Chapter Summaries

Lü Yongchang ordered the Human Fleet to spend five years repairing and preparing before traveling to an unknown star system, despite the danger posed by the Cleaners Civilization. Meanwhile, the four-dimensional being [Shi] and [Thread] headed toward Andromeda before continuing to the Milky Way, as a Spherical Probe sent messages after them.

• Fang Xu urged Lü Yongchang to depart immediately, but Lü Yongchang explained that the fleet could not safely skip five years of repairs and preparation.
• Lü Yongchang ordered everyone into cryosleep and directed Zero to lead the fleet to its target star system in five years.
• On the intergalactic bridge, [Shi] told [Thread] that an abnormal two-dimensionalization phenomenon had occurred at coordinates provided by [Hua], possibly drawing the Cleaners Civilization to a low-level civilization.
• [Shi] opened a route to the Andromeda Galaxy so they could replenish their energy before traveling to the Milky Way, and [Thread] followed.
• A Spherical Probe appeared on the intergalactic bridge and transmitted messages toward the Andromeda Galaxy.

Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing concluded that Proxima b had almost no hope of survival, and Ren Feng formed a new plan. Two years later, the Bosa Civilization arrived at Gliese 555, and the Human Fleet began awakening in response to the unknown fleet.

• The Human Federation Fleet's Academy of Sciences told Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing that the fleet would enter cryosleep and flee Gliese 555 five years later.
• Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing discussed Proxima b's lack of resources and agreed that its chances of survival were almost nonexistent.
• Ren Feng told Zhang Zhengqing that he had an idea.
• In Earth calendar year 2505, the Human Fleet's ships and facilities remained largely automated and on alert around Gliese 555.
• A Bosa fleet arrived 0.1 light-years from Gliese 555, and its commander ordered the fleet to advance at full speed.
• Earth detected an unknown fleet, raised a Level I Alert, and initiated the Awakening Program.

Lü Yongchang and the Earth Command Center detected an approaching alien fleet, prepared to attack, and then accepted its video communication request. The chapter ended as the alien speaker interrupted Lü Yongchang with a shrill sound and frantic gestures.

• Lü Yongchang saw the alien fleet near the Gliese 555 Stellar System and noted that its ellipsoid ships resembled an inferior copy of a Cleaners Civilization probe.
• Zero reported that the probe had been attacked, so Zhao Zijie ordered the human forces to prepare their antimatter electromagnetic cannons.
• Zero informed the Command Center that the aliens had sent a video communication request, and Lü Yongchang ordered it connected.
• Lü Yongchang and the others saw the aliens, which looked like long, slender stick insects, and reacted with horror to their appearance and piercing voices.
• Lü Yongchang introduced Earth's Human Community of Shared Destiny, but the central alien interrupted with shrill sounds and rapid gestures.

Lü Yongchang identified the Bosa Civilization’s Lord as possibly the Cleaners Civilization, then ordered Human Civilization to attack when the Bosa refused to surrender. The fleets began exchanging electromagnetic-cannon fire, and Zhao Zijie prepared to sustain the battle using Human Civilization’s extensive system-wide production.

• Zero translated the Bosa Civilization’s demand for surrender and explained that their Lord was the deity who had given them life and technology.
• Lü Yongchang asked whether the Bosa’s Lord was the Cleaners Civilization, provoking the Bosa to end the call and forfeit their surrender offer.
• Lü Yongchang ordered Zhao Zijie to open fire, beginning the battle with electromagnetic cannons.
• The Bosa Commander initially underestimated Human Civilization’s attack, then discovered that its shells contained antimatter and ordered his fleet to intercept them.
• Zhao Zijie used exploding antimatter shells to scatter the Bosa projectiles and ordered continued fire as Human Civilization’s factories and supply lines supported the fight.

The Human Fleet began the Infiltration Plan to analyze and crack the Bosa Fleet’s shields, while Lü Yongchang and Zhao Zijie considered the danger of a possible Cleaner attack. The chapter ended with Zhao Zijie proposing that the Bosa Fleet’s antimatter supply could solve humanity’s energy shortage.

