Recaps

Yuqing learned that the Third Special Service Group had been selected as opponents for the military district’s monthly exams and went with Ers to watch the arena. Her appearance drew the attention of the sentinels in the stands, and Noi seized a distracted opponent’s opening while fighting his tenth match.

• Shang Yu explained that other teams had chosen members of the Third Special Service Group as opponents for the monthly exams, leaving them to fight one match after another.
• Yuqing asked Ers to take her to the arena, where he explained its protective design and she considered how its shield principles could help her base.
• A surveillance sphere broadcast Yuqing and Ers on a screen, and the sentinels in the stands recognized the new guide and turned their attention toward her.
• The arena grew quiet as the sentinels watched Yuqing, distracting the fighter facing Noi.
• Noi counterattacked his opponent, despite being exhausted and bruised after ten matches, while Duoduo stood beside him, tense and bloodied.

Duoduo abandoned his fight with Xiaode to find Yuqing, and she healed both Spirit Entities while soothing Noi and William through their mental links. Ers ended the broadcast and escorted Yuqing away, leaving Team Three facing an enraged, jealous crowd of sentinels.

• Duoduo dodged Xiaode's attack and leaped from the arena to race toward Yuqing, with Xiaode chasing after him.
• Yuqing healed Duoduo's scratches, then beckoned Xiaode over and treated its wounds as well.
• Yuqing's gentle mental power soothed Noi and William, leaving both sentinels visibly affected.
• Ers tossed the two Spirit Entities back into the arena and reminded Yuqing that it was getting late.
• Yuqing noticed the live broadcast, and Ers short-circuited the detection spheres to black out the floating screens.
• The sentinels grew jealous of Duoduo and Xiaode, threatened to take their places, and Noi realized Team Three had become District Nine's public enemy.

Yuqing settled into her new consultation room and reviewed her appointments, discovering that her first high-priority case was Lin He, an SSS-rank sentinel on the verge of going berserk. Her next appointment, Jonah, arrived with an adorably timid lop-eared rabbit spirit entity.

• Yuqing teased Ers, asked him to call her A-Qing, and told him to pick her up after work.
• After Ers left her at the consultation room, Yuqing reacted excitedly to him while 01010 explained that Federation law required guides to match with at least five sentinels before age thirty.
• Yuqing explored her consultation room and checked her appointment list, which included several sentinels and a high-priority case for Lin He.
• Yuqing learned that Lin He had suffered severe damage to his mental domain after detonating his mech during a border mission and was at risk of going berserk.
• Jonah arrived for his appointment, and Yuqing welcomed him before noticing his timid lop-eared rabbit spirit entity rubbing against her leg.

Yuqing began Jonah’s mental treatment after discovering that Spirit Entities shared their senses with their owners, leading to an embarrassing misunderstanding about his rabbit. She treated Jonah’s contamination with medication and her healing ability, leaving him relaxed as her mental power entered his mind.

• Yuqing petted Jonah’s rabbit, and Jonah reacted because he shared its sensations through their connection.
• Yuqing learned from 01010 that Spirit Entities shared their five senses with their owners and awkwardly changed the subject to treatment.
• Yuqing found Jonah undressing and told him to lie down after 01010 explained the standard treatment procedure for high-ranking Sentinels.
• The examination bed restrained Jonah and measured his mental power at S+ with 73.54% contamination.
• Yuqing injected Jonah with A01, then used her healing ability to enter his mind and calm his toxins.

Yuqing soothed Jonah and lowered his mental contamination into the safe range, while Lin He watched from afar and retreated to the Dark Prison, convinced she would not help him. Han Yu found him suffering from his toxins and gave him forced suppressant injections.

• Yuqing cleared the toxins from Jonah’s outer Spiritual Sea, lowering his mental contamination from 73.12% to below the 60% safe threshold.
• Jonah thanked Yuqing by drawing her hand to his cheek, while Aiden and the other sentinels complained outside about his behavior and their own Spirit Entities.
• Lin He watched Yuqing soothe Jonah, then left without speaking when she asked whether he was there.
• Lin He returned to his Dark Prison cell, where memories of his mother’s rejection deepened his self-hatred as his black python struggled with its Spirit Toxins.
• Han Yu found Lin He in the cell, urged him to seek Yuqing’s help, and administered two D07 Forced Suppressant Injections when Lin He refused.

