Chapter Summaries

After Raven 12345 explained Hao Ren’s duties as an inspector, she assigned him a mission to a water-covered planet and told him to bring Nangong May. Hao Ren returned home and gathered his housemates to decide who would take the second spot.

• Raven 12345 told Hao Ren to set aside personal loyalties and carry out his work as a High-level Guardian, and said the Demon Hunters she had taken would eventually be returned.
• Raven 12345 limited Hao Ren’s mission team to two people and recommended he bring Nangong May because the destination was covered in water.
• Hao Ren tried to use the Data Terminal to teleport home, but learned he had to register his home as a coordinate first and took the bus instead.
• Hao Ren returned home and learned that Izax was still searching for work while Nangong May was downtown singing.
• Hao Ren called Lily and the others together to discuss who would join him on the mission.

Hao Ren chose Izax and Nangong May to join him on a mission to retrieve a stranded tenant more than 895 light-years away. After preparing for the journey, the group got ready to teleport to Kuiper Station.

• Hao Ren explained that he could bring only two companions to a distant planet, and Lily and Vivian both volunteered.
• Vivian decided that Izax was better suited for the mission because of his experience traveling aboard spacecraft.
• Hao Ren confirmed that Izax would join him and Nangong May, and the Data Terminal explained that their transport would stop at Kuiper Station.
• Vivian began planning supplies, and the Data Terminal advised her to pack food because station rations might not suit humans.
• Nangong May returned, learned about the mission, and eagerly agreed to go.
• Hao Ren, Izax, and Nangong May finished preparing and stood ready to teleport to Kuiper Station.

Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax traveled from Earth to Kuiper Station to begin their assignment, while Vivian and Lily stayed behind. At the station, the Data Terminal explained its artificial environment and role as a transit hub, and Hao Ren learned that inspectors could inspire many different reactions.

• Vivian and Lily checked Hao Ren’s luggage and urged him to stay safe, while Nangong May eagerly welcomed the chance to travel.
• Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax teleported to Kuiper Station, leaving Vivian and Lily behind at home.
• Hao Ren explored the station’s arrival hall and marveled at its Earth-like gravity, atmosphere, and temperature.
• The Data Terminal explained that Kuiper Station used artificial environmental systems and warned Hao Ren to behave with the dignity expected of an inspector.
• The Data Terminal described Kuiper Station as a sparsely staffed relay node linking civilization spheres and routes to the World Gate Starfield.

Hao Ren toured Kuiper Station with the Data Terminal, learning about its alien inhabitants and seeing the station’s vast asteroid-built structure. The group reached Connection Port Four, where a huge light-blue spaceship awaited them.

• Hao Ren met the station guide, who explained that humanoid alien appearances resulted from Information Perturbation.
• The guide teleported Hao Ren and his companions into a connecting corridor and explained how Kuiper Station was built across asteroid fragments.
• Hao Ren learned that Raven 12345 had modified Nangong May during their dream sessions so she could understand foreign languages.
• The guide opened the corridor’s hull panel, and Hao Ren saw Kuiper Station’s scattered asteroid foundations and connecting structures.
• Hao Ren and Nangong May followed the guide to Connection Port Four, where they saw a gigantic light-blue spaceship waiting to depart.

Hao Ren and his companions boarded Transport Ship 883, a passenger-and-cargo vessel bound for a destination eight hundred light-years away. After learning the journey would take a day, Hao Ren discovered their luxurious first-class cabin was on a ship that had never carried passengers.

• A guide showed Hao Ren the enormous spacecraft and explained that it was a medium-sized private passenger-and-cargo ship.
• The guide brought Hao Ren, Nangong May, and their companion to Captain 883 and left after handing them over.
• The Data Terminal scanned itself for identity verification, and the captain invited the group aboard Transport Ship 883.
• Captain 883 said they would arrive in a day and explained that he had named the ship after himself.
• A crew member led Hao Ren to a four-bedroom first-class cabin and admitted the ship had never carried passengers because the captain had chosen the wrong license.

Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax traveled aboard Ship 883, where the captain staged an illegal acceleration to outpace a rival cargo ship before the vessel entered faster-than-light travel. After passing the trip playing Fight the Landlord, they arrived above a terrestrial planet.

• Hao Ren watched the asteroid belt and learned from the Data Terminal about space, ship acceleration, and spatial stabilization.
• Ship 883’s captain announced a race with the KN-03 cargo ship and illegally accelerated, shaking the cabin as Ship 883 pulled ahead.
• Ship 883 entered a spatial bubble for faster-than-light travel, and its captain announced he would spend twenty-four hours in the brig and pay a fine.
• Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax explored the cabin, while Nangong May got lost in the corridors and was escorted back.
• Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax played Fight the Landlord until Ship 883 stopped above a terrestrial planet.

Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax arrived on a primitive, Earth-like planet to find a missing cargo module, but its location signal was gone. With night approaching, they had to make camp before they could resume the search.

