Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

From the beginning, at the suggestion of the brainworms, Zero had the idea of ​​​​going straight to Huanglong. It was not until the intelligence information was completed through the capture of intelligent individuals again and again that this operation could finally be put on the agenda. .

First, Sk sent an exploration team straight to the rear of Korva, and then Zero himself led the swarm to oppress the Veggie Empire. After the last war was forced to end due to logistical reasons, the Veggie Empire has actually lost its power in the near future. The ability to block the advance of the main force of the insect swarm.

And Zero's purpose is also very clear, which is to advance towards its core area and force the opponent to make a choice.

War, give way.

In order to provide more large-scale Zerg units with sufficient energy support, Zero has been mobilizing rear support during the war. After decades of construction, although it is still slightly weak in terms of energy supply, after a little accumulation, at the same time It is no longer a problem for the insect swarm that supports the Qianyi Group to continuously jump.

Of course, the "slightly weak" energy of the Zerg is still a huge number that is unimaginable for ordinary civilizations in total, but it only appears so compared to the all-round needs of the Zerg.

Under the premise that the total amount of energy supply is certain, Zero has to postpone large-scale expansion in other directions and switch to regular navigation to concentrate a large amount of energy on the three major civilizations.

After a large-scale attrition war, the Zerg's total energy reserves dropped by at least 20%. Naturally, the Veggies paid a huge and eye-popping price. However, the current situation is not as pessimistic as they imagined. If the three major civilizations work together, If we work together, we are indeed qualified to fight a war of attrition against the insect swarm. Of course, this is based on the current energy supply and only for a short period of time.

Over time, the end result will remain unchanged, as the swarm will no longer be energy-limited.

Zero is accumulating strength. To be precise, he is running energy reserves to the front line. Within several large galaxies, the insect swarm is following Zhu Na's example and is "extracting" energy from the stars. In a sense, this should indeed be regarded as An active extraction rather than a passive acquisition. Because on the inner surface of the Dyson sphere of the entire worm creature, there are already worm species starting to approach the surface of the star!

These stars with extremely high-temperature surfaces may still be able to survive, but some huge celestial bodies that have become gentle are gradually unable to avoid being "touched" by the Zerg. Their tentacles are probing into the stars and absorbing energy from closer places.

Of course, it is still impossible for the Zerg to completely extinguish an entire star by developing a planet. Whether judging from the theoretical basis or the cost-effectiveness of development, today's Zerg still does not have such technical reserves. .

Since ancient times, biological damage to the natural environment has been increasing day by day. In a sense, this actually reflects the universality of "entropy increase", that is, the entire universe is moving from order to disorder. But in the face of these hot behemoths, it is too early for the Zerg to include them in their "recipe", and it seems unnecessary.

The continuous research on Zhu Na has never stopped, and it has developed to the present, reaching into the star with its tentacles, almost completely intercepting all the energy emitted by the entire star. Naturally, Zhu Na's "help" is indispensable.

But its help is not limited to energy. More importantly, it is the soul attack that Zero Abnormality once paid attention to.

Regarding experiments in this area, after the threat to the Zerg gradually decreased, Zero also became more cautious. However, from the limited observations, as the Zerg observation technology continued to improve, he still discovered this relatively clearly. the origin of this phenomenon.

That kind of existence that makes up a huge "soul array", after leaving the "wormhole" or leaving the "sub-dimensional space", a considerable part of the component units will disappear. According to the observation, it is indeed "disappeared", not move.

It is somewhat similar to the space jump of the Zerg, but Zero did not observe any subtle spatial fluctuations. According to theory, this is absolutely impossible, unless all the conclusions obtained by the Zerg before were based on an extreme coincidence and wrong technology. Correct result, but this is obviously even more unlikely.

Zero can once again attribute this to the specificity of the "soul body", but this is not the point.

Because in the subsequent "infection" incident, He truly observed the entire process of "soul invasion", of course, on ordinary insect species.

They died with little resistance, just like all the Zerg individuals that died in the past, but the difference is that this time, Zero saw it clearly!

That kind of "soul unit" that somehow came to the vicinity of a large number of insect swarms is not an invasion from the "outside in" as ordinary people imagine. On the contrary, it is trying to replace the individual insect swarms from the consciousness level, just like As described by the brainworm who died from this, it drills from the "inside" to the "outside" at the level of consciousness!

This seems to be a kind of replacement from the root, but it is obvious that the extremely simple "thinking" of ordinary insect species cannot bear this kind of activity at all, and will almost die if touched!

Zero did not conduct experiments on the intelligent races under his command, but it was obvious that all the individuals who died in this special "invasion" had a high probability of being due to this reason.

But, what is the purpose? You can't cause damage in this way, right?

Judging from its form, it is easy for Zero to associate it with some strange concepts that do not seem to belong to the materialistic world, but judging from the phenomenon, the possibility is very high!

Such a large-scale intrusion, if it is not for killing and thinking of the other party's methods and situation, then it can only be a "screening" as previously speculated! The difference is that before it was just a guess, but now it is almost certain!

Whether these "single souls" have single consciousness has yet to be determined, but from their "social structure", Zero can easily think of Zhuna, the same group combination, similar existence form, and special hostile relationship , if there is no connection between the two, Zero will never believe it.

As the research deepened, many things that had no clue before were gradually revealed. Even if many things were uncertain, Zero could still draw many highly probable guesses. He actually did not need too much evidence. Many times, guessing is enough for Him to act on it.

Regarding the opponent's "screening", Zero believes that it is most likely that he wants his "soul body" to have some kind of carrier in the real universe, that is, a flesh and blood body like the Zerg!

Zero is still not sure about the state he is in, but what is certain is that he himself does not have such strong thoughts. Maybe he had them at the beginning, but then gradually became indifferent. Every individual of the Zerg race has His de facto siblings, so Zero has a hard time understanding this need.

But this does not prevent Him from understanding the other party's purpose.

The Zerg should not be able to provide what the opponent wants, which is probably why "they" have gradually shifted their attention away from the Zerg over the years. But if you judge the other party's "needs" based on their intelligence level or brain size, at least among all the intelligent races that Zero has seen, there is no existence that is stronger than the Cerebral Worm.

So, why did "they" stop testing the brainworms? It is enough to rely on guessing for many things. If there is anything about the Cerebrates that is worthy of being used against, it is either the growing Hive Mind or Zero himself!