Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 346 Absurd
He sensed that something was amiss on Planet One, the closest planet to the white subgiant star H11 Piscis Austrinus.

The Purple Moon Civilization's fleet is generally divided into seven main combat fleets and one logistics support fleet.

Four of these seven main battle fleets are stationed on planets one, two, three, and five, respectively.

Planet Four, home to the main fleet of the civilization, has two main combat fleets stationed there, while the last remaining main combat fleet is responsible for space escort and mobile support.

The sixth fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization is stationed on Planet One.

The Sixth Fleet appears to be weaker in combat capability than the other fleets.

This point has already been demonstrated in many ways during the comprehensive stress tests that Li Qingsong conducted over the past decade.

Meanwhile, there also appears to be some delays in the supply of materials and spare parts that the logistics support fleet provided to Planet One.

On several occasions, while other fleets were supporting Planet One, a series of inconsistencies emerged in its battlefield deployment and formation. On one occasion, two fleets were mixed together in one defense zone, while another zone was completely deserted.

If the Purple Moon Civilization fleet hadn't made quick adjustments, our attacking fleet would have almost broken through there and launched an attack on the ground targets.

Even so, our side also won a local victory in that battle, achieving a casualty ratio of 1.2 to 1.

At this moment, with yet another instance of poor coordination, Li Qingsong finally pieced together all the seemingly insignificant clues hidden beneath the vast war over the past years.

Thus, a somewhat startling deduction was presented to Li Qingsong.

The Sixth Fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization has significant disagreements with the other fleets, and it can even be said that the leadership of the Sixth Fleet is at odds with the main body of the civilization and the other military forces.

This is an internal conflict within the Purple Moon Civilization.

This is perfectly reasonable. After all, other civilizations cannot be as internally unified as we are, with everyone working together with one mind.

Every human being has their own interests and demands. Every group will have interests that are inconsistent with those of other groups, leading to disagreements and conflicts.

At this moment, facing military pressure from their own side, the internal divisions and contradictions of the Purple Moon Civilization have become increasingly apparent.

On the battlefield, this manifested as frequent oversights in the garrison duties of the Sixth Fleet and Planet One.

This seems to be a good opportunity that we can take advantage of. With careful planning, we might actually be able to seize Planet One.

Looking at the entire battlefield and the overall situation, the vulnerability on Planet One caused by the internal conflicts of the Purple Moon Civilization is almost the only opportunity that can be exploited.

This opportunity is entirely reasonable.

If I make good use of this opportunity, the expected returns will be substantial.

only……

Gazing at the enormous white star, a faint smile appeared on Li Qingsong's lips.

"If I hadn't already known that your Purple Moon Civilization also controlled a group of electromagnetic life forms, and that you had hidden some of your warships in places extremely close to the star, I might have actually believed it now, given this excellent opportunity."

However, since you have prepared a banquet, how can I not attend? That would be too impolite..."

Under Li Qingsong's control, a large number of warships were dispatched once again.

This time, Li Qingsong mobilized a total of 100 million warships.

One million warships, plus supporting unmanned combat forces and various logistical support spacecraft, totaling nearly five million.

Such a massive fleet of warships gathered together resembled a vast sea of ​​stars.

This time, Li Qingsong is determined to succeed! Target: Planet One!
Faced with Li Qingsong's large-scale mobilization, the Purple Moon Civilization also showed sufficient attention.

A large number of warships and supplies were replenished to Planet One. For a time, against the backdrop of the massive white star, the small planet One was surrounded by the glow of the warships' exhaust flames.

After intense preparations, Li Qingsong's massive fleet finally arrived.

A massive interstellar war has begun once again.

Faced with this unprecedented interstellar war, both sides exerted their full strength. Although the battle did not affect the planets due to the planetary defenses, it did affect the giant star that was only tens of millions of kilometers away.

Under the bombardment of these stray bullets, even stellar activity became more intense than ever before.

Li Qingsong disregarded everything else and focused solely on launching a fierce attack.

Since the main fleet stationed on Planet One, the Sixth Fleet, is suspected of having internal conflicts with the other fleets, let's amplify these conflicts.

As expected, after the war lasted for about two years, Li Qingsong took advantage of a detachment of the Sixth Fleet that seemed to be short of supplies and successfully surrounded the detachment.

Under normal circumstances, a fleet belonging to the Third Fleet, located on the edge of this battlefield, should have come to provide support. However, at this moment, not only did they not provide support, but they also withdrew on their own initiative, seemingly handing their comrades over to Li Qingsong.

This squadron was successfully wiped out by Li Qingsong. This was like stirring up a hornet's nest, immediately triggering a series of changes.

