Recaps

Qu Jianlei advised Red Cloud on how the Pioneering Group could exploit the Space Pirates’ weak rear and probe a possible trap around the Control Center. Red Cloud asked him to contact Pan Yifu and the escaped A-rank fighter, then left with food while Qu Jianlei departed after receiving a call from Pan Yifu.

• Qu Jianlei suggested harassing the Space Pirates’ rear and possibly assaulting their Control Center to occupy the Signal Tower and send a distress signal.
• Qu Jianlei proposed combining broad harassment with a feigned attack on the Core Area, then testing the pirates’ response with two A-rank fighters.
• Red Cloud asked Qu Jianlei to contact Pan Yifu and the escaped Earth Attribute A-rank fighter about cooperating with the Pioneering Group.
• Red Cloud asked to take food for morale, and Qu Jianlei agreed to let him have some.
• Pan Yifu called Qu Jianlei on his Handheld Transceiver, and Qu Jianlei ignored the call before leaving the Secret Camp.

Qu Jianlei studied the Turtle Breath Technique while Mu Huahua told him about Spirit Fox’s missing arm and the possibility of restoring it with Limb Regeneration Potions. As Mu Huahua arranged contact with her brother and Qian Duoduo, Qu Jianlei returned to his research and later contacted Pan Yifu as Black Sky, leaving Pan asking to meet in person.

• Qu Jianlei sensed Daoist-like mysteries in the Turtle Breath Technique but found its translated text awkward and struggled to make progress studying it.
• Qu Jianlei brought supplies to the Secret Camp, and Mu Huahua told him Black Rain had no Limb Regeneration Potions while Spirit Fox of Qian Duoduo had lost his right arm.
• Qu Jianlei considered helping Spirit Fox regain his arm, and Mu Huahua contacted Leader Mu, who said Black Rain had to be informed about the matter.
• Pan Yifu asked Qu Jianlei, as Asking Heart, to introduce him to Black Sky so he could borrow Black Sky’s Electromagnetic Art, but Qu Jianlei declined to get involved.
• After two days of studying without progress, Qu Jianlei contacted Pan Yifu as Black Sky, and Pan Yifu asked to meet in person.

Qu Jianlei met Pan Yifu to discuss a possible escape from Zalifu Star and a plan to attack military stations, but Pan Yifu postponed the details. Two days later, Qu Jianlei rushed to help Mu Huahua after hearing gunfire and found her alive after an ambush by Space Pirates.

• Qu Jianlei demanded a fuel barrel or other payment before meeting Pan Yifu, then asked what Pan Yifu wanted him to do.
• Pan Yifu proposed attacking military stations as a way to test Qu Jianlei and build coordination, saying the attacks could yield gains and might eventually lead to the Control Center.
• Qu Jianlei wondered whether another way existed to leave Zalifu Star, but Pan Yifu left without explaining further.
• After hearing prolonged gunfire near the place where Mu Huahua used the radio, Qu Jianlei flew there and trapped dozens of Space Pirates' mechs with Quicksand Art.
• The Space Pirates fled their mechs, Qu Jianlei shot down two flying mechs, and incoming shells destroyed the trapped machines.
• Qu Jianlei found Mu Huahua unharmed and learned that she had been ambushed while using the radio to contact the Pioneering Group.

After Mu Huahua and Qu Jianlei escaped a mech ambush, they met Red Cloud and a large group of wounded, along with Spirit Fox and Baldy. Qu Jianlei agreed to take in the wounded under strict conditions, and the leaders discussed potions, alliances, and a possible feigned attack on the Control Center.

• Mu Huahua and Qu Jianlei contacted Red Cloud, escaped nearby artillery fire, and went to meet the group coming out of the mountains.
• Qu Jianlei and Mu Huahua found more than a hundred wounded at the rendezvous, where Red Cloud introduced Spirit Fox and Baldy.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to shelter the wounded if he could make unilateral decisions about threats to the camp, and Baldy and Mu Guoguo accepted his terms.
• Baldy asked Qu Jianlei about cooperation with Asking Heart and Pan Yifu, while Spirit Fox requested Limb Regeneration Potions for himself and A'Hu.
• Baldy asked Qu Jianlei for more potions to treat Deputy Leader Fang Cao, and Qu Jianlei agreed to try to obtain them.
• Baldy asked Qu Jianlei what he thought of a feigned attack on the Control Center.

