Chapter Summaries

The Human Federation revealed that it had 578 subordinate civilizations in the Orion Arm, including 148 Level 4 Civilizations, and left the Milky Way’s leaders baffled by their rapid rise. Lin Zhen helped Lin Fan see how the Federation could expand into the sparsely developed satellite galaxies, and Lin Fan received a system reward for eliminating the insectoids.

• The Human Federation announced its victory over the allied fleets of The Big Three and the capture of Hussein and Moros, then revealed it had 578 subordinate civilizations in the Orion Arm, including 148 Level 4 Civilizations.
• Bert and other Milky Way leaders questioned how the Orion Arm had gained so many advanced civilizations, and the Federation disclosed that many had advanced after becoming its subordinates.
• Lin Fan asked Lin Zhen how the Federation should govern and expand across the Milky Way without eliminating most civilizations.
• Lin Zhen pointed out that the Federation’s twelve administrative regions were satellite galaxies without Star Paths, leaving much of their territory unclaimed.
• The system announced that all insectoid forces invading the Milky Way had been eliminated and rewarded Lin Fan with Zero-Point Energy Manufacturing Technology.

After the Zerg crisis ended, Lin Fan received Zero-Point Energy production technology from the system and returned to the Large Magellanic Administrative Region to oversee its first test. The chapter ended as researchers began extracting Zero-Point Particles from another dimension.

• Lin Fan learned that the last Zerg had been eliminated, completing his main storyline mission and earning Zero-Point Energy production technology.
• Lin Fan found that the system's storage device was obsolete, so he returned to Ode to deliver the technology to Bai Zixuan.
• Lin Fan traveled to an undeveloped star system in the Large Magellanic Administrative Region to witness the first test of the Zero-Point Particle Extraction Device.
• Bai Zixuan's team breached the dimensional barrier and established a passage to another dimension.
• Bai Zixuan ordered the researchers to filter out foreign matter and begin extracting Zero-Point Particles.

Lin Fan and Bai Zixuan oversaw the successful extraction and storage of ten million Zero-Point Energy Crystals, giving humanity a potentially limitless energy supply. Lin Fan promised Bai Zixuan Interstellar Spatial Teleportation Technology within a year, though he privately estimated that unifying the Milky Way would take five to ten years.

• The researchers finished filling ten million Zero-Point Energy storage devices with Zero-Point Particles.
• Bai Zixuan ordered the team to close the dimensional passage, and after the first attempt failed, he had them synchronize three energy sources for another try.
• The Research Ship crew successfully closed the passage and celebrated the creation of ten million Zero-Point Energy Crystals.
• Lin Fan thanked Bai Zixuan, who urged him to hand over any future technology immediately.
• Lin Fan promised to obtain Interstellar Spatial Teleportation Technology soon, and Bai Zixuan gave him a one-year deadline.
• Lin Fan privately reflected that the system required every civilization above Level 3 to become a Federation subsidiary, a goal he estimated would take five to ten years.

Lin Fan hosted Bert aboard the Gonggong as the Human Federation revealed its generous affiliated civilization treaty and disclosed control of the Milky Way’s twelve satellite galaxies. Lin Fan left Bert stunned by revealing that he was Governor of the Human Federation’s Large Magellanic Administrative Region.

• Three months after humanity’s attack on the Capital Sphere, the war against the Level 5 Civilizations continued across the spiral arms.
• Lin Zhen released the Federation’s affiliated civilization treaty, prompting civilizations across the Milky Way to question whether its terms were genuine and how they could join.
• The Federation disclosed that it controlled the Milky Way’s twelve satellite galaxies and had settled more than twenty billion allied warships in the Large Magellanic Administrative Region.
• Lin Fan hosted Bert for a meal aboard the Gonggong, where Bert asked whether the Federation’s recent claims were true.
• Lin Fan asked Bert to guess his official position, then revealed that he was Governor of the Human Federation’s Large Magellanic Administrative Region.

Lin Fan offered Bert two futures for the Vera Federation: become an affiliated civilization of the Human Federation or remain independent in a galaxy assigned to it. Bert requested a year to decide and convened the Vera Federation’s senior officials and military commanders to discuss the choice.

• Lin Fan told Bert that humanity would let the Vera Federation remain independent in a galaxy outside the Milky Way, though it would then be confined to that galaxy and remain a Level 5 Civilization.
• Bert asked for time to consult his civilization, and Lin Fan gave him no more than one year to decide.
• Bert decided that every Federation citizen should participate in choosing the civilization’s future.
• That night, Bert summoned the Vera Federation’s senior officials and high-ranking military commanders to a meeting at the Leader's Residence.
• Bert opened the meeting as attendees suspected its agenda concerned the Human Federation and the Vera Federation’s survival.

