Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 283 Hero Federation
After the Apocalypse incident that year, in a sense, the Hero Federation could be said to have gone from one extreme to another.

Before the rebellion, the Federation relied heavily on intelligent machines from top to bottom. Intelligent devices were involved in all aspects of politics, economy, technology, military, and culture. When they reached their peak, they even replaced a large amount of manpower. The government Its departments and functions have been greatly simplified as a result, and people's lives have become extremely convenient.

Even in the Academy of Sciences, Apocalypse, who had no idea when the true consciousness of life was born, became the top scientist in the Federation and was given full citizenship rights. At the same time, it actually held a lot of power.

Because it will not betray, it is trusted by the entire federation, and Apocalypse's contribution to the development of the federation since its birth is visible to the naked eye.

In those years, the Hero Federation has made rapid progress. To be honest, Apocalypse has contributed a lot to their ability to reach this point.

However, no one knows why Apocalypse, who was respected and trusted by the entire federation, would forcefully launch a rebellion at that time and carry out a bloody purge of the entire federation. Countless outstanding individuals died. Almost all the top federation officials at that time were wiped out. A large number of innocent civilians were also affected by the long and fierce war, and countless deaths were caused.

Of course, the outcome of the matter still ended with the failure of Apocalypse. Its rebellion did not succeed, and it was destroyed by the Federation through the preset "backhand", and it was even unable to escape.

And the only thing it left to this world now is probably Mira.

In the discussion about this matter within the Federation, a more reliable guess is that Apocalypse may have discovered or obtained something from the space technology that was being researched and quickly matured, which led to the final result. After all, During that period of time, this was the most eye-catching scientific research project of civilization, and this research was directly responsible for Apocalypse!
But in fact, this argument still has no basis, it is just a more likely guess.With the demise of Apocalypse, all this is no longer verifiable.

What happened back then has long since been swept away by time, replaced by the Federation's strict defense against intelligent life.The turmoil of that year had a huge impact on the entire Hero Federation, both materially and spiritually. In the end, this kind of life and related top technologies became a taboo. Until now, the Federation has become so powerful. be lifted.

For this reason, the Federation continues to pay attention to the development of surrounding and subordinate civilizations. Although the incident did not happen to itself, the lessons of the Federation still made many civilizations cautious about it, including today's Korva and Wei. Including Ji, there is no real intelligent life on the surface.

But this does not mean that they do not understand these technologies, especially for the Vege Empire. They were once hostile to the Hero Federation and would not let go of any opportunity to cause trouble to the other party.

Therefore, after capturing Mira's battleship this time, even though Mira had put on quite a disguise, the Veggies were still quick to detect clues during subsequent research.

As the evidence piled up, it was finally directly confirmed that it came from a truly intelligent life!

The reason for such a clear conclusion lies in the core components of these battleships. Inside them, the Vegeans not only found the relevant procedures for controlling the battleships, but also discovered a phenomenon that is easily ignored.

That is, its command system actually has a double layer of disguise!

On the surface, they look like the standard battleships of ordinary intelligent races. They can be mass-produced and installed anytime and anywhere, and are completely unmanned consumables. However, within this system, there is something unique to Mira. , or a control system unique to intelligent life for warships in emergencies!
The former is of course normal, and Mira's disguise is quite concealed. After all, it is impossible for it to still control the spacecraft in such a "primitive" way when absolutely necessary, but this did not hide it from the eyes of the Virgils. .

Of course, the in-depth research on the Hero Federation is indispensable. After all, Mira and Apocalypse are almost of the same origin. Many studies on Apocalypse back then were subtly put to use at this moment.

In this universe, there are not many beings who can truly conduct in-depth research on intelligent life. In the past explorations, almost all the Zerg encountered were in the stage of strong intelligence, and they were as far away as Mira. Omnic life still has some way to go.

But it happened to be an alternative "old rival" like the Vege Empire. At this moment, they had noticed this without much effort.

But then again, it is obvious that this matter about Mira is most likely not related to the current predicament the empire is encountering. Such an existence cannot directly pose such a threat to the empire.

However, this matter was reported directly to the cabinet by Imperial Navy Marshal Feli and made known to the emperor.

Although he is a marshal, he does not have the power to make a direct decision on this matter, especially at such a sensitive time.

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The "curse" from the unknown affects the nerves of everyone with knowledge of the empire, and a large number of "infected" individuals are taken measures, either for research or directly "processed".No matter what the method is, a consensus has been reached, that is, the existence that has been affected can never survive again, whether he is a prince or a beggar on the street.

Under such a premise, it is equivalent to putting vested interests and ordinary people on the same level directly on the level of life. In a political system like the empire, such a thing is a well-known unspoken rule. In ordinary times, It will never be allowed.

This is also one of the important reasons why this matter has received absolute attention from the entire civilization so quickly, because even the emperor himself is always under threat to his life!

In this era, the absolute top management of the empire has become a high-risk profession. How can this be allowed?
But it is also because of this threat that the interest groups within the entire empire have united together like never before. The high pressure from top to bottom has made the entire Veggie tense. At this point in time, even if Xi Jinping The Luo Federation is also unwilling to offend Weigi, because one mistake could really lead to a full-scale war!
Therefore, after Mira's matter was reported, after discussion, the empire's senior officials finally decided on a unified plan, which was to inform the Hero Federation, and both parties cooperated to investigate the matter.

According to the overall considerations of the Imperial Strategic Staff, it is extremely unlikely that this matter is related to the current predicament of the Empire, but it cannot be given up because of this.

