Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 331 "Regional Infection"

Even for an ordinary intelligent civilization, directly attacking its home planet is undoubtedly an act of war.Of course, the Zerg and Korva are indeed at war now, and any method used by the other party is reasonable, and no matter what method they use to win, it is not an exaggeration.

But that is an evaluation from an absolutely objective perspective. For the Zerg, attacking Orui is equivalent to an insult like digging up someone's ancestral grave. Even if Zero has a need for their secrets, he will never use such a provocation. remained indifferent.

To put it bluntly, a secret is just a piece of information, whether you know it or not, it is more to satisfy some curiosity, but sometimes when you are angry, being curious or not is not that important anymore.

Prior to this, the swarm had been infiltrating the Korva Empire with all its strength. Although they encountered some difficulties, the progress was generally satisfactory to Zero.

Of course, this kind of infiltration operation cannot be hidden from the internal review of the Korva people, who are equally professional in this regard.But this action of the Zerg is more of a conspiracy. Even if it is put on the table, it will be difficult for the enemy to completely stop it.

Over the past 20 years, the two sides have been engaged in a long-term struggle over invasion and counter-invasion. After deciphering the basic composition of the Zerg lurkers for the first time, the Korva people were able to make an attack against the Zerg lurkers every time. Killers or other antibodies, and the Zerg microscopic units began to mutate crazily under the leadership of the brain worms.

Attack and defense continue to exist on this invisible battlefield, and its intensity may not be lower than that of the Hero Federation and Mira.

Under such circumstances, the progress of the swarm is naturally not that rapid, but Zero is not in a hurry. He is willing to wait for the swarm to accumulate more strength, and also hopes to get what he wants from the Korva people before launching a general attack. .

This time, Zero wasn't sure whether it was because the invasion of the Zerg actually threatened the enemy's core interests, so he called in such an attack that had far greater symbolic significance than actual significance. But since it had already happened, in any case, for Cole Watt's strategic plan should be changed.

Over the years, with the continuous invasion of the Zerg, even if they encountered stubborn resistance, they still obtained a lot of intelligence. Of course, it is still somewhat difficult to achieve their goals. After all, that is the most important part of the entire civilization of the other party, so even if the original The secret infiltration was actually a direct invasion, and Zero still had a backup plan.

After all, it is impossible for Zero to complete this task in front of the other party under the premise that the other party is already on tight defense, unless the other party is unable to resist the infiltration of the Zerg by then, but that will definitely take a relatively long time.

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Today's Zerg attacks mainly rely on frontal attacks or secret infiltration. Now that the opponent has what Zero needs, to a certain extent, the Zerg swarm feels like throwing a rat into a trap, and secret infiltration faces an existence like Korva, " "Secretly" has obviously become a false proposition. Faced with the current situation, Zero decided to launch a new plan.

That is "regional infection".

The infection of the Korwa people by microscopic insect species is like a virus that is always evolving and mutating. It is ever-changing and always targeting the weaknesses of the Korwa people.

However, Korva took strict precautions against this biological invasion. At first, he only imprisoned individuals who were confirmed to be at risk of infection for research. Later, after realizing that the effect was insignificant, he targeted the ever-evolving Zerg invasion units. , they began to develop biological "vaccines", which was somewhat difficult at the beginning. It was also the period when the Zerg infiltration was the most serious. At this stage, the losses of the Korva people were also huge. In addition to the massive leakage of intelligence, more importantly What is most important is the demise of many talents, which is the foundation of a civilization!

The Korva people are very accomplished in biological defense, at least they have strong power in their own defense.It didn't take long for the invasion momentum of the insect swarm to begin to be curbed. Even if they tried to "infect" the other party with the help of various creatures from the other party's home planet in various forms, a solution could always be found quickly, at least. It is also a partial solution.

As the Korva people have a deeper understanding of the Zerg "invaders", their offensive and defensive response has gradually stabilized their position. If the main force of the Zerg swarm does not launch a frontal attack, they will be able to sustain it for quite some time, and even in the future. There might be a chance to counterattack.

But at this time, someone proposed a raid plan. As early as more than 1000 years ago, the three major civilizations were vaguely aware of the special characteristics of a certain living planet for the Zerg. After all, the nearby star fields had been made a mess by the Zerg swarm. , only here it remains lush and green, making it difficult not to attract attention.