The Sixth Fleet, which was responsible for the main defense, seemed to be in a state of chaos. Its tactical skills plummeted, and it no longer coordinated with its members, almost becoming a disorganized army.

The Third Fleet warships that came to provide support realized that the situation was not right and fled for their lives, seemingly trying to withdraw from the battlefield.

Amidst the chaos, the fall of Planet One was almost inevitable. Soon after, a massive fireball erupted on its surface, destroying all buildings and bases, forcing all fleets to evacuate.

Planet One thus fell into Li Qingsong's control.

The large planet that Li Qingsong had been desperately pursuing but could not obtain had now fallen into his hands in such an absurd way.

This seems absurd, but when considered in light of the situation over the past decade or so, it makes perfect sense.

Those repeated failures in cooperation, those repeated communication breakdowns, and those repeated outbreaks of internal conflicts accumulated slowly, little by little, until they all finally erupted at once, resulting in this bitter outcome. No matter who looks at it, they can't see anything wrong with it.

Any civilization would be amazed by its own good fortune and saddened by the misfortune of its adversary, whose internal conflicts erupted at such a critical moment.

Li Qingsong felt no emotion whatsoever.

He simply issued an order without any emotional fluctuation.

Thus, the main fleet, located more than 10 billion kilometers away, also set sail, heading towards Planet One.

The loss of a large planet of extremely high strategic value would inevitably lead any normal civilization to quickly regroup its fleeing fleet, rebuild its forces, and launch an attack on the lost planet, hoping to recapture it while the enemy is still unstable and unable to establish a ground logistics system.

At the same time, a large number of combat forces will inevitably be dispatched to intercept the enemy's main fleet and prevent it from landing on the lost planet.

Once the opponent's initial combat forces join forces with the main fleet, and a large number of engineers, engineers, and industrial personnel arrive on the planet to begin industrial construction, then taking back a planet will only be a matter of gnawing at the hard bones bit by bit.

Clearly, this is what the Purple Moon civilization did after Planet One was lost.

They rallied their defeated troops, drew warships from other planets and mobile forces, and reassembled a massive fleet. With overwhelming momentum, they charged toward Planet One, along with Li Qingsong's main fleet.

They seemed determined to stop Li Qingsong even at the cost of their lives.

Li Qingsong remained completely unmoved by this situation.

He knew very well that the Purple Moon Civilization's fleet would be unable to conquer Planet One, and would also be unable to stop his main fleet.

Because Li Qingsong had already grasped the current situation.

In the conference room of the flagship spaceship "Dayue" of the Purple Moon Civilization's main fleet on Planet Four, a group of high-ranking members of the Purple Moon Civilization, whose bodies were reddish-brown and resembled furless animals, sat around the conference table with relaxed smiles on their faces.

"Planet One has successfully fallen into enemy hands."

Sitting at the very front, the particularly robust leader of the Purple Moon Civilization spoke with a hint of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, including regret or admiration): "What we've been planning for over a decade has finally come to fruition."

"Yes, it's been more than ten years. During these ten years, we have been trembling with fear and being extremely careful. We were afraid that if the clues were buried too deep, the enemy would not notice them, and we were also afraid that if they were buried too shallow, they would be too obvious and the enemy would notice the flaw. We were really caught in a dilemma."

"Yes, thankfully, thankfully it all worked in the end, finally luring the opponent into the trap."

"Alas, the matter is indeed too urgent. Our Purple Moon Civilization must demonstrate its existence and make its own contribution in this major event. That is why this confrontation with the Blue Turtle Civilization is so urgent."

"That's right. The sooner we take care of them, the sooner we can set sail and avoid delaying our important mission. Otherwise, why would we bother setting up these traps? We could just fight step by step, and it would only take a few hundred years at most. We could wear down the Blueprint civilization."

Inside the conference room, the high-ranking officials of the Purple Moon Civilization were engaged in lively discussion. After a moment, the leader coughed lightly, and the conference room instantly fell silent.

"Send orders to the Eighth Fleet, tell them to get ready. Those 'electric slaves' will soon be put to use..."

Every civilization that has ever come into contact with or been hostile to the Purple Moon Civilization knows that the Purple Moon Civilization has a total of seven fleets under its command.

But apart from the Purple Moon Civilization itself, no one knew that the Purple Moon Civilization had an eighth fleet.

This fleet has a special name.

Electric Fleet!

This fleet has existed for thousands of years. Now, it is time for it to demonstrate its power for the first time.

……

Time slips away quietly.

Under the desperate interception of the Purple Moon Civilization, Li Qingsong's main fleet struggled to advance, often having to pay a heavy price to cover a mere few million kilometers.

