Recaps

After receiving several rewards but no Mission Settlement Card, Han Xiao suddenly attacked Morning Star during their farewell handshake. He left Morning Star badly weakened with Hila's Character Summon Card and appeared to have sabotaged the statues Morning Star used to restore his psychic power.

• Han Xiao selected Advanced Mental Fortitude from his talent choices and collected his rewards.
• Han Xiao surprised Morning Star with a headbutt and Void Jet, then ordered Melos to hold off the guards while the others protected Sylvia.
• Morning Star unleashed psychic attacks and battered Han Xiao with a torrent of objects, but Han Xiao kept pressing him.
• Morning Star drained the Psionic Undercurrent from four statues to restore and amplify his power.
• Han Xiao summoned Hila's phantom and struck Morning Star's mind, causing his psychic power to collapse and leaving him kneeling as he accused Han Xiao of tampering with the statues.

Han Xiao captured Morning Star and escaped the hotel with his team, then learned that the body’s true owner was Audrian Kevinson Fording. Fording introduced himself calmly and described Morning Star as an unfriendly guest sharing his body.

• Han Xiao defeated Morning Star with mental toxin and psychic attacks, then knocked him unconscious.
• Han Xiao blasted a hole through the hotel wall, and he and his team escaped in a stolen hovercar while evading the police.
• Han Xiao told Melos that Morning Star was his target and said Morning Star would clear their names himself.
• Han Xiao woke Morning Star, whose demeanor and voice changed as he introduced himself as Audrian Kevinson Fording, the owner of the body.

Han Xiao uncovered that Morning Star was a Psychic Parasite controlling Fording’s body and offered to help him regain it in exchange for her savings. Fording agreed to stay with Han Xiao and help clear the group’s wanted status, but asked him to spare Morning Star.

• Han Xiao identified Morning Star as a Psychic Parasite, and Volga Third Brother explained how the technique trapped Fording’s consciousness inside his own body.
• Fording told the group that Morning Star had taken over his body nearly five years earlier after he rescued her from a crashed spaceship.
• Han Xiao recognized Fording’s hidden potential and offered to help him suppress Morning Star, asking for access to her savings in return.
• Fording said Morning Star had threatened to take him down if he touched her money, so he agreed to stay with Han Xiao until they could resolve the possession.
• Fording asked Han Xiao not to kill Morning Star, then agreed to help cancel the group’s wanted order after treating his injuries.

After Fording returned to control of the body, he canceled Morning Star’s performances and chose to leave with Han Xiao’s mercenaries. Han Xiao received a hidden mission to decide the fate of Fording and Morning Star, and suspected its unknown fourth condition would require helping them resolve their conflict over time.

• Fording returned to the hotel with Han Xiao’s group, and the police and reporters questioned him before accepting his explanation and leaving.
• Fording dismissed Morning Star’s support team, announced that he was suspending his career, and chose to leave with the mercenaries.
• Han Xiao received a hidden mission offering him a choice between letting either consciousness control the body or helping Fording and Morning Star reconcile.
• Han Xiao offered to suppress Morning Star without harming her so Fording could keep control while they negotiated.
• Fording agreed and said he could use Morning Star’s memories to train his psychic abilities, prompting Han Xiao to suspect the unknown mission condition involved a long-term solution.

After leaving the colony planet with Fording, Han Xiao’s group helped him suppress Morning Star and discovered that he had awakened psychic powers with extraordinary speed. As Han Xiao planned their next mission, Aroshia described a weak Grade B bottleneck and dreams that might hold her lost memories.

• Fording boarded Han Xiao’s spaceship after reporters tried to stop Morning Star from leaving, and Han Xiao blasted them away from the ramp.
• On the journey, Volga Third Brother trapped Morning Star’s consciousness behind mental barriers and slowed her recovery for fifteen days.
• Fording revealed that he had awakened psychic powers in only a few hours by drawing on Morning Star’s memories and shared abilities.
• Han Xiao considered pursuing another mission to gain rewards and advance toward level 100.
• Aroshia told Han Xiao that her Grade B bottleneck seemed easy to break and that her recent dreams might contain her lost memories.

Aroshia advanced to Grade B, unlocking a new stage of her memory-recovery mission. Han Xiao decided to help her search for the places in her visions, then drew an item reward that offered none of the rewards he wanted.

