Chapter Summaries

After watching Yu Shengan’s final recording, Su Qiao struggled with his choice to die alongside her and with the depth of his devotion. She turned to the uncertain situation in front of her, wanting him near but fearing the trouble his arrival could bring.

• Su Qiao watched the recording 444 showed her and blamed it for preserving her decaying body against her wishes.
• 444 argued that Su Qiao could not decide what life Yu Shengan should have and explained that she had been his entire world.
• Su Qiao accepted that Yu Shengan had always been stubborn and obsessive but said the matter before her was not simple.
• Su Qiao wanted Yu Shengan to come to her, yet feared that his arrival would bring unforeseeable complications.

Su Qiao sent Reno coordinates for Y Galaxy, where Li Huaiyu was hiding, and Reno ordered his forces to head there. He halted the operation that threatened the planet and forbade anyone from harming its humans until he found her.

• Su Qiao considered confronting Li Huaiyu and Su Xinran, but 444 warned that the Protagonist's Halo made them too dangerous for her to defeat.
• Su Qiao sent Reno the coordinates for Y Galaxy.
• Reno asked Rui He to identify the coordinates and learned they pointed to the planet where Li Huaiyu was hiding and where their operation was aimed.
• Reno ordered the ship to proceed at full speed so he could see Su Qiao as soon as possible.
• Reno terminated the operation and ordered that no one harm the planet's humans until he found Su Qiao.

Reno ordered Rui He to suspend the plan to transfer Spiritual Bodies into human hosts, insisting that no one was to harm Su Qiao. As Reno’s Flying Mothership headed toward Planet Mercury, Su Qiao remained unaware and encountered Su Xinran after exercising.

• Rui He argued that the human hosts could help their people achieve immortality, but Reno ordered him to suspend the experiment.
• Reno threatened to kill anyone who hurt Su Qiao and told Rui He to send the Elder Council to him if they objected.
• Reno focused on reaching Planet Mercury to meet Su Qiao, while she remained unaware that his Flying Mothership was approaching.
• Su Qiao returned from exercising and ran into Su Xinran at the doorway.

Su Xinran confronted Su Qiao because the signal device she had made could not reach outer space or other star systems. Su Qiao refused to modify it further, and Su Xinran claimed she wanted it for a patent and entry into a research institute.

• Su Qiao returned home and ignored Su Xinran before asking why she had come.
• Su Xinran complained that the device Su Qiao made could not transmit far enough, despite meeting the stated requirement of reaching beyond the atmosphere.
• Su Qiao suspected Su Xinran wanted to contact aliens and warned her that she would not help with anything dangerous.
• Su Qiao refused to adjust the device, saying she would not continue researching it after learning about Su Xinran's ambitions.
• Su Xinran claimed she wanted to patent the device and use it to get into a research institute, but Su Qiao told her to find someone else.

Su Xinran told Li Huaiyu that Su Qiao had refused to continue building the transmitter and had started to suspect her. Li Huaiyu insisted Su Qiao must keep working, and Su Xinran resolved to confront her again if necessary.

• Su Qiao refused to repay Su Xinran's expenses or continue the transmitter project, then shoved her out and shut the bathroom door.
• Su Xinran returned to her apartment and told Li Huaiyu that Su Qiao had stopped helping and was growing suspicious.
• Li Huaiyu questioned Su Xinran's claim that Su Qiao was stupid, and Su Xinran said Su Qiao had recently become shrewder.
• Li Huaiyu told Su Xinran to make Su Qiao continue, hinting that he might kill her if she refused.
• Li Huaiyu warned Su Xinran that exposure would make them enemies of humanity, and Su Xinran hardened her resolve to confront Su Qiao again.

Su Qiao realized Li Huaiyu would likely silence her and began planning to leave before he and Su Xinran could act. She decided to find money and a home far from the city, while asking 444 to keep Li Huaiyu from tracking them.

• Li Huaiyu told Su Xinran he would handle Su Qiao if she refused to cooperate, and Su Xinran accepted his plan.
• Su Qiao finished showering and agreed with 444 that Li Huaiyu and Su Xinran were likely plotting against her.
• Su Qiao rejected 444’s suggestion to attack Li Huaiyu while he was injured because she could not safely take on both of them.
• Su Qiao searched local housing listings and told 444 to keep Li Huaiyu from finding their trail.
• Su Qiao decided she needed money before moving and no longer wanted to rent a place.

Su Qiao bought a secluded house and turned its underground gym into a heavily secured research lab before quietly moving away. Su Xinran and Li Huaiyu discovered she was gone, but Li Huaiyu could not track her and realized he had underestimated her.

• Su Qiao sold a gemstone, bought a secluded two-story house, and converted its underground gym into an advanced research lab.
• Su Qiao settled her rent and moved away without alerting anyone.
• Su Xinran learned three days later that Su Qiao had left and asked Li Huaiyu what to do.
• Li Huaiyu searched surveillance footage and property records but found no trace of Su Qiao.
• Li Huaiyu concluded that Su Qiao's abilities had surpassed the technology on their planet and reconsidered his assumptions about her.

