Chapter Summaries

Serval and Cocolia had a long-overdue heart-to-heart about their estrangement and Belobog’s looming crisis. Serval agreed to pursue Lin Feng for Belobog’s sake, while Cocolia hoped they could reconcile once their world was saved.

• Cocolia told Serval that she knew Serval liked Lin Feng and urged her to pursue him.
• Serval admitted that she liked Lin Feng but doubted he would return her feelings and feared a brief romance would end in separation.
• Cocolia explained that Lin Feng might be Belobog’s only hope against the Fragmentum, the Eternal Freeze, and the Stellaron.
• Serval accepted Cocolia’s request for Belobog’s sake and said she was glad they could speak again.
• Cocolia said she hoped to make amends with Serval and explore the world beyond the snowfields after Belobog’s crisis ended.
• Serval decided to be brave and leave the outcome of pursuing Lin Feng to fate.

Serval accepted Cocolia’s request to win over Lin Feng, hoping it would help Belobog and restore their friendship. Cocolia privately admitted she was using Serval, confessed her feelings for Lin Feng, and doubted she would live to see Belobog’s renewal.

• Serval agreed to do everything she could to win over Lin Feng and warned Cocolia not to break her promise.
• Cocolia reflected that she was using Serval for Belobog’s future and regretted how their old friendship had ended.
• Cocolia imagined visiting the snowfields with Serval after Belobog was reborn, while acknowledging that her Stellaron-corrupted body might not last.
• Cocolia thought about Lin Feng and recognized that she had developed feelings for him, wondering if they might have had a different future if they had met earlier.

Cocolia suffered a painful punishment from an eerie voice for defying its wishes and tearfully entrusted Belobog's future to Bronya and Serval. Lin Feng then met Bronya outside the Goethe Hotel, returned her rifle, and told her she did not need to follow him around.

• Cocolia received Serval's message and decided to keep agreeing with her while concealing her intentions.
• Cocolia was overwhelmed by a severe, supernatural pain, and an eerie voice warned her not to disobey again.
• Cocolia recovered, cried alone in the Administrative Hall, and entrusted Belobog's future to Bronya and Serval.
• Lin Feng met Bronya outside the Goethe Hotel and returned the rifle she had forgotten the previous night.
• Lin Feng told Bronya she did not need to follow him every day, while feeling embarrassed about what she had seen the night before.

Lin Feng and Bronya went to the Eternal Engine Workshop, where Bronya struggled with her feelings after declining his offer to hold hands in public. During rehearsal, Serval flirted with Lin Feng while Pela reacted jealously, leaving the group’s relationships increasingly tense.

• Bronya told Lin Feng that staying beside him mattered most, and they headed to the Eternal Engine Workshop together.
• Lin Feng asked Bronya to hold hands, but Bronya declined because they were in public and worried about rumors.
• Lin Feng and Bronya joined Serval and Pela, and the group began another music rehearsal.
• Serval sent Lin Feng flirtatious glances and pressed close to him during rehearsal, causing him to lose his rhythm.
• Pela grew envious of Serval’s closeness to Lin Feng and struck the drums harder.

At the Mechanical Workshop, Lin Feng offered to treat Mechanical Tide to lunch, but Bronya, Serval, and Pela each tried to take charge of the meal. Bronya was chosen to cook and set out to impress Lin Feng with her food.

• Mechanical Tide paused rehearsal at noon, and Lin Feng offered to take the band to a restaurant for lunch.
• Bronya volunteered to treat everyone, but Serval offered to cook with ingredients she had prepared.
• Pela challenged Serval’s cooking and said she would do a better job herself.
• Bronya stepped forward and claimed her cooking was better than Pela’s, and Pela agreed based on meals she had tasted in the snowfields.
• Serval and Pela yielded the cooking opportunity to Bronya, who promised Lin Feng she would prepare lunch as quickly as possible.

Bronya began cooking for Lin Feng at the Eternal Engine Workshop while Pela asked to take a photo with him. Serval took blurry pictures with Pela's outdated phone, and Pela realized its limitations.

• Bronya entered the kitchen and began preparing a meal for Lin Feng with enthusiastic care.
• Pela asked Lin Feng to take a photo with her, and he agreed.
• Pela put her arm around Lin Feng while Serval took several pictures of them.
• Pela complained that the photos were blurry and overexposed, and Serval blamed her old phone.

Lin Feng lent Serval his phone to take photos for Pela, but Serval secretly browsed its gallery and formed bold plans to win him over. She left determined to pursue Lin Feng, save Belobog, and restore her friendship with Coco.

• Lin Feng offered Pela his Black Mirror Forest phone and handed it to Serval to take photos.
• Serval admired the phone and asked to familiarize herself with its functions before photographing Pela.
• Serval secretly browsed Lin Feng's gallery and found intimate photos of Himeko and pictures of other women.
• Serval concluded that Lin Feng was a lecher who favored voluptuous women and decided she had an advantage.
• Serval resolved to win Lin Feng over, save Belobog, and restore her friendship with Coco.

