Leaving aside those two unlucky guys from the Protoss and Terrans, the Milky Way is vast, and the Overmind is almost certainly unlikely to encounter them in the early stages.
Moreover, there's no guarantee that development won't be poor and the child might even die.
Who cares? The Overmind still needs to develop here. This intrusion of the Dark Eldar has given him a wake-up call. How did the Dark Eldar dare to plunder the entire universe?
It's all thanks to the internet.
†If I spread worker drones throughout the entire galaxy, wouldn't we be able to farm in unison? That's a brilliant idea! I'm a genius! †
The idea was great, and it was put into practice very quickly.
Swarms needs 'queen bees' as the most basic command nodes, so a queen bee processing bee plus a bunch of swarm units as guards has become the standard configuration. Moreover, in order to prevent network outages, the Overmind also chooses a planet in its own star system.
The first batch of one hundred queens was quickly prepared and passed through the net gate one by one.
Then, the world taught the swarm rulers a lesson.
The first planet was fine; it was an icy planet with vast landmasses and water resources, which was a good environment for the alien insects.
But on the second planet, as soon as the Nydus worm appeared, he saw a steel forest made of ruins that stretched far into the horizon. The dilapidated houses looked like they could collapse at any moment, and countless orks were busy with their own affairs.
Some orks were hammering steel, some were fiddling with guns, and some were eating roasted sug.
Some of the orks saw the queen.
"What is that thing?"
The swarm leader has a feeling of sudden heartbeat.
†Is there such a large greenskin settlement in this star system? †
A dozen seconds later, some ork sat on the anti-aircraft turret, and the Queen was immediately subjected to fierce attacks. Although the Queen had heavy armor, the enemy's attack was not to be underestimated.
After the first turret opened fire, the second and third turrets followed suit. In less than a minute, the Nydus Worm was destroyed. During this time, the Nydus Worm tried to escape, but it had little chance of success.
The queen bursts, and the worker drones and swarm units inside fall out and are overwhelmed by a swarm of green gnats.
†..., next one. †
This is like a lottery; some planets are safe, while others are dangerous.
The next few planets were relatively safe, but on the ninth one, they soon encountered a planet that was clearly different. This planet had a very high warp concentration, high enough that warp energy could be seen with the naked eye.
Furthermore, the Overmind discovered several giant chaotic eight-pointed star symbols on the ground, which upon closer inspection turned out to be a spectacle made of the skulls of living beings.
Then look at the reddish environment around you.
†Hmm, could it be a planet inhabited by Khorneans? †
Just as the swarm leader had anticipated, the queen soon spotted the Khorne cultists, who were piling up human heads to create new wonders.
The blood of countless heads dripped onto the earth, staining the land red.
The energy of these dead souls is causing the concentration of the subspace to rise again, and demons may appear at any time.
No, it's that a demon has appeared.
The crimson-colored Khorne demons, wielding greatswords, appeared one by one on the planet; clearly, the insect hive had landed a bit too late.
†I hate cruelty! †
Unlike Nurgle, Khorne, while also skilled in melee combat, is not afraid of ranged attacks.
Any ranged attack will be greatly reduced in power due to Khorne's blessing, which means that fire roaches, which can instantly kill demons, may not be able to kill Khorne daemons in one hit. Fighting Khornates in melee is one of the most foolish things to do.
†Let's go to another planet. †
Just as the Nydus Worm was about to leave, a hellish dragon made entirely of metal and engulfed in flames swooped down from the sky, knocking the Nydus Worm directly to the ground.
†Well, now we can't escape. †
After the swarm's connection with the queen was severed, the Overmind continued its search for new planets, but many of these planets subsequently became home to other powers.
Some were humans, some were demons, some were orks, and even...
The Overmind saw a planet on one of the planets that had been conquered by the Tyranid Swarm. The planet was covered with Tyranid symbionts that resembled fungal carpets. As far as the eye could see, the land had been dyed the colors of the Tyranid Swarm, and the nature of the planet had been completely changed.
The local planet's plants have long been transformed into highly aggressive alien vegetation by the parasitic spores of the Tyranids. Huge neck-shaped tentacles burst forth from deep within the earth's crust, releasing highly toxic gases, making the entire planet's atmosphere exceptionally vibrant.
The enormous pipes pierced through the atmosphere, reaching the planet's surface and drawing in the biomass that had already been transformed within the primordial pool.
Like a tidal wave, countless swarms of tearing worms, each the size of a human head, are spitting all the biomass they can collect into the primordial pool. In the end, they themselves will also jump into the primordial pool and be completely recycled.
†There are also insects. †
This sector is quite chaotic, but fortunately the Zerg Overmind reacted quickly this time, withdrawing the Overlords as soon as it saw the Tyranids.
†I need to mark this planet carefully, so the bugs won't come looking for me. †
The Tyranid swarm won't bother the Overmind for now because they don't have a way to cross that vast distance in a short time. The last time they encountered the Tyranid fleet, it was simply because they were too close.
However, the Overmind discovered a large number of planets in this star system, which is not a good sign.
Judging from this scale, there is a high probability of a massive WAAAGH. The fact that the Imperial fleet had nearly fifty ships already surprised the Overmind, but if a massive WAAAGH occurs, the number of Orcish ships could jump to four digits.
There might even be flying fortresses built from asteroids.
These are not the orks on the previous planet who hadn't yet developed their technology. These new orks seem to have had a lot of dealings with the Empire and the Eldar. Before his death, the Nydus Worm discovered a large number of Ork Titans and Ancient Titans.
These giant splinters vary in size, with the smaller ones only a dozen meters tall and the larger ones exceeding fifty meters. Their size is enough to make Ultraman appear on screen.
The hundred queens were quickly exhausted; some developed swarms on distant planets, while others were killed by the forces of their local planets.
In a short period of time, the Overmind gained dozens more planets to develop, but could only develop a few dozen at the moment because it lacked the resources to build a hive.
The shock to the Overmind is also considerable, like when you use a worker drone to scout someone's base and see that they are already on their way with a double barracks of Marines rushing in.
The next round of expansion can only begin after these hive nests have fully developed and accumulated resources.
However, resources cannot be entirely devoted to development; large-scale military buildup is also necessary. The more the Overmind understands the surrounding planets, the better it knows what kind of enemies it will face next.
†As expected, those orks will be my next enemies, and these greenskins won't be so easy to defeat this time. †