Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 290 The Shocked Federation

In diplomacy between civilizations, strength is always the most important foundation for each other.

In the modern diplomatic history of the Federation, except when facing two equal civilizations, Federation diplomats basically dealt with all civilizations in the notification area with a overlooking attitude.

Not to mention, the person communicating with the Zerg this time was a military representative who was always known for his toughness.

If they are serious federal diplomats, although they are also unlikely to take the initiative to lower their posture, they will never say such explicit words. They will modify and beautify them, hiding their meaning in a series of diplomatic rhetoric , act like a polite gentleman, and tell all civilizations that "all living beings are equal."

But unfortunately, this time the federal "diplomat" was Wells.

The situation quickly became unfavorable, which made him very angry. He was riding a tiger and wanted to complete the mission entrusted to him by the entire civilization as soon as possible, but at the same time he did not want to bow to this inferior civilization, and finally achieved such a result.

Zero no longer paid any attention to the other party's intention. What about the Hero Federation and the Invincible Fleet? There were only three battleships here, and one of them didn't seem to have much attack power.

If his federation was really so powerful, why would he take the initiative to negotiate with the Zerg?

The Zerg swarm's offensive was gradually strengthening. This was a process of steady improvement in stages, and by the time Wells took the initiative to contact the Zerg, their frigates were almost approaching their limits.

But on another unknown battlefield, Mira is still resisting tenaciously, but the search mission that was originally following the clues has made no progress.

Maybe it will be discovered in the next moment, or maybe it will take more time. Mira knows what the other party wants to do, so she temporarily sets up a lot of disguises and misdirections.Although there is no way to really stop them, given the opponent's limited computing power, delaying time is enough!

Wells was already thinking of retreating. He had brought a group of senior federal scientific researchers here in person. It was important to protect the honor of the federation, but he, the lieutenant general, died here, in a conspiracy initiated by a lower civilization. During the attack, it was not a glorious thing for the Federation.

The same is true for the suggestions from the staff. The culture of the Federation is like this. When there is a possibility of achieving a goal, they will try their best to strive for it. In the process, they can often burst out with powerful motivation.

However, when hope is slim or no longer exists, giving up becomes a matter of course, and they are not ashamed of it.For the military, this cultural influence has been slightly diluted, but no matter what, no one will be too harsh on Wells if he retreats at this time.

After all, the situation is such that it is not a crime of war.

Looking at the insect swarm in front of him that completely blocked his field of vision, and then looking through the shared field of view at the large scientific research ship that was desperately sorting out Mira's "body" in the vast ocean of data, Wells gave up the last point in his heart to successfully complete the task. As he struggled with the mission, he knew that after the swarm improved its offensive units next time, the defense systems of his two frigates would soon be destroyed due to overload. At that time, the opponent's various weapons would directly bombard the battleships. Having lost their maximum protection, they have no chance of winning against the seemingly endless swarm of insects. If they cannot open the space jump channel in time, they may even be left behind!

After a long time, he gave the order to retreat with some dejection, which meant that this operation was a complete failure!

They failed to capture Mira, but instead alerted the enemy and made the other party aware of the federation's methods.

And all of this is because of the Zerg!
Wells no longer wanted to think about how the federation would handle this matter in the future and whether it would continue to carry out this mission. The overwhelming swarm of insects here made him feel a little depressed at this moment.

Under the continuous consumption of the swarm, the battleship has very little energy left. He must get supplies as soon as possible. In order to complete the mission as much as possible before, the entire fleet now only has the energy to start a jump. Fortunately, Wells has already marked in advance that they will complete energy supply in another star system 6700 light-years away.

As for the organic matter needed for the crew's life, there is no shortage. The military supplies stored in the federal warship are enough for tens of thousands of soldiers and supporting personnel to survive for at least 20 years!As long as there is material and energy, ensuring the survival of personnel is not a problem at all.

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Zero was aware of the other party's plan. Although he did not have as accurate an estimate of the situation as the other party, he still captured the other party's intention to escape.

