Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones

During the past hundreds of years of sailing, Li Qingsong has accumulated many experimental needs.

As long as he allocated the corresponding industrial force at this moment, built all these various experimental facilities, verified the experimental requirements one by one, collected the corresponding data and then conducted further analysis and thinking, Li Qingsong could be sure that his technical level would inevitably see a huge improvement above the current level.

Although this does not involve phased results, such as major improvements from nuclear fission to nuclear fusion, from secondary pressurization propulsion to perfect plasma propulsion, the improvement of many specific technical details can still effectively promote overall progress.

But at this moment, Li Qingsong did not intend to put his industrial strength and brainpower into technological advancement.

The reason is very simple. Li Qingsong must first complete another extremely important task before he can do this.

That is to repair his own interstellar fleet and complete the accumulation of materials to the point where the fleet can be launched immediately at any time and anywhere if the situation changes. Only then will Li Qingsong have the energy to do other things.

Li Qingsong has never forgotten the threat of the artificial intelligence disaster.

For this matter, even the crucial development of technology can be put aside temporarily.

Now that there is a sufficiently complete industrial foundation, large-scale production, repair, and resource collection work immediately began.

Many factories roared day and night, churning out mountains and seas of spare parts. Large numbers of clones rode industrial spacecraft to one spaceship after another, and during spacewalk missions, they dismantled and replaced any faulty parts.

Giant docks capable of berthing aerospace carriers appeared one after another. The aerospace carriers that had been operating continuously for hundreds of years could finally be docked here, evacuate all irrelevant personnel inside, shut down all facilities, and undergo a comprehensive overhaul.

Li Qingsong's fleet has hundreds of millions of spaceships, large and small. At this moment, each of these hundreds of millions of spaceships is undergoing the most rigorous inspection and repair.

On the huge gaseous planet Altair A, Li Qingsong specially selected several areas with stable airflow to be deuterium gas fields, produced a large number of Jupiter aircraft and placed them there, collecting deuterium gas fuel all day long;

Endless parts, raw materials, water ice, methane, ethane, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, caustic soda and other basic materials were produced and temporarily stored in warehouses;

In the spaceship factory, countless parts were assembled together by robots and clones, and a large number of spaceships began to gather in space.

Li Qingsong did not intend to produce new spacecraft locally to replace the old spacecraft in the fleet at the moment. All the spacecraft produced at the moment were just empty shells used for camouflage.

In this way, after more than twenty years of all-out work, all the work was finally completed.

After hundreds of years of sailing, the dilapidated spacecraft was now completely renovated and restored to its peak performance.

The originally empty warehouse was once again filled with resources and various materials collected from the Altair Galaxy;

A large number of empty spaceships were already in place, and even the ballast was ready. Once needed, they could immediately set sail in another direction to cover the main fleet.

Even the clones that were lost in past years have been produced by the clone factory, replenishing the total number to 3 billion.

At this moment, it can be said that Li Qingsong has completely completed the preparations for the next interstellar voyage.

If necessary, Li Qingsong can issue a retreat order in the next second. After no more than five days of collecting clones and rare materials, the entire fleet can set sail and leave the Altair galaxy.

It was not until this moment that Li Qingsong's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally felt a little relieved.

Only after making sure he could leave at any time did Li Qingsong have the mind to do other things.

He raised his head and looked at the dim star in the sky.

At this moment, the sun is just an ordinary star in Li Qingsong's eyes, and there is no difference between it and other stars.

Even with the help of the most advanced telescope, Li Qingsong could not detect any changes occurring in the solar system.

The vast universe conceals all details, hiding them behind thick darkness.

It was a darkness that even the most powerful electromagnetic wave antenna could not penetrate.

If it were any other electroweak civilization, it would probably not be able to know any information about the interior of the solar system.

But Li Qingsong is different.

The connection between the original body and the clone based on unknown principles can break through these obstacles and complete the communication and exchange between the two stars.

And now, Li Qingsong has been unable to establish any contact with the clones sleeping in the solar system.

This means that nothing unexpected seems to have happened in the solar system, and no external fleet has entered.

Or maybe... an external fleet has actually entered, and those clones have been awakened, but due to the communication delay, what those clones saw has not yet been transmitted to their own brains?

But this situation is unpredictable. At this moment, no information came, so Li Qingsong could only treat it as if nothing happened in the solar system for the time being.

"If that intelligent scourge has not yet reached the solar system, then I am temporarily safe in the Altair system.

At the same time, to advance scientific and technological development, sufficient supplies are indispensable. Even if I am a civilization that exceeds the level of ordinary civilization and can carry more supplies, I can only advance scientific and technological development very slowly during interstellar navigation.

Even if I set sail now, I still cannot develop technology. And if I cannot develop technology, I cannot completely get rid of the threat of the artificial intelligence disaster.

Then... don't leave yet, stay in the Altair Galaxy and go all out to develop technology. If that intelligent machine disaster really comes to the solar system, it won't be too late for me to start a long voyage and escape."

After making up his mind and making the decision, Li Qingsong immediately invested all existing industrial forces into the construction of scientific research facilities.

Laboratories and experimental bases sprang up like mushrooms after rain. A large number of clones were put into scientific research to verify the conjectures accumulated during the past hundreds of years of voyages.

Experimental data are generated one after another, hypothesis is verified or ruled out, and new technologies begin to emerge.

Although these new technologies are generally small and mostly at the application level, such as increasing the tightness of a certain bolt by 5%, or increasing the toughness of a certain support rod by 3%, they seem insignificant, but Li Qingsong was still excited.

"A little bit adds up to a lot. One new technology is nothing, but tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of new technologies combined can have a significant impact on the whole."