 But OH WHAT IS GOING ON? WHOA! What a- I'm doing- It's like, yeah! Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Empires of the Undergrowth. This time we're doing the same thing we did last time, but I think we can do better. We can do a lot better than we did last time. For a start, I've decided to make a day and night cycle. I didn't realise it was a difficulty type. So you have constant ramp spikes, ramp with spikes, which seems to be the hardest, and scale with colony. I'm going to keep with ramp with spikes because I think it is doable, even though that last one was a bit too crazy. But maybe it's because we were constant on the morning, meaning that a lot of the night time hunters were there constantly. Attack waves are already set as on. So every six minutes we're getting attack waves. They do not give food though. So I don't know. Maybe we could get an increased score by 10%, so it is quite a lot. But this is exactly what I had last time. And let's do it. We've learned a lot since last time, and it's the attack waves. The attack waves where we need those damn wood ants. And now I know what I'm doing. I like the corridor we had going. I like it. And look, we're blue! We're so cute! Down! This will lay the foundation of what could one day be a great subterranean empire. There you go. How about that? And then you can all get food. Tell you what, you can stop that excavation there, but we'll keep that going. Oh, the end. Oh, we're in a different colonies or the blue! Where the blue is! I was wondering because I'm pretty sure our food is all the way over there. So what have we got? We've got some food there, some food there. Now, do we? It's really close to it. We're gonna have to do that weird thing we normally do. Have you got food? Oh, there it is! Yes! Right, okay, let's just send these ants over there. We need a food storage, so we want all of our resources, everything to be behind where we're going. So, first off, we're gonna have our food storage. Now, that kind of needs to be close. I want our queen to come off this way. There's loads of different offshoots to come off these corridors. So we can have one... Oh, god, no. Maybe we can have one here this way. And then... And then we'll have this... I see I'm making plans as if I'm going to survive. We probably won't! But hey! Nothing wrong with it, is there? So, see, we've got a lot going on. We've got the ants' claimant stuff. Now, food stores. This could be the food store. There you go. Make some food store. That'll do. Next, we need probably some... Now, I need to upgrade as well. Leaf cutters are too expensive at the moment, I feel. So, I'm gonna... I want to have got some more food. And maybe we should get some workers. Maybe we should. And actually, now that we're a little bit further... Actually, where do we put the entrance? We should probably put the entrance as them coming this way. Because we don't need to worry about food. So, what I'm gonna do is start this all the way over here-ish. And then... I'm gonna... I'm gonna be very clever. We're gonna do like a little zigzag route. And we're gonna go all this way, guys. We're going all this way. We're gonna go left, right, left, right. That is how we're gonna do it. So now that we're here, we got up one. And then... And then we do this. And look at that. And look at that. So when things come to invade us, it's gonna take an awfully long time for them to actually get to us. In theory. This is what I'm thinking. Ha ha ha! Yeah, look at it! This is awesome! Even if they're huge, massive beetles and bugs, they're not gonna be able to really do anything. So there you go. There's two black ants. And we'll go over here. That's not gonna open the entrance. Ha ha! And we'll just go over here like that. And then this one should finally be the little entrance. They should get us there. And there we go. So look at that! Oh, it's so much diggage! So much diggeroos! Now we've got that on the go. We've got that on the go. We still... Oh no, we've run out of food now. Okay, that's fine. We need like 15 to hatch these. We've got food from some other places. I think... Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's gonna be... Right, what we'll do is we'll extend this over this way, because there is like a little bit of food over here. Now one of these could be... Um... What do you call it? It could be decent. It could be the flipping... the woodlice. So we should have... We've got 0 to 3 ants. But the problem is, we didn't have any workers at the nursery collecting the eggs from the queen. So that's why they never hatched. But now they'll slowly grow from little maggot forms. Look at this corridor! Isn't it glorious? Beautiful. Oh, he's coming to help. Thank you. Good God. Okay. So once these are hatched there, we go 5. Is it 2 or 5? It's 5? Wow, okay. So now they're going. We're gonna need, I think, 3 black ants is probably enough. I think. Um, I mean, it looks like there's only one thing here and just some beads. Or like some seeds. These look more. They look like this one. These look like they could be woodlouse. Well, tell you what, hopefully it's nothing too big. You know what I'm gonna say? Yay! Okay, let's see what it is. Come on, green ants. Oh, it's just one of those. Okay. That's not too bad. Unfortunately, the workers got involved. Um, so