Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng asked Welt Yang whether Himeko was single, then approached her on the Astral Express and formally greeted her. Himeko welcomed him aboard and shook his hand, though she quickly pulled away after noticing his gaze and feeling unsettled.

• Lin Feng asked Welt Yang whether Himeko was single, and Welt said he believed she was.
• Himeko overheard Lin Feng's question and wondered about his interest in her, recalling their complicated connection and their encounter in the hospital.
• Lin Feng approached Himeko at the window, and she asked why he was not spending his free time with March 7th.
• Lin Feng said March 7th was reading and introduced himself to Himeko, asking for her guidance.
• Himeko told Lin Feng to call her Big Sister Himeko and welcomed him aboard the Astral Express.
• Himeko shook Lin Feng's hand, then quickly withdrew it after noticing his gaze and feeling unsettled.

Lin Feng teased Himeko aboard the Astral Express and admitted he had secretly taken photos of her in her hospital room for Melon Farmer Pamela. Himeko was left shaken, unsure what Lin Feng intended to do with the pictures.

• Himeko considered why she enjoyed being close to Lin Feng and asked what he wanted to call her.
• Lin Feng called her “little Himeko,” and Himeko threatened to throw him off the Astral Express.
• Lin Feng claimed he was over two thousand years old, but Himeko dismissed his story.
• Lin Feng told Himeko that Melon Farmer Pamela had requested a high-definition photo of her smiling face.
• Lin Feng admitted he had secretly taken photos of Himeko in her hospital room, leaving her frightened about what he might do with them.

After Himeko discovered that Lin Feng had only taken harmless photos of her sleeping, he apologized and told her that she reminded him of a woman he had loved and searched for across the stars. Himeko believed he had spent millennia seeking Murata Himeko’s reincarnation, and his story left her emotions unsettled.

• Lin Feng showed Himeko photos of her sleeping, and she realized they were not the compromising pictures she had feared.
• Himeko accepted Lin Feng’s apology for taking the photos, though she asked him to stop calling her “little Himeko.”
• Lin Feng told Himeko that she resembled a woman he had loved but was not the same person.
• Himeko asked whether Lin Feng had been waiting for that woman for a long time, and he said he had searched across the Sea of Stars in vain.
• Himeko wondered whether she was Murata Himeko’s reincarnation and was moved by Lin Feng’s enduring devotion.

After Lin Feng left Himeko wondering whether she was the person he had truly been searching for, March 7th questioned him about their conversation. Lin Feng admitted that Himeko reminded him of someone from his past, and March 7th encouraged him to pursue her.

• Lin Feng left Himeko after suggesting that she reminded him of Murata Himeko, while Himeko wondered whether she was the person he was truly seeking.
• March 7th stopped Lin Feng and pressed him to explain what he and Himeko had discussed.
• Lin Feng told March 7th that Himeko resembled someone he used to know and that meeting her had brought back some of his missing memories.
• March 7th concluded that Lin Feng and Himeko shared an unusual connection and urged him to make the most of it.
• March 7th said she hoped Lin Feng could win Himeko over because she often seemed lonely.

Lin Feng postponed the Astral Express’s warp to Jarilo-VI and reflected on Himeko’s loneliness and March 7th’s missing memories. Later, March invited him to her room, where their private encounter unfolded as a fantasy battle between a hero and a fairy.

• March 7th told Lin Feng she believed Himeko had grown accustomed to loneliness and recalled Himeko saying she would smile when the journey ended.
• Lin Feng decided to delay anchoring to the Path of Elation, and he put off the warp when Pom-Pom asked if he was ready.
• Himeko agreed to postpone the warp until the next day, and Lin Feng later visited Dan Heng and saw his books and Data Bank.
• March 7th invited Lin Feng to her private room, explained that photographs helped her record experiences after losing her memories, and said she remembered him in her heart.
• Lin Feng entered March 7th’s imagined Dark Forest as a hero, defeated attacking slimes, and confronted the Entwined Fate Great Fairy with a series of powerful techniques.

