Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 7 Harvest
On this day, except for the two bodies that stayed in the Deep Space spacecraft and one body responsible for adding fuel to the steam turbine, the remaining nine clones all gathered at Planting Base No. 9.

Nine clones worked together. Some clones were responsible for picking sweet potatoes, some were responsible for carrying them, some were responsible for gathering the sweet potato vines, and the remaining few clones were there to organize the fixed objects and collect the nutrient solution. Everything was in order.

It took a whole day to harvest all the sweet potatoes from less than an acre of land and pile them in the corner of the No. 1 planting base.

Looking at the pile of sweet potatoes of different sizes piled high in front of him, Li Qingsong's heart was filled with joy.

He has weighed these sweet potatoes, and the result is that the total weight of these sweet potatoes reaches 520 kilograms!

Of course, this is also due to the relatively low gravity of Luoshen. If it were on Earth, the total weight of this pile of sweet potatoes would reach about 4160 kilograms.

Li Qingsong originally estimated that the yield would be only 4000 kilograms, but he didn't expect that the output would slightly exceed his expectations, with an additional harvest of 160 kilograms.

"With these sweet potatoes, adding five more clones won't be a problem at all."

Looking at these sweet potatoes, Li Qingsong felt full of satisfaction.

At this moment, inside the Deep Space spacecraft, five new clone bodies are developing.

When the first batch of sweet potatoes was planted, the seeds of the five clones had already begun to be cultivated. They were already halfway through the cultivation period, and it was expected that by the time the next batch of sweet potatoes was harvested, they would be fully grown, providing Li Qingsong with another group of helpers.

In addition to these sweet potatoes, the peanuts and rapeseed planted by Li Qingsong were also harvested, but only a little.

The peanut harvest was about 8 kilograms, while the rapeseed harvest was only 7 kilograms.

You can't get much oil from this stuff. Li Qingsong simply saved it all as seeds for future use.

A few sweet potatoes were left at Base No. 1, and Li Qingsong transported the rest to the Deep Space Spacecraft using a landing spacecraft for storage.

There are no storage facilities on Luoshen, and if left for too long, they will spoil. Currently, they can only be stored inside the spacecraft.

Along with the sweet potatoes, thousands of kilograms of sweet potato vines were also transported to the Deep Space Spacecraft. This gave the livestock, chickens, and ducks raised in the spacecraft's nursery room a treat, a change of pace.

Not only livestock, chickens, ducks, and geese. Li Qingsong also took out some tender sweet potato vines, blanched them, and stir-fried them. So, the clones, accustomed to vitamin pills, finally got to enjoy some fresh vegetables, along with the originals, and both their minds and bodies were filled with joy.

After completing the first batch of harvest, the second batch of sweet potatoes was planted immediately.

Anyway, there are no seasonal restrictions in this planting base, so you can start planting at any time.

The nutrient solution was more troublesome to prepare. However, with the accumulated manure and the crushed discarded plants as supplements, the nutrient solution supply could barely keep up.

For Li Qingsong, any organic matter - whether it is the feces of clones or livestock, even the hair, bones, etc. of livestock, and plants, will not be wasted. All will be processed and become nutrients for the next round of plant growth.

With the planting of a new round of sweet potatoes, a total of 12 bodies returned to their previous life patterns during these three months.

Two clones stayed on the deep space spacecraft to study, two worked as firemen, four did mining, and four took care of plants. They were still busy, with no days off and no holidays.

The food they eat mainly consists of sweet potatoes, supplemented by a small amount of meat, grains and vitamin tablets stored in the deep space spacecraft. The sleeping place is the aisle of the planting racks in the planting base, and a blanket on the ground serves as the bed.

There were two beds in the landing spacecraft, whose internal facilities had been removed in large quantities, but they were also very crowded and small.

Even so, only clones feeling unwell or overworked are allowed to sleep there. Thankfully, these clones lack consciousness and won't complain. If they were normal humans, they'd probably rebel.

Three months passed under these circumstances.

On this day, Li Qingsong's spirits were lifted again.

The sweet potatoes at the No. 4000 planting base once again ushered in a bumper harvest, harvesting more than kilograms of sweet potatoes and a large number of sweet potato vines.

But this wasn't the main reason for Li Qingsong's excitement. What made him happiest was the birth of five new cloned bodies.

After half a year of careful nurturing, they finally developed from the initial cells into adults and were ready to be born.

The two bodies left behind in the spacecraft were under Li Qingsong's control. They carefully manipulated the culture tank, released the culture fluid and collected it, opened it, carried the five clones who were still in a deep coma, and placed them in the observation room, waiting for them to wake up.

At the same time, a new round of five cell samples were placed in the culture tank again and cultivation began again.

A few hours later, the five clones opened their eyes one after another. However, without any self-awareness, they still lay quietly on the bed without any movement.

Li Qingsong's mind stirred, and his consciousness instantly spread over, connecting with their brains. The next moment, the five clones stood up.

At first, their body movements were a little stiff and unnatural, but with some adaptive training, their bodies quickly returned to normal.

A meal that is easy to digest and nutritious is ready and waiting for them.

After eating their first meal in their lives, resting for a while and doing some adaptive training, they put on the five sets of unknown brand space suits prepared in advance.

"Go to work."

The landing spacecraft roared away from the mother ship and landed on Luoshen again.

With the addition of these five clones, Li Qingsong's shortage of manpower was finally alleviated.

But at the same time, a new problem emerged.

"Seventeen clones would consume 17 kilograms of fresh sweet potatoes every day, which would be 51 kilograms in three months.

By the time a new round of five clones are born, about 6000 kilograms will be consumed every three months.

In this case, even if the No. 2000 planting base produces at full capacity, there will still be a gap of about kilograms every quarter.

After six months of consumption, there are only less than 2000 kilograms of sweet potatoes produced in the No. planting base left, which can only last for a quarter.

We'll have to use our savings after just one quarter, and that's unacceptable."

Li Qingsong thought secretly: "Now that we have enough manpower, it's time to expand the scale of the planting base."

(End of this chapter)