Chapter Summaries

Xi Xiu continued training 909 and helped Qiu Shaorong understand how to overcome his cautious fighting style. As the team prepared for new members and more training, Qing Zhixun and Sixi received news that they were returning to Yuanyi Base before going back to Gaia.

• Xi Xiu learned that more people would join 909 in ten days and that she had been promoted to major.
• Qiu Shaorong lost his sparring match against Qi Mang, then thanked her for helping him improve.
• Xi Xiu reviewed Qiu Shaorong’s mistakes and urged him to trust himself and fight more boldly.
• Xi Xiu directed the team to rest or study their matches before afternoon armor training, while Qiu Shaorong stayed to watch the others spar.
• Qing Zhixun received a video call from the Central Brain, and Sixi told Xi Xiu that they were returning to Yuanyi Base before heading to Gaia.

Xi Xiu learned that the Central Brain had denied her rejection application and decided to test Qing Zhixun again in the second simulation. Meanwhile, Qing Zhixun questioned the Central Brain about Qin Jian, whose consciousness had been found in an uncertain vessel, and learned that even the Central Brain doubted Qin Jian’s explanation for not retaliating against Qin Hongjun.

• The Central Brain told Xi Xiu that her rejection application had been denied and that she was 100% compatible with Qing Zhixun, so Xi Xiu decided to observe him and test him again.
• Qing Zhixun examined the ordinary-looking person beside the Central Brain and suspected that he was Qin Jian.
• The Central Brain explained that Qin Jian’s consciousness was dormant and that the person they had found was a vessel it inhabited unpredictably.
• Qing Zhixun questioned whether the vessel was a pawn of Qin Hongjun and challenged the Central Brain’s evidence that he was Qin Jian.
• The Central Brain said Qin Jian had blamed his slow recovery and the planet’s limited technology for his failure to act, but its calculations gave that explanation only a 64% chance of being true.

The Central Brain reconstructed how Qin Jian created Qin Hongjun as a scapegoat, then grew jealous of his talent and tried to destroy him. Qin Hongjun defeated Qin Jian and took control, but the plans he uncovered left him furious and mentally shattered.

• The Central Brain determined that Qin Jian had hidden backups, assets, and forces, and that he returned to retrieve what he had left with it.
• Qin Jian learned from a doctor that Qin Hongjun was another consciousness and devised a plan to make him a scapegoat.
• Qin Jian and Qin Hongjun worked together on experiments to give Qin Hongjun a body, while Qin Hongjun helped solve problems Qin Jian had missed.
• Qin Jian grew threatened by Qin Hongjun's superior talent and decided to destroy him rather than risk being replaced.
• When Qin Jian tried to kill him during their separation, Qin Hongjun fought back, crushed him with Mental Power, and seized control of the body.
• Qin Hongjun discovered Qin Jian's plans in the backup system and, after reading them, became consumed by rage and despair.

The Central Brain and Qing Zhixun planned to investigate Qin Jian’s identity and motives by sending him to Li Zhengfeng’s planet in the Nine Stars. Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng prepared to meet him, while Li Zhengfeng hoped Qin Jian had not become like Qin Hongjun.

• The Central Brain reviewed Qin Jian’s records, reconsidered its view of him, and agreed on a plan with Qing Zhixun before returning to headquarters.
• Qing Zhixun told Xi Xiu that the Qing Family would take Qin Jian to Li Zhengfeng’s private planet so they could observe him, and Xi Xiu agreed to investigate him while collecting Energy Stones.
• Xi Xiu sent Li Zhengfeng a message, and he agreed to receive Qin Jian and planned to conceal his identity during their meeting.
• Xi Xiu reviewed what the Central Brain had learned about Qin Jian’s partner, child, and cloned body, and concluded that his motives still needed verification.
• During training, Xi Xiu arranged afternoon mecha team battles, while Jiu Dan and Shi Ding eagerly anticipated fighting other people.
• Li Zhengfeng reflected on his former friendship with Qin Hongjun and hoped Qin Jian was kind rather than like him.

