Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 182
The appearance of Dags made Zero feel a long-lost surprise, but this surprise did not last long and then quietly dissipated.

Everything is not much different from before, and the level of knowledge possessed by Dags is completely useless now, let alone being able to share some of the work of Sars.

Speaking of Sass, today it can be regarded as divided into two purposes. On the one hand, it continues to optimize the Zerg space bug species, and on the other hand, it is tirelessly teaching the "stupid" Dagos, hoping that it will one day be able to alleviate it. own work pressure.

Although compared to the octopus or the lizard, Dagus is far superior in terms of intelligence, and is an undisputed "smart bug". According to Adams, it can indeed be regarded as a "stupid".

There is currently no solution to this point. Its intelligence enhancement requires intelligent life, but now on this planet, apart from the Zerg, there is no large-scale life, let alone intelligent life.

When the Octopus died, the Zerg did seize a large number of "seeds" of life in their outposts, but they all disappeared in the subsequent attack of the Octopus from the spaceship. None left.

At this time, where can Zero find intelligent creatures for its growth?We can't let it swallow Sass...

"It seems... not impossible? After all, Sass should not die..."

Zero was stunned by his sudden insane thoughts.

Of course, this was a flash of thought. It was impossible for him to actually do this, but he just thought of such a possibility.

For so many years, Sass has devoted himself to the development of the Zerg. He has made great contributions to the development of the Zerg. His absolute loyalty has allowed him to work hard and accompany the Zero and Zerg from weak to strong.

No matter what the circumstances, Zero would not do anything to it.

If you really do this, then you really have no "humanity", although the current He can no longer be called a "human".

Sass, who was busy studying with one hand and leading his apprentice with the other, inexplicably felt a fleeting malice, was stunned for a moment, and then returned to the busyness.

Must be an illusion!

It thinks so.

When will this planet full of life be able to truly return to being as lively as it was 100 years ago? Little by little, it is still unknown.

The former zero estimates that if there is no interference, I am afraid that thousands of years will be nothing. From the perspective of the development of life, those advanced animals that once existed on the planet can reach the original step. Which one has not passed tens of thousands of years? The long evolution of the unit, the long-term natural selection has reached the previous level.

But it only took the octopus people a few years to destroy all of this.

As for the latter, Zero always believes that among the billions of stars in the universe, the possibility of evolving an environment suitable for life activities is not too high, even in a seemingly infinite space, even if the possibility is low, as long as it exists, it must be a few Quite a few, but at least its density will not be too high, the octopus is just an exception.

In other words, even if Zero wants to encounter alien life, in the vast universe, it is by no means something that will happen in a short period of time.

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Under the leadership of Sass, the space travel speed of Zerg units is being strengthened generation after generation. After each generation of Zerg units hatch, they will be more perfect than the previous generation.

Zero has a standard for their voyage speed, that is, under conventional voyage, they can accelerate their own speed to [-] kilometers per second at least within a few days, which is equal to the third cosmic speed of the star system.

Of course, this is under the premise of not using the gravitational slingshot effect to accelerate.

In space travel, the speed at which an object is pushed forward is closely related to its own mass.

In addition, the magnitude of the acceleration is directly related to the driving force, which in turn has requirements for the output power of the energy.

Unlike in Ori's atmosphere, there is no resistance here. In theory, as long as the thrust exists, the acceleration will not disappear, and the speed will continue to increase because of this.

But if the output power is not enough, and its own mass is too large, it may take a long time to accelerate to the target speed.

This is exactly the problem that Sass is solving. Zero does not expect to be able to launch interstellar voyages like the Octopus at this stage, but at least he must be able to move relatively "fast" within the galaxy.

The resources in the universe can be said to be almost unlimited, but if you want to get all of them, you have to get there first.

A dull day is a dull day, and the universe doesn't stop working just because anything changes.

Time moves forward irreversibly, turning all the past into definite numbers, which cannot be changed.

Ori, the planet that witnessed the birth, development and growth of Zerg, Zero still has some feelings for it.

In the ancient language of the lizardmen, Ori means hometown.Zero chose such a name for this reason, but it also contains a trace of emotion that he has as an unconventional life.

Today, when the Zerg can already walk in space, leaving here, or going from here to a wider stage, is no longer just an idea.

As the "hometown", in the words of the octopus people, this place should be regarded as the mother planet of the Zerg race, which gave birth to the Zerg race, and it indeed deserves this title.

Of course it will not be zero abandoned, but as time develops, it is destined to no longer be the center of the Zerg.

