Chapter Summaries

Qin Su organized nearly thirty thousand students into groups and led them in a coordinated attack on the Zerg-infested forest. After the first bombardment exposed swarms of Zerg beneath the trees, he sent the group leaders down to scout while his classmates noticed how thoroughly he had prepared for the operation.

• Qin Su studied the school's map, assigned the students to ten groups, and directed them to load weapons and supplies onto their Warships.
• He Muzhi watched prisoners fight and die below the Jump Point Platform, then struggled with whether to expose the conditions there.
• Qin Su arranged the groups over the forest and ordered the group leaders to attack the trees beneath them.
• The bombardment brought countless Zerg into the air, and the students used their training to kill them before Qin Su ordered them to cease fire.
• Qin Su sent the ten group leaders down through the cleared openings to inspect the ground, while students praised his preparation and noticed his kill count remained at zero.

Qin Su led the 1st Brigade through a carefully planned battle against the Zerg on Maikafukeclai Planet, keeping his own kill count at zero while protecting every student and meeting their clearing target. He then ordered the group back to the Jump Point platform, while Aiseboer saw Qin Su at the bottom of the rankings with zero kills and began to question what he had heard.

• Qin Su suspected the Federation had hidden the planet's conditions to restrain him, and resolved to help his classmates reach the Star Coin exchange cap while keeping his own kill count at zero.
• He Muzhi and the other nine group leaders reported their zones, and Qin Su assigned the students positions using a battle map built from their scans.
• The students saw Zerg covering the trees, ground, and water, then attacked on Qin Su's order as he directed their fire and rescued classmates in danger.
• After more than two hours, the 1st Brigade met its clearing target without losing anyone; Qin Su ordered the group to set up a protective net and recalculated positions for the afternoon.
• Qin Su ordered everyone back to the Jump Point platform so they could see the prisoners arrive, despite Lailisi saying they could keep fighting.
• At the Fourth Military Academy, Aiseboer heard that Qin Su's kill count was zero, then looked at Zhang Minglang's Optical Brain screen in surprise.

Aiseboer and others interpreted Qin Su's zero kill count as a warning to those secretly watching him, while Zhang Minglang suspected Qin Su was also setting up a retaliation. At the Jump Point Platform, the 1st Brigade faced ten dangerous prisoners, and Qin Su waited to see how He Muzhi and the students would respond before ordering them to get down as the prisoners attacked.

• Aiseboer saw Qin Su's zero kill count, concluded Qin Su knew he was being watched, and asked Zhang Minglang to notify him if the number changed.
• Zhang Minglang shared Qin Su's data with more inquirers and noted that officials asked about Qin Su but not the ordinary students' deaths or injuries.
• The 1st Brigade arrived at the Jump Point Platform, where ten prisoners rose from the prison below and advanced on the students.
• As the prisoners' pheromones overwhelmed some students, stronger students stepped forward, while Qin Su watched He Muzhi and gave no orders.
• He Muzhi warned the prisoners and moved to meet their sudden charge without using his weapon, so Qin Su ordered everyone to get down.
• The students dropped into a squat in unison as the prisoners rushed at them.

Qin Su killed the ten prisoners who threatened the 1st Brigade students, then ordered his classmates to clean up while he washed off the stench. The students interpreted the ordeal as training for dangers beyond the Zerg, and Qin Su finally told them over the all-channel communication to hold their breath.

• Qin Su shot each of the ten prisoners three times, then checked their bodies with a Military Saber to make sure they were dead.
• The 1st Brigade students watched Qin Su’s ruthless cleanup in shock, while He Muzhi worried that he had disappointed him.
• Qin Su ordered the students to clean up the bodies and left to wash himself; He Muzhi and the others agreed to handle the task.
• Sophia and the students discussed how to dispose of the prisoners, then voted to throw them to the bugs rather than send them down to the prison below.
• Raymond and Lin Yin convinced the students that Qin Su’s actions were meant to prepare them for dangers beyond the Zerg, and the students began training themselves to endure the stench.
• After hearing Raymond urge the students not to hold their breath, Qin Su spoke over the all-channel communication and ordered them to hold their breath.

