Arc 80The Mine and the New Life

Su Qiao secured an Energy Stone planet, helped Chi Jingyue resolve the crisis around Chi Zhengze, and married Chi Jingyue as the empire drove back the insect race. She then awakened in a different life, rescued her grandfather and Feng Han from a collapsing mine, and returned to her family’s home.

  • Su Qiao led Su Beicheng and the soldiers to an Energy Stone mine, then secretly returned to the main star while Ouya stabbed Chi Zhengze and herself.
  • Chi Jingyue turned Chi Zhengze into a synthetic robot to save him, and Su Qiao warned that the dangerous consciousness-splitting method could not be mass-produced.
  • Su Qiao confronted Ouya in the Virtual Network, and Su Beicheng registered the small planet in Su Qiao’s name so they could mine its Energy Stones.
  • Chi Jingyue defended his actions before the King and ministers, while Su Beicheng revealed Su Qiao’s research and demonstrated her insecticide.
  • Su Qiao agreed to marry Chi Jingyue, and the couple became celebrated heroes as their efforts drove the remaining insect race into a black hole.
  • Su Qiao woke underground in a collapsing coal mine, rescued Little Haozi and her unconscious grandfather, and helped Feng Han escape before the mine caved in.
  • Su Qiao reunited with her family on the mountain path and warned them to return home quietly while they waited for her grandfather to wake.
  • Su Qiao reached the family home, told them to remain indoors until they understood what had happened at the mine, and let Zhou Lihua check her injuries.
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Ch. 1976His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (80)

Su Qiao told Su Beicheng and the others that the planet held Energy Stones and prepared to lead them to find some. When they questioned how she knew so much about the supposedly undiscovered planet, she claimed she had visited before.

  • Su Beicheng revealed that Su Qiao had developed the insecticide and Ability Weapons, then boasted about his daughter.
  • Li Chao and the soldiers realized Su Qiao's aircraft could provide Energy Stones, but Su Qiao warned that their camp might be unsafe.
  • Su Qiao said the planet had Energy Stones nearby, and Su Beicheng grew excited at the prospect of discovering a mine.
  • Su Qiao produced an Energy Stone Detector, while Su Beicheng rebuked a soldier for doubting her.
  • When the soldier pointed out that the planet had never been discovered, Su Qiao said she had been there before and knew its plants and extraordinary beasts.

Ch. 1977His Royal Highness, the Prince, How Adorably Dull (81)

Su Qiao convinced Su Beicheng and the team that she had visited the uncharted planet before and was completing a school assignment. After learning about the planet’s plants and beasts, she prepared targeted medicine and helped the team push toward the Energy Mine.

  • Su Qiao claimed that the medicine in her case was made for the planet’s alien plants and beasts, and she had come there for a school assignment.
  • Su Beicheng worried about Su Qiao’s safety, while 444 reminded her that her two bodyguards had been left behind and were searching for her.
  • The bodyguards called Su Beicheng and learned that Su Qiao was safe with him.
  • Su Qiao studied nearby plants with Little Four’s help and prepared medicine to target the planet’s alien plants and beasts.
  • Su Qiao and the team charged through the forest toward the Energy Mine.

Ch. 1978His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (82)

Su Qiao returned to the main star alone while Ouya left the Research Center and confronted Chi Zhengze. Ouya stabbed him and declared she would make sure he could not inherit the throne, leaving their fate unresolved.

  • Su Qiao used her aircraft to blast holes in the ground, collected Energy Stones, and returned to the camp before secretly flying back to the main star.
  • Su Beicheng tried to send protectors after Su Qiao, but her aircraft outpaced them, while the researcher at the Research Center remained unaware she had left.
  • Ouya woke at the Research Center, left without speaking to Chi Jingyue, and ran into Chi Zhengze at the entrance.
  • Ouya accused Chi Zhengze of ruining her life and stabbed him in the chest with a knife from the Mechanical Arm.
  • Ouya twisted the knife and said she would stop Chi Zhengze from inheriting the throne, then vowed they would die together.

Ch. 1979His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Clueless (83)

After Ouya stabbed Chi Zhengze and herself, Chi Jingyue devised a plan and later revealed that he had transferred Chi Zhengze into a robot body. Chi Zhengze woke in the Imperial Research Center and demanded that Chi Jingyue restore his human body.

  • Ouya pulled the knife from Chi Zhengze's chest and stabbed herself, and both were rushed for treatment.
  • After hearing what happened, Chi Jingyue told Su Qiao he had thought of a way but kept the details secret.
  • Su Qiao prepared materials with 444 to support her father's plan to buy the small planet for her birthday.
  • Three days later, Chi Zhengze woke inside a glass chamber at the Imperial Research Center and discovered he had a synthetic robot body.
  • Chi Zhengze accused Chi Jingyue of doing this and demanded his original body back, while Chi Jingyue said his damaged heart made the change necessary.

