The Purpose

Because of previous discussions with the Mid-Ring Civilizations, these Outer-Ring Civilizations are quite far from the battlefield. Even if they advance at full speed, it will still take them some time to reach their designated positions.

The Coalition Army's tactical shift naturally did not affect the Zerg; on the contrary, their reduced formation led to increased casualties. However, they had to relinquish the passage for the Outer-Ring Civilizations to enter the battlefield, and these losses were something they had to bear painfully.

After several rounds of exchange of fire, the Coalition Army astutely discovered the reason for the Zerg's ferocious firepower: some Zerg units that they had never seen before or rarely encountered appeared in their battle formation.

For example, there is a combat unit shaped like a pufferfish, with a slightly plump body and a size similar to the Ancient Class, but it carries more than a dozen main cannons on its flat back.

This is a new Zerg unit called the Puffer Cannon Fish. It is a ranged support unit introduced after Rowan wanted to add more targeted units. Its well-proportioned body and more ergonomic design make it faster and more agile than the Space Octopus.

However, it lacks melee combat capabilities. The two Dark Energy Furnace within its body can simultaneously power up to sixteen main cannons at full fire. Due to the compatibility of its Creep templates, they can freely choose the number of main cannons they carry. At this moment, because they are close to the base, they mostly choose to carry more than ten main cannons.

They numbered in great numbers, a full 500 million, accounting for one-eighth of the Zerg's total military strength. This huge proportion prompted Conrads to angrily berate the Coalition Army intelligence gathering department.

The intelligence department of this Coalition Army against the Zerg was led by the Epoch Clan, and all races on the front lines, including the Lashudia Clan, and even those from the Outer-Ring Civilizations, joined in.

With this configuration, it's impossible for them to betray the enemy. Therefore, it's no wonder that the Zerg concealed so many new units; it's no wonder the intelligence personnel were so cunning.

Because Puffer Cannon Fish and the Space Octopus are combat units created based on the Creep template, they usually curl up together when basking in the sun. With the Swarm intentionally creating some confusion, it's really hard to tell the difference at first glance.

Each Puffer Cannon Fish is equivalent to several times the firepower of Ancient Class cannon with only two barrels. There are now 500 million of them here, which is more than half the firepower of the Zerg.

In addition, the Zerg also possessed Megastructure in the orbits of every star in their territory. Although the Zerg's occupation of this star system was relatively short, only a few decades, the Megastructure still grew to a size of over two thousand kilometers.

Two colossal structures, resembling asteroids, stretched across the star's orbit. After years of remote observation and research, the Alliance had long since figured out the purpose of these Zerg Megastructure.

Those Zerg Megastructure are different from the construction of mechanical roads, which require detailed blueprints and careful research into load-bearing capacity. They are likely the result of the Zerg's unique advantage in biotechnology, growing slowly from small to large. Due to their biological self-regulation, they eventually grew into colossal structures.

This meant that the Zerg did not need to possess a high level of technology like the Alliance to build such Megastructure. The Zerg were able to build these things very early on, when they were still very weak.

Early surveillance data revealed that these Zerg Megastructure functioned in a very primitive way. They were essentially super Electromagnetic Cannon. Before the Zerg mastered advanced Sub-light Engine and warp-speed engines, they used them to launch meteorite-like structures into surrounding star systems to achieve expansion.

Because of this research, the Alliance also launched a search for Zerg Meteor. Fortunately, the Zerg Megastructure's ejection speed was far from reaching the speed of light, only at a sub-light speed. Even after flying for hundreds of years, they hadn't actually traveled very far.

Moreover, they basically lacked the ability to change direction mid-flight, so most of them were destroyed over the long years. In addition, when the Zerg launched them, their technological level was still very low, and their research on signal shielding, concealment, and stealth technology was far from what it is today.

Leveraging their technological advantage, the Alliance quickly developed a targeted instrument, which helped clear away the remaining Zerg Meteor from the region bordering the Zerg.

What puzzled the Alliance researchers was that the Zerg's Gene Lock technology at that time left them helpless. However, considering that the Zerg had received some kind of inheritance, they did not pursue the matter further. A small number of researchers, however, became interested in what that inheritance was based on to unlock technology, but due to insufficient data, the matter was eventually dropped.

While launching Zerg Meteor, these Zerg Megastructure also served as a means of launching Ancient Class- Ancient Class, accelerating them to near-light speed. Records indicate that during the war between the Zerg and the Riken Race, the Zerg used this method to rapidly deploy their forces to the Riken Star System.

However, as things have progressed to the point where the role of these Megastructure has become negligible. Logically, these things should have long since disappeared from the historical stage. This is because the construction of such Megastructure inevitably requires a massive amount of resources, and even different biotechnologies would likely require some kind of investment.

It's understandable that the Zerg would preserve those already-built Megastructure. However, the fact that they can still be seen in this newly Zerg star system indicates that the Zerg still maintain the tradition of building these behemoths.

This is highly illogical, unless such a Megastructure is some kind of Zerg spiritual totem. However, very few people support this view. The Zerg deploy Biological Weapon in battle, and the actual number of Zerg members is unknown; why would they create something like this?

Therefore, these Zerg Megastructure must have other functions. However, what those functions are is a matter of much debate. Some say they are biological incubators, where Zerg combat units are produced.

Some say it's a Zerg palace, inhabited by real Zerg. Attacking and conquering these Megastructure might lead to the discovery of Zerg treasure.

Some say this is a large-scale quantum transmitter. The Zerg possess a highly efficient communication system. Although the Zerg have been trying their best to hide it and have shown something of a multi-primary-color communication system, researchers have analyzed that this system might be useful in small-scale battles, but it is not enough to support large-scale battles. This is because this method of transmitting information through vision is too easily interfered with by external factors.

Some more knowledgeable people say that this is the framework of the Zerg Star Gate, which is not yet complete, but once the Zerg unlocks the relevant technology, they can build the Star Gate on the basis of these Megastructure as quickly as possible.

In addition, there are other speculations such as prisons and experimental sites. The number of supporters varies, but overall, everyone firmly believes that these Megastructure are definitely not spiritual totems.

Thank you Feng Xilan for the 100 Qidian Coins reward.

I'm taking a day off today, no update tomorrow.