Chapter Summaries

Qin Su’s Modified Human armies gathered above Clyus while Class 6 arrived below, leaving Belloc and He Muzhi uncertain about Qin Su’s plans and their own standing. He Muzhi stopped when a deep voice called out to him.

• Qin Su secretly managed the resources himself and sent the Modified Humans to Clyus mainly as a show of force, keeping them apart from Class 6 and the other people there.
• Modified Human teams gathered over Clyus and recognized Class 6 members as Spaceships entered through the aerial defense layer.
• Belloc reached his assigned destination under the wary eyes of his companions, then felt relieved when Qin Su’s army overhead deterred them from acting against him.
• The Modified Humans stationed above Setini Palace spotted He Muzhi leaving a Spaceship and wondered why Qin Su had placed him at the heart of Clyus.
• He Muzhi hid his shock at the gathered army, questioned whether Qin Su trusted Class 6, and stopped when a deep voice came from ahead.

He Muzhi led the gathered forces through an eerily empty Setini Palace, following Qin Su’s plan while the others wondered whether they were being lured into a trap. At a closed door, He Muzhi smelled corpses and prepared everyone to breach it, leaving the group on the verge of a fight.

• The people gathered above Clyus feared that Qin Su’s Cyborg Army might turn against them as they approached Setini Palace.
• Qin Su dismissed the idea that he had concealed the operation for Class 6’s sake and planned to benefit from the attention and rumors surrounding his role.
• He Muzhi led the group into the empty palace, and the others followed despite suspecting they might be trapped there.
• He Muzhi admitted that Qin Su had sent him to Setini Palace before and continued leading the group toward their destination.
• At a closed door, He Muzhi smelled blood and decay, readied his weapon, and ordered everyone to prepare to breach it.

He Muzhi’s teams stormed a crowded room in Setini Palace and killed everyone inside, while Class 6 captured targets elsewhere in the palace. He Muzhi realized Qin Su had given Sophia and the others separate instructions, and Sophia arrived asking where his group’s captives were.

• He Muzhi detonated explosives at the room entrance and led his teams into a fierce assault on the packed crowd inside.
• He Muzhi’s forces killed everyone in the room within ten minutes, and the fighters noticed many victims were notorious figures from the Dark Web rather than palace patrol soldiers.
• After receiving a message from his scouts, He Muzhi told his group to wait because others were coming.
• Sophia and the other Class 6 students arrived escorting captured targets, and He Muzhi realized Qin Su had contacted them separately.
• Sophia asked He Muzhi where his group’s captured people were.

He Muzhi and Class 6 reached Setini Palace’s corpse-blocked gate, where they hesitated to enter because of the stench and the danger behind it. Qin Su arrived above the palace in a dramatic display and watched through the Electronic Eye, confident He Muzhi would not damage the building to get inside.

• He Muzhi concealed his disappointment about Qin Su and led his classmates to the bloodied gate of Setini Palace.
• He Muzhi and the others smelled rotting corpses behind the narrow gap and debated how to enter without exposing themselves to the pile behind it.
• Qin Su sent a command to the Modified Humans above Setini Palace, who cleared space for him to appear in a swirling gust of wind.
• The Modified Humans recognized Qin Su’s black-and-gold uniform as part of the same series as their Combat Suits and watched him with renewed excitement.
• Qin Su used the Electronic Eye to inspect Kanasen’s corpse-filled room and waited for He Muzhi to choose an approach, knowing he would not tear up the palace roof.

He Muzhi led a small group to blast open an entrance into the foul-filled Setini Palace, while the others speculated about Qin Su’s role and whereabouts. The explosion drenched He Muzhi’s team in corpse fragments and maggots, and the group discovered rooms stacked with bodies; Qin Su remained hidden nearby, watching.

• He Muzhi chose a small group of close associates and Class 6 members to accompany him while the others waited at a distance.
• Wang Le credited He Muzhi with learning the palace, and Zhao Yin defended Qin Su’s role in their mission and arrival on Clyus.
• Qin Su watched from above as He Muzhi’s group prepared to blast through an entrance, while the crowd mistakenly guessed he was inside.
• The explosion covered He Muzhi, Sophia, Lailisi, and the others in body fragments and maggots, but they immediately entered and secured the area.
• Sophia saw rooms lined with stacked corpses, while He Muzhi realized his chosen blast location made little difference and the onlookers confirmed Qin Su was absent.