Serval took photos of Pela and Lin Feng, then used the opportunity to pose intimately with him herself. Pela watched Serval press close to Lin Feng and grew jealous, while Bronya regretted being stuck cooking.

• Serval photographed Pela and Lin Feng together, and Pela happily reviewed the pictures.
• Bronya watched from the kitchen, regretting that she had chosen to cook while Pela and Serval spent time with Lin Feng.
• Pela's phone ran out of storage and crashed, so Lin Feng compressed the remaining photos and sent them to her.
• Serval asked Lin Feng to take photos with her and leaned against his shoulder while they posed.
• Pela looked up from her photos, saw Serval pressed against Lin Feng, and clenched her fists in resentment.

Bronya cooked for Lin Feng at the Eternal Engine Workshop and grew more comfortable with his affectionate gestures. Later, March 7th complained to Himeko that Lin Feng was probably flirting with other girls again.

• Serval took intimate photos with Lin Feng while Bronya crushed a frying pan handle in the kitchen after seeing them.
• Lin Feng offered to help Bronya, but she insisted on cooking for him herself.
• Lin Feng praised Bronya's meal and fed her a dessert, which she accepted with a blush.
• Serval directed [Mechanical Tide] through rehearsals while Lin Feng planned to deepen his relationships with the band members and prepare for the Stellaron's actions.
• March 7th complained to Himeko in a café that Lin Feng was flirting with girls again.

Himeko and March 7th discussed Belobog’s history and the danger posed by the Fragmentum as they considered whether to help the Silvermane Guards. Himeko urged them to stay low and trust Lin Feng, leaving their next move undecided.

• March 7th asked Himeko about her exclusive Love Light Cone and learned it had reached level 7, surpassing her own.
• March 7th remarked that Belobog seemed unusually old-fashioned, and Himeko explained how the Stellaron, the Antimatter Legion, and Alisa Rand’s wish had shaped the city’s history.
• March 7th suggested helping the Silvermane Guards contain the Fragmentum, but Himeko advised against acting rashly and warned of potential enemies.
• March 7th realized Himeko meant the woman at Qlipoth Fort, whose unfriendly gaze had worried them the previous day.
• March 7th asked what they should do, and Himeko said they should wait and trust Lin Feng to handle the situation.

As Mechanical Tide prepared for its outdoor concert in Belobog, Serval reassured Lin Feng and Bronya before greeting her younger brother Gepard in the crowd. Gepard worried that Serval might have angered Lin Feng, but she insisted they got along well as the band’s performance was about to begin.

• Hundreds of people, including Silvermane Guards, gathered near the Everwinter Monument to watch Mechanical Tide perform.
• Serval encouraged Lin Feng and Bronya, who both promised to do their best onstage.
• Serval spotted Gepard among the audience and teased him for coming especially to see her band.
• Gepard warned Serval not to anger Lin Feng, recalling Lin Feng’s power during their battle on the snowfields.
• Serval told Gepard that Lin Feng was Mechanical Tide’s mainstay and her right-hand man, and Gepard accepted her answer while remaining doubtful.

March 7th and Himeko struggled to see Lin Feng's outdoor performance amid the crowded Everwinter Monument plaza, then climbed the monument's ice spire to watch from above. Lin Feng spotted them from the stage and was surprised that Himeko had joined March 7th in breaking the rules.

• Gepard doubted Serval's claim that she was close to Lin Feng, though he understood why she wanted to befriend the distinguished Traveler.
• March 7th complained that the crowded plaza left her unable to see Lin Feng's performance, and Himeko suggested they make do with the view.
• March 7th proposed climbing the Everwinter Monument, and she persuaded Himeko that breaking the rules was fitting for Trailblazers.
• March 7th and Himeko climbed onto the monument's ice spire and watched the stage from above.
• Lin Feng spotted the two women atop the monument and accepted their antics, surprised that the normally composed Himeko had joined in.

As Mechanical Tide prepared for its biggest concert yet, Lin Feng joined the band as a temporary vocalist and bass player while Himeko and March 7th watched from the Everwinter Monument. The chapter ended with Serval introducing Lin Feng to the packed crowd and announcing that he had provided all of the night's songs.

• Gepard chose not to stop Himeko and March 7th from climbing the Everwinter Monument after learning they were close to Lin Feng.
• Cocolia watched the stage from a nearby restaurant, anticipating Lin Feng's performance as she resigned herself to leaving her plans to fate.
• Serval welcomed the unprecedented crowd to the Eternal Engine Workshop and promised a new style of music from Mechanical Tide.
• Bronya joined Mechanical Tide on keyboard and played the climactic passage of the Belobog March as the Silvermane Guards cheered.
• Serval introduced herself and Pela, then presented Lin Feng as the band's temporary lead vocalist and bass player, revealing that he had provided every song for the concert.

At Mechanical Tide’s open-air concert, Serval revealed Lin Feng’s identity as the Supreme Guardian of the Astral Express, sending the crowd into a frenzy. As the audience gathered and the band prepared to perform, Serval resolved to pursue Lin Feng, while Pela and Bronya steadied themselves for the challenge.

