Chapter Summaries

Luo Qi and the Replicas tested the Tianxing Jia-Class Battleships’ communications and acceleration systems while discovering that the approaching extraterrestrial ship could sustain a far larger gravitational sphere than their own vessels. The tests continued as Luo Qi prepared to develop a more powerful energy transmission system and accelerate a battleship above Orange Star.

• The Replicas mapped objects and energy sources around Orange Star and traced the extraterrestrial civilization’s arrival to particles near the Tianhe 1 disaster site.
• Luo Qi ordered the Tianxing Jia-Class Battleships to test regional broadcasts, and the Replicas sent and received messages across gravitational, tachyon, and electromagnetic channels.
• Orange Star’s observation network detected the extraterrestrial ship briefly stopping more than seventy million kilometers away before it resumed advancing.
• Luo Qi decided to upgrade the Second Escort Fleet and restarted the Interstellar War Emergency Group to work on high-energy particle confinement transmission.
• A Tianxing Jia 1 Battleship hovered above Orange Star, and the Replica began a one-second acceleration test using its gravitational traction acceleration device.

Luo Qi created a powerful new energy called source energy while a Tianxing Jia-Class Battleship test devastated Orange Star and triggered a planet-wide storm. He cleared the atmospheric disturbance, but Huang Qi rushed to check on the collapsed Large Ecological Park where she had invested her hopes and work.

• A Tianxing Jia-Class Battleship accelerated across Orange Star, destroying satellites and causing a magnitude 15 earthquake as material blasted from the planet.
• Luo Qi developed source energy, a confined mass of free electrons with over 3,000 times the energy of an equal volume of superconducting wire.
• Replicas warned Luo Qi that falling debris and geological effects would bury laboratories and damage much of Orange Star.
• Huang Qi survived the earthquake at Orange Star Base, saw the sky blocked by an immense black mountain range, and asked Luo Qi if war had started.
• Luo Qi told Huang Qi the disaster was a testing mishap and ordered the warships to clear the atmospheric anomalies.
• The storm vanished and sunlight returned, while Huang Qi hurried to the collapsed Large Ecological Park.

After the earthquake and atmospheric pressure collapse devastated the Ecological Park, Luo Qi used Nanorobots to revive its plants briefly before they withered, and Huang Qi reflected on life adapting to Orange Star. The Tianxing Jia-Class Battleships withdrew, while Luo Qi prepared to rebuild, leaving Huang Qi’s question about whether he would help Water Blue Star unanswered.

• Huang Qi found the Ecological Park damaged by low atmospheric pressure, with its seedlings and saplings close to dying.
• Luo Qi sent Nanorobots to repair and rapidly grow the plants, which flourished for several seconds before withering under Orange Star’s harsh conditions.
• Luo Qi explained that he had accelerated the plants’ growth but respected nature’s selection, and Huang Qi recognized that Orange Star was a new planet rather than Water Blue Star.
• The Tianxing Jia-Class Battleships quelled the disaster and pulled away from the planet’s surface.
• Huang Qi left the unsafe Ecological Park to check the biological Research Center, while Luo Qi sent Liquid Robots to help repair the laboratory and planned to rebuild the human Living Area.
• Huang Qi asked Luo Qi whether he would help Water Blue Star.

Luo Qi expanded Orange Star’s fleets, outfitting a new generation of battleships with matter-antimatter power while scaling up construction and defense. He left the First Fleet awaiting deep-space weapons tests as the Sky Dome Behemoth and Second Defense Fleet continued taking shape.

• Luo Qi told Huang Qi that he and the extraterrestrial civilization would fight one day, but did not promise to join the war against Water Blue Star’s humans.
• Luo Qi used nanorobots to give the Tianxing Jia-Class Battleships a uniform white finish with black identification numbers and stripes.
• Luo Qi directed the Sky Whales and Flying Builders to accelerate construction of the Sky Dome Behemoth and produce more Sky Whales.
• Luo Qi began building the Second Orange Star Defense Fleet with compact matter-antimatter energy generators and power-upgraded Tianxing Jia 2-Class Battleships.
• Luo Qi equipped the new battleships with conduits for source energy and main cannons that fired Antimatter Rays.

