Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye showed the District Heads his vast Solar System Online Instance, leaving them stunned by its scale and power. He explained that they could eventually create similar Instances by studying the Earth Online data and building them step by step.

• George and Arthur trembled at the scale of Lin Ye's Instance, and Lin Ye reassured them that they were on the same side and had nothing to fear.
• Long Yuan and Fulangche praised Lin Ye's Instance and its weapons, while Long Yuan struggled to comprehend how far it surpassed their own designs.
• Xi'er celebrated the slaughter of the Green Vine people and told Lin Ye she wanted to see them suffer longer.
• Lin Ye told the District Heads that his galaxy-sized Instance was built from planets and urged them to study the Earth Online data and begin producing their own designs through fission.

Lin Ye ordered the District Heads to create Instances quickly so Azure Civilization could fill its remaining Arena slots and advance. After Azure Civilization climbed to twentieth place, he decided to delay opening Trisolaran Civilization until Solar System Online had revealed more of its progress, so other civilizations would still challenge his Instances.

• Lin Ye told the District Heads to stay at Federation Tower, complete their Instances within a week, and wait for his assessment before deploying them in the Universe Arena.
• The District Heads agreed to focus on designing their Instances and left district affairs to their subordinates.
• Lin Ye apologized to Katerina for not using her Queen in the recent Instance and promised she would appear in a future one; Katerina thanked him and left to rest.
• Lin Ye saw that Azure Civilization had reached twentieth place with 1.6 million Star Yuan after its victory.
• Lin Ye decided to open Solar System Online several more times and reveal half its progress before launching Trisolaran Civilization, so rival civilizations would remain willing to challenge his Instances.

Lin Ye saw the Azure Civilization’s Instance records and ignored their rewards, then greeted the other Civilization Guides in the public chat. As Guides privately sought peace or cooperation, a message from Black Crow caught his attention.

• Lin Ye saw the Azure Civilization’s records in several Universe Arena Instance rankings and judged their exemption rewards useless for his plans.
• Civilization Guides discussed the Azure Civilization’s strength in the War Zone 112 public chat, and Lin Ye invited everyone to challenge his Instance.
• Parute privately apologized on behalf of the Green Vine Civilization and begged Lin Ye to spare it.
• Other Civilization Guides privately sought peaceful relations with Lin Ye, while Black Crow offered cooperation on behalf of the Crow Civilization.

Lin Ye dismissed Black Crow’s proposed alliance and returned to his Creation Space, where he assigned Alice new projects for expanding his Instances. He also ordered her to display Coward Kaza as a warning to future challengers.

• Black Crow offered Lin Ye an alliance and shared information about the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s Core Storm Instance, but Lin Ye suspected he was being lured into a dangerous challenge.
• Lin Ye told Black Crow he would consider the alliance, then decided to avoid challenging other civilizations’ Instances for now.
• Lin Ye returned to the Creation Space, where Alice reported building more Star Destroyers, adding Droplets, and improving the star system’s planets and military bases.
• Lin Ye asked Alice to recreate Insect Star and Plant Planet on asteroids using the giant insect Leviathan’s genes and technology plundered from the Green Vine Civilization.
• Lin Ye ordered Alice to imprison Coward Kaza outside the Forbidden City’s Meridian Gate as a warning to anyone who challenged his Instance.

Lin Ye reclaimed Kaza and agreed to Alice’s plan to imprison him as a perpetually suffering NPC. He then asked Divine Firmament how to exceed the one-million-Star-Yuan reward limit and learned that proving his Instance and civilization were far above War Zone 112’s level could change the rule.

• Lin Ye considered Kaza’s usefulness as a source of Species Modification Technology and as a public warning against betrayal.
• Alice proposed locking Kaza in a cage outside the Forbidden City and giving him an updating memory so he would suffer indefinitely, and Lin Ye approved.
• Lin Ye inspected Creation Space, left it, and asked Divine Firmament how to break the one-million-Star-Yuan-per-Instance limit.
• Divine Firmament explained that civilizations with strength and potential far beyond their assigned War Zone could earn an adjustment by proving their Instances exceeded the War Zone’s level.
• Lin Ye recognized the system as a hidden-rating mechanism and asked Divine Firmament how to prove his Instance was far stronger than the War Zone average.

