Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 246 The Mystery of "Zhu Na"

With the help of the Zerg version of the gravity generating device, in the Krichtel galaxy, a bug "climbed" the entrance to the opened sub-dimensional channel. Through a large amount of energy and material supply, it slowly "propped" an increasingly large space. The larger the spherical area.

142 Oridays later, it changed from a small cubic space to a huge "cave" with a diameter of 76 kilometers visibly to the naked eye!
Of course, this is not without cost. Maintaining the continuous operation of the gravity generating device consumes one-third of the total reserves of the Krichtel Galaxy since it entered the energy harvest stage!

As for the Zerg unit itself that transforms into a wormhole controller, its consumption is nothing in comparison.

The diameter is 76 kilometers, which is enough for the Zerg medium-sized space units to pass smoothly, but this is not the limit of the Zerg.The reason for stopping temporarily is not only due to the consumption of energy crystal reserves, but also because a single wormhole entrance does not make much sense.

In essence, this wormhole expansion operation was just an experiment based on the scientific research results of the Velvet people. Even though Sass had basically confirmed its correctness before this, its essence did not change.

Critchtel's successful verification here represents its true feasibility.Therefore, including the SH-009 galaxy, in all the star systems that have energy veins that have been discovered by the brainworm Luer and are actually controlled by the Zerg, a construction schedule for the interstellar era has begun.

As the Zerg unit that controls the entrance grows, it continuously extracts energy and resource supplies from within the galaxy. This process does not require the participation of extremely high-quality energy such as energy crystals, so it also reduces the actual consumption of this project. Too much.

On the order of 76 kilometers in diameter, Zero actively stopped expanding.Theoretically, it can continue to expand until it reaches hundreds of kilometers before it is forced to stop growing because its body structure cannot bear the huge gravitational effect.

But firstly, there is no need to allow large Zerg units to pass through at this stage. Secondly, it does not mean that this Zerg unit will no longer consume energy after it grows up. In fact, maintaining the stable existence of the wormhole requires a huge amount of energy every moment, and The larger it is, the more energy it needs to continue to consume.

Fortunately, the Zerg now have a big business and the entire galaxy is under control, so they can still afford it with some conventional energy.Whether it is the extraction of planetary energy or the storage of stellar energy, this is the Zerg's old profession as early as the Ori system.

But being rich is one thing, and meaningless squandering is another.Ensuring that the Zerg medium-sized space units can pass through is enough to meet the requirements in this era, and there is no need for meaningless expansion.

The huge energy originally stored by the swarm can finally be put to use in this era, but Zero still feels that it is not enough. For example, the cost of transporting materials from other galaxies to Krichtel is still too high, and traveling at the speed of light is still too high. Although the emergence of the invention has greatly reduced the time cost, if a large amount of materials and energy are transported for long-distance navigation in units of light years, the intermediate consumption is still unbearable and unnecessary.

Therefore, with the emergence of wormhole technology and the continuous consumption of a large amount of energy, and the inevitable need for greater energy support in the future, Zero decided to restart the Dyson Sphere project on a large scale.

The energy from stars is almost endless, and those young fireballs themselves are an inexhaustible source of energy.While supporting the swarm to navigate within the star system, it can also provide interstellar voyages.

It's a lot slower, but it's cheaper.

Especially for Critchtel, Zero intends to establish a complete Dyson sphere here, allowing the entire star to provide energy support for various activities of the Zerg, including wormhole supply.

Of course, even with the current capabilities of the Zerg, this will not be accomplished in a short time and will require a process, but this is not a big problem.

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The Lyman Galaxy, a huge celestial structure that is almost the same as the river system where the main body of the Zerg is located, has also been invaded by the Zerg. From the first few galaxies to hundreds of stars today, this area spans 600 million lights. In the star field of the year, the insect swarm is developing rapidly.

Over the years, the Zerg Swarm has also suffered several attacks from mysterious energy beings, which once caused all the Zerg units developed here to suffer casualties.

