Recaps

Huang Liang proposed using the Dyson Sphere as a lampshade to lure the Star God Demons away, and Ye Lin led the effort to activate it through quantum communication. As the others prepared weapons and Huang Liang stayed behind to manage Zhuanxu, the Star Voyager slowed and its estimated impact time shifted to 17 or 23 minutes.

• Huang Liang explained that they could adjust the Dyson Sphere’s opening to direct sunlight and lure the Star God Demons away.
• Ye Lin learned from Zhuanxu that the Dyson Sphere could be controlled through a quantum communication system in Zone E, though activation could not be stopped once begun.
• An Ke warned that opening the Dyson Sphere might trigger the Star God Demons to mutate, but Huang Liang argued that an arc-shaped gap and the eight-minute light delay would give them time.
• Ye Lin decided to go to Zone E while He Zheng and An Ke searched for weapons, and Huang Liang stayed behind to control Zhuanxu.
• Zhuanxu warned that the Star Voyager had slowed, revising its estimated impact time first to 17 minutes and then to 23 minutes.

Ye Lin and the others activated the Dyson Sphere to lure the Star God Demons away and prepare to escape, while Ye Lin remained suspicious of the Star Voyager’s slowed approach. As the Dyson Sphere opened, the demons surged toward the gap as a unified superorganism, and Transcendence progress climbed to 97.2%.

• He Zheng brought Ye Lin a Magnetic-Fluid Jet Cannon and reported that the City of the Other Shore also had powerful external and space-based weapons.
• Ye Lin prepared to activate the Quantum Communication System and questioned why the Star Voyager had slowed down despite pursuing them.
• Ye Lin warned the others that they should avoid fighting the Star Voyager, while An Ke noticed his unease about the ship’s behavior.
• Huang Liang confirmed that they could open the Dyson Sphere, and Ye Lin directed him to open selected sections to lure the Star God Demons away.
• The Dyson Sphere unfolded, revealing the nearby Star God Demons moving together as a single superorganism, and Transcendence progress reached 97.2%.

Ye Lin and his allies tried to clear the starry sky around the Dyson Sphere so they could launch, but waves of Star God Demons refilled the opening. With no time to clear them all, Ye Lin ordered Huang Liang to open a third of the Sun while the group prepared to stop the approaching Star Voyager; An Ke suddenly sensed a terrifying new threat.

• Ye Lin asked Huang Liang how long it would take to lure away the remaining monsters, and Huang Liang estimated about a minute.
• The progress stalled when Star God Demons refilled the cleared patch of sky, and Huang Liang realized one opening could not lure them all away.
• Huang Liang warned that Earth would be discovered before he could open a sufficiently large area of the Sun.
• Ye Lin proposed opening the far side of the Sun, then ordered Huang Liang to open a third of it immediately.
• Ye Lin told He Zheng and An Ke to prepare to hold off the Star Voyager, but An Ke suddenly reacted with overwhelming fear.

The real Star Voyager emerged inside the City of the Other Shore and overwhelmed Ye Lin with attacks that left him near death. As He Zheng tried to intervene, the Star Voyager evaded his cannon fire and reassembled, leaving the group with no apparent way to save Ye Lin.

• An Ke warned Ye Lin as the real Star Voyager emerged from the wall above him.
• Ye Lin transformed, but the Star Voyager struck him into a crater and left him gravely injured.
• Ye Lin used Star Flash to evade a second attack, though the Star Voyager continued attacking and hurled a torn metal wall at him.
• The metal wall struck Ye Lin and blasted half his body apart as He Zheng watched in horror.
• He Zheng fired the magnetic flux cannon, but the Star Voyager dispersed into metallic mist, evaded the blast, and reassembled behind Ye Lin.

Ye Lin was trapped in the Star Voyager’s grip, and An Ke sacrificed herself to give He Zheng a chance to fire the Magnetic-Flow Cannon. The cannon struck the Star Voyager after it killed An Ke, and He Zheng dragged Ye Lin away as they fled.

• The Star Voyager seized Ye Lin and drained his star energy, preventing him from escaping or using the shielding crystal.
• An Ke used the Position-Swap Command to take Ye Lin’s place, then restrained the Star Voyager so He Zheng could reach the Magnetic-Flow Cannon.
• He Zheng fired the Magnetic-Flow Cannon, but the Star Voyager broke free of An Ke’s restraints and seized her.
• An Ke burned out her Hair Tie to hold the Star Voyager in place and shouted for Ye Lin to run, but the Star Voyager crushed her before the cannon beam hit.
• The system announced An Ke’s death and deducted points from the Soul Peace Team as the cannon struck the Star Voyager.
• He Zheng grabbed Ye Lin and fled while the Star Voyager was swallowed by the cannon’s black light and electric field.