Lin Ye raised the Solar System Online Instance’s population to one billion and its reward or penalty to the five-million-Star-Yuan limit, accepting the risk that failure would destroy the Azure Civilization. The updated Instance was released to the Universe Arena, where its unprecedented scale shocked all one hundred civilizations.

• Lin Ye decided to set the next Solar System Online Instance’s Challenger population to one billion, and Divine Firmament warned that this exceeded the Arena’s limit by ten times before accepting his command.
• Lin Ye asked for the maximum possible reward or penalty and learned that he could set it to five million Star Yuan per run, with failure risking the Azure Civilization’s annihilation.
• Lin Ye accepted the danger, ordered the updated Instance released, and Divine Firmament announced it to the Arena’s one hundred civilizations.
• The announcement said civilizations could sign up within twelve hours to challenge the Instance, after which Divine Firmament would select one at random.
• Civilizations across the Arena reacted with shock, and many considered Lin Ye’s one-billion-Challenger design reckless.

The Intelligent Machines God BT1315 assessed Lin Ye’s Solar System Online Instance and decided that its expanded player limit made it a chance for the Intelligent Machines Civilization to advance. He ordered his creations to prepare for battle and announced that he would submit a challenge application.

• The Intelligent Machines God BT1315 received his creations’ reports about Lin Ye and the Solar System Online Instance.
• BT1315 concluded that the Instance was powerful but believed Lin Ye had made a fatal mistake by raising its player limit to one billion.
• BT1315 reasoned that the large population and high rewards could let the Intelligent Machines Civilization overwhelm the Instance and advance.
• BT1315 said the Demon Pet Civilization was also likely seeking to challenge the Instance and ordered his creations to update their data and prepare for battle.
• BT1315 announced that he would submit an Instance challenge application.

Lin Ye chose the Intelligent Machines Civilization as the next challenger for Solar System Online, eager to test the strongest civilization in War Zone 112. The announcement shocked the Universe Arena and fueled Azure Star’s fervent worship of him as the dungeon’s next battle approached.

• After Divine Firmament reported 52 applicant civilizations, Lin Ye read the public chat and saw the Intelligent Machines and Demon Pet civilizations insulting him and demanding a challenge.
• Lin Ye judged the Crow Civilization too dangerous to challenge for now and selected the Intelligent Machines Civilization.
• Divine Firmament announced the Intelligent Machines Civilization would challenge Solar System Online in 12 hours, broadcasting the news throughout the Universe Arena.
• More than a million believers gathered outside God Ye Grand Cathedral and celebrated Lin Ye’s decision to challenge the strongest civilization.
• Archbishop Brahma urged the believers to rest and prepare to cheer Lin Ye when the dungeon opened.

Lin Ye prepared the District Heads to watch the next Solar System Online Instance, assuring them that its previous 0.05% completion rate had barely revealed its power. As the countdown began, the believers and spectators gathered to watch him challenge the Intelligent Machines Civilization.

• Lin Ye convened the District Heads and told them to study Instances while they waited for the livestream.
• Long Yuan questioned Lin Ye's decision to raise the Azure Civilization's population to a billion and challenge the War Zone's top-ranked Intelligent Machines Civilization.
• Lin Ye said Solar System Online had shown only 0.05% of its content and claimed the Intelligent Machines Civilization could be destroyed with a flick of the fingers.
• Lin Ye assigned the District Heads to watch with questions and prepare a reasonable question about Instance design afterward.
• The Solar System Online livestream room opened, and God Ye Church followers flooded it with messages of support.
• Divine Firmament announced that Lin Ye's Instance would open in three minutes, and the countdown began.

The Intelligent Machines Civilization entered the Stellar-level Instance Solar System Online and rapidly turned Trisolaris into a heavily armed mechanical stronghold. The chapter left the spectators witnessing the vast gap between the top-ranked civilization and the Green Vine Civilization.

• Spectators flooded into the Livestream Room and mocked the Azure Civilization for challenging the undefeated Intelligent Machines Civilization.
• The countdown ended, and Divine Firmament began the Stellar-level Instance Solar System Online.
• The livestream revealed that the Intelligent Machines Civilization had already seized control of Trisolaris and begun expanding its military base.
• The Intelligent Machines Army deployed factories, mecha, fortresses, weapons, robots, aircraft, and spaceships across the planet.
• The Intelligent Machines Civilization prepared its defenses and aimed its weapons at the system’s three fixed stars.

