Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 363 United Fleet

It was said that it was an exchange, but Zero did not directly make a request for it. After all, the initiative was still worth fighting for. Although for the Zerg, a little psychic material for research was completely available, but if possible, Zero still hoped to be able to exchange for it. More benefits.

Watching Mira gradually reverse the situation that had become slightly disadvantaged due to the defense change, Zero was also constantly thinking and weighing the pros and cons. This exchange was undoubtedly beneficial to the Zerg. Although Mira was not capable of breaking into the passage, With its support, Zero was able to firmly control the second battlefield in his own hands.

Of course, after confirming Mira's ability, Zero did not forget to fulfill his promise. A batch of new cosmic biological materials was sent into Mira's transport ship by the Zerg transport unit. At this point, the cooperation between the two parties was initially reached.

Mira should have quickly mobilized computing power and resources to study the newly obtained materials. She did not propose a deal on psychic energy again as Zero expected. However, Zero did not dwell on this. From Battlefield No. 1 The psychic units saved above are enough for Zero to form a hunting team. Next, he will try to hunt the undead under the cover of a large number of ordinary units!

Of course, with them as a supplement to other battlefields, Sass can enhance the development of the new universe through the newly hatched psychic units, thus accelerating the positive cycle of psychic energy that was previously expected, and further accumulating the capital to expel the invaders. . In addition, the research on these invading creatures, including the passages when they appeared, has never stopped. Zero has never given up using existing scientific methods to cause due damage to the opponent. At present, it seems that it can be regarded as a part of the future counterattack. means.

As for those alien beasts, the insect swarm obviously has no better solution at present, so Zero can only put it aside for the time being, but at this time, he would not have thought that these individually powerful alien beasts are not actually the most difficult to deal with.

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Mira's strength in suppressing the fleet on the first battlefield surprised Zero a little. Speaking of which, the Zerg's psychic units were nothing more than that. Speaking of which, in the collision of technology and magic, it seemed that the Zerg technology had always been at a disadvantage. Although part of this is because the opponent has already prepared to target the Zerg, the nature of the mysterious energy like magic is enough to put all the previous energy forms of the Zerg to shame.

Admitting one's shortcomings is not something to be ashamed of, but Zero does not feel that the Zerg who "specialize in technology" are really weaker than these magical beings. It is just a temporary strategic suppression based on early intelligence advantages. If the enemy's The attack is not that fast, but if Ling is given a chance to breathe, the current situation of the war will be much better.

Not to mention the development of psychic units and weapons, Zero even has the confidence to develop weapons and tactics to deal with the enemy based solely on existing technical means!

Now, this little bit of respite has been provided by Mira. If the follow-up deal can be concluded, it will be even better.

On the one hand, Zero is taking advantage of this rare opportunity to support Sass in vigorously developing the new universe and preparing the "Undead Hunting Group". On the other hand, the swarm is also exploring the mode of Mira using Zhuna to attack the enemy and cause considerable damage.

Now it seems that the Zerg can not only respond to the invasion with psychic energy and a large amount of energy consumption. Ordinary energy can also artificially improve its "quality", so that it has the ability to break through magic defenses. The weapon used by Mira This is obviously the principle, but the insect swarm has not yet mastered the method of changing Zhuna, and perhaps it does not necessarily require Zhuna!

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Sometimes, an idea is as important as having the results directly in front of you.

In Zerg 4722, Zero did not wait for more enemies to invade, but instead waited for another transaction request from Mira and the epoch-making progress of Zerg energy weapons!

The former naturally hopes to exchange enough spiritual materials and ordinary new universe biological materials. This is already in Zero's plan. He does not think Mira can refuse the temptation of spiritual energy in front of him.

What really excites Zero is the breakthrough of the Zerg's new generation of energy weapons!

With the help of the existing high-strength biological materials of the new universe, the insect swarm can more precisely restrain the more powerful and violent energy, which means that once this "compressed" energy bomb is released, it will be extremely powerful. Generate unparalleled attack power in a short period of time.

As soon as the results were made, Zero conducted experiments in the second battlefield against the Zerg. The results showed that although it failed to achieve the killing effect of psychic units on the enemy, it was even inferior to Mira's new battleship. The offensive capability on the battlefield is no longer an expendable weapon that can only be used as a containment and dispensable. It can threaten the enemy's defense system!

