Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The sky became gloomy, and the rolling dark clouds slowly sank in the sky, giving the creatures on the ground a strong sense of oppression.

Tiny ants cannot feel this sense of oppression, but they can feel the coming heavy rain and move in groups to carry food or strengthen the waterproofing facilities at the entrance and inside the cave.

Zero used his vision to direct the worker ants to build some small waterproof facilities around the ant nest.

After a while, heavy rain began to pour down, and the ants quickly retreated to their nests. Bits and pieces of rain dripped into the earth along the grass blades, and seeped into the ground along the cracks in the soil.

The ant nest was basically not affected by the rain, because the ants that retreated to the ant nest after the heavy rain did not take time off. They continued to expand their nests under Zero's command and build homes for more ant colonies in the future. .

The front exit was unable to go out due to rain, so they transported the cleaned soil particles to a large cave for cutting food and temporarily stored them until the weather cleared before transporting them out.

The bottom of the cave has been deepened again, and new vents will be built in the middle of the southern ridge, where the wind speed is faster and can better ventilate the interior of the cave.

The queen ants and larvae were moved into deeper caves, and the vacant caves became the residences of worker ants and soldier ants.

Project Zero once again cultivates three queen ants to expand the population as much as possible to ensure their own survival.

It's not that Zero doesn't want to hatch more queen ants to quickly speed up the development of the colony, but after calculation, the current exploration area can only support the survival of up to 5,000 ants. Food is the biggest challenge. If it exceeds this In large numbers, the ant nest will face a serious food crisis.

Of course, after the ant nest expands, the corresponding exploration range will also increase rapidly, which can slightly alleviate the pressure from food.

Although this kind of ant is omnivorous, it is also insensitive to grass leaves and roots. Grass leaves rich in cellulose are tantamount to chronic poison for larvae. Not only is it not beneficial to the growth of larvae, but it may kill them.

Only starch-rich grass seeds and insect bodies with extremely high protein content can provide the larvae with the nutrients they need to grow.

Therefore, the main factor limiting the growth of ant colonies is not the number of queens, but food.

Regarding food, Ling had some ideas in his mind, but he struggled with the lack of conditions to realize them.

However, until today, a group of worker ants finally discovered traces of earthworms while carrying soil to expand their caves.

The worker ants were naturally unable to identify earthworms, but Zero could tell at a glance that the loose and collapsed caves must be traces left by earthworms!

The cave is sloping upward. It seems that this earthworm was forced to crawl to the ground because there was not enough oxygen in the soil when it rained.

Zero immediately mobilized a large number of soldier ants and worker ants and quickly chased them into the hole drilled by the earthworm.

Earthworms are one of the most important food sources for ant colonies in Zero's vision. Therefore, He had to catch this earthworm.

The soldier ants rushed forward first, because the cave was not wide and there were many collapses, so the pursuit was not smooth. The ants had to clean up the debris on the road as they moved forward.

Fortunately, the earthworms did not wriggle very fast, and the number of ant colonies was extremely large. Although it took a lot of effort, the soldier ants finally discovered the traces of the earthworms first.

The ants will naturally not be polite. According to the order of the queen, they need to drag this earthworm back to the ant nest at all costs. Due to their nature, they are not afraid of anything, not even death can stop them from completing their mission.

The ants swarmed up and bit the back of the earthworm, pulling it back as hard as they could. Because the cave was so small, only a few soldier ants were able to muster the strength.

Of course, the remaining worker ants were not idle either. They quickly expanded the soft cave behind them, creating conditions for subsequent fighting and shipping.

There are thousands of ants, and the work is going very smoothly. The cave behind them is getting wider at a very fast speed.

The poor earthworm didn't know why this group of ants suddenly went crazy, and it actually fought with itself in such a small place. In a survival instinct, it rolled its body crazily, trying to shake off or rub away the soldier ants biting it.

I have to say that this trick is very effective. The ants, which are much smaller than the earthworms, obviously cannot compete with the earthworms in terms of strength. They are easily thrown on the wall by the earthworms. After a few hits, the ants that bite it are either dead or disabled.

However, the ant colony, which is not afraid of death, does not know what fear is. When the ants in front die, the soldier ants behind naturally push up and hold on to the earthworm, preventing it from having a chance to escape.

In fact, although the earthworm is larger than the ants and occupies a favorable terrain advantage, when it is dragged down by thousands of ants, it is destined to have no way to escape.

The earthworms kept rolling, constantly throwing off injured or disabled ants, but inadvertently made the originally rugged and narrow cave much wider.

The ants moved forward one after another, and more ant colonies attached themselves to the earthworm, dragging it backwards desperately.

I don’t know how long it took, but the struggling earthworm’s movements gradually slowed down.

It was covered with bruises and almost had no strength to struggle, but the ants were still vigorous and vigorous, tearing it back desperately. Some ants even crawled to its side, trying to raise it a little higher so that the dragging ants could Drag it more easily.

The earthworm, which is no longer struggling, is no longer a threat to the ants. Its soft body provides the ants with too many points of strength. In addition, the cave behind it has been expanded, and the ant colony did not spend much effort to drag it back to the main passage of the ant nest.

In the deep and dark underground, Zero signaled a large group of soldier ants to take good care of the earthworm and provide it with humus food. On the other hand, he ordered No. 1 to dispatch a large number of worker ants to search for suitable earthworms inside the ant nest close to the ground. Breeding location.

That’s right, Zero is prepared to raise earthworms.

Earthworm food is extremely easy to obtain on this vast grassland, reproduces quickly, and can produce organic fertilizer, making it the best food source.

This is not Zero's whim. With the cooperation of the ants and His absolute control over the ants, this is entirely possible.

As long as the ants open up the ant nest, he can "see" the nearby geological conditions. For him, as long as the place occupied by the ant colony for a long time is his field of vision, that is, his territory.

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