Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 339: Universe Broadcast

"Your civilization is only at the Strong Nuclear stage, yet your industrial strength is already so immense?

Previously, I had some doubts about whether I could secure a spot for your civilization to join the Alliance. But looking at your outstanding performance, this matter will surely be successful.

Head of State, are you truly not considering joining the Red Star Alliance?"

Tom sighed, somewhat reluctant and regretful, and once again refused: "Let’s wait until the time is right in the future. At that time, I still hope your civilization can provide some assistance to my side."

Thus, over a dozen years quickly passed, and in the depths of the distant starry sky, a dim star appeared again, then rapidly brightened.

That was the Cloud Civilization’s passenger fleet dispatched from their home system, currently decelerating.

By this point, Tom already knew that superluminal travel was impossible near massive celestial bodies within a solar system. This seemed to be related to factors like space curvature, though Tom wasn’t entirely sure of the specifics.

These Cloud People fleets could only enter the solar system using conventional travel methods.

Not long after, that massive passenger fleet entered the solar system. Furthermore, the Cloud Civilization even dispatched a visiting team led by their Deputy Prime Minister, fully expressing the importance they placed on this matter and their gratitude to Tom.

After another series of ceremonies and celebrations, the transfer was finally completed. All 600 million Cloud People entered their civilization’s own residential spacecraft. After the original 3,000-plus residential spacecraft were returned to Tom, the Deputy Prime Minister, leading Vero and others, once again came to the conference room to meet with Tom.

"The information you requested regarding the Purple Moon Civilization, we found it by searching the Red Star Alliance’s ’Space Fluctuation Detection Network’ and utilizing a Space-grade supercomputer.

Currently, the Purple Moon Civilization fleet should be in this starfield with a radius of approximately 100 light-years. At the same time, the Space supercomputer predicts that there is approximately a 79\% probability that the Purple Moon Civilization fleet will dock here."

The Deputy Prime Minister’s hand pointed to an ordinary white star.

That location was about 500 light-years from Tom’s current position and about 400 to 500 light-years from the Purple Moon Civilization fleet.

Calculating based on the fleet speeds of both sides, if the Purple Moon Civilization truly were to dock there, he would be able to reach that solar system approximately 170 to 180 years after they entered the solar system.

Tom’s heart instantly filled with solemnity, and a touch of excitement.

After more than a thousand years of pursuit, at this very moment, had he finally, with high probability, confirmed the other party’s whereabouts...

Even if the other party had already left after he arrived at that solar system, or if this prediction was wrong and the other party had not docked in that solar system at all, the prediction would not be too far off. A search of the surrounding solar systems would likely yield some clues, enough to support the next pursuit.

In any case, he was closer to the Purple Moon Civilization, and closer than ever before.

Although he didn’t know what the so-called Space Fluctuation Detection Network and Space supercomputer actually were, Tom knew that using these two systems would undoubtedly entail a huge cost for the Cloud Civilization.

Perhaps only by using the technology of a Space Civilization could a fleet be found in this vast void.

Tom manipulated the Head of State clone to stand up and said solemnly: "Deputy Prime Minister, Vero, thank you for your help to my side."

The Deputy Prime Minister smiled and said: "I should be thanking you. You might not know, but when the news of these lost wanderers being found reached our civilization, the Head of State was so excited he didn’t sleep for three whole days, and hundreds of billions of people within the civilization eagerly awaited. This matter has truly resolved a huge knot in our civilization’s heart. No amount of gratitude to you is too much.

Additionally... following the Head of State’s instructions, and the unanimous expectation of hundreds of billions of people across the entire civilization, I have brought another item for you this time."

Under Tom’s gaze, the Deputy Prime Minister solemnly retrieved a box and opened it.

An instrument, entirely encased in an unknown silver-white material, square in shape, with only one button on it, was presented before Tom.

Besides that, there was also a small chip-like object.

"This is a gravitational wave communication device.

It has one and only one function. That is, when your civilization encounters an irresistible life-or-death crisis, you can press this button. Afterward, it will broadcast a set of coordinate information across the entire universe via gravitational waves, indicating its location.

When our civilization receives this information, we will know that your civilization has perished, and the location of its demise. At that time, our side will either dispatch a fleet ourselves, or use Alliance points to exchange for a high-level civilization’s fleet to be dispatched to the location of your civilization’s demise to investigate the cause of its destruction.

If it was caused by other civilizations or natural disasters, our side will use all our power, including but not limited to dispatching fleets, exchanging for high-level civilizations to act, and will spare no effort, fighting relentlessly, and will necessarily eliminate the entity that destroyed your civilization, to avenge you."

Tom had not yet mastered gravitational wave communication technology. This was clearly something only a Gravity Civilization could master.

But even before reaching the Gravity level, Tom had already conducted much research on gravitational waves. He knew that gravitational wave signals were arguably the most difficult signals to attenuate, intercept, and interfere with in this universe.

Their penetrating power was already considered formidable; even neutrinos, which have an extremely low probability of colliding with external particles even when penetrating the entire Sun, were completely insignificant in the face of gravitons.

Even if the entire observable universe were filled with steel plates, after penetrating this thickness of over 90 billion light-years of steel, the gravitational wave signal would only attenuate by a tiny bit.

It could be said that once this gravitational wave signal was emitted, no matter where he was, no matter where the Cloud Civilization was, as long as the gravitational wave signal was given enough time to transmit, they would always be able to receive it.

Tom knew that this was already the limit of what the Cloud Civilization could do.

The universe was vast; even a Space Civilization could not instantly teleport to a certain location, nor could it immediately provide assistance to his side.

Being able to avenge his side after its demise was already quite good.

"Thank you, Deputy Prime Minister. But... doesn’t handing over gravitational wave communication equipment to a Strong Nuclear Civilization violate your regulations?" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The Deputy Prime Minister smiled and shook his head again: "It’s only a one-time use device, and once violently damaged, its internal components will immediately be destroyed, and it has no other functions besides this one, so it doesn’t count as a violation of regulations.

However, this device is not actually the main point; the main point is this."

He carefully placed the small chip on the conference table and pushed it towards Tom.