Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 355 What? Not again?

Li Qingsong knew that all these changes happening in the vast starry sky were probably related to some kind of manipulation of space.

It seems that only spatial influences could create such incredible changes.

Li Qingsong quietly observed these changes. Although he did not understand the underlying principles, he instinctively sensed the vastness and terror of this war.

At that moment, he felt as if he had become a wild beast from the earth.

Within a wild beast's understanding, the signs of greater power are a larger size, sharper teeth and claws, greater speed, and thicker fur.

But one day, this beast witnessed a war between modern human beings.

At a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, it can directly destroy an entire city of the enemy; a single shell can flatten a mountain; no matter how tough the hide, a mere bullet can pierce it.

Everything he used to rely on—his teeth, claws, fur, size, and speed—was worthless in this new system of evaluation.

Li Qingsong truly felt his own weakness and insignificance.

"It seems that on the other side of the galaxy, the war between the Destroyer civilization and the Perseid Alliance has entered its most intense phase..."

Li Qingsong sighed silently.

The Destroyer Civilization possesses a super strategic weapon, the Cataclysmic Destruction, which is something that both the Crimson Star Alliance and the Space Eye are extremely wary of.

Unless it is ensured that the Destroyer Civilization cannot be used again in the short term, the two space-level civilizations will not dare to wage war.

Now that the war has begun, it means that they have received intelligence and confirmed that the devastating natural disaster has been triggered.

"Under such a strategic weapon offensive, I wonder what the Perseid League is in."

At this very moment, the light and radiation that carried that devastating natural disaster may have been traveling through the vast expanse of space for hundreds of years.

However, due to the great distance, Li Qingsong still hadn't observed it yet. Instead, he first observed the light related to the Crimson Star Alliance and the Space Demon Eye War, which was closer in distance.

The war has begun, and this star system is no longer safe. Under these circumstances, continuing the pursuit of the Purple Moon civilization is extremely risky.

but……

Li Qingsong has not changed his previous decision.

"At worst, I'll be affected, the main fleet will perish in this starry sky, and then I can start over from scratch with clones hidden elsewhere."

"Your Purple Moon Civilization... is doomed, I'm telling you!"

Decades passed quickly. Li Qingsong, hiding next to this ordinary, inconspicuous star, once again completed the task of collecting supplies, and his material reserves and combat power once again reached their peak.

The fleet set sail once again.

Following the route of the Purple Moon Fleet, observing the extremely hidden traces left in the starry sky, surrounded by endless stars in the Milky Way, this fleet once again ventured into this no longer safe starry sky.

Time passed quietly. In just over seventy years, Li Qingsong tracked down a star system.

This star system exhibits remarkably clear signs of industrial activity. Using occultation observations, Li Qingsong observed numerous standard industrial gases in the atmospheres of those large planets.

In addition, those planets also show clear signs of having been hit by high-yield hydrogen bombs.

This clearly means that the main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization had been stationed here for several years and carried out large-scale industrial construction activities.

In order to improve efficiency and speed up the process, they didn't even care about "environmental protection" this time.

Anyway, your Blueprint civilization will eventually track you here, so there's no point in implementing environmental protection policies. You might as well save your energy.

Li Qingsong's massive fleet also entered this star system. After an inspection and another replenishment of supplies, they continued their pursuit, following the direction in which the Purple Moon Civilization fleet had departed.

This time, the tracking was much more difficult than before.

This time, the trails left by the main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization, the propulsion power during random maneuvers, and the markers belonging to the intelligent civilization fleet that have spread into space for various reasons, such as accidental gas leaks, tiny debris falling off the spaceships, paint fragments, etc., are much rarer, more concealed, and more difficult to observe.

They may have already figured out why their route was exposed, and this time, the Purple Moon Civilization's main fleet made even better preparations for the voyage.

However, within Li Qingsong's search network, which spans trillions of kilometers, the subtle clues gradually emerged and could still be tracked by Li Qingsong, though it was much more troublesome and difficult than before.

This even forced Li Qingsong to reduce his speed again, from 85% of the speed of light to about 80% of the speed of light, in order to catch up again.

During the seemingly endless pursuit, Li Qingsong discovered that the Purple Moon Fleet's trajectory was beginning to deviate towards a certain star system.