Lin Feng created an exclusive Light Cone for March 7th after defeating the Entwined Fate Great Fairy in a vision of battle. March 7th absorbed the Light Cone and its memories of their time together, while Lin Feng received a boost to his strength.

• Lin Feng defeated the Entwined Fate Great Fairy and took March 7th’s pure soul in the dark forest vision.
• The system announced that Lin Feng had created March 7th’s exclusive Light Cone, Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw, which raised her combat power by 75% and granted him 20% of its effect.
• March 7th recognized the creation as a legendary Light Cone, and Lin Feng explained that he had made it for her.
• March 7th touched the Light Cone, which dissolved into starlight and merged into her body as memories of her time with Lin Feng surfaced.
• Lin Feng received warm energy and a physical strength increase after March 7th accepted the Light Cone’s blessing.

Lin Feng gave March 7th the exclusive love Light Cone [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw], which moved her and greatly increased her strength. They began leveling it up together, while their nighttime role-playing disturbed Pom-Pom and Himeko.

• March 7th cried with joy after experiencing the memories in [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw], and Lin Feng comforted her.
• March 7th discovered that the Light Cone had enhanced her physical abilities and control over Six-Phased Ice.
• Lin Feng claimed that love’s radiance had given March 7th her power, and she believed him.
• Lin Feng explained how they could enhance the Light Cone, and March 7th eagerly agreed to level it up.
• March 7th and Lin Feng acted out another battle between the Entwined Fate Great Fairy and the Holy Spear Hero, which Pom-Pom overheard and Himeko endured from the next room.
• Himeko fell asleep and dreamed that a man in a commander’s uniform carried her away after asking her to tutor him.

Himeko woke from a vivid dream in which she and Lin Feng acted out a Valkyrie-versus-Honkai-Beast battle, then tried to dismiss her feelings for him as dream nonsense. Elsewhere, Lin Feng defeated March 7th again, and their efforts raised her love Light Cone to LV4, boosting her strength by 100%.

• In her dream, Himeko played a Valkyrie fighting Lin Feng as a Honkai Beast and was pinned after her sword was knocked away.
• Himeko awoke embarrassed, blamed March 7th for her strange ideas, and wondered whether she had fallen for Lin Feng before dismissing the thought.
• Lin Feng defeated the Entwined Fate Great Fairy, March 7th, in their independent world.
• Lin Feng and March 7th raised the [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw] Light Cone to LV4, bringing its strength boost to 100%.

Lin Feng flirted with Himeko in the Astral Express lounge, stirring her feelings while hinting that her stargazing reminded him of someone he had sought. As the Express prepared to jump, he found March 7th exhausted and declining her usual challenge.

• Lin Feng joined Himeko in the lounge and told her that watching her admire the stars was more beautiful than the scenery itself.
• Himeko questioned Lin Feng about his earlier claim that she was not the person he was looking for, and he said her stargazing had changed his mind.
• Himeko changed the subject and told Lin Feng the Astral Express would jump in ten minutes, advising him to sit somewhere comfortable.
• Lin Feng went to the red booth seating, where Pom-Pom offered March 7th orange juice and asked about her usual no-falling-over challenge.
• March 7th declined the challenge because she was tired, and Lin Feng found her embarrassed, exhausted appearance amusing.

The Astral Express reached frozen Jarilo-VI, where an abnormality caused by a Stellaron disrupted the route and extended the crew’s stop indefinitely. As Himeko and March 7th worried about the Stellaron inside Lin Feng, Welt Yang said removing it was nearly impossible and dangerously risky.

• The Astral Express warped to Jarilo-VI, and Himeko and March 7th saw that the planet was frozen and barren.
• Pom-Pom reported abnormal spatial readings, a Star Rail stability of 12%, and an indefinite extension to the train’s stop.
• Welt Yang identified a Stellaron as the cause of the anomaly and explained that it was the same substance housed inside Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng asked whether his Stellaron could explode, while privately considering its power and the risks it posed.
• Himeko and March 7th urged Welt Yang to help Lin Feng, and he warned that removing the Stellaron after it had merged with Lin Feng would be extremely risky.

