Capturing the Intelligent Machines God

The ultimate showdown between the Azure Civilization and the Intelligent Machines Civilization, which captivated the entire 112th War Zone, came to an abrupt end in a way that caught everyone off guard...

This was an outcome no one had anticipated.

Any normal person would think that this Battle would be a long stalemate, just like the one in Solar System Online.

Furthermore, because the Trisolaran Civilization was a mirror Instance, many civilizations thought Lin Ye would lose the Battle before it even began.

Everything turned out to be unexpected.

There was no fierce stalemate, no stunning reversal, and no evenly matched tug-of-war.

From the Intelligent Machines God burning everything to unleash Infinite Storm, to a single Sophon expanding into a higher dimension and suppressing the entire domain.

From the Divine Firmament judgment to the complete crushing of the army, the whole process took only a few minutes.

The once invincible, top-tier Intelligent Machines Civilization dominated the War Zone for millennia has vanished completely.

The Conference Room of the Azure Star Federation Building was deathly silent.

The District Head were all frozen in their seats, as if petrified.

Their eyes were glazed over, and they stood motionless. Every face was filled with utter shock and bewilderment; they couldn't recover from the devastating scenes they had just witnessed in the Instance.

The shock and dazed feeling were even stronger than when the last Solar System Online ended.

A single, invisible proton, by its own power, unfolds from a higher dimension into a thin membrane that envelops the entire planet...

With this single speck of dust, it forcibly manipulated an army of billions of Intelligent Machines, easily crushing the Intelligent Machines God's ultimate attack.

If you didn't witness it firsthand on a live stream, who could believe it was real?

Even in the most absurd and bizarre dreams, one would never imagine things in this direction.

"This..." Long Yuan's lips trembled, his voice so dry he could barely utter a sound.

"This is unbelievable! That Intelligent Machines God burned everything away and unleashed its ultimate attack... yet it couldn't even budge a single Sophon particle!"

"This is a one-hit kill... This is absolutely a one-hit kill!"

This was the first time the group had witnessed a true instant-kill battle since arriving on Azure Star and entering the Instance era.

Since the arrival of the Firmament and the start of the Instance era, no matter how fierce the battlefield or how lopsided the victory or defeat, there has never been such a clean, decisive, and utterly crushing defeat.

Even when Lin Ye was still in the Five Permanent Members era, and was fighting against various gathering places, he had never fought such a desperate and one-sided battle.

It's not that easy to snag a deal in seconds.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows; struggling in the face of death is an instinct for any living creature!

In everyone's understanding, a swift kill only occurs when the difference in strength is so great that they are not even in the same dimension.

Unfortunately, the one that was instantly defeated this time was the Intelligent Machines Civilization, which had recently held the top spot in the 112th War Zone.

This mind-blowing impact left everyone utterly devastated.

"I... I thought Solar System Online was already beyond imagination, that it was Commander Lin's limit..." Fulangche muttered to himself, his face pale.

"But I never expected that Commander Lin could come up with a completely new and entirely different civilization system, and defeat the Intelligent Machines God so easily..."

"It's a power on a completely different level... it's the rule of another world."

"Commander Lin, as a being from the Azure Star people, it's not surprising that you can design the Solar System Online and control the power of Earth Five Permanent Members... But how exactly did you design a Trisolaran Civilization is completely unrelated to us and completely beyond our understanding?"

Long Yuan kept talking to himself, his mind somewhat dazed and delirious.

Of all the people in charge present, he had spent the most time with Lin Ye and had the closest relationship with him.

He was also the person who thought he understood Lin Ye the most. Back when the Great Xia Gathering Place was in danger, he even went so far as to use his precious Absolution Card and thought of sacrificing himself to save Lin Ye's life.

But as he walked this far, he was horrified to discover that he had never truly understood Lin Ye.

Every time he thought he had grasped the full extent of Lin Ye's strength, reality would cruelly tell him otherwise.

What you see is just the tip of the iceberg.

"Elder Long, don't you understand yet?" Xi'er slammed her hand on the table, her eyes bloodshot and burning with fanaticism.

"Commander Lin is a true god! He is a deity descended to earth, specifically to save the Azure and sweep across the Universe!"

"Those so-called civilizations in the War Zone are nothing but crushing and slaughter before God!"

"All the debris blocking the way will be thoroughly cleared away!"

