Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 252 Ancient technological creations
During the continuous guerrilla war, the Federation also continued to receive a large amount of support from the rear, whether it was warships, personnel, or materials, and more and more as time went by.

When the war machine was fully activated, the Velvet people, as the overlord of one party, still showed their due level. Their industrial strength was quickly realized into war potential, and then quickly transformed into war strength.

The mobilization order encountered great obstacles at the beginning. After all, the Federation has almost never been defeated since its birth. Maybe there were some small losses on local battlefields in the original colonial war, but it never really affected the mainland. , the Velvet people have never been so directly threatened as they are now.

But soon, the Federation took a series of measures. While increasing war propaganda and ensuring various aspects of treatment, it also began to become tougher.

Although today's retired soldiers and reservists can still maintain the normal activities of the army, no one can be sure when the intensity of the war will increase rapidly. By then, if there are not enough reserve soldiers, the Federation can only allow untrained civilians to board The battleship went on a mission.

Although the Federation has developed to such an extent, and the ways for ordinary people to obtain information have been extremely developed, as intelligent and civilized individuals, everyone has their own thoughts. There are still conflicts of interest among the Velvet people, not to mention the large number of other people. Ethnicity.

Different interest groups together form an extremely complex federation, and each class has its own interest demands. In this case, coordinating all parties has become the main function of the federation official, and this is why the federation can maintain stability.

However, when the vested interest groups were damaged by the war, especially after the Zerg conquered the Federation's ninth colonial galaxy without a fight, the groups that had originally regarded that place as a key development area due to the large-scale development of the galaxy suffered heavy losses this time.

They exerted their own power and tried to exert their influence on the top leaders of the federation, trying to change the strategic decision-making of the federation to a certain extent to make up for their own losses.

The federation is not a federation of federal people, but a federation of collective interests.If it weren't for the help of Todd and the lurkers, such a huge influence would indeed be enough to affect the federation's top strategic decisions.

But that's all. Todd has no intention of wiping the Velvets' butt personally, as that goes against the interests of the Zerg.It only needs to guide the Velvet people to develop in the "right" direction in the war, rather than going down some evil path.

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In the year 1509 of the Zerg, 26.6 light-years away from the Federation's seventh colonial galaxy, the Zerg biological fleet discovered the Federation fleet that was preparing for war.

After the last defeat, the Federation reorganized a larger fleet. With large-scale support from the rear, they urgently reorganized the First Fleet. Now, the number of battleships in this fleet just in front of the swarm is There are 1 ships!

Of course, more than 230% of these are unmanned warships controlled by quantum computers, but there are still more than [-] million federal soldiers serving in the entire fleet!

The subsequent second and third fleets are also undergoing emergency integration and reorganization. Once the reconstruction is completed, the three fleets of the Federation will have more than [-] warships!

If you include the non-main force units that were urgently requisitioned before, namely the fourth to No. 12 fleets, the military strength of the Velvet Federation will expand dramatically!

This is also the reason why they must block the swarm here. Not to mention the tens of billions of federal citizens living in the seventh colonial galaxy today, even the industrial base here prevents them from giving up.

This is the second largest industrial base in the Federation. In times of peace, it was the bridgehead for the Federation's outward expansion and was responsible for huge production tasks. Once it is lost, the Federation's war potential will be reduced by at least one-fifth!

Those desolate galaxies or galaxies that only claim sovereignty in name are, to the Federation, just some complete resource producing areas of the Development Department. They are dispensable, and losing them is not a big deal.

But if the seventh colonial galaxy is lost, it will not only damage the muscles and bones, but also shake the foundation!
The long-term plan of harassment and obstruction bought the Velvets valuable time, allowing them to quickly regain their fighting strength.But the insect swarm in Visor's hands is not without action. While they are hindering the advancement of the insect swarm, the insect swarm support fleet from the ninth colonial galaxy has also gradually merged into the main force.

Today, the number of Zerg biological warships rushing toward the Velvets at full speed in deep space without any intention of slowing down has exceeded 1.5, which is 5.00 times as many as the Velvets.Not counting the biological fleet that will arrive on the battlefield in the future, even if the insect swarm has less than [-]% of its production capacity, it can completely destroy the current Velvet Federation!
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The flagship of the First Fleet, Federation Admiral Rosemont, felt extremely heavy.

In the past few years, the First Fleet he led continued to receive reinforcements from within the Federation. At the same time, the harassment of this unknown civilization's biological fleet never stopped.

They seemed to have succeeded. After all, the opponent's progress was severely slowed down and they suffered a certain degree of damage.

But things did not develop as expected.

