Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 328 The first enemy defeated

From the beginning, at the suggestion of the brainworms, Zero had the idea of ​​​​going straight to Huanglong. It was not until the intelligence information was completed through the capture of intelligent individuals again and again that this operation could finally be put on the agenda. .

First, Sk sent an exploration team straight to the rear of Korva, and then Zero himself led the swarm to oppress the Veggie Empire. After the last war was forced to end due to logistical reasons, the Veggie Empire has actually lost its power in the near future. The ability to block the advance of the main force of the insect swarm.

And Zero's purpose is also very clear, which is to advance towards its core area and force the opponent to make a choice.

War, give way.

In order to provide more large-scale Zerg units with sufficient energy support, Zero has been mobilizing rear support during the war. After decades of construction, although it is still slightly weak in terms of energy supply, after a little accumulation, at the same time It is no longer a problem for the insect swarm that supports the Qianyi Group to continuously jump.

Of course, the "slightly weak" energy of the Zerg is still a huge number that is unimaginable for ordinary civilizations in total, but it only appears so compared to the all-round needs of the Zerg.

Under the premise that the total amount of energy supply is certain, Zero has to postpone large-scale expansion in other directions and switch to regular navigation to concentrate a large amount of energy on the three major civilizations.

After a large-scale attrition war, the Zerg's total energy reserves dropped by at least [-]%. Naturally, the Veggies paid a huge and eye-popping price. However, the current situation is not as pessimistic as they imagined. If the three major civilizations work together, If we work together, we are indeed qualified to fight a war of attrition against the insect swarm.Of course, this is based on the current energy supply and only for a short period of time.

Over time, the end result will remain the same, as the swarm will no longer be energy-limited.

Zero is accumulating strength. To be precise, he is running energy reserves to the front line. Within several large galaxies, the insect swarm is following Zhu Na's example and is "extracting" energy from the stars. In a sense, this should indeed be regarded as An active extraction rather than a passive acquisition.Because on the inner surface of the Dyson sphere of the entire worm creature, there are already worm species starting to approach the surface of the star!

These stars with extremely high-temperature surfaces may still be able to survive, but some huge celestial bodies that have become gentle are gradually unable to avoid being "touched" by the Zerg. Their tentacles are probing into the stars and absorbing energy from closer places.

Of course, it is still impossible for the Zerg to completely extinguish an entire star by developing a planet. Whether judging from the theoretical basis or the cost-effectiveness of development, today's Zerg still does not have such technical reserves. .

Since ancient times, biological damage to the natural environment has been increasing day by day. In a sense, this actually reflects the universality of "entropy increase", that is, the entire universe is moving from order to disorder.But in the face of these hot behemoths, it is too early for the Zerg to include them in their "recipe", and it seems unnecessary.

The continuous research on Zhu Na has never stopped, and it has developed to the present, reaching into the star with its tentacles, almost completely intercepting all the energy emitted by the entire star. Naturally, Zhu Na's "help" is indispensable.

But its help is not limited to energy. More importantly, it is the soul attack that Zero Abnormality once paid attention to.

Regarding experiments in this area, after the threat to the Zerg gradually decreased, Zero also became more cautious. However, from the limited observations, as the Zerg observation technology continued to improve, he still discovered this relatively clearly. the origin of this phenomenon.

That kind of existence that makes up a huge "soul array", after leaving the "wormhole" or leaving the "sub-dimensional space", a considerable part of the component units will disappear. According to the observation, it is indeed "disappeared", not move.

It is somewhat similar to the space jump of the Zerg, but Zero did not observe any subtle spatial fluctuations. According to theory, this is absolutely impossible, unless all the conclusions obtained by the Zerg before were based on an extreme coincidence and wrong technology. Correct result, but this is obviously even more unlikely.

Zero can once again attribute this to the specificity of the "soul body", but this is not the point.

Because in the subsequent "infection" incident, He truly observed the entire process of "soul invasion", of course, on ordinary insect species.

They died with little resistance, just like all the Zerg individuals that died in the past, but the difference is that this time, Zero saw it clearly!
That kind of "soul unit" that somehow came to the vicinity of a large number of insect swarms is not an invasion from the "outside in" as ordinary people imagine. On the contrary, it is trying to replace the individual insect swarms from the consciousness level, just like As described by the brainworm who died from this, it drills from the "inside" to the "outside" at the level of consciousness!

