Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 188 Inner Galaxy Resource Supply Chain
The technology from the octopus people has basically been developed by the Zerg until now, and the aspects that can be used have been turned into nutrients for the development of the Zerg. Even on this basis, Sass has expanded to a certain extent.

Today's bug swarm, apart from weapons and equipment, can be said to have completely surpassed the octopus.As for force, it's not that Zero didn't do targeted research. It's just that the Zerg's scientific research power is limited, and demand can generate power. However, the needs of the Zerg in the era of great colonization are obviously not strong in this regard.

The weapon system from the octopus, in addition to the kinetic energy weapons displayed on the surface at the beginning, is the space-based weapons on the spacecraft, which is worth learning from the Zerg.

The technical content of the former is not high, at least in principle, there is no difficulty, but it is not realistic to implement it on the Zerg.

The latter is directly related to the energy crystal. When it comes to the energy supply level of the energy crystal in the memory of the octopus, the insect swarm can't match it, and the structure imitated before can only be seen because the energy concentration efficiency is too low.

Therefore, the configuration of force is now considered one of the shortcomings of the swarm. In space, they lack effective means of attack.

At least for the original spaceship of the Octopus, if the opponent's energy is sufficient, the Zero Asking Swarm can't deal with it from the front.

Also due to energy efficiency, the bug swarm was also difficult to match in terms of mobility, and it was far inferior in terms of attack methods.

However, this matter is not in a hurry. The research and development of weapons is placed at the end of the plan by Zero in today's colonial era. After all, the energy of the two brain worms is limited. If the star system is not invaded again, when the worm swarm expands to other galaxies, Zero will try to solve it with the highest priority.

Before that, development is the last word.

It's not that Zero has lost his sense of urgency, it's just that he doesn't believe that this inconspicuous galaxy will be invaded again in such a short period of time.

And then again, if it's really that unfortunate, what kind of sweet pastry in the universe is here, and the enemy really invades again, then with the current level of energy utilization and defense capabilities of the swarm, as long as the opponent is not a parallel importer like the octopus, it is actually difficult to pose a threat to a civilization with interstellar navigation capabilities in space.

To put it bluntly, basic technology is the last word. When all these are fully developed, it will be a matter of course to equip the swarm with the "sharp teeth" of the space age.

Without the support of basic technology, no matter how good the idea is, it is a luxury.

Sass is trying to further optimize the Zerg energy system from the octopus' conventional energy utilization, in order to achieve higher output efficiency.

But the process is really slow.In the past nearly a hundred years, the swarm experienced a technological explosion, and the problems they faced in the past quickly gained ideas and methods after the octopus was destroyed.

Even if there is a slight obstacle, a breakthrough can always be found, because the experience from the octopus people is there, even if it cannot provide direct help, it can still be used as a reference.

All of this went so smoothly that Sass almost forgot how he struggled to advance the Zerg's biotechnology to the genetic level little by little before the appearance of the Octopus, and how much time it took him to complete the feat of gene editing with the help of the demise of the Lizardmen.

I am used to riding on the high-speed rail, and it is difficult to bear the bumps of the green leather, let alone a hard seat.

Zero felt Sass's inability to start from the will of the hive. Energy collection is no longer a problem. Theoretically speaking, all observable planets in the star system, except the central star and the three gas giant planets, as long as the Zerg can reach them, they can no longer stop the development of the Zerg.

But collecting is one thing, using it is another.

For example, if they both come from the chemical energy in food, steamed buns and chocolate are completely on two levels in terms of functional efficiency.

And what Sass needs to do now is not bad. Generally speaking, it is to try to turn the "steamed buns" collected by the Zerg into "chocolate".

Of course, this is just an example, in fact it has to do much more complicated things than this.Zero is prepared to spend a lot of time waiting for this.

And Sass himself quickly adjusted his state, sorted out relevant knowledge from the beginning steadily, and tried to find feasible ideas from it.

As for Dagos, the colonization activities on Planet No. [-] are already enough to worry about. In terms of knowledge reserves, what Sass can teach it is also very limited, and more things have to be tried and summarized by itself.

Blind indoctrination of knowledge is likely to completely transform Dags into the shape of Sass, which is contrary to Zero Reservation's original intention of thinking diversity among brain worms.

While Sass is concentrating on researching energy issues, Dagus will shoulder the heavy responsibility of the swarm colonization technical consultant, and the first thing to bear the brunt is the development of both planet No. [-], which is gradually starting to fully collect, and No. [-] planet, which is initially trying to colonize.

The zero plan is to establish a channel to connect to space again on the second planet. After all, resources and energy are collected by the swarm and must be transported into space.

In order to store it, it is imperative to establish a space base here similar to Ori and Planet [-] to store various resources.