Bert persuaded the Vera Federation’s leaders and citizens to favor joining humanity’s camp by warning that former subordinate civilizations might eventually surpass them. He announced that the Federation would hold a referendum in three days on becoming a subordinate civilization of humanity.

• Bert presented Lin Fan’s two options to the Vera Federation’s senior officials, who debated whether to join humanity or remain a Level 5 civilization ruling a galaxy.
• Bert asked whether the Vera people could accept former Level 3 and Level 4 civilizations rising above them, and the officials united behind joining humanity.
• Bert called for a federation-wide referendum and instructed senior officials to help citizens understand the consequences of both options.
• Over the following month, Federation officials publicly analyzed the choices while citizens initially reacted with uncertainty and opposition to becoming humanity’s subordinate civilization.
• Bert addressed the Federation, and citizens across its planets cried that they could not accept former subordinate civilizations surpassing them.
• Bert announced that the Federation would hold a referendum in three days on joining humanity’s camp as its subordinate civilization.

After the Vera Federation voted to join humanity’s subsidiary civilization system, Bert negotiated the Vera Alliance’s relocation from the Milky Way. The alliance’s civilizations signed treaties and were assigned to the Triangulum Galaxy and three of its satellite galaxies.

• Ninety-seven percent of Vera Federation citizens voted to join the Human Federation’s subsidiary civilization system.
• Lin Fan presented Bert with the treaty, which offered Milky Way civilizations a free migration to eligible galaxies while reserving the Milky Way, Andromeda, and twelve satellite galaxies for humanity.
• Bert asked whether the Vera Alliance could migrate together, and Lin Fan agreed; Bert chose the Triangulum Galaxy.
• Bert signed the agreements and returned to the capital planet, saddened that the Vera Federation had become humanity’s subsidiary civilization.
• Over three months, humanity signed treaties with nearly all civilizations under the Vera Alliance, and Bert selected three Triangulum satellite galaxies to accommodate them all.
• Humanity left Level 1-2 civilizations in the Milky Way for now, planning to arrange their relocation only after they reached Level 3.

Lin Fan agreed to take charge of coordinating the other galactic arms, while Lin Zhen confirmed that Bella was pregnant with a girl. As the Vera Alliance and nearly all other Milky Way civilizations joined the Federation, Lin Fan ordered the destruction of the three remaining Level 5 Civilizations, leaving the other civilizations puzzled by the Zero-Point Energy reward.

• Lin Zhen persuaded Lin Fan to handle the other main arms and asked whether he could provide intergalactic Spatial Teleportation Technology.
• Lin Fan assured Lin Zhen that the technology would be secured, and Lin Zhen revealed that Bella was pregnant with a girl.
• At the end of Federation Year 108, the Vera Alliance agreed to become a subsidiary of the Human Federation and relocate its population to the Triangulum Galaxy and its satellite galaxies.
• Within a year, nearly 99% of Milky Way civilizations had signed subsidiary treaties, leaving only three Level 5 Civilizations resisting Federation rule.
• Lin Fan posted a mission for subsidiary Level 4 and Level 5 Civilizations to destroy the Big Three, offering one unit of Zero-Point Energy for every 10,000 Star Systems cleared.
• Bert and the Vera Alliance acted first to pursue the reward, while other civilizations wondered what Zero-Point Energy was.

The Human Federation and its allies finished cleansing the Milky Way of The Big Three, allowing Lin Fan to complete the main quest and obtain interstellar-grade Spatial Teleportation Technology. Humanity then began its long-delayed effort to close the Bug Nest Channel on the First Main Arm.

• The Vera Alliance and civilizations across the other main arms attacked and cleared out former alliance leaders in exchange for Zero-Point Energy, while the Federation retained control over its export crystals.
• In Federation Year 109, the allied forces reduced The Big Three to a few hundred administrative planets, and Lin Fan received the system notification that he had unified the Milky Way.
• Lin Fan celebrated humanity's rise from the brink of extinction to galactic unification, then turned his attention to closing the Bug Nest Channel.
• On Deo, Bai Zixuan's team deployed 1,928 Spatial Resonance Devices around the channel and began calibrating them to disrupt its stability.

A year earlier, Grand Duke Alba learned that Helme had gone to the Milky Way and sent Fermon to bring him into Alba’s clan. As Fermon entered the Milky Way through a Bug Nest Channel, Bai Zixuan activated Spatial Resonance, collapsing the channel and killing Fermon; humanity prepared to move beyond the Milky Way.

