Chapter Summaries

Qin Su entered the world of the Interstellar Legend comic with less than a minute to live and needed to gain popularity to survive. He staged a mysterious appearance before the four protagonists, drawing their attention and appearing in the comic as readers began to notice him.

• Qin Su woke in the Federation's Fourth Military Academy and learned from System 777 that he had entered a comic world and needed popularity to extend his life.
• Qin Su recognized the four youths on the lawn as the comic's protagonists and decided to make them notice him.
• Qin Su posed by a floor-to-ceiling window and fixed his gaze on He Muzhi, prompting the protagonists and He Wenyuan to look toward him.
• The comic captured Qin Su as the focal point of a dramatic scene, and readers posted comments asking who he was.

Qin Su discovered that viewer comments mentioning him extended his life, so he left the protagonists quickly to preserve his mystery and attract more attention. After gaining several hours, he activated his storage space and bought a black baseball cap and face mask.

• Qin Su learned that each new viewer comment mentioning him added a minute to his life, while popularity points could extend it further.
• Qin Su left the protagonists after a brief appearance, and the viewers’ curiosity about his identity caused his remaining life to increase.
• Samuel, He Muzhi, Lailisi, and Lin Yin wondered whether the mysterious boy would appear at the freshman ceremony and guessed that he was an Alpha.
• He Wenyuan frowned at He Muzhi’s reaction, while viewers speculated that he might investigate the mysterious newcomer.
• Qin Su told 777 that playing hard to get would draw more interest, then exchanged life for space access, a black baseball cap, and a black face mask.

Qin Su disguised himself as an Alpha at the Fourth Military Academy and discovered that gaining favorability from comic-world natives restored his life. After attracting attention on the maglev train, he faced a request to add someone on an optical computer despite not owning one.

• Qin Su used ten minutes of life to buy an Alpha pheromone-blocking patch and wore it with a cap and mask to disguise himself.
• Qin Su entered the crowded train hall, attracted attention, and gained enough favorability to extend his life by several minutes.
• Qin Su boarded the maglev train after observing how the ID scanner worked, and nearby students memorized his unusual ID, “QS.”
• The new students compared their long IDs and joked that they were NPCs in the comic world.
• Ji'en approached Qin Su on the train and nervously asked to be added to his optical computer friends list.

Qin Su rejected Ji'en's request to exchange optical computer contacts, then used 777 as a substitute for the expensive device he could not afford. After studying information about the entrance ceremony, he was interrupted by his roommate Jiang Lu.

• Qin Su tactfully rejected Ji'en, who left flustered but felt he had been treated as an equal.
• Ji'en and his companion discussed Qin Su's courteous rejection, and Ji'en regretted not asking his name.
• Qin Su entered his private dorm room and learned that a top-tier optical computer cost more life minutes than he could afford.
• Qin Su persuaded 777 to serve as his optical computer and asked it to gather detailed information about the entrance ceremony.
• After studying the data, Qin Su heard Jiang Lu ask what he was doing, and the interface turned into dazzling white light.

Back in the real world, Qin Su learned that he had to spend every hour working between his two worlds and prepared perfume and clothes for his next appearance in Interstellar Legend. He returned to the comic at the new student entrance ceremony with only minutes left on his life countdown, while Ji'en and Samuel both searched for an Alpha.

• Qin Su reunited with Jiang Lu in the real world, concealed his transmigration, and realized that day and night ran in opposite directions between the two worlds.
• Qin Su went to the B&K Perfume Research Institute to create a personal scent he could pass off as Alpha pheromones, then asked Qin Dai to send him distinctive clothes.
• Qin Su studied his comic appearances and prepared for the new student entrance ceremony, while Qin Dai agreed to arrange his outfit.
• Qin Su returned to the comic at the ceremony venue, where his life countdown showed twenty-four minutes remaining; the system told him he could only die if his popularity points were too low to extend his life.
• At the new student area, Samuel parted from He Muzhi, Lailisi, and Lin Yin, then encountered Ji'en; both revealed they were looking for an Alpha.

Qin Su used a Cold Blast Bomb to make a dramatic entrance at the freshmen's ceremony and draw the attention of the students and upperclassmen. He headed toward the protagonist group, but Samuel stood frozen in his path after recognizing him.

• Samuel parted ways with Ji'en and searched the freshmen's section for the black-haired Alpha, but could not find him.
• Qin Su avoided the venue's electronic eyes and timed his entrance, planning to use a Cold Blast Bomb to make the freshmen notice him.
• Qin Su learned that his identity ID began with QS because 777 had added five ones to the system's number, giving him more material for his big-shot persona.
• Qin Su crushed the bomb as he entered, plunging the surrounding area into a sudden chill and drawing the freshmen's attention as they speculated about his Alpha rank.
• Samuel recognized Qin Su as the Alpha he had seen before and froze in place, while Ji'en recognized him as the Alpha from the train.
• Qin Su walked toward the protagonist group and found Samuel standing rigidly in his path.

