Chapter Summaries

Bai Luoming went to Silver Wolf’s room and surprised her, prompting her to rush into his arms after she realized he was really there. Firefly caught them embracing, questioned their relationship, and told them to come downstairs for dinner.

• Bai Luoming called Silver Wolf by her online handle through her door, interrupting her game and startling her.
• Silver Wolf opened the door, saw Bai Luoming, and immediately shut herself back inside before composing herself and using Aether Editing to make a mirror.
• Silver Wolf reopened the door and leaped into Bai Luoming’s arms, refusing to let go when he asked her to get ready for dinner.
• Firefly arrived and asked what Bai Luoming and Silver Wolf were doing, then pressed them about whether they had known each other for a long time.
• Bai Luoming claimed that he and Silver Wolf had only played games together, and Firefly stopped him from swearing before telling them to come downstairs because Blade was waiting for dinner.

Bai Luoming joined the Stellaron Hunters for dinner, where Firefly and Silver Wolf competed to look after him. Kafka watched their growing attachment while Elio silently considered what she had yet to notice.

• After Firefly left, Bai Luoming argued with Silver Wolf about their past and blamed Herta for deleting him from Silver Wolf’s friends list.
• Kafka called Bai Luoming and Silver Wolf downstairs, then wondered whether bringing Bai Luoming into the group had been a good idea.
• At dinner, Firefly and Silver Wolf sat on either side of Bai Luoming and competed to feed him.
• Bai Luoming accepted their food until he could eat no more, while Firefly and Silver Wolf continued filling his bowl.
• Kafka watched them and prepared fish for Elio, who remained silent about his concern that Kafka might recognize her feelings too late.

Bai Luoming reunited with Blade and learned that his past actions against Shuhu and the altered memories had shaped events on the Luofu. After Blade declined to visit Baiheng, Silver Wolf asked what everyone planned to do, and Firefly offered to join Bai Luoming for a walk.

• Bai Luoming finished eating and told Blade that they had once eaten and fought together, though Blade did not remember him.
• Elio confirmed that Bai Luoming had traveled back to the Shuhu Rebellion, defeated Shuhu, and sealed the memories of those present.
• Elio revealed that Baiheng had followed Bai Luoming to the present and was on the Luofu with his master; Blade declined Kafka's offer to visit her.
• Kafka wondered whether she was the only Stellaron Hunter without a connection to Bai Luoming, then gave Elio a piece of fish.
• Silver Wolf asked what everyone would do after the meal, and Bai Luoming said he would go for a walk before Firefly offered to go with him.

Bai Luoming left the villa to shop for clothes while Kafka kept Silver Wolf and Firefly from following him. After he departed, Kafka reminded them not to let their feelings for him divide their family, then left Blade to scold Silver Wolf about staying up gaming as she questioned Firefly about her improved condition.

• Firefly and Silver Wolf both tried to accompany Bai Luoming, but Kafka stopped them and said she wanted to speak with them.
• Bai Luoming promised Kafka he would not run away and left the villa to buy clothes.
• Kafka told Silver Wolf and Firefly to respect their family and not take their feelings for Bai Luoming too far, and they agreed.
• Kafka asked Blade to handle the rest, and Blade caught Silver Wolf when she tried to escape his lecture about staying up all night.
• Kafka asked Firefly whether her recent good condition was because of Bai Luoming, leaving Firefly embarrassed.

Bai Luoming returned to the Stellaron Hunters’ villa with gifts for Kafka and the others, then settled into his luxurious room. While checking his Jade Abacus, he recognized the mysterious “King Wen of Zhou” as someone connected to Penacony and sent a greeting, receiving only a question mark in reply.

• Bai Luoming gave Kafka a burgundy coat and asked her to pass his other gifts to the Stellaron Hunters.
• Kafka showed Bai Luoming his prepared room on the third floor of the villa.
• Bai Luoming unpacked his clothes, including a Robin ita shirt, and washed up before checking his Jade Abacus.
• Bai Luoming read the messages from “King Wen of Zhou” and deduced that the account belonged to a Penacony celebrity with an older brother.
• Bai Luoming sent “King Wen of Zhou” a greeting, and the account eventually replied with “?”

Bai Luoming teased Robin through their messages, accepted her invitation to the Charmony Festival, and learned that the Astral Express planned to visit Penacony. He then messaged March 7th, reassured her he was safe, and annoyed her by asking to see her legs.

• Bai Luoming teased Robin about her earlier messages, and Robin asked why he had only just replied.
• Robin invited Bai Luoming to the Charmony Festival and sent him several blank invitations for himself and his friends.
• Robin wondered if Bai Luoming had guessed she was the famous Miss Robin, but he dismissed the idea and ended their chat for the night.
• Bai Luoming told March 7th he was safe and learned that the Astral Express planned to go to Penacony.
• Bai Luoming asked March 7th to show him her legs, and she refused to keep talking to him.

