Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 395 Peak Tactics!

Millions of warships from the Morais civilization and Li Qingsong's fleet have been deployed into space, positioned next to the gas giant planet that the Allied forces consider their main base. Each of the larger moons is densely packed with land-based and space-based air defense bases.

More than one hundred Wood-star warships belonging to Li Qingsong and the Morais civilization were deployed at various key spatial nodes, forming a dense network with other combat facilities, making full preparations for the fierce battle that was about to take place.

Just as time was deliberately allocated for Li Qingsong to recover after every war, this time, the same was true. Only after Li Qingsong was fully prepared for battle, with manned and unmanned warships, various automated combat facilities, industrial systems, and so on all completed, and his strength truly restored to its peak state, did this batch of star beasts arrive leisurely.

Even though his strength had recovered to its peak, Li Qingsong still dared not be careless in the face of this batch of star beasts.

This is, after all, a star beast catastrophe that has truly reached the pinnacle of gravity! Even under the most suitable conditions for technological development, it would take me at least several thousand years to reach such a stage!
What new technologies and tactics will the development of "technology" bring to this group of star beasts who stand at the pinnacle of gravity? Can I... really withstand this wave of attacks?

Even if we can't stop it, we have to! We have no other choice, no way out!
Just like the previous attacks by the star beasts, this attack was completely unpredictable, without any extra movements or tactical arrangements. As soon as millions of enormous star beasts entered the star system, they immediately charged towards the gas giant planet where Li Qingsong's allied forces were located, and the two sides were plunged into a chaotic battle.

As soon as the battle began, Li Qingsong immediately and truly felt the power of this group of star beasts.

Just as I had predicted, the acceleration was hundreds of meters per second squared, the energy and gravitational shield was extremely strong, the pulling force was more than 2000 times that of Earth's gravity, and the projectile had a muzzle velocity of 10 kilometers per second...

Less than ten days into the battle, Li Qingsong's side suffered heavy casualties.

There's no way around it; these data represent a real technological gap. It's simply too vast for Li Qingsong to bridge with superior teamwork and tactics.

Even though Li Qingsong treated the wooden star-level warships as expendable resources, throwing them to the front lines like they were free, he still couldn't stop the defenses from weakening day by day.

Furthermore, Li Qingsong noticed something even more terrifying.

Judging from the current situation, these star beasts that have reached the pinnacle of gravity seem to have no fundamental difference from us in terms of tactics and strategy, except that their weapons are more powerful.

Both sides seemed to use the same tactics: conventional tactics such as gathering, attacking, tearing apart, and flanking maneuvers.

By analogy, it's roughly like an army of modern swordsmen fighting against an army from the feudal era that also wielded cold weapons.

But this seems somewhat unreasonable.

The reason is simple: technological advancements and improved weapon performance inevitably lead to changes in tactics. Just as warfare in the era of cold weapons was primarily characterized by concentrated charges and collective combat, modern weaponry, with its various artillery pieces and missiles, has rendered tactics of concentrated charges and collective combat obsolete.

However, Li Qingsong did not see any improvement or change in this tactic from these peak gravity star beasts.

The previous wave of star beasts could be explained by the fact that their technology was not much different from ours, so there was no fundamental change in tactics. So what's going on with this wave of star beasts?

Are these star beasts still able to retain some strength?
Li Qingsong dared not be negligent, concentrating intently while rapidly thinking.

Just then, Li Qingsong suddenly noticed that in the recent battles, the rate at which his various manned and unmanned combat facilities were being destroyed seemed to be increasing.

In the previous month, the company had lost a total of over 12 manned warships of various types. In the current month, the rate of loss of manned warships has increased to over 14.

"What's happening here?"

With this question in mind, Li Qingsong examined the entire battlefield again and saw that the star beasts were still continuing their previous tactics, with various charges, coordination, and flanking maneuvers, without any changes.

Why did the rate of damage to our own warships increase even though the tactics and the forces involved remained the same?