Qin Su used a Cold Blast Bomb to startle Samuel out of his frozen posture, clearing the way to his assigned seat while making the nearby freshmen believe his Alpha pressure was formidable. After Qin Su became the center of attention at the entrance ceremony, He Muzhi and the others speculated that he might be an SSS-rank Alpha and considered checking his enrollment records.

• Qin Su planned to pass Samuel without appearing to provoke him and crushed a Cold Blast Bomb as he approached.
• Samuel regained his senses under the sudden chill, and He Muzhi carried him to a chair while Qin Su continued to his seat.
• Samuel told He Muzhi, Lailisi, and Lin Yin that Qin Su's pressure felt at least S-rank, while He Wenyuan considered approaching Qin Su for an alliance.
• Qin Su sat in the conspicuous first-row seat, drawing attention from the freshmen and manga readers as those nearby restrained their pheromones.
• He Muzhi noticed Qin Su wore a pheromone-blocking patch, and Samuel suggested he might be SSS-rank; Lailisi proposed checking his enrollment records.

At the Fourth Military Academy’s entrance ceremony, Qin Su’s mysterious Alpha persona won the freshmen’s favor while he gathered information about the world and its key students. After the ceremony, he reached a surveillance blind spot and asked 777 for his detailed enrollment data.

• Lailisi explained that freshmen could investigate one another’s pheromone data, while the mysterious Alpha’s presence suppressed the chaotic pheromones around the hall and raised Qin Su’s favorability.
• Freshmen recognized Qin Su’s identity ID as QS and spread the news, while Qin Su realized he could not sense anyone’s pheromones and worried that failing his mission would erase him from people’s memories.
• Qin Su accidentally crushed a Cold Blast Bomb, intensifying the chill around him; the freshmen assumed his reaction was directed at Xuan Jingxi, who was delivering a speech.
• He Wenyuan interpreted Qin Su’s narrowed eyes as dislike for Xuan Jingxi and Samuel and considered treating Qin Su as an ally against them.
• Qin Su studied the military equipment and the people at the ceremony while following the bullet comments, then left during the electronic fireworks after the six-hour event ended.
• Qin Su reached a surveillance blind spot and asked 777 to show him the Fourth Military Academy’s detailed enrollment data about him.

Qin Su learned more about the system’s abilities, returned to the real world, and began planning to make a personal pheromone. Meanwhile, Raymond obtained Qin Su’s enrollment data, but its contents had not yet been revealed.

• Qin Su confirmed he could control the system like an optical computer, kept his background information blank, and requested data on his classmates and notable freshmen.
• Qin Su asked when he could control the manga camera and choose his arrival point, then returned to his dormitory to sleep.
• He Wenyuan steered Raymond into investigating Qin Su, while Ji'en and Samuel realized they had both been searching for the same Alpha.
• Qin Su returned to the real world, discovered he could bring clothes between worlds, and went to his apartment to work on a personal pheromone.
• Raymond asked his uncle Theodore for Qin Su’s enrollment data, received it, and prepared to open it in front of his friends.

Qin Su discovered that the academy’s enrollment data about him had spread across the student forum, where classmates speculated about his mysterious identity and boosted his favorability points. With only a little over a day left to live, he continued preparing for the class’s formal meeting before returning to the real world, where Jiang Lu recognized his name in the comic.

• Raymond showed his friends Qin Su’s enrollment data, which listed question marks for his gender and background, and they concluded that Qin Su was someone to respect from a distance.
• Qin Su noticed a surge in favorability points and learned that a popular forum thread was discussing his enrollment data.
• Forum users debated why Qin Su’s gender was listed as unknown, while Qin Su realized they had dismissed the true explanation that he was an Ancient Human.
• He Muzhi suggested that Qin Su’s unknown gender could result from both extraordinary pheromones and a powerful background, while He Wenyuan reacted jealously to He Muzhi’s interest.
• Qin Su gained 720 minutes of life from the discussion and continued memorizing class data and preparing pheromones for the upcoming meeting.
• Qin Su returned to his dormitory in the real world, where Jiang Lu recognized his name in Interstellar Legend and was shocked to see him.

Jiang Lu struggled with the discovery that his roommate Qin Su matched the protagonist of Interstellar Legend, then finally warned Qin Su to read the manga in case he entered it. Qin Su thanked him, already aware that he was living in the manga world.

