Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 334 The “Story” of the Korva People

The Korwa people did not have the potential to become a complete civilization. Of course, there are no records of the history of those ignorant times. There is only a bright stone running through it, telling people that those legends are probably not completely fictional. .

When a race has accurate historical records, even less accurate historical records, it has already marked that they have entered a civilized era, and it is a relatively mature civilized era.

So this is a paradox, that is, by the time they had the ability to record, the entire race had completed the transformation from beasts to civilized individuals in a certain sense. Therefore, there would no longer be anyone in the history of the ancient times. Remember.

But the Korva people are special. Their progress is too fast, far exceeding the evolution speed of ordinary people. It takes millions or even tens of millions of years to complete the journey and there is a high possibility of failure. They only use It was completed in less than 1 years!

This relatively short period of time gave them the opportunity to remember some of the credible legends and later recorded them in writing.

An almost cosmic-level civilization lasted for tens of thousands of years. It seemed long, but it was actually quite short. Fortunately, the time was not long enough. Fortunately, the Korva people still had considerable desire and trust in exploring those ancient histories, so they were able to preserve a lot of precious information. Now, it has come to Zero's hands.

At the beginning, this information was very scattered, or even completely disconnected. This was mainly due to the special way the Zerg obtained information. Individual memories would always be biased or even significantly erroneous, which was unavoidable.

But as time went by, the "sweeping" of the individuals of the Korva civilization and the various information materials left behind allowed Zero to gradually come to a relatively complete conclusion, a "story" about the "Gem of Life".

The Colva people in ancient times, perhaps the oldest ancestors of the entire Colva civilization, accidentally obtained this strange piece of land that didn't look like anything at all while foraging for food, fleeing, or other activities. It is a naturally occurring "stone" and we carry it with us.

Of course, the reason why the story is said to be a story and not a true history is precisely because of its credibility. Only in the memories and data of the Korwa people themselves, there are as many as seven well-founded opinions in this regard. , not to mention many unfounded conjectures and various rumors.

But one thing is very consistent, that is, no matter what kind of legends and stories they are, they all point to the same result, that is, the ancestors of the Korwa people did keep it with them after a certain activity, and used it in other places. I carried it with me in the years to come and passed it down from generation to generation.

It is conceivable that in that era, a primitive "animal" could keep such a unique thing, which is very likely to expose its position and bring danger to itself, instead of throwing it away or dismissing it. In fact, it is a kind of thing. A very rare thing.

After all, it can neither wrap the belly nor defend against enemies. It is just a special stone. If in the eyes of the ancestors of the Korwa people, it has any value worth carrying around, the only explanation left is "good-looking".

But this brings up another problem. Words such as "good-looking", "beautiful", "cherish", or even "worship", "belief", etc. should refer to an individual with complete or partial independent aesthetic ability. Only then can you have it.

It should represent that the thoughts of this race have matured to a certain level, but according to the records of the Korva people, at that time, their ancestors should have nothing fundamentally to do with the hares on Orui or the fish in the water. The difference is even worse.

This is inconsistent with the nature of beasts, very unreasonable, and difficult to justify. Even if their ancestors carried it with them, the possibility of passing it on from generation to generation without losing it is extremely slim.

Therefore, there is zero reason to think that this is some form of self-promotion by the Korwa, or at least by their not-so-distant ancestors.

It is very possible that this is what happened, but whether it was in such an ancient era is a question.

But this is not a critical issue. Zero just suddenly had such a thought in his mind while sorting out this information. There is no evidence to prove this. Everything comes from the Korwa people themselves. record.

No matter what, be it the "Age of Beasts" or an era with a higher degree of evolution, the ancestors of the Korva people obtained this gem in the true sense that could change the fate of the entire race, and truly made Korva This ethnic group has surpassed all the evolving and multiplying races on the planet!
Day after day, year after year.

The genes were aggregated and reorganized in their bodies bit by bit, and they never deviated in any direction. Just like that, step by step, bit by bit, they dominated the entire planet!

And in the short period of time that followed, they gradually opened up the "shackles" they were born with, gradually realized what their bodies were like, and gradually acquired the ability to analyze in detail, and Developing all the way, making rapid progress, as if there were no obstacles, relying on this technology, and starting to look up at the stars without meeting other conditions!

So far, they, who originally existed as beasts, have swept through the process of evolution, sweeping all opponents and natural enemies into the garbage heap of history. The evolutionary path of all races has been accelerated by the rapid advancement of the Korva people. The next is rudely interrupted, and all threats are cleared away in order to compete for living space.

In the end, the Korva people brought most of them to their experimental benches and even their dining tables, and declared that they were the only intelligent race and the only civilization born on the entire planet. All other life forms were It's a beast!

This may be the original reason why the Korva eventually developed into a highly centralized entity that controlled multiple vassals.

There are records about this period. As civilization gradually developed and matured, the records here are relatively more detailed and naturally much more credible.

Zero believed that it took them less than 500 years to develop from a primitive tribe to essentially becoming the most developed race on the entire planet. He also believed that their subsequent development speeds, which seemed like a fantasy, were true.

This is a secret that belongs to the entire civilization. Even if it is no longer what it used to be, judging from the importance of the Korva people, it is not a forgotten history.

But now, for Zero, it is just a story that he is more interested in.

The title "Stone of Life" was shouted out by the Korva people in this era, of course. Even in those days, this was a rare treasure that only the highest level of the Korva people could master. With the development of science and technology, they realized the true function of this ancient stone, and for the first time began to develop it in a planned way. use!
This is almost a revolutionary development. Zero noticed that since that era, the entire Korva civilization has entered an era of technological explosion, and it will never stop until the "Stone of Life" loses its efficacy.

