Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 313
Zero has absolutely no idea what is happening within the three major civilizations. He only knows that the abnormal death of the Zerg must be related to some change that he is not aware of, and it is most likely related to the previously hostile alliance.

But strangely enough, in addition to the complete withdrawal of the Alliance in recent times, even the surveillance of the Zerg has obviously become much more restrained.

Zero is still very confident about the threat that the Zerg can pose to the enemy by directly invading the homeland. As long as they rely on a fixed environment to survive, it is impossible to ignore the existence of the Zerg.

Judging from this point, it is easy to conclude that the insect swarm is far away from them now, at least it can give them enough time.

But Zero doesn't care much about these now.If everything the Zerg encounters comes from enemy attacks, then this method is enough to make Zero wary.

An obvious trend is that every time this kind of unpredictable event occurs, the number of dead Zerg increases.

I am not sure whether it is because the Zerg are always expanding and the number has been increasing significantly, or whether this change is indeed accompanied by a significant increase in number every time it occurs.

Generally speaking, the Zerg can still afford this kind of increase. In terms of the overall ratio, each loss is less than one part in [-] million, and the Zerg only needs a partial expansion to restore this number.

Of course, even so, this is a terrifying number. If ordinary intelligent civilizations are allowed to bear this loss, even an interstellar race like the Velvet people would be basically annihilated if they suffered such a round. .In the face of the Zerg base, any insignificant ratio is enough to cause a normally reproducing race to suffer heavy losses.

Of course Zero was still very concerned about this matter, but as time went forward, even with most of the scientific research power of the entire race, he didn't have much of a clue. Slowly, he became a little confused.

The enemy's direct attacks often don't make Zero feel too worried. Even if the gap is too big, it won't threaten him at all. But this kind of inexplicable damage is impossible to prevent, and there is no clue to research. Over the years, Zero and the Zerg have done a lot. thing, but it seems to be of no use at all.

Over time, this kind of research gradually became the norm in the development of the Zerg, and despite this negative state, the Zerg still developed a vigorous momentum.

Of course, it is impossible to say that it was not affected at all.The Zerg units that are expanding outwards often die for no reason, especially the sudden shutdown of the mother nest, which slows down their movements for no reason, and the speed of the Zerg's external expansion is also affected to some extent.

If possible, Zero would of course want to find out the source and solve this trouble directly. Even if he couldn't, he could still be targeted and know what he was facing.

But now, it can be said that there is no clue.

If we have to figure out a direction in such a situation, then Ling feels that there may only be answers among the three major civilizations.

But even in this only direction, there is now a chasm-like gap.The closure of the wormhole channel makes the Zerg's progress in this direction like a turtle crawling, and the unknown distance also makes this goal an unknown that is neither expected nor attainable.

So everything is back to where it started. The only possible clue points to the three major civilizations, and the closure of the wormhole prevents the Zerg from quickly reaching the opponent's main body and learning everything through the Zerg's means.

To achieve this goal, we can only continue to develop space technology. As long as we can achieve the level of space jumping like the Hero Federation, all this will be easily solved.

But that's another question.

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Zero noticed that Mira had made new movements recently.

He once felt that Mira was gradually becoming complicated, for example, it would do many useless and meaningless things.This was almost impossible to do when we first encountered it.

Mira's mechanical fleet made new moves, and Zero observed through the detector that they entered super-light navigation on a large scale.It is obvious that Mira has also not broken through space jumping technology, and they are still entering the depths of the universe in a relatively conventional way.

Before this, Mira once relied on the alliance's industrial system to leave the Zerg behind. However, based on Zero's current observation, although the corresponding technological developments between the two parties have their own characteristics, overall it seems that there should be no Generation difference.

Mira may be ahead, but if a war really breaks out between the two sides, Zero believes it will still be the same situation as before.

But now the Zerg need to face another threat. If a large number of Zerg units die suddenly during the war, it will inevitably lead to changes in the war situation, especially the death of the brood, which can even lead to the annihilation of the Zerg in the area.

