Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 302 Returning
This is the first time that the Zerg have faced the entire Alliance in such an attitude. In the past, the Alliance mostly relied on more advanced technological means to launch raids on the Zerg's internal star fields in the form of small groups or simply fleet invasions. Of course, it was much lower than the intensity control done by the Alliance after the war began, but it still caused a lot of trouble for the development of the Zerg.

The intensity of this battle in the desolate cosmic zone is very alarming. The insect swarms near the front line are concentrating here with all their strength like they are desperate for their lives. There are even a large number of Devourers swimming on the battlefield, and they are responsible for removing the remaining worms between the two sides. The remains of the war are recycled as much as possible, and of course the vast majority of them are Zerg corpses.

At first, Zero thought this would be a protracted battle.He believed that with the continuous support from the Zerg rear, there might be a battle between the two sides here, but he was obviously too optimistic.

At first, relying on their absolute numerical advantage, the Zerg once overwhelmed the opponent. Compared to the Zerg swarm, the fleet, which was pitifully small compared to the Zerg swarm, was overtaken by the Zerg swarm in a short period of time, almost forming an encirclement.

However, the opponent immediately adopted guerrilla tactics and gradually exhausted the Zerg with their powerful maneuverability.Although the insect swarm has achieved success many times, it is very difficult every time.

What's more, the other side is using a two-pronged approach. While resisting the advance of the large Zerg forces, it is also doing its best to destroy the resource systems within the Zerg-dominated area, wiping out batches of Zerg support fleets.

In fact, this does not pose much of a threat to the insect swarm. After all, the territory ruled by the insect horde today is extremely vast, and they cannot completely block the progress of the insect swarm.

However, this war in a deserted cosmic zone quickly evolved into a one-sided massacre within only 29 Ori months after it began!

There is no other reason than that the number of Zerg cannot keep up!

Thousands of Zerg individuals die every moment, but it is difficult for more Zerg units to arrive at the same time. It is not obvious at the beginning, and the Zerg swarm even has the upper hand for a time, but as the opponent opens Using mobile tactics, the support fleet from the rear also quickly arrived on the battlefield, eventually forming a strange fleet group, and the situation continued to get worse.

With the Zerg's navigation ability, it would take decades to get here from the "native" star field, but the other party is obviously much faster!
Under the ebb and flow of one another, the war situation reversed rapidly over time, and it was an irreversible reversal. In the end, it even turned into a massacre of the Zerg.Without Zero's order, the insect swarm would never retreat or escape. Of course, facing the opponent's superior technology, this would make little sense.

In less than three years, this war in which the Zerg had invested tens of billions of combat units, and even more Zerg swarms were still coming, was over, and the total investment of the other side was only 41 battleships. That's all, there isn't even a single living civilized individual among them.A small part was destroyed by the insect swarm, but most of the combat power remained.

This is an unimaginable war. In that vast space with extremely low material density, the two sides almost started the battle in the form of a head-on "collision". However, under the premise of such overwhelming numbers, the other side still Defeated the Zerg with his own strength.

At the end of the war, Zero even noticed that the opponent's mixed fleet seemed to be "out of power", and the frequency of attacks dropped a lot. This was the biggest reason why he did not try to disperse the insect swarms and leave the battlefield.

During this period of time, even though the insect swarm no longer had the initial numerical advantage, it still caused a lot of results. It is easy to imagine that the armed systems of the opponent's warships have even been damaged, but they were not attacked by the insect swarm. reason.

Zero didn't feel lucky, only felt a little ashamed.

He realized that even though the Zerg had made rapid progress in the past hundred years, with the huge technological gap between the two sides, it was still not a wise choice to go head-to-head. Even if the opponent was deeply encircled, they could easily attack with unbelievable huge numbers. The battle loss ratio, if there is no direct support from huge logistics, such consumption, the Zerg is still not its opponent.

He has given up on them, and all Zerg units still on the way to support have shut down their hyperdrive engines - He has changed his strategy.

