Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 195 Zerg should also have some destructive power
In the Hurley galaxy, a blue dwarf star and its companion star are doing an eternal rotation around their common gravitational center.

Its companion star is a compact white dwarf star, which is small in size but has a density [-] times that of water!
Perhaps billions of years from now, it will also be the final demise of the central star of the Ori system.

Because the brightness of the blue dwarf is tens of thousands of times that of the white dwarf, under normal circumstances, the entire Hurley galaxy can be observed from the outside at a glance, only this huge blue dwarf.

As the main star of the stellar system, the mass of this blue dwarf is about twice that of Ori's star, and its companion star is about the same size as Ori, but its mass is almost equal to that of the entire Ori galaxy!
This means that its surface has extremely terrifying gravity, and in the entire galaxy, only it can be compared with the main star in terms of mass.

However, neither Zero nor the Octopus people thought that there would be planets in such a binary star system!

In theory, the probability of a massive planet here is rather low, but it does exist.

Very close to the companion star, a lone rocky planet orbits it. Due to its close proximity, this planet is tidally locked by the white dwarf star, and only one side will always face the Hurley companion star.

It is also because the distance is too short, in the binary star system, it was not taken away by the main star, nor disintegrated under the competition of the two stars, and it was extremely lucky to survive.

Because the main light of the entire galaxy is almost all from the host star, the planet and the stars it surrounds are all covered by it, so they do not appear outside.

The Octopus failed to discover the planet, as did the Zerg.

In such a complex galaxy, there will be no paradise for life.As a matter of course, it is a barren planet, and because it has been pulled by two stars for a long time, even if the gravitational force from the main star is much smaller than that of the companion star, the magnitude of the star is much smaller than it in any aspect. is irresistible.

Even if it looks about the same size as the white dwarf.

Therefore, the entire planet is a purgatory-like scene, with extremely frequent geological activities.Every time it orbits between two stars, it will be torn apart. Although its revolution speed is faster than the No. [-] planet in the Ori system in order to ensure that it will not be swallowed by white dwarfs, every revolution makes it tortured.

However, in the past billions of years, it has survived miraculously, surviving in the gap between the binary stars.

And this was not discovered until the swarm colonization team arrived in the Heli galaxy.

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In the Auri galaxy, the cerebrum Visser has already started to take on important responsibilities. Zero entrusted it with the task of controlling the entire star system colony. At the same time, it also takes care of maintaining the resource balance of the Zerg main base and the normal operation of the Dyson sphere pilot.

It has been studying with Sass for decades, just like Dagos back then, it is no longer just an apprentice.

In terms of science and technology, Sass has been like a broken bamboo all the way, drawing inspiration from the Zerg blaster, so that the energy output efficiency of the Zerg has been increased all the way, and finally in the test, the speed of the Zerg space unit has reached [-]% of the speed of light. , compared to the highest speed achieved by the Octopus using energy crystals.

However, that's it. In the application of stellar energy, with today's technological level, reaching this level is already the limit. Before the relevant basic technology is fully developed, this is probably the way for the Zerg to use stellar energy to sail. Peak.

In terms of weapons, since the stable output of energy has gradually become under control in the hands of Sass, many ideas have become possible.

Even after research, biokinetic weapons are very cost-effective for the Zerg, but Dagus still includes them in the future research and development plan, not only to use them to cause damage to the enemy, but more to give new life The initial velocity of the generation Zerg blaster is sufficient to improve its explosive power.

In addition, thinking about the concealment of the swarm in deep space has also been put on the agenda, and because of this, the possibility of a space-age close-up raid has entered Dags' mind, and it has become another waiting to be realized. idea.

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Regarding the theory of nuclear energy, the octopus has made annotations for the Zerg, and the corresponding reaction ore raw materials are properly contained in the Zerg main base. In theory, heavy nuclear atoms are transformed into light nuclei, that is, in the nuclear fission reaction. From the heaviest elements all the way to the fission of iron, it's all doable.

In other words, the heavy elements from iron to the top can theoretically release energy through fission reactions and eventually become iron elements all the way, but generally speaking, it is easier to use uranium isotopes for fission.

The energy released from light nuclei atoms through nuclear fusion into heavier atoms is almost comparable to that of stars in theory.

However, how to make good use of it is still a huge problem.

Nuclear reactions can indeed release unparalleled energy, and even if it is controllable, using it as a weapon is much stronger than the gentle energy effect of using stellar energy.

Zero is naturally aware of this.Not only is it a weapon application, it can even replace stellar energy, theoretically turning the regular space travel of the Zerg into a smooth path.

It's just that the Zergization of nuclear power reactors has always been a huge problem.

It has to be admitted that compared with those sophisticated technological products, the Zerg's subtle control in this aspect is far inferior, even if it is a part of their body.

