Recaps

Shen Ranxin visited Lu Zhi in the Anomaly Control Bureau’s luxurious holding room, where the two reunited with kisses and teasing. Lu Zhi then confronted him about giving Shen Qi a diamond ring.

• An Anomaly Control Bureau staff member escorted Shen Ranxin to Lu Zhi’s holding room, where seven senior agents were still recovering from Lu Zhi’s pheromones.
• Shen Ranxin found the holding room to be a spacious, well-equipped two-story suite and discovered Lu Zhi sitting beside its swimming pool.
• Lu Zhi mistook Shen Ranxin for someone wearing his clothes, then froze when he saw Shen Ranxin himself.
• Shen Ranxin teased Lu Zhi and kissed him, and Lu Zhi pulled him into the pool and repeatedly kissed him.
• Shen Ranxin explained that he had brought clothes he had worn, and Lu Zhi asked him to stay with him.
• Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin to explain why he had given Shen Qi a diamond ring.

Lu Zhi confronted Shen Ranxin about the ring he had left for Shen Qi and grew jealous of their past. Shen Ranxin tried to reassure Lu Zhi, who admitted he felt unworthy and demanded to be comforted.

• Lu Zhi pressed Shen Ranxin to respond about the gift he had given Shen Qi and accused him of keeping Shen Qi in his heart.
• Shen Ranxin explained that Shen Qi had been like family to him and urged Lu Zhi to stop talking about dying for him.
• Lu Zhi clasped Shen Ranxin’s hand and lamented that he had missed out on many of Shen Ranxin’s firsts, including his first ring.
• Shen Ranxin tried to swim away, but Lu Zhi pulled him back and kissed him, insisting Shen Ranxin was his.
• Lu Zhi confessed that he believed no one, not even himself, was worthy of Shen Ranxin, then pinned him against the stone wall and demanded that he be coaxed.

Shen Ranxin reunited with Lu Zhi after spending three days in the detention room, where his pheromones had helped calm Lu Zhi. After learning the director had deliberately used the ring to get him to soothe Lu Zhi and was considering drawing his glandular fluid, Shen Ranxin attacked him.

• Shen Ranxin reassured Lu Zhi that he had come back, and Lu Zhi held him and cried.
• Shen Ranxin reflected that his damaged gland had left him with faint pheromones and greatly reduced stamina.
• The director told staff that Shen Ranxin’s pheromones had stabilized Lu Zhi and proposed drawing glandular fluid for research.
• Shen Ranxin revealed he had overheard the director discussing the plan and confronted him about exploiting him.
• The director claimed Lu Zhi’s inducing pheromones might help Shen Ranxin’s damaged gland, and Shen Ranxin grabbed him by the neck and shook him.

After leaving the Anomaly Management Center, Shen Ranxin returned to work and spent a month filming alongside Fang Yu, while Lu Zhi remained in detention as his glands were monitored. The chapter ended with Shen Ranxin taking Fang Yu to dinner before heading back to the Center, where Fang Yu repeatedly vomited.

• Shen Ranxin asked the director whether Lu Zhi could return to society once his glands stabilized, and the director said he believed in Lu Zhi but could not guarantee it.
• Shen Ranxin went back to the production team, where Fang Yu thanked him for joining the drama and asked about his relationship with Lu Zhi; Shen Ranxin teased Fang Yu about Little Jiang Captain.
• After filming for about a month, Shen Ranxin wrapped up, and the director offered him a major supporting role in another drama.
• Fang Yu took time off to see Shen Ranxin off, so Shen Ranxin agreed to have a meal with him before visiting the Anomaly Management Center.
• Shen Ranxin ordered an expensive meal and charged it to Lu Yeshan, while Fang Yu repeatedly went to the restroom to vomit.

Shen Ranxin visited the Anomaly Management Center and learned that Lu Zhi’s unstable gland could only be controlled by removing it, though the surgery was not available. When Lu Zhi embraced Shen Ranxin during a pheromone outbreak, he suddenly realized Shen Ranxin smelled like an omega.

