In 2045, the interstellar starship Pioneer, carrying 3,000 colonists, is navigating the migration route to Mars. Navigator Li Zhe mysteriously disappears from a fully sealed cryogenic hibernation pod, leaving only an unknown blue Stardust Crystal at the scene. During his investigation, First Officer Guan Jun discovers that Captain Zhao Lei has been deliberately concealing the truth.
The crisis aboard the ship escalates when Su Rui, the Hibernation Pod Administrator, is abducted by a mysterious energy entity in the ventilation ducts. While fighting the unknown entity, Guan Jun accidentally injects himself with a Stardust Inhibitor and awakens his own Stardust Energy. He subsequently uncovers Zhao Lei and Zhang Qian as undercover agents of the Stardust Council, and establishes the Awakened Alliance to protect all the colonists on board.
During the voyage, Guan Jun leads the group in successive battles against the Reaper Fleet dispatched by the Stardust Council and endless hordes of Scavenger mechanical xenomorphs. After surviving interstellar ambushes, ship-wide cryogenic hibernation, a desperate battle against a fused behemoth, and the self-destruction of the Pioneer, they finally reach the Mars Base successfully.
