Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 143 Warning
Without finding any clues, Zero could only temporarily put it down and closely monitor the sea area.

In the following period of time, the weather was calm and everything went smoothly.As if the death of the hundreds of Zergs was an illusion that did not exist, they never encountered this situation again.So much so that even Zero gradually put this matter on hold, and only occasionally learned about the situation through the swarm left behind.

Things turned around half a month later, when the hatchery was established here again, and the bug swarm also used this place as a sea camp, developing and growing in a planned way.

The same thing happened again until the predator team among them encountered the shrunken version of the giant sea monster again during foraging, and killed it and dragged it back to the hatching ground.

But this time, under Zero's continuous and close monitoring, some clues were finally discovered.

Because this time the swarm did not all swarm up and eat at the same time, the first to react was the foragers who went out to hunt, and then the sea hatchery that ate the hatched larvae.

Under the observation of the surrounding bug swarm, Zero finally saw the complete process from birth to death in this state with his own eyes, and finally observed for the first time what happened after they died.

The corpses of those dead bugs, Zero did not allow the bug swarm to go forward to devour them as usual, but kept a sufficient distance to observe quietly.

He found that about two hours after death, the obvious changes of these bug corpses could be seen just from the appearance.

Even if they have been soaking in the seawater, they gradually began to dry up, and their plump bodies slowly sunken, as if—something swallowed their flesh and blood in their bodies!
Zero didn't act rashly, all the swarms were receding from here, leaving only a dozen or so foragers in charge of close observation.

He is ready to lose these worms.

Half an hour later, these completely shriveled corpses began to wriggle slowly, and then burst apart shortly thereafter!

Like a puddle of pus, it instantly melted into the surrounding seawater and disappeared without a trace, and even the remaining fragments of the Zerg skin disappeared without a trace.

Zero watched this scene quietly, and he already had a guess in his heart. If this guess is correct, then something will definitely happen next.

He did not withdraw the remaining Zerg, but let the retreating Zerg continue to retreat again.

Sure enough, within an hour after that, more than a dozen bugs distributed near the incident site died one after another.

Although Zero saw nothing after the Zerg corpse exploded, he could already confirm that there should be some imperceptible creature that attacked them from inside the Zerg body, turning all the matter inside the Zerg body into The food they breed has led to this situation.

And he can be sure that the Zerg individuals who died this time will inevitably go through the same steps, and eventually become a puddle of puddles scattered in the ocean.

It was at this moment that Zero finally confirmed that there was something wrong with the food that the bug swarm had preyed on before!

These foods contain a substance, or a creature that is too small to be seen by the naked eye in seawater. When the swarm is eating, they quietly enter the body of the swarm and kill them from the inside out!
How this attack was carried out, Zero is still uncertain, but this time, he finally figured out the real cause of the swarm's casualties.

No matter what is inside the Zerg's body, whether it's a strange substance or a tiny creature, as long as it shows its whereabouts, there will always be a way to restrain it, so that it won't be completely helpless like before.

But then again, the attack from food was indeed something Zero had never thought of.But the facts are already in front of us. There is no doubt that this kind of attack comes from the marine life that was previously hunted and killed by the swarm.

When the incident just happened this time, although Zero realized that the danger came from food, he didn't directly lock in which creature it came from.

After all, the bug swarm hunted too much food, and most of the sea creatures were in their diet. It was not an easy task to determine them one by one.

But soon, thinking of the experience of the first batch of swarms before they swam through this sea area, and the predation process of the swarms in all previous sea areas, coupled with the special appearance of this creature that resembles a giant sea monster, it gradually made him The target is locked on them.

There are strange things in the bodies of these big fish!
From the feedback from the swarm, Zero did not find any toxins in their flesh or organs. This kind of thing has been proven countless times in the past. Once it contains this deadly substance, they will definitely Will not take the initiative to eat.

And another point, that is, those liquids that did not escape from the Zerg corpses in the seawater also made Zero quite concerned.