Luo Qi observed humanity's desperate preparations to attack the Extrasolar Battleship while Orange Star continued building its fleets and improving its technology. The chapter ended with Luo Qi directing Dixing Yi-Class Motherships 1 and 2 toward Jupiter's moons to establish war infrastructure.

• Luo Qi observed humanity's Interstellar Missiles fail to break through the Extrasolar Battleship's protective shield.
• Humanity expanded the Houtu Plan, producing billions of automated attack platforms and preparing ground, orbital, and lunar weapons.
• Humanity launched a massive experimental metal cylinder from the Moon Base to test whether the Extrasolar Battleship would consume it or be diverted by its impact.
• Luo Qi tracked Orange Star's fleet construction and began upgrading the Gravitational Towing Accelerator after a Tianxing Jia-Class Battleship fell short of its predicted speed.
• Luo Qi sent Dixing Yi-Class Motherships 1 and 2 toward Io, Europa, and Ganymede to establish war infrastructure.

As humanity prepared to face the approaching Extraterrestrial Civilization, the Homeward Bound arrived at Water Blue Star carrying the awakened passengers and an Observer Replica. Its unexpected descent triggered alarms and a military mobilization as Zhang Cheng’s unit rushed to surround the spacecraft.

• Luo Qi turned to adapting failed Project 136 Observers into small spacecraft while his motherships headed for Saturn and its moons.
• A human striker failed to penetrate the Extraterrestrial Civilization’s shield, and the enemy craft continued toward Water Blue Star as humanity launched more Helium Bombs and Interstellar Missiles.
• The Homeward Bound approached Water Blue Star, slowed using its gravity, and awakened its passengers, including Stendhal.
• The spacecraft entered the atmosphere, and human surveillance systems identified it as an unknown hundred-meter-long aircraft rather than a meteorite.
• Ground forces were ordered to surround the spacecraft’s landing site, and Zhang Cheng’s unit deployed with Dragon Model mechs.

The Homeward Bound landed on Water Blue Star, where the Alliance prepared for a possible alien arrival before discovering its passengers were humans from Orange Star Base. Stendhal reunited with his homeworld, while the Replica watched from the ship and longed to walk among the people.

• Zhang Cheng boarded the Dragon Model mech as the Homeward Bound landed, and automated defenses surrounded the ship.
• The Replica monitored the armed forces and wondered whether his compatriot had safely reached Water Blue Star.
• Stendhal put on his restored Protective Suit, saw his wife and daughter’s photograph, and led the passengers down the gangway.
• Zhang Cheng recognized Stendhal as a human from Orange Star Base, and the Alliance’s senior leadership debated what had happened there.
• Regional officials welcomed Stendhal and the passengers, while the Replica longed to step onto Water Blue Star’s grass.

The two Luo Qi Replicas completed their mission on Water Blue Star and prepared to leave, but Shi Zhongming stopped them with a message from gravitational experiments: “Hello, Earth.” The phrase made them suspect their original had sent a signal, and they chose to stay long enough to explore the city and its food.

• The Luo Qi Replica arrived at the landing site, introduced himself as someone there to pick up a person, and hacked Zhang Cheng’s Dragon Model mech.
• The Replica used Zhang Cheng’s Smart Terminal to assemble a second body from Nanorobots, revealing that the aliens had secretly gathered information on Water Blue Star.
• The two Replicas decided to return to the Homeward Bound, while the undercover Replica reflected that their original should visit Water Blue Star.
• Shi Zhongming asked the Replicas to help humanity and mentioned the phrase “Hello, Earth,” which had been detected by global gravitational experiments.
• The Replicas stopped at the phrase, wondered whether their original had sent it, and agreed to try the city’s food and watch a girl dance.

