This is a sweeping interstellar epic, beginning with the ordinary routines of life on Earth and unfolding into a clash of civilizations across the vast sea of stars. The story follows Chen Ping and his companions on their explorations of deep space, building layer by layer until it reveals the brutal truth behind the order of the universe. Here is an overview of the entire story, with particular attention to the analysis of the "Starsea Pact":
### Main Storyline
1. **Departure and Awakening (Earth → Morning Star)**
* **An Ordinary Beginning**: Chen Ping is an ordinary office worker in Zhoucheng, living the same repetitive routine day after day.
* **A Twist of Fate**: Huaxia successfully develops the faster-than-light spacecraft Huaxia One and recruits a crew to explore Proxima Centauri. Hoping to change his fate and find answers, Chen Ping resolutely signs up, passes a grueling selection process, and joins the mysterious "Deep Diver Project."
* **A Brutal Truth**: The environment on Morning Star, where Huaxia One arrives, is extremely harsh, with high gravity, oxygen-rich air, and an unknown energy source. The native life is as savage as mythical beasts. Humanity's first encounter with an alien ecosystem comes at a terrible cost.
2. **Desperate Peril and Evolution (Planet A → Planet B)**
* **Hope Shattered**: The fleet turns toward the backup planet, Planet A, only to discover that it is a world abandoned by a higher civilization, the Bull-Headed People, and haunted by an invisible mental parasite known as the "Ancient Blight."
* **A Test of Life and Death**: The exploration team suffers a mental assault from the "Ancient Blight," and crew member Xiong Jiang is corrupted..