Yuqing learned why Lin He avoided her and how the Yao Family hoped to profit from his death, then Ers confessed his feelings and offered her money. She returned the transfer and agreed to open a shared account with him, leaving to discover the gift he had prepared.

• Ers told Yuqing that Lin He was unlikely to attend because he was withdrawn and feared she would dislike his venomous black python Spirit Entity.
• Ers explained that Lin He's mother had rejected him, while the Yao Family later used his military status to secure benefits and hoped to inherit his death compensation.
• Yuqing learned that an exclusive guide could inherit a sentinel's property, and Ers asked for a chance to pursue her while transferring her a large sum of money.
• Yuqing refused to keep the transfer but suggested opening a shared account, which Ers happily agreed to arrange.
• Ers told Yuqing that he had prepared a gift for her in her room, but kept its identity secret.

Yuqing accepted the gaming pod Ers bought for her, while Cedric pressed Carlos for information about how he had lowered his contamination level and suspected Yuqing was the guide he and Huosuosi wanted. Cedric’s younger half-brother left after Cedric urged him to play the game their missing mother had made for him.

• Yuqing accepted the gaming pod from Ers and agreed to repay its cost through their shared account.
• At Iron Group headquarters, Cedric asked Carlos how he had lowered his contamination level, and Carlos hesitated to reveal Yuqing’s involvement.
• Cedric told Carlos that Huosuosi had destroyed Iron’s bases for a guide who had appeared during their last transaction, and Carlos realized Cedric suspected it was Yuqing.
• Cedric admitted he was willing to become a secondary partner, but Carlos challenged his confidence because he did not even know the guide’s name.
• Cedric’s younger half-brother arrived and explained that he was optimizing Dark Night’s storyline, which was based on their mother’s manuscripts.
• Cedric urged his half-brother to experience the game their mother had created for him, but the boy shut off his terminal and left.

Yuqing entered the game pod and joined the Xiersen family as a pollution tide struck the village during a welcome feast for Shen Que and Xilaier. After revealing her awakened spiritual power and helping defend the settlement, she ended the chapter rescuing two children amid the attack.

• Yuqing entered the game and dressed for the feast, where Shen Que and Xilaier were struck by her appearance.
• A level-two pollution tide suddenly reached the village, and Yuqing’s spiritual power purified the toxins affecting Shen Que, Xilaier, and Mrs. Lusen.
• A giant mutated beast breached the western wall, and Mrs. Xiersen revealed that Yuqing had awakened spiritual power.
• Yuqing joined Viscount Xiersen, Shen Que, and Xilaier in defending the village, where she used her power to fight mutated beasts and heal two children.

Yuqing, Shen Que, and Xilaier fought to defend the city gate from a Rock-Armored Beast, but their attacks could not pierce its scales. A hooded youth killed the beast in one strike, leaving the others stunned and convinced he was a powerful player.

• Shen Que, Xilaier, and Yuqing saw a peak level-four Rock-Armored Beast battering the city gate and received an emergency quest to defend it.
• Shen Que asked Yuqing to steady their minds while he and Xilaier fought, but Yuqing insisted on joining them.
• Xilaier and Shen Que failed to damage the beast, and Shen Que was injured blocking its tail.
• Yuqing fired mental arrows at the beast and soothed the group's minds, then urged Shen Que and Xilaier to target its joints.
• A hooded youth leaped from the wall and killed the Rock-Armored Beast with a single strike.
• Xilaier thanked the hooded youth, while he and Shen Que recognized him as a powerful player.

Yuqing received an ice-type mutant crystal core and agreed to leave the territory on an adventure with Xilaier, Shen Que, and the mysterious Ajiasi. The four planned to set out in three days.

• Yuqing helped Viscount Xiersen manage the aftermath of the exotic beast attack and received an ice-type mutant crystal core.
• Viscount Xiersen urged Yuqing to go on an adventure, and she accepted his secret pouch of gold coins before leaving.
• Xilaier told the hooded youth about Aili, the guide who had stabilized their mental domains, while Shen Que argued that they should travel as a team.
• Yuqing joined Xilaier and Shen Que in inviting the youth to travel with them, and he agreed.
• The youth introduced himself as Ajiasi, and the group decided to set out in three days.

After using an ice-element crystal core to awaken a small ice ability, Yuqing left the game and went to the military cafeteria for a hearty meal. Her arrival caused a stir among the sentinels, and Ers kept her serving modest while Uncle Zhao proudly watched her enjoy his cooking.