• The Bosa Commander ordered laser interception, activated two types of shields, and told the fleet to prepare for impact and continue advancing.
• Zhao Zijie launched the Infiltration Plan, using electromagnetic cannon impacts to collect shield data for Zero to analyze and exploit.
• Zero determined that 40% of the Bosa Fleet used composite magnetic-field and gravity shields, while the rest used magnetic-field shields alone.
• Lü Yongchang concluded that the Bosa Civilization had only recently advanced to level five and worried that the Cleaners Civilization had sent the fleet to buy time.
• Zhao Zijie suggested that the Bosa Fleet carried plenty of antimatter energy, lifting Lü Yongchang’s spirits.

Human Civilization analyzed the Bosa Fleet’s magnetic field shields and used probes to exhaust them while the Bosa ships advanced toward Gliese 555. As the enemy reached the designated area, Zhao Zijie ordered the launch of Ball Lightning, leaving the battle poised for a new Saturation Strike.

• Zero completed its analysis of the Bosa magnetic field shields, and Lü Yongchang ordered the Electromagnetic Cannon Infiltration Program held until the fleets were closer.
• Zhao Zijie ordered probes carrying Plasma Bombs deployed across the Gliese 555 Stellar System and called for faster probe and drone production.
• The Bosa Fleet entered the stellar system and struggled to destroy the probes, whose Plasma Bomb attacks threatened to overload the small warships’ magnetic field shields.
• The Bosa Commander changed the fleet’s formation so warships could take turns absorbing attacks while the Magnetic Field Shield Generators cooled.
• Zhao Zijie ordered all units to prepare to release Ball Lightning, and a vast swarm of plasma-wreathed drone missiles poured from the spaceport docks.

The Bosa Fleet used Gravity Bombs to destroy large sections of the Human [Ball Lightning] swarm and open a path through the attack. Aboard the [Earth], the crew watched the drone swarm rapidly dwindle as the Bosa Fleet advanced.

• The Bosa Commander ordered the fleet into a layered spherical defensive formation as more than seventy million [Ball Lightning] drones approached.
• The drones overwhelmed some outer ships’ magnetic field shields, prompting the Bosa Commander to order the Gravity Bombs launched.
• The Bosa flagship and secondary flagship fired several Gravity Bombs into the swarm.
• The bombs’ gravitational detonations pulled in nearby drones and left spherical zones of wreckage and empty space.
• The Bosa Commander ordered the fleet to advance at full speed through the newly opened route.
• Aboard the [Earth], alarms reported an unidentified attack on the [Ball Lightning] swarm, whose blue markers rapidly dwindled on the star map.

Lü Yongchang identified the Bosa Civilization’s new weapon as one that created a Micro Black Hole, then prepared the Human Fleet for a head-on battle. Though the Bosa Fleet inflicted losses, Human ships’ coordinated defenses and maneuvering let them withstand its attacks, leaving the Bosa Commander demanding an explanation.

• Lü Yongchang and Fang Xu examined the battle footage and concluded that the Bosa Civilization had created a Micro Black Hole.
• Zero provided gravitational data confirming the Micro Black Hole, while Lü Yongchang realized how far ahead the Bosa Civilization was.
• After the Bosa Fleet reached the Ice Giant Orbital Track, Lü Yongchang ordered the Human Fleet to prepare for a head-on engagement.
• The Bosa Fleet and more than 5,000 Golden Crow Battleships exchanged fire, and the Human ships used smoke, adaptive repairs, maneuvering, point defense, and Regional Magnetic Field Shields to resist the assault.
• The Bosa Commander learned that the fleet had lost dozens of small warships but had destroyed only six Human ships, then watched footage showing how the Golden Crow Battleships defended themselves.

As the Bosa Fleet reached the Human Fleet’s final defensive zone, Zhao Zijie and Lü Yongchang prepared their forces for close-quarters combat. The Golden Crow Battleships charged behind plasma rams while the Bosa Commander launched Curvature Bombs and ordered the fleet to charge.

