Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 183 Journey to the stars

The Zerg Moon Base, with the initial development and further reproduction of the energy unit, the energy from the stars gradually began to offset the consumption of reproduction and survival. After the biological energy from the space bug species was completely consumed, this small Zerg base started the first expansion.

Compared with Ori, the mass of this natural satellite is only one-fiftieth of it, that is, about 0.02 Ori, and its gravity is only 1/4 of Ori.

The units of the Zerg here can be said to be as light as swallows. Of course, due to the absence of an atmosphere, flying dragons that rely on flapping their wings to lift into the air are useless here.

Therefore, the ground unit has taken over the important task of building the second base. Here, as long as the skills are mastered, the speed of the basic Zerg land unit can reach more than three times that of Ori. The land units are no longer what they used to be. They are more than enough to carry Zerg larvae, supplies and energy to build Zerg bases.

Although the surface area of ​​the "moon" is only about one-tenth of Ori's, it is undoubtedly a "small man", but if a single Zerg base slowly spreads the energy units on the entire planet through self-reproduction, then The efficiency is still too low, so it is still very necessary to cover the entire satellite with Zerg bases just like what was done on Ori.

In addition to the collection of energy, the mining of "lunar" resources also began in an orderly manner after the energy collection initially reached a self-sufficient level.

Zerg diggers, which are completely different from those on Ori, are hatched. They are more adaptable to the "moon" environment. Similarly, their own activities will consume more. At this point, the consumption and the benefits to be obtained In comparison, it is basically insignificant.

Today's Zerg has obviously not reached the level of being able to convert matter and energy at will, so the incubation of Zerg units is still inseparable from the demand for various resources. These resources are the basis for Sass to strengthen Zerg units. Without them, these The bug's body cannot withstand the threats of various harsh conditions in space, and it will never get out of the surface, so it is very important.

Compared with mining on Ori, and then transporting it into space against atmospheric resistance or using giant species to consume huge energy, it is undoubtedly much more convenient to mine directly from the "moon".

Whether it is to meet the needs of the Zerg's own activities on the "moon", or to establish a Zerg space base here in the future, it will be much more convenient.

When the production activities here at the moon base are slowly getting on track, in the main Zerg base on Ori's side, Sass... and Dagus have not stopped optimizing the Zerg units.

Especially the giant Zerg species, a creature that consumes terrifying resources all the time, even if the energy unit has undergone transformation, it is no longer the same as before. Facing such a "giant beast", it still cannot be ignored its consumption.

Its advantages are irreplaceable, but its cost is unparalleled, and no Zerg unit can compare with it.Therefore, it is imperative to optimize the giant species, and no matter how bad it is, we must find a way to reduce its resource consumption.

Sass is mainly working on this project now, and even the continuous improvement of the space worm species has slowed down slightly. They have initially reached zero demand, at least for sailing between planets within the Ori orbit. Speed ​​doesn't take much time.

As for Daggs, although he is also a cerebrum, he is also making rapid progress, but now it undoubtedly has a long way to go to keep up with SARS's thinking, let alone conduct research on a project alone.

As a teacher, Sass is still doing his best, but the speed of acquiring knowledge through the two methods of knowledge acquisition and teaching and learning is not at the same level at all. Dagus is also born at an untimely time, so he can only take his time.

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After the Zerg "landed on the moon", Zero gradually reduced his attention to the "moon". Everything is developing step by step according to the established plan. If there is no accident, before the Zerg base occupies the entire "moon" and the material and energy are completely enriched, Zero doesn't pay too much attention here.

In the space base in Ori's outer space, the Zerg did not stop their colonization because they landed on the moon.

After another energy mobilization, Zero began to plan to launch the first interplanetary colonization activity to the second planet in the star system.

Space travel between planets is different from landing on satellites.

Because they revolve around the star, although the revolutions of all the planets are basically on the same plane, due to the difference in orbit size, it is rare for many planets to appear on the same side of the star at the same time. The so-called multi-star connection caused by it is even rarer.

The "moon" revolves around Auri, and it cannot escape Auri's gravity no matter what, but other planets do not have this attribute. For example, at this moment, the distance between Planet No. [-] and Auri has reached nearly [-] million kilometers , which is as much as five times different from their orbital periapsis!
Therefore, in the voyage between planets, a very important concept is introduced, that is, the window period.

To put it simply, when the two planets are orbiting, when one’s own side approaches the orbit of the target planet after a long journey, it happens to be orbiting nearby, and then slows down and is captured by it, thus cutting into its orbit, which will make the entire voyage process much easier.

