Chapter Summaries

After Mo Bai died in a car accident, a nameless Goddess offered to send him to another world with his memories and body, along with a randomly chosen cheat. He fell toward his new world before learning that his cheat was the Ten Shadows Technique.

• Mo Bai met the nameless Goddess in a dark space after dying while using his phone in the street.
• The Goddess explained that she would send Mo Bai to another world with his memories and body, and Mo Bai asked for a cheat.
• The Goddess summoned a prize wheel of possible cheats, and Mo Bai spun it while asking why she had chosen him.
• The Goddess admitted she sent souls away because she was bored and wanted them to return with stories.
• The wheel selected the Ten Shadows Technique, and the Goddess sent Mo Bai falling toward his new world.

Mo Bai fell into a strange world and fought to tame Nue so he could survive the descent. Just as he landed near a futuristic city, a raven-haired, golden-eyed woman emerged from a portal and warned him of danger before a motorcycle struck.

• Mo Bai summoned Nue while falling, but the shikigami attacked him and charged up an electric shock.
• Mo Bai used cursed energy to strike Nue until it released his hand, then summoned Divine Dogs to defeat and tame it.
• Mo Bai resummoned the now-tamed Nue and descended safely, spotting mechanical animals and a distant city below.
• A portal appeared near Mo Bai, and a raven-haired, golden-eyed woman emerged holding a glider.
• The woman shouted a warning as a motorcycle engine roared beside Mo Bai, followed by a crash.

After Lynae accidentally ran over Mo Bai, she and Rover took him to Star Torch Academy while fleeing a giant centipede. Mo Bai reached the Academy with Rover, who also planned to visit the Infirmary about her frequency loss.

• Mo Bai woke up injured on Lynae's motorcycle as she and Rover fled a giant centipede through a cave.
• Mo Bai summoned Nue to hold off the centipede, then recalled it before the group escaped.
• Lynae apologized for hitting Mo Bai and introduced herself as a Star Torch Academy student, while Rover said she was a preparatory student.
• Mo Bai claimed he had lost his memory, and Lynae promised that Doctor Lu at the Academy's Infirmary could help him.
• Lynae left to deal with a group assignment, and Rover continued with Mo Bai toward the Infirmary, mentioning her frequency loss.

Mo Bai reached the Academy Infirmary, where Abu reacted badly to his Cursed Energy and Doctor Lu treated his wound. As Mo Bai wondered what to do next, the Rover said he would enroll with her.

• On the way to the Infirmary, Mo Bai saw the Rover greet an old friend before Abu emerged from her hand and recoiled from Mo Bai’s Cursed Energy.
• Mo Bai and the Rover reached the Infirmary, where N.A.N.A. learned he was not an Academy student and directed him to Doctor Lu.
• Doctor Lu treated Mo Bai’s wound and asked what he planned to do after he recovered.
• The Rover arrived and told Doctor Lu that Mo Bai would enroll with her.

After being examined at the Infirmary, Mo Bai and Rover learned they could enroll at Star Torch Academy and headed to the teachers’ office with Lynae. On the way, Rover explained Solaris’s frequency-based world, while Mo Bai struggled to explain his own abilities and lack of a Resonance Mark.

• Rover told Doctor Lu that Mo Bai was from outside the Academy, and Doctor Lu said Mo Bai could enter with her recommendation.
• Doctor Lu examined Mo Bai and Rover, warned them against provoking Voidworms, and gave them candies before quietly welcoming Rover back.
• Mo Bai and Rover reunited with Lynae, and Rover said she had already recommended Mo Bai for Academy admission.
• Lynae led Mo Bai and Rover to the teachers’ office to receive their Tacet Discs and become students.
• Rover explained that Solaris worked through frequencies and that Resonators used them to produce special abilities.
• Lynae asked whether Mo Bai was an alien, and Mo Bai tried to think of an explanation for his powers and missing Resonance Mark.

Mo Bai and Rover enrolled at Star Torch Academy with Lynae’s help, learning about the academy’s departments and the dangers facing Solaris. After taking their student photos, the three friends ended the day with a group photograph.