Qu Jianlei helped the Pioneering Group obtain artillery and medicine while arranging limited cooperation with Pan Yifu. Three days later, he joined Pan Yifu’s attack on a military outpost, where Pan Yifu began the assault with a Flame Meteor.

• Qu Jianlei told the Pioneering Group where he had buried eight artillery pieces, and Spirit Fox and Baldy retrieved the guns and shells.
• Pan Yifu contacted Qu Jianlei and agreed to limited cooperation with the Pioneering Group before Qu Jianlei left to seek medicine.
• Qu Jianlei returned with twenty-five doses of medicine, and Spirit Fox left a Rank B Earth Attribute Warrior to help guard and modify the Secret Camp.
• Three days later, Pan Yifu told Qu Jianlei he had selected a military outpost as their target and showed him its structural diagrams.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to attack the outpost with Pan Yifu, vanished from sight, and watched as Pan Yifu launched a Flame Meteor that triggered the outpost alarm.

Pan Yifu and Qu Jianlei attacked a space-pirate outpost, using Flame Meteors and an improvised Electromagnetic Storm to cripple its power and communications. The outpost braced for a long wait without reinforcements as the two attackers prepared to keep pressing their assault.

• Pan Yifu’s Flame Meteors destroyed the outpost’s main and backup high-voltage pipelines, then its low-voltage line.
• The outpost’s wireless, satellite, microwave, and public-address communications failed, and the Commander ordered the troops to top-level combat readiness.
• The Commander realized the outpost would have to hold out alone until dawn, while the Rank A Earth Attribute attacker had yet to appear.
• Pan Yifu praised Qu Jianlei’s Electromagnetic Storm, which Qu Jianlei had improvised using his knowledge of electromagnetic fields.
• Qu Jianlei accepted a Rank B Crystal from Pan Yifu so he could keep sustaining the attack, and Pan Yifu said they had to go all out to break the deadlock.

Pan Yifu and Qu Jianlei worked together to cripple a Space Pirate military outpost, destroying its generators and igniting its fuel depot. They prepared to enter the burning outpost and loot supplies, wary that Rank B Warriors might still be waiting inside.

• Pan Yifu began attacking the outpost with Fire Rain, while Qu Jianlei used Thunder Dragon to breach its defenses and disable much of its power grid.
• Qu Jianlei struck the generator with Lightning Strike, weakening the Energy Shield and creating an opening for Pan Yifu to hit the fuel depot with Flame Meteor.
• The fuel depot exploded, fires and power failures threw the outpost into chaos, and Qu Jianlei destroyed the last generator and the power distribution center.
• Pan Yifu and Qu Jianlei discussed looting the outpost, and Pan Yifu used Fire Rain for nearly ten minutes while carefully sparing the warehouses.
• Pan Yifu said they could enter but warned Qu Jianlei about a possible ambush, and Qu Jianlei said he was ready to kill anyone who tried.

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu raided a Space Pirate outpost for supplies, destroyed its Command Center and ammunition stores, then fled to Pan Yifu's Secret Camp. There, Pan Yifu reclaimed the crystal he had lent Qu Jianlei and learned that Qu Jianlei was treating more than a hundred wounded people.

• Qu Jianlei took medicine from the outpost's Medical Room and killed two Rank Bs who tried to ambush him.
• Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu collected Energy Blocks, food, medicine, and ammunition while Qu Jianlei concealed how much he stored with his Item-Storing Talisman.
• Pan Yifu and Qu Jianlei bombed the Command Center and used Falling Thunder Art to detonate the remaining shells before escaping.
• Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu reached Pan Yifu's Secret Camp, where Pan Yifu asked for the Rank B Crystal back.
• Qu Jianlei told Pan Yifu that he was treating more than a hundred wounded people from Blaze, the Engineering Corps, Black Rain, and Qian Duoduo's group.

Pan Yifu gave Qu Jianlei medicine for the wounded and confirmed that Qu had passed his test, while they waited to see how the space pirates would respond to their attack. The destroyed supply station left the pirates reeling, and Qu returned to the Secret Camp with supplies that astonished Mu Huahua.