• Han Xiao took Aroshia to a nearby asteroid so she could safely break through to Grade B.
• Aroshia's energy surged and transformed before her body reappeared, completing the first stage of [Restart] and earning Han Xiao experience and a random reward.
• Aroshia described familiar visions and locations that seemed to call to her, prompting the second stage of [Restart] to send Han Xiao searching for her memory fragments.
• Han Xiao decided to pursue Aroshia's memories while prioritizing the group's advancement, and the mercenary team left the asteroid.
• Han Xiao drew an item reward and chose from a Potential Potion, a random Mechanic blueprint, and a Blank Character Card, none of which was the Mission Settlement Card he wanted.

Han Xiao chose a Blank Character Card as a possible way to meet his advancement mission prerequisite, then traveled to a Goddoran research station to trigger a mission. Far away, a signal led a mysterious figure aboard a Blacklight Stealth to seek someone in the Shattered Star Ring.

• Han Xiao chose a Blank Character Card, planning to use it on Ames and keep a powerful ability as a backup route to his advancement mission.
• A Blacklight Stealth received a signal from a glass ornament, and a luminous figure identified that its target had been ejected into the Shattered Star Ring and set out to find them.
• News of Fording leaving his singing career as Morning Star stirred debate among fans and the entertainment industry.
• Han Xiao brought the Black Star Mercenary Group to Goddora Scientific Research Space Station No. 075, claiming they needed refueling and resupply.
• Han Xiao planned to find the person who could trigger a mission about missing research teams near the station.

Han Xiao tried to secure Nirega’s commission to search for his missing wife, but Nirega refused until Fording spoke with him. The mission triggered, and Han Xiao realized his own charm had not met the required threshold.

• Han Xiao and his companions rested at a Godoran station while their ship underwent repairs, and Melos played a popular galactic card game featuring the Black Star Mercenary Group.
• The deputy station chief told Han Xiao that two research ships had gone missing and that Nirega’s wife was among the missing team.
• Han Xiao approached Nirega and offered to search for his wife, but Nirega refused to hire mercenaries.
• Han Xiao brought Fording to speak with Nirega, who then agreed to commission the search in secret.
• Han Xiao triggered the Star Roaming Beast mission and concluded that Fording’s charm, rather than his own, had secured Nirega’s agreement.

Han Xiao accepted Nirega’s mission to investigate an unnamed planet and find his missing wife, Laini, then took Melos and Aroshia there. After a dangerous descent through the planet’s radiation storm, they landed safely and Han Xiao spotted the direction of the research ship wreckage.

• Fording persuaded Nirega to offer Han Xiao a mission to investigate the planet and locate Laini.
• Han Xiao accepted the commission, gathered the planet’s coordinates and Laini’s photo, and departed with Melos and Aroshia.
• Han Xiao warned his team about the planet’s magnetic field and radiation storm before guiding their craft through the hazardous descent.
• The radiation storm disabled most of the craft’s equipment, but Han Xiao deployed glider wings and landed the craft without losing it.
• Han Xiao spotted the spaceship in orbit and pointed Melos and Aroshia toward the research team’s wreckage.

Han Xiao, Melos, and their companion investigated two crashed Goddoran research vessels and followed clues to an underground hot spring, where they found Laini and the Star Roaming Beast that had captured the crew. The beast attacked them, and Han Xiao recognized its crystal-tipped feeler as its weakness as the battle began.

• Han Xiao examined the first wreck, found no survivors, restarted its systems, and removed valuable components.
• Han Xiao and his companions inspected a second wreck, found signs its investigators had been overpowered, and followed the route Han Xiao remembered to a hidden cave.
• The group reached an underground hot spring, where Laini recognized Melos and warned them that the creature was emerging.
• The Star Roaming Beast rose from the water and attacked, pulling Han Xiao into the air with its control ability.
• Han Xiao identified the beast's immense durability and the crystal on its feeler as its weakness while Melos's blade and Han Xiao's bullets failed to harm its body.

Han Xiao, Melos, and Aroshia battled the Star Roaming Beast in the underground lake until they weakened it enough to drag it ashore. After rescuing Laini and the other investigators, Han Xiao learned the beast had taken their clothes and shut down Laini’s flirtatious offer.

