Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 222 Awareness
"#voyagelog(910020):
In the past 910 sidereal days, the spaceship was ordered to establish the back-end supporting facilities of the mine on the second planet of the Ninth Colonial Galaxy, and now it has been basically completed. The Helben Enterprise has sent people to settle in, and the task has been completed. "

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"Logbook (910022):
After receiving the order, Mr. Hillier, the chief administrative officer from the fourth colonial galaxy, will serve as the third governor of the ninth colonial galaxy. Our department was ordered to follow the galaxy garrison to meet him. "

"Logbook (910036):
The Academy of Galaxy Sciences has been preliminarily established and has received an order from the governor. The 196th output of the mine will appear in the near future, and our department was ordered to collect it.

Voyage log (910037):
The detection equipment reacted abnormally. According to past experience, the energy mine will be opened within a year and ready to receive.

Voyage log (910038):
The target appears!Grabbing and storage has been completed.An unknown creature appeared, and the captain ordered to capture it, and the plan was a success..."

The cold text has no emotion, and it generally tells the whole process of the matter in a straightforward manner.But this is only from the flight log on the spaceship, which was supplemented and written after the incident, so the relevant information can be learned from the mouths of the entourage, and it is much more expressive.

"At that time, I was locking the target area through the observer. In the past few months, we have stayed nearby in an almost stationary manner relative to the coordinate area, just waiting for the containment of the energy crystal..."

"Yes, of course I know the importance of every energy crystal, so as soon as it appeared, I already shrouded the control and grabbing equipment to retrieve it.

At this time, Lavisi reminded me that there was something else in the imaging system together with the energy crystal. "

"...Well, it's me. That thing showed a strong life reaction on the life imager. It was very obvious, so I immediately made a reminder."

"Yes, we reported this unexpected situation up immediately, and then we got the order to capture it. We did the same. The process went smoothly, and it didn't resist too violently."

"Yes, the matter is just like what they said, I issued the capture order. As a commander, it is my obligation and my right to encounter this situation."

"Although I have known from the previous description that it 'dropped' from the mine channel you were waiting for, I still want to confirm again that this is not something you lied to claim that it was from the mine to claim credit. found it somewhere?
You know, the military has always been pretty harsh on punishments for false military service. "

"Absolutely not, General! As you know, the voyage records on the spacecraft and the data monitoring of the instrument itself are backed up, and you can read them at any time!"

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"Well, don't be nervous, it's just a routine inquiry. Your discovery this time is quite important, and your names will be on the merit record. Remember, although this matter is no secret in civilization, there are Regarding the specific details, it is still not allowed to disclose to the outside world, and you all know the principle of confidentiality."

"Yes General, we know what to do."

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In the temporary interrogation room of the scientific research station in the Second Colonial Galaxy, the second scientist of the Velvet Federation, Granger, who rushed here from the scientific research base on the home star, and the second fleet chief of staff, Lieutenant General Hierro, ended the interrogation of the accompanying personnel of the spaceship. .

It's not that they don't trust these soldiers serving in the logistics department, nor is there any real doubt about this matter, it's just because this matter is so important that the Federation must double-check to ensure that no information will be released Therefore, it is confirmed that this monster, which is tentatively called a worm, indeed came out of the mine vein channel!

As for why the research site was chosen in the research station of the second colony galaxy, instead of the top-level federal scientific research headquarters base in all aspects, so that the dignified second scientist of the federation even needed to rush here in a superluminal spaceship in his old age Here, in fact, it is mainly due to safety considerations.

After all, it was a life that fell from the "high-dimensional channel". No one could say whether it was "safe" enough. Although they were confident enough in their own civilization, the cautious characteristics of Velvet's civilization made them choose Avoid this risk.

Although the scientific research station of the second colonial galaxy is not as perfect as the headquarters in all aspects, as an old federal colonial galaxy, it is not much worse here, and it is enough for preliminary research.

Granger and Hierro greeted each other. Before that, due to the different systems they were in, they did not know each other, but they had only heard of each other's names. Confidentiality.

These interrogation materials still need to be filed with the higher-ups. As of now, the anatomical research on the bug has already started.

As the general manager of this scientific research project, Granger needs to strictly control the progress of the entire project. Although the worm died in the first round of autopsy, the necessary protection is still necessary.

To this day, all scientific research operations are done indirectly, even though they have initially confirmed that there is no deadly substance in the flesh and blood of this bug.

