Recaps

Zhang Xiaoxiang challenged Buhete to a fight after Buhete provoked him, then joined him in pursuing more kills and merit. Their mission led them into a forest where powerful King Insects surrounded them, leaving Zhang Xiaoxiang facing an immediate attack on his mecha.

• Buhete provoked Zhang Xiaoxiang by questioning his combat ability, and Zhang Xiaoxiang challenged him to a match after the mission.
• Over two days, Zhang Xiaoxiang and Buhete killed more than a hundred adult Insects and took first place on the mission leaderboard.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang proposed targeting an area with more Insects to earn additional merits, and Buhete agreed to the challenge.
• At the new mission site, they encountered unusually large Insects and more than a dozen King Insects that used Mental Power to command their underlings.
• When Zhang Xiaoxiang asked Buhete for a solution, the two argued, and an Insect lunged at Zhang Xiaoxiang's mecha with its purple-glinting pincers.

Zhang Xiaoxiang and Buhete struggled to kill the rapidly breeding Insects, prompting Wang Zichun to evacuate the citizens and plan a mass bombing. During the evacuation, Zhang Xiaoxiang learned about the Zhang Family’s ambitions and thought of his partner, Kuang Biru.

• Zhang Xiaoxiang and Buhete worked together for more than four hours to kill a King Insect, but newly hatched larvae quickly grew by consuming its body.
• Wang Zichun reported that the teams could not kill the Insects quickly enough, and Qing Zhixun ordered him to evacuate the citizens and lure the Insects together for bombing.
• Wang Zichun and the Alliance Guards moved the citizens to a space isolation zone, where professionals would check them for dormant eggs.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang approached the Zhang Family children and learned that their missions involved gaining control of both the Elder Council and the Supreme Commander position.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang thought of his partner, Kuang Biru.

Wang Zichun’s forces contained and destroyed the Insects on the planet, then returned to the garrison as the Alliance faced a new outbreak near Gaia. The biologists discovered that the Insects had mutated again.

• Wang Zichun evacuated the planet’s citizens to an aerial quarantine facility while soldiers pushed the Insects toward the desert.
• Wang Zichun’s soldiers captured the Insects with specially developed nets and destroyed them in sealed desert tubes using weapons containing inhibitors.
• Wang Zichun assigned Zhang Xiaoxiang to Buhete’s squad as deputy captain, and Zhang agreed in hopes of earning more merits.
• Qing Zhixun convened an emergency defense meeting after Insects appeared across more than a dozen star systems and devastated an Administrative Star near Gaia.
• Biologists examining the latest outbreak discovered that the Insects had mutated again.

Xi Xiu and A Xian led a garrison mission to an Administrative Star overrun by mutated Insects. After studying the robots’ battle data, Xi Xiu organized the warriors into teams of four and sent them into battle.

• Mutated Insects spread across several of Yuanri’s Administrative Stars, and Xi Xiu and A Xian were dispatched to one of them.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian prepared their starship against possible Insect attacks before teleporting to the ground with the team.
• Hungry Insects swarmed toward the arriving warriors, while Combat Robots engaged them first to gather battle data.
• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong concluded that warriors needed to fight in teams of four, then used the ranking system to assign teams.
• Xi Xiu separated Yang Jiuqing and Hu Yingyi to lead their own teams and prepared to enter battle with A Xian.

Xi Xiu and her team fought a king insect in the southeast area, exploiting a weak spot at the roots of its wings to disable it. She then isolated the insect from the soil where it had been laying eggs.

• Xi Xiu sent the teams out to hunt insects and ordered them to return to camp before sunset.
• Xi Xiu led Aona, Nide, and Kassel against a king insect while Qi Mang kept it occupied.
• Xi Xiu identified a weak patch at the insect's wing roots and directed her team to attack it when its wings opened.
• Aona and Xi Xiu struck the insect's wing roots, allowing Nide and Kassel to deliver a decisive attack.
• Xi Xiu used the Isolation Device to separate the weakened insect from the soil filled with its eggs.

Xi Xiu and her team fought the Insects, then worked through the night to improve the Combat Robots’ battle programs so they could finish the planetary cleanup within five days. The chapter left them preparing to resume the battle at dawn with a faster combat mode.