Li Qingsong then shifted his long-range observation capabilities to this star system. After some observation, he indeed discovered numerous traces of industry within the star system, as well as evidence of high-yield hydrogen bombing!

However, these traces seem to be somewhat different from those observed in previous observations.

Their intensity is too high. And it is obvious that once industrial construction activity stops, the concentration of those industrial markers will gradually decrease, and their impact on starlight will also decrease.

Even the hydrogen bombing was the same.

In the early stages of bombardment, the planet will exhibit obvious characteristics, such as increased surface temperature and intensified plate and volcanic activity.

But as time goes by, they will eventually calm down.

This time, the concentration of industrial markers and the high surface temperature of the planet, combined with various other clues, seem to indicate that...

The Purple Moon Fleet had only recently left this star system!

Li Qingsong's spirits lifted, and he immediately manipulated the deep space observation system to comprehensively scan this star field.

Upon scanning, a faint spot of light was indeed discovered.

It was hidden deep within the vast starry sky, extremely dim. If Li Qingsong hadn't specifically searched this area of ​​space, it would have been impossible to find it.

At this moment, Li Qingsong's breathing became somewhat rapid.

That's the main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization, no doubt about it!

Furthermore, it was in the initial acceleration phase, with all engines firing at full power. The reason it appeared so dim was simply because their jets were aimed at the star, not at themselves.

The Purple Moon Fleet's speed is not high, only tens of thousands of kilometers per second, and there is still a long time before it can accelerate to its full speed.

Since that's the case, since that's the case...

Then let's adjust our flight path and intercept them directly!
Using an extremely low-power propulsion mode, and with several light-years of distance between them, Li Qingsong was confident that his fleet would not be detected by the enemy.

At this moment, the friendly fleet, which is traveling at 80% of the speed of light and is in an inertial state, and the Purple Moon fleet, which is currently traveling at only a few percent of the speed of light and is constantly accelerating, quietly meet in the vast and deep starry sky after their routes extend for hundreds of trillions of kilometers.

That meeting point is where the two fleets met!
Without a sound, the fleet's course was adjusted and it headed towards the rendezvous point.

Throughout this process, Li Qingsong kept a close watch on the Purple Moon Civilization fleet, ensuring that he could detect any slight changes in them immediately.

Time slowly passed, and when the distance between the two sides shrank to less than one light-year, Li Qingsong finally made his next move.

Within the fleet, every spaceship adjusted its attitude and then began to propel itself at full power toward the rendezvous point.

Deceleration begins.

When the two fleets meet, if no adjustments are made, the speed of one's own fleet will remain at 80% of the speed of light, while the speed of the Purple Moon fleet will only be about 40% of the speed of light.

Our side must slow down to ensure an encounter. Of course, once our side activates slowdown, its trailing flame will definitely be detected by the enemy, thus revealing our location.

But it doesn't matter, at this point, everything is already out in the open.

So what if they discover our presence? You can't escape anyway.

At this moment, the light carrying the deceleration maneuver of their own fleet began to propagate into outer space at the speed of light, and arrived at the deep space exploration telescope of the Purple Moon Fleet about a year later.

The Daigetsu spacecraft.

"What?! It's happening again!"

President Ziyue slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his voice even becoming distorted with excitement.

Faced with the emotionally charged head of state, the secretary who came to report was filled with fear, but he could only grit his teeth and continue, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty."

After repeated comparisons and analyses, the deep space exploration team has confirmed with 100% certainty that the tail flame was released by the Bluetuk fleet.

They are decelerating at full power at a rate of 1 meter per second squared. Based on the opponent's deceleration rate and heading, and our acceleration rate and heading, the two fleets will eventually meet at the same speed in approximately two years.

"You really are like a sticky bug, aren't you? You just can't get rid of me, huh..."

The war between the Lords and the Crimson Star Alliance has begun, and this entire star system is a battlefield for space-level civilizations! It's already so dangerous here, and instead of trying to escape, your Lantuk civilization is chasing us?!

Are you all insane?! It's just a few human prisoners, is it really necessary for you to make such a fuss? We've already paid such a high price, even if your anger is huge, shouldn't it have subsided by now?

"You Sludge X's Blueprints, why don't you just die?!"

The Purple Moon leader gritted his teeth, pacing back and forth in his spacious office like a wind-up toy, cursing furiously. At that moment, he wished he could jump out, slap the entire fleet of this damned Bluetuk civilization flat, grind it into powder in a grinder, and then throw it all into a black hole.

