Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 332 “Soul” counterattack

The Korva Empire, a civilization entrenched in this star field, sharing the "three-thirds of the world" with the Hero Federation and the Veggie Empire, was gradually defeated by the most frenzied attacks of the Zerg.

At this moment, the outcome of the war is no longer a question that needs to be discussed. What price the empire has to pay to completely end this war is a question that the empire's top command, which was quickly reorganized, must think about.

Leaving is already an inevitable result. They cannot defeat the Zerg and cannot gain more benefits in the war. If the war continues, it will cause more serious trauma to the Korva Empire. This is even inevitable, and it is time to make a decision.

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Zero is busy "attacking the city", and the Korva themselves are of course valuable. In addition to killing, the Zerg are also "accepting prisoners", of course, violently.

For so many years, the creative ability of the intelligent race has been zero. It can be said that if the "pure Zerg" path had been chosen, the Zerg swarm would not have developed to this extent now. Therefore, this action has been carried out consistently.

During the expansion of the insect swarm, there have been as many as sixteen races that have been judged to have sufficient potential. If the three major civilizations and some of their vassal races are included, this number will exceed twenty.

Each ethnic group has its own advantages and characteristics, and also has different requirements for the environment. Brainworm Todd has done a good job in this regard.

At the beginning, basically all captured races lived in biological structures made of giant insect species. This was undoubtedly a kind of control and surveillance, and it also avoided the chaos of the initial rule to the greatest extent. .

But a long time has passed, and although many changes have occurred in the process, today's Zerg intelligent group has completely changed its appearance. Except for the "remnants" of the three major civilizations that have recently been incorporated into the swarm's rule, all races have begun the process of self-construction.

Little by little, they got rid of most of their material dependence on the Zerg and got back on the track of normal development. Naturally, they also changed into the shape of the Zerg from the inside out.

Under the rule of the Zerg, although it cannot be said to be absolutely fair, it has eliminated a large number of sharp social contradictions to the greatest extent. Of course, under Todd's deliberate guidance, they have also formed a class that is different from the old civilization. This is the source of motivation for them to keep improving.

In Zerg 3929, a special "cargo" arrived at a scientific research base station in deep space after four years of continuous jumping.

Here is the Zerg research base closest to Korva's homeland. The war between the front line and Korva is still not over, but the opponent's will to resist is already very weak.

This was obviously a sign that he had other plans, but Zero didn't care.

Looking at the specious and very familiar regular polyhedron "stone" in front of him, Zero's mind was almost entirely devoted to it.

Except for the obvious difference in size, it is almost exactly the same as the one that the Zerg controlled back then!
Zero immediately carried out corresponding tests on it, that is, to observe whether it still had the ability to cause mutations in biological eggs or cubs, but this time he was disappointed.

Time passed day by day, and Todd paid close attention to the eggs of many creatures from various living planets around it, but nothing changed.

In terms of time, this is very inappropriate.

Todd did not continue to wait blindly, but directly conducted a detailed study on a batch of biological eggs. However, even if it narrowed the scope of research all the way to the genetic level, no obvious changes were found!
It is obvious that during this period, this "stone" did not play its due role.

What did the Korwan do to it?
Zero is not sure yet. The records about this "stone" are quite limited in the information collection of the Korva people. The other party has adopted extremely strict confidentiality measures. If you want to obtain these secrets, you must obtain information about this "stone". Part of the secret files, or directly arresting the living Korva senior officials who know the details can also be used.

But for now, the insect swarm has not been able to obtain relevant harvests.

Zero could only do research by himself. Since there were no more controls, it was not convenient to segment the only sample. This brought some trouble to the work of Todd and the research station. Previously, Zero had no control over the original piece of Zerg. There was no time to do more experiments on the samples, so it was quite difficult to start at this time.

It's too valuable for the Zerg to use in many destructive ways, and regular testing doesn't mean much.

"Do you still want to swallow it?" Zero shook off his own thoughts. It was not that far yet, and it was too risky.

