Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 346 Backlash

It supported it for a total of 1.4 seconds before helplessly "putting down" the 0.7-gram composite material. Judging from the feedback, it should not be possible to do it again in a short time.

Comparing this with the power that Sass showed when he effortlessly "teared" the outer armor of the Zerg elite unit, this is simply the difference between an ant and a giant!

But including Zero, none of the individuals and brainworms who participated in the study were frustrated by this!

Although this is the result of directly feeding the "brain" after devouring a large amount of "viscera" and finding that there is no obvious effect, it is still shocking enough, because what it represents is the actual "use of psychic energy"!

Exactly the same as Sass!

This represents an astonishing answer, that is, the "Stone of Life" of the Korva people is inextricably linked to the world that Ruhr is exploring now, and it is even very likely that it originated from there!

After noticing that the last batch of biological materials sent by Ruhr contained many special elements, Zero had some associations with those materials that contained elements that did not belong to the main universe. Now it seems that it has almost been confirmed. .

The arrival of SARS has given this research a new direction. Although the current results are unexpected and shocking enough, if SARS, a "personal experiencer", participates, more information will definitely be obtained.

At the very beginning, through his "authority", Sass had already seen the biological materials here, but the existence of psychic energy could not be sensed from millions of light years away, so it could only come here in person.

Even hands-on research.

Over the years, Sass's control over his own changes can be said to be superb. Except that he has not thought of a way to deal with the "black hole", within its scope of influence, it can basically be said to be "infinite" in a certain sense. Impossible"!

It can tear through the 2.1-meter-thick Zerg special bioalloy armor in one fell swoop with its spiritual power, but it can also twist screws with a diameter of 3.9mm.

As if he had invisible limbs, Sass, who had always looked like a useless insect due to his size for more than four thousand years, finally gained powerful mobility.

Therefore, it is not impossible to do it yourself.

The "spiritual energy" that has been invisible and formless for a long time has a substantial "carrier" for the first time. No matter what, Sass must study it carefully.

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Zero actually already has some very high probability guesses, but they still need to be confirmed by Sasse.

The biological experiments did not stop because of Sasse's research. The experimental bug, which already had certain "special abilities", swallowed more biological materials from another universe, and then entered "digestion" again. among.

After 12 Oridays, its ability has indeed become stronger!

It's very limited, but it's definitely growing! The most important thing is that no adverse reactions were found. This cannot even be explained by luck. But at this stage, Zero can only put aside his doubts and focus on what the Zerg units are currently experiencing. It can be said to be an epoch-making change. !

To put it bluntly, the results of this experiment represent the beginning of a new era for the Zerg!

What Zero imagined back then, that ordinary Zerg units can also have the ability to control psychic powers, is very likely to come true!

Sass took matters into his own hands and was very efficient. Coupled with its understanding of psychic powers and the assistance of many high-quality talents from intelligent races, Zero soon received its feedback.

The substance suspected to be the brain of the native creature in the "New Universe" is similar to the mysterious liquid at the core of the "Stone of Life" back then. They are both carriers of some mysterious power, but the latter has the same quality as the former. I don’t know how many times!

As for other parts, the fine structures similar to pipes can be compared to the blood vessels of mammals in the main universe. However, compared to the animals here, their "flesh" is pitifully small, but it is obvious that these "pipes", It is the source of the great strength and speed of these creatures. They somehow call psychic energy from their "brain" and then apply it in the direction they want!

This can also explain why the soul bodies after fusion and strengthening can directly devour their "shell" or body structure under the skin to strengthen themselves, because spiritual energy is closely related to the soul in a certain sense!

The power of these creatures lies not only in their extremely hard "shells", but also in the spiritual energy flowing inside their bodies.

Things have become very clear, and Zero's guess has been confirmed to a large extent. From this perspective, the Zerg spent a lot of trouble back then, taking up to three hundred years to advance, and another hundreds of years in the real universe, "New Universe" "After more than two hundred and sixty years of exploration and development, even if there was no hope of profit at the beginning, it finally paid off at this moment!