He Muzhi waited for Qin Su’s guidance while deciding what to do with the helpless Kanasen. Qin Su stopped He Muzhi, then blew open the roof of Kanasen’s office, leaving everyone below stunned.

• After confirming Kanasen could not fight back, Sophia asked He Muzhi what they should do, and He Muzhi told everyone to wait.
• He Muzhi walked toward Kanasen while hiding his uncertainty and waiting for Qin Su to respond.
• Qin Su contacted He Muzhi and told him, “All right,” stopping him before he reached Kanasen.
• Qin Su warned everyone nearby to get ready, then detonated the roof over Kanasen’s office, exposing He Muzhi and the others to the sky.

Qin Su destroyed the heart of Setini Palace and used a hidden device to redirect the falling debris away from himself and the Modified Humans, leaving Class 6 and the others below to fend for themselves. He then called the waiting crowd over, making clear that he had drawn a line between the Modified Humans and Class 6.

• Qin Su activated a concealed device that forced the debris from the explosion downward before it could hit him or the Modified Humans.
• The Modified Humans interpreted Qin Su’s protection as proof that they had taken Class 6’s place in his affections, while He Muzhi realized Qin Su was publicly separating them from Class 6.
• He Muzhi and the others below dodged or blasted apart the falling debris as Class 6 kept watching Qin Su, who stood among the Modified Humans without speaking to them.
• After the collapse stopped, people from the crowd moved toward He Muzhi, hoping Qin Su would spare them along with Class 6.
• Qin Su ignored their pleading looks and called the waiting crowd over, while He Muzhi wondered whether Qin Su was making Class 6 pay for what they had gained.

Qin Su began directing the gathered people to separate the captives while maintaining an apparent distance from Class 6. Aldrich was conspicuously left behind, and the chapter ended with the people around him wondering why Qin Su had spared him.

• The newcomers saw Qin Su and the Cyborg Army, then concluded that challenging Qin Su would be dangerous and that Kanasen deserved his fate.
• Qin Su told the crowd to begin and ordered people near the captives to send them over, prompting selected individuals to escort captives away.
• Aldrich remained behind as the other captives were taken, relieved that Qin Su had not forgotten him.
• Qin Su separately told people who were not in Class 6 to leave the central area, reinforcing the crowd's impression that he was treating Class 6 coldly.
• The people around Aldrich checked their Optical Brains, found them working, and quietly asked him how he had avoided being taken away.

Aldrich’s connection to Qin Su made the others suspect they had secretly planned together, while Felix realized Qin Su had used him to target the Ossotalia Empire. Qin Su prepared the captured prisoners and Class 6 for a confrontation in the ruins near Kanasen’s hiding place.

• Aldrich boasted about his good fortune, and Felix stopped when he spotted him before being dragged forward by his hair.
• Felix accused Aldrich of betraying Qin Su, but Aldrich shouted that he had never betrayed the Federation or Qin Su.
• Felix inferred that Qin Su had used him through Aldrich to eliminate targets and wondered why Qin Su had focused on the Ossotalia Empire.
• Aldrich let the others believe he and Qin Su had planned together, then claimed he and the Cyborg Army each had their own uses to Qin Su.
• Qin Su had the escorts inject the prisoners with a drug that temporarily increased their strength, then ordered them to remove the restraints and leave.
• Class 6 and Felix’s captured group gathered in the ruins near Kanasen’s hiding place, facing each other in a tense standoff.

Qin Su gave Felix and the others weapons and an adrenaline-inducing drug, then forced Class 6 into a fight without offering them help. As the attack began, his classmates still looked to him for a signal, testing whether he would intervene.

• Qin Su told Felix and the others that the weapons were theirs and that their survival depended on their own abilities.
• Class 6 students struggled to interpret Qin Su’s apparent indifference but chose to obey his rules and hold onto their belief in him.
• Felix and the others equipped themselves with Combat Suits and weapons, while Qin Su’s drug made them increasingly agitated.
• When Felix and the others attacked with bullets and shells, Class 6 dodged while repeatedly looking toward Qin Su for permission to respond.
• Qin Su realized his classmates were putting themselves in danger to test whether he would break his silence and help them.

