Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 122
In the cold and humid underground cave, the insect swarm that had been dormant for the whole winter opened their bloodthirsty and cold eyes one by one, as if some prehistoric giant beast was waking up in the darkness.

If a lizardman can break into here at this time, he will find that in the darkness, tens of thousands of scarlet eyes are watching him densely. go Ape!
The Zerg engineers were the first to move. Even in the cold winter, some engineers were still responsible for taking care of the insect swarms, providing them with the basic energy they needed daily, and ensuring the survival of each unit.

And now they will provide enough supplies for the swarm that has awakened from hibernation, allowing it to quickly return to its prime.

It is worth mentioning that the so-called dormancy of the insect swarm is not a dormant state without any consumption. They just stop moving and reduce consumption. When this dormancy is over, they need to replenish energy to meet the more intense exercise needs .

Strictly speaking, the first batch of revived bugs were not any of the troops in the cave.Before they woke up, a large number of hatched explorers had already infiltrated out of the jungle. They would be the most concealed scouts of the Zerg, completing intelligence surveys for the Zero and Zerg before the war began.

Zero knew that Sommer had passed the information about the explorer to the high-level lizardmen outside the jungle.But this is not a threat. Some things are difficult to defend even if they know their real existence.There is only one Sommer in this world, and he doesn't believe that all lizardmen will have the ability to see things as clearly as that lizardman boy.

And even if the other party knows, so what?How can such mosquito-like units defend themselves with their technological level?
Even if Sommer is in the lizardman's city now, he can't stop the explorers from actively infiltrating into it!
Although compared with the Zerg ground units, the flying speed of explorers is not much different from that of turtles, but time is on the side of zero. No matter how slow their speed is, it is enough for them to fly for a few days. Finish the flight.

Zero still maintains enough respect for the lizardman. He didn't let the explorers fly out of the jungle in groups.

Therefore, they have already distanced themselves from each other halfway, and even in order to avoid being discovered as much as possible, they did not start to move slowly until night fell in the last part of the journey.

Zero will not underestimate any enemy, and his usual strategy against the enemy is to be lenient with the enemy.Before the war begins, he will put himself on the enemy's side, think from this angle, and then make a decision to deal with the swarm, and then use this as a standard to formulate the swarm's own attack plan.

This method requires a sufficient understanding of the enemy, and for this, the lizardman who died at the hands of Sass provided him with too much information, and he is confident that there will be no fatal mistakes.

Last night, the explorers sneaked into the city of Heli and the forest around the city in the dark, and they will directly feed back the information of the lizardman to Zero, including his judgment on the opponent's response to the swarm, and whether there may be any Everything that comes to mind.

In the jungle, after several months, the swarms once again left the cave in large numbers and came to this long-lost land.

This is the second year since the Zergs landed on the mainland. In just one year, the swarms that landed in embarrassment at the beginning have basically cleared this vast jungle.

Although this land has not been fully utilized by them, in fact, under the clearance of the Zerg, there are no large creatures here except plants and birds.

Most of them became the food of the swarm, and a very small part became the research material of Sass.

It can be said that the original ecological environment here has been completely changed by the Zerg, and it may not be obvious for a while, but after a long time, there will inevitably be a corresponding natural feedback.

Without large animals, some plants may experience a period of crazy growth in the early stage, ushering in a short golden period.This would be followed by a massive increase in foliage-eating insects, providing enough food for the remaining birds.

Due to the lack of top predators and large herbivores, those creatures that were originally at the bottom of the food chain will jump to become the last link in the food chain. Without the constraints of natural enemies, with sufficient food supply, if the time is slightly longer, they will Massive reproduction can even cause the collapse of the ecosystem.

If it is better, maybe we can wait for the self-regulation of the ecosystem, and finally reach a balance again.

Of course, Zero doesn't care about these, or doesn't care that much.He wants the Zerg to get more food and have a stronger body. Compared with these, he doesn't care much about how the surrounding environment changes, as long as it doesn't affect the Zerg's own survival.

