Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 330 Dilemma
If they hadn't suddenly gained their own lives, how could they have voluntarily broken away from the main fleet? How could they still be fighting together without even communication equipment?

Damn it, so the reason they attacked us was to... to rescue their compatriots who were still being "oppressed" by us?
This is ridiculous!
Li Qingsong could not accept this conclusion no matter what, but at this moment, from any perspective, it seemed to be the only possible guess at this stage.

"Never mind, let's capture a spaceship and inspect it first!"

After a battle, one of the "enemy" warships had its propulsion and weapon systems destroyed, rendering it maneuverable and unable to attack.

After towing it back to the dock, Li Qingsong immediately began the most detailed inspection.

The results of the examination seemed to confirm Li Qingsong's previous conjecture once again.

Li Qingsong found no equipment on the warship that he had not manufactured.

There were no external communication devices, no external intrusion facilities, nothing at all.

As for the long-distance communication or electromagnetic wave communication equipment they manufactured, it had overloaded and overheated for some unknown reason, and was subsequently burned out.

This must be why I lost contact with these warships.

However... aside from those facilities that have been destroyed, the remaining facilities are still fully functional.

Normal operation here refers to operating in accordance with Li Qingsong's will.

It's like a main control computer.

After Li Qingsong restored communication for him, the tactical version of the Primordial AI in the main control computer was still able to receive his commands and complete the corresponding operations normally.

There is no indication anywhere that it is controlled by other entities!
Furthermore, there was absolutely no sign that these spaceships had come to life!

It was just a normal warship that had been damaged in the battlefield!

Perhaps... it was precisely because it was injured and "died" that it returned to normal and could be controlled by itself?

Meanwhile, the warships that were still fighting against them were still "alive".

Why? What caused them to suddenly "come alive"?

Li Qingsong still couldn't figure these things out. But he also roughly sensed that this wasn't some advanced civilization playing tricks on him, but rather that he had accidentally encountered some phenomenon or event that he didn't yet understand.

"This universe is truly fraught with danger. I can't believe I've encountered something so incredible... Never mind that for now, let's destroy these warships first!"

At this moment, only 40 spaceships and about 35 warships have "come back to life." Meanwhile, within the main fleet, over 160 million warships remain unrecovered and can still be controlled by Li Qingsong.

In particular, they had a flying star as a supply. The "enemy," on the other hand, had no supplies other than their transport ships.

From any perspective, dealing with these warships that have betrayed them should not be a problem.

Having determined his strategy, Li Qingsong did not hesitate any longer and immediately intensified his offensive.

In an instant, the vast and deep space was filled with the roar of gunfire, and a large number of warships and unmanned combat forces were rapidly consumed.

In the past, Li Qingsong would only complain about the fact that his warships' defense and attack capabilities were not strong enough. But now, however, this has caused Li Qingsong a great deal of trouble.

"Damn it, why is this so hard to fight? Even after all this, we still haven't broken through the energy shield?"

"This maneuverability...is this really the warship I built?"

"Are you kidding me? My energy cannon is already this powerful?"

At this moment, Li Qingsong finally understood what it felt like to be his enemy.

But there was no other way; even if it was difficult, they had to fight. And so the battle continued.

Soon, Li Qingsong discovered something else amiss.

After expending great effort and losing tens of thousands of warships, they finally reduced the enemy's warships to about 30. But unexpectedly, tens of thousands of their own warships suddenly "defected" and joined the enemy's camp.

The opposing side still maintains a fleet size of around 35 ships!
In this way, Li Qingsong lost a total of nearly 100,000 warships, both inside and outside the city.

"What the hell is going on!"

After fighting for a while, they estimated that the enemy's supplies were almost exhausted. They thought it would be easier to fight from here on out, but unexpectedly, some transport ships loaded with various supplies also "came back to life" and defected!

The total number of ships that can "come back to life" due to this phenomenon or event whose principle is unknown seems to have an upper limit. Li Qingsong observed that whenever the total number of enemy ships fell below 40, some ships in his own fleet would "defect," replenishing the total number of enemy ships to around 40.

As for the type of "defecting" ship, it seems to be related to which type of ship the other side lost.

The loss of warships makes it easier for some warships to defect. The loss of transport ships, or the depletion of supplies on a transport ship, also makes it easier for some transport ships to defect.

Those transport ships that have run out of supplies will "die" and will no longer be under the control of the other side.

No matter how many enemy ships you destroy, the enemy will always maintain around 40 ships.

"How can we fight this?"

Li Qingsong felt a deep sense of gravity.

If you don't understand why these ships "came back to life," you can't prevent your own ships from joining the enemy's side, which means it's almost impossible for you to eliminate the enemy.

But not fighting isn't an option either. The enemy is launching a relentless and fierce attack; are they just going to sit here and wait to be killed?

After fighting for some time, Li Qingsong had no choice but to start a massive shipbuilding operation in space.

There was no other way; the warships were being destroyed at an alarming rate. If shipbuilding wasn't started soon, Li Qingsong would quickly find himself unable to hold out.

But soon, another situation occurred that infuriated Li Qingsong.

Using the Flying Star as a base, he painstakingly built a hundred warships, only to have them all "defect" and join the enemy's camp in the blink of an eye.

On average, one out of every two warships built defected.

This rendered Li Qingsong's shipbuilding efforts almost meaningless.

All this hard work I put into building these warships, am I building them for myself or for you guys?!
However, even so, Li Qingsong had no choice but to continue building warships.

If they don't continue building, they won't even have warships to defend against the enemy's attack...

"This can't go on like this."

Li Qingsong thought quickly: "Enter the star system, activate the electric disaster, and let the electric disaster use the power of the star to help me fight."
No, that might be too late.

So... activate the unified force field?

But what about the spaceships carrying the unified force field device, or even... the unified force field device itself? Could it also defect?

Li Qingsong was caught in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)