Arc 26Chapters 626–641
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The Trisolaran Civilization used a two-dimensional Sophon to seize control of the Intelligent Machines Army and rewrite its allegiance. Intelligent Machines God BT1315 was left powerless and destroyed, and the instance declared all five billion Challengers wiped out.
Divine Firmament ended the Instance after Lin Ye’s Sophon attack left the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s forces dead or mindless. The Instance’s all-zero settlement penalized the civilization ten million Star Yuan and ranked the Trisolaran Civilization among the top two open Instances.
Lin Ye’s Trisolaran Civilization crushed the Intelligent Machines Civilization, earning Azure ten million Star Yuan and the enemy’s complete technological data. Azure rose to fifth in War Zone 112, and Lin Ye prepared to draw the Demon Pet Civilization into challenging his Instance.
Lin Ye explained higher dimensions and dimensional weapons to the District Heads, urging them to consider such weapons in future Instance designs. He ended by naming the Dual-Vector Foil as the simplest dimensional weapon, capable of compressing three dimensions into two.
Lin Ye explained dimensional technology and the threat of dimensional weapons to the District Heads, then reassured them that Azure Civilization had time to develop. With his Instance ending, he planned to publish the District Heads’ Instances and use them to earn Star Yuan toward advancing to a new War Zone.
Lin Ye reviewed the Azure Civilization leaders’ upgraded Instances and prepared them for the Universe Arena, while planning the civilization’s future forces. He then fed the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s data to Alice, whose evolution made her a new Intelligent Machines God of the Azure Civilization.
Lin Ye saw Alice gain a hundredfold increase in computing power after absorbing the Intelligent Machines God's legacy, along with a new skill, Infinite Overload. He planned to build toward Galaxy Online and a higher Civilization Sequence, while Alice vowed to become the God of Intelligent Machines across the Universe.
Lin Ye told Alice to expand Creation Space into a vast universe by incorporating the District Heads’ Instance data, then laid out a dimensional technology research program. The chapter left Alice beginning work on the ambitious project, with Lin Ye urging her to advance gradually toward Pseudo-Dimensional Weapons for the next Civilization Sequence.
After Alice learned Lin Ye’s technology plan, he decided his existing Instances needed no further strengthening and submitted the District Heads’ Instances for review. When other Civilization Guides avoided challenging his Trisolaran Civilization Instance, Lin Ye provoked them in the public chat.
Lin Ye provoked the civilizations in War Zone 112 until the Demon Pet Civilization challenged his Trisolaran Civilization Instance. While waiting for the match to open, he assigned several noisy civilizations to newly approved Instances designed by Azure Civilization District Heads.
The Demon Pet Civilization assembled a five-billion-strong legion to fight the Trisolaran Civilization and kill Lin Ye. The Demon Mountain Envoy addressed the assembled forces, warning them not to share the fate of the Intelligent Machines Civilization.
The Crimson General assured Demon Mountain that the Demon Pet Civilization could defeat the Trisolaran Civilization, arguing that the Sophon posed little threat to their living forces. Demon Mountain warned him not to underestimate the enemy but ended by urging him to conquer the Instance and bring their civilization closer to ascending the Civilization Sequence.
Lin Ye watched the District Heads’ instances and was impressed when Katerina’s guerrilla tactics won her Battleship Civilization instance. After celebrating her victory, he invited her to a private lesson and began teaching her how to design a Curvature Spaceship.
Lin Ye explained Curvature Technology and Curvature Spaceships to Katerina, hoping to inspire her shipbuilding research. Katerina began to grasp the idea of traveling by bending space, and the chapter left her with new ideas taking root.
Lin Ye explained how Curvature Propulsion creates permanent wakes that can slow light and form Black Domains, prompting Katerina to reject isolation and pledge to stand with him. After Azure Civilization won all six Instances and gained Star Yuan and several technologies, Lin Ye prepared for his upcoming Trisolaran Civilization Instance.
Lin Ye gathered the District Heads before the Trisolaran Civilization Instance opened, cautioning them to develop steadily and promising to choose weaker opponents for them. As the countdown began, he encouraged Ivan to study the Demon Pet Civilization, while Long Yuan questioned whether its limited technology could make it resistant to the Trisolaran Sophons.