The time when this effect can be successfully achieved is called the window period by Zero.

Because in the star system, the orbital radius of the planets is hundreds of millions of kilometers, and the orbital radius of the giant planet farthest from the star has reached an astonishing 60 billion kilometers!
Under such a huge revolution radius, it takes hundreds of years to orbit the star once!
The revolution radius of a planet close to the star is much smaller, but its revolution period is often measured in months and years.

It may even take several months to advance within such a distance. Therefore, before the Zerg has the ability to quickly navigate the galaxy, grasping the landing window can save a lot of time and resources.

Now, Zero is planning to move towards the second planet.

Compared with the outer No. [-] planet and several giant planets farther away, No. [-] planet is closer to the star, its orbit is smaller, and its revolution period is shorter, so it is easier to grasp the landing opportunity.

And because it is closer to the stars, the solar energy resources here will inevitably be more abundant.

However, planet No. [-] does not have a natural satellite, and its own state makes Zero feel a little embarrassed.

As the closest planet to Ori, it has the most similar cosmic environment to Ori in the entire star system, no matter in terms of mass, volume, or rotation speed and revolution period, there is not much difference.

Its existence once reminded Zero of Venus!
It's just that it doesn't have the thick atmosphere of Venus. Maybe it's because the stars were violently active in the early years, which affected it at the beginning of its formation, or maybe it's because there is no magnetic field. The specifics are unknown.

Its atmosphere is extremely thin, zero estimates that its atmospheric concentration is only about [-]% of Ori's.

In a sense, it is like the "moon", almost directly exposing its body in the deep space of the universe, facing the flow of high-energy particles from the stars.

There is no doubt that this is a dead planet, and life is unlikely to exist.

The similar body shape and similar environmental conditions have created two completely different planets, one with flourishing life and the other with barrenness.

Destiny is so wonderful, perhaps within the sphere of influence of this star, a pair of living twin stars should have been created, but for some reason, one died young.

Of course, the so-called twin stars of life are very imprecise. After all, the birth of life requires extremely complicated or even coincidental conditions. Even if it has an atmosphere like Ori, it may not be able to give birth to life like Ori.

However, this is not a bad thing for the Zerg. After observation, the geological activities here are not frequent, and there is almost no atmosphere that hinders the activities of the Zerg, so it is actually like an enlarged and enhanced version of the "moon". It is an excellent energy collection point.

However, it is worth noting that due to the almost no protection of the atmosphere, the temperature difference between day and night here is extremely large. "Moon" is more than that, it can be described as a purgatory on earth.

But this is not a problem. As early as the birth of the Feitian Project, Saas had already considered this point. The adaptation to the space environment and the tolerance to the extreme temperature of the universe were all within the scope of its consideration.

In these aspects, it has made some achievements. Although it is not exaggerated to the extent that the Zerg can reach the size of the galaxy and can't go anywhere, but above minus [-] degrees Celsius, it probably cannot threaten the life of the Zerg. They are forced into hibernation.

Otherwise, not to mention other things, with the night environment on the "moon" that can almost reach the lowest temperature in the star system, it is absolutely difficult for the original swarm to survive here.

All in all, planet No. [-] is a treasure land, and it is imperative to establish a colony there for the Zerg who are still not free in terms of energy.

As for the planet No. [-] that is farther away, now Zero can only be said to be seen from a distance but not to be played with.

Because in the observation, it is too close to the star, so close that even the Zerg unit that has been strengthened again and again, it is difficult to survive on it during the day.

For low temperature, the tolerance of the Zerg is quite strong, nothing more than being forced into a dormant state, no matter how bad it is, it can always guarantee a whole body.

But on the surface of planet No. [-], the daytime temperature can reach an astonishing [-] degrees Celsius. To put it bluntly, this temperature can directly melt the body of the Zerg unit!
They have been strengthened by SARS. With targeted improvements, the biological heat shield will help them resist the high temperature environment within [-] degrees Celsius, and even higher temperatures can barely be accepted. If the heat source comes from stars, in the This range can even provide energy for them.

But at [-] degrees Celsius, the biological insulation layer carefully built by Sass will melt itself. Currently, no Zerg unit can have such tolerance.

They are even directly vaporized!

So at least in a short period of time, the colonization of Planet One is not within the scope of zero consideration.

But as the saying goes, if there is demand, there will be motivation. If you can't do it now, it means you can never do it. Time will give a definite answer to everything.