Lin Feng pretended to be offended by Himeko’s joke and shut himself away, hoping to make her seek him out. Himeko tried repeatedly to contact him, but he rejected every friend request, leaving her flustered and unable to reach him.

• Himeko joked that Lin Feng might damage the Astral Express, and Lin Feng acted hurt before walking away.
• Welt Yang encouraged Himeko to explain herself to Lin Feng and clear up the misunderstanding.
• Lin Feng returned to his room and deliberately rejected Himeko’s friend request to create an opportunity for her to pursue him.
• Himeko sent several apologies and offers through friend requests, but Lin Feng rejected each one.
• Himeko grew anxious and preoccupied with Lin Feng after his repeated rejections.

Himeko reflected on her feelings for Lin Feng and decided to face them instead of continuing to avoid him. After repeated rejected friend requests, she invited him to her room to talk, and he finally accepted her request.

• Himeko offered Lin Feng several valuable gifts, but he declined each friend request she sent.
• Himeko wondered whether Lin Feng's anger meant he cared for her and recalled their past encounters and his role in saving her.
• Himeko concluded that Trailblazing meant facing her feelings and decided to repay Lin Feng's kindness.
• Himeko invited Lin Feng to her room for a proper talk and warned him not to reject her request again.
• Lin Feng accepted Himeko's friend request about two minutes later, leaving her hopeful and expectant.

Himeko invited Lin Feng to her room for a private late-night meeting, feeling flustered about being alone with him while intending to discuss his experience as a Trailblazer. Over coffee, she noticed his lingering gaze and realized she had some appeal to him.

• Himeko added Lin Feng as a friend and invited him to her room to discuss private matters.
• Himeko put the Jarilo-VI journey on hold and planned to have Lin Feng gain firsthand Trailblazing experience.
• Himeko welcomed Lin Feng to her room aboard the Astral Express and prepared him handmade coffee.
• Lin Feng admired Himeko's appearance while they drank coffee together.
• Himeko noticed Lin Feng staring at her, adjusted her dress, and concluded that her appearance stirred desire in him.

Himeko invited Lin Feng to speak with him, but his romantic flattery and shameless jokes turned their conversation into flirtation. She reassured him that she accepted him as a Stellaron Vessel and believed he could become a passenger aboard the Astral Express.

• Lin Feng told Himeko that her beauty would remain in his memories, and his sincere-sounding words made her heart race.
• Himeko asked whether Lin Feng knew why she had invited him, and he guessed that she wanted to watch the stars together.
• Lin Feng joked about watching the stars under the covers, embarrassing Himeko, then claimed he was tired and would behave like a gentleman.
• Himeko called Lin Feng shameless, and he said he would not let concerns about his reputation stop him from pursuing his ideals.
• Himeko told Lin Feng that she did not mind his being a Stellaron Vessel and acknowledged him as qualified to become a passenger aboard the Astral Express.

Lin Feng convinced Himeko to face her feelings for him, then began telling her a story whose characters mirrored them. Himeko recognized the resemblance but remained uncertain as their relationship grew more intimate.

• Himeko apologized for her earlier behavior, and Lin Feng admitted he had refused her explanations so they could be alone together.
• Himeko accused Lin Feng of toying with her feelings, while he suggested that her anger and worry showed she cared for him.
• Himeko insisted she only cared because Lin Feng had saved her, and he offered to tell her a story.
• Lin Feng described a handsome baseball-playing boy and a red-haired girl living in an era of space exploration, and Himeko asked what their names were.
• Lin Feng named the story’s leads Lin Feng and Himeko, prompting her to accuse him of taking liberties with her.

Lin Feng told Himeko a love story about two high school sweethearts whose shared passion for interstellar aerospace propulsion led them into a life together. When Himeko was chosen to pilot a Trailblazer Mech for humanity’s exploration fleet, Lin Feng urged her to pursue her dream and promised to wait for her return.

