Chapter Summaries

Xia Chujian directed the students in a battle against the Ba, killing them with help from Huo Yushen’s Mental Strength attack. Afterward, Huo Yushen arrived disguised as an engineer sent to maintain her Second Generation Mecha, and Xia Chujian chose not to reveal that she recognized him.

• Xia Chujian organized the students into teams, and Qiu Zijun’s Chi Yang Fire Launcher exposed one Ba’s True Form before Xia Chujian destroyed it with her sniper rifle.
• The remaining Ba unleashed Mental Strength attacks that incapacitated the students and Zong Ruoning, while Xia Chujian’s Second Generation Mecha protected her.
• Xia Chujian found and killed a fourth Ba, but the last two intensified their attacks and hid among their Illusions.
• Huo Yushen arrived and used his Mental Strength to disrupt the Ba’s Illusions and neutralize their attack, allowing Xia Chujian to kill the final two Ba.
• Xia Chujian told the students her Second Generation Mecha had shielded her and listened as they discussed its possible arrival at military schools.
• Huo Yushen approached Xia Chujian disguised as an engineer sent by Master Su, and she kept his identity secret to conceal her past appearance in Mulan City.

Xia Chujian returned to the Ancient Castle with Huo Yushen after defeating seven Ba, and the students thanked her for saving them. As a storm gathered outside, Xiao Fei warned her that the weather was strange, leaving the danger unresolved.

• Huo Yushen revealed that Ba were high-level Remnants and said the cluster of Ba on Green Radiance Star made the planet worth investigating.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen reached the Ancient Castle as darkness fell, and the students thanked Xia Chujian for saving their lives.
• Xia Chujian noticed the temperature had fallen after the Ba were killed and predicted that a heavy rain was coming.
• Xia Chujian told the students to rest and said the exploration would begin the next day.
• Xiao Fei entered Xia Chujian and Fan Ruisi's room to warn that the weather outside was strange, just as thunder crashed outside.

Xia Chujian learned that Shan Jingsheng and Qian Changxin planned to pressure her into lending out her Second Generation Mecha First Generation Machine, but she chose not to respond. Meanwhile, Huo Yushen impressed the expedition leaders with his mecha expertise as a storm battered Green Radiance Star, and an unseen Black Line rose from the seabed and circled the island.

• Seven Lù warned Xia Chujian that Xiao Fei might be connected to a Top-Level Mechanical Intelligence from the Military Academy, though it had no evidence beyond a feeling.
• Fan Ruisi told Xia Chujian that Shan Jingsheng and Qian Changxin wanted to enlist Beichen Empire students to pressure her into lending them her mecha for inspection.
• Xia Chujian said she did not have to respond to their scheme and went to sleep without telling Fan Ruisi how she would handle it.
• Huo Yushen answered Zong Ruoning's mecha-maintenance questions and suggested modifications that could let Regular Mecha operate in Green Radiance Star's atmosphere.
• Hui Gu said the expedition would begin exploration the next day despite the heavy rain, and Huo Yushen returned to his room.
• As the storm battered the island, a Black Line rose from the seabed and swiftly circled the Small Island.

As a violent storm made exploration dangerous, Xia Chujian argued that the group should reinforce the Ancient Castle instead of going to sea. Tan Tai Raoming failed to pressure her into handing over her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, and Xia Chujian hinted that Shan Jingsheng should remain in the activity because disqualifying him would let him off too easily.

• Xia Chujian flew through the storm, recorded the hurricane and flooding, and urged the group to reinforce the Ancient Castle rather than risk exploring at sea.
• Tan Tai Raoming demanded Xia Chujian hand over her Second Generation Mecha, but she refused and compared it to his refusal to share his personal Bulletproof Vest.
• Tan Tai Raoming ordered Xia Chujian to write and deliver a public self-criticism, then postponed exploration until the rain stopped.
• Shan Jingsheng pressed Tan Tai Raoming to seize Xia Chujian's Mecha, but Zong Ruoning and Tan Tai Raoming threatened to revoke Shan Jingsheng's exploration qualification after Chen Yanjun retorted to him.
• Chen Yanjun told Xia Chujian what had happened, and she said revoking Shan Jingsheng's qualification would let him off too easily.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen investigated a week of extraordinary rain that flooded the Sea Island, suspecting that the water could not be explained by ordinary weather. At the coastline, they found the sea level appeared to have risen, leaving the cause of the flooding unresolved.