Qin Su’s warning about the corpse stench was misread by the 1st Brigade as a sign that he cared about their training, and the students turned smelling the bodies into a bizarre endurance exercise. After the brigade followed his orders in battle and the weaker students gained unexpectedly high kill counts without casualties, Qin Su told everyone to bring back a piece of bug meat.

• Qin Su warned the 1st Brigade not to rush while handling the prisoners’ bodies, but Raymond convinced the students that Qin Su was showing concern for them, and they lined up to smell the corpses.
• Zhang Minglang questioned He Muzhi about Qin Su, but He Muzhi gave only evasive answers and shared a template that helped other students deflect their teachers’ inquiries.
• He Muzhi waited to tell Qin Su that the teachers had been probing the brigade for information, and Qin Su thanked him before taking him along to the ship’s energy-replenishment area.
• The 1st Brigade spent six hours fighting under Qin Su’s orders to help other students, then returned to the Jump Point without casualties.
• The next day, the weaker students had some of the brigade’s highest kill counts, and Qin Su ended the morning battle by ordering everyone to bring back one piece of bug meat.

Qin Su ordered the 1st Brigade to collect and sort insect meat while preparing to bring prisoners up from the prison. He pressured He Muzhi to attack them, but after He Muzhi forced ten prisoners into the elevators without killing anyone, Qin Su had the students drag them out and faced them himself.

• Qin Su told the 1st Brigade to photograph, name, and sort pieces of insect meat, while the students discovered that prisoner stench still clung to them.
• Zhang Minglang saw that Qin Su and the brigade’s strongest students had landed at the bottom of the kill rankings, while weaker students had risen near the top.
• Blumer asked Anthony why the 1st Brigade had not posted about its kills, and Anthony said they were busy collecting meat for Qin Su.
• When the brigade returned to the Jump Point, the prisoners stayed away from the elevators, so Qin Su ordered He Muzhi to bombard them until ten entered within a minute.
• He Muzhi fired twice without killing anyone, and the prisoners rushed into the elevators to avoid another blast.
• Qin Su ordered the students to drag the ten prisoners out, then told them to raise their heads.

Qin Su assigned the 1st Brigade to feed and observe the prisoners, then left to consider how the Federation’s powerful might be persuaded to eat edible Zerg. He Muzhi apologized before Qin Su departed, and the students began carrying out the food tests under armed guard.

• Qin Su showed the prisoners the prepared Zerg meat and assigned each of ten group leaders a prisoner and detailed observation forms.
• Qin Su told the remaining students they could stay or leave, then left the platform and privately considered using wealthy people and the celebrity effect to increase demand for edible Zerg.
• He Muzhi caught up with Qin Su to apologize for his earlier tricks, but misunderstood Qin Su’s reassurance as rejection and left dejected.
• After Qin Su disappeared, the 1st Brigade surrounded the prisoners with weapons, and the group leaders ordered them to eat the assigned Zerg portions.
• The students asked He Muzhi whether he had smelled the prisoners on Qin Su; He Muzhi said Qin Su had only smelled cold, while Qin Su watched the discussion in the chat.

Qin Su watched the 1st Brigade test poisonous Insect Meat and face an attack from a prisoner, while He Muzhi shot the attacker to protect his classmates and prove himself. The students then turned the dead prisoners into target practice, and Qin Su told Blumer about it as Blumer reported that his prisoners had smeared filth across their platform.

• Qin Su monitored the 1st Brigade and worried that his classmates might freeze if a prisoner attacked, while he reflected on his dwindling Life Points and his plan to help He Muzhi grow.
• He Muzhi fed a prisoner a piece of Insect Meat, and the prisoner died soon after eating it; the remaining prisoners were forced to test different piles of meat, causing several more to die or suffer poisoning.
• A prisoner charged at Cui Jiachi, and He Muzhi shot him twice in the legs, stopping the attack and surprising the 1st Brigade with his resolve.
• After all ten prisoners had died, the students decided to practice shooting at their bodies, and Qin Su watched in disbelief as they carried out the idea.
• Blumer called Qin Su to ask what his prisoners were doing; Qin Su reported that they were using the dead prisoners for target practice, while Blumer said his prisoners had spread filth across their platform.

