also make the most complete preparations to destroy the termites before they gain the ability to break out of the forest!

Autumn passes and spring comes, the sun rises and the moon sets. The weeds on the grassland turn green, then yellow, then green again, and the cycle begins again.

There are more and more fruit tree seedlings dotted among them, and they are growing taller and taller, gradually maturing, blooming and bearing fruit.

Seven years passed by in the busyness of the ant colony. After seven years of continuous work, the underground of the entire grassland was filled with ant nest passages and breeding grounds.

All kinds of underground creatures are almost extinct. In the past seven years, under the digging of ants, there have even been two ground collapses caused by excessive digging.

At the same time, after seven years of continuous accumulation, the ants' food has piled up underground. Even without any deliberate control of the number of ant colonies, more food is being transferred and stored deeper underground.

However, the storage of food has its upper limit after all. Even if Zero has tried his best to find a dry and cool environment underground, he cannot prevent the food from gradually starting to decay and disappear on a large scale.

At the same time, this also means that the food accumulation activities of the ant community have almost reached its limit and can no longer increase.

So, this means that the time for war has arrived!

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