• Xia Chujian learned that her punishment had been revoked because her warning about the storm had helped the group avoid losses.
• The ocean storm flooded the village, and the rain continued for seven days until the water reached the Ancient Castle.
• Xia Chujian questioned why rainwater was pooling on a Sea Island and obtained permission from Tan Tai Raoming to inspect the coastline.
• Huo Yushen followed Xia Chujian outside in his Da Siming Liuguang Gold Mecha, claiming he wanted to examine the rain and check her mecha.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen reached the shore and concluded that ordinary rainfall could not account for the apparent rise in sea level.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen discovered that the storm surrounding the island was contained by a gray-mist barrier, and Xia Chujian’s shots could pierce it. After they killed a Hua Snake controlling the wind and rain, a swarm of Hua Snakes emerged, and Huo Yushen dragged Xia Chujian back inside, warning that she could not fight them all alone.

• Huo Yushen shielded Xia Chujian from the rain as her sniper shots punched holes in the rain curtain and revealed sunlight.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen passed through the barrier and found the storm confined within a sealed cylinder of Gray Mist around the island.
• Xia Chujian’s shots opened a hole in the Gray Mist, and she fired thirteen rounds to force a long, winged creature out of it.
• Huo Yushen identified the creature as a Hua Snake that controlled wind and rain, and Xia Chujian killed it with three shots to the head.
• At least a hundred Hua Snakes emerged from the Gray Mist, so Huo Yushen pulled Xia Chujian back into the storm and warned her that her Mecha could not protect her from their impacts.

Xia Chujian revealed that Hua Snakes had surrounded the island with Gray Mist and were causing the rain, then won approval to lead an operation against them. After proving that her rifle could kill one, she prepared the assembled teams to fight, though some still hesitated to take part.

• Xia Chujian showed the assembled teams footage revealing that Gray Mist surrounded the island and that the areas beyond it were dry.
• She played footage of Hua Snakes emerging from the Gray Mist and explained that killing them was necessary to stop the rain and escape being trapped.
• Treasure Hunt 1st Squad, Qiu Zijun Team, and Tao Pao Squad agreed to join the fight, while two squads stayed silent.
• Xia Chujian requested command authority from Tan Tai Raoming, and Zong Ruoning backed her; Tan Tai Raoming appointed her to lead the operation.
• Xia Chujian showed footage of herself killing a Hua Snake with three shots, and Qiu Zijun argued that the teams needed to help because she could not fight them all alone.

Xia Chujian organized the students into armed teams and forced Shan Jingsheng and his companions to join the fight against the Hua Snakes. The expedition engaged the snakes at sea, and as the battle continued, Xia Chujian rescued students under attack while Shan Jingsheng’s team lost its weapons and withdrew from combat.

• Qiu Zijun and Chen Yanjun urged the students to fight together, and Xia Chujian assigned them to teams based on their weapons and skills.
• Ka Mi joined Mai Aotuo’s team after Jiang Sheng gave up his place and teamed with Chen Yanjun.
• Shan Jingsheng, Qian Changxin, and Shii Takatoshi refused to fight, but Xia Chujian threatened to send them off the island in a kayak until Shan Jingsheng agreed to join a team.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen led more than a hundred kayaks toward the coastline, where the students opened fire on the Hua Snakes and fought through waves that overturned nearby boats.
• Xia Chujian rescued a student whose weapon had been knocked away, then killed a Hua Snake that was about to devour Shan Jingsheng.
• Shan Jingsheng’s overturned team recovered their kayak but lost their weapons, so they lay down and stopped fighting.

