Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 177
After waking up from a big dream, the world is completely different.

For the octopus people, the situation they are facing now is nothing more than this.

When the rivers on the surface are no longer clear, and all the mud and sand roll down, the land with thousands of ravines seems to be the wrinkles of this planet, and the original blue ocean color becomes deeper, which is caused by the large number of microorganisms. result of adaptive reproduction.

50 years is only [-] years, which is just [-] revolutions of the planet around the central star. On the cosmic scale, it is just a moment.

However, when the aircraft landed on the surface with the octopus man again, even Zero was in a trance.

After 50 years, the octopus people are really able to endure.As early as 20 years ago, under the leadership of Zero, all the Zerg units in the Zerg bases that took on the camouflage task had all died.

It is really dead, and the number is tens of millions!In order to confuse the octopus people, Zero doesn't have any distress in this regard, even if it is a waste, as long as the goal can be achieved, everything is worth it.

The octopus landed this time very cautiously, especially the extremely meticulous detection of the Zerg.

Except that they were unable to go there in person deep underground, almost all available methods were used.

The well-prepared octopus even sprinkled underground detectors instead of going deep underground, entering the interior of the Zerg base, and confirming the survival of the Zerg in this almost direct observation method.

Undoubtedly, they got the conclusion they wanted. With this method of investigation, Zero can have countless ways to hide himself and tell them the information he wants the other party to "see".

So after hiding from the octopus man's detection, the relationship between the two parties once again entered a situation of intentional calculation and unintentional calculation.

However, Zero is still waiting, this time he is bound to win, and he is not going to do it until the other party has not completely let down his vigilance.

Under the cover of the aircraft, the octopus once again opened the outpost that is still suspended underwater after 50 years. There are no marine plants entangled, and no molluscs to cling to. There are only some microbial communities, and a large area of ​​marine plants After death, they took over the responsibility of producers at the bottom of the biosphere, building a unique ecosystem with many tiny creatures.

Today, they are the masters of the ocean.

Of course, after they evacuated, the Zerg didn't do any damage here, because in Zero's script, the Zerg at that time had already started to go downhill, unable to make such a large-scale action.

The octopus landing this time is much simpler than the previous one. In the past 50 years, the duty personnel who have been awake have been monitoring the surface environment in real time, so they are well aware of the current situation here, saving a lot of time. and kung fu.

They opened up the long-lost outpost and re-established contact with space.

The energy supply was reopened, the various laboratories were reopened, and everything gradually became the same as it was 50 years ago. The only difference is that the ocean here is no longer as lively as before.

It is worth mentioning that in the past 50 years, several octopus larvae born in the outpost have grown up under the care of the staff on duty.

As the seeds carefully selected by civilization at the beginning, their genes and potential are the best among the best.So after receiving a good education during this period, these octopus people have all become available talents.

Although compared with the older generation who came all the way from the home planet, there is a big gap in terms of knowledge level and various experiences, but there is no doubt that they are no longer the oil bottles that need to be taken care of , but human resources that can truly participate in various labors as an adult individual.

In Zero's field of vision, the octopus people were very cautious. Even though the current surface can be regarded as devastated, they still did not act rashly.

Especially for the information about the demise of the Zerg, they repeatedly confirmed it. Even the Zerg base, which had not been discovered before, was discovered during the investigation and was carefully inspected by the machine.

Finally, after many times of exploration and analysis, they initially let go of their vigilance and started production activities on the surface again under the protection of protective clothing.

Zero did not respond to this and let them do what they did.

Soon, the outpost was expanded, new functional areas were established, and more octopus infants began to grow in it.

Also because of this, the production activities of the octopus people on the surface are gradually expanding.

Five years later, they have begun to mine resources on the seabed veins, as a civilization that originated from the ocean, this is their traditional skill.

The outpost has been expanded to six times its original size, and various resource facilities are running smoothly. Zero even found that they started to build a "farm" in the ocean to provide food for themselves.

Energy harvesting devices jutting out of the ocean convert energy from the sun to power the entire outpost.

In the past five years, the energy array above the sea has been expanded again and again, and it is basically the same size as the outpost located under the water.

This should be the correct way to start the octopus colonization activities. If the Zerg did not appear, they would have followed this process when they landed last time.

The smooth development of various activities brought the colonial work on track for the first time. A large number of children grew up in the outpost, human resources were fully utilized, all octopus were busy, and the entire civilization showed a thriving rebirth.

Due to the 20-year rotation punishment, Ariat and Nichols are now over 170 years old. For octopus people whose life span is generally around [-] years old, they have indeed entered the old age.

Now they have been unable to bear the burden of going out. Therefore, after waking up again, they began to retreat from the front line of scientific research and began to take care of and educate the new generation.