He Zheng fled with the nearly unconscious Ye Lin as the Star Voyager broke free and pursued them through the passages. Though the Shielding Crystal hid their location, Ye Lin was being drained of life, and the Star Voyager’s spreading particles were closing in.

• He Zheng escaped with Ye Lin after An Ke died, while Huang Liang watched the Star Voyager tear free of the passage.
• Huang Liang told He Zheng to crush Ye Lin’s Shielding Crystal, which blocked the Star Voyager’s lock, then directed him down the passage to the right.
• He Zheng realized Huang Liang was trying to lure the Energy-Absorbing Monster away and begged to know whether they could still escape, but Huang Liang only apologized.
• Silver patterns spread across Ye Lin’s body and drained his life, so He Zheng pressed the energy crystals from the Magic-Energy Lizards against him.
• Ye Lin absorbed the crystals, but they barely slowed his decline as the Star Voyager broke free and spread silvery-white particles through every passage.

As the Star Voyager closes in and the system exposes their location, Ye Lin and He Zheng are trapped between it and the Energy-Absorbing Monsters, while Huang Liang admits he intended to use them as bait. He Zheng sacrifices himself so Ye Lin can survive, leaving Ye Lin restored but grieving over his friend’s body.

• He Zheng wakes Ye Lin as the silver mist approaches, and Ye Lin learns the shielding crystal has been crushed for five or six seconds.
• Huang Liang directs them through the base, seals Alloy Doors behind them, and tries to use the Energy-Absorbing Monsters to delay the Star Voyager while he works on the Dyson Sphere.
• A system location marker appears beneath He Zheng, allowing the Star Voyager to target them; it fires a devastating metal jet, and Ye Lin uses Star Flash to escape with him.
• The doors open ahead of schedule, revealing a swarm of Energy-Absorbing Monsters, and Huang Liang admits he cannot save He Zheng and Ye Lin and planned to use their bodies as bait.
• He Zheng realizes Ye Lin can survive by devouring him, takes the Sacrificial Dagger, and drives Ye Lin’s hand into his own skull, urging him to resurrect Yang Qiao and go home.
• The system announces He Zheng’s death, and Ye Lin’s perfected one prototype devours He Zheng’s life force, repairing Ye Lin as he silently mourns his friend.

Ye Lin reached the required transcendence progress as Huang Liang sacrificed himself to ignite Jupiter and give him a way to survive. The system announced the Soul Peace Team had met the boarding requirements and ordered them to leave the examination as Ye Lin escaped the Star Voyager’s attack.

• Ye Lin completed the Perfected One Prototype and, pursued by the Star Voyager, fought his way through the Energy-Absorbing Monsters while struggling with his overloaded mind and failing strength.
• Huang Liang told Ye Lin that crashing the Jupiter Resource Collection Station into Jupiter could ignite its hydrogen atmosphere, then urged Ye Lin to use his corpse to teleport.
• Huang Liang shot himself in the Control Center as the station exploded in Jupiter’s atmosphere, igniting the planet and drawing the Star Voyager’s attention.
• Grieving Huang Liang, He Zheng, and An Ke, Ye Lin faced the approaching Star Voyager and prepared to fight back with the Hell Sword.
• The system announced that transcendence progress had reached 100% and the Soul Peace Team had met the boarding requirements; Ye Lin vanished as the Star Voyager struck through the wall.

Aroro faced a choice between escaping, killing the helpless Ye Lin for points, and risking his life to rescue him as the Starshatterers approached. He chose to save Ye Lin and led two goblins out of the starship, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Aroro waited at the starship while Ye Lin returned alone, bloodied and barely conscious, after the rest of the group failed to appear.
• A powerful aura from the base revealed that the Starshatterers were closing in, and Aroro froze inside the ship's protective barrier.
• Aroro considered abandoning or killing Ye Lin to secure his own survival and earn points, but remembered how Ye Lin and the others had protected him.
• Aroro declared that he would not betray his companions and ordered the goblins to help him rescue Ye Lin.
• The two goblins followed Aroro as they charged out of the starship toward Ye Lin.

Aroro and two Goblins carried the gravely injured Ye Lin toward the Starship while the Star Voyager pursued them. Ye Lin awakened just in time to teleport them aboard, where the system confirmed an S-Rank survival clear and beyond-limit rewards as the Star Voyager struck the barrier.

