Chapter Summaries

Qin Su returned to Fourth Military Academy after his year in the Ossotalia Empire and reunited with Class 6, whose members misread his coldness as disapproval of their fitness. After class, Zhang Minglang privately asked Qin Su to submit his Ossotalia Empire internship record, and Qin Su sent him the prepared document.

• Kanasen tried to contact the outside world through his Optical Brain while Qin Su was away, but Qin Su caught him and held him underwater in the bathtub.
• Qin Su returned to Fourth Military Academy and sat with Class 6, privately intending to end their reliance on him before they graduated.
• Class 6 members speculated in their group chat that Qin Su's chilly manner was because they had let their fitness decline, and they resolved to train more.
• Zhang Minglang arrived, addressed the class, and then dismissed everyone except Qin Su.
• Zhang Minglang asked Qin Su for his internship record from the Ossotalia Empire, and Qin Su sent him the document through his Optical Brain.

Zhang Minglang read Qin Su’s internship records and learned how Qin Su had antagonized Kanasen and other Ossotalia officials, reassuring him about Qin Su’s ties to the Federation. At the Fourth Military Academy’s graduation ceremony, Qin Su led Class 6 in a solemn procession and stood with the school’s leaders for the class photo, as Xu Zhen prepared to leave the principal’s post and Aiseboer looked forward to taking it.

• Zhang Minglang read Qin Su’s internship records, which showed Qin Su repeatedly tormenting Kanasen and affecting other key figures in the Ossotalia Empire.
• Zhang Minglang sent Aiseboer a message about the Emperor Internship Post, and Aiseboer understood after reviewing Qin Su’s records.
• At the graduation ceremony, Qin Su declined to walk beside Zhang Minglang, then led Class 6 in an orderly, solemn line toward the group photo.
• Qin Su stood at the center of the graduation photo with Xu Zhen, while Zhang Minglang and Aiseboer stood beside them and Class 6 lined up behind the school leaders.
• Xu Zhen felt wistful about her last graduation photo as principal, while Aiseboer struggled to hide his anticipation of becoming the next principal.

After leaving the graduation ceremony, Qin Su sent missions to the Modified Humans he had supported across several planets, while Class 6 struggled to understand his coldness and waited in vain for him to return. A month later, Qin Su appeared at Setini Palace, where Kanasen seemed to be anticipating someone accompanying him.

• Qin Su left the ceremony with the school leaders, slipped away from the livestream, and watched as crowds gathered around Class 6.
• Aboard his spaceship, Qin Su removed from his planned household the names of people who would die within six months, then sent invitations to the others.
• Class 6 discussed Qin Su's distance and chose to stay through the remaining graduation ceremonies, but he never returned to the academy.
• Qin Su sent mission orders to the leaders of his Modified Human settlements, who selected their finest people and began planning how to carry them out.
• A month later, Qin Su returned to Setini Palace, and Kanasen glanced behind him as if expecting someone to arrive with him.

Qin Su brought the missing Modified Humans and their captives to Setini Palace, where the bases competed to deliver their mission targets first. Kanasen hurried out to welcome his new roommates, but they rushed past him, leaving him stunned as the crowd finally approached.

• Kanasen noticed patrols retreating as Qin Su's spaceships arrived at Setini Palace.
• Qin Su told Kanasen he could welcome the Modified Humans, whom he had gathered from different bases.
• The Modified Humans met at the palace and raced to deliver their unconscious mission targets to Qin Su first.
• Qin Su watched the bases carry their targets in bizarre ways and wondered whether Class 6's habits had spread to them.
• Kanasen hurried toward the entrance, but the Modified Humans warned him to move and sped past without recognizing him.
• After the rush ended, Kanasen saw the crowd of Modified Humans approaching and realized they were his new roommates.

Qin Su received the Modified Human leaders and their kidnapped hostages at Setini Palace, then arranged a generous rest for the rescuers. The leaders took his hospitality as approval of their work and became even more devoted to him, while Qin Su called Kanasen into his office.