After a brief summary, if you want to go to the star field marked by Mira and truly get in touch with the opponent's supply core here, only a breakthrough in pieces can make the opponent unstoppable.

Even in this direction, the Zerg can be said to have an endless and vast "borderline". If they are dispersed enough, it is entirely possible for them to reach the target star field from any direction and any area. Of course, it may waste a lot of time. , but this is undoubtedly a way to reach the destination.

With the amount of combat power the other party has, it cannot be stopped.

As for this failure, it should be regarded as a test and verification of the Zerg's combat power.

The Zerg now have a big business. Although these losses are not small, they are not a big deal at all.

Zero needed time to develop technology. After this war ended with the disastrous defeat of the insect swarm, even the anxiety in his heart had weakened a lot.

Countless Zerg units used their flesh and blood to soothe the anger and hidden anxiety in his heart, finally allowing Zero to regain his composure.

He realized that although the two sides were getting closer, the gap was still huge, and he also realized what the Zerg needed now.

The alliance fleet's harassment and attacks for more than 100 years, in a subtle way over time, actually created a faint sense of oppression for Zero, which made Zero, who was used to the Zerg controlling everything, very unaccustomed.

But at this moment, he realized that there was no need for the insect swarm to be in chaos because of this.

In terms of technological research and development, we must seize the time and strive to close the gap between the Zerg and the Alliance in the shortest possible time. However, this cannot be accomplished in a short time, and even if it does not go well, it will take hundreds of years. It may not be possible to achieve it, even if it is only for the military and aerospace aspects.

It took the other party an unknown amount of time and generations to reach the technological level of the three major civilizations. The Zerg wanted to catch up in just a few hundred years. If there was no opportunity to capture the intelligent individuals of the other party, this would be impossible. This thing even seems a bit fanciful.

There is no more communication between the two sides except war. As for obtaining the other party's intelligent individuals, Zero can only say that it depends on luck.

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In Zerg 2644, this year, Zero adopted a comprehensive method of breaking up into parts. Hundreds of millions of Zerg units either acted alone or spread out in the form of small mother nests. The opponent did try to intercept, but It was extremely inefficient and had to be given up in the end.

What Zero didn't know was that after realizing that the Zerg attack was inevitable, they had already begun to build a galaxy defense system. With the strength of the alliance, as long as there was enough time, they could allow the Zerg swarm to break through on these iron-walled industrial bases. Blood flow.

But that's a story later. After confirming the opponent's location, the first thing Zero needs to do is to figure out what kind of productivity the enemy's base can provide them. This is related to Zero's rough assessment of the opponent's war potential.

The information was still too little, and Zero couldn't even determine how far the coordinates provided by Mira were from the other party's true homeland.The answer to all this information can only be found through further exploration and contact. When Zero is no longer impatient, everything seems to become clear.

The chaos created by the Alliance in the Zerg territory is nothing, and the defense line created by the opponent on the front line is nothing. The Zerg will not be fundamentally damaged by this. Even if it suffers such an adverse blow, the overall number of the Zerg swarm will not be affected. It's still rising.

In other directions, Zero has been sending out Zerg interstellar explorers to farther star fields in a targeted manner. After entering the wormhole passage, most of them will not choose the nearest wormhole exit, in an almost Expand to unknown star fields in a random manner to avoid the alliance from continuing to blockade like this time.

This is a zero response to possible future crises. If the Zerg technology is unable to achieve effective progress, then ensuring the normal development of the Zerg swarm under the continued attack of the Alliance will become a top priority.

At this moment, Mira is the one who has the same thinking as Zero.

The recent invasion has almost achieved no results. It has not even been able to actually invade the opponent's galaxy. After several attempts and rapid model deduction, it has temporarily given up the decision to attack by force. Of course, just like the Alliance against the Zerg All the same, harassment is still unavoidable.

At this time, Mira is also improving its own war technology. Unlike the Zerg, which relies on the research of intelligent races, it has actually obtained part of the complete results of the industrial base established by the alliance or the Hero Federation, which makes everything become... It went much smoother.