Last year, Sass completed the enhanced research on the Zerg, but since winter is approaching, Zero is not in a hurry to hatch, but now it is time.

The food seized from the lizardmen last year was moved out by engineers, and some of it has deteriorated slightly, but the hatchery has no dislike for it at all. As long as it is not completely decomposed by microorganisms or contains any toxic substances, it can be normal and relatively efficient. To provide energy, it is a substance that can be absorbed.

Insect eggs rolled down from the hatchery one after another, and the process that had been repeated thousands of times was completed over and over again. Batch after batch of strengthened Zerg units came out of the cave and came under the sun. Gradually occupied the entire nearby jungle.

The leaves in early spring have not yet sprouted new buds. Looking down from the sky, the dark insect swarms are like gray-black dense fog that suddenly appeared in the jungle, and continue to spread to the surroundings as the number increases.

On the other side, in Hurley City, the explorers have basically figured out the opponent's arrangement.

The zero-key areas of investigation are undoubtedly the defensive facilities outside the city, the deployment of troops on the city wall, and even the general context of the city, the opponent's support routes, and so on.

In addition, there is another point that needs attention, the cliffs on both sides.

The Zerg were not lizardmen, and those steep, steep and continuous mountains were no threat to the Zerg at all. Although they were not like walking on flat ground, they could not stop the Zerg's footsteps at all.

After bringing himself into the perspective of the other party, Zero thought that based on the information provided by Sommer, the other party had no reason not to think of this. If the swarm broke into the hinterland of the empire from here, the consequences would not be imagined by Toril at all. of.

Therefore, the explorer's key exploration area also includes this part.

As expected, the Lizardmen also have arrangements here. A small number of Lizardmen soldiers carry a large amount of flammable materials and distribute them in various dense jungles. They are obviously waiting for the swarm to break through here and directly cause a mountain fire. .

This is indeed a good way. Once a wildfire is artificially triggered in this way, with the help of combustion aids, it will expand to a considerable scale in a short period of time, and it may not be able to be extinguished within a few months.

It can be used to prevent the swarm from westward, buy time for the rear to mobilize resources, and even force the zerg to fight with it head-on, all of which can play a very good role.

Of course, the premise is that it can be implemented smoothly.

Zero did not give up his plan to break into the lizard people's hinterland from above the mountains. For the swarm, this is the fastest and most convenient method. As long as he bypasses here, the wide range of thousands of miles behind will be full of swarms. In the land that criss-crosses, there is no reason for him to have to meet the lizardmen under this huge city.

However, this does not mean that he does not intend to ignore these elite lizardmen who are planning to rely on the strong city to resist the Zerg.

He will let them know how ridiculous their arrangement in the jungle is.

It is true that when the bug swarm advances, especially in the jungle, there is often a lot of movement, and it is not uncommon to disturb birds and beasts.

But this is not to say that the Zerg will only conduct large-scale operations.

Given the vastness of the endless mountains in front of him, with the manpower arranged by the other party, it is completely impossible to achieve full deployment and control.

If the Zerg really rushed into the mountains as the opponent expected, they would definitely be able to respond in time, but this time, Zero was not prepared to do so.

Long-distance raids, broken into parts, and quietly entered the empire from the endless mountains, this is the choice he made in response to the lizardmen.

Unless the opponent directly sets fire to the jungle right now, and can stop the swarm for a while, but now that the existence of the zerg cannot be truly confirmed, even Toril cannot issue such a hasty order.

Relying on the prestige accumulated throughout his life, relying on a mere piece of unidentified intelligence, mobilizing a large amount of manpower and material resources, and even mobilizing the military power of the entire eastern part of the empire in disguise, to guard against possible Zergs, this is already what he can do The limit is reached.

Things have come to this point, and Toril is under unimaginable pressure. If at this time, he is the first to set fire to the mountain without seeing the swarm, even he will find it difficult to suppress the opposition in the city. The line of defense that has been painstakingly managed will be in danger of collapse in an instant.

