Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 235 Energy Weapons Zerg Transformation

Although Ruhr's two experiments came to a conclusion in favor of the Zerg, Zero was not very happy about it.

First of all, because this unknown way of transportation is not mastered by the Zerg race, what it represents in the universe, and how it exists, he does not know all this.

Secondly, even if the Zerg can use it to travel in various star fields in the future, it is only limited to places with exits, and the restrictions on the entrance make it impossible for the Zerg brigade to enter, and the time when the channel will be opened cannot be determined.

In addition, there are still doubts about why the Velvets entered the tunnel and did not respond at all.

Therefore, while starting to use it to spread Zerg units to more places, Zero will not stop researching it.

Ordinary Zerg units can't meet the needs of entering and positioning accurately. They must be led by brain worms to try to study and record many exits.

The size of the entrance of the channel determines that it is absolutely impossible to enter too many bugs at once. Therefore, the first thing Ruhr has to do is to find out where the nearby exit leads to as much as possible, and that is to verify If two or even many passages are opened at the same location, will the location inside it change?

This requires Ruhr to wait for at least two openings at the same position inside the channel. According to the time perception difference between the real universe and the inside of the channel, the time can be roughly determined. Of course, if the channel cannot be opened at the same position for a long time, it will also Can come from another location.

From this point of view, although the Zerg cerebrates have already achieved the step of entering the channel to explore, the research on energy ore veins can be said to have just begun.

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Pope put down the previous improvement project of life-extending potion, and focused on the dimensions and gravity that he hadn't really focused on for a long time.

From the most primitive monitoring data, to the predictions about the opening of mineral veins in recent years, to the theoretical confirmation that the gravitational mutation can have an impact on the mineral veins, this series of achievements in the past are actually advancing layer by layer. of.

Up to this time, through the initial research and scientific investigation, the project team realized one thing, that is, with the previous observation methods, they could no longer obtain much useful information, and they had to upgrade the entire observation system .

This further expanded the scale of the team's work, so that under the guidance of Zero's secret promotion, talents in space engineering were also mobilized to join the team, participating in design and subsequent demonstrations as consultants.

Therefore, Pope picked up his previous results again, combined them with the cutting-edge technology of the Federation over the years, and united with a group of top federal scientists to design a more complete data collection system for energy veins.

The research on gravitation is actually not his specialty, but Pope still studied it carefully, at least to understand what the Federation has done in gravitation over the years.

In this team composed of many top scientific elites of the Federation, Pope is not the top scientific researcher, at least in terms of related achievements, he cannot compare with the predecessors who have devoted their whole lives to this industry, but as a An academician of the Federal Supreme Academy of Sciences, he is by no means comparable to ordinary experimenters, and has his own team.

At this stage, his main goal is to establish a complete observation system on the basis of the original, build the basic framework of the entire research, and provide assistance for subsequent breakthroughs.

It can be predicted that although a considerable force has been gathered, it is by no means a one-day effort.

The scale of the entire scientific research team today is rare in the history of the entire federation. The last time such a concentrated effort was made to tackle the same project, it dates back to the period of the great discovery of the universe.

The entire project was broken down into small topics. As time went by, it was like an onion being peeled off, starting from the outer layer and working its way towards the core.

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Zerg 1280, after 16 years of voyage, in the Lyman galaxy, the Zerg unit sent before to observe unknown energy life reached the edge of the target star system through conventional voyage.

Although it is dark here, the existence of many large celestial bodies in this darkness can still be confirmed through the gravitational detection of scientific research units.

The first thing to do was to test, a group of medium-sized Zerg units used as bait began to advance towards the gravitational range of the two stars inside the galaxy.

These cone-shaped bugs are like a group of thick birds. There is nothing special about them. They are powered by nuclear fusion energy. Under the dark night, they are like small stars, heading towards the hidden place. The stars in the dark and many large celestial bodies are getting closer.

These bugs will use their lives to confirm within what range they will be attacked.

Of course, if Viser makes a mistake in his judgment, "it" does not have a fixed sphere of influence, but just like ordinary intelligent life, if it comes straight to the main body of the team hidden in the darkness, although losses are inevitable, it is also a kind of important information.

In any case, as long as the test is fruitful, it will be beneficial to the Zerg. A few Zerg individuals can completely afford the loss of the Zerg.

Although it is far away from the star system that can continuously provide them with resources, behind this team, there are still a large number of worms with a lot of resources approaching here. In case of accidents, they are the backup for this test The swarm can also be directly consumed as a backup resource when necessary.

In order to find out the true face of this mysterious creature, Viser did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of energy to transport resources across a distance in units of light years.

As the first batch of Zerg medium-sized space units advanced into the galaxy, passing through the main gravitational range area and being captured by the binary star system, the expected attack did not come.

They continue to move forward, pass through the edge of the galaxy in a complicated situation, and advance deeper into the interior of the galaxy.