Qin Su led the 1st Brigade through a coordinated Zerg purge, helping every student but himself reach the kill quota while secretly preparing to gather the remaining Zerg. He left the brigade wondering what to do next just as their kill counts maxed out.

• Blumer took Qin Su's advice and led Unit 2 in firing on the prisoners, whose attempts to dodge confirmed they could defend themselves.
• The 1st Brigade completed its purge operations while Qin Su organized the students' kills so weaker and stronger groups could catch up with one another.
• The students roasted and ate Zerg meat, and Qin Su encouraged them to share it with their families and take some home.
• Qin Su returned to his Spaceship, locked the hatches after midnight, and went alone to gather the remaining Zerg in the Purge Zone.
• The next morning, the other students maxed out their kill counts and turned to Qin Su to ask what they should do next.

Qin Su staged a spectacular attack that made it appear his Pheromones had instantly killed the Zerg and completed the 1st Brigade’s clearing mission. After concealing his traps beneath the bloody spectacle, he detonated explosives that leveled the triangular area.

• Qin Su ordered the 1st Brigade to stay at high altitude while he descended alone toward the uncleared forest.
• Qin Su triggered hidden Glands, and the 1st Brigade and Unit 2 watched as bugs screamed and burst apart, seemingly from his Pheromones.
• The 1st Brigade discovered that Qin Su had reached first place on the kill leaderboard, and the school announced the Qin Su Team had completed the clearing mission.
• Qin Su recovered beneath the bloody haze, covered himself in gore, and returned to the Small Warship while hiding the traps and explosives he had prepared.
• Qin Su detonated the explosives beneath the blood mist, leveling the triangular area as the onlookers watched.

Qin Su wiped out the Zerg with his Pheromones, completed the 1st Brigade’s cleanup mission, and led the exhausted students back toward the Jump Point. As the other units and Federation officials reacted to his victory, Zhang Minglang began to suspect that Qin Su’s Zerg-food posts had a larger purpose.

• Qin Su returned to the 1st Brigade after destroying the Zerg and their Mechas, announced that the exercise was over, and ordered the students to rest before regrouping.
• The 1st Brigade celebrated its victory and discovered that Class 6 had recorded Qin Su’s feat, while Qin Su hid from view, endured the effects of the Gland, and marked areas to inspect later.
• Unit 2 discussed Qin Su’s power and envied the 1st Brigade, while Blumer agreed that Qin Su had given his students a chance to practice.
• Zhang Minglang learned that the 1st Brigade had completed the mission and maxed out its redemption quotas; after discussing Qin Su’s popular Zerg-food posts with Aiseboer, he suspected they might challenge the Federation’s established interests.
• Qin Su gathered the 1st Brigade and led them toward the 0725 Jump Point Platform, and a Unit 2 student suggested that Blumer ask the 1st Brigade for help.

Blumer refused Unit 2’s request for help, but Qin Su later sent the 1st Brigade to hunt dangerous Zerg in Unit 2’s purge zone while respecting their pride and training. As Unit 2 realized the prisoners had been testing Zerg meat for poison, its members wondered whether they should try eating it too.

• Blumer declined to have Qin Su’s 1st Brigade help Unit 2, then realized Qin Su had deliberately let his own students train before using his Pheromone to clear the final area.
• Qin Su returned to his Rest Pod in pain, slept through the night, and secretly checked that the equipment and evidence from his purge had been destroyed.
• Qin Su assigned the 1st Brigade groups dangerous Zerg to hunt in Unit 2’s area while he watched from above, and He Muzhi led his group without explaining the plan to Blumer.
• Blumer understood that Qin Su had selected hazardous targets to protect Unit 2 while preserving its members’ pride and allowing them to continue their own purge.
• After the 1st Brigade withdrew with the Zerg they had killed, Unit 2 inferred that prisoners had tested the meat for poison and considered eating some themselves.

