Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 182 Desperate Situation
At this moment, all the excitement in Li Qingsong's heart disappeared, and turned into incomparable solemnity.

The clone from the solar system regained its connection with its own consciousness, which obviously meant that the clone had been awakened.

The automatic program he set up will only wake up the clone after detecting unexpected situations such as the arrival of an external fleet.

This seems to mean that something is happening in the solar system.

Sure enough, after the connection was restored, some of the images seen and information received by the clones in the solar system came into Li Qingsong's mind through this information transmission method that Li Qingsong could not understand for the time being.

Li Qingsong saw a dim star appear on the telescope observation interface.

The star was unremarkable, like countless other ordinary stars. But Li Qingsong knew that there were no stars before that location!

It is obvious what it is.

It was the same fleet tail flame he had seen when he first saw the Bluetuk fleet! Furthermore, this tail flame was blasting towards the solar system, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to see it. This meant that it was slowing down towards the solar system; its ultimate target was the solar system!

Through telescope observation, Li Qingsong quickly determined the current orbital velocity and acceleration of this dim light spot.

The final data shocked Li Qingsong.

Observations show that the light spot's speed facing the solar system reached about 22 kilometers per second, which is as high as 73.3% of the speed of light!

Moreover, the light spot is decelerating at a speed of about 0.8 meters per square second. According to this deceleration rate, when it reaches the solar system, its speed will just drop to about 1000 kilometers per second.

This speed is equivalent to staying within the solar system.

At present, it is about 3.2 light-years away from the sun, and it will reach the solar system in about 8.8 years.

At a distance of 3.2 light years, the telescopes he had deployed in the solar system could already see the tail flames released by this fleet. This...

Just how bright is this fleet's deceleration flame?! And just how directional is their flame?
The level of technology contained and implied by the tail flame alone is so advanced that Li Qingsong can hardly imagine it.

And... a deceleration rate of 0.8 meters per second squared?

When his fleet left the solar system, its acceleration rate was only 0.04 meters per square second! Now this fleet's speed was 20 times faster than his own!
0.8 meters per square second might not seem like a lot, but even Li Qingsong's most outdated warship could easily exceed that by ten times.

But don't forget that this number is the acceleration and deceleration rate of an entire huge fleet, with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of large and small spacecraft acting in coordination.

This is different from the acceleration and deceleration rates of a single spacecraft.

Just like me, a Mercury-class battleship can reach a maximum acceleration and deceleration rate of tens of meters per second. But with hundreds of millions of ships forming a migration fleet, the maximum acceleration and deceleration rate can only be 0.04 meters per square second.

It’s not that I don’t want to go higher, but that I can’t go higher.

How difficult is it to coordinate a fleet composed of hundreds of millions of spacecraft? With such a huge coordination difficulty, if the acceleration rate is increased, the spacecraft will not be able to coordinate.

And at this moment, this fleet can actually decelerate at a rate of 0.8 meters per second squared...

The technological content behind this was truly astonishing, even more astonishing than the fact that he could see the tail flame from a distance of 3.2 light years. Now, such a fleet, equipped with ultra-high technology that he could hardly imagine, was heading towards the solar system.

It is almost certainly the Omnic Scourge that the Blueprint People mentioned!

At this moment, although Li Qingsong was already in the Altair galaxy and the intelligent mechanical disaster was heading to the solar system, Li Qingsong still did not dare to delay at all.

the reason is simple.

Since this intelligent scourge has arrived in the solar system, it means that the Bluetuk civilization, which used empty spaceships as disguise when fleeing the Bluetuk galaxy, could not completely escape the pursuit of the intelligent scourge.

These disguises should be of some use, otherwise the Omnic Scourge wouldn't have arrived so late. But it finally arrived, which means that although it is useful, its usefulness is limited!
At most it can only delay a little time.

So……

Since the Bluetuk civilization's original disguise only delayed a little time and failed to escape the pursuit of the mechanical Scourge.

If I use the same disguise method in the solar system, can I escape the pursuit?
impossible!

Li Qingsong was almost certain that when this intelligent mechanical disaster arrived in the solar system and conducted some inspections, if they were lucky, it might take some time to eliminate the disguises of the other fleets before coming to the Altair Galaxy. If they were unlucky, they would not even waste time and would come directly to the Altair Galaxy to capture him!
And... don't forget, the distance between you and the solar system is 16.8 light years, so the communication delay is as high as 16.8 years.

The information he received from the clone at this moment was sent 16.8 years ago!

According to the current deceleration rate of the Intelligent Scourge Fleet, they should have arrived in the solar system by now. Maybe they have already completed the relevant tests and are rushing towards the Altair Galaxy!

With their acceleration of 0.8 meters per second squared and a maximum speed of 74% of the speed of light, it would only take them 35 years at most to cross this long distance that took them hundreds of years to cross!
Li Qingsong's heart was filled with coldness.

Many of our large scientific facilities have just been built, and this state of undivided attention and all-out effort in developing science and technology has only lasted for two short years. We haven't even had time to produce even a major scientific and technological breakthrough, but we have to stop?
What else could he do if he didn't stop? At this moment, besides setting sail and escaping immediately, what else could he do?
Fortunately, after arriving in the Altair system, he immediately devoted all his efforts to repairing the fleet and replenishing the supplies needed for the voyage, so he could escape immediately. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to leave even if he wanted to.

only……

Do I really want to escape in such a hurry?
Li Qingsong thought quickly.

The Omnic Scourge had already pursued him to the solar system, and there was a high probability that they would also come to the Altair system in the future. Even if he fled to the next galaxy, there was still a high probability that the Omnic Scourge would pursue him.

Furthermore, the Omnic Scourge's speed was over ten times faster than his own. Even if he tried his best to escape, doing nothing after arriving at each star system, restocking his supplies and immediately fleeing to the next supply point, there was a high probability that it would get closer and closer, and eventually capture him.

All of my future life will be wasted on the escape.

After all, there is no way to develop technology while on the run.

His hasty escape only slowed down the speed of his hanging a little, but he still could not escape death in the end.

So……

We can't just run away in such a hurry.

(End of this chapter)