 THE GREAT BLUE SKIMMER Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Empires of the Undergrowth And you'll notice that we've sucked dry all of the fruits and stuff I don't know like seeds and things like that. There's nothing left That's because it's all gone into here. It looked kind of empty actually doesn't look very impressive But we put down loads of stuff because we kind of have to remake everything after the update So I'm kind of looking forward to seeing just what kind of surprises it holds But I actually don't have space to make anything anymore. However, I do have a royal jelly Oh, I haven't actually made fire ants. So in a way Canada doesn't make sense for me to do them That's funny actually because fire ants are the newest thing so far I've already got wood ants and black ants, I think at the moment But each of those have been maxed up to the girls But we can do fire and attack damages increased when mounted on an enemy all Gives a small chance to take no damage when hit So I'm pretty sure like fire ants will only climb on something if it's a big target So I don't really know how much that's going to help us So I feel like a chance to take no damage when hit is a way better So I'll put the jelly on it is So the only things we've got left to upgrade is this and it's what 70 jelly to make them level 2 if we need it But anyway, we don't have these guys the leaf cutters and we don't have the fire ants just yet But we do need sustenance because we've got nothing So what better thing to do than a mission because you've got this a former caring challenge level 4 This is a gateway mission. I'm not exactly sure what that means. Maybe we're gonna change But we haven't done this one Impending floods could mark the end for this fire and colony. So I mean, it's always best to do medium I find easy is probably too easy hard and insane of well They are exactly what it describes in the tin as we can choose a Preserve a pervasive ants will become a free to hatch if the egg has been on the tile for a short period of time Or we can go with this one, which is pot hatching. They receive like a small buff Pretty much this feels like an easy mode in a hard mode like well not hard But just a little bit better less easy and was like that. Let's go. Hopefully this isn't what I've done before This fire ant queen has traveled for miles on her nuptial flight Finally landing atop a sandy mound deep in the swamp The vantage point might seem like an ideal home, but it may be short-lived This whole area is liable to flooding and nearby rainfall is already causing the groundwater to rise Exhausted and without her wings the queen is unable to move on alone But if she can amass enough daughters in time the colony as a whole may stand a chance Okay, okay, so I see what we need to do here We need to just make as many answers possible But workers are worth less apparently now do I dare dig this out normally question marks aren't too bad But if it's an exclamation mark that means yeah, you're gonna have to battle it, right? So I think what we'll do is we'll just quickly dig this out if it's nothing too bad. What is that? I don't know. Let's dig. Let's see if it's bad. We restart if it's not. Hey, it's fine Okay, they're gonna kill them anyway Sweet more food. Okay, so we need to get Digging so we'll just dig out kind around the queen And then actually before we dig there, we went this is like a little bit of a colony. Yes some extra workers We've got some more question marks here Although I kind of want to be careful not to dig out too much because this looks absolutely massive and hopefully that That is safe enough. What we'll do is we'll also put food tiles Kind of just right next to the queen that'll do I'll do we can't dig this out We can dig this bit out which is fair enough and Then this can just all become the food horde many nearby creatures have already been washed out of their homes Oh rising water a lucky few have been deposited on the shores east of the nest as more arrived Tensions will rise. There is a space here for everyone. No But where's the exit like how do we how do we get out? I don't even know This is a map too. Maybe it's gonna happen eventually. Okay, so we've got those workers on getting the little bits of food We need although for some of the reason they're still costing food to hatch Or is that just workers that cost food to hatch and I click the wrong thing? Lord knows well anyway We'll just make a couple more food tiles just to fill in this space There we go. We shouldn't be need to make any more food tiles. Yes. Oh, they are worth a lot. Heck yeah Okay, so now oh, oh, it's 40 for a single pop Yeah, we're gonna need those okay, okay, right? Let's go. It was funny now that I live in Japan I'll look at ants and be like, are you a fire ant or you a black ant? It's like back in the UK. You don't have those kinds of ants have ants that could cause you great damage Oh, yeah, look these are these are gonna hatch for free. Yes. Okay, so workers done screw workers I should just made these way