Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 15 Huge Improvement
During these ten years, Li Qingsong increasingly felt a problem.

This problem severely restricted the speed of my development, preventing me from doing many things I wanted to do and from building many facilities and factories I wanted to construct.

That is population.

At the moment, there are only a little over a hundred people in total. Even if there is no internal friction and they can achieve complete coordination and cooperation, how much power can they exert?
Even at this stage, a considerable portion of the equipment built by Li Qingsong is not in operation.

Just like some generators in the energy industrial zone, they were built and left there unattended.

It's like you built 16 tractors, but only 7 of them are used in daily life.

It’s not that there is less demand for transportation capacity. On the contrary, blast furnaces, generators, planting bases, etc. all require a large amount of external ore and resource supply.

But there is no way, there are not enough people to drive.

Li Qingsong suffered greatly during these ten years.

Fortunately, with a focus on chemical engineering and the gradual increase in output from the planting base, I was finally able to prepare a clone nutrient solution that barely met the standards.

Inside the cave that served as a chemical plant, Li Qingsong was filled with excitement as he looked at the light blue liquid in the large glass jar in front of him.

There was only enough nutrient solution for one person, and it took two clones a week to prepare just this little bit.

There is no way. At this stage, almost all work needs to be performed manually, similar to the "customization" in the laboratory, and cannot be automated for large-scale production.

But it doesn't matter. Two clones can provide one portion a week. Then, if I draw 50 clones from other places, can't I provide 25 portions a week?

Isn’t that 200 copies in two months?
Li Qingsong's target number for this first batch of "self-produced" clones is 200.

It's not that he doesn't want to produce more, but not only the nutrient solution, but other aspects also require supporting power supply and culture tank production. Taking into account the current level, Li Qingsong believes that the best production of the first batch of culture tanks and culture solution is 200.

Anyway, the culture tanks can be reused after they are made, so it is not too late to increase the number when there are more people.

Therefore, Li Qingsong boldly transferred a total of 50 clones from the other factories and facilities that were already under strain, and devoted all his efforts to the preparation of culture medium and the manufacture of culture tanks.

In the Deep Space spacecraft, the two bodies left behind also began to carry out the initial cell disposal work day and night.

As a result, the clones in other places have to devote more energy and time to their work.

Their daily working hours have also increased from 12 hours to 16 hours, which is how they can barely keep the rest of the system from malfunctioning.

That’s a solid 16 hours!
The clones' sleep time was even forced to be compressed to 6 hours. Then, all other activities, such as eating, going to the toilet, taking a break, traveling, etc., were all compressed into hours.

In order to ensure the mental and physical strength of the clones, Li Qingsong was rarely generous.

The vegetables, eggs, meat, and most importantly, flour and rice produced in the planting bases began to be supplied.

Every day the kitchen would stew a large pot of 200 kilograms of meat and boil hundreds of eggs for the clones to eat. Only in this way could the clones barely survive.

Originally, Li Qingsong didn't want to rush like this, but there was no way, he had been waiting for too long.

The Earth had been out of touch with him for more than a decade, and he couldn't wait to develop as quickly as possible.

Even if he couldn't change the fate of civilization, he had to at least figure out what was going on. Even if it wasn't for civilization, just for himself, Li Qingsong didn't dare to slack off.

Will those existences or forces that have caused the loss of connection with human civilization... pose a threat to ourselves one day in the future?

This is a problem that Li Qingsong has to consider.

Throughout the base, more than a hundred clones were busy working like clockwork.

Under such circumstances, two months finally passed.

All 200 culture tanks were built and placed in a row in the clone production factory.

This is a brand new factory. For this factory, Li Qingsong specially searched for a cave that was deep enough, with thick enough rock layers and low enough background radiation.

Cloned embryos are different from adults and cannot withstand any radiation. Otherwise, there is a high probability that they will fail in development or even develop into monsters. They must be placed in a place with sufficient radiation shielding capabilities.

The temperature inside the factory is not the comfortable 26 degrees, but 37 degrees, the same as human body temperature.

Only at this temperature can the embryos develop comfortably.

200 portions of culture medium were poured into the culture tank, and then 200 portions of initial cells from the Deep Space Spacecraft were also placed in it.

Just like sowing seeds in the soil, those cells that are currently invisible to the naked eye began to grow slowly.

With the 50 clones evacuated from the nutrient solution preparation room, the clones in other places could finally relax a little.

They have been exhausted after some time.

Full of anticipation and longing, Li Qingsong began a wait that seemed to him to be extremely long, even though it was only half a year.

"Grow up quickly! There are so many tractors waiting for you to drive, so many blast furnaces waiting for you to operate, and so many crops waiting for you to take care of..."

As time slowly passed, the initial cells in the culture tank developed into lumps of meat and then gradually developed into the shape of a human body.

However, during this process, some embryos did not develop normally and were obviously deformed.

"There's nothing I can do. The nutrient solution I prepared myself and the culture tanks I produced myself are simply not as good as the original ones."

Li Qingsong shook his head and controlled a clone to move forward, destroying the deformed embryos and discarding the nutrient solution.

Although there were some hiccups, overall, only a small number of things went wrong. Ultimately, after six months of waiting, a full 182 clones were successfully developed.

They were carried out and placed on the bed. After a short wait, the 182 clones slowly opened their eyes.

Li Qingsong's consciousness extended in an instant, and the next moment, he felt that he had 182 more brains and 182 more bodies.

A brand new brain and body that has not been exposed to any pollution or damage!

My memory, logical thinking ability, learning ability, research ability and other brain-related abilities have more than doubled compared to before!
Not only his brain, but also the parts of his body he could use instantly increased from 134 to 316!
(End of this chapter)