Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 392 Star Beast Kingdom!

Time passed slowly, and a massive, continuous interstellar war continued to unfold in this galaxy.

With the idea of ​​making use of waste, Li Qingsong treated this "war" as a drill. Of course, it was a live-fire drill.

Previously, the various tactics, methods of coordinating different warships, and ways of using them, which only existed in computer simulations, were now being played out in turn during the "war" against the Morais civilization.

This is also extremely beneficial for improving the war science of the Morais civilization and cultivating war-related talents.

The two sides then went back and forth like this, each quietly waiting for their target to arrive.

Meanwhile, the trillions of detectors manufactured by Li Qingsong have gradually been deployed, occupying a space with a radius of more than 20 light-years centered on this star system.

Li Qingsong could guarantee that even if the Gray Worm civilization's fleet did not come directly to this star system, as long as they came within 30 light-years, they would definitely be detected by him.

More than three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. Like a seasoned hunter, Li Qingsong remains calm and patient, waiting patiently.

On this day, as always, Li Qingsong once again deployed more than 30,000 newly manufactured warships to the battlefield, intending to test a new battle tactic simulated by the Primordial AI.

But at that moment, a strange change occurred without any warning or preparation.

Li Qingsong suddenly saw that in the vast universe, the countless stars were disappearing one by one, as if they were being swallowed up by something.

what's the situation!
"Stop!"

Ignoring the possibility of exposure, Li Qingsong directly sent a ceasefire message to the Morais civilization, his voice filled with solemnity: "Have you seen those changes?"

"I see it! The stars, the stars are disappearing..."

It seemed as if a colossal curtain, light-years in size, was rapidly enveloping their star system, about to completely surround it.

Li Qingsong immediately attempted to connect with the detectors 3 light-years away using long-distance communication. However, after some attempts, he discovered that he had lost contact with those detectors.

Can quantum entanglement-based long-distance communication also break down?!
However, within the scientific scope known to Li Qingsong, there is no means that can interfere with or block long-distance communication!
A sense of crisis quietly emerged in Li Qingsong's heart. Turning his head to look in another direction again, he was suddenly shocked to realize that in just a few minutes, that "curtain" seemed to have already completed the envelopment of the entire star system.

All the stars in the universe have disappeared.

No, a few stars remained, visible to Li Qingsong. But Li Qingsong instantly recognized that these remaining stars were not actually fixed stars, but rather planets orbiting their own star system!
What the hell is going on!
Various thoughts raced through Li Qingsong's mind. But before he could come to a conclusion, the already completely dark universe changed once again.

One by one, the stars slowly reappeared, densely packed and dazzling, as if the universe had returned to normal.

But after a moment's examination, Li Qingsong was suddenly shocked to realize that the stars that had appeared now were not the same as the normal stars in the universe before!
Not only have their locations changed, but further exploration has revealed that their mass, size, elemental composition, and so on are all drastically different from before.

What's strange is that Li Qingsong saw that many of the stars were exactly the same except for their distances.

For example, this yellow dwarf star is about 22 billion years old, has a radius of 72 kilometers, and its brightness and elemental composition are top-notch. It is about 4 light-years away from itself.

But at a distance of 9 light-years, Li Qingsong discovered another star that was exactly the same as his. Then, at distances of 19 light-years and 29 light-years, he discovered two more identical stars.

Not only this star, but all other stars are like this.

After a rough count, Li Qingsong realized that although there are countless stars in the universe, they all seem to be identical copies of a fixed set of only 125 stars!
At this moment, although Li Qingsong didn't quite understand, he was deeply shocked.

What the hell is going on!
The Yunluo civilization once said that once their technology reached the spatial level, they would be able to carve out a small universe independent of the current three-dimensional universe as their dwelling place, which they called a "kingdom," such as the Crimson Star Kingdom and the Demon Eye Kingdom.

It is precisely because the essence of a "kingdom" is a microcosm with a finite radius, while according to existing theories, the universe is finite but boundless, and in the four-dimensional plane it is a "hypersphere," just as the seemingly vast and flat two-dimensional earth is a sphere in the three-dimensional plane.

Perhaps that's why I can see so many stars that look like "copies"? These are actually phantoms of those stars, their light traveling around the entire universe before reaching my eyes?
It seems that only this can explain what happened to me. So...

Could the place I'm in right now be... a kingdom? A kingdom that exists on some spatial level?

What spatial level of existence is it?

Red Star Kingdom?

That's unlikely. Since the battle with the Destroyer Civilization, the Crimson Star Kingdom has apparently fled the current universe to escape the Destroyer Civilization and its whereabouts are unknown. Besides, if it were the Crimson Star Kingdom, it's unlikely they wouldn't have informed us beforehand.

However, among all the spatial-level beings he knew, only the Crimson Star Alliance was benevolent towards him! If it wasn't the Crimson Star Alliance, then was the master of this current place he was in hostile towards him?

The Destroyer Civilization's Destroyed Nation?

Could it be that after all this time on the run, I still couldn't escape the Destroyer civilization's pursuit? But why don't they just wipe me out, instead of incorporating me into their realm? What are they planning?
Li Qingsong was filled with solemnity, doubt, and confusion.

"Regardless of who it is or what their purpose is in bringing me into this kingdom, as long as they haven't destroyed me from the start, it means the situation isn't completely hopeless and there's still a glimmer of hope. In that case, let's first find out which kingdom this is!"

After a quick thought, Li Qingsong made a decision.

After testing various cosmological constants, such as the speed of light, the fine structure constant, and various physical laws, and confirming that there was no difference from the three-dimensional universe, Li Qingsong immediately began to assemble a large scientific expedition fleet and reported the current situation to the Morais civilization.

