Azure Star

Biodata

Civilization Progression

Geography and Environment

• Azure Star is approximately two-thirds ocean and one-third land 485.
• A Dome once concealed the real sky, limiting its inhabitants’ ability to observe the universe 368 369.
• After Lin Ye defeated the Firmament, sunlight and a blue sky became visible on the planet 430.
• The Dome had disappeared by the time Azure Star reached War Zone 112, although announcements about its Instances remained visible in the sky 506.

Society and Settlements

Azure Star’s people historically organized themselves into Settlements, groups comparable to nations. Settlements could disappear as members migrated or were erased, and the planet had little historical or cultural continuity 195 208.

• Great Xia — Lin Ye’s Settlement and home to figures including Long Yuan and Ding Chang 10 198.
• Dahe — Led by an Emperor; it suffered severe losses after challenging Raging Waves 48 82.
• Nirmaner — A powerful Settlement led by Xi’er, with several highly ranked challengers 133 189.
• Gaul — Home to the powerful Bonaparte Family and its commander, Fulangche 232.
• India — The only Settlement described as having a religious congregation before Azure Star’s advancement. Its people worshipped Brahma, a title held by its commander 229.
• Libya — Kaza led two million challengers from the Settlement into the Tree Spirit Abyss 451.

After Azure Star entered the interplanetary arena, its people could no longer use Instances against one another. Lin Ye placed regional leaders in charge of portions of the planet and shared technology to help them prepare for outside rivals 431 438.

The Instance System

Under the Firmament

The Firmament controlled Azure Star while it was subordinate to Kazi Star. It prohibited real-world warfare and deliberate harm, but Settlements could use Instances to fight and plunder resources from one another 189 195 432.

• Challengers and Designers: Clearing Instances earned points. At 100 points, a challenger could advance to LV1 and gain authority to create Instances 1.
• Age restriction: Children under eighteen could neither enter nor design dungeons 85.
• Amnesty days: The Yuan Festival and Birth Festival were fixed days when Instances did not open. The Firmament could also grant additional amnesty days 48 126.
• Technology: Weapons were a central source of competitive strength in Instances. Azure Star had not invented the aircraft carrier when Lin Ye introduced one in his designs 21 30.

Under Divine Firmament

After Azure Star advanced, Divine Firmament became its Instance administrator and appointed Lin Ye its exclusive Civilization Guide 430 431.

• Interplanetary showdowns: Azure Star challengers could enter other civilizations’ Instances, while its Designers’ Instances could draw challengers from other planets 431.
• Newcomer protection: Ordinary inhabitants received one month of exemption from being selected for other civilizations’ Instances; Lin Ye received two months. Voluntary challenges remained possible 432.
• Currency: In the Universe Arena, Azure Star’s points converted to Star Yuan at a rate of 100 million points per Star Yuan. Its initial total was approximately 600,000 Star Yuan 434.
• Population threshold: Divine Firmament reported a Population Red Line of three billion; falling below it would return the civilization to the Primitive Civilization War Zone 469.

Technology and Infrastructure

Early in the story, Lin Ye judged Azure Star’s military understanding to be roughly comparable to World War I-era technology from his previous life. Advanced weapons could be created in Creation Space without the ordinary real-world constraints of production 1 53.

Following Azure Star’s advancement, Divine Firmament’s Civilization Replenishment reward brought its infrastructure in line with its strongest dungeon. Futuristic buildings, aircraft, maglev trains and an operational Space Elevator appeared across the planet 431.

History

Settlement rivalries and Lin Ye’s rise

Lin Ye’s Purgatory-level Raging Waves drew worldwide attention when Dahe’s Emperor assembled a million-person expedition to challenge it. The Instance closed without a clear and recorded 200,000 eliminations; Dahe subsequently lost elite members and fell in the rankings 48 76 82.

Rivalry intensified around Lin Ye’s later Instances. Eight Settlements publicly campaigned against him and Great Xia, but public opinion shifted after his victories. The Firmament eventually recognized him as Azure Star’s strongest person 195 287 352.

Challenge to the Firmament

Lin Ye chose to challenge the Firmament despite warnings that failure would erase him and harm Azure Star. All of the planet’s people entered the resulting showdown as spectators, watching Heart of the Swarm face Earth Online: Interstellar Age 372 375.

Lin Ye won, freeing Azure Star from Kazi Star’s control. The Firmament entered self-destruct mode, and Azure Star advanced to the Level One civilization tier 430.

Interplanetary competition

Kaza’s early challenge to the Green Vine Civilization’s Tree Spirit Abyss ended disastrously. Azure Star lost 15 Star Yuan, received a population warning and had some information exposed; Lin Ye judged that Kaza knew little of his newer technology 451 469.

Lin Ye later used Solar System Online against outside civilizations, including the Intelligent Machines Civilization. Azure Civilization rose to tenth place in War Zone 112 with 6.6 million Star Yuan, then to fifth with 16.6 million 600 601 628.

Azure Star’s other Designers also began winning interplanetary showdowns. Six victories brought its total to 17.3 million Star Yuan and yielded technologies for its Designers 640.