Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 393 Unconventional Methods

More than 100 stars orbited and protected it. At this moment, in front of Li Qingsong, this planet-sized star beast stretched its body freely, like the master of heaven and earth.

At this moment, Li Qingsong had no more doubts, but at the same time, he was filled with bitterness.

Given their striking resemblance, there is no doubt that the Star Beast Catastrophe that I destroyed must be connected to this terrifying Star Beast, which is currently surrounded by numerous stars and is highly likely to be at the spatial level.

Li Qingsong never imagined that he would become associated with such a terrifying existence simply because he casually destroyed a star beast.

Even if the Crimson Star Kingdom intervenes, it's uncertain whether they can defeat this terrifying star beast, which is highly likely to be at the spatial level.

Their own technological level was only at the gravitational level, so there was no hope at all.

Even if it doesn't make a move, those dark-power level star beasts guarding it are not something it can fight against.

In a daze, the probe ships located near this colossal star beast also disappeared silently, destroyed without a sound.

The data transmission was interrupted at this point.

Li Qingsong's mind raced as he thought about the star system in which the space-level star beasts had incorporated it into the star beast kingdom.

"In any case, this space-level star beast didn't kill me directly; it must have some special plans."

As long as they don't kill me outright, I still have a chance! I'm not in a hopeless situation yet, I can't give up!

Besides…”

Li Qingsong sensed the connection between himself and the clone, and his heart was suddenly filled with excitement.

He clearly felt that even though he had been separated from the three-dimensional universe and entered the Star Beast Kingdom, his clones that he had previously scattered throughout the three-dimensional universe were still in contact with him!

This means that even if he were to be completely wiped out in this Star Beast Kingdom, he could still transfer his consciousness to those clones. Although all the technological data developed over the past tens of thousands of years would be lost, he would at least have a chance to start over!
Compared to Li Qingsong's solemnity and composure, the high-ranking officials of the Morais civilization, who had also realized their current predicament, were filled with gloom and had fallen into utter despair.

In the presidential conference room, a high-ranking member of the civilized society seemed unable to bear the successive blows and despair any longer. He suffered a mental breakdown and began to sob.

"First came the Demon Eye Calamity, then two crushing defeats against the Gray Worm Civilization. After finally escaping, we encountered the Star Beast Catastrophe. After finally annihilating the Star Beast Catastrophe, we received support from the Blue Turk Civilization. Just when everything seemed to be getting better, we encountered a Space-level Star Beast..."

"Waaah, why is the fate of our civilization so tragic..."

The leaders of the civilization remained silent, and none of them offered him any comfort.

Li Qingsong's message arrived at that moment: "Your Excellency, Head of the Morales Civilization:
We believe that the current situation has not yet reached a dead end, and both sides still have hope of survival and continuation.

In any case, one must do one's best first, and then leave the rest to fate.

We suggest that, given the current uncertain situation, we should adopt a wait-and-see approach. At this stage, we should focus on building a robust galactic defense system and do our utmost to enhance the security of both sides. What are your thoughts?

This message seemed to pull President Morales back from his reverie. Taking a couple of deep breaths, he said in a still slightly trembling voice, "Yes, yes, we agree to your proposal. So, what's next..."

After some discussion and consultation, the two sides determined their respective tasks, and a massive defense system construction project that would sweep across the entire galaxy immediately began.

On every major planet in this star system—major planets, satellites, dwarf planets, and even asteroids larger than 20 kilometers in size—Li Qingsong and the Morais civilization have undertaken large-scale defense system construction.

Of course, Li Qingsong was responsible for more than 90% of the engineering tasks.

Every planet is covered with a large area of ​​land-based air defense arrays, and gravity cannons, energy cannons, interstellar mine launching devices, as well as gun emplacements, bases, and unmanned defense facilities equipped in space, have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Heavy transport ships busily shuttle through the galaxy, and on every slightly larger planet, there are thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of factories that roar day and night.

In addition to automated defense systems, manned warships are also being built in large numbers.

Thanks to Li Qingsong's tireless efforts in production, the number of his smallest water-star warships quickly surpassed ten million. Even the largest wood-star warships successfully exceeded 1000.

With so many Wood-star warships, the daily maintenance alone would be extremely costly, even for Li Qingsong's industrial and military strength.

Fortunately, these wooden star-level warships are all new, with low maintenance requirements, so the maintenance costs are barely manageable.

More than a decade has passed in a flash, and this small universe, which has been basically identified as the Star Beast Kingdom, remains largely unchanged.

Those enormous and ferocious star beasts remained obediently in their own star systems. At the core of the universe, the single, seemingly space-level colossal star beast did nothing except occasionally stretch its body, as if receiving the worship of the stars.

Meanwhile, Li Qingsong and the Morales civilization's galactic defense project has been basically completed.

More war supplies will be produced and added to this project in the future, continuously and without stopping anytime soon. At this moment, Li Qingsong finally had the time and energy to think about other things.

"They captured us, but didn't take any further action against us, letting us run wild in this star system... What exactly is this space-level star beast up to?"
And... how can we escape from this kingdom of star beasts?

Regarding the first problem, Li Qingsong had no choice but to wait passively. The second problem, however, required further investigation.

The first thing that can be confirmed is that it is absolutely impossible for me to escape from here by conventional means.

This is, after all, space-level technology. Even if my own technology were to be upgraded to the level of dark force, I would probably be powerless against it, let alone the fact that I am currently only at the level of gravity.

So... what unconventional methods are available?

After much deliberation, Li Qingsong finally made a decision.

"I wonder if the communication technology of the Recorder civilization, which operates on unknown principles, will still work in this country. If it does, I might be able to exchange some information for a way to escape."