Zero still hopes that it can restore its former prosperity as soon as possible. In a sense, Zero can be regarded as an accomplice when he condoned the octopus to destroy the ecological environment. Just out of consideration for the Zerg's own interests, he still hopes that this place will be "lively" again.

Return nature to nature, return life to life, and gradually turn this rare planet of life into a natural gene pool and biological laboratory of Zerg, which will continue to enrich the cognition of SARS and Dagos in the future, Could be a good choice.

For this reason, when the swarms of insects in space headed for the distant "moon", He also launched his own actions on Ori.

Although the producers on the planet were basically wiped out by the "biological weapons" of the octopus people, the creatures released by the octopus people did not die because of this, but lived quite freely.

Today, they have become an important part of the new biosphere, and they are multiplying through generations, slowly changing into a completely different appearance from before.

Zero uses Sass' gene editing ability to try to change their way of life from the root, so that it will no longer hinder the emergence of plants and other producers.

In this way, if those tenacious beings had left a trace of life for themselves in the original extinction, the result that Zero hoped to see might not take that long.

Of course, this is something to talk about, and it is just a non-essential idle move.

Supported by a steady stream of energy, the first generation of Zerg space units officially entered the stage of history.

This batch of bugs did not maintain a highly consistent appearance like the previous surface bugs. Compared with the Zerg units that were mass-produced back then, they can be regarded as the combination of Sass' current research results in biotechnology and its own special features. The comprehensive "work" produced after the ability unscrupulously demonstrates Sass' achievements in this area.

They have their own characteristics, different sizes and shapes. Although there are still many similarities in appearance, and they also maintain the Zerg's consistent style, they are no longer identical individuals like replicas.

This means that Sass has reached a level of ease in this aspect. Being able to do this, it is obviously a direct improvement on the Zerg hatchery!
Compared with the previous experimental units, after years of continuous improvement by Sass, these mature bodies have a larger volume and mass, of course to carry more energy to allow them to go further.

Now, they have the ability to travel in space for the first time, and their first goal is undoubtedly the "moon" orbiting Ori.

The "moon" does not have the huge mass of Ori, nor does it have a thick atmosphere to protect it, so it is completely unsuitable for life from Ori to survive.

But for the Zerg, none of this is such a big deal.

On the contrary, without the dissipation and absorption of the atmosphere, the solar energy resources on it are much more abundant than Ori. For this reason, a Zerg energy unit suitable for living on the surface of a barren planet is being designed and planned by Sass.

After undergoing another improvement, the Zerg energy units on Ori have lowered the environmental requirements for liquid water and the atmosphere a lot, but they do not rely on any external substances and only use pure solar energy for self-proliferation, which is still not enough. very realistic.

Therefore, it is impossible at this stage to allow them to reproduce and survive directly in the void of the universe.Then, let them adapt to the barren planet that lacks the conditions for the existence of life, but is rich in material resources, and make full use of the conditions there to obtain energy as much as possible, which is the main way for Zero to expand the Zerg's energy production.

Obviously, "Moon" is the first choice.

Due to the most primitive need of life for water, even today's Zerg cannot completely get rid of it, but this does not mean that Sass has nothing to do about it.

In the design of the space bug species, one of them is to use the energy stored in itself to stimulate various reactions and at the same time produce various necessities for its own survival, the most important of which is water.

The basic technology from the octopus taught Sass how to solve similar problems, so it is not difficult to slightly improve this design and replicate it on the energy unit.

The number of the first batch of insects responsible for landing on the "moon" was not large, only about [-].However, in order to incubate them and satisfy the resources consumed by their rapid growth to maturity, it is enough to incubate hundreds of times or even more ordinary insect species.

If you count the various resources spent on researching and transforming them for a long time, this number will increase by thousands of times!
But all this is worth it, now, they carry a group of ordinary Zerg larvae, and will establish the first interstellar colony of the Zerg on this desolate little satellite.

Collect energy, mine resources, and accumulate resources for the further development of the Zerg to other planets.

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In the same system, if the entire star system is only used as a reference system without considering the wider range, then this natural satellite can be regarded as moving around Ori in a plane that is similar to a circle.

It is the nearest spherical macroscopic celestial body that has reached hydrostatic equilibrium and its near point is about 70 kilometers away from Ori, which is equivalent to the circumference of [-] Ori equators.

It seems very far away, but in fact it is already close at hand.Apart from some requirements on the energy reserves of the Zerg unit, sailing this distance is not a problem for Zerg today.