• Lynae guided Mo Bai and Rover to the faculty office, where they overheard teachers discussing the Voidworm and the Voidmatter Magnetic Storm.
• A teacher confirmed Mo Bai and Rover’s enrollment, noting that the Black Shores had referred them and that Rover was a Candidate assigned to the Label Department.
• Lynae explained the academy’s departments and told Mo Bai that Candidates piloted Tunnelers to fight the Threnodians threatening Solaris.
• Mo Bai, Rover, and Lynae took their student photos, then Mo Bai summoned a Divine Dog to help them take a group photograph.

Lynae helped Mo Bai and Rover collect their motorcycles, then showed them around Star Torch Academy and explained Lahai Luo’s defenses and infrastructure. The three ended their ride at dusk, watching the sun set.

• Lynae led Mo Bai and Rover to meet S.I.G.M.A., who assigned them motorcycles and reprimanded Lynae for modifying her vehicle and speeding.
• Lynae guided the new students around the Academy on their motorcycles and explained that its green barrier protected it from Voidmatter Magnetic Storms.
• Lynae showed them the Transit Spine, a roadway to the surface built beside the Tunneler’s Greatsword, and told Mo Bai that the Academy’s sky was simulated because they were underground.
• Lynae explained that Lahai Luo’s mechanical animals, called the Rover Swarm, were parts that had fallen from the Tunneler.
• Lynae, Mo Bai, and Rover rode until dusk, then pulled over to watch the sunset.

Lynae took Mo Bai and Rover racing, then led them to the Transit Spine and explained that the route to the Roy Icefield was closed because of an active Voidmatter Magnetic Storm. After Lynae hurried off to class, her cheerful expression turned grave.

• Lynae asked Mo Bai what he thought of the ride, and he said it made him feel free and carefree.
• Lynae thanked Mo Bai and Rover for joining her and shared how much she admired the Academy students’ dedication.
• Lynae guided Mo Bai and Rover to the Transit Spine and explained that they could ride the train to the Research Institute, but could not visit the Roy Icefield’s surface.
• When the train arrived, Lynae apologized for leaving to attend class and told Mo Bai and Rover to contact her through Feixun if they needed anything.
• After Lynae left, her expression turned grave.

On the way to the Research Institute, Rover worried that Mo Bai might be a Threnodian emissary because he could manipulate frequencies without a Resonance Mark. They reached the institute, where Rover was drawn into echoes of its past until Mo Bai brought her back, and Professor Mornye introduced herself.

• Rover told Mo Bai she suspected his unusual abilities might connect him to a Threnodian, and Mo Bai said he had no whispers in his head and would stay at the Academy.
• Mo Bai and Rover arrived at the Research Institute and followed a senior student's directions through the facility.
• An area resonated with voices from Lahai Luo's past, and Mo Bai broke free while Rover became deeply absorbed in them.
• Mo Bai vibrated the shadows around Rover to wake her, then met Professor Mornye, a researcher at the institute and professor at Star Torch Academy.

Mornye took Mo Bai and Rover to record their Tacet Discs and explained how the discs preserved memories and helped protect people from Voidmatter Magnetic Storms. While Mo Bai recorded his past, the Goddess briefly spoke to him, and the chapter ended with an urgent call for Mornye to deal with Doctor Anselm.

• Mornye explained that Tacet Discs preserved the memories of people consumed by Voidmatter Magnetic Storms as she led Mo Bai and Rover to the recording room.
• Rover recorded her Tacet Disc, emerged dazed, and spoke with Mornye while Mo Bai went in to record his own.
• Mo Bai's recording showed his uneventful past, then the Goddess pulled him into her dark space and teased him about future trouble before sending him back.
• A researcher confirmed that Mo Bai's Tacet Disc had recorded normally, and Mornye explained the discs could warn of approaching storms and offer some protection.
• Someone urgently contacted Mornye, asking where she was and urging Doctor Anselm to calm down.

