Chapter Summaries

After the Red Team was rescued from the Black Zone, Luo Yunzhong pressed Chen Junwu and the students for the rescue method but learned nothing. Chu Xuliang and Lu Shouyi reviewed the teams’ performance and Alliance leadership, then planned to replace Xu Enchi and Luo Yunzhong and give the Blue Team closer support.

• Chen Junwu refused to tell Luo Yunzhong and Xu Enchi how they had found the Red Team, saying the rescue had been pure luck.
• Luo Yunzhong questioned the rescued Red Team students and Xing Zongfan, but they could not explain how the rescue had happened.
• Chu Xuliang praised the Blue Team’s calm response and rescue effort while criticizing the Red Team leader’s decision to enter the Black Zone.
• Lu Shouyi explained how the Blue Team’s high-scoring students had been excluded from priority training, and Chu Xuliang urged him to support the two teams and watch them closely.
• Lu Shouyi said he planned to replace Xu Enchi and Luo Yunzhong with Chen Junwu and Mei Zhenyue, and Chu Xuliang advised sending the two former teachers into clerical work.

The performance ended with Hong Xixiu’s team receiving commendation for rescuing the Red side, while Lu Shouyi and Chu Xuliang assessed the students’ shortcomings and prepared them for military service. Chu Xuliang revealed that a major Bio-construct threat was approaching, leaving the students to face the Alliance’s coming crisis with new Wearable Mecha and harsher training ahead.

• Lu Shouyi reviewed the performance footage, criticized the teams’ lack of coordination, and announced extra points for the Blue side’s leading warship.
• Su Jinbao, Enweit, Tarasha, and Flora felt proud to serve under Hong Xixiu after her rescue mission with Wu Jingxian.
• Lu Shouyi urged the graduating students to keep training and protect the Alliance as their seven years of study came to an end.
• Chu Xuliang analyzed star warfare and warned the students that the Alliance faced an approaching crisis and a possible large-scale Bio-construct outbreak.
• Chu Xuliang showed the students images of the Bio-constructs and explained that new Wearable Mecha could withstand most of their attacks.
• Chu Xuliang said the students would train with the new mecha after reaching their service assignments, with training far harsher than military academy.

After the graduation assembly, Xi Xiu and A Xian met with Lu Shouyi and Chu Xuliang, who explained that Bio-constructs were an emerging threat linked to Yuanyang and Aola Star. The team accepted their assignment to serve the Alliance, and Chu Xuliang selected additional graduates to accompany them to Yuanyang.

• After the assembly, Lu Shouyi summoned Xi Xiu, A Xian, Su Jinbao, and their teammates to his office, where Chen Junwu, Chu Xuliang, and other officials were waiting.
• Chu Xuliang warned them that the completed Bio-constructs could soon appear on battlefields and that the Alliance had found traces of them near Yuanyang and Aola Star.
• Enweit asked which Administrative Star in Aola was involved, but Chu Xuliang said the creatures’ traces had vanished before the Alliance could investigate further.
• Xi Xiu accepted the team’s service assignment, and A Xian disclosed that she had surpassed level sixteen in Mental Power while explaining Xi Xiu’s unusual training.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian truthfully described what happened in the Black Zone, and Lu Shouyi said outstanding graduates would join them to help protect the Jingsu Alliance.
• After Xi Xiu and her team left, Chu Xuliang chose several graduates to accompany them to Yuanyang and told Lu Shouyi he would return to Tianwei Star.

After Squad 626 won the showcase, Hai Suomiao told 828 Squad she would leave Gaia to guard Miu Run Star and said goodbye to her comrades. The chapter ended with 828 Squad completing their farewells while Xi Xiu and her teammates continued investigating the Bio-constructs.

