Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 207 Metal Lake
Li Qingsong knew that if he gave up everything he had now and transferred his consciousness to the backup clones that had escaped and hidden before, the losses would not only be the numerous spaceships in the current huge fleet, and the intelligent AI running in the supercomputers, which condensed countless training data and his own hard work, but also not only the large scientific equipment, etc.

The real losses are much greater than this.

Li Qingsong knew that the reason why he, as the main consciousness, could remember so much scientific knowledge, experience and skills was actually achieved through numerous clones.

In other words, these memories do not exist independently. Rather, in this mode, the clones' heads become the "hard drive" where Li Qingsong's main consciousness stores knowledge and memories.

That knowledge and memories are stored in the clones' heads.

How much can a single brain hold? The sheer volume of knowledge, data, experience, and skills Li Qingsong had researched was so vast that even a single head bursting with energy wouldn't be enough to hold them all.

Abandoning these clones means losing this part of knowledge.

At most, one's main consciousness can only remember some key information and memories.

If it were to be reopened, not only would the fleet need to be rebuilt, but the technology would also need to be developed from scratch.

Therefore, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Li Qingsong is absolutely unwilling to give up everything he has now.

But Li Qingsong still decided to take a risk and make a big move at this moment.

Li Qingsong wants to use the level of second-level electroweak civilization to fight against the third-level strong nuclear civilization!

All the knowledge and experience Li Qingsong had told him that this was almost impossible to do, but Li Qingsong still made this decision.

The first reason is of course that there is really no other way.

The second reason is...

Li Qingsong also has a temper!
From the time we left the solar system, to the time we left the Altair Galaxy, and now to the moment we start our interstellar escape again, it seems like more than two thousand years have passed.

I have been running away for over two thousand years!
I've had enough!

This time, either I break through to become a strong nuclear civilization, or we will perish together!
At worst, I can just restart it. I want to see if there is any hope for you, the omnic disaster, to recover again!
Li Qingsong has made up his mind and has drawn up a crazy and risky plan.

"To execute this plan, certain prerequisites are required. First, a relatively young star system is required. This is because only when a galaxy is young enough will it be sufficiently chaotic.

Secondly, I need a relatively active primary star. Only when the primary star is sufficiently active will I have the opportunity to exploit it."

Li Qingsong quickly searched the existing star database and immediately identified a suitable target.

Pegasus V342! Or another number, HR8799!

This star has a mass about 1.5 times that of the Sun and is only 6000 million years old, still in its infancy.

Because of its young age, this star is very active and its brightness is changing rapidly, sometimes dimming and sometimes brightening, with a cycle of only two days.

This means it has extremely intense and rapid stellar activity.

Because the boundary between the star's convection zone and radiation zone is unstable, the star's surface can even produce ripples, just like ocean waves. It is these violent stellar "waves" that cause its luminosity to change periodically.

At the same time, the interior of this star system is also very chaotic. What is particularly noteworthy is that it has seven large planets, three of which are rocky planets, and the smallest one has a mass 3 times that of the Earth.

There are four gas giants. The largest one has a mass 12 times that of Jupiter - this is probably at the mass dividing line between planets and stars. If it were a little bigger, it would be able to ignite helium-3 fusion or deuterium-tritium fusion in its core and become a brown dwarf.

The smallest one is 6 times as massive as Jupiter.

The giant in the solar system is just an inconspicuous little guy in the Pegasus V342 galaxy.

It not only has many large planets, but also, because it is too young, has many small celestial bodies comparable to the Altair Galaxy, as well as material-rich dust disks, asteroid belts, and so on.

To sum it up in one sentence, this is like a plus version of the solar system. Not only is the main star larger, brighter, and more active than the sun, the rocky planets are larger than the earth, the gas planets are larger than Jupiter, and even the asteroids are more numerous than those in the solar system.

"It's here!"

Li Qingsong made up his mind: "Either I will be reborn here, or I will... perish together!"

After adjusting the course of the fleet again, Li Qingsong flew towards the star system which was still 4.6 light-years away from him.

In the blink of an eye, several decades passed, and Li Qingsong's huge fleet finally anchored about 5000 million kilometers away from the star.

There is also a large planet here.

It is the smallest planet in V342 Pegasi.

Although it is the smallest, theoretically, its mass of 1.3 times that of the Earth is still enough to give it enough gravity to attract gases to form an atmosphere.

At the same time, sufficient mass can also form sufficient internal pressure to keep the interior high temperature and flow, thereby creating a magnetic field, and protecting its atmosphere from being stripped away under the huge radiation pressure of the main star.

But it's a pity.

Although it has sufficient mass and a strong enough magnetic field, it is too close to its host star and the radiation from the host star is too intense.

As a result, its atmosphere was still ruthlessly stripped away, leaving it with only a bare sphere without any gas.

In the solar system, the distance between Mercury and the Sun is about 4000 million kilometers, and the surface temperature of the Sun is more than 342 degrees Celsius lower than that of V2000 Pegasus, and its brightness is only about one-fifth of it.

Even so, Mercury is scorched by the sun to a surface temperature of several hundred degrees Celsius.

This giant planet is in a worse situation than Mercury.

Its surface temperature is as high as over 700 degrees Celsius, enough to melt metals such as zinc, aluminum, lead, tin, and magnesium.

So such a wonderful sight appeared on this planet: although it has no atmosphere, there are "lakes" on the surface. Under the shining yellow-white starlight, they shine with different colors, dazzling like gems, extremely gorgeous.

Although these lakes are beautiful, they are extremely dangerous.

Because, these lakes are not actually filled with water, but liquid metal or alloy!
(End of this chapter)