Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 332: Silicon-Based Disaster

At this moment, the light emitted by this sphere, with a radius of only 20 meters, illuminated this starfield like a star, enveloping all of Tom’s warships and spacecraft, including the Flying Star, in a shimmering blue glow.

Even Tom widened his eyes in disbelief as he looked at the sphere.

He knew very well what this sphere was made of.

It was composed of the spacecraft and warships he had painstakingly manufactured!

Including the approximately 400,000 warships that had "defected," the total number of manned spacecraft in the battlefield previously was about 800,000.

Adding in the large number of unmanned warships, satellites, etc., the total mass of these combat facilities was about 10 billion tons.

At this moment, because of the inexplicably appearing super gravity, all participating creations within the entire battlefield, no matter what they were before, were attracted to the core of the battlefield, and then, under the action of this super gravity, were forcibly squeezed together, turning into this massive sphere.

Its radius was only about 20 meters, its total volume only about 33,500 cubic meters, but its mass was a full 10 billion tons!

The average mass per cubic meter was about 300,000 tons, which was 60,000 times the average density of Earth!

Such a high material density could not be created even by Tom in the most advanced high-pressure laboratory. Yet, at this moment, such a counter-intuitive sphere appeared in space.

The next moment, the sphere exploded in Tom’s line of sight.

All the mass that made up this sphere, at this moment, exploded due to the excessively immense internal pressure, transforming entirely into the most basic microscopic particles, which then swept across all surrounding starfields at a speed of several thousand kilometers per second.

As it exploded, the super gravitational field that enveloped all surrounding space also instantly disappeared.

Or perhaps... it exploded precisely because this super gravitational field disappeared?

After all, with its own mass, it could not maintain such a high density without external force.

It was like if Tom had a way to cut a piece of material from a white dwarf or a neutron star, after leaving the star’s own gravitational field, those white dwarf or neutron star materials would also explode.

Tom did not hesitate, immediately controlling all his own creations to activate their energy shields to maximum power.

The full-power energy shields blocked all of this intense radiation, which was like a violent storm.

A few seconds later, everything returned to calm, and this space once again returned to tranquility.

In space, countless stars twinkled, and the universe was dark, vast, and quiet, as if nothing had happened.

But Tom knew that everything was already different from before.

His original 800,000-plus warships and an even larger number of unmanned combat facilities had been transformed into heavy nuclear radiation particles and interstellar dust, completely dissipating into the vast reaches of space.

With the disappearance of these things, no more spacecraft "defected" from his fleet.

A flash of understanding crossed Tom’s mind.

Perhaps... this unknown Gravity Civilization came precisely to eradicate those unknown lives or phenomena that could cause his warships to defect?

If that was the case, they should be benevolent.

Tom did not act rashly, but maintained full mental alertness, waiting silently.

Sure enough, not long after, accompanied by another wave-like spatial fluctuation, a fleet composed of thousands of spacecraft of various sizes appeared out of thin air only about a million kilometers away from Tom.

"Is this the fleet of the Gravity Civilization?"

Tom’s heart grew heavier.

The power of the Gravity Civilization had far exceeded Tom’s imagination.

Not only was it their previously demonstrated superluminal travel capability.

Just one wave of their attack had destroyed over 800,000 of his warships in total. Faced with such a civilization, he had almost no power to retaliate.

Everything he was proud of was insignificant in front of such a civilization.

Along with the appearance of that fleet, an electromagnetic wave signal was sent. After a brief analysis, Tom saw that this information contained a complete dictionary and a specially marked data segment.

This dictionary was obviously for him to interpret their language and writing. The specially marked data segment should be the information they wanted to send to him.

After a moment of analysis, the information was finally translated into a language Tom could understand.

"Greetings, respected traveler. We are a subordinate civilization of the Red Star Alliance.

Two thousand years ago, we detected a Silicon-Based Disaster wandering near this starfield, posing a serious threat to starfield security. Therefore, our fleet was dispatched to try to eradicate it, but we were unable to pinpoint its coordinates.

Until more than ten years ago, we detected an interstellar war breaking out in this starfield, whose characteristics matched those of the Silicon-Based Disaster, so we adopted a superluminal travel mode to rush here. Fortunately, the distance was not too far, allowing us to arrive in time and prevent this Silicon-Based Disaster from causing greater destruction.

As for your affected warships and spacecraft, and those technological creations ’parasitized’ by the Silicon-Based Disaster, we were powerless to rescue them and could only destroy them along with the Silicon-Based Disaster. We deeply apologize for the losses caused to your side.

Now, this Silicon-Based Disaster has been completely eradicated by our ’High-Power Gravity Cluster Bomb,’ you are safe, and we have finally completed our mission and can return to the Alliance.

We wish you a smooth journey ahead, goodbye.

Oh, a friendly reminder to your side: this starfield may not be safe for the next few thousand years. If possible, please leave as soon as possible, at least to a distance of 2,000 light-years."

In space, the area where the unknown fleet was located showed another fluctuation. And this... seemed to be a sign that their fleet was about to begin superluminal travel?

And, what this unknown civilization said about the Silicon-Based Disaster? Parasitism?

What he encountered was not some unknown phenomenon, but a creature named Silicon-Based Disaster? The so-called "parasitism" of this creature was the culprit that caused his spacecraft to "come alive" and then "defect"?

And, what kind of existence was the Red Star Alliance? 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Why would this starfield be unsafe for the next few thousand years? Was this related to the Purple Moon Civilization’s urgent travel?

This was clearly a benevolent civilization. If this benevolent civilization had not suddenly appeared, he might have already been annihilated by that Silicon-Based Disaster by now.

As for the lost warships, they were all remotely controlled anyway, completely insignificant compared to the main fleet.

Perhaps he could take this opportunity to try to communicate with this advanced civilization? He might be able to obtain some crucial intelligence for himself.

Tom immediately composed a message and sent it: "Respected advanced civilization, thank you for rescuing our side.

If not for your timely appearance, our side might have been annihilated by the Silicon-Based Disaster by now.

Regarding the terms you mentioned: Silicon-Based Disaster, parasitism, Red Star Alliance, and also, what happened in this starfield? Why will it be unsafe for several thousand years?

Our side does not quite understand this. We wonder if your side could enlighten us? If so, our side would be immensely grateful.

If our side has any information that interests your side, please feel free to ask; our side will not conceal anything."