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

That was the last message Tom received from Earth before the signal died. Stranded 15 billion kilometers from the sun, he has enough supplies to survive alone for fifteen years.

But Tom doesn't want to die alone. He wants to conquer.
Desperate, Tom activates the ship’s biological livestock tank. He doesn't breed cattle; he clones himself. When the clone opens its eyes, Tom realizes he hasn't just created a helper, He has unlocked a Hive Mind.

One consciousness. Multiple bodies. Parallel processing.
More clone, more processing power

But power has a price. With twelve clones now awake, his fifteen-year food supply has shrunk to a death sentence: One year.
Forced into a corner, Tom must lead his clone army to the frozen, airless surface of Loshen Star. Armed only with 19th-century steam technology and sheer grit, he must ignite the fires of industry in absolute zero.

He is no longer just an astronaut. He is the Swarm. And he will turn this dead planet into a civilization of one.

Letting the Purple Moon witness the destruction of the Demonic Eye Nation was the most important reason Tom kept them alive and didn't directly kill them.


Don't you Demonic Eyes willingly dedicate everything to the Demonic Eye?


Don't you endure any pain for the sake of the Demonic Eye?


Don't you prefer to die entirely to ensure the Demonic Eye's interests?


Then I will let you witness the destruction of the Demonic Eye Nation!


Mere physical torture, no matter how painful, would not vent the anger in my heart! Not just physically, I will also inflict the greatest spiritual torment upon you!


Tom's gaze turned to the enormous star, which had already expanded to a radius of 50 million kilometers.


On that star, the battle of the Electromagnetic Life had already concluded.


Those life forms, resembling red light spheres, had left the star and arrived within Tom's main fleet.


Chapter 386 - Orbital Compression