• Kanasen VII stood confused as the Modified Humans argued among themselves and hurried past him without recognizing him.
• The base leaders searched the palace for Qin Su, and Vina found him first before presenting the unconscious Greyliff as their hostage.
• Qin Su told Vina that Greyliff was fine despite his vomit-stained clothes, then sent the rescuers a location and ordered them to rest for three hours.
• Vina and the other leaders discovered the food, lodging, and entertainment Qin Su had prepared, and they praised his generous treatment.
• The Modified Humans grew fiercely loyal to Qin Su, and he spotted Kanasen watching them leave before telling him to come in.

Temple reported suspiciously excessive food orders and unusual patrols at Setini Palace to He Muzhi, who kept the information from Yao Wei. Qin Su gathered numerous powerful figures as hostages, woke them by soaking them in freezing water, and faced Greyliff as the sprinklers stopped.

• Temple sent He Muzhi his observations about the excessive food preparations and unusual patrol guards at Setini Palace.
• He Muzhi concealed Temple’s messages from Yao Wei and entered the conference room, while Sophia secretly shared information she had learned with her own people.
• Kanasen reached Qin Su and found many powerful officials from across different planets lying unconscious in Setini Palace.
• Qin Su told Kanasen to hide, but the sprinklers drenched him and the hostages before he could move away.
• The freezing water and cold air woke the hostages, and Qin Su exchanged a steady look with Greyliff.
• Qin Su stopped the sprinklers after three minutes and tapped his fingers on the desk as everyone turned toward him.

Qin Su revealed to the gathered officials and other captives that they had been kidnapped, then publicly blamed Kanasen while forcing the emperor to cooperate in a livestream. As Class 6 members and others watched the stream, Patrick’s group suspected the disappearances were connected to Kanasen, and He Muzhi was pressed to explain the class’s silence.

• Qin Su greeted the horrified visitors to Setini Palace and announced that they had all been kidnapped.
• Qin Su pointed his gun at Kanasen, fired a circle of shots around him to make him stand, and claimed Kanasen had provoked him.
• Qin Su started a livestream using Kanasen’s Optical Brain and waited for his Class 6 classmates to join.
• Patrick gathered Class 6 at Atopulai Palace after officials disappeared and spread word of Kanasen’s livestream.
• People watching the stream speculated about Kanasen’s role in the disappearances, then questioned He Muzhi when Class 6 remained silent.

He Muzhi refused to confirm whether Qin Su was behind the disappearances as a livestream revealed political leaders from across the planets gathered in the Setini Palace. Class 6 stayed silent while Patrick and Qiu Pang considered Qin Su’s possible role and the class’s growing ties to the Federation.

• He Muzhi declined to answer questions about the disappearances, and his Class 6 classmates appeared relieved that he had not spoken out of turn.
• Qin Su lowered the camera on Kanasen’s Optical Brain after most of the livestream’s marked IDs had been reached, and the camera revealed Greyliff and other prominent figures in the Setini Palace.
• Patrick told Qiu Pang that the captives’ condition suggested Qin Su had brought them there, but he avoided making a definite claim about Qin Su’s involvement.
• Qiu Pang questioned whether Class 6 had been working with Qin Su, while Patrick said the class’s recent gains had tied it more closely to the Federation.
• Class 6 ignored accusations and provocations in the meeting rooms and waited to see what Qin Su intended to do.

Qin Su used a livestream and a staged hostage appeal to expose Kanasen as the captor, while making clear that he was involved. He killed Gailuosen and forced Kanasen to shoot Preske, leaving the hostages terrified and Kanasen relieved to have survived again.