This seems to be a kind of replacement from the root, but it is obvious that the extremely simple "thinking" of ordinary insect species cannot bear this kind of activity at all, and will almost die if touched!
Zero did not conduct experiments on the intelligent races under his command, but it was obvious that all the individuals who died in this special "invasion" had a high probability of being due to this reason.

But, what is the purpose?You can't cause damage in this way, right?

Judging from its form, it is easy for Zero to associate it with some strange concepts that do not seem to belong to the materialistic world, but judging from the phenomenon, the possibility is very high!
Such a large-scale intrusion, if it is not for killing and thinking of the other party's methods and situation, then it can only be a "screening" as previously speculated!The difference is that before it was just a guess, but now it is almost certain!
Whether these "single souls" have single consciousness has yet to be determined, but from their "social structure", Zero can easily think of Zhuna, the same group combination, similar existence form, and special hostile relationship , if there is no connection between the two, Zero will never believe it.

As the research deepened, many things that had no clue before were gradually revealed. Even if many things were uncertain, Zero could still draw many highly probable guesses. He actually did not need too much evidence. Many times, guessing is enough for Him to act on it.

Regarding the opponent's "screening", Zero believes that it is most likely that he wants his "soul body" to have some kind of carrier in the real universe, that is, a flesh and blood body like the Zerg!
Zero is still not sure about the state he is in, but what is certain is that he himself does not have such strong thoughts. Maybe he had them at the beginning, but then gradually became indifferent. Every individual of the Zerg race has His de facto siblings, so Zero has a hard time understanding this need.

But this does not prevent Him from understanding the other party's purpose.

The Zerg should not be able to provide what the opponent wants, which is probably why "they" have gradually shifted their attention away from the Zerg over the years.But if you judge the opponent's "needs" based on their intelligence level or brain size, at least among all the intelligent races that Zero has seen, there is no existence that is stronger than the brain worm.

So, why did "they" stop testing the brainworms?It is enough to rely on guessing for many things. If there is anything about the Cerebrates that is worthy of being used against, it is either the growing Hive Mind or Zero himself!
Regarding the possibility of the latter, Zero felt that it was unlikely. He did not actively intervene in the enemy's behavior at that time.Compared to this, he was more willing to believe that it was the will of the entire Zerg race that made the other party feel that there was no possibility of success, so he chose to give up.

In addition to launching war against the three major civilizations, Zero has also been preparing a plan recently, a passive plan targeting these "soul bodies".

The Zerg now have enough understanding of energy beings like Zhuna, and it is not impossible to "contain" them in a sense. Zero actually tried to capture Zhuna's split after an experiment. , the operation was successful, but the effect was not as good as imagined.

Zhuna's control of the "energy" in her body can be said to be crazy. It can always choose the most intense means of resistance when it feels it cannot resist. Once it truly dies, the violent and out-of-control energy will be even more difficult for the Zerg. Like a nuisance rather than a resource.

Those are energy fluctuations that are several orders of magnitude more powerful than stars. It can be said that collecting them is not worth the gain.Naturally, the "battery plan" also failed.But creatures like Zhuna are like special existences in this universe. They can always give Zero some new inspirations.

In the confrontation between the Zerg and those "soul bodies" deliberately created by the Zerg, Zero discovered some secrets of how it "killed" the opponent, and this was also Zero's greatest confidence in preparing to deal with this special enemy!
Many things appear scary and elusive because of the unknown. Once the context of it is figured out, the so-called "curse" is actually nothing more than that. At least Zero has no worries about it at all. If this kind of attack will appear again, He I don’t mind experiencing Zhu Na’s “life”.

In addition, the Hive Mind can also play some role.

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Facts have proved that the strategy of controlling intelligent races for one's own use was correct. It only took seven Orinian years, and the information obtained from the minds of the people on the scientific research ship had gradually come to fruition.

——This time, they were even faster than Mira, who took away the entire battleship.

Zero still abided by the agreement. He directly reported the military information about the Hero Federation and even the three major civilizations from the minds of these creatures to Mira, without even asking the other party to repay it.But it is impossible to share the research results of the Zerg with it. On the contrary, according to the agreement, Mira should share all the technology obtained from the research ship with the Zerg for free.