It can even be said that it is "very clean", not even a single parasite or bacteria that does not belong to its own life system!
It rationally uses all kinds of elements in the universe on the body, and has an internal circulation system sufficient to meet its own survival needs, allowing them to survive even if they are directly exposed to the vacuum of the universe.

The Velvet people's research in biotechnology has been very deep, but the scientific research projects about modifying their own genes have always only existed in the military's confidential files, and they have no way of knowing.

But it is certain that even Velvet's genetic warriors cannot directly expose themselves to the cosmic space without being harmed!
The value of this worm is immeasurable just because of its superficial characteristics!

In this research project, there are naturally representatives from the military, which is another important purpose of Hierro's coming here.

As for the interrogation just now, it was just a routine procedure.

"General, I heard that during the delivery process, your people seem to have sampled and studied the target, and our researchers have also confirmed that when it was received, part of its body was missing..."

"Of course, professor. This is a mistake of the logistics department. Regarding this matter, I apologize to you on behalf of the military. These samples and conclusion data used for research will be handed over to us soon without any reservations." , please rest assured."

Before Granger could finish speaking, Hierro understood and assured him seriously. After all, this was an order from the highest level of the Federation, and there was no room for bargaining in this matter. Even the always strong military Fang, must also obey.

"That's good, but there is one more thing I need to confirm with you. Haven't all the entities that have come into contact with this creature, including the spacecraft itself, its loaded instruments, personnel, etc., have stayed in other bases so far?"

"Yes, apart from here, during the transportation process, including the personnel, they didn't stop anywhere. After receiving the order, the hypervelocity engine loaded on it started to start directly, and there was nothing unusual in it. "

"Our personnel have already carried out the most stringent inspections. The military has enough experience in the matter of alien life. Outside the port, the entire spacecraft has undergone a comprehensive scan, and it is still docked at the backup space. Inside Pier 12, it is completely closed and no one enters or exits."

"Very well, the general is troubled to strictly control this, and the relevant personnel please stay in the research station for the time being for regular inspections."

"No problem, it is my mission to cooperate with you and your team."

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To be honest, the other party's caution exceeded Zero's expectations. After losing his only macroscopic vision, he could no longer confirm the environment of the Zerg here. All microscopic insect species were in the deepest dormancy. Under this condition , unless the conditions allow to actively wake up or be awakened, they will not respond even if they are killed, and they are no different from the inorganic substances that exist widely in the universe.

But judging by the time, no Zerg unit has launched activities until now, which is enough to see their caution.

This can at least show that these microscopic bugs have not yet come into contact with macroscopic celestial bodies and cannot carry out activities.

Zero is unwilling to wake them up rashly. Once discovered by the other party, it will inevitably lead to the bankruptcy of the previous plan.

Now there is only waiting. If one day the Zerg unit wakes up, it means that his plan has succeeded. Otherwise, it means that the other party's detection and Zerg's activities in this star field will no longer be easy.

The top researchers of the Velvet Federation are obviously much more professional than the researchers temporarily transferred from the spaceship, and their scientific literacy is also more than a notch higher than those half-barrels of water.

The Federation attaches great importance to this "high-dimensional channel" beyond imagination. The spaceships ignored by the military have undergone the most stringent inspections after being taken over by the scientific research system. Except for the defense system, all research work is done by The researchers directly under the Academy of Civilization Sciences took over.

In this case, the "foreign objects" attached to the surface of the spaceship had nowhere to hide, and even the micro-units of the Zerg that had been attached to the corner of Pier 12 were also discovered.

This was followed by a stricter martial law. The entire space research station was blocked. The highest authorization from the Federation Council prohibits any spacecraft from docking and leaving before the prevention and control is lifted. All personnel, including scientific researchers, must be inspected!
The invasion of alien species has always been the key prevention and control target of the Velvet Federation, not to mention that this creature is now "falling" from a suspected high-dimensional space.

The reason is because of the painful lesson before, the unknown virus from the colony planet once paralyzed Velvet's home planet!

Rigid and rigorous Velvettes will not allow the same mistakes to recur, and in every subsequent interstellar activity, the inspection of this aspect has always been the top priority.

During the process of being captured, the bug crazily released hundreds of millions of micro units, they floated aimlessly in the universe, apart from actively waking up, even Zero couldn't control them to do it on their own initiative something.

