Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones

Day 65 of being disconnected from Earth.

About 15 billion kilometers away from the sun, in orbit around the planet Rosene, inside the Deep Space spacecraft, Li Qingsong leaned weakly on the back of his chair, staring in a daze at the last message from the human world.

He had to admit in his heart that he probably really couldn't return to Earth.

Twelve years ago, he came here on the Deep Space Spacecraft and became the first human in history to leave the solar circle.

The high-energy charged particles released from the sun blow out a "big bubble" in the interstellar medium, and this big bubble is the heliosphere.

Because of the existence of the sun, interstellar media cannot enter the heliosphere.

Here, he worked alone for two years and successfully completed the original dwarf planet scientific research mission.

After that, he completed all the preparations for returning to Earth and only waited for the Earth team of the "Deep Space Scientific Expedition Program" to upload the return trajectory plan to the spacecraft. Then he could take the spacecraft and return to his long-lost hometown.

Until 65 days ago, everything was normal. However, on the day when the return trajectory plan was supposed to be uploaded, Li Qingsong did not receive any data from the Earth team, but only received a sentence.

"Don't come back! Don't return!"

After that, Li Qingsong lost contact with the Earth. No matter how many messages Li Qingsong sent, the Earth never responded.

Something must have happened in that distant homeland. And it was extremely urgent, so urgent that the Earth team could only send this sentence to themselves.

"My relatives, my friends, my compatriots, are you still there?

Is our civilization still there? "

Li Qingsong stared blankly at the direction of the earth outside the porthole.

Because the distance was too far, Li Qingsong couldn't even see the Earth. Even with the optical telescope on the spacecraft, Li Qingsong could only see a vague and dim light spot.

He couldn't get any useful information from this dim light.

At this moment, he couldn't even be sure whether human civilization still existed, let alone figure out what was happening on Earth.

"Do I need you to warn me? If you don't give me a return trajectory plan, how can I return?"

Looking at the sea of ​​stars from afar, the huge Deep Space spacecraft and the even larger Luoshen Planet below seem as small as a drop in the ocean.

Boundless loneliness and fear came over Li Qingsong, causing the hallucinations that had been suppressed by drugs to reappear.

Several years ago, perhaps because he had left the heliosphere and was out of the protection of the sun and was affected by some unknown radiation, Li Qingsong inexplicably had an additional hallucination.

He always felt that his consciousness could spread into other people's heads and even control their actions.

The medical team on Earth couldn't figure out why Li Qingsong had these strange hallucinations. After all, Li Qingsong was the first human to leave the heliosphere, and there was no one else to compare him to.

Fortunately, the psychiatric prescription prescribed by the doctor was effective. After taking the drugs carried on the spacecraft regularly and quantitatively, this kind of hallucination has not appeared for a long time.

But now, it appears again.

Feeling this inexplicable illusion, Li Qingsong smiled bitterly in his heart: "There are tens of billions of kilometers around here. No, it is also possible that I am the only one left in the entire solar system. Who can I control?"

After struggling to get up and taking the medicine, the hallucination still did not disappear. Li Qingsong ignored it and began to force himself to calm down and think about what to do next.

But this thought only lasted for a few minutes before it stopped.

Because the answer is clearly there.

Serve cold.

Without the help of the Earth team, it would be impossible for him to return to Earth. If he forced his way back, the only possibility would be that he would run out of energy and get lost in space.

In this case, it would be better to save energy. But no matter how much I save, the energy and supplies on the spacecraft can only sustain me for another 15 years at most.

After 15 years, I will still die.

Trying to survive on Roselle, a dwarf planet far from the sun?

It's impossible to do.

I am alone and my power is too small.

The future is already determined. There is nothing I can do, nothing I can change. The only thing I can do is to accept the arrangement of fate, eat and wait for death in the spaceship, and die when the supplies or energy are exhausted.

"Alright, alright..."

Looking at the vast starry sky outside the porthole, Li Qingsong murmured, "When a certain key life-sustaining material only lasts for one day, I will have a big meal and then jump into space to end my life, thus saving myself the pain of dying."

For the next period of time, Li Qingsong completely abandoned his previous strict schedule and became unrestrained.

At first, Li Qingsong enjoyed these indulgences, but after just two months, he lost all interest.

He lay on the bed in a daze, not wanting to move even a little bit even though he was starving.

The illusion became stronger.

Li Qingsong finally struggled to stand up and came to the animal and plant breeding room.

There are several animal clone breeding facilities here. Some of them are small, but only one is large enough.

It was originally used to breed large mammals such as cattle, horses, and donkeys for experimental purposes.

Theoretically, it is possible to use it to cultivate human clones. However, the ethical and moral risks of cloning humans are too great, so no one in human civilization dares to do it.

But now, Li Qingsong no longer cares about those things.

He took a cell sample from himself, reprogrammed it into induced pluripotent stem cells, then used gene editing tools to modify some DNA sequences. Finally, he placed the cell sample into this largest cloning cultivation device.

After half a year, Li Qingsong's clone will be able to grow up. And it will not be in the form of a baby, but in the form of the adult Li Qingsong at this moment.

"Since this hallucination keeps haunting me, I'll create a human being and give it a try!"

Half a year later, another Li Qingsong with the same mole in shape and position on his body was cultivated in the culture tank.

Taking it out of the culture tank and placing it on the bed, Li Qingsong silently waited for the clone to wake up.

After a long time, the clone slowly opened his eyes.

"Well... no self-awareness, just some biological instinctive reactions, normal."

After checking, Li Qingsong gritted his teeth and extended his consciousness according to the guidance of his hallucination.

The next moment, Li Qingsong opened his eyes wide in shock.

He felt like he had two brains and two bodies!

Moreover, he can control two brains to think and two bodies to act at the same time!

That's not an illusion!