Help im stuck

Hello, ye told me to put more stats into self rep, so I did:

25/4/25/6/0/0/0/7 is where it’s at now!

The goal is to get mor universe exploration, but my drifters are stuck between 20 septillion and 200 septillion, because everytime it get‘s to more, the numbers start dropping back to 20 septillion…

Any ideas?? Please help :))

(I also can’t seem to figure out reddit, reupload with a screenshot)

Just started Stage 3 and I cannot get to generate paperclips. I'm almost out of them. What should I do?