Setting Sail in a Glimmer

In 2031, a meteor shower unlike any in history descends upon Blue Star. Medical student Liang Zhu is struck by a fragment, and a mechanical female voice suddenly sounds in his mind: “I am Weiguang, the artificial intelligence of the Alta civilization.”

The legacy of a fifth-level civilization on the brink of extinction becomes deeply bound to him, bringing technologies far beyond their time, including quantum simulation and biological evolution. But it also draws the attention of alien pursuers. To protect himself, Liang Zhu works with the government and hands over a “stripped-down” version of the AI, Xiaowei. It helps Xia Hua achieve breakthroughs in controlled nuclear fusion and new materials, putting it at the forefront of Blue Star’s technological race. However, war footage in Weiguang’s database reveals the truth: the mechanical civilization’s fleet may already be on its way, and humanity’s only chance of survival lies in an alien spacecraft hidden among the meteorite wreckage...

When an interstellar spark ignites hope for civilization’s survival, can one human and one AI turn back the doomsday countdown? The stakes in this game of life and death spanning the universe are the fate of all Blue Star.