Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 357: General Attack

For a full-scale war between Strong Nuclear Civilizations, not to mention an asteroid, even a dwarf planet would not contain enough material reserves to sustain it.

But the key issue now is that our side has already identified the Bluetoth Civilization’s material reserves and detected that enormous Flying Star.

After our meticulous calculations, if we attack the star and forcefully set sail, the Bluetoth Civilization’s material reserves will not be enough to support them in changing course, pursuing, and engaging in war with us.

It is precisely for this reason that the plan we are executing was approved.

But... if you add this asteroid, and the Bluetoth Civilization uses it a bit more sparingly, they might just be able to sustain a war against our civilization!

And, don’t forget, we haven’t fully completed our material reserves either; we also set sail forcefully!

If a war with the Bluetoth Civilization really breaks out, how much material will our side have left?

It might not even be enough for the next deceleration...

"Don’t worry too much; this is almost impossible to achieve.

That’s just a mere sub-fleet, and the total mass of this asteroid reaches approximately 650 quadrillion tons. Even the Bluetoth Civilization’s Flying Star, at its peak, had less than one-tenth the mass of this asteroid.

This sub-fleet cannot possibly complete the task of propelling this asteroid, continuously accelerating it, and finally catching up to the main fleet. It’s impossible..."

The scientific consultant’s analysis gradually put the Purple Moon Civilization’s high-ranking officials at ease.

Yes, the Bluetoth Civilization cannot do it. This is most likely just a conspiracy of theirs, an attempt to achieve some other goal through this matter, and not truly to pack this asteroid as supplies...

At this moment, Tom’s main fleet had largely completed its turn and began another acceleration.

Due to the extremely long distance, the super-distance communication link with the sub-fleet had already broken.

But Tom could still roughly perceive the state of the asteroid through the telescope.

He saw that, with the concerted effort of hundreds of millions of sentient life engineers and Primal, factories belonging to the asteroid’s surface were constructed, and giant engines were installed and secured on the asteroid according to their predetermined positions.

That’s right, Tom was not trying to achieve any other goal through this action. His true purpose was exactly what could be clearly seen at this moment: to pack this asteroid as a material supplement, without any conspiracy, openly and honorably.

Originally, Tom would have been unable to do this. Even as the "clone disaster," possessing engineering power far beyond ordinary civilizations, he couldn’t have completed it.

Because once the main fleet moved a sufficient distance away, and super-distance communication broke, Tom would simply be unable to extend his power there.

But at this moment, the existence of the sentient life races helped Tom overcome this obstacle.

Without any need for Tom to extend industrial power, the engineers of those vassal races could autonomously execute the tasks.

Even if a group of sentient life engineers were dispatched, it would have been impossible to complete this task.

This project was too massive; how many engineers would be needed?

This is also why ordinary civilizations cannot execute this task.

But this obstacle was also easily overcome in front of Primal.

Primal is a fusion of the Akakenu and base AI! In this mission, it was actually the main executor, not those engineers.

Those engineers merely cooperated with Primal, providing it with biological intelligence.

Of course, this also required the participation of a large number of sentient life engineers. This would then lead to a third obstacle.

For an ordinary civilization, if you allocate so many engineers to this task, then what about the construction tasks of the main fleet?

Do the spacecraft still need maintenance and upkeep? When war breaks out, will new spacecraft still be built? Will factories still operate?

After all, within an ordinary civilization, the number of qualified engineers is always limited.

But this obstacle was also nothing at all for Tom.

My main engineering power comes from my own clones; those sentient life engineers are merely auxiliary.

Dispatching them all now will have almost no impact on the engineering power of my main fleet.

It was the combination of these various factors that allowed Tom to achieve this feat, unimaginable to ordinary civilizations.

So after some time, under the somewhat astonished gazes of the Purple Moon Civilization’s high-ranking officials, that asteroid moved.

Bright flames erupted from its tail, like long dragons, swirling freely in the vast space, just like a comet approaching a star.

But its current speed was much higher than that of a comet.

Propelled by numerous giant thrusters, it directly broke free from the star’s gravity, and then began to accelerate at a constant rate of 1.1 m/s^2, following the direction the Purple Moon Fleet and Tom’s fleet had departed, commencing its pursuit.

At this moment, a strange phenomenon appeared in space.

First, the massive Purple Moon Civilization Main Fleet was in front, with Tom’s main fleet in close pursuit behind them. Further back, an enormous asteroid, like a giant beast, also relentlessly chased both fleets.

Time quietly flowed, and several years had passed in the blink of an eye.

By this time, Tom’s fleet’s speed had increased to 85% of the speed of light.

It could not increase further. If it did, it would depart from the optimal speed, not only greatly increasing material consumption but also frequently causing various malfunctions.

Conversely, the asteroid’s speed was still increasing.

It is composed of water ice, rock, and other materials, so it is not afraid of damage.

It is estimated that in about twenty years, it will catch up to Tom’s main fleet and deliver its contained supplies.

At this moment, the Purple Moon Civilization Fleet’s speed was also approximately 85% of the speed of light.

However, their propulsion had not yet ended; they were still accelerating, and this continued for more than half a year, until their speed increased to 90\% of the speed of light before stopping.

At this very moment, the distance between Tom’s fleet and the Purple Moon Civilization Fleet was continuously expanding.

Every second that passed, the distance between them increased by 15,000 kilometers. In one year, it would expand by over 400 billion kilometers!

Unless the Purple Moon Civilization actively decelerates, given the current technology and speed, Tom will never be able to catch up.

But...

This was actually irrelevant to Tom.

It’s just a 5% light speed difference in speed? What’s there to be afraid of?

Even if we chase for 100 years, your Purple Moon Fleet will only expand the distance to 5 light-years, and is 5 light-years very far for a civilization at our stage?

On the contrary, because this pursuit is at a closer distance, the Purple Moon Civilization Fleet’s exhaust plume is also "fresher," and even during inertial navigation, when the engines are not propelling, we can determine your course by analyzing some interstellar residual molecules.

Such a large fleet, even if only one out of ten thousand ships has a very slight leak, the combined gas leaked from so many ships can be easily detected, not to mention the various activities within a large fleet are far more complex than just leaks.

It can be said that in this pursuit, there is absolutely no possibility of Tom losing track.

Since I won’t lose them, why rush? Just chase them slowly.

I don’t believe your Purple Moon Fleet can go without stopping for supplies, and I don’t believe that with incomplete material replenishment, you can travel over a thousand light-years at once, like you used to!

And... as long as you decelerate, a mere few light-years of distance, I can easily cross in just a few years.

Holding this belief, Tom, like a seasoned hunter skilled at catching cunning prey, patiently followed behind, always unhurried and unperturbed, no matter how far the distance stretched.