Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 378: Hope

But this was still not the entirety of Tom’s Nebula Project.

On another large moon, Tom constructed numerous ground-based electromagnetic catapult bases and produced billions of intelligent robots and a large quantity of intelligent mining machinery, scattering them across the entire surface of the planet.

They indiscriminately mined all kinds of rocks, crushing them with pulverizers, and then launched these dust-sized particles into space in clumps.

Each of these catapult containers could carry tens of thousands of tons of this rock-crushed dust and accelerate it to a speed of 4.6 kilometers per second.

Once they reached this speed, they could escape the moon’s gravity field irreversibly, truly entering deep space and transforming into an interstellar dust cloud.

Tom also built many of these catapult devices, and the mass of dust launched into deep space every day was no less than that of the water towers, also reaching the order of hundreds of millions of tons.

There were a total of more than a dozen large moons around this large planet.

Tom adapted to local conditions, customizing different material ejection plans for each moon based on its unique environment.

At this moment, with the combined efforts of these dozens of large moons, the total mass of matter entering deep space each day averaged over 100 billion tons!

Thus, the entire G76e Planet system, the entire battlefield, was gradually enveloped by this interstellar dust cloud.

The average particle density in interstellar space is about a few tenths to a few particles per cubic centimeter.

In some dense regions, such as nebulae, particle density can be as high as tens of thousands of particles per cubic centimeter.

Stars are born from such nebulae.

After being disturbed by external forces, such as supernova explosions, these particles have a certain probability of collapsing inwards, causing the core temperature to rise and the matter density to increase, eventually igniting nuclear fusion reactions and giving birth to a star.

In such a dense nebula, even a peak Strong Nuclear level fleet would be affected.

And at this moment, as Tom continuously deployed matter into deep space, on just the first day, the matter density in this battlefield, centered on the G76e Planet with a radius of about 10 million kilometers, had already increased to a level comparable to a dense nebula, reaching about 100,000 particles per cubic centimeter.

But this was only the beginning.

With the combined efforts of countless giant machines of the Nebula Project, distributed across more than a dozen large moons, the number of particles in this battlefield increased by about 100,000 per cubic centimeter each day.

After one year, it increased to over 36 million particles per cubic centimeter!

Upon reaching this number, the density reached its limit and stopped climbing.

It wasn’t that Tom stopped deploying matter into deep space; in fact, this project was always ongoing, never stopping.

The reason it could no longer increase was due to the influence of the star.

The immense radiation energy from the star, like a hairdryer, continuously ’blew away’ the interstellar dust cloud that Tom deployed into deep space.

From afar, the G76e Planet appeared to have transformed into a comet.

Its tail even reached billions of kilometers in length, looking magnificent.

At this moment, the battlefield maintained a dynamic equilibrium where the star continuously blew away and Tom continuously replenished, with the average density of interstellar dust cloud particles in the battlefield consistently maintained at over 36 million particles per cubic centimeter.

Under these circumstances, some changes that Tom hoped to see were quietly occurring.

Back when he hadn’t left Earth, Tom often heard a saying when watching football matches.

When a weaker team played a stronger team, the weaker team’s home stadium would often spray a large, even excessive, amount of water on the field, making it slippery and causing players to easily slip.

As an amateur football fan, Tom didn’t know why.

In his opinion, the chances of both sides slipping were the same; if the opposing players easily slipped, their own players would also easily slip.

But later he understood.

The opposing team was stronger, and their coordination was also stronger.

Frequent slipping would make it difficult for them to execute their coordinated plays.

However, their own side didn’t have much coordination to begin with, so even if they slipped, the losses they incurred would be lower than the opponent’s.

Overall, this behavior was more beneficial to their own side.

It was like now, spraying a large amount of interstellar dust cloud into deep space, did it affect their own side?

Of course, it did.

Their energy shields’ power had to be increased, leading to more energy consumption.

The trajectory of energy cannon projectiles would be affected, making it harder to hit the opponent.

Even the energy of laser cannon beams would be weakened by the interstellar dust cloud, and the trajectory of interstellar missiles would slightly deviate.

Other effects, such as radar detection systems being interfered with, and warship maneuverability being affected, were countless.

But all of this paled in comparison to one reality.

The Purple Moon Civilization’s warships were more advanced than their own, so they were more affected than their own side!

If their own laser cannon power was weakened by 1%, the Purple Moon warships would be weakened by 5%!

If their own radar detection system performance was weakened by 2%, the Purple Moon Fleet would be weakened by at least 6%!

But this was not the full extent of Tom’s gains.

The most important gain from the Nebula Project was that... the power of the Gravity Cannon would also be significantly weakened!

The energy of the Gravity Cannon is carried by gravitons, just as the energy of a laser cannon is carried by photons.

Along its propagation path, it must first act upon other matter in its path, penetrate these materials, before it acts upon its own warships.

The instant a Gravity Cannon is fired, the interstellar dust cloud particles surrounding the Gravity Cannon will collide with it at extremely high speeds due to gravity.

The stronger the Gravity Cannon, the faster these interstellar dust cloud particles collide, and the greater the impact!

The impact of interstellar dust cloud particles will trigger a series of secondary radiations, severely affecting the performance, accuracy, and even lifespan of the Gravity Cannon!

According to Tom’s estimation, the presence of these large quantities of interstellar dust cloud particles could collectively weaken the Gravity Cannon’s lethality by about 20%!

As for the impact of these interstellar dust cloud particles on their own side in this area... there was no impact.

Because Tom simply did not have a Gravity Cannon.

Thus, through the entire Nebula Project, through the continuous deployment of materials from more than a dozen large moons, and by enveloping the entire battlefield in a cloud of interstellar dust cloud, Tom achieved the goal of weakening the Purple Moon Fleet as a whole, which was equivalent to enhancing his own combat power!

At this moment, the dust density in the interstellar battlefield finally reached the predetermined amount, and Tom could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally, he no longer had to worry about the crisis of being completely annihilated by the Purple Moon Fleet in a short period of time.

But it was still not time to relax.

While the Nebula Project continued, the massive industrial construction also needed to be maintained.

Tom still needed to continuously produce a huge number of manned and unmanned warships and various auxiliary combat facilities to deploy into the interstellar battlefield.

Tom’s 10 billion consciousness connections still needed to be fully utilized, and the hundreds of billions of intelligent beings of various races still needed to work tirelessly to temporarily maintain the current state.

Yes, turning defeat into victory was impossible under the current circumstances.

Tom’s highest pursuit at this stage was still just to maintain the status quo, nothing more.

Even... even if Tom achieved this level, the so-called ’maintaining’ was still only ’temporary’.

This merely delayed the time of their complete collapse.

If this situation could not be fundamentally changed, the final outcome would still be their defeat.

The only hope lay with those reinforcements.