Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 288 Wells’ Choice
Zero has always believed that there is no defense that cannot be broken. Facing these three small warships, with the number of Zerg, they can definitely encircle and bomb them in all directions without blind spots.

No matter what, He was ready to give it a try.

Zero is not stupid. Combining Mira's special reactions over the years, plus the abnormalities shown by Mira's mechanical fleet after the opponent appeared, it is easy to draw a simple conclusion.

The other party came for Mira, and before that, Mira had clearly known that such an enemy would attack her, so she did not hesitate to launch this meaningless war against the Zerg in order to keep herself alive. Within the scope of Zerg rule.

And its purpose is also very obvious, it is most likely to lure the Zerg into the water.

However, the opponent seemed to have no intention of actively attacking the insect swarm. Since its appearance, it has stayed there without even moving.

Zero knew that they should be dealing with Mira at this moment, but at this moment, he decided to try to keep these three battleships.

It's not that Zero wants to take the initiative to help Mira. Although there is some tacit understanding between the two parties, they are still hostile in nature. Mira's life and death is nothing to care about to Zero.

The reason why we launched the attack was that we thought the opportunity was rare.

Of course, the first round of testing did not yield any results, but the opponent did not launch a counterattack. This may mean that they spent too much energy on Mira, or they did not bother to attack such a weak Zerg.

But no matter what, although this round of testing did not achieve any results, since the insect swarm has taken the initiative to express its position, it will not stop attacking!

The Zerg units close to the battlefield were swarming in this direction, and soon the area where the three warships were was surrounded.

But they were not in a hurry to launch an attack. Zero knew very well that to break through the opponent's defense, either the insect swarm had a crushing power, or the output power far exceeded the opponent's imagination, or it could only be achieved through continuous consumption. own purpose.

The former is temporarily powerless, while the latter requires a sufficient number of Zerg units.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Wells, the commander of the federal task force who led this operation, was actually not at peace.

Before arriving here, he thought about various ways that Mira might resist the federal "capture", and made a lot of preparations for this, but when they really saw the endless swarm of insects in front of them, and the interstellar radar When he boarded the densely packed Zerg warships representing hostile units, Wells couldn't help but be surprised.

He was no stranger to Mira's mechanical fleet. As long as Mira was controlled, those "shattered metals" could not pose a threat to his own warships.

But these strange ships that combined biological structures and some technological products in front of him really surprised Wells.

In order for this small fleet to cross such a long distance at the fastest speed, the military force sent by the Federation must not be too much. As the quality increases, the cost of continuous long-distance space jumps, even for the Federation You will feel pain in your body.

For this reason, they even used various reasons to prevent the special researchers from the Veggie Empire from following, just to reach Mira's location as quickly as possible.

Of course, in the face of an intelligent life like Mira, the Federation cannot let some cold machines do this thing that is of great significance to them. Wells and his team came here in person to preside over the "capture of Mira" "action.

It is impossible to feel the pressure of the insect swarm at an extremely long distance. Although these seemingly large beings do not immediately pose a fatal threat to one's own warships, Wells is still frightened by it!
The reason is that there are too many!

Thanks to the Federation's space technology, their interstellar detection radar can accurately detect even the entire star system!But just inside this galaxy, excluding the mechanical fleets that have been wiped out, the number of insect swarms has reached a terrifying 12 billion!
This is the war power mobilized by the Zerg to ensure the advantage in the war with Mira, and at this moment, they are all gathering crazily here!
Wells didn't know why the swarm took the initiative to attack him. After all, it seemed before that they should be at war with Mira, who was being "captured" by their own side, and there was no reason to help their enemy. .

But now this situation no longer allowed him to think too much. They had to determine the location of Mira's "body" as soon as possible to achieve the purpose of locking her in the "box".

As for the insect swarms besieging our own side, although their numbers are shocking and their technological level does not seem to be low, judging from the first round of exploratory attacks, Wells believes that they are unlikely to break through the main federal warships in the short term. Defense, the only thing that worries me is the scientific research ship being guarded!

Its defense is not as strong as that of the Federation's main battleship in service. If the insect swarm continues to attack, it will indeed be enough to destroy it. Once the ship carrying the mission is destroyed, this operation will be declared a failure.

