Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 149 Weapons and Details

It can be said that a long time has passed since the Zerg's application to the firebug.

The various difficulties encountered during this period directly led to the fact that this ability was not incorporated into the Zerg gene pool until today.

In terms of specific applications, Zero now has two arrangements.

One is to transform an aggressive insect species and use it as an independent attacking unit.It should have a smaller body size, and at the same time have the ability to fly. In terms of attack power, it should be at least three times that of the original firefly.

The second is to use it as a biological weapon. In the previous research on flying dragons, Zero was quite unimpressed with their close attack methods.

His idea is to use this technology to transform a living insect that can explode by itself. They have no ability to move, and they will be larger in size. The overall shape is spherical, and they don't even have a brain in a broad sense.These saved spaces will all become attack structures, increasing their attack strength to the greatest extent.

The only protruding structure on them is the barb used to mount on the dragon's foot.

In the war, they will be used as weapons mounted on the feet of the flying dragon, directly attacking the ground from a high altitude, and cooperate with the ground units of the swarm to complete the destruction of the enemy's defense line.

Under the research of Sass, following the previous imitations, generations of Zergs transformed using firebugs as templates came into being, and were overruled by Zero again and again.

Today, this technology is relatively mature, and even Sass has made some innovations on this basis.

The original venom research was finally completed by Zero, even though many Zerg test subjects were sacrificed during the process.

Although this brand new venom has not reached the level of the spiders on Island No. [-], and there is no way for the Zerg to secrete it from the body surface to form a "poison domain", but its real superiority does not lie in this point.

The venom formulated by Zero is different from the one extracted from the sea snake's body before. Its real advantage is that it can still maintain sufficient lethality after dissipating in the medium.

The innovation made by Sass is to combine this venom with the previous "weapon" transformed from the fire worm, and use the impact force of its explosion to dissipate the poisonous mist greatly. cause greater damage.

However, even if its toxicity is so severe, there is always a limit. In the test, once the radius exceeds ten meters, it can no longer cause much damage, but it is much better than before.

Moreover, toxins are nothing more than a substance that destroys the life-support structure of an organism. Sometimes what is highly toxic to a certain organism may have no effect on another completely different organism. This is all normal.

It's just that if it's only aimed at lizardmen, it's completely enough.

Of course, like a spear, there must be a shield, and the Zerg's immunity to this toxin has also been incorporated into the gene pool.

This kind of immunity against a single type of toxin is actually rather weak, because although it can be immune to some toxins, once a new type of toxin appears, it will be useless.

Zero hope that in the future, the Zerg can have a structure that produces its antibodies according to the foreign matter that invades the body, that is, build an immune system for the swarm, whether it is parasites or other foreign bodies, they will no longer be a threat to them.

However, achieving this requires extremely high attainments in biological sciences. Talking about these things without SARS’s level of biotechnology today is tantamount to nonsense.

There are still many ideas like this, such as the Zerg biological weapon, the idea of ​​creep, the enhanced utilization of mineral resources, etc., are all in the future planning, waiting for the progress of SARS's scientific research, but currently there is no ability to realize it.

The Zerg's biological gene pool is still increasing. Although Sass is now floating in the sea, new species are still being sent to it.

Living on the same planet, creatures have a lot in common, and some have basically lost their research value, but Sass is still as careful as ever.

The continuous enrichment of the gene pool and the gradual deepening of the understanding of the microcosm have laid a solid foundation for the research of SARS, which was originally a castle in the air.

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On the other side, the Zerg's surveillance of the lizardmen did not relax for a moment.

Before, after Sass turned his attention to miniaturization, the Zerg quickly had their own explorers. Today, they have already quietly penetrated into every corner that they can reach without the lizardmen being unprepared.

However, this sea area is indeed very large. According to a rough estimate, if all the land areas on these fragmented islands are added up, it is likely to be wider than the previous continent.

Now, they are scattered across the vast sea area, from north to south. Even if the Zerg race is indeed multiplying rapidly, they are unable to fully explore it for a while.

Of course, such a long period of monitoring is not without effect. Zero probably figured out the distribution of lizard people forces near the northern sea area.

Simply put, the special geographical environment creates a special human history.Due to the scattered nature of the island, each city here basically maintains a certain degree of autonomy, and at the same time, it can be roughly divided into three forces according to different formations.

Since he could not obtain the other party's language system, Zero could only determine the other party's intelligence through observation.What is certain now is that this sea area is not peaceful.

The distribution of the three forces is criss-crossed, and there is me in you and you in me. I think it will not be too peaceful even in history.

Unlike the Saadman Empire, which basically unified the continent, the lizardmen here obviously failed to complete the rule of the entire sea area.

Although their respective spheres of influence are still huge, and their technological level is obviously higher, but after all, they lack some heroic and self-confidence that belong to the Great Unity.

This should be the reason why they are able to possess technology far superior to that of their counterparts across the ocean. After all, peace breeds desire, but war often brings about progress.

Under the pressure of survival, it is unimaginable for a race to erupt in strength. Today, those ocean-going fleets still need warship escort, and pirates are prevalent on the sea, which shows the chaos of the situation.

In a peaceful and stable environment, it is difficult for pirates to survive.

The flowers of chaos are blooming in prosperity. While the technology is relatively advanced, the common people may not be able to live and work in peace.

Sass is still rushing here with all his strength, and the Zerg is also continuing to infiltrate deeper. Zero needs to figure out what the overall environment here is like, and how many different forces are distributed.