• Mrs. Xiersen welcomed the returning fighters with food and lodging, while Xilaier recounted the battle and Ajiasi ate in silence.
• Yuqing used the system's guidance to absorb energy from the ice-element crystal core and formed a tiny ice spike.
• After leaving the game, Yuqing rejected her nutritional meal and asked Ers to take her to the cafeteria for meat.
• The sentinels recognized Yuqing and gave up their places in line so she could reach the serving window.
• Uncle Zhao served Yuqing guobaorou and other dishes, while Ers limited her portions and the nearby sentinels noticed his familiar way of addressing her.

Yuqing learned about the White Tower’s mandatory husband assignments before falling asleep, while Liechuan’s worsening Spirit Toxins drove him to sneak into her room for help. He awakened Yuqing by seeking her soothing touch, and she realized the half-dressed man beside her was Liechuan.

• At dinner, Liechuan hid his worsening condition and nosebleed from his teammates while worrying that Yuqing might refuse to soothe him.
• 01010 explained that the White Tower could assign Yuqing five husbands if she remained unmarried, then continued tutoring her until she fell asleep.
• Liechuan avoided the night patrols and slipped through Yuqing’s window, finding that her Guide Pheromone briefly eased his Spirit Toxins.
• Yuqing soothed Liechuan unconsciously as she mistook his red hair for Liz’s fur, and he begged her to help him.
• Yuqing opened her eyes, recognized Liechuan beside her with his shirt undone, and reacted with delighted shock.

Yuqing treated the near-berserk Liechuan while Bai Ze consumed the toxins in his Spiritual Sea. As his Mindscape cleared, his griffin emerged, but Bai Ze kicked it away for interrupting its meal.

• The system identified Liechuan as close to a Level Eight Berserk State and urged Yuqing to lower his contamination level for spiritual power.
• Yuqing soothed Liechuan with her spiritual power and called Bai Ze from her Mindscape to eat his toxins.
• Liechuan warned Yuqing that he was dangerous and pointed her toward the toys on the bedside table, causing her nose to bleed.
• Bai Ze fetched a bite guard for Yuqing to put on Liechuan, then entered his Mindscape and devoured the toxins.
• Liechuan's reddish-gold griffin broke free of the black mist and approached Bai Ze, which kicked it away for interrupting its meal.

Yuqing’s attempt to stop Bai Ze from eating caused a blast that shattered her bedroom window, and the guards rushed in to find Liechuan clinging to her while her nose bled. After Liechuan was taken away and Yuqing was examined, she told Huosuosi that Liechuan had been on the verge of a Level Eight Berserk State and needed protection.

• Yuqing forcibly sent Bai Ze back to her Mindscape, and the released mental power shattered her bedroom window.
• Shang Yu and the night guards burst into Yuqing’s room and found her with a nosebleed and Liechuan clinging to her.
• Shang Yu punched Liechuan, who did not resist, and the guards shackled and took him away.
• Twenty-four hours later, Han Yu examined Yuqing in the infirmary and teased her.
• Huosuosi arrived and said Liechuan had been locked in the Dark Prison, but Yuqing warned that he had nearly entered a Level Eight Berserk State and needed rest.

After Yuqing’s examination, Huosuosi decided to have the military affairs office prepare candidates for her personal guard team. In Dark Prison, Liechuan’s examination confirmed that Yuqing had stabilized his once-critical condition, and Huosuosi told him that his life now belonged to her.

• Han Yu reported that Yuqing’s nosebleed came from a surge of blood and qi, then urged Huosuosi to assign her a personal guard team.
• Huosuosi promised Yuqing a list of candidates to choose from and took Han Yu to Dark Prison.
• Huosuosi questioned Lin He about why he had refused to visit Yuqing, but Lin He stayed silent.
• Han Yu’s examination showed that Liechuan had suppressed a near-Level Eight Berserk State for at least half a month, while his contamination had fallen to 70% and his spiritual sea had stabilized.
• Liechuan admitted he had hidden his condition because he did not want to burden the military district, and Huosuosi told him that the Ninth Military District would not abandon him and that his life belonged to Yuqing.

Huosuosi ordered every department to nominate sentinels for a personal guard for Yuqing, prompting fierce competition and concern over her recent trips to the infirmary. In the infirmary, Yuqing decided to improve her fitness so she could pilot a mech, and the system promised to create a training plan.