Ch. 1980His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (84)

Chi Jingyue revealed that he had separated Chi Zhengze’s Spiritual Consciousness Body from his body and placed it under his control, while promising to restore Chi Zhengze’s face and let him manage his work. He explained that he had done it to prevent Chi Zhengze from locking him up after inheriting the throne.

  • Chi Jingyue told Chi Zhengze that his Spiritual Consciousness Body could not be returned to his body, but that he could still handle miscellaneous work in his current state.
  • Chi Zhengze accused Chi Jingyue of breaking the law and asked how he would explain what he had done to their father and the Empress Dowager.
  • Chi Jingyue dismissed the accusation, pointed out that Chi Zhengze had encouraged him to develop self-aware Combat Robots, and said he had configured Chi Zhengze to command future Intelligent Robots.
  • Chi Zhengze asked whether Chi Jingyue had pretended to be stupid to destroy his hopes, but Chi Jingyue said he had genuinely enjoyed being left alone to research.
  • Chi Jingyue said Chi Zhengze’s damaged heart would impair his future work and revealed that he had acted because Xiao Qiao had said Chi Zhengze would lock him up after inheriting the throne.

Ch. 1981His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (85)

Su Qiao visited Chi Jingyue at the Empire's Research Center and discovered that he had turned Chi Zhengze into an Intelligent Robot after Ouya stabbed him. Chi Jingyue planned to give Chi Zhengze a new face and put him back to work, while Su Qiao warned that the method could not be used on ordinary people.

  • Chi Jingyue invited Su Qiao to the Research Center to show her a surprise.
  • Chi Jingyue led Su Qiao into his private lab and revealed that the Intelligent Robot in the glass chamber was Chi Zhengze.
  • Su Qiao learned that Ouya had stabbed Chi Zhengze and that Chi Jingyue had transformed him into a robot.
  • Chi Jingyue said Chi Zhengze only needed a new face to resume working for him, and Su Qiao praised his idea.
  • Su Qiao explained that separating a Spiritual Consciousness Body required powerful spiritual consciousness, so the method could not be mass-produced.

Ch. 1982His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Clueless (86)

Su Qiao warned Chi Jingyue about the dangers of splitting consciousness and creating self-aware robots, and he promised to stop. When Chi Zhengze attacked them mentally, they both countered with powerful Mental Power, leaving him defeated and agreeing to work.

  • Su Qiao warned Chi Jingyue that splitting consciousness could cause severe harm or death and that self-aware robots could threaten humanity.
  • Chi Jingyue promised Su Qiao he would stop creating more self-aware robots and said he would never turn her into a machine.
  • Chi Zhengze launched a Mental Power attack through the glass chamber, but Su Qiao and Chi Jingyue struck back.
  • Chi Zhengze questioned how they had learned mental attacks and why Su Qiao had such powerful Mental Power.
  • Chi Zhengze admitted defeat, and Chi Jingyue told him to get to work obediently.

Ch. 1983His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (87)

Chi Jingyue warned Chi Zhengze not to threaten him, Su Qiao, or her father, then revealed he had placed Ouya's consciousness in the Virtual Network. Su Qiao visited Ouya, who began to suspect that Su Qiao had also been reborn.

  • Chi Jingyue warned Chi Zhengze that attacking him, Su Qiao, or Su Qiao's father would trigger a self-destruct program.
  • Chi Jingyue told Su Qiao that Ouya's body had been destroyed but her consciousness had been placed in the Virtual Network.
  • Chi Jingyue took Su Qiao to the Virtual Network, where she found Ouya sitting in a street corner.
  • Su Qiao asked Ouya to recall her Past Life and consider whether she had caused someone's death.
  • Ouya suspected Su Qiao had been reborn after recalling Su Qiao's changed feelings about Chi Zhengze and her choice of Chi Jingyue.

Ch. 1984His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (88)

Su Qiao told the Female Lead that her past mistreatment had been revenge for the deaths of Su Qiao and Su Beicheng, then left the Virtual Network. After Su Beicheng returned to the capital star, he gave Su Qiao ownership of the small planet, and they discussed securing its Energy Stones.