• Qin Su selected a gold weapon for Kanasen and a black weapon for himself, then prompted hostages to tell the livestream that Kanasen had kidnapped them.
• Qin Su singled out Gailuosen and killed him when he failed to comply, shocking the hostages and viewers.
• Qin Su directed more hostages to plead for help and accuse Kanasen, while deliberately avoiding the stubborn Greyliff.
• Qin Su aimed his weapon at Kanasen while Preske was speaking, and Kanasen shot Preske in the head.
• Kanasen saw Qin Su set down the weapon and silently felt relieved that he had survived another encounter.

Qin Su used the livestream and Kanasen’s obedient killings to expose his control over the scene, then revealed his voice to Class 6 while keeping himself off camera. He ended the broadcast at exactly sixteen minutes, leaving the conference rooms convinced that he was behind the kidnapping but without direct proof.

• Guan Tu said that two people at the scene likely had lethal weapons and hinted that Qin Su might be one of them, while Raymond distracted the room by mocking Guan Tu and promoting skincare products.
• Kanasen shot a man who had merely glanced toward the speaker, and Greyliff and the others saw Kanasen act immediately after Qin Su’s casual movements.
• As the livestream’s final line approached, Qin Su stood up, aimed the red dot between his brows, and recited, “Kanasen, you're truly brutal,” in a mechanical voice.
• Class 6 students recognized Qin Su’s voice and reacted with shock and excitement, while livestream viewers argued over whether the voice proved his involvement.
• Guan Tu urged the conference room to contact Qin Su, but Qin Su ended Kanasen’s livestream at exactly sixteen minutes.

After learning Qin Su was at Setini Palace, Patrick summoned Class 6, freed them from their restrictions, and asked them to support his plan to eliminate their enemies before they acted. He secured their agreement, then had Qiu Pang escort them out, leaving Class 6 speculating about Qiu Pang’s allegiance while he reported their conversations to Patrick.

• Patrick gathered Class 6 and announced they were free to move around, asking them to convey his plan to Qin Su and support eliminating their enemies before they made a move.
• Sophia confirmed Patrick would keep them confined if they refused, and Patrick admitted he had never intended to give them a real choice.
• He Muzhi said he could not speak for Qin Su but personally agreed with Patrick, prompting the other Class 6 members to voice their agreement.
• Patrick thanked Class 6 for cooperating and told Qiu Pang to escort them out of Atopulai Palace.
• Class 6 members speculated that Qiu Pang had switched sides or had been working undercover, while also warning that Patrick might be trying to divide them.
• Qiu Pang returned to Patrick and reported what he had heard from Class 6.

Patrick explained that only four of the nineteen people filling in the gaps were certainly his, while the others might belong to different factions, and he compensated Qiu Pang after admitting he had used him to test Class 6. At Setini Palace, Kanasen tried to secure a truce with the hostages, but Greyliff reignited their attack as Qin Su manipulated the conditions to keep the slaughter going.

• Patrick told Qiu Pang that four of the nineteen people were openly his and that the rest might have ties to Qin Su, Class 6, or other factions.
• Patrick apologized for using Qiu Pang to test Class 6 for potential traitors, and Qiu Pang accepted his honesty before leaving.
• Patrick increased Qiu Pang's share through his Optical Brain after Qiu Pang departed.
• At Setini Palace, Kanasen called for a truce after the hostages attacked him, but Greyliff exposed his plan to use them as shields in future livestreams.
• Greyliff's words spurred the hostages to attack Kanasen again, while Greyliff used the chaos to evade danger and leave others exposed.
• Qin Su watched the fighting, raised the temperature and humidity, and continued weakening the combatants until the hostages noticed the abnormal heat.

Kanasen and Greyliff tried to sway the exhausted hostages as the rising heat and stagnant bloodied water made their situation increasingly dangerous, while Qin Su monitored their stalemate. Aboard the rescue ship, Lailisi complained about her companions before Qin Su’s message appeared on everyone’s Optical Brains except Halton’s.