• Pan Yifu offered medicine for the wounded without charge, told Qu Jianlei that he had passed the test, and proposed waiting before attacking the Control Center.
• The supply station commander emerged from the Safe House at daybreak and found that fewer than eight hundred of his more than four thousand people had survived.
• The space pirates learned that Pan Yifu and Black Sky had destroyed the supply station and debated how to respond, while central command urged them to guard against Electromagnetic Art.
• Qu Jianlei rested at his Secret Camp for two days and one night, then brought another batch of supplies to the Field Hospital.
• Qian Duoduo's Earth Attribute B-rank expanded the Secret Camp, and Mu Huahua was astonished when Qu Jianlei said he and Pan Yifu had destroyed a medium-sized supply station.

Qu Jianlei delivered ammunition and Energy Blocks to Spirit Fox for a planned assault on the Control Center, while Spirit Fox asked him to persuade Pan Yifu to raid another military outpost. Qu Jianlei warned that he might not be able to convince Pan Yifu, and Spirit Fox offered support for the raid.

• Qu Jianlei recruited injured and healthy pioneers to transport supplies, putting Mu Huahua in charge of registering and assessing them.
• After studying the Turtle Breath Technique for several days, Qu Jianlei told Pan Yifu that he could not contact Asking Heart Array and learned Pan Yifu had not chosen another outpost to raid.
• Spirit Fox asked Qu Jianlei for all his remaining ammunition and Energy Blocks to support the groups’ planned counterattack on the Control Center.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to deliver the supplies in three trips, and Spirit Fox said the groups would pay him a satisfactory price.
• After Qu Jianlei completed the deliveries, Spirit Fox gave him six bottles of pills as a gesture of good faith and asked him to urge Pan Yifu to raid another outpost.
• Qu Jianlei said he might not persuade Pan Yifu, so Spirit Fox offered to provide support if the raid seemed too difficult.

Qu Jianlei used Spirit Fox’s Qi Recovery Pills to persuade Pan Yifu to join an assault on a military outpost. As the group attacked, Spirit Fox watched Qu Jianlei’s seemingly powerful Electromagnetic Arts and began to suspect they were beyond Rank B.

• Spirit Fox gave Qu Jianlei six bottles of Qi Recovery Pills and agreed to disguise himself as a Rank B Warrior while secretly supporting the assault.
• Qu Jianlei negotiated with Pan Yifu, offering nine pills for his cooperation; Pan Yifu bargained for eighteen before agreeing to choose an outpost and give an answer the next day.
• Pan Yifu selected a larger military outpost, and Qu Jianlei led more than twenty people there, where they hid until nightfall and donned Rank B Rock Armor.
• Pan Yifu opened the attack with Flame Meteor and Fire Rain while an Earth Attribute fighter raised walls to shield him from the outpost’s artillery.
• Qu Jianlei used Electromagnetic Interference and Silver Snake Dance to disrupt and attack the outpost, leaving Spirit Fox wondering whether his arts were actually Rank A.

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu destroyed the Space Pirates’ outpost with sustained electromagnetic attacks, then began recovering its supplies as Spirit Fox guarded the outside. When gunfire erupted from pirates hiding inside, Qu Jianlei reacted too late, but three golden shields appeared to intercept the bullets.

• Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu continued their electromagnetic assault for nearly an hour, wrecking the outpost’s power systems and facilities.
• Pan Yifu entered the outpost to clear it while Qu Jianlei kept attacking to stop shielded electronic devices from sending messages, and Spirit Fox stayed outside to guard the area.
• Qu Jianlei ordered the wounded team to collect supplies, and Spirit Fox joined in by using his Item-Storing Talismans to carry out Energy Blocks.
• Qu Jianlei revealed that Spirit Fox was Qian Duoduo’s peak Rank A leader and explained that other Pioneering Groups needed the supplies for a counterattack.
• Hidden Space Pirates opened fire on the supply team, and three golden shields appeared to block the bullets.

Qu Jianlei and the others fought off space pirate ambushes, escaped with supplies, and laid a trap for their pursuers. After returning to the Field Hospital, Spirit Fox tried to recruit Qu Jianlei, who declined and asked what equipment could help them leave Zalifu quickly.