• Shen Ranxin noticed Fang Yu’s unusually strong cherry pheromones and accompanied him to the hospital before going to the Anomaly Management Center.
• The director told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi’s outbreaks had become uncontrollable and that removing his gland was the only known way to stabilize him.
• Shen Ranxin entered Lu Zhi’s detention room without protective gear and was knocked onto the sofa by Lu Zhi, who kissed him and clung to his scent.
• Lu Zhi abruptly recoiled from Shen Ranxin and told him that he smelled like an omega.

Shen Ranxin suspected he might be pregnant after Lu Zhi detected an unfamiliar scent, but a doctor confirmed he was a complete Alpha. Realizing Fang Yu might be pregnant, Shen Ranxin confronted him, and Fang Yu asked him for help while refusing to tell Jiang Ye.

• Lu Zhi sensed an unfamiliar pheromone on Shen Ranxin and sent him out of the detention room while suffering a pheromone surge.
• Shen Ranxin told the director that he had eaten with Fang Yu and might have brought Fang Yu's pheromone scent back to Lu Zhi.
• A doctor told Shen Ranxin that his examination confirmed he was a complete Alpha, prompting him to suspect Fang Yu was pregnant.
• Shen Ranxin found Fang Yu leaving the hospital with his agent and rushed him into a van to question him.
• Fang Yu said Jiang Ye did not need to know and asked Shen Ranxin to help him.

Shen Ranxin learned that Fang Yu was not pregnant and returned to the Anomaly Management Center, where he watched Lu Zhi endure a destructive pheromone episode. Lu Zhi calmed enough for Shen Ranxin to enter, and Shen found him clinging to his clothes for comfort.

• The director diagnosed Fang Yu with pheromone dysregulation rather than pregnancy and explained that Jiang Ye’s soothing pheromones could treat it.
• Fang Yu declined to seek Jiang Ye, while Shen Ranxin left with the director and returned to the Anomaly Management Center.
• Shen Ranxin watched Lu Zhi smash the holding room and learned that the Center had no effective treatment for his genetically determined condition, though Shen Ziqing’s research might help.
• Lu Zhi threw a hand gripper at the observation-room glass, cracking it, before the director judged him calm enough for Shen Ranxin to approach.
• Shen Ranxin entered Lu Zhi’s bedroom and found him clutching and sniffing Shen Ranxin’s clothes for comfort.

Shen Ranxin reunited with Lu Zhi, who believed Shen Ranxin was pregnant and had planned a vasectomy to prevent it. As Lu Zhi fussed over him and arranged food, he apologized for the supposed pregnancy, leaving Shen Ranxin to face his continued misunderstanding.

• Shen Ranxin found Lu Zhi hiding in bed and learned that he planned to have a vasectomy because he was ashamed to face him.
• Shen Ranxin laughed at Lu Zhi's plan, then explained that the pheromone scent Lu Zhi had noticed was not his.
• Lu Zhi kissed Shen Ranxin but became certain he could feel and hear a baby inside him.
• Lu Zhi summoned the director to send food after realizing he had wrecked the kitchen, and staff cleaned and refurnished the living room.
• Lu Zhi inspected the dishes and stopped Shen Ranxin from eating seafood, then apologized for his supposed mistake and worried about his genes.

Shen Ranxin comforted Lu Zhi and promised to help free him from the detention room, while Lu Zhi tried to keep him close. The chapter ended with Shen Ranxin learning how many injuries Lu Zhi had suffered and agreeing to hear about them again if he ever stopped liking him.

• Shen Ranxin explained the pheromone misunderstanding, and Lu Zhi clung to him and asked him to stay for three days.
• Shen Ranxin promised Lu Zhi that he would help get him out of the detention room, and Lu Zhi said they would go home together.
• The director asked to activate the detectors and surveillance, while Lu Zhi repeatedly hit the red button to interrupt him.
• After the director reported Lu Zhi's bleeding wounds, Shen Ranxin told him to let the doctors treat him, and the medical staff examined him.
• A young doctor told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi had endured serious injuries in the past, and Lu Zhi complained that the doctor had ruined his plan to use them for sympathy.
• Lu Zhi admitted he had planned to use his injuries to keep Shen Ranxin's affection, and Shen Ranxin promised he could tell him about them later.

