Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

spring is coming.

It was originally a season of recovery for all things, but now, after the ice and snow melt, the scene is still devastated.

There are collapsed holes everywhere on the ground. Trees knocked down and uprooted by the waves lie crookedly on the ground. The stubble blackened by water points to the sky, as if they are accusing something.

There are dead branches and ruins everywhere. The land was still muddy, with no vegetation sprouting.

The entire island showed a strange state of tranquility, showing signs of decay. From time to time, a foul smell wafted over, which was the smell of the corpses of sea creatures that had been swept up by the sea water and left on the island. I don’t know if it’s not time, but even the birds didn’t fly back.

After a disaster, this place became a real place where birds do not poop.

At the entrance of the cave, a group of tiny explorers flew out, quickly climbed into the sky, and then dispersed, finally adding a touch of life to the entire island.

This is the exploration team sent by Zero. After so many years, He used this ant species again, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

The exploration team spread out, starting from the mountains and exploring to the north and south respectively. Their flying speed was very slow and their altitude was not high. They were flying almost close to the ground. Even though there were many in number, they did not return until dusk.

The golden sunset reflects on the sea. The golden glow seems to coat the deep blue sea with a layer of gold foil. The sunset is reflected in the water. Under the setting sun, the waves are sparkling and beautiful.

However, Zero's mood was not good at all.

All explorers brought back bad news.

Most of the entire island is devoid of any life! There were no insects chirping, no vegetation sprouting, just uneven and collapsed ground, large and small swamps, and rotting corpses everywhere!

Zero made a judgment call the first time he discovered the situation through the Explorer.

When the disaster struck, the seawater was swept by huge waves and briefly submerged the entire island. At the same time, the seawater rich in various inorganic salts also seeped into the vast land on the island. Afterwards, the tide receded, but there were still A large amount of seawater remained on the island, forming seawater swamp lakes, and then gradually seeped into the ground and soaked into the fertile soil, changing the soil quality in patches!

The seeds and grass roots buried under this kind of soil will no longer have life, and they will no longer be able to germinate.

At the same time, this also means that Zero’s spring sweet potato planting plan has been ruined.

Sweet potatoes are destined to be unable to survive in this kind of land. Like weeds, they cannot even germinate. Once buried in the soil, the seeds will slowly lose their activity and die completely.

This is a very fatal thing!

Without the ability to grow crops, ant colonies on today's islands would have no food source at all.

And no food source can only lead to one thing, death!

Zero shares weal and woe with the ant colony. Once the ant colony disappears, he will also perish.

After the disaster passed, Zero felt panicked for the first time.

In winter, I always think that when spring comes, no matter how hard things go, I can always find something to eat. So although He felt sad about the current situation after the disaster, he never worried much about it.

But now, when I learned that the land could no longer be cultivated by the ant colony, a trace of despair filled my heart.

However, this desperate thought was quickly suppressed by Him. He knew in his heart that now was not the time to despair, there must be some way!

Ling sorted out his emotions and began to sort out the current reserves of the ant colony. After a whole winter of frugality and hibernation, the remaining food in the cave was still two-thirds of the grain stored in the No. 1 Granary and the No. 2 Granary.

Not too much, but not much. If the minimum level of activity is maintained as in winter, then this food will be enough to support the ant colony until summer, and there may even be a little leftover.

But Zero couldn't just sit there and wait for death. He had to do something. Even if there was only a glimmer of possibility, he was not willing to give up.

Early the next morning, Zero released a group of about two hundred explorers again, which was two-thirds of the total number of explorers in the ant nest.

This time, they will search more carefully. In order to reduce consumption and ensure the accuracy of the search, Zero does not increase their number, but delimits the search scope to the western plain south of the mountain range.

The land is of medium size, only about one-third of the size of the entire southern part. With this number of explorers, they should be able to thoroughly search the surface in one day.

Time passed little by little, and in the void space, Zero remained focused enough, using the short field of vision provided by the explorers to observe every inch of land they flew over.

Soon, the day passed.

At dusk, the explorers returned home again, but still found nothing.

Zero hope that somewhere could survive the tide and find a small space to plant the seeds, even if it could only support a few queens and a small number of ants, as long as the ant colony would not become extinct.

But no, at least on this piece of land, Zero found no signs of any living creatures. There is no vitality like previous springs, no insects, no new shoots.

Zero was a little depressed, but soon he cheered up again.

I just explored an area, and it was far from the time to get frustrated.

Zero has set his requirements to the minimum. As long as there is a piece of soil that can support the queen ant and a small number of worker ants, he does not dare to ask for more.

At the same time, he also believed that it was impossible for such a large island to have all its parts penetrated by seawater in such a short period of time. There would always be some small corners that would be spared.

This is not an encouragement to myself. Zero really thinks that this is entirely possible, but he just didn't look carefully enough.

Moreover, even if everything has been soaked in sea water, can it be soaked so evenly? Has everything become unplantable land? There is always a place where the level of victimization is lower, right?

Thinking this, Zero cheered up again.

When a new day came, this group of explorers flew out of the cave again and explored towards the east of the south.

This land is about twice as big as what was explored yesterday, but Zero no longer dares to send out more explorers. If he really can't find a place suitable for plant survival, then he needs to save food as much as possible to extend the time. The survival time of queen ants also extends their own survival time, so that they can have more time to think about solutions to problems.

If we really get to that point in the future, then every grain of food now will be extremely precious.

Still asking for support! ! There are also double monthly passes for the two days at the end of the month, one ticket is worth two~

In addition, after reading the book friend's suggestion, the matter about the two types of ants is indeed a bit strange, but at that time I thought that the order of mutation was different and could not be exactly the same, so that's how it was (face covering). It will be solved later.

Finally, the current update time is currently 8:00 am and 5:30 pm, there will be more updates later, hehe.