Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 201 Backup, Rebirth

Unknowingly, the clone had been parasitized. Although his appearance remained unchanged, his core had been completely transformed.

Li Qingsong thought quickly and made a decisive decision.

Under his control, the clones in the isolated spacecraft seemed to "come alive" at this moment, as if they had their own consciousness.

"Lao Wang, let's go and have a drink."

"Hey, you old man, wait for me for a moment."

Li Qingsong played tens of thousands of roles, giving each of these clones different personalities and identities. Thus, for a moment, the quarantined spacecraft became like a normal society.

The clone, who had completely lost contact with Li Qingsong and could no longer be connected to Li Qingsong's consciousness, quietly observed the world in front of him.

Another clone, controlled by Li Qingsong, walked over and said in a familiar tone, "Old Li, what are you daydreaming about? Come on, didn't we agree to go play basketball?"

"Oh, go, go, go."

The clone acted as if this really happened and quickly followed.

Li Qingsong sneered in his heart.

Li Qingsong confirmed that while the clone had been parasitized, the situation was still completely under his control. Given that, he might as well take this opportunity to observe the parasitic plague and its invasion patterns, thus gaining some experience.

A group of clones went to the stadium in a lively manner, just like a leisurely gathering of friends, and nothing was unusual.

In secret, Li Qingsong kept the parasite under the most stringent surveillance.

After a few days, the parasite seemed to have become familiar with this society and began to take action.

This time, after a party with friends, the parasite said, "Come to my house for a drink tonight, and I'll show you some good stuff."

Li Qingsong's heart moved, and he immediately controlled the clone to agree: "Old Li, you are still mysterious. Okay."

At night, some clones came to the host's house. While the clones were drunk, the host mysteriously took out a projector.

"Lao Li, what on earth are you showing us?"

"Projector? What the hell is that? What exciting new movies are there?"

"hey-hey."

The clones all started to laugh. The parasite smiled silently, turning on the projector and projecting an image of the Demon Eye Galaxy onto the huge screen.

"What is this... uh... it's so beautiful."

At first, the clones were a bit agitated, but they soon calmed down and stared blankly at the image of the Demon Eye Galaxy.

Quietly, some "desires" emerged from the minds of these clones that had no self-awareness, and were then clearly perceived by Li Qingsong.

"Sure enough, this parasitic natural disaster called the Demon Eye parasitizes other life forms by viewing images of the Demon Eye Galaxy."

Li Qingsong felt a slight chill in his heart. He hadn't yet discovered the specific mechanism of parasitism. But through speculation, he knew it must be related to the organism's thinking organ.

Just like humans.

The fundamental mechanism by which humans process external information is the synapses and connections between neurons. Everything we see and feel corresponds to distinct neuronal activity in our brains.

It is obvious that the image of the Demon's Eye Galaxy is very likely to trigger special neuronal synapses and connections, creating a virus-like structure that can replicate itself.

Therefore, once a sufficiently clear image of the Demon's Eye Galaxy is seen, corresponding neuronal synapses and connections are generated in the brain, and this structure will begin to replicate itself in the brain.

In the early stages of replication, this change will manifest as an abnormal desire to view images of the Demon Eye Galaxy.

Li Qingsong has reason to believe that the longer you look and the clearer the view, the faster the copying will be.

Until this moment, the structure of this viral pattern has completed the occupation of the organism's brain, and thus the organism has been "possessed".

Although it still has the appearance of the corresponding ethnic group's life, its core has completely changed and has become an alien life.

It can then continue to spread images of the Demon Eye Galaxy and this parasitism in secret, with an appearance that is completely indistinguishable from the intelligent life of the invaded civilization, until the entire civilization is taken over.

A true Demon's Eye Galaxy possesses certain peculiarities, and for a technological civilization, understanding these anomalies usually means progress.

Almost every civilization that pursues technological progress will not miss these anomalies.

This is the bait.

Once the bait is taken, someone in the civilization will be infected. If the parasite is not discovered and eliminated in advance, the entire civilization may be infected.

Li Qingsong is almost certain that the Demon Eye Galaxy must have been intentionally transformed into its current appearance by a super parasitic civilization, with the purpose of broadcasting this "signal" to the entire universe and cultivating "parasites" throughout the universe!
Transforming an entire river system into a source of parasitism—what a massive undertaking! Just thinking about it filled Li Qingsong with awe.

This is not just something Li Qingsong cannot understand at this stage. Even in the foreseeable future, even if he achieves an improvement in the level of civilization, he will still not be able to understand this powerful existence.

It is impossible to even understand, let alone confront.

As for what they were going to do by breeding so many parasites, Li Qingsong had no idea.

It is possible that it is making a backup for itself, preparing for "rebirth" after the destruction of civilization. After all, the light emitted by a galaxy can almost be regarded as eternal in the universe.

Even if it were to perish, perhaps countless years later, a distant lower-level civilization would receive the light, be parasitized, and transformed into the parasitic disaster of the Demon Eye Civilization, thus allowing itself to be reborn.

It is also possible that they sow their own "seeds", wait for the seeds to slowly grow to the point where they have the ability to return to the mother body, and then embark on an intergalactic voyage to return to the mother body, bringing back all the technological data they have developed to promote the further development of the mother civilization.

Li Qingsong didn't know which possibility it was. Perhaps... it was both?
For now, we don’t need to worry about what the situation is. At least at this moment, the way the Demon Eye civilization parasitizes lower civilizations has been confirmed. Li Qingsong knows that the experiment in the isolated spacecraft can be ended.

Li Qingsong's heart moved, and the expression of the clone that had been pretending to be a normal life for more than ten days suddenly stiffened. He forcibly controlled the clones that were completely parasitized and pulled them into the laboratory.

All the clones that had developed "desire" but had not been fully infected also came to the laboratory on their own.

(End of this chapter)