Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 270 The destroyed civilization
The exploration of Hermann has just begun, and the Zerg have not even left their original star system, so many things cannot be concluded, especially the information about Zhuna.

Just as Sk was organizing the insect swarm to expand step by step while building his own "home", time slipped away quietly.

Unknowingly, Ruhr has entered the wormhole for 14 years. Based on past experience and based on the time it took for the natural passage to open, the longest conscious exploration was probably just this long.

That said, it should reappear soon.

Sure enough, in 1841, as a group of small Zerg units first appeared, and then quickly collected resources to build a wormhole entrance, Ruhr appeared in a strange galaxy.

The first thing to do is naturally the positioning work as always. Determining one's relative position is of great significance for the Zerg's subsequent expansion actions.

Of course, at the same time, the exploration of this strange galaxy has also begun.

This is what it should be. In the past thousands of years, the expanding insect swarms have done this, and there is nothing worthy of attention.But this simple work has just begun, and a major discovery has already been made.

Not far from the location of this wormhole, only about two to three thousand kilometers away, Zerg explorers discovered a large number of man-made objects!

Due to the fixed relative position of the wormhole, usually, this distance actually means that it existed at this exit before.

This is actually not surprising. When he first stepped out of the wormhole, he didn't find a large number of energy crystals. Ruhr had already realized that this place had probably been occupied.

This at least means that this galaxy is not as dead as Lyman. It at least has civilizations that have entered the interstellar space. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the Zerg, and Ruhr is here for this.

Discovering the existence of civilizations during exploration and "greeting" them in a Zerg-specific way has been one of Ruhr's main interests in exploring the universe since the discovery of the Federation.

But this time it was completely different. In the field of view of the Zerg observation, it was not a complete man-made object, but a piece of debris!
This shows that there must have been some changes here in the past time!
There is clearly a wormhole passage, but there is no guard. This is strange enough in itself. Coupled with the remains of the man-made artifacts found, Ruhr can't help but have a hint of association.

And just two Oriage later, this association was confirmed.

In the orbit of the star 1.6 light-hours away from here, an icy planet exists there, as if it has been like this since ancient times, dead and silent.

But when the insect swarm got closer, they easily discovered the traces of civilization on its surface!

There are a large number of mechanical debris on its orbit, and on its surface, due to the absence of an atmosphere, a large number of artificial buildings, or ruins, remain unobstructed.

The mottled surface can be seen everywhere, the deep pits and cracks, as well as the traces caused by violent geological activities that are clearly visible even in space orbit. They are like the tears of the planet, telling the story of the past here. What happened.

war!

This is a trace left by the war. Some being launched an exterminating weapon attack from the orbit of space on the surface of the planet, which directly led to a violent disaster and also destroyed all life on the entire planet!
There is no doubt that this place should have been one of the breeding grounds of an intelligent race that entered the space age. At least it was not their home planet. This can be seen from the conditions of this planet. Even if it has not experienced a war, it has Incapable of giving birth to life.

But now, a cruel war has made all this come to nothing.Ruhr doesn't know the nature of the war between the two sides, whether it is rebellion or aggression. It also doesn't know whether this civilization still exists today, but what is certain is that, at least in this star system, they have completely disappeared.

This situation makes Ruhr quite excited. It likes the feeling of exploring the unknown, and is especially interested in the secrets between civilizations. This makes it feel novel and fulfilling.

The swarm continues to explore. There is only one star system. For the zerg 1000 years ago, it may be considered huge, but now, a distance of several light hours can be covered in less than a month. Soon the entire galaxy will be covered. The situation has basically been included in Ruhr's vision, and along with it, there are Zerg all over the entire star system.

On the other side of the star, it found a real life planet, or in other words, a "pre" life planet, because now it has no life at all. Even if it exists, it is in the form of the most tenacious microorganisms. .

It was "killed", and in the most brutal way possible.

There are almost no traces of civilization left on the surface of the earth. Everything has been completely destroyed, and it is almost impossible to see the original appearance. The ocean has become a real sea of ​​death, and the land is almost broken-that is The result of direct bombardment from space-based high-power energy weapons.

A civilization was destroyed here, and countless individuals of intelligent races were killed directly on the surface of the planet. Only the thin atmosphere and the remaining space junk in orbit are left, still announcing to the universe that this place once existed. A brilliant space civilization.

Ruhr didn't have much of a reaction to this. The Zerg had done similar things, and so had the tens of billions of Velvet and Colossians. After the Zerg occupied the orbit of the planet, they were as easy as lambs to be slaughtered. The ground was killed.

Even the Zerg themselves have suffered the same thing. In the war with Mira, on the orbit of the giant planet, the endless mechanical fleet blocked the entire planet's orbit, allowing countless people to break out from the surface of the rocky satellite. Zerg units were buried under the stars.