Of course, protecting this scientific research ship is the most important responsibility of the two frigates, including Wells's car. At the time of departure, the think tank under the Federal Staff had already anticipated the possibility of encountering other enemies. Therefore, although The Federation only has three ships, but these two frigates are almost built to protect scientific research ships. The space defense field they form together can form a complete small defense system. The output power of the enemy cannot reach a certain level. degree, it is unbreakable!
The swarm of insects soon began to attack. In order to cause as much damage as possible at the same time, they were concentrated by the brain worms to attack at the same time. Suddenly, the location of the Hero Federation's task force was attacked from all directions. Space "bombing".

Zero has realized that the opponent's "space shield" cannot be broken with conventional force. Referring to the Zerg's own research, as long as it is a physical substance, there is almost no way to face this form of defense, and the damage it can cause is quite small. Including anti-matter cannons, none can really touch the opponent's warship itself.

What's more, compared to the Zerg, the Federation's space accomplishments are definitely much greater than the Zerg. Although the specific identity of the other party is not yet clear, Zero already has enough knowledge about it.

Therefore, in the Zerg's arsenal, only the recently formed space cannon can be put to use.

However, even so, the effect it exerts is not ideal visible to the naked eye.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the insect swarm, the federal battleship remained motionless.They did not launch a counterattack, but they were like rocks in the sea, firmly nailed there, and the attacks of the insect swarms were like water droplets splashed by the waves under the sea of ​​stars, without causing any substantial damage to the opponent. harm.

Zero did not feel any frustration because of this. With the cooperation of the cerebrates, he quickly began to mobilize more swarm combat power, especially the worms built by various cerebrates who went to the front line to fight Mira. The Hive Fleet, among today's insect swarms, they are the real main force.

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At this moment, Mira's situation is very bad.It cannot break through the data torrent carefully prepared for it by the Federation in a short period of time, which means that it can only passively wait for the other party to find the hardware system it relies on through its own quantum network connection, although it thinks it is extremely hidden. Hidden, but the other party's methods seem to be specifically targeting you from the beginning, so it may not be impossible to find!

Although it is already a complete life, it has very few emotions. In the past many years, it would only show some emotions that could bring it a wonderful experience when fighting against the Zerg. But at this time At this moment, Mira felt deeply anxious!
Is it because of fear of death?

It doesn't think so, but its thinking composed of "simple" but complex data structures tells it all the time that it must find a way out as soon as possible, otherwise it will bear unbearable consequences!

This is the desire for "survival" and the pursuit of "freedom" of every living thing with a life response. It reminds the living thing all the time that it should live and live freely.Anxiety cannot change the disadvantages of the hardware, and it can actually do nothing about the current situation. It is trapped in the torrent of data and is trying to break free every moment. If there is enough time, the winner will definitely be Mira, because as long as there is enough time, Mira will win. It cannot be defeated, and sooner or later it will be able to take back control with the help of its own particularity, but time is not on its side.

Although anxious, Mira had already understood the situation clearly at this time. Through some simulations of computing power, it finally saw only one path that could help it get out of trouble.

Zerg!

When Mira was first attacked, Mira's first reaction was that the insect swarm could no longer be used, but after completing the analysis of the entire situation at this time, she suddenly discovered that although the insect swarm could not really participate in it On the special "battlefield" where it is located, it can still attack the "body" of the federal fleet revealed in the real universe!
Based on Mira's understanding of the insect swarm, she is almost certain that these insects will turn their attention to the only non-owning force in the entire star system after losing their war goal.

Within the simple war model, among the 920 models, the number of times the insect swarm actively provoked wars was 890!

The probability is as high as 90.00% nine point nine!For a being like Mira, this probability is definitely not a deterministic answer, but if you put aside your own inherent logical judgment, this is already an inevitable thing to happen.

Immediately, it began to try to carry out subsequent war simulations between the two sides, but this extremely complex change was not as easy as before for Mira, who now needs to struggle to resist the invasion of data floods.

