Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 265 The Collapse of the Alliance
When the civilization that had stayed away to a certain extent and had not been invaded by the Zerg came under a comprehensive attack almost at the same time, they understood what kind of painful experience the Colossians had experienced over the years.

Although on the surface, it seems that in the past ten years, Colossae and the combined fleets of various civilizations have defeated the Zerg attack plans time and time again, in fact, they have never weakened the foundation of the Zerg, so that even if In this star field, the number of insect swarms has been increasing unabated.

What's more, this time, Ruhr has attracted endless reinforcements from other star fields!
When faced with at least millions of hive fleets attacking from every direction, the entire alliance was like a shabby house with air leakage from all sides, and was more vulnerable than ever.

After the sudden increase in the number of Zerg, their production capacity and existing combat power reserves were simply unable to keep up with consumption, and they were losing large amounts of inventory every day during the war.

The entire battle situation has taken a turn for the worse, visibly to the naked eye, and there is almost no solution to this problem.

After the insect swarm has experienced technological enhancement from the Colossians, there may still be a slight gap in terms of single combat power with the mechanical warships of these intelligent civilizations, but if they want to form a crushing advantage over the insect swarm as before, It is completely impossible!

It is unrealistic for their fleet to reach the scale of the Zerg. Even with so many warships, there is not enough manpower to control them.Since the battle with Mira, the Zerg have become quite proficient in fighting purely intelligent machines. As long as their own consciousness is not truly born, their flaws are still very obvious.

What's more, even though Mira is now in control of all the combined battleships, Ruel is not afraid.

The current insect swarm is completely different from before. It is supported by various bases throughout the river system. The basic base is broad enough and connected by wormholes. Coupled with the inherent reproduction speed of the insect swarm, they are not weaker than any existence in terms of number. .

When the insect swarm rapidly advanced from the frontier areas of each member civilization in a destructive manner, the entire alliance finally reached a consensus on one point.

Just like all the civilizations the swarm encountered along the way, in the blink of an eye, they were already facing the crisis of annihilation!

There was no process and no warning. Their fate was just announced. What needs to be considered now seems to be no longer how to resist the Zerg, but how to preserve the group.

Although the consortium has been united to a certain extent as a whole, there are still differences on this matter.

Facts have proved that within an intelligent civilization, only a very small number of people truly have foresight and have the ability to make decisions.

Many powerful people have not recognized the reality clearly until now, or they are unwilling to recognize the reality clearly.If someone had told them 100 years ago that there was an existence that could survive decades without destroying the entire federation, no one would have believed that given the size of the entire federation, it would take thousands of years for light to travel from one side to the other. !
It is really difficult for them to accept the reality that the entire civilization will perish in such a short period of time.

Furthermore, although these people are smart enough, their power and interests come from civilization itself. Leaving here means leaving the foundation of their own rule. How can they accept it easily?
A ruling class is actually just an interest group. In order to safeguard its own interests, it will inevitably make different choices.

For example, the Colossians, after understanding the situation clearly, quickly launched a plan to retain the fire of civilization and carry out population migration. While fighting the Zerg, a large number of people and materials were also evacuated from major planets to do some work. Well, once the war is completely lost, we will try our best to preserve the strength of civilization for the follow-up.

However, the Oran people did not have such a decisive attitude. In other words, except for the most technologically powerful civilization, Colossae, many other members of the alliance did not carry out this matter so thoroughly.

Just in case, of course, they have made plans to retain the fire of civilization in extreme circumstances, but they still retain a trace of fantasy, or they are lucky, hoping to use the strength of the entire coalition to survive this disaster.

This sounds stupid. When faced with the overwhelming momentum of the Zerg, still retaining hope is called optimism at best, and stupidity at worst.

But this seemingly stupid decision was actually the result of discussions among many of the most advanced elites of civilization. If these people are all idiots, that is obviously not the case.

