Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 351 Fish Pond in the New Era

Calculated according to the time of the new universe, although the Zerg have entered here for more than four hundred years, in fact, the research on native creatures has just started on the right track. Many things have to be started from scratch, such as the study of the life span of native creatures and the study of spiritual life. The circulation method that can be reflected in the new universe, etc.

Dean is not alone in his research. In fact, after determining that his research direction is feasible and of great significance to the Zerg, Zero has deployed a team of two brainworms and twelve Zerg-assimilated Korva scientific research talents. as his "second in command."

Being able to use the Cerebrate as a deputy rather than a leader is the first example of many intelligent races joining the Zerg, but Zero doesn't think it's a big deal. Dean, as the first scientific researcher to discover the anomaly, has the most complete ideas. , even after resources are shared, he is the creature who knows the project best. As a leader, he is undisputed.

As long as it's beneficial to the Zerg, there's nothing debatable about this.

Ruel and Sass have already begun to try to attract native creatures by "leaking" Zhuna. The reason why they have been put into practice so quickly is because the experiments in the main universe have reached a conclusive conclusion.

Based on the different strengths of Zhuna and the different native creatures of the new universe, Zero tested their "sensing distance" to Zhuna. Of course, whether this distance is also valid in the new universe, Sas and the others still need to continue testing, but they have already Basically there is a reference direction.

It's time to activate the Bear Trap and try to get more profit for the Zerg!

The simplest way to split Zhuna into smaller units is to leave her in an extremely weak state. Zero had already drawn a preliminary conclusion through observation three thousand years ago, and after possessing the equipment to accommodate Zhuna The ability was later confirmed.

Experiments in the real universe have proven that the weaker Zhuna's ability to attract these native creatures is smaller, and the scope of its influence is also smaller, which is basically linearly related to the strength of Zhuna itself.

This is what Sass is doing at this moment. It is rapidly weakening Zhuna, who is contained by the Zerg, until at a certain moment, it is divided into three and quickly divided and contained by the Zerg.

Until this point, it was still not satisfied, and performed the same operation on the split Zhuna body again, and did not stop until two times.

According to the Zerg's past experience, if the "torture" continues, Zhuna will disintegrate on her own, die completely, and release her energy into the universe in an orderly manner.

In other words, this is the "basic unit" of a creature like Zhuna, which can no longer be decomposed.

And what Sass released was exactly this kind of basic unit. Since it was an experiment, to be on the safe side, we had to start with the most basic units.

As Zhuna's clone was released, some kind of information that could not be observed by the Zerg, but did exist, spread rapidly around the location of Sass.

Nine hours later, the Zerg main base detected the first batch of attracted native creatures.

There is basically not much difference from the last time. There are still a large number of soul bodies accompanying many physical predators. Under the attraction of Zhuna, they seem to have forgotten about escaping or hunting. The identities of hunter and prey have disappeared at this moment. .

Through the observation system of the main base, Sass clearly observed the number of enemies entering the Zerg warning range. As time went by, more and more enemies appeared.

Fortunately, no existence was found that was difficult to deal with, and there were no high-energy soul bodies that were so large that even Sass felt troublesome. Everything was within control.

1.6 kilometers, which is the last safe distance from the Zerg base. Under Sasse's instructions, more than New Universe Zerg fleets on standby at the main base dispersed to greet them. Their mission was to intercept and kill all but ordinary souls. Except for all individuals who do not have long-range psychic attack methods, of course, the premise is to save themselves as much as possible.

Each of these Zerg creatures was hatched from biological materials that cost dozens of times their volume. While they possess powerful combat power, they are also extremely expensive to produce!

The subsequent development of the Zerg here is inseparable from their military support.

As for the ordinary souls that were released, their own dark energy containment circle will completely capture them, and finally complete the fusion, turning them into high-energy souls that provide psychic units for the Zerg.

Those individuals that already have long-range psychic attack methods will be dealt with by Sass and the elite insect species around it that already have some psychic attack capabilities.

There were not many enemies attracted this time, at least much less than last time. Sass had no intention of taking back Zhuna. It was the Zerg's bait, and this 1.6-kilometer range was the Zerg's. The fish pond continues to attract more "fish".

Just twenty-nine hours later, feedback came from the farthest Zerg biological monitoring system. The density of native creatures that entered the warning range had been greatly reduced, almost nonexistent.

At this moment, within the safety range of the main base, there are large-scale transport insect species. With the help of special collection insect swarms, tens of thousands of tons of biological materials are transported back to the main base.

The battle or massacre ahead is still going on. Ordinary native creatures are no longer a match for the new Zerg species, let alone their tacit cooperation. They are often in a state of local siege, as long as they do not encounter psychic attacks. , large and small physical creatures have no strength to resist at all, and only have the fate of being slaughtered.

The modified Zerg psionic units also perform extremely well. According to Sass's experience in dealing with high-energy souls, these psionic units are all smaller in size and can easily hide themselves.

They give priority to their own defense over attack, because their opponents only have relatively outstanding attack capabilities. As long as they can resist the opponent's attack, they are no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered!

Although there were only seventeen in number, these psychic units killed all twenty-one high-energy souls in this deliberately close battle without being harmed themselves!

It can be said to be a remarkable achievement!

Compared with insect species produced to deal with physical creatures, the "cost" of psychic units is more expensive.

For example, the total amount of "spirits" obtained by killing twenty-one high-energy soul bodies this time is not even enough to arm an individual like them.

Therefore, in the new universe, apart from the brain worms, they are the most important treasures of the Zerg. Losing any one of them is equivalent to wasting one to three years of the Zerg's time at this stage!