• Huosuosi announced that each department would submit twenty sentinel candidates for Yuqing to choose from, with at least seven guards to be selected.
• Sentinels argued over which teams were best suited to guard Yuqing, while Noi learned she had gone to the infirmary twice and worried about her.
• Huosuosi said the selection would judge mental compatibility, combat ability, and emergency response, and warned the officers not to cause complications for Yuqing.
• Yuqing asked the system how to reduce her nosebleeds, and it explained that her physical fitness needed to keep pace with her mental power.
• Yuqing agreed to train so she could pilot a mech, and the system began planning a tailored fitness program.

Yuqing improved her stamina and spiritual-control skills, then asked Marshal Huosuosi to increase her daily soothing appointments. Huosuosi approved fifteen slots per day, leaving the additional bookings set to open that afternoon.

• Yuqing completed an exhausting morning of exercise and study before Ers explained that elite sentinels from different teams would rotate guard duty around her.
• Yuqing carefully cleared toxins from a sentinel's Spiritual Sea and advised him to take A09 medication and return the following week.
• After soothing five sentinels, Yuqing found that she still had ample spiritual power and decided to request more appointments.
• 01010 explained that reaching lv1 would unlock Group Soothing, which could help reduce sentinel deaths caused by toxins after battle.
• Yuqing messaged Huosuosi to request fifteen daily soothing slots, and he approved the increase and arranged for bookings to open that afternoon.

The guide expanded her daily counseling slots, drawing an enthusiastic response from sentinels. Meanwhile, President Hoover ordered George to weaken the Ninth Military District and arrange Huosuosi’s death, with Liberation Day proposed as an opportunity for a trap.

• The Military Affairs Department announced that the guide’s daily counseling slots would increase from five to fifteen, and sentinels rushed to discuss and reserve them.
• President Hoover raged that Huosuosi had not signed his presidential inauguration document, leaving him an acting president.
• George urged Hoover to use Soul Erosion against Lin He and other powerful sentinels, suggesting the Yao Family could help tamper with something.
• George proposed using the Ninth Military District’s Liberation Day celebration to set a deadly trap for Huosuosi.
• Hoover tasked George with carrying out the plan within a year and promised him advancement if he succeeded.

Yuqing and her companions formed a team, chose Rust Canyon as their next route, and set out from the rebuilding town. After making camp that evening, they shared a meal and talked about their cooking assessments.

• Shen Que created a group chat, and Yuqing, Xilaier, and Ajiasi joined as teammates.
• Shen Que proposed taking the difficult Rust Canyon route for its quest rewards, treasure chests, and abandoned mecha parts, and the group agreed.
• Yuqing said farewell to Viscount Xiersen and his wife, then rode out with Shen Que, Xilaier, and Ajiasi.
• The group camped in the woods, where Shen Que rescued Xilaier's badly roasted rabbit and cooked dinner.
• Xilaier asked about Ajiasi's cooking assessment, and Ajiasi said he had barely passed.

Yuqing and her companions fled a massive pack of exotic beasts through a forest and into a narrow canyon. Just as they thought the canyon had stopped the pursuit, a Frost Rabbit nearing level five and a level-four Mutant Leopard appeared ahead of them.

• Yuqing woke early, made rabbit soup for Ajiasi, Shen Que, and Xilaier, and received a warning that about thirty exotic beasts were approaching.
• Yuqing alerted the others, and Ajiasi realized the pack included at least ten level-four beasts and a leader nearing level five.
• Shen Que led the group south while Xilaier carried Yuqing and Ajiasi fought off the beasts behind them.
• The four escaped into a dense forest and then a narrow canyon, where Ajiasi blocked the entrance with a Shadow Wolf's body.
• Two powerful beasts—a Frost Rabbit nearing level five and a level-four Mutant Leopard—charged toward them from deeper in the canyon.

Yuqing used her mental power to support Shen Que, Xilaier, and Ajiasi as they fought two mutated beasts trapped in the canyon. After helping them find the beasts’ weaknesses, she helped kill both and accepted the Frost Rabbit’s crystal core before the group rested.