• The hostages discovered that the temperature had reached forty-five degrees and feared the corpses and stagnant water would soon make the space unbearable.
• Greyliff urged the hostages to attack Kanasen, while Kanasen warned them to wait for rescue and accused Greyliff of serving Qin Su.
• Greyliff and Kanasen traded accusations as the hostages hesitated, and Qin Su decided the planned temperature was sufficient while he checked a scheduled notification.
• Lailisi complained about her companions aboard the private spaceship while He Muzhi and Lin Yin discussed their investigations and Samuel briefly slipped away.
• Samuel handed out water, and Halton warned the group to be careful about discussing sensitive matters around outsiders.
• Qin Su’s message opened on the Optical Brains of Samuel, Lailisi, He Muzhi, and Lin Yin, while Halton saw that he had received nothing and asked what the message said.

Halton warned He Muzhi, Samuel, Lin Yin, and Lailisi that Patrick had secretly been building alliances to oppose the Ossotalia Empire, while Qin Su had anticipated his plans and prepared Class 6 to act first. After the Modified Humans left Setini Palace, Qin Su found that none had taken the valuables he had offered, and Li Zi noticed a scent on the way to their spaceship.

• Halton told the group that Patrick had met privately with people from other planets and was likely organizing against the Ossotalia Empire.
• He Muzhi and the others realized Qin Su had prepared Class 6 to move ahead of Patrick, and they discussed Patrick’s ambition to win another presidential term.
• Samuel finally acknowledged Qin Su’s order, while He Muzhi shared a list of trusted people and the group found they had no information from their contacts yet.
• Lailisi suggested Class 6 should trust one another rather than keep guessing, prompting He Muzhi and Lin Yin to recognize how wary they had become.
• Qin Su dismissed the Modified Humans from Setini Palace and discovered they had left all the precious tableware and decorations untouched.
• Li Zi used her enhanced sense of smell and asked whether anyone else could smell something as they headed for the spaceship.

Li Zi and her companions returned to Qin Su’s base, where they watched footage revealing that Kanasen had been responsible for the bloodshed blamed on Qin Su. The chapter left Qin Su showing Kanasen’s lines to the survivors as Kanasen promised they would soon be released.

• Li Zi and her companions suspected the bloody smell came from the hostages, then boarded their ships and discussed Qin Su’s distrust and the benefits he gave them.
• After the ships returned to Qin Su’s base, the group’s Optical Brain signals came back, and Fang Rui found footage of the livestream that explained the smell.
• Li Zi and her companions watched a new, uncensored livestream showing a gruesome scene, while ordinary viewers saw a censored version; Fang Rui took their access as a sign that Qin Su treated them like Class 6.
• Online commenters blamed Kanasen for the killings, while Qin Su silently surveyed the bloody room and the restrained survivors.
• Qin Su displayed Kanasen’s lines to the survivors, and Kanasen told them they would soon be released.

Qin Su killed the remaining hostages at Setini Palace while Kanasen livestreamed the massacre, then turned the broadcast into a pretext for stirring public outrage against Kanasen and the Ossotalia Empire. After sparing Kanasen, Qin Su left, but stopped him from following.

• Patrick realized Kanasen had killed the hostages and, suspecting Qin Su was behind the situation, ordered an investigation into events since Class 6 left Atopulai Palace.
• At Setini Palace, Qin Su killed the remaining hostages except Greyliff and Kanasen, then adjusted Kanasen’s livestream camera to show Kanasen.
• Qin Su shot and killed Greyliff just as Greyliff tried to speak, while viewers identified Qin Su as the unseen person controlling events.
• Qin Su used sock puppet accounts to provoke calls for revenge against Kanasen and the Ossotalia Empire, then shut down the livestream.
• Qin Su told Kanasen he was not interested in killing him and left, but stopped when Kanasen followed and asked whether he had been told to do so.

Qin Su tormented Kanasen while checking on the immense forces gathered in Sky City, then accelerated his plans to manage the overcrowding. He Muzhi calmed the rival groups by implying Qin Su had authority over the city, leaving their uneasy standoff temporarily peaceful.

