Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 264 Total War
The disastrous defeat of the Third Fleet directly marked that the Colossians made a major mistake in their strategic decision-making towards the Zerg. The Zerg swarm launched another attack eight years in advance, and the number was much higher than predicted!
If the Zerg develops normally, judging only by the galaxy resources currently occupied here, excluding those used during the journey, it will take at least more than 20 years to reach this number.

However, due to the existence of the Insect Swarm Headquarters, Ruhr can directly draw almost endless Insect units from the various Cerebrates in the main part. If it were not limited by the opening time of the wormhole and the Insect Swarms in other star areas would not have time to assemble and update in the future. , 1000 million is far from the upper limit.

Combined with the way the bug swarm first appeared in front of them, the Colossians could easily conclude that the bug swarm had a larger base outside this star field.

But they had no choice. There were only two known wormhole galaxies occupied by the worms, but they were unable to recapture them for a while. In the dark, they didn't know how many wormholes existed that could provide passage for the worms.

In other words, even if they know this, they are unable to prevent the Zerg from coming!
For a moment, after reporting this piece of information, the entire coalition fell silent.It is difficult to defeat the insect swarm in a short time, and if the opponent's number is endless, it means that the war will never end until they are completely defeated.

Unless they can find the root of the existence of the Zerg and solve these ever-growing creatures from the source.However, they have long since abandoned the exploration of wormholes. With their current wormhole exploration capabilities, tracing the origin of the Zerg from within is no less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.

Of course, what they don't know is that unless they can clean up every bug in the macrocosm, or go directly to Zero and the unknown space that neither Zero nor directly behead Zero himself, the Zerg race will not perish.

But this is impossible, at least not by the Colossians or their coalition.

The military strategy meeting against the Zerg invasion, composed of the top leaders of the alliance and the military, became even more silent after this became clear. Although representatives of various civilizations did not communicate face-to-face, it was just some illusory projections, but these were high or low. The representatives of the short races with their own characteristics all exude a low and solemn aura.

Many things are inherently unsolvable, and this was already doomed when it happened.

Zerg In 1620, the Zerg once again came to the defense line, and with their absolute numerical superiority, they launched a fierce battle with the Colossians that did not last long, and finally razed all the resistance in the galaxy.

This time, the United Kingdom fleet, which was responsible for defending the territory, did not evacuate. They had long expected that the Zerg might attack here again, and they had made adequate preparations as much as possible. However, in the face of the absolute numerical advantage of the Zerg swarm, Everything turned into nothingness.

The dense space junk floating in the orbit of the planet became the last glory of a main fleet.

Of course, the casualties suffered by the swarm were not small. In order to achieve this goal, the 800 million Zerg warships in the frontal attack lost more than one-sixth, but neither Ruhr nor Zero cared much about it.

Since there were not many casualties, the destruction of a main fleet was only a loss of resources for the Colossians. Even if those large warships were expensive to build, they were not actually a huge loss.

But this breakthrough in the border defense line had an unprecedented shock to the entire civilization.In the history of civilization, there has never been an enemy that can crush their carefully built defense line in such a manner as the Zerg.

Although immediately after the war, many elites of the United Kingdom quickly organized the next line of defense, intending to weaken the momentum of the Zerg attack in this way.

They succeeded, but not entirely.

After organizing the fleet defense for the fourth time, they blocked the swarm's attack.Due to the long-term pursuit of a frontal breakthrough, although there were some additions, the number of this Zerg fleet has been decreasing with the war until it was unable to defeat the Colossians head-on.

They were like a group of iron-headed monsters, always crashing towards the strongest point of the Colossians' defense line, pinning the entire Colossians' resistance force firmly in front of them.

In the year 1629 of the Zerg, just when the rebuilt Third Fleet and the remnants of the Fourth Fleet, in the defensive system established for the fourth time, repelled the Zerg swarm head-on for the first time since the war began, bringing a slight glimmer of light to the entire war situation. , a Hive Fleet with a similar number to the current existing insect swarms appeared outside a life system transformed by the United Kingdom, and defeated a second-line fleet that was defending against the Zerg attack.