• Jiang Lu noticed that the manga character Qin Su matched his roommate in name and appearance, but he hesitated to tell him.
• After Qin Su left, Jiang Lu posted about his discovery on a manga forum, then deleted the post and changed his account details when readers identified him.
• Qin Su arranged for custom clothes and shoes ahead of his return to the manga world, spoke with his sister Qin Dai, and went to class.
• After class, Jiang Lu hurried after Qin Su and urged him to read Interstellar Legend in case he experienced a supernatural accident.
• Qin Su thanked Jiang Lu, knowing that he was already in the manga.

Jiang Lu was embarrassed after his classmates overheard his warning to Qin Su, while Qin Su prepared cold-scented perfumes and returned to the comic world. He chose to stay in his dorm until the freshman meeting, where his classmates noticed he was not wearing an Alpha pheromone-blocking patch.

• Qin Su calmly accepted Jiang Lu's warning, and Jiang Lu’s classmates laughed with him after Qin Su left.
• Qin Su asked Jiang Cheng to choose the coldest-smelling perfume, then labeled the selected vial “1.”
• Qin Su returned to the comic world with a new outfit but found that the black case he carried had not come with him.
• Qin Su exchanged life points for an Alpha pheromone-blocking patch, kept it in his pocket, and stayed in his dorm to study the world instead of appearing in public.
• Qin Su decided to make his supposed Alpha susceptible period begin on the first and waited until the freshman class meeting to leave his dorm.
• Qin Su arrived at the classroom, where the freshmen noticed he was not wearing a pheromone-blocking patch.

Qin Su used a brief, artificial pheromone display to convince his new classmates that he was an exceptionally powerful Alpha, then ingratiated himself with his homeroom teacher, Zhang Minglang. The chapter left Qin Su introducing himself and naming the first through seventh as his susceptible period.

• Qin Su triggered a five-second cold blast that made the students believe his pheromones were intensely oppressive, then covered his gland with a blocking patch and apologized.
• Qin Su greeted Zhang Minglang by name and praised his book, earning the teacher’s goodwill and making classmates wonder about Zhang’s reputation.
• Zhang Minglang introduced himself as Class 6’s homeroom teacher and explained the military academy’s four-year program.
• Zhang Minglang asked the students to report their names and susceptible periods, and Qin Su announced that his period ran from the first through the seventh.

Qin Su’s pheromone power and high-ranking optical computer astonished his classmates as they recorded their susceptible periods and joined the class group. He Wenyuan saw a forum photo of Qin Su and froze, leaving his reaction unresolved.

• Qin Su revealed that he was not in his susceptible period, yet his pheromone pressure stunned the class and led him to consider using He Wenyuan’s transplant expertise to obtain a suitable gland.
• Zhang Minglang resumed the introductions, and the students reported their susceptible periods; Raymond deleted his forum post about Qin Su and resolved to keep a low profile.
• He Muzhi reported that his susceptible period matched Qin Su’s, prompting a frenzy of comments as He Muzhi continued glancing at Qin Su.
• The students joined Zhang Minglang’s class group, where Qin Su’s name appeared at the top, revealing that his optical computer ranked above all five hundred students’ devices.
• Students posted photos of Qin Su on the school forum, and He Wenyuan froze after opening one while searching for news about He Muzhi.

Qin Su arranged to skip classes temporarily by claiming his powerful pheromones could endanger other students, then spent hours studying grotesque Zerg images to prepare for the next day’s course. The chapter ended with his roommate Jiang Lu repeatedly sniffing him as they headed to class.

• He Wenyuan confronted Qin Su and offered to help him deal with He Muzhi’s friends, but Qin Su said he was more interested in He Wenyuan, stunning the onlookers.
• Qin Su asked Zhang Minglang to excuse him from classes and training because of his pheromone problem, and Zhang agreed to try the arrangement for a month.
• Qin Su asked the system for detailed images and data on every kind of Zerg, then forced himself to study the horrifying images and practice using his Optical Brain.
• After returning to the real world, Qin Su slept briefly, went to class with Jiang Lu, and noticed his roommate repeatedly sniffing him.

Jiang Lu embarrassed himself by shouting “pheromones” at Qin Su in public, while Qin Su prepared for the coming battle and arranged intensive training with Qin Dai. In the comic world, Qin Su skipped morning class but arrived for the afternoon lesson, where Zhou Kaiyu was about to introduce the students to the Zerg.