cheaper. What's in here? What is beneath? No, no, no you go there We need greens. Oh, this is good. I want to send it this way just in case like it's really bad So we've got more time to get some more free ants. Oh my god. What is that false? Bombardier larvae are burrowing through the earth surrounding the nest. Oh, it's actually not too bad and will hold the ground against small groups of ants Okay, never mind So apparently it is a time thing even though it doesn't show that it's a time thing. Come on quickly kill it whatever it is Yes, don't care what it is. It's dead though. That's good. Okay, so I don't know where the false Bombardier Beals are I'm assuming they're gonna come out from the corners of the map, but Whoa, what is this? Look at all the food. This is brilliant. Oh heck yeah, heck yeah Oh, okay. Okay. There's a bigger thing there. Oh, that's dangerous. What is this looks like a giant silkworm The larvae must be protected. Well, you say that I think they're gonna be fine We got 270 This looks like a huge place that I don't want to go into it looks like it's all gonna collapse The boggy earth at the base of the mound is now saturated. Oh, yeah approaches the water begins to creep closer We'll rush to higher ground heading straight for the nest there is nowhere else to go Wait, what they're gonna come for me. Wait, what's here? It says there's something big here You skimmer Lieber Lula vibrams hunts overhead This fantastic aerial predator shouldn't cause any trouble for the ants That is unless it decides to land in their way. I don't oh right. It's this thing the hue Oh God, what's it? Oh God a spider. Okay. That's not so good Okay, they're dead. Thank God Right we have a we have our exit. Okay. We that is a thing good good good. Oh, yeah another thing Okay, okay. There's a lot of this. I'm just oh God. What is this? Oh my God? You can you grab these seeds? Yes, you can little bit more always good anything around here Oh look pine cones right gonna set select you to not fight. You can just grab stuff I don't know what this is like don't go on the backs of beetles and frogs. Okay? Okay, is that fake Bombardier Beatles? Okay, that's That's really not good. Oh, they are No This is good enough. I'm gonna say it's not I really should have opened that up and fewer creatures are washing up to the east The ants have an opportunity to explore for food. You say that okay. I think we're gonna restart So we'll be right back as I get back to where we kind of were oh I didn't even realize there's a creatures attack in 20 20 like a timer in the top right there But oh that's quite helpful. We're gonna be great to have seen that before Right, I'm gonna put all the workers on nest Judy because now I've got like 17 proper, you know thingies The attacking fire ants yes those ones the red ones So I'm expecting maybe this is gonna be the spiders or something Okay, oh that's they just get they just come in okay cool right sweet Okay, we need to quickly just send out our troops out here grab as much stuff as you can Libba Lula Veebrans Libba Lula the blue blues. Okay. What we're gonna do is we need to expand here Now, I don't know if this is like us all in one place or oh god. We're about to find out I just want to yes, that's what I want to do just literally go And put them all down and then maybe upgrade some yeah, there we go. Okay now. We need to go out and get food Yes, oh, we'll bring the fight to them. Don't you worry? Got all of this as well, but they seem they're probably gonna be bigger those ones Maybe not we could probably dig in through that I suppose come in that way has begun. Yes, it has you're not coming in Yes, oh completely surrounded casualties at a minimum Although there's a lot of these lava Why do you want to go to high ground right? Why are you buggering around with us? Go underground surely that's not safe. We've also got another colony. I don't even know if I need to worry about that I'm sure they're gonna attack me at some point. So yeah, maybe it is something I need to worry about Where's that dragonfly lying around right panko what we need? Let's see all the food. Yes, that's helpful Maybe we need another Another food storage might be good just in case let's let's have one here Just so they don't have to travel so far Although saying that what we could do the thing I never do Because food's always so scarce Let's just make one of these with the fat women. Maybe not those two the fast travel tiles. Yes very good All right, okay, okay, we're all coming out with us. We've destroyed the pinecone the inundation has slowed and Are washing up to the east no hands have an opportunity to explore for food But there are other dangers at night Moist skinned amphibons have come out to take advantage of this new water world Leave me be lost insects displaced from their burrows That's fine. I think actually we maybe has fallen victim to a carnivorous plant. No There he is inside and he's You go greedy you sniffed out to the juices Do we go over here? Oh, these are caterpillars as long as you don't fall victim of those things they're traps. Oh I did not like the way that buzzed in my ear Give the primal response of ah get away But look at the caterpillars. I don't if you let them grow big It's a worth more food entangled on the sticky tentacle of a dwarf Sun do you know it as it tries to struggle free more tentacles are drawn in Drowning the victim in thick mucilage You're being stupid What's got a lot of upgraded things to we got 22 regular soldier fire ants if we dig this way Let's just see what's hiding behind this door. Oh, there's a froggy Lovely frog burger. Oh, okay. Maybe this wasn't what we what I needed. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god workers What are you doing? No, no, no stop going stop going no, no, no Right guys would have been good if you you know just didn't okay, okay? Yep. Oh, you know, I guess it gives more time more time Yes, I think you were doing much damage. Oh one's gone. Yes. Okay. That's great You know it's actually costing me anything to hatch these so that's really good As long as these workers can just keep on refilling them. I'm actually really good Yes By time for the sisters to be born right okay. I think we're getting there now. I Think so. There's only two left. Yes. Yes And what left Left sweet. Okay. Now we can get all the spoils of war. Oh lord. Okay. There's oh No, they killed the working Right. Um, yeah, you guys stay there wait for them to come out and then we can we can deal with whatever these things are Yes, go kill them. Yes There's a level three in there somewhere. It should be a bit easy kill them. Oh Oh Not a problem now take the juicy love All right Maybe I mean I think level threes is good. Anyway, I might as well just get a couple of these. Yes. You can't escape That wasn't much was it okay? All right? Everybody come back here. Is it day? It's still not outside. I don't know how to get to this though So much stuff there, but I just it must be when it floods Correct. Maybe that's it. Oh Yeah, they do get more food as they grow. Oh, okay. I was wondering about that and what these guys are doing these leaf cutters I don't think they are they just harvest in the caterpillars. It is big, but this is a great place to a splurge on tiles Yes, oh, yeah. Oh, oh wow that was like no resistance They've got eaten up so easy Okay, okay, let's put them there right so Don't know how bad these things are there's in this huge things there There's some little things here. I guess we could go this way dig out this probably kill these oh yes must defend themselves Yes, oh they will don't worry. It's like a slightly bigger exclamation mark there But I don't think it's any better than what we've already faced. I think we've got this Oh, I killed three of you before you're not going to be a problem Oh, the colony is starving. There's not enough food to feed the new What are you talking about? The colony is not starving. Look at all the food we're bringing in. So dramatic Yes Right. Okay. We're gonna need a big population of ants. Good God Okay, get all of the food there. Don't forget that little bit and then we can dig out this Feel like as soon as you break through this there's gonna everything's gonna open up. Oh, no, not everything did Okay, that's great. We've got a good way to get around these guys I like seeing them when it's like this. Yes, but also like seeing the health pass Right here we go the end of this little tunnel. Oh, I think it has flooded a little bit actually yes I think it has I think it seems smaller So maybe we had a small chance to get over there. I'm not sure. Oh, yeah, that's That's Bombadiers. Oh my god, they're all dead Okay, no attacks come okay guys hold your ground hold your ground Because they can melt you I don't know how they do it, but they do do it. Whoa that level three actually yes in here Okay, hopefully they do the acid spray not now Please don't do it now They're like all there Yeah, it's okay. We survived. Whoo. That was close. Okay, so do we have a small chance to get that? I don't even know What the Dragonfly is doing? It's like Having a grand old time that ain't no predator. Although. I was gonna say I don't know what my answer to Really don't know what they do. Oh, we're maxed up on food. All right time them all We probably just dig all of this out man. God. You're giving this guy really dramatic music. I'll give you that Oh There we go Take all of this in the nest the law must be protected. You're lying to me again Told you about that All right, where's that big dragonfly? I see I see the shadow of it It's more of this but again like I said, I don't know how to and I get to that if I need to be worrying about what's on top I don't think so But maybe maybe I should maybe when there's no more food That's when I should be like actually then I start digging this out But at the same time, you know, this is just a better use of my time like I can't get to a lot of these Oh my god, it's one of those wasps. Oh Fly traps. I need I need good numbers in order to get over there. Oh, there it