Although at present, their plan is successful, and civilization has once again gained a firm foothold here, but mistakes are mistakes, and they cannot be trusted as before, even though they still have a lot of people today. Dang, still respected.

Living in retirement is undoubtedly overkill for the two top talents, so they still exist as scientific research consultants in fact, and they still need their advice when it comes to work in the professional field.

The smooth progress of the colonization activities made the Octopus people very excited, but due to the limited personnel, there was an upper limit for these activities in the early stage.

Until the new generation grows up, maintaining the current size is the limit they can do.

After five years of smooth development, the octopus people finally confirmed the safety of the environment. In order to rapidly develop the colony, the octopus people staying on the spaceship were also moved to the surface step by step. Now there are less than [-] octopus people in the spaceship. , They are responsible for maintaining the normal operation of the spacecraft, receiving information from the surface and docking back and forth, and also helping the ground to raise part of the new generation of children.

Zero watched all this quietly, watching mines being established in the ocean, watching the octopus expanding their colony base little by little, watching the octopus aircraft busily traveling back and forth between the surface and space, time and time again. At one time, more octopus people were brought back to the surface for production work.

It wasn't until this activity became silent and the expansion of the Octopus people reached the population limit that Zero began to lead the Zerg to prepare for the attack.

He knows that the colonial activities have reached this point, and the current population size of the other party has reached the upper limit.

In any case, the basic production activities always need to be presided over by "people". Obviously, the octopus people have not reached the level of complete automation. Therefore, in a short period of time, no more octopus people will come to the surface.

The swarms located in hidden places began to wake up again after many years. They had already completed their replacement decades ago. In order to maintain Zero’s global vision and the will of the hive, they replaced their predecessors and moved to a deeper and more hidden place. Dormant underground.

Zero turned his gaze to the ground, looking at the colony of the Octopus people with the outpost as the center from a global perspective, existing like a nail in the ocean, busy carrying out various activities.

Even though five years have passed, after repeated investigations, they still haven't completely let go of the Zerg.

The ground detectors all over the colony have never stopped working. Once a large number of Zerg units emerge from the ground, they must not be hidden from them.

Zero is unwilling to let any octopus who came to the surface leave. After all, each of them is a precious treasure, and it is Zero's long-cherished wish to keep it here with the Zerg for more than 50 years!
Therefore, He turned his gaze to the aircraft that was flying high and high.

From the memory obtained before, Zero knew that when they set off from their parent star, the Octopus actually owned three such dual-use aerospace vehicles, but when they first crossed the asteroid belt in deep space, two of them were lost due to collisions .

The spaceship does not have the ability to produce this kind of aircraft, that is the function of the space shipyard!

That is to say, the remaining ship is the only one remaining of the octopus, and it is also the only vehicle for the other party to connect the surface and space!

If it is damaged, it will separate the surface from space, making it impossible to look at each other from head to tail. Naturally, zero has the final say on how to deal with the octopus people on the surface.

This is also the hardest and most critical part of His plan.Of course, the octopus is also aware of its own situation. This only aircraft is produced with the highest technology of civilization. In addition to the weapon equipment, its own material protection is much stronger than that used in the outpost.

Zero is not sure whether the strengthened body of the Zerg can successfully destroy it, and as a product of the crystallization of civilization technology, it also has extremely high mobility. This mobility is not only reflected in sports, but its activation The speed and braking performance are also excellent.

In addition, the octopus people's attention to it is also unique.In addition to its own protection, even when the event is over and docked, there are people staying behind all the time. Once threatened, they will immediately start maneuvering.

In order to attack him, Zero also spent a lot of effort.

In the Zerg main base where Sass is located, an unknown number of Zerg units have been hatched and then abandoned, just to produce a bug species that can pose a threat to the Octopus aircraft under such conditions.

Due to the tight monitoring of the opponent, it is absolutely impossible for the Zerg to launch an assault when the aircraft is intact. Once it is lifted into the air, with its excellent maneuverability, most of the targets of the Zerg will be missed. This is absolutely not allowed of.

Therefore, avoiding the opponent's detection with a small number, preferably a single insect species, and destroying it when it docks is the premise of all plans.

This work naturally fell on Sass, who will provide "technical support" for this assault mission targeting aircraft before the general offensive.

It's difficult, but by no means impossible.After being strengthened again, the swarm is no longer an individual who is helpless against the high-tech materials of these octopus people, and there is no problem at all in terms of destructive ability.

The difficulty lies in how to sneak into the vicinity, and ensure that its key components are destroyed in the first place so that it can be anchored.

The Zerg also only have one chance. If they fail, they have spent decades of planning and wasted a lot of resources to wait until the opportunity will be greatly reduced, and the results that can be obtained will also be greatly reduced.

