Chapter Summaries

Xia Chujian disrupted Teng Pingmao’s campaign rally by stirring voters to denounce the Nobility’s privileges and calling him a hypocrite, then secretly followed him to his villa. There, she watched Teng Pingmao reunite with Hui Hui, whose familiar appearance left Xia Chujian wondering where she had seen someone like her before.

• Xia Chujian disguised herself and attended Teng Pingmao’s rally, where she studied his speech and led voters in chanting against the Nobility’s privileges.
• Xia Chujian moved through the crowd and called Teng Pingmao a hypocrite and a Nobility’s lapdog, prompting voters to join in and turning the rally chaotic.
• Xia Chujian returned to her hotel, put on the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, and secretly followed Teng Pingmao’s vehicle to a villa outside Galuo City.
• Huo Yushen left the square to change gear, intending to track Xia Chujian by following Teng Pingmao.
• Xia Chujian entered the villa unseen and watched Teng Pingmao discard his bow tie before greeting his girlfriend, Hui Hui.
• Hui Hui approached Teng Pingmao reluctantly and nestled against him, while Xia Chujian found her appearance strangely familiar.

Xia Chujian discovered that Teng Pingmao’s girlfriend, Hui Ning, resembled a fallen female Marine from Senze Star and found a photograph linking Teng Pingmao to the soldier. She identified the dead Marine as Tong Xiao Hui, leaving Teng Pingmao’s connection to her and his motives unresolved.

• Hui Ning accused Teng Pingmao of treating her as a substitute, but he denied it and sent her upstairs.
• Xia Chujian secretly read Hui Ning’s messages to Hong Hong, learning that Teng Pingmao called her “Hui Hui,” proposed naming a daughter Teng Xiao Hui, and kept a separate bedroom.
• Xia Chujian noticed that Hui Ning resembled a woman in a photograph Teng Pingmao was studying downstairs.
• Xia Chujian recognized the woman in Teng Pingmao’s photograph as the dying female soldier she had met on Senze Star.
• Seven Lù searched the fallen Marines’ records and found that the soldier’s name was Tong Xiao Hui.

After seeing Teng Pingmao grieve over a photograph of Tong Xiao Hui, Xia Chujian investigated their shared past and asked Huo Yushen to make a mask so she could impersonate Tong Xiao Hui. Huo Yushen visited her, and their discussion led Xia Chujian to realize that someone in the Zong family had helped Teng Pingmao’s political rise.

• Xia Chujian watched Teng Pingmao cry over a photograph of Tong Xiao Hui, then left his villa without confronting him.
• Seven Lù identified the female Marine as Tong Xiao Hui and found that she and Teng Pingmao had both grown up in the same large orphanage.
• Xia Chujian asked Huo Yushen to make a mask matching Tong Xiao Hui’s radiation-damaged face so she could impersonate her.
• Huo Yushen came to Xia Chujian’s hotel room, and she verified his identity before letting him in.
• Xia Chujian told Huo Yushen that Tong Xiao Hui had been closely connected to Teng Pingmao, and Huo Yushen suggested that someone in the Zong family had obstructed Zong Ruoan’s election.

Xia Chujian suspected Teng Pingmao might have been involved in Tong Xiao Hui’s death and prepared to frighten him into revealing the truth and withdrawing from the election. She sneaked into his villa disguised as Tong Xiao Hui and waited for him in bed, leaving his reaction to come.

• Xia Chujian showed Huo Yushen a recording from Teng Pingmao’s villa and said she would keep investigating whether Teng had a role in Tong Xiao Hui’s death.
• Huo Yushen made Xia Chujian three Face Masks and supplied Combat Suits resembling those worn by Tong Xiao Hui and Xia on Senze Star.
• Xia Chujian set off for Teng Pingmao’s villa in her invisible mecha, while Huo Yushen followed in his own invisible mecha.
• Xia Chujian found a half-open window, entered Hui Ning’s bedroom, knocked Hui Ning unconscious, and hid her under a chair.
• Xia Chujian put on Tong Xiao Hui’s Face Mask and Combat Suit and posed on the bed as Teng Pingmao entered the room.