Four months later, due to the lack of a sufficient defense fleet, the insect swarm was unstoppable, destroying almost all space forces in the galaxy, and invaded the sky above this modified planet where 42 billion citizens of the kingdom lived.

Immediately, the entire galaxy fell.

No one knows how the insect swarm accurately found the star field where this living planet is located in the vast territory. According to previous estimates, even if the front line of defense is breached, the early warning system scattered in the desolate space can be in advance. Learn the movements of the insect swarm and accurately grasp their next move.

However, they accurately found this important place of civilization in such a unique way, causing a fundamental blow to the entire United Kingdom!

In order to ensure the strength, after capturing this place, the insect swarm only stayed for three months, and then quickly evacuated after a brief replenishment.

What was left to the Colossians was a dead planet that was almost as yellow as sand. All traces of the existence of civilization had been completely erased, leaving only endless desolation.

The atmosphere without technological support is slowly dissipating, the oceans without energy sources are rapidly freezing, and the entire planet is heading towards its end, not to mention the existence of a large number of Zerg energy units inside it, which will follow. In this way, they can cause trouble to the other party as much as possible at that time.

Even if it can't be completed, it doesn't matter, it's just an insignificant backup.

Only 28 Oridays after the complete withdrawal of the insect swarm, the main force of the Colossian fleet slowed down and entered the galaxy. Looking at the ruins in space and the devastation on the originally prosperous planet, various military bases were far away. The anger and sadness in the hearts of the soldiers are beyond words.

42 billion is just a cold number, but when it represents the lives of living compatriots, this number seems to be as dazzling as dripping blood!
The death of civilians on such a scale is the greatest shame for military personnel and the most serious provocation to the entire race!
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While the Colossians were studying the Zerg, the Zerg were also studying them.

After two consecutive setbacks, Ruhr has already changed his strategy.Just like the Colossians collected Zerg bodies and even tried to capture Zerg units alive for research, it was also conducting the same research on the satellites that monitored the Zerg overtly and covertly along the way.

The Colossians have indeed deployed a large number of monitoring methods to prevent the invasion of the Zerg, but the Zerg also has a larger detection insect species spread by itself. After fully understanding the structure of the opponent's detector, they can use it from the endless desolate universe. It is not difficult to find a gap in the middle to break into the rear, especially when the insect swarm intends to attack from the front to attract attention.

As for accurately finding this living planet, it certainly comes from the memory of the United Kingdom diplomat. That was his home planet and he could serve as a diplomatic envoy to communicate with various civilizations within the union. There was no doubt that he had stepped into The elite class knows a huge amount of information.

Although he didn't know much about scientific research, Ruhr already knew the population of the entire union, including the coordinates of all living planets within the United Kingdom, the degree of industrial development, etc. before the war started.

Of course, it did not kill all the Colossians in this attack.After precise identification, many valuable individuals were retained and carried by small swarms of insects, preparing to cross the barren cosmic belt again and bring them to Ruhr.

Including the very few other civilized individuals who have stayed on this planet due to the increasingly close exchanges between the alliance, they are still alive today, and they are all important sources of intelligence.

In launching this war, Ruhr's strategic goal was simple, that is, to conquer all civilizations in the entire Commonwealth, plunder their scientific and technological achievements, and dominate their high-level scientific research talents to serve the Zerg.

In fact, it is not difficult to do this. As long as you capture enough individuals, you can do it without even destroying their civilization itself.

For the Zerg led by Zero, war is only a means rather than an end. In the final analysis, everything the Zerg does is to grow and become stronger. There is nothing absolutely necessary to rule or kill intelligent races. pursuit.

But this is a necessary condition to achieve the goal. Therefore, Zero supports all Ruhr's decisions. The war has begun, and there is no reason to stop midway to raise tigers.