The Intelligent Machines Civilization began its Instance on Trisolaris under the command of BT1315, rapidly building a vast mechanical legion and defenses while Divine Firmament explained the star system’s dangerous conditions. Spectators predicted disaster for Lin Ye’s Azure Civilization, but Lin Ye watched the machines’ expansion with growing excitement.

• The chapter described how the Intelligent Machines Civilization could rapidly produce troops and expand under BT1315’s leadership.
• Divine Firmament introduced Trisolaris, the Trisolaran star system, and its dangerous DEBUFFs to the Challengers.
• While Divine Firmament spoke, the Intelligent Machines Civilization built bases, turret arrays, laser towers, and missile silos across the planet.
• Spectators in the Livestream Room warned that the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s growth would overwhelm the Azure Civilization.
• District Heads reacted in alarm as Lin Ye watched the expansion and said the Instance was becoming more interesting.

Lin Ye explained that the Intelligent Machines Civilization planned to turn the Trisolaran star system into a stable, expandable base by destroying two of its three Fixed Stars, potentially enabling an endless assault on the Solar System. As the civilization began its Star-Shattering Strike, Lin Ye remained confident that the map’s limits and Solar System Online’s unrevealed technologies would give him ways to counter it.

• Lin Ye recognized that the Intelligent Machines Civilization had developed a sophisticated strategy: build up its infrastructure in the Trisolaran star system and destroy its Fixed Stars.
• The District Heads realized that destroying two Fixed Stars could remove the star system’s harsh conditions and let the Intelligent Machines Civilization build forces there indefinitely.
• Fulangche and the other District Heads worried that the enemy could launch an unending attack, but Lin Ye told them to watch the battle and learn from the challenge.
• Lin Ye reasoned that the Trisolaran star system had limits on its capacity and that the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s technology was still confined to Level One Civilization capabilities.
• The Intelligent Machines Civilization completed its ultra-long-range turret array and launched a Star-Shattering Strike against the Trisolaran star system’s Fixed Stars.

The Intelligent Machines Civilization launched its Shattered Star Plan to destroy Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B and stabilize the Trisolaran star system. Alpha Centauri A was pulverized, while the strike against Alpha Centauri B remained underway.

• The Intelligent Machines Civilization locked its arrays onto Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B and began the Shattered Star Plan.
• The Intelligent Machines Civilization launched thousands of specialized bombs and missiles, with lasers aimed at both Fixed Stars.
• The first missile arrays reached Alpha Centauri A and struck its surface.
• Core Overpressure Detonation Bombs detonated inside Alpha Centauri A, triggering its core to explode.
• Alpha Centauri A was pulverized, leaving a cloud of debris and an evaporating iron-nickel core.

The Intelligent Machines Civilization destroyed Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, stabilizing Trisolaris in an orbit around Proxima Centauri and changing the Instance’s environment. Divine Firmament announced that the three-body debuffs would end, while viewers reacted to the news.

• The Intelligent Machines Civilization detonated Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, then bombarded incoming meteorites and began reshaping Trisolaris’s climate.
• Trisolaris was captured by Proxima Centauri, forming a stable single-star system.
• Divine Firmament announced that Trisolaris would orbit Proxima Centauri every 125 Fixed Star years and develop stable ecological and climatic conditions.
• Divine Firmament declared that the Chaotic Era, Three Suns in the Sky, and Flying Star at Rest debuffs would cease to function.
• Lin Ye realized that his isolated Instance world made the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s solution possible, and the Livestream Room’s comments erupted after Divine Firmament’s announcement.

The Intelligent Machines Civilization cleared its negative buffs, expanded rapidly across Trisolaris, and began building a fleet of advanced motherships. Azure Star’s viewers defended Lin Ye, but the chapter ended with the Intelligent Machines Motherships launching into space.

• Viewers from other civilizations mocked Lin Ye and predicted that the Intelligent Machines Civilization would overwhelm the Solar System by using the Instance’s unlimited time to build up its forces.
• Lin Ye’s believers on Azure Star defended him, insisting he had anticipated the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s plans.
• The Intelligent Machines Civilization expanded its infrastructure across Trisolaris and began mass-producing spaceships under Intelligent Machines God BT1315’s direction.
• A series of Omega-class Intelligent Machines Motherships lifted off, each built from layered hexagonal honeycomb units.
• The chapter described how the motherships used the Main Brain–Sub-body consensus protocol and Virtual Universe Sandboxes to keep operating and make rapid strategic decisions.