• Aroro and two Goblins reached Ye Lin and struggled to carry him toward the Starship as the Star Voyager entered the City of the Other Shore.
• The Star Voyager hurled a mass of metal at the fleeing group, killing one Goblin and closing in on the others.
• Ye Lin awakened and teleported himself, Aroro, and the remaining Goblin through the system barrier onto the Starship.
• The system confirmed the Soul Peace Team's option-two completion and S-Rank survival clear, awarding points, ratings, a special draw, and punishment exemption.
• The Star Voyager arrived too late and punched the system barrier as explosions erupted outside.

Ye Lin escaped the Star Voyager aboard a Starship and vowed to kill it. He crushed the Control Core, triggering the Celestial Body Cataclysm and forcing all examinees to leave as a vast creature emerged from the Sun and the Energy-Absorbing Monsters attacked the Star Voyager.

• Nearly a hundred Starships launched, allowing Ye Lin to escape the hangar while the Star Voyager's strike against the barrier broke its fist.
• The Star Voyager mocked Ye Lin and promised to hunt him again, but Ye Lin stood with Aroro's support and vowed to kill it.
• The Star Voyager recognized the Control Core in Ye Lin's hand and warned him not to destroy it, but Ye Lin crushed it anyway.
• The system announced that the scenario had changed to Celestial Body Cataclysm and ordered all examinees to leave immediately.
• A corpse-like arm thrust out of the Sun, and the Energy-Absorbing Monsters rushed toward the Star Voyager as it threatened Ye Lin and the Starshatterer Alliance.

Lin Yu and Green Dragon discussed Ye Lin’s survival and his prospects with the Patrollers, then realized he had destroyed the Control Core to target the Star Voyager. Ye Lin was teleported out of the examination as the Star Voyager’s vast Mothership and its captive population waited at the edge of the Solar System.

• Green Dragon accused Lin Yu of helping Ye Lin, but Lin Yu insisted he had only traded him a Jamming Stone.
• Lin Yu and Green Dragon debated whether Ye Lin was a suitable recruit, with both recognizing that his choices had put him at risk.
• Green Dragon sensed the examination’s difficulty changing and discovered that Ye Lin had destroyed the Control Core.
• Lin Yu realized Ye Lin intended to kill the Star Voyager, while Green Dragon hurried his team to escape and condemned Ye Lin’s decision.
• Lin Yu sent Ye Lin’s information onward, and Ye Lin, Aroro, and the others were teleported out of the examination.
• Tens of thousands of Starships and a Mothership filled with hundreds of millions of people in Nutrient Pods remained at the edge of the Solar System.

After returning from the exam, Ye Lin discovered that the perfected one prototype was causing mental collapse, and he rejected a repair that would erase its abilities. He found that raising his willpower might solve the problem, then learned he had nearly 600 points and an S-Rank reward from being hunted by three teams, rewards he believed came from the deaths of An Ke and the others.

• Ye Lin woke from the repair beam with worsening headaches and hallucinations caused by the perfected one prototype.
• The system offered Perfect Repair for 90 points, but Ye Lin refused because it would erase the prototype's abilities and the Star God Demon.
• Ye Lin paid 2.7 points to search for ways to resolve mental collapse and found that increasing his willpower was his most feasible option.
• Ye Lin checked his results and discovered he had 594.8 points, two Grade A ratings, three Grade B ratings, and one S-Rank rating.
• Ye Lin learned that surviving pursuit by three teams had earned him 300 points and an S-Rank reward, and he believed those rewards represented the lives of An Ke and the others.

After He Zheng, An Ke, and Huang Liang died, Ye Lin sought a way to resurrect them, but the system rejected his query as classified. Aroro contacted him to express the Red Star Goblins’ gratitude and asked whether Ye Lin wanted to resurrect them.

• Ye Lin grieved over He Zheng, An Ke, and Huang Liang’s sacrifice and resolved to find a way to bring them back.
• Ye Lin asked the system about resurrection, but it said the query was classified and could not be answered.
• Ye Lin received a call from Aroro, who reported that he had returned safely with eighty-seven points.
• Aroro thanked Ye Lin on behalf of the Red Star Goblins and asked if Ye Lin wanted to resurrect his fallen companions.

Ye Lin learned from Aroro that people had returned from the dead in the War Zone and suspected the Patrollers knew how resurrection worked. Aroro warned that resurrection came at a price and that teams connected to it later died suspiciously, leaving Ye Lin to weigh seeking answers from the dangerous Patrollers.

