Chapter Summaries

After arriving on Jarilo-VI, the players unlocked the Warp system and tried the beginner pool, with Di Tian pulling Clara and Wang Qiuer eventually getting Bronya. Lu Yuan explained that limited banners would unlock only after they advanced the story and met Seele.

• The Warp system unlocked, and Lu Yuan explained that players could spend Stellar Jade and passes to summon characters and Light Cones.
• Wang Qiuer revealed she had amassed thousands of Stellar Jade by thoroughly exploring Herta Space Station and preparing for the beginner pool.
• Di Tian got Clara in his first ten-pull, then approved of her giant robot protector, Svarog.
• Wang Qiuer spent her resources across multiple ten-pulls and finally received Bronya, along with Herta, Asta, and Dance! Dance! Dance!.
• Jiang Nannan pulled Bailu, while Xu Sanshi hit Pity on the Light Cone Moment of Victory and lamented not getting a character.
• Lu Yuan told the players that limited UP banners would open after they advanced the Jarilo-VI story and met Seele.

The group crossed Jarilo-VI’s snowfields, where Sampo tricked them into fighting the Silvermane Guards before Gepard arrested them. After March 7th showed the Guards a photograph of their planet from space, Gepard escorted them into Belobog, and Wang Qiuer set her sights on finding every Stellar Jade in the city.

• March 7th and Dan Heng found Sampo hiding in the snow, and he offered to guide them to Belobog in exchange for a chance to do business.
• Sampo led the group into an ambush by Silvermane Guards, then escaped with a smoke bomb while they fought the soldiers.
• Gepard arrived and defeated the group in a scripted battle, then ordered his soldiers to take them into custody.
• March 7th showed Gepard and the Guards a photograph of Jarilo-VI from space, convincing them that the group had come from beyond the planet.
• Gepard escorted the group into Belobog, and Wang Qiuer resolved to find every last Stellar Jade there.

Gepard brought the visitors into Belobog, where they met Supreme Guardian Cocolia and offered to help find and seal the Stellaron. Though Cocolia welcomed them readily, Electrolux sensed that the Stellaron had already corrupted her, leaving the team unaware as they headed toward a potentially dangerous hotel stay.

• Gepard led the three-person team through Belobog to Qlipoth Fort, where they met Cocolia after Bronya left her office.
• Dan Heng and March 7th explained the Stellaron's connection to the Fragmentum and Eternal Freeze, and Cocolia agreed to help them investigate.
• After the team left, a hidden-perspective scene showed Cocolia communicating with an obscure voice, and Electrolux concluded that the Stellaron had parasitized her soul.
• Gepard advised the team to visit the Everwinter Monument and warned them away from an alley near the Goethe Hotel that had been sealed after Fragmentum erosion.
• Wang Qiuer suspected that the hotel stay Cocolia had arranged was a deadly banquet.

Wang Qiuer searched Belobog for Stellar Jade while the group explored the city and learned about its Geomarrow-powered heaters, divided districts, and the Architects’ Everwinter Monument. The chapter ended with Pela explaining how the monument represented the Architects’ resolve to resist the cold wave.

• Huo Yuhao warned Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and the others to stay vigilant around the Supreme Guardian during their lodging.
• Wang Qiuer searched street fixtures and trash cans for Stellar Jade as Di Tian explained the game to Scarlet King.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress watched the party meet Serval, who explained Geomarrow and the long-severed connection between Belobog’s Upper and Lower Districts.
• Wang Qiuer declined Serval’s offer to become her assistant because the pay did not include Stellar Jade.
• Xu Sanshi selected the option to call Pela “PelaBigSister” while she taught children about the Everwinter Monument and the Architects.

The party reached the Goethe Hotel after seeing the Fragmentum’s encroachment and hearing Dan Heng question the Supreme Guardian’s intentions. As they rested for the night, Huo Yuhao and the other players suspected a hidden threat and prepared for trouble.

• The party found an elderly man barred from entering the Fragmentum, and Scarlet King proposed knocking out the guards to retrieve his property documents before Wang Qiuer corrected him.
• The group entered the Goethe Hotel, where Wang Qiuer searched for destructible furnishings and hidden rewards.
• Dan Heng told March 7th that the Supreme Guardian’s gaze had seemed fixed on someone beyond the room, while Electrolux confirmed that a calamity was clinging to her soul.
• Huo Yuhao chose dialogue reassuring Dan Heng, and the party went to their rooms to sleep before the next day’s negotiations.
• After the screen faded to black, Xu Sanshi predicted an ambush, and Di Tian said he was ready to test Clara’s power if the Supreme Guardian turned against them.