• Squad 626 won the showcase, and Xi Xiu's team received a bonus for rescuing others; Yue Qila regretted her mistake.
• Xue Fanhui and Zhen congratulated Xi Xiu as the students returned to Gaia aboard the school's Starship.
• Hai Suomiao told 828 Squad that she would return to Miu Run Star to guard the Barren Sea and would miss their graduation ceremony.
• Hai Suomiao learned that 828 Squad would be assigned to Tianwei with Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing, and urged them to serve well and stay alive.
• Hai Suomiao revealed that her fiancé was Yan Lanxi, and 828 Squad exchanged farewells and blessings with her.
• Xi Xiu stayed focused on the Bio-constructs while Su Jinbao and Enweit analyzed their activity on Aola Star.

Xi Xiu and A Xian investigated conflicting accounts about Li Zhengfeng while Team 626 prepared for service in the Yuanri and Aola star regions. Their discussion of unexplored Black Zones raised the possibility that the creator of the Bio-constructs and Eternal Robots was hiding in one.

• Enweit briefed Su Jinbao, Tarasha, and Flora on Aola Star’s stagnation, factions, and defenses.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian discussed contradictions in the Qin family member’s records about Li Zhengfeng and awaited his handwritten documents for clues.
• Feng Qiqi delivered Li Zhengfeng’s unopened records so Nine Stars could pass them to the Alliance Council and clear its name.
• Team 626 compiled and studied extensive information about Aola and Yuanri as they prepared for service.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian considered whether the maker of the Bio-constructs and Eternal Robots could be concealed in a Black Zone, including the vast unexplored region between Yuanri and Aola.

Xi Xiu recalled how Yuanri’s war and mechanical uprising led the Alliance to control mechanization, then discussed recent unidentified mechanized people with A Xian. As they prepared to investigate Yuanri, Xi Xiu decided to make Hai Suomiao a lake-blue diamond pendant before her departure from Gaia.

• Xi Xiu remembered Yuanri’s history: after war devastated the system, its citizens embraced mechanization, and the Alliance later imposed a control program following a violent upheaval.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian discussed the recent appearance of mechanized humans and other intelligent lifeforms whose identities could not be traced, and noted that Qing Zhixun’s team was investigating.
• A Xian set aside the unresolved matter Wu Jingya was investigating and told Xi Xiu that Hai Suomiao would leave Gaia in a few days.
• Xi Xiu searched her Space Locket for a farewell gift and chose a lake-blue diamond from the diamonds Damian had given her to make Hai Suomiao a pendant.

Xi Xiu designed diamond pendants while A Xian and Qing Zhixun discussed Yuanri and the hidden intruder in the Star Net. Qing Zhixun’s attention stirred Xi Xiu’s painful memories, but she resolved to leave the past behind and live only as Hong Xixiu.

• Xi Xiu began designing diamond pendants and invited A Xian to choose a design to make together.
• Qing Zhixun called A Xian and reported Yuanri’s movements, then explained that he had used their conversation to track a hidden presence inside the Star Net.
• Qing Zhixun repeatedly focused on Xi Xiu and wondered why her diamond designs resembled ones he remembered from the past.
• A Xian asked Xi Xiu what she thought of Qing Zhixun, and Xi Xiu called him terrifying and cold before steering the conversation away from him.
• A Xian’s mention of Qing Zhixun awakened Xi Xiu’s memories of a man she had once tried to keep pace with while repaying a debt, and Xi Xiu decided she no longer needed to repay anyone and would live as Hong Xixiu.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Sister Suomiao exchanged gifts and discussed marriage as Sister Suomiao prepared to return to Miu Run Star. Xi Xiu said she might avoid marriage and adopt a child, but Sister Suomiao warned that the Central Brain could force a match if her compatibility reached the optimum level.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian visited Sister Suomiao, exchanged gifts with her, and sat down to talk before her departure.
• Sister Suomiao said she had accepted her engagement to Yan Lanxi and described how his recent attentiveness had unsettled her.
• A Xian admitted she had never considered marriage and could not think of an Anvile noble with whom she could bond.
• Xi Xiu said she might remain unmarried and adopt a child after retiring, explaining that she valued living independently.
• Sister Suomiao warned Xi Xiu that the Central Brain could force her to accept a match if her compatibility threshold reached the optimum level.

