Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 166 Zero Nomenclature: Octopus Man

This aircraft, which is a flat and regular polyhedron as a whole, or a multi-purpose vehicle for sea and air, once again launched a fast sailing in the ocean. Its speed in the water is beyond the reach of even Zerg foragers!
As for being in the sky, the flying dragon is hard to come by!
Even a civilization that was almost wiped out by the power of nature can show the ability of interstellar voyage, which is far from what today's Zerg can match by relying on physical strength!
Because no matter how powerful they are, they are still in the category of living beings, and it would be a bit overwhelming to let the mortal body compete with the crystallization of technology.

At this moment, Zero became more firm in his goal that he had set a long time ago. He must use all kinds of materials from the outside world and use them on the Zerg himself, turning their ordinary and fragile bodies into objects capable of navigating in the interstellar world. Behemoth!
Zero guessed that the other party should have received some instructions from space. Although he didn't know what it was, it didn't matter. He would silently watch them in a place where the other party couldn't feel it.

No matter how fast their aircraft are, as long as they are within the range of the Zerg's activities on the planet, they cannot escape Zero's surveillance.

Next, Zero discovered that they used a strange weapon to attack a group of marine life. At the same time, the new generation of algae floating on the water surface were also collected by the other party into the aircraft through a pipe-like absorption device. , From the beginning to the end, including when he collected the attacked marine fish, Zero never saw the other party really show up.

It seems that they should be quite cautious. Thinking about it, each planet has its own unique evolutionary history. Even if the environments are extremely similar, there is a high possibility that the phenomenon of one's honey and one's arsenic will appear.

That is to say, all life on this planet is accustomed to or even beneficial substances or organisms, but it is a deadly threat to species from another planet.

This is a very normal thing. After all, even everyone's physique is different. Even on the same planet, such things as biological invasions often occur, not to mention that there is no relationship between each other since birth. The race of contact is gone.

If one is not careful enough, it is very likely that there will be a joke of coming across the star sea, but being wiped out by a group of unknown alien viruses.

Obviously, the other party would not make such low-level mistakes. They are doing the most detailed inspection of the environmental components on this planet, which can be said to be quite cautious.

And because of this, the opponent's purpose is already obvious.

Zero feels that more than [-]% of them should be colonial activities, at least they really want to survive here, otherwise there is no need to do these things.

What kind of experience is it like to be stared at by others in your own back garden?

Anyway, Zero didn't feel any emotions like anger, which is the most useless thing, on the contrary, he is very calm, this planet is occupied by lizards, Zergs, and the other side naturally, after all, they are all in the universe Resources are for the strong.

Hundreds of years ago, Zero gradually learned how to deal with his emotions, and even in order to maintain the basic characteristics he should have as a "creature", he needs to deliberately look for things that can make him emotionally fluctuate.

Today, he is confident that he can keep calm and think in any situation, and not be swayed by emotions, because only in this way can he try his best to think about problems, thus leading the Zerg to keep moving forward.

Therefore, He still stared at each other silently, allowing their aircraft to make various actions in the ocean without any response.

A total of ten days like this have passed. During these ten days, Zero did nothing, but the other party almost never stopped.

After collecting and studying air and seawater samples, they worked on collecting samples of all kinds of marine life, including algae!

Zero is not worried about what they will research through the algae, because this insect species has almost no connection with the Zerg except for providing Zero with vision.

They don't have so-called brains, and they don't have the complex organs of other Zerg units. They don't even have the ability to move freely, just like ordinary sea plants, unremarkable.

Even if there are some special features, such as a stronger photosynthetic ability, or a higher purity of the sugar produced, but this is not a problem.

Would it be surprising to find a strange plant on an alien planet?
Unless the other party can feel the illusory connection between them and Zero, Zero is really not worried that they will be able to discover the existence of the Zerg.

On the contrary, Zero may be able to pass through them and discover the true colors of these alien creatures!
The defense of the other party was quite good. After the algae entered the interior of the aircraft, Zero observed that the other party carried out a series of isolation and sealing measures. It seemed that the storage container was treated with an unknown gas that Zero had never heard of. It took quite a long time to toss, and it was not until the algal insects and various creatures were classified into different categories, and each of them performed the same operation, that they finally stopped.

Then, Zero observed a creature with a big head like an octopus and many tentacles entering his field of vision!

Squid girl, it's you!

A strange idea appeared in Zero's mind, and he naturally knew where this idea came from.

But to be honest, Zero really never thought that such a species would invade the planet.

At the same time, another idea also arises in Zero's mind: I don't know if they have any kinship with the octopuses that are currently active in the ocean.

This is of course impossible. Although there are some similarities in appearance, the two sides are far away from each other, and there is absolutely no possibility of any intersection.

Even among the species collected by the other party, the octopus is impressively listed!
Zero can't feel what kind of emotions the other party will have when he finds this species that is very similar to himself on the alien planet. It should be interesting to think about it.

What happened next did not exceed Zero's expectations. The other party conducted a series of studies on the collected species that could not be understood and could only be judged by guesswork. It was impossible to confirm what conclusion the other party came to. Zero did not Knowing the other person's body language doesn't give you an idea of ​​what their reaction really means.

However, in any case, at least Zero already knew what kind of species this veritable invader was, which was undoubtedly a breakthrough.Because of this, they got a name given by Zero - Octopus.Even if their appearance doesn't match the word "person" at all.

And the other party still knows nothing about the existence of the Zerg so far.

Yes, they found algae, but completely unaware that this was an individual from the race that actually rules the planet today!
The connection between the aircraft in the ocean and the spacecraft in space has quite obvious characteristics, so Zero can be sure that the two sides are maintaining basic communication unimpeded all the time.