The following month, when Li Qingsong did another round of statistics, he was somewhat alarmed to find that in that month, a total of more than 15 of his manned warships had been destroyed.

Another 10,000 ships have been added!

Previously, in the face of the Star Beasts' frenzied attacks, he was able to rely on his unimaginable industrial strength to frantically produce various combat facilities and deploy them to the battlefield to barely hold them off.

But even the strongest industrial capacity has its limits. If we continue to improve at this rate, the rate at which combat facilities are deployed will likely fail to keep up with the rate at which they are destroyed within a year!
This is somewhat unacceptable.

After some thought, Li Qingsong decisively removed about 1000 supercomputers from the already strained supercomputing base, and then input all the combat data from the entire battlefield to conduct large-scale overall research and calculation.

The final result was presented to Li Qingsong about two months later. Looking at the result, a bitter expression appeared on Li Qingsong's face.

"As expected, advancements in technology and weapon performance inevitably lead to changes in tactics. However, the tactical advancements of these peak-level gravitational star beasts are so great that they even exceed the limits of my current military technology, and I didn't even notice them for a while..."

At this moment, facing those ferocious and enormous star beasts in space, Li Qingsong felt increasingly solemn, even heavy-hearted.

Calculations show that these star beasts are not simply executing conventional tactics such as "flanking maneuvers, charges, and pinpoint attacks".

Beyond these tactics, they are also building a kind of overall "system".

Every charge and movement of a star beast, and every activation of gravity-related equipment, will have a certain impact on the gravitational environment of this star field.

Millions of "gravitational sources," combined with their own gravity weapons and the gravity of natural celestial bodies, create an overall "gravitational environment" that is advantageous to the star beasts.

In a specific battlefield environment, this means that a larger proportion of the energy projectiles launched by one's own side are in a state of gravitational reversal, much like a headwind, and are naturally weakened by the gravitational environment.

Meanwhile, the energy projectiles of the Star Beasts are naturally amplified, as if carried by a tailwind.

The same applies to interstellar missiles. Our interstellar missiles always consume more fuel and time to accelerate to the predetermined speed, resulting in a shorter overall range and a lower hit rate. Our gravity cannons are also always weakened by this gravitational environment.

Furthermore, as time passed, the creation of this gravitational environment became increasingly sophisticated, the combat power of the star beasts grew stronger, while their own weakened. Consequently, without any changes or apparent improvements in specific tactical details, their own fleet's casualty rate steadily increased. "This tactic..."

A sense of powerlessness welled up in Li Qingsong's heart.

He knew very well that even though he understood the details of this tactic, he was still powerless to counter it or replicate it.

The reason is simple: creating such a gravitational environment requires an extremely deep and precise control over gravity, which our current technology simply cannot achieve.

Compared to the "gravitational disorder" combat system I had seen before, although the combat power was about the same, there was no doubt that the technical level of this tactic was higher!
It could even be said that once they seize control of the gravitational environment and create a suitable one, a vast net has already been laid. It will only tighten further, shrinking their tactical space until, like fish caught in the net, they are truly caught and captured, their resistance futile.

"This is the true combat power of the pinnacle of gravity technology... This kind of tactic was probably not even mastered by the Yunluo civilization back then. Perhaps only civilizations with the same level of technology or even higher could counter it..."

The situation has now reached a critical juncture, a matter of life and death.

So……

Having seen through the opponent's true intentions, it's finally time to reveal your own trump card!

Under Li Qingsong's orders, the electromagnetic lifeforms were once again dispatched.

Li Qingsong specially mobilized a portion of the fleet to escort the electromagnetic lifeforms, bringing them to the star. Afterwards, the star's surging energy was gathered and, across a distance of billions of kilometers, bypassed the main battlefield and directly deployed to the edge of the battlefield.

At this moment, the star that Li Qingsong and the intelligent life forms on the gas giant planet and its surrounding moons saw remained as bright as usual. However, once they moved away from the planet, the brightness of the star they saw suddenly increased dramatically.

