Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 359 What on earth is going on?!
Upon occupying the two large planets, Li Qingsong immediately began large-scale industrial construction.

Of these two large planets, the inner one is 4.6 million kilometers from its star. In the context of our solar system, it would be farther from Ceres in the asteroid belt, but closer to Jupiter.

Ceres in our solar system has a surface temperature of about tens of degrees below zero Celsius. However, in the G76 Pegasus system, the planet designated G76c by Li Qingsong has a surface temperature of over 100 degrees Celsius, exceeding the boiling point of water.

Through geological research, Li Qingsong confirmed that hundreds of millions of years ago, this planet was a large ice ball with a large amount of water ice on its surface.

However, as Pegasus G76 continued to expand, its temperature gradually increased, eventually melting the water ice and forming vast oceans that spread across the globe.

Its average depth can reach over 6000 meters, and its total water volume is more than three times that of the Earth.

Back then, it was also a beautiful planet with rippling blue waters.

Unfortunately, as the star continued to expand and the temperature continued to rise, all the water on the entire planet was evaporated.

Like the mythical boiling of the sea, the energy of this star boiled the entire ocean, turning it into water molecules. Then, with violent radiation, it tore the ocean apart into hydrogen and oxygen atoms, and through stripping, it released them into space, turning them into interstellar dust.

The oceans have disappeared, leaving only dried-up craters on the planet's surface. Only these alluvial deposits can prove that such magnificent oceans once existed on this planet.

Even the planet's atmosphere was stripped away by intense stellar radiation. Today, its atmosphere density is less than one percent of that of Mars.

The other planet is a Jovian planet, about 10.1 billion kilometers from its star, and is surrounded by a dozen large moons that have reached hydrostatic equilibrium.

The surface temperature of this gas giant was originally extremely low, only around -100 degrees Celsius. The moons orbiting it had even lower temperatures, around -200 degrees Celsius, due to the lack of internal heat dissipation mechanisms.

But with the expansion of the star, everything changes.

The surface temperature of this Jovian planet was directly heated to over 20 degrees Celsius. Due to the rapid increase in temperature and the imbalance between the internal and external temperatures, an unimaginably violent hurricane was triggered inside, turning the entire planet upside down.

The temperatures of those satellites also rose dramatically. One icy satellite even melted all its surface water ice, creating a vast ocean covering the entire globe, much like G76c once was.

Furthermore, due to the gravitational influence of this gas giant planet, it experiences extremely large tidal forces, and often has giant ocean waves that are thousands of meters high, like mountains.

At this moment, Li Qingsong's main fleet was hovering above this large satellite, numbered G76d-5.

Beneath your feet are towering waves thousands of meters high, above you is a giant gas planet tinged with pale red by the stars, and above that, an even more wondrous sight unfolds.

It was a huge red star with an apparent size 400 times that of the Sun as seen from Earth.

At the same distance, if this red giant were replaced by the Sun, the Sun would appear to be only a fraction of its size.

It was like a mountain, hanging silently in space, occupying a significant portion of the field of vision, giving Li Qingsong an unparalleled sense of oppression.

Even the intense stellar activity on it can be seen with the naked eye.

Those surging plasma waves, the enormous prominences, the massive sunspots...

Below it, there is a tiny, extremely bright spot compared to its surroundings.

Although the entire star was enormous, it wasn't dazzling and could be looked at directly. However, that tiny bright spot, occupying only a fraction of the surface area, felt somewhat blinding to Li Qingsong.

He knew that the bright spot was the white dwarf star. It was bright because it was violently accreting matter from the star.

Amidst this extraordinary scene, facing stars, white dwarfs, gas giants with endless, violent hurricanes, and satellites constantly unleashing waves thousands of meters high, Li Qingsong's industrial construction officially began.

Industrial spaceships landed one after another, and massive factories rose from the ground. In just one month since they arrived, the appearance of many planets has been transformed.

At this moment, the construction of the industrial system is still in its early stages and is far from being truly completed. However, the mobilization of the warship fleet, the preparation of supplies, and the deployment of combat facilities have already been completed ahead of schedule.

Under the watchful gaze of that massive star, Li Qingsong's fleet immediately set off, carrying supplies brought from other star systems, heading towards the two large planets on the other side of the star, which were occupied by the Purple Moon civilization.

Li Qingsong knew that he had begun war preparations as soon as he arrived in the star system, and the Purple Moon Civilization was doing the same.

At this moment, a large number of Purple Moon warships are also gathering.