As the Colossians made progress and dealt a heavy blow to the opponent, the insect swarm on the Oran side also launched several raids. Due to the small number, the results were relatively limited, but the insect swarm This style of play shocked the entire alliance.

It's not that they don't have previews of this war model, but among these models, there has never been an imaginary enemy that can be as difficult as the Zerg.

In just over ten years, a huge fleet equivalent to the size of all the conventional armies of the entire civilization was built. No matter how well prepared they were, they could not avoid the fate of being defeated.They have done a good job of blocking the Zerg's more powerful main force from civilized society to a certain extent.

Unfortunately, in the hinterland of civilization, there is still a huge fleet roaming secretly that can threaten the survival of civilization at any time, and outside the entire civilization system, more insect swarms are already gathering.

As the saying goes, when one wave does not end, another wave arises.And this time, it’s on an unprecedented scale.

In the star field where the main body of the Zerg race is located, more hive fleets are gathering. These combat forces are just a waste inside the galaxy. Through this war, they can also play some role.

With the exception of Visser, the Swarm has not experienced a real war for a long time.

This time, Ruhr plans to launch an attack on the entire coalition, including the so-called peripheral civilizations, at the same time.

Therefore, the combat power assembled by the Zerg is also unprecedented.Even within Krichtel, Sass is constantly mobilizing Zerg space species from the surrounding star field. They may be functional insect species hatched hundreds of years ago for expansion, or they may be general insect species. But at this moment, in Crichtel, they will eventually become a real fighting insect species.

After the determined "safe period" of the wormhole arrives, these insect swarms that have entered a dormant state as the internal resources of the galaxy are depleted will once again fight for the expansion of the insect race in a new way!
Among the entire Zerg race, only Todd, who controlled the Velvet people, and Gore, who was once again in charge of the scientific research of the Lyman system, did not participate in this operation. Even so, the swarm accumulated over the years was enough to overwhelm any enemy head-on. !
In 1647, the Zerg swarm, which was slowly accumulating strength on the frontal battlefield, was waiting for their reinforcements.

In this process, on the one hand, the Colossians resisted the main force of the Zerg swarm externally, and on the other hand, they also searched and destroyed the invading Zerg fleet internally.

For this reason, they did not hesitate to send warships almost the same size as the swarm to participate in the search. During this period, the two sides also experienced several battles, but without exception, they were eventually overcome by the swarm's tail-cutting tactics.

After being discovered by a small swarm of ships, the insect swarm did not miss it at all. After leaving a small group of insect swarms entangled, most of them quickly evacuated.

This tactic bought too much time for the insect swarm to retain itself even though its combat power was inferior to that of the opponent. So many years later, the number of this insect hive fleet actually increased during the movement, reaching 350 million. scale!
While the Colossians were suffering from internal and external troubles caused by the insect swarm, Oran also suffered almost the same treatment, but compared to the Colossians, it could only be regarded as a weakened version.

Ruhr's main attack direction was not in their direction, so it was not an unacceptable loss.

But then again, the so-called blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. The invasion of the Zerg is not entirely a bad thing for the entire alliance. There are still some benefits after all.

The originally loose coalition reached many consensuses at an unprecedented speed in the past ten years. In fact, they quickly became a military alliance against the Zerg. The entire coalition, including the armies of peripheral members, also began to mobilize. , gradually formed a pincer attack on the invading Zerg.

But Ruhr seemed unaware of this.

At this moment, in the territory of Colossae, in addition to their own fleet, there are also fleets from other civilizations searching for the existence of the main force of the Zerg, and trying to reduce the activity range of the Zerg swarm little by little, hoping to be able to attack them as soon as possible. Destroy this invading Hive Fleet.

At the same time, in the direction where Ruhr led the swarm, there were also civilized fleets searching for the wormhole exit, trying to "block" the roots of the worms in this star field and buy precious time to eliminate the existing swarm.

After truly realizing the threat of the Zerg, these intelligent races finally began to put down their arrogance and truly regarded these "monsters" as opponents that could make them pay a huge price. Especially the Colossians, after the last raid, , they suffered heavy losses.