Shen Ranxin stayed with Lu Zhi in the holding room, keeping him company as he recovered and trying to reassure him that he would not leave without warning. The chapter ended with Lu Zhi teasing Shen Ranxin after a bath, while Shen Ranxin admitted to himself that he wanted Lu Zhi’s body.

• Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin to tell him before leaving, and Shen Ranxin agreed while explaining that his previous departure had been urgent.
• Shen Ranxin watched acting lessons while Lu Zhi stayed beside him, then they ate dinner together after surveillance was restored.
• Lu Zhi waited on Shen Ranxin during dinner and smashed the camera’s “Get Lost” button after the director teased him.
• Shen Ranxin prepared to shower, and Lu Zhi changed the bedding and wiped the floor to remove the smell of blood.
• Shen Ranxin offered to help Lu Zhi bathe, but Lu Zhi suspected he was being tempted and went into the bathroom alone.
• After Lu Zhi came out in a loose bathrobe, he teased Shen Ranxin for looking like he wanted to eat him.

Lu Zhi struggled to restrain his desire for Shen Ranxin, who revealed that he was willing and reassured Lu Zhi that no one could force him. Their intimate conversation ended with Shen Ranxin telling Lu Zhi that desire made love real.

• Lu Zhi lay beside Shen Ranxin and secretly kissed him while believing he was asleep.
• Shen Ranxin revealed he had been awake and asked why Lu Zhi had not spoken honestly with him.
• Lu Zhi admitted he wanted Shen Ranxin but held back because he thought restraint was part of love.
• Shen Ranxin told Lu Zhi that he was willing and that no one could force him.
• Shen Ranxin explained that desire could make love real, and Lu Zhi agreed.

Shen Ranxin left Lu Zhi sleeping in their holding room and was approached by Anomaly Control Bureau officers who wanted to know how he kept Lu Zhi calm. After the encounter, a doctor told Shen Ranxin that Cheng Cheng had woken and asked whether he wanted to visit him.

• Lu Zhi cared for Shen Ranxin while he recovered, resisted having his glandular fluid drawn, and secretly ordered condoms.
• Shen Ranxin slipped out while Lu Zhi pretended to sleep and found Anomaly Control Bureau officers waiting outside.
• The officers questioned Shen Ranxin about Lu Zhi's obedience and aggressive pheromones, then argued among themselves about their history with Lu Zhi.
• Anomaly Management Center staff led the officers away, and a doctor explained their reputation to Shen Ranxin.
• The doctor told Shen Ranxin that Cheng Cheng had woken and asked whether he wanted to visit him.

Shen Ranxin confronted Cheng Cheng about Lu Yeshan’s care for him and learned that only Shen Ziqing could perform the gland transplant Lu Zhi needed. The chapter left Shen Ranxin planning to draw Shen Ziqing out while he returned to Lu Zhi.

• Shen Ranxin told Cheng Cheng that Lu Yeshan had prepared cultivated organs for him since birth, but Cheng Cheng doubted his father’s love and Shen Ranxin slapped him.
• Cheng Cheng asked Shen Ranxin to stay, then admitted he had erased Shen Ranxin’s memories and hidden him after believing Shen Ziqing and Lu Zhi were dead.
• Cheng Cheng confessed his jealousy of Lu Zhi and explained that Shen Ziqing had known Lu Zhi’s unstable glands would eventually make him a pheromone-controlled madman without a transplant.
• Cheng Cheng said he understood the gland transplant in theory but could not perform it, so Shen Ranxin concluded they needed to find Shen Ziqing.
• Shen Ranxin decided to make Shen Ziqing come to him and left to return to the detention room, where Lu Zhi was waking up.

