Chapter Summaries

Xia Chujian tried to retreat with her forces, but the Shang People and Haidagong arrived with advanced weapons and blocked the airspace with hidden laser defenses. Trapped under attack, she asked Seven Lù whether it could make Starry Sky Fighters fly autonomously.

• Xia Chujian explained why her fifteen thousand people could not defeat the Shang People and Haidagong, and ordered them to return to the Beichen Empire.
• Seven Lù warned Xia Chujian that the enemy main force had arrived, then took control of the five Interstellar Airships as they came under attack.
• Seven Lù showed Xia Chujian a bomb blast and approaching Floating Turrets from the Southern Cross Star Kingdom.
• Seven Lù told Xia Chujian that Global Laser Defense Systems at the North and South Poles had sealed off the planet's airspace.
• Xia Chujian asked Seven Lù whether it could give Starry Sky Fighters autonomous flight programs so the forces could use them in battle.

Xia Chujian used Seven Lù’s copied automatic piloting program to turn the Marines’ mechas back into Starry Sky Fighters and prepare them to fight the pursuing Floating Turrets. As fifteen thousand five hundred fighters assembled for battle, she learned they could not replenish their energy from nuclear radiation like her Shao Siming Mecha.

• Seven Lù upgraded the Marines’ mecha systems with an automatic piloting program, allowing the fighters to fly themselves while pilots operated their weapons.
• Xia Chujian told the crews that Shang People and Haidagong forces had attacked with Floating Turrets and sealed off the atmosphere with a laser defense system.
• Sun Jiahao and Li Dali led the Fourth and Fifth Interstellar Fleets out to test the fighters, and their success convinced the other Marines to join them.
• Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, Sang Yadi, Chen Yansheng, Lin Xiaoxiao, Xu Teng, and other pilots joined the force, with elite pilots choosing Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighters.
• Seven Lù warned Xia Chujian that the Floating Turrets had strong defenses and likely large Controllable Nuclear Fusion generators, while the Starry Sky Fighters could not convert nuclear radiation into energy.

Xia Chujian prepared to face the approaching enemy, piloting a small combat aircraft while her Marine Corps flew Starry Sky Fighters under autopilot. She closed in on the enemy’s Triangular Cone Aircraft, uncertain whether they carried Haidagong, and prepared to fight the Shang People.

• Seven Lù warned Xia Chujian that the enemy would soon arrive and that their global surveillance system had likely found the base.
• Xia Chujian equipped her Mecha with A Wu and A Yuan on her shoulders, then took a Small Combat Aircraft out to test it in battle.
• Xia Chujian’s aircraft passed the Marine Corps fighters, encouraging the Marines while Mao Yonggui and the other base Pilots worried that she had no Starry Sky Fighter.
• Xia Chujian and Seven Lù identified an approaching group of Triangular Cone Aircraft, which Xia suspected might have been custom-made by the East Tianyuan God Country.
• Xia Chujian asked A Yuan to sense whether the aircraft contained Haidagong, but A Wu relayed that A Yuan could not detect its aura.
• Several Triangular Cone Aircraft locked onto Xia Chujian, whose aircraft closed in as she noticed their sharp, dark tips.

Xia Chujian used Electromagnetic Interference to disrupt the Triangular Cone Aircraft, then sent A Yuan to devour six escaping Haidagong. After breaking through the enemy formation, she found herself facing thousands of Floating Turrets and searched for a way to damage them.

• Xia Chujian disrupted the Triangular Cone Aircraft with Electromagnetic Interference, while her automatic gun and missile destroyed many of them.
• Seven Lù maneuvered Xia Chujian's aircraft beneath escaping Haidagong, and A Yuan devoured all six as A Wu helped it with its beak guard.
• Xia Chujian sent combat instructions to the Starry Sky Fighters and flew through the enemy formation, accidentally reaching the rear lines.
• Xia Chujian evaded a barrage from ten Floating Turrets, which struck hundreds of pursuing Triangular Cone Aircraft instead.
• Xia Chujian learned that Electromagnetic Interference could not affect the manually piloted Floating Turrets and that missiles barely damaged their armor.
• Xia Chujian considered Black Silver Bullets and Electromagnetic Railguns, but their limited supply and slow effectiveness left her without a workable plan.