Xi Xiu took command of forty thousand soldiers and arranged training to prepare the new recruits for their next battle against the Insects. Meanwhile, the Qing Family arrived on Nine Stars’ private planet, where Li Zhengfeng assessed Qin Jian and Wan Youlin welcomed the visitors.

• Xi Xiu received new team assignments that expanded her unit to forty thousand, and Qiu Shaorong and the other captains received promotions.
• Xi Xiu arranged for veteran soldiers to practice independently in the Virtual Network and had the new recruits train together in a simulated Insect battlefield.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian began training to push their Mental Power further.
• The Qing Family members arrived at Nine Stars’ private planet, where Wan Youlin, Bai Jungo, and Feng Qiqi received them.
• Li Zhengfeng studied Qin Jian and suspected that Qin Hongjun’s torment had changed his personality.
• Wan Youlin welcomed Qing Shichen and the others, hinted that the families would become in-laws, and sent them to their guest rooms.

Li Zhengfeng watched Qin Jian closely as Wan Youlin hosted a welcome dinner, while Qin Jian secretly planned to have his family gather information about Nine Star. The chapter left Li Zhengfeng convinced that Qin Jian was deliberately acting timid, though his motives remained unclear.

• Wan Youlin arranged a welcome banquet while Li Zhengfeng used the network to observe Qin Jian and waited for Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu to arrive.
• Qin Jian reflected on his escape from Qin Hongjun and the advanced Central Brain, then told Yu Ruoruo and their five children to gather information and help them remain in the Alliance.
• Qing Shichen invited Qin Jian to dinner, and Qin Jian pretended to be timid and reluctant to accept the host's hospitality.
• At the dining hall, Li Zhengfeng's sharp stare made Qin Jian tense, but Qin Jian concealed his reaction and followed Qing Shichen to his seat.
• Li Zhengfeng compared Qin Jian's fearful behavior with the confident man he had seen by the window and concluded that Qin Jian was pretending to be foolish.

Qin Jian tried to learn about Nine Stars and the Alliance through his children, while Li Zhengfeng and Feng Qiqi saw through his probing. The children learned that Nine Stars owned a private planet and began considering how they might earn Qin Jian’s approval and remain in the Alliance.

• Li Zhengfeng silently observed Qin Jian’s suspicious attention to Wan Youlin and Qing Shichen’s conversation.
• Qin Jian sent his children to question the Nine Stars members, and Qin Anan asked Feng Qiqi about their cooking methods and their planet.
• Feng Qiqi noticed Qin Anan spoke standard Jingsu Alliance common speech, but deflected her questions without revealing sensitive information.
• Feng Qiqi explained that the planet was privately owned and that Alliance citizens needed first-class contribution status to apply for one.
• Qin Yuan, Qin Hai, and Qin Da exchanged glances and resolved to earn their father’s approval and stay in the Alliance.
• Qin Jian watched Feng Qiqi brush off Qin Anan and cursed inwardly, recognizing that the Central Brain would be his fastest source of information.

Qin Jian kept his connection to the Central Brain secret while Yu Ruoruo questioned the Nine Stars Soldiers for information about Jing Su. The Qin Family returned to their guest quarters with new details, while the soldiers remained wary and planned to let Li Zhengfeng and Xi Xiu assess Qin Jian.

• Qin Jian decided not to contact the Central Brain yet because he feared it might reveal his return to Qin Hongjun.
• Yu Ruoruo chatted with Gu Yuehua and other Nine Stars Soldiers, learning that they were on Mechanical Star because of nearby star pirates and that their true base was elsewhere.
• Yu Ruoruo tried to learn why the Central Brain had sought Qin Jian, but Gu Yuehua did not know and ended the conversation.
• Gu Yuehua and the other soldiers left by claiming they needed to go on patrol, while Li Zhengfeng finished dinner and returned to his quarters.
• Wan Youlin and Qing Shichen watched Qin Jian during dinner and noted that he seemed both familiar with and confused by Jing Su.
• Qing Shichen escorted the Qin Family to their guest quarters, where they gathered and reviewed the information they had learned.