• Lin Feng described how he and Himeko met over a book in their high school library and spent the seasons together without ever letting go of each other’s hands.
• He explained that after high school, Himeko studied interstellar aerospace propulsion while Lin Feng enrolled in history and literature at the same university.
• Lin Feng said humanity used Curvature Drive Engine technology from ancient alien ruins to explore beyond its home star system, but an alien civilization wiped out the first exploration fleet.
• The Human Federation regrouped and sent an escort fleet with Trailblazer Mechs, which only girls who passed compatibility screening could pilot.
• Himeko was selected as a Trailblazer Mech pilot and considered fleeing with Lin Feng, but he reminded her that exploring the stars had always been her wish.
• Lin Feng told Himeko to keep moving forward and promised he would wait for her return, no matter how much time or distance separated them.

Lin Feng told Himeko how the lovers were separated by war and the vast distances of space, leaving Himeko deeply moved and hoping they could meet again. He ended with their future uncertain, as messages between them would take 8.6 years to arrive.

• Lin Feng continued his story, explaining that Himeko contacted him months after their parting and promised to return after exploring the extrasolar ruins.
• A year later, Himeko messaged Lin Feng that an alien attack had destroyed much of her fleet and killed many companions.
• Himeko told Lin Feng her fleet was fleeing to the Sirius Sector, where messages between them would take 8.6 years, and begged him to forget her and find happiness.
• Lin Feng described how the lovers remained separated by the immense distance, while Himeko asked whether they could ever meet again.

Lin Feng’s story revealed that Himeko had sacrificed herself to save the fleet and vanished into the Sea of Stars, leaving Lin Feng devastated years later. The story deeply affected Himeko, who took Lin Feng’s hand and asked him to continue.

• Lin Feng’s tale described how he joined the United Cosmic Fleet to follow Himeko’s path and search for signs of her past.
• Lin Feng learned that Himeko had ignited her Fusion Reactor to destroy the alien fleet’s pursuit, after which her mech fell into the Sea of Stars and the mothership lost contact.
• Eight years later, Lin Feng watched the snowstorm and broke down in tears, believing his plans and future had lost their meaning.
• Himeko wept as she imagined the loneliness of her story’s namesake and felt that she would never forget the tale.
• Lin Feng asked whether Himeko wanted to hear the rest, and she took his hand and agreed to continue listening.

After hearing Lin Feng’s tragic story about two lovers separated by the Sea of Stars, Himeko asked whether its protagonist found her. Lin Feng said his journey was not over, leading Himeko to suspect that the story’s protagonists were herself and Lin Feng.

• Lin Feng read Himeko a story in which a message from the lost Himeko reached Lin Feng after years of waiting, and Lin Feng vowed to search the Sea of Stars for her.
• Himeko cried over the story and asked Lin Feng whether its protagonist had found Himeko.
• Lin Feng said that Lin Feng’s journey was not over yet.
• Himeko connected the story’s descriptions of Lin Feng and Himeko to herself and Lin Feng, and suspected they were its protagonists.

Himeko imagined that Lin Feng had spent three lifetimes searching for her and, overwhelmed by love and guilt, confronted him as he tried to leave. The chapter ended with Himeko embracing Lin Feng and declaring that she would give up the Astral Express and the Path of Trailblaze rather than lose him again.

• Himeko connected Lin Feng’s stories and his age to a supposed love spanning three lifetimes, imagining that he had searched for her across different worlds.
• Lin Feng told Himeko the bedtime story was over and said he would leave for Jarilo-VI to resolve the Stellaron crisis and repair the broken Star Rail.
• Himeko blocked Lin Feng from leaving and accused him of hiding that she was the lover he had searched for.
• Lin Feng insisted that the story was only a story and said he would not let love hinder Himeko’s journey through the Sea of Stars.
• Himeko hugged Lin Feng and said she would give up the Path of Trailblaze and the Astral Express rather than let him leave her again.