Only in this way can one vent the frustration and anger in their heart.

But after a brief outburst of anger, he still had to force himself to calm down.

Another meeting was held with the participation of all the highest levels of civilization.

After a rather lengthy and intense debate and analysis, a final conclusion was reached.

"A meeting between the two fleets is inevitable. At this stage, any attempt to escape, such as changing course, accelerating again, or stopping acceleration, is a waste of resources."

Because we change course, the other side can also change course based on our fleet's movements, and we will eventually meet.

Secondly, our fleet's overall strategy remains focused on avoiding entanglement with the enemy and shaking them off as quickly as possible.

Combining the two, our only feasible solution is...

Continue accelerating at full speed. Whether at this moment or after the fleets meet, keep accelerating, keep accelerating, until our fleet's speed exceeds 85% of the speed of light—this is the limit of the Lantuk fleet's speed. After that, rely on the higher speed to get rid of the enemy.

But this means there's a problem.

There were approximately four years between the two fleets meeting and our speed increasing to 85% of the speed of light.

During these four years, both fleets will maintain a state of synchronized acceleration while remaining relatively stationary. During this period, we will encounter a full-scale attack from our opponent.

We must weather these four years and prevent our adversaries from inflicting significant damage on us, or even from consuming too much of our resources and fuel, in order to ensure that our subsequent voyages are not affected!
Four years! We must persevere for four years! I believe that during these four years, we must do everything in our power to defend, defend, defend!
If we can hold out for these four years, the Lantuk fleet will be left behind by us due to its insufficient speed!

Then we can sail all the way to the spatial gate opened by the Eye Lord, enter the Eye Kingdom, and completely rid ourselves of the threat!

The Purple Moon leader surveyed the surroundings of the venue, her blood-red eyes filled with a violent killing intent.

……

Time passed quietly. In this journey of acceleration and deceleration, Li Qingsong's fleet finally arrived at a place where the bright tail flame in the starry sky could be seen with the naked eyes of the clones, without the need for high-powered telescopes.

At this moment, the distance between the two main fleets is only about 4000 million kilometers, and their speeds are the same, about 45% of the speed of light.

Full-power propulsion continued, but the direction of the jets and the ship's attitude were adjusted. As a result, Li Qingsong's fleet went from decelerating to accelerating again.

Like the Purple Moon Fleet, it has an acceleration of 1 meter per second squared.

From this moment on, both fleets not only had the same course but also the same acceleration, truly entering a state of relative stillness.

At this moment, Li Qingsong's heart was filled with boiling fighting spirit.

“From the time we were in the H11 Piscis Austrinus galaxy until now, although we have had one encounter, it was only a local war, and neither side used their full strength.”

Now, your main fleet is here, and so is my main fleet.

Then let's have another all-out war, with both sides going all out, and see how much my tireless technological research over the years has improved my war-making capabilities, and whether there is still a gap between me and your Purple Moon civilization.

The feud between us will be settled during these four years of synchronized navigation.

"Fleet...depart!"

After leaving a portion of warships to defend the main fleet, Li Qingsong directly mobilized more than 250 million warships, along with corresponding unmanned combat forces and war support forces, maintaining an acceleration of 1 meter per square second while converging towards the main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization.

Li Qingsong clearly saw that the main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization also made large-scale adjustments at this moment.

Numerous warships had already departed from the space carrier and were deployed around the main fleet. At the same time, Li Qingsong also saw that even the non-combat ships within the main fleet had been equipped with a large number of combat facilities, ready to unleash their power on the battlefield under the cover of the warships.

This is……

"Are you going to defend with all your might? Are you planning to hold out for these four years and then get rid of me at a higher speed?"

"Let's see if your defense is stronger, or my offense!"

One side is going all out, while the other is on high alert.

When the two sides were still more than ten million kilometers apart, without any communication, their first confrontation had already begun.

Given the current situation, any further communication is pointless.

At that moment, countless high-energy laser beams pierced the darkness of the universe, carrying a destructive aura, and shone upon Li Qingsong's spaceship.

Countless small combat facilities were directly penetrated by the high-energy laser, or exploded with a bang, or emitted some gas and instantly became silent.