• Spirit Fox, Pan Yifu, and Qu Jianlei destroyed firing positions and repelled space pirates ambushing the supply team inside the military station.
• Qu Jianlei realized the space pirates were fighting back because their previous attack had destroyed most of the ammunition depot, and Pan Yifu detonated the remaining ammunition before the group withdrew.
• Spirit Fox and Qu Jianlei planted an ammunition trap that killed a dozen pursuers, including one Rank B Warrior.
• Qu Jianlei borrowed Spirit Fox's Item-Storing Talisman, sent Pan Yifu away with part of the supplies, and returned to the Field Hospital with the rest of the team.
• Spirit Fox invited Qu Jianlei to join Qian Duoduo, but Qu Jianlei declined because he did not want to follow the group's rules.
• Qu Jianlei asked Spirit Fox what equipment could help them escape Zalifu quickly.

Qu Jianlei recovered while monitoring the Space Pirates, then entered the Core Area disguised as Boerteni to gather intelligence and check on You You. He found You You serving with a patrol, and she recognized him beneath his disguise as she confronted the man who had requisitioned him.

• Qu Jianlei learned that the Space Pirates had reinforced their outposts, intensified searches in the Security Zone, and brought back a Second Squad with two Rank A Warriors.
• After recovering for several days, Qu Jianlei decided to visit the Core Area and chose Boerteni, a native with an access pass, as his disguise.
• Qu Jianlei impersonated Boerteni, gathered scattered intelligence, and was ordered by a middle-aged native to work overnight at a construction site.
• You You arrived with a Space Pirate patrol, and Qu Jianlei secretly contacted her with his Mental Strength.
• You You recognized Qu Jianlei despite his disguise, demanded his identification, and challenged the middle-aged man for requisitioning outsiders.

Qu Jianlei endured harsh labor in disguise while You You checked that the workers had temporary permits. That night, they met secretly at the Starry Night Bar, where Qu Jianlei tested whether he could trust her and she shared what she knew about Black Sky and the Pioneers.

• You You challenged the supervisor for keeping unregistered laborers in the Core Area, and he agreed to get them temporary permits.
• After the supervisor issued the permits, he collapsed when he hurried toward You You, and she inspected all five permits while keeping her exchange with Qu Jianlei guarded.
• A Space Pirate sent Qu Jianlei to deliver documents to You You at the Starry Night Bar, where they spoke privately in the shadows.
• Qu Jianlei asked whether he could still trust You You, and she said no one knew Black Sky was A-rank or knew the identity of the Earth Attribute A-rank.
• You You said she had gained limited freedom as a supposed traitor from Garbage Star and credited Pan Yifu and Black Sky's actions with helping her get out of confinement.

You You warned Qu Jianlei about the coming counterattack, while Qu Jianlei uncovered why the Core Area had gone on alert and learned that a Space Pirate Rank A was missing. Three days later, Spirit Fox and Fang Cao arrived at the Field Hospital, where Fang Cao asked Qu Jianlei to join the planned counterattack.

• You You told Qu Jianlei she could not bring herself to kill Fourth Boss and offered to help him if he ran into trouble during the counterattack.
• Alarms sounded across the Core Area, and Qu Jianlei left the construction site before the lockdown began.
• Qu Jianlei abducted Space Pirates and learned that the captain of Fourth Squad, a Metal Attribute Rank A, had been surrounded and gone missing.
• Qu Jianlei killed Boerteni, then spoke with Pan Yifu about the imminent Pioneer counterattack and Pan's willingness to cooperate.
• Spirit Fox and Fang Cao arrived at the Field Hospital, where Fang Cao thanked Qu Jianlei for the Limb Regeneration Potion and invited him to join the counterattack.

Fang Cao, Spirit Fox, and Qu Jianlei discussed the Pioneering Group’s assault plan with Pan Yifu, who agreed to stay and considered teaming up with Qu Jianlei. The group’s real objective was to send an emergency distress signal from the Relay Signal Center, but Pan Yifu questioned whether their plan could withstand the Space Pirates’ defenses.