Ruhr's large-scale hunting activities can already be put on the agenda. In the past two hundred years of the "New Universe", although the Zerg have not been able to explore on a large scale for a long time, they have not been able to make leaps and bounds. Development, but in the dark, batches of small units continue to merge into the darkness. Centered on the exit of the passage, they have been exploring outwards for hundreds of years!

Compared with the real universe, their exploration radius over the past few hundred years is even less than two hundred light years. Due to the shortage of resources at the beginning, their exploration density was pitifully small. But even so, in the Zerg exploration During the process, the cumulative number of "gathering places" discovered with large-scale indigenous physical organisms has exceeded 70,000!

A rough estimate shows that the number of large and small native entities within the Zerg exploration range is at least ten figures!

That’s billions of individuals!

Of course, these so-called gathering places are just a rough scope of their activities. Basically, there are extremely large numbers of soul bodies as the most basic "food". They are not fixed, so it is impossible to accurately count them. There are some errors, but generally the difference is not too big.

The "brain" of a predator can give an ordinary Zerg unit of the same size a certain degree of "extraordinary ability". Although it is very weak, it can even be said to be pitiful, but continuous devouring can enhance this ability. The law of this characteristic has been confirmed, which means infinite possibilities!

If one doesn’t work, what about a hundred? What about ten thousand? If not, what about one million? Can it reach the level of Sasse?

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It is still unclear whether it can be enhanced infinitely. Everything needs to be confirmed by actual experimental results, but before that, Zero needs more of this biological material!

For the first time in the past three hundred years, the Zerg began to march into the new universe on a large scale, but they still kept a low profile. After all, the new insect species, numbering about 10,000, could not guarantee the safety of the entrance to the passage under siege by the overwhelming number of enemies. Once it was lost, , even if the opponent has no obvious organization, the offensive and defensive momentum will be reversed, and a lot of foreseeable troubles will follow.

Therefore, this time, even if the insect swarm has a certain offensive ability, they will still enter in batches, trying not to cause a big noise. All the "security forces" are concentrated near the exit of the new universe passage, providing each batch with The insect swarm that transports resources provides protection.    …

However, maybe everything went too smoothly before, maybe even though the Zerg have dispersed as much as possible, they still attracted "attention", or maybe it's...retribution.

From Ruhr's observation perspective, after the seventh batch of the insect swarm's transport fleet entered the new universe, in addition to the dozens of predators of various types existing in all directions near the exit of the passage, there were suddenly sixteen more that exuded a strong An aggregate of unique fluctuations in the soul body!

Maybe they are naturally formed, but this probability is not high. It is more likely that they are some of the tens of thousands of aggregates released by Ruhr in order to obtain biological materials for native life!

What's worse is that at this time, they are significantly more powerful than when they were first released by the swarm. In the vision of the soul observers who were developed by the Colossians and eventually transformed into zerg, they As dazzling as the sun under the night sky!

Although those who encountered them were not the first swarm of insects to enter the new universe, one thing is certain, this was not an accident!

Because the sixteen soul bodies that were supposed to fuse and devour each other in the hope of becoming stronger are now clearly distinct and obviously have some wisdom!

Ruhr knows that these soul bodies can still "split" again after fusion. When they invaded the main universe, there were several records of fusion and separation, but that was obviously for a purpose, that is, to "find a host." .

And such a clear purpose actually means that this fusion is essentially different from those weak individuals who wander around in confusion and are even used as food!

Now, Ruhl has confirmed that they do indeed possess some intelligence.

Because this is simply a siege!

Even the native creatures that are the source of biological materials used by the Zerg will run away for their lives when they see the soul aggregate that has been integrated to this extent. The Zerg's only tens of thousands of new generation insect species obviously do not have the ability to resist them.

