Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 333 Life and Soul

Zero has always had some unverifiable guesses about himself, such as his special state and the space he is in.

Regarding the issue of dimensions, the Velvet people at that time had done considerable research, especially Sudman's promotion of this direction, which allowed the Velvet people to have a relatively deep understanding of this more than 2000 years ago.

Today, it has been more than 300 years since the Velvets joined the Zerg "ruling circle". As the first civilization discovered and captured by the Zerg, they have followed the progress of the Zerg and advanced rapidly along the way. In terms of technology alone, , has already reached a level beyond their reach back then.

Of course, they are also serious "specialists". Based on the needs of the Zerg, driven by the powerful biotechnology of the Zerg, the entire race is trying to provide a good foundation for the subsequent development of the Zerg. The superior technology of the year has become scraps in a sense and has been completely marginalized. .

This kind of thing can be seen in all the intelligent races in the Zerg, so Zero did not underestimate the potential of the Velvet people. After the Zerg entered the fast lane of technological development, Zero gradually felt that the space he was in had some " "Advanced Dimension" means.

Of course, this is just speculation without any support.

The Velvets used to be very good at this, and of course they can be considered as such now. Joining the Zerg did not deprive them of their talents, but in order to obtain better survival talents, they subtly changed the development direction of civilization.

Now that the research project based on the "soul body" has been launched, Zero is also planning a plan to launch dimensions. This is a mutually reinforcing process, at least in Zero's intuition, this should be the case. He always has a feeling that uncovering the mystery of his own existence must be related to these two directions.

If he were still in the age of ignorance, he would not think so due to the lack of knowledge, but until now, after absorbing some of the superior technologies of the three major civilizations, as he learned more and more, Zero gradually gained more knowledge. idea.

And throughout the history of the Zerg's development, his "intuition" seems to have never been wrong.

The research on the soul body is not progressing very fast, but this does not prevent Zero from launching another project to restart the dimensional research on the Velvet people.

This time, in addition to several new races that have not yet been "tamed", a large number of outstanding individuals from all intelligent races under the Zerg will participate in these two projects.

Of course, research on some special projects, such as the Hero Federation’s jump technology acquisition and Zergization, as well as space disruption technology, etc., will not stop. However, now that the three major civilizations no longer pose a threat, these two directions This is the focus of the Zerg's progress.

In addition, Zero is also planning a plan to return some important facilities to the interior of the material galaxy. With the current capabilities of the Zerg, as long as they take careful precautions, the possibility of the enemy's "decapitation" operation being successful is extremely slim. It is time for the three major The large key facilities of the Zerg that were harassed and threatened by civilization have returned to the interior of the galaxy.

They have persisted in deep space for more than 1000 years. For such a long time, they have stayed in deep space with extremely low material density. In terms of their size, it has been quite difficult to supply increasingly large materials, and their energy consumption has also been very high. It's very troublesome. After all, the Zerg cannot "create things out of thin air". However, these problems can be perfectly solved by using local materials.

According to the characteristics of different races, Todd has begun to use the power of the Zerg to build "new homes" for each of them. What kind of contribution is worthy of what kind of treatment. With the Zerg research that the intelligent race has participated in over the years, they are qualified to let the Zerg swarm go to war for them.

Some outstanding scientific researchers will be intensively protected by the Zerg. They will also have the most powerful "security force" in the entire Zerg since the brain worms. In order to allow ideas to collide with bright sparks in the same field, we will provide them with some Material treatment is simply not enough.

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After the Vege Empire and the Korva Empire were defeated one after another, the Hero Federation actually had no room to continue to resist. However, Mira was too great a threat to them. Several large-scale information thefts caused losses to the entire Federation. heavy.

The disadvantage in intelligence is sometimes much more serious than the direct losses on the battlefield. Mira has used this to shatter two large-scale strategic plans of the Hero Federation, and even directly intercepted an exploratory relocation activity by the other party. .

