Chapter Summaries

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.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun investigated Aifolan’s possible Star Beast origins and discussed Qin Hongjun’s experiments. The chapter left them pursuing clues about his successful “Blank Body” project and the forbidden research behind it.

• Qing Zhixun showed Xi Xiu that Tang Family starship records could not identify which ship Aifolan had boarded because the system data had been erased.
• Xi Xiu noted that Aifolan’s purple eyes matched three known Star Beasts, including the deadly Hu Jing Beast, and suggested Qin Hongjun might have used their genes.
• Qing Zhixun agreed to investigate whether Qin Hongjun had created people combining intelligent-lifeform and Star Beast genes.
• Xi Xiu told Qing Zhixun that Li Zhengfeng’s memories included Qin Hongjun saying that a “Blank Body” had succeeded.
• Xi Xiu recalled Wei Lanshan explaining that Blank Bodies and experiments mixing intelligent-lifeform genes with Star Beast genes were forbidden biomedical research.
• The chapter recounted that Wei Lanshan had hidden Xi Xiu from the Ye Family and the Alliance so Xi Xiu could grow up safely and develop her strength.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun discussed the forbidden Blank Body project and Qin Hongjun’s followers before Xi Xiu rested after the Insect battle. Meanwhile, A Xian learned that nobles wanted to relocate Anvile’s Origin Land, leaving Liuga struggling to address their fears without a proposed destination.

• Xi Xiu explained the Blank Body project to Qing Zhixun, who suspected Qin Hongjun’s followers had already experienced the benefits of forbidden research.
• Qing Zhixun escorted Xi Xiu to her dormitory and promised to investigate Aifolan and her purple eyes.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian recovered from the exhausting mission and discussed their upcoming trip to Mingyun Star and the possibility that Aifolan had been modified.
• Xi Xiu began planning mecha training for the team, while A Xian called Liuga.
• Liuga told A Xian that nobles wanted to move the Origin Land because they feared Qin Hongjun’s followers could learn its secrets, but they had offered no destination and would not accept changing access settings instead.

Anvile’s nobles remained divided over whether to send warriors to find another habitat, while Wu Jingmu allowed them to quietly dispatch forces because they feared Qin Hongjun could expose their race’s secrets. A Xian reassured Liuga about Origin Land and revealed that Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun’s simulation showed one hundred percent compatibility; the chapter ended with Jing Xi and Qing Heming reporting that Anvile had repelled the Insects and an Alliance meeting would take place in Mingyun.

• Anvile’s nobles secretly sent family warriors and Combat Robots toward the Anweier Star System to protect the Consciousness Babies, despite Wu Jingmu’s reassurances about Origin Land.
• Wu Jingmu let the nobles act because they feared Qin Hongjun might learn the secrets of Anvile’s race and use the saint-level warriors’ knowledge to find earth or fire.
• A Xian told Liuga that Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun’s first simulation result showed one hundred percent compatibility, while Xi Xiu remained focused on his work.
• Liuga arranged for clothes and food to be mailed to Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun, then welcomed Jing Xi and Qing Heming back to the palace.
• Jing Xi and Qing Heming reported that Anvile had blocked the Insects without losing anyone and that many Alliance members would attend an on-site meeting in Mingyun.

Jing Xi and Liuga discussed the Alliance’s turmoil, Aifolan’s influence, and Anvile’s defenses as Jing Xi sensed an unprecedented crisis building at the Star Domain Gate. Meanwhile, A Xian visited Xi Xiu, who finished planning the team’s next round of training.

• Jing Xi told Liuga that Gaia had not explained why Aifolan could captivate people, though Wu Jingyang suspected she could overcome Blockers.
• Liuga asked about Anvile’s defenses, and Jing Xi said the nobles had returned to their posts while Wu Jingxu and Wu Jingya reinforced the third layer.
• Jing Xi gave Liuga items and Space Lockets for Xi Xiu and the others, then returned with Qing Heming to the space beyond Anvile’s first defensive layer.
• Jing Xi told Qing Heming that the Star Domain Gate’s unusual silence worried her, and he promised to face the coming crisis with her.
• A Xian watched Xi Xiu finish a training plan, and Xi Xiu decided to have the team take turns fighting the Combat Robots.

Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong finalized a combat program designed to train Team 909 against Combat Robots using their own fighting techniques. The training began at dawn, where Qiu Shaorong faced Qi Mang and Xi Xiu considered whether wearable mechas could be made faster without sacrificing defense.

• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong revised the training plan and finished it in the early hours of the morning.
• Xi Xiu woke at dawn, and Qiu Shaorong led the gathered team to the training grounds, where one thousand people prepared to fight assigned Combat Robots.
• Flora asked He Yinlei about challenging Ebony, but He Yinlei told her to first prove she could beat Qi Mang.
• Qi Mang attacked Qiu Shaorong, who blocked its first strike but began to struggle against its speed.
• Xi Xiu asked A Xian whether wearable mechas could balance defense with greater speed, and A Xian said it was possible but would consume considerable energy.