Among the existing Bluetoth, approximately 0.1% can be called scientific researchers, totaling about 140,000 people.

Among those, only about 0.25% are related to biotechnology, a total of merely 350 people.

Such a small number of people, even with the technological data Tom obtained from various electronic devices, is clearly not enough to master all the information of an entire biotechnology field.

But in fact, it doesn't matter much.

What Tom needs most is merely the scientific framework.

He only needs to establish some relatively basic and important fundamental principles of this framework, much like the main structure of a house has been built.

Subsequent technical details are like the decoration of this "shell house."

Ultimately, the framework plus the details constitute a complete set of technological systems.

It's not that these details are unimportant, but compared to the more fundamental overall framework, these details are usually technical problems that don't require the birth of a genius scientist to propose groundbreaking theories for breakthroughs; instead, they only require the input of resources and manpower for large-scale research to likely achieve breakthroughs.

At this moment, not only biotechnology, but most of the technology in all fields of the entire Bluetoth Civilization are in this situation.

This means that Tom has no fundamental obstacles to raising his technological level to be equivalent to that of the Bluetoth Civilization, with only technical obstacles remaining.

And precisely, for Tom, who has extremely high research and development efficiency and extremely high production efficiency, overcoming technical obstacles is what he is best at.

Because of this, although Tom felt some regret for the hundreds of billions of Bluetoth who perished on Venus, he didn't care too much.

It's best if you're here, but if not, it doesn't matter much.

With the comprehensive guidance of these only 350 Bluetoth scientists related to biotechnology, coupled with the materials Tom collected and studied on his own, Tom's biotechnology quickly achieved a breakthrough.

Concurrently, the performance of the Gaia AI also saw significant breakthroughs.

After conducting further research in engineering and mechanics—after all, performing gene editing and optimization also requires more advanced equipment, which involves engineering and mechanics—equipment suitable for more advanced and precise gene optimization and editing was finally created.

With all conditions met, Tom immediately began the manufacturing of a new batch of clones, and half a year later, the time for the birth of the latest batch of clones arrived.

"With such a big breakthrough in biotechnology, how much will the maximum consciousness connection count of this batch of clones increase?"

"I wonder if it can double. If it doubles, my maximum consciousness connection count can reach 220 million, which would be enough manpower and brainpower to digest and absorb the technology of the Bluetoth Civilization."

With a hint of anticipation, Tom carefully completed the preliminary treatment of this latest batch of clones, and then eagerly transferred his consciousness into the head of one of them.

The next moment, Tom couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.

What's going on?

How can there be so many?

Tom had originally thought that this time, at most, it would only achieve a twofold increase, and reaching 220 million would already be quite good, but reality once again gave Tom a surprise.

At this moment, the total number of active clones and standby clones not in hibernation is about 330 million.

However, at this moment, Tom had already connected the consciousness of all these 330 million clones, but his mind still felt "empty," like a large truck carrying only a small pebble.

"The improvement this time is actually so significant?"

A thought quickly flashed through Tom's mind, and then he decisively manipulated the clones working in various hibernation bases to quickly execute the awakening program.

Before the war with the Bluetoth Civilization began, Tom had a total reserve of approximately 3 billion clones.

After one war, about 1.8 billion clones were consumed. At this moment, excluding the 330 million not in hibernation, there are still about 870 million clones, scattered and hibernating in 16 gigantic hibernation bases.

It's time to wake them up!

So, in one hibernation base after another, the lids of hibernation pods opened, the nutrient solution was drained, and the tubes connected to the clones' blood vessels, which had been delivering hibernation-sustaining drugs, now delivered body-recovery drugs instead.

The body temperature of each clone began to rise, their heartbeats quickened, and their blood pressure increased. Finally, after several hours of recovery, they slowly opened their eyes.

As each clone regained consciousness, Tom's consciousness instantly connected to them.

One clone after another emerged from the hibernation pods, entering the recovery hall to undergo awakening training and attempt to eat. The once empty hibernation bases quickly filled with a bustling crowd, a scene of great activity.

Tom quickly tallied how many clones he had connected to at that moment.

As of now, approximately 70 million clones have been awakened from hibernation and connected to Tom.

The number of clones simultaneously connected by consciousness has climbed to 400 million.

But this is still not the end. That empty feeling has not yet disappeared.

Large numbers of clones are still in the process of awakening. Even now, the hospitals within the hibernation bases used for clone awakening recovery and training are completely full, and the process has not stopped.

When building the hibernation bases, Tom had not considered the need to awaken so many clones in such a short period.

Even for war, there would be no need to awaken so many clones in such a short time.

Helpless, Tom could only control the first batch of awakened clones to go outside the base and find a random place to stay, leaving them alone for now, to free up space as quickly as possible for the subsequent awakened clones.

Time flew by rapidly. Finally, all the clones in the first hibernation base were awakened, then the second, the third…

At this moment, Tom's consciousness connection count had surged to 700 million, but it still hadn't reached its limit!

One hibernation base after another was "emptied," and large numbers of clones gathered in various open spaces, idle.

At this stage, how could Tom still bother to assign them work tasks? He'd have to wait and see.

It wasn't until the 12th hibernation base was also completely emptied, and the connection count increased to about 950 million, that Tom felt he was nearing his limit.

After changing to another body, selecting the most excellent one from this latest batch of clones, the maximum consciousness connection count finally stabilized at around 980 million.

Once he starts mass-producing clones using the latest gene optimization technology, it is estimated that clones with even higher connection counts will appear.

It is estimated that his maximum consciousness connection count will reach about 1 billion!

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