Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 329 Alive?

This startled Li Qingsong so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

A malfunction is nothing unusual. A lost communication connection is nothing unusual either. But the combination of the two is quite unusual.

Even though the communication connection was lost and I wasn't controlling the spaceship, why did its thrusters activate? Why did it deviate from formation?

Who is controlling my spaceship right now?

With the advancements in technology, Li Qingsong is certain that, at least in the era of strong cores, there is no technology capable of interfering with long-distance communication based on quantum entanglement, let alone directly invading enemy warships and seizing them for one's own.

However, Li Qingsong was unsure whether more advanced civilizations possessed this technology.

So, if his Mercury-level warship is being controlled by an external force, wouldn't that mean that it is almost certainly a being superior to a powerful nuclear civilization?

Has some advanced civilization approached me?
Li Qingsong immediately raised all the ships in the main fleet to the highest alert level, and the energy shields were immediately activated to the highest power mode. The various warships that were originally stored between the space carriers left their berths and began to line up under the inertial navigation state of 80% of the speed of light. At the same time, all detection equipment was activated to fully explore and search the surrounding star field.

Li Qingsong also dispatched a small fleet to pursue the Mercury-class warship that was breaking away from his own fleet.

We must bring it back and examine it carefully!
But at that moment, something even more terrifying happened to Li Qingsong.

Alarm messages kept popping up in the various remote control bases located within the habitable spaceship.

At first, it wasn't too fast; only a few dozen spaceships lost connection alarms in the first hour. But then it got faster and faster.

Later, the dense alarm messages even stretched out and filled the entire large screen.

In just one day, a total of 40 spaceships lost contact!

These spaceships come in all shapes and sizes; some are warships, some are industrial ships, some are supply ships, and others are logistics support ships, mine-laying ships, and communication ships.

There was no habitable spaceship.

And each of the spaceships that lost contact made the same move without prior agreement.

The moment they lose contact, they immediately activate their thrusters, skillfully avoiding surrounding ships, and move away from the main fleet, eventually docking at a distance of about 1000 million kilometers from the main fleet, where they reunite.

During the process of those ships that lost contact and separated from the main fleet, Li Qingsong had many opportunities to attack.

But Li Qingsong... dared not attack.

The reason is simple: this is the heartland of their main fleet, where countless targets of extremely important strategic value are gathered, such as residential ships, supply ships, and space carriers.

If a fight breaks out here, it is highly likely to affect them.

At the same time... what if these spaceships that have lost contact with us are controlled by some advanced civilization?

It is at least not currently controlling these warships to attack it. What if its attack angers them, leading to unpredictable consequences?

Considering all these factors, Li Qingsong ultimately decided to wait and see. Under these circumstances, a total of 40 ships of various types once again coalesced into a fleet. Afterwards, Li Qingsong saw that the fleet finally take action.

One after another, supply and logistics support ships opened their warehouses on their own, and various intelligent machines began to operate automatically. Numerous warships docked in their berths and began a series of procedures such as refueling and replenishing combat supplies. Everything was in good order and extremely efficient, even more efficient than when Li Qingsong controlled it himself.

Li Qingsong was very familiar with these procedures. He had done them before every battle.

But now, none of this is under my control!

That fleet appears to be making preparations for war!

Who is the target of this war? It seems... it can only be himself! Because in this star field, apart from himself and that fleet, Li Qingsong has not observed any other targets!

"Damn, this is weird..."

Li Qingsong was filled with a heavy heart. Left with no other choice, he had to begin preparations for battle.

Time flew by, and the pre-battle preparations were quickly completed. The fleet that had broken away from its main fleet then launched a rapid advance, charging menacingly towards them, simultaneously unleashing a barrage of weapons—energy cannons, laser cannons, missiles, and more.

"They've started attacking me already? What's going on?!"

Left with no other choice, Li Qingsong had to maneuver his fleet to engage in battle.

In the vast void where no macroscopic stars exist within a radius of several light-years, two fleets with completely identical styles and methods began a somewhat bizarre interstellar battle.

Not long after the fight began, Li Qingsong discovered something even more terrifying.

Li Qingsong deliberately maneuvered the warship to launch an attack specifically targeting the enemy's communication system, successfully destroying the communication systems of at least a thousand combat, supply, and logistical support ships.

But what horrified Li Qingsong was that even without the communication system, those spaceships were still fighting, and seemed to be completely unaffected!

This is a little unusual.

If it were due to the intervention of an advanced civilization that seized control of their spaceship through some unknown means, that would be understandable.

But now even the communication system is gone. Neither long-distance communication nor electromagnetic wave communication can be carried out anymore. How is that advanced civilization controlling its spaceship at this moment?
Even if your advanced civilization has more sophisticated communication methods, these spaceships would still need corresponding receiving equipment and hardware, right? They don't even have the hardware yet, so why are these spaceships still under control?
Something is wrong, something is wrong...

Li Qingsong's countless brains were thinking rapidly at the same time.

After reviewing the "enemy" fleet's operational mode once more, looking at the warships that seemed to be able to maneuver and fight independently without relying on communication, looking at the intelligent machines and spaceships that could retrieve supplies, refuel, replenish combat supplies, and repair damaged parts on their own, and looking at all this orderly operation, an astonishing, yet somewhat absurd, conjecture gradually emerged in Li Qingsong's mind.

The moment this conjecture surfaced, even the voice of the clone containing Li Qingsong's consciousness began to become dry.

"Damn it, have all these warships and spaceships come back to life?"

(End of this chapter)