Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei, You You, and Xiao Moshan sabotaged a distant transmitter and slipped into the base through Xiao Moshan’s highest-clearance entrance. Hidden inside a vine shelter, Xiao Moshan offered Qu Jianlei a temporary secondary account, while the group waited to see what they would do next.

• Qu Jianlei destroyed a transmitter with the Falling Thunder Art, creating a breach in the base’s surveillance coverage.
• The three reached the base in the rain, where You You revealed that several suspicious sudden deaths had made the base’s security situation unusual.
• Xiao Moshan used a sequence of hand seals and his clearance to open a hidden doorway, and the three entered the base near the Cardinal Chamber.
• You You used vines to conceal the group in a Small Garden, where Xiao Moshan asked whether Qu Jianlei had seen his hand gestures.
• Xiao Moshan explained that his clearance could grant Qu Jianlei a temporary secondary account and said he had returned because Qu Jianlei’s A-rank abilities improved their chances of escape.

Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You built a cramped Safe House near the Small Garden and waited for rain to make a move toward the old training grounds, where a Nutrient Cabin was stored. When rain finally came, Qu Jianlei tried to manipulate it, and someone in a dimly lit room recognized his technique as using Rainfall in reverse.

• Xiao Moshan offered Qu Jianlei authorization for a secondary account, and Qu Jianlei and You You agreed to activate it.
• The three waited through the day and night at the Small Garden, then decided to build a Safe House away from the passage entrance.
• Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You spent four days building the cramped Safe House on a slope more than three hundred meters from the garden.
• The three learned from nearby conversations about the base's technical expertise while waiting for an opportunity to reach the old training grounds and its Nutrient Cabin.
• When rain began, Qu Jianlei tried to manipulate the rain clouds so the downpour would last until dawn.
• A person in a dimly lit room sensed Qu Jianlei's attempt and identified it as using Rainfall in reverse.

Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You stole a Nutrient Cabin and supplies from the base during a torrential storm, then escaped to Central City. You You’s identity was flagged at the Channel Entrance, and Qu Jianlei contacted Wei Wushuang after arriving to arrange a place for Hua Xiezhi and Bentley to settle.

• A senior Water Attribute user noticed Qu Jianlei’s weather experiment and secretly intensified the rain to help the group move out.
• Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You entered the old training grounds and took a Nutrient Cabin and Nutrient Solution.
• The group encountered a Fire Attribute warrior, and Qu Jianlei disabled him with a Mental Attack before Xiao Moshan killed him and Qu Jianlei took the corpse and identity card.
• They escaped the base in the storm, crossed the river, and reached the Channel Entrance two days later.
• You You’s identity was warned at the Channel Entrance, and she said she would return within ten days.
• Qu Jianlei reached Central City and contacted Wei Wushuang, who hurried over after hearing the goods had arrived.

Qu Jianlei and You You hid in a Safe House in the Canyon while the base searched for a stolen Nutrient Cabin, then discussed returning to the base. You You revealed that she wanted to escape the base and that Xiao Moshan had helped her before.

• Qu Jianlei, Wei Wushuang, and Black Panther arranged to treat Xiao Moshan, and Xiao Moshan began recovering in the Nutrient Cabin.
• Qu Jianlei and You You left for the Canyon, where they discovered strict inspections after the base noticed a Rank B Warrior and the Nutrient Cabin were missing.
• Qu Jianlei and You You hid for more than ten days, but he later received a warning about an assessment mission and considered raiding another reserve warehouse.
• You You told Qu Jianlei that she wanted to escape the base and confirmed that Xiao Moshan knew and had helped her escape before.

You You explained the off-world origins of most people in the base and the planet’s hierarchy to Qu Jianlei, including the Empire’s role and the reasons she had become wanted. Qu Jianlei learned that Xiao Moshan may have had classified investigative duties, then asked whether the Hong-character Settlement Area’s Garbage Dumps also came from other planets.

• You You told Qu Jianlei that most people in the base came from other planets, including a fellow townsman whom Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan had killed.
• You You explained that she had been wanted after discovering someone in the base was in contact with the Rebels, and Qu Jianlei suggested they were kept around to justify the base’s importance.
• You You revealed that the planet had once been highly developed and habitable before people rebelled and brought about its decline.
• You You described how the base, Canyon, and Central City divided authority and maintained secrecy, while lower-ranked Residential Areas faced worse conditions.
• You You said Xiao Moshan may have been conducting an investigation, warned Qu Jianlei not to pry into classified departments, and heard him ask whether the Hong-character Settlement Area’s Garbage Dumps came from other planets.