The failure of the external war caused internal worries. Fortunately, in the state of war, some voices were quickly suppressed by the powerful.

It is worth mentioning that two years ago, a small-scale Zerg space species quietly crossed the Colossian defense line and came to a secret space.

Here is the "base camp" Ruhr chose for himself. It sits here and commands millions of insect swarms to fight against the huge forces that occupy thousands of stars around it!
These giant bugs carry carefully selected Colossian elites. They know more information and have more knowledge. This is exactly what Ruhr needs!

After turning these Colossians and a few other racial individuals into materials for their own growth, most areas of the entire federation no longer have any secrets from the insect swarm.

Their technological development level, racial thinking concepts, and even specific leadership information, those famous heroes, are all already in Ruhr's mind.

At this moment, the brainworms far above each cantilever completed the assembly of the insect swarm they commanded, and once again opened the wormhole!
Zero is very patient, but Ruhr is obviously not that patient. It has no intention of spending time with the Colossians. Its development in the rear is often harassed, and its expansion speed is always difficult to fully unfold. After the surge, it once again chose the ancient skill, shaking insects!

Zero had no objection to this and just let it go.

His energy is mainly focused on the Velvet people's research on mysterious structures, Sass's experiments on Zerg lurkers, and the Zerg's exploration and expansion within the Lyman galaxy and further research on Zhuna.

As for how much benefit he could get from this alliance, after completely testing the opponent's combat power, he had lost interest.

That kind of dazzling space weapon was never used by the other side in subsequent wars.The data obtained in the Yabo Galaxy at that time showed that this research was only in its embryonic stage, and it seems that this is indeed the case now.

This has also been verified from the memory information of the elite class obtained by Ruhl.

Then there is nothing to pay attention to. After acquiring part of the opponent's technology, the insect swarm has begun to "evolve" again. In the process of "rebuilding" in batches, their overall combat power is rapidly increasing. , this point was particularly profound for the Colossians who fought head-on with it.

The battle loss ratio between the two sides has dropped sharply. The war of the same intensity has caused the resource consumption within the civilization to increase at a terrifying rate.

If this continues, escape will soon become a luxury.

Of course, at this time, many elites within the coalition had no such plan.

After reaching a military alliance, this was the peak of their military power.And here is their foundation. Countless galaxies gather together, raising so many intelligent races, and they have all entered the interstellar era. They have huge interests here. How can they give up so easily until the last moment?

It is obviously impossible to wipe out all civilized individuals in one go. This is not the purpose of the Zerg. At least in the short term, they will no longer have the ability to harass the insect swarm, thereby successfully stealing the fruits of the entire civilization and further enslaving intelligent race individuals. If Sars If the research goes well, it may be possible to further transform it into a Zerg, thereby directly strengthening the scientific research strength of the Zerg.

As for this "short time", generally speaking, it is measured in hundreds of years.

And this time, the brainworm responsible for achieving this goal, Luer, did his part.

In 1653 of the Zerg, Ruhr re-entered the wormhole, shrinking the Zerg defense line on the outside and guarding the wormhole galaxy with all his strength. At the same time, the main fleet on the frontal battlefield once again launched a forcible attack on the resistance forces of various civilizations that had initially formed a combined fleet.The insect swarms that entered the civilization also began to break into pieces and appeared frequently, containing a large amount of the combat power of the entire alliance.

In 1672, the second large-scale Zerg support arrived under the guidance of Ruhr in this star field where nine intelligent races existed. Their number alone had reached an astonishing nine figures!Not to mention that in terms of combat power, after the last round of "evolution", they have greatly narrowed the gap with their opponents.

At this point, there is no suspense about the war. The only difference lies in how much power this huge civilization alliance, which spans thousands of stars and has a mapped sphere of influence covering tens of thousands of star systems, can ultimately save to escape from the hands of the Zerg.

(End of this chapter)