• Xi Xiu shared the first battle’s findings, and the team killed the next Insects more quickly as she adjusted the Combat Robots’ programs.
• A Xian fought the Insects and vowed to make Qin Hongjun answer for the suffering he had caused the Alliance’s citizens.
• Xi Xiu led the team back to their airborne camp, where the soldiers were disinfected and checked for Insect eggs before resting.
• Flora told He Yinlei about the psychological strain of fighting the Insects, and He Yinlei said they expected to clear the planet in about five days.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, Qiu Shaorong, and Qi Mang designed and tested a new combat program using their battle data, then uploaded it to the robots before dawn.

Xi Xiu and A Xian led warriors and Combat Robots in a desperate effort to eradicate the Insects in their sector and prepare to reinforce another forest. Meanwhile, Fang Jinyu struggled to dispatch enough forces to support twenty star systems, leaving garrisons to rotate their strongest teams through the missions.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian split from their teams so they could kill Insects faster, while staying close enough to provide support.
• Xi Xiu's group and the other warriors fought through the day, killed Insects, and placed their corpses in Isolation Devices for transport to a desert processing site.
• Xi Xiu checked the other teams' progress and ordered them to finish the mission within four hours before returning to midair to rest.
• Flora recorded the warriors' colorful mechas hovering in the sky as a keepsake during their break.
• Fang Jinyu dispatched Alliance Guards to support twenty star systems, and the Elder Council ordered garrisons and frontier posts to send teams in rotating deployments.

Xi Xiu’s team completed its mission on Yuanri without losing a soldier, then learned that Zhen had joined the battle in Sulaina and proved her strength. On the way back, Xi Xiu’s soldiers treated their wounded after another group’s failure to fight properly, and Tarasha hinted that the team captain’s background explained their behavior.

• Xi Xiu killed the last Insect on Yuanri, and her team finished clearing the area and monitoring for newly hatched Insects.
• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong led their team to the planet’s frozen north, where they helped another group eliminate the Insects and eggs without losing any soldiers.
• Zhen joined the fighting in Sulaina after securing a safe place for the children, and Xi Xiu watched her battle and sent her advice on how to improve.
• Xi Xiu’s team supported other groups and found Hu Yingyi, Yang Jiuqing, and several soldiers injured after their allies hesitated during combat.
• Flora questioned the other soldiers’ conduct, and Tarasha explained that their captain was not a military academy graduate assigned by the Central Brain; he confirmed Flora’s guess about Gaia.

After returning from their mission, Xi Xiu and 909 learned about the Insects’ advance and the Alliance’s defensive measures. They began investigating Aifolan’s influence on men, and Xi Xiu concluded that Aifolan carried both an ethereal purity and an alluring aura at once.

• Xi Xiu checked the injured warriors and received Elisa’s report that Belka’s people were training on the transit planet, whose defenses had been strengthened and space routes closed.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian answered Elisa’s training questions and warned her to stay alert for the Insects.
• A Xian told Xi Xiu that the Insects had reached Anvile’s borders, where Wu Jingyang and the nobles were guarding defense lines and using measures to detect and destroy them.
• Wu Jingyang shared Anvile’s tested anti-Insect methods with the Elder Council, which ordered star systems to adopt them as Alliance Guards returned to protect Gaia.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian studied Aifolan’s videos, and Xi Xiu explained that Aifolan combined an ethereal, pure aura with an allure that seemed to captivate men.

Xi Xiu and A Xian suspected Aifolan was connected to the Insects after finding irregularities in her file and discussing the men drawn toward Mingyun Star. As millions headed there, the Alliance concealed the star chart and prepared defenses while Xi Xiu waited for information from Gaia.

• Xi Xiu reviewed Aifolan's file and noted that no one had seen her during a ten-day stay in the school's infirmary, while her eyes appeared purple despite records stating they were black.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian speculated that Aifolan might have another identity and could be drawing people to Mingyun Star as food for the Insects.
• Xi Xiu said Ximo and Sika had nearly gone to Mingyun again, but Suo Feihua had them knocked out and put into deep sleep.
• Qiu Shaorong and Su Jinbao reported that roughly ten million men across the Alliance were heading toward Mingyun Star.
• Xi Xiu explained that the Elder Council had concealed Mingyun's Star Chart to delay the travelers and give the Alliance Guards time to prepare.

