Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 11 Environment and Construction Progress

The flying ants flew over the grass at low altitude, but this time, almost instantly, Zero found that he lost the vision of the four flying ants.

In this case, there is no doubt that they must be dead.

Ling was within the vision of the rest of the flying ants, and only had time to see a flash of red light.

"what is this?"

Zero was confused.

He decided to let the flying ants fly again. This time, he left two flying ants in place to observe and see what would happen.

The three flying ants got the order to turn around again and fly over the original path.

They don't know what it is to be afraid, they just obey.

The moment they flew over the grass, Zero, who was observing the flying ants, saw that two long, red things stretched out from the reeds almost at the same time, and swept away the two flying ants in front. , retreated into the reeds and disappeared.

However, this time, through the observation of the two flying ants, Zero had a glimmer of judgment on the identity of this group of potential enemies.

"It should be a frog." A sliver of understanding appeared in Zero's heart.

The frog can be said to be one of the natural enemies of the ant colony. Unless it has an absolute numerical advantage, that is, an ant colony of tens of thousands or even more than a hundred thousand scales attacks it, it is absolutely impossible to defeat it, and it is even impossible to drive it away. It can only be its food.

This is the existence that Zero does not want to provoke now. After realizing the identity of the enemy, Zero is also relieved a lot.

The staple food of the frog is not ants. Unless it flies past it swaggeringly like just now, it will not take the initiative to hunt and kill the ant colony. Although it will not cause a big impact, the formic acid in the ant body will still make it feel to discomfort.

It can be said that if the ant colony does not actively provoke it, it has almost no threat to the ant colony.

Relieved, Zero immediately recalled the remaining flying ants. The first batch of flying ants hatched only a hundred, and the next batch of flying ants hatched half a month later. During this half month, this batch of flying ants was The most convenient reconnaissance force in Zero's hands, if it is not necessary, he does not want to lose too much.

In the next half month, through the investigation of the flying ants, Zero gradually found out the general situation of the grassland where he was.

After crossing the river on the south side of the grassland, there should be a mountain range, covered with deep forests. Due to the presence of birds, flying ants basically cannot enter and explore, and even if they get into it by chance, they will die soon.

The east and west sides are all grassland, and at the end of the grassland on both sides is a sandy beach, and then there is endless water.

As for the north side, after a brief rise, the terrain quickly lowered, forming a section of cliffs that were neither high nor low. Under the cliffs, there was also endless water.

"This should be an island, or a peninsula protruding from the coast." The environment surrounded by water on three sides made Zero have such a guess.

Zero even sent flying ants to fly up the river against the risk of being swallowed, to explore the drill bit of the river, and finally found that the source of this small river should be in the mountains in the forest, as for the downstream, it flows eastward into the sea among.

It can be said that the surrounding environment of the ant nest, except for the inaccessible forest, has basically been ascertained by Zero.

This grassland is actually not that big, only about one kilometer in radius, at least after zero had the flying ants.

However, although the grassland is small, there are many creatures in it. Of course, there is no need to say more about various insects. During the exploration process, Zero discovered that they are herbivorous hares, wild birds that lay eggs in the grass, foxes that prey on hares, fat Roe deer, as well as many unknown herbivorous and carnivorous creatures.

However, Zero did not find large herbivores and carnivorous predators here, presumably because the grassland is too small.

It seems that more than half of summer has passed, and the weather is getting hotter.

During this time, besides exploring the environment, there are some important things happening.

One is that the branch nest where No. [-] is located has found two underground places suitable for raising earthworms again.Due to the shortage of labor force, it has not been developed at present.

No. [-] has already begun to hatch the next generation of queen ants, further expanding the size of the ant colony.

During this process, the six expatriate queens have gained a firm foothold in their territory.The best developed one is the branch nest where No. [-] is located, and it has already begun to expand.

After a while, they will start the explosive mode, dispatching a large group of ants to clear the surrounding alien species, including ants of other species of their own species.

The surrounding area of ​​the brood has also been cleaned up under Zero's organization, and this is completely Zero's territory.It is worth mentioning that with the establishment of the sub-nest, Zero has a sporadic field of vision outside the mother's nest. These fields of vision are the newly opened territories for him by the first batch of colonists.

It is foreseeable that with the continuous expansion of the mother's nest and branch nests, these sporadic visions will eventually converge. At that time, any disturbance in this entire piece of grass with a radius of [-] meters will be spotted by Zero .

In addition, the underground "highway" between the mother nest and the branch nest planned before No. [-] is also slowly being built.Not only the ant nest where No. [-] is located, but all the branch nests are currently building this kind of "highway" to the mother nest.

Of course, this process is not smooth, and it can even be said to be full of difficulties. The fastest progress is the branch nest where No. [-] is located, but even if it is the fastest progress, the combined construction progress of the mother nest and branch nest is not enough up to a quarter.

The current number of ant colonies determines that they must send a considerable number of ants out to hunt for food in order to survive. At the same time, they must work harder to accumulate food for the winter, which takes up most of the energy of the ant colony.

The remaining ants still need to protect the ant nest, take care of the larvae and the queen, and the ants in the nest even need to fight with the nearby alien races to compete for more food and territory.In this way, there are not many ants left for construction.

This is only the difficulty of the ant colony itself. During the excavation process, they have to detour when they encounter road sections that the ants cannot overcome. At the same time, they must avoid encountering the nests of large creatures such as mice and foxes underground.

Not only is the distance far away, but there are also many difficulties. However, this is what Zero is determined to do. After these "highways" are completed, the various ant colonies will be able to connect together and communicate with each other. It is not only convenient but also safe , this is also the first part in which Zero has completely brought this grassland into his sphere of influence.

Next, not only will each sub-nest build such a high-speed passage with the mother nest, but also link each sub-nest with this passage to form a ring-shaped spider web-like underground transportation structure.

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