• Shen Que, Xilaier, and Ajiasi prepared to fight the Frost Rabbit and Hidden Wolf while Yuqing enhanced their mental power.
• Ajiasi struggled to penetrate the Frost Rabbit’s armor, while Shen Que and Xilaier could barely defend themselves against the Hidden Wolf.
• Yuqing spotted the Hidden Wolf’s injured left hind leg, allowing Shen Que and Xilaier to wound it and drive it back.
• Yuqing directed Ajiasi to attack the Frost Rabbit between its brows, then struck its exposed belly with a blade of mental power and killed it.
• The group killed both beasts, and Ajiasi gave Yuqing the Frost Rabbit’s crystal core while Xilaier offered her the Hidden Wolf’s lightning-element core.
• Yuqing kept the Frost Rabbit’s core and the group rested after the battle.

Shen Que, Yuqing, Ajiasi, and Xilaier reached an abandoned mining town, where they found a bullied mechanic named Dolly surrounded by hostile sentinels. After Mine Rats attacked and one sentinel shoved Dolly toward the swarm, Yuqing protected her and Xilaier killed the beasts, leaving Yuqing to treat Dolly’s injuries.

• Shen Que realized the group had gone off course, and Ajiasi suggested a quicker detour around the canyon that Yuqing agreed to take.
• Shen Que led the group into an abandoned mining town, where he explained that an old mecha repair station might hold useful parts.
• Xilaier, Shen Que, Ajiasi, and Yuqing found three sentinels pressuring Dolly to repair an abandoned mining mecha and insulting her for being a weak female sentinel.
• A swarm of Mine Rats attacked, and one sentinel shoved Dolly toward the beasts while escaping.
• Yuqing shielded Dolly from the Mine Rats as Xilaier charged in and killed the swarm.
• Yuqing treated Dolly’s scratches, and Dolly thanked her in surprise.

Dolly revealed her extensive knowledge of an old mining mecha after her teammates abandoned her, and Yuqing invited her to join their group. Dolly accepted, beginning to feel welcomed as the team argued over what to name itself.

• Yuqing praised Dolly’s repair work, and Dolly identified the mining mecha’s model, faults, and needed repairs in detail.
• Shen Que recognized Dolly’s unusual expertise and asked what she would do after her teammates left her behind.
• Dolly refused to look for her former teammates and said she would leave the mining town alone.
• Yuqing, Shen Que, Ajiasi, and Xilaier invited Dolly to join them, promising to protect her and share resources fairly.
• Dolly accepted the invitation, and Yuqing welcomed her as a teammate.
• Xilaier, Yuqing, and the others argued over team names while Dolly watched and felt her loneliness begin to ease.

The group discovered that the repair station warehouse held valuable mech parts and usable mining mechs, and they began sorting and selling the stock. By the end, they had nearly emptied the warehouse, and Yuqing’s account had climbed past three thousand.

• Around the campfire, Dolly explained that the mining town had three intact MX-7 Mining Mechs, two partly dismantled mechs, and a warehouse of spare parts.
• Dolly told the group why she had chosen the free individual combat major instead of studying mechs, and Yuqing, Xilaier, and Ajiasi gave her their drumsticks.
• Dolly pointed out ways to earn money in the game, and Yuqing and Xilaier resolved to collect and sell the town’s junk.
• At dawn, Ajiasi cut through the warehouse lock, and the group found shelves of parts, several mining mechs, and a machine tool.
• Shen Que assigned jobs while Dolly sorted the parts, Xilaier and Shen Que carried them, Yuqing sold scrap through the game store, and Ajiasi kept watch.
• Yuqing watched her account rise past three thousand as the warehouse was nearly emptied, leaving Ajiasi visibly unsettled.

After the group shared their earnings, Yuqing refined a level-five Frost Rabbit crystal core in the game and greatly strengthened her spiritual power. While keeping watch with Ajiasi, she learned about his military academy past and asked to enter his Spiritual Sea.

• Yuqing split 5,000 Federation credits equally among herself and the others, then decided to wait for her wages before shopping.
• Yuqing followed 01010's advice and began refining the level-five Frost Rabbit crystal core while Shen Que, Dolly, Xilaier, and Ajiasi guarded her.
• Yuqing absorbed the core's energy, expanding and purifying her Spiritual Sea while Bai Ze devoured some of the escaping energy.
• After Yuqing's breakthrough, Shen Que let her keep watch with Ajiasi, who told her that his high spiritual rampage value had forced him to leave military academy life behind.
• Yuqing asked Ajiasi to let her enter his Spiritual Sea.