Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 57 Predicament 2 (Please read more!!)

spring is coming.

It was originally the season of recovery of all things, but now, after the ice and snow melt, it is still a devastated scene.

There are collapsed holes everywhere on the ground, and the trees knocked down and uprooted by the waves lie crookedly on the ground, and the stubbles blackened by the water are pointing at the sky, as if they are complaining about something.

There are dead branches and rotten leaves and ruins everywhere.The land was still muddy, with no vegetation sprouting.

The whole island presents a strange state of tranquility, showing signs of decay, and sometimes there is a foul smell, which is the smell of the corpses of sea creatures left on the island by the sea water.I don't know if it's too late, and even the birds didn't fly back.

After a disaster, this place has completely become a real place where birds don't shit.

At the entrance of the cave, a group of tiny explorers rushed out, quickly climbed into the sky, and then scattered away, finally adding a little vitality to the entire island.

This is the exploration team dispatched by Zero.After many years, he used this ant species again, and he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

The expedition team spread out, starting from the mountains, and explored to the north and south respectively. Their flying speed was very slow and their altitude was not high, almost flying close to the ground. Even though there were a large number of them, they did not return until dusk.

The golden sunset is reflected on the sea, the golden glow seems to coat the deep blue sea with a layer of gold foil, the sunset glow is reflected in the water, under the setting sun, it is sparkling and beautiful.

However, Zero's mood is not beautiful at all.

All the explorers brought back bad news.

There is no life in most places on the entire island!There are no insects chirping, and no vegetation sprouting. There are only uneven and collapsed ground, large and small swamps, and rotting corpses everywhere!

Zero made a judgment as soon as he discovered this situation through the explorer.

When the disaster came, the seawater was swept by huge waves and submerged the entire island for a short time. At the same time, seawater rich in various inorganic salts also infiltrated into the vast land on the island. Afterwards, the tide receded, but there were still A large amount of seawater remained on the islands, forming seawater swamp lakes one after another, and then gradually seeped into the ground, dipped into the fertile soil, and changed the soil quality piece by piece!
The seeds and grass roots buried under this kind of soil will no longer have vitality, and they will no longer be able to germinate.

At the same time, this also means that zero's spring sweet potato planting plan has been ruined.

Sweet potatoes are destined not to survive in this kind of land. Like weeds, they can't even germinate. Once buried in the soil, the seeds will slowly lose their activity and die completely.

This is a very deadly thing!

Ant colonies would have no food source at all on today's islands if they could not grow crops.

And having no food source can only lead to one thing, and that is death!

Zero shares weal and woe with the ant colony, and once the ant colony disappears, he will also die.

For the first time since the disaster passed, Zero felt flustered.

In winter, I always think that when spring comes, no matter how bad it is, I will always find something to eat.Therefore, although He felt sad about the current situation after the disaster, he has not been very worried about it.

But now, when he learned that the land could no longer be cultivated by the ants, a trace of despair came to his heart.

However, this desperate thought was quickly suppressed by him, and he knew in his heart that now is not the time to despair, there must be something to do!

Zero sorted out his emotions and began to sort out the current reserves of the ant colony. After the whole winter of saving food and clothing, the remaining food in the cave is still two-thirds of the grain stored in the No. [-] granary and the No. [-] granary.

It's not much, but it's not too much. If the activity is maintained at the lowest level as in winter, then the food is enough to support the ant colony until summer, and there may even be a little leftover.

But Zero can't just sit and wait like this, he has to do something, even if there is only a slight possibility, he is not willing to give up.

Early the next morning, Zero released a group of about [-] explorers again, which is two-thirds of the total number of explorers currently in the ant nest.

This time, they will search more carefully. In order to reduce consumption and ensure the accuracy of the search, Zero did not increase their number, but delimited the search range to the western plain in the south of the mountain range.

The size of this land is moderate, only about one-third of the size of the entire southern part. With this number of explorers, it should be possible to thoroughly search the surface in one day.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the empty space, Zero maintained enough concentration, using the short vision provided by the explorers, to observe every inch of land they flew over.

Soon, the day passed.

At dusk, the explorers returned home again, but still found nothing.

There is zero hope that there will be some place that survived the tide and can find a square inch of land to plant the seeds, even if it can only support a few queens and a small number of ants, as long as the ant colony does not become extinct.

But no, at least on this piece of land, Zero did not find any signs of living creatures.There is no vitality like previous springs, no insects, and no new shoots.

Zero was a little depressed, but soon he cheered up again.

It's just exploring an area, and it's far from frustrating.

Zero has already put his requirements to the minimum, as long as there is a piece of soil to support the queen and a small number of worker ants, he dare not ask for more.

At the same time, He also believed that it was impossible for such a large island to be infiltrated by sea water in such a short period of time, and some corners and corners would always be spared.

This is not really encouraging himself, Ling really thinks that this is completely possible, but he didn't look carefully enough.

Moreover, even if everything has been soaked in seawater, can it be soaked so evenly?All places become uncultivable land?There is always a place where the level of victimization is lower, right?

Thinking of this, Zero cheered up again.

When a new day came, this group of explorers flew out of the cave again, exploring towards the east of the south.

This land is about twice as large as what was explored yesterday, but Zero has dared not send more explorers. If he really can't find a place suitable for plants to live, then he needs to save food as much as possible to extend the The survival time of the queens is also to prolong their own survival time, so that they can have more time to think about solutions to problems.

If that step is really reached in the future, then every grain of grain now is extremely precious.

　Still looking for support! !There are double monthly tickets on the two days at the end of the month, one is worth two~
　　In addition, I saw the suggestion of the book friend. The thing about the two kinds of ants is indeed a bit strange, but at the time I thought that the order of mutation was different, and it could not be completely the same, so it became like this (cover your face), and it will be resolved later.

　　Finally, the current update time is temporarily at 05:30 am and [-]:[-] pm. If there is another update, hehe.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)