Of course, they all dissipated into the universe as a result.

Zero felt that it was necessary to pay close attention to this kind of life.All indications indicate that they are likely to exist in large numbers within the Lyman galaxy!
Although they have never been seen actively moving to galaxies without energy veins so far, it is not Zero's style to hand over the initiative to these mysterious monsters that seem to have no intelligence, not to mention that energy veins are also crucial to the Zerg. Crucially, that is where the wormhole exit will be to connect various regions in the future!
Therefore, it is not enough to master the method of killing them within the energy galaxy. The insect swarm must understand them, and it is best to be able to maintain a threat to this life at all times.

The first thing to do is to give an early warning. Under normal circumstances, the actions of this kind of life in the universe are very difficult to observe. It is like an energy "black hole" that wraps itself tightly without leaving any trace on the outside.

But in these few contacts, the insect swarm still mastered part of the opponent's intelligence. This kind of "black box"-like existence can absorb energy and make many observation methods impossible.

But precisely because of this, it also exposes itself to a certain extent.

Active tracking is currently impossible, but there is still much to be done to predict the opponent's attacks to a certain extent.

Among Ryman, this is the only example of a galaxy with energy veins currently controlled by the worms.Among the 120 six star systems in total, most of them have very limited value.

After the Zerg's eighth brainworm was born, Zero named it Gore, which means energy.

Under the current situation where energy beings are constantly invading, it will shoulder the responsibility of leading the insect swarm in the Lyman galaxy to develop and grow.

The heavy responsibility it took over from the brainworm Visor allowed it to grow rapidly.The Lyman Galaxy is not peaceful to the naked eye, and Zero has even prepared for Ruhr to find this exit first, so that all the insect swarms can truly be connected together.

However, before the trip could be completed, the insect swarm in the Lyman galaxy discovered a second galaxy that might contain energy veins.

Not surprisingly, the place has been occupied by mysterious energy life.If the swarm fleet that was sailing at super-light speed had not been disturbed by strong gravity and escaped from the state, Gore would not have even discovered that there is a massive star here. It is too hidden, especially when it is motionless, in the There are traces that can be traced nearby, but there is no way to judge from distant light years away.

Zero has always felt that this kind of energy life comes from the high-energy fluctuations generated by energy veins. In fact, it seems to be the case. However, regarding their purpose, in this "accidental encounter", he found that he seemed to Some take it for granted.

From the moment he confirmed that the other party was an energy life, Zero believed that they came for the energy crystal. Especially when they were attacked, the almost homologous fluctuations they revealed made him even more convinced of this.

However, when the Zerg fleet encountered it this time, it discovered a blind spot that had been ignored before by chance.

It seems to be trying to leave!

From previous understandings, this kind of life has an extraordinary persistence in energy veins. Once discovered, it will immediately try to occupy it, and even completely cover its "body" in an entire star system, isolating almost all external entities. The phenomenon.

So what reason does it have to leave?
Generally speaking, for this kind of creature with no intelligence but only instinct, all its actions are meaningful.It comes here to get something, and then it must leave because it has already obtained the thing that attracts it, or there is something else that attracts it more.

However, if left untreated, the output of energy veins is almost endless.In previous observations, it has never been found to enter the interior of the channel, which means that if it comes for the energy crystal, then it will never leave!

But now, when the insect swarm discovered it, they really observed signs of its "evacuation".

Stars brighten little by little and reappear in the universe.

Gore intentionally kept it here. Although the insect swarm would not get any substantial gains from killing an energy life that was about to leave, the energy contained in its body would also quickly escape into the universe due to death.

But it is destined to be the enemy of the insect swarm. If it encounters it, there is no reason to let it go.

Releasing gravity bombs inside galaxies with energy veins can cause gravitational chaos, which in turn can cause violent fluctuations in space in a short period of time. For this kind of energy life, it represents a fatal threat.

