Chapter Summaries

Chu Fei absorbed the research inheritance for the Metamorphosis spell, mastered localized liquefaction, and strengthened his Thought Model while the others struggled with the virtual system. At the sealed entrance to the -150-meter Main Control Room, he decided to act before the Flying Tiger Team could make him a liability.

• Chu Fei realized the Wisdom Dewdrop had yielded only a small increase because he had received decades of knowledge without fully mastering it.
• Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrops to learn and construct the Metamorphosis spell, then trained until he could liquefy parts of his body with controlled energy costs.
• Chu Fei trained Metamorphosis, Perception of Wind, and combat techniques during the ten-hour rest, increasing his Thought Model's computational power by thirty percent.
• Li Longhua led the teams through the -100-meter level toward the Main Control Room, while Chu Fei scouted ahead with improved Perception of Wind.
• The group reached a blast door blocking the -150-meter level, and Chu Fei decided to flip the table rather than trust the Flying Tiger Team to let him survive.

Chu Fei forced the research base to start, opening the way forward, and the group encountered a mutated jellyfish colony that they subdued with bright light and protective gear. Chu Fei stayed behind while Li Longhua and Qian Shaohua led most of their people onward, but a tremor and a sudden crack sounded as he waited.

• Chu Fei secretly activated the base's forced startup command, and the final door opened as the system rumbled to life.
• Li Longhua used drones to inspect the passage and discovered pale blue, jellyfish-like organisms that disrupted the drones with electromagnetic pulses.
• Li Longhua sent two volunteers ahead, and they used flashbangs to make the organisms wilt, revealing Box Jellyfish Toxin.
• The volunteers entered in protective suits and reported that the organisms below were retreating, so Li Longhua ordered the group to advance.
• Chu Fei declined to continue, while Qian Shaohua took about sixty percent of his team onward and the rest returned to the minus-100-meter hall.
• At forty-seven minutes, a faint crack sounded and the ground trembled as Chu Fei waited behind.

Chu Fei survived the Golden Dragon Battle Team’s ambush by faking his death, then used Metamorphosis to disguise himself and turn the teams against each other as the Dimensional Space collapsed. He emerged in a Flying Tiger Team stronghold, blamed the Golden Dragon Battle Team, and secured a place on a transport truck by promising information about Li Longhua.

• As the Dimensional Space shook and insects swarmed, three Golden Dragon Battle Team members shot Chu Fei, who used Metamorphosis to fake his death.
• In the darkness, Chu Fei killed a Golden Dragon Battle Team member, took his identity, and later used a concealed crossbow to kill Flying Tiger Team members.
• After the killings were discovered, Chu Fei blamed the Golden Dragon Battle Team and attacked Flying Tiger Team members, sparking a battle between the teams.
• A grenade intensified the Dimensional Space’s collapse, and Chu Fei fell through a vortex into a Flying Tiger Team stronghold.
• Chu Fei claimed the Golden Dragon Battle Team had attacked him and the Flying Tiger Team, then persuaded members to take him on their transport truck by offering information about Li Longhua.
• Chu Fei treated his bullet wounds himself, removing the bullets and applying medicine while the Flying Tiger Team members watched.

Chu Fei maintained his cover as an injured survivor while the Flying Tiger Team fought its way through a collapsing Dimensional Space and a swarm of mutated bugs. After the Dawn Special Forces took him back to base, Tu Hu ordered everyone else out of the garage and kept Chu Fei behind.

• Chu Fei dug a bullet out of his wound in front of the Flying Tiger Team and left it for them to inspect, then continued pretending to be seriously injured.
• As mutated bugs poured into the tunnels, Chu Fei advised the Flying Tiger Team on how to fight them and helped them cripple a powerful mutated mantis.
• The Flying Tiger Team kept retreating while searching for Li Longhua and other missing leaders, and Chu Fei weighed his options while concealing his plans.
• More battle teams arrived and used lights, insecticide, machine guns, and a defensive line to suppress the bug swarm behind the blast doors.
• Chu Fei escaped the Flying Tiger Team’s pursuit by collapsing at Tu Hu’s feet, and Zhang Qiaoqiao arranged for him to be treated at the Dawn Special Forces.
• After Tu Hu brought Chu Fei back to base, he ordered everyone else to leave the garage and close the main door.