Qin Su led the 1st Brigade through the Third Practical Exercise, where every member earned the maximum Star Coins despite limits placed on Qin Su’s own quota. The result stunned the Fourth Military Academy’s leaders, and Aiseboer began explaining the scale of the setback to the people on a video call.

• Blumer agreed to have Unit 2 use prisoners to test Zerg meat for poison while presenting it as an act of kindness.
• Qin Su arranged for prisoners to be brought up in batches, and the 1st Brigade and Unit 2 used them to test Zerg meat while continuing their purge work.
• Unit 2 failed to finish its assigned zone, but its members and the 1st Brigade returned with large amounts of Zerg meat to sell or keep.
• At the Fourth Military Academy, Zhang Minglang announced that every member of the 1st Brigade had exchanged the maximum 6.66 million Star Coins, leaving Aiseboer shocked and furious.
• Aiseboer told the people on a video call that Qin Su’s quota had indeed been capped at 6.66 million Star Coins, but every 1st Brigade member had earned that maximum amount.

After the Third Practical Exercise, Aiseboer discovered the cost of Qin Su’s victory and watched the 1st Brigade’s accounts of the battle spread across the networks. As the Class of 26 mourned Unit 2’s dead, Aiseboer questioned Qin Su about He Muzhi taking Class 6 to volunteer at a funeral home.

• Aiseboer and the other staff agreed to honor their promise to exchange the students’ rewards, while the 1st Brigade told gathered students about the exercise and sold its surplus bug meat.
• Aiseboer learned that all of the 1st Brigade’s Mechas had been destroyed and, after watching videos of Qin Su killing prisoners, realized Qin Su could be ruthless toward anyone.
• After He Muzhi asked Aiseboer to arrange funeral-home volunteering for 499 classmates, Aiseboer suspected Qin Su had inspired the request, and He Muzhi resolved to help his classmates grow stronger.
• Qin Su posted a Zerg delicacies list under alternate accounts and used more accounts to promote it, hoping to limit the Zerg’s growth during the holiday.
• At Unit 2’s funeral, He Muzhi vowed to accomplish what their dead classmates could not, and afterward Aiseboer asked Qin Su why He Muzhi was taking Class 6 to volunteer at a funeral home.

Qin Su’s classmates began volunteering at a funeral home after He Muzhi learned that Qin Su had called them good, while Qin Su promoted insect cuisine and prepared to collect Zerg glands. The chapter ended with Aiseboer learning that upper-year students had shot prisoners who tried to seize their spaceship.

• Aiseboer told He Muzhi that Qin Su said Class 6 wanted to volunteer at the Funeral Home because they were good, and He Muzhi shared his interpretation with the class.
• Class 6 students insisted on taking jobs that involved collecting and transporting corpses, then handled decomposing bodies during their first shift.
• The students discussed the prisoners who had died at Maikafukelai Prison, and He Muzhi realized he shared their desire for the prisoners to suffer and die.
• Qin Su posted clickbait promoting insect dishes on StarNet, organized paid promotion, and edited a plan to requisition Zerg glands for the holidays.
• As public interest in eating Zerg spread, Qin Su secretly hunted Zerg for their glands while Aiseboer received reports about the upper-year students’ actions.
• Aiseboer learned that upper-year students had shot prisoners who tried to seize their spaceship and demanded to know who had authorized it.

Aiseboer dealt with students imitating Qin Su’s prisoner killings while the Funeral Home Incident spread across the planets and Qin Su spent vacation harvesting Zerg Glands. As classes resumed, Qin Su prepared to appear at school during his susceptible period.

• Aiseboer told homeroom teachers to rein in students who had copied Qin Su’s actions, sparing Halton because Qin Su had chosen him to teach He Muzhi.
• Netizens turned the Zerg-clearing site into the Death Triangle Zone attraction, while Aiseboer attended a meeting about Zerg numbers and varieties dropping at an unprecedented rate.
• He Muzhi, Class 6, and students from other academies filled funeral homes and shared work logs, creating the viral Funeral Home Incident.
• Qin Su spent vacation hunting Zerg for their Glands, while He Muzhi and his friends wondered where he was and declined to disturb him.
• Students gathered on campus hoping to see Qin Su, but He Muzhi warned that his susceptible period would keep him away for the first seven days of term.
• Qin Su woke in the Real World, groomed himself carefully, and touched the gland at the back of his neck before his planned appearance.