Li Zhengfeng compared Qin Jian with Qin Hongjun and concluded that their ambitions and forbidden biological experiments made them alike. As Qin Jian’s family settled in, the Nine Star warriors learned how he treated the children’s mothers, while Xi Xiu and the others began seeking Qin Hongjun through Qin Jian’s old records.

• Li Zhengfeng reviewed Qin Jian’s behavior and his history with Qin Hongjun, then considered using Qin Jian’s cooperation to locate Qin Hongjun.
• Qin Jian and his family settled under the Nine Star warriors’ watch as the children learned about the Alliance and befriended the warriors.
• The children revealed that Qin Jian had sent their mothers back to be redesigned when he was dissatisfied, shocking the warriors.
• Li Zhengfeng told Xi Xiu that Qin Hongjun might be hiding among Qin Jian’s former affiliated planets and marked star regions, prompting the group to seek the Central Brain’s coordinates.
• Xi Xiu and the others sent their findings to Qing Zhixun to raise with the Elder Council, while the Central Brain remained out of sight after its comparison exposed Qin Jian’s deception.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun traveled to the satellite planet to meet the Nine Stars and deal with the Energy Stones. There, Qin Jian exposed his knowledge of the Central Brain and demanded information about the Alliance in exchange for his own.

• Xi Xiu prepared her team for the Mingyun Galaxy mission and left its inspections to Qiu Shaorong, Su Jinbao, and Tarasha.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, Qing Zhixun, and Qing Sansui traveled by Starship to the satellite planet, where the Nine Stars were waiting.
• Qing Zhixun greeted Qin Jian and said the Central Brain had a message for him, prompting Qin Jian to reveal that he knew its identity.
• Qin Jian dropped his timid act and demanded to hear about the Alliance's current situation before sharing any information.

Qing Zhixun confronted Qin Jian in Nine Star's reception room over his failure to contact the Central Brain and the suspicions surrounding him. Qin Jian demanded to negotiate with someone who could meet his conditions, so the Elder Council agreed to send representatives to Nine Star the next afternoon.

• Qing Zhixun ignored Qin Jian's displeasure and took him and the others back to Nine Star's reception room.
• Wan Youlin briefed Qing Zhixun on information gathered about Qin Jian's family, and Qin Jian objected to Nine Star's surveillance.
• Qing Zhixun questioned Qin Jian about why he had never contacted the Central Brain, while Qin Jian withheld his explanation and demanded to negotiate with decision-makers.
• Qing Zhixun contacted the Elder Council, which agreed to send representatives to negotiate with Qin Jian the following afternoon.
• A Xian warned Xi Xiu that Qin Jian's unpredictable aura concerned her, and Xi Xiu agreed.

Qin Jian negotiated with Qing Zhixun and then withdrew, while Qing Zhixun introduced Xi Xiu to Qing Shichen as his partner. Qing Shichen explained how Qin Jian had deceived them, and Qing Zhixun planned to use the Central Brain to investigate Qin Jian’s former secret bases.

• Qin Jian made several demands of Qing Zhixun, accepted the answers, and returned to his room.
• Qing Zhixun introduced Xi Xiu to Qing Shichen as his partner before Xi Xiu left with Wan Youlin and the others.
• Qing Shichen teased Qing Zhixun about finding a partner, and Qing Zhixun proudly said he admired Xi Xiu.
• Qing Shichen told Qing Zhixun that Qin Jian had always known who he was and had deceived them by pretending to have awakened Qin Jian's consciousness.
• Qing Zhixun explained that the Central Brain’s records and public stories about Qin Jian were unreliable, then planned to obtain coordinates of Qin Jian’s secret bases from the Central Brain.

