Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 209 Counterattack
The swarms are quietly active under the surface, and under the seemingly peaceful appearance of the entire galaxy, undercurrents are surging.

Among the small celestial bodies in the galaxy, where Mira couldn't see, the swarms were growing wantonly.

With the help of the Mira mechanical fleet, they survived from the dead and spread the seeds of the Zerg throughout the galaxy. At this moment, under the leadership of Sass, after ten years, the Zerg is once again in the There is activity at the edge of the galaxy.

The difference from before is that this time, they are not launching a decisive battle blindly. With the current strength between the two sides, it is no different from courting death.

They have a purpose.

Of course, until it develops to a certain level, the bug swarm won't cause any big disturbances, and everything is based on concealing itself first.

Everything is unfolding silently, starting from the humble again, and gradually becoming stronger.

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On the edge of the galaxy, inside an irregular asteroid with a diameter of about 160 kilometers, a small Zerg base is being established here.

This asteroid is rich in various mineral elements, conventional resources such as gold, platinum, iron, and nickel, and some fusion fuels can also be found in its internal cavity, which allows it to provide energy for the development of the swarm. Mostly required.

Of course, it is just an asteroid, and it cannot allow the Zerg here to obtain such a huge amount of resources and expand to such an exaggerated number, but how many asteroids like this are there in this barren galaxy?
More than 60 pieces!

Among them, there are about 14 of them with a diameter of more than [-] kilometers!
If you stretch your field of vision to both sides of the ecliptic plane of the star system and expand infinitely, you will find that among the 60 asteroids hidden in the dark, there are more than [-] Zerg active figures!

The rest were either under the control of Mira, or they were useless.

Since the seeds were planted in the past ten years, they have never shown signs of dew, allowing the mechanical fleet to shuttle back and forth among them. It was not until the first post-war Zerg base was established underground in the inner planet of the galaxy that the dawn finally came!
Four months later, a small Zerg fleet assembled among the asteroids and successfully destroyed a small base where Mira was stationed.

This is just the beginning, but it is equivalent to announcing the return of the swarm to Mira!
For a time, the mechanical fleet that had been calm in the entire galaxy began to attack frequently again.

However, just two days later, more Zerg fleets launched surprise attacks on the ships stationed in the asteroid belt, and dozens of small mechanical bases became the nourishment for the Zerg's development.

This time, the Zerg had changed commanders, and there was no fixed base to guard. They attacked in small formations, and retreated immediately after gaining any gains.

Mira, who sits on planet No. [-], has no time to issue real-time commands to the mechanical bases on the edge of the galaxy. The bases without enough troops are all overturned by the swarm. For a while, they are on the edge of the galaxy, showing a feeling that they are about to lose control again. scene.

The raging insect swarm grew stronger in the battle, and it could almost be regarded as a battle for war.Those war wreckage, even the space junk left over from previous wars, can be used by the Devourer, turning into Zerg battleships one after another, joining the battle sequence!
Mira tried to command the main force of the fleet to start a battle with the swarm, but this time it was different from the past. The swarm did not have a fixed base to garrison. They often plundered after the battle, and then left immediately, hiding themselves in the deep space of the universe.

This elusive guerrilla warfare style, coupled with the limitations of Mira's own command, has no way to restrict the activities of the swarm. Several large-scale extermination operations have achieved extremely limited gains.

The Zerg showed no signs of gathering together to fight the mechanical fleet. Even if they gathered briefly because of the needs of the battle, they would separate soon after.

This makes it difficult for Mira to track their whereabouts, especially at a time when the distance is very far and the speed of information transmission is quite slow.

Of course, the most important reason why such a scene appeared for a while was that Mira's fleet was too scattered, so the swarms were given a chance to attack each one. As they gradually began to gather, and the interior of the galaxy With the successive arrival of mechanical fleets, the Zerg will no longer have such an opportunity. It is even more likely that they will return to the state they were in when they were exterminated after the war. They will be squeezed out of their living space by absolute numerical advantages, and will eventually have to die A fight to launch a decisive battle.

However, this time, it is no longer Mira who holds the initiative!
Fighting guerrilla attacks on the edge of the galaxy is just a strategy of Sass. Although there are not a few swarms that are really active here, they are just bait and can be sacrificed at any time!
The real purpose of Sass is obvious-to get rid of the tiger!
In order to cope with the intensified Zerg attack on the edge of the galaxy, the fleet stationed there alone cannot wipe out the Zerg. Facing the resurgent Zerg, it is absolutely impossible to threaten the guerrilla forces without using the fleet stationed around the large celestial bodies in the galaxy. Swarm!
Therefore, although the Zerg fleet, which is blooming wildly and expanding here, is huge, it is just a feint. The Zerg swarm, which is the main counterattack force, is quietly growing in the deepest parts of the planets, waiting for the right time.

As time passed, more and more mechanical fleets appeared on the outskirts of the galaxy, but Sass was still not satisfied.