The development of life technology has led to a technological leap for the entire ethnic group, and has also laid the foundation for the strong life technology style of the Korva civilization for tens of thousands of years. They broke through, they leaped, just like the Zerg back then, they came all the way to space, And quickly began their era.

Various technologies were quickly born and used with the combined efforts of the entire civilization. The planet was not their end, and the stars were not their end. Everything in the planetary system was quickly brought under their control, and the entire civilization presented a unique A state of extreme confidence, as if all difficulties cannot stop them from moving forward.

This era is called a unique golden age in history by the Korwa people. Of course, this is from the mouths of people who don't know anything about it. People who really know it know what this state of being like God's help comes from.

But the good times did not last long. Shortly afterwards, when the Korva people were ambitiously preparing to step into the planetary system and embrace the entire universe, the "Stone of Life" that had been helping civilization advance since ancient times finally no longer existed. has any effect. …

Of course, these records can no longer be called legends, but strangely, a considerable number of today's Korva insiders have questioned this history and even the history of the entire ancient era.

The reason is still because of time.

Tens of thousands of years have passed, advocating science has long become the mainstream of civilization, and maintaining skepticism is the basic ethics of scientists. Even if there is such an accurate record, there is no guarantee that it will not be characterized as a "limitation of the ancients."

Of course, the biggest reason for this is that the stone can no longer function.

Ask yourself, if Zero had not personally experienced the birth of the Zerg and witnessed its magic with his own eyes, and if he was just an ordinary individual like the Korva people, it would be hard for him to believe that such a thing could happen in this materialistic universe!

What happened after that was nothing important. The so-called "Stone of Life" eventually lost all its original halo under the power of time, and gradually became a symbol of the highest power of an empire. However, It is just a symbol, even if it is still special and shining.

Understanding the history of this "stone" that now exists in the hands of the Zerg gave Ling a lot of imagination about the past.

The ant colony back then used to carefully carry the "eggs" of various creatures under the much larger "gem" to hatch and mutate, and then devour them, for fear that they would no longer function after they fell to the top of the cave. , for fear that if it is slightly different from the status quo, it will lose this special ability.

However, the biological knowledge that was scarce and almost non-existent at that time did not tell this insect group, which only had one intelligent individual, what such changes actually meant.

It is obvious that rapid changes were also taking place in the ant colony back then, perhaps even much faster than those of the Korwa people back then. However, this process could not continue. With a violent geological change, , this gem that turned a group of tiny ants into a threat to the birds in the sky and fish in the water, eventually became a disposable consumable, became the food in the belly of an ant queen, and directly led to the death of Sar The birth of Sri Lanka and the Zerg.

If the Zerg had preserved its precious land like the Korva people, and developed and utilized its value a little bit, the ant colony of that year might have been able to take a completely different path from what it is today, but it is obvious that the Zerg seemed Due to a combination of circumstances, it has become the most special race in history. From a purely value perspective, this is much more cost-effective than the development journey of the Korva people.

Of course, things cannot always be judged from just one direction. In a sense, the development status of Korva's civilization was what the Zerg could not achieve back then.

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For Zero, there is nothing too surprising in the "story" of the Korva people. With the "invalidity" of the "Stone of Life", they finally returned to the order of ordinary civilization, except for the original The accumulated foundation is so rich that it makes their journey of development and growth much easier.

But now, looking at the "jewel" in front of him, Zero was a little confused about how to deal with it.

The Korva people did not give a reference opinion, and the Zerg only had an ancient and crude method for this kind of thing.

Swallow it like the queen ant did back then?
Zero hasn't made up his mind yet.

If another race that is completely different from the Zerg appears, how should we deal with it?

Perish? Captivity? Zero was not sure, but he was sure that neither he nor the Zerg needed another race to be born within him.

Hesitation is not a good habit for a superior person. Zero rarely hesitates about things, but it has to be said that the Zerg actually have the capital to hesitate. Even if Zero makes mistakes and makes wrong decisions, in a huge situation Within the scope, it will not affect the development of the entire Zerg race.

All data and conclusions that can be obtained from the outside of this "stone", whether it is the Korva people or the Zerg themselves, have been obtained. The conclusion is very simple, it can be said to be unremarkable.

Even if there is something special, it is easy to prove that there is not much connection with the role it plays. For example, its material composition seems to incorporate many unknown elements, but in fact these are not the part that constitutes its function, just its "shell".

Zero actually has another choice, destroy it!

Of course, it is not a random destruction, it is just a destructive study.

A considerable number of the Korva people value this stone very much and consider it a unique treasure of the entire civilization. Moreover, these people are often passed down from generation to generation in ancient times, the royal family who have the power of the entire empire and their relatives. Interest groups, so no one ever dared to undermine the idea of ​​conducting research on it.

But the Zerg is different. This thing is not unique to Zero, and it does not have much benefit to the Zerg if it loses its effectiveness. The only function may be to let Zero figure out the origin of the Zerg and have the opportunity to possess this universe. Learn more.

He has always believed that events that are inconsistent with common sense or even contrary to existing axioms must have deeper reasons within them. Accepting and using them does not mean that he has no curiosity about them. On the contrary, Zero cares about this very much.

And these are actually the so-called secrets of the universe, and they are also one of the fundamental information that Zero wants to explore here.

Rather than letting the swarm of insects swallow it up and create another completely different race, Zero would rather study it thoroughly, even if it means getting nothing out of a bamboo basket.

Putting it on the shelf, as a special collection, is actually equivalent to not getting it. As for leaving it for the future, in the foreseeable future, there seems to be no better plan. There will always be better opportunities, so there will never be any. will get the answer.

Now is the best time.

(End of this chapter)