Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 356 Population Cleansing Plan
The main fleet of the Purple Moon civilization has a spatial radius of approximately 6 million kilometers. The larger the area covered by the unified force field, the lower the average lethality.

Using it directly against an entire main fleet would probably not be very effective.

But...it doesn't matter.

This time, Li Qingsong aimed to "injure all ten fingers," rather than "sever one finger" as he had done before.

After a period of busy preparations, Li Qingsong decisively issued the order.

"start up!"

At this moment, billions of clones once again sacrificed their biological intelligence at the cost of their lives. The unified force field components accumulated by Li Qingsong over decades of industrial development were all destroyed due to energy overload, thus releasing the most intense energy under the current conditions.

Li Qingsong saw its effects just over ten seconds after the unified force field was activated.

Because the X and Y bosons generated by the unified force field travel at the speed of light, they have a certain time delay, and the first to be affected are the ships in the outer part of the Purple Moon Civilization's main fleet.

At that moment, among the more than 150 million manned warships and even more unmanned warships that were locked in a fierce battle with Li Qingsong, tens of thousands of ships exploded simultaneously, turning into bright stars in the vast cosmos.

After that, the X and Y bosons, carrying that world-destroying power, continued to move inward at the speed of light.

Once the Purple Moon Fleet's defenses were breached, the industrial ships and transport ships deployed behind the warships, outside of the residential ships, were also affected.

Compared to warships, their protective capabilities are weaker.

And so, Li Qingsong once again witnessed the spaceships exploding one after another, releasing dazzling light.

After that, there are the most crucial spaceships, including those for scientific research, living quarters, and supplies.

Explosions occurred one after another, and dazzling fireballs appeared in the Purple Moon Fleet.

Furthermore, these explosions were merely the direct damage from the unified force field. Following this direct damage, secondary damage from the explosions of those spaceships also began to appear.

The violent energy, high-speed debris, intense radiation, and so on spread unchecked within the main fleet of the Purple Moon civilization, scorching and destroying everything tangible and intangible in its path.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Li Qingsong launched another attack.

This time, Li Qingsong tore a huge hole in the Purple Moon Fleet's defenses. Endless energy projectiles, laser beams, cannon shells, missiles, and so on were poured in without restraint, wreaking havoc for several days before being blocked by the Purple Moon warships that arrived to provide reinforcements.

Even if the Purple Moon Fleet reorganizes its defenses, the massive damage it inflicted on the Purple Moon Civilization's main fleet is an undeniable fact.

According to rough estimates, at least 20 ships of various types in the Purple Moon Fleet were destroyed, including more than a dozen space carriers fully loaded with supplies!

Based on the calculation that an aerospace carrier carries approximately 500 million tons of supplies, this would amount to the loss of billions, or even nearly 10 billion tons of supplies.

Not to mention the other heavy transport ships, industrial spaceships, and so on.

What excited Li Qingsong the most was living on the spaceship.

Affected by the direct damage from the unified force field and subsequent secondary damage, Li Qingsong saw that out of the Purple Moon Civilization's total of about 14 residential spaceships, as many as 6000 were directly destroyed by him!
Based on the calculation that a residential spaceship can carry 200 million people, this would mean a loss of more than 120 billion people!
Even for a massive civilization like the Purple Moon Civilization, with a total population of around 3000 billion, the loss of over 120 billion people is still a devastating blow.

At this moment, the entire Purple Moon Civilization's main fleet was riddled with damage. Countless ships had experienced gas leaks, billowing thick smoke that quickly dissipated into the cosmos.

Countless spaceships were riddled with deformation and holes, making emergency repairs impossible. They could only watch helplessly as they deteriorated further, eventually losing power completely or exploding.

Countless warship wrecks and severed limbs float in space, yet the Purple Moon Fleet cannot even clean up the battlefield.

"At least we managed to collect some interest."

"Purple Moon Civilization, you just wait, this isn't over yet!"

At this moment, both fleets have reached 85% of the speed of light.

The difference is that Li Qingsong's fleet can no longer accelerate, while the Purple Moon Civilization's main fleet is still accelerating.

Maintaining a speed of 85% of the speed of light, Li Qingsong quietly watched the massive, heavily damaged fleet gradually disappear into the distance.

"Let's clean up the battlefield, and then find a star system to dock and rest."

Quickly salvage any valuable debris from the battlefield—if you're too slow, it might be "corroded" by interstellar high-energy radiation, rendering it completely worthless—Li Qingsong slightly adjusted the fleet's course and aimed at a star system more than ten light-years away.

