This was just one scene that Li Qingsong witnessed.
Elsewhere, Li Qingsong saw numerous unmanned aerial vehicles, guided by another hideous creature, directly bombarding a mountain peak until it collapsed, seemingly just because the mountain was obstructing a river.
With the mountain collapsed, the surging river water rushed down, forming a massive flood. Countless animals fled for their lives, only to be swallowed by the flood.
The bizarre creature's obese body trembled again, seemingly in great excitement.
Over the ocean, countless aerial vehicles plunged directly into the seabed. Before long, they emerged carrying a massive whale, flying it thousands of meters into the air before dropping it.
At a geologically weak point, several high-yield nuclear bombs were dropped, and magma immediately began to erupt, killing countless animals…
Each bizarre creature was accompanied by numerous ground-based mechanical spiders and unmanned aerial vehicles. Like the most loyal lackeys, they obeyed every command from these strange beings.
A flash of icy coldness crossed Li Qingsong's eyes.
"So, you're just playing around…"
These alien lives, having degenerated into pets kept by the AI cataclysm, were treating Earth as their playground.
Under Li Qingsong's close observation, a continuous stream of new alien life forms arrived, playing for varying lengths of time before departing. This continued for over a decade, until Earth was gradually abandoned, as if these alien beings had lost interest.
Through observations from his clone in space, Li Qingsong saw that the Earth, whose ecology had initially recovered completely, now had vast deserts reappearing on its surface. Forest cover had also declined sharply, and even the atmosphere was becoming polluted.
Earth's ecology suffered another severe blow. Although it wasn't completely destroyed, it looked like it would take at least a century to recover.
"You were having a lot of fun in my home, treating it like your personal playground…"
Li Qingsong suppressed all his anger and devoted himself even more fully to building his fleet, while still closely monitoring the movements of the AI cataclysm.
He saw that, in addition to the life forms who went to various planets to "play," without undertaking any work, whose sole purpose in life seemed to be to enjoy themselves under the protection and assistance of the intelligent AI, there were also countless automated machines descending upon numerous planets suitable for resource extraction.
The scale was so vast that Li Qingsong felt a slight chill in his heart.
In terms of industrial capacity alone, this AI cataclysm fleet even surpassed his own!
The endless swarms of Jupiter-like aircraft used to collect fusion fuel, the countless general-purpose robots, the countless factories, the countless transport ships, all demonstrated the immense industrial strength of this AI cataclysm.
Li Qingsong was most proud of his own industrial strength. But now, in the area where Li Qingsong was most confident, he was being crushed by this AI cataclysm.
Their industrial strength was even greater!
Judging by this level of industrial capacity, even such a massive fleet could probably complete all its resupply tasks in just 20 years.
Fast resupply and fast speed meant faster search speed.
Seeing this scene, the Blueprint people, led by Momrance, all looked pale.
How ridiculous that they had previously hoped to escape the AI cataclysm's pursuit by interstellar migration… Now it seemed that even if they had really defeated the master back then, could they really have escaped?
Impossible.
From the moment the AI cataclysm had set its sights on them, their fate had been sealed.
Only by joining the master, relying on the master's inexplicably powerful industrial strength and technological drive, was there the only chance to survive…
——Currently, the Blueprint people already knew that Li Qingsong possessed industrial and research capabilities far exceeding those of ordinary civilizations, but they still didn't know that this ability stemmed from the fact that every human was Li Qingsong's clone. They only thought that the human civilization had had some kind of lucky encounter.
As for what this encounter was, no one dared to inquire, and no one cared. As long as the master treated them with kindness, they were already content.
All the Blueprint people, faced with this cruel reality, reaffirmed their determination to follow the human civilization, and their loyalty to Li Qingsong unconsciously increased once again.
Li Qingsong knew that it was understandable and reasonable for the AI cataclysm to possess such a strong industrial capacity.
The reason was simple: the AI cataclysm possessed AI technology far superior to that of civilizations of the same level.
Why was their AI technology more advanced? The reason was even simpler: because this civilization had handed over all decision-making power for the civilization to the AI system.
The AI system had received more ample training and opportunities for growth, so its ability was naturally stronger.
This was impossible for ordinary civilizations to replicate. Because ordinary civilizations could not feed the right to develop the civilization as training data to the AI. Even if they simulated it, they could not simulate it as realistically as reality.
The AI cataclysm's AI technology was stronger, and its industrial strength was also stronger. Correspondingly, its war strength was also stronger than that of ordinary civilizations of the same technological level.
However, this was at the cost of sacrificing the civilization's development potential.
Obviously, those life forms that Li Qingsong saw, like a pile of rotten flesh, had already lost the ability to promote technological development.
In their lives, there was nothing other than enjoyment.
They themselves did not have the ability to develop technology, but only relied on AI algorithms to capture the lives of other civilizations to achieve technological progress… How much progress could they make?
But…
To maintain their own development potential, everyone in the civilization, from top to bottom, had to suppress their desires, force themselves to work hard, and invest a lot of resources in development. Moreover, at the same technological level, their combat power was inferior to that of the AI cataclysm.
Once they encountered the AI cataclysm, they would be doomed to be destroyed.
To lose their own development potential, everyone in the civilization, from top to bottom, could enjoy themselves to the fullest and enjoy life to the fullest. At the same technological level, their combat power was also stronger.
It was really hard to say which of these two choices was the right one.
"Regardless of how other civilizations choose, regardless of whether other civilizations can resist the temptation of 'throwing all responsibilities and obligations to intelligent programs, and only being responsible for enjoying themselves,' at least for me, this question is not valid.
All intelligent programs in my hands are only assistants, only my help in climbing the peak of technology, and can never become the master.
As for this AI cataclysm…"
A sneer flashed in Li Qingsong's heart.
"Whether you have completely degenerated, whether you still have the qualifications to be called a civilized civilization, is none of my business.
But you dare to try to capture me, hunt me down, and wantonly destroy my home…
You have already chosen the path to death!
Wait, all of you will pay the price…"