Xia Chujian disguised herself as Tong Xiao Hui to confront Teng Pingmao and uncover his role in sending Tong Xiao Hui to Senze Star. After she denounced him and revealed the Starry Sky Marines’ fate, Teng Pingmao realized she was not Tong Xiao Hui and asked whether she was her younger sister.

• Xia Chujian used Seven Lù’s synthesized voice and a mist-filled room to make Teng Pingmao believe Tong Xiao Hui had appeared to him.
• Teng Pingmao confessed that he had concealed his relationship with Tong Xiao Hui and claimed he had not known her mission was deadly.
• Xia Chujian questioned his account, prompting Teng Pingmao to remember that Rong Zhongruo had told him everyone on the mission team had to die and that Tong Xiao Hui had to be included.
• Xia Chujian condemned Teng Pingmao for knowingly sacrificing Tong Xiao Hui and revealed that the two thousand Starry Sky Marines had died on Senze Star after being abandoned as breeding stock for the Shang People.
• Teng Pingmao recognized that Xia Chujian was not Tong Xiao Hui and asked whether she was Tong Xiao Hui’s younger sister.

Xia Chujian confronted Teng Pingmao with Tong Xiao Hui’s final video and accusations, and he killed himself after realizing his crimes would be exposed. She escaped without being identified, then returned to Huo Yushen, who praised her work and explained how operatives should handle incomplete intelligence.

• Teng Pingmao mistook Xia Chujian for Tong Xiao Hui’s younger sister, and Xia showed him Tong Xiao Hui’s final video and condemned his betrayal.
• Teng Pingmao heard that his actions would be made public, then shot himself; Xia Chujian left the villa in her mecha.
• Seven Lù told Xia Chujian it had adjusted a pinhole camera so it recorded Teng Pingmao but not her, though it captured synthesized audio.
• Huo Yushen revealed he had followed Xia Chujian and praised her for resolving the target without bloodshed.
• Huo Yushen explained that field operatives had to verify and revise incomplete intelligence, using their own judgment rather than handing decisions to Mechanical Intelligence.

After Xia Chujian released the full surveillance footage, the truth about the two thousand Starry Sky Marines on Senze Star spread across the Beichen Empire, damaging the Rong Clan and boosting Zong Ruoan’s election prospects. Back home on Guiyuan Star, Xia Chujian spoke with Quan Yuxun, who warned her to beware of the Rong Family and offered to send her information about them.

• After Teng Pingmao’s death, Hui Ning and the security personnel watched footage showing he had called her a substitute for his dead girlfriend, and Hui Ning stormed out before being questioned.
• Hu Tu posted edited clips of Teng Pingmao’s footage, causing the public to condemn him as a hypocrite.
• With Huo Yushen’s approval, Xia Chujian used Seven Lù to post the complete five-minute footage and tag Quan Yuxun and Zong Ruoan’s campaign team.
• The footage exposed the fate of two thousand Starry Sky Marines and triggered public demands for answers, leading the Rong Clan to disown Rong Zhongruo and the Military to announce his posthumous punishment.
• Xia Chujian returned to Guiyuan Star as Zong Ruoan surged ahead in the polls, then told Quan Yuxun that Teng Pingmao’s death was related to her and agreed to study the Rong Clan.

Xia Chujian defended her decision to expose Teng Pingmao and discussed the risks with Quan Yuxun before confronting Zong Ruoan’s objections to Teng’s death. The chapter ended with Zong Ruoan describing Teng as an exemplary person, leaving Xia Chujian to challenge his assumptions about her former rival.

• Quan Yuxun warned Xia Chujian that revealing her role in Teng Pingmao’s case could put her in danger and offered to secure compensation agreements from Zong Ruoan’s side.
• Zong Ruoan called Xia Chujian, and Hu Tu praised her for exposing Teng Pingmao and removing Zong Ruoan’s main campaign rival.
• Zong Ruoan accused Xia Chujian of having Teng Pingmao killed, but she denied killing him and told Zong Ruoan to withdraw from the election if he could not accept the consequences.
• Zong Ruoan asked whether Teng Pingmao had been coerced or influenced into confessing, and Xia Chujian denied using coercion, temptation, drugs, or Mental Strength.
• When Xia Chujian asked what kind of person Teng Pingmao was, Zong Ruoan called him a top student, a moral exemplar, and a natural leader.