Chu Fei recovered from his injuries, reviewed the knowledge and research methods he had inherited, and prepared for a confrontation over the hunt. He gave a detailed account under questioning, but the hearing ended with Fang Hua asking whether Li Longhua could still be saved.

• Tu Hu arranged treatment for Chu Fei and told him the hunt’s roughly twenty-three-million reward was on hold pending the confrontation.
• Chu Fei sorted through his gains, including an improved Thought Model, the Metamorphosis Spell, inherited research knowledge, and a clearer understanding of experimental work.
• Tu Hu warned Chu Fei that Young City Lord Zhang Han, a Perfect Awakened with a Potential Index above 9.0, would join the confrontation, then told him Gao Haifeng would attend as support.
• At the hearing, Chu Fei recounted the expedition in detail and answered Zhang Han’s questions, attributing his strong memory to Perception of Wind.
• Fang Hua asked Chu Fei whether there was still any hope for Li Longhua.

Chu Fei returned from the Underground World after the rescue effort for Li Longhua was postponed and his team’s spoils were divided. Accompanied by Gao Haifeng and the others, he reached Dawn Academy, where he approached the mountain gate with renewed confidence.

• Chu Fei estimated that Li Longhua might survive for seven to ten days, but Zhang Han postponed rescue plans because mutated insects threatened to swarm through the collapsing Dimensional Space.
• Zhang Han’s group deferred investigating the Golden Dragon Battle Team’s attack while retaining the right to investigate and promising to search for Li Longhua, Qian Shaohua, and the others missing at the negative 150-meter level.
• Chu Fei received 18 million from the hunt and one million in compensation from the Flying Tiger Team, then collected his mission evaluation from Tu Hu before deciding to return to the surface.
• Chu Fei discussed his wealth and supplies with Tu Hu, then encountered Guo Xuan, Liu Dong, and Ma Wenhua and denied finding anything valuable in the Dimensional Space.
• Chu Fei met Zhang Han and Gao Haifeng at the elevator, and Gao Haifeng escorted him and the others back to Dawn Academy.
• After walking from the elevator to the academy, Chu Fei reached its mountain gate and strode toward the steps with confidence.

After completing a dangerous mission, Chu Fei received an excellent evaluation and reflected on how practical experience revealed his shortcomings. He ended the chapter thinking about the Dimensional Space inheritance and vowing to remember Li Longhua’s attempt to silence him.

• Chu Fei told Guo Xuan, Liu Dong, and Ma Wenhua that he had learned Perception of Wind by memorizing its parameters, leaving them astonished by how quickly he had mastered it.
• At the mission office, Chu Fei met Zhang Xuan, Li Honggang, and Lu Hong, who were taking missions after becoming stuck near the First Limit.
• Zhang Suanpan opened the mission report with a dynamic password and showed Chu Fei’s assessment, which praised him as excellent overall and gave him 87 points while noting his limited life experience and knowledge of the apocalypse.
• Zhang Suanpan gave Guo Xuan 56 points and criticized him for returning before a possible insect tide; Liu Dong and Ma Wenhua also received failing evaluations.
• Back in his dormitory, Chu Fei reflected that cultivation meant evolution toward perfection and remembered that Li Longhua’s actions had led him to the Dimensional Space inheritance.

After returning to Dawn Academy, Chu Fei recovered, refined his cultivation, and chose to research how to make his Metamorphosis Spell permanent. He then asked Liu Tingyun for a Magic Artifact ahead of the Winter Solstice Day Dimensional Space mission, and she agreed to lend it to him in exchange for one Spirit Fruit if he succeeded.

• Chu Fei returned to Dawn Academy, rested, and decided to pursue becoming a true Awakened and eventually a doctor.
• Chu Fei practiced Tai Chi Quan, used Metamorphosis to heal the scars left by his wounds, and chose to research making the spell permanent.
• Chu Fei visited Liu Tingyun and thanked her for guiding him before describing his Underground World mission.
• Chu Fei asked Liu Tingyun for a Magic Artifact in advance, proposing to pay eight million and let her buy a Spirit Fruit from him later.
• Liu Tingyun explained that Magic Artifacts and Spirit Fruits were usually bartered, then offered to lend Chu Fei the Magic Artifact in exchange for one Spirit Fruit if he succeeded.