For aggregates of this level, the defensive field used by the Zerg to resist low-level soul bodies is basically ineffective.

In other words, there are millions of insect swarms here facing sixteen soul aggregations, but there is no effective way to deal with them, and it is even difficult to achieve an effective counterattack!

Ruhr was very decisive. The moment he made his judgment, all the Zerg units near the wormhole exit immediately began to return to the real universe. If there was no possibility of return, they immediately began to release the resources and energy they carried in the form of biological hatching. , with the help of the deepest darkness, supply these resources to the Zerg as much as possible.

Although it is almost impossible to resist their attacks, no matter how powerful the enemy is, there are only sixteen in total. Even if there are a million pigs, it will take a lot of time to kill just sixteen fusions, let alone There are insect swarms that may not necessarily be effective, but they are not completely defenseless.

For these Zerg units themselves, even if all Ruhrs were lost, they would not feel distressed. Therefore, only the most basic arrangements were made. Only these tens of thousands of new insect species are more important. At least at this stage, they are consumables. Losing one There will be one less one.

Ruhr was unwilling to bury them here, and even the other groups of insects combined were not as important as any of them. Therefore, at the beginning, the tens of thousands of new insect species that were originally responsible for protection were quickly dispersed by taking advantage of their size. Hidden in the darkness, the large transport unit that was originally protected took on the role of trying its best to attract the enemy's attention.

Of course, in front of such a huge Zerg team, these new types of Zerg are not actually obvious targets, and they all quickly escaped in the chaos.

At this time, most of the Zerg transport fleet were fleeing while hatching and releasing small Zerg units. According to Ruhr's estimation, there were only sixteen soul aggregates. Even if the Zerg swarm lost the ability to jump in space here, no matter what It is impossible to be slaughtered by them in a short period of time.

Logically speaking, things should have developed this way, but in the end it was different from what Ruhl imagined.

The large number of insects at the rear turned to the passage with the help of their companions, successfully returned to the main universe and survived, but the huge fleet that stayed in the new universe and tried to escape as dispersed as possible suffered heavy losses!

Psionic energy, or spiritual energy, although due to the special nature of the enemy's existence, Ruhr did not directly observe what method the opponent used to instantly kill thousands of large insect species and finally let them be slaughtered, but even with guessing , it can also think that this must be related to psychic energy!

Ruhr himself is not in the battlefield. It is located in the largest scientific research center in the new universe and is also the largest comprehensive base of the Zerg here. But at this moment, watching the groups of Zerg turn into cold corpses in the darkness one after another, But it felt a little irritated!

Are you scared? Not that much, more of an annoyance.

It's nothing for the other party to kill hundreds of thousands of Zerg transport units. The Zerg can organize larger supplies and individuals at any time. What really makes Ruhr a little uneasy is that in order to obtain enough biological materials, it created and released enough There are tens of thousands of such aggregates!

This time there are only sixteen. If they come with ten thousand, things will quickly become extremely troublesome. And even if it doesn't happen this time, how should we deal with this situation in the future?

Ruhr quickly realized this when the first batch of Zerg transport units died. It needed to at least find a way to deal with the enemies it had "personally" released!

And now it seems that with such killing efficiency and such attack method, it is obvious that Ruhl's previous estimation was completely wrong. Not only was it based on the opponent's efficiency, ability and attack intensity, but more importantly, the opponent's wisdom was also Very underrated!

They are not just individuals who are stronger than those hazy soul bodies and have initially got rid of their instincts, but individuals who actually have the ability to execute tactics and possess complex thinking! In a sense, it’s not a bad idea to call them “intelligent life”!

From the perspective of attack methods, they are no longer possessing attacks like weak individuals, but directly launching psychic powers!

This is also the first creature that the Zerg has encountered, other than Sass, that uses psychic energy as a direct attack method!

(End of this chapter)