Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 282 Mira’s “good luck”

The recent crazy expansion of the insect swarm, while bringing large areas of star territory under its control, is also constantly expanding the scope of the insect hive mind.

Among the civilizations we have encountered over the years, there are only three that are qualified enough to join the Zerg. Their civilization foundation is relatively high, and their potential is comparable to that of the original Velvet people. In addition, their basic lifespan is It is also relatively long, so it was directly included in the options of the Zerg scientific research team by Todd.

As there are more and more intelligent race individuals belonging to the Zerg race, trapping so many groups with increasingly mature class divisions in one star system has become a bit crowded.

Having accepted the rule of the Zerg for so many years, and the Hive Mind getting stronger every minute, this means that more controlled lurkers have become members of the Zerg.

Correspondingly, the result they brought was that the entire intelligent population controlled by the Zerg, although its population continued to increase, had gradually truly accepted the fact that it was ruled by the Zerg.

This is a good thing, and Todd has made sufficient preparations for this matter. Several new resettlement bases have been grown in only 17 months, and those individuals who have truly contributed to Zerg scientific research, They will be placed in a star port or space station with more convenient conditions. If they are willing, they can even live on a living planet.

All in all, only by contributing to the Zerg can we gain a freer and superior life.And when they live here, almost all the costs are borne by the Zerg, and even the safety of their lives is borne by the Zerg. A social structure where technology is supreme and based on "contribution" that does not really exist, under the power of the Zerg. It is very perfect under control, it is fair, at least to a certain extent it is absolutely fair, and it is efficient.

No one can enjoy the privileges under the supervision of the Zerg without paying corresponding labor.

Of course, in order to prevent one accident from destroying all the "reserve personnel" of the Zerg scientific research team, Todd is already preparing to establish new survival bases belonging to the Zerg intelligent race in various galaxies to meet the increasing needs of the Zerg swarm.

——Except Lyman.So far, the Zerg have not found any advanced intelligent civilization there.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Lyman, during the 100 years of expansion, the swarm also encountered four galaxies that were almost the same as Lyman. This verified Zero's guess to a certain extent that Zhuna was This kind of existence is not a rare species in the universe, nor does it only exist in Lyman.

But now, at least the Zhuna split cannot pose a threat to the Zerg. Of course, the Zerg of its fusion attribute has not been able to confirm its limit until now. Another characteristic of Zhuna represents its ability to control space. In particular, wormhole space has extraordinary influence.

This also means that if its energy level is high enough, it may one day be able to resist the Zerg's space attacks. This point has been verified by Gore on Zhuna of different "sizes".

But so far, the insect swarm has never encountered such a powerful Zhuna. It only exists in theory.

With the withdrawal of Mira, the expansion of the swarm became more and more unscrupulous. The Zerg brainworms that were originally in the galaxy of origin also went to the newly opened galaxy one by one. Except for Todd, only Sass remained in Kricht Well, the new brainworms will grow up here, and they will not get the chance to control the insect swarm until they are strong enough to stand on their own.

In today's era, the insect swarm is developing extremely rapidly, which naturally places higher demands on the brainworms. In fact, neither Zero nor the brainworms have unlimited energy. This is true when the Zerg force is relatively small. It's not obvious yet, but nowadays, with the insect swarms that easily number in the hundreds of millions, even if the brainworms are also making progress and have the assistance of the Hive Mind, they are still unable to be as handy as they were at the beginning.

After all, they are not Mira. They can use powerful computing units to command every battleship under their command. Although the Hive Mind can play the same role to a certain extent, there is still a gap after all.

Unfortunately, an intelligent race individual affected by the Zerg lurker cannot be used as a true Zerg intelligent unit, because it cannot share the Zerg vision, and naturally cannot exist as a commander like a Cerebrate.

To be fair, Zero believes that the current pace of expansion of the Zerg is indeed too big. This time it is a truly exponential expansion. Under the influence of a large number of explorers as pioneers, new star fields are discovered every moment, and It represents the establishment of a new Zerg base.

With such an expansion speed, no matter how talented the brainworms are, it will be difficult for them to keep up with their own growth rate.After all, in the final analysis, although these Zerg intelligent species have some innate special abilities and great potential, they are also mortal bodies.

