Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 171 The Wonders of the Universe
From the perspective of Zero, the octopus people have been doing things at the "crime scene" for half a month. It is not known what information they have obtained, but this kind of detection has never stopped, and it has even spread to the surrounding islands. There are signs, presumably they have discovered something.

But Zero doesn't care about it anymore, because just two days ago, the memory storer sent himself to Sass.

Now Zero is waiting to learn information from Sass to verify his guess.

After so many years of growth, Sass is no longer the same as before. Coupled with the addition of the will of the hive, although it has not reached the level where you can draw a conclusion in the next second, it is no longer the same. It can take months or even years at every turn.

During this period of time, although the octopus people have been moving frequently, moving around, using technological weapons to explore the ground, they have a posture of never giving up until they figure it out.

But the Zerg didn't move at all under Zero's order. On the entire planet, in all the Zerg bases, all the Zerg units had completely fallen silent.

Zero and they are all waiting, waiting for the result from Sass, and also waiting for the next fate of the Octopus or the Zerg themselves!

Yes, the memory extracted from the octopus mind will be related to the relationship between the two parties. Whether the Zerg realize the gap and take the initiative to give in, or drive the invaders back to space will be determined by the information obtained this time. .

So even though many Zerg bases may have been exposed to the octopus people's vision, Zero didn't care much.

Now in the world, there are hundreds of thousands of Zerg bases, and if they are discovered, they will be discovered, so what?
As long as the other party has not really taken action, such as breaking into the ground and launching a comprehensive settlement, Zero will not take any action.

Of course, he will soon know that the other party does not have such ability.

It's not difficult to get into the ground, it just takes a little longer, but the Zerg will be completely cleared, unless the spaceship in space turns on the only space-based weapon it mounts, and conducts an attack on the ground from space under precise guidance. Clear them at a fixed point, otherwise, with just a few people who have landed, even if they have powerful lethal weapons, as long as the restriction on Zerg hatching is released, they will not be able to kill them.

But if this is done, with the number of Zerg bases, the entire planet will become a mess.

And to do this, there is a necessary prerequisite - energy.

Drifting from dozens of light-years away, the main driving energy of this spaceship has almost been exhausted.

The exploitation of conventional energy is basically useless now that colonial activities have not yet improved.

As for collecting solar energy from the stars, it is indeed a source, but this method is the limit compared to the entire spacecraft to meet the daily supply and demand, so as to drive the spacecraft to change orbits above the orbit, or It is to drive the weapon to launch a space attack. Now that the materials on the spaceship are extremely insufficient, once or twice is acceptable. As for more, it is really powerless.

It is even more impossible to talk about destroying the planet. They simply don't have such ability, and they can't even completely destroy the planet's ecological environment!

Now the octopus is facing an embarrassing situation. This embarrassment is not only reflected in the initial confrontation with the Zerg, but also in this powerful spaceship!
To put it simply, the remaining driving energy in the spacecraft is no longer enough to accelerate it to the speed of interstellar travel, and it is even a little bit reluctant to surpass the third cosmic speed of Heprius.

In other words, their space travel is a one-way ticket before they can complete the energy replenishment!

This kind of all-or-nothing Star Survival was originally full of bet-or-win mentality. Due to time constraints, when they set off from Crystal, they had no time to make more preparations, so they could only be lonely. He took this step across fifty light-years without any hesitation, and at that time, the current situation was already doomed.

If there is no accident, even if they can settle down here and develop normally, it is unlikely that they will regain the ability to enter the boundless deep space in the next few hundred years, let alone the current surface, there are still Zerg exists!
Back then, they had no choice but to choose the latter between inevitable perdition and a gamble, so they should have already had the awareness to face the current situation.

I have to say that they made the right bet. If there were no Zergs, and the Lizardmen were still the masters here, even if they continued to develop smoothly for another 200 years, by the time the Octopus arrived, it would be absolutely impossible to complete it. The Flying Dream enters space, so naturally there is no defense.

So according to the normal situation, the octopus people are indeed capable of turning this place into their new home.

It's a pity that what they encountered was the Zerg, an extremely unreasonable race, and now, they have no way out...

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In the main control room of the spacecraft, Jimenez communicated with all the current survivors through a satellite signal connection.

"As we can see, there is a kind of... strange creature hidden under the surface of this planet.

Whether this kind of creature is the original civilization that retreated underground, due to insufficient information, we don't know.

But here is a bold conjecture, put forward by the scholar Arriate, for your reference. "

"He believes that based on the aggressiveness of these strange creatures and the number of terrifying individuals that have been detected and speculated to be undetected so far, it is very likely that they are the exterminators of the original civilization!"