Xia Chujian watched the Starry Sky Fighters suffer heavy losses against the Floating Turrets, then ordered them to retreat and used Shao Siming Black Silver Bullets to destroy the enemy weapons. After rejoining her forces in the Grand Canyon, she learned they had charged recklessly because they feared for her safety.

• The Starry Sky Fighters sacrificed twelve aircraft and their Marine Corps soldiers to destroy one Floating Turret, while the Haidagongs switched to Electromagnetic Railguns and inflicted devastating losses.
• Xia Chujian ordered the four Interstellar Fleets to retreat into the Grand Canyon and behind nearby mountains, then drew the Floating Turrets' attention as she escaped their formation.
• Xia Chujian fired twelve Micro Missiles carrying Shao Siming Black Silver Bullets, melting one-third of twelve Floating Turrets, then destroyed them with further missiles.
• Xia Chujian confirmed that all the Starry Sky Fighters had withdrawn safely and regrouped with her forces near their five Interstellar Airships in the canyon.
• Xia Chujian demanded to know who had taught the Marines to fight so recklessly, and Sun Jiahao explained that they had charged because they were worried about her.

Xia Chujian mourned the Marines lost to the Floating Turrets and searched for a way to defeat them despite her forces’ lack of heavy weapons. She realized she could turn the enemy’s Global Laser Defense System against its own defenses and lured its beams toward the Floating Turret formation.

• Xia Chujian ordered the surviving Marines to rest and reorganize while she reviewed the casualty reports and mourned the dead.
• Seven Lù confirmed that a suicide attack would not destroy all the Floating Turrets and that only heavy weapons could quickly disable them.
• Xia Chujian realized the Global Laser Defense System could serve as a large laser weapon and announced a plan to use it against the Floating Turrets.
• Xia Chujian flew toward the atmosphere, provoking the defense system and dodging its first beam before drawing a stronger, persistent lock-on.
• Xia Chujian led the pursuing blue-violet laser arcs toward the Floating Turret formation at high speed.

Xia Chujian destroyed the Haidagong’s Floating Turrets by luring the Global Laser Defense System into firing on them, then returned to the Grand Canyon as enemy fighters approached. She briefed the Marine Corps on the incoming force and its likely composition, preparing them for the next battle.

• Xia Chujian used her aircraft to lure laser fire into the Floating Turrets, destroying more than five thousand in five minutes while evading the beams.
• The Marine Corps soldiers cheered Xia Chujian as the Floating Turrets and Triangular Cone Aircraft disappeared, but outdated Beichen Empire fighters appeared on the horizon.
• Seven Lù identified the incoming aircraft as retired Harrier-type, Owl-type, and Eagle-type Fighters, and Xia Chujian suspected the four Beichen Galaxy countries had secretly armed the enemy.
• Xia Chujian returned to the rear Grand Canyon and told the assembled forces that thirty thousand Ground Fighters were approaching, likely piloted by the remaining Shang People and Haidagong.
• Xia Chujian estimated that the enemy’s Harrier-type, Owl-type, and Eagle-type Fighters represented the last of its forces, and the soldiers accepted her analysis.

Xia Chujian led her forces against Haidagong’s vastly larger fighter fleet, but enemy defenses and jamming turned the battle against her. She left for the North Pole to destroy the laser installations, where a hidden Beichen Empire combat aircraft intercepted her just as she prepared to fire.

• Xia Chujian used Seven Lù’s calculations to guide her fighters, but spatial distortion diverted most of their missiles and enemy jamming left some fighters unable to respond.
• As losses mounted, Xia Chujian decided to attack the Global Laser Defense System and told Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, Sang Yadi, Chen Yansheng, Sun Jiahao, Li Dali, Lin Xiaoxiao, and Xu Teng to hold the line for half an hour.
• Xia Chujian flew alone toward the North Pole in her Shao Siming Mecha, wearing a Haidagong cloak and carrying the Little Chubby Bird and Teacup Dog.
• At the North Pole, a sniper bullet struck toward Xia Chujian, who shot it aside and returned fire at its source.
• A stealth-mode Beichen Empire combat aircraft appeared, and Xia Chujian aimed Adjudicator No. 7 at it before a familiar voice came through her earpiece.

