Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 345

Zhang Han's choice

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After finishing speaking, Laplace looked at Zhang Han with a smile. It seemed that as long as Zhang Han had questions in his mind, he could answer them for Zhang Han.

"I... I was originally prepared to transfer the network permissions to you. After all, I have always felt that I am an outsider. Deep down in my heart, I often doubt whether I am qualified to command Swarm. As long as you ask, I will transfer the permissions to you without hesitation."

Zhang Han still expressed his initial thoughts.

"It's enough that you care about Swarm. Swarm Network was invented by me, but after so many years of evolution, it has become very different from the original. You have to believe that this powerful network has its own selection mechanism, and I also believe in it."

Old Laplace's eyes turned into the traditional bug eyes of the Swarm unit, and he said seriously, "What you have to do now is to defeat the competitors and become the real Overmind. Let me sincerely call you the great Overmind."

Ignoring the way Zhang Han was shocked by his words, Laplace continued, "We have communicated for long enough, and I want to invest in research. These wonderful Psionics, Shroud, and dark energy are all new breakthroughs."

In fact, Zhang Han really wants to communicate more with Laplace. He has told a lot of stories, but there are many details that he has not told. This is what Zhang Han is interested in.

However, since Laplace was unwilling to communicate anymore, Zhang Han had no choice but to give up.

He is going to finish his development this time and prepare for war. Laplace has said that he should win the Overmind competition, so he should look like Overmind.

Let's start with Zagara. Last time we blocked ourselves in Cadian and fought, how could we go back without revenge now?

In terms of strength, Zhang Han does have the capital to do it once. He already has more than a hundred galaxies in his hands, and some galaxies in the Balance Star Region are also being colonized by Hatchery.

More than a quarter of the galaxies with Dyson membranes and giant space Hatchery Pool have been fully developed, and there are 70 galaxies with more than half of the development level. The output of the Swarm fleet has reached 400,000 per day!

Such a high improvement can be achieved not only by hiding behind and secretly developing, but also by the collaborative efforts of Swarm. Abaddon uses its own excellent genetic technology to optimize the continuous production capacity of Hatchery, and Isha and other Hive Mind have also been working hard.

The previous shortcomings of Zhang Han, the problem of too little logical awareness, have now been alleviated.

Logical consciousness is mainly composed of these aspects, 10% are incubated by Hatchery himself, 30% are selected from believers in the Darom Empire and the Balance Star Territory, and the remaining 60% are composed of Swarm units with higher intelligence.

This is the best way to deal with it in the short term.

As time goes by, the Hatchery galaxy develops and improves, and the logical consciousness incubated by Hatchery is slowly added to enrich Swarm.

As for the upper limit of the Swarm fleet that Zhang Han can support mentally, it has also been raised to 12 million, which is already full. Some Hatchery systems with high production capacity, such as Tabi Star, have eggs in the hatchery.

Even if Zhang Han destroys all the fleets in his hands, he will be able to make up for the battle losses within a month.

The population was full, the army was strong, and after having endured it for so long, Zhang Han excitedly looked at the attack plan prepared for him by Cerebrate.

After passing the star gate, there are three hyperspace channels. According to Zhang Han's own investigation and the information given by Kundera before.

The first leads to the direction of the confrontation between Kundera and Zagara; the second leads to Hatchery, the core of Zagara, where Zagara focuses on defending the galaxy; the third The passage is relatively short, with only three Hatchery galaxies of Zagara, and at the same time there is a fortress planet that was once set up by Stellaris Council, but now this planet has been handed over to the balance star field.

Of course, these three channels are not the same path to the end. The hyperspace channels are like branches extending out, and there will be new branches after reaching new galaxies.

Therefore, there are many channels that have not been traveled and it is impossible to draw a star map.

The plan given by Cerebrate in the war is to divide the Swarm fleet in the hands of Zhang Han into five fleets, each with a size of two million. One fleet will guard the home, one will serve as a reserve force to guard the star gate, and the three fleets will proceed along the three channels.

The first channel is mainly for exploration. When encountering a fork in the road, use reconnaissance Cerebrate to explore the channel and avoid conflicts as much as possible.

The second channel is the main attack. The two newly built war Hatchery and a large number of heavy Swarm fleets are all invested here to fight against Zagara.

The third channel is a secondary attack. This road can be opened all the way to connect the Tianping star field with Hatchery of Zhang Han again.

There is no big problem with the steady attack plan. Swarm is the independent decision of Overmind, but Zhang Han is not a dictatorial person.

He divided his consciousness to discuss with his core nodes, wanting to hear their opinions on the attack plan.

In the communication between consciousness bodies, Zhang Han can clearly understand the psychological changes of each node. Except for Cagat and Cam who think they should develop for a while before launching an attack, all other core nodes agree to attack.

Moreover, Chloe, Stars, and Narga strongly hope that they can lead the two million Swarm fleet in the middle and go head-to-head with Zagara.

Kajal may have been lured by Zhang Han into the enemy, so he felt that he should make a push and focus on the third channel to see if he could find a route that bypassed the rear of Zagara.

Koret, Abaddon, Skati have no suggestions.

Laplace actually said something meaningful, "Don't be intimidated by the name Zagara Master Tactician. As long as you fight firmly, you will win. There is no point where you can always win and be invincible."

In the end, the attack plan decided by Zhang Han was as follows: the first channel was given to the relatively timid Cagat to command, and he was only given one million Swarm fleets to complete the tasks of path exploration and map creation.

For the second channel, Zhang Han will lead it himself, and Narga will follow. Narga used to be the consciousness fragment of Hive Mind. She is very experienced in assisting the overall situation and can very well help Zhang Han command the Swarm fleet of up to three million.

The third channel is divided into two fleets, led by Stars and Chloe respectively. Each person has a million Swarm fleet. The task is to open it as quickly as possible. If you encounter the main force of Zagara, you can decide whether to fight or retreat.

Kagar guards the star gate, while Cam, Koret, and Skadi are responsible for continuing to develop into the balance star field. The responsibility of guarding the home is allocated by the consciousness of human nature.

After ten days of troop deployment, Zhang Han began a full-scale attack on Zagara. Before the attack, Zhang Han even sent a message to Kundera.

"I hope to become Overmind because too many nodes expect me to become Overmind, and I can't let them down. Our previous alliance and commitment are still valid. Before, you were fighting for time for me to develop, but now I will launch the attack."

In addition to the words, Zhang Han also sent his battle plan to Kundera, openly and without any concealment. No matter what choice Kundera made, Zhang Han left a fleet of four million Swarm as backup, enough to deal with unexpected events.

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