Come on.

The distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers was swiftly traversed as two massive fleets belonging to two different civilizations collided violently in space.

"Although my technological level is slightly inferior to yours, I have the advantages of unmanned combat systems, tactical advantages, and industrial advantages."

At this moment, neither of our industrial systems has been completed, and we are temporarily unable to obtain resources from our own land.

But I still have Flying Stars, while you have nothing. This gives me another advantage: resource advantage.

With so many advantages combined, Purple Moon Civilization, I really can't find a reason why you could defeat me.

Let this Pegasus G76 system be your final resting place, so that the true Purple Moon civilization can find peace. Let us stop letting you disgusting, despicable demon-eyed creatures roam the universe bearing their name…”

Endless flashes of explosion instantly filled the starry sky.

As soon as the battle began, the two sides engaged in the most brutal and intense fighting.

Li Qingsong frowned slightly, his heart gradually becoming heavy.

He sensed that something was wrong.

what's the situation?
He clearly saw one of his Earth-class warships maneuvering at full power, trying to break out of an encirclement, when suddenly a tremendous pulling force was detected in a certain part of the ship's hull, as if some invisible and intangible rope was fixed in that place and was pulling desperately.

The ship was moving backward, but that part was being pulled back by ropes. Both the backward maneuver of the ship and the pulling of the ropes were so immense and so unstoppable.

When two forces converge, and neither can resist them, the only thing that will be damaged is the ship's structure.

A huge piece of armor, measuring 1.5 by 2.2 meters, was forcibly torn off the ship's hull!
All the wiring and pipes installed on this armor were torn off, and the corresponding areas immediately lost their function. The barrel of a close-in weapon system attached to the armor was also torn off, and the hard, high-energy metal material was almost twisted into a pretzel.

Another gold-level warship, while maneuvering at high speed, suddenly had its front armor dented, as if it had suffered some kind of heavy impact, and eventually a large section of the armor was dented into the internal compartment.

Because the fire happened to affect a critical part of the ship, the interior of the cabin caught fire instantly and exploded shortly afterward.

This was only a spaceship subjected to a single type of force. Many more spaceships were simultaneously subjected to unknown forces from multiple directions.

There are forces acting to the left, to the right, forward and backward, up and down, inward and outward, and so on. One of the largest Mars-class warships, roughly estimated, experiences more than a thousand forces acting in different directions!
At this moment, Li Qingsong even felt that his Mars-class warship had become a human being being tortured.

That kind of punishment is very famous in human history.

Tortured by five horses!

However, now, the number of "horses" involved in dismembering this Mars-class warship is not just five, but more than a thousand!
Pulled by over a thousand unknown forces, coupled with the inherent power of the Mars-class warship itself, its hull was torn apart in the next moment, as if it had been forcibly ripped into thousands of pieces.

Explosions of varying sizes erupted instantly amidst the wreckage. A spaceship that Li Qingsong considered a flagship was thus destroyed.

This unknown force appears to be being used on a large scale by the Purple Moon civilization's warships. Not only manned warships, but also unmanned warships are suffering similar attacks, along with armed satellites, auxiliary ships, and interstellar turrets…

Even interstellar missiles are no exception!
Normally, there are only two ways to intercept extremely fast interstellar missiles.

Either fire a laser, relying on high temperature and radiation to burn and destroy the rocket body, preventing it from exploding and locating, or fire an interceptor energy projectile, using violent impact and explosion to damage its structure or change its trajectory.

But now, having grasped the force of this unknown principle, the Purple Moon Civilization has a brand-new, more efficient, and more effective means of intercepting the interstellar missiles that Li Qingsong's side relies on as one of their main offensive methods, which are extremely destructive.

Once subjected to this force, the trajectory of a high-speed interstellar missile will be deflected, just like an arrow being hit hard by a stick and immediately veering off course.

Yes, it's not even necessary to destroy the missile. Just a light irradiation with that kind of force is enough to deflect the missile and render it harmless.

The more crucial point is that this force appears to travel at the speed of light. This means it is impossible to warn of, and therefore impossible to avoid!

What, what's going on here?!
After a quick analysis, only one possibility emerged for Li Qingsong.

Is this... a gravity weapon?

Li Qingsong suddenly recalled the time when his side encountered the silicon-based parasitic catastrophe, and the Yunluo civilization appeared, using some gravity bombs to instantly eliminate all the parasitic catastrophes whose combat power surpassed that of the peak-level strong cores, leaving him helpless.

