Humanity Is Gone, but I Have Billions of Clones

The moment Harir stated the number, General Li Yuesen stared at him, utterly astonished.

One hundred thousand! That was one hundred thousand Warships!

'Our opponent is a backward civilization that hasn't even mastered controlled nuclear fusion or High-speed Ion Propulsion. They still rely on chemical fuel for some of their power. Do we really need to dispatch one hundred thousand Warships for them?'

Heirwe Supreme Leader remained noncommittal. "Explain your strategy."

"Based on their industrial scale and construction efficiency, I believe the enemy's industrial and combat capabilities may exceed our expectations.

I've specifically analyzed the previous reconnaissance operations, and I believe their AI system is quite advanced and may possess formidable combat strength.

I would also choose Planet Seven as the primary target, and I would also focus the main assault on its largest moon.

However, I would not attempt to take it directly. Instead, I would first pin down the majority of the enemy's forces, then attempt to seize a small moon, driving a wedge in their defenses. From there, we can slowly expand outward.

I anticipate committing approximately thirty thousand Warships and their corresponding unmanned combat forces to the assault. The remaining seventy thousand Warships will be deployed at various points around the planet, both to guard against external reinforcements and to be ready to provide support to our main force at a moment's notice."

Compared to General Li Yuesen's proposal, Harir's plan was undoubtedly safer and more prudent.

Two different strategies and plans were now laid before Heirwe Supreme Leader.

After a moment of contemplation, Heirwe Supreme Leader let out a soft sigh.

"Within our civilization, the calls for a swift, decisive war are growing loud. Many have succumbed to a state of blind optimism.

But I have always believed that prudence and caution are the main reasons our civilization was able to successfully evade the recent 'Celestial Calamity' and endure to this day.

We have an old saying in our civilization: A mighty beast uses its full strength even when fighting the weak.

I believe the same holds true this time.

Though our enemy may seem weak, we cannot let our guard down. Therefore... Harir, I have decided to go with your plan.

This first battle is of the utmost importance to our civilization. Fight it well. Do not disappoint me, and do not disappoint our civilization."

Harir instantly snapped to attention and bowed deeply to Heirwe. "Yes, sir!"

Heirwe looked at Li Yuesen, and meeting the general's somewhat resentful gaze, said gently, "You are still young. You still have much to learn."

...

Li Qingsong's detectors clearly showed a massive fleet departing Planet Huishen, beginning a rapid acceleration toward the Inner Solar System.

There were 100 large Space-Air Carriers alone! The rest, including other large Warships and Large Transport Ships, numbered in the thousands.

Based on those numbers, the total number of Warships in this fleet probably exceeded ninety thousand!

Based on current orbital calculations, the fleet's target had to be Uranus.

'They're only attacking a single planet instead of several at once?

Deploying so many Warships for a single planet... this Blutuk Civilization really thinks highly of me...'

Within the Uranus System, Li Qingsong had amassed 50,000 Warships and one hundred million Clones, deployed a vast number of unmanned combat forces, and established a massive industrial complex.

But this force was probably not enough.

Gazing at the massive fleet in Deep Space, Li Qingsong began to marshal his own forces in response.

Immediately, massive numbers of cargo ships, Warships, and other vessels began converging on Uranus.

In interstellar warfare, large-scale fleet movements are impossible to conceal.

The Blutuk Fleet could not hide its vector of attack, and likewise, Li Qingsong could not hide his fleet's deployments.

「Roughly a year of fleet travel and deployment slipped by.」

By this point, the total number of Warships Li Qingsong had amassed in the Uranus System had reached 160,000.

Simultaneously supporting 160,000 Warships and their associated unmanned combat systems in battle was the absolute limit of Li Qingsong's logistical capabilities at this stage.

Here at Uranus, Li Qingsong had pushed his combat strength to its absolute limit.

He had even moved his primary consciousness to an underground base on Uranus's largest moon, Saturn's Third Moon, to personally command the battle. This would minimize communication latency and allow the fleet to exert its greatest combat strength.

'All in, no holding back. I must win this first battle!'

Now, against the backdrop of a pale-blue Uranus, Li Qingsong saw countless stars rapidly approaching his position.

They were the enemy's elite Manned Warships, accompanied by unmanned combat forces numbering at least ten times their own!

With no prior communication, no threats, no negotiations—in an instant, the war erupted.

Li Qingsong saw the enemy fleet split into two parts.

The larger group began to spread out, vaguely encircling the entire Uranus System. The smaller group, some thirty thousand-odd Warships, charged swiftly toward Saturn's Third Moon under the protection of hundreds of thousands of Unmanned Warships, armed satellites, and unmanned Mine-Sweepers.

The main fleets of both sides were still separated by hundreds of thousands of kilometers, but the clash between their unmanned forces had already begun.

At that moment, the defenses deployed around Uranus were instantly activated. An almost endless number of Interstellar Mines, Interstellar Missiles, unmanned Cannon Platforms, and armed satellites sprang to life under the coordinated command of the tactical-version Wukongs installed within them and the strategic-version Wukongs housed in the Supercomputer Ships.

Trailing slender plumes of fire from their rears, the Interstellar Mines lunged toward the nearest targets like piranhas that had scented blood;

The fission fuel within the Nuclear Missiles' Thrust Devices finally ignited. Under the power of an irreversible and ever-quickening fission reaction, they shot forward like an assassin's longsword, ramming toward the enemy with unstoppable momentum;

Inside the giant Cannon Platforms deployed around the planet, massive Electromagnetic Cannons and Laser Cannons activated, sending heavy ten-gram projectiles screaming through space at twenty kilometers per second.

Unmanned Warships swarmed forward, and a storm of smaller Electromagnetic Cannon Projectiles and laser beams instantly inundated the enemy's unmanned forces.

Facing such a ferocious assault, the Blutuk Fleet's unmanned forces launched their own offensive.

Countless radar waves crisscrossed the battlefield. Myriad tiny Electromagnetic Cannon Projectiles accurately struck incoming rounds, while searing Lasers instantly pierced through enormous Unmanned Warships.

In an instant, the void bloomed with innumerable sparks, as if millions of new stars had appeared in a flash.

Aboard his flagship, General Harir closely monitored the combat data streaming back from his own battle AI.

Then, in the next moment, he looked up, a shocked expression on his face.

This wasn't because the enemy's unmanned combat forces were too numerous.

He had already known about that.

What shocked him was... 'The enemy's combat AI... how is it this intelligent?!'

'It's even more advanced than our Blutuk Civilization's?!'