Li Huaiyu explained to Su Xinran that he needed to contact his subordinates to protect his place in the empire and prevent his sister from being married off to Reyno. He promised to take Su Xinran and her parents back to his planet and give them privileged lives.

• Li Huaiyu suspected that Su Xinran's cousin had inherited her parents' technical talent, after she proved unusually capable.
• Su Xinran asked how they would get the transmitter working, and Li Huaiyu said he would try to adjust it himself before resorting to drastic measures.
• Li Huaiyu told Su Xinran that the empire might strip him of his heir status and place him on the death list if he could not make contact with his subordinates.
• Li Huaiyu explained that he needed to return soon to keep his sister from being married to Reyno.
• Su Xinran reassured Li Huaiyu that she understood, and he kissed her and promised to make her his Queen Consort and give her parents a respected place in the empire.

Su Qiao worked on research in her secret lab and connected with Reno after he found her signal. Their chat ended with Reno asking her to send a photo, making Su Qiao suspect he had figured out she was a woman.

• Su Xinran kissed Li Huaiyu, and the two tumbled onto the sofa.
• Su Qiao finished remodeling her house’s basement gym into a research lab and began working on advanced technology, but lacked rare materials.
• Su Qiao planned to use Elder Yan’s connections to obtain the materials and seek an early internship in his research lab.
• 444 alerted Su Qiao that someone was contacting her through the transmitter, and she connected to Reno.
• Reno asked Su Qiao for a photo, and she wondered whether he suspected she was a woman.

Su Qiao sent Lei Nuo an old photo of herself at 268 jin to see how he would react, while Lei Nuo tried to determine whether she was male and arranged to send a photo of himself. Their online romance continued as Lei Nuo’s subordinate Rui He watched in disbelief.

• Su Qiao sent Lei Nuo a photo of herself before she started losing weight and asked whether there was a problem when he did not reply.
• Lei Nuo showed the photo to Rui He and asked whether people on Aqua Blue Star looked like her.
• Rui He told Lei Nuo that Su Qiao’s body type was probably rare among humans on her planet.
• Lei Nuo asked Su Qiao whether she was male, then said her appearance did not bother him.
• Lei Nuo told Su Qiao he would take a photo and called Rui He over to help, while Rui He prepared to scan her picture.

Renault fussed over taking a photograph to send Su Qiao, changing poses and deciding to switch from his black uniform to white. While she waited, Su Qiao wondered why he would take such care over his appearance for a man whose picture showed him as extremely overweight.

• Renault interrupted Rui He as he was about to take a picture and carefully adjusted his hair and uniform.
• Renault made Rui He take more than a dozen photographs, but none satisfied him.
• Renault decided his black outfit looked gloomy and went to change into white while Rui He adjusted the camera.
• Su Qiao grew impatient waiting for the photograph, and 444 told her Renault was likely grooming himself and choosing his best shot.
• Su Qiao questioned whether Renault could find her attractive despite her distorted, extremely overweight appearance.

Su Qiao learned that Li Huaiyu fell for Su Xinran because their Spiritual Bodies were perfectly compatible, and wondered whether Su Xinran also had unusually strong Mental Power. The conversation ended with 444 admitting it had accidentally seen Li Huaiyu and Su Xinran being intimate while monitoring them.

• 444 guessed that Li Huaiyu was attracted to Su Qiao regardless of her appearance, and Su Qiao asked how that explained his feelings for Li Huaiyu and Su Xinran.
• 444 explained that Li Huaiyu and Su Xinran had one-hundred-percent Spiritual Body compatibility, which had drawn Li Huaiyu to her when she rescued him.
• Su Qiao realized that Spiritual Body compatibility explained Li Huaiyu’s love for Su Xinran and wondered whether Su Xinran also had strong Mental Power.
• Su Qiao accused 444 of watching Li Huaiyu and Su Xinran being intimate, and 444 admitted it had run into them once or twice while secretly monitoring them.

Su Qiao teased 444 about overhearing Li Huaiyu, then received Renault’s carefully chosen photos and realized how much he resembled Xiao An. Feeling more familiar with Renault, she regretted sending him an unflattering old photo, while he complimented her appearance.

• Su Qiao teased 444 for hearing Li Huaiyu and accused it of complaining about censorship.
• Rui He told Renault that the person in Su Qiao’s photos was not male, and Renault decided to play along.
• Renault washed up, changed clothes, took several photos, and sent his carefully selected pictures to Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao and 444 noticed that Renault strongly resembled Xiao An, which made Su Qiao feel warmer toward him.
• Renault said Su Qiao’s photo would help him feel closer while chatting, then complimented her features.

Su Qiao confronted Renault after he claimed to prefer men, challenging his assumptions about women. The chapter ended with Renault smiling at her angry response.