The further south one goes, the more pronounced the environmental changes become.Following the fleet going south and north, the insect swarm successfully arrived at one island after another, as if there were endless islands in this sea area, and as they traveled southward, the distribution of their forces became more and more complicated.

Zero guessing, this unimaginably large archipelago may have been a supercontinent that surfaced a long time ago, but the sea has changed, and it has gradually subsided over a time scale of tens of thousands of years, millions of years or even longer , turned into a huge group of islands like a country in the sea.

Of course, the opposite is also possible.

The special environment gave them curiosity about the ocean, allowing them to possess superb navigation technology. Zero feels that if it takes longer, they will inevitably go to farther seas.

But fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and this decentralized environment is not conducive to the birth of a unified civilization, so that today they have superb navigation technology and can easily connect all islands, but due to completely different lives since ancient times Customs, as well as the inertia formed by long-term divisions, have left the people with no unified concept at all.

Since ancient times, there has been no unified concept here. People are accustomed to the form of divide and conquer. Until now, various organizations and forces are still criss-crossing and fighting endlessly.

Endless struggles have given birth to relatively powerful war technology, but the divided territory also limits the upper limit they can achieve, and also restrains their energy to explore the outside world. It is really difficult to judge whether it is good or bad.

But these are actually not that important. The subsequent development of their civilization should be based on the absence of Zerg. Now that they have been discovered, no matter whether they split or unify, they will all have the same ending.

As the swarm went south, they finally completed their general exploration of this sea area before the arrival of Sass.

As Zero expected, this place is astonishingly large, and at the same time, the distribution of large and small forces is extremely complicated.

Even if he didn't get the other party's language, it would be difficult for Zero to understand what those lizardmen were saying, but even just observing, he could easily detect that there were at least six different language systems here!

But for the Zerg, this can be regarded as a good thing.Competition is the catalyst for development, and an environment in which a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend is more conducive to the germination of ideas.

Presumably, if they get the different scientific and technological achievements of their various forces, it will definitely save Sass more time.

Now that the basic situation of the entire sea area has been basically ascertained, the insect swarm can also fully deploy its layout here.

Before the arrival of Sass, the Zerg will have the strength to destroy the entire lizardman civilization.

Zero has no doubts about this.

They don't even have a unified voice, and there are endless grievances and disputes between each other, so how can they compete with the Zerg who do their calculations but don't care?

In this case, even if they have more powerful weapons, the effect they can exert is actually quite limited.

The Zerg had even hollowed out the ground beneath their feet, and the Lizardfolk knew nothing of it.

If it weren't for the guarantee of obtaining as complete a technological inheritance as possible, the information the Zergs possessed and their own combat capabilities would have been enough to start a large-scale battle, and the lizardmen's chances of winning were extremely slim.

As time goes by, it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

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Sass is still carrying out his experiments in silence, like a lonely traveler.

On the vast sea, surrounded by swarms of insects, it is like a saint surrounded by believers, without sadness or joy.

Sass' personality appears to have changed over time.Zero still remembers that when it first appeared, it was very active and full of curiosity about everything, like a child who didn't know much about the world.

In just a few years, it has transformed from a lively child to a mature and stable scientific research worker.

Zero attributed this to the rapid growth characteristics of the cerebrates. After all, it couldn't be due to the reason of uninterrupted research on biology, which is its favorite scientific research cause.

Speaking of which, Sass has not participated in commanding the swarm battle for a long time, which is contrary to Zero's positioning for it at the beginning.

When the Zerg was just born, Zero hoped that Sass could take on the important task of commanding the Zerg, while he stayed behind the scenes and watched the changes.

It's a pity that Sass' command range is limited, so far it is still unable to concentrate and mobilize all the Zerg.Secondly, it is a pity that such a gifted bug should not be used for reading and focus on fighting and killing.

So much so that since its birth, it has only commanded two small swarms of swarms to attack the lizardman camp. Although it performed well, it was a pity that it never had the chance again.

Zero is always looking forward to the birth of the second Zerg cerebrum to share some of its pressure, so that Sass can free up his hands to take on more tasks. However, today, the overall number of Zerg has exceeded ten million, which is already It is a huge race that deserves its name, but it is still unknown when the second brain worm was born.

For the mysterious substance that Zero can't understand or even touch, does it have the concept of "quantity" and how long it will take to "accumulate" enough? Zero has no clue and is completely passive waiting.

Even if Zero is already hopeless, it can't change this in the slightest.

The sea journey is lonely and long, and Suo Xingshas will always have endless things to do, so he will not sigh because of it.

When the spring and autumn alternated again, Sass's itinerary was already halfway through.

This kind of long journey is actually very inconvenient, but there is only one brain worm, and it must be a living creature to obtain knowledge directly, so sending Sass to the front line is the most suitable choice.

Regarding this point, it is not impossible to increase this speed. The air transportation of the flying dragon is obviously much faster than the slow swimming in the hatchery.

It's a pity that Sass is not a Zerg biological weapon. It is difficult to mount it on the flying dragon, and its fat body is really cumbersome, it is not very convenient to transport, and it is difficult to guarantee its safety.

But transportation through the hatchery is different. Not only is it safe and reliable, Sass is not yet able to think about problems safely on it, and sometimes he can even have the conditions to use the hatchery below him for experiments, which is a much better experience.

This state of not knowing whether to be busy or at ease lasted until the seasons changed, and the cold and heat were easier.

This vast subtropical and tropical sea area is about to usher in their final destination.

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　　It's normal for comments to be swallowed these days. It's the same for the whole Dianniang. It should be better in a few days. I don't know when exactly. Everyone understands.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)