An endless stream of heat and radiation surged forth, relentlessly.

The edge of the battlefield is the domain of the Star Beasts. Li Qingsong's warships simply cannot reach that area.

Therefore, every time the star beasts maneuvered, every time they created a gravitational environment, because they needed to temporarily leave the battlefield and come to the edge, they would be weakened by the power of the star. It was like a cold weapon army defending a city facing a highly mobile army besieging them, which directly caused a continuous downpour.

The muddy ground would obviously have a significant impact on highly mobile troops. However, our side is holding a fortified position in the city and does not need much mobility, so it will be almost unaffected.

The entry of electromagnetic lifeforms into the battle had an almost immediate and visible impact. Li Qingsong observed that the mobility of the star beasts decreased instantly, and the rate of deterioration of the battlefield's gravitational environment slowed down instantly.

"Next, the star beasts will likely besiege the star and attack those electromagnetic lifeforms. This will inevitably be a fierce battle, but..."

Closer to the star, the electromagnetic lifeforms will be even more powerful. Combined with my escort fleet, the final outcome is uncertain, but we'll certainly have a fighting chance.

Li Qingsong was mentally prepared for another fierce battle near the star. But he soon realized he had been overthinking it.

These star beasts completely ignored the electromagnetic life forms on the star and did not send a single star beast there.

This……

Li Qingsong gradually realized the truth, and the heaviness in his heart deepened.

"As expected... they were just testing my combat limits, not really trying to defeat me, at least not at this stage."

They could have adopted more flexible tactics, such as penetrating deep into the planet, establishing a base, or using the environment to entangle me, but they did nothing but fight me head-on on the front lines.

Just like now, they clearly had the potential to eliminate the electromagnetic life on those stars, but they completely ignored it…

Just because I can temporarily withstand the attacks of these gravitational peak star beasts doesn't mean that I am truly on par with them in terms of combat power.

If all tactics can be used without restraint, and both sides truly fight to the death, using every means possible, let alone these star beasts currently at the peak of gravity, it is still unknown whether they can defeat even the fourth wave of star beasts from before.

"You guys hold back, but I won't!"

Li Qingsong gritted his teeth: "My goal is not to defeat you either, my goal is simply to escape from here! What do so-called face and dignity mean in the face of this life-or-death crisis?"
Only after defeating you can the next wave of dark-level star beasts arrive, the star be destroyed, and I have a chance to escape!

Since you're ignoring electromagnetic life, that's perfect! Let's strike while the iron is hot and unleash the Universal Force Field!

Taking advantage of the fact that the rate of deterioration of the gravitational environment has slowed down, Li Qingsong did not hesitate to immediately bring out his biggest trump card.

A full 100 billion clones were once again in place. Hundreds of thousands of giant supercomputing bases also cleared their previous tasks, preparing for the data deluge that would follow.

"start up!"

In an instant, all one hundred billion reserve clones died, and all the hard-earned gravitational components exploded due to energy overload. The infinite amount of ultra-high-energy protons and helium nuclei violently impacted and instantly collided with those ferocious star beasts, immediately generating miniature black holes.

The miniature black hole disintegrated instantly due to Hawking radiation, releasing a massive amount of gravitons. Before they could decay into virtual particles, numerous X and Y bosons surged forth, forcibly converting the mass in front of them into energy through the strange effects of these gravitons.

In an instant, billions of flashes of light appeared in the vast expanse of space. It was as if time bombs had been planted on the bodies of those enormous star beasts, and now all of them had been detonated at the same time.

Numerous ferocious star beasts simultaneously twisted, struggled, and roared in agony, instantly shattering the gravitational environment created by them.

Taking advantage of this rare strategic opportunity, Li Qingsong and the allied fleet of the Morais civilization launched a full-scale attack, using their remaining 60-odd wooden star-level warships as the vanguard.

(End of this chapter)