Class 6 continued evading Felix and the others while waiting for their ammunition to run low, hoping Qin Su would respond, but he remained cold and waited for them to follow his plan. As the drug’s effects neared their peak, Patrick arrived at Clyus and tried to break through its defenses.

• Class 6 joked over their temporary communications channel while tracking the enemy’s ammunition and dodging attacks without fighting back.
• Qin Su watched Felix and the others waste most of their ammunition, kept Clyus sealed against Patrick, and counted down toward the drug’s peak effects.
• Patrick reached Clyus aboard a new spaceship with troops and media, intending to publicize his role in the Ossotalia Empire’s downfall.
• Stopped at Clyus’s outer defenses, Patrick ordered his security specialists to breach them and his people to bombard them by force.

Patrick ordered a sixfold increase in the bombardment of Clyus after learning that breaching its defenses would take sixteen hours, while Qin Su watched Class 6 abandon their firearms and attack Felix and his people with melee weapons. Class 6 left the enemies alive as they inflicted prolonged torture, horrifying the spectators and leaving them fearful of what the students might do in the future.

• Qiu Pang told Patrick that Clyus had six defensive layers and that breaking through them would take sixteen hours, so Patrick ordered the attack multiplied sixfold.
• Qin Su heard Patrick's order and watched Class 6 decide to stop acting recklessly and take responsibility for those who had supported them.
• Class 6 discarded their firearms, took up melee weapons, and coordinated attacks against Felix and his people.
• Class 6 deliberately avoided killing Felix and the others quickly, repeatedly cutting them and prolonging their suffering.
• The spectators were horrified by the torture and debated whether Class 6's actions were justice or a warning of future danger.

Class 6 finished their terrifying demonstration against Kanasen’s people, then Qin Su asked He Muzhi to decide Kanasen’s fate. He Muzhi proposed imprisoning Kanasen and broadcasting his forced survival, and Qin Su agreed before declaring that no one needed to guard him because Kanasen would not kill himself.

• Class 6 completed their synchronized performance and let the mutilated but living enemies collapse as the onlookers watched.
• Qin Su singled out He Muzhi and asked how Kanasen should be dealt with.
• He Muzhi proposed imprisoning Kanasen, withholding food and water, and livestreaming his suffering while preventing him from dying.
• Qin Su approved He Muzhi’s plan but said no one needed to watch Kanasen because he would not kill himself.

Qin Su left Clyus after ordering the Cyborg Army to withdraw, while He Muzhi arranged for the other forces to leave. Outside the planet, the barrier opened, but Patrick’s forces hesitated to enter after seeing Qin Su’s army emerge without attacking them.

• Qin Su reassured He Muzhi, vanished into a prepared spaceship, and sent withdrawal routes to the Cyborg Army.
• Qin Su watched the forces outside Clyus and decided to wait rather than let Patrick’s men risk clashing with uninformed civilians.
• The Cyborg Army celebrated Qin Su’s private farewell, then withdrew while He Muzhi organized the remaining forces and Class 6 kept their composure.
• Clyus’s defensive barrier opened, and Qiu Pang ordered the attack stopped before the Cyborg Army streamed out without engaging his troops.
• Qiu Pang saw that the barrier appeared to have been opened from inside and realized Patrick’s forces would be wary of entering.

Patrick and Qiu Pang entered Clyus expecting to find the aftermath of a massacre, but discovered the city largely intact and its residents safe. As Patrick finally reached the ground, the sight of ordinary people emerging from their homes left him unable to continue.

• Patrick ordered his group into Clyus despite Qiu Pang's doubts, and Qiu Pang decided not to start the planned livestream.
• Qiu Pang saw Class 6's forces withdrawing and found the buffer area clean and undamaged, while the ground troops reacted with renewed energy at Patrick's arrival.
• Patrick summoned Qiu Pang, then later led his group and the other planets' armies down to the ground after most forces withdrew from Clyus.
• Arnold opened residents' doors and found them safe and unaware of the fighting, confirming that Qin Su had protected them.
• Patrick saw residents cautiously emerging and stopped, as his anger and agitation faded.

After Qin Su’s victory on Clyus, Patrick left troops to keep order while the residents gradually realized they were safe and began asking to go home. Patrick then tried to enter Setini Palace, but Sophia stopped him.