The reason why the Zerg who were in charge of monitoring them obviously did not eat this kind of prey, but died one after another afterwards, is probably the reason for these liquids.

These liquids that escaped in the seawater infected them!
This also explained why the bug swarms who came to investigate at the beginning also died one after another.

In addition, there is another point that is quite critical, which is the clue that Zero has discovered before but did not realize the problem.

That is, after the death of the insect swarm, the recent group of insect swarms who came to investigate the cause did not die, and everything returned to normal, but in this sea area, even fish and shrimp are very rare.

The reason for the disappearance of the fish and shrimp must also be due to being infected and killed, but the insect swarm that arrived later did not lose at all, which is a bit unreasonable.

Taking a step back, even during that period of time, the liquid flowing out of the corpse has been diluted by the sea water to the point of being invisible, completely unable to reach the level of infecting organisms, or even completely dissipated, so based on their impact on organisms Such a lethal ability should be no less than that of the full-scale reproduction of the Zerg.

If this is the case, I am afraid that no living things will survive in the ocean.

But the fact is that in today's ocean, life is flourishing, the ecological environment is very healthy, and there is no sign of collapse at all.

Then there must be a reason that restricts them. This kind of substance or creature can exist in the body of that kind of big fish, but they are still alive and kicking, which is also a manifestation of this restriction.

Then this limitation is undoubtedly their weakness!Presumably this kind of marine life must have a way to restrain them.

With a certain understanding of this threat, Zero felt relieved. After all, a completely unknown enemy is always disturbing, and if one knows what it is, no matter how difficult it is to defeat, there will always be a direction.

Zero is not sure whether this kind of thing that makes Zerg defenseless but extremely deadly exists only in this kind of creature, but to be honest, it is really difficult to study it at present.

Not to mention how to collect this extremely lethal substance, the Zerg can be said to die when they touch it, and they have no resistance.Even if samples can be collected, it is absolutely impossible for Zero to send them to Sass for research.

Even if it is a creature that looks like a sea monster and is suspected to be its ancient relative, Zero dare not let Sass study it rashly, the risk is too great.

It would be ridiculous if SARS was also infected and died.

If there is any easiest way to overcome this danger, with the Zerg's current technological level, I'm afraid the only way is to avoid it.

This is a bit aggrieved, but it is indeed the best way.A very simple truth, eating this kind of thing will kill you, so just don't eat it.

Since the Zergs landed on the mainland, it has been a long time since they have been so aggrieved.Except for the irresistible natural disasters, so far there is no creature that can pose such a threat to them. Even the civilization established by the lizard people collapsed under the attack of the swarm.

However, this time, even if he already knew where the attack came from, Zero really had no way to overcome it.

In fact, it is normal. It is not an exaggeration to say that the current development of the Zerg race is entirely dependent on SARS.

However, relying solely on Sass' ability to push the swarm forward is actually a very unhealthy development.

For example, even if the Zerg can possess flying dragons and sea foragers under its transformation, even the huge sea monsters before are unable to die under the siege of the swarm, but so far, even the real microorganisms have not been able to survive. Haven't seen it.

Not to mention microorganisms, as long as it is a creature that cannot be observed with its vision, it has no way to study it, let alone modify it.

This is of course an unhealthy development model. They only focus on macroscopic development and ignore the microscopic level. Even if the Zerg can develop to the point where they can pick stars, they will be easily destroyed by such insignificant creatures.

Moreover, Zero does not believe that the Zerg's current development model can reach this level, and they have no resistance to microscopic attacks. This is actually a huge flaw, as evidenced by the death of the Zerg this time.

Today's Zerg is like a lizardman walking on one leg. It looks majestic, but in fact the crisis is already hidden in it.

This incident was regarded as a wake-up call to Zero.If you always rely on Sass' innate ability, sooner or later the Zerg will suffer a lot. Even if you are lucky, the lack of this point will inevitably affect the evolution and development of the Zerg in all aspects.

