Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 173
When the unprecedented Zerg behemoth broke through the ground, the impact of its huge but not bloated body on the Octopus was unparalleled.

During the real-time monitoring of the underground, they did predict another attack by the Zerg, and made sufficient arrangements to prevent the Zerg from destroying the machinery and the venue.

However, this time, those large Zerg individuals that drilled out of the ground with the Zerg land units, but were faintly protected with all their strength, although the style is still in the same line as the ordinary Zerg swarm, but with the enlargement of the body size, the ferocious and violent feeling, was fully manifested.

The weapons on the ground roared, the aircraft in the sky roared, and the sound of explosions rang out in the swarm. A large number of Zerg units turned into pieces of meat like leaves in the autumn wind, and fell to the ground.

Before the Zerg got out of the ground, the octopus had already launched an attack, but under the cover of a large number of diggers, the passage to the ground was easily dug through, and the Zerg pushed the battlefield above the ground with their own flesh and blood, directly Arrived under the opponent's weapon array!
The large-scale Zerg unit specially modified for the current situation easily overturned the entire position. The large-scale blasters exploded in it, and the monstrous flames burned in it. Cooperating with the Zerg diggers frantically turning the ground underground, this piece of well-arranged attack The sequence completely fails in an extremely short amount of time.

In order to contain the aircraft in the sky, a large number of Zerg flying dragons came from a distance to cover the sky. Their goals were so clear that even though the appearances were very different, the octopus immediately saw through the identities of these air units.

Pieces of Zerg flying dragons were blasted into the air, and their flesh and blood spilled layer by layer on the ground. Within the attack radius of the aircraft, they couldn't go beyond half a step!

However, the strategic goal of zero has been achieved.This aircraft, equipped with many attack weapons, is no longer able to free up its hands to attack the ground. Once it relaxes a little, the Zerg Wyvern will rush down from the air and destroy the ground facilities with a suicide attack.

Under the continuous attacks of giant worms and large blasters, the excavation facilities that were closely guarded by the octopus were overturned to the ground again, but different from the first time, this time the zerg that had been prepared for the attack on these equipment The damage was more serious.

The swarm that climbed up to the ground paid a price that was not painful to the swarm, and successfully completed their mission, and they did not have any intention of retreating underground, even if the mechanical creation in front of them had been dismantled by the swarm. They are scattered, and they are still dutifully destroying every scattered part until they are completely dead.

For Zero, it is not a cost-effective thing to let them retreat below the ground, because in the process, they will still be attacked continuously, and eventually die meaninglessly.

Instead of this, it is better to die on the ground and cause more difficulties for the resumption of production of the octopus as much as possible. In addition to destroying the machines, they also carried out a "decoration" on the working face of the mine. In the process, a large number of stones collapsed, forming a huge pit that collapsed as a whole above the ground!

As long as the opponent's equipment is still built on land, even if the facility is adopted, it will inevitably face the risk of being attacked by the swarm.

And with their pitifully small number, without advanced intelligent assisted attacks, and with extremely insufficient resources, after Zero has seen through the other party's dilemma, they will not be given the opportunity to mine resources.

And above the ocean, the huge outpost once again ushered in the impact of the swarm, but unlike the mine, the arrangement of the octopus people here can be said to be as good as possible, after all, this is their only stronghold on the planet After being attacked by the swarms last time, the defense facilities here have become the top priority, and because they are suspended in the ocean, there is no obstacle to the assembly of weapons in all directions. Unable to achieve the effect of surprise.

Different from the smoothness in the mine, here, the Zerg's attack encountered great obstacles, leaving a corpse instead, zero carefully prepared sea giants, and finally failed to touch the wall of the outpost. Not as good as this time.

The swarm couldn't attack for a long time, so they had to retreat. Zero silently learned his lesson, thought about the direction of improvement, and prepared for the next attack.

For this situation, when the other party deployed the defense, he had expected it, and now it was only confirmed.

He wasn't in a hurry at all, it was nothing if some bugs died, even if they didn't have the same effect as the mine, but the appearance of the swarm caused them even more pressure than when the mine was destroyed!
After finding out the detailed information of the other party, there is no need to hide the source of the energy of the Zerg. Not to mention the energy accumulated in the hatching pool for 200 years, the algae that are still expanding above the sea can still provide them. Energy supply, but zero has not been used yet.

If it is exhausted, the octopus will not be able to keep up.

During this brief but extremely intense confrontation, the energy weapon on the Octopus spaceship remained silent and did not respond.

Because everyone knows that if it is launched, it can block the swarm for a while, but the loss of one's own side will be greater than losing the mine!

So under the monitoring of the satellite, they watched the Zerg turn over like an earth dragon, once again destroying all their mining equipment and the entire mine.

