Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 348 Strengthening Contact

The enemy's fragility caught Sass quite unexpectedly. It was very cautious about this confrontation and went all out at the first opportunity.

But it has not yet felt the intensity of the enemy's attack, and their own fragility has already ruined themselves.

According to Ruhl's intelligence, there should be at least twelve such individuals on the other side of the passage. At this time, Sasse was also thinking about whether to go there immediately to completely solve this trouble.

It is undeniable that a considerable part of the reason why its attack was directly effective this time is attributed to the channel itself. Due to mental calculations and unintentional calculations, the opponent was suddenly attacked before he had time to observe the world, and death was inevitable. .

If it itself suffered the same treatment, it was really unknown whether it could guarantee its own safety without knowing the true strength of the opponent's attack.

But it soon put aside these thoughts, because the enemies in front of it had completely lost their soul fluctuations, in other words, they were dead.

But it does not wither away quietly like ordinary soul bodies, leaving no traces in this universe. Just after these soul bodies "died", they originally had no entities, but they actually left behind four "water drops" that were so small that they were almost unobservable, but really existed, or some kind of mysterious liquid.

And this kind of liquid, Sass knows very well!

Back then, it was "oral administration" of such a substance, which ultimately directly led to the birth of "extraordinary power".

Although the "quantity" in front of you is so small that it is almost negligible, its "quality" is countless times higher than the biological materials in those new universe entities!

This is the true source of spiritual energy!

Without much hesitation, Sass was very sure of his judgment. He used one of them on himself just like before. As expected, he inexplicably felt that he had a little more "power" at his disposal.

The conjecture was verified, and it turned out to be the case!

Sass no longer hesitated. After the swarm collected the remaining "mysterious liquid", it quickly organized a group of "advanced teams" and entered the passage directly!

As for some previous worries, those individuals who follow it will use their own bodies to reduce the risk of SARS as much as possible.

At this moment, Sass, and even Zero, were thinking about the same thing.

Let the Zerg enter the era of psychic energy!

In the real universe, the Zerg have almost no enemies. Some unknown phenomena must belong to the same universal laws based on existing conclusions. Even a jump in dimension must have its own theoretical basis and is not something out of thin air. Magical things appear.

From this perspective, spiritual energy is like a "key" from outside the universe, representing infinite possibilities that have never been seen before!

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Zero quickly lost contact with Sass, and it entered the passage, taking its "guard" with it and heading towards the universe on the other side of the passage.

Over there, Ruhr is trying to lure away the "high-energy soul body" that is still entrenched near the exit of the passage, but as expected, the other party is no longer a primitive soul body with only muddy instincts. They can think, and at the same time Also possessing long-range psychic attack capabilities, Ruhl's efforts, in addition to consuming energy to add more food to the battlefield littered with Zerg corpses that made the predators happy, bore fruit.

Ruhr has given up. Such efforts are meaningless. Although it does not know what the situation is in the real universe, it can only count on the insect swarm from the other end of the channel to reopen the channel and reconnect the two sides.

Otherwise, faced with limited resources, it is very likely that it will really have to "die back".

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Sass did not change its strategy because of the inner turmoil. The more than 60,000 Zerg units accompanying it were guarding it and took the lead in "walking out" of the passage and entering the new universe. Sass himself was among them, And be prepared to be defended by your own psychic energy!

As expected, the opponent was indeed "waiting for help". The swarm of insects that appeared here suffered heavy losses immediately. Tens of thousands of medium-sized Zerg units died immediately, and the deaths continued to occur.

Compared with them, Sass is small in size. After possessing psychic powers, in an environment that does not require space jumps, it also does not need the "car" that it had been with before, so unexpectedly it did not move around. Get attacked immediately!

So, this insect, the only insect in the Zerg clan with powerful psychic attack capabilities so far, began its counterattack!

These soul bodies, which were extremely fragile and seemingly defenseless, were destroyed the moment they slaughtered the insect swarms wantonly!

