Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 273
Although the enemy has retreated, and there is currently no way to locate the opponent's specific location, the Zerg support fleet still came to Hermann in one piece, giving the Zerg expansion here a pair of extremely fast wings.

At the same time, within the galaxy of origin, the gathering of swarms of bugs has not stopped. Over the years, within the star system occupied by the bugs, as the expansion has become increasingly rapid, the remaining bug units and huge resources are countless. Zero himself didn't even bother to count it. To put it simply, he couldn't use it up at all.

A large number of worm swarms serve as reserves, setting sail from the star fields controlled by various brain worms, moving towards the nearest star system with a wormhole passage. In addition to Lyman, Sk is their main support target.

It is actually a pity that the opponent's combat units were not left behind. Otherwise, perhaps something could be reversely analyzed to help the swarm learn more about the opponent.

But the combat effectiveness is insufficient, and there is no way to do this. We can only rely on the research results of the Zerg scientific research team.

What the other party has shown is nothing more than three things that are more concerning. The first is the almost impeccable defense ability, the second is the strange attack ability that is different from the past, and the third is the extraordinary speed.

Based on the characteristics of the Zerg, you may not care so much about the opponent's attack capabilities, but if you cannot break through the opponent's defense and prevent the opponent from maneuvering, then there is no hope of winning the war.

Therefore, they urgently need to improve their attack capabilities and mobility.

This matter cannot be rushed, but it cannot be left alone.Todd began to mobilize his own power within the civilization group, trying to further provide more talents for several related projects.

In the interstellar era, "short term" in the general sense is basically measured in hundreds of years, at least for today's Zerg.

Even in the conventional sense, the fastest way for the Zerg to cross neighboring star systems is in years. Under such circumstances, a hundred years is no longer a long time unit.

Over the years, Zero has always been very patient, no matter in every aspect.

It's no wonder that today's Zerg race basically no longer faces any danger of genocide. As long as the survival of the race can be guaranteed, time is just a concept to him.

So, while Sk was unhappy about the predator, Zero wasn't actually that outraged.Of course, the other party's technological level is still coveted by the Zerg, but if they want to obtain these, the Zerg still need some preparations.

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Here at Zero, it is as if the last time has not happened. Ruhr is still exploring around, and Sk is also reorganizing its governance system. At the same time, it has obviously strengthened its defense and early warning system. It is unwilling to let the last time happen. It looks like something happened again.

Zerg 1866, nearly 20 years have passed since the last incident.It has gathered the highest wisdom of all civilized individuals that the Zerg has encountered in history, and it has finally gained something in the past 20 years.

Although that mysterious substance is almost unobservable in the macroscopic universe, and will be quickly annihilated even if it appears accidentally, this time, the Colossians, together with a group of top scientific researchers in Velvet, and the Zerg brainworms, finally finally In this fleeting moment, I caught its "tail".

As a reward for containing antimatter for the first time, these people were promised that they could take a Zerg transport ship to any place in the ruled area in the future, but before that, they still needed to figure out how to use it as a weapon. problems.

In addition, in the past 20 years, Sk has also led the swarm to truly take root in the Hermann galaxy. In order to prevent what happened last time from happening again, its expansion was carried out very cautiously during this period.

However, although the speed is a little slower, it is better than being safe. In the barren cosmic belt between the star systems, the density of Zerg explorers is rising rapidly. Even if there is an enemy invasion, they will no longer be able to directly rush into the galaxy like before. It’s the inside that really reveals itself.

Of course, it is said to be a bit slower, but in fact, with the support of a large number of Zerg fleets, this speed is still much faster than it was in the origin galaxy.

So far, in only 20 years, the Zerg have occupied all the surrounding star systems within thirty light years, and have further extended their tentacles outward.

Unfortunately, no suspicious signs were found. I wonder if the other party has left or is further away.

Over the years, Ruhr has discovered three galaxies where wormholes are located, and the insect swarm has followed its footsteps to expand its sphere of influence further away. It is like an arrow for the insect swarm's expansion. Wherever it goes, it will Where can I take the Zerg seeds?

And the swarm of insects that will never stop hatching and breeding are spreading like a plague to the entire galaxy.

It is not obvious at first. After all, there are hundreds of billions of stars in the entire galaxy, and the area occupied by the Zerg is only a drop in the ocean. But if time goes by, you will find that there is already fire everywhere here, just waiting for the rapid expansion in the future. If they are connected together, there will no longer be room for other races to survive in these areas!
And this has already begun to take shape in the galaxy of origin.

With several successive large-scale expansions of the insect swarm, some previously scattered areas have begun to connect, many gaps in governance have been filled, and some exiles hiding in the cracks have no place to live.

For example - the remnants of the consortium back then.

After an extremely routine exploration, the insect swarm discovered some traces of technological civilization, and based on the characteristics of their creations, they easily identified the civilization to which they belonged.

After all, they have fought against each other before. Although they have experienced wars and more than a hundred years have passed, the inherent characteristics are still difficult to change. In addition, the main body of the other party's civilization has actually been controlled by the Zerg. Regarding this aspect, The information was completely undefended, so he was recognized immediately.

Of course, when the insect swarm discovered them, the other party had also discovered the insect swarm.

Perhaps the Zerg development efficiency in the vicinity has been too high over the years. In order to quickly end the war, a large number of Zerg units gathered here. After the war, they carried out large-scale outward exploration. Therefore, in this area, the Zerg units The power expanded very rapidly.