As for Zero, the most obvious difference between it and psychic energy is not the gap in attack capabilities. More importantly, it is cheap enough, efficient enough, and can be mass-produced!

Intelligent units are still trying to continue to improve this weapon, but Zero has already put it on the production line. Next, the defense force of the swarm will be replaced on a large scale from the previous ordinary units to the existing new generation of long-range units.

Due to the mysterious defense force at the entrance of the passage, it is undoubtedly impossible for the insect swarm to counterattack through this, but it is foreseeable that it is a basically certain fact that the enemy will be restricted inside the entrance of the passage again.

A period of more than ten years is only a blink of an eye compared to the past history, but in a war, especially a war with the ability to travel faster than light speed, a period of more than ten years can be considered a long time.

The first time the Zerg's undead hunting team gained something was three years ago. One million new high-power energy units and three thousand psionic units cooperated with the brainworm Luer to launch a surprise attack on an undead team that accidentally fell alone. , the course of the war could be described as devastating. With calculated calculations but no care, the swarm completely wiped out this squad of sixty-two native undead, and ended the battle with zero casualties from psychic insect species and cerebral worms.

As for the loss of more than 400,000 new energy units, what's the point? !

This is the first time that a Zerg hunting team has caused such a large-scale damage to the undead. In the past, psionic units have been heavily restrained and unable to mass attack on a large scale. Secondly, the opponent's individual magic strength and magic specificity have made ordinary Zerg units unable to attack. There is no threat to the opponent at all. But it’s different now. The size of the Zerg hunting team is slowly increasing as time goes by, but the number of opponents has not changed more. Coupled with the consumption of the hunting team, under the circumstances of one ebb and flow, zero is for For the first time, the estimate of the form became optimistic.

Of course, the growth in the number of undead is limited mainly due to the Zerg's past policy of "strengthening the wall and clearing the wild". In the territory ruled by the Zerg, except for the star areas where intelligent creatures live, it is difficult to see even a large animal. Not to mention being a supplement to these undead.

Zero has always felt that this magical creature that he calls undead seems somewhat unworthy of the title given to him, but this is a good thing. At least at this stage, the Zerg can quickly gain an advantage in the war with the opponent, and Don't worry about anything else.

…………   Zero agreed to another transaction request from Mira, and the object of exchange was undoubtedly the technology that Mira was researching, which could turn Zhuna almost all over the universe into a powerful weapon against invading magical creatures. !

Although Mira's description was objective and elaborated on the reasons why this weapon could not be deployed on a large scale, Zero didn't take it seriously after learning about it.

Of course, He cannot create such a material out of thin air that can perfectly restrain Zhuna and cause it to produce "weaponized" mutations. It seems that there are no more such star fields in the Zerg territory for Zero to develop, but what Zero values ​​​​is actually not Mira would be able to discover the wide application of this material sooner or later, so Zero did not shy away from talking about it.

He told Mira that the properties of this material may not be used directly to restrain Zhuna itself, but only need to cause mutations. And the life materials of the latest entity creatures captured by Sass in the new universe are enough Achieve the effect of restraining Zhuna after the mutation!

In other words, this rare material may not need to be wasted on building battleships and containment devices in the future. It will be directly turned into a specialized "Zuna alienation guide."

Zero took the initiative to propose this, naturally he wanted something. Now, this material is almost completely in Mira's hands. If Zero wants to get it, he must pay something, and this kind of reciprocal material has become The best medium of exchange between two parties.

It seems that after Mira joined this war, things became smoother and smoother. While the swarms were hunting the undead, they had already pushed back the invading zerg and intelligent magic civilization on the second and fourth battlefields. It is within the initial range of the channel and basically forms a relatively complete surround.

In addition, in the new universe, the powerful psychic creatures discovered by Sars and the Zerg Swarm thirty years ago have officially entered the Zerg Swarm's field of vision. After more than eighty years of exploration in the New Universe, the Zerg Swarm finally finally He came into contact with the deeper state of energy in the form of spiritual energy, but unfortunately, so far, Zero has not been able to find an intelligent group in the new universe that uses spiritual energy as an energy carrier.