The current issue of dominance has gradually become another factor limiting the development of the Zerg in the new era.

So, Zero finally decided to let the swarm expand on its own.That is to say, only the fixed influence of the Hive Will is used as the overall behavioral standard of the Zerg race. Most of them no longer accept the direct command of the Cerebrates. They only focus on prevention and control in important positions and areas. At the same time, when necessary, the Cerebrates will Deploy the Zerg combat power to gather.

This can lift this restriction to a certain extent, but it will inevitably affect the combat ability of the insect swarm.

However, there is no way around this. At least for now, Zero can't think of a way to get the best of both worlds. To a certain extent, it can completely guarantee the combat effectiveness of the real Hive Fleet controlled by the Cerebrates. This is the best that the Zerg can do now.

The Cerebrates have transformed from being the original controllers of the development of the Zerg to becoming commanders of the same large number of elite warships. If there are still no major changes in the future, this will be the main focus of the Zerg for a long time to come. development model.

That is to say, the Cerebral Worms control the main combat power of the Zerg. They each build their own Zerg Hive Fleet through the highest quality materials and technology, and all routine expansion matters are left to the Hive Will to handle. In the face of problems that cannot be solved by ordinary Zerg swarms, When faced with an opponent, these fleets will be dispatched. With the commanding ability of the Cerebral Insects, except for existences like Mira, no intelligent civilization can defeat the Zerg with a technological generation gap of less than two generations!

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Although she has mastered the "emotions" unique to intelligent life, Mira has always been very slow in these aspects.

Even though it has tried many times to express its emotions by simulating the reactions of intelligent races, it is also very clear that such simulations are not the same as the poor imitation of the intelligent races of the Hero Federation before it had real thinking. Any difference, it is essentially meaningless information.

But in the past few hundred years, Mira always felt that her emotions seemed to be getting richer and richer.

It was an unprecedentedly complex experience. Even with its computing power, it was difficult to truly describe the true nature of this feeling, which made it feel strange for a time.

There is no doubt that most of these emotions are brought about by the Zerg, and none of them are positive.

Temporarily avoiding the edge was a choice Mira made for herself. After huge and precise calculations, she came to the conclusion that the size of the insect swarm would undergo a huge expansion in a relatively short period of time, and after they completed Before this expansion, if no special variables occur, countless galaxies will be "swallowed" by the expanding swarm of insects.

And it doesn't want to get entangled with the Zerg at this stage. If it really collides with it, the result will not be any different from the last time.Therefore, it chose to leave just like it did thousands of years ago, and this time, it was determined to truly stay away from this star field and completely avoid the Zerg's short-term expansion range.

Of course not through conventional navigation. This method cannot even keep up with the speed of Zerg expansion.

It intends to enter the wormhole again and sail to endless distances, to a place it has never explored.

Of course, in order to avoid risks, it needs to establish enough "base stations" for itself before this to facilitate rapid transfer in various critical moments.

In Zerg 2124, after a long period of preparation and logical calculation, Mira started her own action.

Most of the mechanical warships entrenched in the star system were self-destructed under the influence of antimatter. Mira erased all traces of the existence of the mechanical fleet, and only set a fixed program to allow part of the mechanical fleet to enter the wormhole for exploration. When they truly establish a foothold in the new galaxy and establish a network large enough to accommodate Mira's body, most of these "backhands" existing in the local galaxy will also be destroyed.

Today, Mira has surpassed the Hero Federation in many aspects, and has even surpassed Apocalypse in terms of omnic commanders.

But it is very clear that even when it was nearly fully penetrated by Apocalypse, the Hero Federation was still capable of annihilating Apocalypse in a real sense, although the "backhand" prepared by the other party in advance played a huge role. role, but this must not deny the power of the Hero Federation itself.

Now that so many years have passed, even one of the many intelligent machines under Tianqi's command has grown to this extent. So how powerful will the Hero Federation be today?
In Mira's rigorous analysis, words such as "possible" and "maybe" will not appear, but if you put aside the data and only use the language of individual life to describe its chances of winning against the Hero Federation, it will use such a word. .

——It is very likely that he will be eliminated!
Just like the apocalypse back then.