You must know that that "stone" transformed the ant colony into a completely different insect race! There is no guarantee that a similar accident will not happen this time. If another uncontrolled race emerges besides the Zerg, even if the chance of threatening the Zerg is very small, Zero will not be willing to take the risk.

The Zerg still have a lot of information about Kor'var, and there's still a long way to go.

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Its physical parameters have almost been tested, because the original sample that led to the birth of the Zerg did not leave much information. A rough estimate is that its volume is only one-sixteenth of the previous one, and the mass ratio is also estimated to be different. Not big.

Even though the last time he came into contact with this substance was more than 3000 years ago, Zero could still be sure that the items in his hands were not similar. They were the same substance, but there might be some subtle differences.

This point can only be broken through after obtaining the secret information of the Korva people, otherwise Zero will have to make some risky attempts.

Today's Zerg have the ability to control possible risks, and they can still protect themselves no matter how bad things happen. However, if they fetch water from a bamboo basket, they will lose this only sample, which is not cost-effective.

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While expelling the Korva people, there is another thing that is equally important, that is, the soul invasion event.

In the process of attacking the three major civilizations, Zero could clearly discover the "favor" of the "soul body" that influenced the Zerg towards the intelligent races of the three major civilizations.

Different from the "little taste" of the Zerg, they will swarm these individuals with powerful brain potential almost as soon as they discover them. As an enemy, Zero has no obligation to help the three major civilizations, and for the time being, he has no very effective means. The only small-scale "killing" requires too much cost and is not universal.

Since the other party did not attack the Zerg on a large scale, Zero was happy to see the results during the war.

But things are different now. These civilized individuals have actually become the "assets" of the Zerg, but they are still dying uncontrollably. This "curse" has not stopped as the war between the two sides has come to an end, and even Instead, it has a tendency to spread to other intelligent races controlled by Zerg.

There is no way to tolerate this.

Nowadays, Mira is still at war with the remaining Shiro Federation, which is still stubbornly resisting. Under its new expansion, Mira's advantage has greatly increased. In the past ten years, the Shiro Federation has gradually begun to be stretched, both in terms of military strength and military strength. With the transfer of personnel, it can be felt that it has become a bit sluggish.

This is because Mira has once again carried out its own optimization and iteration. The powerful invasion at the information level has made the Hero Federation exhaust its means to resist, and many originally effective tactics have become no longer applicable, which makes Mira's advantages more obvious.

After "helping" to take over some federal star fields, Zero found that he may not have much room to intervene anymore. Mira's mechanical fleet is like a swarm of insects. In the past few decades, it has completely conquered the battlefield. Spread out, the borders of the Hiro Federation's insect swarm are all covered by the Mira mechanical fleet.

Zero has gained enough from this war, and he has also gained a lot from the Hero Federation, so at this moment, he has no intention of forcefully participating in the war. Maybe Mira will still occupy these galaxies after the war. But He no longer cares.

Now, the three major civilizations are no longer a concern. At least there is no threat now. Maybe the two sides will still have contact many years later, but Zero believes that the outcome will not change.

Now, he needs to turn his attention to the enemy from the wormhole, even if it has gradually given up direct attacks on the Zerg units.

Regarding this existence that is tentatively called a "collection of souls", Zero's idea is to rely on Zhuna's method, which is to "dissolve" it by consuming unimaginable energy like it does. This is also the only way that the Zerg has access to at present that can pose a threat to the opponent.

Of course, its principles still require more in-depth research, and this solution must also undergo more reasonable optimization.

Not to mention the purpose of this "thing" and its invasion of the universe, no matter how rampant it is among other races, at least there is zero need to ensure the safety of the intelligent races protected by the Zerg.

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Zhuna, this unique energy life has played a key role in the development of the Zerg race in the past 2000 years. The gains gained from it allowed the Zerg to enter the era of space jumps, and allowed the Zerg to witness the truth of wormhole space, and finally get ways to deal with the enemy from it.