Meanwhile, Planet One also encountered an unprecedentedly fierce attack. Those warships, equipped with peak-level nuclear technology, relentlessly assaulted the defensive lines Li Qingsong had established on Planet One, as if their lives depended on it. This resulted in Li Qingsong facing immense pressure on both battlefields, forcing him to exert every ounce of his strength to barely hold them off.

This is truly giving it your all.

Even though Li Qingsong knew from the overall situation that his side could definitely defend Planet One and that the main fleet would definitely arrive, wouldn't the enemy notice something if he relaxed too much?
Acting should be more realistic.

Under these circumstances, it took nearly a year for the main fleet to finally reach Planet One.

The two fleets merged, and the warships replenished each other's supplies. The two battlefields became one, and Li Qingsong's pressure was immediately reduced. He was finally able to intercept all stray bullets and space attacks outside the planet.

This provided the conditions for developing ground-based industrial construction.

Thus, with the combined efforts of the Primordial AI, billions of clones, and billions of engineers from various races, countless intelligent machines, general-purpose robots, and large-scale industrial facilities landed on the surface of Planet One, which was still covered by lava, and began construction regardless of the extremely high temperature.

On Planet Four, aboard the Great Moon spaceship, the high-ranking officials of the Purple Moon civilization all wore serious expressions.

"The industrial capabilities of this Lantuk civilization have exceeded our previous expectations."

"It's only because of the existing industrial facilities that we were able to move so quickly; things will slow down later on."

"That's a good thing, at least we don't have to wait that long anymore."

"The AI ​​technology of the Lantuk civilization is also incredibly powerful. According to our computational experts, they may have once integrated an algorithm from an intelligent catastrophe."

"How enviable! They actually got such a great opportunity. But it's okay, soon all of these will be ours..."

"Order: Electric Fleet, activate the Electric Slaves!"

Amidst a tense and expectant atmosphere, the eyes of all the senior executives were simultaneously drawn to the large screen, where the Pisces Australoid H11, which had undergone multiple rounds of matte finishing, was visible to the naked eye.

Soon, the strategic weapon that our side has researched, trained, and modified over thousands of years, even going so far as to establish a fleet for it, will be ready to demonstrate its power in actual combat.

At that time, the detectors deployed around the star will transmit the relevant information back using long-distance communication technology, allowing us to see this spectacular scene immediately without any delay.

"Countdown, three, two, one... Start!"

At that moment, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

At this moment, everyone was filled with excitement. Some even stood up, staring intently at the big screen.

The countdown has reached zero.

But... the star H11 Piscis Austrinus remains calm, as if nothing has changed.

This is... a communication delay? But that shouldn't be the case...

The head of state glanced at the military leader with some doubt.

Black beads of sweat appeared on the military leader's forehead. He took out his communicator, and before he could speak, a panicked voice came through the receiver.

"Reporting to the leader, reporting to the sovereign, a new group of electric slaves has appeared on the star. Our electric slaves are being interfered with and unable to generate 'stellar storms'!"

what? !

At this moment, the head of the Purple Moon Civilization, the military leader, the political leader, and other high-ranking officials all stood up, their faces filled with shock.

What is the new kind of "electricity slave"?!
Where did they come from? When did they arrive?
Almost instantly, the leader of the Purple Moon Civilization suddenly understood everything.

Thousands of years ago, an unknown civilization quietly visited their experimental star system. At the same time, the not-yet-fully-tamed electric slaves staged a large-scale rebellion.

It is suspected that one of the electric slaves escaped.

At the time, we had other things to do, and besides, it wasn't a big deal, so we didn't bother with it.

Could it be... that the civilization that visited our experimental star system back then was this Lantuk civilization?!
No wonder the Blue Turtle civilization saw through our disguise the moment we met and recognized us as the Purple Moon civilization!

It all makes sense!

Clearly, this Bluetuk civilization also expanded the population of electromagnetic life through some means and mastered some method of domesticating electromagnetic life.

They knew from the beginning that they possessed a fleet of electric shepherds, that they had electric slaves, and that they had laid an ambush on the star beforehand!

In this way, wouldn't all the traps that our side painstakingly set up around Planet One have been seen through by the enemy from the very beginning?

Such a long time, more than twenty years... Has the other side been putting on an act all along?

The enemy clearly saw through our trap, but they remained patient and did not make a move. Instead, they turned the tables on us. While we were trying to use our electric fleet and electric slaves to create a "stellar storm" and wipe out all the enemy's population, industrial facilities, and ships on Planet One, they also sent their electric slaves to the star to interfere with our electric slaves.

Depend on!Depend on!Depend on!
Doesn't this mean that despite all our efforts, we have only ended up handing Planet One over to the enemy?

A surge of anger suddenly welled up in the leader's heart, along with an intense and overwhelming sense of shame.

So the clown was me?