"This is not completely unfounded. In the civilization relics on the surface, we found traces of potholes similar to the previous attacks. Since it looks old and damaged, it is basically impossible to study and judge. However, there is a huge underground space under the relics. , similar to many of the deeper voids that have been identified."

"Arriate believes that although it is very strange, these bugs should be a species that was born recently on this planet, or that they only recently possessed the ability to destroy the indigenous civilization of this planet.

Of course, this latest is relative to the history of the planet, which is still measured in hundreds of years.

According to the reverse calculation of the degree of dilapidation, the destruction time of this indigenous civilization should not exceed 200 years. That is to say, if the previous speculation is true, then about 200 years ago, these bugs attacked this planet just like attacking us. Indigenous civilization above, and will perish.

Then, they retreated into the ground, just as they were detected, they basically ceased to be active until our arrival, and for some reason they launched an attack again. "

Zhanmenis introduced the current situation to the fellows who are now distributed in various positions.

"This is a reasonable speculation about the source of the other party, and it has a certain degree of credibility. Due to their sudden appearance, the current colonial plan has basically come to a standstill, which is very unfavorable to us.

Everyone is well aware of the situation we are facing, and how to deal with it requires a charter as soon as possible. "

"It needs to be made clear that this is not a general difficulty, but is on the same level as the previous spacecraft collision incident, involving a major crisis for the survival of civilization!

If not handled properly, this will be the ultimate graveyard of our civilization! "

In fact, it doesn't need to be explained at all, none of the octopus people who can reach here alive are idiots, but the current embarrassing situation is really not good, neither advance nor retreat, it is difficult to deal with.

"Perhaps, we can try to restart resource mining and acquire sufficient self-protection capabilities as soon as possible?"

After a long silence, there was finally another exchange of information.This is a relatively "young" octopus with more radical thinking.

"As long as there is an aircraft on the side to provide support services, and the ground detection device is strictly installed, the risk is actually not that high. As for transportation, it can go back and forth with the personnel to ensure absolute safety."

"Under the current situation, if we fail to obtain sufficient resources as soon as possible, then we are actually killing ourselves. Everyone knows that we have no way out, only moving forward."

"To do, or not to do, is life and death!"

"We have no choice!"

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While waiting for Sass to give the result, Zero did not wait for the attack from the octopus man. Instead, he saw the scene where the other party started working again in the mine.

There is no surprise in my heart, but I am a little more certain about my guess, and it will be verified only after Sass completes the memory reading.

And just three days later, the information that Ling had been waiting for for a long time was finally revealed!

The octopus, a species that Zero had no definite information on before, was completely wiped out by Zero at once!

Although they are just two individuals guarding the mine equipment, there is no doubt that when the civilization was still prosperous in the past, these two had a high social status in the original civilization class.

Therefore, the information they know is by no means comparable to the ordinary octopus people who stayed on the parent planet to die!
From their memory, Ling found the reason why they came here across the deep space of the universe, and found the specific information on the development level of the other party's civilization, and naturally learned their current reality...

"........."

Rao had already guessed something, but at the moment when it was actually confirmed, Zero still didn't know how to express his feelings.

Let's say the other party is strong, if they can't start production activities as soon as possible, they won't even be able to solve the problem of survival.

Say they are weak, the space-based cannons from space can overwhelm tens of thousands of Zerg units with one shot.The weapon units mounted on its aircraft, under the condition of abundant resources, with the Zerg's current body, it is even difficult to get close to its surroundings!

The outposts they established, even if they let the Zerg attack without protection, are absolutely difficult to break through.

But when it comes to taking the initiative to attack and threatening the survival of the Zerg, that is a dream.

After learning the specific information, Zero was finally completely relieved.

Although it is unlikely that the Zerg will take the initiative to attack the already prepared octopus, it will be effective, but there are few ways to completely cut off the opponent's life.

Among other things, as long as Zero can be ruthless, continue to incubate and dispatch Zerg units to harass the other party's production activities, prevent them from obtaining the resources needed for development, and delay time, it will be a winning situation.

The Zerg are bound to take huge casualties in the process, but does that matter?After making it clear that this kind of action will inevitably cause fatal damage to the opponent, Zero doesn't care about a little loss.

Of course, the other party can also choose to leave. With the other party's technical advantages, there is no way to stop him from going to Zero if he is determined, but from the memory of the Octopus Man, Zero knows that this is impossible.

They don't have the time and ability to mine resources on the barren planet. If they really do this, just solving the demand for liquid water will keep them busy until the moment they die, let alone build a base on it to develop themselves up.

If he had this ability back then, he wouldn't have to look for a living planet as a place to live.

