Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 340 The Abyss
  The changes in Sass made Zero think more about the world. Zero actually admitted that a "miracle" in a certain sense was actually just that the cognition had not reached that level. Just like the Zerg today, if Opening a space channel directly in front of the lizard people back then would undoubtedly be regarded as a miracle, but for the current level of civilization the Zerg are at, this is just a common method.

But the changes in Sass this time are slightly different. Just like the Zerg suddenly transformed from the ant colony, it seems to have completed the "leap" of life level again, but it is only one insect. .

If all Zerg individuals could have such abilities, that would be the evolution of the entire Zerg!
  Of course, Zero's idea will lead to nothing. For at least four thousand years, except for the piece encountered before the birth of the Zerg, only the ancestors of the Korva people have obtained such a thing.

And since it has been passed down to this day, it has basically lost its original function, and only the material in the core area is left to cause Sass to undergo such changes.

Zero doesn't have high hopes for this. As for the "waste" of the final research sample, Zero doesn't feel any pity. At least he has figured out what effect it has. As for its mysterious ingredients, it is actually not that important. After all, there is no way to copy and produce it. In this sense, it means it has no value.

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Sass's unexpected growth has added some fun to ordinary life at this stage. After all, it is actually quite interesting to watch this "advanced" bug that is more than [-] years old jumping up and down and floating around every day.

But even if it was able to face the attack of the Zerg battleship's secondary guns with ease, Zero still felt that it was just a "child" who occasionally got a new toy.

However, the expansion career of the Zerg did not become dull again with the changes in Sass.

In Zerg 4386, the Zerg swarm monitoring the space storm discovered Ruul, the brainworm that "fell" in the real universe.

It's not dead, but it's not good. No more souls continued to pour out of the wormhole, but if it weren't for Zero's insistence on transporting energy to the space storm over the years, which to a certain extent preserved a chance for Ruhr's survival, I'm afraid that from the very beginning it won't be able to leave even a trace of flesh and blood in the real universe.

As early as Zerg year 4381, Zero noticed that several scientific research insect species that entered the wormhole were dying one after another, but the connection between Ruel and him was never interrupted, and no larval brain worms were generated in the Zerg mother nest. Facing the raging space storm, the outer insect swarm could only temporarily suppress it, and Lingpian did not do anything extra.

Until Ruhl returns to the real universe.

Apart from dormancy, brainworms basically do not have a state such as "coma". Based on their brain circuits, they will either die directly. As long as they are still alive, they will be partially paralyzed at most. "Coma" is extremely rare.

But now Ruhr is obviously in a "coma". Its "car" is still basically intact, but Ruhr itself is almost considered "dying".

The simple biological inspection was quickly completed, and an obvious conclusion was that it was attacked by the soul body inside the wormhole!

Due to the considerable differences in the "rules" inside and outside the channel, Zero could not be sure how long it had stayed there, but it was clear that Ruhl had experienced more than just an attack from a single soul body.

The reason why it did not die directly like the original brainworm should be attributed to the Zerg's continuous research on this "thing" over the years. In terms of how to deal with them, it can basically be said that the Zerg is the leader of all civilizations so far. The most professional among them.

As long as they didn't die on the spot, it was equivalent to not being injured for the Zerg.

After appearing in front of Zero for 92 Oridays, Ruel regained his subjective consciousness and brought Zero the astonishing truth inside the mutated wormhole!

There, there is nothing similar to the wormhole passage in the general sense. There is only a single-directional "channel" that is truly accessible.

Compared to the real universe, it is narrow and dark,

Unexpectedly, there was no trace of the existence of soul bodies in this passage. It was as if they had been completely blocked by the insect swarm and disappeared.

However, after reaching the end of this passage, Ruhl changed his view.

It was surprised to find that it had arrived in another space with its own rules!
  It is not as bizarre as the interior of the original wormhole. This place is like the deep space of the real universe, deep and without any matter.

Through the observations and calculations of the Zerg scientific research unit, it quickly confirmed its environment.

Although there are no macroscopic objects within the observable range, it does feel like it is in the real universe.

Darkness is the mainstream here, at least the mainstream in Ruhl's exploration, but in this darkness, there are unimaginable dangers!
  Ruhr observed a large number of soul bodies. They were like weeds on the prairie, almost everywhere.

But the real danger does not come from them. Even if these soul bodies often aggregate into more powerful single bodies, as long as the number is not too exaggerated, it is difficult to pose a threat in an open environment.

Ruhr recorded the coordinates when he appeared. The light of the propulsion device once attracted a lot of attention in the optically dark space. Many souls appeared near them, but in the end, Ruhr made a prompt decision and re-established himself. Fading into darkness, the crisis was immediately resolved.

But the soul body is not the key. More importantly, Ruhr observed physical creatures here!

They are a kind of "assassin" wandering in the darkness. Compared with the boundless soul bodies, their number is not large. However, for the Zerg, the soul bodies that can be dealt with for the time being are only theirs. Just food!

Although they have entities, the "beaks" in front of them, or in other words, on their heads, can "prick" the non-existent "bodies" of these souls as easily as popping a balloon, and then they are devoured in a daze! The speed of these physical creatures in space is extremely fast, at least comparable to the normal navigation of today's Zerg units. Before fully initiating maneuvers, it is difficult for the Zerg swarms to avoid their attacks.

Of course, if they are similar in size to small Zerg units and do not have enough attack power, Ruhr thinks it will be difficult to pose a threat to large units like asteroids. In comparison, they are more worried about the siege of soul bodies.

Seeing these densely packed soul bodies in the special field of vision as if they were endless, most of them just sitting there and being preyed on by these entity "assassins", Ruhr developed a strong desire to explore this space.

