Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 358 Mysterious Sacrifice

To be honest, today's situation is an unprecedented disadvantage for the Zerg. Zero has lost most of his vision of the location of the "undead". The other party seems to be extremely sensitive to the existence of "life", especially after establishing a fixed stronghold. After that, as if there is some detection method, as long as the Zerg enters a certain range, regardless of individual size, they will be discovered by the enemy and suffer the most severe attacks.

As long as it is an insect species that exists on a macro scale, no matter how small it is, it is basically impossible to escape the opponent's cleaning and cannot get even half a step closer to that area.

The bug species at the micro level cannot provide the vision Zero wants due to their size. Their structure does not allow them to have complex and powerful functions. Even today's bug species can already carve patterns on the snow at the biological level. There is no way to change this.

The other party seemed to have some kind of method that Zero didn't understand. The secret detection methods that the Zerg had used to be unfavorable in the past had almost no effect. The Zerg swarm could not complete accurate observations at a distance of tens or millions of kilometers. So, All exploration is meaningless.

As for larger units, as long as they get close, they will be quickly killed because the target is too clear and become a part of the opponent.

Zero was a little worried. The other party was so concerned about the Zerg's exploration, and it felt to him like the enemy was preparing some plan that was absolutely detrimental to the Zerg!

After these undead souls "settled down", there was no other movement, and there were no more large-scale movements. They looked like they were "living a good life" in the main universe.

This is very abnormal, so Zero has been trying to observe and try to find out what the other party is doing. He has an intuition that there must be some secret in it, and it may be beneficial to the Zerg!

But the reality is very complicated. The Zerg does not have many advantages over the opponent. It is no exaggeration to say that even the microscopic units of the Zerg will be completely blocked outside a spherical area with a radius of about 600,000 kilometers. Down!

There, people are extremely sensitive to life!

These "undead" are very difficult, so difficult that even if the Zerg uses ultra-long-range attacks beyond the visual range to harass the opponent, it will not have any effect.

Now even Zero himself was at a loss. The Zerg units were unable to engage in melee combat with the opponent, and they were unable to perform feats at ultra-long range. This was equivalent to directly abolishing the two most important offensive routes of the Zerg.

The Zerg scientific research team is trying to use the enemy's "magical power" to circumvent the opponent's "assimilation" behavior, or use anti-matter means to directly leave no corpses after the death of the insect swarm, thereby achieving the purpose of inhibiting the opponent's ability.

But no matter what, the enemy's characteristics of getting stronger as they fight and the melee capabilities of the Zerg that are completely unmatched at present, coupled with the mysterious application of "undead magic", are all obstacles that the Zerg swarm cannot get around and must face.

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Things were very troublesome, but Zero had gradually adapted to it. Skok mobilized a group of semi-psionic units designed to use themselves as bait to try to attack the opponent's "foothold" head-on.

This batch of small insect species totals 40 million in number! Each of them contains an antimatter blaster that is enough to completely turn itself into nothingness. As long as things are not conducive to itself, it will detonate first, trying its best not to leave any biological materials to the other party.

Zero just wants to find out what the enemy is doing in his own territory, and he will be very passive if he doesn't know anything.

For this reason, He is willing to pay the price that 20% of these insects are very likely to be used by the other party!

There will always be some bugs that are assimilated by the opponent during the attack. With such a huge base, even if Zero has prepared as much as possible, it cannot completely avoid this.

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The final research on the living materials obtained at great cost was not so smooth.

There is indeed a kind of magic in their bodies, but just controlling them takes a lot of energy from the insect swarm. After all, with how weird this magic is, you can never be too careful.

Compared with the "magic information" previously obtained from another enemy, that is, those biological groups, these undead's application of magic has obviously reached a certain level of advancement. Whether it is research or guidance, the process is quite difficult. .

Research shows that this "death magic" has the ability to assimilate the bodies of dead creatures. At the same time, it has the ability to assimilate the bodies of dead creatures. Silicon-based life has more or less this impact.