Mo Bai left Rover and Mornye, but a train accident sent him flying toward Lynae as she confronted the robot Haiveisha. He intervened to help her, then Haiveisha broke free and struck at him, leaving his fate unclear.

• Mo Bai declined to accompany Rover and Mornye to the Research Institute and took the train alone, deciding to keep some distance from Rover.
• When the train began to crash, Mo Bai summoned Nue and spotted Lynae fighting a red-uniformed student and the robot Haiveisha.
• Mo Bai ordered Nue to carry him to Lynae, then used Nue and an unfinished Divine Dogs technique to restrain Haiveisha.
• Haiveisha broke free, rushed Mo Bai, and struck where he had been standing as Lynae cried out his name.

Rover and Lynae subdued the rampaging Haiveisha, while Mo Bai survived by using his Ten Shadows Technique to hide inside his own shadow. Their reunion left Lynae’s unexplained absence unresolved as researchers arrived.

• Researchers discovered that Haiveisha had gone berserk and that Lynae and Mo Bai were in danger; Rover volunteered to stop the humanoid weapon.
• Rover attacked Haiveisha and fought alongside Lynae until they brought her to her knees.
• Rover questioned why Lynae had left Mo Bai and then appeared at the scene, but Lynae struggled to explain.
• Mo Bai emerged from his shadow after using his Ten Shadows Technique to evade Haiveisha’s attack.
• Mo Bai reunited with Rover and asked Lynae for an explanation, but her grim expression left them wondering what had happened.
• Researchers from the Research Institute arrived.

Mo Bai and the Rover defended Lynae after Professor Verlaine accused her of being involved in Haiveisha’s rampage, but missing surveillance footage and her incomplete account left her under suspicion. After the questioning, Verlaine hinted at Lynae’s New Federation background and left looking smug.

• Professor Verlaine confronted Lynae at the battlefield, and Mo Bai and the Rover spoke up for her.
• Verlaine brought Mo Bai, the Rover, and Lynae to the academy as witnesses while the staff questioned Lynae about Haiveisha’s rampage.
• Lynae said she had found a Rover Swarm contaminated by the Voidmatter Magnetic Storm, but Verlaine reported that neither remains nor footage of her arrival could be found.
• The Rover suggested the surveillance footage might have been tampered with, and a teacher proposed checking for signs of alteration.
• After the others left, Verlaine asked Lynae about her New Federation background and whether she wanted to return, then left looking smug.

After the teachers let Lynae leave without revealing the full truth, Rover pressed her to explain the device she had used on Haiveisha. Lynae took Rover and Mo Bai to the library, admitting she wished she could be an ordinary student.

• Lynae thanked Mo Bai and Rover for speaking up for her, then avoided Rover's questions about the device and the mysterious student.
• Lynae checked that Mo Bai and Rover were still themselves and apologized to Mo Bai for involving him.
• Mo Bai admitted that he considered Lynae a friend, while Rover promised to protect him if he was ever in danger.
• Lynae led Rover and Mo Bai toward the library, and she answered Rover's suspicion that she was not just a student by saying she wished she were ordinary.

Lynae revealed to Rover and Mo Bai that she had taken the identity of a dead Remnant Star Society agent to attend Star Torch Academy. She hoped Rover would let her remain at the Academy in exchange for sharing what she knew.

• Lynae admitted that she envied the students who could study at Star Torch Academy and led Rover and Mo Bai to the rooftop.
• Lynae offered to tell Rover what she knew about the incident if Rover would let her stay at the Academy.
• Lynae played a damaged Tacet Disc recording from another agent named Lynae, who had been attacked while traveling to Star Torch Academy.
• Lynae explained that she had grown up in a lawless city in the New Federation and worked as a government mercenary.
• Lynae found a dead Remnant Star Society undercover agent beside an Academy acceptance letter, took the agent's place, and came to Star Torch Academy.

Lynae asked the Rover to help investigate the Remnant Star Society’s purpose at Lahai Luo, and the Rover agreed while Mo Bai declined. At the Cafeteria, Mo Bai encountered Moqu, the Drama Club president, who said he needed Mo Bai’s Resonance Ability.