is. Okay. Did he do both? Okay, there we go. Right. Oh, he's the health is melt on them Yes, yes the population Gorgeous a true empire credit is a loose in the nest the larvae must be protected Oh, you know what is I can't get over there. That's what these crosses are. I didn't realize it's points to um, I Don't know about that one. Yeah, there are little bits. Okay, so you do need numbers to access them. Got you. Got you Let's see what's in here And then we've only got this stuff. Oh, where do we dig from? I think we dig from here You know what if they just release all of this, I think I might be okay Maybe I'm getting a tiny bit ahead of myself, but I don't think I am Hey, whoa Nice more food tiles. That's good. Now. We just need to get everybody over here. Yep. There you go There's the Bombardier Beals. That's good. I'm to the frogs. Oh Look, that's how you get to it. Ah Ah Okay, hold on. We'll just we'll kill these things and then we will head out. Oh God. Oh, God. I feel it. I feel attention Okay, that's okay. That's okay Come on. Just kill it kill it quickly kill it quickly. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, right? So I will actually go here and do the bridge and collect all of that Yes, now I know what I'm doing and then we can save this Yes, look at them go like a true army and and has fallen victim to a nail and and I Think there's two of them. No three four you idiot Or does it was the water have to be up to this point? Ah, of course because they don't get I can't fly Okay, okay. I see I see how this is gonna go Gotcha. Okay, so I've got to wait for the water to hit a certain point and then I can access things So right now I can't access a lot of things. I've just got to stay inside a thing Yeah, with the next level. There's a lot of this stuff going on Right, okay So I do need bodies Yeah, there you go. We might end up releasing whatever this is too early, so I'm gonna wait for them all and that Like one lone worker off he goes There he goes by Yes, yes trigger trigger the bombardier bills brilliant Already cramped and irritated a panic ensues and the refugees scramble for higher ground. Oh, oh, I see those What went in? Oh, no Even know what that thing is, but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be killed quite quickly. I Mean I think Is that the Queen? Is that the Queen's health? That's the Queen's health. That's not good. Oh God. Oh, no. Oh, she she oh she took damage Oh, no, she took damage Okay, that is a huge bomb, but if you don't good God I have like no workers. They're all deeds Okay, well, it's the least one. Oh, no, it's a frog. Oh There's more frogs. Okay. Well, that was good. Oh water rises in three two one Okay, let's see. Can I access my thing now? No, yes, no, maybe don't know I'd slowly replenish the workers No, cuz I got so much food. I'm gonna make a couple more workers. Go on then They're really struggling at the moment though Yeah, I didn't think the frog would punch me I put a much of a fight really can I access this Yes, I can I could go to their colony if I wanted to Kind of really tempted to do that actually. Oh my god eat so many of them. Oh, that's because they're all getting food. Oh Okay, that's fine. That's fine You're mine No, you can't eat a level three like that like it was nothing. That's not fair Yeah, actually the perk I chose that it doesn't cost anything to Hatch things is really good because I need as much food as I can I can get here Right We should have a couple more There we go, and then we could probably one So four more workers. No, we can't do that one because I'll break out Yeah, four more workers And we should be good that that should help out the flow of things a little bit easier So that is everything that I've got food stores are full. Look at that. Look at that All of them like I want to say maybe upgrading now would help, but I don't know if it would where is the way to get across an insect feast has spread across the swamp with growing numbers of amphibians patrolling the waters the Invictus scavenging expeditions will need to be well-defended Oh my good god a carnivorous plant. That's definitely stay away A colony of little black ants marooned on a smaller section of the mound may be reachable if the fire ants join together to bridge the gap Yes, we are Kill them. Yes. Am I even okay? I'm assuming he's just the looming threat that we'll eventually have to take on Ah Yes, did they even have any like warriors? It definitely doesn't look like they do Even my level ones are finding this pretty easy. Hopefully we get a lot of food from this. We have 93 of the boogers We can do this. Oh, there he is. We're gonna go with the water ripples. Oh, that's right. Go into your land Eastern mute notofalmas viridations is devouring ants Growing up to 10 centimeters in length 10 centimeters. Oh my god It's a monster And serves as a warning to potential predators. Oh god. Is this is this a good idea? I don't even know is that the queen? That's the queen killer already good Oh my god There's so many of them though