To be on the safe side, Sass does not have the ability to attack them simultaneously. What it wants to do is to break through the opponent's defense as quickly as possible and reduce the opponent's combat power to the greatest extent. But it once again overestimated the opponent's level. After it launched the attack, the six "high-energy souls" quickly withered and were no longer able to attack the insect swarm.

After all, he had a certain amount of wisdom, and the remaining soul body quickly located Sass's location based on the spiritual energy fluctuations, and launched an attack on it in the same way as other bugs.

At the same time, Sass also launched his second round of attacks!

A round of "moving towards each other", as if the spiritual energy fluctuations came from the same source, the final result was that Sass was unscathed, while the opponent's entire army was annihilated!

It seems that they really have no ability to defend themselves!

This was the first thought that came to Sass's mind after they fell.

If the first round of attacks was due to the surprise, then there is no reason why the enemy, who has discovered itself and has the intelligence to launch tactics, should not carry out any defense.

Judging from the intensity of the attacks they received, their attack capabilities were not weak. It was roughly estimated that they were at least 10% as strong as Sass himself!

If the tens of thousands of high-energy souls released by the Zerg had attacked Sass at the same time, Sass would have returned to the clutches of the hatchery at this moment, and would have been "killed for the first time" since his birth as a worm.

High attack and low defense, this is the final evaluation of Sass. For it, these individuals pose no threat in small numbers, but for ordinary insect swarms, it is the fate of being slaughtered.

But no matter what, at this moment it has completed its first step of the mission, re-opened the connection between the two sides of the channel, and once again received Ruhl's message.

And at the same time that Sass entered the new universe, Zero in the void space felt that his connection with Rule and Sass in the new universe was more profound. The amplitude is limited, and it can only reach the level where you can feel their activities vaguely. Compared with the real universe, it can still be said to be almost non-existent, but compared with before when you could only feel their life and death, it can be said that Already making rapid progress!

At this moment, Zero seemed to know how to devote his vision to this new universe that was only discovered more than four hundred years ago!

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The six closest to the entrance of the passage, which were originally distributed throughout the explored universe and were responsible for the expansion and development of the Zerg in many directions, as well as organizing the research tasks of intelligent races under their command, launched a jump to the coordinates of the galaxy where the entrance of the passage is located in the shortest possible time. .

They already know the purpose of Zero Mobilization. If this is the case, then their future "work place" can only be a new universe where "birds don't shit".

Of course, this is not something difficult for them to accept. They will never object to Zero's decision, but more importantly, based on the feedback from the Hive Mind, they all clearly know that there is psychic energy there. "Production place"!

There is no Cerebrate who does not envy the opportunities of Sass. Among them, starting from birth, it can take anywhere from hundreds to thousands of years, and they have never experienced using their own power to move across land, ocean, sky and space. What does it feel like? Although brainworms are just bugs, apart from their body structure distribution and many insectoid characteristics that are quite different from intelligent races, there is no essential difference in consciousness at the level of consciousness.

They also want to get close to that power, or even possess it!

If this special resource can be successfully developed, there is no doubt that the insect swarm in the new universe will be the first batch of beneficiaries.

They are excited to go to the new universe where "birds don't shit".

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The renewed "reunion" of Sass and Ruhr has given the Zerg more possibilities for development here, because Sass himself currently has the ability to kill local physical creatures wantonly, even in the face of the release of the Zerg by his own hands. The high-energy soul bodies that have gone out, the Zerg can also have certain checks and balances.

Experiments in the real universe have confirmed that both high-energy soul bodies and the physical creatures here possess a substance tentatively named "spirit", which can allow the Zerg to possess this "extraordinary ability"!

Now, it is time for the creatures in the new universe to accept the hunting career of the Zerg!

The first thing to do is to let some insect swarms have the means to use psychic attacks. The first one to bear the brunt of this is Ruel himself!