Although the power of the Zerg has quietly expanded within the planet, in order to avoid major changes, this expansion is carried out very slowly, so they do not have the ability to directly confront the opponent's main force.

So the purpose of Sass is to introduce more mechanical fleets to the outskirts of the galaxy. It is best to attract Mira himself, which is undoubtedly the best.

This puts higher demands on the Zerg swarm moving around in the asteroid belt, because as the combat power of the opponent increases here, under the superior force, the living space of the Zerg is gradually compressed.

They gradually no longer have the opportunity to launch surprise attacks on small-scale mechanical fleets, because these warships have been assembled quickly, and gradually began to carry out large-scale collective operations. If the swarms attack rashly, they will easily be surrounded and suppressed.

The bug swarm is here now, neither wanting to gather on a large scale to start a battle with the opponent, nor can they blindly flee. The former will most likely make Sass' plan fall short at the last moment, while the latter will not be able to attract more enemies.

Mira is not a program-driven fool, it can think, even if it is an act or a feint, Sass must be careful, otherwise it may be seen through!

Therefore, how to attract the opponent's mechanical main force while retaining the swarm's combat power is the most important part of Sass' plan.

Based on the command requirements that are close to the lowest level, under certain conditions, Mira is absolutely unable to turn a blind eye to the existence of the Zerg, which is completely different from ordinary life. You can't do it even if you "touch fish", you must go all out!
And what did the intelligent life "Apocalypse" leave for Mira?Except for the characteristics of some lives, there is only the "hatred" for intelligent life that is written into the bottom layer and cannot be erased!
As a result, Mira's behavior was greatly restricted. When fighting a biologically intelligent civilization, it would definitely put the highest priority on completely destroying the opponent!

Unless the logic determines that the opponent has a crushing technological advantage and the possibility of defeating the opponent is zero, otherwise it is impossible to retreat.

Regarding this point, Sass had already guessed in previous battles. Although he did not know the specific details, he could basically guess based on the performance of the mechanical fleet led by Mira since the start of the war and its form of existence. Probably come.

Therefore, if you want to achieve your own goals, you have to fall to this point.

Under the command of Sass, the swarm gave up the harassment of the main force of the mechanical fleet one after another. They wanted to let the terrifying number of mechanical fleets in the galaxy come here to wipe out the swarm, and risked being completely wiped out to tickle the opponent. No way.

What Sass needs to do is to let Mira feel that the situation here is out of control. Once the swarm is allowed to develop, there will be big troubles. Only in this way can Sass' goal be achieved.

So it decided to gather the swarms and make a big noise!
And this target was quickly selected as the sixth planet where the Zerg and mechanical warriors fought fiercely!

The three rocky natural satellites there have been messed up by the destructive development of the swarm ten years ago. After Mira took over here, there are not many resources that can be directly used or simply processed. , so it doesn't have too much value for it.

Today in the entire galaxy, almost all the massive celestial bodies have Mira's garrison, but for this reason, the defense force of the sixth planet is the weakest.

Because it can hardly rely on planetary output to expand the size of the fleet, almost all sources of troops are dispatched from other bases!
In the past, the swarm and Mira's huge number of mechanical warriors fought fiercely here. I don't know how many bugs died on it, and I don't know how many refined raw materials, which turned into piles of scrap metal here.

But now, this place has basically lost its value to Mira. The reason for the garrison is to prevent the desperate Zerg from occupying this place again.

Ten years have passed, and the micro-units of the Zerg have once again taken root in this abandoned planetary system along with the activities of the mechanical fleet.

They are different from Mira's mechanical creations, after the appearance of the Devourer.The Zerg doesn't need to consider whether the resource is "useful" or "useless". As long as it can devour it, this special Zerg will naturally distinguish between useful and useless.

Compared with Mira's industrial machine tools, the Devourer is obviously much better at dealing with waste.

Therefore, the six planetary system, which is of low value to Mira, is not the same to the Zerg at all.

Those are three rocky planets with an average mass of about 0.04 Ori!If they can develop here unscrupulously, the insect swarm can once again gather a fleet that can confront the mechanical fleet head-on!

Therefore, Sass set his goal here.

As long as he wins the control of this planetary system and starts large-scale reproduction again, Mira will definitely be aware of the threat of the Zerg, and the main force of the mechanical fleet in the galaxy will logically head here, trying to wipe out the Zerg again!
At that time, it is time for a full-scale counterattack!
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Surrounding the entire asteroid belt, in this ring-shaped area with a radius of tens of billions of kilometers, no matter how large the number of Mira's mechanical fleet is, it is impossible to maintain close monitoring of this place on the premise of completing the assembly.

After the initial dispersal and harassment, the swarm quietly began to gather on a large scale.

With the help of the resources in the asteroid belt and the plundering of resources in the early stage, Sass once again assembled a main Zerg fleet with a number of about 20, and this time took less than four months.

The reason why it is so fast is inseparable from the dispersed arrangement of the Zerg in the asteroid belt before. In fact, this number is basically the limit that the celestial bodies occupied by the Zerg can support today.

