Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 220 I did it!

“At this stage, we have not yet completed the material collection work, and the material reserves are seriously insufficient.

Furthermore, we have invested a large amount of resources in the construction of basic industries, most of which are immovable facilities and cannot be recovered in a short period of time.

This has led to a severe shortage of our supplies. If we were to force a launch, our fleet would only be able to reach a speed of 15% of the speed of light, and we only have one chance to launch and slow down.

The enemy fleet is large in number and their attack targets our non-combat ships. Our fleet only has a few hundred thousand ships left, which is not enough to provide complete protection for non-combat ships.

Based on our more advanced technology and combat capabilities, we are still confident that we can completely wipe out the enemy fleet while only causing minor losses to our main fleet.

预估损失规模为：居住飞船50到100艘，约有1到2亿名主人丧命，约占总人口的0.4%到0.8%。

Judging from a comprehensive analysis, our best option is to continue to hold on to the galaxy, at the cost of 0.4% to 0.8% population loss, to annihilate the enemy's battleship fleet or make it lose its offensive capability, and then restore our battleship reserves to complete the task of capturing the enemy.

Logical deduction in progress...

Note that when the highest priority task is reached, the logical calculation is restarted.

I am forever loyal to the Black Mountain civilization. Protecting my masters is my eternal, irresistible, and highest priority mission.

The death of any one master is an unacceptable and heavy price to pay, let alone the lives of 1 million to 2 million masters.

The only way to avoid the massive death of the host is to abandon the existing basic industrial construction, force the ship to set sail, and escape the enemy's pursuit at a higher speed.

However, due to a severe shortage of supplies, our fleet cannot return once it sets sail. With only one chance to slow down after setting sail, our only option is to travel to another star system at 15% the speed of light and dock there to complete subsequent material collection and strength recovery.

The nearest star system is 7.3 light-years away. Taking into account the acceleration and deceleration time, it will take about 15 years to arrive at the destination if traveling at the maximum speed of 64% of the speed of light.

It will take about 200 years to carry out large-scale industrial infrastructure construction in the new star system and restore the fleet's strength.

After completing this task, when we return to this system, our speed will be able to return to the maximum speed of 73% of the speed of light. Including the acceleration and deceleration time, the total time will be about 20 years.

So, the total time required is: 284 years.

Forcing a voyage to another star system at this moment, and returning here after completing the recovery work, is the only way to avoid the mass death of the host and still retain the possibility of capturing the intelligent life of the prey civilization. After all, with less than 300 years, even if the prey civilization escapes, it cannot get very far.

Furthermore, the plan implemented by the prey civilization in this galaxy will only be effective once. The next time we hunt down this civilization, after we have prepared, this plan will be ineffective against us.

In that case, set sail! Target speed: 15% the speed of light!
During the verification of the plan... no inconsistencies with the highest mission were found."

At this moment, Li Qingsong noticed that on the gas giant planet where the main fleet of the Mechanical Scourge was located, and on the many satellites around it, countless spaceships took off violently and quickly entered the aerospace mothership.

A large number of hydrogen bombs were dropped quickly, destroying the entire industrial base that was just beginning to take shape but had not yet been officially put into operation.

At the same time, numerous large ships simultaneously activated their thrusters, blasting high-speed plasma backwards with a brightness comparable to that of a star. Before the enemy fleet could even approach, they propelled the massive fleet into a fierce acceleration, then sped away from the star at a faster rate than the enemy fleet itself. Meanwhile, the omnic Scourge warships, which had been circling the enemy fleet like piranhas around a whale, constantly tearing at its flesh and inflicting heavy casualties, ceased their attack and, likewise with greater maneuverability, retreated to join the main fleet.

This huge fleet stayed in the Pegasus V432 system for only a short time before setting sail again.

At this moment, Li Qingsong's heart was filled with excitement.

Sure enough, just as he expected, this intelligent scourge fleet retreated!
Something that even ordinary powerful nuclear civilizations cannot do, has now been accomplished by myself!
Although they paid such a heavy price, and in the process, they made full use of the time, place, people and strategies, and tactics, but in the end they still could not really damage the foundation of the Omnic Scourge Fleet - the nearly two million warships that were destroyed were just something that would take time to recover for the Omnic Scourge Fleet. They only managed to force it to retreat temporarily, but for themselves who were still in the electro-weak civilization stage, it was still an almost unimaginable major victory.

I’m afraid that no civilization in the entire Milky Way will believe that a strong nuclear civilization can be forced to retreat by an electro-weak civilization!

But now, I have truly done it!

And the strategic goal was preliminarily achieved: this retreat would prevent the Mechanical Scourge Fleet from making a comeback in a short period of time, and he would have extremely precious time to launch an attack on the Grand Unification Formula!
The only thing to worry about now is the opponent's speed.

Even if from this moment on, we devote all our efforts to the advancement of technology and everything goes well, it will still take at least 270 years to become a strong nuclear civilization.

Yes at least.

Everything has to go smoothly, without any setbacks or obstacles.

If it's less than 270 years, there's no hope at all.

It was originally going to take at least 300 years, but now that the basic industrial construction has been completed, this part of the time has been saved, so it becomes 270 years.

But this is clearly too extreme. Taking into account possible obstacles and setbacks, Li Qingsong believes that a period of around 300 years would be more reliable.

Li Qingsong calculated that if the remaining supplies of the Intelligent Scourge Fleet were sufficient to support their travel at 15% of the speed of light, it would only take about 260-280 years for them to reach the nearest star system, complete their recuperation and strength recovery, and then return here.

After all, for an intelligent mechanical disaster, how long it takes to recover in a star system and how long it takes to return after recovery are all calculable and fixed values.

The only thing that can delay time is the current speed of the outbound journey.

"At 15% of the speed of light, will you be able to make a comeback in 260-280 years..."

This time is obviously not enough for me.

After all, I can't expect the scientific research process to be smooth.

"If it's traveling at 10% of the speed of light... the time it takes for the Omnic Scourge Fleet to return will be extended to around 300 years, barely enough for me to complete my breakthrough."

(End of this chapter)