Of course, the Zerg also attaches great importance to the defense here, but this has given the Korva people a "gambler" mentality.Just like when they were obsessed with capturing the brainworms, they believed that maybe the "lifeblood" of the Zerg, or the main unit, existed on this planet, and maybe destroying it would end the war.

This is of course the most ideal situation. There is no intelligence to support this, but another argument is more convincing, that is, since the two sides are at war, destroying the enemy's important facilities is naturally one of the means of war, not to mention this This planet is so special that even if it doesn't end the war, it can still make the enemy pay a certain price. No matter what, it's not a loss.

From the enemy's perspective, they had no reason to hold back against the Zerg if they had the ability. Therefore, in addition to resisting the Zerg invasion, a plan to destroy Ori was also put on the agenda, which ultimately directly led to the current situation. Such a situation finally made Zero lose most of his patience.

The so-called "area infection" is actually the ability to use special Zerg units to cooperate with the Hive Mind to carry out superficial "mental transformation" of enemy individuals within a short period of time.

As early as a hundred years ago, the Zerg Swarm was able to use a large number of specific units to cooperate with the Hive Will to temporarily affect the thinking of intelligent individuals within a very small range. This was mainly due to the Zerg's deeper research on the "consciousness" level. , of course, the sudden increase in the strength of the Hive Will that comes with space jumps is also one of the main reasons.

Back then, Zero had tried to conduct experiments on the outermost federal individuals. The results were quite satisfactory and could barely meet the requirements. However, at the same time, its limitations were also very serious.

Launching such a range of influence is a huge drain on the Hive Mind itself. The "operation" ability of this collection of trivial "consciousnesses" of trillions of Zerg units is not unlimited, and such " "Regional transformation" has gradually become a reality driven by research on soul and consciousness, but its consumption is still too huge to bear.

Even a small-scale "Zergization" impact is enough to "suspend" the Hive Mind in a sense for a period of time.

This is also the reason why Zero does not include this plan in the regular plan. Of course, in recent years, as the Hive Will has grown larger and larger, this restriction has actually gradually narrowed. To this day, although it is still impossible to use it without restrictions , but it can still be done once to take revenge on the Korva people.

Since the subtle influence is long-lasting, a well-planned collective "change of flag" becomes a completely new choice.

He only intends to use it once, and the strength of the Hive Will can only allow the insect swarm to carry out such a large-scale activity once. Regardless of whether it can achieve its goal, the main force of the insect swarm will launch the most violent attack and destroy this long-standing empire in one fell swoop. Erase it from this star field.

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Under the deep black sky, a huge Zerg mother nest is slowly advancing.Its target was one of the two most important colonial systems in the Korva Empire today, called Rhea.

The Rhea Galaxy is the second expansion target of the Korva Empire since it entered the "Great Discovery" era. It has been incorporated into the empire's territory for more than 3000 years.It was densely populated and economically developed, and was once one of the most important core areas of the empire.

The reason why I say it was once is because since the Zerg launched the "infiltration" plan, this place has quickly become no longer as busy and prosperous as before. The extremely stringent biological detection and endless harassment and invasion have made many Ships coming and going were deterred, and the former hub of the empire was no longer what it used to be.

And this is just a microcosm of the general environment of the Zerg invasion. In the explored universe that was originally ruled by the three major civilizations, there are many star fields like this. Even the territory of the former Vege Empire, ordinary star fields like this have been completely destroyed. Taken over by the Zerg.

The reason why we chose this place instead of the Empire's home star was firstly due to the difficulty of the plan, and secondly to achieve the goal.

Although this is not the capital of the empire, there is an important figure-Haile Dickin.

He has no special status now, he is just the former chief minister of this empire.

The target of Zero's action this time is him, but it is not to get any information from him. No matter what the "stone" is, as long as it is in the hands of the Zerg, all the secrets will one day be revealed. , and Dickin's role lies in this, but it is not limited to him alone.

Korva is strictly guarding against biological infiltration by the Zerg, but what if the Zerg does not actually enter their bodies and exert influence on them?

Although the time is limited and does not last long, this method, which has never appeared in front of the enemy, can definitely have an unexpected effect.