• Zhao Zijie ordered all units to prepare for close-quarters combat as the Bosa Fleet entered the third defensive zone.
• Zhao Zijie ordered the Golden Crows to deploy their Drone swarms and prepare their Gamma-Ray Beam Cannons, while Lü Yongchang directed Mo Zeyang and others to prepare the fleet’s systems.
• The Golden Crow Battleships used their Drones to stabilize their shields and form plasma rams, then charged toward the Bosa Fleet.
• The Bosa Commander watched the Human Fleet’s assault, invoked the Lord, and ordered all ships to charge and deploy Curvature Bombs.
• The Bosa Flagship launched Curvature Bombs that entered Curvature Navigation at ten times the speed of light as the Human Fleet continued its attack.

The Bosa Fleet used Curvature Navigation technology to deliver Gravity Bombs into the Human Fleet, inflicting devastating losses. Lü Yongchang recognized the attack too late, and the chapter ended with the fleet assessing more than 10% losses.

• Gao Yang warned Lü Yongchang that the Bosa Fleet had used few weapons beyond Gravity Bombs, and Lü Yongchang asked Fang Xu to check for gravitational anomalies.
• Fang Xu detected unusual fluctuations in the Bosa Fleet, and Lü Yongchang ordered the Human Fleet to disperse after recognizing a pattern linked to Curvature Navigation.
• Curvature Bombs detonated among the [Golden Crow] battleships, and Zhao Zijie repeatedly ordered the Human ships to scatter.
• Lü Yongchang identified the bombs as Gravity Bombs launched using Curvature Navigation technology.
• Zero reported that the First Fleet had lost 23%, the Fourth Fleet 19%, and 623 warships had been destroyed in total.

As the Bosa Fleet celebrated its Gravity Bomb attacks, Lü Yongchang analyzed probe data to predict where the next bombs would strike. His warning reduced the Golden Crow fleet’s losses, and he revealed that the bombs traveled through curvature at roughly ten times the speed of light.

• The Bosa Commander ordered the fleet to keep firing Curvature Bombs, hoping to earn another blessing from its Lord.
• Lü Yongchang told Zhao Zijie to spread out the Second, Sixth, and Eighth Fleets because he predicted they were the next targets.
• The Golden Crow ships dispersed before the Gravity Bombs struck, limiting the second-round losses to 177 battleships.
• Lü Yongchang explained that Zero had used gravitational fluctuations detected by 367,491 probes to derive likely attack routes and identify the targets.
• Lü Yongchang told the researchers that Zero calculated the Gravity Bombs traveled at roughly ten times the speed of light in curvature navigation.

Lü Yongchang ordered the mass production of tiny Gravity Buoys to detect Gravity Bombs traveling through curvature flight. The Bosa Commander recognized their purpose but dismissed them, and continued bombarding the Human Fleet as both sides prepared to counter each other.

• Lü Yongchang explained that Humanity needed large numbers of gravitational Probes to detect Gravity Bomb trajectories and evade attacks.
• Cao Liangcai modified the Basic Probe design into small, propulsion-free Gravity Buoys, and Lü Yongchang ordered Zero to prioritize their production and deployment across the battlefield.
• The Bosa Commander noticed that the Human Fleet had spread out and ordered his ships to break through its defensive line while continuing to launch Curvature Bombs.
• The Bosa Commander spotted Human Drones entering the space between the fleets and then turning back, so he sent Probes to investigate.
• A Bosa crew member reported that the tiny Probes detected gravity and were likely intended to track Curvature Bombs, but the Bosa Commander laughed at the plan and ordered more bombs launched.

Humanity used Gravity Buoys to detect and evade the Bosa Fleet’s Curvature Bomb attack, but suffered losses. Lü Yongchang ordered the fleet to close in for a point-blank fight and prepared additional weapons in case the Third Defense Region fell.