Although this was only an experimental "hunting" activity, the profit in just a few dozen hours was greater than when Sars led a team to wipe out two gathering areas!

Due to his mobility, Sass will need at least two to three months to complete this task!

Sure enough, instead of taking the initiative to chase, it is better to prepare a good hunting ground, put out bait, and let the prey come in on its own!

Although it is still unknown why Zhuna has a fatal attraction to these creatures, the effect is indeed outstanding. As long as it is used properly, the Zerg can accumulate a power that can truly explore deeper in a relatively short period of time. !

Of course, they also need the ability to move forward faster in this universe, which may take more time.

The research progress in both directions is not very smooth. This "darkness" cannot be "collected" by the Zerg, so it is impossible to study its nature. In this universe, the Zerg has never seen any An individual with the ability to travel faster than light speed.

Maybe it exists, but if you haven't seen it, you can't talk about imitating it.

There is no celestial body here, and it is difficult for the Zerg to estimate whether it has a margin. It may even be as vast as the main universe, but in any case, the Zerg needs more powerful exploration capabilities to understand all of this. Whether it is navigation capabilities or observation methods adapted to the new universe.

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Main universe time Zerg 4559, the first native entity creature "captive" by the Zerg died.

This is the first time that the Zerg have intuitively observed the natural lifespan of this creature. Of course, it is possible that it died due to being kept in captivity, but this is also considered a natural death. The insect swarm will "feed" them regularly, so there is a high probability that there is no possibility of "starving to death".

Calculated according to the time of the new universe, it survived for a total of 31 years after being captured by the Zerg.

In other words, this small physical creature has a lifespan of at least more than thirty years.

A long life cycle is not a disadvantage. It means that if the reproductive capacity of these organisms is not too low, it may be able to have more offspring in its "lifetime".

This is indeed good news for the Zerg, but whether it is really useful enough cannot be determined until their reproductive ability is verified.

And on this point, after more than twenty years of research on the new universe, Dean finally has some clues!

After decades of "captivity", Dean gradually discovered that the spiritual energy in their bodies was slowly undergoing some kind of change. Although no individual has been "born" so far, there is no doubt about this change. It is promoting the birth of new life!

If this is just the case, it is not enough to make Dean excited, because the reproduction cycle of at least several decades is too long. If reproduction is to be carried out through breeding, once the number cannot be increased, the production capacity will be reduced. It will be extremely low.

It may take hundreds of years to build a breeding pen that can barely meet the needs of the Zerg!

That was indeed too long.

But things are obviously not that simple. By chance, Dean was excited to discover that after being captured by the Zerg, their reproduction level continued to decline!

"Wild" individuals have a special flow of spiritual energy in their bodies, and their activity level is two to three times that of individuals in captivity by the Zerg!

This discovery greatly excited Dean. If he could figure out the reason for this difference between the two, solve it, and finally determine their reproduction method, then breeding activities could even be put on the agenda!

How do they grow in numbers? This is not just Dean, all related research individuals of the Zerg are quite curious.

After all, neither Ruhr, who has been exploring here for hundreds of years, nor Sass, who has been scanning at a high frequency since entering the new universe, has ever seen the so-called "newborn".

They seem to be born like this, but they don't know what role spiritual energy plays in it.

Research is still continuing, and Sass and Ruhr are also using the biological materials obtained over the years to build more Zerg bases in many locations in the explored areas, attracting more native creatures, and further accelerating the expansion of the Zerg here. Strength development.

As the Zerg exploration deepened, Zero finally saw many individuals that fed on other physical creatures!

They turn a blind eye to the soul bodies around them, but focus on finding these bottom predators with more concentrated physical and spiritual energy.

Naturally, their number is smaller, but their power is obvious. Almost all the physical creatures that the Zerg have seen that feed on soul bodies can only run away in front of them. Even high-energy soul bodies cannot let them. fear!

Obviously, even though this place is fundamentally different from the real universe, it still has its own biological chain. The law of the jungle is going on here every day. It is foreseeable that there will be stronger creatures. The existence of this world "Biological cycle" also follows a certain pattern, but the Zerg have never understood it before!

The creatures here are unorganized and basically fight on their own. Even the souls with "gregariousness" are all in a hazy state. Even if they are merged into high-energy souls and possess some wisdom, they still have not established a force. .

It's as if the creatures here are born without the concept of "organization". But Zero knows that if one speculates based on the intelligence level of a high-energy soul body, the possibility that this universe has a truly intelligent race is not small!

Will they establish a force of their own and gather many lives under their command to obtain more benefits, or will they all work alone?

Zero doesn't know, but for now, this is indeed a good thing.

At least, they did not gather together to launch an attack on the main universe, nor did they gather together to jointly resist the Zerg. This is enough!

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Now that he has foreseen the powerful life that may exist here, it is naturally impossible for Sass to remain indifferent to this.

On the one hand, it uses the biological materials and "spiritual" aggregates it has obtained to arm a large number of Zerg units in order to achieve a positive cycle as soon as possible and liberate all the brain worms that must help them "close the net".

On the other hand, Sass is also actively strengthening himself and all the cerebrates who have come to the new universe. They will take the lead in becoming as powerful as possible to deal with the enemies that the Zerg may encounter in the future.

If there is a surplus of psychic materials, efforts will be made to cultivate real Zerg elite units to replace part of the work of the Cerebrates.

In general, Sass's plan is to give priority to arming cerebral worms, then elite units with psychic attack capabilities, and finally conventional combat forces.

(End of this chapter)