  • Su Qiao told the Female Lead that she was making her repay the debt for what she had done, then logged out of the Virtual Network.
  • Chi Jingyue relaxed when Su Qiao returned, while becoming increasingly wary of people around her.
  • Su Beicheng returned to the capital star and registered ownership of the small planet in Su Qiao’s name.
  • Su Beicheng told Su Qiao that rival legions had backed down after he showed them evidence about their dispatched traitors.
  • Su Qiao and Su Beicheng agreed that they should mine the planet’s Energy Stones soon, before anyone else could take them.

Ch. 1985His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (89)

Su Qiao and Su Beicheng planned to obtain excavation robots and trustworthy guards for their expedition. Su Beicheng left for the palace after agreeing to submit the insecticide and Ability Weapon report under his own name, while accepting that Su Qiao would stay with Chi Jingyue.

  • Su Qiao said she would ask Chi Jingyue for excavation robots and set out the next day, and Su Beicheng offered to help.
  • Su Beicheng suggested hiring the group of men who had guarded Su Qiao before, and she agreed because 444 had found nothing wrong with them.
  • Su Beicheng wanted the report on the insecticide and Ability Weapon submitted under Su Qiao's name, but she asked him to submit it under his own.
  • Su Beicheng tried to persuade Su Qiao to reconsider Chi Jingyue and suggested his adjutant Li Chao instead, but Su Qiao firmly refused.
  • Su Beicheng accepted that Su Qiao would be with Chi Jingyue and flew to the palace.

Ch. 1986His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (90)

Su Beicheng arrived at the palace as the King and Queen Consort learned that Chi Jingyue had turned Chi Zhengze into a robot to save his life. Chi Jingyue defended his decision, while the royal family and ministers struggled to accept it.

  • Su Qiao silently questioned Little Four after he compared himself to a father watching his cabbage get trampled by a pig.
  • Su Beicheng arrived at the royal palace and found Chi Jingyue in the main hall with the King, Queen Consort, and ministers.
  • Chi Jingyue explained that he had turned Chi Zhengze into a robot because his brother's heart was injured.
  • The Queen Consort fainted, and the King angrily demanded to know why Chi Jingyue had transformed his brother.
  • Chi Jingyue argued that the procedure had saved Chi Zhengze and made him stronger, tireless, and potentially immortal.

Ch. 1987His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (91)

After the Second Prince’s injuries left him unable to return to his body, the King and his ministers considered making the First Prince heir, but Chi Jingyue rejected the throne. Su Beicheng promoted his daughter Xiao Qiao’s scientific and pharmaceutical abilities and showed the court a recording of her potion defeating insectoids.

  • Su Beicheng argued that the First Prince had acted to save the Second Prince and could be cultivated as a successor.
  • The King and several ministers considered the First Prince as heir, while one minister noted that Interstellar Law barred sentient robots from ruling.
  • Chi Jingyue refused the throne and suggested the King have more children, saying Xiao Qiao could help regulate their bodies.
  • Su Beicheng revealed that Xiao Qiao was his daughter and praised her research and insectoid-killing potions.
  • Su Beicheng showed the King and ministers a recording of his legion using Xiao Qiao’s potion to kill insectoids and offered them samples to test.

Ch. 1988His Royal Highness, the Prince, So Adorably Naive (92)

Chi Jingyue told the King and ministers about Su Qiao’s research and left after reassuring Su Beicheng that he would accompany her. He then refused to let Chi Zhengze inherit the throne because Su Qiao opposed it, leaving Chi Zhengze to accept that he would remain alive to work for Chi Jingyue.

  • Su Beicheng shared potions, and Chi Jingyue praised Su Qiao’s scientific research and her work on making aircraft and warships invisible.
  • Su Beicheng became emotional that Su Qiao wanted him to fight on the battlefield, then decided he would make more time to accompany her.
  • Chi Jingyue finished informing the King and ministers and left the palace without further explanation.
  • Chi Zhengze angrily demanded to know why Chi Jingyue would not give him the throne, and Chi Jingyue said Su Qiao disliked him and had predicted he would imprison Chi Jingyue.
  • Chi Zhengze asked Chi Jingyue to kill him, but Chi Jingyue refused because he still needed Chi Zhengze to handle matters for him.

Ch. 1989His Royal Highness, the Prince, How Adorably Foolish (93)

Su Qiao told Chi Zhengze that Ouya had survived in the Virtual Network, and Chi Jingyue proposed marrying Su Qiao and moving into her home. Su Beicheng reluctantly accepted after learning the couple were already together, and Su Qiao reassured him that she would still live with him.