• Qin Su left Kanasen among the corpses in rising heat, intending to make him helpless before He Muzhi killed him and thereby secure a place in history for himself.
• Qin Su checked the Electronic Eye feed and discovered that his Class 6 classmates had gathered hundreds of millions more people than he expected, so he revised and sped up his plan.
• Lailisi arrived at Sky City with her group and was surprised to find it crowded with other Class 6 groups and their recruits.
• He Muzhi and Lailisi realized the city lacked capacity for the gathered forces, and He Muzhi volunteered to address the crowd.
• He Muzhi welcomed everyone, said Qin Su was absent, and warned that Qin Su would not want to see anything objectionable happen in the city.

He Muzhi used Qin Su’s name and a supposed secret meeting to draw Class 6 away from the faction armies, leaving the outsiders to panic and suspect a trap. In The Old Meeting Place, he invoked Qin Su’s authority and demanded that his classmates explain their actions.

• Qin Su watched He Muzhi’s bluff stall the crowd while he reconsidered his plan and monitored the growing panic.
• He Muzhi claimed no one objected to his remarks, then ordered Class 6 to meet at The Old Meeting Place in three minutes.
• Lailisi, Sophia, Raymond, Jeffrey, and the other Class 6 members followed He Muzhi, each trying to appear as if they understood his supposed message from Qin Su.
• The faction armies speculated that Class 6 had lured them into a trap, and their suspicions grew into panic as they realized they could not leave.
• Qin Su held back his revised plan and watched the crowd’s rumors escalate after He Muzhi separated Class 6 from the others.
• At The Old Meeting Place, He Muzhi took the seat beside the head of the table and demanded that his classmates explain what they meant by their actions.

He Muzhi provoked Class 6 into arguing over their questionable choices, while Samuel and Lin Yin secretly intercepted messages and confirmed Qin Su was monitoring them. Qin Su took control of the situation by sending He Muzhi new instructions, leaving He Muzhi to read them as the class watched.

• He Muzhi studied Class 6’s reactions and became confident that most classmates had received the same instructions he had, then challenged them to explain their actions.
• Sophia, Raymond, and Jeffrey stoked the dispute, and Class 6 members argued over whether some had misused Qin Su’s orders or whether He Muzhi was bluffing.
• Samuel and Lin Yin revealed that Samuel had intercepted and answered classmates’ messages, while Samuel suspected Qin Su was watching through electronic eye V-21y71.
• Qin Su gave Samuel control of the electronic eye and decided to use He Muzhi’s staged confrontation as part of his revised plan.
• Lin Yin signaled He Muzhi that Class 6 members had appeared on Samuel’s screen, and Qin Su opened He Muzhi’s Optical Brain with new instructions.
• The argument stopped as Class 6 stared at He Muzhi’s Optical Brain, and He Muzhi switched it to privacy-screen mode and quickly read Qin Su’s message.

He Muzhi used Qin Su’s arrangements to remove armies brought to Clyus by Class 6 members who had abused their privileges, while Qin Su monitored the operation and prepared forces across the planet. After He Muzhi sent the remaining armies to positions assigned to his classmates, he led his own people to Setini Palace, where fifteen hours later the Cyborg Army groups found themselves surrounded by unfamiliar forces.

• He Muzhi reviewed Qin Su’s plan, then told Class 6 that Qin Su had been watching them and led them outside.
• He Muzhi ordered Belloc to take nine armies to Fijiya, and Sophia and the others helped ensure the forces obeyed.
• As rumors spread through the gathered armies, He Muzhi used Qin Su’s supposed advance knowledge to remove more groups from Clyus.
• He Muzhi sent the remaining armies to locations assigned to his Class 6 classmates and led his own people to Setini Palace.
• Fifteen hours later, Cyborg Army groups stationed across Clyus saw unfamiliar forces around them.