However, the opponent's technological means are indeed far superior to those of the Zerg. Even if the Zerg swarm surrounding the opponent has tried their best to interfere with the warships starting their jump engines and opening the space channels, it will not help. In this regard, Wells is not exaggerating. When the energy is sufficient, Under the premise, the opponent does have the confidence that the Zerg cannot break.

And this technology of jumping directly in space is one of the difficulties that the Zerg are now eager to overcome.Therefore, solutions such as tracking are out of the question.

Although he was helpless, Zero could only use the "cannon fire" of the Zerg to send the other party away as a gift.

This war has no results.Including the protracted all-out war with Mira, the promotion of Zerg technology was quite limited, and some only consumed a large amount of resources.

The long war did not achieve the results it deserved, which made Zero a little annoyed, but it was quickly forgotten by him.The gap is the gap. If the Zerg can directly interfere with the opponent's entity, the three warships of the Federation will have become garbage floating in space waiting to be collected.

If it is an intelligent civilization at the same technological level as the Zerg, in this "war" where the opponent only defends but does not counterattack, it will never be able to push the enemy to this level. At least those endless combat units are not ordinary biological civilization. It can be obtained.

Of course, what really made Zero confirm that the other party seemed to have escaped instead of calmly evacuating after achieving the goal was the communication broadcast from Mira.

Obviously, in the previous sweeps, the swarm had destroyed countless mechanical battleships and basically completed the clearing of the entire galaxy battlefield, but at this moment, familiar signals were still "reverberating" throughout the galaxy.

That was the language used by Mira when she first communicated with the Zerg. It can also be regarded as the "ancient language" of the Hero Federation in a sense. It is very similar to the "dictionary" sent by Wells before, but it also has different.

And what it means is - thank you!
When receiving this piece of information, Zero was at a loss for a moment. Ever since he woke up, the Zerg had only brought expansion and killing for more than 2000 years. The expansion of the population had taken up everything in him. Everything he encountered along the way All civilizations have either become ruins in the history of the universe, or they have become vassals trapped by the Zerg who have only served the Zerg their whole lives.No existence has ever expressed this kind of meaning when facing the insect swarm. They either hate it or fear it, and the insect swarm only brings plunder, destruction and killing.

For Zero, this feeling is quite new, or in other words, it has been a long time coming!

The Zerg are probably helpless to deal with Mira. Its technological line is not the direction that the Zerg swarm is going. Although they understand it, it cannot be said that they know nothing, but it is highly likely that it is impossible to defeat Mira in this regard. of.

Of course, it is also impossible for Mira to destroy the Zerg, unless one day, it can truly find Zero's location that he doesn't even know.

This time, Mira did not specifically refer to "Visser", the only brainworm who had reported her name, and Zero did not make any response.With the departure of the enemy, naturally, there is no need to continue the war between the two sides.

Mira was already on guard. It would be impossible for the Federation to imagine that it could succeed so easily this time.With Mira's disappearance, the insect swarm began to develop step by step again.

Zero didn't know how Mira provoked the Hero Federation, but at least for now, the insect swarm did not have the ability to track each other, so this matter could only be left at this point.

However, things didn't go as planned. Only 14 Oridays later, Zero discovered the federal fleet again!
They are still within the Zerg's range of activities!

The ever-expanding swarm of insects has just expanded its sphere of influence here. This star system and planets are rich in materials. For the worms, it is a good bridgehead on the way forward.

But now, right under the eyes of the insect swarm, three battleships have begun to approach.

Without any hesitation, Zero immediately began to mobilize the surrounding insect swarms to gather here. Although he didn't know what the other party's purpose was, since it appeared, it was right to fight.

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Wells was also a little confused when he saw the swarm again. This time they jumped across nearly [-] light-years, which almost consumed all the remaining energy in the fleet!
The original purpose was to reach the desolate star system for supplies, but now, seeing the large number of insect swarms gathering from the interstellar radar, Wells felt a little numb.

Doesn't this race even let go of the barren galaxies in the corners?