• Ye Lin asked Aroro about resurrection, and Aroro said the Red Star Empire had seen people disappear from the War Zone rankings and later return.
• Aroro explained that civilizations experienced the Death Exam differently and suggested the Patrollers were among its earliest participants.
• Aroro said Lin Yu had seemed to miss being human, leading Ye Lin to suspect a Patroller had resurrected him while preserving his human identity.
• Ye Lin tried to contact Lin Yu through his System Wristwatch but found the ID grayed out.
• Aroro warned Ye Lin that the Patrollers were dangerous and that teams suspected of resurrection had later died under suspicious circumstances.

Ye Lin urged Aroro to spend his points strengthening himself instead of sending them back to the starving goblins, arguing that surviving longer could save more of his people. After their call ended, Aroro stood silently by the campfire, looking as though he had seen another version of himself.

• Ye Lin considered Aroro’s warning that resurrected beings died again and resolved to learn more from the Patroller.
• Ye Lin asked Aroro about his plans and realized Aroro intended to spend his points on food for one last meal.
• Aroro explained that the goblins were starving, that almost none survived the first round, and that the race faced extinction unless the disaster ended.
• Ye Lin urged Aroro to use his points to strengthen himself and become the goblins’ hope rather than transferring them back immediately.
• Aroro told Ye Lin that the Empire already supported goblins striving to reach higher rounds, but Ye Lin asked why Aroro could not become their hope.
• Three minutes later, the call ended, and Aroro stood motionless by the campfire, looking back as if he had seen another version of himself.

Ye Lin used his Level One privilege to ask the system about the Ye Lin buried in the tomb and learned that the man was not him, but the rest of his identity exceeded the system’s limits. As he considered seeking answers from the organization or the Military, an unknown party offered him a cross-network communication.

• Ye Lin weighed spending points on information about the tomb against saving them for enhancements and resurrection, then submitted his inquiry.
• The system offered Ye Lin one free inquiry because of his Level One privilege, and he confirmed it.
• The system said the tomb’s Ye Lin was not him and briefly revealed the word “Salvation” before warning that the man’s identity exceeded its inquiry limits.
• Ye Lin tried asking about the tomb occupant’s death and connections, but the system denied every question as beyond his clearance.
• Ye Lin decided the organization or the Military might hold answers and saw a notice that an unknown party had paid 50 points to contact him.

Ye Lin spoke with Loren, the Patroller, who offered to make him a vassal and explained why the Starshatterer Alliance would keep targeting him. Loren warned that Ye Lin had mastered no energy and would definitely die in the seventh exam if he enhanced himself to Grade A.

• Ye Lin accepted the Patroller’s costly cross-network call and met Loren in a separate communication space.
• Loren said Ye Lin was not qualified to join his faction but could become a vassal, with protection from the teams hunting him.
• Ye Lin questioned what vassalhood meant and challenged Loren’s claim that he would die if he refused.
• Loren explained that the Starshatterers would hunt Ye Lin in every exam because their power gave them that privilege.
• Loren told Ye Lin he had mastered no form of energy and would definitely die in the seventh exam if he reached Grade A.

Ye Lin learned from the Patroller that he lacked psionic energy and relied on borrowed abilities, leaving him dangerously weak despite his progress. The Patroller warned that his dynamically adjusted examinations would demand far more than he had achieved, though other paths to survival existed.

• Ye Lin asked what the Patroller meant by mastering energy, and the Patroller explained that psionic energy was the fundamental energy behind abilities.
• The Patroller told Ye Lin that his system-granted skills were borrowed, inflexible, and costly, and that he had little potential to grow stronger through them.
• Ye Lin asked how he could master psionic energy, but the Patroller said his lack of an innate foundation made it impossible and judged him far below the strength needed for the seventh examination.
• Ye Lin questioned the Patroller's claim by pointing out that some people had survived later examinations without knowing about psionic energy.
• The Patroller admitted that other paths could lead to survival, but warned Ye Lin that the system tailored examination difficulty to him and that his current progress was insufficient.

Loren explained that Ye Lin and his teammates needed to take makeup examinations and push through more exams to survive the stronger opponents waiting after the seventh. Ye Lin asked how to resurrect his teammates, and Loren warned that the price might be more than he could bear.

• Loren told Ye Lin that perfect scores were insufficient and that other civilizations’ examinees took unlimited makeup examinations without increasing their exam count.
• Loren warned Ye Lin that after the seventh exam, his group would face opponents who had completed far more exams, and revealed that rival teams hunted them to delay their own deaths.
• Ye Lin realized the suicide victim’s letter had urged them to face more exams so they could prepare for the other races.
• Loren said the true examination was more than the one Ye Lin was currently taking, then told him to choose one final question.
• Ye Lin asked how he could resurrect his teammates, and Loren warned him that the cost might be unbearable.