Xia Chujian and the others nearly defeated the Hua Snakes, but Huo Yushen sensed a gigantic one rising from the seabed and ordered everyone to retreat. Shan Jingsheng stayed behind, sacrificed Shii Takatoshi to escape the monster’s attack, and Xia Chujian prepared to use special Black Silver Bullets against it while demanding reimbursement.

• Xia Chujian and the fighters killed over a hundred Hua Snakes as the storm and Gray Mist began to clear.
• Huo Yushen sensed a massive Hua Snake rising from the seabed, and Xia Chujian ordered the kayaks to retreat to shore.
• Shan Jingsheng ignored the retreat order while his team’s kayak lagged behind, and the giant Hua Snake emerged beside them.
• Xia Chujian’s sniper bullets failed to pierce the giant Hua Snake, which attacked the kayak and swallowed Shii Takatoshi after Shan Jingsheng threw him into its mouth.
• Shan Jingsheng and Qian Changxin escaped to shore as the Hua Snake spread black smoke over the sea.
• Xia Chujian told Huo Yushen she would use the Shao Siming Mecha’s Black Silver Bullets, demanded reimbursement, and leaped above the Hua Snake’s head.

Xia Chujian dissolved the gigantic Hua Snake with a Black Silver Bullet, revealing a newly formed island called Yang Zhi Mountain. After exploring its strange terrain and abundant plants and beasts, she returned to camp with Huo Yushen as Commander-in-Chief Tan Tai Raoming began reviewing the operation and asked about Shii Takatoshi’s death.

• Xia Chujian shot the gigantic Hua Snake with a Black Silver Bullet, causing it to dissolve into black liquid without vanishing completely.
• The black liquid formed a circular island with mountains, forests, animals, and the name Yang Zhi Mountain carved into a cliff.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen explored the island and found unusual plants and creatures, including blooming Heavenly Mist Lotus and a Griffon Sea Eagle.
• Xia Chujian recorded the island and agreed with Huo Yushen that it was probably the Expedition Team’s destination before they returned to camp.
• Commander-in-Chief Tan Tai Raoming praised Xia Chujian, reported that 409 of the 410 deployed personnel survived, and asked whether anyone had seen how Shii Takatoshi died.

Shan Jingsheng accused Xia Chujian of letting Shii Takatoshi die, but Xia exposed footage showing Shan had thrown Shii into a Hua Snake’s mouth. With Shan’s guilt revealed, Xia urged Tan Tai Raoming to address the resource-rich Sea Island that had appeared outside.

• Shan Jingsheng and Qian Changxin accused Xia Chujian of deliberately failing to save Shii Takatoshi, while Tan Tai Raoming questioned the conflicting claims.
• Qiu Zijun defended Xia, pointing out that she had ordered a retreat and that Shan and his companions had disobeyed it; Shan claimed they had fallen behind to let others pass.
• Xia held a poll, and about thirty people initially sided with Shan before another twenty students from the 20th Ranked Military Academy joined him.
• Xia played footage from her Second Generation Mecha showing Shan grab Shii and throw him into the final Great Hua Snake’s mouth, prompting Shan’s supporters to turn against him.
• Tan Tai Raoming recognized that Shan’s actions violated the rules and asked everyone to return to their rooms, but Xia urged Command HQ to discuss the matter while they moved quickly to the newly appeared Sea Island.

The exploration team prepared to investigate the newly appeared Resource Island after resolving the dispute over Shan Jingsheng’s participation. Xia Chujian organized her squad and set out with them, while Huo Yushen remained at her side and the island’s dangers were still unknown.

• Zong Ruoning ordered the teams to begin gathering resources on the Resource Island, and Xia Chujian proposed that Shan Jingsheng sign a waiver accepting responsibility for Shi Jing Takatoshi’s death as an internal conflict.
• Zong Ruoning warned the students about the island’s unknown dangers, prohibited them from stealing discoveries from other teams, and announced that replacement vehicles and recording drones would join the operation.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen discussed Shan Jingsheng and East Tianyuan God Country as they headed upstairs, while Xiao Fei chose to stay behind and stand guard.
• The Starry Sky Exploration Force arrived with replacement vehicles and drones, and Zong Ruoning cautioned students to stay close together because the island’s abnormal magnetic field could disrupt communications.
• Xia Chujian assigned roles to her eleven-member squad and established that all gathered resources would be divided equally, and the squad agreed to her plan.