In the interstellar age, destruction and being destroyed are both normal.

This should be the home planet of this civilization. Judging from the traces left from another colonial planet, they should not yet have the ability to travel to the stars, at least not on a large scale. Moreover, within the star system, there are also No traces of high-tech warship wreckage or large-scale galaxy defense weapon systems were found.

This shows that they should have suffered a surprise attack, and the real war should have ended in a very short period of time. What followed was a complete, one-sided massacre!

It can be imagined that when an intelligent race that has struggled for thousands of years on the surface of the planet finally started the era of interplanetary colonization with the power of the whole family, they devoted all their energy and resources to development and construction, and the mysterious For the first time, the universe revealed its grandeur and grandeur to them.

However, at the same time, they were blinded by the peace that had lasted for thousands of years, and they took it for granted that dangers that had not come for thousands of years would not come at this moment.In other words, even if you realize it, you have no ability to stop it.

So, when a group of warships carrying hyperdrive engines and a technological gap of at least three generations appeared in front of them, the entire civilization was like weeds in the autumn wind on the prairie, waiting for death to come.

The specific process has long been unverifiable, but it is nothing more than this. There may be more twists and turns, but Ruhr does not care.

What it cares more about than this is, where has this unknown existence that exterminated an intelligent race gone now?
Obviously, no one can answer its doubts. Judging from the traces, it should have been at least nearly a hundred years since the end of the war. Even the Colossians have done some superficial research on tracking faster-than-light navigation. In this There is no way to talk about the timing.

The insect swarm occupied these planets where countless civilized individuals once lived, and rapidly reproduced and expanded on them, allowing them to regain some vitality after a hundred years, but this was their last "brilliance". As a resource planet, they finally The only ending is complete "death".

Ruhr did not struggle with this for long. After handing over the worm swarm that was already on the right track to Sk, it entered the wormhole again.

No matter where this existence that wiped out an entire civilization went, according to the Zerg version of the "Cosmic Relativity", as long as the Zerg's sphere of influence is large enough, we will see them one day.

Sk, on the other hand, has no interest in "picking up junk" on these planets, and it is too lazy to deal with the space junk floating in the planet's orbit. In any case, it does not pose a threat to the insect swarm.

Without civilization, this place would be just an ordinary star system, nothing more, not worth paying attention to.

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Only 96 light-years away from here, Sk's seeds have only been planted for a few years. At the same time, it is optimizing the planet's environment and even trying to transform the genetic information of species brought from Ori to make them more adaptable. At the same time, it can also be more in line with your own aesthetics.In these years, while organizing the expansion of the insect swarm, it has only been worrying about this matter.

In fact, if you consider it from a safety perspective, it is better to place yourself on the surface of the planet than inside the Zerg base in the galaxy space. In this case, if an unknown enemy breaks into the galaxy to carry out a beheading plan, at least you can still survive. Run more easily.

But then again, if there really is an enemy in which the entire galaxy's insect swarm cannot hold out until the insect support arrives, then it doesn't make much difference whether it is on the planet or in orbit. They will most likely die.

Therefore, Skok doesn't care either.The Zerg's ever-expanding sphere of influence and the presence of deep space probes at any time and place can give it a sufficient sense of security. The longer it stays here, the safer it will be.

What's more, in the galaxy of origin, Dagos has prepared a large number of support fleets, which are expected to be assembled in only four years. They will be connected through wormholes to add some combat power reserves to this newly opened galaxy colony.

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Speaking of which, after the end of the last war, the Zerg combat power has been in a redundant state. A large number of Zerg units have either invested in large-scale exploration of the origin galaxy, or simply entered a state of hibernation.

The continued investment in the exploration of the Lyman System also accounts for a considerable part of it, but even so, the number and size of the insect swarm continues to expand.

With the support of Dyson spheres in various star systems, they are basically free from energy constraints, at least in terms of conventional energy, which is almost infinite. Under such circumstances, the Zerg are like a hare that has lost its natural enemy, expanding crazily.

The crazy expansion of the Zerg population has brought a series of benefits. The most intuitive manifestation is that with the continuous strengthening of the Zerg Will, within the civilized union controlled by the Zerg Swarm, among the hundreds of billions of intelligent race individuals, the Zerg lurk The number of readers is also growing rapidly.

Under Todd's guidance, in recent decades, this new alliance has gradually entered the right track of development. New classes are being formed. Internal communication channels among various civilizations are gradually opening up. Some individuals have even relied on their own contributions to , regained the qualification to sail within the galaxy. Of course, they could only ride on Zerg biological battleships.

But even so, these positive guidance have attracted former free civilized individuals who have lived a "imprisoned" life for decades.The Zerg's "non-staff research team" has also continued to expand over the years.

