Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 327: Fault

Tom’s voice once again carried a smile: "Why can everyone sit here in peace and harmony? Why can we pool our wisdom and efforts, working together to contribute to civilization?

With the open-mindedness brought by different races and cultural backgrounds, as a whole, will our Human Civilization develop faster?

If we humans hadn’t insisted on this bit of warmth, would everyone... be able to contribute to civilization? Even if humanity resorted to coercive measures, the effect would inevitably be much worse than this.

In this universe, there shouldn’t be only that one path to take; there should be other paths..."

Heimerlan sat there in a daze, as if a storm had raged in his mind.

"There shouldn’t be only one path, there are other paths... are there other paths?"

At this moment, his worldview seemed to be overturned. A path he had never seen or noticed before appeared before him.

That’s right... If humanity hadn’t insisted on that goodwill, if humanity could even cruelly deceive completely harmless Gravity Life and kill them all for its own development... then what would we, as an affiliated race, be in the eyes of humanity?

Would we... truly be able to put our hearts at ease, wholeheartedly embrace humanity’s ideals, willingly integrate into Human Civilization, consider ourselves human, and contribute to civilization?

Wouldn’t we be afraid of losing our value at some point and then being ruthlessly abandoned by humanity?

Why can I completely stand in humanity’s position, treating myself as a human to consider how to maximize benefits, and then conclude that Gravity Life should be captured?

Isn’t it precisely because humanity has always adhered to that goodwill? But since humanity has always adhered to that goodwill, how could it lay hands on harmless Gravity Life?

At this moment, Heimerlan understood; he understood completely.

He felt that although he had always prided himself on his outstanding strategic vision, he was far from it.

At this moment, Heimerlan was truly convinced, completely and utterly, accepting his identity as a human from the bottom of his heart.

He stood up and bowed deeply to Tom’s projection: "Head of State, I understand."

Clan Leader Momolansi smiled and said, "Deputy Leader Heimerlan, I told you long ago that to truly integrate into Human Civilization, you must first discard all the bad habits and ways of thinking of your original civilization. It’s a pity you didn’t listen before."

Heimerlan said sincerely, "You are right. You are a true human, and precisely because of this, you can make completely correct judgments. As for me, I am still lacking. I will continue to work hard in the future."

Clan Leader Momolansi laughed heartily: "Welcome."

"Alright, the meeting is adjourned. It’s time to prepare for another departure."

"Yes."

Several years passed quickly. Tom swiftly completed the resource collection work, and thus it was time for another departure.

Of course, during this period, Tom also did not forget to seize the unprecedented opportunity of being so close to a white dwarf to conduct extensive research on that white dwarf, obtaining many unprecedented data, gaining a deeper understanding of convection, radiation, and Type Ia supernova explosion modes within the white dwarf.

This stopover, apart from the Gravity Life, was also worthwhile.

The tails of numerous spacecraft once again spewed bright, scorching plumes, propelling the massive fleet to slowly set sail again, embarking on another journey into the endless starry sky.

Time slowly passed, and Tom once again entered a state of being engrossed in scientific research tasks.

Not only Tom, but every scientific researcher of every race under Human Civilization also became busy.

They were either engaged in continuous learning, accumulating knowledge to catch up with the current technological level of humanity, or busy in laboratories and research institutes, contributing their own insignificant strength to the overall scientific and technological progress of civilization.

This was the situation as civilization shifted from applied physics to basic physics.

Rapid development no longer existed; it was replaced by slow, gradual progress, achieved only through continuous accumulation and persistence.

Even Tom could at most accelerate this mode; he could not deviate from it.

Gradually, several hundred years passed, and Tom had also traveled another several hundred light-years.

During this voyage, Tom never gave up on detecting all star systems within 100 light-years of his surroundings. But just like before, he was still unable to find the next foothold of Purple Moon Civilization.

This made Tom’s confusion even deeper.

"What exactly does this Purple Moon Civilization want to do? Why are they in such a hurry? They’ve been flying continuously for so long without stopping; where are they going?

It’s just a Strong Nuclear Civilization; what could be so important that they’re rushing so fast at all costs? They couldn’t possibly know I’m chasing them and are trying to avoid me, could they?

Their technology is still a bit more advanced than mine. I’m barely at the peak of Strong Nuclear now, but Purple Moon Civilization was already at the peak of Strong Nuclear at least two thousand years ago... Besides, they couldn’t possibly know I’m chasing them."

With these questions, Tom still continued to track them while carrying out his scientific research tasks.

Although he had three trump cards: the Stellar Cannon, the Variable Energy Shield, and the Unified Force Field, Tom still dared not show the slightest slack in the face of a powerful civilization like Purple Moon Civilization, which had already been at the peak of Strong Nuclear two thousand years ago.

Who knew what unique technologies, or weapons, or offensive modes, a Strong Nuclear Civilization more advanced than himself could develop?

Tom was not entirely confident in defeating them.

In fact, if Purple Moon Civilization had successfully broken through Strong Nuclear and advanced to the Gravity stage, he might even be counter-killed.

However, it’s better to first find the traces of Purple Moon Civilization, try to confirm their current technological level, and then decide on the next countermeasure.

In the vast starry sky, Tom’s fleet was still advancing at high speed.

One day, Tom suddenly received an abnormal alert.

Among the fleet of battleships, originally neatly arranged and dispersed around the main fleet for escort purposes, a small Mercury-class battleship suddenly activated its thrusters and gradually deviated from the fleet’s course.

"What’s going on? A malfunction?"

Tom immediately manipulated his clone to try to connect to that battleship through the remote control device, check the equipment and AI operating status, and control it to return to the formation.

But the next moment, Tom froze.

The remote control system showed that the Mercury-class battleship had disconnected from the control base.