• Serval introduced Lin Feng as the Supreme Guardian of the Astral Express, and the crowd at Everwinter Monument Plaza erupted in cheers.
• Belobog’s spectators praised Lin Feng’s looks and status, while young women pushed toward the stage to see him.
• Serval admired Lin Feng and resolved to make him hers, also hoping to reconcile with Cocolia and help Belobog’s future.
• Pela closed her eyes and calmed herself before playing, while Bronya encouraged herself to do her best for Lin Feng.
• Bronya saw the plaza and nearby terraces packed with spectators, a turnout she had only witnessed at the Worship Ceremony for Jarilo, the Spring God.

Mechanical Tide launched its performance at Everwinter Monument Square with Lin Feng and Serval singing “Against the War,” a rousing battlefield song that stirred Belobog’s crowd. The performance left Gepard inspired to face the Fragmentum crisis with renewed resolve.

• Bronya steeled herself to perform before the crowd, while Serval introduced Mechanical Tide’s first song.
• Pela began the beat, Bronya played the keyboard, and Lin Feng and Serval joined in on bass and guitar.
• Lin Feng and Serval sang “Against the War,” and its forceful music energized the spectators and Silvermane Guards.
• Gepard was moved by the song and reconsidered Lin Feng’s strength after remembering their encounter on the snowfields.
• Gepard regained his determination to defend Belobog and face the Fragmentum crisis.

Cocolia, March 7th, Himeko, and the people of Belobog were moved by Lin Feng’s performance of “Against the War.” The song ended to thunderous applause, and Serval recognized that the Mechanical Tide’s concert was taking off.

• Cocolia watched Lin Feng’s performance and believed he could save Belobog, though she regretted that she might not live to see its future.
• March 7th and Himeko praised Lin Feng’s singing and music, with Himeko reflecting on his long journey and love for her.
• Lin Feng finished “Against the War” as the crowd cheered and applauded.
• Serval addressed the audience and asked whether they had enjoyed the song.
• The crowd enthusiastically praised the performance, and Serval realized the concert was beginning to succeed.

Serval and Lin Feng performed “Courage,” a love song that let Serval face her feelings openly and prompted Lin Feng to respond in front of the crowd. As the duet continued, Gepard suspected his sister had fallen for Lin Feng, while Lin Feng stepped toward Serval and offered his hand.

• Serval introduced “Courage” as a song for everyone in Belobog and walked to center stage, nervous about singing a love duet with Lin Feng.
• Serval and Lin Feng played with Mechanical Tide as Serval sang about finding the courage to pursue love despite doubts and gossip.
• Serval looked toward Lin Feng with tenderness, while Gepard heard the lyrics and wondered whether his sister had fallen for the traveler.
• Serval gestured for Lin Feng to take his turn, and Lin Feng sang about believing they could be together.
• Lin Feng stepped toward Serval and extended his hand, responding to her feelings before the audience.

Serval and Lin Feng performed “Courage,” and Serval realized she had fallen for him and wanted to follow her heart. Watching from the crowd, Gepard suspected Lin Feng had captured his sister’s heart and worried about what would happen when he left Belobog.

• Serval took Lin Feng’s hand and sang “Courage” with him, drawing close as their performance stirred the crowd.
• Serval recognized that she had fallen for Lin Feng and decided she would hold on to her feelings regardless of whether he returned them.
• Belobog’s crowd was moved by the song and its message about love and hope.
• Gepard recalled Serval saying that music would make her fall in love and concluded that Lin Feng had won her heart.
• Gepard worried that Serval might suffer if Lin Feng left Belobog or face uncertainty if she joined the Astral Express, and resolved to talk with her.

Cocolia watched Serval grow close to Lin Feng and reflected on how his arrival had given Belobog a chance to escape destruction. She struggled against her own feelings and the Stellaron’s influence, while March 7th noticed Serval’s growing closeness to Lin Feng.

• Cocolia watched Serval and Lin Feng perform together and hoped Serval might win his affection and help fulfill Cocolia’s wish for Belobog’s future.
• Cocolia removed her glove and saw the Stellaron’s icy-blue corruption spreading across her wrist.
• Cocolia recalled that Lin Feng had shown her a third path for saving Belobog, beyond destruction by the Fragmentum or the Stellaron’s so-called rebirth.
• Cocolia tried to suppress her feelings for Lin Feng, fearing that an obsession could provoke the Stellaron and cause her unbearable pain.
• March 7th watched from the Eternal Monument and joked that Serval had become competition for Himeko.

March 7th teased Himeko about her relationship with Lin Feng, and Himeko asked her to keep their night together secret. Lin Feng and Serval finished their duet, leaving them with a powerful sense of connection and friendship.

• March 7th decided Serval seemed to have fallen for Lin Feng, while Himeko admitted Serval's feelings were developing quickly.
• March 7th teased Himeko about the previous night, and Himeko blushed and asked her not to tell anyone what had happened.
• March 7th promised Himeko she would keep the secret between the three of them.
• Lin Feng and Serval performed the final moments of their duet, sharing an intense musical and emotional connection.
• Serval called Lin Feng her partner and praised his performance, and Lin Feng high-fived her and praised her in return.