Firefly and Silver Wolf separately sneaked toward Bai Luoming’s room while he stayed awake, each intending to approach him. They joined forces at his door, but were interrupted by an unexpected voice behind them.

• Firefly crept toward Bai Luoming’s room but waited in the corridor when she heard him watching videos.
• Silver Wolf searched for Bai Luoming’s room and stopped outside it after hearing him mention Herta.
• Firefly caught Silver Wolf trying to open the door, and they admitted they had both come there because they could not sleep.
• Firefly and Silver Wolf prepared to open Bai Luoming’s door, but a gentle voice behind them asked what they were doing awake.

Kafka sent Silver Wolf and Firefly back to bed after finding them together outside at night, while Bai Luoming spent the next morning eating breakfast with the others. Kafka explained that Bai Luoming’s actions kept disrupting Elio’s script, leaving Elio away revising it again.

• Kafka caught Silver Wolf and Firefly together at night and ordered them to return to their rooms and sleep.
• Bai Luoming woke the next morning and praised Blade’s youtiao while Blade prepared breakfast.
• Kafka came downstairs with the tired Silver Wolf and Firefly, and they joined Bai Luoming and Blade for breakfast.
• Bai Luoming asked where Elio was, and Kafka said Elio had gone to revise his script after it was disrupted again.
• Kafka told Bai Luoming that his actions repeatedly changed Elio’s script, but Bai Luoming did not dwell on the explanation.

Bai Luoming offered the Stellaron Hunters invitations to the Charmony Festival in Penacony, prompting them to plan a team-building trip. When they realized they needed more money, Kafka assigned Silver Wolf to earn it and decided to accompany her, while Silver Wolf protested that Bai Luoming should come too.

• Bai Luoming offered the Stellaron Hunters enough Charmony Festival invitations for everyone and sent them to the group chat Firefly had added him to.
• Kafka asked Blade about their remaining funds and concluded they needed to earn more before traveling to Penacony.
• Kafka decided Silver Wolf should get the money because she had recently breached Pier Point's firewall, while Bai Luoming and Firefly were unsuitable choices.
• Silver Wolf accepted the job after Firefly and Bai Luoming explained the trip, then insisted Bai Luoming should go with her.
• Kafka refused to let Bai Luoming appear in public and said she would accompany Silver Wolf, who then tried to back out.

Firefly secretly drugged Bai Luoming and carried his unconscious body to her room. Blade saw them on the stairs but let them go after Firefly said Bai Luoming would be sleeping for a while.

• Kafka took Silver Wolf away after breakfast, and Firefly secretly ordered supplies to make Bai Luoming a drink.
• Firefly mixed black-market pills and fruit into a purple-black drink, then brought it to Bai Luoming.
• Bai Luoming suspected Firefly had drugged the drink, so Firefly sipped it to reassure him; he only pretended to drink from the glass.
• The drug on the glass made Bai Luoming pass out, and Firefly caught him and carried him toward her room.
• Blade met Firefly on the stairs and asked what they were doing; Firefly claimed Bai Luoming was sleepy, then continued upstairs while Blade let them go.

Firefly tied Bai Luoming to a bed and teased him, while Kafka brought Silver Wolf to the company to claim her bounty. Silver Wolf was left to complete the company’s formalities, hoping to return home soon.

• Bai Luoming woke tied to the bed, and Firefly teased him despite his attempts to negotiate.
• Kafka took the bound Silver Wolf to the company and told an employee to fetch a superior so she could claim the bounty for capturing a Stellaron Hunter.
• The company superior confirmed Silver Wolf’s bounty had risen to 6.1 billion Credits and arranged to transfer it to Kafka.
• Kafka left for the shopping district, promising to pick Silver Wolf up later.
• Silver Wolf untied herself and agreed to register with the company before returning home.

Silver Wolf returned to the villa and rushed upstairs, fearing Bai Luoming and Firefly had been caught doing something intimate, but found them apparently unharmed. Kafka then hinted that she had seen the mess in Firefly’s room and warned Bai Luoming to be gentle, leaving him bewildered and Firefly blushing.

• Silver Wolf returned with Kafka and learned from Blade that everyone else was upstairs.
• Silver Wolf barged into Bai Luoming’s room and interrupted his shower, then saw Firefly beside him and struggled to explain herself.
• Silver Wolf claimed she had bought new gaming equipment and left to ask Blade to remove her gaming restrictions.
• After Silver Wolf left, Kafka teased Bai Luoming and Firefly about the state of Firefly’s room and cautioned him not to be rough.
• Kafka walked away, troubled by what she had glimpsed in Firefly’s room.

