Recaps

Qi Yu told Bai Luochuan that, during their second meeting in the past, he had been suffering from a pheromone imbalance and trusted Bai Luochuan enough to accept his medicine and injection. Bai Luochuan decided to visit the mecha that night and learn more so he would be prepared to meet Qi Yu's past self.

• Qi Yu explained that he had been more conscious during his second encounter with Bai Luochuan than during their first.
• Qi Yu recalled that a pheromone imbalance had nearly driven him to take his own life before Bai Luochuan rushed into the mecha cockpit and treated him.
• Qi Yu told Bai Luochuan that he trusted him completely and would accept anything from him, even death.
• Bai Luochuan warned Qi Yu against trusting strangers with medicine, then ruffled his hair.
• Bai Luochuan asked Qi Yu to take him to see the mecha and teach him its basics before he met Qi Yu's past self.

Bai Luochuan paid to enter the special date and arrived at the war-ravaged battlefield where he had first met Qi Yu as a young adult. He forced open Qi Yu’s mech and climbed toward the cockpit, where the game finally notified him that the needed items had been transferred to his inventory.

• Bai Luochuan trained with Qi Yu for a day and a half on forcibly opening and shutting down mechs, then paid to unlock the special date.
• Bai Luochuan entered the date alone and found himself in his former mercenary body amid the battlefield ruins.
• Bai Luochuan followed the map on his phone to Qi Yu’s trembling mech, which had been cleared of nearby enemies.
• Bai Luochuan used the mech’s emergency mechanism to force open the cockpit hatch and climbed inside by the stairs.
• Bai Luochuan worried that the game had not provided the medicine he needed, then received a notification that the required items were in his inventory.

Bai Luochuan climbed to the cockpit and found Qi Yu suffering from a severe pheromone crisis. He gave Qi Yu the Panacea and a tranquilizer, and Qi Yu asked whether they had met before.

• Bai Luochuan discovered that two medicines had appeared in his pocket: the Panacea and a tranquilizer.
• Bai Luochuan realized that the dead body he occupied could not sense Qi Yu’s pheromones or suffer their effects.
• Bai Luochuan found Qi Yu half-conscious in the cockpit, enduring intense pain.
• Bai Luochuan gave Qi Yu the Panacea, then injected him with the tranquilizer after Qi Yu signaled his trust.
• Qi Yu asked Bai Luochuan, “Have I... met you before?”

Bai Luochuan carried the badly injured Fox from the Mecha to a shelter and watched over him as the medicine improved his condition. Before Fox fell asleep again, Bai Luochuan promised they would meet again and that he would not disappear for years.

• Qi Yu fell into a deep coma after clutching Bai Luochuan's arm, and his body changed back into a small fox.
• Bai Luochuan shut down the Mecha, followed the coordinates on his phone, and carried Fox to a rickety house.
• Bai Luochuan settled near the door and confirmed that Fox's breathing and heartbeat had improved.
• Bai Luochuan stroked Fox's fur, then reassured him that he could rest while Bai Luochuan protected him.
• Bai Luochuan promised Fox that they would meet again and that he would not disappear for years, and Fox closed his eyes and slept.

Bai Luochuan received a warning that a large number of enemies were approaching and found weapons supplied by the Game System. He fought the monstrous, coordinated beasts for more than a day while protecting the unconscious Fox, and had reduced their number to three by the chapter’s end.

• Bai Luochuan saw the Game System’s warning and found firearms with unlimited bullets and a blade beside him.
• Bai Luochuan tucked the unconscious Fox inside his coat, armed himself, and left the building.
• Bai Luochuan encountered oversized, coordinated beasts whose tough hides could withstand gunfire unless he hit a vital spot.
• After being wounded, Bai Luochuan charged back into the beasts to keep them from tracking him and Fox by the smell of blood.
• Bai Luochuan fought through the day and night, then killed one of the last monsters with his blade and gun, leaving three.

Bai Luochuan survived a deadly battle against monsters during the special date, then returned to the dorm and reunited with Qi Yu. He revealed that he had witnessed Qi Yu’s pheromones going out of control and had fought alone to protect him, leaving Qi Yu overwhelmed by his devotion.