Thousands of Zerg units with extremely tragic death did not cause any interference to the subsequent Zerg swarm. They came from the ground and bravely completed this task against all kinds of attacks , pushing the octopus to the edge of the abyss again.

And still slipping unstoppably toward the abyss.

Since the landing, everything has gone smoothly, and all the projects are being implemented step by step according to the plan. When they didn't find too many threats on the entire planet, they were even thankful for it.

However, the Zerg only attacked three times, and the mentality of the octopus was driven from heaven to hell.

Originally, there would be times when the wind and the waves would break, and the situation of sailing directly on the clouds to help the sea turned into a predicament in a short period of time, when the Yellow River was blocked by ice and the Taihang Mountains were covered with snow.

Facing the helpless swarm of worms who continued to harass, even the leader, Jimenez, cast a huge shadow in his heart.

Not only their number, but the many more powerful insect species that appeared this time made him feel a more obvious threat.

Because the appearance of this phenomenon may represent an extremely terrifying fact, even the well-informed Jimenez, who is the last leader of civilization and walked all the way from the parent star across an extremely long astronomical distance, I can't help but panic under careful thinking.

If this is the case, how should one's own side deal with such an enemy?

"What do you all think about this group of bugs?" Very rarely, Jimenez directly asked the opinions of the only remaining 209 octopus people, and the emotions revealed in his signal fluctuations were no longer as usual. as high-spirited.

In the past, he would take the lead in sorting out the status quo, and then give some directions of choice or even directly issue instructions.

However, this time, even he himself has no way to face such an enemy.

As intruders, they are of course prepared to suffer resistance. If the Zerg had stood on the table from the very beginning and told them that there was no way out, the Octopus wouldn't be as uncomfortable as they are now.

When the civilization matrix made the decision to give it a go, it predicted various possible situations and made some countermeasures in advance.

But they never thought that they would encounter such an enemy.

The moment they land on the surface of this planet and expend resources to carry out colonization activities, war or peace, the choice is no longer in their hands, especially when the back road is cut off.

When they were grateful for the smooth recovery of themselves and their civilization, Zero was quietly observing their every move, and when they actually started their colonization activities, Zero was planning how to obtain their detailed information.

And when Zero finally thought the time was right, he brazenly launched an attack!

The strategic initiative has been hidden in the dark until recently in the hands of the Zerg, and just like the Lizardmen back then, the Octopus have very limited understanding of the Zerg until now!
Even in comparison, their collection of Zerg intelligence is not as good as the Lizardman Saadman Empire that was smashed by Sommer!

Under such circumstances, how can we not be passive?

"...We...may have caused a lot of trouble..." After Jimenez made an inquiry, there was no response for a long time, until finally, a weak "voice" sounded in the communication channel.

He is Ariat, a scholar.When he was on the home planet, he was the youngest sociologist and biologist in civilization, with countless titles at a young age.

Just before, he combined the Zerg's behavior pattern and through his own analysis, he came to some speculative conclusions.

"I have some analysis here, maybe everyone has already guessed it, but since no one has brought it up, I am willing to talk about it." Arriate is no longer the young scholar at the beginning, he quickly found a way to let himself A comfortable way to communicate.

"When we were initially attacked, we lost two companions. At that time, the other party showed at least five completely different individuals."

He continued, having fully entered the state.

"One is a mosquito-like insect species that we captured for research. They are indeed harmless to humans and animals, but judging from the subsequent attacks, this mosquito is undoubtedly a member of the other party.

They act as pretenders, misleading us into letting our guard down and putting real threats into the mines. "

"The second is that the appearance is exactly the same as the former, but the ability is very different. There is biomass in their bodies that can be ignited directly in the air. Under the cover of the former, it sneaks into the mine as a chaotic the originator and ultimate destroyer of the

Arriate continued to add that as more and more information was narrated, the originally weak tone gradually became serious.

"The third is a kind of bug that can quickly dig tunnels underground. The role they play is quite obvious, sending the main force that will appear later to the mine."

"The fourth is the main force mentioned above. They have extremely strong attack capabilities, and they subdued our companions and killed them almost the moment they appeared."

"And in the video, we also noticed a unique beak-like insect species. We don't know exactly what role they played in the attack. We only know that at the last moment, they seemed to have a strong impact on Arlian and Trary did something and then quickly evacuated.

Here, we tentatively call it the fifth type. "

"In this attack, these five kinds of bugs showed exquisite coordination, and the speed of their actions prevented us from having time to respond effectively, which can be described as well-planned.

However, I don’t know if you have noticed, but in this attack on us, they were very cautious and even cautious.