Xi Xiu and the Nine Stars group prepared to leave for the Mingyun Galaxy while discussing how to protect their newly acquired Energy Stones. During dinner, Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng discussed Qin Jian, Qin Hongjun, and the possibility that Qin Hongjun had been injured in their past battle, leaving Li Zhengfeng melancholy over his lost beloved.

• Xi Xiu and the others assigned Bai Jungo to guard the Energy Stones and transport them to Nine Stars if war broke out.
• Xi Xiu reviewed sparring recordings with Feng Qiqi and the others, pointing out their mistakes and answering their training questions.
• Gu Yuehua thanked Xi Xiu for improving Nine Stars, and Xi Xiu welcomed her as family.
• Xi Xiu told Li Zhengfeng about Aifolan, Hu Jing Beasts, and purple-eyed Star Beasts, then discussed Qin Jian's experiments and Qin Hongjun's possible injuries.
• Xi Xiu shared recent events with Li Zhengfeng, who congratulated her before sinking into sorrow over his lost beloved.

Xi Xiu and A Xian departed for Mingyun Star as crowds of privately owned Starships gathered for Aifolan’s live event. The chapter left Xi Xiu heading into the crisis without clear evidence against Aifolan, uncertain whether the singer would appear or whether the event was an Insect trap.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian left Feng Qiqi and Gu Yuehua and boarded Qing Zhixun’s airship.
• Qing Zhixun gave Xi Xiu and A Xian weapons and showed them the Starships gathering in the Mingyun Galaxy under retired general Qiao Arthur’s leadership.
• Xi Xiu learned that the crowd planned to enter Mingyun Star in ten batches and agreed to coordinate with its defenses, engaging only if the conflict escalated.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian took a fighter from Nine Stars’ spaceport and set course for Mingyun.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian that there was no evidence to arrest Aifolan, and they questioned whether Aifolan would attend the event or use it to lure in a food source.

Xi Xiu and A Xian waited for Qing Zhixun’s party while Gaia’s elders arrived at Nine Stars to negotiate with Qin Jian. Qing Wenxu agreed to most of Qin Jian’s demands but withheld the energy needed to use the military supplies he requested.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian reached the designated coordinates and waited for Qiu Shaorong and the others to arrive.
• Qing Wenxu, Lu Shouyi, Li Jinglan, Chu Xuliang, and other elders arrived at Nine Stars to negotiate with Qin Jian.
• Qing Zhixun introduced the elders to Nine Stars’ people, and Qing Wenxu instructed Li Zailing to stay for the negotiations.
• Qin Jian presented demands for his former satellite planets, a major laboratory, and enough military supplies to equip a force of five hundred thousand.
• Qing Wenxu agreed to Qin Jian’s conditions except for the energy, citing the Alliance’s shortage.

Qin Jian demanded supplies and protection from the Alliance in exchange for information about Qin Hongjun, but Qing Wenxu refused to meet his terms without useful intelligence. Qin Jian offered several possible coordinates and agreed to let Elder Council members guard him, while the Central Brain watched him warily.

• Qin Jian demanded that the Alliance provide his requested supplies within three days, but Qing Wenxu said the Alliance could not fulfill the deadline.
• The Central Brain told Li Zhengfeng that Qin Jian's behavior raised concerns and decided the Elder Council should not let him grow powerful.
• Qing Wenxu challenged Qin Jian to provide useful information before receiving Alliance resources, and Qin Jian claimed he knew Qin Hongjun's location but would not reveal it without greater sincerity.
• Qin Jian offered Qing Zhixun several possible coordinates in return for secrecy and personal protection, but Chu Xuliang refused to assign Qing Zhixun to guard him.
• Chu Xuliang and the other Elder Council members offered to protect Qin Jian and his family, and Li Jinglan declared that Qin Jian had accepted.