• Qu Jianlei agreed to contact Pan Yifu while Fang Cao explained that she and Spirit Fox would act as an unexpected force in the assault.
• Qu Jianlei reached Pan Yifu, who arrived three hours later and agreed not to leave before the offensive began.
• Fang Cao explained that the Pioneering Group intended to send an emergency call code rather than occupy the Control Center, and Pan Yifu asked Qu Jianlei to partner with him.
• Pan Yifu challenged the plan to hijack the signal, warning that the Space Pirates could attack the expert doing it or destroy the reserved data packet.
• Spirit Fox revealed that the data packet had been upgraded with protective features and that the Control Center held four sets of Black Boxes, leaving Pan Yifu astonished at the resources available.

Qu Jianlei planned to infiltrate the Core Area ahead of the coming General Offensive, while Pan Yifu sought his help with a military secret involving four Black Boxes. After getting their locations, Qu Jianlei decided to investigate the boxes before supporting the attack.

• Pan Yifu said the Black Boxes held a military secret, and Red Cloud confirmed that Pan might know about it because of his work on Garbage Star.
• Fang Cao and Spirit Fox learned the locations of the four Black Boxes and passed them to Pan Yifu.
• Pan Yifu asked Qu Jianlei to work with him, but Qu Jianlei refused to discuss the secret and instead announced he would infiltrate the Core Area.
• Spirit Fox supported Qu Jianlei's plan, and Baldy approved the infiltration while forbidding Spirit Fox from joining him.
• Spirit Fox guessed that Qu Jianlei might be looking for the Black Boxes, and Qu Jianlei decided to locate them before rescuing prisoners and aiding the offensive.

Qu Jianlei used a breakdown he had secretly caused to disguise himself as a Gardening Department mechanic and move freely around the Core Area. After surveying key locations without drawing suspicion, he changed clothes and arrived at Starry Night Bar.

• Qu Jianlei posed as a mechanic and persuaded the workers repairing a Gardening Department vehicle to tow it to their shop.
• After the vehicle was repaired, Qu Jianlei took it on a test drive and used the Gardening Department’s reputation to travel around the Core Area, including near the Prisoner of War Camp and Control Center.
• Qu Jianlei saw You You on patrol, and she recognized him but concealed her reaction from her companions.
• Qu Jianlei delayed the vehicle’s return by pointing out genuine and fabricated faults, then left the shop and heard the mechanics decide not to contact him directly.
• After nightfall, Qu Jianlei changed clothes, followed the crowds, and reached Starry Night Bar.

Qu Jianlei used You You’s safe house at Kaixuan Street Number 13 and arranged for her to shelter there during the coming battle. As the Pioneering Group prepared a counterattack, Qu Jianlei remained hidden in the Core Area while the assault was set to begin within half an hour.

• Qu Jianlei entered Number 13, contacted You You, and urged her to return there each night for the next three days to stay safe.
• You You explained that Number 13 belonged to the Fourth Boss, who had placed her under his protection, and allowed Qu Jianlei to use it.
• Qu Jianlei stayed at Number 13 while making arrangements, then received Pan Yifu’s warning to remain in the Core Area.
• Pan Yifu and Fang Cao argued over whether the Pioneering Group should conceal its plans from Qu Jianlei.
• Baldy announced that the units were positioned for an ambush and that the direct assault would begin in half an hour.

The Pioneering Group launched its general offensive, and Qu Jianlei crippled a West Side power hub while reasoning that realms beyond Supreme likely existed. His attack drew the Space Pirates toward him, and Pan Yifu arrived under cover only to be mistaken for the Rank A attacker.

• Pan Yifu relayed the attack plan to Qu Jianlei, who agreed to disable the West Side’s electronic systems five minutes after the offensive began.
• The Pioneering Group attacked the Core Area, where its Ability Warriors spread chaos and kept the Space Pirates from organizing a counterattack.
• Qu Jianlei struck a protected Power Supply Hub with a Flame Meteor, then used two Thunder Dragons to disable it and plunged much of the West Side into darkness.
• As Space Pirates converged on Black Sky, Qu Jianlei struck the damaged hub with another Flame Meteor and destroyed it.
• The Space Pirates mistook the attack for Pan Yifu’s, and Pan Yifu—who had slipped inside with Spirit Fox and Fang Cao—reacted in confusion.