The destination of Mira's fleet is uncertain. Maybe it will be a long journey, or maybe it is just the vanguard of another expansion of Mira. But no matter what, just looking at the way it now occupies the star field and develops, it is completely different from before. The style of retreating all the way when facing the Zerg.

At that time, Mira tried its best to avoid a direct large-scale war with the Zerg, because its computing power wanted to be used on more important things and was not willing to be "wasted" on commanding fleet operations.

Expanding the occupied area was just a burden to Mira before, but now what Zero observes is clearly many planets that have been completely transformed. From the appearance, it is very intuitive to see the huge and maintained planets. Precision equipment in Mira's usual style.

This means that it still has not stopped thinking about expanding its combat power. Its industrial base is still expanding, and its production lines have never stopped improving. It is clearly preparing for war with all its strength.

As for the target it is preparing for, Zero thinks it should not be the Zerg. If Mira wants to "take advantage of" the Zerg swarm, it will still face a protracted war in an absolute sense, and it will never be affected by this incident. There are so many transformations happening.

Unless the current changes in the Zerg are caused by it, but intuitively, Zero doesn't think so.

Watching batches of mechanical battleships disappear into the darkness, Zero also let the Zerg explorers continue to advance to the outside to expand their field of vision.Whether Mira wants to start a war or expand the base, Zero hopes to put it under the eyes of the Zerg, just like Mira is doing to the Zerg now.

He had noticed that Mira had already started the intelligence layout for the Zerg a long time ago. During several expansions into the galaxy, Zero accidentally discovered some traces of non-Zerg creations. At first, he thought they were from the Alliance. After all, the Alliance's infiltration of the Zerg is obvious to all. When the three major civilizations concentrated their efforts to deal with the expansion of the Zerg, the ubiquitous detectors gave Zero a headache.

However, from the comparison, Zero still found that there were still big differences between the two sides, and then he finally locked his sights on Mira.

This is how many things happened. After the first trace was discovered, Zero soon found the second and more. In the process, he also completely confirmed the suspicion that they were made by Mira.

What makes Zero a little surprised is that Mira's behavior obviously started a long time ago, because with its technological level, without a long period of catalysis, it would be impossible to complete the synchronous expansion of the Zerg, which is as magnificent as the Zerg. intelligence network!

Zero thinks that this incident most likely started when the swarm encountered Mira for the second time. Although Mira quickly evacuated after a simple battle, since then, the intersection between the two sides has become obvious. There have been more.

But this is not a big deal, because like the alliance, even if Zero discovers these little tricks of Mira, he can't really eradicate the intelligence network established by the other party. He can only treat others in his own way. In the same way, Zerg spies are also deployed in the star field where the mechanical fleet is located to monitor Mira's movements.

Of course, in this relationship between the two parties, the Zerg is still relatively passive, because Mira can abandon a large fleet and leave at any time, and the Zerg will not be able to monitor it, unless they can find the location of Mira's "body" - this It is also one of Zero's goals.

Observing the constant mobilization of the fleet within the galaxy, Zero is not sure whether there is an attack target for Mira in the star field that is currently directly accessible.Judging from the relationship in a general sense, there should be a relatively fierce "grievance" between Mira and the Hero Federation.

If Zero himself was almost "captured" by an intelligent civilization and faced a crisis of life or freedom, then what he did after escaping must be to try every means to destroy this race physically and in every sense.

But Mira is different. Zero cannot use the emotions of an intelligent creature to infer its computing module. Just as it is difficult for newborn Mira to understand the thinking of an intelligent creature, Zero also knows very little about its specific judgment mode. We can only speculate based on current performance.

If it really has "hatred" for the Hero Federation in a general sense, then its current behavior can be explained.Whether it is expanding combat power or actively launching attacks on the alliance, etc., it is all within logic.

The direction in which the mechanical fleet is heading now is also in line with this.

If that's the case, Zero thinks it's not bad. In a sense, this kind of Mira looks more and more like Zero himself.