Xia Chujian reflected on Teng Pingmao’s flaws and discussed the political fallout of his suicide with Zong Ruoan, while Quan Yuxun negotiated compensation for her risks. After settling the contracts, Xia Chujian went out with the children and pets to check on the Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds.

• Xia Chujian told Zong Ruoan that Teng Pingmao’s ambition, hypocrisy, and selfishness had coexisted with genuine feelings for his secret Military Girlfriend, and Zong Ruoan thanked her for helping him.
• Quan Yuxun confirmed Xia Chujian’s original contract was fulfilled and negotiated a new breach-of-contract agreement requiring a huge penalty and signatures from members of Zong Ruoan’s family and campaign.
• Xia Chujian joked with Quan Yuxun about Zong Ruoan’s promise to change, then learned the penalty would be enough to buy half of Mulan City.
• Zong’s side decided not to target Xia Chujian for the time being because Quan Yuxun had publicly backed her.
• After returning home, Xia Chujian gathered Wufu, Sixi, A Yuan, A Wu, and Big Black Dog and went to find San Zong, stopping first to check on the Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds.

Xia Chujian helped San Zong begin hatching Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird eggs and planned a trip to the Exotic Beast Forest to investigate the missing Wild Rhinoceros Pigs. At dinner, Zhu Yingying announced that her developmental period had ended and revealed her new Dispel Superpower, which removed harmful black substances from those around her.

• San Zong found Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird eggs after A Yuan chirped, and Xia Chujian funded incubation equipment for him.
• Xia Chujian proposed visiting the Exotic Beast Forest to gather plants, raise more livestock, and investigate the disappearance of the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs; Xia Yuanfang agreed, and Aunt Chen offered to accompany her.
• Zhu Yingying announced that her developmental period had ended early with Xia Yuanfang's treatment and revealed that she had developed the Dispel Superpower.
• Zhu Yingying saw black substances trying to enter everyone and used her Superpower to dispel them from Xia Yuanfang, Aunt Chen, and San Zong.

Xia Chujian’s family learned that Zhu Yingying could dispel microorganisms linked to depression, then Xia Chujian and her companions set out for the Exotic Beast Forest. They arrived at the first stop, where San Zong and Aunt Chen had found Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds, and Xia Chujian asked whether the birds lived in the cold.

• Zhu Yingying dispelled the black microorganisms surrounding Xia Yuanfang, Aunt Chen, and Xia Chujian, and Xia Yuanfang explained how they could cause depression.
• Zhu Yingying said Xia Chujian, Wufu, Little Chubby Bird, Sixi, and A Wu were protected by a canopy that kept the microorganisms away.
• Xia Chujian’s family shared a cheerful dinner, then Xia Chujian and her companions prepared food and equipment for their journey to the Exotic Beast Forest.
• Aunt Chen used her Stealth Superpower to take Xia Chujian, Zhu Yingying, and San Zong toward the Exotic Beast Forest, stopping at a location where Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds had been found.
• The group arrived in a forest where the temperature was minus ten degrees, and Xia Chujian asked San Zong and Aunt Chen whether the Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds lived in such cold places.

Xia Chujian explored the warm mountain hollow with San Zong and discovered hot springs, Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds, and rare Red Bloom Wood bearing fruit. Little Chubby Bird devoured the fruits, while the group gathered what they could and prepared to continue their search.

• San Zong led Xia Chujian and the others to a mountain hollow warmed by geothermal springs, where they marked the area for future Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird searches.
• San Zong caught a male and female Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird and secured them in a treehouse for the group to collect later.
• San Zong showed Xia Chujian three Red Bloom Wood trees and explained that one had unexpectedly borne fruit.
• Little Chubby Bird flew out of Xia Chujian's backpack and ate Red Bloom Fruits as San Zong, Aunt Chen, and Zhu Yingying gathered the remaining fruit.
• Xia Chujian praised San Zong's growing confidence and joked that he could bring plants to her if he wanted them to bloom and bear fruit.

