Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 328 Malfunction
Li Qingsong's words were tinged with a smile again: "Why can we all sit here peacefully? Why can we pool our wisdom and efforts to contribute to civilization?"
With the expansion of ideas from different races and cultural backgrounds, will our human civilization as a whole... develop even faster?
If we humans don't uphold this warmth, how could we possibly contribute to civilization? Even if humanity resorts to coercive measures, the results will inevitably be far worse.

In this universe, there shouldn't be only one path to take; there must be other paths as well…

Haimer sat there blankly, a storm raging in his mind.

"There shouldn't be only one path, there are other paths... are there other paths?"

At that moment, his worldview seemed to be turned upside down. A path he had never seen or noticed before appeared before him.

Yes... If humanity hadn't upheld those good intentions, if humanity could be so heartless as to deceive even completely harmless gravity creatures and kill them all for its own development... what would we, as a vassal race, be in the eyes of humanity?
Can we really put our minds at ease, wholeheartedly accept human ideals, willingly integrate into human civilization, identify ourselves as human beings, and contribute to civilization?

Aren't we afraid that one day we will lose our usefulness and be ruthlessly abandoned by humans?
Why can I stand entirely from a human perspective, consider how to maximize my own interests, and then believe that we should capture gravity life forms?

Isn't it precisely because humanity has always upheld that sense of goodwill? But, since humanity has always upheld that sense of goodwill, how could it possibly harm harmless creatures subject to gravity?

At that moment, Haimeran understood, completely understood.

He realized that although he had previously boasted of his outstanding strategic vision, he was far from it.

At this moment, Haimer Blue was completely convinced and wholeheartedly accepted his human identity from the depths of his heart.

He stood up and bowed deeply to Li Qingsong's projection: "Your Excellency, I understand."

Momorans smiled and said, "Vice Chief Haimeran, I told you long ago that if you want to truly integrate into human civilization, you must first abandon all the bad habits and bad ways of thinking of the original civilization. It's just a pity that you didn't listen to me before."

Haimerlan said sincerely, "You're right. You are a true human being, and that's why you can make completely correct judgments. As for me, I still have some shortcomings. I will continue to work hard in the future."

Momorans burst into laughter: "Welcome!"

"Alright, meeting adjourned. It's time to prepare for our next launch."

"Yes."

Several years passed quickly. Li Qingsong swiftly completed the resource gathering work, and it was time to set sail once again.

Of course, during this time, Li Qingsong also took the opportunity of getting closer to a white dwarf than ever before to conduct a lot of research on it, obtaining a lot of unprecedented data. He gained a deeper understanding of the convection, radiation, and Type Ia supernova explosion mode inside the white dwarf.

This stop, aside from those gravity-related creatures, was a worthwhile experience.

The tails of numerous spaceships once again spewed out bright, blazing flames, propelling the massive fleet to slowly set sail again, embarking on yet another journey into the endless starry sky.

Time passed slowly, and Li Qingsong once again immersed himself in scientific research.

Not only Li Qingsong, but every scientific researcher from every race under the banner of human civilization has also become busy.

They may be engaged in continuous learning, accumulating knowledge in hopes of catching up with the current level of human technology, or they may be busy in laboratories and research institutes, contributing their own insignificant efforts to the overall technological progress of civilization. This is precisely the situation as civilization shifts from applied physics to fundamental physics.

Rapid, leapfrog development is no longer the norm; instead, progress is made little by little, extremely slowly, relying on the accumulation of time and effort, like water dripping on a stone.

Even Li Qingsong can only accelerate this pattern at most; he can't break free from it.

Hundreds of years passed gradually, and Li Qingsong once again traveled hundreds of light-years.

Throughout this voyage, Li Qingsong never gave up exploring all star systems within 100 light-years. But just like before, he was unable to find the next foothold of the Purple Moon civilization.

This deepened Li Qingsong's doubts.

"What exactly does this Purple Moon civilization want to do? Why are they in such a hurry? They've been flying continuously for so long without stopping. Where are they going?"
What could possibly drive a civilization at the level of a powerful nuclear force to travel at such a frantic pace? Surely they can't be hiding from me because they know I'm chasing them?
Their technology is more advanced than mine. I'm barely at the peak of the powerful core realm now, but the Purple Moon civilization reached that peak at least two thousand years ago... Besides, they couldn't possibly know I'm catching up."

With this question in mind, Li Qingsong continued his research while tracking the progress.

Although he had three powerful weapons as trump cards—the Stellar Cannon, the Variable Energy Shield, and the Unified Force Field—Li Qingsong still dared not be complacent in the slightest when facing the Purple Moon Civilization, a powerful civilization that had already reached the pinnacle of strong cores two thousand years ago.

Who knows what unique technologies, weapons, or offensive strategies a nuclear-powered civilization with more advanced technology than ours might develop?

Li Qingsong was not entirely confident of defeating his opponent.

Furthermore, if the Purple Moon Civilization has successfully broken through the strong core and advanced to the gravity stage, they might even be killed in a counterattack.

However, we should first find traces of the Purple Moon civilization, find a way to confirm their current level of technology, and then decide on the next course of action.

In the vast starry sky, Li Qingsong's fleet continued to advance at high speed.

One day, Li Qingsong suddenly received an unusual alert.

The smallest Mercury-class warship, which was originally neatly arranged around the main fleet for escort purposes, suddenly started its propulsion and gradually deviated from the fleet's course.

"What's going on? Is it malfunctioning?"

Li Qingsong immediately manipulated the clone to try to connect to the warship via remote control equipment, check the equipment and AI operation status, and manipulate it to return to the queue.

But the next moment, Li Qingsong was stunned.

The remote control system showed that the Mercury-class warship had lost connection with the control base.

(End of this chapter)