Zerg in the crystal wall world

The Mechanical Swarm is destined to be the most special swarm faction in the Hive Mind.

Even if it is a unified swarm and turns into slime at any time, at least the unit is still composed of syncytia.

The mechanical swarm, however, is completely free from organic constraints and is only connected to the hive's will in terms of programming.

Of course, the Overmind can force Erin to make the robots look like Zerglings and design the processing plant to look like a hatchery.

But that means nothing.

The body structure of the insect swarm is based on the cell form, which is based on organic substances with complex and varied functions. The machinery based on gears, bearings, and elements should have a structural model that is compatible with them.

Let's take a simple example: the "engine" of an organism is in each muscle cell and needs the circulatory system to provide nutrients. The "engine" of a machine is an independently operated structure that needs to transmit power through a transmission device.

Because fragile parts of machines can be protected layer by layer, they have stronger resistance to extreme environments than organisms. All information of organisms is "integrated" in cells, so they must have stronger resilience and faster development speed than machines.

After entering the zone covered by truth, Erin liked to use fungal blankets and Zerg viruses to build outposts for worlds that had not yet sorted out their industrial systems.

In soul quenching, this destructive technology that will cause rule shock requires a large amount of psionic energy to be consumed by organic bodies to protect key organs. Shuai Qiu also prefers to use ready-made equipment that has been captured.

Each has its own strengths, which also means that there is the possibility of integrating the two routes.

In fact, if we look at it from a higher level.

Living organisms and machines are actually both a kind of "machine".

It's just a preference for carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus as raw materials, combined chemically.

One prefers to use iron, copper, tin, and titanium as raw materials and forge them physically.

The two are indeed complementary to a large extent.

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However, right now, the Overlord has no time to deal with the merger of the two technology trees.

The great plague has officially struck.

The Zerg will enter a phase of rapid expansion, and the Hive Mind's psionic surge will not stop for at least ten years.

This geometric growth is not entirely a good thing for the Hive Mind.

On the one hand, the hive must deliver various essences to each infected world in a timely manner.

The Hive developed from the Infested and the Fungal Creep has too low a potential for warfare and may not even be able to produce Springtails.

On the one hand, there must be a sufficient number of queen insects to suppress the infected bodies.

Once the number of low-level command units is insufficient, it is possible that some infected bodies that still have self-awareness will appear.

You must know that all Zerg units will mutate rapidly. Once these self-contained infected bodies are not managed for a long time, they may evolve spontaneously and develop a complete management system and spontaneously form a hive will.

This is not an exaggeration. In the marginal worlds with relatively low civilization development, there have been more than one example:

The existing blue-blooded nobles are mostly feudal monarchs. If all members are infected with the virus, and happen to have a higher soul level, they will retain their self-awareness in the distorted reality.

This will happen,

First, because of the infected organism's affinity for psionic energy, they naturally acquire psychic abilities.

Psychic abilities will strengthen the natural awe of the people and knights towards the nobility and the royal family, thus inducing further mutations:

The nervous system of the royal family and nobles will gradually expand and develop through multiple mutations, and eventually become a king insect;

The lower class people, due to daily labor, gradually became strong and short, and eventually became worker bees;

Soldiers, knights, adventurers, and other individuals who are good at fighting will be transformed into alienated combat entities during the fight;

In the end, a "feudal faction" composed mainly of infected bodies emerged.

Of course, this faction is less harmful.

All it takes is a high-level command unit to take back control, and by throwing in a few worker bees, the hive world will enter its normal development process.

But some factions are different.

For example, the Insect Cult.

Today, Big Ball No. 1 is no longer able to cope with the situation.

Because the Overmind does not allow high-level command units to directly get involved in the power of the stars, there have always been two cores within the Insect Worship Cult.

One is the infected god, who controls the infected priests and the power core of the priests' symbionts at the soul and power level. The other is the command core composed of Big Sphere No. 1 and its subordinate high-level command units.

As the core, the infected gods will naturally transform into kingworms or even brainworms during mutation.

Even if it is Big Ball No. 1, it can only temporarily slow down this process, but cannot completely stop it - life will always find a way out on its own.

This is also the biggest problem with the Zerg:

The insect swarm naturally pursues essence, but some essences are mixed with poison...

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If the development of the Insect Worship Cult is only on the verge of getting out of control,

The demon swarm was completely out of control from the very beginning.

The demonized ancient tree root spirit is both the command core and the soul core of the demon insect swarm.

Under her guidance, the essence storage glands of the demon swarm have begun to degenerate, and the demon souls, which were originally plug-ins, have begun to bind more closely to the units.

Although on the surface, it obeys the orders of the master, its growing momentum cannot be stopped.

The Overlord arranged dozens of powerful insect nests around it to restrict its expansion and not mobilize them to participate in the front line, but it was still only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

Every day, demon units "disappear" in the surrounding world.

To the insect nests surrounding the demon swarm, these are almost free essences.

Even the Overmind cannot command its Zerg to reject the Essence for long.

These Zergs that border the demonic Zerg swarms will restrict their development, and they themselves will inevitably gradually become demonic...

The Lord is not without a solution to the above situation.

The soul mutation from another route has gradually borne fruit.

A new type of building unit has appeared:

The abyss of the soul.

Used for mass production of soul plug-ins.

In addition to providing soul plug-ins to Zerg units, its more important role is to serve as a "server".

Through the uploading and downloading of souls, a "soul network" is established throughout the entire insect nest.

Currently, the Overmind is trying to use Eleanor as the mother body and the prototype body as the pillar to mutate into a mind worm-level soul abyss in order to establish a "great soul cycle" in the entire hive will.

Once it is completed, it means that the soul power will be officially incorporated into the hive will!

By then, both the Demon Soul and the Star Contract will become a "branch" of the Zerg's evolutionary path in the soul realm, and the danger will be greatly reduced.

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If there is any local faction that can make the master worry less.

That is the Life Swarm. As the earliest native faction to join the swarm, the development and integration of the Life Swarm are perfect.

As the leader of the life swarm, Mota, although still retaining his own personality, has long since taken on the appearance of a swarm.

and so……

The Overlord gave Mota an order in the midst of his busy schedule: "The Key of Truth has found the location of the White Elves. Erin will hand over the information to you. I leave it to you."

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