• Han Xiao escaped the Star Roaming Beast’s telekinetic grip and attacked its feelers, provoking it to unleash a blinding blast that hurled him and Melos into the cavern wall.
• Han Xiao and Melos attacked the beast while Aroshia used her energy blasts against its feelers, and the three gradually wore down its health.
• The Star Roaming Beast fell into the hot spring at five percent health, and Han Xiao and Melos dragged it to shore after finding it at the bottom of the lake.
• Laini and the other investigators approached after the beast was subdued, and Laini explained that it had taken their clothes and kept them underwater.
• Han Xiao told the investigators to retrieve their clothes, stopped Melos from staring at Laini, and rejected her flirtatious suggestion.

Han Xiao rescued the surviving Goddoran investigators and killed the Star Roaming Beast, claiming its valuable crystal and body parts. He returned the investigators to the space station, where the station staff welcomed them warmly and the deputy station chief appeared displeased.

• Laini told Han Xiao that the Star Roaming Beast had trapped the investigators as pets, and Han Xiao sent Melos to retrieve the survivors in another cave.
• Han Xiao rejected Laini’s offer to take the Star Roaming Beast to Goddora, destroyed its life-core crystal, and unlocked the [Legendary Hunter] milestone.
• Han Xiao harvested the Star Roaming Beast’s vital parts, then joined Melos and the rescued investigators as they left the cave during a lull in the radiation storm.
• Han Xiao brought the investigators back to the space station, where the station chief and staff gave them a warm welcome.
• The deputy station chief smiled along with the others, but his expression showed anger and exasperation.

Han Xiao rescued the missing Goddoran investigators, accepted Nirega’s payment and a magical ring, and earned an attribute reward. After uncovering signs of a possible investigation into the mercenaries’ involvement, he decided to leave the station and find someone to process the Star Roaming Beast materials.

• Han Xiao concealed Nirega’s role in hiring the mercenaries and asked the station chief to pay for the rescue, but the chief refused on regulatory grounds.
• The deputy chief urged the station chief to ignore the hiring violation, but the chief ordered an investigation into who hired the Black Star Mercenary Group.
• Nirega paid Han Xiao the agreed fee and gave him a Knoen Secret Diamond Ring; Han Xiao received an Intelligence increase and passed the ring to the Volga Brothers.
• Han Xiao told his group to leave the station soon and said they would first find someone to turn the Star Roaming Beast corpses into potions.

Han Xiao had a pharmaceutical company make potions from the Star Roaming Beast and tested their effects, gaining metabolism control and a self-healing skill. He stored the remaining potions and turned back to planning missions for his advancement before version 2.0.

• Han Xiao hired a pharmaceutical company on an Amethyst colony planet to refine the Star Roaming Beast’s materials into potions.
• Han Xiao drank a metabolism regulation potion, gained control over his metabolism, and learned the Self-Healing skill.
• Han Xiao injected three Star Roaming Beast genetic potions and gained intelligence, endurance, and charm, but his Intermediate Life Tenacity talent did not upgrade.
• Han Xiao stored the remaining potions and reviewed his mission list as he prepared to advance and get ready for version 2.0.
• Han Xiao put in earplugs to block out the crew’s noise and began correcting Sylvia’s copied mechanical fundamentals theory.

Ashes regained his freedom after reaching Grade A and joined Anur on a mission to hunt a traitor. Meanwhile, Sylvia rescued a hostage from space pirates, and Han Xiao arrived to confront the pirates after she summoned her mercenary group.

• Ashes ended his confinement, thanked Anur for his guidance, and agreed to join him on a mission to Noriosse.
• Sylvia escaped from pirates aboard their ship with a kidnapped Goddoran boy, using her Grade D abilities and weapons Han Xiao had made for her.
• Surrounded by the pirates, Sylvia stalled them until her locator summoned help.
• Han Xiao blasted his way aboard the ship and confronted the pirate captain about threatening his mercenary group.

Han Xiao’s team rescued Nalu and the other hostages, giving Sylvia her first field test and earning an 85,000-Enas reward. Nalu asked his father to hire the mercenaries as family guards so he could stay near Sylvia, but his father explained that their family could not poach Black Star from Dragon Emperor Ames.

