Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 66 Threats and Expulsions

While the builders were working hard to build, a few white birds flew over the coast that had been calm for a long time.

Zero recognized them—a seabird that feeds on shallow-water fish and occasionally insects.

When the ants colony completely occupied the entire island, Zero could occasionally see them flying by.

However, at that time, the ant colony was in full swing. These birds who tried to snatch food from the ants or even preyed on the ants were driven away several times by Zero dispatched a large number of air combat units, and even several times, they were completely left behind. on the island.

Since then, Zero has seldom seen them, but he did not expect them to come again at this time. Presumably, the activities of the ant colony attracted them.

However, these white birds didn't seem to see the builder who was digging at all, and they were eating some earthworms and small fish on the beach like no one else, quite leisurely.

But after a while, all kinds of creatures on the coast were cleaned up by them.

So, one of them raised its head high, twisted its neck and looked around, and took two steps in the direction of the builder as if hesitating.

Regarding their visits, when the ant colony is in decline, Zero has no reason not to pay attention.

Therefore, when they were active, He also closely observed them through a few explorers.

At this time, seeing that they tended to come to the construction site of the ant colony, I immediately realized in my heart that this must be a fight.

After being cleaned by the tsunami, the number of ant colonies was once reduced to less than a thousand. It is no exaggeration to say that the survivors are one in a million.

After a year of frugality last year, after the autumn harvest, Ling finally got a batch of grain.

In order to maximize the effect of this batch of food, He only asked the ant colony to send a small number of builders to build shelters in winter, and all other ant species went dormant.

It wasn't until after the snow melted that Zero finally began to expand the size of the ant colony, hatching a batch of about [-] logistics units.

This has almost reached the limit of the current food storage that can support them. In order to build various facilities with all their strength, almost all of these newly hatched ant tribes are builders and diggers.

Therefore, the only ones that can fight in the entire ant colony are the hundreds of guards and assassins that were originally used for predation, and the pitifully few dozens of air combat units.

Facing seabirds with the ability to fly, it was basically difficult for them to be used as guardians or assassins.Among the many ant species in Zero, only the flying ant species can pose a certain threat to them.

Moreover, this kind of threat needs to be established in sufficient numbers in comparison with the current size and mobility of the two sides. If you want to scare them away, you need at least a thousand ant colonies!
So now, basically, ant colonies pose no threat to seabirds.

This point is indeed zero negligence. He did not fully recover from the time when the ant colony was in full swing before the disaster. He patronized the construction and ignored the safety of the ant colony.

Seeing that the seabird that took two tentative steps forward was about to move again, Ling no longer took chances.

He immediately asked the diggers who were still loosening the soil underground to facilitate the transport of the builders on the ground to drill deeper into the ground.

At the same time, the builders on the ground immediately rushed to the simple camp cave that Zero had asked them to build for the convenience of construction.

The simple camp is not far from their construction site, only 30 meters away, and at the speed of the builder, it can be reached within ten seconds by crawling with all its strength.

However, things are not so rosy.The seabird that was about to move forward was startled by the large number of builders rushing out of the shallow pit in a very short time, and almost flew into the air.

However, it soon realized that the builders were on the run!

So, not only this one, but the seabirds behind them all flapped their wings and raised their wings slightly at low altitude, and rushed towards the enlarged version of the ants.

The builder's size is almost the same as the guardian's, but because they don't have a thick outer armor, they look a little smaller, but they are still the size of a small fist.Tens of thousands of such huge insects ran wildly, no matter what kind of creature it was, it had to be startled.

However, the seabirds in the air are clearly not among them.

They are skimming at low altitude with great proficiency, and when they pass over the ant colony, they will bend down and snatch away the builders one by one.

The builder, who could only crawl on the ground, had nothing to do with this flying bird, so he could only continue to flee towards the camp under Zero's order.

Along the way, the desperately fleeing builders became a feast for the seabirds. They flitted back and forth, taking away one ant tribe after another.

Finally, after dozens of seconds, the ants rushed to the entrance of the camp.

However, for the sake of safety, the entrance to this camp was built very small, and only three builders could enter and exit at the same time.

Although this size is actually almost the same as the mouth of a bowl, it still greatly limits the speed at which they can enter the cave for the ants who are facing an emergency.

The ant colony once again lost dozens of builders because of the blocking of the entrance to the camp.

Until the end, these seabirds flying around in the sky looked at the ant clan on the ground who were still desperately drilling towards the entrance of the camp, and they stopped attacking—they were even full!

After circling the sky a few times with some reluctance, the seabirds walked away. Looking at it like this, they must visit it frequently in the future.

Looking at the builders who were still crowding into the camp, Ling felt very depressed.

What a shame!
Longyou was teased by shrimps in the shallows, and tigers were bullied by dogs in Pingyang!
Zero stopped the construction of the aquaculture farm and asked all the ant colonies responsible for the construction to withdraw to the temporary camp, where Zero had already stored a batch of food, enough for them to last for a while.

He is almost certain that the group of seabirds that flew away will definitely come back when they see such easy food, and they may even bring more companions!
Therefore, Zero must first drive away all these lifeless seabirds, at least to prevent them from coming again, so that the logistical units can continue construction with confidence.

And to do this, he must use the food reserves in the strategic granary to breed a large number of ant air units!
This was a decision made out of necessity. It is impossible for Zero to give up construction because of these seabirds, let alone allow them to prey on the ant tribe wantonly!

Therefore, the only thing to do is to scare them so that they dare not come again!
In the next few days, the logistics units in the ant colony fell silent, while the queens began to produce air combat units with all their strength.

Five days later, the logistics units in the temporary camp climbed out of the ground again and rushed towards the original construction site.

And a group of dozens of seabirds that had been wandering around the coast for the past few days became energetic immediately after seeing them, and they plucked at the logistics ants from the air without any disguise.

However.What they didn't realize was that at the same time they took off, densely packed ant air combat units with long wings and sharp legs flew up behind the army of builders. There were tens of thousands of them!

In order to solve this group of seabirds once and for all, Zero basically produced them with the supply limit of strategic food reserves!

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(End of this chapter)