Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 386 Awaiting our decision!
One warship after another exploded under the onslaught of these enormous and ferocious star beasts, and just as many star beasts were directly blasted or torn apart by Li Qingsong's attacks.

Although the battle was not large in scale, it was continuous. Since Li Qingsong's fleet broke free from warp drive, he had probably killed tens of thousands of enormous star beasts. Similarly, about ten thousand of his own warships of various sizes had been destroyed.

During this long battle that lasted for several months, Li Qingsong saw the intelligent civilization trapped on the rocky planet finally react.

A small fleet, through their desperate breakout, briefly broke through the blockade of the star beasts and entered space. However, under the relentless pursuit and interception of the star beasts, they suffered continuous losses, and ultimately, fewer than ten warships managed to reach the front of Li Qingsong's fleet, stopping at a distance of approximately 1500 million kilometers.

This distance is probably considered a safe distance for a gravity-level civilization.

Then, an electromagnetic wave signal carrying dictionary information was transmitted.

"Dear guest, hello."

We are the 'Morais' civilization from a red planet. During our long interstellar journey, we encountered this celestial beast calamity due to some unexpected events, and had to dock in this star system for rest and resupply. We were then besieged by this celestial beast calamity and are in imminent danger.

As a legitimate and wise civilization, we firmly believe that only among legitimate and wise civilizations can there be peaceful and friendly exchanges, equal and just cooperation, and mutual respect and assistance.

As a fellow orthodox and intelligent civilization, we firmly believe that you are also a peace-loving, noble, and kind civilization. Therefore, our Morais civilization requests your support and assistance to rescue us from this perilous situation.

If we can successfully escape this predicament, we are willing to pay compensation including but not limited to technology, military, machinery, and resources.

We sincerely request your help.

……

Li Qingsong pondered for a moment, then instead of directly replying to the distress call, asked, "Does your Morais civilization have another name, the Gray Worm Civilization? If not, what is your relationship with the Gray Worm Civilization?"

After a brief communication delay, Li Qingsong's message reached the warships that were clearly being operated remotely.

Li Qingsong knew that this information would inevitably be transmitted in real time to the rocky planet through the internal long-distance communication system of this civilization, which called itself Morales but which Li Qingsong suspected was the Gray Worm.

So... how will they react to this?
The next moment, the warships suddenly activated their maximum power propulsion at the same time, accelerating away at an extremely high speed, as if they were trying to escape.

Ok?
Li Qingsong showed no mercy and immediately dispatched a small fleet that had been prepared beforehand to give chase.

Perhaps realizing they couldn't escape, after a few moments of fleeing, the warships simultaneously exploded, turning into several fireballs that disappeared into the cosmos.

"Upon hearing the name 'Grey Worm Civilization,' they immediately self-destructed..."

Li Qingsong pondered silently: "This clearly confirms that they must be related to the Gray Worm Civilization, or they may actually be the Gray Worm Civilization."

But something seems off. Even if they really are the Grey Worm civilization, how did they immediately determine that I was an enemy, not a friend?
I only asked about the name; I didn't show any hostility whatsoever..."

After thinking for a moment, Li Qingsong simply gave up on pondering this question.

"I don't care what your reasons are, whether you are the Gray Worm Civilization or what kind of connection you have with it. Anyway, your civilization is right here right now, and you can't escape."

"Since that's the case, then let's control your civilization first! I have plenty of time to slowly work things out and uncover the truth!"

Despite the constant harassment and attacks from the star beasts, Li Qingsong's massive fleet continued to slow down and maneuver, eventually entering the interior of the star system and arriving directly at the core of the entire galactic battlefield, the rocky planet where the war was most intense.

This was an extremely large war.

Li Qingsong saw that there were hundreds of thousands of enormous star beasts surrounding that massive rocky planet. There were even more than ten of those super-giant star beasts, each with a mass of tens of billions of tons and a length of tens of kilometers.

And a steady stream of star beasts continued to converge from all directions, joining the siege of this rocky planet.

