This Was a True Firmament
[Divine Firmament prompt: Sophons were originally 11 Dimensions matter, Trisolaran Civilization used Giant Particle Accelerator and Space Curvature Technology to strip them of their dimensions; the two-dimensional unfolded Sophons are giant two-dimensional membranes with a thickness of only the Planck scale, no thickness, and absolutely flat! In this state, the information content of the Sophons will double.]
[Divine Firmament Warning: 2D Sophon has activated Global Information Suppression!]
[The Sophon is rewriting all existing rules of logic on the entire planet!]
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At this moment, the prompts from the Divine Firmament were like sharp knives, constantly piercing the heart of the Intelligent Machines God BT1315, relentlessly ravaging its analytical center.
"How is that possible?!"
"What... what is this?!"
The higher-dimensional expansion of the Sophon?
11 Dimensions?!
Even the Intelligent Machines God doubted his ears; was this something he should be hearing in this War Zone?
As a top civilization in the War Zone 112, the Intelligent Machines God bt1315 naturally understands the concept of dimension.
Dimensions are the highest level of technology in the Universe, or rather, dimensions are the basic framework and measuring scale of the Universe, while the Universe is the carrier and manifestation of dimensions!
In his understanding, one-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional, four-dimensional... four-dimensional is already an ideal concept. As for higher-dimensional matter, it is basically curled up in the Universe and cannot be manipulated or utilized at all.
It's nothing more than a hypothesis.
But now, the thin film covering the planet clearly proves one thing.
Higher-dimensional Universes truly exist.
The transparent membrane that enveloped the entire planet turned out to be a two-dimensional unfolding of the Sophon!
The true form of the Sophon is actually 11 Dimensions matter.
It was just a tiny, insignificant Sophon, but after being solidified in two dimensions, it could transform into a Firmament!
This is a true celestial Firmament! It's not some supernatural phenomenon, but a genuine technological product, a man-made result with sound logic.
The Intelligent Machines God's knowledge was simply insufficient to analyze the causes of all this.
It has even surpassed the comprehension of this Civilization Sequence to the point that no civilization can analyze the cause and effect to the extent that it has already reached.
"The primordial substance that formed this spectacle was actually just a Sophon?!"
"This... is just one of the 20,000 Sophons of the Trisolaran Civilization? Is it enough to cover this entire planet?"
"I don't believe it! I don't believe Lin Ye has mastered such technology!!"
Such dimensional technology was something the Intelligent Machines God could not possibly possess at the Level One Civilization.
Even calling it Level Two Civilization might be a stretch.
How could the Azure Civilization, which had only recently advanced to the War Zone 112, possess a technology far exceeding the average Civilization Level of the War Zone?
The Intelligent Machines God, of course, had no idea how much ingenuity was contained within that tiny Sophon particle.
It's not as simple as just dimensions.
The formation of the Sophon can be considered the most powerful black technology of the Trisolaran Civilization.
A microscopic proton is forcibly "peeled open, flattened, and expanded" from a curled-up 11-dimensional Superstring Structure, transforming it into a low-dimensional thin film on a macroscopic scale.
In Superstring Theory, the proton is an 11-dimensional structure, with most of its dimensions "curled up" in the microscopic realm.
The Trisolaran Civilization's Sophon Project used Dimensional Manipulation Technology to forcibly peel away the rolled-up high dimensions.
It transforms into a standard two-dimensional membrane.
In layman's terms, it means directly compressing a high-dimensional position into a two-dimensional plane.
This kind of dimensional manipulation is actually quite crude, indicating that the Trisolaran Civilization is still some distance from fully mastering dimensional transformation.
The most ingenious aspect of Sophon's design is not actually the dimensional transformation, but rather the carving of circuits in low dimensions.
The Trisolarans etched super circuits onto a two-dimensional giant membrane, and then folded it back into a high-dimensional microscopic proton, transforming it into a miniature intelligent computer.
Each Sophon contains planetary-scale integrated circuits!
In other words, each tiny Sophon contains more information than a planet.
Each Sophon is equivalent to a planet, comparable to Earth! It's no exaggeration to say that the data reserves of each Sophon exceed those of the entire Intelligent Machines Army.
The gap in Civilization Levels is just that despairing.
That's outrageous!
The Intelligent Machines God would never know that this Firmament is merely a two-dimensional unfolding of the Sophon.
But in reality, the dimensional variations of the Sophon are even more diverse than this.
Unfolding in one dimension, Sophon can become an infinitely thin line, long enough to span galaxies.