Of course, this is not enough. They also need a little cooperation in Zero's plan.

This was a costly attempt, so Zero also spent some "capital".

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In the year 3890 of the Zerg, the most serious rebellion in the history of the Korva Empire occurred.It’s not that the scale of this rebellion was huge, or the huge economic losses it caused. What was really serious was that the emperor and two central ministers died in this rebellion, and a planetary defense fleet completely defected. , and within just a few hours, it attracted a large-scale Zerg fleet.

Compared with this breaking news, the missing scepter on the throne seems not to be that important, but the only insiders know that the empire has lost more than just a few rulers.

Without an emperor, there will be new rulers in the empire, and those things that seem to have gradually lost their help to the empire are the biggest losses in this turmoil. They know that just like their own side once doubted the rise of the Zerg. Similarly, the other party will definitely be interested in the "source" that it has.

Yes, that is not a fake, nor is it a bait to confuse the enemy. On His Majesty the Emperor's scepter is the biggest inducement for the rapid development of the entire empire in the era of ignorance. It was a precious existence that was once called the "source of life". .

Perhaps in the past ten thousand years, it seems to have lost its "magic effect" and has not been able to contribute much value to civilization. It has even become a symbol of some kind of power. However, those hidden histories are still recorded The "miracle" of the past.

How can an extremely humble race quickly become an interstellar civilization?It is the answer given by our ancestors in ancient times.

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The plan went smoothly, but at this moment the target was not yet grasped by the Zerg. In order to implement this plan, Zero made careful plans, and with absolutely unexpected madness, and with the absolute unified dispatch of the Hive Will, he completed the attack on Cole. The "beheading" operation in the highest palace of power in Wa.

When the former minister of the empire went through many strict inspections and finally stood in front of His Majesty the Emperor to talk, an unimaginable high-energy fluctuation suddenly broke out. Although Zero could not see it in person, he could fully imagine the shock of the other party. .

That's the attack method from Zhu Na!

The changes in the empire's highest palace turned the once magnificent building into ruins, and the scepter that had always been tightly held in the emperor's hand finally left only a polyhedral gemstone, which was buried under the ruins and then disappeared.

Although this was not an attack launched by a Zerg unit, it was indeed planned by the Zerg Intelligent Seed Institute. It almost perfectly avenged the other party's attack on Orui. attack.Those micro-infiltrations are still continuing, but they are only playing a diversionary role at this moment. This time, Zero's goal is to conquer!
As for the missing "stone", it will naturally return to the hands of the Zerg at the right time. It just requires a little twists and turns, but there is no longer any difficulty - although it is not directly controlled, it has been indirectly monitored by the Zerg. under.

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In Zerg 3901, the Korva Empire was forced to engage in a battle with the Zerg Swarm in deep space. After years of "recharging their energy", the Zerg Swarm's numerical advantage in deep space was brought to its extreme, and the enemy's space blockade was still effective. , but the Korva people no longer have much room to retreat.

With the help of the last group "change of flag" incident, the Zerg had a springboard in the core area of ​​the empire. After the Zerg swarm emerged from there, the strategic depth of the Korva people was gone.

Not only in this deep space, 77 of the 41 colonial galaxies ruled by the Korva Empire in this galaxy cluster are directly under the crazy attack of the Zerg, and this "lonely" Zerg fleet , but it has already posed the most direct threat to Korva's own survival!
This is the revenge of the Zerg, and it is also the proper meaning of this war.Since it is difficult for the Zerg to infiltrate into the capital star area, it is better to storm in. With the support of the mother nest, even if the units are not mobilized from the rear, the Zerg swarm will have a large enough combat power here!
It is indeed difficult to exterminate civilization, but this race that has been rooted here for a long time will never have a foothold here even in size.

Swarms without scruples are unrestricted.

In Zerg 3925, after more than 20 years of fierce fighting, the Korva people's defense line retreated again and again. A total of more than 300 billion mainstream civilization individuals were killed in the Heart of War. If you count the many vassals of the Korva people, This number will more than double again!
The main force of the Zerg arrived at the origin of the Korvar Empire with an unstoppable force. At this point, for the Korvar people, there was no need to continue the war.

(End of this chapter)