Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 8 The First Expansion Exploration

The earthworms have been properly settled, and they are too small to be useful for the time being, but it is foreseeable that in the near future, they will take on the burden of the "new granary" of the ant nest.

Their eggs are placed by the ants on the edge of the breeding room. The temperature maintained in the ant nest is very suitable, and they will hatch smoothly.

Everything seems to be going well, but Ling is very clear that with the current size of the ant colony, food is still relatively abundant, and with the addition of the future earthworm breeding room, it is enough for the current ant colony to live a life of "abundant food and clothing".

But this is far from enough. The ant colony wants to continue to expand. With the current size of the earthworm breeding room, it is still difficult to use it. The current achievement can only be regarded as a relatively good start, far from being inexhaustible. degree.

Therefore, adding a new breeding room has become a new project in front of us.

No. [-] accepted this task without hesitation. She commanded the worker ants colonies who were idle due to the completion of the breeding room to scatter out from the various branches of the ant nest, and with the help of Zero's vision, they slowly entered the underground world. Explore.

However, this time it seemed that he didn't have such good luck. For seven or eight days, No. [-] couldn't find a suitable place.Regarding this, there is no good way for Zero.

The slender bodies of ants are destined to be unable to carry things that are too much larger than their own volume, let alone a stone as large as in the breeding room.

And the saliva of the ants cannot make the walls of the anthills harder, and the earthworms may escape from the ground, which will greatly increase the difficulty of guarding the ants. After all, if you want the earthworms to reproduce as soon as possible, you cannot always keep them Toss exhausted.

After thinking for a long time, Zero, who was still helpless, finally had a bold idea.

Since there is no suitable place near the ant nest, why not look outside the ant nest?The land under the ants' feet is very familiar to them, and since they can't find it, there won't be any more.

That being the case, why not send No. [-] out, let it expand the ethnic group in the surrounding land, and then expand its sphere of influence?
Thinking of this, Zero was a little excited.However, he did not rush to make a decision, but thought carefully about the feasibility of doing so.

When No. [-] opened the breeding room before, other ant colonies could support them and meet the daily consumption of the ant nest. If No. [-] led his own ant colony out to occupy new territories, then they would be self-sufficient. This saves a lot of food expenses, and at the same time, it can open up a new field of vision for itself, and it can also take on the task of finding a new earthworm breeding room for ant nests.

Baili and no harm.

This is the conclusion Zero finally came to.Even in the worst case, if the ant colony led by No. [-] is wiped out, it will only be the loss of a queen ant and a group of ants. As long as food is consumed, it will be replenished soon, and once a new territory can be successfully opened up , the benefits are self-evident.

Subzero made up his mind.

For the ant colony, Zero's determination is an order that they must do whatever it takes.

After a while, No. [-] sent out his own exploration team under Zero's guidance—ten huge soldier ants responsible for ensuring the safety of the exploration team, and fifty worker ants responsible for exploration.

As for the direction of exploration, Zero chose the bottom of the southern ridge.

The reason why he chose the south, Zero also had considerable consideration.

After these days of exploration, the furthest the ant colony has been to in the north of the ant nest has exceeded 30 meters, and it is still an endless grassland as far as the eye can see, and the east is the same. As for the west, because there are other ant colonies, although they have already Forced by Zero to send an ant colony to replace the exit of the ant nest, Zero is still unwilling to take the risk of sending an exploration team to the west. Although even if the loss of the exploration team is nothing to Zero, it is always a trouble.

Of course, the biggest reason for choosing the south is that the other three directions have all been explored more or less. Only the south, because of the existence of ridges, it is difficult for the ant colony to carry food, so it is rarely explored.

Zero want to know there.

The No. [-] exploration team quickly climbed out from the air outlet of the ant nest in the middle of the ridge, and climbed along the ridge into the grass below.So far, Zero's own field of vision has been unable to see them, but in the empty space, Zero saw them passing through the weeds quickly through the field of vision of the ants.

Next to every five worker ants is a strong soldier ant, which provides simple shelter for the worker ants. At the same time, if there are things that the worker ants cannot move, they will also step forward to help them deal with them with their stronger bodies and weapons. .

After entering the grass below, the ant colony spread out in groups of six to explore in all directions.

In the gaps in the grass, there are twists and turns, and the ant colony struggles to grasp the direction.They generally maintained their southward heading, but groups had spread far apart.

Zero's order to them was to explore as far south as possible and return to the anthill before dark.As they kept going away, Zero gradually obtained information about the south of the anthill.

Below the ridge, the further south you go, the lower the terrain.Several exploration groups have successively crossed two or three similar ridges of about [-] centimeters.

There was a surge of excitement in Zero's heart to explore the new map.

"Huh?" Zero, who was watching the vision of the Ant Exploration Team, made a suspicious voice.

Just now, he suddenly lost the vision of the three exploration teams, but he did not see how his own exploration team was lost.

The originally excited zero moment calmed down. This is not a good sign. The ant colony will not suddenly lose its vision. He was killed in an instant, but Zero has never seen such a method in the ant nest. Even if the ant dies, Zero can clearly know the reason.

Obviously, there is a powerful enemy in that direction that I have never seen before, and can kill three exploration teams in quick succession.

Zero pondered, this kind of enemy is basically irresistible to him at present, he has not even seen what the opponent looks like, and he has already lost three exploration teams quickly, it can be seen that this is not an ordinary enemy, it is best not to provoke.

He noted down the direction of these exploration teams, which was about 35 meters southeast of the ant nest, and marked it as a danger zone in his mind.

The remaining seven exploration teams also encountered some situations more or less. Some exploration teams were killed by other insects and a few worker ants escaped in embarrassment, and some even lost their way and turned their heads to go north.

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