• The Bosa Commander launched another wave of Curvature Bombs while the Bosa Fleet continued its breakout.
• Lü Yongchang ordered Zero to activate the Gravity Buoys, and researchers mapped the bombs’ trajectories as they triggered the buoys.
• Zero took control of the Golden Crow battleships, which scattered to evade the attack within seconds of detecting the bombs.
• Sixteen Gravity Bombs struck, destroying eight warships and damaging sixty-seven others.
• Lü Yongchang told the researchers that dodging would not win the war and ordered the fleet to close in and deploy the Battering Rams.
• Lü Yongchang ordered Light Satellite One’s Antimatter Cannon and the Dimensional Strike Ships to attack unconditionally if the Third Defense Region fell.

The Bosa Commander dismissed the Curvature Bombs’ failure and ordered the Bosa Fleet to charge, while Lü Yongchang suspected their aggression might be tied to the Cleaners Civilization. As the Human fleet prepared to capture enemy ships at close range, the Bosa Fleet struck first and destroyed a nearby [Golden Crow] battleship with an antimatter blast.

• The Bosa Commander insisted that the Lord could not be wrong and ordered the Bosa Fleet to keep firing Curvature Bombs while charging at full speed.
• Lü Yongchang told Zhao Zijie that he could not explain the Bosa Fleet’s charge, speculated it might involve the Cleaners Civilization, and said the Humans had to end the war.
• Earth's Command Center ordered Captain Andrew to use the [Gamma-Ray Beam Cannon] against enemy organic life-forms and capture ships for technology and antimatter fuel.
• Andrew ordered the shipboard Drones deployed and the [Gamma-Ray Beam Cannon] activated as the fleets closed in.
• The Bosa Fleet attacked first, and an antimatter blast overwhelmed a nearby [Golden Crow] battleship’s magnetic field shield and annihilated the ship.

After Old Liu died in an antimatter attack, Andrew evaded the enemy fire and fired the Golden Crow’s Gamma-Ray Beam Cannon at the Bosa Secondary Flagship. He learned that the enemy ships’ Radiation Shielding Layers blunted the gamma rays, and switched targets as ordered by Earth’s Command Center.

• Andrew learned that an antimatter attack from a Bosa Secondary Flagship had killed Old Liu and ordered the Golden Crow to evade.
• After the attack missed, Andrew ordered the Golden Crow to fire its Gamma-Ray Beam Cannon at the enemy Secondary Flagship.
• Andrew’s gamma-ray attack hit, but the Secondary Flagship kept moving while small Bosa warships sacrificed themselves to block the Golden Crow’s advance.
• Andrew realized the Bosa ships had Radiation Shielding Layers after seeing a small warship’s magnetic field shield fail under attack.
• Earth’s Command Center ordered the fleet to destroy small ships’ Radiation Shielding Layers first, and Andrew changed targets.

Andrew received approval to use Magnetic Field Shield Infiltration Technology against the Bosa small warships, while Lü Yongchang arranged more antimatter for the depleted Light Satellite One Planetary Fortress. Andrew’s attacks passed through the Bosa shields and struck a warship, leaving its crew baffled as alarms flashed.

• Andrew requested and received Command Center approval to activate magnetic field shield infiltration tactics.
• Lü Yongchang ordered Zero to send antimatter from the Dyson Cloud to replenish Light Satellite One Planetary Fortress.
• Andrew ordered the Golden Crow battleship to fire electromagnetic cannon rounds, ball lightning, and drones at the surrounding Bosa ships.
• A Bosa commander’s crossfire interception network stopped most incoming attacks, and an officer dismissed the few that got through as harmless.
• Electromagnetic cannon projectiles and ball lightning passed through a Bosa warship’s functioning magnetic field shield and battered its armor.

Humanity’s attacks disabled the Bosa warships’ shields and exposed their crews to gamma radiation, while the Bosa Commander ordered the ships to self-destruct rather than let humanity capture their technology. Lü Yongchang then accepted a communication from a radiation-stricken enemy ship, leaving Mao Zhengzhi to wonder how Lü could criticize his manners.