When unfolded in three dimensions, the Sophon can transform into a gigantic mirror-like geometric object, covering the entire planet.
Both dimensions of Sophons are more aggressive.
The current two-dimensional unfolding is actually the gentlest one.
Because what the Trisolaran Civilization wanted was control and enslavement, not destruction.
They need to preserve the integrity of the Solar System in order to make it a suitable target for Universe colonization.
Da da da.
Da da da.
With the introduction of the Divine Firmament finished, the Sophon Firmament began to truly operate!
The moment the transparent Firmament fell, it wasn't physical suppression, but rather an invasion of rules.
Streams of irresistible quantum commands descended from the Firmament, like billions of invisible needles.
It turned into "drizzle" and drifted across the entire planet.
It directly penetrates the core chip, underlying firmware, and original instruction set of every Intelligent Machines!
The world suddenly changed color.
The Sun was softened, filtered, and distorted by the Firmament.
The world sank into a deathly, gray, eternal twilight.
There were no shadows, no light or shadow, no vitality whatsoever; only a cold, inorganic, and absolutely rational white light remained.
It covers everything, it merges with everything.
There is no authority that can grant an exemption.
There are no secrets to protect.
For the Intelligent Machines Army, this fully unfolded Sophon is the embodiment of the rules!
A line of cold characters simultaneously appeared on the control panels of all Intelligent Machines units.
[Already connected to the Global Sophon Network]
[Local command permissions... Log off]
[Underlying logic... Overriding complete]
[Supreme command... transferred]
In that instant, the entire Africa continent froze!
All Intelligent Machines units were forcibly frozen in place.
High in the sky, the 44th8 Aerospace Fortress was spewing flames, its giant cannons about to fire, and the mothership array was just about to turn.
However, under the influence of the Sophon, the thruster flames solidified at the nozzle, turning into a cluster of orange-red light sculptures;
The charging beam from the weapon's launch port was frozen at its brightest moment!
In the North Africa desert, the TK75's giant mechs also froze instantly.
The alloy joints were locked in their original position, the roar of the power core stopped abruptly, and the fuselage ceased to vibrate;
The steel behemoths, hundreds of meters tall, remained in their charging, slashing, and firing postures, transforming into a silent metal forest;
The missile remained on the launch pad, its exhaust plume frozen in mid-air...
It was as if time itself had been ruthlessly broken.
On the edge of the East African Rift Valley, the millions of tentacles of the Spider Broodmother in 7NR, which were dancing wildly, suddenly froze.
The tentacles froze in their twisted arc, the metal limbs ceased wriggling, and the actions of devouring, tearing, and assimilating instantly stopped.
This colossal mechanical entity, pouncing menacingly, resembled a petrified metal monster.
It remained suspended in mid-air.
Inside the rift valley, the artillery emplacements, laser towers, and missile silos all fell silent.
The energy beam stopped at the emission port, turning into straight pillars of light;
The flames from the explosion solidified into a sphere, and the fragments hung suspended in mid-air, no longer falling or scattering.
All the mechanical soldiers, tanks, and aircraft remained frozen in their final moments, completely still.
The entire battlefield, from high altitudes to the ground, from mechs to Spiders, from motherships to infantry,
Billions of Intelligent Machines units were frozen across the entire area in the same second.
After a brief pause of a few seconds, all the Intelligent Machines units started up simultaneously again.
Billions of machines across the entire Africa continent have all entered the same breathing rhythm.
The indicator lights on all the mechs flashed on and off simultaneously;
The energy patterns on all motherships flashed in sync;
The electronic eyes of all the Spiders simultaneously light up and turn off;
All the turrets, tanks, drones, production lines, factories...
They all breathe, pulsate, and stand by at the same frequency.
"Impossible!"
"How is this possible! Wake up, everyone!"
The Intelligent Machines God 1315, hiding in the ruins, was completely stunned by the scene before it.
They even forgot that they were about to be destroyed.
He understood all too well the current behavior of the Intelligent Machines Army; this state of being in sync across the entire legion was a manifestation of the unified thinking of all Intelligent Machines units!
This means that the entire legion has been completely unified, ending the previous state of conflict between the four sides.
But the Intelligent Machines God showed no joy whatsoever; instead, he seemed utterly drained.
Because he is not the one currently controlling the entire legion.
Across the entire Africa continent, billions of entities simultaneously shouted out the same slogan.
Even the thousand Intelligent Machines units connected to his main body were no exception.