Xia Chujian met Hui Zhifeng at the Arctic base and destroyed the Global Laser Defense and Guidance System with his flying vehicle’s Ion Beam Cannon. As they flew away together, Hui Zhifeng admitted that he and the other nobles had once planned to kill her and explained that Chu Qingchen knew the true purpose of their current operation.

• Hui Zhifeng identified Xia Chujian and said he had mistaken her for Haidagong when he fired at her.
• Xia Chujian and Hui Zhifeng reached the Arctic installation, where her Electromagnetic Cannon could not damage the disguised radar system.
• Xia Chujian used Hui Zhifeng’s flying vehicle and its Super Miniature Ion Beam Cannon to destroy the Global Laser Defense and Guidance System.
• Xia Chujian urged Hui Zhifeng to join her, and he sent testimony to her Smart Bracelet before warning her about Jiang Yongbai’s plan to kill her.
• Hui Zhifeng confessed that the nobles had brought Ion Beam Cannons to kill Xia Chujian and said Chu Qingchen alone knew the true purpose of the operation.

Xia Chujian learned that Chu Qingchen had gone to the South Pole seeking Longevity Flying Fish and brought Hui Zhifeng back to join the fight. Her allies defeated the Shang People and Haidagong fighters, but a new attack and widespread technical failures struck as Xia Chujian rushed to rejoin them.

• Hui Zhifeng told Xia Chujian that Chu Qingchen had known about the Longevity Flying Fish at the South Pole and that an earlier Military mission had supplied the coordinates.
• Xia Chujian brought Hui Zhifeng back toward the battlefield after destroying the North Pole laser defense and guidance system.
• Mao Yonggui and the other Starry Sky Fighters exploited the enemy's lost accuracy to destroy more than seventy thousand Shang People and Haidagong fighters, though they lost over five thousand comrades.
• Xia Chujian ordered her forces to assemble and return, but a new wave of Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighters appeared and communications with her allies were interrupted.
• Mao Yonggui and the base trainees switched their fighters into Mecha mode when virtual enemy projections vanished and their fighter systems began failing.

After Xia Chujian’s forces defeated the Shang People and Haidagong, a communications failure caused most of their remaining Starry Sky Marines to crash. The survivors regrouped and prepared to return to the airship, while Qiu Zijun joined them after restoring their network.

• With the autopilot malfunctioning and communications cut, most Starry Sky Marines could not control their fighters, and many crashed before switching to Mecha.
• Qiu Zijun restored the Marines’ network, allowing some to hear the base pilots’ warnings, but only a little over two thousand survived.
• Chu Qingchen and his companions watched the aftermath in Stealth Mode and discussed Xia Chujian’s victory while waiting for the Military to arrive.
• Mao Yonggui and the base cadets searched the wreckage, confirmed there were no more survivors, and decided to return to Xia Chujian’s airship because their damaged Mecha could not protect them from the Nuclear Radiation for long.
• Qiu Zijun approached Mao Yonggui, explained that she had followed Xia Chujian and repaired the communications, and asked to return to the airship with them.

Qiu Zijun declined to board the airship when Mao Yonggui barred her bodyguards, while Lin Xiaoxiao detected Ji Nabi’s attack and escaped. After the others entered Xia Chujian’s airship, they were poisoned by toxic molecules in its air circulation and became paralyzed as the alarms sounded.

• Mao Yonggui refused to let Qiu Zijun’s bodyguards board the airship, so Qiu Zijun and Ye Shijie returned to their flying vehicle.
• Lin Xiaoxiao detected Ji Nabi’s cloaked vehicle and dodged her gunfire by leaping into the canyon; Chu Qingchen warned Ji Nabi not to attack her again.
• Mao Yonggui led the Mecha Warriors into Xia Chujian’s airship, while Lin Xiaoxiao stayed outside on guard.
• The group passed through decontamination and entered the cargo bay, where the airship’s system scanned their identities.
• Chu Qingjuan, Mao Yonggui, Sang Yadi, and the others suddenly became weak and collapsed, while Chen Yansheng confirmed Lin Xiaoxiao was still outside.
• The airship’s Mechanical Intelligence announced toxic molecules in the internal air circulation, but the paralyzed crew could not evacuate.