The reason why it is said to be the vast majority is that within this limited time, Ruhr observed that individuals who have gathered a large number of soul bodies seem to be able to briefly possess some kind of consciousness. In this state, attack and defense The characters will change quickly, and the creatures that attack them will be "wrapped" directly the moment they touch them, and then quickly lose their lives.

For the exploration here, Ruhr set his target on the mysterious "assassin".

It originally thought that as long as it had a physical existence, it could not be called invincible to the Zerg. Although the Zerg only have a limited number of bugs here, and they have to deal with the souls that may approach and attack at any time. There is not enough material and energy here to provide resources for the reproduction of the Zerg, but it should not be a problem to deal with some predators. Question, perhaps we can also use their bodies to obtain a certain level of supplies and complete some research activities by the way.

But Ruhr soon discovered that he was wrong. The hatchery built into his "car" consumed resources to produce a group of small units, and immediately and carefully launched an attack on those individuals that were like "popping balloons" in the dark. .

The battle began immediately, but Ruhr was surprised to find that the space weapons used by the Zerg to defeat the enemy in the war with the three major civilizations completely lost their effectiveness in this space!
  It's not just space weapons. As the space engine started and continued to increase power, Ruhr suddenly discovered that there was not even a trace of space fluctuations here! !
  In other words, it is completely impossible to make a space jump!
  It seems that the space here is not allowed to be cut, at least not by space weapons of this power, nor is it allowed to be opened in this form.

If the space in the real universe is like a "membrane", and today's Zerg can almost choose to tear it apart, then the space here is like a steel plate, and it is made of military special steel. For the Zerg The tearing was completely indifferent.

Fortunately, the gravity cannon can still be used, and energy weapons can also be used, so that the Zerg units will not be trapped in the same melee dilemma as their opponents.

Ruhl originally thought so.

But when the gravity bombs were detonated near the opponent and the energy beam bombarded them, this concept was quickly destroyed.

They are unscathed!
  It cannot be said that there was no harm at all, at least it did shake them and forced them to move dozens of kilometers under the force. But their life intensity has no intention of decreasing at all.

The bombardment of energy weapons is like throwing a mud cow into the sea, while the gravity bomb, which can cause the direct destruction of asteroids with a diameter of thousands of kilometers, is like setting off a firework, taking them to move a certain distance at high speed.

This shouldn't be the case, at least the effect of gravitational weapons shouldn't be like this. Macroscopic units with mass can hardly protect themselves from the influence of mutations. If this kind of creature is not really powerful to this extent, then There can only be something wrong with this space!

Does it weaken or suppress violent gravitational fluctuations?

Ruhr soon understood that huge gravitational changes would cause "folds" in space, which was also the basis for the Zerg's initial development of space technology. Since not even a trace of space fluctuations could be produced here, it would be impossible to suppress the strong gravitational effect. It's just a matter of course.

Facing the sudden attack of the Zerg, the opponent quickly launched a counterattack, and as soon as it started to move, Ruhr found that his previous estimate of their speed was still a bit conservative.

The moment they launched an attack on the insect swarm, they used at least 1.2 times the mobility of their normal predatory state!
  The batch of small insect species that were hatched were definitely larger in size than the other species, but overall they were almost the same.

But they were in the middle distance and didn't even have time to move! The hard biological material outer armor and peripheral energy shield on its body did not act as a hindrance at all. They were like a jellyfish being penetrated by a marlin. They only made very few movements and were destroyed. It broke through the outer armor and all protection, and was "nailed" under the dark night.

This is difficult to do in an environment without resistance, but obviously Ruhr's knowledge of this space is still limited, and they did hunt the heavily armed Zerg units in this way!

Then, Ruhl witnessed the madness of these creatures suddenly becoming aware of real flesh and blood!

It was really crazy, just like the sharks at the bottom of the sea felt the smell of blood. In order to compete for the hard bodies and flesh of the Zerg units, these nearby existences that Ruhr recognized as predators were staged. An internal fight!

If Ruhr and the scientific research unit had not hid themselves in the darkness for the sake of safety, Ruhr's own brain might have been eaten and fought over at this time!

Before launching the attack, Ruhr did not do nothing. For example, it took the lead in hatching a group of micro-units and even lurkers hidden in the units that went to fight, and the enemy, that is, the predator, is now swallowing them into its belly.

I thought that in this case, this method would work wonders, but after waiting for a long time, it did not wait until the enemy was "dead by poison", nor did it see a fully developed Zerg individual emerge from the opponent's body. There was not even a trace of abnormality. After finishing eating, he quickly dispersed and continued his hunting career!
  With the expansion speed of the Zerg microscopic species, this is absolutely impossible. The only explanation is that even in the body, they can kill or at least suppress the reproduction of Zerg individuals!
  Ruhr is patient. Thousands of years of life have prevented him from jumping out like he did back then. However, the continuous waiting did not bring him the desired result. Instead, he waited for the siege of soul bodies, which even included a Fusion!

It did not take the risk to continue exploring. The large Zerg units are too conspicuous here. Once they move, they will only stay here to become food over time!

So he chose to evacuate. All the Zerg units were behind it, and the targeted energy suppression weapons they carried were also protecting it from the attack of the soul body as much as possible. However, they still could not avoid the invasion of the fusion body after all. He took possession of its "car" and tried to control its body.

Ruhr finally escaped. In the passage, with the help of the means that the Zerg had found over the years to deal with the other party's invasion, he had a "battle" with the fusion body, and finally stayed away from what it called the "abyss." ” place, returned to the real universe, and just appeared in front of Zero.

(End of this chapter)