Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 304 Advance!

Facing the alliance's attack, Zero looked like he was "fucked up" and allowed the other party to do whatever they wanted. Whether they invaded or raided, Zero would not get angry again.Because even if they are subjected to almost non-stop attacks from the opponent, from an overall perspective, the Zerg are still expanding.

After making breakthroughs at the technical level, their advancement speed has reached a new level. Although they are not mature yet, their principles are interoperable. When they are applied to navigation engines and the adaptation of various related technologies is successfully completed, The speed of the insect swarm's expansion has ushered in another increase.

The alliance brought destruction and destruction, but the expanding swarm also brought new life.

As time passed, the Alliance, which was monitoring the Zerg increasingly closely, gradually became aware of this.

But the Zerg has always been like this. Every technological breakthrough can complete the popularization of the entire clan in a very short period of time, thus completing a comprehensive individual strengthening in a short period of time. Those old Zerg units will be re-hatched, and the new ones will be re-incubated. The Zerg basically represents the highest achievements of the Zerg in various technologies.

The same was true this time. By the time the alliance truly realized this, fourteen Orui years had passed!
The Zerg completed the first large-scale "change of equipment" during the war with the Alliance. At this point, they were no longer a race that was unable to fight back against a small Alliance fleet or even a single battleship.

Even though the opponent can still rely on mobility to complete surprise attacks and escapes, facing the Zerg's defense and attacks, it is no longer possible to be as helpless as before.

In other words, if they want to complete the same tasks as in the past, they have to pay several times the price!

However, such a completely different change has been completed in just 14 years.

14 years, for a race and a civilization, is just a small drop of water in the long river of history, passing by in the blink of an eye, but the Zerg used it to complete the iteration of Zerg units that even Zero himself was too lazy to count.

It's no wonder that after the alliance gradually became aware of all this, many decision-makers were at a loss as to what to do.

The rapid progress of the Zerg is one thing. This is obvious to all the three major civilizations. Thinking about how to face the Zerg that is close to our own technological level in the future is annoying enough, but now, facing the stars in the dark universe, these The elites of various ethnic groups carefully selected by the three major civilizations to guide the affairs of the alliance are somewhat silent.

Over the years, the Alliance has sent countless combat units into the Zerg-dominated star domain, ranging from a single detector to an entire main fleet.

The returns brought by the large investment in materials are astonishing. As long as there are large-scale activities within the Zerg, they cannot escape the alliance's intelligence network. With this, they can launch attacks from any direction against the Zerg units that rule the galaxy without any scruples. , either destroying wormholes, or interfering with development, or even directly choosing to destroy the Zerg fleet.

In the beginning, they made Zero confused for a while. When the irritability surged into his heart, many objective phenomena would be inadvertently ignored by him.

But when all this reached a climax, with the death of several brainworms one after another, and the annihilation of tens of billions of Zerg individuals by the opponent, the death of a large number of Zerg individuals made Zero suddenly realize that from the beginning to the end, the opponent seemed Neither has the ability to pose a fundamental threat to the Zerg.

After realizing this, he quickly calmed down and began to turn his vision to the overall development of the Zerg.

When the horizons become wider, phenomena that have been ignored in the past will come into view again. The continued expansion of the Zerg in all directions, and the comings and goings between the other party and the Zerg swarm, are all in Zero's eyes.

And he quickly found the key to breaking the situation. The reason why the Alliance can maintain absolute strength in every war with the Zerg is undoubtedly due to their technological background.

Therefore, Zero paid attention to the local battlefield of the Zerg. Even if there was a feeling of "war on fire" in the Zerg territory, he no longer cared. He just tried his best to gather the scientific research strength of the entire Zerg and allocate the needs of various scientific research bases. In the end, through the efforts of many parties, and with the cooperation of top scientific research talents from sixteen intelligent races, they found a new way to solve the first hurdle leading to space jump, which led to the situation today.