Ye Lin pressed the Patroller for a way to resurrect He Zheng and the others, learning that the two conventional methods could not truly restore the dead. He realized the Patroller had been leading him toward another method, and the Patroller revealed that he wanted Ye Lin’s corpse.

• The Patroller explained that one resurrection method used a teammate’s corpse and a costly ritual, but could summon a ghost and led to deadly penalty missions.
• The Patroller described a second method that implanted preserved memories into a new living being, which lacked the original’s abilities and also faced punishment.
• Ye Lin concluded that neither method truly brought He Zheng and the others back and questioned why the Patroller had mentioned a price.
• Ye Lin deduced that the Patroller wanted him to ask about a real method and said he would accept its price.
• The Patroller approached Ye Lin and said he wanted Ye Lin’s corpse.

Loren explained that Ye Lin could use the Eternal Page’s Projection ability and a special item to resurrect the dead, but warned that if they died again, Ye Lin would lose every memory and feeling connected to them. After considering the price, Ye Lin chose to proceed and asked how to obtain the fusion item.

• Loren told Ye Lin that the Eternal Page’s Projection ability could help resurrect the dead by fusing projected consciousness entities with people created using points.
• Loren explained that the Eternal Page recorded higher-dimensional information about souls, and that resurrected people would inherit their abilities, points, and synchronized exam counts without system punishment.
• Loren warned that if the resurrected people died again, Ye Lin would lose all memories and feelings connected to them, making their deaths permanent.
• Ye Lin understood that his fate would be bound to He Zheng and the others, then asked Loren how to get the fusion item.

Ye Lin questioned Loren about obtaining a Fusion item and the power of the fourth tier, but Loren pressured him to become a Patroller vassal and warned that many factions were hunting him. Ye Lin refused to surrender his freedom and searched for another way to survive as Loren forced him to choose between vassalage and death.

• Loren explained that Ye Lin could earn an Emblem by completing a Makeup Examination, which the Patrollers could exchange for a Fusion item if Ye Lin became their vassal.
• Ye Lin asked whether any Instance would provide an Emblem and rejected Loren's offer to grant entry in exchange for ninety percent of his gains.
• Loren warned that Makeup Examinations could be deadly, then unleashed overwhelming pressure when he realized Ye Lin was considering resisting the Patrollers.
• Loren revealed that fourth-tier fighters wielded rules, which could render lesser abilities useless, and said the Star Voyager hunting Ye Lin was only a disposable pawn.
• Loren offered Ye Lin two choices: become a vassal and receive protection, or refuse and face death from the Starshatterers, Demihumans, Echo Demons, and other teams.
• Ye Lin clenched his fists and searched for another way to avoid becoming a vassal or dying.

Ye Lin resisted Loren’s demand to become his vassal and deduced that Loren wanted him as a memoryless vessel. Loren concealed his shock and asked Ye Lin to state his terms.

• Loren told Ye Lin he could not reach the fourth tier in time and threatened him with death unless he became a vassal.
• Ye Lin questioned Loren’s claims and realized that Loren’s insistence on the Eternal Page and changing bodies pointed to a hidden motive.
• Ye Lin accused Loren of wanting a version of him stripped of his memories and asked who Loren intended to resurrect.
• Loren suppressed his murderous intent and asked Ye Lin to state his terms.

Ye Lin negotiated with Loren for protection, power, and a chance to revive his teammates, but Loren refused to grant most of his demands. Ye Lin signed a contract tying his corpse to the Patrollers in exchange for entry to the Starfield Battlefield and their protection, then returned to the Death Exam Space determined to grow stronger.

• Ye Lin demanded a Fusion item, information about Rules, and protection from the Starshatterers, while Loren explained privileges, the privilege shop, and humanity's lack of racial talents.
• Loren refused to provide a Fusion item or explain Rules, then offered a contract that would let Ye Lin stay with his companions for a few more rounds before the Patrollers claimed his corpse.
• Ye Lin threatened to kill himself and proposed a contract granting the Patrollers ownership of his corpse, in return for a way to catch up with and kill the Starshatterers.
• After consulting his superiors, Loren agreed to Ye Lin's conditions, promised protection, and revealed that Ye Lin would enter the Starfield Battlefield after reviving and bringing his teammates.
• Ye Lin examined and signed the contract, which sealed itself onto the back of his hand, and Loren ended the communication.
• Back in the Death Exam Space, Ye Lin reflected on his helplessness and vowed to grow strong enough that no one could decide his fate.