Research on the technology side is now Sass's special topic, and this project is still on its task list today, although the Zerg has undergone many iterations of stellar energy, and even uses the energy from the stars to send Zerg space units to When it went to an alien galaxy, it had never done anything in this regard before.

It's not that they don't want to, but that the feasibility is not high, and even if it was more than 200 years ago, it can be said to be completely impossible.

Take uranium 235, the only controllable nuclear fission element in nature, for example, it is extremely difficult for the swarm to extract its pure substance. This radioactive element is not completely harmless even to the zerg.

Moreover, it is equally astonishingly difficult to extract and refine atomic isotopes.

As for the subsequent containment and placement, thermal neutron bombardment, chain reaction and other steps, it has been impossible to talk about it.

In terms of microscopic research, the Zerg has indeed been able to observe the atomic nucleus, but it is only for observation. How to obtain neutrons and use them to bombard heavy elements to cause nuclear fission reactions has always been a difficult problem to overcome.

This is just a fission reaction. As for nuclear fusion, it is an aerospace technology that the Octopus once dreamed of. However, it only gives a principle and idea.

This kind of powerful energy, which is exactly the same as the central reaction of a star, has remained in the imagination after the octopus mastered the fission reaction. Many key problems have not been overcome, otherwise they would not rely on energy crystals to launch interstellar travel.

Previous zero efforts to improve the Zerg's tolerance to extreme high temperatures were to some extent regarded as preconditions for nuclear reactions.In addition, there are ideas about the split structure of the Zerg, that is, the idea that many Zerg units together form a huge Zerg species, and it is also to solve the problem of the Zerg's control over the subtle level at a more precise level.

It's a pity that until now, it still can't be achieved. Instead, it has achieved leapfrog achievements one after another in the use of stellar energy.

The relatively benign stellar energy is inexhaustible and readily available, and the Zerg have been using it for well over a hundred years.

Before the development of weapon technology, for space travel, stellar energy is currently sufficient, and mildness means easy control, so it is much simpler.

Correspondingly, its potential and upper limit are not that high.

Nuclear energy reaction, the crystallization of the highest technology of intelligent civilization, does not have a complete set of industrial foundations. Even if you know its principles and even put the blueprints in front of your eyes, sometimes you are powerless.

Complete Zergization of every component and every key structure, that is, replace it with Zerg, and maybe one day the same effect can be achieved, but it is easier said than done. The so-called biological nuclear reactor, Zerg even theory None were completed.

Closer to home, within the Auri galaxy, the Dyson sphere project that was going on before has undergone another round of expansion. After the colonization team set off, the affairs of the parent galaxy were much less, and the swarms of each colony developed step by step, mining resources, transporting , storage, everything is in order.

The resource structure in the main base has been optimized again. A large number of enriched resources have prompted the base to expand again and again. The resources of the entire galaxy are concentrated here, and the Zerg is emptying out the surface resources of the colonized planets.

Sass spared no effort in improving the Zerg energy unit, as if trying to drain the entire planet dry.

For so many years, the Zerg energy unit is like a bloodsucker, lying deep underground on the planet, absorbing every ounce of heat energy.

At the beginning, there was no change, but when the time stretched to tens or hundreds of years, some things gradually appeared.

The most obvious one is planet No. [-], which was originally extremely active in geological activities, but has gradually become quieter recently.

From the data point of view, in the past ten years, the number of volcanic eruptions in the world has been reduced by about one tenth compared with a hundred years ago.

Of course, part of the reason for this is that the geological structure of the planet has become stable during the constant movement, but the more important reason is that the Zerg have absorbed the heat energy of the planet's core.

Especially in recent decades, the energy harvesting after repeated replacements has long ceased to absorb naturally dissipated heat energy, but to actively help the magma "cool down".

Under such circumstances, some satellites with smaller masses have begun to show signs of "death".

——Under the endless pressure of the insect swarm, the surface layers of their earth core gradually stopped boiling and surging.Those precipitated heavy metal elements are cooled, and the heat generated by the decay of radioactive isotopes in deeper layers is gradually insufficient to make up for this gap. If the Zerg does not stop, their "death" in the future is almost inevitable.

As for the surface layer of the earth's crust, these smaller satellites have almost been hollowed out. In addition to the silicon element and its oxides that can be seen everywhere, a large amount of metal compounds and other resources have been packed away. The swarm is relying on With one's own power, "lose weight" for the rocky planets in the entire star system at the same time.

However, in fact, Zero also knows that, similar to Ori, all the colonized planets occupied by the Zerg today basically have a molten star core made of alloys such as iron and nickel, and in this area, there are a large number of The accumulation of heavy elements, which was doomed at the beginning of the birth of the planet.