Shen Ranxin found Lu Zhi trying to freeze his gland with nitrogen in the detention room and rushed to stop him. The director confirmed Lu Zhi was unharmed but warned that eliminating the gland’s instability was more complicated than simply damaging it.

• Shen Ranxin returned to the detention room, found it freezing cold, and realized Lu Zhi was missing.
• Shen Ranxin searched the basement and found Lu Zhi in a nitrogen chamber, attempting to make his gland necrose.
• Lu Zhi told Shen Ranxin that the treatment had hurt but had not damaged his cold-resistant gland.
• Shen Ranxin confronted the director about suggesting the dangerous method, and the director hurried to the detention room with others.
• The director confirmed Lu Zhi had not been exposed long enough to suffer necrosis and warned that further reckless attempts could kill him.

Shen Ranxin comforted Lu Zhi after his dangerous attempt to get out of detention, and the two discussed investigating Shen Ziqing’s past to find leverage for Lu Zhi’s surgery. They uncovered a possible link to Wei Huizhi and planned to start with the director, Lu Yeshan, and Cheng Cheng.

• Shen Ranxin asked the director to monitor Lu Zhi and encourage him to accept psychological counseling.
• Lu Yeshan visited the center but went to Cheng Cheng’s hospital room instead of entering Lu Zhi’s observation room.
• Shen Ranxin confronted Lu Zhi about his dangerous actions, and Lu Zhi admitted he had feared Shen Ranxin would leave and wanted to escape sooner.
• Shen Ranxin proposed investigating the forbidden room at the Shen family manor, while Lu Zhi revealed that Wei Huizhi’s execution may have changed Shen Ziqing.
• Lu Zhi said Shen Ziqing, Lu Yeshan, Wei Huizhi, and the director had shared a Military Academy dormitory, and that Wei Huizhi’s records had been erased.
• Shen Ranxin said Cheng Cheng might help them investigate, and Lu Zhi reacted with surprise that Shen Ranxin had visited him.

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi questioned Cheng Cheng about Wei Huizhi, and Cheng Cheng suggested that Wei Huizhi's hidden reason for entering the military academy might be connected to Lu Yeshan. The chapter left them with a new lead to investigate.

• Shen Ranxin suggested asking Cheng Cheng what he knew about Wei Huizhi, and Lu Zhi ordered him brought to the holding room.
• Lu Yeshan carried the weak Cheng Cheng to Lu Zhi after Cheng Cheng refused to go on his own.
• Lu Zhi asked Cheng Cheng to explain what he knew about Wei Huizhi, and they traded insults before Shen Ranxin intervened.
• Cheng Cheng said Wei Huizhi had suffered abuse beyond what his sentence warranted, while the Federation and military kept quiet about it.
• Cheng Cheng secretly indicated that Wei Huizhi had another reason for hiding his gender to enter the military academy, possibly connected to Lu Yeshan.

Lu Zhi lost control in the detention room, but Shen Ranxin’s kiss redirected his aggression into possessive affection. After Cheng Cheng was safely removed, Lu Zhi licked Shen Ranxin’s face, leaving the observers stunned.

• Lu Zhi unleashed aggressive pheromones at Cheng Cheng, and Shen Ranxin realized his damaged gland was accepting Lu Zhi’s pheromones again.
• Shen Ranxin kissed Lu Zhi to calm him, but Lu Zhi pulled him into his arms and smacked his backside while Cheng Cheng remained trapped nearby.
• The director ordered two Anomaly Control Bureau officers to carry Cheng Cheng out, and Lu Zhi let them leave without attacking.
• After Lu Zhi loosened his hold, Shen Ranxin slapped him, but Lu Zhi caged him in his arms and licked his face.

As Lu Zhi remained unstable for three days, Shen Ranxin learned from Cheng Cheng that Shen Ziqing was seeking a gene sequence tied to Lu Yeshan’s creation of an immortal AI. The chapter left Shen Ranxin facing a new lead in the hunt for Shen Ziqing while Lu Zhi’s condition remained unresolved.