we've lost one worker. But there, there we go! Yes! Woohoo! Lots of, oh, we found the entrance. Oh, dammit. We accidentally evacuated the entrance a bit too prematurely. Uh, we're gonna stop that worker. Dammit! Oh, we've only got like two rows before they start filing down into here. Nuts. Okay, okay. It's not too bad. It's not too bad. We're going up there. We're going to get some food. We're also gonna go up this way and get that food there. Right. Okay. I think I need like a decent army of black ants, I would say. Army workers. Um, they'll be okay. Yeah, look. Some food. Once we've run out of there, we'll go up here and collect that food too. Oh, we're doing so much better, guys. So much better. Oh! You were just walking around in the colony? All right. Fair news. Right. So, um, what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna tunnel down this way and hopefully these are the woodlouse. And if they are, that's just great! That's Jiminy Cricket, that is! Look at them go! Oh, the black ants can't attack! Well, this is good. This gives us a good representation because when that wolf spider comes around, ooh, it's gonna be a bit crazy. Right. We'll let these guys collect these two and then once the two are collected here, we'll send the pheromone scent because I think there's only two here. Yeah, there's only two crickets there. We'll send some over there. Is that it? Is it just one? I think it was probably just one. Let's have a look. Is there one hiding in the smoke? Nope! Okay, let's send them back. Onto duty! Yes, you. Okay, it's early days. We're about probably six minutes in, so there will be something attacking it. Sorry, the thing is coming, so hopefully these are woodlouse. They are woodlouse! Fantastic! Okay, we'll let these guys kill them. There we go! Now harvest the bodies! Yeah! Right, I think it's about time. I think it's about time we open up this now. We got a lot of food. That's probably gonna... Oh God, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay, let's get another area. There, that's a big one. That's a big one. Good, good, good. Keep them away from... Well, if they're behind the queen, that's good. I don't mind that. Whoa, that was loads! Wah! Right, we need to get some shoo-dee-shoo-dee-bum-bum ones. Here's the shoo-dee-shoo-dee-bum-bum ones. And the woodlouse, so they're almost all extinct, so that's good. They're almost all... Oh God, where's the worker? There we go! Woo! So we're down here now! Awesome! Okay, um, right, we've got these guys over here. I think... I... You know what it is? Where's our entrance? This is our entrance. How do we get down? Okay, I'm gonna send them there. We need to protect... Oh, they're attacking each other? Oh, that's good! Right, we got loads of aphids here. We can quickly go down there and get this. Whoa! That's a big beetle. That's a big beetle. Okay, well we've got the black ants are on their way. They're on their way. Also, you guys too. This is my first excursion out into the wilderness. We've got the, um, the crazy ants, I think they're called. They're the crazy ones? My ants are... They're getting closer. They're getting closer. Maybe we need some food stores. I think it's probably best we get some food stores up here. Yeah, let's put some food stores here just so they can, like, come back pretty quick if they need to. Right, okay. Off this way. Oh, this might be the first wave. There we go, there we go, there we go. Oh, God, you're going too slow. You need to wait for, wait for backup. There we go, go, go now! Go, go, go! Kill him! Yes! He did it by himself! Awesome! Get him! Whoo, yes! Okay, aphids, aphids. Go collect the aphids. Or this guy, he's probably worth a lot of food. Kill him. Oh, yes! And then get the aphids. Oh, this is doing so good! Oh, there's my little squirty bum bum. Where can we put this? Yeah, they're putting the food right there, perfect! This is a bit of a trek, though. Oh, I don't know. Just trying to think about how everything else is going to use it. Oh, there's a squirty bum bum. No, don't you eat an aphid! Don't do it! As long as we're coming in one by one, we're doing all right. We're getting lots of little aphid juice. Get a couple more. There you go. Just fill that place out with food. Yes! Now! More! So the workers just kind of stay down here, and then the attackers and the military can stay up here. What's going on? Oh, we need to call back. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Call back, call back, call back. Whoa! Oh, God! This ain't so good! Um... I was gonna say, yes, we killed him! This guy, help him! Whoa, that's a scary-looking spider. Yes! Oh, we got lots of food now. We got lots of food. Whoa, what are you doing? What are you doing? Little mandible man. Oh, God. Oh, okay, okay. Retreat, retreat, retreat, retreat, retreat. Go, go, go, go. Get back. Get the flip back. Okay, well, get back here, get back here. Whoa! The poor work, the poor little... Oh, no! Oh, they're coming in! Oh, they're coming in. Okay, back up, back up, back up. We need to get them into a corner. Get them into a corner. Whoa, was that one of mine? It was! It just got rinsed. Run, run, run, run, run! They're coming. Yes, hold them off here. Hold them off here. Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay, the look is coming in first. That's good. That means we can take him on first. Oh, no. Oh, no. Income the rest. Income the rest. We're gonna run out of food. We're gonna run out of food. They're not dying. Why are they not dying? We're really running low on food now. Wait, we're gonna do it! We're gonna freaking do it! Oh, my Lord. I think we've killed them. Yes! Oh, we did it! Oh, that's perfect. Whoa. Okay, what's out here? Lots of scraps is what's out here. Okay, but now that it's night, we can get a lot of aphid stuff. And we might as well just eat up. What is that? Why is this here? What is this? What the hell is a locust doing up here? Why did that come in? Why do we have that? Why did it just rinse everything? Okay. Okay, that's fine. We're just gonna wait here. We're just gonna eat more. Let's get some more poopy butts. Oh, there we go. There we go. Maybe we should just hide. Now that it's night, that's a lot of food, but at the same time, we've got like a clamp jaw. Trap jaw ants. That's the one. Oh, God, yeah, there's a few of them just amassing out here. Okay, okay, guys. Okay, we're gonna have to go. We're gonna have to go. The colony needs food! And unfortunately... Oh, no. Okay, let them kill each other. There's these guys outside. If we could just quickly grab them and go, that's perfect. But they're already dissolving into the floor. And we've got an invader coming in. Where is he? He's hiding. I know you're there! Okay, we- oh, wait, they still- they still appear? Oh, my God, okay. Oh, did it come through? Oh, they did! Right, okay, that's fine. That's fine. That's fine. Right, let's go. Let's go. There's a few over here. There's also a big spider over there, too. Let's just collect these guys first, shall we? Yeah, just collect those and go. Go, go, go. Next, next, come back up here. Come back up here. You just grab and go. Woo-hoo-hoo. Um... Yeah, let's go. Oh, God. Oh, God, yeah. Let these guys all attack each other. We'll go over here and collect foods. Oh, God, don't attack! Don't attack! You can go! Oh, my God, there's a thingy! There's a whip spider! Get back, get back, get back. We need all the food that you guys can get. Do not attack. Do not engage. Did you get in? Did anybody survive? No, they didn't. They all died because they're all coming back. Yeah, we're just going to let these guys attack each other. Look at this. It's a bloody madness out there. Okay, okay. We've got our ant colony waiting. Waiting at the door. But there's nothing we can really do. Oh, there's something here, I suppose. We could dig there. Oh, look at all the spoils out here. If only that... Whatever this thing is. If only that wasn't there. How about that? Oh, God, he's coming, he's coming, he's coming. He's too fast! He's too fast! He's running straight through! Oh, God. Oh, Lord! Right. Okay, this is... This is going to be bad. This is going to be bad. We need to hang back. Why don't they attack each other? Damn it! Yeah, here they come. In they come. Yeah, we'll wait for that for a bit. Yeah, don't do that. Don't do that one. Colony is starving. There we go. The colony's not starving. We're about to get food. Okay, okay. Go, go, go, go, go, go. Go, go, go. Look at this. They're all like rapid-fireers as well. Oh, my God, there's a big one. Okay, okay. That should be a lot of food. Um... Okay, hang back. Hang here. Hang here. Yes, come on, come on, come on. Whoa! That one black ant is taking them all on! What a boss! Sodom! Go, go, go! Help them! Don't get food! Help! Oh, the disorientation. The disorientation. Oh, God. We need all that food reserve. We need all of those food reserves. Oh, God. Yes. Kill. As long as one black ant goes in, they're, like, distracted. And then the squirty bums can help. I think we're doing good. I don't know though, there's a lot here. Whoa! Oh, no. Oh, we're just going to get enough food. Oh, I think we're going to have to have our queen user ability. I think we're going to have to have the queen user ability. Oh, never mind. They're attacking each other. That's great. Oh, God. What else is coming in? Oh, got another one. Well, you know what? It wasn't too bad. We did a decent job. We hadn't just been killed by everything. That was the only problem. No! My workers! Yeah, it just got, like, slowly more things coming in. Don't die. Queen, don't die. Yes! Kill them all! And everybody else. Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Woo! We got this now. We got this. We got this. Yes. Get food if you can. Get food if you can. Yes! Keep going. I can't do anything about the giant workers, which is a shame, because they'd be so useful. Oh, you know! Are you serious? Are you serious? We're supposed to now take this. Look at it! Where are you going? Guys, come back. Don't take it to the food hall over there. Oh, he's following. He's following. Woo! Oh, no. We can kill them. We wait here. They're already dead. Oh, maybe these guys will attack each other. Oh, or not. Yeah, he's off. He's out! Yeah, I'm not doing this anymore. Alright, attack him! Oh, God, we lost a lot there. Right, well, that guy left. So that's good. Hopefully, he can just kill more stuff. Oh, yeah, there's loads of dead things around here. That's awesome. The aphids. The aphids are almost gone. Oh, no, the aphids are still there. That's good. That's good. Just keep him around. We can just get lots