In the near-Earth space of the planet, millions of warships of the Morais civilization, along with an endless array of space-based and land-based air defense systems and unmanned combat weapons, are fighting desperately to resist the onslaught of these ferocious star beasts.

At this moment, a considerable number of star beasts broke away from their original battlefield and converged on Li Qingsong's fleet. The battle, which had initially been merely a harassment, was rapidly escalating, even showing signs of opening a second battlefield.

"Oh? You star beasts are quite confident in your combat power, huh? You want to fight two intelligent civilizations at the same time?"

Just like that, you took my place without a word... Did you even ask me for permission?"

Regardless of whether the Morais civilization and the Star Beast Cataclysm would obey his orders, or even understand them, Li Qingsong disregarded all concerns and directly broadcast a message to the battlefield via electromagnetic waves.

"The Lantuk civilization commands: Starting from this moment, both sides must cease all acts of war within one day, maintain a distance of 1000 million kilometers, and await our decision!"
If the two sides fail to cease hostilities within one day, we will directly intervene and suppress them by force! Any attack on our peacekeeping fleet will be considered a provocation and a declaration of war, and will be met with severe retaliation!

A powerful declaration was issued. Then… it had no effect whatsoever, failing to cause any change on the battlefield.

Li Qingsong observed that both sides seemed completely oblivious to the message. The Star Beasts continued their all-out attack, while Morais's forces focused on defense, resulting in a fierce and ongoing battle.

They even continued to converge on their own fleet, attempting to wage a large-scale war against them, and the number of star beasts opening a second front did not decrease but increased.

A day passed quickly, and the situation remained the same.

"Then don't blame me..."

Li Qingsong sighed and immediately issued orders to his massive fleet.

"Set sail! Move out!"

Numerous warships, already prepared for battle, converged and charged towards the battlefield on the rocky planet like tigers descending a mountain.

Over 100,000 ferocious star beasts rapidly assembled, showing no sign of retreat. While maintaining immense pressure on the Morais civilization, they charged head-on towards Li Qingsong's fleet. "Perfect, let's test the results of my research over the years!"

Thousands of years of continuous searching, thousands of years of unwavering dedication, uninterrupted scientific research, repeated rebuilding of warships, and repeated comprehensive upgrades—Li Qingsong has honed his fleet countless times, but has never actually put it to use.

Now, the time has come for the sword to be drawn.

Faced with the surging tide of over 100,000 star beasts, in that instant, millions of high-speed interstellar missiles roared and rushed forward, while tens of millions of high-energy lasers were activated simultaneously, instantly illuminating the bodies of those star beasts.

Countless highly convergent gravitational beams, like lasers, shot out instantly, violently tearing at the bodies of those enormous star beasts.

At the same time, protection measures at all levels were activated instantly.

Projectile interception system, laser protection system, energy shield, gravity shield...

These hundreds of thousands of warships instantly deployed as a unified force, dispersing and occupying advantageous combat positions in a flash, with their coordination and cooperation reaching the pinnacle.

These manned warships, in conjunction with an even larger number of unmanned combat devices, stretched out a massive network of firepower in space, transforming into giant millstones that ground beans, relentlessly grinding the bodies of these ferocious star beasts.

Numerous star beasts roared silently at the same time, unleashing their ferocity. They charged and tore fiercely within this network of firepower and flesh-and-blood grinders, seemingly unstoppable and invincible, but they would always be silently robbed of their last chance of life by a missile, a laser, a gravitational wave beam, or even a cluster of interstellar missiles flying from an unknown place.

Li Qingsong's offensive was like the earth, like the sky; though silent and without any grand gestures, it was always so indestructible and irresistible.

No matter how ferocious those celestial beasts located between the earth and the sky may be, they will eventually fall to the ground and lose their lives. And this trend is unstoppable!

Under Li Qingsong's "ordinary" offensive, the battle formation composed of more than 100,000 ferocious star beasts was torn apart by Li Qingsong in less than a month, and more than 20,000 ferocious star beasts were also killed in the process.

