Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 186 Giant Planet No. [-]

This kind of idea, which has never been done so far, will be out of control once it is born. If it is really feasible, then in the star system, all the rocky planets that have not completely fallen into silence will no longer cause troubles to the activities of the Zerg due to energy problems.

However, Zero at this time did not expect that the surprise from Planet [-] was more than that.

The completely different planetary environment makes the creatures on planet [-] look not much different from ordinary bugs on Ori, but they have their own set of inheritance methods. The concept of genes is expanded here, and it is no longer just the so-called base pair information editing of life on Ori.

Similar to the previous octopus people, although they are essentially the transformation and editing of similar substances, which bring different traits to each biological individual, they are indeed different and cannot be confused.

The similar but different genetic system brought Sass a richer experimental direction. They can evolve to such an extent that the feasibility of this genetic method has been confirmed in thousands of years of inheritance, at least stable inheritance and expression.

Many problems that were originally difficult to solve have new ideas in the mutual verification. The extreme temperature adaptability problem that was originally difficult to solve in a short period of time found inspiration in the flat-shaped organisms that rely on high temperature to maintain their own survival on Planet [-].

This is an evolutionary path that leads to the same goal as the life above Ori. They are also carbon-based organisms. It cannot be said that one is better or worse, but it has its own uniqueness.

The idea of ​​extracting energy from the heat from the earth's core is still on the plan, and the life on the fourth planet can't contribute much to this matter. After all, they just use it to maintain the balance of matter in their bodies. Without these heat, they will die, but it has nothing to do with energy acquisition.

What the Zerg have to do is completely different. Zero wants to turn it into a conventional energy that drives the activities of the Zerg just like absorbing the energy of the stars. There are completely two concepts between the two.

Therefore, in addition to providing inspiration, they can not provide much help to the follow-up research of SARS, at most they can be used as a reference.

Regarding the main research direction of SARS, there has always been zero entanglement. After all, it is the only brain worm that can be used, but there are many things that need it to do.

Dagos's growth rate is still very fast, and it has probably reached the level of SARS a hundred years ago. After all, he did not take any shortcuts. It is commendable to be able to reach this level in such a short period of time purely through his own learning.

It can't be said that it is useless today, at least it is not a problem for it to control the transformation and incubation after Sass completes the design.

As an assistant, it can help Sass save a little time and energy, and it is basically qualified.

But Zero's positioning for it is not just an assistant.As the second brain worm of the Zerg race, one of the only two intelligent individuals, it should shoulder more important tasks like Sass, and should be the leader instead of just being an assistant.

Zero estimates that if it is only about the level of knowledge, according to its current learning speed, it can basically reach the current level of SARS within ten years, but when it comes to experience, it is still far from SARS.

This point still needs time to make up for it. As an independent intelligent unit, the specific length of time depends on its understanding.

A book is long, no book is short.

Two years later, the first batch of extremely high-temperature-tolerant species of the Zerg was born. Sass combined the material technology of the octopus and the genetic optimization and improvement of various heat-resistant organisms, and finally hatched this batch of small but unusually powerful insect species based on the bug swarm that was responsible for the colonization of the second planet.

As test units, they were hatched directly on the surface of planet No. [-], so they did not have space navigation capabilities.

Because the daytime temperature on planet No. [-] is not high enough, the experimental results on the surface cannot be used as a reference, but this is not a problem.

In the past two years, the Zerg colonization activities on Planet No. [-] have not been fully achieved, that is, energy units have fully occupied the entire planet, but there are already swarms of bugs active deep underground. Even if the geological activities on Planet No. [-] are far less frequent than those on Planet No. [-], it is not difficult to find a volcano.

Here, it will be used as the experimental base for this batch of heat-resistant insect species.

The temperature of volcanic magma, which comes from the upper asthenosphere of the earth's mantle, is generally above [-] degrees Celsius, which is nearly double the estimated maximum temperature of planet No. [-] during the daytime. It is undoubtedly sufficient as an experimental prop.

Although jumping into the magma bath and being exposed to high-temperature light are basically two concepts, they are not without commonality. Through this method of reference, some conclusions can be drawn. After all, it is indeed a bit of a luxury to go to Planet No. [-] across a long astronomical distance just for this experiment.

The swarm could fully afford the small losses caused to obtain the experimental results, but the final results were not very satisfactory.

The newborn Zerg's ability to tolerate high temperatures has indeed improved, but the magnitude is not as great as imagined. The final conclusion is that at about [-] degrees Celsius, these bugs begin to be unbearable, and then die one after another.

In other words, their tolerance has improved a bit, but they still can't meet the requirements.

But Zero is not disappointed, this is just the first experiment, it does not mean that they have no room for improvement.

And one of the most important points is that the lethality of this kind of experimental method wrapped in cooling magma may be much stronger than that of a simple high-temperature surface, which cannot be ignored.