Of course, the best way is to accelerate with the help of Ori's gravitational force, because no matter how close the distance is, it is impossible for the Zerg to forcibly withstand the gravitational force from the planet from Ori's orbit and go straight Flying to the "moon" is not economical, and it is not easy to do.

Using the law of conservation of angular momentum, accelerate at the near point of the orbit, gradually expand the far point of the orbit outwards, and finally leave Ori's orbit at the far point, change orbit to approach the "moon", and then decelerate to enter the "moon" orbit , and the final landing is a feasible solution that has been personally proven by the octopus people. It can not only save a lot of energy, it seems like a long detour, but it also saves a lot of time. It is scientific and economical.

The first batch of Zerg space colonization teams left the space base at the top of the giant species, adjusted their own speed to enter the predetermined orbit, and finally jumped out of Ori's orbit in groups at the far point, and began to park on the "moon". OK.

Four days later, they were already close to the "moon", began to slow down, and were successfully captured by it, becoming the biological satellite of the Ori satellite.

Of course, this is not the ultimate goal of Zero. These swarms have not been given the task of space scientific research. Their goal is to land on the surface of the planet and establish a Zerg hatchery that has long been able to adapt to the vacuum environment here, turning this place into a real place. Zerg colonies on Earth!

Continue to slow down, there is no interference from the atmosphere, so they easily and quickly approach the surface of the "moon". Compared with mechanical equipment, as living beings, they can consume energy to adjust their speed at any time according to their needs, so the problem of landing It didn't cause them too much trouble. This was solved by Sass on the planet Ori as early as the birth of the swarm space unit.

This group of bugs hatched and established the first Zerg base on the "moon" by using the matter and energy they carried.

This base is not big, it only has an open-air nutrient pool and six hatcheries built around it, covering an area of ​​only a few hundred square meters, which looks rather shabby.

As a structure once transformed to collect biological energy from the first generation of energy units—the algal insects, the unit of the nutrient pool has gradually begun to be marginalized after the Octopus perished and the Zerg energy units were optimized several times in a row. In addition to converting the eliminated insect species into bioenergy, the hatchery on Ori is directly connected to the energy system on the entire planet, and can directly obtain resources and energy from everywhere. The demand for them has already increased. Running out.

Now that they are activated on the "moon" again, they naturally have their role.

After the hatchery and nutrient pool were established, most of the [-] space units that "escorted" them here jumped up one after another, threw themselves into the nutrient pool, and became supply space units. There are less than a hundred of the starting resources for the operation of the hatchery, quietly guarding around the base, and undertaking the security work.

Although it should be impossible, Zero still made due precautions. Among the remaining Zerg units, there are Zero's well-assembled weapon units, which are much weaker than the kinetic energy weapons of the Octopus. After all, the Zerg It is quite difficult to transform such a complex and powerful structure in the body.

However, it was easy for Sass to turn the existing blasters into weapons of these space bugs after they were improved.

Here they will act as "guards" against the near-impossible creatures that threaten the Zerg's first "moon" colony.

Of course, there is nothing they can do about natural disasters.

With sufficient material and energy support, this humble Zerg base quickly started its first activity on the "moon".

Zerg alien improved energy units began to be generated here. Compared with the original greenness on the life planet Ori, they became pitch black on the "moon". This special design is naturally more Receive more energy from stars.

Without the reflection and dissipation of the atmosphere, the energy from the stars is much stronger than that of Ori. From this point of view, this place is more unique than Ori, even if it is an order of magnitude smaller in volume, if it can To achieve reasonable collection, the energy produced here should not be underestimated.

This natural satellite is not completely tidally locked by Ori, it will not always have only one side facing its orbiting planet, and still has a slow rotation speed.

However, affected by the gravitational force from Ori, its rotation speed actually slows down at an undetectable speed on an astronomical scale. Perhaps after hundreds of millions of years, its "difficult" rotation will eventually stop , was really targeted by Ori, but by then, it should have nothing to do with the Zerg.

Since there is still a certain degree of rotation, what the Zerg have to do is to spread energy units all over the surface of the star, just like what they did on Ori, to complete the goal of energy collection.

It’s just different from Zerg bases all over the world, all kinds of life’s necessary materials can be seen everywhere, and Ori, who can provide material and energy support anytime and anywhere, carries out this work on this barren planet, even after the adaptation of Sass Sex transformation will undoubtedly be much slower.

Taking the first step is always tough, and as Sass continue to be researched and improved, that sort of thing won't haunt them forever.

It is just around the corner to take the "moon" into the arms of the Zerg and turn it into another natural material and energy base.

(End of this chapter)