Huo Yuhao and the others discovered that the Stellaron was manipulating Cocolia, while Bronya led the Silvermane Guards to arrest the Astral Express crew. After the crew escaped into the Fragmentum, Bronya ordered her soldiers to pursue them.

• Electrolux identified the Stellaron as the calamity influencing Cocolia through her deepest desires.
• Bronya arrived with the Silvermane Guards and accused the Astral Express crew of plotting rebellion, prompting Wang Qiuer to curse her in outrage.
• Dan Heng led March 7th and Xing toward a Fragmentum-sealed alley, and Xing and March 7th fought off the guards as they fled.
• The Astral Express crew leaped into the Fragmentum, but Bronya ordered the guards to pursue them and demanded proof of their fate.
• The three-person team landed safely on a peripheral passage inside the Fragmentum.

Wang Qiuer’s party fought through the Fragmentum and confronted Bronya, while the Shrek Seven Monsters’ battle was interrupted when Sampo returned to help them. Huo Yuhao learned that Cocolia had accepted the Stellaron’s offer after despairing of saving Belobog, leaving him convinced that she had betrayed the path of Preservation.

• Wang Qiuer solved the iron-gate puzzles and used her accelerated team to defeat a Fragmentum monster before reaching the exit.
• Bronya ambushed Wang Qiuer’s party with Silvermane Guards, and Wang Qiuer countered Bronya’s turn-advancing abilities with her own Bronya and Herta.
• At the Heaven Dou City branch, Sampo returned during the fight with Bronya and knocked Xing unconscious with smoke bombs.
• Huo Yuhao watched Cocolia’s memory and heard the Stellaron tempt her with a false promise of eternal prosperity.
• Electrolux explained that despair had made Cocolia vulnerable to the Stellaron, and Huo Yuhao concluded she had become its pawn.

Xing woke in Natasha’s clinic in Boulder Town and searched for Dan Heng with March 7th, who played hide-and-seek with The Moles to learn where he had been taken. Hook led them to Fight Club, where Lu Yuan revealed that the adult version was a real fighting venue, leaving Wang Qiuer excitedly asking what he meant.

• Natasha treated Xing and explained that she was in the sealed-off Lower District, while Xing learned Sampo had taken Dan Heng and March 7th had gone out.
• Xing found March 7th playing hide-and-seek with The Moles, who promised to reveal Dan Heng’s whereabouts if she won.
• March 7th and Xing found Hook and exposed Julian’s disguise as a stubbly adult man before winning the game.
• Hook told them Dan Heng had been taken to Fight Club by Sampo and led them to its entrance.
• March 7th realized Hook meant children’s rock-paper-scissors when she said Fight Club, and Lu Yuan announced that the adult Fight Club was genuine, prompting Wang Qiuer to ask what “adult” meant.

Wang Qiuer and the others watched Dan Heng fight in the Lower District, while Huo Yuhao’s companions sensed that Sampo was hiding formidable power. Sampo agreed to introduce the group to Wildfire, leaving them to seek answers about the underground Stellaron.

• Wang Qiuer, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress watched Dan Heng face a squad of automatons at the Fight Club, and Wang Qiuer defeated them with Herta’s attacks.
• March 7th and the Trailblazer joined Dan Heng in the arena, then spotted Sampo and chased him into an alley.
• Huo Yuhao heard Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warn that Sampo concealed his true strength and had a strange soul aura.
• Dan Heng confronted Sampo about drugging the group, and Sampo surrendered and offered to introduce them to Wildfire.
• Gu Yuena hoped Wildfire would help the group find a way to break the deadlock in the Lower District.

The party searched Boulder Town for Wildfire and encountered Seele rescuing Bronya from Lower District drifters. After Seele and Bronya argued over the Silvermane Guards and the sealed passageways, Bronya agreed to a temporary truce with the protagonists to uncover the truth behind her mother's orders.

• Sampo led the party around Boulder Town and explained that the Furnace Core connected the Upper and Lower Districts, though contact between them had nearly ended.
• The party found Bronya surrounded by drifters, and Seele appeared to split a bullet with her scythe and drive them away.
• Seele challenged Bronya over the Silvermane Guards' role in abandoning the underground, while Bronya defended their duty to protect Belobog.
• Seele told Bronya to meet Wildfire leader Oleg and directed the protagonists to the Great Mine.
• Bronya admitted that Cocolia had ordered her to arrest the protagonists and proposed a temporary truce so they could investigate together.