"...Although it cannot be confirmed at the moment, I think it is highly likely to be so."

Given the current uncertain situation, the only way for us to survive is to work together.

Let's observe this universe and confirm the current situation first.

"Okay." After reaching an agreement, the research fleets of both sides quickly left the star system and headed towards the surrounding star systems. At the same time, various large-scale deep space exploration devices were immediately put into operation and began to explore the surrounding airspace.

Some distant stars are beyond the range of long-distance communication. However, this is not a major concern, as it can be handled autonomously by the Primordial AI and the Morales AI.

Before the research spacecraft even reached the nearest star system, Li Qingsong's deep space exploration system discovered a slightly alarming scene.

Through observation of these 125 "blueprint" stars, Li Qingsong discovered that the orbits of these stars are not as chaotic as those of ordinary open clusters or globular clusters, but rather have uniform orbits.

All these stars revolve around an unseen point in the void. It's as if there exists a star there, and these stars are planets orbiting it.

If stars are the rulers of star systems, then that place is like the ruler of this entire kingdom.

Based on gravitational relationships, it appears that a supermassive black hole exists there!
However, further investigation revealed that there was no black hole there at all!

A research fleet has been heading towards the core, which is light-years away, but has not yet reached its destination.

Another research fleet has already arrived at the nearest star system.

After sneaking in quietly, Li Qingsong discovered an astonishing scene.

This star system contains a total of five large planets, some gaseous and some rocky. But regardless of their form, Li Qingsong saw some strange life forms on them.

Star Beast!

One after another, powerful star beasts appeared, different in appearance from the star beasts that had previously besieged the Morais civilization, but of equally high quality and clearly at the gravitational stage of "technology"!
Their numbers are extremely large, at least in the tens of millions.

These numerous enormous and ferocious star beasts roamed freely in the vast void, shuttling back and forth between one planet after another. They frolicked and played on the surface of rocky planets, or soared and danced in the thick clouds of gas giants. Some star beasts even traversed between the photosphere and chromosphere of stars, or even directly immersed themselves in the star's scorching plasma.

Seeing this scene, a thought suddenly popped into Li Qingsong's mind: "Are these star beasts soaking in a hot spring?"

Dispelling this somewhat absurd idea, a slightly heavy speculation emerged for Li Qingsong: "A kingdom with gravitational-level star beasts... I heard from the Yunluo civilization that the space-level existence in this Milky Way galaxy might contain a star beast calamity, so... could this kingdom be a star beast kingdom?"
If it's a Star Beast Kingdom, why would they attack me? Could it be... that the Star Beast Calamity I wiped out before was actually backed by a high-level entity—a Space-level Star Beast?

It tracked me down, coming to avenge that gravity-level star beast…? But why did it ignore me after bringing me into its realm, even allowing me to conduct probes freely?

At this moment, Li Qingsong still had too many questions and uncertainties in his mind.

At this moment, Li Qingsong's probe ship entering this star system seemed to have attracted the attention of those star beasts. Some enormous star beasts flew over quickly and launched an attack from a distance of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

The next moment, the screen disappeared and communication was lost.

After some thought, Li Qingsong did not stop exploring the other star systems. So, in one outer star system after another, the one furthest from that unseen core, Li Qingsong saw group after group of star beasts, each with a different appearance but all equally ferocious and enormous, at the gravitational level.

Based on the detection of the Morais civilization, Li Qingsong finally determined that all 110 star systems on the outer periphery of this kingdom were occupied by gravitational-level star beasts!
Continuing to probe inward, Li Qingsong finally saw some different scenes.

The 15 star systems inside are also occupied by star beasts, but these star beasts seem to be more technologically advanced.

Their size grew increasingly enormous, and their tonnage was significantly greater than that of the star beasts on the periphery. Furthermore, they possessed abilities that Li Qingsong could not yet comprehend, nor did he understand their principles.

The destruction of their own probe spacecraft was simply due to the effects of missiles, bombs, projectiles, lasers, and gravity—all technologies that Li Qingsong had already mastered.

However, the way the probe spacecraft was destroyed here seems rather inexplicable.

At this moment, the nearest star beast was still hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, and Li Qingsong had not detected any tangible or intangible attack. But the next moment, the probe ship suddenly disappeared.

There was no explosion, no debris, no reaction; it simply vanished silently in an instant, as if it had been instantly ripped out of the current universe.

Li Qingsong still couldn't understand it, and was once again greatly shocked.

"Is this a Dark Force level Star Beast? This attack method... is based on Dark Force level technology?"
It seems that this is the only possibility.

So… the outermost layer consists of gravitational-level star beasts, and the inner layer consists of dark-force-level star beasts. And the star systems inhabited by these gravitational and dark-force-level star beasts all revolve around that unseen point at the very core. So, at that point… could it be a group of space-level star beasts?

After a moment's thought, Li Qingsong finally made up his mind to continue sending probe ships toward that core.

For some reason, as long as Li Qingsong's exploration fleet did not enter the star system, those star beasts would ignore him.

Surrounded by countless stars, Li Qingsong's exploration fleet finally arrived at that place.

Only then did Li Qingsong realize that there wasn't nothing there, but rather a star.

A non-luminous planet, extremely small compared to a star, but still enormous in absolute volume, resembling a rocky planet.

As if sensing Li Qingsong's arrival, the "planet" gradually began to stir.

Previously, it appeared to be merely curled up, thus resembling a planet. But now, it is gradually unfolding.

Upon witnessing this scene, Li Qingsong even paused to breathe.

He could clearly see that although this star beast was much larger and heavier than the star beasts that had previously besieged the Morais civilization, it looked extremely similar!

(End of this chapter)