Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 164 "Friends" From Afar

Zero, who has been continuously observing outer space, recently discovered a strange thing.

In the originally starry night sky, a relatively dim "star" suddenly appeared.

The movement of celestial bodies in the universe has its own laws, and new stars may not necessarily be born in millions of years, let alone appear suddenly.

If it is said that in the depths of the infinitely distant universe, there are newborn stars erupting, when the light has traveled a long distance, passing through the sea of ​​stars since ancient times, and it is only observed by myself at this moment, then before that, it should be One time, the brighter and more splendid cosmic "fireworks" will be the first to be observed by him.

But no, there is silence in the dark universe, but this "star" is getting brighter and brighter as time goes by.

From the observer's perspective, the intensity of this "starlight", which was originally extremely dim and almost invisible, is gradually increasing at a weak speed!

Zero was pretty sure it wasn't an illusion.Because from the observations from various angles above Ori, all of them came to the same conclusion.

"what is this?"

Due to the ability of the Zerg observers, in a pitch-black universe, it is impossible to locate such a tiny light source Zero, and he is not very clear about what this strange phenomenon represents.

However, if you think about it from the most intuitive point of view, you can draw a simple conclusion, which may not be correct, but it is always feasible to use as a reference.

Under what circumstances, the brightness of a luminous point will become brighter and brighter in my eyes?

Either the light source is gradually increasing in intensity, so that it continues to brighten at a slow rate in the viewer's field of view.

either...

There is a relatively stable light source that is constantly approaching here from a distance!
Zero fell into contemplation. He has always maintained enough awe for the endless universe. He has no way of knowing how many miraculous and extraordinary things happen in such a vast area.

Therefore, He never used his own shallow cognition to speculate on some seemingly incomprehensible things, and only faced all these with a calm and accepting attitude.

For example, one's own form of existence, such as the birth of the Zerg, or the particularity of Sass, etc.

Existence is reasonable.

Now, first of all, it is impossible to directly observe the truth of the matter, and second, it is impossible to determine the distance between the two parties. Everything is in chaos, and there is too much unknown information that cannot be determined.

Therefore, Zero still treats it as a novel cosmic discovery for the time being.

However, in view of the previous speculation, this does not prevent him from securing a hand.

The energy reserves of the Zerg are quite sufficient now. In the past few decades, their number has basically remained at around [-] million, during which there has been a slight decline due to various reasons. However, due to the existence of dormancy, even the Zerg that hatched more than a hundred years ago The unit is still alive in dormancy, providing blessings for the will of the hive.

So in this process, the number of Zerg did not fluctuate greatly.

With almost a thought, a small number of Zerg units that were active on the surface of the planet immediately rushed to the nearest underground or deep sea base, and then most of them fell into silence.

Due to the sufficient energy, Zero is not worried that they will die due to long-term dormancy. With today's energy reserves, even if all the Zerg remain dormant for 200 years or even longer without any production activities, it is enough to maintain them. .

What's more, there are still improved algal insects that continue to grow on the ocean like ordinary plants.

Without the care and collection of swarms, they will become an important part of the biosphere of the entire planet, providing food sources for many marine and terrestrial organisms.

Perhaps within a period of time in the future, it is unknown that these native creatures that have lost their highest natural enemies will have a large number of explosions, but Zero doesn't care about all this at all.

Compared with these, it is the strange phenomenon that is invisible to the naked eye but keeps getting brighter in the observer's field of vision that makes Zero more interested.

He wanted to see how bright this "bright spot" would be in the end.

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After crossing the barren universe and finally approaching the large celestial body again, the spacecraft started to decelerate again.

In the process of crossing the star system, they will reduce their speed to Ori's orbital speed in two steps, which will take some time, but compared to the 700 years in the endless void, this time Not worth it at all.

The spacecraft skimmed the orbits of giant planets one after another, heading straight for the interior of the galaxy.

Even if the speed drops again and again and is still slowly decelerating, it still has a top speed of more than [-] kilometers per second, but compared to the huge galaxy, it can span the distance between the orbits of giant planets at this speed. The distance still takes months or even longer.

At this point in time, the trajectories of the large-volume celestial bodies in the galaxy are not in the forward direction of the spacecraft, only the fifth planet of the Heprius galaxy they said, which is the first giant planet, lies ahead, and the spacecraft will also move forward. There, the deceleration was completed again, and then they drove towards the target, which was the third rocky planet, their new home.

Although in the galaxy, the density of matter near the spacecraft is countless times greater than before in the boundless deep space, but compared with the size of the spacecraft and the size of the entire galaxy, they are still lonely.

The cold and dark deep space of the universe is like an incomparably vast giant curtain. Although it is dotted with stars, it is hard to find one among hundreds of millions of miles away.

And the interstellar spacecraft flying in it are like ants crawling on the black screen, small and humble.

Time flies, it finished decelerating on the fifth planet, crossed the orbits of various celestial bodies in the galaxy, and went straight to Ori.

Today, the speed of the spacecraft relative to Ori is only [-]/[-] of the speed of light, which is already lower than the third cosmic speed of the Ori galaxy, which means that they will not escape from the galaxy because of their speed. .

Another four months later, the spacecraft crossed the orbit of the fourth planet. At this time, it happened to be on the other side of the star, so it was impossible to see it.

This is the closest point in the orbits of planet No. [-] and planet No. [-]. So far, they are only less than [-] million kilometers away from the No. [-] planet Ori where the swarm is located. In terms of the scale of the universe, it can be said to be close at hand. If Keeping the current speed, it will take less than three months to arrive!