Under Zero's instruction, Sass began to shift the research focus, trying to solve the energy utilization problem on the fourth planet, and handed over the task of continuing to optimize the Zerg's high temperature tolerance to Dagos.

This is not to rush the ducks to the shelves. Sass has completed the most difficult step in this experiment, and there is no difficulty at the technical level. In addition, Daggs' knowledge reserve has improved by leaps and bounds in the past two years. Through continuous experiments, it is not impossible to turn these "semi-finished products" into real "finished products".

At the moment when planet No. [-] has not yet completed colonization, the development of Planet No. [-] is not in a hurry to be put on the agenda, so Dags has enough time to complete this matter.

This is the first time that it has completed a scientific research project on its own in a true sense. Although it can only be regarded as filling in the gaps for SARS, it is also a rare opportunity, which means that it has initially got rid of its identity as a research assistant for SARS and started to go to the stage.

This is a matter of time, it has the same innate ability as Sass, and the accumulation of knowledge is enough, it is indeed time to take on the heavy responsibility.

Sass agreed with this, but it didn't make it easier. He could only hope that Daggs could become stronger as soon as possible, and maybe that would be able to share more tasks on him and achieve the purpose of reducing the burden.

Seth thinks so.

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On the fourth planet, with the discovery of the second species, more creatures gradually revealed their mysterious faces.

Although due to energy issues, the insect swarm did not carry out large-scale activities here. Except for the occasional activities of excavators to strengthen and modify underground caves and passages, only a small number of hatched scientific research units are exploring in this area that is insignificant compared to the entire planet.

One kind of creature invisible to the naked eye has been discovered. As expected, they all depend on the special environment of the entire planet to survive, and together with other life forms this simple ecological environment.

On a macro level, no more life that can be directly observed has yet been discovered. Even so, the brand new ecosystem still contributed a lot of complete and special genetic information to the Zerg, which provided valuable assistance to Sass in solving the problem of the normal activities of the Zerg here.

After Dagos took over the research on the colonization of the Aurene ring planet, Sass focused on improving the acid resistance of the Zerg unit.

There is no clear plan for the utilization of thermal energy, but if the problem of strong acid resistance can be solved first, the swarm can collect star energy on the surface, even if the efficiency is lower and the loss is more, as long as there is a surplus, they can carry out colonization activities normally, which is better than waiting.

You must know that until now, there are still tens of thousands of Zerg space units on standby in the orbit around the fourth planet.

At that time, they can also land on the surface, further accelerating the Zerg colonization activities.

The entire star system is basically divided into two large circles. Within the orbital range of the four rocky planets, it can be regarded as relatively easy to land. They are relatively close to each other, and Ori itself is also on the third orbit. Whether it is inward to planet No. [-] and No. [-], or outward to planet No. [-], even if the landing window is not grasped, it can be reached again in at most three years.

If it goes out from planet No. 33, it will enter the orbit of the gas giant planet No. [-], and even if it is adjacent to planet No. [-], the distance between its orbital apexes is more than [-] million kilometers, or about [-] light minutes!

This distance is almost twice the average radius of the orbit of planet No. [-], that is to say, its distance from the central star has reached an astonishing [-] light-minutes, nearly [-] million kilometers!
With such a huge orbital radius, the time it takes to make one revolution is thirteen times that of Ori!
Its astonishment is more than that. In addition, its volume is 360 times that of Ori, and its mass has reached an astonishing 0.68 Ori. Among the celestial bodies orbiting it, there are only four spherical satellites that have reached the hydrostatic balance.
As for other large and small irregular celestial satellites, there are countless, just like a small star system!
This is a veritable giant, and it is also the largest planet in the entire galaxy. All rocky planets, including Ori, are small in front of it. Only the two gas giant planets on the outer periphery can barely compare with it, but they are much worse in terms of volume and quality.

It may not be intuitive enough to say this, but if you put it another way, you can know how huge it is.

According to the observations of the Octopus and the follow-up verification of the Zerg, among the seven planets in the entire star system, the mass of the fifth giant planet is almost twice the sum of the masses of the other six planets!
In this unassuming galaxy, the central star is the undisputed boss, and Planet Five follows as the big brother of all the planets.

Regarding the plan to go to the orbit of planet No. [-], Zero has not yet made sufficient preparations. The resources in the moon base are enough to form a colony team again, but the distance is too far, and the consumption during the period is too large, so more preparations are needed.

Secondly, the window period to go there is very short, and it is relatively difficult to grasp. With the current space navigation capabilities of the swarm, it is still a little bit reluctant to go here.

The internal and external colonial activities are carried out simultaneously, which is Zero's overall arrangement for the entire galaxy colonization plan.In this process, the Zerg's space navigation capabilities will continue to improve. After the entire galaxy is included in the sphere of influence, perhaps they will be able to reach the point where they can look forward to other stars.

