Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming and Qu An watched footage of their missions together, where viewers praised Xiao Ming’s alertness and teased the pair over an accidental embrace. As they discussed Lin Shange’s attempt to create a publicity CP and Xiao Ming’s approach to missions, their friendship grew more comfortable.

• Viewers laughed at the sidecar tricycle footage and commented on Xiao Ming and Qu An’s accidental closeness, while the other team members caught up and Lin Xiang was caught by a Hunter.
• Qu An teased Xiao Ming about his weight, and Xiao Ming threw a pillow at him before Qu An handed him milk.
• After watching Xiao Ming’s strong performance in the missions, Qu An and Xiao Ming discussed Lin Shange’s plan to manufacture a CP with Qu An, which he had rejected.
• Xiao Ming explained that he treated missions like exam papers and focused on completing everything he could, while Qu An noticed his flexibility and asked whether he had learned dance.

After watching the first episode of Full Speed Ahead!, Xiao Ming gained a surge of attention and was invited to become a regular cast member. Unsure whether to accept, he asked Qu An for advice and decided that he wanted to join because he genuinely enjoyed the show.

• The first episode drew excited online comments about Xiao Ming and Qu An, and Xiao Ming asked Qu An whether he had won Acceleration King in the second episode.
• After the episode ended, Xiao Ming found a flood of calls and messages, rejected business offers, and blocked Tang Gudu.
• The producer invited Xiao Ming to become a regular cast member, while the show’s staff and Green Mango Entertainment pushed for him to join.
• Xiao Ming told Qu An he was unsure about accepting because he did not need the money or want an entertainment career, but he found the show fun.
• Qu An encouraged Xiao Ming to join if he wanted to try it, and Xiao Ming said he hoped Qu An would find something he truly wanted to do.

Xiao Ming met with Producer Li to negotiate his contract as a regular on Full Speed Ahead!, with Qu An accompanying him as his agent. Xiao Ming challenged the contract’s vague and restrictive terms, while Qu An frowned at Producer Li’s attempt to dismiss his concerns.

• Mint Soda released behind-the-scenes footage of Xiao Ming and Qu An watching the sunset, prompting a surge of fan excitement and discussion of their pairing.
• Xiao Ming woke to find that his follower count had reached 880,000, while a fan supertopic for him and Qu An had rapidly grown.
• Yang Yiyi watched the ad footage, saved pictures of Xiao Ming, and decided to watch Full Speed Ahead! after work.
• Xiao Ming agreed with Qu An to join Full Speed Ahead! as a regular and arranged to discuss the contract with Producer Li.
• Qu An accompanied Xiao Ming to the meeting, where Xiao Ming identified clauses allowing the show broad control over filming and imposing unclear pay and penalties.
• Producer Li defended the contract by citing Xiao Ming’s lower status, and Qu An frowned as Xiao Ming questioned the program’s sincerity.

Xiao Ming negotiated a much better contract to join Full Speed Ahead!, while Qu An began to recognize his growing interest in him. Before they flew to Yellow City, Qu An realized Xiao Le had spent the night with Gu Wenjun and sent him away.

• Xiao Ming rejected the production team's unfair offer and negotiated a five-hundred-thousand base fee, a traffic-based revenue share, and protection against malicious editing.
• Xiao Ming signed on for the remaining episodes of Full Speed Ahead!, and Producer Li told him the third episode would include a ninety-minute livestream of the hunters' perspective in Yellow City.
• Qu An asked Xiao Ming to stay at his home, then told Zhu Fei that he found Xiao Ming interesting; Zhu Fei warned him to be careful and reminded him about his follow-up appointment.
• Xiao Ming passed the online interview to become a financial officer for Qu An's fan club and received notice of an in-person interview in Yellow City.
• When Xiao Le arrived wearing a turtleneck before their flight, Qu An realized he had been with Gu Wenjun and messaged Gu Wenjun to take him away.

Qu An and Xiao Ming arrived in Yellow City to film two episodes of the show, and Xiao Ming was surprised to find fans waiting to support him. After the two arranged drinks for their fans, Yang Yiyi defended her decision to support both Xiao Ming and Qu An.