  • Su Qiao told Chi Zhengze that Ouya was alive in the Virtual Network, and Chi Jingyue connected him so he could visit her.
  • Chi Jingyue asked Su Qiao to marry him that day and move him into her home, and she agreed to tell Su Beicheng.
  • Su Beicheng objected to the marriage, but Chi Jingyue argued that he could care for Su Qiao while her father was away at war.
  • Su Qiao told Su Beicheng that she and Chi Jingyue were already together and joked that she had forced him.
  • Su Beicheng gave in, and Su Qiao reassured him that she would keep living at home after the marriage.

Ch. 1990His Royal Highness, the Prince, How Adorably Clueless (94)

Su Qiao rose to prominence for developing an insecticide, while she and Chi Jingyue married and helped nearly eliminate the insect race. Chi Zhengze continued governing until a new heir could take over, spending his remaining time with Ouya on the Virtual Network.

  • Su Beicheng welcomed Chi Jingyue into his home and began arranging his wedding with Su Qiao.
  • The King and ministers objected to Chi Jingyue’s marriage, but he threatened to sever ties with his father, forcing them to compromise.
  • The King appointed Su Qiao a first-class dedicated researcher, and the insecticide footage made her famous across the empire.
  • Su Qiao and Chi Jingyue became a celebrated heroic couple, and their efforts drove the remaining insect race into a black hole.
  • Chi Zhengze continued handling state affairs and spent his free time with Ouya, while his programming prevented him from harming Su Qiao.

Ch. 1991Overlord, Come Farm with Me! (1)

Su Qiao woke in a coal mine moments before it was set to collapse and tried to escape. She rescued her little brother Little Haozi, who told her their Grandpa was still inside.

  • Su Qiao asked 444 where she was and learned she was underground in a coal mine that was about to collapse.
  • 444 mapped the mine and directed Su Qiao toward a nearby exit passage.
  • Su Qiao ran through the passage and found Little Haozi trapped beneath chunks of earth.
  • Su Qiao cleared the earth from Little Haozi's legs and pulled him to safety.
  • Little Haozi told Su Qiao that Grandpa was still inside the mine.

Ch. 1992Overlord, Come Farm with Me! (2)

Su Qiao learned that the coal mine’s old master was trapped underground and rushed into a collapsing passage to rescue him. With 444’s help and a boost from potions, she raced toward the fighting deeper in the mine, where the old master lay unconscious.

  • Su Qiao asked where the old master was, and 444 revealed he had been knocked unconscious farther inside the mine.
  • Su Qiao sent Little Haozi running toward the exit while she turned back into the dangerous passage.
  • Su Qiao ordered 444 to guide her to the old master, and he warned that people were fighting deeper underground and several had died.
  • Su Qiao continued toward the old master, insisting that she would save him and nothing else.
  • 444 used half a tube of Strength Potion and a Body Strengthening Agent on Su Qiao, and she ran faster through the falling debris.

Ch. 1993Overlord, Come Farm with Me! (3)

Su Qiao rescued her grandfather from the chaos in the coal mine and learned that the wounded man she had considered leaving behind was a eunuch. She left the man’s identity unresolved as the mine faced imminent collapse.

  • Su Qiao reached the coal-storage area and found officials fighting while her grandfather lay unconscious with a head wound.
  • Su Qiao carried her grandfather away, dodging the fighters and hiding along the wall as she tried to reach the passage.
  • Su Qiao spotted a wounded man in a dark-red, gold-patterned robe surrounded by attackers, but decided not to help him.
  • 444 urged Su Qiao to save the man, warning that the coal mine was about to collapse and that he could not escape from so far underground.
  • Su Qiao realized the man might be the eunuch she had been looking for and reacted with disbelief.

Ch. 1994Overlord, Come Farm with Me! (4)

Su Qiao used her strength to rescue Feng Han from the collapsing mine and decided to keep her distance from the dangerous man. After they escaped, she asked whether he had medicine for his wound.

  • 444 warned Su Qiao that Feng Han was trapped and the mine’s proper route had been blocked.
  • Su Qiao hurled pebbles through the knees of the men surrounding Feng Han, stopping them from dragging him down with them.
  • Su Qiao carried Old Master Su out of the tunnel, and Feng Han followed despite his waist wound.
  • The coal mine collapsed after Su Qiao, Old Master Su, and Feng Han had escaped.
  • Su Qiao decided to stay away from Feng Han and asked whether he had medicine.

Ch. 1995Overlord, Come Plant with Me! (5)

Su Qiao rescued Feng Han from the Coal Mine and urged him to leave before his enemies could strike again. Feng Han reunited with Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, learned that death warriors had blocked the rescue, and headed for Guyin Temple.