Faced with the increasing explosiveness of the Zerg, the Alliance was at a loss for what to do.It’s not that the alliance’s commanders are incompetent. Because of the sudden change in strategic issues, the entire situation needs to be re-evaluated. The forces that could easily cope with it in the past have become somewhat stretched. They need to reallocate their combat power, from industrial production capacity to fleet size. All require comprehensive upgrades and improvements.

This is a big project, and ironically, the alliance's administrative efficiency is completely inferior to that of the Zerg.

There needs to be communication between the three major civilizations, the forces within Korva and the Hero Federation need to be coordinated, and the aristocratic forces in the Vege Empire also need to divide their interests and allocate responsibilities. When all of this is re-finalized and entered into the implementation stage, it will finally be put in place. , it has been [-] or so years since we completed a major overhaul of the entire frontline system.

Among them, the issue of interests is not a big problem after all, and it does not take too much time.In the face of powerful enemies, the three major civilizations can still reach some consensus, and internal conflicts will be suppressed.

However, expanding the industrial base, improving the performance of warships, expanding the number of fleets, etc., each requires a large amount of manpower and material investment. Being able to complete it in just 18 years is the result of the joint efforts of the three major civilizations.

Compared with the Zerg, which only took 14 years to complete countless major combat power updates for the entire group, the Alliance's actions seemed to be at a crawl.

This is completely two levels, which is where the Zerg's advantage lies.

Of course, even if the insect swarm has completely changed its appearance, Zero has no intention of immediately attacking the alliance's defense line. The breakthrough in space technology has brought about a leap in speed, and on the side facing the alliance, the insect swarm has are moving rapidly in different directions.

Just like the great voyage on Orui, today's Zerg seems to be once again exploring the unknown in the vast universe. The only difference is that this time their main goal is no longer It is to expand territory, but to find the main body of civilization in the alliance!
Maybe this will still take a lot of time under the opponent's strict defense, but if you want to end this war, this is an essential step.

Now that we are not sure when our own jumping technology will mature, the sooner we send out the Hive Fleet to search, the more likely we are to get results, even if Zero doesn't even know how far away he is from the opponent.

The Zerg swarms are advancing in the darkness, and they no longer stop at the desolate galaxies on their journey. These already discovered galaxies will be taken over by the subsequent Zerg units. The first batch of Zerg units to disperse, their mission is to The galaxy is the basic unit, searching for traces of powerful civilizations, and setting the direction for the Zerg to advance among the stars in the sky.If one day the Zerg conquers the space jumping technology, or possesses similar alternative technology, then the swarm of insects in the stars behind will appear in large numbers in front of the enemy in a very short period of time, allowing them to They went to feel despair, instead of showing off their power in front of the Zerg like they do now.

Zeng Ling also tried to capture the other party's civilized individuals to quickly improve his own technological level.But he soon discovered that this was almost impossible. It was not clear whether there were real life forms in the opponent's fleet. What's more, if the Zerg wanted to "capture" such a warship alive, it would be even harder than climbing to the sky. .

In order to achieve this shortcut, Cerebrumsk lost his life even before it was put into practice, so Ling simply gave up.

Although its own development is much slower, the Zerg has its own advantages. The absolute centralized allocation of resources and the absolute concentration of power can promote the development of the entire ethnic group to a great extent. This is something that even the three major civilizations cannot keep up with. .

Therefore, although they have been at war, and even the three major civilizations behind the alliance are still singing and dancing, when it comes to the development speed of war technology, the Zerg, including Mira, can surpass the alliance by several ways. street.

Zero felt that he had found the right direction this time. Under the will of the Hive, the insect swarm continued to expand. At the rear, many brain worms gathered outstanding individuals of an increasingly large intelligent group, and under Zero's full control, they carried out research day and night. .

Although many times in scientific research, the progress of science and technology requires the addition of inspiration, but countless outstanding individuals have concentrated their efforts to move forward, in the form of point arrancar, they have tried more and their minds have collided more, and they can always find the right solution. direction.