• Renault worried that Su Qiao was disappointed after seeing his photo, and Rui He reminded him that she was a woman.
• Renault told Su Qiao that he preferred men because they were easier to communicate and work alongside.
• Su Qiao became angry at Renault’s remarks and challenged his dismissal of women’s abilities.
• Su Qiao revealed that she was a woman and asked whether he thought women could not research or fight alongside him.
• Renault smiled as he read Su Qiao’s challenge.

Reno discovered that Su Qiao was a woman and teased her about having lied about her identity, while she struggled to explain herself and cut off their connection in frustration. Reno remained eager to meet her and ordered the ship to speed toward Aqua Blue Star before learning his father was calling with an emergency.

• Reno smiled as he pictured Su Qiao getting angry, and Rui He was surprised to see his commander so cheerful.
• Su Qiao realized she had exposed her earlier lie that she was a burly man who picked his feet, then claimed their online chats did not require honesty.
• Reno asked whether the woman in the photo was really Su Qiao and repeatedly messaged her, including asking her to call him each day to test his communicator.
• Su Qiao cut off the signal, and Reno called her an angry little bear before ordering the ship to head faster to Aqua Blue Star.
• Rui He said the ship was already traveling as fast as it could and handed Reno a tablet with an emergency video call from his father.

Renault video-called Old Marshal during an Elder Council meeting after suspending the Immortality Project. He hinted that someone new was entering his life, leaving Old Marshal stunned and doubtful that anyone would want Renault.

• Rui He reminded Renault that the Elder Council had been pressuring Old Marshal over the suspended Immortality Project.
• Renault called Old Marshal, who angrily demanded an explanation for halting the project.
• Old Marshal turned on speakerphone and asked Renault to make the Elder Council stop bothering him so he could pursue his second spring.
• Renault hinted that his own spring was about to arrive, and Old Marshal realized he might have found someone.
• Old Marshal questioned whether anyone would be interested in Renault despite his good looks and high status.

Reno halted the research plan while he searched for his mate, who was waiting on a distant planet. He promised to protect her and forbade anyone from abducting the humans there, leaving the plan’s future to be discussed after he found her.

• The Old Marshal recalled Reno’s extreme aversion to dirt and questioned why he had joined the Military Department.
• The Old Marshal challenged Reno for abruptly halting the research project, and Reno said the woman he sought was waiting on a distant planet.
• Reno warned the elders that he would destroy anyone who harmed his mate.
• The Grand Elder and other elders argued that Reno could not abandon a plan vital to the Atlantis Federation’s survival.
• Reno said he did not yet know exactly where his mate was and forbade anyone from abducting the humans on her planet until he found her.

Rayno agreed not to stop the elders’ plans while he searched for someone, and Su Qiao immersed herself in Elder Yan’s research lab while secretly studying mechas. As Su Xinran and Li Huaiyu searched for her, 444 warned that Li Huaiyu might kidnap someone to force them to build a transmitter.

• Rayno told the elders he would not stop them completely, and the Old Marshal tried to ask him to report back once he found the person he sought.
• In August, Su Qiao joined Elder Yan’s research lab and devoted herself to research with its advanced equipment and plentiful materials.
• Su Qiao secretly worked on mechas in her basement, though some specialized materials were unavailable in this world.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Su Xinran had repeatedly searched for her and Li Huaiyu was growing impatient.
• Su Qiao realized Li Huaiyu might kidnap someone to make a transmitter, and 444 explained that he looked down on this planet’s people.

Su Qiao met Su Xinran in a park after more than a month apart, and found Li Huaiyu accompanying her. Su Xinran admitted she still needed the transmitter for her graduation project, while Su Qiao hinted that submitting it would earn her an A.

• Su Qiao called Su Xinran and arranged to meet her in a park.
• Su Qiao arrived and discovered that Li Huaiyu had come with Su Xinran.
• Su Qiao asked who Li Huaiyu was, and Su Xinran identified him as her boyfriend.
• Su Qiao asked whether Su Xinran had been searching for her because of the transmitter, and Su Xinran confirmed it.
• Su Xinran explained that she had not submitted her graduation project and was unwilling to turn in an ordinary project after spending so much on it.
• Su Qiao told Su Xinran that submitting the project would let her earn an A and graduate smoothly.

Su Qiao confronted Su Xinran about her blindness to Li Huaiyu’s true nature, then spoke privately with Li Huaiyu after he suspected they were both outsiders. She learned that he believed she had arrived from the Alien Galaxy, while the chapter left her wary that he might bring others from his planet.

• Su Qiao warned Su Xinran not to trust appearances or pursue Li Huaiyu, and mocked her for failing to see through her cousin.
• Li Huaiyu overheard Su Qiao, removed his mask, and questioned her about her computer skills and his mysterious past.
• Su Xinran anxiously held Li Huaiyu’s arm, but he reassured her and followed Su Qiao to the woods for a private conversation.
• Li Huaiyu asked whether Su Qiao was an outsider who had passed through or planned to stay, and Su Qiao’s system explained that he had mistaken her for someone from the Alien Galaxy.
• Su Qiao considered killing Li Huaiyu to stop him from summoning others from his planet, but doubted she could defeat him and feared his Male Lead Halo.