So Sass is very cautious, it wants to be foolproof, so it has strict requirements for this bug species that breaks through the ground and launches a surprise attack!
Not only must it have sufficient destructive power, it also means that its size will not be too small.

In addition, it also needs to be able to ensure that it can sneak close to the aircraft without being detected. If this cannot be done, it is all for naught.

Zero is not in a hurry, as long as the Zerg is not exposed, before the Octopus have large-scale industrial facilities to restart the aerospace industry, he can launch an attack at any time, and he can afford to wait.

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As a new generation of civilization individuals, Zigalini and his seven contemporaries grew up on the spaceship. They received a good education, understood the glory and history of their own civilization, and knew that what they were doing was a kind of what kind of career.

Since the awakening of self-awareness, he has determined to contribute every ounce of his strength to the revival of civilization. For this reason, he has worked hard and achieved satisfactory results in all aspects of his studies.

In the end, he replaced the predecessor who was said to have died before and became an honorable maintainer of the mine machinery.

The only difference is that the mine where he is now is underwater!

The aircraft, still serving as transport planes, shuttled between the various mines, regularly transporting the raw materials produced back to the outpost.

Before large-scale industrialization, they were unable to build smelters outside, and could only rely on the integrated mining and metallurgy modules brought from the parent star in the outpost for processing. The speed was not fast, but the technology was advanced enough, and various ores could be processed. processing, saving a lot of trouble.

On this day, he operated the machine to gather the mined nickel ore, waiting for the aircraft to transport it.The excellent properties of this metallic material are crucial to the manufacture of synthetic materials and are therefore highly valued.

Due to the serious shortage of human resources, they have no other means of long-distance transportation other than the only aircraft.

But as long as it develops at this speed, everything will be there.During the study of textbooks, Zigalini knew how powerful his own civilization used to be. It is said that the first industrial base in the colony is already under preparation. question.

The aircraft arrived as scheduled, and stopped to open the transport compartment.

Zigalini flicked the operating lever in his hand, and precisely placed the assembled mine boxes one by one. Everything went smoothly, no difference from usual.

He knows that these materials are likely to become part of the industrial base and become the starting point for the re-industrialization of civilization!
When working, he is very focused, and each mine box is precisely placed in a fixed position.So that when the rapid alarm sounded, Zigalini's first reaction was a little puzzled.

Since he was born, although he has learned from the textbooks the crisis that the ethnic group encountered when civilization first landed, he has never experienced such a scene in the past 50 years, and his work has been in the past five years. It went so smoothly that the possible dangers were gradually ignored.

He might be dazed, but the octopus in the aircraft was shocked!
That is an alarm representing an enemy attack!
There was no time to think about it, and the aircraft gave up the subsequent mineral loading immediately, and was ready to start maneuvering. Apart from avoiding possible attacks, it could also provide assistance for the next crisis.

However, it was destined to be unable to move. When the alarm sounded, a huge creature with a huge "meat hammer" behind its tail had quietly appeared not far from the side. The next second Then, the "meat hammer" was "swung" with an exaggerated arc, and it hit the power unit of the aircraft precisely!
——The knowledge and memory from the octopus engineer precisely told Sass the design unit distribution of this aircraft.

Even with water as a medium buffer, the huge force almost smashed a part of this absolutely huge aircraft into the ground!This kind of designed insect species also gathered the peak of what Sass can do, and it took a lot of time and energy. It is no surprise that it can do this!
Next, is the second time!

There was only one individual creature who attacked, and it was only two attacks in total, but the octopus could no longer launch the aircraft to leave.

Although the power unit was not completely damaged, the original aquifer could no longer function, and there was a problem with the energy supply. In this case, they could not forcibly start the aircraft to leave!

A frenzied attack began pouring down on the huge bug, managing to stop it before smashing down a third time.

However, it was too late, and it was no longer meaningful to kill this bug.

It wasn't until this moment that Zigalini finally reacted.

But he can't do anything, he can only helplessly ask for help from the base and space.This is actually superfluous, because when the attack happened, they already knew it!

The Zerg didn't disappear, they just hid and didn't show their traces until now!
The reason why they can be so sure is that after the Zerg unit in the mine succeeded, all the detection instruments responsible for monitoring the underground all raised the alarm at the same time!

There are tons of bugs moving up from the ground at a rapid pace!

After the aircraft lost its power system, Zero's plan to catch a turtle in a urn had succeeded, and the swarm made no secret of their purpose, and didn't care whether it would be exposed!
The trend of closing the door and beating the dog has become!

　It's a lot late, because I fell asleep while writing last night, and I only took time to code today. . . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)