Divine Firmament introduced the Solar System Online mission tiers, rewards, and penalty as the Intelligent Machines Civilization continued expanding its military forces. The extravagant stakes stunned the Intelligent Machines God and briefly halted military expansion across the Trisolaran star system.

• The chapter described the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s rationality, advanced weapons, information-gathering systems, and ability to control other civilizations’ intelligent creations.
• Divine Firmament resumed the Instance introduction and presented the Solar System and its Eight Planets Defense Perimeter.
• Divine Firmament explained that Challengers had to destroy or occupy Earth Online, then the Sun, and finally the entire Solar System, choosing either destruction or occupation for all tiers.
• Divine Firmament announced rewards ranging from 3.5 million to 8 million Star Yuan and a 5 million Star Yuan deduction if all Challengers died.
• The Intelligent Machines God was stunned by the stakes, and military expansion across the Trisolaran star system briefly stopped.

Intelligent Machines God BT1315 and the machines of Trisolaris celebrated the Instance’s rewards, which could grant them eight million Star Yuan and let their civilization ascend. BT1315 then ordered an even faster buildup, determined to complete every task and claim the full reward.

• Intelligent Machines God BT1315 realized the Instance’s rewards and penalties exceeded the Universe Arena War Zone 112 record.
• The machines across Trisolaris stopped working and celebrated the chance to earn enough Star Yuan to ascend.
• BT1315 mocked Lin Ye for risking an eight-million-Star-Yuan penalty when the Azure Civilization held less than two million.
• BT1315 resumed construction across Trisolaris and resolved to pursue every task and secure all eight million Star Yuan.

Divine Firmament announced that the Instance war had begun and warned that the Solar System forces might attack through the portal. Intelligent Machines God BT1315 planned to build an army before invading, while the enormous stakes left the Universe Arena watching in alarm and Lin Ye’s allies fearing defeat.

• Divine Firmament opened the portals between the star systems, declared that the Instance had no time limit, and warned that either side might launch an attack.
• Intelligent Machines God BT1315 dismissed the warning as a normal restriction and planned to lead three billion troops through the portal to attack the Solar System.
• Viewers flooded the livestream with reactions to Lin Ye’s enormous rewards and the risk that failure would destroy the Azure Civilization.
• Lin Ye’s followers on Azure Star feared that one defeat would doom their civilization despite his undefeated record.
• In the Federation Tower conference room, Lin Ye saw the District Heads tense with fear while Xi'er continued smiling.

Lin Ye explained the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s weaknesses to the District Heads as they prepared for the dangerous Instance challenge. He said its dependence on data, central control, and unequal levels of computing power could all be exploited.

• Lin Ye told everyone that he had increased the Instance’s rewards and penalties tenfold to accelerate their progress and build up their civilization’s Star Yuan.
• Long Yuan voiced his trust in Lin Ye but worried about facing the powerful Intelligent Machines Civilization.
• Fulangche asked Lin Ye how he would deal with the rapidly expanding Advanced Civilization if he controlled the Solar System.
• Lin Ye explained that intelligent machines depended heavily on training data and could be crippled by errors or data viruses.
• Lin Ye said the Intelligent Machines Civilization relied on its Intelligent Machines God and that its core could be seized to control the civilization.
• Lin Ye explained that computing power created a vast gap between high-level and low-level intelligent machines, leaving weaker machines unable to resist stronger ones.

Lin Ye explained how the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s strength in artificial intelligence could also make it vulnerable to higher-level systems and specialized Psionics. He left the conference room confident in his analysis but unsure how long the enemy would spend fortifying its Instance.

• Lin Ye told the District Heads that Intelligent Machines could be assimilated by more advanced beings and that the Intelligent Machines Civilization’s strength was also its weakness.
• Lin Ye explained that his Instance’s Psionics, especially the Intelligent Machines School, could counter the enemy’s machines with compatible Brain Waves.
• Lin Ye considered how plundering the enemy’s technology could let Alice’s capabilities grow dramatically.
• The District Heads praised Lin Ye’s analysis and said they now understood the Intelligent Machines Civilization could be defeated.
• Lin Ye told everyone to watch the livestream and complained that the enemy was likely to spend a long time building infrastructure.