Qu Jianlei learned that You You planned to escape the base with him, then agreed to prepare for their departure. After considering their options, they chose the base’s Liaison Office in the Canyon as a potential target for an Item-Storing Talisman.

• Qu Jianlei asked whether Wei Wushuang would have to go to the base if he advanced to Supreme, and You You confirmed he could not go to the Canyon.
• You You told Qu Jianlei that she and Xiao Moshan had planned to escape with him after his identity triggered an alert, and explained why Xiao Moshan would stay behind.
• Qu Jianlei accepted You You’s explanation and learned their backup plan was to blend into a large interstellar ship, though they had no detailed escape strategy.
• You You explained that they could not wait for Xiao Moshan because Bentley and Hua Xiezhi needed at least a year to recover, so Qu Jianlei began gathering supplies from the Secret Camps.
• You You remembered that the base’s Liaison Office in the Canyon might have an Item-Storing Talisman, and suggested they target it because Canyon Supremes might hesitate to interfere.

Qu Jianlei and You You investigated the Liaison Office and found that Panpas had accused Qu Jianlei of stealing the Item-Storing Talisman. After You You insisted they spare Guo Dongming, Qu Jianlei waited until dawn, then attacked Panpas and a perceptive Rank B Warrior inside the compound.

• Qu Jianlei and You You entered Canyon using stolen identity cards and sensed eight people inside the Liaison Office.
• Qu Jianlei overheard Panpas claiming that the Item-Storing Talisman he used was the one that had gone missing, and decided to deal with the accusation.
• You You warned Qu Jianlei not to attack Guo Dongming, whom she respected, so they waited for him to leave the compound.
• At dawn, Guo Dongming left in a vehicle, and Qu Jianlei and You You split up to carry out their plan.
• Qu Jianlei struck the sleeping Panpas with successive Mental Attacks, then knocked out a Rank B Warrior whose Electromagnetic Attribute had made him notice the fluctuations.

Qu Jianlei killed Panpas, took the hidden Item-Storing Talisman, and escaped Canyon with You You. The base blamed him for Panpas’s disappearance, declared him wanted dead or alive, and the pair continued toward the base amid increased security.

• Qu Jianlei killed Panpas, found the Item-Storing Talisman hidden against his body, and stored Panpas’s belongings and corpse in his Item-Storing Ring.
• Qu Jianlei caught up with You You, and they escaped Canyon after trapping a Peacekeeping Force squad and taking its detection instrument.
• The base discovered Panpas was missing, and its Supreme concluded that Qu Jianlei had used a Mental Attack and likely killed him.
• The base ordered a dead-or-alive manhunt for Qu Jianlei, who heard the announcement two days later and rejected any hope of the base treating him fairly.
• Qu Jianlei and You You traveled toward the base through heavier inspections and added surveillance, and Qu Jianlei wondered whether anything existed beyond Supreme.

Qu Jianlei and You You hid near the base’s dock while preparing a Safe House and waiting for an opportunity to board a spaceship. After three days, a ship finally landed, but You You judged it smaller than ideal, and they set out to see whether they could board it.

• Qu Jianlei and You You narrowly avoided detection by Ten Thousand Year Ice during a spot check, then hid behind vines and discovered old residual auras from two couples.
• After staying among the vines for three days, Qu Jianlei and You You moved toward the dock to look for a place to build a Safe House.
• They found the dock heavily guarded and chose an early warning outpost as a hiding place, where Qu Jianlei used mental and electromagnetic fluctuations to dig out a more comfortable space beneath the ground.
• Qu Jianlei and You You waited several days until a spaceship over three hundred meters long landed at the dock.
• You You said the spaceship was smaller than she wanted, but she and Qu Jianlei decided to look for a chance to board it.

Qu Jianlei and You You hid in a spaceship’s Cargo Hold to escape the base, only to discover another stowaway hiding aboard. As the ship entered steady flight, they prepared for a spatial jump.

• Qu Jianlei and You You watched the base’s spaceship traffic and chose a large arriving ship as their chance to escape.
• They used a brief searchlight failure to slip into the ship’s Cargo Hold, then hid inside maintenance-tool crates as cargo was loaded.
• After a new container arrived, they heard movement and watched a Water Attribute Rank B Warrior emerge and hide among the cargo.
• Qu Jianlei and You You left the stowaway alone as the spaceship took off and accelerated into steady flight.
• You You explained that a spatial jump was approaching and asked Qu Jianlei to provide Nutrient Solution before they endured it.

Qu Jianlei and You You traveled aboard a starship bound for Hope Three Star, where Qu Jianlei learned that the base was managed by a powerful security company rather than owned by the military. On the fifth day, Space Pirates ambushed the ship, and the passengers chose to fight before the Cargo Hold shook from incoming fire.