Especially for carbon-based life, it is completely fatal!

Zero didn't know how existing forms like Mira and Zhuna would react to this kind of energy. Zhuna was already in the process of being contained and transported, and Mira, Zero really didn't know where to find it, and the other party also didn't know. It is impossible to agree to be used as an experimental sample by the Zerg.

No matter how big they are, to the Zerg, they can indeed be regarded as natural enemies in a sense!

Of course, although time is limited, the insect swarm has not gained nothing.

Although there is no clue about the restraint method of this special magic, we know through experiments that other types of magic are more or less resistant to this kind of attack and assimilation!

In other words, if all the Zerg units were magical creatures like those on the first and second battlefields, they would not be as helpless against this attack as they are now!

Therefore, the recent task of the Zerg scientific research team is how to replace magic with psychic energy to add a "shield" to the Zerg against "death magic".

But Zero couldn't wait any longer. The insect swarm didn't have much time to wait in thin air with almost complete loss of vision and intelligence.

On the first and second battlefields, the opponent's attacks are becoming more fierce day by day. Elite units with powerful magic are leading the fleet to attack the Zerg defense line over and over again. If it weren't for Sass's continuous supply of psychic units from the new universe, now The situation on the Zerg frontline must have deteriorated!

Even so, if a new battlefield appears again, the Zerg swarm will no longer have more power to invest in it, not to mention that there are still a large number of powerful undead lurking in the Zerg territory, which can be said to be internal and external troubles.

Zero was very calm and did not get confused because of this, but the actual situation was irrefutable. Among the many problems, the Zerg must solve some of them as soon as possible, otherwise it is very likely that they will be unable to recover and completely fall into passivity.

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In Zerg 4679, Sk commanded million small Zerg units to charge at the coordinates of the undead from all directions. They were real consumables. The moment they launched the charge, they were destined to die. They will jump as close as possible to each other, and then charge towards the target as quickly as possible.

The huge gravity of the celestial body will seriously interfere with the jump engine. This matter has not been solved for thousands of years. However, Sk will try its best to send these units as close to the target location as possible. Everything that follows will have to be adaptable. .

The Zerg's previous experience of constantly sacrificing their lives told Sk that within the area that seemed to be locked by the enemy, they would suffer extremely severe attacks from the enemy!

Sure enough, after the insect swarm was forced to come into contact with the jump engine, the first thing they faced was the chaotic and evil "death magic"!

This kind of damage would be a disaster for the insect swarms that tried to break through and obtain information in the past. There is no guessing what special tools the opponent must have activated to completely cover such a vast area without blind spots.

But at this moment, Sk can no longer care about that much. When the insect swarm gets here, there is only one way to go, and that is to rush forward. No matter whether it can get the desired result, there is no way out.

They are born that way.

One after another, either active or passive, "fireworks" erupted in the deep space of the universe right before our eyes. The first purpose of the insect swarm was to explore information, and the rest was to try their best to ensure that their bodies would not be used by the enemy. !

Under the command of Sk, they have clear goals and extremely complete plans. Such a huge swarm of insects is already in the hands of Sk. With the help of the will of the hive, it is really close to destroying every insect. have played their roles.

These bugs cover each other, crossing the boundary that seems to not exist, and move deeper under the reflection of the silent "fireworks" behind and around them that never seem to stop.

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After three years, Zero finally saw what the enemy was doing in that area!

The space of the main universe is torn apart and reorganized in their hands like a rag that is allowed to be twisted and rubbed. A huge void altar was floating in this twisted space, as if it was performing some mysterious and evil ritual. Countless undead souls stayed near it, emitting strong magic fluctuations.

But these undead souls are just a foil after all. This "Altar of the Void" is like a bright light in the dark night. The intensity of the nameless "magic" on it is simply shocking!