As for the potential alliance between the two parties, he does not value it that much. The fundamental reason for reversing the offensive and defensive momentum between the Zerg and the three major civilizations does not depend on whether Zero and Mira unite or not. In other words, it has nothing to do with quantity.

Either of the two, as long as time allows, has the potential to have minions all over the universe. As long as the enemy's home star field can be found, Mira's intervention is not needed, and the Zerg method is enough to solve the opponent.

At this moment, Mira also made the same judgment.Through the crucial use of it 1000 years ago, it did have some natural closeness to the Zerg in the subsequent time. Logically, the two sides still have a neutral or even hostile relationship, but Mira is not A life that relies entirely on logical judgment.

It also did not rely on the power of the Zerg and the idea of ​​revenge from the Hero Federation. For so many years, the Zerg had withstood the main pressure from the Alliance, but it quickly completed a technological innovation. To this day, the gap between it and the Hero Federation It has been shortened to an unprecedented extent, but unfortunately, it has lost almost all goals related to the federation!
It can only continue to move forward, exploring and searching like the Zerg.Fortunately, this is not a complicated matter. On the contrary, it is quite simple for Mira. It only requires a simple control command and does not even require her personal attention.

All of Mira's behavioral patterns are in service of finding the Hero Federation, and occupying these star fields is just to provide enough power for exploration.

At this moment, the Hero Federation it was looking for was already in trouble.

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For Zero, time always slips away inadvertently, and sometimes he even has certain problems with his perception of time.

But for the Vege Empire and the three major civilizations in the explored universe, these 16 years have been extremely difficult.

Of course, Weggie is the worst among them.The turmoil and chaos caused by the long-term population loss have cut off the development trend of the entire civilization. Not only is the new population declining off a cliff, but also the turmoil in all aspects of society is consuming the "vitality" of the empire at all times.

Population decline is not unsolvable. Although attempts have been made, individuals who have not gone through the "viviparous" process will also be affected by the "curse". But for Weige, the population problem itself is not a difficulty that endangers the survival of civilization. It is only a difficulty at best. Just part of it.

The real difficulty is that if the "curse" cannot be solved as soon as possible, as it continues to strengthen, the development achievements of the entire civilization over the long years will be destroyed!
Many people have gone to extremes and even tried to take the initiative to lure Corva and the Hero Federation into trouble, exchanging or threatening each other to provide help in the same way.

This is the source of the trouble that the Federation and Korva are facing now. Even if they try to stay out of the matter, they cannot avoid the fate involved, because the Veggie Empire does pose a huge threat to them!
Others began to become the source of unrest.

Although the origin of this matter is kept secret, there are many people who know about it, and now it is no longer possible to hide it from the upper echelons of the empire.After something like this happened, the mentality of many people has gradually changed. Although they cannot solve the problem, they can solve the person who caused the problem!

Someone must be responsible for this. The executioners who approved the operation are still in high positions. In the most extreme cases, they even pointed their finger at the emperor!
In the traditional culture of Weji, this is of course an act of "treason", but after nearly 20 years of fermentation, the number of people who have died directly from this has exceeded [-] million, and the indirect casualties are even more Ten times the number!Under the threat of panic day after day, originally gentle individuals will become violent, not to mention some direct victims and those close to them!
Under such circumstances, large-scale rebellions have even broken out on some colonial planets, and the empire has to send fleets to suppress them. However, this is undoubtedly a temporary solution and does not solve the root cause of the problem. Soon, these invincible foreign wars will soon The fleet will rush around in various star fields within the empire, showing its guns at its compatriots.

The long-standing inertia of the empire will not be overthrown in just 20 years, but as time goes by, no matter how indestructible the inertia of thinking is, it will gradually change under the threat of death, including the entire explored universe for thousands of years. The structure of the world has become shaky under Weigi's chaos.

Korva has begun a secret military expansion, and the diplomats of the Hero Federation are also continuing to be active. On the one hand, they are trying to stabilize the Vergi people, and on the other hand, they are also strengthening ties with the Korva Empire. They need to ensure that in case of the Verge When people take risks, they must protect their own interests as soon as possible!

(End of this chapter)