At the same time, in this process, a large amount of energy and resources will also be accumulated to prepare for the subsequent interstellar voyage and the experiment and incubation of Zerg voyage units.

Of course, I don’t know how many years it will take to get to this point. At least with the current capabilities of the Zerg, it is not enough to start interstellar travel. In other words, at the maximum speed they can reach, even the nearest star system will take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to reach. Taking the home galaxy of the Octopus, the Crystal Galaxy, for example, the distance of 2 light years is enough for the Zerg’s current space unit to travel at its maximum speed for more than [-] years!

It should be noted that the so-called maximum speed does not mean that the Zerg can only reach such a speed. In fact, as long as the energy is sufficient, it can theoretically accelerate infinitely before the speed causes a drastic change in mass.

But during the voyage, it is impossible for them to carry unlimited resources. Of course, this can also be achieved approximately by expanding their size. However, during space voyages, their own mass is closely related to the energy consumed to propel themselves forward. As the mass increases, the energy consumed to accelerate to the same level will also increase sharply.

Therefore, there is an optimal solution between mass and energy, and exceeding it means that the work is useless, and the gain outweighs the loss.

This is the biggest reason that troubles the Zerg in inter-galaxy voyages. The solution is not difficult. Under the premise of limited carrying resources, it is nothing more than improving energy output efficiency, so as to achieve the purpose of consuming the least energy and achieving the maximum acceleration effect.

And this has been quietly going on during the colonization activities inside the swarm star system.

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Although the Zerg Swarm has launched a vigorous colonization movement in space, except for Ori, the entire "Moon" and most of the second planet have been included in the rule of the Zerg Swarm. Even the extremely harsh environment of the fourth planet, the Zerg Swarm has also completed the landing. After further improving the Zerg unit's ability to adapt to the acidic environment and improving the way to obtain energy, it will be able to fully launch large-scale expansion activities.

But to this day, the main units of the Zerg, the Sass and Dagoths, still live on the surface of Ori.

This is the base camp of all insect species, and it is also the most important place for the insect swarm.Through the hive will, Sass can connect to any unit anywhere the Zerg has arrived, of course, with Zero's acquiescence.

Therefore, distance is not an obstacle for cerebral worms such as Sass to control the swarm. Even Ori, which is hundreds of millions of kilometers away, can also carry out research activities on planets [-] and [-].

Zero plans to move the Zerg main base to space after a period of time, that is, to send Sass and Dagus to the space base.

This is not due to the scope of influence of the two, but mainly due to security considerations.

As long as it is still on the planet, it will inevitably be threatened by various disasters. Even if these ordinary geological activities and natural disasters have long been unable to deal with the Zerg, but within the range of the surface, it will be affected a lot. If one day, Ori suffers a world-class disaster that the Zerg cannot stop, it will inevitably affect Sass and Dagos.

In addition, there is also the consideration of mobility. Even after hundreds of years, Sass has not changed much in appearance. Compared with its intelligence level, it can be said to be a plant insect in terms of controlling body movement.

Such conditions make it dependent on other Zerg units for its activities. If a sudden disaster occurs, it is difficult for it to escape by itself.

Only by being in space and placing itself in the Zerg space base can it guarantee the ability to move quickly anytime and anywhere.

Based on these, the space base located in the orbit of the "moon" is the next place Zero chose for them.This place is rich in resources, convenient in material transportation, and quite abundant in energy, making it very suitable as their research base.

Moving two fat bugs into space is not a difficult task for today's Zerg. The space bugs have been verified by Sass decades ago. To do this under such conditions, it only takes some time.

With the departure of Sass and Dagos and the relocation of the main base of the Zerg, Ori, the planet that gave birth to the two intelligent civilizations of the Lizardmen and the Zerg in a general sense, has become less important to the Zerg.

Although it is still the origin of the Zerg race, the undisputed mother star, and it also entrusts Zero's memories and a trace of emotion since he woke up.But in fact, it is no longer the activity center of the Zerg, and there is no essential difference between the second planet and the fourth planet.

The Zerg that went into space will no longer rely on any celestial bodies. Whether these stars exist or not, they will not affect the important units of the Zerg, let alone Zero itself.

Since then, they have gotten rid of the influence of ordinary planets on themselves in a practical sense, and there are no longer any natural disasters on the surface that can affect the survival of the Zerg race.

Once upon a time, the weak race that lingered in the earthquake and tsunami, almost suffered the crisis of genocide, and had to do its best to struggle to survive on the surface of the planet, has come to this step step by step.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, volcanic eruptions, these so-called disasters that once made Zero and the bug swarm led by him feel so insignificant now.

Shocking waves hitting the shore, landslides and ground cracks, and disasters that wiped out the world have changed from a disaster to the most common natural phenomenon for the Zerg race.

They have completed the gorgeous transformation from ants on the surface to zerg in the starry sky. The planets are trampled under their feet, and the stars are in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)