• With Zero’s help, humanity attacked the small Bosa warships simultaneously, exploiting their shield algorithm and damaging their armor.
• Gamma radiation struck the Bosa crews, and the Bosa Commander realized humanity intended to capture the warships and ordered them to begin self-destruct sequences.
• On Earth, Zhao Zijie reported that the Gamma-Ray Beam Cannons had hit their targets and that results were expected within five minutes.
• Zero detected a communication request from a small Bosa warship, and Lü Yongchang agreed to take the call.
• The hologram showed injured Bosa crew members amid blood and debris, prompting Mao Zhengzhi to speculate about their green blood before Lü rebuked him.

The Bosa small warships self-destructed to prevent Human Civilization from capturing their technology, but their antimatter storage units remained intact. As the Bosa Fleet pressed its attack, Lü Yongchang ordered the fleet to secretly recover the wrecks, and shipborne Drones slipped toward them under cover of the explosions.

• The dying Giant Stick Insect condemned Human Civilization, then activated the small warships’ self-destruct sequences before the communications feed cut out.
• Zero reported explosions aboard every Bosa warship struck by the Gamma-Ray Beam Cannons, and Lü Yongchang concluded that the Bosa had destroyed their weapons and equipment to deny them to humanity.
• Fang Xu noticed that the explosions had not reached the antimatter storage systems, and Lü Yongchang ordered Zhao Zijie to retrieve as many wrecks as possible without alerting the enemy.
• The Bosa Commander learned that the fleet had lost sixty percent of its small warships and ordered continued attacks and the recovery of their antimatter storage units.
• As the Bosa attack drove the [Golden Crow] Battleships into retreat, shipborne Drones used the explosions as cover to approach the stranded Bosa warships.

Humanity’s drones salvaged information and bodies from disabled Bosa warships while the fleet struggled against the enemy’s shields. The [Battering Ram] reached the front line and deployed beside Andrew’s ship, preparing to strike a shielded Bosa warship.

• Mao Zhengzhi reported that Bosa blood and organs had unusual properties, so Lü Yongchang ordered Zero to recover Bosa bodies for study.
• Zero reported that the small Bosa warships’ shipboard computers were irreparably damaged, and Lü Yongchang ordered the drones to locate and retrieve their Antimatter Storage Devices.
• Vice Captain Bruno warned Andrew that the Bosa had changed their Magnetic Field Shield Algorithm, rendering the [Golden Crow] battleships’ weapons ineffective against their Composite Shields.
• Andrew received word that the [Battering Ram] was approaching and ordered his fleet to coordinate with it against the enemy’s medium and large warships.
• The [Battering Ram] reached Andrew’s [Golden Crow] and deployed an invisible gun barrel, which aimed at a Bosa warship with a Composite Shield and activated.

The [Battering Ram] destroyed a medium-sized Bosa warship, briefly shifting the battle in the Human Fleet’s favor, but the Bosa Fleet soon resumed its advance as the weapons were depleted. On Earth, Lü Yongchang and Zhao Zijie ordered the Third Defense Region held for thirty minutes until the Light Satellite One Planetary Fortress finished replenishing its antimatter, while Lü refused to use the remaining Two-Dimensional Fragments.

• Andrew ordered shipborne drones to shield the [Battering Ram] as it fired a deep-blue plasma column that overwhelmed the Bosa warship’s shields.
• Three [Golden Crow] battleships attacked the exposed Bosa warship, and a High-Energy Laser pierced its Antimatter Engine, destroying it.
• The Human Fleet’s [Battering Rams] were rapidly expended, and the Bosa Fleet resumed its offensive, forcing the humans to retreat.
• Zero reported that the Antimatter Transport Ships had reached Gliese 4 as the Third Defense Region neared collapse.
• Lü Yongchang and Zhao Zijie ordered the Third Defense Region held for thirty minutes, and Lü declined to use the scarce Two-Dimensional Fragments.