Qin Su prepared a convincing fake Alpha susceptible period with injections that made him cold and gave off a faint Pheromone scent, then arrived at the exchange between the two Class 6 groups. After his classmates mistook his disguise for genuine symptoms, he agreed to represent his class in the opening Mecha Operation Drill.

• Qin Su pinched and injected the back of his neck to create a red, swollen fake Gland and a faint Alpha Pheromone scent, then left for class wearing a blocker patch.
• Students from the Class of 25's and Class of 26's Class 6 groups argued over whether Qin Su would appear during his susceptible period, while He Muzhi stayed away.
• Qin Su arrived at the classroom, surprising both groups, and his classmates concluded that he had taken suppressants to see them despite his susceptible period.
• Raymond messaged He Muzhi that Qin Su had come, while Qin Su noted that He Muzhi was absent and directed his class to assemble.
• Zhang Minglang announced a Mecha Operation Drill between the two classes, and Qin Su's classmates looked to him to decide whether he would compete.
• Qin Su agreed to represent the Class of 26's Class 6 in the drill.

Qin Su competed against Teng Guanhe in two Mecha operation demonstrations, defeating him decisively with his knowledge of Zerg and unexpected tactics. After winning the Bionic Mecha match, Qin Su ended the Traditional Energy Mecha fight in under ten seconds with a surprise attack from his Mecha’s knee cannons.

• Class 26’s Class 6 students mistook Qin Su’s decision to compete as a sacrifice for their morale, while Class 25’s Class 6 students fought harder for the chance to face him.
• Qin Su and Teng Guanhe began a five-minute Bionic Mecha match, and Qin Su countered Teng Guanhe’s attacks by mimicking the natural predators of the Zerg he copied.
• After two and a half minutes, Qin Su began attacking and defeated Teng Guanhe with his opponent’s own moves, winning the match and exposing Class 25’s Class 6 students’ weaker Zerg knowledge.
• Zhang Minglang started a Traditional Energy Mecha match, and Qin Su crouched instead of dodging when Teng Guanhe attacked, firing knee cannons that toppled Teng Guanhe’s Mecha.
• Qin Su climbed from his cockpit and stood beside his Mecha as the arena watched the fight end in under ten seconds.

Qin Su won the Service Mecha demonstration by controlling and arranging every machine at once, then chose Sophia for the Tactical Analysis event. As the exchange demonstrations continued, He Muzhi persistently followed Qin Su with a troubled gaze and finally asked him to wait so he could ask a question.

• Zhang Minglang set a five-minute Service Mecha demonstration, and Qin Su linked to and operated every machine on his side in an orderly, numbered display.
• Teng Guanhe tried to control many Service Mecha too, but Qin Su’s repeated demonstrations captured the students’ attention, and Qin Su’s class won decisively.
• After the result, Qin Su chose Sophia to represent their class in Tactical Analysis while He Muzhi watched him enviously during his susceptibility period.
• More than a dozen hours later, He Muzhi followed Qin Su and asked him to wait because he had a question.

Qin Su’s offhand explanation that he had gotten used to resisting heat-period instincts inspired students to start a training challenge, while he took several days off in the Real World to recover. He returned to Class 6 just as the class advisor prepared to announce the semester’s first practical combat session.

• He Muzhi asked Qin Su how he stayed rational during his heat period, and Qin Su said he was simply used to it, leading He Muzhi to admire his willpower.
• He Muzhi told his classmates about Qin Su’s answer, and students from both Class 6 groups decided to try resisting their heat-period instincts and spread the idea across the Forum and StarNet.
• Qin Su returned to the Real World, rested in his dorm, and let Jiang Lu praise his fictional heat-period self-control without revealing that he had overheard him.
• He Muzhi returned to Class 6 hoping to see Qin Su, but Qin Su stayed away for several days while the class waited for news of the practical combat session.
• Qin Su reappeared after six days of rest, and Zhang Minglang opened the rules for the upcoming practical combat session.