In the Lyman galaxy, Gore teamed up with Sass and many scientific researchers to jointly conduct research on Zhuna.

Since they cannot share the Zerg's vision, these people often solve problems directly within the base after being provided with them.

Todd built a grand scientific laboratory for this purpose, which can basically meet all their needs under today's technological system.

Even the particle collider that the Velvet people were proud of back then was able to be simulated and produced by the Zerg, and it even had higher availability.

Under this circumstance, some of the problems that had previously plagued the Zerg race were gradually being overcome. It has to be said that in addition to the contributions of the Cerebrates, the scientific research teams of these intelligent races also played a very important role. As a result, the entire scientific system of the Zerg race has moved forward steadily under their joint promotion.

More than 200 years ago, the Zerg discovered an unknown mechanical creation in the core of a living planet, but their results have been limited so far.

But in recent decades, research on its appearance materials has progressed rapidly.

In addition to the material technology support integrated by the original consortium, all this also benefited from the discovery of a "new element".

In the research on the topic provided by Gore and Sass, through the observation of sophisticated scientific instruments that combined the common characteristics of Zerg and intelligent races, they discovered that at the moment when space was briefly affected, a new "element" It appeared in the cosmic space, and then quickly annihilated. The instrument detected that at that moment, there was also a large amount of energy reaction.

Therefore, based on its characteristics, it is called antimatter.

Coincidentally, in the research on that kind of dense structure, it also appeared in an accidental bombardment experiment.

Although it did not last long, it actually existed in the universe!
This means that in the formation process of this material, in addition to the interaction of several forces, there is also an undiscovered substance, and this may be the fundamental reason why it is so "hard" reason.

Of course, neither matter nor energy is created out of thin air. How does it appear and how is it used in this material to form a "shell" that is almost "complete" in the true sense? This is That's the heart of the matter.

Scientific discovery is a process of constant trying. When you don’t know anything, it is difficult to start with many things and you don’t know which direction to go in. But once you know its existence, it is equivalent to pointing out a very obvious path. Just follow the road and you will surely find the answer.

Before this, antimatter only existed in the study of dark matter and dark energy in wormhole channels. The Velvet people also did some research on this. Within the original alliance, this aspect was also considered a relatively important topic, and it was in-depth A lot.

One of their common views is that the dark matter and its antimatter inside the wormhole annihilate each other, eventually forming a huge amount of dark energy, which is manifested in the real universe and becomes an energy crystal.

This reaction is like nuclear fusion inside a star, happening anytime and anywhere. In the unknown dark side of the universe, there are not only passages to the depths of the universe, but also deeper things in the entire universe. secret.

Zero seemed to be able to see that in that unknown place, there was no obvious boundary between matter and energy...

Although we have glimpsed a corner of unknown science through this extremely humble discovery, the road still has to be walked step by step.

Finally, in 1849, the Zerg spent more than forty years discovering the existence of dark matter in the real universe. The intelligent race scientific research team affiliated to the Zerg established a relatively complete set of systems through further research on the formation of wormholes. There is a theoretical system about dark matter, and a total of 7702 ultra-large particle impact experiments were used to capture that glimmer of inspiration and find the role of antimatter in this material.

——Adhesives.

To put it simply, under the unified influence of the strong interaction force, electromagnetic force, and gravity, microscopic particles enter a peculiar state, which allows them to stop intermolecular motion and ignore the interactions between atoms to a certain extent. The "huge" gaps began to really come together - in a form that was almost without "gaps".

But to accomplish this, extremely high-quality energy is required. Based on existing research results, there is reason to believe that there is a conversion between energy and matter during its formation!
It is precisely because of this conversion process that countless atoms are truly connected together to form such a "hard" substance!

Of course, regarding this step, both for the Zerg and the top talents of these intelligent civilizations, it is still at an extremely superficial level, and it is far from being applied.

This also means that it is still a long way off to make this material a Zerg armor.

But this does not mean that this research is meaningless.On the contrary, during the research process, a "shield" model based on the strong force theory was "conveniently" specified. At the same time, the theory of strong electromagnetic microscopic weapons triggered by particle impact experiments also made the most basic breakthrough.

This means that in the near future, Zerg individuals will usher in another huge improvement in offensive and defensive levels!
And these are just some phased results in the research process, just some relatively simple applications from "science" to "technology". As technology matures, it will inevitably affect all aspects of Zerg activities.

A seemingly distant scientific research project can often drive the overall development of science and technology during the research process.

Perhaps this research will not be truly useful until an unknown number of years in the future, but along the way, it is an engine that continues to push the Zerg forward, although it is unknown what kind of existence it is. Created, but there is no doubt that it can help the Zerg go higher and further!

(End of this chapter)