This is a good thing, because the swarm can reduce unnecessary exploration costs, and does not have to open a front in the new universe and fall into a two-front battle above the cosmic level.

But Zero is still a pity, because it means that there is no systematic psychic technology here. In other words, the Zerg lost an opportunity to easily obtain the psychic technology.

The reason why Zero does not have relevant expectations for the deeper parts of the new universe is because Sass has been keenly aware that although the insect swarm at the forefront of the exploration mission encountered still powerful psychic creatures, there were almost no such creatures. In other words, their location may be the center of the entire new universe, and they will not encounter more powerful creatures going forward.

To be honest, Zero is a little disappointed, because the new universe does not seem to be as endless as the real universe. The insect swarm's exploration in other directions did not discover new large biological groups, although the exploration time is still compared to the entire universe. It was insignificant, but as the Hive Mind deepened, Zero gradually developed a feeling.

That is to say, the insect swarm seems to have completed most of the cognition of the space it is currently exploring, which means that it is limited!

Although there is no tangible evidence to prove this, and there are only some phenomena for speculation, the Hive Mind is an extension of his thinking, and Zero believes in his own intuition.

Therefore, perhaps this should not be called a "new universe". Compared with the real universe, it is far behind in terms of breadth and material richness. Rather than calling it a universe, it is better to call it a universe. "Plane".

The insect swarm has not yet extended its "hunting" tentacles to the area where the exploration pioneers are located, but when the liberated psychic units from the battlefield in the real universe join the action, Sass's accumulated Psychic materials are increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye. Correspondingly, the Zerg's psionic units have experienced an improvement both in quantity and quality.

The virtuous cycle envisioned before is becoming a reality. After thinking about it, Ling thought that the root of all this seemed to be attributed to Mira's words back then, 'Do you need help? ’.

Whether it was the actual assistance it provided, or the inspiration and ideas it indirectly brought to the swarm, it all existed. It allowed the swarm to get out of its initial embarrassing situation, and then gradually gained a relationship with the enemy. The power of a battle.

In the past thirty years, no new enemies have appeared in the real universe to establish new fronts. On the contrary, the undead who invaded the depths of the main universe have gradually fallen into a disadvantage. The insect swarm has always controlled their whereabouts, although they have not yet returned. There are initiatives to launch large-scale campaigns, but the intelligence advantage has always been in Zero's hands.

Even a year ago, the Zerg swarm combined the special materials provided by Mira to complete the weaponization and containment of 60,000 Zhuna. This means that in addition to psychic units, the Zerg has added another type of weapon that can deal with magical creatures. Weapons that pose a powerful threat. Shortly thereafter, the swarm launched its first war against magical beasts since the beginning of the war.

Twenty thousand Zerg psionic units and 40,000 weaponized Zuna insect species found a huge magical creature with two wings on its back and a majestic horn near a Zerg base, and destroyed it with their psychic powers in actual combat. His head contains the magical energy in his body!

This was the Zerg's first victory against the alien beasts, but it was by no means the last. Near the new universe passage, the second joint hunting team has been formed.

After the first alien beast's life material was noticed by Mira, it quickly launched a new encirclement and suppression plan, that is, forming a joint fleet with the insect swarm to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the alien beasts in the territory, and demanded a share of the spoils.

Zero has no reason to refuse this kind of thing. They are just some magic materials. Zero has also studied it. It is not a precious thing. It may have a lot of research value for Mira, but as long as the Zerg controls magic, There is a high probability that the Zerg transformation will be completed soon and it will become the Zerg's own thing.

And if Mira's improved mechanical fleet can be added to the subsequent clearance war, the insect swarm will be able to clear out the lone alien beasts in the territory as quickly as possible, and start targeting the next target - the undead!

Compared with the alien beasts with powerful single combat power, the undead are much more numerous, more difficult to deal with than the alien beasts that like to fight alone, and they have not weak intelligence.

Fighting them, you may be able to catch some isolated teams or individuals occasionally, but in the end you will still need to fight a battle, which will require a lot of combat power!

(End of this chapter)