Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 268: New Weapon

Although the anger in Tom’s heart had not been completely vented, a large part of it had finally been released.

This was not the full extent of the gains.

In the vast battlefield where the war had previously occurred, who knew how many warship wrecks of extremely high value, and even surviving Havilahs, still existed.

As long as he salvaged those wrecks, he would have hope of analyzing the Havilahs’ more advanced technology from them.

Although the utility of reverse engineering had always been limited, it was still a boost.

As for the surviving Havilahs, in addition to the hope of obtaining secrets about Human Civilization from them, Tom might also be able to extract technological data from them.

Compared to reverse engineering, this technological data was what Tom valued more.

But now was not the time to clean up the battlefield.

That flame-like unknown object was still wreaking havoc in the galaxy.

It was time to fully resolve them.

In the previous phase, Tom, while maneuvering his fleet to battle the Havilah fleet, had also been trying to use various weapons and methods to deal with these flame-like unknown creatures.

Tom used various weapons including electromagnetic cannons, laser cannons, energy cannons, space mines, interstellar missiles, and so on, but ultimately found that they were either ineffective or had very little effect.

Electromagnetic cannons and laser cannons, needless to say, were basically useless against this kind of thing.

Energy cannons were somewhat useful, but based on current weapon parameters, the shells of energy cannons simply couldn’t lock onto them, nor could they trigger an explosion.

The shells fired by energy cannons were designed for warships; locking onto warships, exploding upon proximity, or direct impact were very effective. But how could this unknown object, which had almost no physical form, be locked onto or detonated?

Space mines, missiles, and other weapons faced the same situation.

After trying various weapons, Tom found that the only thing with some effect and lethality at this stage was nuclear weapons.

There was no air in space, so the most important destructive method of nuclear weapons, the shockwave, did not exist here. However, apart from the shockwave, nuclear weapons could still cause damage through electromagnetic pulse, thermal radiation, and high-energy radiation.

What could cause damage to these flame-like unknown objects were these thermal radiation and high-energy radiation.

Tom saw that under the impact of the thermal and radiant energy of a nuclear bomb explosion, that flame-like unknown object was instantly dispersed like a candle flame in a storm, ceasing to exist.

But... nuclear weapons also had extremely severe limitations.

Depending on the yield, nuclear weapons had different kill radii in space. But usually, it would not exceed ten thousand kilometers.

A radius of ten thousand kilometers seemed large, but space was vast, and a spherical area with a radius of ten thousand kilometers was simply too small.

Moreover, the flame-like unknown objects had extremely high maneuverability, even higher than his own warships.

This led to the situation where once he launched a nuclear bomb, the flame-like unknown objects in the target area would quickly escape, and he could only kill a small portion.

Furthermore, his supply of interstellar missiles with nuclear weapons as warheads was limited, and the quantity was not large.

Nuclear weapons were only an auxiliary in interstellar battlefields; which fleet would equip a large number of these things?

For a moment, facing this unknown object, Tom felt like a tiger facing a hedgehog, somewhat at a loss for how to proceed.

Tom’s billions of brains were rapidly operating, and all kinds of detection devices were aimed at these unknown objects, collecting any information about them with all their might.

At this moment, apart from necessary brain power consumption, almost all of Tom’s idle brain power was invested in the analysis and contemplation of this unknown object.

Tom had no choice but to go all out.

It had only been less than a month since the Havilah Civilization released these unknown objects, and they had already caused him extremely significant trouble.

One warship after another had its energy shield destroyed, and then was annihilated by these unknown objects.

One satellite after another lost contact with him, clearly destroyed by them.

One satellite was an eye for Tom. And at this moment, these eyes belonging to him were rapidly decreasing.

Unmanned warships, space turrets, automatic space defense systems, etc., were also suffering large-scale attacks, their numbers continuously decreasing.

Even some non-combat facilities, such as logistics spacecraft, transport spacecraft, space logistics bases, aerospace carriers, etc., were also under heavy siege.

In just one month, Tom had lost over thirty thousand manned warships alone! This was almost higher than the Havilah Civilization’s kill efficiency against him!

At this moment, Tom had even been forced to gather almost all his fleets around three large planets, then rely on his limited reserve of hydrogen bombs to barely defend and struggle to hold on.

Tom certainly had the ability to produce hydrogen bombs. But because the usage of this item had always been small, the production line scale was also small, and the output was limited.

Furthermore, even if the output was sufficient, the destructive power of hydrogen bombs against this unknown object was truly limited. Relying solely on hydrogen bombs would probably not work; new attack methods had to be found.

Amidst rapid thinking, analysis, and research, Tom’s heart was filled with rage.

Even a powerful Strong Nuclear Civilization in its prime, I could defeat it on the front battlefield, kill half of its population, and almost completely destroy its warship reserves.

Now, you strange-shaped things are forcing me to gather only near planets and struggle to hold on. If I don’t eliminate you, how can I vent the anger in my heart!

Through rapid research, Tom quickly found a way to combat these unknown creatures.

Since thermal radiation and high-energy radiation can cause damage to you, then develop in that direction!

Hydrogen bombs are too cumbersome, with a single unit weighing at least a dozen tons. Their delivery is not sensitive or precise enough, their kill radius is too small, and their overall efficiency is too low?

Then develop small weapons, Although small weapons have an even smaller kill radius, they can be launched in large quantities, their delivery speed is fast, their turning is also fast, and they are more precise.

As long as they can accurately reach the vicinity of that unknown creature, even a kill radius of only a few tens of meters would be completely sufficient.

After struggling for some time, Tom finally developed a brand new weapon.

This weapon could still be categorized within the scope of energy cannons. Its destructive method was still explosive damage, its overall mass did not exceed 50KG, and it could be mass-produced and mass-launched.

The biggest difference from the energy cannons Tom had previously manufactured was that they could finally lock onto and quickly track these flame-like unknown creatures, which possessed relatively high temperatures and special shapes.