Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 25 Arsenal

Base No. 45 completely lost contact with Li Qingsong.

Losing Base 45 was still a bearable loss. Even if more bases were lost, Li Qingsong wouldn't mind in the short term.

But the key issue is that those main mineral veins cannot be lost!

For example, there are 10 veins in total, including No. Iron Mine, No. Copper Mine, No. Oxygen Mine, No. Tolin Mine, etc.

These mineral veins are Li Qingsong's lifeline. It is the production of these mineral veins that supports the development of the main base.

"The key question now is to find out how many of these strange birds there are and where they are."

Li Qingsong's mind raced as he tried to manipulate the telescope on the Deep Space spacecraft to aim at Luoshen, and began searching the planet from a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

But compared to a planet, the size of this strange bird is still too small. The Deep Space Spacecraft searched but did not find any signs of the strange bird.

Even Base 45, where the existence of the strange bird had been confirmed, could not be seen.

There was no other way. Li Qingsong thought about it and had to take the risk to operate the only landing spacecraft to take off and search carefully on Luoshen Star.

Just after flying about a hundred kilometers, Li Qingsong saw a shocking scene.

He saw countless of these strange birds scattered densely across the dark red earth of Luoshen Star. They ranged in size, with the largest reaching over three meters in height, while the smallest could reach over one meter in height!

A rough estimate shows that there are more than two thousand strange birds here!
They are now on the land of Luoshen, using their sharp mouthparts and wings, seemingly through the dual effects of heating and cutting, to collect organic matter such as tholin, formaldehyde, and methane, and then swallowing them in big gulps.

There were about a thousand of them at Base 45, and there were another two thousand here...

"When did this monster come..."

Li Qingsong thought secretly in his heart.

There is no way. I don’t have the space observation and early warning capabilities at the moment, otherwise I would be able to discover them before they land from space, and I wouldn’t be so passive at this moment.

Operating the landing spacecraft, Li Qingsong continued to move forward.

After walking a little further, Li Qingsong saw another flock of strange birds. And this time, the strange birds seemed to have discovered him.

Several strange birds ejected violent air currents from their tails, pushing their bodies to take off at high speed and rush towards the landing spacecraft.

Li Qingsong immediately took evasive action.

But those strange birds did not fly too high, only a few dozen meters, and the airflow at their tails disappeared, so their bodies slowly fell down again.

At the same time, Li Qingsong saw some strange birds falling from the endless darkness of deep space ahead of him at an extremely high speed. As they were about to touch the ground, air jets shot out from their tails, pushing their bodies to slow down, eventually causing them to fall to the ground of Luoshen Star at a slower speed.

But even after slowing down, some strange birds were still moving at a relatively fast speed, so they fell heavily to the ground. Some of them became motionless, while others struggled and couldn't get up for a long time.

A flash of enlightenment came into Li Qingsong's mind.

These strange birds had indeed migrated from the starry sky. Perhaps due to the long interstellar voyage, their energy was almost exhausted and they had basically lost the ability to fly.

This is a good thing for me.

But... there is sufficient material supply on Luoshen Star.

Li Qingsong didn't know how long it would take for the materials replenished from Luoshen Star to be converted into the power of flight, but it shouldn't take too long.

Based on the data obtained from the previous dissection of the strange bird, Li Qingsong came up with an estimate.

It will not take more than one and a half months at most. Specifically, it should be between 30 and 40 days.

Everywhere you look, these strange birds are everywhere. There are tens of thousands of them within the field of vision alone.

Including those that have not been discovered yet and those that continue to fall from space, what is the total number?

Li Qingsong's heart was filled with solemnity, and he immediately made a decision in his heart.

"Store 50 clones on the Deep Space spacecraft, bring the necessary supplies, evacuate Luoshen first, and hide in space!
Since the remaining clones, industrial facilities and supplies cannot be taken away, then we will leave them on Luoshen and fight these guys!
If I can win, I will continue to develop on Luoshen. If I can't win, I will escape to other planets and continue to develop!
Fortunately, the Deep Space Ship hasn't been active lately, and there aren't many clones left there. These strange birds also have little energy, so they haven't been interested. Otherwise, without the Deep Space Ship, I'd have lost my last resort."

Li Qingsong decisively controlled the landing spacecraft to return to the main base, and then immediately began to transport the relevant clones and supplies. He immediately started the thrusters of the Deep Space spacecraft and controlled it to begin evacuating to deep space.

Over the years, Li Qingsong has been carefully maintaining the Deep Space Spacecraft. The current level of technology has barely reached the ability to produce chemical fuel to start it again.

While evacuating the Deep Space spacecraft, Li Qingsong made a second decision.

"The war between me and this strange bird is inevitable.

In this case, shrink the battle line! Abandon all secondary bases and concentrate all clones on the 10 main mineral bases. Defend the main base, the 10 mineral bases, and the railway line to buy time for development.

Then... go all out to develop weapons technology!"

At one time, among the more than one hundred bases scattered outside, nearly ten thousand clones from more than ninety bases all rushed out. Various mechanical vehicles, such as mining cars, bulldozers, trucks, exploration vehicles, etc. began to roar, charging desperately on the dead land of Luoshen Star.

On the railway, all trains were mobilized to pull the numerous clones away from the existing bases and transport them to the main base or core mineral base;
In the core mineral base, many clones also took action, collecting all parts that could be used as weapons and trying their best to arm themselves.

At the main base, thousands of clones also put on space suits and rushed to the edge of the base.

A large number of searchlights were erected at the edge of the base, a large number of exploration vehicles were scattered out, and the clones rushed into the darkness at the risk of death.

It was too risky to send out the only landing craft again. At this point, they could only rely on the clones to conduct physical reconnaissance.

They will patrol the edge of the base and send a message back immediately if they spot a strange bird attacking.

In addition to these preparations, Li Qingsong is also carrying out the most core and important work at the same time.

Dozens of existing factories with metal processing capabilities have all stopped production of existing products, and all have been converted by Li Qingsong into the most important factories at this stage.

arsenal!
An arsenal that produces cold weapons!
(End of this chapter)