It's not that they don't understand the situation. In fact, it's the opposite. They are just following the trend, but the trend they follow is an internal trend that cannot be changed. Without such a strong execution force as the United Kingdom of Colossae, they cannot leave. Yes, we can only fight.

Many civilizations within the Commonwealth are basically friendly to the outside world, their politics are relatively open, and their culture is also quite prosperous.

Facts have proved that when faced with the threat of life and death, different races, different cultures, and different ways of thinking will make them make completely different choices.

The Orans were born with the tradition of fighting to the bitter end against invasions, which was one of the reasons why they decided not to retreat across the board like the Colossians this time.

They are determined to gather all the combat power within the alliance and fight against the insect swarm for the last time!Even if the hope is slim, I don’t want to just give up on my home galaxy that has survived for tens of thousands of years!

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The Colossians began their own immigration plan. This process did not encounter much resistance under the powerful propaganda and mobilization system. The problem instead lay in the number of immigrants.

It is impossible for all the hundreds of billions of citizens of the United Kingdom to complete the evacuation in a short period of time. There are destined to be choices. If this process is not careful, it will cause huge social problems. Before the insect swarm arrives, they will themselves Messy.

Just as the entire coalition was showing off its magical powers and preparing to deal with the fleet that had repeatedly defeated and intercepted the fleet in front of them, trying to stop the swarm's advance like a mantis, Ruel had personally arrived at the front line.

In front of it is one of the core star fields of the Oran Kingdom, the star system called Tirzan.

Here, we have the most fertile land in the entire civilization, and it is an important economic center of Oran. There are more than 300 billion people living on several transformed planets and space stations.
At the same time, there was a fleet that was closest to the insect swarm in size since the official start of the war, standing in front of it.

The opponent's attitude is very obvious. If you want to continue to move forward, you can only defeat them.

Ruhr didn't know what gave them the courage to stop the swarm, but it came for the life planet behind the opponent, so naturally it would not be stingy in a fight.In fact, Oran had already noticed the purpose of the main force of the swarm as early as four years ago. No matter which offensive line they were on, their targets were all important life planets and densely populated areas.

Although there is a tradition of resisting invasion, no one who can live wants to die in vain.At this moment, countless people were migrating nervously in Tierzane behind the battlefield.It wasn't that they delayed deliberately, it was just that the Zerg came too quickly.

After defeating the obstructing forces on the road, the swarm almost made no secret of its direction, because Ruel knew that even if they knew this, they would not be able to evacuate everyone.

At this moment, the insect swarm has arrived at the city. Where can these people go?
Some of the Zerg units began to counterattack the fleet that actively attacked them, but more of the Zerg swarms bypassed the battlefield directly. With their numerical advantage, they no longer had to contend with these warships, which were not at the same level at all.

41 Oridays later, Ruhr entered the interior of Tirzan. In front of its eyes, there was a busy and chaotic scene. Resistance forces, transport fleets, and civilian spacecrafts. At the moment when the insect swarm had entered the galaxy, there was still something in the chaos. Ability to maintain basic order.

And behind it are 400 million Zerg warships that are slowly moving forward, enough to completely envelop an entire planet!

They have no formation, and even appear a bit scattered. Entering from a corner of the galaxy, they are like guests strolling around, fully revealing their size and invincibility.

This time, the Zerg assembled such a large fleet that Ruhr even came in person, in order to control these intelligent life forms under the Zerg's command and at the same time obtain relatively complete access to the technological assets of the entire civilization.

Ruhr has basically understood the opponent's intelligence information. As expected, their evacuation target at this moment should be a known wormhole 33 light-years away from here, but it doesn't matter. Although there is no news from Kan, But the swarm of insects had already divided their fighting strength and headed there.

Except for the groups that have evacuated in the early stage, all civilized individuals within the Zerg's field of vision are basically unable to escape.