Xi Xiu worried about her future matches, then said goodbye to Hai Suomiao, who was leaving early, and received valuable pearls from her. A Xian suggested Xi Xiu could help Hai Suomiao break through her Mental Power barrier, and Hai Suomiao agreed to come over quietly.

• Xi Xiu asked Hai Suomiao and A Xian how she could lower the threshold for her matches, but they said the Central Brain’s records made it impossible.
• Hai Suomiao told Xi Xiu she would leave the day after tomorrow, and the three friends took a photo and said their farewells.
• Hai Suomiao gave Xi Xiu and A Xian passage badges and valuable pearls, including an energy pearl that could balance and replenish Xi Xiu’s Mental Power.
• A Xian suggested Xi Xiu could use her method for awakening Jing Xi to help Hai Suomiao break through her Mental Power barrier.
• A Xian messaged Hai Suomiao, and she replied that she would come over quietly.

Hai Suomiao received Wu Jingxian’s encrypted message and asked Xi Xiu to help her break through her Mental Power barrier. After Xi Xiu succeeded, Hai Suomiao left with renewed strength and promised to meet Xi Xiu and her friends on Miu Run Star.

• Hai Suomiao admired Xi Xiu’s handmade gift before Wu Jingxian sent her a highly secured message about Xi Xiu’s ability to help her break through her Mental Power barrier.
• Hai Suomiao agreed to Xi Xiu and A Xian’s plan and arrived at Xi Xiu’s dormitory, which Wu Yuan and Wu Mu secured against intruders and surveillance.
• A Xian explained that Xi Xiu’s Mental Power exceeded 4S and that she and Xi Xiu could hide their true levels from testing instruments.
• Xi Xiu guided Hai Suomiao’s Mental Power through its restrictions and raised her threshold to 3S.
• A Xian advised Hai Suomiao to suppress her new strength when needed, and Hai Suomiao thanked Xi Xiu and promised to host the group on Miu Run Star.

Hai Suomiao returned to Miu Run Star to take over the defense of the Barren Sea as displaced creatures threatened to breach its defenses. At First Military Academy, Xi Xiu and her friends attended their graduation send-off before leaving for their military postings.

• Hai Qingbo and Hai Suohui told Hai Suomiao that creatures from Miu Run Star's borders wanted to return because their waters had been contaminated, and that the family had rejected their ceasefire agreement.
• Hai Suomiao learned that she would replace her tenth sister at the Barren Sea post, accepted the coming fight, and agreed that her wedding to Yan Lanxi would proceed in about a year.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, and their classmates gathered at the school's plaza for the graduation send-off, where Flora and Nan Hejia complained that the speeches never changed.
• Lu Shouyi addressed the graduating warriors, honored those lost at the front, and urged the students to work together, consider others' opinions, and return safely.

After the graduation ceremony, Xi Xiu and A Xian reflected on the dangers awaiting them at their garrisons and shared a quiet moment on the observation tower. Xi Xiu received data from Aunt Lan about the Qin Family, and the chapter ended with Flora bringing her snacks.

• Lu Shouyi gave a speech about the students’ future dangers before the awards ceremony began.
• Group 626 won the Combat Department’s top graduating team honor, while Group 828 received the Outstanding Team award.
• Yue Qila apologized to Xi Xiu, and the two wished each other well before parting.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian escaped the crowd and talked on the observation tower about their fears and hopes for the future.
• Xi Xiu forwarded Aunt Lan’s data on the Qin Family’s movements to Wu Jingya for follow-up.
• Flora brought Xi Xiu snacks after she returned to the dormitory.

After receiving their service assignments, Xi Xiu and her classmates prepared to part ways and learned that Kuang Biru would join them on dangerous Yuanri. Xi Xiu then translated Li Zhengfeng’s handwritten document, uncovering evidence that the Nine-Star Marshal had come from another spacetime.