Visser carefully observed the movements around them, including the physical condition of the group of bugs. He was sure that these bugs would die at some point. If he could find out how they died, he would be able to obtain further information. .

Under the observation of the scientific research unit, the first batch of worms slowly approached the only large celestial body in the galaxy except for the two stars - a planet affected by the gravity of the two stars.

And that's when the accident happened.Before they slowed down and entered the planetary orbit, Viser lost the vision information of the first bug, and under the observation of other scientific research bug species, it seemed to disappear out of thin air!
Next, as if something was triggered, although the group of testing insects did not gather together, they lost contact at the same time at the next moment.

Unfortunately, Viser still couldn't figure out why they died.

But this point is not important at this time, another more important conclusion needs to be verified by it.

That is, whether the other party can discover the insect swarm hidden in the darkness outside the galaxy, and whether it will take the initiative to attack!
Speaking of the outside of the galaxy, in fact, it is only 16 light hours from the Zerg's hiding place to the outermost edge of the blue giant star. Based on the attack speed of the opponent's previous attack on the Zerg near the passage, if there is no attack within five Origens, it is basically This can be ruled out.

On the contrary, if the main force of this team is eliminated by it, then it can be determined that it is not unable to attack creatures outside the galaxy.

Time passed little by little while waiting, and the five Origens were not even a moment in the space age, and they passed away quickly.

During this period, the insect swarm did not receive any attacks.As a result, Viser, who was making progress, sent out a second wave of probing bug swarms, and at the same time, some Zerg units swaggering and slowly advancing appeared outside the galaxy.

This is the second test.

The swarms of bugs that entered the interior of the galaxy were the same as last time, but the bugs outside were still not attacked.

As a result, a huge Zerg space unit loaded with huge resources began to enter the gravitational range of the star at the outermost edge of the galaxy, and began to transform into a Zerg space base.

Judging from the conclusions of the previous two experiments, it should be safe here, at least the other party does not seem to have shown any interest in actively chasing out the galaxy.

Next, Visser will use this place as a starting point to launch a suicidal temptation to the unknown life entrenched in the galaxy through the resources continuously sent from the rear.

At the same time, in order to avoid the risk of annihilation of the entire army as much as possible, Visser has released colonial teams to dozens of surrounding galaxies at the same time more than ten years ago. The existence of the Mann galaxy.If this species of suspected energy life does not have the ability to locate the strangling swarm on the whole map, unless it escapes, it will never have peace in the future.

The Zerg under Visser's control launched a frantic exploration on the edge of the galaxy, and the death of Zerg individuals is nothing but the norm.

But their deaths are meaningful.

In 1284, the Zerg sacrificed the lives of at least millions of large and small Zerg units. Viser drew at least three conclusions about this kind of creature that enveloped the macroscopic celestial bodies in the entire galaxy.

First, it does not seem to have the intelligence of an individual of intelligent civilization, otherwise it would never turn a blind eye to such crazy temptations of the Zerg, and only react after the Zerg unit approaches and "touches" it.

Of course, it is also possible that it disdains to do anything to these tiny creatures, but Viser thinks this possibility is very small.

Second, the space near the energy veins is where it attaches great importance. Once the swarm approaches, even if they don't "touch" it, they will be wiped out immediately.

This confirms the close connection between it and the energy ore veins. The previous speculation is very likely to be correct, and it is here for it!
Third, it does not "cover" the surfaces of stars and planets, but absorbs all the energy that escapes from stars, which leads to this external state.

In this galaxy that originally had bright blue giant stars, the Zerg scientific research unit no longer observed the stellar wind that was running all the time as in the past, that is to say, the light was not blocked, but absorbed by it !
Its form of existence can now be determined, although it is unbelievable, but it is indeed a kind of energy life, and it is almost untouchable.

The opponent didn't seem to have any intention of attacking the Zerg, but just guarded the energy vein quietly. Under the monitoring of the Zerg, it hardly moved at ordinary times. You can only feel a little bit of it when you attack, it's almost undetectable.

In 1285, under the surveillance of Visser, a strong gravitational reaction suddenly occurred in this star field, which lasted only a fleeting moment.

Although there is no other external evidence to support it, Zero confirmed it at the first time. It was the reaction when the vein channel was opened!

It was also at the same time that Visser observed this reaction, in the field of vision of the Zerg observers, the blue giant star slowly revealed its huge half body again, sprinkling light and heat into the space again !

This scene is so familiar, isn't that what the Zerg units that emerged from the passage observed? !
Zero originally thought that it reacted like this to kill the insect swarm, but now it seems that is not the case.

It is for the energy mine itself!
Visser believes that there is only one explanation. Like the Zerg, it harvests the energy crystals that "fall" when the mineral vein channel is opened!
As an energy life, it is very possible to collect energy crystals rich in high-level energy to supplement one's own consumption or to strengthen one's body, and it can also explain some of the previous phenomena.

From this point of view, it seems harmless to the Zerg, after all, it is just harvesting energy.