• Hao Ren and his companions landed near the planet’s coastline after the crewman left them without a return plan, and the Data Terminal advised them to contact Officer Raven later.
• Hao Ren examined the alien beach and jungle while Nangong May enjoyed the sea breeze and the Data Terminal scanned the area.
• The Data Terminal explained that the cargo module had stopped transmitting its location and that it would not locate it until the following morning.
• Hao Ren realized they had no tent and asked Nangong May and Izax how they could make camp.
• Izax offered to dig a pit and surround it with demonic flames, but Hao Ren stopped him and asked him to use the flames for a campfire instead.

Hao Ren accidentally entered the Dream Plane after Nangong May’s conch music triggered mental resonance, then discovered that the plane’s inhabitants included humans. He landed on the familiar grassland and met a young girl riding a horse.

• Hao Ren, Izax, and Nangong May camped beneath a coastal boulder, where Izax lit a fire and they ate and talked.
• Nangong May made music by blowing into a vented conch, and Hao Ren fell asleep while listening.
• Hao Ren woke in midair over the Dream Plane’s grassland and survived the fall.
• The Data Terminal explained that Nangong May’s music had likely sent Hao Ren into the Dream Plane and that he had returned at the height where he left.
• A young girl riding a horse found Hao Ren, and he realized he had met a native human of the Dream Plane.

Hao Ren met a young mercenary in the Dream Plane and persuaded her to take him to Lunber Town by offering his Data Terminal as payment. He left the grassland riding behind her, while the Data Terminal threatened revenge for being traded away.

• Hao Ren encountered a young, armed mercenary riding an unusual beast and asked her to take him to a settlement.
• The mercenary questioned Hao Ren about his identity, and he claimed that a failed Spatial Teleportation had dropped him onto the grassland.
• The mercenary demanded two hundred Jina for guiding him to Lunber Town, and Hao Ren admitted he had no money.
• Hao Ren presented his Data Terminal as payment, and it played music and floated to impress the mercenary.
• The mercenary accepted the Data Terminal and let Hao Ren ride behind her toward Lunber Town while the terminal complained and threatened him.

Hao Ren traveled toward Lunber Town with Becky, a free mercenary who shared information about the Kingdom of Horleta and the distant Horna Empire. When Becky stopped to watch two packs of giant wolves fight, Hao Ren recognized familiar wolves from the pack he had encountered before.

• Becky told Hao Ren about her work as a Level 2 free mercenary and her familiarity with Horleta.
• Hao Ren learned that Lunber Town was Becky's hometown in southern Horleta and that the Horna Empire lay beyond the grassland.
• Hao Ren claimed he was from the Empire and let Becky believe that he had arrived by teleportation and lost his memory after a fall.
• Becky stopped their journey and pulled Hao Ren behind a hill to watch two packs of giant black wolves fighting over territory.
• Becky planned to attack the wolves after the packs weakened, while Hao Ren recognized several of them as familiar members of the wolf pack he had met before.

Hao Ren recognized the intelligent wolf pack he had met before and joined its fight against a rival pack, then called Becky in to stop the fleeing wolves. The wolf king’s pack drove off its rivals with Hao Ren’s help, while Becky began attacking the fleeing group.

• Hao Ren stopped Becky from charging into the wolf fight and went to greet the wolf king he knew.
• The wolf king told Hao Ren about a strange hurricane and explained that its pack was fighting over territory with a rival group.
• Hao Ren charged into the battle under his Rigid Shield and knocked aside the rival wolves that attacked him.
• The wolf king gave his pack battle orders, and the intelligent wolves overwhelmed the rival pack and sent it fleeing.
• Hao Ren called Becky to help stop the retreat, and she charged after the largest group with her glowing sword.

Becky destroyed the attacking Black Wolves with a powerful Battle Technique, then recovered and gathered valuable bone plates. Hao Ren questioned the Wolf King and Becky about the ancient civilization, learning a legend that the Goddess destroyed it for creating artificial life.

• Becky unleashed a spinning Blade Storm that killed the Black Wolves, then spent several minutes vomiting from its side effects.
• Becky collected bone plates from the wolf corpses while Hao Ren asked the Wolf King about the Ancient Magic Civilization.
• The Wolf King said humans believed the ancient civilization had created talking wolves but admitted it knew little about the civilization's fall.
• Becky told Hao Ren that the ancient empire had angered the gods by researching artificial life and that the Goddess destroyed it with a sea of divine flames.
• Becky joked that the Goddess must have been able to hold her liquor.

Hao Ren and Becky reached Lunber Town after traveling through the grasslands, but Hao Ren was pulled out of the Dream Plane before he could explore it. Before vanishing, he noticed Runes of Leta on a building, leaving him with a new clue about the connection between the Dream Plane and his world.

• Hao Ren wondered whether the Dream Plane's ancient civilization and its destruction were connected to events on Earth, while the Data Terminal dismissed his historical questions.
• Becky refused Hao Ren's offer of bone plates as payment for guidance and insisted on keeping his music box, while the Wolf King left with his pack.
• Hao Ren and Becky traveled across the grasslands and approached the walled settlement of Lunber Town.
• As Hao Ren began waking from the Dream Plane, he spotted Runes of Leta on a nearby building.
• Hao Ren vanished, leaving the bone plates behind, and Becky assumed he had teleported away over the music box.