• Patrick ordered Qiu Pang and several others to accompany him to Setini Palace, then warned the remaining troops not to harm Clyus’s residents or make an enemy of Qin Su.
• The troops stayed put as residents discussed the fall of the Ossotalia Empire and learned from StarNet that Qin Su had destroyed Setini’s heart and left.
• Gavin nervously asked an officer if he could go home to eat, received permission, and hurried away; other residents followed his example and questioned the soldiers.
• Patrick reached Setini Palace, where Sophia told him he could not enter.

Sophia blocked Patrick and his followers from entering Setini Palace until He Muzhi finished preparations, while Wei Ying limited visitors from other planets to six per planet. Sophia then led everyone to the Palace’s ruined heart, where Patrick and the others saw the aftermath of Qin Su’s attack and a heap of bodies.

• Sophia confronted Patrick at the entrance and held him back while Class 6’s people watched, until He Muzhi told her the preparations were complete.
• Sophia let Patrick’s group enter, and Wei Ying admitted six people from each other planet after setting a one-minute countdown.
• Sophia led the visitors through Setini Palace, where they marveled at its treasures and debated Qin Su’s influence.
• Patrick saw that Qin Su had destroyed Setini Palace’s heart, and Sophia told him their Class Monitor had done it.
• Sophia led the group toward the breach and warned them not to crowd or disturb the unstable mountain of corpses.

Sophia brought Patrick and his group to Class 6’s makeshift cage, where Felix and the others writhed among the corpses, and He Muzhi introduced the scene as a palace attraction. Class 6 livestreamed the visit and kept Patrick from leaving early; as the ten-minute tour neared its end, He Muzhi stepped up to Patrick and pulled out a Laser Cannon.

• Sophia led Patrick and the others to the Breach, where they saw the corpse-filled cage and the suffering figures inside.
• He Muzhi welcomed the group as the first visitors to Setini Palace’s new attraction and announced a ten-minute visit as Class 6 started a livestream.
• Patrick opened Qiu Pang’s livestream link and saw viewers discussing the scene and Class 6’s display of power.
• When Patrick tried to find out which figure was Kanasen and leave, He Muzhi and the other Class 6 members avoided him with excuses.
• With less than a minute left in the visit, He Muzhi approached Patrick and pulled a Laser Cannon from behind his shoulder.

He Muzhi used a laser cannon to expose Kanasen and revealed that Class 6 intended to leave him dependent on the other tortured exhibits, then forced Patrick’s group out when their visit ended. Patrick heard political rivals discuss sidelining him and agreed that he could not let his power end without a fight.

• He Muzhi announced a special performance and fired his laser cannon into the stone desk, driving the drastically changed Kanasen into view.
• He Muzhi warned Patrick and the other visitors not to approach Kanasen, then said Class 6 would leave him and the other exhibits dependent on one another without supplies.
• Patrick confirmed that Class 6 intended to keep Kanasen alive and hungry, but He Muzhi ended the visit and had Class 6 escort the group out.
• As Patrick left, visitors speculated that Class 6 had arranged to take over the Federation and discussed joining forces to preserve their positions.
• Patrick acknowledged the visitors’ concerns and resolved not to let his political influence come to an end.

Class 6 forced Kanasen to eat the grotesque remains for half an hour, horrifying the visiting delegates, while Patrick defended Qiu Pang’s doubts about opposing Class 6. After the Ossotalia Empire fell and its former planets joined the Federation or declared independence, Class 6 used its public appearances to build influence as people searched for answers about Qin Su and the empire’s collapse.

• Patrick led his group away after calming their suspicions, while Arnold’s visiting party entered a viewing area surrounded by armed soldiers and the gruesome remains of the Ossotalia Empire’s victims.
• At noon, an unseen force made Kanasen crawl to the remains and eat their flesh and bones as Class 6 and the visitors watched in horror.
• At twelve-thirty, Kanasen collapsed, and Sophia, Jeffrey, Raymond, and the rest of Class 6 planned how to manage the arriving cleanup troops.
• On their spaceship, Patrick challenged his companions’ claim that Class 6 had spared them out of loyalty, briefly siding with Qiu Pang before dismissing his remark as a joke.
• After six days of cleanup, He Muzhi announced the end of the Ossotalia Empire; its former planets joined the Federation or declared independence, and Class 6 later made high-profile visits while Qin Su remained absent.