After Seele’s limited banner opened, Tang Ya obtained her in a first ten-pull and demonstrated how Seele chained extra actions to clear a Great Mine battle before enemies could act. Wang Qiuer, who had spent her Stellar Jade on regular tickets, resolved to grind for enough Jade to pull Seele.

• The Stellar Warp System opened the limited Seele banner, prompting players in both internet cafes to rush to the Warp screen.
• Wang Qiuer lamented that she had exchanged all her Stellar Jade for regular tickets, while Scarlet King and Di Tian urged her to search the Great Mine for more Jade.
• Tang Ya used her saved Stellar Jade for a ten-pull and obtained Seele on the first golden card.
• Tang Ya took Seele into the Great Mine, where Seele repeatedly triggered Resurgence and defeated every enemy in a single turn.
• Wang Qiuer vowed to scour the Great Mine and gather enough Stellar Jade to reach pity for Seele.

Wang Qiuer and Di Tian hunted Warp Trotters for Stellar Jade, but Wang Qiuer lost her 50/50 and received Yanqing instead of Seele. Meanwhile, Tang Ya reached a confrontation between Wildfire and the Vagrants in the Great Mine, where the players chose how to respond.

• Wang Qiuer and Di Tian teamed up to defeat a Warp Trotter and split its sixty Stellar Jade.
• Wang Qiuer used her saved Jade on a ten-pull, lost the 50/50, and obtained Yanqing.
• Tang Ya swept through the Great Mine with Seele, defeating the Vagrants and monsters in her way.
• Tang Ya's team reached the Mine Hub, where Seele and Oleg faced off against the Vagrant Leader over control of the mine.
• Tang Ya chose to help, while Wang Qiuer picked the option to fight anyone who stood between her and Stellar Jade.

Wang Qiuer and the other players fought through the Great Mine, where they met Findie and learned that Svarog knew about Belobog’s past. After Oleg told them the Supreme Guardian was deceiving the Lower District, the party was urged to rest, leaving the players terrified of another nighttime ambush.

• Wang Qiuer used Yanqing to rout the vagrants blocking the path, while Huo Yuhao rescued miners and woke Pick from a nap.
• Wang Qiuer asked Findie to find Stellar Jade or predict a gold, and Findie diagnosed her with suspected Warp Delusion Syndrome.
• The party repaired a mine cart with Findie’s help and reached the Geomarrow vein, where they encountered Clara and Svarog.
• Di Tian used his own Svarog to defeat the Automaton Direwolf, while Gu Yuena remarked on Svarog’s reliance on cold calculations.
• Oleg told the party that the Supreme Guardian was deceiving the Lower District and advised them to seek information from Svarog.
• When Oleg suggested they rest, Wang Qiuer and the other players refused, fearing another attack during the night.

After resting at the Goethe Hotel, the Trailblazer and Bronya spoke about Cocolia’s orders and Bronya’s doubts about her mother’s decisions. Their conversation led to a new mission: accompany Seele to Riveting Town to find medical supplies for Natasha.

• Oleg arranged rooms for the group at the Goethe Hotel, where Bronya took the night watch.
• The Trailblazer dreamed of Cocolia speaking with the Stellaron, which promised she could reunite with someone she had lost.
• The Trailblazer spoke with Bronya, who admitted she had begun questioning Cocolia’s decisions but still felt bound by duty.
• Bronya rejected the idea of becoming Supreme Guardian, though the players encouraged her to take power from Cocolia.
• Seele agreed to search Riveting Town for medical supplies, and Bronya volunteered to go with her and the Trailblazer.
• The players teleported to Riveting Town to begin the supply-gathering mission.

Wang Qiuer and the others advanced through Riveting Town while Bronya recovered her childhood memories and began to confront the truth about her past. After Seele urged her out of self-pity and Clara explained Svarog’s actions, the group gathered medicine and prepared to return to Boulder Town.

• Wang Qiuer rushed through Riveting Town, defeating monsters and opening treasure chests as the story revealed that Bronya found the orphanage familiar.
• Bronya traded Eric a high-purity Geomarrow medal for the stolen medical supplies and told him not to steal again.
• At the orphanage, Bronya remembered that she had lived there before the Architects took her away and Cocolia adopted her.
• Seele bluntly challenged Bronya’s self-pity, and Bronya thanked her for helping her refocus on the problems facing the Lower District.
• The protagonist learned from Clara that Svarog had sealed the Furnace Core because he calculated that staying underground was safest.
• Seele gave Clara half the painkillers she had gathered, and the group prepared to return to Boulder Town.