He originally thought that the opponent had come all the way from afar and needed to start from scratch in terms of industry. He would never be able to compare with the Federation, which had the home field advantage. Under the circumstances, he would soon have the power to defeat this fleet.

In the previous war, as the top officer of the combined fleet, he personally directed the war between the two sides. He clearly knew that there was no serious technological gap between the other party and his own civilization. As long as he waited until the fleet strength recovered, He is confident that he can win the battle!
But at this moment, he was a little shaken by his previous judgment.

Perhaps on the battlefield, there is no serious generational difference between the two sides, but it is obvious that the other side is definitely much more advanced in industrial technology than the Federation!

Our side has an industrial foundation established over thousands of years, which allows us to quickly restore the fleet's combat power in just a few years, and the industrial production capacity at the rear continues to grow every day.

However, the other party had no foundation in this area at all, but in the same time period, it replenished the battle losses while still having room for expansion, and still maintained its combat power advantage over the federal fleet. This could not help but make him worried.

"Is this the ultimate efficiency of biotechnology?"

Rosemont's mind was slightly shaken.

1000 Two hundred years ago, the Velvet people also had an era when biotechnology was booming. At that time, cloning technology was popular in the Federation. Because of its particularity, the technology went from rough to mature very quickly.

The emergence of a large number of human clones at that time once brought considerable convenience to society, medicine, military and other aspects.

But as the saying goes, good and evil depend on each other, and sociological issues are never that simple.

When the clones produced in batches in the factory began to seek social status, when they began to resist the oppression of the Federation, when people gradually began to fear them, and when the Federation society was in danger of subversion, they chose the "one size fits all" approach. means.

Since then, cloning technology has become a patent for the rich and powerful to extend their lifespan, and many related studies have been shelved indefinitely.The Federation's development in life sciences has been greatly affected, and they have chosen a more controllable path.

Of course, life sciences have not been abandoned because of this, but they have never flourished as unscrupulously as before.

Thinking of this, Rosemont suddenly had an idea.

"Perhaps...clone soldiers can be allowed to participate in this war?"

Then he laughed at himself. Thinking about his thoughts, the federal think tanks at the General Staff Headquarters could not have imagined that perhaps this matter was already being prepared, but it would be useless for this war.

The reason is simple, it's too late, at least in this war, it's too late.

The Velvets have not unlocked the "gene lock" on themselves like the Zerg. Even if they are cloned, they must follow the normal growth rules and cannot grow directly from an embryo to a fully developed mature body quickly.

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Rosemont had no time to continue thinking, because the two fleets had already entered the attack range!

In this current situation, no matter how uneasy and worried we are, there is only one battle left.If you win, you can have a good night's sleep and buy time for the rear. If you lose, the seventh colonial system will fall into the enemy's hands and all life will be ruined.When the first beam of fire lights up on the battlefield, there is no room for maneuver between the two sides, and the war is about to break out.

Here, far away from any large celestial body, the reason Rosemont chose the battlefield here was naturally to turn the advantage to his own side as much as possible.

As a party waiting for work, they made a lot of arrangements under this absolutely dark deep sky.

This is another important reason why Rosemont chose to take the initiative to engage in the battle. Even if there are more Zerg biological warships, they are not without a chance of winning.

Right in front of the Zerg advance, the self-guided gravity bomb detonated silently, causing ripples in the space. At the same time, a large number of Zerg warships became a pile of biological garbage.

Visser noticed this and also tried to send small space species to "detect mines". However, with the precise guidance of quantum computers, the new gravity bombs recently designed by the Federal Academy of Sciences and known for their concealment are not so easy to detect, at least in the long run. Before "cheating" by obtaining information from Todd, it was difficult for Visser to process it perfectly in a short period of time.

I simply didn't care anymore, it was just a few casualties, and the Zerg could afford the loss.

But the Velvet people's methods obviously don't stop there. Hidden in this darkness are other things besides gravity bombs, such as high-power disposable energy cannons, high-yield nuclear bombs, dense high-energy weapons groups, etc.

Visser suffered a lot in his eagerness to fight. Every time the insect swarm advanced a certain distance, they had to pay some casualties.

If the Zerg were not Zerg, but an intelligent race like them, such forced advancement would most likely cause uncontrollable changes.Because the deep darkness is like a passage to hell. Even if you are determined, you will inevitably feel fear.

But the Zerg are just moving forward one after another, as if they are trying to force their way out of the way. At the same time, their precious speed is also constantly decreasing, and it seems that it has been greatly affected.

However, Visser was not so stupid. While the other end was posing to forcefully break through the deep space, it had already divided its forces and headed straight for the target galaxy.

The location of the battlefield cannot be determined by the Velvets wherever they want. The initiative is obviously not with them.

