Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 132 Voyage Around the World
The waves came in bursts, and the tide beat the cliff from time to time.

Sass re-established a Zerg camp across land and sea at the place where the Zerg first landed. An Xin accumulated knowledge here, and at the same time summarized previous discoveries, constantly trying to apply the beneficial characteristics of different species to the Zerg themselves. .

Among them, the most valued by Zero is undoubtedly the "lead" research on fire worms.

This unique substance zero has directed the swarm to find traces in the cave where the fire worms inhabit.

Compared with other caves, the place where they are located does not look special at first glance.But now that the existence of the substance "lead" is already known, Zero also has a targeted target.

He knew that since the "leading wire" is not self-sufficient in nature, they need to use a certain method, either by swallowing it directly or by indirect contact to ingest this substance, allowing it to enter their body for others to feed on. Used.

Therefore, the place where this substance is most likely to exist should be under the densest swarm of insects.

The fact was as he expected, although the process was very troublesome, but after using the bug swarm to lure away the fire bugs that were as dense as stars over and over again, Zero finally saw this substance.

Indeed, although it is not obvious under normal circumstances, dots of white spots appear abruptly on the walls in the places where the fireflies are most dense.

That should be the "lead" in Sass's mouth, and a word popped up in Zero's mind the first time he saw them - saltpeter.

In fact, it should not be. After all, if the underground river is so wet, if it is really saltpeter, in Zero's impression, they should not exist stably, and these substances do not exist alone, but are mixed with the rock wall. It also seems to be very inconsistent with the name.

The specific substance and composition are unknown to Zero.

But since this word has appeared in his mind, Zero doesn't mind using this word to call them for the time being, so let's call them saltpeter.

The firefly should have absorbed this substance into its own body by taking advantage of the particularity of its body, and after some complicated changes, it finally became the "lead" that Sass said.

But no matter what, since we already know the appearance and way of existence of this substance, then Zero doesn't have to collect it here. There are so many fireflies here, it will be very troublesome.

Sass had found them from the memories of the lizard people the first time he discovered the true nature of this substance. Although it is not common, it is not a precious material.

It needs to use this substance to verify the feasibility of the transformation based on the structure of the fire worm. Zero will lead the swarm to search the outside world according to the memory of the lizardman, and finally send the sample to Sass.

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After the hatchery is oceanized, the activities of the swarm above the ocean can be said to be like ducks in water.

Although the hatchery is often attacked by creatures from the depths of the sea because of its slow movement, most of the time, they will be surrounded by a large number of Zerg foragers. These bugs will provide it with food resources, and it is also the most Faithful bodyguard.

After completing the exploration around the continent, the Zerg in the ocean is still expanding outward.

It is said to be expansion, but in fact their number has not increased explosively, they are just exploring the deep sea and cleaning up threats along the way.

Today's Zerg still haven't got rid of their dependence on food. The various creatures that live in the ocean are the main source of food for the sea bugs.

Although the sea is vast, it is still not wise to exhaust the water, at least until the Zerg are truly self-sufficient, they need to be restrained.

Even so, the number of Zergs on the ocean is not growing slowly. Within a reasonable range, in order to meet the needs of exploration, the hatcheries in the ocean are constantly advancing, and they are also making use of the insects captured by the surrounding bugs. Food continues to expand the size of the Zerg.

Today's insect swarms have no way to set foot in the deep sea. It is said that it is an exploration of the ocean, but in fact it is only active in areas within tens of meters below the sea surface. Further down, the increasingly large water pressure will prevent the insect swarm from diving. , causing serious damage to their bodies.

The mysterious and dark depths of the ocean are still forbidden by the Zerg.

But this is not in a hurry. Compared with exploring deeper, Zero now needs them to go further.After completing the exploration of the outline of the continent, Zero became more and more curious about what the world he was in was like.

For this reason, while the swarm brigade continued to explore along the periphery of the continent, Zero also dispatched several groups of foragers as the advance team, taking the lead to advance deeper into the ocean.

In order to move forward faster, they did not carry the hatchery, and some of them were just unhatched eggs. Compared with the huge size of the hatchery, the eggs were much smaller, and they did not need much effort You can carry it forward.

If there is a loss above the number in the ocean.They will quickly hatch their eggs, and the new hatchery will replenish them once, and at the same time produce the next batch of eggs that will be taken away by the swarm.

As for itself, it will be left in place by the swarm to develop on its own, it can be regarded as leaving a seed for the follow-up zerg in the depths of the ocean.

Complete the global exploration first, which is actually a zero sense of ritual.With the development speed of the insect swarm above the ocean, even if there is no wanton expansion of the number, in the absence of real natural enemies, they will inevitably be able to spread all over the world in the future.

It's just that Zero is eager to know the size and appearance of this world, so he sent an exploration team in advance. While exploring the world, they can also accelerate the expansion of the swarm in the ocean.

They are the pioneers of the swarm in the ocean, and they will also be the first to reach those sea areas that the swarm has never reached.

It is worth mentioning that all the islands encountered by the swarm along the way were also occupied by them.Sometimes, they would even meet the lizardmen who had fled here. Whether it was luck or misfortune, they managed to reach these islands and survived temporarily, but after the swarm arrived here, everything came to an end.

Sometimes Zero also thinks, what does land and sea mean to Zerg?Why do you have to completely occupy it?

To be honest, with the territory occupied by the Zerg now, it is more than enough to feed the Zerg themselves, and the Lizardmen will no longer pose any threat to the Zerg. It seems that occupying more land is not out of the rational consideration of the Zerg's own interests, but more More like an instinct, a greedy instinct to bring all the visible space into its own rule.

But later, Zero found the answer to this question.

In the process of Zerg from being weak to what it is today, they are always facing various threats, either enemies or natural disasters.

This kind of threat always drives them to move forward and become stronger, until now, in the known world, there are no creatures that can pose an extermination threat to the swarm.

Sometimes he would have a thought in his mind, that is, why the Zerg have such a vast land now, but they are still obsessed with occupying more and larger areas. Is it because of their own greed or desire to control?What is the point of occupying so much unused land?
But this kind of fundamental thinking didn't take up too much of his time, because he quickly came up with the answer.

This feeling is all too familiar.

When he was on the initial island, he thought so too.

At that time, He led a colony of more than ten million ants. When there was no way to advance, He chose to enjoy comfort and enjoyment. He led the ant colony to have fun on the beach every day, and lived a very comfortable life.

However, the lessons learned at that time were too painful. The anxiety and fear that the ant colony was almost extinct and the ant colony was almost extinct still haunts me today.

The continuous expansion of the Zerg race is no longer out of the need for survival. In terms of survival, there are very few of them sitting on the entire continent that can threaten their survival.

The fundamental reason why it seems that it will never stop expanding is because of Zero's lack of confidence in his own strength.

He used to be confident, but got a blow in the head.

He no longer wants to face the difficult situation on the island. He has to rely on luck to get through the difficulties, and put his life and death on it.

Only by constantly moving forward, making continuous progress, and becoming stronger and stronger, can we have the power to resist when disasters or powerful foreign enemies come.

　Five thousand more today, and another chapter in the afternoon~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)