Humanity Is Gone, but I Have Billions of Clones

Currently, thanks to the continuous evolution of the Nuwa AI and Li Qingsong's relentless dedication of immense brainpower and energy to biotechnology, the slow process of improvement that began over a hundred years ago had never ceased.

Over the years, his maximum number of consciousness connections had continued to increase at an average rate of a few tenths of a percent annually. It had now reached 170 million.

He estimated that in another fifty or sixty years, it would reach 200 million.

'By the time the main fleet of the Blutuk Civilization arrives, I'll be able to control 200 million Clones simultaneously. In that case, the largest manned fleet I can support will consist of roughly 140,000 Mercury-class Warships, 6,000 Venus-class Warships, and 120 Earth-class Warships. Including various manned support craft, the total size of the manned fleet will be around 160,000 vessels.'

The construction of 160,000 vessels and warships of various models was, without a doubt, an enormous undertaking.

In terms of mass alone, this fleet would weigh over 100 million tons.

To produce these 100 million tons of military vessels, the total resources required would likely be in the tens of billions of tons.

What's more, Li Qingsong had no intention of building only that many vessels.

'The reasoning was simple. Even if I don't have enough Clones to operate more ships right now, I can build them first and keep them in reserve. That way, if a warship is destroyed on the front lines, a new one can immediately be sent up to replace it.'

The total number of military vessels Li Qingsong ultimately planned to build was not 160,000, but 1.28 million!

In that case, the demand for resources would likely soar into the hundreds of billions of tons.

This demand for resources was already enormous, enough to make even Human Civilization at its peak shudder. But for Li Qingsong, this was merely one part of the Solar System defensive line he planned to construct.

Beyond this, Li Qingsong had even larger construction projects in mind.

The first was the production of Clones.

Just as he would stockpile warships, Li Qingsong would also begin creating a massive reserve of Clones.

That way, as soon as a Clone died in battle, a backup could immediately take its place.

In the past, Li Qingsong was unable to stockpile too many Clones.

This was because Clones were living beings. They needed food, oxygen, water, and a place to rest. He also had to dedicate a portion of his focus each day to controlling them for exercise; otherwise, they would fall ill.

With a maximum of 170 million consciousness connections, a total of 500 million Clones was more or less the limit. Any more would tax his connection capacity too heavily, impacting other production and construction efforts.

But this time, the number of Clones Li Qingsong planned to produce was 3 billion!

The reason was simple: through his close collaboration with the Nuwa AI, they had achieved a breakthrough in a crucial technology.

Hibernation technology!

Now, through technological means, Li Qingsong could induce a state of hibernation in the Clones, much like how poikilothermic animals on Earth hibernate through the winter.

While hibernating, a Clone's heart rate could slow to as little as one beat per hour. Their metabolism would become extremely sluggish, and they would virtually cease to age or fall ill.

Supporting the hibernating Clones required the construction of dedicated Hibernation Bases, but beyond that, it only took some electricity, nutrient fluid, and a handful of other Clones to perform maintenance. The upkeep costs were drastically reduced. Most importantly, they didn't occupy any of his consciousness connections, eliminating the daily need to direct them to exercise, eat, or drink.

Based on comprehensive calculations, Li Qingsong decided on a reserve of 3 billion Clones.

This, too, represented an enormous construction requirement.

'Assuming each Hibernation Pod weighs two tons, the pods alone would have a total mass of 6 billion tons. To produce them, I'd probably need to prepare raw materials in the hundreds of billions of tons.'

'But just having the Hibernation Pods obviously isn't enough. I also have to build massive Hibernation Bases, supported by all sorts of auxiliary factories.'

'If one Hibernation Base occupies one square kilometer and is 100 stories tall, with each floor holding one million Hibernation Pods, then a single base can accommodate 100 million hibernating Clones.'

'For 3 billion Clones, I'll have to build 30 of these colossal Hibernation Bases!'

The amount of resources involved would be astronomical.

But compared to the third project, the first two were nothing.

The third project was another critical component of the Solar System's defense: the unmanned combat force.

'Since my Wukong AI is presumed to be more powerful than our opponent's, there's no reason not to press this advantage to its absolute limit.'

'And pressing it to the limit inevitably requires a sufficient number of unmanned combat platforms.'

Thus, Li Qingsong planned for the construction of an immense unmanned combat force.

'Unmanned combat relies on the control of supercomputers. In that case, I'll mass-produce them. Not just mobile Supercomputer Ships, but also a huge number of ground-based Supercomputing Bases!'

'I'll build ten thousand of them!'

'As for the ground-based ones, I'll build them on every large, strategically significant planet and moon.'

'The Eight Major Planets, their moons, and the dwarf planets—they must all have sufficient supercomputers!'

'I need at least 5,000 Supercomputer Ships. Some will be hidden in Deep Space as backups, while the rest will roam freely across every battlefield, providing processing power to every unmanned combat unit.'

'I want Wukong to be truly ubiquitous, its presence felt in every corner of the Solar System!'

'With processing power taken care of, the next step is the actual combat hardware.'

'Interstellar Mines may be low-powered and slow, but they're also cheap to produce and can be highly effective in certain situations.'

'Build them!'

'Assuming one minefield consists of a million Interstellar Mines, then in a Solar System this vast, I'll have to deploy hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of minefields. That adds up to trillions of Interstellar Mines.'

'At one kilogram per mine, that's billions of tons of mass right there.'

'All kinds of satellites can play a crucial role on the battlefield.'

'Communications satellites, reconnaissance satellites, weaponized satellites... the list goes on.'

'Build them!'

'Build millions, tens of millions of them!'

'Interstellar Nuclear Missiles can also be quite useful in a space battle.'

'The key is that they're easy to conceal. Just stash one in some forgotten corner of Deep Space, and its concealment is practically guaranteed.'

'Once needed, it's activated. Propelled by an unstoppable and irreversible nuclear detonation engine, its speed can climb to an unprecedented one hundred kilometers per second or more in a short time.'

'And their destructive power is immense.'

'A warship can't withstand a close-range detonation, not even from a low-yield atomic bomb.'

'Build them!'

'Build hundreds of thousands, even millions of them, and scatter them throughout the Solar System.'

'Beyond that, Interstellar Cannon Platforms are also absolutely critical.'

'Just think about it. A massive Space Fortress, equipped with all sorts of weapons—Electromagnetic Cannons, Laser Cannons, electromagnetic artillery, Interstellar Missiles, Electromagnetic Interference Bombs, and more. Imagine the impact something like that could have on a battlefield.'

'In that case...'

'Build them!'