Xia Chujian followed Little Chubby Bird into a lightning-filled cave and discovered that its unusual lightning could strengthen her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha. Beyond a long passage, she found Little Chubby Bird being tempered by lightning beneath the Phantom of the Starry Sky Yuan-chu.

• Aunt Chen gave Xia Chujian, Zhu Yingying, San Zong, and Sixi Red Bloom Fruit, which she said could prevent malaria, and Xia Chujian packed another fruit for A Wu.
• Little Chubby Bird led Xia Chujian and the others to a cave, then flew inside as bolts of lightning struck near the entrance.
• Xia Chujian entered the cave in her Shao Siming Mecha and followed Little Chubby Bird through the dangerous, lightning-filled chambers.
• Seven Lù discovered that the lightning was improving the bond between the mecha's metals and urged Xia Chujian to endure more strikes so it could study their effects.
• Xia Chujian flew through a long passage as lightning battered her mecha, which grew harder as she traveled.
• Xia Chujian emerged into a starry-looking cavern and saw Little Chubby Bird being struck by lightning as the Phantom of the Starry Sky Yuan-chu appeared.

Xia Chujian watched A Yuan grow into a juvenile Starry Sky Yuan-chu by eating Jia Rong Grass, then was trapped in a cocoon of lightning meant to temper her body. A Wu rushed into the hidden cave to help her, and the chapter ended as the electric cocoon began to fade.

• A Yuan repeatedly ate Jia Rong Grass and endured lightning until it transformed into the juvenile form of a Starry Sky Yuan-chu.
• Seven Lù explained that the hidden cave held enough Jia Rong Grass for A Yuan to eat until adulthood.
• Xia Chujian tried to leave, but the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha retracted into her necklace, and A Yuan wrapped her in lightning to temper her body.
• Xia Chujian fainted as the electric light coursed through her, regretting that she had brought home small animals casually.
• A Wu escaped Zhu Yingying's backpack, entered the cave, and found Xia Chujian enclosed in the electric cocoon.
• A Wu worried that Xia Chujian could not endure the lightning, while A Yuan insisted they could not stop; the cocoon began to fade.

Xia Chujian survived the Jia Rong Grass’s lightning and absorbed a surge of mysterious energy, then confronted Seven Lù and warned A Yuan and A Wu not to make choices for her without asking. After reuniting with Aunt Chen, San Zong, and Zhu Yingying, she led the group through the Exotic Beast Forest to a frozen area to continue their exploration.

• Xia Chujian emerged from the blue-purple cocoon after the red light from her birthmark spread through the cavern, while A Wu and A Yuan absorbed its energy.
• Xia Chujian discovered that Jia Rong Grass no longer hurt her, then scolded Seven Lù for forcing her to consume it and demanded that it respect her choices.
• Xia Chujian warned A Yuan and A Wu not to act without explaining themselves, gathered Jia Rong Grass for San Zong, and left the cavern with her companions.
• Aunt Chen could not use Stealth inside the cavern, so the group followed San Zong’s Lantern Flower path out before activating the ability again.
• Xia Chujian’s group arrived in a frozen area where she had previously gone on a Dark Night Hunter Association mission, and she split up with Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying to search nearby.

Xia Chujian and San Zong returned with Sixi to its former home and discovered the ground had been ravaged, then found a hollow rocky hill hiding a mass of Wild Rhinoceros Pigs and Remnants. Xia Chujian fought the escaping Remnants, whose mental attacks affected San Zong, Aunt Chen, and Zhu Yingying but left her unharmed.

• Sixi led Xia Chujian and San Zong to its former home, where they found the ground around its Small Doghouse dug up and Sixi barked in grief at a rocky hill.
• Xia Chujian fired her Punishment 0937 Ultra-Miniature Electromagnetic Cannon at the hill and discovered it was hollow when a gigantic Wild Rhinoceros Pig burst out.
• Xia Chujian destroyed the Wild Rhinoceros Pig's tentacle and found the rocky hill packed with Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, while Seven Lù detected Remnants inside.
• Little Chubby Bird cried out, causing the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs to collapse as the Remnants tried to escape as black smoke.
• Xia Chujian used her Judicator No. 7 Sniper Rifle to turn the fleeing Remnants back into tentacles and shot at their single eyes as they unleashed mental attacks.
• San Zong, Aunt Chen, and Zhu Yingying clutched their heads under the mental attack, while Xia Chujian remained unaffected and continued firing.