• Xi Xiu learned that Class 626 would serve in Yuanri, Class 828 in Tianwei, and Zhen in the Sulaina Star System; He Yinlei’s team and Qiu Shaorong were also assigned to Yuanri.
• Su Jinbao discovered that Kuang Biru’s Mental Power had recovered and that she and Guo Guangqing would join them in Yuanri.
• Feng Qiqi and Bai Jungo brought Xi Xiu Li Zhengfeng’s sealed handwritten document, which no one had been able to read.
• Xi Xiu decided to translate the document and asked A Xian to have Wu Jingyang make the translation appear authentic.
• As Xi Xiu translated, A Xian, Feng Qiqi, and Bai Jungo realized that Li Zhengfeng had come from another spacetime.

Xi Xiu translated Li Zhengfeng’s notes, which described his opposition to Bio-construct and Eternal Robot experiments and exposed a conflict between his account and the Qin Family’s. The group prepared a convincing file containing his evidence and a method for destroying consciousness in robotic bodies, then planned to deliver it to the Elder Council.

• Xi Xiu translated Li Zhengfeng’s handwritten notes, which said he came from another spacetime and opposed the Eternal Robot experiments because they threatened the Alliance.
• Li Zhengfeng’s notes said the Elder Council had ordered the experiments destroyed, but someone stole crucial files, and the Qin Family’s story about their former member’s death conflicted with his account.
• Xi Xiu and the others found Li Zhengfeng’s method for killing consciousness inside a robotic body and decided to submit it to the Elder Council.
• Xi Xiu translated Li Zhengfeng’s final reflections on being unable to return to his lost home, and A Xian comforted her with a hug.
• Wu Jingyang prepared a copy of the translated notes with the method included, and Xi Xiu planned to take it to the Elder Council with Feng Qiqi and the others.

Xi Xiu and the Nine-Star delegation brought Li Zhengfeng’s files to the Elder Council, where the Xing Family head demanded them and accused the Marshal of wrongdoing. Xi Xiu and A Xian stood their ground, and Chen Huan intervened before the confrontation escalated further.

• Xi Xiu and the others entered the Elder Council building and met Chen Huan, Jiang Tianyue, Zhou Yuanqun, the Xing and Yun Family heads, and Chu Zekuan.
• The Xing Family head demanded the files and refused to identify himself, so Xi Xiu said an unnamed Elder Council member could not inspect the Nine-Star Marshal’s records.
• Xi Xiu challenged the Xing Family head’s accusation against Li Zhengfeng and unleashed her Mental Power, while A Xian joined her and overwhelmed the room.
• A Xian pointed out that Li Zhengfeng’s remains were in his grave on Shangyue Star and that the Qin Family member’s fate was unknown.
• Chu Zekuan and Chen Huan supported Nine-Star’s position, and Chen Huan urged the Xing Family head to stop making things difficult for the young delegation.

Xi Xiu handed Li Zhengfeng’s files to the Elder Council for testing after revealing that his manuscript offered a possible solution to the Eternal Robots. The Council members read his account of his life, while Chu Zekuan took charge of the investigation and pledged to work with the Anvile People.

• The Xing Family head questioned Xi Xiu and the Nine-Star Marshal, while Chu Zekuan offered to take responsibility for the files.
• Xi Xiu revealed that Li Zhengfeng’s manuscript provided a possible way to resolve the Eternal Robots issue, and the Elder Council agreed to test it.
• Xi Xiu explained why the Nine-Star Marshal had not found the files earlier, then handed them to Chu Zekuan.
• Chu Zekuan promised to lead the testing, and Xi Xiu urged the Alliance to respect Li Zhengfeng’s past achievements while the results were pending.
• After Xi Xiu and the others left, the Elder Council read Li Zhengfeng’s manuscript and learned about his life and service.
• Chu Zekuan kept the files and said the Chu Family would investigate with the Anvile People.