The Purple Moon Fleet's speed increased until it completely disappeared from the clones' sight. Later, even through telescopes, only a dim star could be seen.

Li Qingsong temporarily abandoned the pursuit of the Purple Moon Fleet and turned his attention back to the star system ahead and this vast expanse of space.

Whether it was tracking the Purple Moon Fleet or during the four-year war, Li Qingsong never relaxed his observation of the universe and the starry sky.

Those mysterious and wondrous phenomena that constantly unfold in the starry sky have never ceased.

Stars continue to be destroyed and new stars are born; stars continue to disappear and new stars continue to appear.

Li Qingsong knew that this wasn't because wars between space-level civilizations always revolved around stars. Rather, stars were almost the only source of light in this vast cosmos.

Whatever other changes occur, they will ultimately be manifested through the stars. As we perceive them, the stars appear to be constantly changing.

Besides stars, the cosmic microwave background radiation, the curvature of space, interstellar high-energy radiation, and so on are also undergoing a series of changes of unknown origin.

"I wonder whether the Space-level Demon Eye has gained the upper hand at this point in the war, or whether the Crimson Star Alliance has the advantage."

Alas, it's a pity that I can't even understand what's going on in this war, let alone participate in it.

Let's leave them alone for now and focus on our own business.

With this in mind, Li Qingsong maneuvered his fleet to gradually anchor within the star system, once again launching a massive industrial construction project.

In a corner of the vast space, the main fleet of the Purple Moon civilization, resembling a refugee fleet, is represented by the Great Moon spaceship.

The atmosphere in the conference room was heavier than ever before.

"Your Excellency, our fleet's supplies are severely depleted, and we must find a star system to dock and rest."

A high-ranking official from the civilization reported in a somber tone some data regarding the current material reserves.

Another high-ranking member of the civilization frowned deeply and said slowly, "We...cannot stop any longer."

Hundreds of years have passed since the second opening of the Star Gate. It's fine if we just stop here, but what if Lantuk finds out and comes after us again?
Their technology and combat capabilities are constantly improving rapidly. If the Lantuk civilization catches up again, let alone whether we can win, just the thought of shaking off their entanglement and setting sail again... can we do it?

His words silenced all the high-ranking officials, including the head of state.

This is indeed a very real problem.

If our side stops, we might be swarmed by the Bluetuk civilization again, like a disgusting slime worm.

But what if we don't stop? What should we do now that we're facing a severe shortage of supplies?
After a long period of contemplation, the Purple Moon leader slowly said, "Finding the Gate to the Stars, entering the Demon Eye Kingdom, making our contribution to this war as a race of the Purple Moon Demon Eye civilization, and handing over those humans who may contain great secrets to the Demon Eye Lord is our highest mission and primary objective."

No matter the cost, we must complete this.

The words of the Purple Moon leader set the tone for this meeting.

All subsequent actions and plans must be formulated on the premise of ensuring the mission is accomplished.

Therefore, the option of docking with a star system for repairs can be directly ruled out.

Because it contradicts the highest mission.

So... there aren't many options left for us. No, you could even say there's only one left.

Since we can't open source it, we can only... cut costs.

Reduce material consumption and conserve as much precious resources and energy as possible.

How to save money? How to reduce costs?

President Ziyue slowly stood up: "Let's carry out the civilization cleansing plan."

Kill all civilians rated below level 6, and recover their body materials to replenish the fleet's supplies.

People who are old and frail and can no longer contribute to civilization, people who are seriously ill and whose work ability is affected and require a lot of resources to cure, people who are mentally abnormal and still retain traces of the mind of the original species, etc., are all uniformly rated as level 7 or lower in the Purple Moon Civilization.

This portion of the population accounts for approximately 10% of the total population of the civilization, which is 3000 billion.

Originally, the civilization had abundant resources and could support these liabilities. But now, with resources scarce, they have no choice but to be targeted.

After eliminating the approximately 300 billion people who only consume resources and cannot create value, the pressure on civilization's resource consumption will be greatly reduced.

Meanwhile, the total mass of 300 billion people is about 24 billion tons, most of which can be recycled, such as oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen.

This is yet another addition.

Roughly calculated, after carrying out the cleansing mission, the probability of our fleet holding out until the Star Gate will increase to over 95%!

The words of the Purple Moon leader caused all the high-ranking officials present to fall silent for a moment.

But a moment later, one of the senior executives raised his hand.

"I agree with the head of state's plan."