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With the help of their tiny body, the explorers figured out the general layout of the lizardmen in the jungle.And Zero also completed the incubation of tens of thousands of Zerg units in the rear.

Now, counting engineers, the number of Zerg units on the mainland has reached more than 12 for the first time, reaching [-], of which nearly [-] are remodeled and strengthened Zerg units!

It can be said that the power of the Zerg has reached its peak since it landed!
When night fell again, tens of thousands of insect swarms began to disintegrate into pieces, quietly found out of the jungle in batches, and went deep into the vast mountains.

Compared with the normal marching speed of the Zerg, this process can be said to be advancing at a turtle speed.But it is better to be concealed and safe. Under the precise information provided by the explorers, none of them have been discovered.

This kind of action continued until early in the morning, and it slowly stopped when the sky began to turn white. At this time, more than [-] insect swarms had already crossed the lizard people's defense line in the forest, and disappeared quietly into the forest. Deep in the mountains.

Zero didn't intend to let all the Zerg main force enter the hinterland of the Lizardmen in this way. After all, he didn't want to let go of the so-called elite elite of the empire in Heli City and the granary stored on the west side of the city.

Another day and night passed quietly, and the lizardmen never noticed Zero's plan.Under the explorer's conscious dispersion and self-concealment, they were not discovered at all, which were originally difficult to detect, and they easily achieved their goals through mental calculation and unintentional calculation.

This kind of unpredictable snooping makes most of the opponent's actions completely invisible, and Zero basically controls the entire situation.

At this time, half of the Zerg had disappeared into the jungle, bypassing this almost insurmountable moat for the lizardmen, and quietly gathered behind Heli City.

In the jungle, the remaining Zerg also began to slowly advance westward under the command of Zero. This time, they will play the role of a feint,

The real main attack is the half of the main force after sneaking into Hurley City!

Although already had the advantage of being encircled on both sides, Zero still did not attack rashly.

First, although the insect swarm on the opposite side had crossed the mountain range, they had not yet completed their assembly.After being broken into pieces, they were divided into small groups, with the largest number not exceeding fifty.Although this greatly improved the concealment, it also lengthened the time required to finally complete the assembly.

They completed this process in two nights, that is to say, the first batch of bugs to enter the mountain was almost two days away from the last bug swarm that left the base camp, even if they were crossing the lizard people's forest defense line After that, there is no need to be too cautious, but it still takes a certain amount of time to complete the assembly.

And even if the Zerg had almost completed the two-sided attack on Heli City, Zero had no plans to lead the Zerg to attack head-on in broad daylight.

That would have no meaning other than causing greater casualties to the swarm.

Since it was a feint attack, it had to look like a feint attack. Even if this feint attack could be changed to the main attack at any time, he was not willing to waste the life of the swarm.

So even when he had the upper hand and advantage, He still chose to launch a surprise attack at night.

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Night fell quietly, and the city of Heli was brightly lit.

Outside the city wall, the defensive facilities such as the extended fortress are also lit with fire, illuminating the large darkness ahead.

The tens of thousands of insect swarms led by Zero had already quietly arrived at the edge of the jungle. This time, they did not run at full speed, but also spread out in the jungle, reducing all the movement as much as possible, and finally completed their assembly here.

In a year, Zero has grown a lot. From the lizardman's memory, he knows that the birds in the sky may become the basis for the opponent to judge the approach of the enemy, so this time, he minimized this possibility.

His efforts were not in vain, at least according to the intelligence from the explorers in the city, the lizardmen hadn't noticed any movement in the jungle at all, and even Toril's sentry at the end of the plain hadn't noticed the swarm approaching!

Of course, there is a reason for the cover of the night, but Zero's caution is also indispensable.

The night was getting darker, the soldiers on duty on the top of the city had changed, and it was midnight.

The Zerg on the other side of Hurley had also gradually completed their assembly, and the opportunity that Ling had been waiting for for a long time was ripe at this moment!
　In the afternoon, I took the time to edit the manuscript and there is another chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)