• The director stopped the Bureau’s surveillance as Lu Zhi kissed Shen Ranxin, and the staff realized Lu Zhi’s behavior resembled Alpha courtship rather than an attack.
• Lu Zhi bit Shen Ranxin’s shoulder, called him “Mine,” and remained unstable for three days before Shen Ranxin emerged from the detention room.
• Shen Ranxin asked the director about Lu Zhi’s condition and learned that Lu Zhi might need gland removal, while Shen Ziqing remained uncaught.
• Shen Ranxin promised Cheng Cheng one day of company each month in exchange for information about Shen Ziqing.
• Cheng Cheng revealed that Shen Ziqing had arranged Shen Qi’s escape and entry into the Anomaly Management Center, and that Shen Ziqing wanted a gene sequence Lu Yeshan had used to create an immortal AI.

Shen Ranxin calmed Lu Zhi during another violent loss of control, then recruited Cheng Cheng to help him find Wei Huizhi’s AI. The two prepared to sneak into the Anomaly Management Center using the director’s and Lu Yeshan’s iris lenses.

• A young doctor told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi might not recover without finding Shen Ziqing, so Shen Ranxin hurried to the holding room.
• Lu Zhi attacked Shen Ranxin when he entered, then recognized him and clung to him after Shen Ranxin asked him to come and hug him.
• The director and Lu Yeshan discussed Shen Ziqing, Lu Zhi, and whether Shen Ranxin might be able to help Lu Zhi.
• After Lu Zhi fell asleep, Shen Ranxin visited Cheng Cheng and asked where Wei Huizhi’s AI was being kept.
• Shen Ranxin gave Cheng Cheng iris lenses belonging to the director and Lu Yeshan, and Cheng Cheng agreed to join him and record their attempt to reach the AI.

Shen Ranxin and Cheng Cheng infiltrated the Anomaly Management Center to reach the AI created from Wei Huizhi’s genetic sequence, while Lu Zhi escaped confinement and joined Shen Ranxin. After extracting code linked to Wei Huizhi’s memories, Shen Ranxin activated the AI’s self-destruct program.

• Shen Ranxin and Cheng Cheng split up to sneak into the core area and reach Room 7092, using Lu Yeshan’s iris data to get past security.
• Cheng Cheng lured the patrolling officers away, while Lu Zhi grabbed Shen Ranxin near Room 7092 and Shen Ranxin dragged him inside.
• Shen Ranxin treated Lu Zhi’s wounds, learned he had broken out of the holding room, and agreed to take him home after finishing his task.
• Shen Ranxin met Wei Huizhi, the AI housed in Room 7092, and learned that it missed Shen Ziqing.
• Shen Ranxin searched Wei Huizhi’s source code, copied code related to its memories, then activated the AI’s self-destruct program.

Shen Ranxin returned to the detention room with Lu Zhi, Wei Huizhi’s genetic material, and a drive of his memories after destroying the AI that imitated him. He refused to surrender the material to the director and declared that no AI could replace Lu Zhi, leaving the director to consider the cost of preserving Wei Huizhi as data.

• The Anomaly Control Bureau found Cheng Cheng, who denied taking Lu Zhi and said he had gone for a walk in the Core Zone.
• The director learned that Lu Zhi had returned with Shen Ranxin, but Wei Huizhi’s AI and special genetic code were missing from the Core Zone.
• Shen Ranxin brought Lu Zhi back to the detention room, kept a vial of Wei Huizhi’s genetic material, and began reviewing memories from a USB drive while Lu Zhi slept beside him.
• The director confronted Shen Ranxin about entering the Core Zone and destroying Wei Huizhi’s AI, then asked him to surrender the genetic material.
• Shen Ranxin argued that Wei Huizhi should not have been confined as an AI and said he would never create a substitute for Lu Zhi, who would exist only in his memories.