That's one, and it's what Daggs is currently doing.The thin atmosphere of planet [-] makes the construction work much easier, and the consumption is almost half that of Ori!
The second is the Zerg "space dock" that sailed from the "Moon" base to the orbit of the fourth planet. In order to support the large-scale long-distance colonization activities of the Zerg to farther distances and even beyond the galaxy in the future, it will play the role of a space station here.

Therefore, some targeted changes also need to be made, such as the waste of resources caused by the unreasonable distribution of thrust positions shown during the last movement, and even the overall shape needs targeted adjustments.

This task is not difficult. For Sass, it may only be completed in a few months, but for Dagos who has initially become independent, it can be regarded as a big project.

Zero is not in a hurry. Going to the orbit of planet No. [-] is a test of the Zerg's long-distance voyage ability. Now that there is no shortage of resources and energy, simple colonization activities are not very attractive to him.

As long as Sass can make a breakthrough, with the accumulation of insect swarms, it will be a matter of time before they are incorporated into the ruling system.

Of course, it’s not impossible for today’s swarms to go to the orbit of planet [-], it’s nothing more than spending a lot of time and resources. After the accumulation of resources on planet [-] is completed, they can try and succeed, and even if they can’t, they can accumulate experience for the next trip.

In addition, the miniaturized Zerg space unit is also on Dagos' task list. Under the same output power, the smaller the mass, the higher the mobility.

Although it will face the range problem caused by insufficient energy storage, but in a short distance, it can be regarded as a supplement to the Zerg unit.

Although weapon research is currently not receiving much attention from Zero, there is no doubt that the miniaturized space bug species is indeed a preparation made in advance for the Zerg's future attack methods.

Therefore, they will not be hatched in large numbers at present, and only exist as experimental units.

The resource transportation channel on the second planet has been "growing" for a while, and the swarm will build a space base here. In the future, it will undertake the task of concentrating and transferring the resources collected from the two colonies on the first and second planets.

Due to its superior conditions, the "Moon" orbital base will play an important role for quite a long time in the future. Before the transformation of the Zerg "space station" orbiting the fourth planet is completed, it will be the well-deserved activity center of the Zerg in the entire galaxy.

At present, although the swarms have carried out colonization activities on many planets, there is little interaction between the various colonies. The resources they obtain through production activities are basically accumulated in the planetary system. The transportation of resources across planets is too expensive. It has not yet taken shape. This also depends on the further development of the energy technology of the swarms.

However, this does not prevent Zero from taking the lead in making plans for it.

A space base will also be built on planet No. [-]. Its main function is to extract various resources from the surface and store them.

After the construction of the Zerg space resource transfer station above the orbit of planet No. [-] is completed, at least within the galaxy, the Zerg swarm will form a resource supply chain connecting planets No. [-] to No. [-], as well as the satellite "Moon". At that time, both inwards and outwards can be concentrated and transported to meet the needs of all aspects.

The transformation plan of the Zerg space station located in the orbit of the fourth planet started after that.

In the process of sailing from the "moon" orbit to the fourth planet, it exposed many problems. Although the final result was successful, Zero was still not satisfied, so he decided to redesign this huge fusiform creature.

Of course, this will fall into the hands of Dags.

For the giant space bug species, Zero actually has another idea.

The super-large insect species "grown" from a single Zerg unit is structurally a complete whole, so once there are problems that cannot be solved, it will be quite difficult to improve it, and sometimes it even needs to be "rebuilt", which will consume huge resources for no reason.

Therefore, Zero plans to make a revolutionary change to this original giant space unit, that is, try to "assemble" the huge space unit that will exist as a hive mothership in the future, just like the octopus builds a spaceship, from the "parts" of the Zerg.

This idea is a bit bold, but it is based on the current level of development of the Zerg, and it is not impossible.

Although the first experiment on gigantic space insect species was successful, after careful consideration, Zero finally gave up the idea of ​​using it as the cornerstone of the future Zerg long-distance aircraft carrier, and changed it to a space transfer station. In order to meet its energy needs when sailing from the "moon" orbit, its internal space was quite sufficient, and it was just right to undertake this task.

As for the design of the future hive mothership, Zero will take over the design himself.Although energy technology is still under research, this does not prevent him from trying to make samples first.

It is easy to come up with an idea, but it is often difficult to actually put it into practice.

It simply takes a long time, and Sass has to fumble to come up with applicable results, which is not something that can be done in the short term, and it is enough to make results before then.

Although the Zerg already has a second cerebrum, it feels like there are still too few, both in terms of advancing various projects and diversity of thinking.

If this is not the case, the supreme master himself does not have to end himself.

It's a pity that even though Dagos has been around for decades, Zero still has no reaction to it.If calculated from the time interval between the last appearance of SARS and Dagos, it took about 200 years.