Xia Chujian cleared the Remnants from the split stone mountain and discovered thousands of Wild Rhinoceros Pigs they had kept there. After planning to take the pigs and harvest the meat, kidneys, and teeth, she was interrupted by Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying arriving.

• Xia Chujian hunted down the fleeing Remnants inside the split stone mountain while observers reported the invasion to the Special Security Bureau.
• A Wu translated A Yuan’s message that no Remnants remained, and Seven Lù scanned the cave’s Wild Rhinoceros Pigs.
• Seven Lù reported that the cave held 4,403 Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, including 1,000 alive and thousands dead, and Xia Chujian decided to return with a flying vehicle to collect them.
• San Zong arrived, and Xia Chujian destroyed the Remnant-parasitized pig remains and used her Crocodile Dragon Tooth Dagger to harvest a kidney from a dead pig.
• Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying reached the cave as Xia Chujian prepared to harvest another kidney.

Xia Chujian returned to the split stone mountain with Liushun to process the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs and prepare to share the haul with her Dark Night Hunter Team. Liushun processed a thousand carcasses in one morning, then asked Xia Chujian to add money to its account so it could keep reading online.

• Zhu Yingying helped Xia Chujian remove kidneys from the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, and Xia Chujian decided to release 978 live pigs while keeping twenty-two for breeding.
• Xia Chujian returned to the Estate, where Xia Yuanfang urged her to take precautions against the Remnants; Xia Chujian chose Liushun as her helper and planned to share the pigs with her Dark Night Hunter Team.
• Xia Chujian flew back to the split stone mountain with Liushun, her supplies, and the two little ones, while Sixi secretly stowed away beneath a seat.
• Liushun processed a thousand dead Wild Rhinoceros Pigs into kidneys, teeth, and meat, leaving only their skeletons.
• Xia Chujian praised Liushun and offered it internet access, but Liushun asked her to add Beichen Coin to its account.

Xia Chujian discovered that Liushun had spent the money in her webnovel account and warned it not to misuse the Star Net. After processing a thousand Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, she gathered her teammates to share the opportunity, and they agreed to help despite Ye Shijie's warnings about the Nobility.

• Xia Chujian learned Liushun had used her account to read webnovels, deducted the stolen hundred Beichen Coins from its allowance, and warned it not to break the law online.
• Xia Chujian had a thousand dead Wild Rhinoceros Pigs processed and arranged for an eight-cubic-meter Preservation Cold Storage to be built at home.
• Xia Chujian contacted Li Fu, Song Mingqian, Ping Qiong, and Ye Shijie, then revealed that she had found a living herd and more than a thousand dead Wild Rhinoceros Pigs.
• Ye Shijie questioned whether Xia Chujian had stumbled into trouble, but Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong supported her plan to profit from the pigs.
• Ye Shijie cautioned Xia Chujian about the Nobility's power, then apologized and agreed to participate after she insisted the pigs were her prey.

Xia Chujian waited for her teammates, encountered the Griffon Sea Eagle again, and reunited with them at a cabin. They inspected the cracked stone mountain and planned to claim the spoils, including raising twenty-two live Wild Rhinoceros Pigs.

• Ye Shijie agreed to borrow a High-Grade flying vehicle, while Xia Chujian stayed behind to wait.
• Xia Chujian used A Yuan to subdue the charging Griffon Sea Eagle, recognized it, and sent it flying north.
• Xia Chujian grilled mushrooms and Wild Rhinoceros Pig Meat in a Small Wooden House, where Li Fu, Song Mingqian, Ping Qiong, and Ye Shijie joined her to eat and drink.
• Xia Chujian led the group to the cracked stone mountain and revealed that her Punishment 0937 Electromagnetic Cannon had cracked it open.
• Xia Chujian proposed collecting the meat from around a thousand dead Wild Rhinoceros Pigs and raising the twenty-two survivors for breeding.