It has to be said that the Hero Federation showed a resilience that far exceeded that of the Vege Empire and the Korva Empire in this war. Perhaps it was the particularity of civilization, perhaps it was the help of its superior technology, but no matter what, in the face of Mira's orderly and crazy attack, the Hero Federation's performance on the battlefield was indeed unexpected.

Zero asked himself that maybe if he were on top of the Zerg, he might not be able to defeat them quickly.

It can be seen that Mira has some resentment towards the Hero Federation. It seems to have little need for individuals of intelligent races, and they often fall into its hands. The only way for the intelligent species of various races in the Hero Federation is to be "purified". It's just a road.

In fact, Zero feels that maybe Mira, like the Zerg, can turn this independent-thinking individual into a "part" of herself, or even use it as a "tool", which is much more valuable than direct destruction. Never underestimate these intelligent species. , they may be able to play an equally unexpected role at some unexpected times.

But this is Mira's choice, and it doesn't need Zero to "feel" for it.

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Seeing the Hero Federation losing ground on the front line and Mira establishing an insurmountable advantage over their opponent, Zero felt a little emotional.

After a journey of more than 1000 years, the real invasion war was fought less than 200 years ago. The three major civilizations that once showed the Zerg their strength were already on the verge of collapse.

Their former territory is being occupied. Even if no swarm of insects has arrived yet, there will no longer be any individuals stationed there. More or less some of the respective main races have become prisoners of the zerg. This kind of transformation from weak to strong The feeling of going from passive to active was actually very intoxicating. Sometimes, Zero even felt that as long as the Zerg could reach places, nothing could stop them.

This certainly seems a bit arrogant, but at present, it seems that there is indeed no enemy that can prevent the Zerg from advancing.

In this universe, the Hero Federation, the last powerful civilization, is about to be "forcibly cleared" by Mira. In a sense, this civilization that once gave birth to it will soon be interrupted by Mira. Unlike Zero who didn't care about the coming and going of these enemies, Mira was deliberately preventing them from evacuating! It is not even willing to let go of the migrants sent by the other party. In fact, this is destined not to have a satisfactory result. With its computing power, it will definitely be able to conclude that it cannot prevent the other party from preserving civilization. But Mira is still doing it, using her own advantages to do it with all her strength, as if Determined to completely weaken the entire civilization to the maximum extent.

But this is life, living, thinking life, and sometimes it does things that make no sense from an absolutely rational point of view.

Zero once wanted to observe Mira's "soul", but disappointingly, he could not find her whereabouts.

This should be regarded as a valuable research sample, but let alone observation, Zero has never even "seen" Mira's existence with his own eyes, just like the other party has never seen Zero.

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In fact, the Zerg do not lack research samples. The first to bear the brunt are the brain worms, and even the trillions of intelligent race individuals under the rule of the Zerg can be called objects of observation and even research.

This conventional method cannot see or touch things in any case, and it may be the real basis for the existence of intelligent life.

Zero did not prevent Mira from occupying a large amount of territory. At this moment, he was also participating in the process of those two studies, or to be more precise, cooperating.

He provides some of his feelings and information since his birth so that researchers can have something to rely on instead of imagining it out of thin air. Although the ethereal "souls" in those living creatures can be observed by the Zerg through special means, they cannot truly describe Zero's consciousness.

In the year 3972 of the Zerg, the Colossian Thel, a completely Zerg-like Colossian, could be regarded as a real "non-staff member" of the Zerg. He gave a guess based on some of the existing conclusions.

He believes that the reason why Zero can perfectly control the entire insect swarm is because every insect born has part of his "will", which allows him to control the insect swarm like an arm.

But his theory, or simply conjecture, was quickly refuted by other researchers. Because this cannot explain the problem of microscopic insect species and energy units, and at the same time, the nearly infinite "split of wills" does not sound very credible. To gain recognition, Searle clearly needed more theoretical support.