Bai Luoming fended off Firefly’s teasing after she tried to continue their private session, while Silver Wolf begged Blade to lift her gaming restriction. Blade relented when Silver Wolf said she planned to play games with Bai Luoming, unaware that Firefly had already grown close to him.

• Firefly closed Bai Luoming’s door and tried to resume their session, but he stopped her by reminding her that everyone was home.
• Firefly kissed Bai Luoming’s cheek, teased him about being disappointed, and left after he told her to let him get dressed.
• Firefly peeked back into Bai Luoming’s room while he was changing, prompting him to shout that she had done it on purpose.
• Silver Wolf pleaded with Blade to remove her anti-addiction restriction, but he refused until she said she needed to play games with Bai Luoming.
• Kafka urged Blade to give Silver Wolf another chance, and he lifted the restriction while warning her not to stay up gaming again.

After Blade lifted Silver Wolf’s anti-addiction restrictions, she set up her new gaming equipment and invited Bai Luoming to her room. They took a photo together before preparing to play games.

• Blade removed Silver Wolf’s anti-addiction restrictions, and Silver Wolf excitedly set up the gaming equipment Kafka had bought.
• Silver Wolf went to Bai Luoming’s room, bumped into Firefly in the corridor, and invited Bai Luoming to play games.
• Silver Wolf and Bai Luoming playfully made their way to her room, where Bai Luoming admired her new equipment and asked how much it cost.
• Silver Wolf stopped Bai Luoming from trying the equipment so they could take a photo together, then told him they could play games.

Bai Luoming and Silver Wolf tried an extraction shooter together, but repeated unfair deaths frustrated Silver Wolf. After a hacker killed them despite her top-tier gear, she opened a plugin, preparing to use cheats herself.

• Bai Luoming and Silver Wolf teamed up for an extraction shooter, and Silver Wolf explained the game's looting, combat, and extraction rules.
• A player killed Silver Wolf and stole her gear while a tier-six squad killed Bai Luoming on the beginner map.
• Silver Wolf blamed lag and tried again, but a powerful bot and another tier-six squad killed them both.
• Silver Wolf geared up with top-tier equipment and dominated a match until a hacker with boosted stats killed her and Bai Luoming.
• Silver Wolf opened a desktop plugin in anger, and Bai Luoming wondered if she was about to cheat.

Silver Wolf used a cheat script to carry Bai Luoming through a game, but his account was banned for ten years. After Bai Luoming left, Silver Wolf found his Jade Abacus and sent Herta a disguised photo to provoke her before deleting her from his contacts.

• Silver Wolf enabled her cheat script, wiped out the players and bots, and gathered the loot for Bai Luoming.
• Silver Wolf summoned a tank and drove Bai Luoming to the extraction point, securing their win.
• Bai Luoming discovered his account had been banned for ten years and decided to stop playing for the night.
• After Bai Luoming left, Silver Wolf noticed he had forgotten his Jade Abacus and realized she could use it to contact Herta.
• Silver Wolf disguised a photo, sent it to Herta with taunting messages, deleted Herta from Bai Luoming's contacts, and disguised the Jade Abacus to prevent tracking.

Silver Wolf sent Herta a photo of Bai Luoming, prompting Herta to trace the message while Ruan Mei secretly looked for clues. Meanwhile, March 7th and Evernight discussed going to Penacony, and Tingyun, Yaoguang, and Feixiao decided to pursue Bai Luoming there once Feixiao’s ship was repaired.

• Silver Wolf took a photo of Bai Luoming, sent it to Herta, and removed Herta from his contacts before Bai Luoming noticed.
• Herta recognized that Bai Luoming had been forced to pose and began tracing Silver Wolf’s messages to locate him.
• Ruan Mei offered Herta osmanthus cakes, glimpsed that she was tracing an address, and left after Herta refused her help.
• March 7th insisted she wanted to visit Penacony for its scenery, while Evernight teased her about wanting to see Bai Luoming.
• Tingyun told Yaoguang and Feixiao that Bai Luoming was expected to appear in Penacony, and Yaoguang agreed to go after Feixiao argued for acting quickly.
• Yaoguang and Feixiao decided to wait until Feixiao’s ship was repaired before heading to Penacony.

Bai Luoming messaged Robin, who sent him a photo before Sunday interrupted her to discuss the Charmony Festival. Firefly sneaked into Bai Luoming’s room that night, and they woke late the next day before getting ready to find Blade’s breakfast.

• Bai Luoming messaged Robin, who sent him a photo and then left her room to talk with Sunday about the Charmony Festival.
• Firefly quietly entered Bai Luoming’s bedroom, and he welcomed her into bed.
• Bai Luoming and Firefly woke late with Firefly clinging to him, and she agreed to get up so they could catch Blade’s breakfast.