CHAPTER 145: EARTH’S SACRIFICE

At this moment, Tom truly made up his mind.

The Bluetoth were rapidly recovering their strength with the material support from Venus. Once their strength recovered to its peak, and they had ample logistical supplies, their combat power would surge.

At this stage, time was on the Bluetoth’s side, not his! Once the Bluetoth recovered their strength, they would certainly not remain entrenched on Venus as they were now. They would inevitably attack on all fronts, seizing planets from his grasp one by one.

At that time, for him, who still lacked interstellar travel capabilities, it would truly be the end of days.

Nowhere to run, no way to heaven, no way to earth!

He had to complete this task as quickly as possible.

At this moment, industrial spacecraft that were originally near Earth, intending to undergo ship repairs and resource transfers, became the first batch of ships Tom dispatched to plunge into Earth’s atmosphere and reach the surface, commencing the first phase of construction.

Selecting sites, leveling foundations, erecting factories!

The second batch of industrial facilities, carried by heavy transport ships or aerospace carriers, departed from the Jupiter base, which possessed the deepest industrial strength, and rushed to Earth in large numbers.

To transport 10 trillion tons of water from the surface to space, relying on spacecraft making countless round trips was clearly unrealistic.

The only way to achieve this goal was space elevator technology.

Only space elevators could handle this volume of transport!

And, merely one, two, three, or four space elevators would not be enough.

Tom planned to build 1,000 space elevators on Earth’s equator!

Tom’s ultimate goal was to transport 10 trillion tons of water from the surface to space within 10 years—no longer, or the Bluetoth would likely recover their strength.

Calculated this way, each space elevator would need to transport 1 billion tons per year.

However, accounting for the construction time of the space elevators, this number would need to increase, to about 1.2 billion tons.

This meant that, on average, each space elevator would need to transport approximately 3.3 million tons per day, and about 140,000 tons per hour!

When Tom built the first space elevator on Ganymede, that space elevator, operating at full capacity, could only transport about 140,000 tons of materials per day on average.

Furthermore, Ganymede’s mass is much smaller than Earth’s, and correspondingly, the construction difficulty of the space elevator was much lower.

Now, Tom needed to face greater construction difficulty on Earth, to build one thousand space elevators with a transport capacity more than 20 times that of the one on Ganymede!

In the past, such a difficulty would be unthinkable; Tom could not have done it even if he died trying.

But now, with successive technological advancements and breakthroughs in technical challenges, Tom had enough confidence to achieve this.

Consequently, almost all the clones in hibernation on Earth were awakened. Tom’s consciousness extensively transferred here, manipulating these clones to immediately begin work.

Even the ground supercomputers originally used for the strategic version of Goku AI’s operation were repurposed, taking advantage of the current lack of war around Earth.

The strategic version of Goku AI was shut down, and Gonggong AI took its place.

Moreover, the existing 1,000 supercomputers were not enough.

Tom also needed to build more than 5,000 large supercomputers. Only then could Gonggong AI have enough computing power, and his industrial capabilities could be fully utilized.

Facing Earth, which he had cherished and protected for hundreds of years, Tom, once he made up his mind, showed no more hesitation.

Countless rivers were directly dammed, and large amounts of water flowed directly into factories for industrial use.

Grasslands, once lush with water and plants, covered in flowers, and where cattle and sheep grazed leisurely, were roughly leveled by bulldozers under Tom’s control.

In the mountains, which looked like they were covered by a green blanket, rumbling cannon fire erupted. Amidst the dust, large amounts of rock collapsed, countless birds and beasts fled in panic, forests directly disappeared, and entire mountain ranges were transformed into mines for Tom to extract minerals.

Environmental protection? For now, that could wait; develop first, then restore!

Under such desperate development methods, countless tracts of land transformed from rugged to flat, and factories sprang up rapidly.

Often, what was a lush primeval jungle yesterday was replaced by a massive factory complex in just two or three days.

Extensive railway lines spread across the land like a flood, building roads through mountains and bridges over water, quickly connecting mines and factories, and trains began to roar.

On the vast ocean, giant cargo ships traversed thousands of miles, transporting countless materials to where they were needed.

Except for the military clones maintaining necessary pressure on Venus, Tom almost entirely focused his efforts on the development of Earth, taking advantage of the current temporary truce.

With sufficient supercomputer support, Gonggong AI displayed immense power. In control bases, clones sat solemnly, rapidly manipulating the computers in front of them, sending out commands.

For the clones, this was merely a command. But through Gonggong AI’s manipulation, it meant the collapse of a mountain, the extension of a railway line for a thousand miles, the disappearance of a forest, the drying up of a river!

In just half a year, hundreds of thousands of factories appeared on Earth. And in just this half year, Earth’s once vibrant land had already begun to become desolate and riddled with scars.

The power of industry was fully revealed at this moment.

After half a year, the first to 100th space elevators began simultaneous construction.

Massive amounts of zero fiber were transported to the construction site, following a similar process to previous space elevator constructions: first, the initial line was built, then it was thickened based on that line.

The difference was that, because Tom’s engineering capabilities were now more powerful, the construction of the space elevators was faster.

When the first 100 space elevators were completed, all supercomputer bases, zero fiber factories, mines, railway lines, nuclear fission power plants, and all other basic factories were fully prepared.

Thus, the 101st to 1000th, a total of 900 space elevators, began simultaneous construction again!

Although the first 100 space elevators had been completed, Tom did not immediately begin transporting water.

The reason was simple: once transportation began, the Bluetoth would certainly understand what he intended to do and would inevitably send fleets to attack.

And now, construction was not yet finished, and he could not yet spare the resources to deal with an attack.

For now, water could not be transported, but other things could be transported first, which was perfect for building the necessary packaging facilities for water delivery in space.

Thus, when all space elevators were built, all supporting facilities were also completed.

Water transportation could begin!