If we speculate on this basis, maybe the third brain worm will not appear until more than 100 years later.

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A book is long, no book is short.

The celestial bodies in the star system are without exception macroscopically affected by the central star. This is its territory. Even in the barren area of ​​the galaxy 80 billion kilometers away, even the light of the star has become weak, but it still has absolute control over this place. The asteroids that exist here still revolve around it.

The No. 20 gas giant planet, which is 40 billion kilometers away from the central star, has quietly completed a revolution, and nearly [-] years have passed.

The giant space base on planet No. 15 had been grown [-] years ago, which almost consumed all the resources accumulated by the Zerg during this period of time on this planet.

After all, the complete colonization of planet No. [-] is only in the past few decades, and the accumulation on it is limited.

But this is innocuous, the resources are exploited, they are meant to be used, the colonization activities here have just begun, and there will be a lot of resources going into space in the future, so there is no need to be stingy with the initial investment.

The full-scale activities of the Zerg energy unit on planet No. 14 were completed 0.7 years ago under the coordination of Dagos. Although compared with other planets, its size is slightly smaller, and its mass is only about [-] times that of Ori, which is almost the same as the largest natural satellite of No. [-] giant planet.

However, the total amount of stellar energy collected by the Zerg here in the past 17 years has already exceeded the sum of all energy output on the "moon" in the past 40 years!

Its advantage in this aspect is unmatched by all other planets in the galaxy!
Auri is still the same, Zero has not made any destructive mining on this Zerg mother star, and the swarms here are still moving in an orderly manner, so at least from the outside, it still looks like the original azure blue.

It is worth mentioning that nearly a hundred years have passed, and the ecological environment here has begun to evolve extremely slowly again. Most of the creatures that were extinct by the octopus people failed to leave any seeds, but a small number of macroscopic creatures still survived in some corners.

When the octopus people perished and the original ecological environment slowly recovered, these creatures, which had undergone two drastic changes, gradually resumed activities in the outside world.

This ancient planet, which has had life activities hundreds of millions of years ago, seems to be rejuvenated again. Bugs buried in the ground that have never died quietly germinated, and within a few decades they started to grow wildly again. After hundreds of years of mutations, after the mass extinction of plants, the microorganisms released by the octopus took advantage of their extremely high iteration speed to quietly complete evolution in another direction, forming another ecosystem with the original microorganisms.

Zero was surprised to find that they were no longer able to cause mass destruction of plants, and because of this, the ecological environment of the entire planet has been accelerating in the original direction for decades.

However, no large animals have yet appeared.

On the fourth planet, the Zerg large-scale resource transfer station has long been completed, and huge energy from the surface and underground is continuously transported here, and its volume is also constantly expanding.

Also here, a group of strange-looking Zerg creatures quietly followed the main base and orbited the fourth planet.

They are the "parts" of the hive mothership, which took more than 30 years to complete slowly with the assistance of the hive will.

These insect swarms, whose numbers exceed three digits, can self-assemble in planetary orbits, connect each other through biomass, and become a huge entity.

Zero has just finished testing them, and the results are quite satisfactory. With the help of the will of the hive, the cooperation between them is extremely tacit. At the same time, the coordination and mobility are much higher than that of a single giant insect species. Except for power, they can basically meet Zero's needs.

It has no regular shape, and at the same time retains the ability to consume resources to transform its own structure and shape anytime and anywhere.

Compared with at least a relatively regular huge fusiform space unit, it looks more like a huge bug in appearance.

They will be the cornerstone of the Zerg's march to the outer reaches of the star system and even other distant galaxies, but they still lack the most critical link.

In addition, the Zerg's expansion activities have not stopped at all in the past 40 years. 12 years ago, Zero sent the first colonization team to the orbit of the fifth planet.

Because the energy output efficiency has not been developed, in order to reserve enough resources for the final deceleration, they can only park there at a relatively slow speed. This process took a full seventeen months!
The resources near Planet No. [-] are unmatched by any other planet. It has four spherical satellites, and dozens of small celestial bodies, large and small, whose mass is not enough to reach hydrostatic equilibrium.

Ten years ago, the Zerg's first batch of Planet [-] colonization teams took two years to reach the orbit around the planet with difficulty and completed the deceleration, and then spent another month to complete the landing activities on rocky satellites [-] to [-] respectively.

So far, the four large satellites of Planet [-] have begun to become colonies of the Zerg, and the Zerg has extended its tentacles to the outer reaches of the star system for the first time in history.

In the past ten years, the development of the swarm here has been relatively smooth, but it has not produced any output, and all resources have been used for its own development.

However, just two years later, Zero received a message from SARS.

40 years have passed, and Zero has never actively contacted it, allowing Sass to play freely, and it has lived up to high expectations and brought good news.

(End of this chapter)