The two Luo Qi Replicas entered humanity’s Underground City, where they observed the city and its citizens before heading to Tasty Street. There, a crowd of women surrounded them, and Min Yueyue led No. 1 away, introducing herself.

• The council agreed to admit the two Replicas, and No. 1 identified himself and his counterpart as No. 1 and No. 2.
• Shi Zhongming questioned the Replicas as they traveled toward the Underground City, while No. 1 watched the empty surface city and recalled his previous life.
• The convoy descended into the Underground City, where No. 1 praised its bright virtual sky and lively streets.
• The Replicas reached Tasty Street, where No. 2 eagerly wanted to try the food and No. 1 agreed to move out.
• Women crowded around the tall Replicas, and Min Yueyue led No. 1 away from the crowd before introducing herself.

Replica No. 1 and Replica No. 2 explored the lively Third District with Min Yueyue and Xi Qingrong, sampling its food and meeting its people. A conversation about dreams and living for oneself left Replica No. 1 questioning whether he had ever truly lived by his own will.

• Min Yueyue and Xi Qingrong befriended the replicas, confirmed they were single, and introduced them to the busy street's food and shops.
• Replica No. 1 and Replica No. 2 sampled snacks while observing the human shopkeepers, robots, and crowds, as Shi Zhongming and the soldiers discreetly followed them.
• The girls took the replicas to Dream Fantasy, where Replica No. 1 ordered four large hot bubble teas.
• Min Yueyue asked whether the replicas had dreams and explained that people could choose how to live because the Alliance provided them with opportunities.
• As Replica No. 1 drank his bubble tea and watched the happy customers and staff, he wondered whether he had ever truly existed as himself.

Replica No. 1 and Replica No. 2 sent information about Water Blue Star to Orange Star and waited to learn whether their headquarters would help. With the alien civilization less than an hour away, Shi Zhongming and the others prepared for the coming war.

• Replica No. 1 wondered what he would do if Water Blue Star were destroyed, and Shi Zhongming summoned the Replicas to meet a young livestreamer.
• The pink-haired girl performed a dance for the Replicas, then insisted on accompanying them back to their spaceship to find out who they were.
• The girl explored the spaceship and watched in amazement as Replica No. 1 formed chairs and cups from Nanorobots and filled them with water.
• Replica No. 1 and Replica No. 2 compiled and transmitted what they had learned about Water Blue Star to Orange Star.
• Replica No. 1 said they could only wait for help, while Shi Zhongming and Zhang Cheng learned that the alien civilization was less than an hour away.

Luo Qi watched humanity’s attacks fail to stop the Extrasolar Battleship from approaching Water Blue Star, though a beam briefly pierced its shield. He then learned that two Replicas had misunderstood Orange Star’s “Hello, Earth” message and were stranded aboard the Homeward Bound, unable to be recalled safely.

• Humanity’s first fleet launched a decoy assault, but its beams failed to penetrate the Extrasolar Battleship’s shield or draw it away from Water Blue Star.
• Humanity combined ground and lunar platforms for a second volley, whose concentrated fire pierced the shield and vaporized a corner of the enemy ship.
• Luo Qi received a video showing that a Replica sent to Water Blue Star had survived and met the Replica returning human passengers.
• The humans aboard the Homeward Bound had mistaken Orange Star’s test message, “Hello! Earth!”, as a greeting to them.
• Luo Qi realized he could not safely recall the Replicas because their communications risked alerting the Extrasolar Battleship.

Luo Qi watched immersive records of Water Blue Star’s advanced society and its battle against the Extrasolar Battleship, while questioning whether he could help humanity. After the battleship endured several attacks without retaliating, it formed a tiny black-hole-like sphere that unleashed a blinding blast and crippled Orange Star’s observation network.