Xi Xiu and her team discussed the unresolved mystery of Aifolan’s ten days in a school nutrient pod and whether Qin Hongjun posed a threat to Yuanri. After assessing the investigation and their combat readiness, Xi Xiu planned more heavy mech training for 909 once they returned.

• Xi Xiu told the team that the Elder Council could not confirm Aifolan’s identity because she had spent ten days in a nutrient pod without being seen.
• Qiu Shaorong and the others questioned how Aifolan could have disappeared in a school infirmary, and Xi Xiu explained the Tang Family’s control over Jinghui Star’s educational resources.
• A Xian asked whether Qing Zhixun could uncover what had happened to Aifolan, and Xi Xiu said the Elder Council was still investigating records and her family’s accounts.
• Su Jinbao asked whether Qin Hongjun might target Yuanri, and Xi Xiu judged that it was unlikely because Yuanri was largely staffed by robots apart from its garrison.
• Xi Xiu calculated that garrison teams would take three months to rotate through missions, then agreed to organize a week of heavy mech training for 909 after their return.

Xi Xiu returned from a dangerous mission, mourned the soldiers lost in the operation, and reported to Qing Zhixun before learning her team would soon deploy again to face a major insect disaster. She noticed Qing Zhixun’s growing tenderness toward her and began to understand that his feelings were sincere.

• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong returned safely with their team, though Yang Jiuqing and Hu Yingyi were injured and several other teams suffered casualties.
• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong traveled to Qing Zhixun’s office to submit their mission report, and Qing Zhixun was relieved to see Xi Xiu safe.
• Xi Xiu reported that her team needed more training, while Qing Zhixun told them to rest for ten days before a joint mission to the Mingyun Galaxy.
• Xi Xiu accepted the mission and planned to intensify her team’s mecha training because the coming insect disaster was expected to be unprecedented.
• Xi Xiu reminded Qing Zhixun to rest, and his warm response made her recognize that his feelings for her were sincere.

After returning from her mission, Xi Xiu accepted Qing Zhixun’s care and began another simulation with him, this time imagining them as partners preparing to have a child. The simulation opened with the two sharing breakfast before heading to a medical center.

• Qing Zhixun offered to take care of everything while Xi Xiu was away, and she thanked him before leaving his office with him.
• Xi Xiu gave Qing Sansui energy blocks and promised to bring it higher-purity ones next time.
• Flora and He Yinlei advised Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu about their unusual simulation scenario, leaving Qing Zhixun worried about whether Xi Xiu would approve of his answers.
• Xi Xiu woke in the virtual world, remembered she and Qing Zhixun were simulating a life together, and greeted him.
• Qing Zhixun prepared breakfast, gave Xi Xiu a dress to wear to the medical center, and led her to the table.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun traveled to a medical institute in the Virtual Network to choose a gestation method. They agreed on artificial gestation and a daughter, and were still on their way when the chapter ended.

• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun restrained their Mental Power and followed their simulated scenario, sharing a meal before setting off for the medical institute.
• While Qing Zhixun fetched the Hovercar, Xi Xiu researched the three gestation methods and learned that artificial gestation was the most popular choice.
• Qing Zhixun drove Xi Xiu toward the medical institute, and she declined his offer to fasten her safety restraints.
• Xi Xiu chose artificial gestation for convenience, and Qing Zhixun agreed that it would spare her the hardships of pregnancy.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun agreed that they would choose a girl.

Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu attended a medical center simulation to learn about conception, incubators, and the license required to become parents. When Linda asked how many children they wanted, Xi Xiu could not answer, while Qing Zhixun gave a number immediately and stunned her.

• Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu arrived at the medical center and entered their information to begin the simulation.
• Linda explained conception options, childcare responsibilities, parenting courses, and the license required before applying for an incubator.
• Qing Zhixun asked detailed questions about when to apply for an incubator and how to choose one, while Xi Xiu listened and memorized the advice.
• Linda urged them to prioritize each other's wishes and asked how many children they planned to have.
• Xi Xiu struggled to answer, but Qing Zhixun immediately gave a number that stunned her.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun discussed how many children they might have, learned about pregnancy, and used a simulation center to preview their future children. After the center certified their genes as fully compatible, they went to a themed zoo together.