• Alba questioned a subordinate about the Milky Way and learned that Helme had gone there several years earlier and had been unreachable for over half a year.
• Alba ordered a Level 3 Queen Bug to find Helme through Socrates’s Bug Nest Channel and offer him a place in Alba’s clan.
• Fermon arrived in Helme’s territory a year later and entered the Bug Nest Channel toward the Milky Way.
• On Deo, Bai Zixuan began full Spatial Resonance after learning another Queen Bug-level lifeform would arrive in a year.
• The Spatial Resonance destabilized the Bug Nest Channel, and Fermon vanished with its collapse.

Marshal Saunders retired as Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Fleet, and Lin Fan was appointed to replace him. Lin Fan then discovered his appointment also made him governor of the Large Magellanic Administrative Region, leaving him questioning whether he could hold both posts.

• Saunders told Lin Zhen and Ed that he wanted to retire and named Lin Fan as his successor.
• Lin Zhen asked Saunders to remain temporarily as a special adviser, and Saunders agreed.
• The Federation announced that Saunders was retiring and Lin Fan would become marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Fleet.
• Lin Fan received an order appointing him both Commander-in-Chief and governor of the Large Magellanic Administrative Region, and questioned whether he could hold both positions.

Bai Zixuan tested the Hyperspace Engine he had reproduced from the captured Dark Star, sending the experimental warship Galaxy toward Hangu Pass. Galaxy arrived in the Milky Way, but the test left its communications link lost as Liang Xingchen and his forces saw the ship appear unexpectedly.

• Lin Fan proposed abolishing the Large Magellanic Administrative Region, relocating its civilizations, and turning the galaxy into a comprehensive military region.
• Milky Way civilizations rushed to build up their forces ahead of the Federation’s intergalactic relocation plan, while the Vera Alliance offered mercenary services.
• Bai Zixuan ordered Galaxy to activate its Hyperspace Engine and travel from the Large Magellanic Cloud to Hangu Pass.
• Galaxy entered hyperspace, and Bai Zixuan’s researchers saw colorful lines outside the ship before its mainframe announced their approach to the target.
• Bai Zixuan discovered that communications with Galaxy had failed as Liang Xingchen’s forces watched the warship suddenly appear at Hangu Pass.

Bai Zixuan’s first-generation Hyperspace Engine successfully brought the Galaxy back to Hangu Pass, and Lin Fan weighed its military advantages against spatial teleportation. A year later, as the Federation’s migration plans advanced, Lin Tian and Lin Yu’s fleet reached the edge of the Andromeda Galaxy and saw its remarkable stellar density.

• Bai Zixuan reestablished communications with the Galaxy after its Hyperspace Engine test, and the ship returned without spatial passage or jump traces.
• Lin Fan received the test report and recognized that Hyperspace Engines could let entire fleets travel without the bottlenecks of Star Gates, while spatial teleportation remained useful for smaller deployments and civilian travel.
• By Federation Year 114, the Federation had established many intergalactic teleportation arrays, and affiliated civilizations were migrating smoothly from the Milky Way.
• Lin Tian gazed at the Andromeda Galaxy and learned that it contained more than a trillion stars across a diameter roughly 1.6 times that of the Milky Way.
• Lin Yu’s galaxy-level fleet reached the edge of Andromeda’s leading spiral arm, where the stellar density already rivaled rich regions of the Milky Way.

Lin Yu’s exploration fleet reached the Andromeda Galaxy’s Haise Star Domain and suddenly appeared in the capital sphere of the Level 4 Brilliant Empire. When the empire challenged the newcomers, Lin Yu identified the fleet as belonging to the Level 6 Human Federation, leaving its commander stunned.

• Lin Yu confirmed that the Andromeda Galaxy had no Star Path and redirected the fleet toward the densely populated M37 region.
• He Tian identified M37 as a likely home to Level 3 or Level 4 Civilizations, and Lin Yu ordered the fleet to travel there.
• The fleet arrived in Adriath, the Brilliant Empire’s capital sphere, during the empire’s anniversary celebration and was surrounded by billions of warships.
• Aibenni contacted the unknown fleet and threatened to treat its arrival as an act of war unless it declared its origin and intentions.
• Lin Yu declared that the fleet belonged to the Level 6 Human Federation, and Aibenni struggled to believe him.

Lin Yu’s Human Federation sought Star Charts and information from the Brilliant Empire, and Aibenni mistook the visitors from the Milky Way for a Level 6 Civilization. Emperor Aimeni chose to turn their arrival into an opportunity by offering unprecedented access and a home system, leaving Aibenni stunned.

