Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones

The plastic containers made by Tom possessed almost no defensive capabilities.

Forget electromagnetic cannon projectiles; even a dagger could pierce them.

Their sole purpose was to provide pressure for the internal water source, thereby reducing loss.

At this moment, with just one round of attack from the Bluetoth, tens of thousands of water spheres burst, and tens of millions of tons of water flowed into space.

During their previous space journey, they had not frozen due to the low temperature of space but had remained in a liquid state.

This was because the sun was constantly heating them.

This even caused their temperature to exceed 100 degrees Celsius, making them like boiling water inside a pressure cooker, possessing immense pressure.

Now, as soon as the plastic spheres burst, this extremely high-temperature water immediately exploded outward.

There is no pressure in a vacuum; therefore, nothing could stop the diffusion of this water.

They quickly became sparse, first resembling clouds, forming a mass of water vapor.

But even as a mass of water vapor, the internal pressure was still too great. So, this mass of water vapor continued to expand, eventually diffusing into its most basic structure:

water molecules.

Only then did the pressure within this mass of water finally dissipate.

Cloud after cloud of molecules appeared in this area of space.

Previously, their volume was only a few thousand cubic meters, but now, their volume was more than several thousand cubic kilometers, an increase of more than ten million times.

But do not forget, even if they transformed from liquid water into molecular clouds, their kinetic energy still existed. At most, it would slightly decrease due to the sun's radiation pressure, but overall, the impact was minimal.

Thus, what was previously flying toward Venus in the form of water spheres was now flying toward Venus in the form of molecular clouds. The target remained unchanged, and even the trajectory and speed had not varied much.

So... how could they be intercepted?

Could Earthlings find a way to intercept a cloud on Earth?

At this moment, the molecular clouds in space were infinitely sparser and infinitely larger than clouds on Earth. Could the Bluetoth find a way to intercept them?

Just as Earthlings cannot intercept clouds, the Bluetoth also could not intercept water molecule clouds.

They rushed toward Venus with an almost unstoppable momentum.

Soon, the Bluetoth discovered this change.

While still dedicating some forces to breaking water spheres—though this was not very effective, it did cause some water loss—a large number of the Bluetoth Fleet rushed toward Earth.

Addressing the symptoms is not as good as addressing the root cause. Only by destroying the space elevators built on Earth could they completely eliminate the possibility of the opponent delivering water to Venus!

The reaction of the Bluetoth was within Tom's expectations.

Tom had long since accumulated sufficient defensive forces around Earth.

In fact, Tom had placed 99% of his total strength around Earth, dedicated to protecting these space elevators!

He was not worried that other planets would be undefended.

The reason was simple: other planets also had clones and warships, only he had not maintained consciousness links. Once other planets were attacked, he could simply transfer his consciousness link there.

Thus, around Earth and these one thousand space elevators, a fierce planetary offense and defense battle reignited.

After several years of silence, a battle in which both sides went all out erupted once again.

Countless warships, both manned and unmanned, countless space mines, interstellar missiles, and turrets unleashed their power wantonly.

Every minute and every second, tens of billions of electromagnetic cannon projectiles flew through this area of space.

In addition to those that hit their targets or flew into outer space, even more projectiles struck Earth.

At this point, the advantage of having an atmosphere became apparent.

Regardless of the material an electromagnetic cannon projectile was made of, and no matter how fast it flew or how high its lethality, as soon as it entered the atmosphere, it would immediately be intercepted by the dense gases.

During the friction with the gases, heat would be rapidly generated until the projectile was completely melted and assimilated into the atmosphere.

The faster the electromagnetic cannon projectile, the faster its destruction.

Thus, from the surface of Earth, the sky appeared filled with countless meteors, their density far surpassing all meteor showers since Earth's birth.

The entire Earth, whether the South Pole or the North Pole, whether continents or oceans, whether day or night, this violent meteor shower continuously poured down without a moment's pause.

The entire sky, the entire universe, was covered by this violent meteor shower.

Earth's atmosphere acted like an unbreakable shield, blocking all attacks from outside.

Similarly, electromagnetic cannons, laser beams, and other attacks from within Earth could not penetrate the atmosphere's defense to reach space.

Only shells or projectiles with specific aerodynamic designs and slower speeds could break through the atmosphere.

But this would also mean a problem: since their speed was slower, they would be more easily intercepted and destroyed, meaning they would not even have a chance to enter the atmosphere.

Therefore, facing such a planet with an atmosphere, both offensive and defensive sides had an understanding.

They would not attack the planet itself, but rather engage in contention directly in space.

Once air superiority was gained, there would be plenty of time to deal with the planet itself. If air superiority was not gained, then the planet itself would be even more impossible to conquer.

At this moment, all the projectiles flying toward Earth were merely stray shots, not intentionally aimed at Earth.

But even just stray shots had created a spectacle unprecedented in Earth's entire history.

Facing this world-overturning battle, all the birds and beasts on Earth, no matter how fierce or violent, now deeply hid in their nests, trembling.

The fierce struggle in space continued.

Tom fully resisted the opponent's attack, and then, consistently transported large amounts of water from the surface, throwing it out, transporting it up, throwing it out, continuously, no matter how intense the battle.

Persevere, he must persevere. As long as he could persevere, there would definitely be a result.

The Bluetoth's counterattack also intensified to the extreme.

Tom saw more warships and unmanned combat systems flying from Venus to join the siege of Earth.

Clearly, the Bluetoth also understood that if these space elevators were not destroyed, they would ultimately be the ones to be destroyed.

The battlefield situation had become completely clear at this moment.

If the Bluetoth could recover sufficient strength and destroy the space elevators before Venus's environment completely deteriorated, they would win.

If they failed to destroy the space elevators before Venus's environment completely deteriorated, then Tom would win.

It was under these circumstances that, after a long flight, the first molecular cloud finally reached Venus.