Unlike those who refuted him, Zero actually believed that there was a possibility that when he could only lock his eyes on an ant queen, he could clearly feel his own weakness, and he could not even control his sight. Free rotation!

However, as of today, in a sense, He can already put his vision through the stars and accurately locate each Zerg individual. Not to mention free rotation, as long as there are Zerg, he is almost in a God's perspective!
Doesn't this mean that he has some kind of invisible but tangible connection with the Zerg race, or the race that he personally leads? As the Zerg grows stronger, I have been becoming more "free". In a sense, this possibility that Seer said does exist.

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The Zerg's research on the soul originated from the Colossians' enlightenment on consciousness. Now, Zero sees the huge consciousness that envelopes the entire Zerg, which is in a sense the "entity" of the Hive Will, but he does not see himself. With his influence on the Zerg race, this is very inappropriate.

Observed from the outside world, he seems to not exist at all, but he actually rules the Zerg from all aspects. In theory, he also rules the huge star field of hundreds of millions of light years, but he is like a ghost, except Outside of the Zerg, His existence is not detectable from any level.

However, although there has been no progress here, the brainworms, with the cooperation of outstanding individuals from other intelligent races, have gradually optimized their attack capabilities against the souls of the "curse" events in the wormhole, and at the same time, through some kind of "Fishing" behavior also has a deeper understanding of them.

They are a group of extremely large numbers of "imbecile children" who can complete "fusion" like Zhuna. Each separate individual possesses almost non-existent sanity. Their only purpose in appearing in the real universe is to get close to the possessor. The mobile life then "parasitizes" itself in it, and after gradually growing stronger, it tries to replace the "host"!
Based on the fact that the opponent has no longer actively launched attacks on the Zerg in recent years, Sass came to a more likely conclusion, that is, behind these individuals who seem to be as stupid as ordinary Zerg units, there are also people with higher rationality behind them. If it exists, it can at least determine the "value" of the target, so as to prevent these individuals from doing useless work.

They are undoubtedly huge, but Zero has never seen them perform "reproduction" activities, at least not in observations of the real universe.

Where these "things" come from and what they represent seems to have become another mystery that cannot be solved in a short time.

This should be the "crack" in the universe, that is, the secret in the natural wormhole. It may be related to the "backside of the universe" that was originally discovered but not directly observed, but it is still too far away.

After observing the progress during this period, Zero felt that he would not be able to see the day when his "mystery of life experience" was revealed in a short period of time. However, the Zerg tribe had not gained nothing during this period of time.

From the Hero Federation, Zero obtained some information about the "stone".

The reason why it is said to be part of it is because this information comes from the brain of an ancient individual. It is not only incomplete, nor can it be considered "the latest", but it is still understood after all.

Unlike the Queen Ant who directly swallowed it by mistake, leading to the birth of the Zerg race, the ancestors of the Korva people's awe for this stone can be said to have reached its extreme.

In the ancient historical records, Zero obtained some information that can be called legend through the other party's memory.

Their ancestors came into close contact with it and felt the almost visible changes it brought to themselves. Year after year, generation after generation, from a race that was so ignorant that it was impossible to give birth to civilization, they gradually became stronger. They walked out of the jungle, acquired strong bodies, walked out of the continent, and acquired smart brains. Finally, they walked out of the planet and embarked on a path that can almost be called a legend!
But unfortunately, this "stone" has gradually lost its former efficacy. It is still bright and luxurious, but it no longer has the ability to change the people of Korva. Therefore, gradually and little by little, it has become a symbol. Records about it are gradually being buried in the corners of history.

This is the information Zero obtained from the memory of an aging intelligent individual, and what he remembered from legendary records and other materials. It is even difficult to judge whether it is reliable or not, but in that paragraph it can almost be called In the "history" of mythology, the regular polyhedron that Zero called "stone" was considered by the Korva people to be the "origin" of civilization. However, after the rise of civilization, more people called it - "Stone of Life"!
(End of this chapter)