• Qu An exchanged messages with Gu Wenjun about Chen Anle, then left for Yellow City with Xiao Ming to record interviews for the show.
• During his interview, Xiao Ming praised Qu An for leading missions and performing well.
• Qu An's car broke down on the way to filming, so he joined Xiao Ming's car and asked him to help win Acceleration King.
• Xiao Ming spotted fans holding signs with his name and arranged drinks for them and Qu An's fans, while Qu An also had drinks sent out.
• Yang Yiyi, who had funded Xiao Ming's fan support event, told Qu An's fans that she could support both Qu An and Xiao Ming.

The Acceleration Team began a bell-carrying challenge at the opera base while fans outside made peace over drinks sent by Xiao Ming and Qu An. Feng Danke’s stumble rang the bell and released the hunters, leaving Xiao Ming and Qu An poised to run.

• Xiao Ming and Qu An’s fans stopped arguing after realizing the two celebrities had each sent drinks to the other’s fans.
• Xiao Ming met the episode’s guests while Qu An arranged to have dinner with Gu Wuping after filming.
• The guests learned they had to carry a bell to a plate while keeping its noise below twenty decibels, and Xiao Ming drew lot 13 while Qu An drew lot 5.
• You Duidui successfully carried the bell with the noise staying around seventeen decibels.
• Xiao Ming noticed Feng Danke approaching and signaled Qu An to prepare as they watched the surroundings.
• Feng Danke tripped while carrying the bell, setting it ringing and releasing four hunters from their boxes.

Xiao Ming and Qu An hid from the hunters, then received a mission to return the banknotes secretly placed on the acceleration team members. They headed toward the Seven Fairies Opera Troupe, while Meng Na and Pang Ba lost their notes and set off their alarms.

• Xiao Ming and Qu An escaped the hunters and hid in a room of opera costumes after Feng Danke and Lin Shange were caught.
• The marshal discovered the Space Pirates’ scheme and sent a mission requiring the team to return their banknotes to a device at the Seven Fairies Opera Troupe and verify their fingerprints.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An suspected the route and the banknotes were part of a trap, and planned to keep the notes with them while approaching the troupe.
• Meng Na traded her banknote for clothes and a hat, believing the outfit would protect her, but the announcement later confirmed that she and Pang Ba had lost their notes and triggered their alarms.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An reached the dangerous straight road on their way to the troupe and prepared to prioritize fingerprint verification.

Qu An and Xiao Ming evaded hunters, helped Xing Tong escape the Seven Fairies Opera Troupe, and then hid separately while checking that each was safe. Task One succeeded after the remaining Accelerators returned their banknotes, while Dong Yong used a recording to challenge an accusation that he had stolen an item.

• The Space Pirates' leader tried to turn the alarmed Accelerators against one another, but the marshal confirmed that banknotes belonging to Accelerators in the Pause Room remained valid.
• Xiao Ming spotted a hunter behind him and Qu An, and they escaped down a side path before continuing toward a verification point.
• At the Seven Fairies Opera Troupe, Xiao Ming and Qu An avoided the guarded entrance by blending in with maintenance workers, then helped Xing Tong leave through a small entrance.
• A hunter caught up with the group, separating Qu An and Xiao Ming; Qu An hid near a tea stall while Xiao Ming escaped another hunter by climbing over a wall.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An exchanged messages to confirm they were safe and agreed to hide until Task Two began; later, Meng Na was captured, but the remaining Accelerators returned their banknotes and Task One succeeded.
• Dong Yong denied stealing an item and argued that the accuser had planted it in his bag, citing a recording as evidence.

After Dong Yong was framed and expelled from the Seven Fairies Opera Troupe, he went missing, while Xiao Ming and Qu An searched for him and the Celestial Immortal Opera Troupe leader to obtain mission clues. Xiao Ming encountered a Hunter and fell while escaping, injuring his palm, but continued the mission as the production crew debated how to respond.