Two months later, the colony team headed towards planet 25 set off. Unlike the "Moon" colony team, their total number exceeded [-], [-] times that of the former!
The huge number consumed most of the material and energy accumulated by the swarm on Ori during this period of time. The consumption of each of these behemoths that can move in space is hundreds of times that of ordinary units.

In other words, if these materials and energy are used to incubate ordinary enhanced species, tens of millions of Zerg individuals can be born, not to mention that they are directly incubated in space, and the consumption is even greater.

Now that the giant species has not been optimized, with so many resources to do this, Zero can be regarded as slightly tightening his belt.

The development on the "moon" has just begun, but the colonization project of the second planet has already started.While the Zerg is accumulating resources non-stop, expanding the group, it is also strengthening the will of the Hive, and the will of the Hive continues to feed back Sass and Dagos, accelerating their research, and then further promoting the development of the Zerg colonization plan. It went smoothly and eventually formed a virtuous circle.

When the lizardmen still ruled the planet on the planet, Zero once said that he hoped that the Zerg could live in the sun and no longer need to hide in dark corners.

Now, the swarm is heading towards the stars, and they really are living "under the sun"!
Zerg swarms above Ori are active in various mine veins, providing experimental raw materials for Sass to improve Zerg individuals and even giant species. Zerg energy units that spread all over the world and even began to spread on the "moon" are continuously accumulating With enough energy to satisfy a large number of Zergs active in space!
It is worth mentioning that before the octopus people came to Ori's orbit, they released six detection satellites, and after that, they placed three resource detection satellites on the synchronous orbit to detect the entire resources of the planet.

After Jimenez decisively chose the final destination of civilization with a grand firework, these man-made objects have lost their original function, but with the blessing of initial speed, they are still moving in Ori's orbit. It's like a never-ending movement.

After the Zerg's first space base was established, the Zerg unit, which initially possessed the ability to navigate in outer space, tried to change orbits to capture these satellites under Zero's instructions.

Sass already knew the principles and structures of these mechanical creations, but Zero could not allow these technological products from the Octopus to float above the Zerg home planet, let alone the energy structure in the original Octopus spaceship. Very interested.

Therefore, it is also one of the tasks of the swarm to track down the space junk scattered on the orbit.

Many tasks were carried out at the same time. With the cooperation of the will of the worm nest, hundreds of millions of zerg units showed a high degree of coordination, each performing its own duties, busy but not chaotic.

Time seemed to be accelerated. With the efforts of Sass, the Zerg's new generation of giant bugs connecting the surface and space entered the testing stage. In theory, it would save at least [-]% of the energy compared to its predecessors. This also needs to be tested in practice.

If it succeeds, it will be used on the planet No. [-], which has initially started colonization activities, and will replace the former as a new material transportation channel.

14 years have passed, Daggs has gone through intensive study day and night, and finally he is no longer the idiot that Sass said. Occasionally, in the process of some research, it can also put forward its own opinions and bring the spark of thinking collision to the world. Zerg's biological experiment project.

The "moon" itself has become a huge Zerg base. Rows upon rows of energy units are all over this small satellite, continuously accumulating energy. Under the ground, the ore veins that have not been mined for hundreds of millions of years have been destroyed. Zerg diggers go deep, mine, concentrate, and over time, more and more.

As for planet No. [-], its huge size and mass similar to that of Ori meant that the activities of the Zerg unit could not be as easy as on the "moon", and the harsh environment on its surface also required more energy to resist , so the speed of Zerg expansion is relatively slow.

Until now, Zerg bases have just been scattered and established on about one-third of the earth's surface. There is no problem with self-sufficiency, and it will take some time to expand to the extent of occupying the whole world.

It is a pity that the "salvage" activities of the Zerg on the Ori orbit did not achieve satisfactory results. The cumulative nine satellites released by the Octopus were violently recovered by the Zerg space unit. The energy supply structure, specifically the energy crystal, has not been found.

Some space junk is collected, but it's worthless.

Zero was a little disappointed. He really wanted to see what the substance in the octopus man's memory seemed to be the energy itself, but reality is reality. It may have been blasted into the dark sky of the universe. at.

If the Zerg had the ability to travel between the stars, Zero would not mind going to the hometown of the Octopus people to take a look. Maybe their home planet could reshape the ecological environment after thousands of years.

As for now, he can only put this matter aside and focus on the expansion of the Zerg in his own star system.

On the one hand, it continues to move towards the stars, while collecting more resources, it also expands Zero's field of vision to the interior of the star system.On the other hand, the plan to further strengthen the Zerg unit was also put on the agenda after Sass and Dagos completed the optimization of the giant species.

(End of this chapter)