Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The seabirds that swooped in at extremely fast speeds had no time to react, and crashed head-on into the ant colony that suddenly took off.

In an instant, two or three ant aerial combat units that looked like assassins climbed on top of the first few seagulls.

Before they could react, the ants' slender and sharp mouthparts, with the help of their forelimbs, pierced their bodies unceremoniously.

In an instant, screams echoed in the sky.

Because of the attack, their flight trajectories were greatly affected. They struggled violently in the air without choosing a path, and fell headlong into the large army of builders on the ground.

The ants would not be polite to them. They took advantage of his illness to kill him and swarmed him. In the next moment, they were completely silent.

Some of the seabirds behind also followed the footsteps of the former. Only a few of them forcibly changed their flight paths in a thrilling way, turned around and rushed into the sky, and fled in horror.

Zero is not sure whether they will come back in the future, so he might as well just let these ants station here. They don't need to go out for activities if they have nothing to do, and they can just hibernate.

With their protection, the construction of the ant colony has become smooth again, and the progress is gratifying. It seems that the speed is quite fast, and maybe it can be completed ahead of schedule.

The seabirds came again several times later, seemingly still dreaming of the great spring and autumn dream of getting something for nothing, but they did not expect that they suffered heavy losses at the hands of the ant tribe several times in a row. Later, they finally learned their lesson again, and Zero was no longer on the island. Saw them.

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When the body is bigger, the mobility is completely different. This year, the planting of sweet potatoes has been completed quickly due to the efforts of the builders. In addition, in the outer areas of these sweet potatoes, Ling also asked the builders to try to bury berry seeds and move some fish and shrimp carcasses from the seaside. Get into the soil beneath the seeds to add fertility to them.

Judging from Zero's knowledge of planting, this is truly a painstaking and meticulous care.

In addition, he is also very concerned about the expansion of cultivated land. After all, all the land here was originally the cultivated land of the ant tribe. If it could be restored to its heyday, with the ant tribe's current size, not to mention returning to 30 million in number, it would be easy to support a group of one million people.

So, after the berry seeds were planted, Zero kept an eye on them.

As expected, the degree of damage to the land at the periphery of the sweet potato cultivation land was relatively low, and the further out, the deeper the damage was.

Life is a very tenacious thing. As long as there is a glimmer of hope of survival, it will hold on tightly.

Despite the high content of harmful inorganic substances from seawater in the soil, all the sweet potatoes that were originally planted here failed to germinate, but Zero was surprised to find that after planting the berry seeds, they actually broke through the soil. signs!

Maybe it's because the berry species itself has a better ability to survive than sweet potatoes, or maybe it's because after a year, the pollution level here has decreased. In short, this feeling of life sprouting made Zero feel extremely excited.

Although the germination rate of berry seeds decreases as you go further down the mountain, indicating that they are not completely immune to the damage of this soil, this is undoubtedly a good phenomenon.

Because this shows that environmental damage at low concentrations is not that great a threat to berry seeds. If planting continues like this, maybe one day the berries can completely transform the soil they live in and make it fertile again!

Although this process may be quite long, and the next disaster may strike before they are completed, this is no reason to give up.

Given the current situation of the ant tribe, every extra cent of food means an extra batch of labor force.

The discovery of this point is the greatest agricultural achievement that the ant colony has made since the disaster so far, and there is also good news in terms of construction.

After getting rid of the harassment of seabirds, the construction speed of the ant colony returned to the right track.

Zero found that he still underestimated the ability of the current ant colony. With the close cooperation of the builders and diggers, the construction speed was very fast.

Within ten days, the entire excavation surface had been expanded downward by as much as thirty centimeters. This is the reason why we encountered seabird interference during the period, otherwise there should be more.

In other words, at this rate, it only takes one month for them to complete nearly one-third of the entire first-phase project, and it will be completed in less than four months. Zero originally gave them an estimate of completing it before winter. , now it seems that the first phase of construction tasks will be completed by the beginning of summer.

However, one cannot be too optimistic. During this period of time, the weather was good, the weather was sunny and sunny every day, and the ant colony never stopped building, which is why it has achieved what it is today. Once there is windy or rainy weather, this kind of construction will inevitably come to a halt, thus slowing down the progress of the entire project.

Even so, Zero still felt a little excited. The mobility shown by the ant colony gave him a strong sense of happiness. They would not complain that the work was too tiring, nor would they cut corners and cheat, and they would not even be afraid of life and death in order to achieve their goals!

The most important thing is that the entire ethnic group has such characteristics! There is no complaining, no holding back, just constant dedication for the continued development of the tribe.

Zero sometimes feels a little lonely, thinking that it would be great if these ants could have wisdom and communicate with him.

But in fact, he also understood in his heart that it was precisely because of insufficient wisdom that the ants were able to possess such great qualities.

If they really possess intelligence, whether this quality can be preserved, Zero cannot answer.

This is a big question. Perhaps, only as the race continues to develop and evolve, will we get the answer one day, or perhaps never.

As for now, it doesn't matter.

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On this small island, time will not stop because of anything happening. The tide ebbs and flows, the clouds roll and relax. Spring comes to an end amidst the hard work of the ant colony. As the weather becomes hotter day by day, Zero knows that summer is coming.

As expected, the continuous occurrence of rainy days had a great impact on the construction behind the ant colony, so that the work that could have been completed at the beginning of summer still required two months of construction time until summer came.

But Zero is also very satisfied. After all, it was originally expected to be completed before winter. Now it seems that it will be completed before autumn comes, which is a full quarter ahead of schedule!

In terms of agriculture, as expected, berries planted in less damaged areas are basically able to survive. This result greatly improves the expected harvest of the ant colony in the fall.

After all, soil of this level is much easier to find than land that has not been affected at all, and the area is much larger!

Everything seems to be fine!