“Let’s begin.”
There was no need to overthink it; she went straight to the upgrade.
And then...
The time required for this upgrade was extended to a full month.
During that long period, Xia Jin found herself unable to sleep, constantly glancing at the progress.
Finally, the upgrade was complete.
This enhancement was still primarily focused on the ships.
Of course, the strength of the Zerg units had also changed. For instance, the zerglings had reached Tier 11, and several other types of insects had grown as well, causing their ground combat capabilities to skyrocket.
She checked the current interface.
【Zerg Hive LV15】
【Recruitable (Land & Air): Tier 8 drone, Tier 9 scourge, Tier 11 zergling, Tier 11 baneling, Tier 12 hydralisk, Tier 12 elf bug, Tier 12 roach, Tier 12 Overlord, Tier 12 ravager, Tier 12 infested lurker, Tier 13 mutalisk, Tier 13 corruptor, Tier 13 nydus worm, Tier 13 queen, Tier 13 defiler, Tier 13 swarm host, Tier 14 ultralisk, Tier 14 brood lord, Tier 15 primal brain bug.】
【Tier 12 Devourer (evolves from mutalisk for 30,000), Tier 12 Infested Impaler (evolves from infested lurker for 30,000), Tier 12 overseer (evolves from Overlord for 20,000 units).】
【Recruitable (Water): Tier 4 Swimmer (three types), Tier 5 Floating Hive Bug, Tier 8 large Floating Hive Bug.】
【High-Energy State: All Swarm units will be produced using high-energy crystals, and their adaptability to harsh environments has slightly increased.】
【Recruitment Cost (high-energy crystals): Swimmer 0.4 units/each, drone 2 units/each, scourge 6 units/each, Floating Hive Bug 8 units/each, zergling 20 units/each, baneling 150 units/each, large Floating Hive Bug 180 units/each, Overlord 700 units/each, ravager 800 units/each, hydralisk 800 units/each, elf bug 900 units/each, roach 1,000 units/each, infested lurker 1,100 units/each, mutalisk 4,000 units/each, queen 4,500 units/each, nydus worm 5,000 units/each, defiler 6,000 units/each, swarm host 9,000 units/each, corruptor 1.4 units/each, ultralisk 20,000 units/each, brood lord 36,000 units/each, primal brain bug 100,000 units/each.】
【Ships: Small Leviathan (1 billion units of high-energy crystals), Hive Carrier (evolves from Hive for 100 million units of high-energy crystals), small escort ships (5 million units of high-energy crystals), small transport ships (2 million units of high-energy crystals), medium transport ships (5 million units of high-energy crystals), large transport ships (40 million units of high-energy crystals).】
【Tools: Scout Bug (less than 1 unit of standard energy), Balloon Bug (5 units of high-energy crystals).】
【Overlord Evolution: Overlord internal capacity expanded with a larger psionic hyperspace, capable of carrying 100 insects (ignoring size).】
【Hive Carrier and Small Leviathan Reinforcement: Abyss magic shield strengthened; curvature flight can reach 200 times the normal speed.】
【Zerg Hive Fusion Engine Reinforcement: Maximum acceleration up to 160 kilometers per second. Volume increased, reaching a length of 600 meters.】
【Small Leviathan Fusion Engine Reinforcement: Maximum acceleration up to 220 kilometers per second.】
【Small Leviathan Size Increase: Length approximately 300 meters.】
【Hive Carrier main weapon “Tractor Plasma Beam” reinforced.】
【Small Leviathan all weapons performance improved; added Photon Cannon.】
【Swarm Adaptability Evolution: Can survive in more dangerous space environments.】
【Floating Transport Ship and Floating Escort maximum speed increased to 80 kilometers per second; curvature flight device synchronized with Small Leviathan, and spatial navigation capability added.】
【All electromagnetic cannon-type weapons phased out from ships.】
【Upgrade Cost: 400 billion units of high-energy crystals, 2 trillion tons of interstellar minerals, 2,000 units of Stellar Azure Crystals, 60 units of Zero Point Nuclei.】
【Description: The Zerg’s initial Hive, quite primitive. After transforming into a Hive Carrier, it can perform preliminary interstellar spatial navigation. Due to efficiency and structural strength limitations, the Hive Carrier can accelerate to a maximum of 220 kilometers per second. This organism is the breeding center of the Swarm that replaces the Queen.】
“Quite primitive.”
That rating was rather frustrating.
But it was the truth.
Compared to the “extremely primitive” rating of the previous level, things were at least a bit better this time.
The volume of the ships had exploded compared to the past.
In terms of combat power, it was a qualitative change.
For example, the previously weak Abyss magic shield had received a massive boost.
Essentially, it provided the Zerg with a simplified version of an energy shield.
And the Photon Cannon had appeared!
Yes, it was a laser cannon in the traditional sense.
It fired powerful visible light directly at the target. Since the projectile speed was the speed of light, the moment it was seen was the moment it hit.
Electromagnetic cannons were phased out.
They simply lacked enough power, were too expensive, and were easily detected and avoided.
“Overall, it’s not bad.”
Regardless, this improvement provided the Zerg fleet with a certain degree of qualitative change.
If they fought the Dulu fleet now, they could likely crush them.
Of course, the actual outcome would depend on the situation.
The newly introduced Photon Cannon was undoubtedly a mature laser weapon, and Xia Jin felt she could rely on it.
“Upgrade the existing Small Leviathans.”
She issued the command.
During this month of upgrading, energy had not stopped accumulating.
In fact, the cost of building a single Small Leviathan had increased tenfold.
However, the combat power was definitely worth the expense; the Zerg would not engage in a losing trade.
The number of Small Leviathans had actually reached twenty-six.
Twenty of them could be upgraded, costing a total of 18 billion units of high-energy crystals.
Doing the math, the resources were sufficient.
As for the other six, since they had gone to other star systems and had no Hive nearby, their upgrades could wait for now.
Once the upgrades were complete, Xia Jin could consider making contact with that newly encountered civilization.
The specifics would depend on the results of her subsequent judgments.
Rate on N.U.