• Qu Jianlei watched a stowaway who avoided taking Nutrient Solution, then realized the man knew the ship would use Sublight Speed Flight instead of jumping.
• After two days, the stowaway used Nutrient Solution sparingly, and Qu Jianlei passed the time meditating and cultivating.
• An alarm announced that three unidentified ships and nearby ambushers might be Space Pirates, prompting chaos among the passengers.
• You You explained that the base did not belong to the military or a civilian organization; the Empire's largest security company managed its affairs while the military guarded it.
• A passenger offered for the Sha Family to cover half the cost of fighting, and Qu Jianlei learned the ship carried base personnel and soldiers, including a Rank A Warrior.
• The Cargo Hold shook as someone shouted that the Space Pirates had opened fire.

Qu Jianlei and You You prepared to resist the Space Pirates attacking their ship, then discovered that Meng Ningge had betrayed the passengers and hidden explosives among the cargo. They contained the explosive threat and found a Space Mech, but it could carry only one pilot, leaving them to decide who would use it.

• After the ship was struck, Qu Jianlei and You You secured themselves and debated whether to help fight the Space Pirates, while the Water Attribute soldier headed toward the passenger cabin.
• Meng Ningge revealed that he had given the Space Pirates the ship’s location and threatened to blow up the ship unless everyone stopped resisting.
• Qu Jianlei sensed a Fire Explosion device in a cargo container and, with You You’s help, carefully lowered the container and wrapped it in a radiation-blocking tent.
• Qu Jianlei inspected the remaining cargo and found a single-pilot Space Mech, which You You opened using the public password.
• You You told Qu Jianlei the mech could hold only one person, and he urged her to get in while insisting he had never used a Space Mech.

You You explained why Meng Ningge invoked his Supreme grandfather, Kushnier, to persuade the passengers to surrender to the Variegated Snake Gang. Qu Jianlei and You You weighed their options and decided to confront Meng Ningge, though they still faced the danger of surrendering without a way to operate the ship.

• You You inspected the Space Mech and confirmed it was in good condition, while Qu Jianlei learned that the passengers planned to surrender.
• You You questioned whether they should kill Meng Ningge, and Qu Jianlei explained that Meng Ningge had promised the pirates would not harm anyone.
• Qu Jianlei told You You that Meng Ningge claimed his grandfather was a Supreme, and You You identified him as Kushnier, a former Central City Supreme who had left for the Empire.
• You You explained that Meng Ningge's family had been granted Canyon status, but his repeated requests to visit Kushnier had been rejected, leaving him resentful and isolated.
• Qu Jianlei reluctantly considered accepting the surrender, but You You insisted the Space Mech was hers and said she would go meet Meng Ningge.

You You exposed Meng Ningge as a stowaway and thwarted his attempt to detonate explosives, but he killed himself before the ship could question him further. With the ship under attack and short on Energy Blocks, Pan Yifu decided to force a jump and ordered a Life Support Pod for You You.

• You You revealed herself in the Cargo Hold and told Meng Ningge she had shielded the explosives from his remote control.
• Pan Yifu and the other passengers restrained Meng Ningge after his failed detonation, while the cockpit reported that the ship could not jump without taking serious risks.
• You You removed her helmet, and Pan Yifu recognized her; they argued over whether Meng Ningge had intended to defect to the Space Pirates and whether saying so would harm the Supreme.
• Meng Ningge swallowed poison and died, prompting Pan Yifu to consider forcing the ship to jump despite the danger and lack of Energy Blocks.
• You You demanded a Life Support Pod in case the jump went wrong, and Pan Yifu agreed before a Mechanical Arm lowered one to her.

After You You rearranged cargo containers to block the cameras, the Variegated Snake Gang attacked the spaceship and disrupted its attempted jump with Gravity Wave Interference Bombs. The ship survived the jump but emerged on a dangerous course toward a planet, with its speed dropping and its crew facing an imminent crash.

• After You You used the mech to rearrange cargo containers and block the Cargo Hold cameras while Pan Yifu and the other Rank B Warrior prepared for the jump.
• The Variegated Snake Gang opened fire as the spaceship accelerated, and Pan Yifu ordered the crew to continue the jump after the pirates fired four Gravity Wave Interference Bombs.
• The masked pirate ordered the bombs detonated, and the ship vanished amid severe spatial distortions; he shot a pirate who questioned the outcome.
• The masked man argued with Scarface that the Variegated Snake Gang had to protect its reputation after provoking Garbage Star.
• The spaceship survived the jump but lost its coordinates and set a random Anchor Point.
• After the crew emerged from their Life Support Pods, they discovered the spaceship was hurtling toward a planet and losing speed.

