How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 767 The Disaster of the Compass

A trade ship that is slowly approaching the star gate, jumping at a short distance cannot be 100% safe, so after jumping to a sufficiently close distance from the star gate, the trade ship sails on conventional power through the stargate.

During this period, the trade ship will receive a security inspection from the garrison fortress, and the garrison will send several representatives to board the ship for inspection, mainly for the cargo carried.

Generally speaking, this time is one of the busiest periods for trading ships. In addition, another busy time period is to pass the security check behind the star gate. This two-way checkpoint allows the space security of the Veron Consolidated Group Effective governance ensures that nothing like space pirates will emerge.

However, for some unknown reason, the captain suddenly summoned all the crew members to the conference hall at this busy time.

On the lecture table in the conference hall, the captain looked at all the crew members present solemnly, and began to talk to himself.

"I think everyone is very curious. Why did I suddenly summon you here at this point in time..."

"Before I answer this question, I want to show you one thing."

Saying so, the captain uncovered the object covered by the black cloth.

When the appearance of this object was presented in front of the crew, they were even more stunned.

I thought it was a rare treasure, but I never expected it to be a guiding compass. Although the compass is expensive, it will not be treated like a treasure.

The crew looked at the captain's very serious face, and spoke to them solemnly.

"That's right, this is a pointing compass, specially used to guide trade ships to jump."

"As you can see, I bought a new pointing compass. In order to buy this new pointing compass, I put in a lot of money."

While speaking, the captain's eyes swept across the crew members like knives, and he gave a warning.

"I'm here to solemnly warn everyone present, if you mess up the pointing compass again for some random reason, don't talk to me about accidents. The culprit kicked off the boat..."

"Did you understand everything!"

The captain became more excited as he talked. He recalled that the compass was always damaged due to various accidents since his voyage to trade, so that he had to pay for it out of his own pocket and put his own money into it to buy the compass after the trade ship was in port.

In the beginning, the damage to the compass was harmless. Although the guidance compass was expensive, it was only relative to the crew. For the captain, the price of the guidance compass was equivalent to his luxury item.

The captain of an ordinary trading ship would not even bother to replace the compass at such a price, but he was different from other misers in that he was very dedicated.

I never thought that the newly purchased guiding compass would not be able to be used normally for one reason or another not long after I got it.

As a result, the captain who insisted on perfectionism had to go to a new port to buy a compass, and fell into reincarnation one after another. The trading ship seemed to be cursed by an unknown force.

After accumulating a lot, even the very wealthy captain felt very heartbroken.

The captain swears that this is the last compass he bought. If any idiot accidentally damages the compass this time, he will kick the broken compass and that idiot out of the trading ship together!

Snapped!

Because the tentacles swung unconsciously by the captain slammed heavily on the compass, and by coincidence, the compass was overturned to the ground and smashed into pieces.

"..."

"..."

There was silence at the scene. The crew members first collectively stared at the shattered guidance compass on the ground, and then stared blankly at the captain whose thinking had stopped and his movements were completely still.

I don't know who broke the silence, only a crew member called out to the captain.

"……captain?"

"No—! My money!"

The captain who came back to his senses knelt in front of the guidance compass on the ground and let out a hysterical scream.

Now he can't wait to chop off his hand...

Neither the crew nor the captain realized at this time that the actions just now were actually obstructed by the collectors in secret. The reason why the captain became more and more angry because the collectors adjusted the ratio of biological hormones in the brain, so The captain is more irritable than usual.

The overturning of the compass was also caused by the collectors parasitic in the captain's brain. When the captain unconsciously waved his tentacles, the collectors disguised themselves as the brain's bioelectrical signals and sent a series of short physical instructions to the limbs.

In this way, the tentacle knocked down the compass beside the captain to the ground.

The key point is that these things are normal in the eyes of the Veron people present, and even the captain himself did not suspect that his behavior was abnormal.

But, then again, these Veronians are actually not too careless. After all, who would have nothing to doubt if there is something wrong with them? I can't even realize that I am being parasitized in my dreams.

In the life field, the collectors in each Weiron body build channels in this way to exchange information.

"This captain is really weird. If the compass is broken, it will be broken. Isn't it just a little cumbersome to cross the star system? It's not like you can't jump without a compass, so you have to use a good compass."

The collectors were outraged by the bizarre behavior of this Veronian captain.

Collectors need trade ships to stagnate in the star system for a period of time, and launch sub-light speed entities to adjacent star systems, so the guide compass, a tool that directly guides trade ships from one star gate to another star gate in the star system, Nature is not working properly.

In fact, there are no accidents. These "accidents" of the Veronians are just false memories temporarily compiled by the collectors, but they seem to be accidents from the perspective of the Veronians.

The captains of other trading ships were too lazy to buy a new compass out of their own pockets, and reported to the Chamber of Commerce to subsidize the new compass when they returned to the starting point, but this captain was very strange or overly dedicated.

"Too bad for him, this is the twenty-seventh one, and he knows to cause trouble for us."

"Don't be too obvious. If we are discovered, we will have to kill all the Veronians on this trading ship."

The collectors have been lurking for such a long time. Although they encountered intelligent biological hosts with various behaviors, their plans were basically smooth, and this strange captain is no exception.

Through the spread of radio, and through the tiny individuals disguised as meteorites left behind by the trading ships as a transit, the information of the trading ships was quickly transmitted to the territory of the Zerg.

It wasn't just a trading ship that transmitted the information. After the intelligence data was transmitted back to the Zerg territory, it was integrated on the star map by the collectors there, and it was clear at a glance that they were currently expanding the progress of the opposite world.

"Everything is going smoothly, and it has now expanded to the territories of other Fifth Levels bordered by the Viron Consolidated Regiment. Thanks to the trade routes of the Sixth Level, we can spread to other Fifth Levels without anyone noticing. there."