Of course, in fact, before that, they have to decelerate again to achieve the purpose of orbiting the target planet, so this time will be lengthened.

And this is just the first step.

Now, they can be sure that even if there are unknown civilizations on this planet, they must not have developed to the extent that they have interstellar navigation capabilities, and they are even unknown in the ignorant stage.

This kind of treasure land, left to the possession of this level of civilization, is really a pearl covered in dust, a waste of everything, and it should be owned by our clan!
This is the voice of all civilized individuals in the spacecraft after the situation gradually became clear.

As a result, the previous predictions and responses about the civilization of the other party began to be overthrown and rebuilt. Although they had not yet arrived, a series of plans were already being implemented.

Regarding how to conduct preliminary exploration, how to establish an outpost camp, personnel arrangement, initial resource allocation, etc., after the information of the target planet gradually becomes clear, it has already been carried out in an orderly manner.

All the elites here are carefully selected by civilization. Even though most of them are no longer in their prime of life, they are still the best choice in terms of mind and action. Every individual knows exactly what to do. They lost part of the journey and gave up most of the "seeds", but they finally reached this point and came to their new homeland!
For more than 700 years, they have completed more than 99% of the escape plan. If you count the survival crisis when the main body of civilization discovered the existence of the mother galaxy, the entire magnificent immigration escape has been carried out for nearly a thousand years!
What a long time this is? !And now, victory is at hand.Carrying the hope of the entire civilization, they have crossed tens of light-years of distance, and survived countless crises and dangers, and they have finally come to this step!
No one could hold back their emotions. They were nervous and preparing to complete this last and most critical step.

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As time went by, Zero gradually came to his senses. He felt that his original guess was gradually being confirmed. Something was really approaching the planet under the feet of the Zerg. This might not be a cosmic spectacle, but more like... ...artificial? !

In the clear night sky, with the help of the Zerg research unit, he can see clearly.There is indeed something approaching, and it is in the star system!

Because the distance is too far, with the Zerg's current ability, it is indeed impossible to observe what it is, but as time goes by, the bright spots that originally only existed in the observer's field of vision are slowly becoming visible only with conventional vision!

The feeling in Ling's heart became more and more strange. According to his knowledge, in the star system, there should not be any small celestial bodies that can shine brightly in the dark universe, let alone keep approaching him!
Those bright comets, generally speaking, only when they are close to the sun, will they show bright comet tails due to the increase in temperature. Moreover, this natural phenomenon has been observed several times in recent years. This time was very different.

what is it?While Zero was curious, he was also a little wary.

Fortunately, this mysterious veil of the other party didn't last long, and it was quickly lifted, or in other words, torn off by their own hands.

Because not long after, he saw an object with obvious traces of man-made, which came rapidly from the depths of the universe, and took the lead in orbiting the planet.

And behind it, the bright light is still approaching.

Although the shape and appearance were very different from what Zero had imagined, he still recognized what this thing was at a glance!
A probe satellite! !

Because it is almost certain that there is no interstellar civilization on this planet, after discussion, they took the lead in releasing the detection satellite.

This is only the first one. Due to the resource loss during the migration, more simple detection satellites are still under intense production. If there is no accident, when the spacecraft arrives near the planet, the satellites released by it will be enough. Complete global coverage, while conducting basic detection of the entire planet, incorporate it into real-time monitoring.

With the help of the speed of the spacecraft itself, these satellites will have a very high initial speed at the beginning. Compared with the spacecraft that is still decelerating, they have a smaller mass and easier speed change, so they arrived here first, orbiting The planet in front of me started data collection.

It can be described as unscrupulous!
"Good guy..."

Although it had been expected, when this thing really flew in front of his eyes, Zero was still in a daze.

"Zerg, are you going to be invaded by aliens?!"

Zero has always been relatively optimistic, because he subconsciously felt that the universe is so vast that the Zergs have enough time to develop and grow little by little. coming!

Of course, strictly speaking, the other party had already made the decision to immigrate here 500 or even 800 years before the Zerg was born to preserve the spark of civilization.

Moreover, although the Zerg can be said to be the native species on this planet, compared to them, the Lizardmen are obviously more qualified to represent the native civilization of the entire planet.

Too bad they died out completely not so long ago.Zero couldn't dig their bones out of the dirt to condemn the visiting alien race.

The Zerg, which replaced the Lizardmen and occupied the entire planet, naturally had to take on the responsibility of dealing with various crises and defending their own living environment.

Although Zero has always recognized the so-called cosmic dark forest theory, after all, no matter what kind of communication between races, it is also a relatively acceptable way for Zero to establish a substantive relationship between the two parties based on their own strength.

But when the real thing came to an end, he still had some difficulty accepting it.

That is an alien civilization that has mastered at least the technology of ultra-distant interplanetary space travel. What kind of powerful weapons and power will they have, and what purpose do they come here with?
He didn't believe that the other party came here to travel in a group because of the beautiful scenery here.

And judging from his observations, they should at least originate from the interstellar frontier, and based on Zero’s superficial knowledge of the cosmic environment, it should not be suitable for biological survival, at least it should not have the advantage of supporting the development of civilization condition.

Of course, this is just a reasonable speculation based on the current situation. In fact, how many unbelievable things exist in the size of the universe, who can really tell?

But if we make inferences based on this for the time being, a more horrifying fact will appear in front of us.

That is, the other party may come from outside the star system!
(End of this chapter)