Let Sass learn from scratch based on the research results of the Lizardmen. Although the progress may not be too fast, it is undoubtedly helping the Zerg lay a solid foundation and plug possible loopholes with real biotechnology.

Zero hopes that one day, when the enemy uses this method to attack the Zerg, Sass can't even study the opponent's attack method.

It is also an urgent matter to truly improve the scientific research capabilities of the Zerg from the root.

But this is not easy. It is always difficult to explore from the beginning. For Sass, the structure of the Zerg makes it impossible to focus on microscopic things, so research is out of the question.

The help I got from the lizard people was really pitiful, except for a little bit of the most primitive knowledge system that didn't know right or wrong, there was almost nothing useful.

Regarding this point, sometimes Zero can provide some help to escape, or give some ideas that may be useful, but these can only be of an auxiliary nature, and the specific development depends on Sass himself.

However, the Zerg is not without achievements in this area. At least one thing is worth celebrating. If it is used properly, it may be able to help.

After the team led by Sommer was destroyed, the Zerg used the flying dragon to transport him back to the Zerg sea and land camp, and tried every means to help him heal his injuries and prolong his survival time as much as possible.

Hard work paid off, he did reach the coast alive, although he was completely unconscious at the time, it could be said that his life was on the verge of death, but for Sass, as long as the vital signs still exist and the brain is not damaged and died, he will not die. What will happen.

As a matter of course, Zero and Sass, the only intelligent beings of the Zerg, learned everything about Sommer, including his own knowledge of his own ability, as well as his past development and use of this ability.

This information saved Sass a lot of effort, allowing him to have enough understanding and attention to Sommer's eyes before researching.

At present, the analysis of Sommer himself has already been completed by Sass, and his corpse has also become the nourishment for the development of the Zerg, without wasting a single bit.

According to Sass, if all goes well, Sommer's eyes are likely to provide a lot of new help for the Zerg's combat and scientific research directions, and perhaps the Zerg can use it to carry out deeper research on the world.

Moreover, developing to the micro level is also one of the directions set by Zero before. Only by laying a solid foundation can we have enough confidence to look forward to a higher level, which is a concept that Zero firmly believes in.

But then again, the observation of the microcosm from the macroscopic perspective has been achieved, but it is still not enough just to observe, to analyze, to interfere, and even to transform, this is the ultimate goal of SARS Target.

Regarding this point, the miniaturization experiment on swarms is one direction, but due to Sass' illiteracy and Zero's own smattering of knowledge, the specifics depend on the follow-up research progress.

At present, Zero is only trying to provide convenience and ideas for SARS as much as possible to speed up its learning and growth. As for what kind of path it will eventually take on the technology side, Zero cannot grasp it.

In fact, it's not that Zero has never thought about Sass's natural ability.

This kind of ability that seems to directly bypass all the basic knowledge and directly transfer the advantages of other creatures to the Zerg itself through simulation analysis does not seem to be possessed by the Zerg at this stage.

But the fact is that Sass has actually done it, and has this ability from birth.

Even including the mysterious gems that directly lead to the birth of the Zerg, Zero still feels quite magical today.

Although during this period of time, the area explored by the Zerg is nothing more than a drop in the ocean compared to the entire world and even the universe, but judging from the current findings, the entire world still does not show any signs that are completely beyond the scope of zero cognition. Things, everything basically makes sense.

Only the birth of Zerg, Sass, and even Zero himself are completely outside of Zero's cognition, and seem to be incompatible with this known materialistic world.

Sometimes I think, maybe my cognition is too shallow. In the infinite and vast universe, there are too many unknown creatures. Maybe I think I am special in those who have a thorough understanding of the whole world. In the eyes of his existence, it is nothing more than ordinary.

Perhaps this is the true face of the whole world, and my own cognition is only an insignificant aspect of it.

It is actually a kind of great arrogance to use one's own superficial cognition to arbitrarily define the facts of objective existence.

Specifically how zero is unknown, the answer to all this can only be revealed when the Zerg really reaches that height.

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