The power of gravity weapons left a very deep impression on Li Qingsong at that time.

Unexpectedly, at this very moment, I witnessed the power of this weapon once again from the Purple Moon Civilization fleet.

Has the Purple Moon Civilization advanced to a Gravity Civilization?

No, that's impossible. It's only been a short time since they last separated, and the Purple Moon Fleet is in dire straits with a large number of deaths and insufficient supplies. How could they possibly have completed such an important advancement under these circumstances?
These weapons were clearly extremely rudimentary and primitive. Their destructive power and area of ​​effect were vastly inferior to the gravity weapons used by the Yunluo civilization. But they were indeed gravity weapons!
There is no other possibility!
Well, then...

Considering that the Purple Moon civilization came to the G76 Pegasus system, most likely to carry out a supernova detonation to save the Space-class Magic Eye, and taking into account the Magic Eye civilization's peculiar existence and the "rudimentary" nature of its gravity weapon, the real answer is becoming clear.

It must be that the Space-level Magic Eye contacted the Purple Moon Civilization in some way, and while entrusting them with the mission, it also handed over the relevant technology of this rudimentary gravity weapon to them in order to ensure that they had sufficient ability to complete it!
Li Qingsong observed that even though the Purple Moon Civilization currently only possessed a simplified, rudimentary version of gravity weapons—otherwise, the technology of such weapons could not have been mastered by the Purple Moon Civilization, which was only at the strong core stage—they still demonstrated a combat power that almost completely overwhelmed him.

Their prized variable energy shield was utterly useless against this gravity-based weapon.

The powerful nuclear armor that I developed through countless revisions and researches was still kneaded like dough under the immense gravitational pull.

The superior maneuverability, which was achieved through its own specially designed and repeatedly optimized propulsion system, has become a disadvantage in the face of these gravity weapons.

The stronger the power, the greater the interaction force, and the more easily the warship's hull is torn apart!
Under the suppression of this weapon, even the advantage of the Primordial AI was eliminated.

It's not that the Primordial AI is less intelligent than the Purple Moon Civilization's AI; rather, no matter how advanced the intelligence or how ingenious the tactics, unmanned warships are still needed to bring them to fruition.

The current situation is that no matter how ingenious the Primal AI's tactics are, they cannot be fully utilized.

This unmanned fleet could have easily gained a local advantage by maneuvering forward and flanking the enemy. However, under the suppression of the gravity weapon, this unmanned fleet was unable to break through the blockade or even withstand the enemy's attack.

How is this played?
Li Qingsong's heart sank.

I initially thought the Purple Moon civilization's arrival in the G76 Pegasus system was a suicide mission. But now... it seems they themselves are the ones who have walked into the trap?
Li Qingsong gritted his teeth.

retreat!

The massive fleet immediately disregarded the cost and suffered heavy casualties before forcibly withdrawing from the battlefield and retreating towards the gas giant planet G76d that it had occupied.

At the same time, the rocky planet G76c was also abandoned by Li Qingsong. The industrial facilities that had been painstakingly built were destroyed, and all warships, spaceships, and other equipment were withdrawn to the gas giant planet G76d.

The Purple Moon Fleet followed closely behind, surging forward.

At this moment, Li Qingsong had no choice but to abandon his original plan to temporarily refrain from using the flying stars and instead establish an industrial system based in the star system to acquire a large amount of resources.

The disastrous defeat on the front lines means our forces will inevitably face a full-scale siege from the Purple Moon Civilization, leading to a surge in resource consumption.

It will be too late to acquire resources once the industrial system is fully established.

Fortunately, we still have Flying Star to use at this moment.

Therefore, while continuing to maintain the rapid development of the local industrial system, Li Qingsong also launched a large-scale resource extraction mission in Feixing.

Factories were rapidly constructed in the vast expanse of space, and trillions of robots quickly took their positions and began production at maximum efficiency.

Manned and unmanned warships, military satellites, artillery emplacements, and interstellar mines rapidly appeared in space.

In just over two months, with the frontline fleet withdrawing and the Purple Moon Fleet following closely behind, a massive defensive line had already begun to take shape.

This is the only way Li Qingsong can stop the siege of the Purple Moon Civilization at this stage, out of necessity.

Relying on a stronger industrial base and a larger interstellar defense line, we can buy time with sheer numbers and offset the advantage of the Purple Moon civilization's new weapons!