Qu Jianlei teamed up reluctantly with Eight Claw Vine to attack another Power Supply Hub after Mu Guoguo asked for his help. Eight Claw Vine weakened the hub’s defenses with Root Seeking, allowing Qu Jianlei to destroy it with a Thunder Dragon as the battle shifted toward the defending pirates.

• Qu Jianlei met Eight Claw Vine of Quantum, proved his identity with Electric Arcs, and learned that the Joint Command wanted him to destroy more Power Supply Hubs.
• Mu Guoguo asked Qu Jianlei to help despite the attack being held back, and Qu Jianlei agreed to destroy another hub.
• Qu Jianlei and Eight Claw Vine reached a guarded Power Supply Hub, where Qu Jianlei told Eight Claw Vine to attack its grounding with Root Seeking.
• Eight Claw Vine’s Root Seeking shook the hub but failed to break through its protective shield, drawing the Space Pirates toward him.
• Qu Jianlei struck the hub with a Thunder Dragon while the pirates redirected their pursuit, shutting down the hub and darkening another section of the Core Area.

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu helped destroy another Power Supply Hub while Spirit Fox and Fang Cao supported them, and White Robe attacked a third hub to weaken the space pirates’ hold on the Core Area. Pan Yifu suggested rescuing prisoners next, but Qu Jianlei warned that the Prisoner of War Camp was heavily guarded; Eight Claw Vine later admitted he had lost track of Black Sky.

• Qu Jianlei destroyed a Power Supply Hub with Falling Thunder Art, then went to support Pan Yifu at another hub.
• Spirit Fox concealed his strength and cleared space pirate guards while Fang Cao overturned mechs and Pan Yifu drained the hub’s shield; Qu Jianlei finished the attack with a Thunder Dragon.
• The four-person surprise force split up, and Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu decided to let the Pioneering Group draw enemy fire before choosing their next target.
• White Robe attacked another Power Supply Hub with Ice Arrow Technique, prompting Baldy to offer help that White Robe refused.
• Pan Yifu proposed attacking the Prisoner of War Camp, but Qu Jianlei warned that its defenses were tight and declined to accompany him.
• Eight Claw Vine arrived at the hub and told White Robe that he had lost Black Sky, surprising him.

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu infiltrated the Gardening Department to steal its intelligence archives, using the district-wide blackout to slip past its defenses. After Qu Jianlei took the documents and they began fighting back, he prepared another Electromagnetic Storm against the department’s mechs and weapons.

• Eight Claw Vine and the other attackers destroyed the fourth Power Supply Hub, while White Robe wondered whether Qu Jianlei used an electromagnetic-exclusive movement technique.
• Qu Jianlei persuaded Pan Yifu to target the Gardening Department for its intelligence and archives, and they infiltrated its guarded grounds after Qu Jianlei cut power with Silver Snake Dance.
• Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu silently killed space pirates and reached the Archive Room, where Qu Jianlei broke the sensor-locked door and took the documents.
• Pan Yifu attacked with Fire Rain as space pirates discovered the Archive Room raid, and Qu Jianlei escaped through a window and struck the mechs with Silver Snake Dance.
• Qu Jianlei warned Pan Yifu to seal away the Handheld Transceiver, then began another Electromagnetic Storm against the Gardening Department’s electronic defenses.

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu raided the Gardening Department, stole its archives, and escaped under fire after learning too late how valuable its records were. They mounted an Intelligence Division motorcycle and continued fleeing, with Qu Jianlei assigning Pan Yifu to disrupt their pursuers.

• Qu Jianlei maintained an Electromagnetic Storm while he and Pan Yifu overwhelmed the Gardening Department, and Qu Jianlei killed a Water Attribute Rank B with his knife.
• The pair escaped after looting the Archive Room, prompting the Space Pirates to realize Black Sky was likely an Empire agent and to order experts to capture him.
• As they fled through the city, Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu received mysterious golden armor, then fought past an ambush of two mechs and a Wood Attribute Rank B.
• Qu Jianlei revealed that he had taken an Intelligence Division motorcycle from the Gardening Department, and Pan Yifu climbed into its sidecar.
• Qu Jianlei drove away and told Pan Yifu to disrupt the enemy as they continued supporting the Pioneering Group's attack.