After waking from the Dream Plane, Hao Ren copied down the Rune of Leta he had seen and learned that the transport craft carrying their cargo had crashed on the planet. The Data Terminal found three possible crash sites, and the group prepared to search the nearby jungle first while considering the ocean trench.

• Hao Ren woke up, told Izax and Nangong May that he had seen the Rune of Leta in the Dream Plane, and copied the symbols into Nangong May's notebook.
• Hao Ren learned that Nangong May had used her Siren song to keep him asleep for several extra minutes, and he remembered that he had forgotten to bring a dentist for the wolf king's subordinates.
• The Data Terminal reported three possible crash sites and explained that the unmanned transport craft had broken apart in the atmosphere while the cargo container had landed safely with its positioning equipment burned out.
• Hao Ren suggested searching the nearby jungle first, then wondered whether Raven 12345 had sent Nangong May because the cargo container might be in the ocean trench.
• Nangong May said she could explore the deep sea, and the Data Terminal confirmed that the planet's seawater was ordinary but unusually salty.

Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax searched the nearest crash site for the missing cargo module and found only a destroyed transport craft. As they prepared to leave, Izax sensed that something was still there.

• Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax entered the primeval jungle and followed the Data Terminal toward the crash site.
• Izax blasted a path through the vegetation while the group discussed whether the cargo module and its dormant passenger could have survived.
• The group reached a large impact crater and found the burned wreckage of an egg-shaped transport craft.
• The Data Terminal identified the wreckage as the craft's propulsion and control sections and said its recorder had burned out.
• Hao Ren realized the craft might have crashed on Earth if it had not gone off course, while Nangong May worried about climbing to the next site.
• As Hao Ren and Nangong May prepared to leave, Izax sensed something at the crash site.

Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax investigated a crashed transport ship and discovered evidence that a demon had attacked it before the crash. They traveled to an underwater crash site, where Nangong May revealed her mermaid form and eagerly dove into the sea.

• Izax found demonic corrosion inside the wreckage and concluded that a demon had attacked the transport ship before it crashed.
• Nangong May discovered a dent shaped like a reversed-knee strike, and Izax suggested they report the evidence to the Goddess.
• The Data Terminal scouted the crash sites and directed the group to the transport ship's cargo hold on the ocean floor.
• The Data Terminal teleported Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax over the sea, where Nangong May froze the water to make a landing platform.
• Nangong May transformed into a mermaid and plunged into the ocean while Hao Ren waited on the ice.

Hao Ren accompanied Nangong May into the deep sea, where she demonstrated her Siren abilities and different forms. They continued toward their destination as shadowy Primitive Creatures followed them from afar.

• Nangong May transformed into a golden-red mermaid and showed Hao Ren how she could let him breathe and speak underwater within a kilometer of her.
• Nangong May changed her tail into a long sea-serpent form and explained that Sirens could take many shapes.
• Hao Ren and Nangong May descended into the dark sea while discussing Sirens and human legends.
• Shadowy Primitive Creatures followed the pair from a distance, and Nangong May hurried onward despite fearing a fight.
• The Data Terminal guided them through the darkness, and scattered lights appeared ahead.

Hao Ren and Nangong May opened the stranded cargo compartment, but found it empty despite records indicating a passenger was inside. Raven 12345 recognized the white egg Nangong May had found, and it fell to the ground.

• Hao Ren and Nangong May found the cargo compartment intact on the seabed and saw small glowing creatures sheltering beneath it.
• Nangong May created a Water Repelling Domain so they could open the compartment without letting seawater inside.
• The Data Terminal opened the damaged cargo door, and Hao Ren searched the empty compartment while the system report showed a passenger had been there.
• Hao Ren called Raven 12345 to report that the compartment was empty, while Nangong May played with a white sphere she had picked up inside.
• Hao Ren joked that he had found an egg, Raven 12345 recognized it as that egg, and Nangong May dropped it.

Hao Ren learned that his new tenant was an unhatched egg and brought it to the beach to await Officer Raven. She arrived in a gigantic spaceship and announced that it was his reward.

• Hao Ren caught Nangong May’s egg after it fell, and Officer Raven explained that it was his new tenant and needed to be kept moist.
• Officer Raven said she was bringing a surprise and told Hao Ren to wait for her in an open area.
• Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax returned to the beach with the egg and waited for Officer Raven.
• A Space Gate opened above the beach, and a colossal spaceship descended as Officer Raven announced that it was Hao Ren’s newly approved reward.

Hao Ren received an S-X6 personal official vessel from Raven 12345 and began its first startup. After the ship registered him as its owner, the group entered and learned about its capabilities.

• Hao Ren was stunned when Raven 12345 revealed the spaceship she had picked out for him.
• Raven 12345 explained that the ship had flown itself to the beach and told Hao Ren to use his crystal key to enter.
• Hao Ren activated the entrance, and the ship's main computer registered him and unlocked most of its areas.
• Hao Ren, Raven 12345, Nangong May, and Izax boarded the ship, and the hatch closed behind them.
• The Data Terminal identified the ship as an S-X6 civilian patrol vessel and displayed its specifications.