When Li Qingsong's frontline fleet fled back to planet G76d and joined the defense line, the Purple Moon fleet followed closely behind and immediately launched an offensive.

An even more devastating interstellar war unfolded around this planet.

Seemingly because they had verified the performance of gravity weapons and summarized and optimized more ways to use them in the previous phase of the battle, the Purple Moon Fleet unleashed even stronger combat power in this siege.

One after another, the spaceships that Li Qingsong had painstakingly built were not destroyed by lasers and energy cannons, nor by interstellar missiles and hydrogen bomb explosions, but were twisted into pretzel shapes by the completely invisible and intangible gravity, and were completely ruined.

One after another, the interstellar mines finally locked onto their targets and swarmed forward like piranhas, trying to exchange their lives for the enemy's death. However, before they could even get close to the enemy warship, they were directly crushed, exploded, or simply died silently without making a sound under the influence of the area-of-effect gravity weapon.

Interstellar missiles, unmanned warships, military satellites, spy satellites, interstellar artillery turrets...

Despite having defensive, industrial, and numerical advantages, Li Qingsong was still inevitably at a disadvantage and completely suppressed the moment the war began.

The rate of loss of various combat equipment was extremely alarming. Often, a batch of ships would be thrown into the battlefield and then completely destroyed in the next moment.

but……

Li Qingsong had no other choice.

The only thing he could do was to use his greater industrial strength to manufacture more combat facilities as quickly as possible, and then throw them all into the interstellar battlefield, leaving them to be destroyed by the enemy.

At this moment, I am like a fish on a chopping board, completely powerless to resist your attacks.

But... even if they're fish, it takes you time to kill them. As long as there are enough fish, they can always hold you off.

At this moment, the situation in the interstellar battlefield has temporarily stabilized.

Relying on sheer numbers, Li Qingsong temporarily halted the Purple Moon Civilization's offensive, but his heart remained heavy.

He knew very well that he was building an industrial system, and the Purple Moon Civilization was doing the same.

Once the Purple Moon Civilization completes its industrial development and acquires sufficient resources, the number of warships they can deploy will inevitably increase.

At that time, I will face an even fiercer attack.

Although their industrial development is fast, the scale of industrial construction required is also larger than that of the Purple Moon Civilization.

The Purple Moon Civilization's industrial development is slow, but the scale of industry they need to build is also smaller than their own.

Overall, the Purple Moon Civilization may even complete its industrial development before we do!
At that time, utter destruction awaits them.

"Faster! Faster still!"

At this moment, not only the clones under Li Qingsong's control, but also all the intelligent life forms of various races, whose total number exceeded hundreds of billions, joined the battlefield.

In addition to warriors of all races piloting the warships, engineers and workers of all races also fully joined the logistical production tasks.

Throughout this process, Li Qingsong did not conceal the current situation from the intelligent races, but always promptly reported any changes in the outside world.

Intelligent life forms also know what kind of enemy they are facing at this moment, and they are aware of the current situation.

If our side is defeated, not only will all members face being assimilated into the Demon Eyes, but the Crimson Star Alliance will also be destroyed by the Destroyer Civilization, potentially altering the entire galaxy's situation.

The situation has come to this point; if we don't fight desperately, what else can we do?
Then let's go for it!

10 billion consciousness links, with over 100 billion intelligent beings all giving their all.

Under these circumstances, Li Qingsong's industrial construction speed truly reached an incredible level.

A massive factory capable of producing a billion interstellar mines annually can be built in just a few days.
A vacuum pipeline tens of thousands of kilometers long, connecting thousands of factories, was built in less than a month.

A massive seawater ionization plant, capable of producing 100 million tons of hydrogen annually, can be completed in a maximum of two months.

Time slips away quietly.

Spy satellites scattered throughout space indicate that the Purple Moon civilization has initially completed the construction of its industrial system.

A massive influx of supplies poured into the terminal production plants.

Soon, a massive fleet consisting of hundreds of thousands of newly produced warships, heavy transport ships, unmanned warships, and auxiliary combat facilities took shape and immediately began to set sail towards G76d, which was hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

The Purple Moon Civilization completed the construction of its industrial system ahead of schedule!
Fortunately, it will take them another month or two to reach this place.

Several days passed. With the completion of the last batch of 3000 large factories, Li Qingsong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Our own industrial system has been established!
At that moment, the productivity of numerous clones and intelligent life forms immediately shifted from construction to production.

The production rate of various combat equipment immediately surged.

(End of this chapter)