• Han Xiao had Sylvia pose as a hostage to track the pirates’ stealth ship, then led the team in rescuing the hostages and capturing the pirates.
• Sylvia passed her first operation, while Han Xiao teased her about Nalu’s obvious crush.
• Fording continued suppressing Morning Star and trying to persuade her to stop resisting.
• Han Xiao returned the hostages and captured pirates to the client’s planet, received 85,000 Enas, and saved another random reward opportunity.
• Nalu asked his father to hire Han Xiao’s mercenary group as private guards, but his father said their family was too insignificant to recruit Black Star from Ames.

Han Xiao was interrupted twice while preparing to use four random reward draws: Nirega relayed Kerlodd’s complaint and news about a change in station leadership, while Ames asked him to help find her teacher on Noriosse. After receiving several disappointing rewards, Han Xiao finally drew two Mission Settlement Cards and celebrated.

• Nirega told Han Xiao that Kerlodd wanted him to stop using his investigator ID and repay the money he had extorted.
• Nirega explained that the deputy chief had replaced the old station chief, and Han Xiao warned him that the deputy chief might have manipulated him.
• Ames asked Han Xiao to help find her teacher, who had reportedly appeared on Noriosse, and said she would contact him when she returned to the Shattered Star Ring.
• Han Xiao drew Lock-On Shot, a Skill Enhancement Card, and two million experience before his final draw offered him two Mission Settlement Cards.
• Han Xiao chose the Mission Settlement Cards and celebrated his successful draw.

Han Xiao used a Skill Enhancement Card to transform [Willpower Burning] into [Gene Liberation], then bought two pieces of high-end Mechanic knowledge. He returned to the Juberly Hub ready to complete his level 100 advancement.

• Han Xiao decided to save both Mission Settlement Cards and used his Skill Enhancement Card on [Willpower Burning], triggering a mutation that created [Gene Liberation].
• Han Xiao raised [Gene Liberation] to level 10 and tested its improved damage bonus and shorter cooldown.
• Melos taught Fording to play Veyne Cards, but Fording beat him five times in a row.
• Han Xiao told the crew that Ames had assigned them to go to Noriosse to find someone and that he would buy supplies before she returned.
• Han Xiao spent over 800,000 Enas on [High Energy Mastery] and [Advanced Virtual Intelligence Technology], then returned to the Juberly Hub to advance.

After using a Mission Settlement Card to complete his level 100 advancement, Han Xiao evolved into a Void Lurker and discovered his new void abilities. He advanced to War Mechanic and spent most of his stored experience, reaching level 116 as he looked ahead to Version 2.0.

• Han Xiao used the Mission Settlement Card to complete his level 100 advancement mission.
• Han Xiao chose the Void Lurker evolutionary path and endured a painful transformation that gave him three racial traits.
• Han Xiao tested Void Travel, Void Mirror Image, and Void Shadow, learning how his new abilities and forms worked.
• Han Xiao advanced to War Mechanic and raised the class to level 16 by spending 1.3 billion experience.
• Han Xiao conserved his remaining experience for skills and a blueprint, ending at level 116 and anticipating the players' return in Version 2.0.

Han Xiao advanced to War Mechanic and returned with his companions to Planet Sunil so Melos could retrieve his General-Grade Armor, Shattered Splitting Light. When a researcher called Melos selfish for taking it, Han Xiao threatened him to defend his subordinate.

• Han Xiao upgraded Applied Mechanical Affinity, allocated his remaining attribute points to Intelligence, and assessed his increased combat power and plans to gain experience from players.
• Han Xiao's companions noticed his changed appearance and bearing after his evolution, and he agreed to travel to Noriosse after first visiting Planet Sunil with Melos.
• Melos returned to Forest City, where residents celebrated him as a national hero, and led the group to retrieve Shattered Splitting Light from a research institute.
• The head researcher objected to Melos taking the armor, but Melos presented the authorities' approval and received it.
• Han Xiao confronted the researcher, defended Melos's sacrifices, and threatened him in his void form.

After Han Xiao defended Melos from the Sunil researchers, Melos thanked him and challenged him to a spar with his recovered General-Grade Armor, Shattered Splitting Light. Their fight began with Melos's powerful assault, but Han Xiao deployed his machinery and launched a relentless barrage.