"Agree."

...Soon, the plan was unanimously approved. Following this, the decree was promulgated throughout the entire civilization.

Corresponding "resource collection points" were also established in each habitation spaceship.

Starting one morning, a large number of people with level 7 or above, either on their own or seriously ill, gathered in front of the material recycling point in smart wheelchairs.

When the time came, the gate opened, and the Purple Moon people lined up and entered one by one.

After identity verification, the Purple Moon people were guided into a room. A high concentration of psychoactive agent was released, and within seconds, these Purple Moon people lost their lives.

After they fall, the robots will transport these corpses away and put them into the element decomposition furnace, where they will collect the various elements from the corpses in different categories and then transport them to different factories.

From queuing at the main entrance to registration and screening, entering the gas chamber, and the recovery and decomposition of the bodies, the entire process was carried out in an orderly manner.

No one resisted or objected during this process.

There was even a school and a bustling pedestrian street right near the recycling point. Yet, people looked at them with neither curiosity nor pity.

There is nothing to pity. If one day we are required to sacrifice our lives for the great Eye of Evil, we will, like them, step into the gas chamber without hesitation or doubt.

The cleansing plan for 300 billion people was quickly completed. This saved approximately 1.5 giant habitation ships. Through a series of measures to reduce the quality of life and increase population density, a total of about 2 habitation ships were shut down and faced dismantling and recycling.

The supply of materials has finally stabilized.

The long voyage continues, and it is estimated that in another 50 years, they will be able to reach the Gate of Stars.

Because they saved one star stop while the Lantuk civilization did not, they could no longer catch up with them before they reached the Star Gate...

But on this day, a secretary rushed into the head of state's office.

Upon seeing the documents handed to her by her secretary, President Ziyue's face was quickly filled with shock.

He trembled as he slowly put down the document in his hand, his eyes fixed on the huge simulation of the starry sky beside him.

On the enormous screen, countless stars swirled, and the vastness and boundlessness of the universe rushed towards you.

"How could this be? How could this be... How could this happen..."

He murmured to himself, then suddenly swayed and fainted.

……

In a certain star system, Li Qingsong was still carrying out his all-out industrial construction and material collection tasks.

Empty warehouses were filled, damaged warships were repaired and maintained, unified force field components were produced, and clones were born in the cloning factory in an endless stream...

Everything was maintained at a very high level of efficiency, and everything was in perfect order.

Just then, a neutrino telescope suddenly reported a somewhat peculiar signal to Li Qingsong.

Subsequently, the signal was simultaneously detected by the thousands of neutrino telescopes owned by Li Qingsong.

"what's the situation?"

Looking at these neutrino data, Li Qingsong felt a deep sense of unease.

"Such a high energy level seems to indicate some violent astrophysical phenomena..."

His heart began to pound with unease.

Li Qingsong patiently waited for a whole day, using all his observational resources to aim at that coordinate point, but the light he was waiting for never appeared.

"How could this happen? How could this happen..."

A bead of cold sweat dripped from Li Qingsong's forehead.

At this moment, even the last glimmer of hope has been extinguished.

This was indeed a supernova explosion, and it was a supernova explosion in which the energy release was concentrated in the high-energy radiation level, with almost no visible light and neutrino radiation.

Furthermore, it is less than 200 light-years away from the star system where Li Qingsong is currently located.

Li Qingsong had witnessed this peculiar supernova explosion pattern before. At first, he didn't know what it was, but later, through communication with the Yunluo civilization, he learned the truth.

This is undoubtedly the most powerful weapon in the entire galaxy, a strategic weapon of the Destroyer civilization.

Cataclysmic disaster!

About 200 years ago, the Destroyer Civilization's cataclysmic destruction was launched approximately 200 light-years away from us at this moment.

But how is this possible? How is this possible!

At this moment, this star field is the battlefield between the Crimson Star Alliance and the Space-level Demon Eye. The reason why the two space-level civilizations started the war is almost certainly because they observed that in another star field, during the war between the Destroyer Civilization and the Perseus Alliance, the Destroyer had already used a cataclysmic natural disaster.

The Cataclysmic Destruction can only be used once every thousand years.

This is why the war between the Crimson Star Alliance and the Space-level Demon Eye has begun. But why, at this moment, is another cataclysmic disaster erupting in this star field?

What exactly is going on!

In a rapid process of thinking, the answer gradually emerged in Li Qingsong's mind.

