Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Everything is difficult at the beginning. For so many years, the Zerg have tried to develop super-light technology but have not been able to obtain it. This has allowed the entire occupied galaxy to develop independently, unable to achieve effective material communication and connect all star systems together.

Now I finally got what I wanted, although there are still some problems, such as the total amount of energy crystals to drive the hyperspeed engine, or the further improvement of the engine efficiency, etc.

But now that we have taken the first step, there will always be a solution later.

Based on the thousands of years of glory of the Velvet civilization, the Zerg have easily pushed their technological level to a level that is almost the same as theirs, at least in the necessary fields. As for those useless technologies, Zero is not very rare. , naturally there is no need to spend energy on sorting it out.

It has to be said that the very large experimental instruments of the Velvet people that exist on the planet and even in the deep space of the universe are very difficult for the Zerg to complete. This is a common feature of their intelligent civilization that focuses on brain development in the process of evolution. Advantage.

For the Zerg, these scientific research tools are not a matter of size. The inside of such a huge structure is complex and precise that cannot be described in words, and this is precisely the weakness of the Zerg in terms of mechanical structure.

For a scientific research conclusion, the Velvet people did not hesitate to build a ring-shaped magnetic current circle in a satellite orbit. In order to observe the farther universe, they used hundreds of asteroids as base stations to connect them into a huge observation network!

Through learning, brainworms can understand the principles involved and understand what effects can be achieved by doing so. But it would be no easy task for the Zerg to generate such a large and delicate structure.

For example, Zero noticed that the Velvet people's construction technology included technology similar to 3D printing, which was one of their weapons that allowed them to quickly complete large-scale construction projects.

In theory, the Zerg, under the control of Cerebrates such as Sars, can also use gene editing to allow the born Zerg units to eventually grow into corresponding shapes and achieve similar effects.

But there is a problem here. Its workload is too huge. It is so huge that a brainworm like Sass can transform the Zerg unit like kneading plasticine, which requires a huge time cost.

It’s not that it’s impossible to do it at all. Zerg units can grow into this shape under precise gene editing. In fact, today’s large-scale Zerg space units basically follow this process, but compared to that kind of complex and precise machinery, Structurally speaking, the requirements for space units are much lower.

To reach the level of technological crystallization of the Velvet people, the amount of energy required is simply exaggerated. The Velvetites have the help of mechanical equipment and can draw conclusions more easily, but the Hive Mind cannot help much in terms of innovation.

For this reason, the high-end technologies obtained from these intelligent civilizations often cannot be used directly and require a long process of Zerg-like transformation to complete the application of the other party's technology on the premise of similar principles.

After the super-light speed technology was illuminated, Zero had the capital to implement the previous channel detection plan. These two experimental units came all the way to send the sixth brain worm of the Zerg race to Krichtel, so that it could enter the mineral vein channel in person, thereby providing a more realistic conclusion for Zero.

After all, the brain worm is not like those unintelligent insect species. It can describe what it sees and hears, and it can express its feelings when entering it no matter how bad it is. This is what the Zerg lacks.

It's just that this requires taking a certain risk. You may die after walking out of the tunnel, or you may not appear in the real universe again for decades or hundreds of years.

After all, many of the insect swarms that entered the passage before have never shown up yet.

Of course, Zero has made up his mind, so this is a task that the Zerg must complete, and will not be abandoned because of anything.

In the year 1248 of the Zerg, when the autumn wind was blowing up the fallen leaves of the plants that had only recovered for hundreds of years in the northern hemisphere of Orui, two brand-new Zerg space units once again launched a faster-than-light voyage towards Krichtel.

It will take them seven years to cross the fifty light-year distance again and return to the vicinity of Krichtel's mineral vein channel. Using the opportunity of the next channel opening, they will send the sixth brain worm Luer into it to complete this task. The first step of an experiment.

Luer is not the name Zero gave it, but the name it named itself after it strengthened its self-awareness and completely became a mature brainworm. Adhering to the long-standing naming habit of Zerg units, Luer means study in the ancient lizard people language, and is somewhat related to Visser (wisdom).

In 1255, the development of the Zerg in the Velvet Star Territory was in full swing. Cerebrates such as Sars controlled the Zerg Swarm and conducted non-stop infiltrations against the other party's senior officials and members of key positions, including military fleets.

Although controlling more Velvets will increase the burden on the Hive Mind and prevent Sars from developing the Zerg lurkers at will, so far, at least on the Federation home planet, including the main members of the parliament, the speaker and a deputy speaker, and Many of the chiefs or adjutants of the powerful subordinate departments have become "non-staff members" of the Zerg.

Through these high-level Velvet people, the entire civilization gradually opened its arms to the Zerg. Zero did not have the ability to replace all key positions with Zerg lurkers, but he planted nails in almost every department that could affect Zerg activities.

Of course, this does increase the burden on the Hive Will. Dozens or hundreds of Velvets are nothing to it. The number of macroscopic units of the Zerg now distributed in various star systems is more than hundreds of millions? Every moment makes it stronger.

However, when this number rises to thousands or even tens of thousands, it becomes somewhat difficult. You must know that in addition to helping Todd control the Velvet people, the Hive Mind also assists the Cerebrates in undertaking heavy scientific research tasks. .

In the control of brain thinking, those lurker "seeds" only serve as a medium. Only this huge collective consciousness can truly control every affected Velvet person.

Because of this, Sars's erosion plan had to be forced to slow down and further streamline personnel. At the same time, Visser cooperated and used the hyperdrive as a guide to accelerate the pace of expansion into the surrounding star fields to meet the needs of the Hive Mind. .

It was against this background that the first major test of the mineral vein channel was quietly carried out in Crichter.

The brainworm Luer was placed at the entrance of the passage, accompanied by a group of scientific research insect species.

They stayed here quietly, waiting for the passage to open.

Zerg 1257, along with the familiar soft light, the brainworm Luer disappeared into the real universe. At the same time, it also severed the close connection with Zero since its birth, just like the ordinary Zerg unit that entered it.

Zero originally thought that Ruhr would reappear in an unknown star field after a long period of time. However, just three years later, in the year 1260 of the Zerg, it appeared in a place that Zero had never thought of before!

The SH-009 galaxy is the ninth star system occupied by the Zerg in the eighth round of expansion starting from the Sommer Galaxy. It is also the location of the second energy vein within the main sphere of influence of the Zerg.