• Jiang Lu blurted out “pheromones” at Qin Su, apologized, and later admitted to his classmates that he had smelled no such scent.
• Qin Su documented the bugs he had seen, asked Qin Dai to arrange a full course of combat training, and learned that their parents had been out of contact for eighteen days.
• Qin Dai divined that their parents would be safe and that the crisis would resolve, while Qin Su took copper coins to prepare for a divination of his own before battle.
• In the comic world, Zhou Kaiyu told the students that Qin Su could not attend morning classes and taught them Zerg history because the vomit processors were not yet working.
• Qin Su arrived for the afternoon Zerg studies class, drawing the students’ attention as Zhou Kaiyu prepared to show them the Zerg.

Qin Su sat through Zhou Kaiyu’s graphic lesson on the Insect Swarm without showing any reaction, prompting the teacher and his classmates to suspect he had special knowledge or had not viewed the images. When Zhou Kaiyu tested him by asking about Lie Xiu, Qin Su recognized the insect and prepared to prove that he had been paying attention.

• Qin Su realized Zhou Kaiyu’s wary looks stemmed from his absence from morning class and decided to change the teacher’s opinion through academic performance.
• Zhou Kaiyu showed the class graphic images of several Insect Swarm species, and most students became sick or frightened.
• Qin Su calmly viewed the lesson, while Zhou Kaiyu and He Muzhi noticed his lack of reaction and wondered whether he had seen the images.
• Zhou Kaiyu pointed out Qin Su’s composure, and the class and bullet-comment viewers questioned whether he had actually viewed the images on his optical computer.
• Qin Su admitted he already knew about the insects, and Zhou Kaiyu asked whether he knew about Lie Xiu; Qin Su recognized the name and welcomed the chance to answer.

Qin Su revealed detailed Lie Xiu information and an enormous insect database during Zhou Kaiyu’s class, impressing the teacher and students while proving his knowledge and optical computer were extraordinary. After class, Zhou Kaiyu approached Qin Su to ask about his data, leaving Qin Su uneasy about what he would say.

• Qin Su described the Lie Xiu’s appearance, hunting, dormancy, and reproduction, surprising Zhou Kaiyu, who had not known those details.
• Qin Su opened his optical computer to display a vast collection of high-definition insect images and information, overwhelming the students and viewers while Zhou Kaiyu studied the data.
• Zhou Kaiyu thanked Qin Su, praised his knowledge, and stopped suspecting him of skipping class or padding his credentials.
• Zhou Kaiyu called on Qin Su throughout the rest of class to explain insect information, and Qin Su answered while privately worrying about being exposed.
• After class, Zhou Kaiyu approached Qin Su with a determined expression, intending to ask where he had obtained the insect data and what it had cost.

Qin Su agreed to provide the Federation with Zerg data, but insisted that a Federation representative contact him and arranged to sell the information through an untraceable link. He Muzhi and his friends learned about the contact and speculated about Qin Su’s interest in He Wenyuan, while the chapter ended with the Federation’s Ellis anxiously waiting for Qin Su to reply.

• Zhou Kaiyu apologized to Qin Su for prejudging him, then asked where he had obtained his rare Zerg data.
• Qin Su agreed to provide the Federation with data, but told Zhou Kaiyu to have someone from the Federation contact him instead of the school principal.
• Zhou Kaiyu informed the Fourth Military School’s teachers, and He Muzhi overheard that the Federation would be contacting Qin Su.
• He Muzhi told Lailisi, Lin Yin, and Samuel what he had heard, and they decided Qin Su’s interest in He Wenyuan might be a warning; He Wenyuan watched them and grew disturbed.
• Qin Su priced the data and learned that an untraceable delivery link would cost 60 minutes of Life Points.
• The Federation chose Ellis to contact Qin Su, who accepted Ellis’s friend request, but Ellis grew anxious when Qin Su did not answer his first message.

Qin Su brokered the Federation’s purchase of Zerg data while using 777 to hide the links and payment trail, leaving the Federation officials convinced his contacts were beyond their reach. Back in the real world, he asked Jiang Cheng for help obtaining a potted plant after discovering how costly it was to bring one across.

• Qin Su told 777 to make the purchase links appear to lead back to the Federation’s own servers after the officials had struggled to crack them, then replied to Ellis’s greeting with a single period.
• Ellis and his colleagues sent Qin Su a list of bugs and received purchase links with prices they considered generous; Ellis bought the data and received the corresponding files.
• The officials traced every link to the Federation’s own servers, then discovered that their investigation had triggered a cybersecurity clash with their colleagues and recognized Qin Su’s warning.
• Qin Su gained enough favorability to recover the life points spent on the transaction, learned that crossing into the Comic World during real-world time would cost thirty days, and asked 777 for a life-point exchange price list.
• Qin Su found that a potted plant would cost 1,440 minutes of life points to bring over, returned to his apartment, and messaged Jiang Cheng about it.