The original distance between the two sides was less than [-] light years. Perhaps due to bad luck, the original wormhole did not send them to a more distant place, but this time, it was obviously time to escape again.I originally thought that maybe they had escaped to some nook and cranny, and if they could meet each other here, Zero could only say, this universe is really small.

But for the other party, this is a time of enmity.

Based on the unique characteristics of wormholes, it is actually difficult for the worm swarm to completely eliminate each other at once. As long as they want to escape, it is indeed difficult to force them to stay.

But Zero didn't care. He just wanted to see through Todd whether the force that had gathered the remaining power of the entire alliance had developed any new technologies in these years.

The space weapons of that year also left a deep impression on Zero. So far, due to the change of research direction to a certain extent, such semi-finished weapons have not been able to be reproduced. Otherwise, the last time the Predator Invasion, they may not be able to retreat calmly so easily.

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As expected, after encountering the insect swarm, the opponent quickly began to shrink across the board. It is not known to what extent the opponent's military strength has recovered over the years, and how many star fields it has reoccupied, but the insect swarm continued to advance and encountered resistance is extremely limited.

In order to intercept the opponent's main body of civilization as much as possible, the main force of the insect swarm bypassed the frontal battlefield trying to delay time, and drove straight into the opponent's hinterland.

Zerg In 1873, the advancing Zerg swarm had already arrived at the opponent's existing "capital". Over the years, they did not seem to occupy much star territory. It seemed that they were fully engaged in wormhole exploration.

It's no wonder that the insect swarm is right next door. With a civilized prudence, it is impossible to stay here and wait for destruction. If you want to come here, it is just a temporary residence. There are not even many buildings on the surface.

And this also directly led to a result, that is, the results of the insect swarm raid were very limited. Although they did not get nothing, they still captured some civilized individuals and obtained some of the opponent's technological achievements, but the opponent's transfer was also quite rapid. With a decisiveness like cutting off his tail, he rushed into the wormhole and used external power to retain power to forcefully close the entrance to the wormhole before the worms arrived, thereby cutting off the possibility of the worms continuing to track.

Thinking about it, preparations must have been made in advance for this migration. I don’t know when the next time I want to find them.

However, Zero didn't care. It was an unexpected surprise to meet him, and this pursuit was not fruitless. From some of the scientific research materials and knowledge systems left behind by the other party, the Zerg obtained some information about previous space weapons. The further research plan is quite different from what the insect swarm is currently doing, so it also has considerable reference significance.

It is very beneficial to the research of improving Sass and Gore and the individual elites of many intelligent races.

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The following time was really lackluster. After successfully completing the containment of antimatter, the Zerg began to work towards weaponizing it. This also cannot be accomplished overnight. Sometimes it requires some inspiration, and sometimes it requires some luck.

Currently, among the three galaxies occupied by the Zerg, except for the expansion within Lyman, which is more difficult due to the existence of Zhuna, the other galaxies are all going smoothly.

In the origin galaxy, in the past time, many life planets have been encountered in this huge area, so much so that Zero once believed that civilization is not uncommon in the entire universe, and even appears to be very "very" in some star fields. Crowded", such as the previous Pan-Galaxy Federation.

But it turns out that life is still a miracle in this universe. In the subsequent exploration, due to the increasingly large base, the insect swarm has almost doubled its sphere of influence again, but still failed to touch it. There are so many intelligent races as there are now, and there are even very few truly living planets.

But this is the normal state of the universe. It is not that the Zerg will always encounter intelligent civilization wherever they go, but because the "scene" of the Zerg is too large and is expanding wildly in any direction. For wormhole connections, fixed-point exploration is carried out at various locations in the galaxy, and energy is an indispensable existence for an intelligent civilization, so the possibility of encountering a truly advanced civilization is inevitably higher.

Once they were transferred away from Ruhr, the insect swarm used conventional means to conduct general navigation expansion. Although the range increased a lot, the actual possibility of encountering intelligent civilization was much smaller.

Regarding the problem of the predator at the beginning, Zero didn't care about it anymore. Time passed little by little, and the Zerg's development in the Hermann galaxy became more and more rapid.

With Ruhr's help, just like the galaxy of origin, the swarm quickly began to spread "fire" throughout the galaxy, and then waited for a spark to start a prairie fire.

Compared to the "crowding" of brain worms in the galaxy of origin, there are only two brain worms, Ruhr and Sk, in Hermann today, and it is foreseeable that Ruhr will bring another one soon. Brainworm, go to the next system, thus completely losing this place to Sk.

The growth in the number of brainworms in the swarm cannot keep up with its own expansion progress. From the original surface of the planet to now across the river system, one day, every brainworm will become a true "frontier" "Big official".

Although it will almost certainly become the only brainworm sitting in Herman in the future, Skok has not been very excited over the years. The direct manifestation is that it has never visited the "home" planet it once painstakingly built for itself. Pass even one glance.

During these years of development and expansion, it has also been constantly searching for traces of the predator fleet, and it seems that it has made up its mind to find it and avenge its shame.

It seems that every Cerebrate is brooding over his own momentary failure. Visser was like this back then, Ruhr was like this later, and Sk is like this now.

And the enemies in front of them have changed one after another, from Mira, to the Federation of Galaxies, to today's Predator Civilization. These opponents are getting stronger and stronger, but the Zerg are fighting against them. Although there are occasional Defeat, but never complete defeat. On the contrary, one opponent after another always escapes or is simply exterminated.

For this kind of thing, Zero is still happy to see it happen.Holding a grudge is a good thing, it gives the cerebrates the motivation to make the Zerg stronger.

Moreover, the insect swarm also has the ability to take revenge on any civilization!
(End of this chapter)