Xia Chujian rushed to the airship after Seven Lù detected that someone had poisoned its crew, and she stopped the infiltrator from escaping. She entered the airship to assess the danger from the poison and radiation while her allies waited nearby.

• A Mecha-clad infiltrator revealed that he had poisoned the airship’s crew, who were unable to move or warn Xia Chujian.
• Seven Lù detected the poison, hacked into the airship’s network, and alerted Xia Chujian as she arrived with Hui Zhifeng.
• Xia Chujian ordered Seven Lù to electrify the passage, knocking the infiltrator unconscious as he tried to escape.
• Xia Chujian leaped from Hui Zhifeng’s aircraft, kicked the unconscious infiltrator out of the passage, and told Seven Lù to disinfect and purify the airship.
• Xia Chujian’s Mecha warned that radiation at the open passage was dangerously high, and she worried it had entered the airship.

Xia Chujian found Zhuo Hanchen releasing poison aboard her airship, but Lü Luyu killed him before he could be questioned. When Rong Zhongruo arrived with reinforcements and accused Xia Chujian of conspiring with Zhuo Hanchen, she recognized him and decided to kill him and the other known accomplices.

• Xia Chujian sealed the airship and used Seven Lù's scanner to identify the unconscious poisoner as Zhuo Hanchen.
• Lü Luyu fired on Zhuo Hanchen from her flying vehicle, killing him before Xia Chujian could question him.
• Chu Qingchen, Lü Luyu, Ji Nabi, and Zhuo Hanchen's unmanned vehicle revealed themselves as a mecha and an Interstellar Airship arrived.
• Rong Zhongruo accused Xia Chujian of conspiring with Zhuo Hanchen and ordered her to surrender to the Military Department.
• Xia Chujian confirmed Rong Zhongruo had come from the First Interstellar Fleet and resolved to kill him and the other accomplices she knew about.

Xia Chujian exposed Lü Luyu as the one who shot Zhuo Hanchen, but Lü Luyu attacked her and fatally wounded Lin Xiaoxiao while shielding her. Grieving and furious, Xia Chujian left Lin Xiaoxiao’s body in her flying vehicle, told her companions to stay safe, and rose to confront Lü Luyu.

• Xia Chujian accused Lü Luyu of shooting Zhuo Hanchen and challenged Rong Zhongruo to investigate the evidence.
• Hui Zhifeng testified that Lü Luyu fired the shot and that Xia Chujian had been away when the Starry Sky Marines were poisoned.
• Lü Luyu tried to shoot Xia Chujian with an Electromagnetic Railgun, missed, and claimed her flying vehicle had lost control.
• Lin Xiaoxiao blocked Lü Luyu’s next shot with her Mecha, and Xia Chujian pulled her to safety as the Mecha shattered under the blast.
• Lin Xiaoxiao died after asking Xia Chujian to help her family escape the Ji Family, and Xia Chujian prepared to kill Lü Luyu.

Xia Chujian emerged from the Grand Canyon and fought Lü Luyu, Ji Nabi, Chu Qingchen, and Rong Zhongruo. She killed Lü Luyu, Ji Nabi, and Chu Qingchen, while Hui Zhifeng’s cannon blocked Rong Zhongruo’s escape as Xia Chujian pursued him.

• Lü Luyu searched for Xia Chujian, but Xia emerged from the clouds, destroyed Lü Luyu’s vehicle, and killed her with a sniper shot.
• Ji Nabi and Chu Qingchen fired railguns at Xia Chujian, who lured their shots into Lü Luyu’s burning vehicle and then destroyed both of their vehicles.
• Xia Chujian shot Ji Nabi and Chu Qingchen, but Rong Zhongruo protected Chu Qingchen and attacked Xia Chujian with a laser cannon and a silver-white longsword.
• Chu Qingchen rushed toward Hui Zhifeng’s vehicle, and Xia Chujian shot him before he could reach it.
• Rong Zhongruo flew away, but Hui Zhifeng fired a Super Miniature Ion Beam Cannon to block his escape as Xia Chujian gave chase.

Xia Chujian avenged the fallen soldiers by killing Rong Zhongruo, then discovered that the youth aboard Qiu Zijun’s vehicle was a disguised Haidagong. The Haidagong was shot down and exposed, while Xia Chujian secured the Qiu Family’s promise to testify about the deaths.