Tang Ya and the other players obtained Natasha as a free healer, then joined Wildfire’s operation to confront Svarog. Natasha revealed that she had helped found Wildfire and once led its members through the Fragmentum, leaving the players stunned by her hidden authority.

• Natasha gave the Trailblazer a measured response after learning Clara had received half the painkillers, and the players obtained Natasha as a free character.
• Tang Ya used an ascension pass for a single Standard Warp and received another Natasha, which converted into an Eidolon.
• The party met Oleg, who explained that Wildfire and the Trailblazer shared a goal in dealing with Svarog and arranged an assault on the Furnace Core.
• Bronya agreed to join the operation, saying the Lower District was part of Belobog and Svarog’s threat had to be addressed.
• Natasha announced she would join the operation and showed Oleg her Wildfire badge, reminding him that she had led the group through the Fragmentum when Wildfire was founded.

The Trailblazer’s group earned three certifications to enter Svarog’s Robot Settlement, only to learn they needed Clara’s authorization. After Clara refused to bring them to Svarog, the group decided to prove their value by confronting him, leaving Wang Qiu’er and Scarlet King eager to beat him into submission.

• Sampo led the Trailblazer, March 7th, and Dan Heng to the Robot Settlement, where they had to pass three robot trials to obtain certification.
• The group answered two trivia questions and defeated a malfunctioning robot to earn all three certification levels.
• After the first gate opened, a wandering robot told the group to seek authorization from Clara, and Sampo disappeared.
• The group found Clara in Riveting Town and asked her to arrange a meeting with Svarog, but she refused, explaining that Svarog wanted to keep the Lower District away from the disaster.
• Dan Heng proposed following Clara to the Robot Settlement and convincing Svarog that they could overturn his calculations, while Wang Qiu’er and Scarlet King planned to beat him into submission.

The players defeated Svarog and learned that the Stellaron caused Jarilo-VI’s Eternal Freeze and Fragmentum, while generations of Guardians concealed the truth. Bronya struggled with the revelation, then joined the party alongside Seele as Wildfire prepared to oppose Cocolia on the surface.

• Di Tian and Wang Qiu'er battled Svarog, and their parties survived his attacks after defeating his mechanical arm and shielding Clara with their own Svarog.
• Clara pleaded with Svarog to stop fighting, and he gave the outsiders access to his encrypted records about the Stellaron.
• Svarog’s recordings revealed that the Stellaron caused the disaster and that generations of Guardians had hidden the truth, while Cocolia had submitted to it.
• Seele helped Bronya face the truth about her mother and the Guardians instead of retreating into denial.
• Natasha revealed that she led Wildfire, which took control of the Furnace Core and sent Seele with the party to confront Cocolia on the surface.

The players reached the point where Bronya returned to the Upper District to confront Cocolia, but a Trailblaze Level requirement stopped them from continuing the main story. They raised their levels, completed the Trial of Equilibrium, and unlocked a higher World Level, leaving the group grinding materials before they could resume the journey.

• Bronya left a letter for the Trailblazer's group, explaining her plan to confront Cocolia and directing them to seek help from the Landau siblings if she did not return.
• The group followed Sampo toward the Upper District, but the next Trailblaze Mission required Level 24, so Lu Yuan told them to spend Trailblaze Power on training and farming.
• While the players farmed, the voice of Equilibrium appeared and offered a trial that would raise the World Level in exchange for stronger enemies and better rewards.
• The players accepted the Trial of Equilibrium and defeated the Fire Fatty and Ice Fatty in the Robot Settlement.
• After the trial cleared, the World Level increased, unlocking their upgrade limits, and the Shrek Seven Monsters and ferocious beasts began grinding for materials.

After Trailblaze Power ran out, the players farmed daily missions and overworld enemies to reach Trailblaze Level 24. Lu Yuan sent them to meet Sampo, Seele, and Natasha as the elevator to the surface awaited.

• Wang Qiu'er and Di Tian discovered that they had run out of Trailblaze Power while farming Calyxes, and Lu Yuan explained how stamina recovered and could be replenished with Stellar Jade.
• Lu Yuan directed the players to earn experience through Daily Training, side quests, and overworld farming instead of spending Stellar Jade.
• Huo Yuhao completed a photo task by taking a selfie with a trash can, while Di Tian and Wang Qiu'er repeatedly hunted monsters for experience.
• The players finally reached Trailblaze Level 24 and unlocked the main mission "In the Darkness Outside."
• Lu Yuan told the group to meet Sampo, Seele, and Natasha at the Lower District entrance, where the elevator to the surface was waiting.