During the exploration of the northern foothills, Zero discovered dozens of large and small pieces of land suitable for farming. A limited number of builders led the excavators to work almost day and night.

However, even this could not keep up with the search speed of the explorers. When the explorers had already gone to the northern land to continue their exploration, they were able to complete the planting task of about 300 square meters in the central area.

Next, they will continue to go to the east and west to complete their work. However, because the planting areas in the east and west are very scattered, their small number has once again been divided into planting teams, each consisting of dozens of people.

It consists of only builders and single-digit diggers. Depending on the size of the area they are responsible for, different numbers of teams will be dispatched to complete the task.

However, this is no longer the focus of Zero's current focus.

The ant colony has long been familiar with the matter of planting crops. After getting on the right track, it does not need to worry too much.

What he is most worried about now is the issue of food reserves.

As the days pass, the food stored in the cave is also decreasing day by day.

Zero also sent a small number of ants to explore various previous granaries, but they did not bring good results. In those granaries, either the stored grains were completely corrupted and could not be used at all, or they were buried very deep.

, and the passage is completely destroyed. With the current strength of the ant colony, it is extremely difficult to even enter it, not to mention how much food is stored in it and whether it is corrupt.

In desperation, Zero had to give up this attempt and turned to think of other methods.

However, the entire island is currently in dire straits. There are not even a few insects, let alone birds.

A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. Without a foundation for survival, naturally no living things will live on the island, so there will be no food that the ant colony can directly capture.

This made Zero very anxious. Seeing that the food in the cave was decreasing day by day, but there was still no progress, this anxiety was getting worse day by day.

Amidst this anxiety, Ling meditated hard for five days. He thought of a lot. He remembered the time when the ant colonies had no worries about food and clothing, the grassland where insects were buzzing in autumn, and the fruit trees on the grassland.

And the stored grain buried underground seems to be endless.

In the midst of this constant recollection and thinking, he suddenly had an idea.

Back then, when the disaster struck, He was leading a group of guards to "have fun" doing nothing on the beach.

He remembered that in the past, when the ant colony spread all over the island, he could often see the coast through his own vision. When the tide receded, many sea creatures would be left on the beach.

Some of them are larger, such as fish that occasionally strand, and some are very small, such as small conches, clams, etc.

When Ling had nothing to do, he often led the ant colony to capture them. Although they could not bring evolution to the ant colony, this capture process was a good pastime for him.

However, today is different from the past. When the ant colony is in urgent need of food, we can no longer look at these creatures with the same recreational mentality as before.

I don’t know, maybe they will be the staple food of the surviving ants in the future!

However, it is still difficult to catch them now. Some of them are hidden under the beach, and some are hidden at the bottom of rocks. They are all difficult to catch. In normal times, this is not a problem. Zero can be generous.

Leading thousands of ant colonies to overturn the entire land, they have no way of escaping.

But things are different now. With the current size of the ant colony, it is very difficult to complete this matter, and it requires long-term planning.

After thinking about it, there was no other way. In the end, Zero decided to use the remaining food to expand the army.

It’s hard not to let go of your children, but you can’t trap a wolf. With the current number of guardians and assassins in the ant colony, it is tantamount to wishful thinking to hunt seafood like this.

No matter how much food there is on the beach, if there is not enough combat power to catch it, everything will be a castle in the air.

In the end, Zero decided to double the existing combat power to a number of just over three hundred. In this way, he would be able to fight against some sea creatures exposed above the ground.

As long as this method is feasible, with war supporting war, the ant colony can grow quickly, and those difficult places will gradually become easier.

As a result, in a very short period of time, the ant colony's already small physical reserves were reduced by half again and became even more stretched. So much so that Zero even stopped the explorers who were exploring outside and asked them to stay in the ant colony.

Hibernating, waiting for this batch of warriors to hatch, which he produced using almost all the food he could find.

If they can return fully loaded in the subsequent battles, then it won’t be too late to go out and explore. If they can’t, everything will be over.

However, judging from Ling's experience of leading ant colonies to hunt seafood countless times, the probability of failure is not high.

After all, they are not challenging any giant this time. Strictly speaking, they are just going to "pick up leaks" on the beach.

However, this kind of "picking up leaks" may be a little more troublesome, because the person being picked up will not just sit back and catch it.

Five days later, all the eggs had hatched and everything was ready. Zero led the entire 300 ant colony out of the cave and headed straight for the southern coast.

Because the terrain in the south is low, there are vast sandy beaches on the coastline there. In normal times, fish and shellfish are often stranded.

And Zero’s goal this time is them.

In the southern part of the mountain range, the sun is shining brightly and the sea breeze is rippling, but there are no insects chirping or weeds swaying in the wind. There are only dead branches and leaves and uneven ground. Even on the ground, there are white visible to the naked eye.

Salt stains show what this land faced when the disaster occurred.

Zero has no time to feel the sea view, let alone the sadness of spring and autumn. He is very calm now.

The past glory of the ant tribe has become a thing of the past. The most important thing now is to try every means to persevere until autumn and the autumn harvest.

The occasional fish and shells seen on the beach in front of you are the key to the survival of the ant colony!

Zero wasted no time. As soon as he found a stranded fish in a puddle, he led the ants and rushed forward.

The tides come and go, and Zero cannot grasp their rules. Maybe the tide will come again next moment and take away the trapped fish, or maybe not, who knows?
Chapter completed!