• Luo Qi experienced Luo Replica No. 1’s view of Water Blue Star’s Underground City and considered how its public welfare system had changed human life.
• Luo Qi watched humanity’s attacks damage the Extrasolar Battleship and saw Luo Qi No. 2’s records of the pink-haired girl.
• Water Blue Star launched its third wave of attacks, damaging the battleship further, while Che Ruwen questioned whether using himself as bait had been necessary.
• The Extrasolar Battleship generated a small black-hole-like sphere ahead of itself and released an enormous burst of white light.
• The blast burned out Orange Star’s optical sensors, displaced its satellites, and severely disrupted the Myriad Stars System as Luo Qi tried to restore its surviving systems.

Luo Qi and the Homeward Bound’s crew witnessed the devastation caused by the Extrasolar Battleship’s strike on Water Blue Star. With the planet’s surface communications destroyed and catastrophic disasters beginning, Shi Zhongming rushed back to his family in an Underground City.

• The Myriad Stars System resumed observation and showed Luo Qi that the strike had stripped Water Blue Star’s surface, destroyed its defenses, and altered its orbit and mass.
• Luo Qi analyzed the flash as a burst of extremely compressed high-energy material, while earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and returning debris began sweeping across the planet.
• The strike threw the Homeward Bound into a violent tumble, but Replica One and Replica Two caught the humans in a Nanowire Net and righted the undamaged ship.
• Replica One showed Zhang Cheng, Shi Zhongming, and the girl in pink footage of the ruined surface as Luo Qi One explained that the invading extraterrestrial battleship had attacked Water Blue Star.
• Shi Zhongming, unable to contact the surface and fearing for his family, left the Homeward Bound to return to his Underground City.

After the Extrasolar Battleship’s attack devastated Water Blue Star, its escaped atmosphere began returning as a planet-spanning storm, trapping Stendhal and the others underground and aboard the Homeward Bound. On Orange Star, Luo Qi prepared defenses and expanded his control across the planet’s technology as the alien warship continued its assault.

• Stendhal reunited with his wife and daughter underground, but an earthquake and an approaching storm plunged the Underground City into danger.
• Shi Zhongming was swept back into the Homeward Bound after nearly dying in the airless isolation passage, while Replica No. 2 explained the catastrophic return of Water Blue Star’s atmosphere.
• Replica No. 1 told Zhang Cheng that the Extrasolar Battleship had destroyed the Orange Star Base and Tianhe 1 before attacking the Azure Planet River Region Alliance’s fleet.
• Luo Qi calculated the damage a white flash could cause Orange Star, ordered faster fleet construction, and extended his consciousness through the planet’s factories, ships, satellites, and other devices.
• The returning atmosphere formed violent, scorching storms across Water Blue Star, while spheres launched by the Extrasolar Battleship darkened its atmosphere.
• The worsening storm battered the Homeward Bound as Zhang Cheng struggled with anger and fear beside the silent Replicas and the frightened girl.

As a catastrophic storm ravaged Water Blue Star, No. 1 Luo Qi brought a strange iron droplet aboard the Homeward Bound and discovered it might be living matter. When he cut it open, black fluid sprayed out.

• Zhang Cheng demanded that No. 1 Luo Qi stop the alien battleship from destroying Water Blue Star, but No. 1 said they had neither the obligation nor the ability to intervene.
• No. 1 Luo Qi identified fist-sized iron droplets falling through the storm and estimated that Water Blue Star’s chaos would last about forty-six days, leaving the surface unlivable for unprotected humans.
• No. 1 Luo Qi caught an iron droplet with nanorobots and reported that it was unaffected by magnets and reflected scanning rays.
• Shi Zhongming argued that humanity could restore the planet as long as people survived, giving Zhang Cheng hope.
• No. 1 Luo Qi suspected the droplet was a living organism and cut into it, causing black fluid to spray out.

Luo Qi No. 1 discovered that the falling droplets were eggs containing rapidly healing alien organisms, and Shi Zhongming and Zhang Cheng set out to warn the Human Underground City. On Orange Star, Luo Qi reviewed the threat to Water Blue Star as his researchers analyzed the Extrasolar Battleship’s attack and new fleets continued to take shape.