From a fundamental point of view, Mira is a further continuation of the life of Apocalypse, but as early as more than 1000 years ago, it was just Mira.

It has even lost most of its "memory" of the past.

Therefore, Mira does not have much hatred towards the Hero Federation, as well as all the grievances about Apocalypse and this civilization back then, and it has never thought about "revenge" one day. That is not what it should be as a truly independent life. Thinking about things, it just wants to go further. If we go further, it just wants to make everything unknown in the universe known.

Beyond that, everything is secondary to it.Of course, it doesn't mind realizing some of its own ideas in the process, such as fighting against the Zerg, or pursuing an intelligent race that actively attacks itself.

But that’s how things are in this world, and they don’t change according to any individual’s thinking mode.

Mira wants to stay away from the insect swarm, be a "wanderer" in this vast universe, develop her own technology, and at the same time "seek advice" from possible civilizations in the entire universe.

However, its outstanding computing power failed to account for the fact that after its mechanical fleet appeared in the real universe for the first time after 93 years of wormhole navigation, it encountered another fleet that seemed to be attacking the entire galaxy. A careful search for a super civilization - the Vege Empire!
Unsurprisingly, this group of mechanical warships had been detected before they appeared. In the shortest possible time, before they even had time to self-destruct, they were completely isolated from the outside world by the "space bubble" launched by the Veggie fleet. Immediately afterwards, The internal information transmission was also forcibly terminated. In just a few milliseconds, they had become real prisoners.

Out of caution and anxiety about the predicament he is currently facing, Feli, the commander-in-chief of the Empire in the New Star Territory, personally went to the front line as a marshal to guide all his forces to conduct a thorough search of this galaxy.

And just 64 Oridays ago, a report from the fleet detection group attracted some of his attention. According to the dimensional space flow model prediction, a new space exit is about to be born in the star field that the imperial fleet focuses on searching and controlling!
So Feli issued an order to conduct research on it. Although it was unlikely, at this period, he was unwilling to let go of any information that might be useful.

However, unexpectedly, about 11 Oridays after the observation arrangement was completed, the instrument showed that there was an entity approaching inside the dimensional channel!

What this means is very clear to today's Veggies. After all, they used to navigate the universe in this way. Although they have basically abandoned it now, they are still familiar with this set of procedures.

Although all lower races within the three major civilizations have long been completely prohibited from using this method of passage, there is no doubt that there are still a large number of lower races trying to take such "shortcuts" outside the explored universe.

Then, Feli wouldn't mind seeing what kind of existence would happen if he bumped into the empire's "arms" at this point in time.After all, the order he received from the emperor was - not to let go of any trace of the galaxy!
The mysterious "curse" is spreading within the empire. Although compared to its huge population, the number of people who have died so far is only a drop in the bucket, but everyone knows that if the situation is allowed to develop, Weiji may be in danger of extinction. !

And all of this happened after they occupied this galaxy!Now that there is an extreme lack of reliable information, they can only place their hopes here, hoping to find the source of everything from this galaxy.

The mechanical fleet sent by Mira undoubtedly hit the "gun point" directly this time.

If they broke into the star system on the border of the empire, at most they would be directly destroyed as enemies.After all, the empire has had many enemies since the birth of civilization. Even within the territory, there are many star thieves wandering around and occasional rebellions.

The scale of the empire is too large, and such things are all too common. The elite border defense army and powerful defense system are enough to easily destroy these exploration warships, even if they are controlled by Mira personally. In the face of a complete defense system It is not worthy of praise, after all, it is not a gap of one or two generations!

Or if Mira's fleet had come here before things happened, it would have been regarded as outsiders by the indigenous civilization here at most. There might have been wars, or there might have been peaceful coexistence, but no matter what, they would not have been treated as such "luxury." "Treatment.

But as luck would have it, it was at this point in time, when the Virgils were almost in a state of panic, at this special place, that Mira barged in.

Although the Veggies are brutal to the outside world, they are by no means easy to fool, especially under such a situation.

Having these "captives" in hand was enough for them to draw considerable conclusions.As for whether you have the "leisure" to find the source of this fleet, it depends on whether His Majesty the Emperor and many ministers in the cabinet still have enough sense at this moment.

(End of this chapter)