Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Regarding the food issue, Ling Dao didn't worry too much.

Over the years, out of a sense of crisis, he has stored a lot of food. Based on the current food storage of the ant colony, they will not be in danger of running out of food in a few years.

In this disaster, the ant colony suffered heavy casualties, and its number has been reduced to less than half of its original size.

However, judging from the current situation on various islands, it is not known how long it will take to resume production, so it does not need so many ants to participate in the work.

This does not mean that He did nothing.

If we just sit back and eat, no matter how much food we have, we will eventually run out of food. However, we don’t know when the various pollutions in the sea and on the island will be dissipated.

Although there may not be a disaster like this one in a short period of time, Zero is no longer willing to wait any longer.

Therefore, setting off again to find a new home must be put on the agenda immediately.

During these years, while the ant colonies lived on the archipelago, Zero never gave up exploring the outside world. However, he did not find anything. Instead, he recorded a lot of hydrological information such as various reef undercurrents and coral islands.

Now this information can come in handy, providing an outpost for the ant colony that continues to explore.

But this time, unlike the previous casting of the net in all directions, this time Zero could only choose to explore in the same direction due to the eruption of an undersea volcano.

north!

The center of the volcanic eruption must be in the south. The farther south you go, the more serious the pollution will be. As for the east and west, Ling thought that the situation should be similar to his own. He could send a small number of teams to try their luck, but he didn't have to expect too much. hope.

Then the north has become a key exploration area. These pollutions have indeed reduced a lot of entanglements for Zero - if there is really land in the north.

No matter how much food the ant colony has, it will be finished sooner or later, but the pollution above the sea is unknown when it will disappear.

If the ant colony still cannot find a new land before the food is exhausted in the future, and the pollution on the sea surface still has not faded, then Zero can only take a risk and find a direction to lead the ant colony to make a desperate move.

However, according to Zero's estimate, if the volcano does not erupt again in the short term, the pollution should not last for a few years. Zero has no idea how long it will take, but if there are no new sources of pollution to supplement, the ocean will and the self-purification ability of the atmosphere, water quality replacement should be completed soon.

Of course, this is relatively fast, at least it will probably be more than half a year. If it is longer, zero cannot be estimated.

The ant colony once again began a large-scale exploration of the sea area, but Zero did not pay too much attention to them, but turned his attention to the insect.

It's not that he was really bored, but that the insect turned into a bigger egg after eating for nothing for so long!

The reason why it is said to be an egg rather than a cocoon is because the appearance and material of the egg are exactly the same as before it hatched, but it is several times larger!

But such a huge shell was not made of silk produced by that insect. At that time, Zero looked at it and actually blew the thing out of his abdomen like a bubble and put himself in it!

Perhaps, this should be called a pupa? Or something else? He doesn't know.

It is not uncommon for a second cocoon to form, and this happens frequently among the ant tribe. But for this insect, which was of extraordinary significance to the group, he was really unsure of its pulse.

He continued to pay attention to this "egg" until it moved again.

It was completely different from the last time. The incubation time this time was obviously much shorter. It was only eight days, and the process had already been completed.

Zero looked at the egg that was constantly rising and falling with some anticipation. It looked as if the egg itself was breathing.

After gradually breaking apart, the contents inside completely unfolded, revealing a strange-shaped object.

It looks like a kind of building. The main body is relatively wide, occupying about five or six square meters of space. It is like a house, with passages leading to the interior on all sides. However, there are raised walls around it. The meat balls, with sticky liquid on them, looked quite disgusting.

Zero saw a lot of weird things, but he didn't feel sick at all, he just felt weird.

"What the hell is this?"

He had doubts in his heart, but he didn't expect that he would get an answer after this, although it was not the answer he wanted.

The answer was not in the form of a voice, but appeared directly in Zero's mind, just like brain wave information.

"Energy, food."

It's not clear whether this simple message originally meant something like this, but when it came to his mind, it naturally became like this.

"Okay, both hatchings require food as soon as they appear!" Ling complained in his heart, but this is normal. Presumably, whether it is cocooning or hatching, this behavior must consume a lot of energy. It is supplemented by eating. necessary.

Of course, food is not energy, at least not the kind of energy that is understood by zero, but food is rich in sugar, which can provide energy!

Zero saw that the food placed in the channel by the ant builders was quickly decomposed by a kind of mucus secreted by this special bug, without even leaving any residue.

Just when Zero was looking at the entrances of these passages with some anticipation, he received another message.

"Energy, food."

If Zero had an entity, he felt that his face must have darkened.

He gave it another batch of food, but it was still not enough. This bug is like a repeater, always talking about energy and food.

Zero asked the ant colony to move in a large number again. This time, I finally didn't hear the bug repeating like a repeater.

Finally, after absorbing the food, Zero saw a familiar egg roll out of this "building".

"Hatchery?" A thought flashed through his mind, and then quickly dissipated, and his attention returned to the egg.

It really came out after I had been waiting for it for a long time! Zero couldn't help but sigh.

The reason why He said it looked familiar was because, except for being an order of magnitude smaller in size, this egg was exactly the same in appearance as the previous insect egg!

And completely different from before.

In just a few minutes after it appeared, the egg had already hatched, and an insect that looked a little familiar crawled out of it!

Zero felt like he suddenly had a headache. This scene seemed familiar.

The insect looked exactly the same as the one before the change, except that it had shrunk in size.

"Let's see what it has to offer." Zero made up his mind. If this insect was like the previous one, and eventually cycled around to give himself the ultimate nesting doll, he would let the Queen Ant taste what this insect was. smell.

Update 6,,,,,, it’s really numb,,,,