• Luo Qi No. 1 cut open a droplet and found a living egg with iron-rich tissue, a metal-like skeleton, and a rapidly healing wound.
• Luo Qi No. 1 contained the egg’s radioactive material inside a frozen box, then stored it in his abdomen as more droplets fell.
• Shi Zhongming decided to report the eggs to the Alliance, and Zhang Cheng volunteered to accompany him.
• Luo Qi No. 1 gave Shi Zhongming powered armor and provided both men with Protective Suits and Particle Oscillation Cutting Blades before preparing an underground passage.
• Luo Qi watched Water Blue Star darken and assessed the damage while the First Defense Fleet, 136 Project vessels, and new Tianxing Jia 2 Battleships remained in orbit or under construction.
• Myriad Stars finished analyzing the Extrasolar Battleship’s attack, and about 2,300 Luo Qi Replicas began researching the conversion of electromagnetic force into gravitational waves.

The Luo Qi Replicas watched the Extrasolar Battleship demonstrate a gravity-based attack, while Orange Star’s research produced source energy 2.0 and a faster gravitational towing accelerator. Luo Qi saw that Orange Star still faced the slow, hazardous work of replacing its existing infrastructure before it could use the new technology widely.

• The Extrasolar Battleship compressed matter inside a gravitational sphere and released it as a blast that engulfed a radius of one hundred million kilometers.
• The Luo Qi Replicas applauded the demonstration and began exploring new ways to weaponize and apply gravity.
• Orange Star developed source energy 2.0, which carried roughly 15,000 times more energy than an equal volume of superconducting wire and promised upgrades to fusion reactors, weapons, and defenses.
• The gravity acceleration laboratory created a version 3.0 Gravitational Towing Accelerator, whose simulations indicated it could project a two-thousand-kilometer sphere and enable faster-than-light travel.
• Luo Qi noted that nearly all surface laboratories and production plants still used outdated equipment and would need extensive replacements before they could safely use source energy 2.0.

Luo Qi upgraded Orange Star’s production and began building a Third Fleet of Y2.0 warships while waiting for his forces to grow before confronting the enemy. On Water Blue Star, No. 1 Luo Qi remotely piloted the Homeward Bound through the ongoing ecological upheaval, scraping it across the ground toward the city.

• Luo Qi equipped the planned Third Fleet with mature source energy 2.0 and upgraded Y2.0 technology.
• Five Sky Whale 2.0 units began converting the Dixing Yi 1 Mothership into a Third-Generation Dixing Yi-Class Mothership, while the other four started producing Tianxing Jia 3 battleships.
• Luo Qi calculated that the Tianxing Jia 3 had 210 times the combat strength of a Tianxing Jia 1 and planned to wait for the Second Fleet before going to war.
• Luo Qi inspected Orange Star’s research centers and supplies, while the Dixing Yi-Class Motherships continued toward Jupiter and Saturn.
• No. 1 Luo Qi remotely controlled the Homeward Bound, lowered it onto the ground, and used its Ion Thrusters to scrape it toward the city.

No. 1 Luo Qi used the Homeward Bound to reach a human underground passage, where Shi Zhongming and Zhang Cheng encountered a force that turned their armor to iron. No. 1 rescued them and identified the cause as matter assimilation, while the ship remained on Water Blue Star.

• No. 1 Luo Qi moved the Homeward Bound over a damaged passage and sent Shi Zhongming and Zhang Cheng underground to find the surviving humans.
• Shi Zhongming and Zhang Cheng entered Passage 161, where a gray-black mist spread over their armor and left them struggling to move.
• No. 1 Luo Qi prepared to leave the planet but stopped the Homeward Bound after noticing the two men cutting at its hull.
• No. 1 Luo Qi hauled Shi Zhongming and Zhang Cheng aboard after matter assimilation turned their armor into iron, and he explained that the unknown force was transforming the planet.