Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

This is a piece of land located in the depression of the mountain below the mountainside and above the foot of the mountain. It is only about twenty square meters in size. Under the morning sun, the crystal dewdrops on the green leaves are shining with little lights.

For Zero, that is the light of life!

He finally let go of his ever-hanging heart. With such a piece of land, he could at least ensure that the ant community could survive and not die out.

The explorers continued to search forward with a net, and in the cave, three hundred builders and fifty diggers were already ready to go under Zero's command.

Carrying some of the sweet potato seeds that survived in several granaries, they headed toward that land in a mighty manner.

There they will sow the seeds of hope and the seeds for the colony to rise again.

Sweet potatoes were chosen because they have obvious advantages over berries and fruit trees.

The unknown fruits produced by fruit trees are indeed sweet, but their growth cycle is too long. It takes at least five or six years from germination to fruiting, and the number is not large. This is the current zero-sum ant colony. unacceptable.

Although a single plant produces a lot of berries, these water-rich fruits are very difficult to preserve and cannot continue to supply the life of the ant colony.

The sweet potato is different. First of all, its internal sugar content is very high, which is not much compared to berries. This means that its energy supply efficiency is very high, and a small amount of food can satisfy the consumption of the ant colony for a long time. .

Secondly, the rhizome-like outer cortex of the plant can play a very good role in antisepsis and preservation of the internal pulp. As long as the outer cortex is not damaged, it can be stored for a long time in a cold and dry environment.

The length of food storage time is very important for ant colonies that still need to hibernate to avoid the severe cold. If in winter, all the stored food is inedible, and it is impossible to obtain food from the outside world, it is conceivable that the ant colony will What scene will you face?

Finally, and the most important point at present, the growth cycle of sweet potatoes is similar to that of berries. They are ripe once a year. Moreover, their rhizomes buried deep in the ground are very large, which means that their yields are very high and they are the food that is currently in short supply. Best choice for ant colonies.

With the builders' current size and strength, growing crops is no longer a difficult task for them.

The body structure of their well-developed mandibles allows them to easily move soil and gravel on the surface. With the help of diggers, they quickly cleared the land of plants and planted 120 seeds.

In this piece of land of about 20 square meters, this planting density is quite high, which will inevitably affect the yield of sweet potatoes.

However, given the current crisis facing the ant colony, Zero had no choice but to adopt this type of saturation planting, because he had to take into account the various risks that the seeds might not be able to germinate to ensure that enough plants survived.

He is not willing to waste any precious land. As for the problem that affects the yield, it is not too late to streamline it after the seeds germinate. The guardians can take on this task well.

While the builders worked hard, the explorers never stopped searching.

With Zero's attention, they completed the search of the central area in the following time.

During the subsequent exploration, Zero once again discovered a total of eight areas that could be planted, large and small, the largest of which was about fifty square meters, and the smallest was only a few square meters.

Zero doesn't mind this, as long as some are planted.

Due to the insufficient number of builders, the areas discovered later have not yet been planted. Zero is just keeping a record and will gradually complete the planting after the builders are freed up.

It's not that Zero doesn't want to breed more builders to complete the work faster, it's actually that the current status of the ant colony's food storage is not optimistic.

Although some land suitable for growing crops has been found, this has not brought any improvement to the current food storage of the ant colony. Instead, it has consumed a lot because the builders ended hibernation and started working again.

Before the fall harvest arrives, Zero must plan every portion of food carefully so that the colony can continue into fall with the current supply.

However, it seems that the situation is not optimistic at present.

Ling made a simple calculation. Based on the current existing food reserves and the number of ant colonies, even if they only maintain the lowest level of activity, it will only be enough to last until summer. There is still a window of three or four months before harvesting!

How the ant colony will spend this period of time is currently Zero's biggest headache. Although the survival crisis has basically been overcome, there is no hope that the newly planted crops can alleviate the food crisis in the short term. He must find new ways to solve this problem.

After completing the most likely exploration of the central area, the explorers turned to the west again to continue their search.

Compared with the unique advantages of the central region, the possibility of planting areas in the east and west is greatly reduced due to the lower mountains.

However, Zero didn't want to give up. Even if he was lucky enough to find a location, Zero could feed more ants.

Compared with the smooth progress in the central region, the western region is much more difficult and has made no progress.

Zero waited patiently. Since the soil he needed could exist in the middle part, it proved that this possibility completely existed. Even if the waves were raging, there would always be one or two areas that were lucky enough to be spared, and what he was looking for was also These are the places.

The day passed quickly, and the western area was much larger than the central area, so until dusk, the explorers had completed less than half of the search.

However, the good news is that in this half of the foothills, the explorers also discovered two places suitable for farming. Although they are not large, one of them is dozens of square meters, and the other is only a few square meters in size.

But this is undoubtedly a good start. Zero firmly believes that similar places will be found in subsequent explorations.

Sure enough, during the exploration of the last part of the west, Zero once again discovered two relatively hidden places, and the area was not small. The total area was about fifty square meters, enough to plant hundreds of seeds.

After the exploration of the west, naturally it is the east.

Everything is routine, nothing special.

However, compared to the west, the areas suitable for growing crops found in the east are larger and more numerous, covering hundreds of square meters in total. This is presumably because the mountains in the east are steeper and taller than those in the west.

After ending the search at the foothills, the explorers have not been idle. They still have the vast land in the north to explore. Although the possibility is slimmer, Zero will not miss any possibility. However, this part of the exploration is not enough. So since He is so concerned, just let the explorer do it.

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