Those undead souls in front of it are like fireflies competing with the bright moon! I don't know where the other party seems to "take out" such a powerful and evil existence.

But the insect swarm can only go so far. Tens of millions of insect swarms penetrate into the core area regardless of the cost, and almost all individuals die, just to "see" it.

Zero is not satisfied with this, but Sk has no extra power to command.

Everything came to an abrupt end here. Zero did want to take a look at what these undead were doing here, but he really only took a look.

The purpose of the other party is unknown, and the meaning of doing so is also unclear, but it does not look like a simple daily activity. It must have some purpose for the Zerg or the real universe!

Gain power? Or summon a companion? Or something else?

Zero is not sure, but no undead have passed through the third battlefield in so many years. It was as if this group of enemies were all of their clan.

In addition, Zero is also very sure that there is absolutely no high-level energy such as "magic" in the real universe that is so special that it can be called miraculous. However, any energy cannot and should not be generated out of thin air. The enemy wants to maintain power in the real universe. You definitely need a source!

Based on everything he saw, he had no reason to believe that these undead were using this mysterious ritual to obtain the source of "magic" from their own plane!

There is no doubt that these so-called undead, or the magical creatures that Zero calls bugs for the time being, without the blessing of magic, it is absolutely impossible for them to develop all the way, whether in melee combat or long-range. Although the technological opponents of the Zerg are not as good as the opponent, once the Zerg's anti-matter cannon actually comes into contact with the body surface of these creatures, the enemy will have absolutely no chance of surviving!

If the enemy has any constraints that need to be solved in the real universe, it must be the source of magic.

Unfortunately, even when the enemy solves this problem, the Zerg have no ability to break through their defenses.

Zero's mood dropped slightly.

It is still difficult for the insect swarm to break through the "magic barrier" that the opponent has worked so hard to build. The lack of psychic power means that they have to rely on luck to get close to the opponent. The opponent obviously has a certain The results have made up for its own shortcomings to a certain extent.

It is obviously more difficult to achieve anything under such circumstances, and in terms of intelligence, the Zerg still have limited knowledge of the opponent.

Zero learned some information through this sudden attack, but the situation did not get better because of this, it was still grim.

Fortunately, at this time, Sass, who serves as the manager of the Zerg's reserve psychic power in the new universe, brought Zero information that was not considered good news under the current situation, which diluted Zero's solemn heart.

The insect swarm exploration team in the new universe discovered a completely different form of spiritual energy in the deeper space from that used by the zerg!

Spiritual energy, in the hands of those creatures, had a "appearance" for the first time! It can be observed by the Zerg detection unit because it emits cold blue visible light in the mouth of a native creature!

That is the trajectory of its movement and the scope of its influence. Zero knows that either this existence is the external manifestation of the accumulation of psychic energy, or it represents a completely new application system!

But the reason why I don't know if it is considered good news is because even if they know this, the Zerg cannot quickly take it into their bag to study and eliminate it, so as to apply it in the war.

It is said that distant water cannot quench near thirst. Even if it is magical enough and the power it exhibits is powerful enough, Zero is also convinced that if the Zerg can possess it, the current predicament it is facing will definitely change drastically, but for now it is still a hopeless thing. That's just the moon in the horizon.

Sass is not discouraged by the current situation. The Zerg are large enough. Even if the enemy invades the main universe, the impact on the Zerg itself will not be great for the time being. With the exploration intensity shown by the undead, give them another 10,000 It is impossible to travel throughout the Zerg's current notification territory in 2018, so there is no reason for it to be too worried.

Sass proposed a plan to dispatch a group of elite psychic units to venture deep into the core areas of the new universe in an attempt to obtain deeper secrets about psychic powers.

Zero did not hesitate for long. Even though the Zerg were currently short of psychic units, he still agreed to Sass's plan.

If you want to break an unfavorable situation, taking risks is a necessary choice. The difference is whether it is worth it.

(End of this chapter)