• Bai Luochuan killed the last monster, received confirmation that the date tasks were complete, and comforted the bloodstained fox before losing consciousness.
• Bai Luochuan woke in the dorm, where Qi Yu embraced him and helped him calm down.
• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu that he had seen him lose control of his pheromones in the mech.
• Qi Yu showed Bai Luochuan an image of the monsters and explained that rescuers had found their bodies around him but no sign of the person who had fought them.
• Qi Yu realized Bai Luochuan had faced the monsters alone to save him and became choked with emotion.

Bai Luochuan reassured Qi Yu after returning from a dangerous Special Date, then told him the truth about what he had endured. He reflected that his desire to protect Qi Yu had made him stronger and left him determined to keep improving.

• Qi Yu trembled with worry as he realized Bai Luochuan had fought monsters without a mech, but Bai Luochuan tried to reassure him that he had returned unharmed.
• Qi Yu asked Bai Luochuan to recount what had really happened and reminded him not to tell even well-intentioned lies.
• Bai Luochuan described his experiences during the Special Date, and Qi Yu grew so distressed that he asked whether Bai Luochuan had died before leaving that world.
• Bai Luochuan insisted he had not died, but Qi Yu pulled him into a tight embrace before he could finish explaining.
• Bai Luochuan explained that the game had given him his old body and powerful weapons, then recalled realizing that wanting to protect Qi Yu had made him stronger.

Bai Luochuan reassured Qi Yu that he did not regret risking himself to save him, and the two promised to face future dangers together. As they headed to training, Qi Yu revealed that military experts had once speculated a god had saved him, and said he now believed the god was Bai Luochuan.

• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu he did not regret the dangerous date because he had saved him.
• Qi Yu asked Bai Luochuan not to face deadly dangers alone again and vowed to grow strong enough to stand beside him.
• Bai Luochuan suggested they improve together, and Qi Yu agreed.
• Bai Luochuan woke eager to train, while Qi Yu offered to request leave for him.
• Qi Yu explained that military experts had suspected a god saved him during two past rescues, then said he believed Bai Luochuan was a god who belonged to him alone.

Bai Luochuan joined the Alphas’ lesson on combat knowledge, while Qi Yu came along so he could stay by his side. When the class began, Bai Luochuan recognized the monsters on the slides as the ones he had fought the previous night.

• Bai Luochuan decided to attend the Alphas’ academic class to learn more about combat and the monsters in this world.
• Qi Yu offered to teach Bai Luochuan privately, but Bai Luochuan told him to rest instead.
• Qi Yu appeared in the classroom anyway and sat beside Bai Luochuan, explaining that being with him was how he rested.
• Qi Yu claimed he wanted to review the material and improve his understanding, and Bai Luochuan let the matter go.
• When the teacher opened the course slides, Bai Luochuan recognized the monsters pictured as the ones he had fought the previous night.

Bai Luochuan learned that the Empire’s people had studied the monsters since childhood, then listened to an instructor explain their toughness and the need to fight them with mechas and lightsabers. The lesson left him questioning the standard tactics, while Qi Yu stayed by his side, and the instructor concluded that the Empire’s hero was certainly not a romantic.

• Qi Yu explained that monsters were common knowledge in the Empire because children learned about them in elementary school, while Bai Luochuan had missed that basic education.
• The instructor taught that monsters had nearly impenetrable skin and were best fought with mechas and lightsabers, warning students not to confront them if their equipment failed.
• Bai Luochuan said that attacking a monster’s weak points with blades and guns could still work, recalling how he had fought them in the game.
• Qi Yu clasped Bai Luochuan’s fingers, moved by the hardships he had endured.
• During the break, the instructor worried that Qi Yu was inspecting his teaching, but the Alphas explained Qi Yu had come to accompany Bai Luochuan, his permanently marked Omega partner.
• The instructor rejected the idea that the Empire’s hero was preoccupied with romance, insisting that Qi Yu absolutely was not.