• Dong Yong cleared his name with surveillance footage, but the Seven Fairies Opera Troupe leader fired him after revealing the scheme to secure the leading role for his son, and Dong Yong went drinking at the Huangmei Tavern before wandering off.
• The marshal issued Mission 2, directing the Accelerators to find Dong Yong and the Celestial Immortal Opera Troupe leader before Hunters were released in 44 minutes.
• Xiao Ming learned that Dong Yong and the Celestial Immortal leader were on East Street, found the Hunter Box at the Celestial Immortal Opera Troupe, and left He Songyi there to wait.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An headed for East Street, but a Hunter chased Xiao Ming; after his cameraman blocked his route, Xiao Ming slipped and scraped his palm before escaping and continuing.
• The chief director sent Xiao Ming a first-aid kit and decided to include the incident in behind-the-scenes footage, while Producer Li worried that Qu An would be angry about Xiao Ming's injury.

Xiao Ming and the others pieced together clues from two opera troupe characters, concluding that “sheng” was the Celestial Immortal Opera Troupe’s answer and “Magpie Bridge” was Huangmei Tavern’s. After He Songyi completed the Celestial Immortal mission, the group tried to move on to Huangmei Tavern, but an unexpected event disrupted their plan.

• Xiao Ming treated his injured hand while Yi Xiaoda searched East Street with the Celestial Immortal troupe leader for a missing male actor.
• Qu An found Dong Yong and brought him to Xiao Ming, who inferred that Dong Yong’s clue pointed to the answer “sheng.”
• Yi Xiaoda and Fanghua were caught by hunters, so Xiao Ming led Qu An, Guan Jun, and Gu Wuping to find the Celestial Immortal troupe leader.
• The troupe leader gave the group a bundle containing the clue “The questioner is not the answerer,” and Xiao Ming worked out that the troupe’s clue pointed to Huangmei Tavern’s answer, “Magpie Bridge.”
• Xiao Ming told He Songyi the answer for the Celestial Immortal Opera Troupe, and He Songyi and Zhong Ka hurried to complete that mission.
• Gu Wuping called Lin Xiang to finish the Huangmei Tavern mission, but an unexpected event interrupted their plans.

The remaining runners completed the Huangmei Tavern mission and began a risky obstacle course to earn revival cards. Meanwhile, photos of Xiao Ming’s injury spread online, triggering public outrage as the production team argued over whether to stop filming.

• Qu An and Xiao Ming reached Huangmei Tavern with Pang Ba, who solved the clue and completed Mission Two while He Songyi was caught.
• The marshal announced an obstacle-course mission at Opera Plaza, where runners could win revival cards by clearing increasingly difficult courses.
• Qu An chose easy mode and exploited a rule loophole by walking until he reached the first obstacle; Xiao Ming explained the loophole to the others.
• Photos of Xiao Ming’s injured hand spread online, and fans and passersby condemned the show’s safety measures as the trending topic grew.
• Producer Li urged the chief director to stop Xiao Ming from filming, but the director insisted that the shoot continue; Producer Li began to ask a cautious question.

After Qu An won a Revival Card in the obstacle challenge, injured Xiao Ming attempted the hardest mode and made it to the finish, earning another card. His success lifted the team's spirits, while Qu An felt an unfamiliar discomfort as others cheered for Xiao Ming.

• Producer Li and the chief director discussed releasing footage of Xiao Ming's injury and inviting him and Qu An to an interview or livestream after filming.
• Qu An outran a hunter through the obstacle course and won a Revival Card, then proudly showed it to Xiao Ming, who praised him.
• Xiao Ming told Gu Wuping he would try the mode with the most hunters first, hoping to tire out their pursuer and earn his own chance at a card.
• Qu An encouraged Xiao Ming before his attempt, and Xiao Ming took comfort in having a friend who believed in him.
• Despite his injured hand, Xiao Ming dodged the hunters in the hardest mode and crossed the finish line, earning a Revival Card.
• The group applauded Xiao Ming's success, while Qu An approached him and felt uneasy hearing everyone cheer his name.

Xiao Ming won three Revival Cards in a difficult challenge, and the team used them to bring back four Acceleration Team members. As a new mission began at an opera venue, a pirate attack disrupted the interstellar system, forcing the Marshal to activate a risky holographic program.