of food. Lots of food. Okay, I just need to keep making more. That's it. I just need to keep making more. We're getting lots of food from things. There's loads to collect. Oh, yeah, there we go! Get in there! Get in there. We've got food stores everywhere. What are you doing? What are you doing? Oh, have you all got food? Probably why. That's not so good. He's died. There we go. There we go. Now we've built up an army. You've got to back them up. That's the thing. Oh, God, no. What's he doing? Why is he doing this? Is that an enemy? Oh, no, that's one of ours. Oh, okay. Fair enough. Wait, where we killed that? Alright. Go get that as well. Go on. Keep on going. We're going to max up this and then we're going to start to upgrade. And then we're going to max up that and start to upgrade that. Got that daddy long legs. Oh, jeez, these are toughy. Oh, God, what's this? Oh, Lord! It's happening again. It's happening again. It's happening again. Oh, my God. Oh, we've got the black hands coming in now. Okay, okay. We have a lot of food, I think. We're going to back them up into a corner. Oh, bless the ones just getting caught on the trail. No. Okay, we got this. Should we upgrade? I think we should upgrade. Upgrade him. And that one. Upgrade those two. Because that takes effect immediately. So we're not making any new ones, but the ones that are there are getting better. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Keep going. Keep going. Oh, my Lord. Oh, they're coming through. He's going to rinse the leaf cutters. Yeah, come on, come on, come on. Keep them up bay. Keep them up bay. We've got range. They don't. There's just so many of them. We're not doing this. Well, yet again, we didn't do too bad. We didn't do too bad. They're dead. They're all dead. Oh, my God. It's so hard. I don't know how are you supposed to do this? Put the waves on. I don't think you can. They just make it so much harder. Oh, God, here we go. Yes, be afraid. Okay, there we go. Well, this isn't too bad. I don't know what killed that guy, but let's just go feast on everything, shall we? Just get all the food we can. Okay, we'll wait for this big one. We need to go up here. What are you doing? Why are you doing this? Okay, fine, whatever. They're taking it to the food store that's up here. That's why. Ah, yes. All the food. Just get it all. Yes, come on, come on. Wave three completed, guys. It's only been a day, and it's frigging crazy in this place. Right, we're getting a lot more ants now. A lot more ants. The good thing is actually, our queen has time to heal by the time the next wave gets to us. Oh, and a jumpy spider. Jumpy spider. Haha, rinsed. He got cornered. Didn't know where he was going. All right, what do we do now? Go out here. Go collect that food. There's a lot of you, so you should be all right. Yeah, there we go. They're all having separate battles. And they're all doing really, really well. Which means more ants get off. Oh, I don't know what this spider's doing. He keeps on going out of his hole and going back in. Oh, there's two of them in there. I don't know where they're going. Yeah, go kill him. Go kill him. We got a while. We got anything coming? Oh, there's not many of those guys left. Oh, jumpy spider. Jumpy spider. Oh, they decided to attack him now. Oh, God, we got a wolf spider. Get in. Get in. Get inside. We're not taking on a wolf spider. Nope. Not happening. Not happening. Oh, well, he's going to die in like two bites. Yep, that's not happening. We're not taking that guy on. We've got to reserve ourselves for whatever's coming. Lord knows whatever that is. Oh, we've got a thing coming in. That's good. We can take him on. Oh, he killed that leaf kind of like straight away. He was. Oh, he went for it. He cut him as well. That's so mean. How dare you? All right. Oh, can we upgrade the black ants? That's a point. Yes, let's get some upgraded ones. Upgrade that one. Upgrade that one. Oh, what is going on? I'm dead. Yeah. It's the baby wolf spiders. What? What even? They're killing everything. Oh my God. Oh, geez. Oh, geez. Stop getting food now. Get back. Get back and pretend. Look at them go. And these guys, they can fight each other. That's fine. Is the queen in danger? She shouldn't be. Just stay around here. We've still got 10 black ants. Oh, now she's being bitten. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. She might die by the time we get back. Oh, God, it's going to happen. Yep, they're dying instantly. These wolf spiders are so tough. We were doing so well, though. No. Oh, come on. The queen has fallen. The final death rattle drowned out by the feasting of her executioners. Look at them all, man. That's ridiculous. You can't just send me all of those wolf spiders. Are you kidding me? Well, guys, we did a lot better. We did so much better than we did last time. We actually got outside and ate some stuff. I think in the end, the hindrance for me was the whole, like, the long way to get to the middle. So I think if we do it again, maybe we don't do that long, and maybe we just don't have attack waves. The attack waves are the ants. I don't know if this is an attack wave, like these babies, the little baby wolf spiders, because they're horrendous. Oh. Well, if you enjoyed this, guys, sleep for like, and until next time, I'll see you later. Bye-bye.