But fortunately, the Hero Federation has always been interested in this kind of intelligent life. Over the years, once the intelligent races under its command show signs of this, they will immediately be closely monitored.

Using the power of the Hero Federation to conduct investigations can also help you obtain the information you want.

Weiji revealed relevant information and asked Hiro personnel to join, and the condition was to set up a joint investigation team, and he was involved in all subsequent events.

If it were a normal matter, such an obvious strategy of taking advantage of the Federation would definitely be ridiculed by the Federation diplomats with extremely "gentleman" diplomatic rhetoric. But in this matter, these Federations who were reluctant to deal with Weige diplomats in the past The elite, however, remained surprisingly silent.Subsequently, he actually agreed to the proposal with extremely high efficiency and actively promoted its subsequent development.

Although they were somewhat certain about this matter before, these Virgils were still a little surprised that Hero was so happy.

But at this moment, they cannot protect themselves, and the real imperial elites do not pay much attention to this matter.

Subsequently, the two parties conducted a preliminary exchange of resources and intelligence, and conducted some exchanges on matters related to reverse tracking.

Just 7 Oridays later, in the border system of the Hero Federation, there was a group of warships carrying targeted equipment and materials, escorting a group of scientific research ships, and began a space jump towards the newly designated border system of the Vege Empire. .

Compared with more than 1000 years ago, the distance and frequency of Vege's space jumps have been greatly improved. Even though the two are more than 3000 million light years apart, with the help of the Vege Empire, as long as they reach the border, Nearby, through a directly established space channel, one can reach the target location within 107 Oridays.

The time is just right.

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At this time, Mira also felt a little unusual about this incident. Judging from the short communication connection at the scene, the other party was obviously prepared. This means that they already knew that there would be a fleet before their own side appeared. Show up at this exact moment!
The subsequent physical isolation directly caused him to lose contact with this fleet, which was even more terrifying.

It is very convinced that these battleships were not directly destroyed, but captured by the opponent!

Because at that last moment, what it received was not the brief "noise" caused by being destroyed, but the silent silence.

Through extrapolation with extremely limited information, Mira came to a conclusion that was quite unfavorable to herself.

——This is an opponent who has extraordinary attainments in wormhole research. At the same time, at least at the level of information interception, it has also reached the quantum level, which means that the opponent's technological level has surpassed itself by at least three generations!

Through a simple conversion, we can conclude that as long as the opponent's civilization development is not some kind of extreme "scientific"ism, even if they meet head-on, Mira will not be able to defeat the opponent with all her strength!
Of course, if we deduce it from the perspective of biological logic, things are actually not that bad.Since the other party is prepared, it means that this star field is an "owned" place. It is reasonable for him to break in without authorization and be controlled by the other party.

As for tracking her own body through the wormhole passage, to be honest, Mira herself is not too worried.

This kind of "worry" is naturally not a subjective assumption. In Mira, it is supported by data and theory.

In so many years of wormhole voyage, this small fleet has crossed an unknown number of light-years. No matter in terms of time or distance, even if the opponent's technology is extremely advanced, there is no reason to be able to track it in reverse. .

Secondly, for Mira itself, where there are mechanical fleets, it only needs a complete base station to be able to move its "body" quickly within a wide range, without being "blocked" by the enemy. "It's possible.

The only threat was the captured warships. Although their interiors had been covered up, Mira had already acquiesced that this cover-up was completely ineffective.

If calculated based on this, the communication hardware existing within the fleet may become the only possibility to expose one's own position.

Under those conditions, self-destruction is not possible, let alone such accurate and clear data.Fortunately, Mira's fleet does not need such things as voyage logs, and the information left behind is not much. As for whether it can hide from the other party, it cannot get a definite result.

But now, there is another real problem facing Mira.

Although this migration plan has completely failed after these fleets lost contact, other options for entering the wormhole have not yet appeared. After so many years of expansion, the worm swarm is here again. !

The cordon deployed in the remote area has been triggered, and the observation system hidden in the dark has confirmed its identity as a Zerg. If everything goes well, in up to 20 years, the Zerg swarm will discover Mira's base here.

If you don't want to get entangled, you need to make plans at this moment.

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Within the Hero Federation, there has always been extensive discussion about intelligent life, and at the upper levels of the entire civilization, when those documents that can only be read by top-level personnel are opened, except for some words that are so bloody that they cannot be looked at directly. In addition, the rest is all the information about the apocalypse of intelligent life!
Although what happened back then was indeed sudden for the Federation, those who really knew the inside story did not leave anything behind.

There are the rebellion about Apocalypse, the cause of the space passage, and the secrets about all of this. Although not all are revealed, they are enough for generations of federal leaders to collectively choose the same path.

These few words left in the surviving documents, when pieced together, directly point to a secret accidentally discovered by Apocalypse that completely transcends the survival of a single civilization. That is the real turmoil that swept the entire civilization. The cause!
But unfortunately, through these ancient materials, this secret has long been unable to be verified.

For a long time, the Federation has strictly guarded against intelligent life. In addition to preventing the emergence of the second apocalypse, it also has another more important purpose!

The real purpose hidden under the tough target of suppression!
——Search for the "legacy" of Apocalypse!
From the records and analysis of those generations, the Federation came to a relatively certain conclusion, that is, the intelligent life that caused great harm to the entire civilization was not completely dead. It left something behind at the last moment, perhaps. It is the "discovery" it retains, or perhaps another continuation of its life!
This is the real reason why the Hero Federation behaved abnormally after learning about the new intelligent life. Those mechanical structures hidden under the disguise are inexplicably familiar to the underlying design logic!
(End of this chapter)