It can be said that it has been digesting these "industrial finished products" in recent decades. Correspondingly, the combat capabilities of Mira's mechanical warships have also been improving from generation to generation in recent years.

Of course, Mira has never relaxed about her roots. She will never stop iteratively updating herself. This is one of the roots of Mira's strength!

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In the year 2803 of the Zerg, the Zerg swarm that had been broken into pieces came to a strange star field after hundreds of years.But their first discovery was not the Alliance's battleship, but Mira's mechanical fleet.

A small Zerg fleet based on the Brood broke into Mira's sphere of influence. Strictly speaking, it was one of Mira's production bases.

According to the plan, these bugs should have bypassed here and rushed to the predetermined coordinates from another direction, but they made such a discovery halfway.

Of course, being able to observe them up close, Mira, as the host, naturally discovered them easily.

This is the first time in history that the two sides have met directly without fighting. Of course, the situation cannot be said to be very harmonious. The swarm of insects passed by the edge of the galaxy without any intention of saying hello to each other, and Mi La Ye looked on with cold eyes, as if he was not the one who proactively provided the coordinates before.

Looking at the many developed planets hidden in the light and darkness of stars in the galaxy, the huge space docks shining with metallic luster across the universe, and the huge fleet that has not gathered but is still neat and orderly, the Zerg are very interested. The ground did not stop here. After the two sides almost passed each other, they quickly disappeared.

For Zero, Mira's appearance means at least one thing, that is, the enemy should be nearby.Whether it is the level of development of the planet or the mechanical fleet within the galaxy, they all tell Zero that Mira should be completely hostile to the Alliance.

In the past 100 years, the Zerg mainland has suffered three large-scale attacks from the Alliance, all of which were targeted attacks on important units of the Zerg.Another young brainworm was "annihilated" by it, and two scientific research bases were completely destroyed.

In a sense, it is indeed a heavy loss, but Zero is no longer very angry. The lost brainworm will return to its peak soon, and the lost intelligent race will soon pass through the civilization that has long been preserved. The fire was reborn, and Zero no longer cared much about the wormhole passages that had been destroyed or even forcibly closed.

To the Zerg, all these are trivial matters and cannot touch the fundamentals at all.

Technology is still progressing. After generations of updates directed by Sass himself, the swarm has changed beyond recognition. They are always making progress, and they can update themselves through the zerg mother nest even while traveling.

In comparison, the technological development of the three major civilizations is quite slow.

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It is undoubtedly a torturous thing to watch your opponent become stronger and stronger. Seeing that the enemy that could be easily destroyed before is no longer so weak, and is even making progress visible to the naked eye as time goes by, Nuo The anxiety in Qi's heart is also growing day by day.

Judging by her age, she is about to retire. As a meritorious representative of the empire, she has fulfilled her mission very well, but for so long, she has almost turned the front line into her "home", spending nearly one-third of her life She had been contributing to the alliance all her life, and it was only at this moment that her successor was already in place, and she had no choice but to return.

Even with Korva's life science technology, the 620-year-old Nocchi is definitely considered an advanced age. She will spend her old age in the empire and will never go to the front line again in her life.

Of course, her contribution was duly recognized. In addition to her personal glory, the entire family also gained huge benefits from her long garrison journey.

Nuoqi originally thought that she would leave calmly, but when she really stepped down, thinking about the enemies that were getting stronger every day, she was deeply worried about the future of the empire.

In the star port, Noci completed the spaceship transfer. According to the plan, she will go to the empire's home star of Korva, where she will receive the commendation from the new emperor and then return to her hometown.

The spaceship started to launch. Compared with the crude warships, this small spaceship that specialized in transportation was much more functional. Nuoqi didn't want to think too much. After finishing the meal, she chose to rest.

After entering the starry sky, the spacecraft started its jump engine and soon disappeared into the darkness.

And also in the darkness, there are swarms of insects watching.

(End of this chapter)