Except for some elements that are difficult to exist in nature, almost all the resources needed by the Zerg can be found on a planet.Therefore, their core is the focus of future Zerg development.

Dagos almost used the Zerg blaster to the extreme, so that Sass also benefited, and it began to try to advance the basic technology of the Zerg to a deeper level.

Although Zero has not figured out what kind of principle the existence of the material and energy crystals that caused the Zerg upheaval in the first place was based on, but this still does not prevent Zero from believing that the entire world is materialistic and scientific.

The existence of various phenomena here still follows the basic laws, and so far, nothing that violates the basic rules has been found, so it is still necessary to continue to move forward on the basis of the octopus research.

Prior to this, the Cerebral Worms had done a lot of work, and many technologies directly related to the Zerg had been verified and promoted one by one. Today, the Zerg has left the Octopus far behind in many aspects.

But there are also many aspects that were not valued by the bug swarm at the beginning, but still remain at the level of basic cognition.

Some are not applicable. For example, the unique underwater technology of the octopus is only a reference for the Zerg, and there is no need for development.

Some are helpless, such as particle colliders, for example-nuclear reactions.

At the level of elementary particles, to be honest, the Zerg is still behind the Octopus, because they only stay in cognition, and the Octopus can already "control".

Biology itself is made up of atoms and molecules, and to capture these elementary particles, we can only rely on tools.

This tool could be an instrument invented by the octopus, or perhaps it could be a unique creature with tool functions.

This is the direction Sass wants to study recently, but it will never be a simple matter.

When "technology" enters the bottleneck, it is mostly due to the lack of "science" guidance.The Zerg has reached its pinnacle in the development of stellar energy, at least for now it seems that it is difficult to make further progress, so it is normal to seek more possibilities inward.

Just because it couldn't be done 200 years ago doesn't mean it won't be possible 200 years later.

Zero naturally expressed his support for this. Hundreds of years have passed, and perhaps the Zerg should also have some destructive power.

Therefore, Dagus, who focuses on the research and development of Zerg weapons, also joined it. In addition to Visser, who is in charge of coordinating the entire Zerg swarm, Zero can be said to have invested all his scientific research strength.

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Zero's Dyson sphere project has stalled recently. When the energy reserves have far exceeded the demand, there is no motivation to upgrade, or there is no need to spend resources to do this.

When resources were consumed in large quantities and energy began to be redundant, Zero suddenly discovered that even though he had expected it, he seemed to have underestimated the previous proposal and the efficiency of the Dyson sphere.

It has only undergone one improvement, and today its area facing the stars is barely over 1000 million square kilometers, but after it grows up, it will be an energy collection structure of "no cost", and the star energy brought to the Zerg is large amount.

Zero was surprised to find that if the bug swarm was only of the current scale, there would be no need to cover the entire star at all, only a small part of it would be enough.

Time passed little by little, the sun and the moon on Ori changed, and the deep space of the universe moved.

The Zerg colony team heading to the Heli galaxy began to slow down a year ago, and now they have successfully parked in it, and are doing the final deceleration.

Naturally, they also found the planet orbiting the white dwarf alone.

The only ones who came here were a few Zerg space units. Originally, Zero didn't expect them to have any great development here. It was just an idle move to preserve the seeds of the Zerg's survival.

But now, since there are planets, it can be said to have potential colonies.

Naturally, it also means that there is room for development here.

At the same time, in the future, it can also be used as a springboard to continue exploring further unknown galaxies.

The harsh environment on the planet is no longer an obstacle to the swarm, even if it experiences a global-scale volcanic eruption every month or so.

Maybe its lifespan is much lower than normal planets, but what's the matter with the swarm?Even the mother planet Auri will be abandoned if necessary.

Thus, a small colony of alien galaxies began to be established in the binary star system of Hurley, and slowly began to develop.

Twelve years later, the fourth brain worm of Zerg was born, and joined Sass' scientific research team to learn and grow.

In the next 20 years, the Zerg colonization teams to Toril and Sommer galaxies were also in place one after another.

Different from Hurley's shabby place, each of them has a huge team with six figures. At the beginning of their position, they immediately established a small Zerg base in the center of the planetary orbit of the galaxy, as a resource collection station for future collection.

Then, resource collection on each planet began to be put on the agenda. Once the initial energy crisis was over, the brand-new "Dyson sphere" would be reproduced in the new galaxy to provide them with a steady stream of energy.

Everything is the same as the Ori galaxy, there is nothing special in these galaxies, and the Zerg has enough experience in planetary colonization.

At most a hundred years later, this place will be the same as today's Ori Galaxy.

　I don't want to go to work every day, I have to go to work every day, and even work overtime. . . . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)