Xia Chujian persuaded other squads to divide their resources equally, then led her team onto a Sea Island to explore. The team encountered a swarm of venomous wasps, and Huo Yushen treated Jiang Sheng after he was stung.

• Xia Chujian shared her squad’s equal resource distribution plan on the Public Channel, prompting other squads to change their captains’ unequal distributions.
• Xia Chujian’s team landed on the Sea Island, found communications limited by magnetic interference, and agreed to stay together while exploring.
• Xia Chujian went ahead in the Shao Siming Mecha while Huo Yushen led the rest of the team toward an area with Rare Plants.
• Chen Yanjun’s loud cheering startled birds, and one bird knocked down a wasp nest, sending a swarm of sparrow-sized wasps at the team.
• The wasps pierced Jiang Sheng’s protective suit and paralyzed him, but Huo Yushen used a spray to wake him and relieve his symptoms.

Xia Chujian led her team to a mountain hollow filled with rare plants, where she collected Blood Kirin and helped Song Baotai capture a hundred-thousand-year-old Purple Orchid Bodhi Grass. The team harvested Sha Tang Fruits that granted swimming proficiency, and Xia Chujian explained her research and her background on Guiyuan Star.

• Chen Yanjun and the others admitted they had failed to use Chi Yang Fire against the wasp swarm, and Xia Chujian warned them to strike back immediately next time.
• Xia Chujian returned from the mountain hollow with Blood Kirin and soil, then led her team there to collect rare plants.
• Song Baotai tried to catch the Purple Orchid Bodhi Grass, but it clung to Xia Chujian until she threatened it and it settled into his bag.
• Xia Chujian harvested the Sha Tang Fruits, ate three, and gave three to each teammate after explaining they granted swimming proficiency for thirty days.
• Xia Chujian said she had researched rare plants and minerals before the expedition and explained that her family lived near the Exotic Beast Forest on Guiyuan Star.

Mai Aotuo and Fan Ruisi discussed pooling their money to help Xia Chujian settle on Beichen Star, but Xia Chujian claimed a friend had given her a house and fled to investigate a nearby golden rice paddy. Her team harvested the unusual wild rice, and the chapter ended with Xia Chujian questioning why Jia Rong Grass was considered rare.

• Mai Aotuo asked Fan Ruisi to lend him money so he could help Xia Chujian's family move to Beichen Star, and Huo Yushen overheard their conversation.
• Xia Chujian told the team that a friend had given her a house near the school, then flew away in the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha after spotting something in the woods.
• Xia Chujian found a field of mature, towering wild rice where she had collected Blood Kirin earlier, and Seven Lù confirmed the location in its records.
• Xia Chujian summoned her team, and the eleven members harvested and packed the rice plants.
• Mai Aotuo and Fan Ruisi described how Shan Jingsheng had led his team away from Jia Rong Grass, and Xia Chujian wondered why the plant was considered rare.

Xia Chujian’s squad found a Golden Fruit tree that had appeared moments after she wished for Golden Fruit, leading her to suspect that her words could become law. As she scouted deeper into the Small Island, she helped other squads locate Rare Plants, while Shan Jingsheng’s desperate team set off after her and something unseen seemed to follow her.

• Fan Ruisi told Xia Chujian that another squad had found rare electrically charged Jia Rong Grass, and Shan Jingsheng demanded Treasure Hunt 3rd Squad hand it over despite their earlier timestamped photos.
• A Golden Fruit tree suddenly grew where Xia Chujian had been describing the fruit, and she wondered whether her words had made it appear.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen tasted the Golden Fruit, confirmed it was safe, and shared the harvest with their teammates.
• Xia Chujian left her squad to scout for unusual Rare Plants, while Shan Jingsheng’s Treasure Hunt No. 2 team, still empty-handed, decided to follow her route.
• Xia Chujian directed Tao Pao’s squad and Qiu Zijun’s squad toward Rare Plants she did not need, then continued toward the island’s center as she sensed something watching and following her.

