Recaps

Humanity transformed Dawn Star, developed antimatter technology, and began building a Dyson Sphere while Lü Yongchang’s team investigated the Two-Dimensional Core. Their experiments released [Hua], whose attempt to use Human Civilization in its plan failed, prompting [Thread] and [Time] to head for the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Qi Mengshu and her companions found jobs in City One as Zero monitored their integration, while Lü Yongchang reshaped Light Satellite One into a Planetary Fortress and Ring-Moon Particle Accelerator.
• Lü Yongchang’s researchers produced and captured antihydrogen, confirmed that it fell under gravity, and conducted a controlled matter-antimatter annihilation experiment.
• Lü Yongchang developed Phoenix One and proposed using a Dyson Cloud around Gliese 555 to power large-scale antimatter production, while Dawn Star’s environmental transformation was completed and citizens went outside for the first time.
• Wang Mingyuan awoke after 225 years, adapted to life in the Federation, and contributed a proposal for constructing the first Dyson Ring as humanity tested its Antimatter Engine and developed new weapons.
• Lü Yongchang and Fang Xu moved the Two-Dimensional Core to Ice Giant for study, where a gray strip escaped the containment device and [Hua] contacted humanity.
• Lü Yongchang ordered an attack on the Dimensional Strike Ship, weakening the Gravity Shield and exposing the Core, while [Hua] infiltrated the Superluminal Communication Hub and then the Central Computer.
• Zero’s Core Self-Defense Program drove [Hua]’s data away and eliminated the threat, while Lü Yongchang ordered Federation computer systems disconnected and rebooted.
• [Time] told [Thread] that [Hua]’s plan had failed and that its death was connected to Human Civilization, so [Thread] and [Time] decided to meet at the intergalactic bridge and visit the Milky Way Galaxy.

Humanity fled Dawn Star after [Hua] drew the attention of advanced civilizations, then destroyed a Cleaners Civilization probe and faced the Bosa fleet at Gliese 555. The Bosa’s Curvature-launched Gravity Bombs devastated the human fleets, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lü Yongchang resumed the Migration Plan, restarted research on the Two-Dimensional Fragments, and pursued a way to find gravitons and develop curvature navigation.
• A Spherical Probe entered Gliese 555, captured a Two-Dimensional Fragment, and pressed toward Dawn Star, so Lü Yongchang’s forces destroyed it with a positron weapon built from 150 Battering Rams.
• Sweeper 9527 learned of the probe’s destruction and sent three Alpha-Type Warships toward Gliese 555 while ordering the Bosa Civilization to delay humanity.
• After five years of repairs and preparation, Lü Yongchang awakened the fleet to meet the arriving Bosa, who demanded humanity’s surrender in the name of their Lord.
• Zhao Zijie led the human fleet through exchanges of antimatter fire, Plasma Bombs, and Ball Lightning drones, while the Bosa used Gravity Bombs to clear a path through the defenses.
• The fleets clashed near the Ice Giant Orbital Track, where human Golden Crow Battleships resisted the Bosa assault and then charged with drone swarms and plasma rams.
• The Bosa launched Curvature Bombs that detonated among the Golden Crow battleships, and Lü Yongchang learned that 623 human warships had been destroyed.

Humanity defeated the Bosa fleet at Dawn Star but faced the threat of the Cleaners and Gardener civilizations. Lü Yongchang and the Human Federation turned to the Tailed-Off Plan, whose scope expanded to Proxima b, where events took an unexpected turn.

• Lü Yongchang’s Gravity Buoys helped the Human Fleet evade Curvature Bombs, and humanity used shield-infiltration tactics and Battering Rams to fight the Bosa fleet.
• Andrew and Meng Shan sacrificed their Golden Crow battleships to protect the Antimatter Transport Ship, while Light Satellite One’s Planetary Fortress destroyed much of the Bosa fleet.
• Lü Yongchang deployed Two-Dimensional Fragments to destroy the Bosa flagships, then concluded that their use would draw the Cleaners Civilization’s attention.
• Lü Yongchang proposed the Tailed-Off Plan, sacrificing part of humanity to make the advanced civilizations believe the rest had perished, and the Academy of Sciences and Parliament approved it.
• Xia Mingda woke in 2505 and learned about humanity’s journey and the plan, while a narrator who had lost both children chose to participate alongside millions of volunteers.
• Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing agreed to move the Tailed-Off Plan from Dawn Star to Proxima b and alter its population and age distribution.
• Ren Feng told Lü Yongchang that Proxima b’s residents would be forced into cryosleep, but Zero reported that the connection to Proxima Centauri’s Central Computer had been physically severed.

Humanity carried out the Tailed-Off Plan at Proxima b, escaping the destruction that followed and later finding evidence of a devastating war among advanced civilizations. At a black hole, Lü Yongchang’s fleet discovered the Lost Star and prepared an armed landing expedition to investigate its strange life and gather materials for starship shielding.

• After the final ballot, Lü Yongchang sent the [Home Ship] to Proxima b, where Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing were cleared of their charges and the [Tailed-Off Plan] later reduced the planet and nearby ships to two dimensions.
• [Time] and [Thread] discovered the two-dimensional image of Human Civilization, while Sweeper 9527 confirmed its destruction and the Gardener Faction and Cleaners Civilization fought over the image.
• Lü Yongchang traced a long conflict through gravitational waves, then directed the fleet to rebuild its antimatter facilities at Gliese 3929 before traveling to a black hole.
• Lü Yongchang sent probes into the black hole’s accretion disk and discovered Lost Star, a habitable world beneath enormous trees that shielded the ground from radiation.
• Lü Yongchang’s team found that Lost Star’s leaves, bark, and fungi could repair themselves under radiation, while probes also detected camouflaged giant insects and signs that the forest had been artificially planted.
• Zhu Ziwen presented the Second-Generation Exoskeleton Armor and received permission to join the Lost Star expedition, while Xia Zhou learned that the Tailed-Off Plan had helped humanity survive the war near Proxima Centauri.
• Zhu Ziwen briefed the explorers on Lost Star’s giant trees and concealed insects, then joined Xia Zhou’s squad for the landing mission.
• A week later, Black Lady Two craft carrying supplies set out for Lost Star as drones prepared a landing site, and Zhu Ziwen agreed to obey Xia Zhou’s orders.