In order to draw our companions out of the safe area, they have spent a lot of thought to facilitate this matter.Later, in order to cover up the scene, all the corpses were even burned in an attempt to conceal the truth. "

"Five kinds of bugs were dispatched, a strict plan was drawn up, and even the aftermath was taken into account. Could it be that their purpose was just to kill our two companions in a cruel way?
I don't think so, but we'll discuss that later. "

"Back to the topic, No. 20 days after the first attack, we were once again attacked by the other party. This time, they were much more blatant, and their targets were no longer our personnel, but ours. mining equipment!"

"And the third time, this time, their goals were equally obvious, and they even did not hesitate to pay huge casualties to facilitate this matter, and they acted without any scruples, as if they were sure that we would be helpless!"

"What caused this shift in the phenomenon?
If the other party is regarded as a group civilization with complete wisdom, then there is an explanation that would be very reasonable. "

"Although I don't know how the other party did it, it is very possible that they got our information from our dead companions! And this is the real purpose of their first attack!" At the end, Ali Art almost ate every word.

As soon as this sentence came out, no matter whether it was in the sky, sea or space, the octopus people's hearts were shocked!
Thinking about the cause and effect, if this guess is true, then everything can be explained!
How do they do it?
This is the doubt in the hearts of all octopus people, but Ariat's speech is not over.

"I don't have any direct evidence, but I guess that this should be related to the fifth bug that appeared last in the first attack!"

"But that's not the point. The point is that if the assumption is true, the information about us may have been exposed to the other party's eyes. If the worst case is estimated, then the other party may have already found out about us. Clear."

Ariat's tone was dignified, and there was silence in the communication channel, and all the octopus people were listening and thinking about the information he narrated.

"And this is just one of them. The reason why I said that we may have provoked a remarkable existence has another important reason, and this reason is very simple."

"I think everyone has noticed that in the second attack, only the two worm species that appeared in the first attack participated in the mine attack, but in the ocean, a kind of insect appeared. Fierce and cruel aquatic insects, there is no doubt that they are also members of this race... let's call it the Zerg!"

"So far, the opponent has shown six completely different types of individuals, and this number has changed from six to 24 in this attack!"

"Compared to the highly similar biological individuals exposed in the previous two times, the species of the creatures that appeared this time can be described as diverse! This variety is especially reflected in the newly emerged giant individuals, including those that have explosive capabilities and are more powerful. Insects, "big birds" flying in the sky, and the enlarged version of elite insects with even more terrifying power, etc.

Without exception, their destructiveness has been greatly enhanced.Many of the objects that were helpless last time were completely destroyed this time. "

"What does that mean?"

Ariat asked and answered by himself, the signal from him in the channel was "deafening"! .

"This means that the opponent has the ability to continuously improve himself as he pleases!"

Once a word is spoken, everything is silent.Including Jimenez, all the octopus people thought of the meaning of this ability at this moment!
This ability came from the imagination of a small number of scientific elites about the future when they were still on the parent planet. These scientists believed that perhaps one day, the octopus people could also have the ability to modify their own gene expression at will. No environment is a natural chasm anymore!
Unfortunately, as the end of civilization approaches, this fantasy is no longer studied.And now, on an alien planet fifty light-years away, they have almost seen the final result of this scientific imagination!
But they didn't have time to think about it, because the narrative that Arriate became heavy again was still not over, but pushed the issue in another direction again.

"Since meeting the other party face to face, there has been a puzzle lingering in my heart, and I can't understand it all the time. Even when I think about it, I have a little fear..."

"How do they know about our activities above the ground in the depths of the ground? You must know that it is impossible for those tiny bugs to have enough intelligence to make judgments, let alone express complex information. !

According to the research on the remaining insect corpses, even those insect species that seem to be much larger in size do not have the intelligence to gather information. "

"So, what makes the other party seem to know our actions well?"

"Unfortunately, on this point, I don't have any guesses for your reference. This is so far, as far as I am concerned, I have analyzed the other party's intelligence. Although I am very reluctant to raise this point, I still have to say that this time, We're in big trouble!"

In the communication channel, the atmosphere was rather gloomy. After Ariat, there had been no fluctuations from the octopus for a long time.

The Zerg's two consecutive destructions of resource mining have made the already stretched resource reserves even more scarce. There is not much energy left, and their own lifespan is running out. resources to ensure smooth growth.

The lack of materials and energy makes them unable to deal with the Zerg attack at any time, but the urgent need for the survival of civilization requires them to obtain more resources.

This is an almost unsolvable contradiction, like a raging fire that burns all the octopus people on the fire.

After crossing such a long distance and finding a planet suitable for living, is it still impossible to avoid the fate of civilization extinction?
Frustration is running high among the octopus, evidenced by the dead comm channels.There is nothing more hopeless than being given hope and then being cut off.

In the end, as the leader of the existing civilization, in order to break this spreading despair, Jimenez proposed an absurd but seemingly feasible plan.

(End of this chapter)