During a lesson on fighting monsters, Qi Yu told the class how someone had rescued him when he was trapped in a failing Mecha and defeated the monsters with ordinary weapons. He left the class thinking his story sounded like a myth, while urging them to include hand-to-hand combat in their training.

• The instructor warned the alphas that fighting monsters without a Mecha was extremely dangerous and advised them to end their own lives if surrounded by a group.
• An alpha asked whether Qi Yu had faced a similar crisis, and the class turned to hear his account.
• Qi Yu explained that, while comatose inside his failing Mecha, he had been rescued and hidden in ruins before monsters found him.
• Qi Yu said his rescuer protected him and defeated the monsters using ordinary guns and knives rather than a Mecha or lightsaber.
• The instructor and students struggled to believe the story, and Qi Yu recommended adding hand-to-hand combat to their daily training.

Qi Yu told the class how an unknown hero had saved him, while keeping Bai Luochuan’s identity secret. Back in their dorm, Qi Yu explained that he wanted to keep Bai Luochuan’s dazzling strength to himself.

• Qi Yu finished recounting how he had survived a battlefield crisis, and the instructor praised his point about the importance of physical training.
• The instructor asked whether Qi Yu had found the person who saved him, prompting the Alphas to speculate that a divine manifestation had intervened.
• Qi Yu confirmed that he had met his rescuer but refused to introduce him, saying the students would doubt what they saw.
• After class, Bai Luochuan followed Qi Yu back to the dorm and asked why he had not told the class the truth.
• Qi Yu said he wanted to boast about Bai Luochuan’s love for him but also hoped to keep Bai Luochuan’s dazzling power for himself.

Qi Yu arranged for Bai Luochuan to demonstrate fighting monsters with ordinary weapons in simulated combat, hoping to show his Alpha trainees that the task was achievable. The trainees gathered to watch, but when Bai Luochuan appeared alone on the field, one worriedly asked whether he would be scared.

• Bai Luochuan volunteered to demonstrate hand-to-hand combat against monsters, and Qi Yu reluctantly agreed.
• Qi Yu told the Alphas they would watch a demonstration before beginning their own training with ordinary blades and guns.
• The Alphas assumed Qi Yu or the hero who had once saved him would demonstrate, while Qi Yu led them to the spectator stands without correcting them.
• Bai Luochuan appeared alone on the training field, leaving the trainees bewildered about whether he would be scared.

Bai Luochuan faced a group of monsters in a full-difficulty combat simulation while Qi Yu and the others watched. After defeating them all, Bai Luochuan said he could handle a few more.

• Qi Yu started the actual-combat training simulation after reminding Bai Luochuan to protect himself.
• Five monsters appeared, and Qi Yu offered to add more if Bai Luochuan wanted.
• Bai Luochuan calmly dodged the monsters and counterattacked as the spectators watched.
• Bai Luochuan killed the first monster by striking its weak point and shooting its eye.
• Bai Luochuan defeated the remaining monsters and said he had underestimated himself and could take on a few more.

Bai Luochuan impressed the Alphas by fighting five monsters in a simulated demonstration, inspiring them to train with renewed enthusiasm. When they speculated that he had faced monsters before and might have saved Qi Yu, Qi Yu left the truth unconfirmed and ordered them back to training.

• Qi Yu ended Bai Luochuan’s demonstration after he defeated the five opponents, then praised him as the Alphas celebrated his performance.
• Inspired by Bai Luochuan, the Alphas eagerly resumed training, and Qi Yu joined them to practice alongside his instruction.
• An Alpha joked that Bai Luochuan must have faced the monsters before, and Qi Yu responded with an ambiguous half-smile.
• The Alphas speculated that Bai Luochuan had saved Qi Yu, but Qi Yu refused to explain and told them to keep training.

Qi Yu stopped Bai Luochuan’s routine combat training and took him to a private training ground built for his true form. He explained that Bai Luochuan could train there alone with Qi Yu, without worrying about damaging the reinforced floor and walls.