Sass began to frequently lead the swarms of insects modified by the new cosmic creatures to attack, frantically raiding the physical creatures they could encounter.

Ruhr is staying at the main base for the time being. Of course, it is not idle. Since Sass is here, fusing the basic soul body to actively form a high-energy aggregate is no longer a high-risk thing that may lead to loss of control.

It can let go of its hands and feet and collect a large number of basic soul bodies with dark energy circles!

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Twenty years have passed in the new universe. In the past twenty years, Sass led the insect swarm to "conquer east and west" and swept away hundreds of large-scale physical biological settlements that have been discovered. In other words, Their unique "biosphere" collects complete biological materials measured in tens of thousands of tons.

And this is because of the inability to perform jumping activities and the limited sailing speed. Sass can often only choose the target nearby. In addition, the Zerg transport fleet lacks sufficient power to protect it, which greatly slows down the process.

But no matter what, even if there were huge losses along the way, these biological materials were transported back to the main base bit by bit. Their "skin" was used to arm new insect species, and their "core" became Ruhr's nourishment. !

During this process, Sass occasionally returned to "slaughter" the high-energy souls raised by Ruel, and all of their psychic crystals were also used by Ruel.

According to its negotiation with Sass, in order to complete the initial "capital accumulation" as soon as possible, Ruhr will not stop until it reaches the level of Sass. It has already stopped after it has the ability to threaten high-energy soul bodies. He stopped the "eating" behavior and began to personally go out, leading 40,000 newly armed advanced version of the new Zerg units to escort Sars's mopping up operations and protect the safety of large-scale transportation insect species, so as to quickly accumulate more resources. .

As for the remaining biological materials containing "spirituals", most of them were distributed nearby and were devoured by a small part of the insect swarm led by Sass, causing them to begin to transform little by little.

Cerebrates cannot always be at the forefront. In addition to safety issues, they are also extremely important scientific research units and should not focus on things like killing.

In the year 4530 of the Zerg in the real universe, six brainworms rushed to the galaxy where the entrance of the passage was located. At this time, the entrance and exit of the passage connecting the two universes were "heavily guarded" by the Zerg. In addition to a large number of high-energy soul bodies like last time Outside of the invasion, it is no longer possible to lose control easily. Therefore, these six brainworms no longer need to be cautious, but instead swarmed into it with another batch of large insect species responsible for transportation tasks.

Soon, Sass and Ruhr sensed their appearance. At the same time, they also felt the strengthening of the Hive Mind here, and - the long-lost Zero's gaze!

Although the induction is far from as strong as the real universe, and it even seems to be disturbed by some kind of interference, which is quite intermittent, there is no doubt that Zero has been able to focus his attention here, even if it is only occasionally.

At this point, the two sides of the channel are no longer isolated from information, and they no longer need to transmit information through the ancient form of genetic coding. It is foreseeable that more cerebral worms and Zerg units will enter the new universe in the future. Through the will of the Hive, They will directly interface with the real universe.

Although there is a difference in time flow rate of about 2.6:1 between the two, under the connection of the Hive Will, at least at the level of information exchange, this situation will not occur. As long as there is a conscious connection, thoughts will flash through In an instant, the other party will know.

Of course, this can only be done partially now. It is obvious that the influence of the Hive Mind in the new universe is far less than that of the main universe. This requires more brainworms and more insect swarms to enter here to achieve this, but this is obviously Not a problem.

Today, the Zerg race has twenty-three brainworms, and there are already eight in the new universe. Although most of them are now "separate" due to the development plan of the year, it is only a matter of time before they get here. As for the development issue in the real universe, today's expansion no longer requires so many intelligent units. They are more responsible for scientific research tasks, but it is obvious that carrying out this activity in the new universe is much more cost-effective than in the real universe!

The only troublesome problem is the acquisition of some special materials in the main universe, but through the establishment of fixed space channels, these can be overcome.

(End of this chapter)