Like a torrential downpour of energy projectiles, even more interceptor missiles were unleashed, igniting a battle between projectiles.

In addition to their all-out interception efforts, Li Qingsong's offensive was also unleashed.

There's no need to aim; just aim the shot roughly at the target.

Because the main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization is too large, with a fleet radius of hundreds of millions of kilometers, as long as the projectile is flying in that direction, it is very likely to hit a certain spaceship, and the other side will have to intercept it.

All Li Qingsong needed to do was unleash his firepower in that direction.

Energy cannons and interstellar missiles also began to demonstrate their power.

Rapid acceleration, sudden turns and stops, mutual interception, and so on—it was all in complete chaos.

Less than an hour into the war, a brand new wreckage belt had already begun to take shape.

The wreckage of warships, satellites, missiles, and other combat equipment that had been destroyed lost their acceleration capabilities and could only be left behind by the ever-accelerating main fleet, constantly converging behind it like a long tail.

The fierce battle continued, and Li Qingsong's fighting spirit grew stronger.

He keenly realized that, at this moment, even though the war was taking place in space, causing his side to lose the almost unlimited supply of resources within the star system and thus only being able to utilize a small portion of his industrial strength, he was still evenly matched with the Purple Moon Civilization despite losing what could be considered his greatest advantage.

The Purple Moon Fleet's warships are indeed more technologically advanced and have greater combat power.

However, the Purple Moon Fleet has the advantage of the Primordial AI winning the unmanned battlefield, the variable energy shield to protect itself, and clones that are in complete harmony with its own will, completely and without any discount, and carry out its combat orders 100% without any communication costs from top to bottom. The technological strength of the Purple Moon Fleet has been completely negated.

The two sides were truly evenly matched!
This means that if the battlefield were within a star system, and if both sides had sufficient supplies, coupled with their own industrial advantages, their war capabilities would have completely overwhelmed the Purple Moon Civilization!
"Without realizing it, I've grown to this point...?"

However, given that the forces are evenly matched, it is unlikely that the Purple Moon Civilization can be completely defeated within four years.

Especially given that they adopted a completely defensive posture, clearly intending only to stall for time.

If the Purple Moon Fleet hadn't retreated into its shell like it is now, but instead engaged in a genuine interstellar offensive and defensive war, Li Qingsong might have been able to find an opportunity and ultimately achieve victory.

But if you're completely on the defensive, then there's really no good way to deal with it.

but……

"That's okay."

Li Qingsong quickly made a judgment: "At least this war will consume a large amount of their energy and resource reserves. As a result, both sides will have to find a star system for resupply in the near future."

My resupply speed is much faster. If we set sail again, there's a good chance we can intercept them within the star system!
As long as the war takes place within a star system, with the added advantage of industrial strength, it is a foreseeable outcome that the Purple Moon civilization will be completely suppressed and defeated.

Even if your Purple Moon civilization manages to escape this time, you're just a worm in a spider's web; you won't escape next time.

Li Qingsong temporarily suppressed the surging killing intent in his heart and began to treat this war with a more patient attitude, launching an attack with all his might and depleting the resources of the Purple Moon Fleet.

Time passed slowly. Amidst the fierce battle, the speed of both fleets gradually increased.

At this moment, the speed has reached 80% of the speed of light.

With another six months of acceleration, the fleet's speed will reach the critical point of 85% of the speed of light.

During this period, Li Qingsong achieved one victory after another, annihilating a large number of warships of the Purple Moon Civilization, but a decisive victory was never achieved.

No way.

The Purple Moon Civilization's all-out mobilization, with all its spaceships participating, and even its residential spaceships equipped with energy cannons and defensive interception systems, created a combat mode of total defense that was so powerful that Li Qingsong felt like a tiger facing a tortoise.

"But it's alright, I've already achieved my strategic goals."

To defend against an attack of this intensity, your resources will certainly be consumed in enormous quantities.

The next time we meet will be the true end for your Purple Moon civilization.

But... do you think that's all I'll let you go?
dream!

Even if we can't recover all the debts right now, we'll make you pay some interest first!
Unified force field!

Under Li Qingsong's control, the space carrier carrying the unified force field component was deployed again and began to lay out around the main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization.

That's right, this time, the unified force field that Li Qingsong set up covers the entire main fleet of the Purple Moon Civilization!
(End of this chapter)