• Xiao Ming completed the challenge and earned three Revival Cards, while Qu An and Pang Ba praised and teased him before Qu An privately urged him to be careful around people in the industry.
• Gu Wuping failed to win more cards, and the team assigned their four cards to revive Guan Jun, Feng Danke, Shan Yi, and Lin Shange.
• Qu An noticed Xiao Ming guarding his injured hand and told him to get it checked at the hospital after filming.
• Dong Yong and the Celestial Immortal Opera Troupe staged The Heavenly Match, but someone cut the venue's power and changed the electrical box password.
• A-Bai reported that the Acceleration Team's energy had frozen and the projection channel to Earth had vanished as the Space Pirates attacked.
• The Marshal activated the newest system program, converting the interstellar environment into a holographic system despite warnings that a malfunction could endanger imperial citizens.

Xiao Ming and Qu An entered the Interstellar Universe to complete Task Four, which required them to perform at the Heavenly Fairy Theater and find a password while evading hunters and disruptive audience members. Xiao Ming recognized his parents’ work on the holographic pods and confronted his desire for their attention before becoming immersed in the role of the Seventh Fairy.

• Task Four froze the acceleration team’s energy and required its members to reach the Interstellar Universe, obtain a password, and enter it at the Heavenly Fairy Theater to eliminate the hunters and restore the energy.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An hurried to the spacecraft as Feng Danke was captured again, then entered Holographic Pods alongside Pang Ba.
• Xiao Ming recognized the symbol on the pod as his parents’ mark and admitted to himself that he had joined the show hoping to earn their attention and pride.
• Xiao Ming, Qu An, and Pang Ba entered a holographic opera garden, where Xiao Ming found himself dressed as the Seventh Fairy and identified their scenario as The Heavenly Match.
• The team learned that the password was on audience seats and that they had to perform while the audience caused disturbances; offline members waited at the theater to operate a time-pausing button.
• During the performance, Xiao Ming overcame his anxiety and slipped into the Seventh Fairy’s role, while Qu An noticed how naturally he acted.

Xiao Ming and Qu An helped their team solve the theater challenge and survived the final hunt, earning Acceleration King medals alongside Pang Ba. After filming, Qu An joined Xiao Ming’s livestream explanation and carefully treated his reopened hand, while Xiao Ming’s scheduled interview still awaited him.

• Qu An and Pang Ba found two seat passwords, and Guan Jun identified the unoccupied seat as Row Thirteen, Column Fourteen before a hunter caught him.
• Zhong Ka entered the correct password, activated the electrical box, and was caught as she fled; Xiao Ming and Qu An hid until the countdown ended, while Shan Yi was caught.
• Xiao Ming, Qu An, and Pang Ba became Acceleration Kings, and Qu An grew upset when he noticed Xiao Ming’s hand had started bleeding again.
• After filming, the director asked Xiao Ming to livestream an explanation about recording while injured, and Qu An offered to join him and rebandage his hand.
• When the medical staff left to help an injured crew member, Qu An treated Xiao Ming’s wound himself and held his wrist as Xiao Ming tried to pull away.

After Xiao Ming injured his hand during filming, he and Qu An livestreamed to explain that the injury was minor and that Xiao Ming had chosen to continue. The livestream fueled online discussion about their relationship and Xiao Ming’s rising popularity, while Xiao Ming went to interview for a position with Qu An’s fan support association.

• Qu An treated Xiao Ming’s hand, then joined him in a livestream explaining that a doctor had examined the scrape and Xiao Ming had chosen to keep filming.
• Viewers teased Xiao Ming as Qu An’s wife and speculated about their relationship, while Qu An slipped him a piece of candy and Xiao Ming said he would focus on his studies.
• After the livestream, the production team posted a statement denying that it had exploited guests, and online attention around Xiao Ming grew as he and Qu An returned to work.
• Qu An told Xiao Ming to contact him if he needed help before they parted ways, and Xiao Ming later headed to an interview for the Qu An Fan Support Association.
• At the fan support association interview, the women recognized Xiao Ming by his username, One Flute Tune, and asked whether he should remove his mask.