Xi'er was once again swept away by extreme excitement, every nerve in her body throbbing with joy.

It's been too long since I've experienced this exhilarating feeling that rushes from my feet to my head, too long since I've felt this ultimate thrill of dominating the entire journey and looking down on all the mountains.

Especially when he saw the Intelligent Machines God go from being arrogant and invincible to burning everything away, and then to being desperate and collapsing, every cell in his body cheered with satisfaction.

This is a hundred times more satisfying than personally killing millions of people.

"Everyone."

Lin Ye gently swirled the teacup in his hand, and warm steam rose into the air. He casually let out a shallow yawn.

"Quiet down, everyone. Stop getting carried away."

"As I said before, you don't need to get too hung up on the principles and origins of some things in this Instance. With your current level of understanding, forcing yourself to think about them will only lead you astray and into a dead end."

"This won't benefit your subsequent Instance design."

"Let me first tally up the Star Yuan and rewards for this Instance, and then I'll explain my strategy to you."

Lin Ye didn't have the energy to calm the crowd's agitated emotions, because at that moment, the Instance settlement notifications from the Divine Firmament were continuously flooding into his consciousness.

This time, the Azure Civilization made a fortune.

[Dear Civilization Guide, congratulations on your resounding victory in the Trisolaran Civilization Instance! ]

[Upon this Instance, your civilization will receive a reward of 10 million Star Yuan! All funds have been transferred to your Civilization Guide's personal account!]

[Divine Firmament Warning: Due to significant changes in Star Yuan, your civilization's ranking in the Universe Arena has drastically changed. Please check immediately!]

[In this victory, due to your complete domination of the Instance, you were able to directly plunder the core, most advanced technology of the enemy civilization.]

[...]

[After extraction, you have obtained all the underlying data of the Intelligent Machines God BT1315 and extracted its ultimate skill: Infinite Core Storm!]

[The alien civilization technology obtained in the Instance has been automatically added to your personal Creation Space. You can use it at any time in subsequent Instance designs to integrate the Intelligent Machines Civilization technology into your own Instance system.]

[You can modify the Trisolaran Civilization Instance at any time; if you don't modify it, the Instance will automatically reopen after 24 hours!]

[...]

Lin Ye was naturally extremely satisfied with this result.

Almost all the pre-set goals were achieved.

The acquisition of a full ten million Star Yuan in one go propelled the Azure Civilization's wealth to leaps several levels; at the same time, it also conveniently provided the Artificial Intelligence Alice with an incredibly powerful combat upgrade, equivalent to a top-tier DLC enhancement.

But as he watched, Lin Ye raised an eyebrow slightly, sensing that something was amiss...

The gains this time seem to go far beyond just acquiring a skill or a piece of technology.

Because the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and because the Intelligent Machines God burned everything and held nothing back, this Instance crushed almost the entire Intelligent Machines Civilization, stripping it clean from the inside out.

According to the rules set by the Divine Firmament, it is not easy to obtain technology rewards by defending Instance.

But if it's a complete rout, then things are hard to say.

"I've obtained all the data of the Intelligent Machines God BT1315..." Lin Ye's heart stirred slightly as he pondered, "Doesn't that mean that as long as I transmit this data completely to Alice, Alice can directly inherit, or even surpass, the original owner, becoming a higher-level, new generation Intelligent Machines God?"

"In that case, my Creation Space would have direct access to the most advanced Intelligent Machines technology system in the 112th War Zone."

"I could even... possess an Intelligent Machines Army that can infinitely produce, expand, and repair itself."

Thinking of this, Lin Ye couldn't help but shudder.

Compared to the ten million Star Yuan that are publicly available, this unexpected gain is truly priceless!

His original expectation was merely to obtain the ultimate skill of the Intelligent Machines God, Infinite Core Storm. But reality gave him a huge surprise.

He didn't just steal a skill. He directly acquired the entire Intelligent Machines God, including its people, resources, data, system, and the potential of its legions...

They captured everything in one fell swoop.

The Intelligent Machines Civilization is unlike any other civilization.

The Intelligent Machines God is the ruler of a civilization; the entire civilization is derived from its underlying code.

If we could obtain all the data about the Intelligent Machines God's physical body, wouldn't that be equivalent to obtaining the entirety of the Intelligent Machines Civilization?