The asteroid belt on the edge of the HC-006 galaxy has experienced several wars. Ten years ago, the swarm had consumed a lot of resources here and assembled a huge fleet to compete with Mira's mechanical fleet.

It is true that this number can be further expanded if the bone-sucking marrow is fully utilized, but Sass still needs to maintain a certain number of Zerg units to maintain the presence of the Zerg in the asteroid belt and prevent the other party from easily detecting the Zerg. intention.

Therefore, this is indeed the maximum number that Sass can dispatch at present.

Because they are the closest to the asteroid belt, they were also the first team to dispatch when they were investigating the movement of the swarm. Planet [-] is now at its emptiest time. At this moment, the swarm gathered a large group and began to advance there.

In order not to make his intentions so obvious, Sass still left a considerable number of Zerg units, maintaining the previous frequency to harass the mechanical fleet deep into the asteroid belt. He is also deliberately hiding his whereabouts.

Mira's defenses inside the galaxy are very strict. Generally speaking, mechanical bases exist on the basis of large and medium-sized celestial bodies, which are easy to replenish and flexible enough.

In addition, with these bases as the center, in the unknown dark deep space, it is unknown how many detection satellites belonging to the mechanical civilization are hidden, monitoring every move in the galaxy.

When the Zerg Swarm launched the clearance of the mechanical fleet base in the asteroid belt, these "eyes and ears" of Mira were also destroyed and recovered by the Zerg Zerg. The fierce confrontation has not stopped even today.

These small satellites lacking the ability to move have absolutely no resistance to the Zerg, but they are completely sufficient as a source of intelligence.

It is impossible to completely conceal one's whereabouts under such strict prevention and control, and this is not Sass' pursuit.It only hopes that the Zerg can not be discovered by the opponent during the initial period of acceleration, that's all.

If this can be achieved, then no matter how quickly the opponent responds, it will be too late to dispatch the fleet from other places!

A large number of Zerg detectors have been released before, and they are responsible for ensuring that the only main fleet of the Zerg now avoids the opponent's search. Si Du immediately released a number of detectors that were basically the same.

This is a plan that has been carefully planned for nearly a decade, and Sass has considered many possibilities.It believes that even if the opponent is a mechanical civilization known for its computing power, it is absolutely difficult to figure out its own intentions due to the lack of key information and its intention to directly point to the opponent's weakness!
And this is its advantage!

The swarm was trying their best to conceal their movements, but it was obviously impossible to hide such a huge military operation for a long time, even if the background was an area as vast as an entire star system.

However, Sass' plan was successful. It wasn't until one month after the swarm set off that Mira finally received a report from the detection satellite and realized that the swarm's goal was the sixth planetary system with an empty defense force!

At this time, the nearest mechanical fleet is in the orbit of planet No. [-], and planet No. [-] is farther away at this time.

It’s only been ten years, and for these giant planets whose orbital radii are often hundreds of millions of kilometers in units, it’s just a part of a round of revolution, and the distance relationship between them has not changed significantly compared to ten years ago .

If the fleet is sent to support from the orbit of the fourth planet, it is bound to lag behind the Zerg!There was no Mira personally in charge there. Even if they were not inferior to the swarm in terms of numbers, after Sass knew that it was commanded by the program, he would definitely not be the opponent of the swarm when he really fought!

Therefore, although the battle has not yet started, the plan carefully prepared by SARS can be said to be a success!

Knowing that it was too late, Mira still dispatched a large number of ships in the orbit of the fourth planet to support it. Even if the sixth planet would fall into the hands of the Zerg, it would use its strength to take it back again!
At the same time, the fleets that were originally on standby above the orbits of other planets are also rapidly moving towards the edge of the galaxy.

Mira has already realized that things are not that simple. This race, which is so strange that it can hardly be explained by the technological reserves of the Hero Federation in some respects, is almost indestructible!
Whether it is willing to admit it or not, with the reappearance of the Zerg, the calculations from the data and the evolution of the model eventually lead to the fact that it is incapable of exterminating the Zerg in the entire galaxy!
If we don't extinguish the momentum of the opponent's counterattack as soon as possible, let the opponent disappear in the galaxy again like before, subject to the "last wish" from the apocalypse and the underlying logic's judgment on the technological level of both parties, it will not even be able to leave arrive!

But Mira's action just fell into the hands of Sass!

Although the swarm has not yet reached the orbit of Planet Six, its purpose has already been half accomplished!
Meteors streaked across the sky, leaving brilliant traces in the dark deep space of the universe.

Hundreds of thousands of fleets move in groups, starting from the stars, and countless mechanical creations start to accelerate at almost the same time, heading towards the swarm of insects that are still fighting on the outskirts of the galaxy and the sixth planet that is facing the war. , appear grand and magnificent.

On the other side, the bug swarm no longer hides, they are advancing towards the sixth planet at the fastest speed, all the mechanical creations in the way are destroyed, or become part of the new Zerg body!

At this moment, the Zerg's counterattack spanning ten years began.

(End of this chapter)