This has been confirmed in many previous contacts, but this time, Gore failed.

It's not that the gravity bomb didn't work. In fact, it was no different from normal times. It was even more intense due to deliberate control.

But the strange thing is that this time, the Zerg failed to open the mineral vein channel, allowing a series of subsequent chain reactions to occur!

When a truth that has been proven countless times in the past appears unexpected, it either means that it is not the truth, or that something unknown has happened here.

The judgment of the existence of energy veins here comes from the energy life itself. The Zerg's knowledge of it has always followed the energy crystal, so where it is there, there must be energy veins.

But that doesn't seem to be the case this time.If the violent gravitational fluctuation fails to open the mineral vein channel, then it is just a one-time attack method. It may be extremely powerful, but for this kind of energy life, it is not fatal at all.

After being attacked, he ignored the swarm's intentions as always, and soon disappeared from the sight of the Zerg scientific research unit in a way that Gore and even the Zerg could not understand at present.

Zero knew that it must have its own way of traveling at faster than light speed, otherwise it would never have the ability to track down new energy veins like a shark that smells blood.It can kill tens of millions of Zerg units in the same galaxy at almost the same time. This is proof.

But that's not Zero's focus this time.What he wants to know is, since there is no energy vein here, why does this kind of energy life, which is absolutely terrifying to ordinary civilizations, appear here?
And why does it want to leave from here?

It seems that the Zerg have fought against it more than once, but in fact their understanding of it is still superficial.

This is likely to be an event that subverts the Zerg's understanding of it, but in the absence of important information, there is no way to directly draw a definite conclusion.

If the prediction is correct, this kind of creature should exist in large numbers in the unknown corners of the Lyman galaxy. Maybe at this moment, countless stars are losing their light under its wrap, but what are they doing here? For a moment I became a mystery again.

Gorr let the zerg swarm occupy this star system, thinking that he might be able to find clues from here.

However, the dim red dwarf star gave Gore no clues.It is just an ordinary star, nothing special in the galaxy.

Including the entire star system, Zero has seen too many cosmic objects similar to this in thousands of years of exploration. It is certain that there is nothing special here.

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Stars race in cantilevered arms around the center of the galaxy, as the universe has done since time immemorial.

After the Brochers appeared in the Zerg's field of vision, Zero once had a guess that maybe the dark side of the universe they talked about was referring to the sub-dimensional passage discovered by the Zerg.The so-called dark matter and dark energy are the different forms of existence of energy crystals in the real universe and sub-dimensional channels.

There is no direct evidence for this.Limited by the overall technological level of civilization, the Brocher people's research in this area is also very limited. They have never seen real energy veins, let alone the interior of sub-dimensional channels and other information.

But among their research results, there was an inference that helped the Zerg a lot at this moment.

High energy electrons!

This kind of particle, which is theoretically born from the mutual annihilation of dark matter and its dark matter and then disperses in the universe, seems to be extremely active near the wormhole that continues to open.

The Brocher people's observation methods are much worse than those of the Velvet people. As long as the Velvet people look for the data they have not observed, there is no reason to be worse than them.

There is a certain connection between high-energy electrons and the continued opening of wormholes. This is almost certain, but at this moment, in this galaxy where energy life has just left, Gore discovered a similar phenomenon.

This means that before this, there was a high probability that there was indeed an energy vein here, and the channel was open!
But why did it disappear? !

Is it a natural phenomenon, or is this energy life doing something here? !

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At this moment, Zero's thoughts were divergent.

If the mineral vein passages can really disappear naturally, will the wormhole passages established by the Zerg today also be affected one day?
And if it is related to that kind of energy life, then its purpose of finding mineral veins is not as simple as Zero thought before!
Although the Zerg today have occupied many star systems and have even extended their tentacles into the adjacent river system of Lyman, when it comes to exploring the universe, they have only taken the first step.There are too many secrets that have not been discovered, and there are too many unknown phenomena that cannot be understood...

(End of this chapter)