Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Although they did not actively attack the ant colony and behaved as if they were vegetarians, this did not mean that their attack power was weak.

Their eight long legs, which are more than one meter long, can easily pierce the outer armor of the defender. With the current defense capabilities of the ant colony, no soldier can withstand such an attack.

Moreover, they also possess a unique skill of spiders - spinning silk!

This kind of silk is not ordinary spider silk. Its toughness is very strong, but this does not bring trouble to the ant colony. The trouble is that this kind of silk is very sticky!

Once the ant colony touches this kind of spider silk, it will be stuck almost immediately and cannot move. The spider's ability to spin silk is surprisingly strong. Zero once sent an ant colony to test it. This kind of spider can pause during the battle. It spins silk nonstop for more than fifteen minutes. During this time, with the help of the dense trees around it, the spider silk it spins out can completely wrap itself up, no matter how the ant colony charges, it can't do anything.

Of course, if they only had this ability, Ling would have led the ant colony and used the insect sea tactic to completely submerge them long ago.

The most deadly thing is that they can secrete a kind of venom, and this venom is not secreted by them actively, it is more like a natural phenomenon similar to sweating.

This venom has no effect on themselves or even plants, but it is an absolutely fatal toxin to all animals.

At first, a guardian responsible for exploring the forest only had some contamination on his feet, but the entire body of the insect completely softened in a few seconds. After its death, its body looked like a leech when lifted up, as if it had lost all its support.

Zero didn't know what the principle was, but there was obviously a reason why such a huge spider existed here and was not extinct.

This toxin is like being specifically targeted at bugs. Whether it is the thick carapace of the guardian or the sharp forelimbs of the assassin, once it touches it, everything will soften into a pile of mud.

What's even more troublesome is that because they secrete this toxin all year round, the environment they live in has been completely saturated with this toxin, forming a "poison domain."

This poisonous area spreads over half of the forest. Zero has tried many methods, whether from the air or underground, but there is no way to successfully enter the depths of the forest. He has only fought against a few of them at the edge of the forest a few times, but so far , without any results, but the ants suffered a lot of casualties in order to explore this vast forest.

But Zero did not give up. While thinking about how to deal with it, the ant colony did not stop expanding in other directions, and eventually formed a circle surrounding the entire "poison domain".

However, it is actually difficult to define who is surrounding whom in this encirclement circle.

Zero didn't believe that there were enemies with absolutely no weaknesses in this world. He felt that these giant spiders must have some weaknesses, but the ants hadn't discovered them yet.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not imagine how the ants would break into the poisonous zone and fight hand-to-hand with the huge spiders that were covered in venom and could spin silk.

Zero has experienced the power of "Poison Domain" countless times. Regardless of whether it is an air unit or a land unit, once it touches it, or even if it stays in this area for a little longer, its whole body will soften, as if all the hard outer armor has melted, and it will be impossible to survive at all.

In fact, in that area, apart from plants and microorganisms, there is only this kind of creature.

Speaking of which, the main reason why Zero is so obsessed with fighting this group of seemingly harmless spiders, apart from the fact that they occupy an extremely large forest area, is that he has some kind of covetousness towards them.

As for why they covet them, it is actually self-evident.

Nothing more than their eggs.

While gradually occupying these seven islands, Zero has already directed the ant colonies here to transport several other unseen insect eggs to the initial island. After these insect eggs hatched in the cave, they also produced certain mutations. .

But unfortunately, after the queen ant has finished eating, she has no intention of evolving. This is obviously because the evolutionary factors in these mutated insects are no longer enough to complete the sixth evolution of the queen, so Zero needs more eggs. To fill this gap, among the entire archipelago, there is only the egg of this giant spider that he has not yet obtained.

Moreover, this kind of spider is so huge. From the simplest point of view, if they undergo mutation, there must be more evolutionary factors in the body. Ling has an intuition in his heart. He feels that if he can eat this kind of spider in the future, The mutated body will definitely be able to evolve again!

That's why He was so concerned about the spiders in this forest and tried his best to capture them and obtain their eggs.

Unfortunately, at present, it seems that there is nothing he can do.

However, Zero will not give up. Because except here, at least in a short period of time, the ant colony has no way to gather enough eggs for the queen to evolve again.

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The exploration on the sea has never stopped for a moment. A large amount of hydrological information has been sorted out bit by bit. The information about the surrounding sea areas has become increasingly clear. Even in the areas that have been surveyed, which sea areas have easy-to-catch food and which areas have easy-to-catch food? There are dangerous predators in the sea, etc. This kind of information has been marked in detail.

But they just haven't discovered any more land, which is the main reason why Zero insists on fighting these "harmless" spiders.

"How to defeat them?" Zero asked himself this question countless times.

In fact, He had answers in his mind, and there was more than one, but with the power of the ant colony, there was no way to implement them.

As the saying goes, fire and water are merciless, and Zero felt that this group of spiders would be unable to cope with whether it was a flood or a fire. This was probably their weakness.

But if you want the ant colony to accomplish these two things, it is better to let them directly use the insect sea tactic to exhaust the poison in the "poison domain". At least in theory, as long as they are willing to give up and the ant colony's There are enough of them to make this possible.

But want the ant colony to cause floods or play with fire? That is really harder than reaching the sky.

There is plenty of water here, but the question is how can we cause a flood with the ability of the ants? By tsunami?

Although Zero had already made some guesses about the periodic occurrence of earthquakes, he was not entirely sure whether it was what he had guessed.

In addition, He cannot predict when the next earthquake or tsunami will come.

Good morning and happy holidays everyone! !

I posted something about my work last night, but I didn’t expect it to be pushed to the top. Many friends didn’t see it.

I originally planned to post two more chapters last night, but suddenly I received a notification for the fourth round of new book recommendations, so I decided to give it a try. The release date may have to be pushed back a few days, but it will definitely be available in early May.

There are two regular updates these days, depending on the situation.

Have a great holiday everyone!