Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Putting aside the issue of the attack strength of these soul bodies, at least in terms of the way they are used, they and Sass seem to be going in two directions.

After long-term training in the black hole base, Sass has basically moved in the direction of refined psychic abilities. It can also easily complete some high-precision operations.

And these soul aggregates have developed more on skills, maybe because of their instincts, or maybe they have been trained. In short, in these rounds of attacks, they have surpassed the Zerg without exception. Various shields and outer armor directly tore and destroyed the "nervous system" of the Zerg units, killing them without any outward damage.

From the outside, the bugs appear to be unharmed.

Generally speaking, directly destroying some units of the Zerg body cannot directly kill them, even if the key system that receives instructions is attacked.

Because the microscopic units in their bodies will rapidly multiply and expand, repair and strengthen them, in a sense, they will reconstruct a brand new bug.

Unless the most critical part is directly hit, this level of damage is not fatal.

But this time is different. It’s not that their damaged neural networks cannot be repaired, but that even if they are repaired, they are still corpses and will not have any life fluctuations!

Ruhl knows this very well, because Sass has done enough tests. Although psychic energy is closely related to the soul itself, it has the effect of annihilating the soul!

This is an effect that neither Zero nor Sass can directly observe. It is not as intuitive as an attack on the body. A living body with complete consciousness, if there is no corresponding means of defense, life is just another Things that are fragile can be easily taken away.

Such an attack, even creatures like ordinary bug species that have almost no soul or self-awareness, are not immune. They have changed from a living life to a collection of resources in the shape of a Zerg.

This is obviously a power that does not belong to this universe. At least at this stage, in the explored universe, Zero has not found any extraordinary power similar to this. Everything that the Zerg has obtained has a high probability of coming from what has been discovered so far. In this universe, perhaps in some ancient era, just like today, these two completely different universes once had some kind of intersection, leaving Zhuna and things like the "Stone of Life" that do not belong to this universe. Something from the square universe.

The reason why it is said to be an "extraordinary power" is precisely because it is unobservable but irresistible. It has no entity but can destroy entities.

Of course, there are other possibilities, but Zero will not consider small probability events for the time being.

Ruhr can no longer stop them from massacring the insect swarms. It can only try its best to let the insect swarms on the battlefield escape. Although it has nothing to lose, it must do its best. It would be better if it can discover more of the opponent's methods. .

At the same time, it is also using emergency genetic coding to transmit the information here through the surviving Zerg units on the battlefield. At least the Sars and the Zerg joint scientific research team outside the channel should be prepared, otherwise if these soul aggregates rush out of the channel and kill the entire elite team, it will no longer be an insignificant matter!

Luer's purpose has not been greatly hindered. After all, the enemy's current target is mainly the Zerg transport unit. Some hatched small insect species successfully entered the channel and brought the information from Luer to Zero and Sass.

The use of genetic coding for information exchange is the first form of communication created by Ruhr after entering the new universe. Of course, it was not so troublesome in the past, but now neither Zero nor the Hive Mind can directly connect to the other end of the channel, so they can only use this method. Communicate in a relatively primitive but still easily identifiable way by the Zerg.

Convenient and capable of delivering sufficient information quickly.

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When Sass received the information, the one-sided massacre near the exit of the new universe channel was actually almost over.

Hundreds of thousands of large-scale transportation insect species did not have much resistance. Under the premise that the space jump could not be started and the maneuverability was not enough to get rid of the opponent, their corpses spread all over the area with a radius of tens of millions of kilometers, becoming other Food for native creatures that were later attracted by the huge movement.

Ruhr is very clear that it is now difficult for it to directly control the exit of the passage in its own hands. Some local creatures will inevitably enter the passage and eventually reach the main universe. However, it has passed the information out, and there must be something on the Sass side. response.

This is indeed the case. Sass is already organizing the evacuation of the Zerg joint scientific research team. At the same time, he is also using the last batch of biological materials left in the real universe to incubate insect species to deal with the invasion of new universe creatures.

Sass himself did not leave. According to Ruhl's description, at the other end of the passage, there were sixteen soul bodies that could also use psychic attacks. It was very curious.

This is the first time that the Zerg has encountered such a being. No matter what, it will try. Even if these souls are not chased out this time, Sass will enter the new universe to find them. Ruhl is already responsible for hundreds of people there. Year, it’s time to change to a bug.

Of course, this is Sass's own idea, and Zero has no intention of replacing it. Whether it is natural or deliberate, the focus of Zerg's development is now slowly shifting to the new universe. In the future, there will definitely be more than just Ruhr. Relevant individuals and a lot of resources have been invested in it, but that must be done after the safety is basically confirmed.

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Sass waited quietly. Apart from it, the Zerg only left some insect species here to attract the enemy's attention when necessary. Their main task was to cover Sass's evacuation in critical moments, but they used psychic powers to Due to the particularity of the attack, whether there is such an opportunity is still open to question. You can only know after trying it.

Of course, there is another reason why Sass stayed. This is not a new universe. In the real universe, the Zerg's space jump engine is active at any time, and short-distance directional jumps are not a problem. This gives them a greater advantage than each other. More powerful mobility also brings a sense of security that is untouchable in the new universe.

Sass did not wait too long. After the two Oris, the entrance to the passage that had fallen into calm once again stirred up trouble. What followed was a medium-sized new space predator that looked like an enlarged version of a tiger fish. , its body structure is obviously not just for preying on weak soul bodies, because there is no need to bite this kind of action. Obviously, it is a rare physical predator in the new universe. !

The reason why Zero was able to take the time to carefully observe the appearance and structure of this "tiger fish" was not because it did not take the initiative to attack the insect swarm after getting out of the tunnel. On the contrary, it exposed its fangs to the insect swarm as soon as possible. , not at all frightened by the huge number of insects in front of them.

And that’s why it has become a “specimen” that is being observed as it rotates wantonly in the universe. The reason is simple, SARS has "controlled" it!

Zero has already conducted detailed tests on the limits of Sass's abilities. At least within the scope of cognition, it has tried all the tests it can do, so it does not surprise Zero to achieve this.

Sass is trying to kill the opponent directly from the inside based on the intelligence provided by Ruhl. It didn't seem too complicated to do this, because Zero soon discovered that this "tiger fish", which was struggling but useless, had lost all its ability to move.