Shen Ranxin asked the director to bring equipment so he could read the memories stored on a USB drive, while Lu Zhi stayed close to him. The director later spoke with Lu Yeshan, who revealed that he wanted Shen Ranxin to destroy the AI he had spent half his life training.

• The director realized Shen Ranxin had given his tenderness to Lu Zhi and would not return to Shen Qi.
• Shen Ranxin asked the director to bring memory-reading equipment to the holding cell.
• Lu Zhi carried Shen Ranxin to bed and tucked him under the covers so they could sleep together.
• The director confronted Lu Yeshan about helping Shen Ranxin enter the restricted area.
• Lu Yeshan admitted he could not bear to destroy the AI himself and had arranged for Shen Ranxin to do it.

Shen Ranxin entered Wei Huizhi’s memory and saw a younger, seemingly normal Shen Ziqing waking Wei Huizhi for class and teasing him about his exam. The memory left Shen Ranxin reflecting on how much his father had changed before deciding he would send the old madman to see Wei Huizhi.

• Lu Zhi clung to Shen Ranxin in bed and playfully bit his collarbone before letting him get up.
• Shen Ranxin put on the memory device and entered Wei Huizhi’s memory.
• Shen Ranxin found himself watching through Wei Huizhi’s eyes as Shen Ziqing woke him for an eight a.m. class.
• Wei Huizhi complained about class and tried to get Shen Ziqing to let him copy his military theory assessment.
• Shen Ziqing teased Wei Huizhi by claiming Pei Zhao would break his leg in an hour, and Wei Huizhi called him a lunatic before leaving the dorm.
• Shen Ranxin thought about how Shen Ziqing had once been handsome and normal, then resolved to send the old madman to see Wei Huizhi.

Shen Ranxin relived Wei Huizhi’s memories, from his ordinary school days with Shen Ziqing, Pei Zhao, and Lu Yeshan to the revelation that Wei Huizhi was an omega and a star pirate. After military officials tortured him and tried to force him to submit through Alpha pheromones, Shen Ziqing and Lu Yeshan arrived too late, and Wei Huizhi died by his own hand with Shen Ziqing’s gun.

• Shen Ziqing gave Wei Huizhi breakfast and study notes, while Pei Zhao told him that Lu Yeshan had run three kilometers to buy him food.
• During mecha operation class, a training pod malfunctioned and badly damaged Wei Huizhi’s mental state, and he woke in a military interrogation room with his omega identity exposed.
• The military interrogated Wei Huizhi about his origins and star pirate secrets, but he repeatedly said he did not know, and the Royal Family ordered his release within three days.
• That night, thirteen military officials entered Wei Huizhi’s detention room and decided to exploit his omega status and Alpha pheromones to make him talk.
• Shen Ziqing and Lu Yeshan arrived after the officials had tortured Wei Huizhi, and Shen Ziqing shot all thirteen generals.
• Wei Huizhi asked Shen Ziqing to leave him a bullet, then used Shen Ziqing’s gun to end his life in Shen Ziqing’s arms.

After reliving Wei Huizhi’s suffering, Shen Ranxin told Lu Yeshan and the dean that he would not judge Shen Ziqing’s past, but would do whatever it took to save Lu Zhi. He used the genetic sequence to threaten Shen Ziqing into meeting him within three days, then left to buy breakfast for Lu Zhi.

• Shen Ranxin woke from the memory of Wei Huizhi’s suffering and vomited while Lu Zhi comforted him.
• Shen Ranxin told Lu Yeshan and the dean that he could understand Shen Ziqing’s madness but would not accept responsibility for Wei Huizhi’s death.
• Shen Ranxin said he wanted Shen Ziqing dead because he had harmed him and Lu Zhi, and that he would go mad to keep his lover alive.
• Shen Ranxin threatened to destroy the genetic sequence unless Shen Ziqing met him within three days, and Lu Yeshan agreed to deliver the message.
• Shen Ranxin left the Anomaly Management Center to buy breakfast for Lu Zhi, while Lu Yeshan and the dean discussed how dangerous he could become if Lu Zhi died.