• Lin Yu told Aibenni that the Human Federation had come from the Milky Way and wanted information about the Andromeda Galaxy.
• Aibenni agreed to provide Star Charts and invited Lin Yu to the Brilliant Empire’s anniversary celebration.
• Aimeni asked Aibenni whether the visitors were a Level 6 Civilization, and Aibenni confirmed they were vastly more powerful than the Brilliant Empire.
• Aimeni ordered Aibenni to give the Human Federation full access to the Brilliant Empire’s database.
• Aimeni also ordered a prosperous Star System cleared and given to the Human Federation as a base, shocking Aibenni.

Aimeni told Aibenni that the Brilliant Empire could no longer afford its next tribute to the Purple Cloud Empire and urged him to seek protection from the Human Federation. After Lin Yu arrived on the capital planet, he revealed that the Federation ruled nearly forty galaxies and never demanded tribute, leaving Aibenni stunned.

• Aimeni explained that the Brilliant Empire’s reserves were exhausted and it could not pay the tribute due in seven years.
• Aimeni proposed that the empire discreetly learn the Human Federation’s policies and possibly become its subordinate civilization.
• Three hours later, Lin Yu and his group arrived at the Brilliant Empire’s capital planet with Aibenni accompanying them.
• Lin Yu told Aibenni that the Federation and its subordinate civilizations ruled nearly forty galaxies.
• Aibenni asked whether the Federation collected tribute, and Lin Yu replied that it never demanded tribute.

Aibenni eagerly sought to make the Brilliant Empire a subsidiary civilization of the Human Federation after learning about its policies and support. The Federation began assessing the empire’s potential, and the team’s findings left Aibenni questioning his civilization’s standing.

• Lin Yu explained that the Federation collected no tribute from subsidiary civilizations and supported their development through contribution points.
• Aibenni asked to apply for the Brilliant Empire to become a subsidiary civilization, and Lin Yu agreed to arrange a potential assessment.
• Lin Yu returned to his warship and sent an assessment team led by Benjamin to the Brilliant Empire’s imperial planet.
• Emperor Aimeni ordered the Brilliant Empire to cooperate fully, and Aibenni granted the assessment team access to its civilization database.
• The assessment team criticized the empire’s slow technological progress, leaving Aibenni stunned by the findings.

Benjamin discovered records showing that the Purple Cloud Empire had conquered the Andromeda Galaxy with a Neutron Battle Star and asked Aibenni to verify them. Aibenni confirmed the records and began recounting the battle he had fought in five thousand years earlier.

• Benjamin found records stating that the Purple Cloud Empire had conquered the Andromeda Galaxy using a Neutron Battle Star.
• Benjamin called Aibenni over and asked whether the records were true.
• Aibenni confirmed the records and said he had fought against the Purple Cloud Empire during its campaign against the Haise Star Domain.
• Benjamin asked Aibenni to describe the battle, and Aibenni began by explaining that he had been a medium-sized fleet commander.

Aibenni recounted how the Purple Cloud Empire used a Neutron Battle Star to annihilate the Brilliant Empire’s fleet, and Benjamin concluded that it came from a civilization more advanced than Level 6. Lin Yu gathered the Federation’s scientists aboard the Pangu to find a way to deal with it, and one researcher announced she had a bold idea.

• Aibenni described how the Neutron Battle Star destroyed more than half of the Haise Star Domain’s 200 billion warships in one day while the Purple Cloud Empire suffered no losses.
• Benjamin told Aibenni that even a Level 6 Civilization could not manufacture a Neutron Battle Star and suggested the Purple Cloud Empire had found an Advanced Civilization’s legacy.
• Aibenni resolved that the Brilliant Empire must become an affiliated civilization of the Human Federation to have a chance of surviving.
• Benjamin reported the account to Lin Yu, who summoned the heads of the scientific teams aboard the Pangu to discuss the weapon.
• After the researchers struggled to propose a solution, a female researcher told Lin Yu that she had a bold idea.

Li Lizhi proposed creating a black hole to destroy the Neutron Battle Star, and Lin Yu agreed to submit her plan to Bai Zixuan for review. Three days after Lin Yu forwarded her incomprehensible proposal, Bai Zixuan approved it as feasible, allowing the plan to proceed.

• Li Lizhi announced a bold idea for dealing with the Neutron Battle Star.
• Li Lizhi proposed adding enough mass to the Neutron Battle Star to push it past its Critical Point and turn it into a black hole.
• Lin Yu asked Li Lizhi to submit a detailed plan for Bai Zixuan to review before he approved it.
• Li Lizhi sent Lin Yu her written proposal the next day, and he forwarded it to the Science Department because he could not understand most of it.
• Bai Zixuan replied three days later that Li Lizhi's plan was feasible and could proceed.