Xia Chujian discovered a group of supposedly extinct Lù Shǔ and met one after removing her helmet. The affectionate animal led her to its herd, and she warned them to stay away from humans before the chapter ended.

• Seven Lù detected Lù Shǔ near Xia Chujian and explained that the animals were believed extinct and had been hunted for their fertility-enhancing fur.
• Xia Chujian followed Seven Lù's directions to a nearby Lù Shǔ and realized it could not sense her while she wore the Shao Siming Mecha helmet.
• After Xia Chujian removed her helmet, the Lù Shǔ detected her, approached, and rubbed its head against her arm.
• Xia Chujian warned the Lù Shǔ to flee from humans, but it invited her onto its back and flew with her into the forest.
• The Lù Shǔ brought Xia Chujian to a clearing full of its herd, whose members surrounded her gently.
• Xia Chujian urged the Lù Shǔ to keep their distance from humans and preserve their tradition of running away when people approached.

Xia Chujian hid the rare Lù Shǔ from Zong Ruoning and headed toward a golden-glowing plant patch, with Shan Jingsheng’s squad following her. When the plants vanished before anyone could harvest them, she blamed Shan Jingsheng’s bad luck and warned his teammates that following him could cost them their points.

• Xia Chujian sent the Lù Shǔ into the forest, then told Zong Ruoning she had lost them and continued toward another golden glow.
• Shan Jingsheng’s squad followed Xia Chujian to a Mountain Hollow filled with tall golden plants, and Shan claimed his group had discovered the spot at the same time.
• Xia Chujian refused to share the plants and suggested that Shan Jingsheng’s bad luck was keeping his squad from finding Rare Plants.
• Shan Jingsheng lunged toward the Mountain Hollow, but Xia Chujian and the squad discovered that the golden plants had vanished, leaving freshly disturbed soil.
• Shan Jingsheng blamed Xia Chujian’s lack of fortune, and Xia warned his teammates that he was the Star of Bad Luck Itself.

Xia Chujian discovered a strange cave containing unusually large Wild Wheat that seemed to harvest and store itself, and her squad collected it. After the group argued over whether to keep searching for a Lost Civilization, news of Xia Chujian’s find reached Shan Jingsheng’s squad, where his teammates moved to expel him.

• Xia Chujian returned to the mountain hollow and found a newly appeared cave containing harvested golden wheat ears, while she and Seven Lù noticed a faint light that the scanner could not detect.
• Xia Chujian summoned Treasure Hunt No. 1, and the squad raked the Wild Wheat out of the cave without entering it.
• Xia Chujian said she would only search for a Lost Civilization if they happened upon one, while other squad members urged her to keep looking for the chance to win First Place.
• Song Baotai tested the Wild Wheat as Xia Chujian claimed it had harvested and stacked itself, and the squad began threshing it before nightfall.
• After Gu Demao reported that Xia Chujian had found Wild Wheat near their earlier argument, Shi Miler and several teammates voted to expel Shan Jingsheng, leaving Qian Changxin hesitating.

Shan Jingsheng's team abandoned their search for Rare Plants and pursued an unfamiliar striped animal Qian Changxin believed could earn them points. Qian Changxin revealed a foul-smelling hunting trick to hide their human scent, and the chapter ended with the team asking him to use less of it.

• After Shan Jingsheng silenced Shi Miler, Qian Changxin suggested collecting rare animals instead of Rare Plants, and the team agreed to hunt an unfamiliar animal.
• Qian Changxin led the team toward the place where Xia Chujian had seen a Lù Shǔ and spotted a Tiger-striped White-headed Horse-like animal through his telescope.
• The animal repeatedly escaped whenever the team came within one li, so Qian Changxin proposed masking their human scent with a blood-based mixture his grandfather had taught him about.
• Qian Changxin smeared the foul-smelling blood on himself, making the others vomit and causing a bird to drop dead from the stench.
• Shan Jingsheng told Qian Changxin to share only a tiny amount and wash himself in a creek.