Mira is mobilizing troops, and its target is obviously the Hero Federation. The opponent is now entangled with too many troops on the front line by the swarm of insects. Mira's mechanical fleet feels like it is in an uninhabited land.

Zero didn't pay much attention to this. The Zerg's plan was to accumulate strength and launch a decisive battle against Veggie in one fell swoop. If the other party did not plan to migrate on a large scale, Zero would definitely accompany it to the end.

The insect swarm is gathering, and at the same time it is waiting, waiting for energy reserves that are enough to meet the continuous consumption of six more than [-] billion battle groups.

Zero is not going to use the refueling tactic. This time, he will launch a full-scale attack on the central star field of the Vege Empire. The opponent's coordinates have been locked. If there are no accidents, the war between the insect swarm and the three major civilizations will start from Here comes the winner.

In the year 3766 of the Zerg, under the stars, in the endless darkness, there were violent space fluctuations that could make the entire universe tremble. The energy burst caused by it, if observed by observing Zhuna, was there In an instant, it was brighter than the brightest star in the sky!
Countless swarms of insects entered the jumping state at the same time. This is the greatest respect given by Zero to the 650 six actually controlled planetary systems in the central star field of the Vege Empire!

This ancient empire faced an enemy it was destined to be unable to defeat.

The swarm of insects entered a continuous jump. They are expected to exhaust all the jumping energy they carry and fall into the real universe after 46 Ori months. Of course, by then, they will be far away from the central star field of the Veggie Empire. , it’s very close!

Whether to fight or to leave, this is not only the dilemma of the Vege Empire at the moment. The Hero Federation, which is targeted by Mira, has already had four united civilizations cut off from each other. These races "shielded" by Mira, It can almost be said that they are on the verge of destruction. They may be hit by a thunder blow from Mira at any time and at any time!
In fact, even if the war situation has worsened to such an extent, the three major civilizations still actually control a huge territory, but what really defeats them is an enemy that seems to be forever invincible.

They seem to have no weaknesses. Since the war broke out on the mainland, the three major civilizations have not even had the ability to stop the war temporarily. The initiative is completely out of their hands. The huge territory at this moment brings them nothing but Outside of strategic depth, there are no other benefits. Instead, the resistance is dispersed to the greatest extent.

But the Zerg will not stop advancing because of their worries. The Zerg's unabashed collective jump is like an ultimatum, declaring the deadline of the war.

No matter how many people the Vege Empire has in various star fields, how many production lines it has, and what kind of active combat power it has, when the time countdown ends, the swarm of insects will arrive and be unable to resist, then the process of civilization development will end. If you are lucky, Not good, it might even lead to a split.

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In Zerg 3771, there were no surprises, and the war broke out as scheduled.In front of us is a prosperous star field, which can be easily seen from the functional space structures and non-military buildings that can be seen everywhere, but at this moment, they have suffered the most brutal war since the birth of civilization.

This place has been the absolute center of the empire for hundreds of centuries. No matter what the vicissitudes of life, no enemy can challenge the empire here.

But this time, before the war actually started, they had already started their migration plan.

The enemy's resistance was not as resolute as previously expected, which Zero could easily feel. Although the battle loss ratio between the swarm and the opponent was still exaggerated, one planet after another, one star field after another, after all, Still fell into the hands of the Zerg.

Soon afterwards, the endless insect swarm defeated the last resistance in front of them with an irresistible wave of attacks that would never stop.

In the year 3800 of the Zerg, in the central star region of the Vege Empire, the administrative capital, the Zerg invaded the city!

The empire has already launched the civilization survival plan, and civilization-wide operations have been launched. With the full support from the empire, a large number of people, strategic materials, etc. have been transferred.

Although what the Zerg conquered was not an empty shell, it was not a truly prosperous star field either.

Zero didn't care.

Those attacks and killings themselves cannot bring progress to the Zerg. He will get the legacy of the entire empire from all the "legacy" of the Veggie Empire. That is Zero's purpose and what the Zerg really needs. As for Those huge territories can be found everywhere in the universe.

Of course, conquering the enemy's central star field and replacing the Veggie Empire that had ruled here for countless years with endless swarms of insects did allow Zero to let go of the evil spirit that had been arbitrarily attacked and harassed by the opponent. It would not be wrong to destroy the opponent. Reality.

Next, there is Korva and the Hero Federation.

(End of this chapter)