He clenched his teeth tightly, trembling with anger and shame.

"Order the Electric Fleet to annihilate those external electric slaves! Then, activate our own electric slaves to unleash a stellar storm, immediately!"

Enraged, the high-ranking officials of the civilization fell silent.

Fortunately, our side still has the Electric Fleet, which can get extremely close to the star and directly attack the electric slaves. The enemy's warships, limited by their technological capabilities, cannot get too close to the star and therefore cannot directly threaten the electric slaves.

There's still a chance to salvage things, thankfully, thankfully...

But soon, the reply from the Shepherd Fleet came back from that place extremely close to the star.

"Our forces are under massive attack and unable to carry out the power supply mission! Repeat, our forces are unable to carry out the power supply mission!"

……

Inside the Humanity spaceship, gazing up at the massive white star, Li Qingsong's lips curled into a cold smile.

"They deliberately created an opening on Planet One, allowing me to relocate the main fleet and the entire population here. Then, relying on the electromagnetic life forms hidden on the star, they launched a large-scale, indiscriminate attack using the star's energy, annihilating our main force in one fell swoop..."

What a brilliant plan! If it were any other civilization, they would almost certainly have fallen for it.

But... this is something I've already done before!

Now, you're thinking of using your superior technological capabilities to wipe out our electromagnetic life forms with fleets that are less than 400 million kilometers from the surface of the star...

Indeed, my fleet cannot get that close to the star, so it cannot attack your electromagnetic lifeforms.

But... if I can't attack electromagnetic lifeforms, I can attack your stellar fleet! You dare attack my electromagnetic lifeforms? I'll attack your stellar fleet! Come on, let's hurt each other!

Thus, amidst the intense, almost tangible light of this white subgiant star, a total of four entities at different altitudes began their pursuit.

Within the plasma ocean on the star's surface, plasma waves hundreds or even thousands of kilometers long surge constantly. Under the influence of the star's magnetic field, prominences reaching hundreds of thousands of kilometers in length continuously erupt, extending straight into the unseen sky.

More than ten million electromagnetic life forms chase each other in this ocean of light and heat.

One electromagnetic wave signal after another was sent from one group of electromagnetic life forms to another.

"Senior, it's me, it's me!"

"Dad! Uncle! Why don't you recognize me anymore!"

"Don't attack the Lantuk civilization! No! They've come to help us!"

"Waaah, no, no... Why aren't you all saying anything? What's wrong with you?!"

Amidst a mixture of sadness and anger, a group of electromagnetic life forms, resembling mechanical machines, attempted to arrange themselves in a fixed pattern on the surface of a star, while another group of electromagnetic life forms desperately tried to stop them.

Li Qingsong was not worried that his own electromagnetic life force could not stop the other side's electromagnetic life force.

Even though the opponent's electromagnetic life form had been completely controlled and was no longer in control of its own destiny, Li Qingsong knew from his previous experience of activating the stellar cannon that such a large-scale attack based on stellar energy required extremely high coordination from the group. It was almost impossible to achieve this if the external interference was even slightly strong.

While the Purple Moon civilization possesses superior technology, it is not advanced enough to overwhelm our side. Therefore, the electromagnetic lifeforms we have cultivated will inevitably interfere with those cultivated by the enemy.

That's why Li Qingsong had the confidence to step into the trap the other party had set for him.

Two groups of electromagnetic life forms were constantly entangled in a sea of ​​plasma filled with light and heat. Millions of kilometers above the ground, the Purple Moon Civilization's Electric Fleet was desperately attacking the electromagnetic life cluster led by Electric Disaster. Nearly ten million kilometers above the ground, Li Qingsong's fleet was desperately interfering with the Purple Moon Civilization's Electric Fleet, preventing them from locking onto their own electromagnetic life forms and causing them too much damage.

Further out, realizing their plans had failed, the Purple Moon Civilization also reacted swiftly.

Planet One has truly fallen into the enemy's hands, and the stellar storm cannot be activated. Therefore, the only option is to rely on our own strength to seize Planet One, or to annihilate the enemy's warships that are interfering with our own Electric Fleet, so that our own Electric Fleet can then annihilate the enemy's electromagnetic life!

Achieving either one is sufficient!

At this stage, our opponent has not yet fully completed the construction of its industrial system and its strength has not yet recovered to its peak, so we still have a chance!
Faced with the deployment of a large-scale enemy fleet, Li Qingsong instantly sensed the enemy's intentions, and a smile reappeared on his lips.

"They're trying to take advantage of my incomplete industrial system construction to reclaim Planet One, or annihilate my star fleet..."

It seems that the previous industrial construction period was too short, and you still don't know the true extent of my industrial strength..."

(End of this chapter)