  • Su Qiao carried Feng Han out of the mine and told him to stop the bleeding and go far away.
  • Feng Han watched Su Qiao leave and wondered whether she was concerned for him or simply did not want to see him.
  • Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu arrived with a team in Flying Fish Robes and saluted Feng Han.
  • Xiao Wu reported that death warriors had blocked their way into the mine and poisoned themselves to avoid capture.
  • Xiao Liu fretted over Feng Han's injuries and dirty clothes, but Feng Han stayed calm and ordered them to return to Guyin Temple.

Ch. 1996Overlord, Come Plant the Fields with Me! (6)

Feng Han ordered an investigation into the Imperial Guards and Eastern Depot instead of having Su Qiao and her grandfather killed. Su Qiao carried her unconscious grandfather back toward Willow Tree Village, where his family rushed to meet them.

  • Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu offered to deal with Su Qiao and her grandfather, but Feng Han refused.
  • Feng Han ordered the Imperial Guards and Eastern Depot investigated and demanded the execution of everyone involved and their families.
  • Su Qiao carried her grandfather away from the mine while 444 discussed why she had saved Feng Han.
  • Little Haozi and the rest of the family met Su Qiao on the mountain path.
  • The old woman saw the unconscious old man and broke down, fearing for his life.

Ch. 1997Overlord, Come Farm with Me! (7)

Su Qiao woke to find her family mourning her unconscious grandfather, then explained that he was only injured and urged everyone to return home. She warned that something serious had happened in the mountains and that shouting about it could endanger the whole family.

  • Su Qiao identified her relatives with 444’s help and realized they were grieving over her grandfather, who had been knocked unconscious by a log.
  • Su Qiao stopped the family’s mourning and said her grandfather had only a superficial head wound and needed a physician.
  • Su Yitian mistakenly asked whether her grandfather was dead, and Zhou Lihua accused her of cursing him.
  • Madam Liu urged Su Yitian to kneel and apologize, while Su Qiao told the family to stop arguing and hurry home.
  • Su Qiao warned that something major had happened in the mountains and that anyone who heard them could bring disaster on the family.

Ch. 1998Overlord, Come Farm with Me! (8)

Su Qiao carried her soot-blackened grandfather back to the Su household, where the family arranged for a physician and hot water. As she took in the poor, rural home, she listened to the family’s quarrels and remained unsure of her place among them.

  • Su Qiao refused Huai An’s offer to carry Grandpa and hurried him home while the old lady sent Huai An to fetch Physician Li.
  • The old lady ordered Madam Liu to boil water, while Zhou Lihua stayed behind to keep Sanlang from causing trouble.
  • Ernie hurried off to help her mother, and Su Yihe stayed silent as the old lady scolded Ernie.
  • Su Qiao reached the Su household and noticed its humble earthen houses, spacious courtyard, well, and drying food.
  • Little Haozi tried to sneak a sweet-potato slice from the drying tray, and Zhou Lihua snatched it back and scolded him.

Ch. 1999Overlord, Come Plant the Fields with Me! (9)

Su Qiao reassured the old lady that her unconscious grandfather would wake soon, then nearly collapsed from exhaustion. Her family helped her return to her room to wash and rest, leaving her time to sort through her memories.

  • Zhou Lihua ate the dried sweet-potato slice Little Haozi had stolen, and the old lady warned that more missing food would mean smaller winter portions.
  • Su Qiao and Little Four argued over whether her past self had been any better than the family members she judged.
  • Su Qiao told the old lady that her grandfather was fine and would wake soon, while Su Yitian accused her of putting on an act.
  • Su Qiao's legs weakened, and Zhou Lihua and the old lady rushed to help her as Su Yihe worried and Su Yichen hesitated.
  • Su Qiao declined their support and agreed to let Zhou Lihua bring her water so she could wash.

Ch. 2000Overlord, Come Farm with Me! (10)

After rescuing her grandfather from the mine, Su Qiao returned home and urged the family to stay indoors until he woke. Once she had washed up, she told her parents she had hit her head and hurt her arm, prompting Zhou Lihua to insist that Physician Li examine her.

  • Su Qiao warned her grandmother that no one should go outside before her grandfather woke, and Su Yaohui agreed that the family should stay home until they understood what had happened at the mine.
  • Madam Liu and Zhou Lihua promised to keep the children indoors, and Su Qiao went to wash in her room.
  • Zhou Lihua urged Su Yaohui to let their daughter rest after carrying her grandfather down the mountain.
  • Su Qiao washed herself, changed clothes, and let her parents into her room.
  • Su Qiao said her legs were weak and that she had hit her head and scraped her arm, so Zhou Lihua checked her head and planned to have Physician Li examine her.
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