Qing Wenxu and the Elder Council learned that Qin Hongjun’s experiments had involved millions of people, many of them his descendants, and suspected Qin Jian’s other system held the key to his activities. The Council planned to restrict Qin Jian’s access to laboratories while preparing reinforcements for Mingyun, where the Insect threat remained unresolved.

• Qin Jian agreed to provide coordinates in exchange for conditions from the Elder Council and chose to stay on Gaia.
• Qing Zhixun reviewed the ruins’ coordinates, and genetic analysis linked many of the remains to Qin Hongjun’s descendants and to missing people.
• Qing Wenxu and the Elder Council examined records of missing persons and concluded that Qin Jian’s other system might document Qin Hongjun’s experiments.
• The Central Brain told Qing Zhixun that its concerns about Qin Jian’s system involved Qing Zhixun’s origins, while the Council agreed to give Qin Jian his remaining assets and destroy his laboratories.
• Qing Wenxu asked about Mingyun, and Qing Zhixun reported that Yuanyue had dispatched twenty integrated teams, including Xi Xiu and Wu Jingxian, to reinforce it.

Qing Wenxu and Lu Shouyi discussed Qing Zhixun’s match with Hong Xixiu and the Qing Family’s preparations for their partnership. Meanwhile, Qin Jian gave up gathering information on the affiliated planet and planned to return to Gaia, unaware that the Central Brain had escaped his control.

• Li Jinglan praised Qing Zhixun and the younger generation for taking responsibility for protecting the Alliance.
• Qing Wenxu told Lu Shouyi that Qing Zhixun had been matched with Hong Xixiu, and the Qing Family prepared assets and gifts for her.
• Qing Zhixun accepted his grandfathers’ plans and resolved to work toward a future with Xi Xiu.
• Qin Jian reviewed the information gathered by Yu Ruoruo and the six children, then told them to stop approaching people and prepare to go to Gaia.
• Qin Jian planned to regain control of the Central Brain, unaware that it had become independent and controlled the Star Net across the region.

Xi Xiu and the other outposts intercepted people rushing toward Mingyun Star, but Alliance law allowed the desperate travelers to continue after signing safety agreements. As Xi Xiu studied their unnerving devotion to Aifolan, she warned her team to avoid her eyes and activate violet filtering on their Protective Shields.

• Xi Xiu's team reached the edge of the Mingyun Galaxy and coordinated with nearby outposts while gathering intelligence.
• Tarasha and Su Jinbao learned that Qiao Arthur had persuaded Tianwei Star's team to let the travelers pass after they signed agreements accepting responsibility for any harm and promising severe penalties for bringing Insect eggs.
• Xi Xiu reviewed Qiao Arthur's profile and discussed with her team how the travelers' expressions showed unsettling, almost religious devotion to Aifolan.
• Xi Xiu advised the team not to look into Aifolan's eyes, and Qiu Shaorong ordered them to activate violet filtering on their Protective Shields.

Xi Xiu and the other team leaders prepared for Aifolan’s live event on Mingyun Star, where crowds of fans were allowed in after being screened for Insect eggs. The event began peacefully, but Insects suddenly erupted among the crowd, turning people into skeletons and plunging the venue into chaos.

• Xi Xiu warned the other team leaders about Aifolan’s purple eyes and shared her intelligence, while they discussed the huge crowds approaching Mingyun Galaxy.
• Mingyun’s leaders decided to let visitors enter if they passed physical scans and wore Protective Suits, since they could not legally stop them from coming.
• The Blue Rain garrison followed the fans to Mingyun Main Star, and Xi Xiu’s team monitored the arrivals without using force.
• The first waves of visitors passed screening without any Insect eggs being found, leaving Mingyun’s rulers and warriors on edge.
• Aifolan landed on Mingyun Star and began her live event, but within minutes Insects appeared, killed people, and sent the crowd into chaos.