Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The exploration of Hermann has just begun, and the Zerg have not even left their original star system, so many things cannot be concluded, especially the information about Zhuna.

Just as Sk was organizing the insect swarm to expand step by step while building his own "home", time slipped away quietly.

Unknowingly, Ruhr has entered the wormhole for fourteen years. Based on past experience and based on the time it took for the natural passage to open, the longest conscious exploration was probably just this long.

That said, it should reappear soon.

Sure enough, in 1841, as a group of small Zerg units first appeared, and then quickly collected resources to build a wormhole entrance, Ruhr appeared in a strange galaxy.

The first thing to do is naturally the positioning work as always. Determining one's relative position is of great significance for the Zerg's subsequent expansion actions.

Of course, at the same time, the exploration of this strange galaxy has also begun.

This is what it should be. In the past thousands of years, the expanding insect swarms have done this, and there is nothing worthy of attention. But this simple work has just begun, and a major discovery has already been made.

Not far from the location of this wormhole, only about two to three thousand kilometers away, Zerg explorers discovered a large number of man-made objects!

Due to the fixed relative position of the wormhole, usually, this distance actually means that it existed at this exit before.

This is actually not surprising. When he first stepped out of the wormhole, he didn't find a large number of energy crystals. Ruhr had already realized that this place had probably been occupied.

This at least means that this galaxy is not as dead as Lyman. It at least has civilizations that have entered the interstellar space. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the Zerg, and Ruhr is here for this.

Discovering the existence of civilizations during exploration and "greeting" them in a Zerg-specific way has been one of Ruhr's main interests in exploring the universe since the discovery of the Federation.

But this time it was completely different. In the field of view of the Zerg observation, it was not a complete man-made object, but a piece of debris!

This shows that there must have been some changes here in the past time!

There is clearly a wormhole passage, but there is no guard. This is strange enough in itself. Coupled with the remains of the man-made artifacts found, Ruhr can't help but have a hint of association.

And just two Oriage later, this association was confirmed.

In the orbit of the star 1.6 light-hours away from here, an icy planet exists there, as if it has been like this since ancient times, dead and silent.

But when the insect swarm got closer, they easily discovered the traces of civilization on its surface!

There are a large number of mechanical debris on its orbit, and on its surface, due to the absence of an atmosphere, a large number of artificial buildings, or ruins, remain unobstructed.

The mottled surface can be seen everywhere, the deep pits and cracks, as well as the traces caused by violent geological activities that are clearly visible even in space orbit. They are like the tears of the planet, telling the story of the past here. What happened.

war!

This is a trace left by the war. Some being launched an exterminating weapon attack from the orbit of space on the surface of the planet, which directly led to a violent disaster and also destroyed all life on the entire planet!

There is no doubt that this place should have been one of the breeding grounds of an intelligent race that entered the space age. At least it was not their home planet. This can be seen from the conditions of this planet. Even if it has not experienced a war, it has Incapable of giving birth to life.

But now, a cruel war has made all this come to nothing. Ruhr doesn't know the nature of the war between the two sides, whether it is rebellion or aggression. It also doesn't know whether this civilization still exists today, but what is certain is that, at least in this star system, they have completely disappeared.

This situation makes Ruhr quite excited. It likes the feeling of exploring the unknown, and is especially interested in the secrets between civilizations. This makes it feel novel and fulfilling.

The swarm continues to explore. There is only one star system. For the zerg a thousand years ago, it may be considered huge, but now, a distance of several light hours can be crossed in less than a month. Soon the entire galaxy will be covered. The situation has basically been included in Ruhr's vision, along with the Zerg throughout the entire star system.

On the other side of the star, it found a real life planet, or in other words, a "pre" life planet, because now it has no life at all. Even if it exists, it is in the form of the most tenacious microorganisms. .

It was "killed", and in the most brutal way possible.

There are almost no traces of civilization left on the surface of the earth. Everything has been completely destroyed, and it is almost impossible to see the original appearance. The ocean has become a real sea of ​​death, and the land is almost broken-that is The result of direct bombardment from space-based high-power energy weapons.

A civilization was destroyed here, and countless individuals of intelligent races were killed directly on the surface of the planet. Only the thin atmosphere and the remaining space junk in orbit are left, still announcing to the universe that this place once existed. A brilliant space civilization.

Ruhr didn't have much of a reaction to this. The Zerg had done similar things, and so had the tens of billions of Velvet and Colossians. After the Zerg occupied the orbit of the planet, they were as easy as lambs to be slaughtered. The ground was killed.

Even the Zerg themselves have suffered the same thing. In the war with Mira, on the orbit of the giant planet, the endless mechanical fleet blocked the entire planet's orbit, allowing countless people to break out from the surface of the rocky satellite. Zerg units were buried under the stars.

In the interstellar age, destruction and being destroyed are both normal.

This should be the home planet of this civilization. Judging from the traces left from another colonial planet, they should not yet have the ability to travel to the stars, at least not on a large scale. Moreover, within the star system, there are also No traces of high-tech warship wreckage or large-scale galaxy defense weapon systems were found.

This shows that they should have suffered a surprise attack, and the real war should have ended in a very short period of time. What followed was a complete, one-sided massacre!

It can be imagined that when an intelligent race that has struggled for thousands of years on the surface of the planet finally started the era of interplanetary colonization with the power of the whole family, they devoted all their energy and resources to development and construction, and the mysterious For the first time, the universe revealed its grandeur and grandeur to them.

However, at the same time, they were blinded by the peace that had lasted for thousands of years, and they took it for granted that dangers that had not come for thousands of years would not come at this moment. In other words, even if you realize it, you have no ability to stop it.

So, when a group of warships carrying hyperdrive engines and a technological gap of at least three generations appeared in front of them, the entire civilization was like weeds in the autumn wind on the prairie, waiting for death to come.