and now that we've got that newt. That's just slowly killing everything I don't think this was a good idea. Oh, you know, we're over there already. Okay, we can kill the queen That'll do and then we really need to focus on that What's your call it? Oh god dragonfly don't kill the bridge. Don't do it Come on. I got there's just so many of them Actually, no there's not anymore, but they have overwhelmed me. So Yeah, instead of like You know constantly just going one by one to your graves How about we just hold up a little bit and then we can go back Yeah, now we're good. Yeah, now we're great. Oh Love the way you walk. That's great All right, okay. Oh, no your book is you Okay, well we roll a group here. There you go. Go on quickly kill him Okay, so we're at about just over a if I was to do that for instance How much is it gonna go up? Is it if at all? It's just over a yeah, that doesn't seem to help anything sweet Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes go my children We are gonna need a lot. I mean a lot like we there's no more food down here The end fight Hopefully we get a lot from these guys And numbers just never seem to stop though. Hold on there. We go now. We're gonna clear a picture And Yeah, they're they're not really putting up much of a fight Look at the go like no thing is they eat in the caterpillars before they have time to grow So they don't get a good number of food on them. They're stupid Okay, come on. Yes Easy kills easy is a queen like we gained a health. Oh Sort of but now she's about to die. Yes, give up the brood Right, look at it all it's glorious the fire ants must pillage the nest quickly and hurry home while they still can Yes, please. I mean I'll try Okay, is there a lot in here. Oh my lord. There is You know these are like 30s instead of like wasting your time carrying sevens. How do we go for the 30s? That was poor bookers. We're just sort of drowning What can they drown? I don't have lungs. They just sort of absorb oxygen Almost as big as one of my level one ants and level three would be a lot more big Way bigger. Oh wait hold on water rises. What rises guys? You need to quickly get back. You we oh god. Oh god. Well, I tried a pillage. I tried That's a bugger. Oh, there was 200 there on the pine cone as well Oh Guys, I think you need to get a little bit higher. Okay. I don't know I'm gonna make it You think that he's gone. He's got a lovely big chunky one as well. He's got a big Cheeto, but he's about to be They all died Can I still get across over there? Oh, I can I think oh wait No, I need to wait a little bit longer as the water draws ever nearer more insects begin to wash up on the bank The Invicta colony must maintain control or risk being overrun You kidding me? Look at us. The great. Hold on. The great. Oh Of ant brood them. Okay. Well has fallen victim to a we don't always does it's stupid like that You don't need to tell me There's something here as well. Oh, okay Right look at it's just a small one, but there's at least like 200 food worth here. Yes All of the num-nums We're getting there. I feel like how oh god. There's something in this in the nest. Is it a toad? I thought it would be damn frogs. We should show you what okay, so there's definitely some at the end I feel like we're good though as long as I know I was gonna say as long as I'm through the handful thing But no there was Really gives me 55 food, but to be fair actually I Didn't lose any food to kill him because I get everything for free. Oh, I don't what he ate there. Do you need to work it? Yeah, oh wait. He did his big move. That's good. He did his special move and now we can completely surround him. Oh Yes Solid right. Okay. So where do we need to go now? We can't go this way We could probably attack those. Oh, yeah, they do worship. That's cute. Oh Bless him. He's not gonna start much of a chance because he's gonna see this and get eaten Kind of struggling to think about because there's nothing down in here that we need We may as well be at the top, but you know, I guess wouldn't be much. I mean you could stamp on all those I bet Oh god. No the wasp. Jesus. Oh my god Whoa, he's he's taking something like red bull or something. Let him go Oh Oh, I didn't realize this was a pinecone here sweet. Oh, we're kind of stuck here unfortunately There you go. Get down. Yes No, no don't meld me faces Look that wasp's face looks so stupid. All right. Okay. Yes. We're good. We're good. Um Nothing's in here. That's also good. Where did that nude go? He looked tasty. Oh the huge dragonfly And then a 600 which I can't get to yet because I'd have to do this one And then I can get to it, but I you know what we're getting pretty close. I feel Oh, no the melting pinecone made of mush. Oh, where's the seed gonna land? Oh, ho Don't fall for this thing. Don't do it Like if you pass by it like one goes in and dies, but if 500 ants go into it then they can just eat it. I suppose I feel like we're getting there. We're getting close. We just need like one more big pinecone And eventually we will be