Excessive gravity is extremely harmful to the human body.

It not only leads to mechanical injuries, such as muscle strains, bone damage, and internal organ damage, but also severely affects the human endocrine system, nervous system, and more.

The crucial point is that the high gravity on Jupiter, unlike the acceleration of a spaceship that only lasts for a moment, will always be present.

As long as one approaches within a certain range of Jupiter, they cannot escape this influence.

If a clone stays in such an environment for a long time, he will become disabled within a few years.

Therefore, to maintain the operation of this energy collection system, Tom had to implement a rotation system for the clones, allowing them to withdraw and rest after working for a period on Jupiter.

Even so, on average, hundreds of clones still died or became disabled due to gravity every day, losing their value and having to be destroyed.

The losses in the Jupiter System were indeed heavy. But could this become an obstacle?

Tom's answer was, "No\!"

Compared to the journey of the great development of the entire solar system, compared to his own technological progress, compared to the operation of countless factories, what are a few dead clones or destroyed aircraft?

I can afford the losses\!

Under these circumstances, supported by the continuous supply of deuterium from Jupiter, Tom's entire industrial system operated vibrantly, and his technology also rapidly advanced.

At this moment, controllable nuclear fusion technology was nearing maturity, having entered the large-scale application phase, with only miniaturization yet to be overcome.

With the guidance and data from the Bluetoth, Tom already had a clear direction and believed that a breakthrough would occur soon.

While conducting research on controllable nuclear fusion, Tom was also simultaneously researching another crucial technology.

High-Speed Ion Propulsion Technology\!

Like controllable nuclear fusion, High-Speed Ion Propulsion Technology is also one of the indispensable technologies for interstellar travel.

Secondary pressurized propulsion technology still requires an extremely large amount of chemical fuel as propellant. This is unimaginable in interstellar travel.

Because no spaceship can carry that much propellant. Not even the largest spaceship.

It can at most fulfill the needs of internal stellar system navigation, just like now.

Tom had also begun researching High-Speed Ion Propulsion Technology long before the Bluetoth arrived.

But at that time, the research could at most only propel a piece of paper, completely lacking practicality.

Since defeating the Bluetoth Civilization decades ago, capturing enough Bluetoth, and acquiring a large amount of technological data, High-Speed Ion Propulsion Technology, like controllable nuclear fusion technology, has experienced rapid development.

From an initial ion ejection speed of only 30 kilometers per second and a total thrust capable of only propelling a piece of paper, continuous technological progress has steadily increased its thrust and efficiency.

Kilogram-level thrust, ton-level thrust, hundred-ton-level thrust, ion ejection speeds from an initial 30 kilometers per second to 100 kilometers per second, 500 kilometers per second, 1,000 kilometers per second…

After decades of dedicated development, Tom's ion propulsion technology can now eject ions at a speed of 1,500 kilometers per second, thereby obtaining a large amount of reverse thrust, and can even propel a Mercury-class battleship with a mass of three hundred tons, with its maneuverability being no worse than when it used secondary pressurized propulsion\!

But this is still not the end of ion propulsion technology. Compared to secondary pressurized propulsion technology, which has reached its limit and can hardly be improved due to physical laws, it still has enormous room for improvement.

Especially when combined with onboard small-scale nuclear fusion devices, High-Speed Ion Propulsion Technology becomes even more powerful.

Now, it can be applied on a large scale\!

Thus, Tom's spaceship system underwent a comprehensive upgrade.

All cargo ships, scientific research vessels, probe ships, passenger ships, etc., which had previously been converted to controllable nuclear fusion power, had their secondary pressurized propulsion modules removed and replaced with High-Speed Ion Propulsion modules.

The nearly one million High-Speed Ion Engines equipped on the tens of thousands of large and small ships Tom owned, excluding battleships, were almost constantly in operation, continuously feeding back massive amounts of operational data to Tom, providing support for subsequent improvements and enhancements.

At this stage, ion propulsion technology, like the miniaturization of nuclear fusion reactors, has also reached a bottleneck. But it doesn't matter, its subsequent development also has no fundamental obstacles; as long as research continues systematically, performance can be continuously improved.

In addition to these two most critical technologies, Tom was also assimilating and absorbing knowledge that originally belonged to the Bluetoth at a speed that astonished them, in areas such as high-speed layered scanning radar, High-Speed electromagnetic cannon, high-power Laser Cannon, and materials science, integrating it into his own system.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, another 20 years had gone by.

At this moment, a small battleship with an overall full-load mass of only 300 tons appeared in the spaceship assembly plant, presented before Tom.

After ignition, it ascended into space at an incredibly fast speed, disappearing from the clones' field of vision.

Propelled by its bright blue tail flame, it performed various maneuvers in space with extreme agility. The high-speed layered scanning radar continuously scanned all movements from the surrounding space.

Supported by high-speed bogies, the electromagnetic cannon unleashed projectiles at speeds exceeding 20 kilometers per second like a torrential downpour, with a firing rate far surpassing previous models, and high-power Laser Cannon released beams of destructive laser energy, scorching all tangible and intangible existences in its path…

Looking at this latest Mercury-class battleship, Tom's heart was filled with joy.

At this moment, all performance indicators of this Mercury-class battleship had fully reached the level of the Bluetoth Civilization's battleships, and in some areas, even slightly exceeded them.

The birth of this Mercury-class battleship meant that his technological level had fully caught up with the Bluetoth Civilization\!

Even if another Bluetoth Civilization from its heyday were to arrive, he could easily annihilate them.

Their technological levels were similar, but his industrial production efficiency was immeasurably higher than theirs.

This meant that he now truly possessed the capability for interstellar voyages.

Since that's the case…

It's time to leave.

He had delayed for so long; if he didn't leave now, he might not be able to.

Then, let's build a fleet.

Let's build a true interstellar fleet capable of journeys spanning hundreds of thousands or even millions of billions of kilometers, which translates to several light-years or even dozens of light-years, in interstellar space.

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