But Zero doesn't think so. When it occupied the entire galaxy, it killed all the Zerg units that existed in it!

Although it is not clear why the Zerg unit did not launch an attack immediately when it entered the galaxy again, but if this is also its instinct, it is definitely not harmless.

In Zero's vision, using channels to allow Zerg to travel between galaxies is the main development direction in the future.Judging from the current situation, this kind of energy life widely exists at the entrance of the vein channel, and has the ability to locate new mineral veins.

So no matter what its purpose is, it has actually blocked the Zerg's way!

What's more, within the Zerg's sphere of influence, there are also exits of mineral veins. Although no such life has been found in the origin galaxy, no one can guarantee whether they are on the way!

This is always a threat, and if the Zerg want to develop better, they must first solve this problem.

Subzero made up his mind.

But then again, how can a life composed of energy be eliminated or expelled?

This is an experience that the Zerg has never had before. It is special enough that it is so special that even if you want the Zerg unit to touch it, you cannot do it.

100 years ago, the Zerg's research on the application of energy was almost an era behind the Velvet people. Energy could actually form life, which was unimaginable before.

Generally speaking, energy in a free state will always dissipate to the outside world in various forms, and it is inevitable for the entire universe to go from order to chaos.

How it can make the existence of life independent of physical substances or other carriers, and how it can keep the information of its own "body" in the form of energy is almost unimaginable!
Zero doesn't know that somewhere under the starry sky, the energy life "Zhuna" has become the prey of the three major civilizations. Once they show up, they will be hunted down, but at this moment, with the means of the Zerg, it is indeed against It's a bit overwhelming.

The swarm can't really touch it without physical existence, but it kills the zerg units with ease. Even up to this time, Viser and the cerebrates haven't been able to fully determine the way it kills the swarm, only some completely It's just a guess without evidence, and even defense is out of the question.

The previous close-range nuclear explosion test could not even set off a ripple, just like setting off a grand firework in the dark galaxy.

"Energy life... energy..."

Zero fell into deep thought, talking about energy, at this moment, he suddenly thought of the energy weapons and energy shields on the Velvet battleship.

They also use relatively high-purity energy to cause damage or protect themselves from harm. Maybe some different results can be obtained from this aspect of testing.

Do as soon as you think of it, the information about the energy technology of the Velvets has already become the knowledge in the brains of the cerebrates, but it has not yet been applied to the Zerg, this is mainly because the cerebrates have devoted their energy to the scientific research of the Velvets there.

Slightly different from the energy weapons used by the Octopus and Mira, the Velvets have spared no effort in this regard, especially before the development of the hypervelocity engine was completed, they used conventional energy to the limit they could achieve.

The energy weapons of the Velvets can possess powerful power without being stimulated by energy crystals. The energy restrained by the magnetic field can be used to change patterns in their hands, and the conversion from attack means to defensive equipment does not even consume much energy on them. , in the following time, they just kept trying to increase its intensity.

The perfect information gave Dagus the most direct inspiration. Using the background of scientific and technological civilization to support the Zerg, it saved too much time for the cerebrates, allowing them to skip the development process and directly see the latest results.

Even though the process from theoretical basis to application on the Zerg that is completely different from technological civilization is not very simple, the Velvets have already helped the Zerg complete most of the work, and the rest is completely within the domain of the Cerebral Zerg. bingo.

When Zero put forward the testing requirements for energy weapons, Dagus immediately put down his secret participation in the Velvet research to help them develop technologies related to energy ore veins, and started research and development of Zerg-specific energy weapons.

During this period, Visser did not stop probing the energy life inside the galaxy, and a large number of Zerg scientific research units closely monitored it from various angles, not letting go of any potentially valuable clues.

Zerg In 1291, the Crichtel galaxy vein channel was opened again, and Ruhr led a group of Zerg scientific research units to enter it to carry out research activities.In the same year, the energy weapon applied to the Zerg space unit came out through the efforts of Dagos.

Using fusion energy as the source, a full-load attack destroyed an asteroid with a diameter of about [-] kilometers in the test!
Now, it will try to cause damage to an unknown energy life within a binary star system within Lyman.

Whether it is Zero or the cerebrum Visser, they all clearly know that this energy life that "swallows" the entire star is in the galaxy, on the surface of the star, and widely exists around various planets and even celestial bodies, thus making them lose most directly observable external characteristics.

But how to really attack it, Zero is really not sure, and can only try to attack the celestial body "wrapped" by it in a certain sense.

Attacking the energy body in the form of energy seems to mean that a meat bun is beating a dog. In the Velvet military, a similar experiment has been done, that is, using energy cannons to attack ships with energy shields on, and finally attack Fang failed to make a contribution, because the original intention of the energy shield was to resist the attack of energy weapons.

But in the situation that the Zerg are facing now, there are not many other means that can be applied. Although there is a lot of known information, the real core issues are completely unknown. Zero can only use this method to test and observe other Changes, and thus draw conclusions bit by bit.

(End of this chapter)