• Han Xiao frightened the head researcher by briefly revealing his void form, then left the restricted military zone with Melos and the others.
• Melos thanked Han Xiao for standing up for him and proposed a match to test Shattered Splitting Light.
• Han Xiao agreed, hoping the spar would give him a chance to reverse-engineer the armor's blueprint.
• Melos donned Shattered Splitting Light and attacked Han Xiao with a powerful saber slash, but Han Xiao blocked it with his Void Dragon Mechanical Suit.
• The two fought at close range, and Han Xiao used Countershock: Thorns to push Melos back before taking flight.
• Han Xiao deployed turrets and mechanical beasts, bombarding Melos with bullets until Melos declared that the tactic no longer worked on him.

Han Xiao defeated Melos after countering Shattered Splitting Light with a decoy and a spaceship tractor, then repaired the armor and obtained its General-Grade blueprint. As the ship traveled toward Noriosse, Han Xiao planned to build stronger machines and prepare for version 2.0 after completing Ames's mission.

• Melos used Shattered Splitting Light to fly and press Han Xiao with a series of attacks, while Sylvia and Volga's Eldest bet on the outcome.
• Han Xiao used an electromagnetic disruption burst and Void Mirror Image to trick Melos, then trapped him with a spaceship tractor and forced him to surrender under turret fire.
• Sylvia collected her 300 Enas from Volga's Eldest after Han Xiao won, and Han Xiao offered to repair Melos's damaged armor.
• Han Xiao repaired Shattered Splitting Light aboard the spaceship, reverse-engineered its blueprint, and obtained the General-Grade Armor design.
• As the spaceship traveled toward Noriosse, Han Xiao planned to build stronger machines and make preparations for version 2.0 after completing Ames's mission.

Han Xiao and his group arrived at Noriosse to search for information about the Dragon Emperor’s teacher, while Aroshia’s memories began to surface. At an intelligence office, they narrowly missed a hooded client whose face was revealed to be Ashes.

• Han Xiao introduced Phillip, his half-finished artificial intelligence, as the group approached Noriosse and warned everyone to keep a low profile.
• The group reached Noriosse’s spaceport, where Aroshia recognized the planet and [Restart] gained a point of progress.
• Han Xiao and his companions rode an elevator down to the surface, and Han Xiao sensed that trouble was coming.
• Han Xiao took the group to an intelligence organization to ask for information about their target.
• After Han Xiao’s group entered a corridor, a hooded client left the office and revealed himself as Ashes.

Han Xiao bought information about a bearded traveler who had visited Noriosse, then took his group to City No. 8 to investigate. On the maglev train, a mixed-blood Goddoran named Owenn insisted on joining them and challenged Melos to a card game, leaving Han Xiao wary and curious about his motives.

• Han Xiao paid an intelligence broker 100 Enas for the bearded man's arrival and last known location on Noriosse.
• Han Xiao doubted that the target was still on Noriosse, since a prophet could evade searches, but decided that giving Ames a clue was enough.
• Han Xiao and his companions boarded a maglev train to City No. 8 and relaxed during the journey.
• Owenn introduced himself as a Goddoran and Cosmic Human mixed-blood, then sat with Han Xiao's group despite their objections.
• Owenn challenged Melos to play Veyne Cards for 50 Enas a round, and Han Xiao allowed him to stay so he could observe him.

Han Xiao’s group reached the home of the seer they were seeking, but rock mercenaries ambushed them outside. Phillip’s new artificial intelligence took control of a Flying Serpent Mecha and fought back while Han Xiao suspected the seer had arranged the attack.

• Owenn played cards with Han Xiao’s group on the train, then left after they arrived; Han Xiao stayed wary and had Phillip photograph him.
• Han Xiao’s group reached the seer’s villa and rang the doorbell, but no one answered.
• Rock mercenaries fired rockets at the group, destroying Phillip’s metal body and revealing they had been hired to teach the visitors a lesson.
• Han Xiao deployed a Flying Serpent Mecha, and Phillip controlled it independently to fight the rock warriors.
• Han Xiao boosted the mecha with Mechanical Force and told Phillip not to kill the attackers, while suspecting the seer had anticipated their arrival.