The truth is likely quite simple, and almost certainly one of these two possibilities:

The first possibility is that the Destroyer Civilization did not actually use the Cataclysmic Destruction during its battle with the Perseus Alliance. The phenomenon of the Cataclysmic Destruction being triggered, as observed by the Spatial-level Magic Eye and the Crimson Star Alliance, was actually a hoax.

The second possibility is that the Destroyer civilization may have made further technological progress, shortening the interval between using devastating natural disasters.

But regardless of which possibility it is, it implies one situation:
This is a trap! A trap laid long ago by a destroyer civilization!

They used some illusions to lure the Space-level Demon Eye and the Crimson Star Alliance into war, and then they jumped out and tried to wipe out both civilizations in one fell swoop by triggering another cataclysmic disaster!

Even the Perseid League might just be a smokescreen.

Given the Destroyer Civilization's consistent style, it's highly unlikely that the Perseid Alliance will surrender to them. This is because the Destroyer Civilization doesn't need prisoners.

So...maybe the Perseid League was actually destroyed long ago, and the so-called war between the Destroyer Civilization and the Perseid League was just the Destroyer Civilization putting on a show under the guise of the Perseid League!

The real goal is to destroy the Crimson Star Alliance and the Space-level Demon Eye!
Upon realizing this, even Li Qingsong felt an unparalleled shock.

Just how powerful was this destroyer civilization? To fight against three civilizations of the same level with the power of a single civilization—this plan might even have succeeded!

So……

What's the situation now?
That Space-level Demon Eye is better off dead, or even better still, but... what about the Crimson Star Alliance?

What is the current situation of the Crimson Star Alliance? And what about the Yunluo Civilization?
If the Destroyer civilization truly succeeds, and the Perseid Alliance, the Crimson Star Alliance, and the Space-class Demon Eye are all wiped out, what will the situation in this galaxy become?
If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. But now, the Recorder civilization only thinks about hiding and hardly shows itself. If the three tall people, Perseus, Red Star, and Demon Eye, are all killed, who can stop the Destroyer civilization?
This is not only due to the emotional factors between Li Qingsong and the Crimson Star Alliance and the Yunluo Civilization, but also to the factors of his own practical interests!

Without those tall figures holding the line, without them drawing the fire of the Destroyer civilization, the Destroyer might be able to focus on searching for lower-level civilizations, and might even be wiped out easily.

Li Qingsong quickly considered the upcoming situation in the Milky Way, and then he discovered...

I couldn't get involved at all.

No matter how the situation changes in the future, no matter what fate befalls me, all I can do is wait passively and accept it passively.

"Given the current situation, we can only focus on our own tasks first. After completing the resource collection, we will continue our pursuit of the Purple Moon Civilization!"
After wiping out the Purple Moon Civilization, immediately flee this star field, the farther the better.

As for the Yunluo civilization... I am powerless to intervene. I hope you can escape this calamity, and I hope the Crimson Star Alliance can continue to exist..."

With a heavy heart, Li Qingsong threw himself back into the massive construction work.

Several years passed quickly. On this day, Li Qingsong's gravitational wave detector suddenly received some signals.

At this moment, Li Qingsong clearly does not have the ability to communicate using gravitational waves, but he can still receive gravitational waves.

Even during the electroweak stage, Li Qingsong had already built a highly precise gravitational wave detector. Now, at the peak of the strong core stage, the detection capability of the gravitational wave detector has increased significantly.

Li Qingsong initially thought that the gravitational wave signal detected this time was just some normal astronomical phenomenon, such as neutron star collision or black hole collision. However, he soon discovered that this signal seemed to have some inherent logical connection, like a piece of information rather than some natural phenomenon.

After a brief study, and while attempting to use the writing and language system of the Yunluo civilization as the key to deciphering the message, it was immediately translated into a writing system with clear meaning.

Li Qingsong immediately understood.

This is a gravitational wave broadcast! And it's a gravitational wave broadcast from the Yunluo civilization! Moreover, it's highly likely it was sent to itself!
The reason is simple: this message does not include dictionary information, and it can only be deciphered using the language system of the Yunluo civilization.

Only civilizations that have interacted with the Yunluo civilization and mastered its language system can possess this key.

Even if other civilizations have more advanced technology, it would be almost impossible for them to decipher the Yunluo civilization's language system without mastering it.

However, using this method of broadcasting gravitational waves, especially when facing a powerful nuclear civilization like ours that lacks gravitational wave communication and can only barely receive them through gravitational wave detectors, seems like this communication method can't transmit much information...

Li Qingsong looked at this message.

(End of this chapter)