• Qi Yu told Bai Luochuan that simulated combat had little to teach him after his real battles, and that another instructor would supervise the other Alphas.
• Qi Yu kissed Bai Luochuan, then led him away from the usual training area.
• Bai Luochuan realized they were leaving the part of the base he knew and learned that Qi Yu was taking him to a new training ground made specifically for him.
• Qi Yu showed Bai Luochuan the reinforced training ground and said he could train in his true form while Qi Yu stayed with him.

Bai Luochuan transformed into his Fire Dragon form in the Training Ground while Qi Yu stayed beside him, and they confirmed that Bai Luochuan could control his size and avoid harming Qi Yu. Qi Yu then had him destroy the surveillance equipment, leaving the higher-ups unable to watch the training remotely.

• Bai Luochuan learned that others had backed out of accompanying him because his Fire Dragon form burned any living creature that approached, so Qi Yu stayed with him.
• Bai Luochuan worried he might step on Qi Yu while transforming, but Qi Yu reassured him that he could protect himself and that Bai Luochuan had never hurt him before.
• Bai Luochuan took his Fire Dragon form and kept a safe distance from Qi Yu, confirming that he could control his position despite his enormous size.
• Qi Yu pointed out a surveillance camera, and Bai Luochuan moved close enough to burn it out without using dragonfire.
• Qi Yu told Bai Luochuan to destroy every surveillance device in the Training Ground, preventing the higher-ups from watching the training remotely.

Qi Yu tried to train Bai Luochuan in his Giant Dragon form, then used the facility to test his attacks by showing him what it identified as his deepest fear. Bai Luochuan saw a dead fox resembling Qi Yu but dismissed the simulation as fake.

• Qi Yu stopped the ineffective exercises and asked Bai Luochuan about his instincts in Giant Dragon form.
• Bai Luochuan said he could fly and agreed to test his attacks in the simulation facility.
• Qi Yu operated the controls, expecting the facility to project something Bai Luochuan feared.
• The screen showed a bloodied, motionless white fox with nine tails, but Bai Luochuan calmly called the image fake and said it needed to look more realistic.

Qi Yu explained that the training device was meant to reveal Bai Luochuan’s fears, then asked him to imagine Qi Yu trapped by monsters. Bai Luochuan attacked the screen with dragon fire before collapsing, assuring Qi Yu that Fox-Fox was safe.

• Bai Luochuan explained that he recognized the fox on the screen as fake because its tails and fur were wrong and he knew Qi Yu would not collapse beside him.
• Qi Yu revealed the training device’s purpose, but Bai Luochuan said simulated danger would not scare him because he had faced real monsters before.
• Qi Yu asked Bai Luochuan to imagine monsters trapping him and consider how he would rescue him.
• Bai Luochuan’s eyes filled with killing intent, and he destroyed the screen and part of the wall with dragon fire.
• Bai Luochuan’s dragon form vanished as he collapsed from exhaustion, and he told Qi Yu that Fox-Fox was safe.

Bai Luochuan had collapsed from overexertion, and the doctor said Qi Yu’s pheromones would be enough to help him recover. After confronting the base officers about the damaged training ground, Qi Yu said Bai Luochuan’s next training session should take place in an open area so he could try flying.

• The doctor told Qi Yu that Bai Luochuan had collapsed from overexertion and needed only his Alpha’s pheromones to recover.
• Qi Yu stayed beside Bai Luochuan, kissed his hand, and lamented that he had pushed himself so hard.
• The base officers came to speak with Qi Yu, who questioned the person in charge about the training ground’s damaged wall and worried that Bai Luochuan might have been hurt.
• The adjutant apologized and promised to restore the training ground with sturdier materials.
• Qi Yu said the next session should use an open area so Bai Luochuan could try flying as a Giant Dragon.

After Bai Luochuan woke in the hospital, Qi Yu comforted him and teased him with his pheromones, then carried him home to address his habit of exhausting himself while trying to protect Qi Yu. The chapter left Bai Luochuan nervous about what Qi Yu meant by making sure he learned his lesson.