• Qing Zhixun said he wanted many children, and Xi Xiu told Linda they would discuss and reduce the number later.
• Linda spent three hours explaining pregnancy, incubators, and embryo care to Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun watched simulations of a boy and a girl growing up, and Qing Zhixun changed the girl's appearance to resemble Xi Xiu.
• The simulation center found no unsafe or recessive illness genes and awarded them a one-hundred-percent compatibility mark.
• When the child-raising attraction was closed, Qing Zhixun suggested the themed zoo, and Xi Xiu agreed.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun visited a zoo in the Jingsu Virtual Network, where they discussed animals and discovered they had once fought under matching identities. As they prepared to leave, an imposing stranger with a contemptuous gaze approached them.

• Qing Zhixun paid for Xi Xiu and himself to enter the zoo, and the two explored its animals together.
• Qing Zhixun explained that some prominent families kept dangerous animals as pets to compete, despite people sometimes being killed by them.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun shared stories about their younger years and realized they had fought each other in the Virtual Network under matching identities.
• Xi Xiu memorized information about the zoo's top thousand fierce beasts as they toured.
• A tall, androgynous stranger with hawk-like eyes approached Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun, drawing warning looks from people beside him.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun investigated the suspicious, exceptionally powerful Q in the Virtual Network while concealing their own strength. After Q brutally defeated several visitors and damaged their Mental Power by severing their connections, he approached them, and his violet eyes left Xi Xiu wondering what they meant.

• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun suspected Q was hiding his identity and discussed ways to investigate him.
• Q provoked several visitors while Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun retreated to avoid revealing their strength.
• Q destroyed nearby data, defeated the visitors in about twenty exchanges, and crushed their wrist devices to sever their Virtual Network connections.
• Q approached Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun, and Qing Zhixun stepped in front of Xi Xiu.
• Q mocked Qing Zhixun, who insulted him, and Q opened his eyes to reveal violet pupils resembling Aifolan's.

Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu investigated Q’s unusual purple eyes and confronted him in their simulation scenario to test his abilities and gather clues about his identity. Q’s strength proved greater than Qing Zhixun had first estimated, but Qing Zhixun handled his surging attack without injury.

• Xi Xiu noted that purple eyes were associated with rare Star Beasts and considered whether Q might not have been born in Jingsu.
• Q insulted Qing Zhixun, and Qing Zhixun privately coordinated with Xi Xiu to test Q in a fight while she recorded his abilities.
• Xi Xiu retreated beyond Q’s attack range, and Qing Zhixun held back his full Mental Power as he began fighting Q.
• Q initially underestimated Qing Zhixun, but Qing Zhixun matched his speed and forced him to question the man’s identity and strength.
• Q suddenly increased his Mental Power and attacked, but Qing Zhixun anticipated the strike and emerged unharmed.

Q fought Qing Zhixun while Xi Xiu observed his unusual eyes and recorded his combat style. After Q failed to defeat them, Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun suspected he was a dangerous, unstable person with a concealed identity and planned to investigate him after leaving the Virtual Network.

• Xi Xiu noticed Q’s eyes turned more vividly purple when he used Mental Power or became murderous, and she recorded the observation.
• Qing Zhixun provoked Q through a series of attacks until Q became enraged and secretly sent Mental Power after Xi Xiu.
• Xi Xiu dodged Q’s ambush and counterattacked with an Atomic Light Bomb, allowing Qing Zhixun to strike Q from behind.
• Xi Xiu concluded Q was not Qin Hongjun and suspected he could be a Talent Warrior raised as a weapon by a hidden family or faction.
• Qing Zhixun questioned how Q had entered their simulated scenario and resolved to investigate him after it ended.
• Realizing he could not beat Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu, Q decided to return and review recent records for people he had missed evaluating.

Q fought Qing Zhixun, lost, and fled the Virtual Network, while Xi Xiu gathered data about him. Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun then began a simulated life as ordinary partners, with their memories blocked.