After landing on Zalif Planet, Pan Yifu and the passengers discovered that its welcoming authorities were Space Pirates and fought back against their attack. The captain prepared to return fire and hoped Pan Yifu could break out of the pirate nest.

• The captain chose to land on Zalifu, and Pan Yifu agreed after learning that the planet had an information relay station.
• After seventeen days, the spaceship reached Zalif Planet and learned that its temporary government would restrict the survivors until they could leave.
• Two small warships escorted the spaceship to the spaceport, where armed forces ordered everyone to exit without weapons.
• Pan Yifu refused to surrender his weapon, and the control Signal Tower revealed that they had landed in a Space Pirate nest.
• Pan Yifu ordered the spaceship to raise its shields and counterattack as the pirates fired on the passenger cabin.
• The captain ordered the crew to return fire and hoped Pan Yifu could break out before the pirates killed the passengers.

The ship’s crew retaliated against the Space Pirates, and You You’s cargo-container explosion gave Pan Yifu cover to break out. Pan Yifu unleashed Fire Rain and attacked the dock’s weapons, but he stayed to keep fighting rather than escape.

• The captain raised the ship’s protective shield to full power and ordered the crew to return fire, catching the Space Pirates off guard.
• The Space Pirates launched a full-force assault, while a mysterious Thirteenth Leader ordered them to preserve the Cargo Hold.
• You You’s mech hurled an explosive-filled cargo container, scattering micro-explosive caltrops and smoke across the dock.
• Pan Yifu charged out under cover of the smoke and used Fire Rain to force the Space Pirates into cover.
• Pan Yifu fired a Flame Arrow into an Autocannon port, setting off ammunition inside.

Pan Yifu fled after the Third Boss countered his fire, while Qu Jianlei killed the Thirteenth Leader and crippled the Signal Tower commander. As space pirates surrounded the dock, Qu Jianlei chose to break out alone after trying to help You You, and fought his way into the buildings.

• The Third Boss extinguished Pan Yifu's Flame Arrows with a Water Tornado, so he warned the other warriors and fled while she pursued him.
• The Thirteenth Leader began freezing the flames, but Qu Jianlei used Wind Binding Art and shot her in the head.
• Qu Jianlei overturned the Signal Tower with Earth Spike Swarm, wounding its commander, while the space pirates sent mechs to surround the dock.
• Qu Jianlei found You You and her comrade fighting five mechs; You You refused to abandon her partner and urged Qu Jianlei to escape first.
• After heavy gunfire struck his armor, Qu Jianlei attacked the three mechs threatening You You, then broke into the dock buildings and struck the surrounding mechs with Earth Spike Swarm.

Qu Jianlei escaped the Space Pirates and hid in the woods, where the hostile environment poisoned him and forced him to travel alone. He later approached a settlement to investigate and discovered the pirates were searching for escaped Rank A Warriors, leaving residents to suffer their demands.

• Qu Jianlei fled after the Fourth Boss arrived, while the Space Pirates killed some resisters and forced the rest to surrender.
• The Fourth Boss questioned You You, believed her account of being framed, and stopped the pirates from torturing her, but the crew endured brutal interrogation over the unknown Earth Attribute Rank A.
• Qu Jianlei evaded people heading toward the docks and hid in the woods, where Insects swarmed him, corroded his mosquito net, and mildly poisoned him.
• After resting and deciding not to contact Pan Yifu, Qu Jianlei searched for a settlement and chose one away from the docks.
• Qu Jianlei found inspectors searching homes for the escaped Rank A Warriors and later watched six of them demand wine and meat from residents.
• An eight- or nine-year-old child quietly wished the inspectors would someday encounter the Pioneering Group.

Qu Jianlei learned that a Pioneering Group was still resisting the Space Pirates on Zalifu Star and traveled away from the Control Center to find them. After a tense nighttime encounter, the group identified itself as the Black Rain Pioneering Group, though Qu Jianlei suspected they were actually Blazing Fire people hired by Black Rain.

• Qu Jianlei overheard an old couple explain that the Pioneering Group still fought the Space Pirates, despite shortages and frequent encirclement campaigns.
• Qu Jianlei traveled nearly eighty kilometers away from the docks and made camp beside a small river.
• Three people in camouflage watched Qu Jianlei’s fire, and one approached before retreating after Qu Jianlei warned him off.
• More than a dozen people returned and surrounded Qu Jianlei, but he fired near the middle team and made them stop.
• The group called itself the Black Rain Pioneering Group, and Qu Jianlei questioned their claim before ordering two people to approach.