• Rong Zhongruo destroyed Hui Zhifeng’s flying vehicle with an Electromagnetic Cannon shot, and the resulting explosion severely damaged his mecha.
• Rong Zhongruo struck the injured Hui Zhifeng with a Mental Strength Attack; Xia Chujian caught Hui Zhifeng as he fell, but he died after telling her to run.
• Xia Chujian shot Rong Zhongruo repeatedly with her sniper rifle, killing him and avenging the soldiers buried at the site.
• A Yuan warned Xia Chujian that a Haidagong was aboard Qiu Zijun’s flying vehicle, so Xia blocked its path and demanded that the youth be brought down.
• Ye Shijie helped force the youth out of Qiu Zijun’s vehicle, and Xia Chujian shot him as he tried to break back in.
• The youth transformed on the ground into a Haidagong, confirming Xia Chujian’s accusation.

After Qiu Zhenxing agreed to testify that Xia Chujian had acted in self-defense, Xia gathered the dead and returned to her airship to help the surviving soldiers. Seven Lù identified their poison as Wind-Dried Blood Kirin, which would kill them within a day if Xia could not find a cure.

• Qiu Zijun pressured her Second Uncle, Qiu Zhenxing, to testify for Xia Chujian, and he agreed while promising to send her the airship’s surveillance footage.
• Xia received Qiu Zhenxing’s recording, while Seven Lù secretly copied all surveillance footage from the Qiu Family’s airship.
• Qiu Zhenxing took Qiu Zijun home, and Ye Shijie piloted her flying vehicle into the departing interstellar airship.
• Xia collected Lin Xiaoxiao and Hui Zhifeng’s bodies, then stored the bodies of Chu Qingchen, Ji Nabi, Lü Luyu, Rong Zhongruo, and Zhuo Hanchen aboard her airship.
• Xia returned to the airship’s cargo bay and told the surviving soldiers she would try to detoxify them.
• Seven Lù told Xia that the soldiers had been poisoned with Wind-Dried Blood Kirin and would suffer organ necrosis within twenty-four hours without treatment.

Xia Chujian used the Fresh Blood Kirin and Kongsang she had on hand to make an antidote for the poisoned patients aboard the airship. The first patients recovered and became Gene Evolvers, and Xia Chujian sent them to help treat the rest.

• Xia Chujian learned that at least twenty Fresh Blood Kirins would be needed to fully treat the more than two thousand patients, but she had only five and could not return to Guiyuan Star in time.
• Xia Chujian realized that boiling her Fresh Blood Kirins with the Kongsang might both counteract the poison and promote Gene Evolution, so she had Seven Lù prepare enough water for the patients.
• Xia Chujian gave the first one hundred cups to Sang Yadi, Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, Chen Yansheng, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali, who soon woke and recovered.
• Sang Yadi became a Gene Evolver and thanked Xia Chujian, while Mao Yonggui and Chu Qingjuan also reported that they had evolved.
• Xia Chujian told Sang Yadi, Mao Yonggui, and Chu Qingjuan to help administer one measured cup of antidote to each of the remaining patients.

Xia Chujian and the survivors recovered from the poisoning, and the detoxification water triggered Gene Evolution even in adults. She revealed the treachery behind the attack and honored the dead, while vowing to make those responsible pay.

• Chen Yansheng, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali thanked Xia Chujian, and the rescued Marines who drank the water were detoxified and underwent Gene Evolution.
• Chen Yansheng praised Xia Chujian before she displayed the names of the 17,899 dead and identified Chu Qingchen, Zhuo Hanchen, Ji Nabi, and Lü Luyu as deserters.
• Xia Chujian showed footage of Zhuo Hanchen poisoning the airship and Lü Luyu attacking her, then told the survivors that Lin Xiaoxiao had died protecting her.
• Xia Chujian mourned Lin Xiaoxiao, resolved to punish everyone involved in the betrayal, and showed footage of her fighting Chu Qingchen and Ji Nabi.
• Xia Chujian explained that Hui Zhifeng had refused to join the plot, helped destroy Haidagong's defense system, and left evidence that Chu Qingchen's group intended to kill everyone and take the Longevity Flying Fish.