• Lynae explained that she wanted to protect her life at the Academy and get the Remnant Star Society out, then asked the Rover to work with her.
• The Rover accepted Lynae’s request, and they clasped hands to begin investigating the Remnant Star Society together.
• Mo Bai refused to join them because he did not trust either Lynae or the Rover and could not see through their motives.
• Mo Bai went to the Cafeteria, tried the packaged food, and had his Divine Dog taste it before forcing himself to finish his meal.
• Moqu approached Mo Bai, said he had seen his Resonance Ability, and introduced himself as the Drama Club president.

Mo Bai met Moqu, a second-year student and Drama Club president, who asked to borrow Mo Bai’s Resonance Ability for a performance. Mo Bai discovered Moqu was trying to stage the play alone and left him facing the prospect of a ridiculous show.

• Moqu introduced himself as Mo Bai’s upperclassman and asked to borrow his Resonance Ability.
• Mo Bai and Moqu walked to the classroom building while Moqu explained the Academy and its Tunneler Swarm Creatures.
• Mo Bai realized students were staring at the White Divine Dog and followed Moqu into the Drama Club’s decorated classroom.
• Mo Bai demonstrated that he could store objects in his shadow, and Moqu excitedly proposed using his ability for a show.
• Mo Bai learned that Moqu was the Drama Club’s only member and intended to perform alone.

Rover and Lynae investigated the Remnant Star Society’s plan while Mo Bai learned that Lynae had been taken for questioning over suspected enrollment fraud. Mo Bai went to Lynae’s dorm, where he and Rover reconciled before Lynae returned.

• Rover and Lynae agreed on a plan to warn the Research Institute about the Remnant Star Society’s scheme to lure the Voidworm into attacking it.
• Research Institute investigators took Lynae for another round of questioning after receiving an anonymous report and records from her past.
• Mo Bai heard rumors that Lynae’s enrollment documents might be fake, then met her as academy staff escorted her away.
• Lynae told Mo Bai to wait for her at her dorm, and Mo Bai followed her scent there with the White Divine Dog.
• Rover apologized for asking Mo Bai to help against the Remnant Star Society, and Mo Bai said he regretted turning down his friends’ invitation.
• Lynae returned to her room as Mo Bai and Rover spoke.

Lynae told the Rover and Mo Bai about her life before Star Torch Academy and revealed that the Academy had decided to expel and deport her because it mistook her for the Remnant Star Society’s criminal Lynae. As she prepared to flee, a Voidworm headed for the Academy, and the Rover realized Lynae had disappeared.

• Lynae shared how her life at Star Torch Academy had given her friends and happiness she could not bear to leave behind.
• The Rover asked about the criminal record, and Lynae explained that it belonged to the Remnant Star Society’s Lynae while her own mercenary records had been destroyed.
• Lynae told the Rover and Mo Bai that the Academy had sentenced her to expulsion and deportation, and said she planned to escape before being confined.
• A warning announced a Void Matter magnetic storm, and the Rover realized the Voidworm was heading for the Academy instead of the Research Institute.
• The Rover decided they had to draw the Voidworm away, then noticed Lynae had already left.

As the Voidworm and a Voidmatter Magnetic Storm threatened the Academy, Mo Bai chose to leave safety and help Rover and Lynae. With Doctor Lu Hess staying behind to protect the Academy, Mo Bai rode toward the Voidworm, searching for a way to fight it.

• After the Academy issued an evacuation order, Rover told Mo Bai to go somewhere safe and ran out to confront the danger.
• Mo Bai decided not to flee and left the dorm with the White Divine Dog to help his friends.
• Nue stopped a Tunneler Swarm Creature from going berserk as Mo Bai joined the panicked students.
• Mo Bai saw Rover and Lynae trying to lure the Voidworm away on a Motorcycle and worried that Nue alone could not help them.
• Doctor Lu Hess agreed to protect the Academy, and Mo Bai rode toward the Voidworm to find a way to hurt it.