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Hawut, who arrived at the front line as an imperial general, now represents all the interests of the Vege Empire here.

Seriously speaking, Veggie takes the Zerg invasion less seriously than the Federation and Korva, because they themselves don't have much need for the Zerg, they are just purely hostile.

As for the existence of enemies, there are not even a thousand but eight hundred enemies encountered in the history of the empire. Even strictly speaking, Korva and the Hero Federation are still on Veggie's enemy list until now. Although they have ceased war for many years, Even cooperation has become increasingly close, but there has never been a so-called armistice agreement. The only more formal agreement is only a joint convention targeting civilization and life outside the explored universe, and it has no binding force internally.

This is not only true for the Vege Empire, but also for Korva and the Hero Federation.Strictly speaking, the war that stretched up to ancient times did not really end. They just stopped mentioning it until they could not overwhelm the opponent's ability.

As an imperial general and one of the real bosses of the imperial military, Hawut, who was born in a noble family, knew very well what Weiji was doing at this moment.

While resisting the Zerg, the ministers of the imperial cabinet secretly launched operations against the Hero Federation and the Korva Empire after receiving the final report on the "curse" incident provided by the Academy of Sciences.

From a God's perspective, Weegee's behavior seems stupid. After all, powerful enemies are out there, and they have no reason to attack their apparent "allies."

But if we look at the historical origins and current situation between the parties, it becomes much easier to understand.

To put it further, since the ancient times, the wars and conflicts between the three have never stopped. The hatred between the races is deep in the bones. With the passage of time and the gradual stable development of the entire society, this kind of Hatred is gradually fading, but it is not difficult to find from historical records that it has never really disappeared.

To put it more recently, when Weegee suffered the "curse" incident, the Alliance and Korva invariably put pressure on Weegee from all directions, forcing them to give up a lot of benefits, and these potential benefits have remained until today. It has not returned to the hands of the empire. How can this not worry the Veggies?

For Weegee, who is rife with racist thoughts and racial mystique, there is some kind of "original sin" in Korva and the Federation itself, not to mention that there are still such conflicts between the two sides in the near future.

In addition, in terms of external enemies, the potential enemy Zerg outside the Endless Star Territory does not actually pose the most intuitive threat to the Veegis, and the Veegis, who have always advocated courage and war in their culture, will not invade them. Feeling afraid.

Therefore, at this point in time, the Vege Empire has no psychological burden to reach out to these two "neighbors".Some people even frantically proposed a racial "purification" plan for the other two civilizations based on the conclusions of secret research. Fortunately, it was not passed.

Of course, this is not because of Weggie's pity, they just feel that the plan is not perfect enough and the time is not mature enough.

Thinking about all this within the empire, Hawut felt heavy in his heart.

If he had been a soldier with endless glory and a pure racist before taking over the task of speaking for the empire on the front line, Hawut would have been supportive of the empire's actions from the bottom of his heart.

But now, since taking over, the strength of the Zerg and their potential have made him deeply aware of the current situation on both sides.

The swarm alone is difficult enough to deal with, but the Alliance now has Mira as its enemy.

Although the alliance continues to strengthen its binding force under the pressure brought by the Zerg, and always maintains sufficient suppression when facing the Zerg, Hawut is still pessimistic about the future of the entire alliance.At the same time, he gradually became more skeptical about domestic decision-making.

The empire's think tanks cannot change the cabinet's decision. Those sound strategic analyzes are only used as a reference for decision-making. It is not easy to make the empire give up the revenge plan that has been brewing for 700 years. , and it is even more difficult to change the decision made by the empire center.

But at this time, Hawut wanted to try. He realized the danger from the alliance's history of resisting the Zerg for so many years. At this point in time, he hoped that the alliance could strengthen its functions, not because of an accident that should not have happened. And be weakened.

(End of this chapter)