While conducting various other attempts and research, Li Qingsong instructed Momorans to once again attempt to communicate with the Recorder civilization.

"Respected Recorder Civilization, we have discovered some information about suspected Space-level Star Beasts. There are more than 100 Gravity-level Star Beast clans, more than ten Dark Force-level Star Beast clans in the Star Beast Kingdom, and at the very core, there seems to be a single Space-level Star Beast."

"Its size is comparable to that of a typical rocky planet..." After sending the message, Li Qingsong began to wait in silence.

But after waiting for several hours, the recorder, Wenming, still hadn't responded.

Li Qingsong sighed, realizing that he probably wouldn't receive a reply from them.

"This kind of microcosm can even block the super communication technology of the Recorder civilization, which is clearly beyond the reach of ordinary space-level civilizations. Sigh..."

Undeterred by this dashed hope, Li Qingsong shifted his focus to improving his connection with the clone.

Even in the microcosm, the connection between himself and the clones in the macrocosm remained unbroken. It seemed that the technology of this connection between himself and the clones surpassed that of the recorder civilization.

So... perhaps I can use this to do something.

This is certainly not about manipulating external clones to contact the recorder civilization, because that's simply impossible; the communication latency is too high.

Li Qingsong envisioned using this "communication" itself.

How does it penetrate the barriers between different three-dimensional universes and enter the interior of a microcosm from the outside? What kind of channel does it use?

Without utilizing the research capabilities of intelligent life forms, Li Qingsong independently conducted one experiment after another.

Several years have passed quickly. Li Qingsong still hasn't figured out the nature of this communication, hasn't found the right answer, but has eliminated a large number of wrong options.

An idea gradually emerged in Li Qingsong's mind.

"First of all, there must be some kind of channel between the macrocosm and the microcosm, which is the premise that this communication has not been affected."

Secondly, the communication channel used in this way is not spatial, nor is it electromagnetic, gravitational, quantum, or similar. Therefore, using the process of elimination, it should possess the following characteristics…

These features were imported into the simulator of the Primordial AI, and after some simulation calculations, a possibility emerged.

"Perhaps... with a sufficiently large energy burst mechanism, it's possible to open a passage between the microcosm and the macrocosm based on this communication?"

Without fully understanding the nature of this communication, it's difficult to say how accurate this conjecture is. Even with the most optimistic estimate, the probability of its accuracy is less than 5%.

But this was the only hope Li Qingsong could find.

"Okay, let's do some more calculations based on this to see how much energy is needed..."

After some calculations, Li Qingsong sighed softly, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart vanished once again.

Calculations show that approximately 3.9 x 10^44 joules of energy are needed to break through the channel between the microcosm and the macrocosm using an extremely powerful energy burst and the unknown connection between oneself and the clone.

This figure is roughly equivalent to two-fifths of the energy of a Type Ia supernova explosion caused by a thermal runaway of a white dwarf. In solar terms, it's roughly equivalent to the total energy the Sun has released over approximately 33 billion years!
This energy is far too great for Li Qingsong, who can drain an ice giant with a vacuum pump, to the point that it is completely untouchable.

Moreover, the idea of ​​using this energy to achieve communication that breaks through the barrier between two universes is merely a conjecture.

Li Qingsong had to temporarily abandon this direction and instead began to think about possible alternatives.

But after repeated failures, Li Qingsong had to turn his attention back to this only remaining possibility.

"It is simply not feasible to create such a large amount of energy artificially. Perhaps I should consider using methods from natural celestial bodies or the environment."

There is only one celestial body in sight that can unleash such a level of energy.

That star.

"If we could detonate this star, making it explode in a manner similar to a supernova, the energy released would likely meet our needs."

However… this is merely a low-to-medium mass yellow dwarf star, completely lacking the potential to explode as a supernova. Furthermore, it's only a little over 30 billion years old; even if it could become a supernova, the timeframe is far too long.

But this is the only feasible solution. Why not try this approach and see if we can find a way to artificially detonate this star!

After concealing some key details, Li Qingsong shared his speculations with intelligent life scientists and the Morais civilization.

Although it is unknown what research Li Qingsong based his conclusion on, the possibility that "if we can find a way to artificially detonate this star, there is a certain hope of opening a passage between the two universes and allowing our side to escape" still greatly excited scientists from different races and the Morais civilization.

Large-scale research, conjecture, and verification immediately commenced.

At this moment, the detectors that Li Qingsong had deployed in other star systems suddenly reported a message to him.

Li Qingsong's heart immediately turned serious.

After being silent for so long, and after causing so much trouble here, the star beasts have finally made a move.

In the star system designated C85 by Li Qingsong, enormous star beasts, resembling lizards with a "technology" level at the gravity level, swarmed up from one planet after another, converging in space and beginning to accelerate violently towards the star system where Li Qingsong was located.

"A gravitational-level star beast? Why is it gravitational-level and not dark force-level, or did that space-level star beast act on its own?"

Li Qingsong did not believe that these star beasts came to him for friendly communication.

Since it's an attack... why send such a weak opponent?
According to Li Qingsong's comprehensive assessment, the combat power of this group of star beasts is even inferior to that of the group of star beasts that besieged the Morais civilization before!

I easily wiped out those star beasts, and you still want to wipe me out?
Although he didn't understand why the star beasts made such an arrangement, as if they were intentionally sending these star beasts to their deaths, Li Qingsong still dared not be careless.

Massive fleets were rapidly mobilized within the star system, and enormous amounts of resources flowed quickly between different planets. With the combined efforts of the two civilizations, this star system quickly entered a state of full combat readiness.

The impregnable fortress has been forged, and the group of star beasts has entered the star system.

(End of this chapter)