Now that the universe is so big, this place is their only hope.What Zero thought about was how to keep them all.

Each of these octopus people can be regarded as priceless treasures for the Zerg race, and they are extremely precious.

If all the knowledge in their minds could be absorbed and utilized by the Zerg, how many years of time would be saved for Sass!
Just the knowledge and skills mastered by these two have inspired Sass greatly, and he is quite surprised that he can still do so. If they can be concocted, many problems that have plagued the Zerg before will surely be solved. If it is resolved, at least there will be a solution.

For example, Zero's expectation for the Zerg to enter space, or his desire for energy issues, etc.

If Zero regarded them as intruders and enemies before this, now his mind has undergone a subtle change.

Speaking of energy, from the memory of the octopus, Zero made a huge discovery, which is also the biggest reason why he judged that the other party could not leave the galaxy in the near future!
If the knowledge and memories from the Octopus people are a pile of precious treasures, then this discovery is one of the brightest pearls in this pile of treasures!

For a long time, limited by his cognition, Mr. Zero believed that in order to solve the energy problem of the Zerg after entering space, it is necessary to make a major breakthrough in related technologies.

But this time, the Octopus offer a path beyond zero cognitive abilities.

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The octopus people have a great say on how a marine civilization from the surface will develop to the level of space navigation within 200 years.

Because they do.

However, in the process, they received a little help.

In the memory of being captured by the Zerg, there is such a segment, which comes from the video material watched by the other party, but he is obviously particularly impressed.

An artificial satellite is orbiting a dark blue planet. When the field of vision is gradually opened, it can be found that above its background, a huge orange-red sky occupies half of the country, and the rest is boundless darkness.

This is the video taken by the satellite when the parent star of the octopus people moved to the near point of the giant planet. From this perspective, the stars of the Crystal galaxy are just a distant bright spot, but this giant planet occupies almost the entire Half of the horizon!
At this time, the octopus people have realized the inevitability of the destruction of the planet's ecological environment, and are nervously preparing countermeasures, but this is not the point.

In the dark space, in this picture captured by the satellite, an extremely strong light source suddenly appeared in the middle of the orbit of the giant planet and its No. [-] satellite. At that moment, the intense light illuminated the entire star Everything in the satellite's field of vision turned into a white light.

But it was obviously not burned down, and it was still operating normally, faithfully acting as a recorder.

The memory from the octopus told Zero that this was not because of how powerful its hardware was, but simply because the strong light that seemed to sweep across the star system did not have high-energy properties, and it did not have any impact on this place except for being extremely bright.

When the white light dissipated and the dark cosmic dome reappeared in view, a change occurred in the position of the light source.

It didn't attract any attention at first, the astronomical distance made it difficult for the octopus civilization, which had just begun to explore space, to observe what happened there, so they could only send a probe to that location, but after several months of long journey After barely arriving, in the end they found nothing.

But at this time, no one expected that the question of the survival of civilization that they were thinking about at that time would eventually be solved by this change.

Five years later, the same thing happened at the same location.Except for the time difference, everything is exactly the same as before, the same intense light source spreads in the star system, and at that moment, the billions of stars in the entire universe are all eclipsed.

This time the incident once again attracted the attention of the octopus people. After five years of development, they are no longer the weaklings who could only sigh in awe.

After the strong light that seemed to turn the entire universe into its own background was extinguished, under the strictest monitoring of each detector, a regular polyhedron-like crystal "meteorite" quietly appeared on the spot.

The "meteorite" is only one cubic in size and is translucent. It is inconspicuous in the deep space of the dark universe.

After that, the second piece was quickly discovered, which was the one that appeared in the same position five years ago, and was finally discovered until now.

Of course, there are records about these in another batch of materials, but now all of them have been collected and found in the memory of the octopus people.

The Octopus man's space vehicle then captured the matter left over after the appearance of this cosmic spectacle, and finally found to his surprise that these two crystals are identical in every sense, and they are a kind of crystal that can be directly used. Unknown energy crystallization!
Its energy level is unprecedentedly high, and the total amount of energy it contains exceeds cognition. Most importantly, its properties are extremely mild, which means that its high-energy attributes will not turn into a huge source of danger!

They did not hesitate to use it on the interstellar voyage project that had already started planning and construction, and demonstrated success, and finally existed as the main power of the spacecraft and the energy supply of the most important seed bank.

This is top-secret information, and it is the biggest reason why the octopus people can go to deep space in just 200 years. It solved the biggest problem of interstellar navigation for them, and made them come here across a long distance of tens of light years.

Now, all of this is placed in front of Zero, washing away his cognition, and at the same time revealing a corner of the truth of this universe to him for the first time.

(End of this chapter)