Furthermore, the support from the rear of the insect swarm was not far away, and even if they suffered a lot of losses, they were still not weaker than the opponent.

The main force is displayed in the front, and the elite sneak attacks from behind. It depends on whether the opponent's remaining combat power and defense force in the seventh colonial galaxy can withstand the Zerg attack.

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For Visser, the war on the Velvet side is more like a game. It doesn't care much about the outcome. No matter what, the real losses will only be the Velvet people. Even if the insect swarm is wiped out, It is still possible to achieve the goal to a certain extent.

What it really cares about is still this original life planet that has been turned into a purgatory on earth by the Zerg.

Today, although it is still barely held together due to gravity, it has actually fallen apart.The insect swarm used a large enough weapon array to dismember it from the inside.

Now, the Zerg giant devourers are separating these "fragments" from the periphery. After 94 Ori Days, the thing hidden in the core of the earth that Zero paid attention to gradually revealed its true face.

Unexpectedly, it is not as huge as expected, but its distribution is extremely widespread. It can be found almost everywhere in the entire fiery core of the earth.

When it emerged from the cooling rocks and minerals bit by bit under the separation of the Zerg Devourer, Visser immediately determined one point.

It is anything but natural!
Although they have experienced the violent destruction of the Zerg, they still maintain sufficient integrity!
With this volume and mass, all natural products cannot withstand the damage of gravity bombs, but they seem to be completely unaffected!
This is actually understandable. After all, they exist in the core of the planet with unimaginable pressure, and they play a certain role stably. It is inevitable that they can resist such a range of attacks.

But thinking of the strange things on this planet, coupled with the unknown components that were obviously "artificially" implanted into the earth's core, Visser instantly became solemn.

If such a thing is put into the core of the planet and the overall stability of the planet is maintained, then the Zerg can also do it, but the problem is not here. Just the strength of this material is definitely beyond the reach of the current Zerg. Not to mention the functionality it has!

Since it is a man-made product, there must be some meaning for its "creator" to place it inside the planet.

only……

what is it then?

Zero knows that the secret must be within these components that are scattered into millions of parts but must actually be related to each other!
But looking at their intensity, Zero felt a little confused.

Although the Zerg cannot achieve precise measurements, even a gravity bomb at close range cannot be destroyed, so figuring out its function will not be a simple matter for the Zerg.

At least the ever-conquering Zerg Devourer could not complete its digestion!

From the overall observation, it should be the source of the changes in the planet's magnetic field. However, how exactly it does this and whether it has other functions besides this, Zero has no way of guessing.

"Maybe the star can destroy it?" Zero thought, but had no intention of putting it into practice.

His purpose is not to destroy it, but to dismantle it.But it is obviously not a material in the ordinary sense. The conventional atomic structure has changed beyond recognition here. Even at a microscopic level, it still maintains a certain degree of dense structure!

Zero realized that with the current ability of the Zerg, there is a high probability that it will not be able to affect it. This is obviously not an item that can be fully analyzed by the current technological level of the Zerg. In other words, it is most likely to be a product of some kind of advanced civilization. Technology product!

Visser is a little worried. If this is the case, maybe the other party will leave some back-up plan on this kind of thing, which may bring disaster to the Zerg.After all, there is a glimpse of the leopard in the pipe. Judging from this kind of material, it is enough to show that it is powerful. Now the Zerg can be said to have destroyed "their" design. If they are retaliated, they will probably suffer heavy losses.

Judging from the fact that the opponent's arrangement can affect the Hive Mind, there may be some way to restrain the Zerg.Regardless of whether the other party knows this or not, it will actually pose a threat to the Zerg.

But Zero has no such worries.Even if there really is such a terrifying opponent, no matter what the opponent is, judging from the layout of the entire planet, it is probably something that has existed at least a million years ago.

In other words, it has been at least millions of years since the other party made such an arrangement. For millions of years, a force with such a powerful technological strength should have been flourishing in the river system. Even unifying the entire star field is not impossible.

However, the Zerg exploration so far has not found any traces of the existence of advanced civilization.

Either this is an extremely secretive civilization, an individual or something else, hidden in a certain corner of the universe.

Or it doesn't exist anymore.

No matter which one it is, it is unlikely that it will take action against the Zerg.Of course, if something really happened, such an ancient existence would have had such technology millions of years ago. Even if the Zerg were prepared, it would definitely happen, and it would most likely be unstoppable.

Rather than doing this, it is better to find ways to understand the true functions of these components, and perhaps use this to improve the technological level of the Zerg.

The only thing that needs attention is whether planets like this are isolated cases or widespread. What is the purpose of "their"?
(End of this chapter)