able to go here. Oh creatures are attacking. Uh, okay. Um, everyone get back just in case Don't be inside Where are you? Oh, not you Where are the creatures? Again the floodwaters rise. Uh-huh washed up invertebrates panic and a stampede ensues Where the soldiers must form ranks quickly where though you're saying that the oh, I mean water rises then but I don't see the enemy. Look at them living his little best life. And then all of a sudden death Oh, no, I did not see that thing. Look at because nuts like a mantis fly Wasp thing like a parasitic wasp I don't I don't I don't know if I'm a fan of the fact they gave it like pupils or at least it looks like it has pupils Oh god Right, we have 153 fire ants. Is that enough to get across this giant river? How'd they do this like without being washed away like when they're initially making the bridge? Haha. Yes Oh, that's the sweet stuff. Yes, and we've also got all of these guys as well Yeah Getting to the other end colony should not be a problem. Oh, there's this sticky There I don't well maybe they have been killed by the sticky because all of the prongs are like curled in That's it. I think we've only got 60 left. Yep. We're good. And now guys you can head this way If you wouldn't mind if you'd be so was it was that thing about shock if you'd be so kind something like that I don't know. Oh god mute Oh Uh-oh. Oh well. Well, we got back up coming. That's fine. And I think he gives about 600 as well. Oh You've done me a great service Never mind. You give me 50 Yum yum yum yum All right, then if you can make that bridge while I Somehow find places to put you think we've got a while to the water. Uh, I like how they just They just carry them away like no single protest Uh from them from the caterpillars bless him just want hugs All right, okay. Come on then pillage 30 another 30 And then the rest are sevens Okay pine woods tree frog healer femoralis has wandered into the trail Oh no Oh use body slam Damn it All right guys bring all of the the goodies back. I think we've got it. Oh he's dead never mind You don't have to bring the goodies back, but I think that's probably gonna push us over the edge I could have done hard actually probably still would have had to do the hard restart though Oh I bet once we do this That the dragonflies gonna attack us as if the colony didn't already have enough to deal with the great blue skimmer Has chosen this moment to touch down right outside the nest Unchecked this titan of the sky will no doubt disrupt colony activities But if the soldiers are able to bring her down the rewards could be mighty Yeah, you don't have to tell me twice Okay, everyone come back come on. Oh, I ignore the body slamming frog right everybody attack the thing attack the fly Oh Oh the great blue skimmer has got kind of friends Yes, yes Kill it. Oh Yes Oh, yeah, oh look at them. They're all on top of hold on. Let me just yes Look at them. Yes everywhere And each one that dies Actually, uh, it doesn't cost me anything sustained assault from the fire ants. The skimmer's stamina is beginning to wane She leaps away from battle now appears to take off if the ants want to prevent her escape They'll need to act quickly kill her Her wings weighted down with fire ants the skimmer no longer has the strength to take off Oh, well, that's good. Well, I didn't really go far. Yes crawl crawl. Yes Only 500 Skimmer's attempts to flee became ever more futile Finally collapsing atop the mound. She succumbs to the fire ants Dislendement will follow Yes Gather ants at the very top of the hill. Okay, everybody. I don't really know what it means Oh, no, there it is. Oh It's like, um I'm a freaking crosser of the suite. Okay everyone. Come on. Oh, we still got like a bunch more Oh god joining their bodies together to form a giant raft The fire ants were able to ferry the queen from the mound just as the nest filled with water Their perils are not over But they've shown great resilience and an ability to survive in this harsh environment Wherever they land the creatures of the swamp will quickly come to know the might of the fire ants Yes me Let's get more turret. Oh no, let's go to the food. We'll get more food And there it is the end of the level 82 territory 23 jelly and 7 000 food. Let's see him drop it in I want to hear him say it. I mean, we'll get some special dialogue Eat hearty grow strong. The work will continue soon. Hello Oh, it's you. Is something wrong? No. No There's like a little worm left in here as well apparently. Okay Interesting. Okay. So we'll what I'll do in the next episode. I'll probably dig out some more We'll get the leaf ants and the army ants as well because we haven't had them and then I'm assuming When we do this the former caring challenge four That'll be the big thing which will be like a battle in here possibly He maybe it even maybe this is it actually maybe it's like something we've already done in the past I don't know. But anyway guys if you enjoyed this video leave like it until next time. I'll see you cuties later. Oh, bye. Bye