After that, Li Qingsong's fleet did not stop at all and went directly to the star beast battle formation besieging the rocky planet.

This time, Li Qingsong faced an even fiercer attack. Not only the "native" star beasts, but even more star beasts gathered from the vast expanse of space to join the battle.

This once again confirms a previous prediction made by Li Qingsong.

These star beasts didn't even use their full strength in the war against the Morais civilization! While they were besieging the Morais civilization, a considerable number of star beasts were scattered throughout the star system, playing, breeding, and feeding.

Li Qingsong noticed that among the several planets in this galaxy, these star beasts seemed to value the ice giant located on the outer edge of the galaxy the most.

Ice giants are also a type of gas giant, and they are more similar to Uranus and Neptune in our solar system than Jupiter and Saturn.

Their masses are also smaller than those of Jupiter and Saturn, generally between ten and twenty times the mass of Earth.

That ice giant star seemed to have become the lair of the star beasts.

However, we don't need to worry about that place for now; let's deal with the situation here first.

Faced with an even fiercer attack, Li Qingsong finally revealed one of his trump cards.

Wood-star warship!
On the wooden star-level warship, which had not participated in the battle before and was over ten kilometers long with a mass of tens of millions of tons, tens of thousands of giant thrusters were activated simultaneously, propelling it to the edge of the fleet at an extremely high speed and with great agility that was completely disproportionate to its mass.

The giant gravity cannon specially developed by Li Qingsong also went into its first real combat.

Ahead, dozens of enormous star beasts, each over twenty kilometers long and weighing hundreds of millions of tons, were arranged in a line tens of thousands of kilometers apart, firmly anchoring the defensive line like nails and forcefully blocking the attack of Li Qingsong's fleet.

With the support and cover of these larger star beasts, hundreds of thousands of smaller star beasts even launched a counterattack against Li Qingsong's fleet. Although they couldn't cause any real damage to Li Qingsong, they forced the fleet to slow its advance.

That being the case...

High-powered gravity cannon, start!
Numerous gravitational beams, completely invisible to the naked eye, were released instantly, sweeping away all tangible and intangible matter in front of them at the speed of light.

Some smaller star beasts that happened to be in the path of propagation had no time to react. They were immediately torn apart as if by a giant hand. The energy shield that was integrated with their flesh and blood burst instantly, their skeletons were twisted and broken instantly, and a large amount of liquid and solid burst out of their bodies. In the next moment, they were instantly shattered by the ubiquitous radiation and dissipated into interstellar dust.

After annihilating dozens of star beasts in an instant, the gravitational beam finally poured into those giant star beasts.

At that moment, like an elephant whose body has been pierced by a bullet, a large amount of flesh fragments and unknown liquids burst out from the bodies of those enormous star beasts.

Their bodies writhed violently, emitting silent cries of agony, as they retaliated.

Endless energy projectiles and "flesh-and-blood missiles" resembling interstellar missiles rained down on the Jupiter-based spaceship at the forefront of the battlefield.

At that moment, thousands of high-powered multi-fusion reactors simultaneously increased their power to maximum. The energy shield surrounding the Jupiter-star spaceship brightened once more, becoming as dazzling as a star.

The fierce attack, powerful enough to tear apart hundreds of warships, struck this protective shield without causing a ripple.

Moreover, the protective system of this Wood Star-level warship even extends to the other warships.

Millions of small laser cannons and energy cannons were activated simultaneously, like a giant umbrella, not only intercepting attacks aimed at them, but also blocking most of the attacks aimed at other warships.

The Jupiter-class warships continued their fierce attack without stopping.

It acted like a nail puller, lifting up one by one the massive star beasts that were firmly wedged into the defensive line, securing the entire line. Then, countless small and medium-sized spaceships followed closely behind, rushing past like a raging flood.

The second and final line of defense of the Star Beast Calamity was also breached by Li Qingsong!

(End of this chapter)