This means that once Zero launches an attack, not to mention whether the aircraft can be left behind, the Zerg will inevitably be exposed to the vision of this civilization in space, and the gains outweigh the losses.

This is why he has always chosen to stand on the sidelines. He is waiting, not only waiting for the Zerg to obtain enough information from the other party, but also waiting for them to relax their vigilance.

And before that, he would do nothing but let the Zerg hide himself as much as possible.

Although even if the other party discovers the Zerg camp hidden deep in the ground, it may not be able to get all the truth on this planet, but it will definitely attract their attention and make them take precautions against the Zerg swarm. Absolutely unwilling to face it.

Fortunately, the opponent is currently only active in the ocean, and the Zerg camps hidden deep underground have not been discovered.

It's not that Zero didn't think about turning the dormant Zerg individuals back into energy accumulation, so as to avoid this risk.

But in the first place, this will make the hatching pools in each camp become very large, or the number will increase sharply, which will also increase the possibility of being discovered.

Second, the large-scale disappearance of Zerg individuals will inevitably cause Zero's vision loss and the weakening of the Hive's will. This is also unacceptable to Zero, and it is also the fundamental reason why he does not consider making this choice.

The behavior of the other party to collect marine life continued until No. 20 days. For some unknown reason, they stopped this behavior and jumped out of the ocean again, carrying all the biological samples collected from here, including Seawater and air, and even soil samples, passed through the atmosphere and returned to the spacecraft.

Zero expressed his longing for this ability to go back and forth into space at will, but he probably understood what the other party was doing.

The collection and preliminary research must have been completed on the aircraft, and now it is time to return to the spacecraft to do a more detailed and specific research and investigation.

With the help of this, the first unit of the Zerg to go into space was also born. Although it was only a group of algae, the process was not so glorious.

Zero didn't have any thoughts about observing the structure of the opponent's spaceship through this, because most of the structures were incomprehensible. He just tried to remember everything he observed as much as possible, which might be useful.

Unsurprisingly, after another round of more rigorous treatment, various organisms including algae entered an obviously higher-end research room, and once again received more detailed research.

Zero didn't know what conclusion the other party finally came to. Three days later, another aircraft left the spaceship and came towards the surface again.

This time, their target was land.

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"After analysis and research, so far, we have found 36 unknown harmful viruses in the ocean and air of the target planet, including two deadly viruses, three harmful organisms, and 3 other harmful substances. This is only an incomplete statistics. There is a high probability that there are more deadly substances or creatures.

So there are two problems that need to be solved.First, with the current level of equipment in the laboratory and the biotechnology of our civilization, we can only conduct further research by initially extracting antibodies from native organisms, in order to finally achieve the effect of immunity.

The second is how to establish outposts.

We have found traces of giant marine life on this planet. After trying, the currently equipped anesthesia or kinetic energy weapons are difficult to cause fatal injuries to them, and the sonic weapons that are omnipotent on the parent star have also lost their effect here.

A powerful weapon that can cause a fatal attack may cause huge damage to the environment, and the cost is relatively high. With our current situation, it will be difficult to afford it.

Therefore, we need a weapon that can eliminate the threat of this large marine life at a low cost. This is related to the safety of the outposts in the future, and it is as important as the first point. "

"In addition, arriving in this galaxy has basically exhausted the 'special' energy stored by the spacecraft. Just in case, we plan to collect conventional energy on the spot as a backup. The resource exploration plan will be launched simultaneously with the reproduction plan after the establishment of the outpost. .

The initial detection of environmental threats must be completed before the exploration satellite is expected to be launched in two months, when the outpost will be established. "

Jimenez issued the final requirements and instructions, confirming and eliminating environmental threats as soon as possible is the current primary goal.

Otherwise, even if a civilized individual is born, he will only be able to move in the base station, and will never be able to truly contact the outside world, let alone be used as a usable labor force.

This is destined to be a long process, but they must seize every bit of time.

At least before you die, let the next generation of civilization grow up!
Aircraft going to land are not intended to contact native civilizations. Under the guidance of satellites, they will avoid areas where native civilizations may exist as much as possible, and obtain biological samples from land to speed up antibody research.

Of course, as the mainstream civilization individuals with the most superior evolutionary effect, relatively speaking, they may have more superior resistance, but at the beginning of landing, in order to avoid possible risks, they chose the most cautious and safe strategy.

Although it is evasive, if they encounter an individual who is alone, they will not hesitate to take action. Even if they pursue the most conservative strategy, it does not mean that the civilization here can really pose any threat to them.

And so far, they have never encountered an individual suspected of intelligent civilization. On the contrary, large mammals in the ocean have shown considerable IQ.

It is planned that after the adaptability problem is solved and everything is on the right track, they will start to carry out large-scale activities on the planet, and then it is the time to start contact with the other party's mainstream civilization.

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Zero had no intention of intervening in the way they piloted the aircraft to capture land creatures like eagles catching chickens. This scene of aliens capturing indigenous creatures made him feel rather inexplicably strange.

He didn't intend to allow Zerg individuals to pretend to be native creatures and mix into the opponent's spaceship, because this is not easy to operate, and it is easy to expose the secrets of the Zerg.

Unlike algae, which seem to be incompatible with the Zerg in every aspect, there is a lot of information about the Zerg hidden on the body of the fighting bug, and there will not be much benefit if you send it to your door. , the risk will become uncontrollable, which is not a smart decision.

Now that the enemy is clear and we are dark, there is no need for him to worry.

(End of this chapter)