These microscopic substances, like inorganic substances, were forcibly "swept off" from the surface of the spaceship by the Velvets. Under deliberate research, their camouflage could not fool these elite personnel at all!

Their biological structure was discovered shortly thereafter, and targeted killing methods were developed to clean up the entire Pier 12.

Of course, there are specific details about these creatures, and the Velvets need further research.

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As time passed, Zero knew very little about the other side of the tunnel. Due to their own limitations, it was difficult for those microscopic insect species to provide him with information.

Therefore, He could only wait patiently.

Two months later, Zero was pleasantly surprised to find that at the other end of the passage, a Zerg unit had awakened and was absorbing matter and energy from the surroundings to strengthen itself!

This seems to mean that some of them have already taken root in a suitable environment!
However, the feeling of surprise didn't last long. With the growth of this Zerg unit, Zero gradually recovered part of his macro vision.

As a result, surprise turned into surprise, and from surprise to indifference.

He suddenly noticed that this awakened bug that was rapidly replicating itself was not in the familiar planetary environment, but in a fully enclosed container!
At this moment, Zero immediately noticed the current situation of the Zerg!

They have been found!
Moreover, the other party is using this to study the characteristics of the Zerg!
They provided a sufficient energy supply for the aggregated worm, and even used part of the body of the macroscopic worm as the nourishment in the petri dish to observe the state of this batch of micro-units in such an environment!
Through the will of the nest, Zero can feel that there are still a large number of micro-units of the Zerg in the space at the other end of the passage, but in the area near this bug, it is almost impossible to feel it at all!

No doubt they were cleaned out!
Zero watched all the activities in this "Petri dish" indifferently. In fact, after this group of micro units formed a macroscopic structure, Zero was able to directly affect this place.

He didn't stop the other party's experiments, such as stopping the growth of this bug that could be directly observed by the naked eye.

—that would undoubtedly reveal more!

Of course, it's not that he didn't do nothing. This worm, which came from a micro unit, would have naturally grown into a zerg hatchery. Under his influence, it would only grow into the same one that was captured by the other party before Bug-like individuals!

This is of course not the best choice for the Zerg to hatch, because the efficiency is really not high.But in this case, it is also a good choice.

Zero Confidence If you don't directly interfere with the common sense, the other party will not be able to detect your own existence anyway, so since exposure is inevitable, misleading is another option in this case!

Now that the other party is aware of it, let it be what they consider a reproductive trait.

The Swarm is expert at playing unintelligent life.Zero only needs to control them to grow into "larvae" under the eyes of the opponent, and eventually develop in the direction of the original adult, while giving up control of its behavior.

In this way, information about the Zerg can be concealed to the greatest extent and at the same time mislead the other party.

Yes, at this moment, Zero has re-established respect for this advanced civilization, and no longer simply regards it as a resource for the development of the Zerg, but an opponent and enemy worth going all out to deal with!
Even Mira, an intelligent life who is extremely sensitive to data, was turned over by the Zerg without any investigation, but it was almost turned over by the other side in just two months!
The other party's seemingly simple behavior just captured all the important points.

Although Zero still doesn't know the specific development level of their civilization, the true strength of a civilization is not only in its technological level.

Zero knew that there were still extremely large number of Zerg miniature units near the exit of the passage, even the Velvets couldn't completely wipe them out in space.

But now that the other party has noticed, they only need to check and clean up the passing spaceships, which theoretically can prevent the Zerg units from touching important targets.

I believe that even if the direction of growth is deliberately controlled by Zero, the other party can realize the horror of this creature, and perhaps they can discover more from a deeper genetic level.

But there is one thing that the opponent cannot avoid anyway, that is, in fact, the Zerg has already existed widely in the space at this end of the channel, near the exit of the mine vein, on the previous navigation channel, and they are following them all the time. Moving by inertia, even the relative speed is very exaggerated.

Zero is unwilling to do things by chance, and these tiny Zerg units scattered all over the galaxy, whose characteristics have been noticed by the other party, cannot be completely wiped out at this moment!
Although it is a pity that Zero cannot directly land on a large celestial body silently, as long as it can shine on the sun, even if it is just a small meteorite, or even if the material resources on it are not so rich, these insignificant bugs can use this to develop Bring out the brightest sparks!
They did affect Zero Original's plan, but they couldn't prevent the Zerg from entering this star field from the root.

A long time will give the swarm endless opportunities, even if they have been discovered, they are still in the dark!
(End of this chapter)