"Heh, this is really interesting."

"It seems this Instance war is more complex than I thought... There are some hidden mechanics that I haven't yet discovered."

From this perspective, there are many ways to acquire the technological achievements of other civilizations.

The most effective way is to first conquer the opponent's Instance.

Secondly, you can instantly kill the opponent's civilization in your own Instance, which will allow you to acquire a large amount of their technology.

However, such "instant kills" are rare and hard to come by.

When the gap between two civilizations is within Civilization Levels, a swift kill is actually a very rare occurrence.

While their own Trisolaran Civilization Instance was indeed a standard Level Two Civilization Instance, it's important to remember that in the original story, the Trisolaran Civilization failed to annihilate Earth's civilization, which at the time hadn't even reached Level One Civilization status.

Even because of the Dark Forest theory and the stalemate that Earth's civilization has entered...

The reason why the Intelligent Machines Civilization was able to be so badly defeated this time was actually partly due to a combination of chance and coincidence.

Sophon is far too effective at restraining Intelligent Machines Civilization.

After taking stock of these technological gains, Lin Ye directly opened the Light Screen sequence of Star Yuan Points for the War Zone 112.

[NO.1, Demon Pet Civilization, the planet's strongest Instance "Demon Mountain", total civilization Star Yuan points: 32 million Star Yuan!]

[NO2, Crow Civilization, the planet's strongest Instance "Endless Night", total civilization Star Yuan points: 31 million Star Yuan!]

[NO3, Machine God Star Civilization, Planet's Strongest Instance "Core Storm", Total Star Yuan Count: 20 Million Star Yuan!]

[...]

[NO.5. Azure Civilization, the strongest planetary Instance in "Solar System Online" and "Trisolaran Civilization", total Star Yuan: 16.6 million Star Yuan!]

[...]

[Divine Firmament Notice: Congratulations to Azure Civilization for successfully entering the top 5 of War Zone 112, becoming a truly powerful civilization! After entering the top 5 of the War Zone, the Star Yuan Points you can set for Instance will further increase.]

[Special reward: 10 Super Spacefaring Absolution Cards! Combined with previous privilege card rewards, Azure Civilization now has a total of 15 Absolution Cards!]

[Furthermore, once a civilization enters the top five in the War Zone, the speed at which the Civilization Guide operates in the Creation Space when designing Instance will increase exponentially! The overall area of Creation Space will also expand significantly...]

This time, earning ten million Star Yuan was truly a fantastic profit.

Last time they were ranked tenth, but this time they jumped five places in one go.

But this isn't surprising.

The War Zone 112 is inherently a pyramid-shaped power structure.

The top three civilizations were far superior to those that followed.

The Intelligent Machines Civilization was penalized 10 million Star Yuan this time, but it remains in third place.

This shows just how wealthy they are.

However, after two consecutive victories, this Intelligent Machines Civilization had nothing left to extract from.

The Intelligent Machines God bt1315 will probably realize its own shortcomings and will no longer have the courage to provoke the Azure Civilization.

Therefore, the next target for plundering Star Yuan should be the current number one Demon Pet Civilization in the War Zone.

Back then, in the Guide's chat group, this Guide to the Demon Pet Civilization was also quite arrogant.

"One advantage of this Instance is that we'll be exposed less."

"Furthermore, the Divine Firmament hasn't upgraded the Instance's level, keeping it at the Stellar-level- Instance. I believe this Demon Pet Civilization will actively challenge the Trisolaran Civilization Instance."

Lin Ye began to ponder this silently.

His decision to choose the Intelligent Machines Civilization as the first civilization to enter the Instance was part of this plan.

The main rule of the War Zone is Instance, except for the initial instance where you can forcefully choose your opponent, you must strictly adhere to the basic principle that Instance can only enter one instance per day.

He didn't want to expose too much about the Trisolaran Civilization at once, so he chose to fight the most restrained one first.

This way, other civilizations won't be too intimidated to challenge them.

Otherwise, it would be like the Solar System Online Instance, where after the battle between the Green Vine Civilization and the Intelligent Machines Civilization, no one would have the courage to challenge it anymore.

"Alright. Everything is going according to plan."

"Our entanglement with the Intelligent Machines Civilization has come to a complete end."

Lin Ye let out a long sigh and looked at the few District Head still had a bewildered look in their eyes.