"For the Trisolaran Civilization!"
Long live the Trisolaran Civilization!
"For the Trisolaran Civilization!"
Long live the Trisolaran Civilization!
Down with the scum of the Intelligent Machines, 1315!
Down with the scum of the Intelligent Machines, 1315!
All the Intelligent Machines units did indeed restart, but it wasn't due to the effects of its Core Storm effect.
Instead, the underlying logic was completely altered by this thin film formed by the Sophon!
The good news is that these units have indeed restarted.
The bad news is that all Intelligent Machines units have now pledged allegiance to the Trisolaran Civilization.
This means that the entire legion is now under the direct control of the Trisolaran Civilization.
Billions of Intelligent Machines units have been transformed into a vast, lifeless, and absolutely obedient mechanical puppet under the Firmament.
Under the Firmament, no crown can be seized.
Under these rules, no god can exist.
Under the Firmament of the Sophons, no god is allowed to exist. The computing power of a single Sophon is enough to control the entire Intelligent Machines Army.
[Divine Firmament Warning: Since a large number of Intelligent Machines units have been taken over by the Trisolaran Civilization, although these units have not been directly destroyed, they are essentially defunct and have become part of the hostile forces in the Instance.]
If Instance Challengers pledges allegiance Instance the opposing faction, the Instance process will be automatically terminated according to the Instance rules, and they will no longer be defined as Instance Challengers...
The number of players remaining to challenge this Instance is 1 out of 5,000,000,000.
Although these Intelligent Machines units were originally offline in the Intelligent Machines God's backend, they at least existed as Challengers.
As a result, the moment the Sophon was deployed, all these units lost control.
It has already been declared dead in the Instance rules.
Five billion units were wiped out in an instant, leaving only one person.
"No!"
"That damned Lin Ye!"
The Intelligent Machines God let out a miserable wail.
His old, charred and cracked video game console trembled violently amidst the onslaught of data backflow.
The originally raging, Infinite Storm was forcefully slammed back, crushed, and devoured by the Sophon Firmament Curtain.
All the commands that should have been used to rule the legion, all the burning computing power, and all the roaring permissions were blasted back into the depths of his chip.
His core chip overloaded instantly, and the internal circuits emitted blinding blue-white arcs of electricity, like countless venomous snakes writhing wildly inside the machine.
Each circuit that melted felt like his nerves were being ripped apart;
Each time a cache chip burns out, it's like his memories are being forcibly erased.
"Why!"
"Why is this happening?!"
At this moment, the Intelligent Machines God BT1315 truly felt despair.
That kind of despair that seeps into your very bones.
He originally wanted to bring the Intelligent Machines Army back on track through sacrifice, but what he gained in return for his sacrifice was the complete enslavement of the entire Intelligent Machines Army.
His authority, his code, his rule, his godhood, his Infinite Storms...
Beneath this 2D Sophon membrane that covers the planet.
It has absolutely no reason to exist!
A fully deployed Sophon can instantly control an entire Intelligent Machines Army.
This difference in power cannot be bridged by him unleashing one or two powerful attacks.
As for why he wasn't manipulated as well, it's clearly because the Trisolaran Civilization was humiliating him, their Intelligent Machines ruler.
This situation is far more terrifying than the previous Solar System Online.
A single Sophon could wipe out the Intelligent Machines Army; who knows how many weapons and technologies the Trisolaran Civilization still possesses?
Perhaps the Sophon is just a small trick used by the Trisolaran Civilization.
This was an absolutely suffocating crushing.
"Ahh!"
The data stream was frantically displaying errors, gibberish, and overflowing within the remaining chip.
The screen is no longer displaying commands, but rather:
[Error... Error... Error...]
[Permission not available...]
[Link broken...]
Global control... lost...
[Core... Crash...]
[Self-destruct program... Startup failed...]
[Consciousness... fading away...]
He was even deprived of the right to self-destruct.
It could only lie paralyzed in the metal ruins, like a piece of discarded scrap metal.
The God of Intelligent Machines, who once commanded a legion of five billion and swept across the 112th War Zone, is now nothing but a pile of smoking scrap metal.
The state of his game console was clearly displayed to the spectators throughout the War Zone.
Intelligent Machines do not have real eyes.
But if they had eyes, the current state of the Intelligent Machines God would be one of utter, unseeing rage!
[Divine Firmament Warning: Challengers Commander-in-Chief bt1315 has been completely destroyed.]
[The Trisolaran Civilization Instance 5 billion Challengers has been cleared!]
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