Xi Xiu told A Xian that she and Li Zhengfeng had come from the same planet in a star region unknown to both the Jingsu and Xianri Alliances, though they had lived nearly a thousand years apart. She revealed that she had died before turning thirty while saving her benefactor’s descendant, and felt grateful to have found family in A Xian and a longer life in this world.

• A Xian asked Xi Xiu whether her origins were the same as Li Zhengfeng’s, and Xi Xiu explained that they shared a planet but not a time or place.
• Xi Xiu said she had searched the Jingsu and Xianri Star Charts and found no record of her former star region, which had been far less advanced than either Alliance.
• A Xian asked whether Xi Xiu had family in her former world, and Xi Xiu said she had always been alone before A Xian embraced her and declared that Wu Jingxian was her family now.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian she had once hoped to make an Anvile friend, and A Xian praised her as the best human and a blessing to Anvile.
• Xi Xiu explained that she had sacrificed her life to save her benefactor’s descendant and had been younger than thirty when she arrived in this world.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian that she was grateful for the chance to live for several hundred years, since humans in her former world rarely lived to a hundred.

Xi Xiu told A Xian why she had chosen not to marry in the Jingsu Alliance, and A Xian resolved to find her an Anvile soulmate. As Xi Xiu prepared to leave Gaia for Yuari, she woke Sixi, planned safeguards for her, and joined her teammates for one last walk around school.

• Xi Xiu explained that she had avoided marriage in the Jingsu Alliance because Blocker prevented genuine romantic attraction, not because of her former-life relationship.
• A Xian offered to find Xi Xiu an Anvile soulmate and secretly planned to ask Jing Xi and Liuga to help.
• A Xian returned to the dormitory to pack, while Enweit watched her leave with a mysterious smile.
• Xi Xiu woke Sixi, told her they would leave for Yuari, and promised to protect her and help her become a capable warrior.
• Xi Xiu planned for Wu Yuan to add combat data and a shutdown safeguard to Sixi to protect her from enemy control.
• Xi Xiu and her five teammates took a final walk along Gaia's tree-lined paths before leaving for Yuari.

As graduation approached, Xi Xiu and her 626 teammates prepared food and supplies for their journey to Yuan Ri and received farewell gifts from friends and family. The six left First Military Academy with the departing graduates, beginning their trip to Yuan Ri.

• Flora shared snacks and strange-tasting Nutrient Paste with Xi Xiu, Su Jinbao, Enweit, Tarasha, and A Xian as they discussed buying ingredients for Yuan Ri.
• The six teammates planned their food supplies, with Tarasha arranging vegetables, Su Jinbao offering his allowance, and Flora suggesting fresh fruit.
• Xi Xiu received gifts from Vivian, Zhen, Wei Lanshan, Xue Fanhui, and the Wu Family, and thanked them while promising to look after A Xian.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Enweit left their rooms the next morning, joined Su Jinbao, Tarasha, and Flora, and departed Jingtian Building.
• More than a thousand hovercraft carrying the graduates left Gaia for Yuan Ri as Lu Shouyi and an elderly man watched from the ground.

Qing Wenxu and Lu Shouyi prepared for a looming Alliance crisis while discussing the deployment of young warriors to Yuanri. Xi Xiu left Gaia with A Xian and the other First Military Academy graduates, beginning a ten-year posting where she would help lead and train the arriving troops.

• Qing Wenxu told Lu Shouyi that the Qing Family planned to act on Alliance affairs, and asked him to keep the Xing Family and Yun Family occupied while the Chu Family searched for the Qin Family ancestors.
• Qing Wenxu and Lu Shouyi discussed the Qing Family members guarding Yuanri and Haian Fortress, and agreed that older warriors might return to the battlefield if the crisis worsened.
• The Elder Council issued a Level One combat readiness notice and planned three months of intensive training for new troops at every fortress.
• Xi Xiu thanked A Xian for staying by her side on Gaia, and the two shared a quiet farewell before leaving the planet.
• Xi Xiu and the First Military Academy graduates boarded the first Starship bound for Yuanri, where they would lead and train troops from other military academies.