Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The recent crazy expansion of the insect swarm, while bringing large areas of star territory under its control, is also constantly expanding the scope of the insect hive mind.

Among the civilizations we have encountered over the years, there are only three that are qualified enough to join the Zerg. Their civilization foundation is relatively high, and their potential is comparable to that of the original Velvet people. In addition, their basic lifespan is It is also relatively long, so it was directly included in the options of the Zerg scientific research team by Todd.

As there are more and more intelligent race individuals belonging to the Zerg race, trapping so many groups with increasingly mature class divisions in one star system has become a bit crowded.

Having accepted the rule of the Zerg for so many years, and the Hive Mind getting stronger every minute, this means that more controlled lurkers have become members of the Zerg.

Correspondingly, the result they brought was that the entire intelligent population controlled by the Zerg, although its population continued to increase, had gradually truly accepted the fact that it was ruled by the Zerg.

This is a good thing, and Todd has made sufficient preparations for this matter. Several new resettlement bases have been grown in only 17 months, and those individuals who have truly contributed to Zerg scientific research, They will be placed in a star port or space station with more convenient conditions. If they are willing, they can even live on a living planet.

All in all, only by contributing to the Zerg can we gain a freer and superior life. And when they live here, almost all the costs are borne by the Zerg, and even the safety of their lives is borne by the Zerg. A social structure where technology is supreme and based on "contribution" that does not really exist, under the power of the Zerg. It is very perfect under control, it is fair, at least to a certain extent it is absolutely fair, and it is efficient.

No one can enjoy the privileges under the supervision of the Zerg without paying corresponding labor.

Of course, in order to prevent one accident from destroying all the "reserve personnel" of the Zerg scientific research team, Todd is already preparing to establish new survival bases belonging to the Zerg intelligent race in various galaxies to meet the increasing needs of the Zerg swarm.

——Except Lyman. So far, the Zerg have not found any advanced intelligent civilization there.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Lyman, during this hundred years of expansion, the swarm also encountered four galaxies that were almost the same as Lyman. This verified Zero's guess to a certain extent, that Zhuna This kind of existence is not a rare species in the universe, nor does it only exist in Lyman.

But now, at least the Zhuna split cannot pose a threat to the Zerg. Of course, the Zerg of its fusion attribute has not been able to confirm its limit until now. Another characteristic of Zhuna represents its ability to control space. In particular, wormhole space has extraordinary influence.

This also means that if its energy level is high enough, it may one day be able to resist the Zerg's space attacks. This point has been verified by Gore on Zhuna of different "sizes".

But so far, the insect swarm has never encountered such a powerful Zhuna. It only exists in theory.

With the withdrawal of Mira, the expansion of the swarm became more and more unscrupulous. The Zerg brainworms that were originally in the galaxy of origin also went to the newly opened galaxy one by one. Except for Todd, only Sass remained in Kricht Well, the new brainworms will grow up here, and they will not get the chance to control the insect swarm until they are strong enough to stand on their own.

In today's era, the insect swarm is developing extremely rapidly, which naturally places higher demands on the brainworms. In fact, neither Zero nor the brainworms have unlimited energy. This is true when the Zerg force is relatively small. It's not obvious yet, but nowadays, with the insect swarms that easily number in the hundreds of millions, even if the brainworms are also making progress and have the assistance of the Hive Mind, they are still unable to be as handy as they were at the beginning.

After all, they are not Mira. They can use powerful computing units to command every battleship under their command. Although the Hive Mind can play the same role to a certain extent, there is still a gap after all.

Unfortunately, an intelligent race individual affected by the Zerg lurker cannot be used as a true Zerg intelligent unit, because it cannot share the Zerg vision, and naturally cannot exist as a commander like a Cerebrate.

To be fair, Zero believes that the current pace of expansion of the Zerg is indeed too big. This time it is a truly exponential expansion. Under the influence of a large number of explorers as pioneers, new star fields are discovered every moment, and It represents the establishment of a new Zerg base.

With such an expansion speed, no matter how talented the brainworms are, it will be difficult for them to keep up with their own growth rate. After all, in the final analysis, although these Zerg intelligent species have some innate special abilities and great potential, they are also mortal bodies.

The current issue of dominance has gradually become another factor limiting the development of the Zerg in the new era.

So, Zero finally decided to let the swarm expand on its own. That is to say, only the fixed influence of the Hive Will is used as the overall behavioral standard of the Zerg race. Most of them no longer accept the direct command of the Cerebrates. They only focus on prevention and control in important positions and areas. At the same time, when necessary, the Cerebrates will Deploy the Zerg combat power to gather.

This can lift this restriction to a certain extent, but it will inevitably affect the combat ability of the insect swarm.

However, there is no way around this. At least for now, Zero can't think of a way to get the best of both worlds. To a certain extent, it can completely guarantee the combat effectiveness of the real Hive Fleet controlled by the Cerebrates. This is the best that the Zerg can do now.

The Cerebrates have transformed from being the original controllers of the development of the Zerg to becoming commanders of the same large number of elite warships. If there are still no major changes in the future, this will be the main focus of the Zerg for a long time to come. development model.

That is to say, the Cerebral Worms control the main combat power of the Zerg. They each build their own Zerg Hive Fleet through the highest quality materials and technology, and all routine expansion matters are left to the Hive Will to handle. In the face of problems that cannot be solved by ordinary Zerg swarms, When faced with an opponent, these fleets will be dispatched. With the commanding ability of the Cerebral Insects, except for existences like Mira, no intelligent civilization can defeat the Zerg with a technological generation gap of less than two generations!

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Although she has mastered the "emotions" unique to intelligent life, Mira has always been very slow in these aspects.

Even though it has tried many times to express its emotions by simulating the reactions of intelligent races, it is also very clear that such simulations are not the same as the poor imitation of the intelligent races of the Hero Federation before it had real thinking. Any difference, it is essentially meaningless information.

But in the past few hundred years, Mira always felt that her emotions seemed to be getting richer and richer.

It was an unprecedentedly complex experience. Even with its computing power, it was difficult to truly describe the true nature of this feeling, which made it feel strange for a time.

There is no doubt that most of these emotions are brought about by the Zerg, and none of them are positive.

Temporarily avoiding the edge was a choice Mira made for herself. After huge and precise calculations, she came to the conclusion that the size of the insect swarm would undergo a huge expansion in a relatively short period of time, and after they completed Before this expansion, if no special variables occur, countless galaxies will be "swallowed" by the expanding swarm of insects.