Although the total mass of this planet reached over 200 trillion tons, compared to natural planets, its own gravity was still too small, and its gravitational binding energy was too low to adapt to subsequent interstellar propulsion maneuvers.

Once propulsion began, it would completely disintegrate and would require additional securing devices.

That is, "packaging."

At this moment, a feeling welled up in Tom's heart.

When he was young, leaving his hometown to study elsewhere, his mother prepared many things for him: clothes, quilts, toothpaste, toothbrushes, food, and so on, a large pile of miscellaneous items.

At that time, Tom did not have a suitcase. So, his mother prepared a bedsheet for Tom, wrapped these items in the bedsheet, and then tied a knot in the bedsheet, forming a bundle.

Tom then carried that bundle and began his journey of study.

The scene at this moment seemed vastly different from his past experiences on Earth, but… it also seemed so similar.

Tom had also prepared too much luggage for himself, and now, he also needed a "bedsheet" to wrap it in before he could take it away.

Unknowingly, thousands of years had passed. But the memories from that distant past were still stored in Tom's mind, extremely clear, without any fading.

Only by relying on these memories could Tom feel that he was always connected to Human Civilization, that he had a source, and did not appear out of thin air.

Only then could Tom know that his identity was human, and always human, not some strange creature.

With a myriad of emotions in his heart, Tom began the luggage packing work.

He brought in a large amount of the special ropes originally used to build Space Elevators, binding them in circles and strips onto this Flying Star with a radius of 50 kilometers, firmly tying down all the materials that constituted this planet to prevent them from falling off.

Afterward, Tom brought in a massive quantity of large thrusters and installed them one by one onto the Flying Star.

These thrusters were originally used to propel aerospace carriers and large transport ships. However, when used on the Flying Star, they still appeared too small.

Tom had not had time to develop larger thrusters, so at this moment, he could only seek higher thrust by increasing the number.

Propelling an asteroid, even a relatively massive one, was not originally a difficult task.

Back in the solar system, Tom had done similar things.

However, at that time, the speed requirements for the asteroid were lower. But now, Tom needed to propel an asteroid to maintain a long-term acceleration of 0.06 m/s^2, eventually accelerating it to 8% of the speed of light, which was a much higher, more difficult, and complex requirement.

For this, Tom had to specially develop a set of intelligent propulsion control systems and also specially built a supercomputer for this system to operate. With this system real-time controlling a total of over a million large thrusters, only then was this problem solved.

At this moment, all work in the Pegasus V342 star system had been completed.

Tom's fleet size had not expanded, and had even shrunk due to previous conflicts.

But even if the number of transport ships, aerospace carriers, etc., was reduced, with this Flying Star, all issues regarding material reserves had been resolved.

The construction of several decoy fleets had also been completed.

Tom also prepared a Flying Star for each of those decoy fleets. Because only in this way could these fleets have the same trajectory, achieving the effect of covering the main fleet.

Of course, those Flying Stars did not need such troublesome stacking of materials; they could simply select a few asteroids with roughly matching mass to fill the quota.

All preparatory work had been completed.

So, it was time to hit the road with the luggage.

"Thousands of years ago, I carried a bundle to university, embarking on my future life journey.

Now, I must also carry a bundle and re-enter space for the most important technological advancement.

This time, I will complete the transformation of basic physics theories into applied levels in space, truly converting technological breakthroughs into combat power and industrial strength.

After this escape, I must resolve the problem of the Mechanical Disaster fleet.

I've been fleeing for so many years; I've had enough…"

At this moment, 250 years had passed since the Mechanical Disaster fleet left the Pegasus V342 star system.

It was estimated that in about 50 more years, the Mechanical Disaster fleet would return.

Within these 50 years, Tom had to escape a sufficient distance and then hide himself relying on the vastness of the cosmic starry sky.

Time was urgent; action was needed immediately.

"Then, let's go."

Accompanying Tom's command, in the Pegasus V342 star system, the flashes of hydrogen bomb explosions erupted simultaneously on many planets.

The industrial facilities, built by Tom with countless efforts and energy, were reduced to ashes and completely disappeared in these flashes.

Countless plumes of exhaust erupted from the rear of the many residential ships, aerospace carriers, scientific research vessels, experimental ships, large scientific ships, and aerospace carriers within Tom's fleet, propelling each ship, and also slowly accelerating this massive and heavy Flying Star.

Numerous special ropes firmly bound the materials forming the Flying Star, preventing it from disintegrating due to acceleration, just like the bedsheet his mother used to pack his luggage back then.

Unlike previous escapes where the decoy fleets and the main fleet each fled in different directions, this time, Tom's main fleet and five decoy fleets all chose one direction.

A total of six fleets mixed together, their scale unprecedentedly vast. If one happened to be in the direction of the exhaust plumes, even tens of millions of kilometers away, the fleet would still appear as bright as a star, even capable of truly illuminating a planet, making it like daytime.

All six fleets choosing the same escape direction might seem to render the decoy fleets meaningless, but this was not the case; instead, Tom had a deeper consideration.

Tom was quite certain that in the previous escapes, the Mechanical Disaster fleet had never arrived early. However, this time, the Mechanical Disaster fleet had arrived once, then was forced to retreat by him, and was destined to return again.

Although the Mechanical Disaster fleet was highly unlikely to be able to communicate interstellarly, making it impossible to monitor his movements in real-time by deploying probes in the Pegasus V342 star system.

However, it was foreseeable that the Mechanical Disaster fleet would still inevitably leave self-operating surveillance devices in the Pegasus V342 star system, watching his every move.

If real-time communication was not possible, then it was not real-time communication; it only needed to store the surveillance information from these years under an automatic operating program.

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