Xiao Ming impressed the Qu An fan club’s leaders and joined its leadership team, while Qu An auditioned for a police drama and later met Gu Wuping. The chapter left Qu An speaking with his mother, Yan Zhenshu, about his time on the show.

• Xiao Ming explained his practical and personal reasons for supporting Qu An, and the fan club accepted him as One Flute Tune after a one-month probation period.
• Xiao Ming chatted with Su Erya and the other vice presidents about Qu An, keeping his identity and private filming details confidential.
• After arriving at the hotel, Xiao Ming answered Qu An’s call and reassured him that his injured hand was recovering.
• Qu An auditioned for a police drama’s emotional scenes, drawing on thoughts of Xiao Ming’s injury to deliver a performance that impressed the director and screenwriter.
• Qu An met with Gu Wuping, who passed along Yan Zhenshu’s concern, and then received a call from his mother asking whether he was enjoying the show.

Qu An’s parents teased him about liking Xiao Ming, and a brief call with Xiao Ming lifted his mood before they reunited for another recording of Full Speed Ahead!. At the set, Xiao Ming faced unwanted advances from Tang Gudu and the concealed hostility of Jiang Yuefeng.

• Yan Zhenshu asked Qu An whether he liked Xiao Ming, and Qu An said he admired him and found him familiar; Qu Tingye told him his parents would not mind if he liked Xiao Ming.
• Qu An called Xiao Ming while waiting at the airport, and Xiao Ming’s reply eased Qu An’s low mood.
• Xiao Ming joined Qu An’s fan-support group, helped organize theater buyouts for Mountain, and rejected unreliable brand offers.
• On the way to filming, Qu An defended Xiao Ming when Guan Jun joked about his injured hand, and Xiao Ming said medical staff expected the bandages to come off soon.
• Jiang Yuefeng approached Qu An and Xiao Ming with a friendly smile that concealed hostility, while Tang Gudu tried to hug Xiao Ming and complained that he had become distant.
• Xiao Ming reminded Tang Gudu that he had cushioned his fall when the wire work went wrong, and then stepped away from him.

Xiao Ming and Qu An joined the Prime Plus One Team for a competitive pursuit challenge at Qingcheng’s scenic area, where they hid together and learned that lost children in Miedie Forest were the key to a mission that could convert opponents to their team. After sharing what they remembered about the forest, they prepared a marked map and set out to find the children.

• Xiao Ming and Qu An chose numbers 13 and 5, joining the Prime Plus One Team with Jiang Yuefeng and five others.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An hid in a convenience store, shared grilled sausages and Yiniu milk, and Qu An was visibly flustered when Xiao Ming drank from his carton.
• The pirate leader trapped two lost children in Miedie Forest, erased the venue’s landmark text, and altered the Acceleration Team members’ maps.
• The Imperial Marshal announced that teams could restore their maps and convert an opposing member by finding a lost child in the forest and escorting them to their own area.
• Xiao Ming asked the shop owner who qualified as staff, then marked remembered landmarks and routes on a map while Qu An added details.

Xiao Ming and Qu An rescued missing children, converted members into undercover agents, and navigated new team missions. After Xiao Ming was converted to the Red Team in front of Qu An, he used a conversion card to bring Qu An onto his side, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ming calling Guan Jun.

• Xiao Ming rescued a little girl from Miedie Forest and returned her to the property manager, then Qu An found and delivered a little boy.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An converted Ning Shupei and Zhong Ka into Blue Team undercover members and used Tang Gudu as a potential cover story.
• Qu An rescued the boy while evading a hunter, and the Interstellar Empire Marshal announced a team-wide palmprint authentication mission.
• Xiao Ming and Qu An authenticated, then began a mission to find a conversion card as the teams lost members to hunters.
• Guan Jun converted Xiao Ming into a Red Team undercover member, but Qu An agreed to be converted in turn when Xiao Ming obtained the card.
• Zhong Ka told Qu An that she had converted Guan Jun, and Xiao Ming called Guan Jun after the undercover notices revealed both teams' members.