It has to be said that although it once caused a lot of trouble on the way forward for the Zerg, in this era, its value is inestimable. Even if it cannot be used as a "power bank", it still represents the highest medium for the Zerg to understand the entire universe in this era.

Now, it will also play its role. After being "captured" by the insect swarm at a certain cost, its killing effect on the "soul body" can be observed closely inside the laboratory.

The Lyman Galaxy was once the place where the Zerg first encountered Zhuna. Nowadays, the Zerg swarm has migrated here on a large scale from the galaxy of origin. The development value of the galaxy of origin has gradually shrunk. It only took the Zerg a few thousand years to The area where hundreds of billions of stars are located has turned into a low-value star field with only heavy elements that can be seen everywhere.

The swarm of insects can reproduce with the help of cheap elements, but due to the limitations of the fusion reaction, the application of heavy elements in the zerg's body gradually has only the role of "rare elements" after repeated breakthroughs in material technology. It seems to be widespread, but it is not Not heavily used.

Therefore, except for the many energy Dyson spheres that have been built, the Zerg have nothing to miss about the galaxy of origin. After suffering a near-destructive blow from the Korva Empire, the planet Ori experienced another biological extinction. In this regard, the Zerg that could bring destruction could not make much response, but almost all creatures on Ori All genes have been backed up.

Zero is still ready to "restart" Ori, even if it has changed beyond recognition. The former islands and continents have changed, but not as a result of natural movements.

Therefore, this is also the last time Zero "repairs" it. From now on, the Zerg swarm will truly abandon this place. This galaxy will still be the Zerg's sphere of influence, but it will no longer have too much special meaning, and the Zerg will not The main fleet will be stationed here again.

Soon after, the Lyman Galaxy is bound to follow in the footsteps of the Origin Galaxy, and the wormholes here will be permanently closed. In the face of the exponential growth of Zerg units, it does not take too much time to extract limited necessary resources.

If there aren't too many wars and the swarm gradually stops being obsessed with transporting all resources, it's actually not cost-effective. The universe is so big that there's no need to be obsessed with things that are everywhere at one time or another, and there's no need to treat them like treasures. Usually carried with you.

Of course, before the Lyman Galaxy is abandoned, the Zerg research base station will be the first to complete the migration, and some necessary Zhuna will also be captured and accompanied.

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Zero's "annihilation" research on the soul body thus kicked off. As for the war between Mira and the Hero Federation, he only retained the most basic attention.

In the year 3940 of the Zerg, just when Mira won a great victory on the battlefield and the defeat of the Hero Federation began to appear, the Zerg's "pseudo-soul annihilation" insect species also began to hatch.

They have passed the initial test and have the ability to effectively destroy the enemy, but the price they need to pay is their lives.

And Zhuna was not able to protect herself in the end during this research. Due to the particularity of its fusion, it or they were regarded as an "automatic weapon" that could sustain division. Zhuna was concerned about this "automatic weapon". The special sensitivity of "soul body" is also the core setting of this insect species.

For the first time in history, Zero launched a counterattack against this strange existence called "curse" by the Veggies. Due to Zhuna's "capacity" problem, the insect swarm was temporarily unable to annihilate them on a large scale, but they " It is still barely possible to expel" the area controlled by the Zerg race.

Of course, the research on these "things" by the Zerg, an intelligent group, has not stopped, but compared to "killing" them, the Zerg still has some "innate deficiencies" in studying this kind of existence, and can only rely on Cong Ge The progress of some of the foundations obtained and developed by the Luosai people is really slow.

Zero always feels that his own form of existence may be able to get some inspiration from them, but now it seems that it still needs some opportunities. This kind of special research does not even have much to do with time.

Exploring oneself is an instinct in a certain sense when a creature evolves to a certain level. However, after thousands of years, Zero is still unable to determine the form and state of his existence. It is impossible to say that he really doesn't care. of.

(End of this chapter)