Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 390: Supernova Explosion

One after another, "parking lots" rapidly appeared, with a total surface area reaching billions of square kilometers.

Once leveled, numerous manned and unmanned warships, various small and medium-sized civilian spacecraft, and the like, descended like raindrops, directly parking on the planet’s surface.

Then, massive "sunshades" began to emerge.

Supported by sturdy Strong Nuclear material frameworks, each of these sunshades covered an area of several thousand square kilometers, stood several hundred meters high, and was covered with a thick rock protective layer, perfectly safeguarding these spacecraft.

Next came the handling of large spacecraft.

Their mass was too great, and their size too large; even a dwarf planet with weak gravity couldn’t accommodate their direct landing.

This portion of the spacecraft, including the large residential spacecraft, was assembled by Tom and entered into the orbital paths of several large planets, where they revolved around the large planets.

After settling his spacecraft, Tom entered a period of waiting.

A year quietly passed, with an approximate total distance of 30 light-years separating them, and the bright red star remained calm.

Time flowed by year after year, Tom was in no hurry, still waiting patiently.

He waited like this for 14 years.

It wasn’t until this moment that the neutrino telescope in the scientific research vessel suddenly detected some high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the G76 star system.

Both the direction and energy level were consistent with expectations.

Neutrinos are a precursor to an impending supernova explosion, because their penetrating power is so strong that they can escape in advance and propagate into the surrounding space before other energies erupt.

Detecting neutrinos that matched expectations meant that the supernova explosion would occur within 10 hours at most!

Tom’s spirits lifted.

This supernova explosion, which he had personally orchestrated, was finally coming!

At this moment, under Tom’s command, all the large spacecraft that had been orbiting the large planets began to converge on the side of the large planets facing away from the G76 star system, then sharply decelerated, fixing themselves to the back side and no longer moving.

In this way, these spacecraft were effectively using the massive planets in front of them as shields, leveraging them to withstand the subsequent violent supernova radiation impact.

Of course, this also led to a problem: without orbital velocity, these spacecraft would be affected by the planet’s gravity and thus tend to fall.

However, this could be offset by their own propulsion, and it would not affect these giant spacecraft in the short term.

After arranging his spacecraft, Tom, who had already prepared tens of thousands of various types of telescopes in advance, such as visible light telescopes, gamma-ray telescopes, X-ray, and infrared telescopes, launched them all into space, pointing them all towards the G76 star system.

Since observation was to be conducted, there could be no obstruction.

And in doing so, facing the impact of the supernova energy, these observational devices would inevitably suffer extensive damage.

However, to collect as much detailed data on the supernova explosion as possible, Tom believed that sacrificing tens of thousands of large scientific research instruments was worthwhile.

In addition, other detectors, such as neutrino telescopes and gravitational wave detectors, also entered operational status.

Time slowly passed as Tom felt a slight sense of anticipation.

Six hours after the first batch of neutrinos was detected, all of Tom’s detection equipment simultaneously observed that the G76 star suddenly brightened, its luminosity increasing billions of times in an instant!

At this moment, the entire solar system where Tom was located was illuminated.

Those dark, cold dwarf planets, far from the star, which could only receive a minimal amount of energy from their host star, had their surfaces facing the G76 star system completely illuminated at this moment, as bright as dawn.

At a distance of 30 light-years, approximately 280 trillion kilometers, facing this exploding supernova, this place was still completely illuminated!

Not only that, Tom also saw that the water ice, dry ice, methane, ethane, and other solids, which had been frozen for billions of years, began to melt and sublimate under the illumination of the energy coming from 280 trillion kilometers away.

Even the Jupiter-like planets, which were both massive in volume and mass, were subjected to violent impacts at this moment.

Endless high-energy radiation particles surged in, like a grinding machine, imparting higher energy to the outer atmosphere of these giant gas planets, forcibly stripping them from the planet and pressing them backward, forming a faint comet tail.

Under the influence of this radiant heat, the outer atmosphere of this gas giant planet was rapidly heated, leading to intense atmospheric movements; in an instant, powerful hurricanes reaching several times the speed of sound swept across the entire planet.

Even its magnetic field was severely affected.

Tom saw unprecedentedly massive auroras appearing at the planet’s poles, whipping majestically through the atmosphere like giant whips.

Even the main star of this solar system, the star itself, experienced unprecedentedly violent stellar activity the moment the furious energy from the supernova arrived, with flares, sunspots, and coronal mass ejections occurring one after another, further intensifying the chaos in this solar system.

Within a very short period, the background radiation intensity in this solar system increased to more than a thousand times its original level.

Fortunately, Tom had already hidden all the spacecraft with weaker defenses on the planets beforehand, covering them with thick protective layers.

The large spacecraft located in space, due to the reduced mass and volume requiring protection, could further enhance their defensive capabilities, allowing them to survive this catastrophe.

However, those telescopes that Tom had actively released and densely pointed towards the G76 direction were not so lucky.

The moment the supernova explosion energy arrived, over 50% of them had their lenses burned out by the immense energy impact, completely losing their observation capabilities.

The remaining telescopes were also severely affected and were expected to be completely damaged within no more than a day.

But it didn’t matter.

Tom had already prepared more observation equipment.

If the front-line equipment was damaged, the next batch would fill in.

Such a precious observation opportunity absolutely could not be missed.

Looking at this solar system, which was almost turned upside down, Tom let out a heartfelt sigh.

"This is a supernova explosion... Indeed, there’s a reason it’s called the most violent astronomical event in the universe.

If I hadn’t found a solar system to hide in beforehand and was still in space at this moment, if this energy had caught up, even at a distance of tens of light-years, my fleet would certainly have suffered heavy losses; even a small fraction of the spacecraft surviving would be a miracle."

With a distance of tens of light-years, the impact of a supernova explosion was still so immense, so... what about the celestial bodies existing within the G76 star system?

Through this continuous observation, Tom gradually understood the fate of those celestial bodies.