Zerg In 1685, when news of the defeat of the Oran fleet came from outside the galaxy, the Zerg swarm had eliminated the resistance within the galaxy and completely controlled the orbits of the three planets.This means that all individuals who have not escaped from the planet at this moment have become prisoners of the Zerg.

At this point, Ruhr's goal of this trip has been achieved.It doesn't care about those groups that escape, even though they may mean higher values.

The fall of Tirzan and the loss of tens of billions of intelligent individuals only kicked off the demise of the entire federation.

In the same year, the Colossians launched their own immigration plan, taking the lead in taking some elite personnel through wormholes to distant star fields to build new homes.

Since the exit of the wormhole is too far away, it has always meant a certain death. They can only find a suitable location in the explored universe, but the worm swarm is always expanding exponentially. As long as they are still in this galaxy, they Where can I escape to?
In the year 1688 of the Zerg, another main fleet destroyed the important star area of ​​the Mosiam civilization, and tens of billions of civilization individuals were captured in one fell swoop.

In the same year, the Arms Empire, a peripheral civilization of the Commonwealth, which had always been at odds with the Colossians, was raided by the insect swarm in the capital star region. The Arms people, who had always been strong and xenophobic, lost their territory under the threat of force from the insect swarm. Determined to resist, he even took the initiative to initiate communication with the Zerg, giving up his own dignity and trying to preserve the existence of civilization in a desperate situation. For this reason, he even offered to support the so-called "being behind the Zerg", but was directly ignored by Ruhr. .

It still prefers their unruly appearance when they faced the Federation and the Colossians before. Even the performance of the Oran people was better than theirs.

In 1693, after evacuating most of the ethnic groups, the capital system of the Kingdom of Oran, Oransel, fell, marking that the entire civilization had been basically expelled by the Zerg.

The reason why it is said to be expelled rather than exterminated is because although Ruhr's speed was already quite fast, the number of civilized groups that fled during the war still exceeded [-]% of the total population of Oran, either organized or spontaneously. Migrate to a nearby wormhole, and the wormhole will be closed before the swarm arrives.

Ruel didn't know where they were going, and it didn't really care.

The Zerg have basically obtained what they want, and have captured a large number of intelligent civilized individuals who will not have time to leave in the future. No matter what their final fate is, whether they will become a sad group of people who have lost their future and are enslaved by the Zerg, or they will be like the Velvets. It doesn't care much whether scientific research tools are controlled but still have some autonomy, or whether they are simply wiped out.

In this star field, the resistance is not over yet, and the insect swarm still has something to do.

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While Ruhl was leading the swarm on a rampage within the Federation's territory, the Velvets, who had been silent for a long time, decided to take the initiative to attack the zerg.

Todd didn't say anything about this, it was indeed their own decision.

After the long-standing peace and the bloody feud with the Zerg, after the Federation carried out a comprehensive military transformation and the scale of the fleet increased unprecedentedly, the voice of counterattacking the Zerg began to dominate.

This time, they finally thought that they were fully prepared. A huge fleet composed of 460 million "remote control" warships was heading towards the Teller system that was breached by Visor in the past.

They did not start the war blindly. From the intelligence point of view, the Zerg biological warships deployed by Visser on the Terle planet, which had fully supported Ruhl's careless control over the years, only had a little over 210 million. They were confident that they could Directly break through the galaxy and regain the industrial planet of the former Federation, even if it is already in a mess.

Visser withdrew his attention from Ruhr, and indifferently let the insect swarm in the Teller system begin to re-incubate, transforming to a higher intensity with the technological system obtained from the Federation.

It feels a little ridiculous. The fate of the Velvet people may soon usher in Sars's verdict. At this moment, it has no intention of playing this kind of war game with the other party, defeating them, and then waiting for Zero's verdict. That's all. That’s all.

　Stomachache, rolling on the bed...I'll read this chapter tomorrow when I feel better. I'll correct it if there are any questions. Sorry, I really don't have the energy today.

　　
　
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