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In the real universe, under the influence of the Hive Mind, the swarms have begun to launch indiscriminate bombardments in batches against the defense system composed of the only three battleships of the Federation fleet.

If the opponent's defense system cannot be broken through the huge power consumption caused by simultaneous attacks, then continuous attacks will definitely consume the opponent.

Unless they are strong enough to conjure matter and energy from the void, there will definitely be losses.

Although this is a stupid method, it is indeed effective for Wells, who only has three ships.

He himself has no intention of launching a counterattack against the insect swarm. Judging from the interstellar radar, with his own combat power, even if he destroys more enemy units, it will be of no avail. He will not be able to achieve effective results at all. On the contrary, it will expose the scientific research ship. Under the opponent's concentrated fire.

But in this strange star field, it cannot obtain supplies from fleets and planets, and can only rely on the energy and materials it carries to complete all work.

If he was facing an ordinary intelligent civilization, maybe Wells could use the Federation's civilizational advantages to achieve his goals through threats, promises, etc., or other diplomatic strategies, so that the other party could retreat without a fight.

However, the other party had already launched an attack on itself at the first opportunity, without any consciousness of being a low-level civilization.

His sense of superiority as a senior general of the Federation prevented him from initiating a communication request at this moment. He lowered his profile and communicated with this civilization that was most likely a special existence. It seemed that there was a high probability that he would not get any beneficial results. ,

To be honest, the large-scale and non-stop attacks of the insect swarm at this moment made him uncomfortable. Although he was very confident before, after zero change of strategy, Wells finally discovered that his previous estimate was too optimistic.

Because those were not one or two hundred battleships, nor were they ten or twenty thousand battleships, but millions of battleship groups taking turns and launching continuous attacks in a planned manner!

The losses every minute and every second are huge. Even if the Federation's achievements in this area have reached its peak, it is impossible to construct such a line of defense without consuming any energy and materials.

Even if the federal think tank had made a lot of plans in advance, it was impossible to predict that such a race would exist where Mira was.Although communications with the Federation mainland have been restored, the Federation subjects that are endless light years away are indeed unable to do more for them.

What was originally a sure thing suddenly changed after the Zerg participated.

At this moment, Wells actually faced only two choices.

Either give up the mission, escape from the battlefield with mobility that the other party simply cannot match, and leave here to pursue follow-up plans, whether it is seeking more support from the federal mainland or re-designating the plan for action again.

Anyway, Mira has been "marked" by them, and the probability of the other party getting rid of tracking in a short period of time is very small, but this also means giving Mira a period of breathing space.

Of course, this is also the safest solution.With the foundation of the Federation, whether it is the seemingly troublesome race in front of them or finding Mira again to complete the mission later, it will not be a big problem.

The second option has a certain risk, which is to compete with the insect swarm here for a time difference and complete the task before the opponent breaks through your defense!
As long as they can find the root of Mira first, they can withdraw from the battlefield directly. No matter how large the insect swarm is, they will only be outnumbered.

Of course, if things go in the opposite direction, once your defense system is first broken by the insect swarm, the consequences will be unpredictable.

Perhaps the two frigates have a chance to use their excellent armor technology to withstand the next round of attacks and escape from the battlefield, but this scientific research ship will definitely end up being destroyed.

And this also represents the failure of this mission, and in the next ten years or so, the Federation will no longer be able to launch a "hunting" operation against Mira.

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Wells didn't hesitate much, and soon he had made his choice.

For the Federation, their lone expedition is the only hope to complete the mission in the short term. If this time it fails, as Mira's understanding of itself deepens and its data is updated and iterated, there may not be a chance to get rid of the tracking method. And once something happens, the entire universe is so big that the Hero Federation will never be able to capture this intelligent life, and those mysteries that have disappeared in history will never have a chance to see the light of day again.

Although the probability is low, this may indeed be their only chance!
What's more, based on the local battlefield analysis, representatives of the federal highest think tank have already given conclusions.If we speculate based on the current progress of both sides, the probability that our side will be the first to complete the "capture" of Mira is as high as 70.00%!

For generals like Wells who command fleet operations, there is no war without risks. Since the possibility of success is higher, there is no way to give up!

(End of this chapter)