Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 1 Don’t Return!

Day 65 of being disconnected from Earth.

About 150 billion kilometers away from the sun, Luoshen is orbiting. Inside the Deep Space spacecraft, Li Qingsong leaned weakly on the back of his chair, staring blankly at the last message from the human world.

He had to admit in his heart that he probably really couldn't return to Earth.

Twelve years ago, he came here on the Deep Space Spacecraft and became the first human in history to leave the heliosphere.

The high-energy charged particles released from the sun blow out a "big bubble" in the interstellar medium, and this big bubble is the heliosphere.

Because of the existence of the sun, interstellar media cannot enter the heliosphere.

Here, he worked alone for two years and successfully completed the original dwarf planet scientific research mission.

After that, he completed all the preparations for returning to Earth and only waited for the Earth team of the "Deep Space Scientific Expedition Program" to upload the return trajectory plan to the spacecraft. Then he could take the spacecraft and return to his long-lost hometown.

Until 65 days ago, everything was normal. But on the day when the return trajectory plan was supposed to be uploaded, Li Qingsong received no data from the Earth team, only a single message.

"Don't come back! Don't return!"

After that, Li Qingsong lost contact with Earth. No matter how many messages Li Qingsong sent, Earth never responded.

Something must have happened in that distant homeland. And it was extremely urgent, so urgent that the Earth team could only send this sentence to themselves.

"My relatives, my friends, my compatriots, are you still there?
Is our civilization still there? "

Li Qingsong stared blankly at the direction of the earth outside the porthole.

Because the distance was too great, Li Qingsong couldn't even see the Earth. Even using the optical telescope equipped on the spacecraft, Li Qingsong could only see a vague and dim point of light.

He couldn't get any useful information from this dim light.

At this moment, he couldn't even be sure whether human civilization still existed, let alone figure out what was happening on Earth.

"Do I need you to warn me? If you don't give me a return trajectory plan, how can I return home..."

Looking at the sea of stars in the sky, the huge Deep Space spacecraft and the even larger Luoshen Star below seem as small as a drop in the ocean.

Boundless loneliness and fear came over Li Qingsong, causing the hallucinations that had been suppressed by drugs to reappear.

A few years ago, perhaps because he left the heliosphere and was out of the protection of the sun and was affected by some unknown radiation, Li Qingsong inexplicably had an illusion.

He always felt that his consciousness could spread into other people's heads and even control their actions.

The medical team on Earth was also baffled by Li Qingsong's inexplicable hallucinations. After all, Li Qingsong was the first human to leave the heliosphere, and there was no one else to compare him to.

Fortunately, the psychiatric prescription prescribed by the doctor was effective. After taking the drugs carried on the spacecraft regularly and in fixed amounts, these hallucinations have not appeared for a long time.

But now, it appears again.

Feeling this inexplicable illusion, Li Qingsong smiled bitterly in his heart: "There are tens of billions of kilometers around here. No, it is also possible that I am the only one left in the entire solar system. Who can I control?"

After struggling to get up and taking the medicine, the hallucination still did not disappear. Li Qingsong ignored it and began to force himself to calm down and think about what to do next.

But this thought only lasted a few minutes before it stopped.

Because the answer is clearly in front of us.

Cold dish. Without the help of the Earth team, it would be impossible to return to Earth. If I forced my way back, the only possibility would be running out of energy and getting lost in space.

In that case, it would be better to save energy. But no matter how much I save, the energy and supplies on the spacecraft can only sustain me for another 15 years at most.

After 15 years, I will still die.

Trying to survive on Roselle, a dwarf planet far from the sun?
It's impossible to do.

I am alone and my power is too small.

The future was already determined. There was nothing I could do, nothing I could change. The only thing I could do was accept my fate, live on the spacecraft and wait for death, until the supplies or energy ran out and I died.

"Okay, okay..."

Gazing at the vast starry sky outside the porthole, Li Qingsong murmured, "When a certain key life-sustaining resource only lasts for one day, I'll have a big meal and then jump into space to end my life. This will save me the pain of dying."

For the next period of time, Li Qingsong completely abandoned his previous strict schedule and became unrestrained.

At first, Li Qingsong enjoyed these indulgences, but after just two months, he lost all interest.

He lay on the bed in a daze, not wanting to move even a little bit even though he was burning with hunger.

The illusion grew stronger.

Li Qingsong finally struggled to stand up and came to the animal and plant breeding room.

There are several animal cloning facilities here, some of which are small, but only one is large enough.

It was originally used to breed large mammals such as cattle, horses, and donkeys for experimental purposes.

Theoretically, it could be used to create human clones, but the ethical and moral risks of cloning humans are too great, so no one in human civilization dares to do it.

But now, Li Qingsong no longer cares about those things.

He took a cell sample from himself, reprogrammed it into induced pluripotent stem cells, then used gene editing tools to modify some DNA sequences, and finally placed this cell sample into this largest cloning cultivation device.

After half a year, Li Qingsong's clone would be fully grown. And it would not be in the form of a baby, but in the form of the adult Li Qingsong at this moment.

"Since this hallucination keeps haunting me, I'll just create a human and give it a try!"

Half a year later, another Li Qingsong with the same mole in the same shape and position was cultivated in the culture tank.

Taking it out of the incubator and placing it on the bed, Li Qingsong silently waited for the clone to wake up.

After a long time, the clone slowly opened its eyes.

"Hmm... no self-awareness, just some biological instinctive reactions. Normal."

After checking, Li Qingsong gritted his teeth and extended his consciousness according to the guidance of his hallucination.

The next moment, Li Qingsong opened his eyes wide in shock.

He felt like he had two brains and two bodies!
Moreover, he can control two brains to think and two bodies to act at the same time!

That's not an illusion!
(End of this chapter)