• Q fought Qing Zhixun for over a hundred rounds, realized he could not win, and escaped the virtual world.
• Xi Xiu collected basic data about Q, and she and Qing Zhixun decided to investigate the Virtual Network loophole after their next simulation.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun entered a simulation that would follow a complete lifetime beginning when they became partners.
• Xi Xiu became Su Nan'an, a Nutrient Paste developer on Tianwei Prime, while Qing Zhixun became Li Zheng, an educator transferring from Jinghui Star.

Su Nan'an and Li Zheng registered their marriage, underwent Gene Engraving, and began their life together as partners. They planned a trip to Blue Rain Star, and the chapter followed their happy family life through the years, ending with their five children’s varied contributions to the Alliance.

• Su Nan'an and Li Zheng shared breakfast, discussed their future, and tested new Nutrient Paste flavors together.
• Su Nan'an and Li Zheng registered their marriage and underwent Gene Engraving, then celebrated at a theme park and shared the news with their parents.
• Li Zheng and Su Nan'an returned to their marital home and booked a vacation to Blue Rain Star so Su Nan'an could see plants firsthand.
• Su Nan'an and Li Zheng faced family health problems and other hardships together while raising five children.
• Two of Su Nan'an and Li Zheng’s children became garrison commanders, while their other three pursued different fields and served the Alliance.

Xi Xiu watched Su Nan'an and Li Zheng’s simulated life and was shaken by Li Zheng’s resemblance to someone from her past. She left the match unchallenged despite her doubts, while Qing Zhixun received her feedback and worried about the obstacles in winning her over.

• Su Nan'an died first, and Li Zheng followed; their children buried them on Tianwei Star, ending the simulation.
• Xi Xiu watched the report and recognized that Su Nan'an resembled her past self and Li Zheng resembled her former husband.
• Xi Xiu reconsidered her feelings for Qing Zhixun and wondered whether the Central Brain had drawn Li Zheng’s appearance from her or Qing Zhixun’s memories.
• Xi Xiu watched the simulation again and was moved by the couple’s warm, devoted life together.
• Xi Xiu submitted her opinion without rejecting the match, despite her doubts, leaving fifteen days before the match became final.
• The Central Brain forwarded Xi Xiu’s feedback to Qing Zhixun, who worried that the simulation’s resemblance and her response might be another setback in his pursuit of her.

Xi Xiu’s teammates wondered why she seemed unaffected by the simulation that paired her with Qing Zhixun, while Qing Zhixun continued investigating the mysterious Q. After returning from a mission, Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun discussed Q’s possible link to the missing Yuan Chuhong and the vanished members of the Qin Family.

• A Xian, Flora, and He Yinlei speculated that Xi Xiu might dislike Qing Zhixun, but Xi Xiu continued training her team without explaining her behavior.
• Qing Zhixun sent Xi Xiu messages for several days, and the team went out to exterminate insects during the New Year’s Day disaster.
• After the mission, Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun walked toward her dormitory, and he told her he had found clues about Q.
• Qing Zhixun said Q’s Martial Skill was sixty percent similar to Yuan Chuhong’s and suggested Q might be Yuan Chuhong, his disciple, or someone close to him.
• Xi Xiu asked whether the Elder Council had learned why Yuan Chuhong went to teach Ye Zhenwei, and Qing Zhixun explained that the vanished Qin Family members had likely escaped toward outer space through a hidden transmission route.
• Qing Zhixun said the energy traces he had tracked disappeared at the border of Jingsu, leaving Qin Hongjun’s hideout unknown.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun reviewed clues about Qin Hongjun, the Central Brain, and Aifolan’s history. They learned that Aifolan had been controlled and exploited by the Tang Family, and Xi Xiu asked whether the person who took control of her could be traced.

• Qing Zhixun told Xi Xiu that Ye Zhenwei remained in Fu Xuan’s care and that the Elder Council was deciding how to save her.
• Qing Zhixun explained that the Qing Family had found abandoned settlements in black star regions, including objects about two hundred years old, but had not identified their former inhabitants.
• Qing Zhixun sent Xi Xiu records showing that Aifolan had been sent from her school infirmary to a medical institute, where a former student of Tang Mushishi copied her Genetic Information.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun concluded that the Tang Family had taken control of Aifolan and planned to profit from her as an entertainer.
• Xi Xiu asked Qing Zhixun whether the person who had controlled Aifolan before the Tang Family fell could be traced.