Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The second brain worm experienced the entire incident under Zero's close attention. Of course, he did not give up on saving it, but it was really hard to do anything.

As an intelligent unit, it is normal to be afraid of death, especially a fate that is close to real death. However, out of absolute loyalty to Zero, death will never deter Zerg units.

From noticing the subtle changes in the body, and gradually feeling some kind of "erosion" on the consciousness level, until the real death came, it lasted a total of 522 Oridays. Zero didn't know whether the previous brainworms also experienced such a long period. incident, but judging from this process, the Zerg, who had been prepared, finally had a complete understanding of this. Of course, the price was the death of another brain worm.

There is no doubt that this silent erosion gradually intensifies as time goes by. When it reaches a certain limit, it will explode rapidly. Zero understands this as a "general attack", that is, the completion of this long-term erosion of consciousness. the final step.

But why did this, as yet uncertain, enemy fail to succeed?

Although there are speculations, instead of letting Zero believe that this is a natural disaster and a "spiritual poison" naturally existing in the universe, he is more willing to believe that this is a means designed by some kind of existence to achieve a certain purpose.

This method of hiding one's existence for a long time until launching the final blow at the last moment does not seem like a mysterious natural phenomenon.

But why did it ultimately achieve a fatal result? Could it be that this is the ultimate goal? What's the point?

Zero thought, if the enemy's goal is to cause the death of the Zerg, then since it can achieve this point, it is not impossible to massacre on a larger scale. It cannot be as painless as it is now.

And if not, then it will actually kill the affected Zerg units. The only possibility that Zero can think of is "failure".

The opponent wanted to achieve a certain purpose on the Zerg, but failed due to some unknown reasons. Instead, the Zerg unit as the "recipient" died directly.

From a technical point of view, the opponent infiltrates from an imperceptible level of consciousness. In this way, it is quite normal for ordinary Zerg units to die without resistance. Their fragile "nerves" even often Without the initial "penetration", it naturally doesn't matter whether they "erupt" or not, they will die at the very beginning, which is why Zero can't detect any abnormalities from them.

This is a very possible guess, but in any case, research is still continuing. This kind of attack has caused the death of two Zerg intelligent units that have experienced hundreds of thousands of years of continuous learning and mastering vast amounts of knowledge. It can be said that since then, they have been threatening the fundamental interests of the Zerg at all times. If Zero is not completely solved, there will be no peace of mind. .

The research on the brainworm itself has allowed the Zerg to explore many scientific research directions that were not originally imagined, including the nature of "immortality", the characteristics of "continuous growth", and even the innate "design" of general insect species. "Talent, etc., are on the agenda again after many years.

Of course, the most important point is also one that Zero has been very concerned about since the birth of the Zerg race, that is, why the brainworms themselves cannot be biologically "reproduced", and why it takes about two hundred years for them to be born, and What happened to the group of ants that had undergone mutation, which ultimately led to the birth of the Zerg race and so on.

These issues are the focus of Zero's attention. They are directly related to the foundation of the birth of the Zerg race, and may even be closely related to Zero himself. With the two brainworms dying one after another under Ling's nose, all of this seemed to have the possibility of being answered.

At this moment, the insect swarm is still moving forward. In addition to the advancement of technology itself, the threat we are facing now is also one of the driving forces. Even if something has been discovered, the three major civilizations can be found to solve the original mystery of this matter. The cause is always the goal that Zero will never give up.

For the Zerg, time seems to have always been on the side of the Zerg, but this time it is unexpectedly urgent! As time goes by, the remaining brainworms may face the same ending at any time, and Zero cannot even be sure whether this is a simple matter of probability.

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Mira is still monitoring the movements of the Zerg, and at the same time, she does not forget to continue her own experiments. Its mechanical fleet is always moving forward like the Zerg, but during this period of time, it is more interested in what the Zerg is suffering.

It is indeed difficult to truly simulate the impact that intelligent individuals suffer at the level of consciousness. This has always been a weak point of omnic life. However, through a large number of meticulous physical sign observations and combined with external comparisons in corresponding states, Mira was able to obtain has made some substantial progress, at least now it can be certain that this special method does indeed have an invasion of consciousness at the time of death, and it is very likely to originate from the fundamental attack on life. "Tampering" of sources.

This is not a whimsical conclusion drawn by Mira. On the contrary, it is a conclusion drawn by countless Hokki people who have spent their own lives for Mira’s research!

In other words, after a long period of comparison and research, Mira believes that there is more than 70% possibility that it is the cluster-type "component" that releases some kind of "something" by means that are not yet understood. And this kind of thing is trying to give "it" itself a sense of "existence" in a macro sense!

As for the remaining 30% or so, it is Mira's summary of more and less likely conjectures, but in any case, Mira is also certain that this thing should not work on her.

The reason for reaching this conclusion is simple. It also conducted a small-scale experiment near its "body", but until now it is still "living" well and has not felt any abnormality.

This is not because Mira is purely dedicated to technology. In fact, after doing enough experiments on the Hukki, she believes that maybe only if this phenomenon actually happens to herself can she truly master all its mechanisms. , of course it also takes adequate insurance measures.

But there is no doubt that its "adventure" attempt failed. If "it" really exists, the other party does not seem to be interested in this life form.

Of course, this situation is also an important piece of information.

Although there is no evidence, based on the mechanism of what happened before and after, Mira believes that this is likely to be a "screening".

A screening based on affordability!

It's just that so far, no existence among the Hokki people has passed this filter.

As for what will happen after "passing", Mira has no way of knowing. After all, this kind of screening itself is just a guess. If the guess is true, it is not difficult to think of some, but Mira will not do this without any solid basis. A plan to waste computing power based on conjecture.

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The Zerg's basic space unit has received another update, its seventh enhancement since the incident.

After changing the focus of research and combining some of the research results obtained from Zhuna, the Zerg's space technology has been able to make further progress, and the results have continued in the past hundred years.