• The base leaders agreed to plan an uninterrupted route for Qi Yu to test the Giant Dragon, then asked about Bai Luochuan's condition.
• Qi Yu returned to the hospital room, where Bai Luochuan woke and began to apologize, but Qi Yu kissed him and took responsibility for the training and mental exercise.
• Bai Luochuan explained how imagining the scene had made him angry, caused him to attack, and left him collapsing from dizziness before he could help Qi Yu escape.
• Qi Yu increased his pheromones to help Bai Luochuan recover and kissed him until Bai Luochuan grew flustered and warned him they were in public.
• Qi Yu laughed at Bai Luochuan's alarm, picked him up, and carried him home, saying he was frightened by Bai Luochuan's reckless self-sacrifice and would make sure he learned his lesson.

Qi Yu carried Bai Luochuan back to their dormitory and punished him for his reckless actions, leaving him exhausted and unable to move. When Bai Luochuan woke, Qi Yu assured him that he had reported their absence and that their leave was authorized.

• Qi Yu stopped Bai Luochuan from getting out of the car, teased him about seeming eager, then carried him into the dormitory.
• Bai Luochuan opened the door for Qi Yu, then embraced and kissed him as soon as they were inside.
• Qi Yu restrained Bai Luochuan’s hands to the headboard and continued their passionate encounter, feeding him along the way.
• Bai Luochuan later woke sore and weak, barely able to speak as Qi Yu returned with food.
• Qi Yu gave Bai Luochuan water and explained that he had reported their absence and that their monthly leave allowance covered the time they spent recovering.

Bai Luochuan recovered after an intimate day with Qi Yu, then continued training and learning to control his Giant Dragon form. As monsters appeared to be preparing for another war, the higher-ups asked Qi Yu to bring Bai Luochuan to the battlefield, leaving their decision unresolved.

• Qi Yu apologized for pushing Bai Luochuan too far, and Bai Luochuan accepted his apology before letting Qi Yu feed him porridge.
• Qi Yu refused to let Bai Luochuan return to training that day, and they spent their leave together at home.
• In the following days, Bai Luochuan trained and practiced controlling his Giant Dragon form and operating a Mecha with Qi Yu.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu discovered that his Giant Dragon form’s heat remained uncontrolled and that he could sustain the transformation for only a few hours before exhaustion and unconsciousness.
• The higher-ups told Qi Yu that monsters seemed to be preparing for another war and urged him to bring Bai Luochuan to the battlefield.

Qi Yu admitted that he was preparing to go to the battlefield but had kept it from Bai Luochuan because he feared Bai Luochuan would be hurt. Bai Luochuan insisted on joining him as his copilot, and Qi Yu was left to accept that they would face the danger together.

• Bai Luochuan cornered Qi Yu after training and demanded to know what he had been hiding.
• Bai Luochuan said he would go to the battlefield, and Qi Yu admitted he was going but had hesitated to tell him.
• Bai Luochuan guessed that Qi Yu wanted to keep him behind and challenged him about bringing someone else into the cockpit.
• Bai Luochuan explained that he could help with Qi Yu's pheromones and protect him by transforming into a Giant Dragon.
• Qi Yu confessed that he feared Bai Luochuan would be hurt, but Bai Luochuan insisted they would go together and return—or face the end—side by side.

Qi Yu accepted Bai Luochuan’s decision to join him on the front lines, on the condition that they pilot the same Mecha, and Bai Luochuan trained harder in preparation. A month later, they entered Qi Yu’s Mecha, where he told Bai Luochuan to focus on watching him as they prepared to depart.

• Qi Yu told the senior officials that Bai Luochuan would join him in battle only if they piloted the same Mecha, and they agreed to his conditions.
• Bai Luochuan intensified his training, prompting his Alpha teammates to wonder why he was pushing himself so hard.
• Qi Yu explained that Bai Luochuan’s main duty on the front lines would be to protect him, helping Bai Luochuan escape the awkward questions.
• A month later, Bai Luochuan followed Qi Yu into his Mecha after spending the previous weeks learning to operate alongside him.
• Qi Yu reminded Bai Luochuan to keep his eyes on him and leave everything else to him, saying he would not lose.