Today's Federation nominally rules 64 super-galaxy clusters. Its sphere of influence is extremely vast and is second to none in the explored universe. Their ultra-distance star gates can reach any large area within the scope of their rule within a hundred Oridays. Within the star cluster, countless races exist dependent on the Federation.

But even with such a powerful federation, it is impossible to completely develop every star and every star system in this sea of ​​stars, and there is no need to do so.

Within the federal territory, there are many uninhabited star fields. After they are included in the federal jurisdiction, they will only conduct a simple exploration. If it is confirmed that there is no large-scale development value, they will be directly abandoned and will never be wasted in useless places. time.

If there are any civil organizations or social groups, or lower-level civilizations that are interested in these galaxies, as long as they pay the corresponding taxes, it doesn't matter how hard they go. The powerful federal fleet will eliminate all hidden dangers that threaten federal rule.

But what does Welles see now?What is the difference between this place and the battlefield in the star system that I just left not long ago?
He was not stupid and would never think that it was such a coincidence that he had just completed his jump and his destination happened to be occupied by a swarm of insects.

This can only mean one thing, that is, this race is carrying out similar development in all galaxies within its sphere of influence!
This is absolutely terrifying!If so, how huge a territory do they have, and what kind of huge numbers should they have? !

Looking at the swarm of insects gathered in front of him, through the string window in front of him, Wells could already imagine how this race was expanding crazily in these star systems!
He thought of a creature that had caused harm in the history of the Federation, and then thought of an ancient term in the medical field.

--cancer.

Before this, they who jumped directly from outside the galaxy into the Zerg's field of vision obviously did not realize this, and in the Federation Staff Department endless light years away, these real think tanks of the Federation could not remain calm at this moment.

They know that intelligent life can expand the combat units it controls in an almost exponential manner without restrictions. It can expand infinitely before reaching the limit of its own computing power!
Is this race also a similar existence?
There is no such experience in the history of the Federation. The only thing we can learn from is the apocalypse of intelligent life back then.

At this moment, they lacked sample data and could not draw a definite conclusion, but they had already raised their vigilance to some extent about this race that was somehow related to Mira!
Originally, although the federal leaders were dissatisfied with the failure of the plan, they did not pay too much attention to it. Now Mira is still within their tracking range, and the second batch of small fleets as support has set off. This time, they are carrying It's industrial equipment and a lot of people!
The original intention was to turn the new star field into the new border of the Federation, but after discovering the Zerg for the second time nearly [-] light-years away, these Federation elites suddenly felt that this ethnic group was likely to pose an incomparable threat to the Federation in the future. A terrifying threat!

They had almost "witnessed" the evolution and adaptability of the Zerg in previous battles. If they could really maintain this way of expansion, it would be really terrifying!

Although the distance between the two sides is extremely far now, the Federation's fleet can reach here by jumping. In the future, the other party may not be able to do it!
At that time, how will the Federation, or all civilizations in the explored universe, deal with such a race? !
The capture of Mira is related to the secrets of the Federation's past and important secrets about the future. But if the race in front of us really has such characteristics, then it may cause the Federation to lose its future!
This is by no means alarmist!

The top priority is to verify the other party's information, and even things about Mira must be put aside later.

After all, they have enough experience to deal with intelligent beings like Mira, and they clearly know the opponent's weaknesses and strengths. They also have countless plans for how to deal with them, but they know nothing about the race in front of them!
The information was quickly passed up, first to the Federal Staff Headquarters, and up to the three federal houses. Finally, the military representatives took on this responsibility. If it is indeed as speculated before, this matter must also go through the Federal General Assembly. Discussion, final result signed by the Federal President!

That is a major event related to the fate of the entire civilization!
At this time, the Federation still had some luck. During this brief contact, they did not obtain the biological structure of the Zerg, nor did they obtain much useful information in the war.

But at least according to the analysis of some top professional researchers, such a race should not exist.

But no matter what, they need to confirm this. If it is true, then it will change the fate of all civilizations in the entire explored universe. Even the strategies of the three major civilizations will be greatly affected by this!
(End of this chapter)