Liu Tingyun lent Chu Fei a Magic Artifact made of programmable nanoparticles, and he studied its instructions and learned how to control it. After hours of preparation, Chu Fei activated its firmware and began absorbing the particles, stopping after taking in about fifty grams when his Thought Model reached its limit.

• Liu Tingyun gave Chu Fei the Magic Artifact and a Storage Card containing its instructions, control programs, and unlock password.
• Chu Fei learned that the Magic Artifact was made of programmable nanoparticles and studied their capabilities, limits, firmware, and 3D models in the Virtual Center.
• Chu Fei used his study hours to memorize the materials, replenishing his energy with Meat Porridge and a Supernatural Potion.
• Chu Fei spent a Wisdom Dewdrop to construct and test the control firmware for the Magic Artifact.
• Chu Fei mixed the nanoparticles with warm water and swallowed six spoonfuls, about fifty grams, before his Thought Model reached its limit.

Chu Fei tested his control over the Nanoparticles and asked Zhao Hongyue to arrange a laboratory so he could research Thought Models and related systems. After three days of intense cultivation, he absorbed 3.2 kilograms of Nanoparticles, and the newly prepared laboratory was ready for inspection.

• Chu Fei shaped a small blade from Nanoparticles and cut an indentation into a steel pipe, realizing he needed more material and stronger modeling skills to use them effectively.
• Chu Fei visited the Dawn Team, where Zhao Hongyue explained that the Iron Blood Mercenary Group had nineteen Awakened and that the team was still weighing the risks of a revenge hunt.
• Chu Fei asked Zhao Hongyue to arrange a well-equipped laboratory and gave her five million to fund it.
• Chu Fei spent three days cultivating and consuming more than fifty buckets of Meat Porridge, using Wisdom Dewdrop to absorb 3.2 kilograms of Nanoparticles.
• Zhao Hongyue called Chu Fei to inspect the completed laboratory, and he hurried down the mountain.

Chu Fei inspected the five-million research setup and began experiments, which helped him realize that his cultivation had stagnated because he had accumulated too much unorganized, superficial knowledge. He chose to prioritize rebuilding his knowledge through practical research, setting aside cultivation, chip decompression, and absorbing his Magic Artifact for now.

• Zhao Hongyue showed Chu Fei the three-container research room, and he accepted its five-million price and granted the Dawn Team usage rights.
• Chu Fei used the lab guides and his Dimensional Space inheritance to perform experiments, synthesize ten grams of TNT, and gain new insights into his studies.
• Chu Fei used a Wisdom Dewdrop to identify how his broad, poorly organized learning had become dead knowledge and interfered with his cultivation.
• Chu Fei chose to research stabilizing the Metamorphosis Spell and planned to review computing, mathematics, the human body, octal, and scientific theories while reorganizing his knowledge.
• Chu Fei rejected strengthening his Thought Model, decompressing the Bio-Gene Chip, and absorbing the Magic Artifact, deciding that building a solid knowledge foundation mattered most before Winter Solstice Day.
• Chu Fei turned to the research books and used a Wisdom Dewdrop to begin studying them.

Chu Fei’s costly experiments deepened his scientific knowledge and brought him to an epiphany after Zhao Hongyue told him that Li Longhua had survived and killed Qian Shaohua. His insight led him to a possible solution for solidifying the Metamorphosis Spell: non-volatile storage technology.

• Huang Gang collected Chu Fei’s aspirin and asked him to synthesize medicines for the Dawn Team, and Chu Fei agreed to make Propofol for the team’s internal use only.
• Chu Fei continued spending heavily on experiments, and he told Zhao Hongyue that he expected his accumulated research to bring a breakthrough before the Winter Solstice Day Dimensional Space.
• Zhao Hongyue told Chu Fei that Li Longhua had returned alive with Qian Shaohua’s head, and that the Flying Tiger Team was reviewing the Underground World incident.
• Zhao Hongyue said the Dawn Team had postponed its revenge against Dawn City and the Iron Blood Mercenary Group until after Chu Fei’s Winter Solstice mission.
• Chu Fei realized that Big Data Cultivation depended on knowledge and scientific wisdom, then entered an epiphany as Zhao Hongyue guarded the laboratory.
• Chu Fei’s thoughts converged on non-volatile storage technology as a possible way to solidify the transformation of the Metamorphosis Spell.

Chu Fei discovered that knowledge formed the foundation of wisdom and that experimentation was a fundamental practice of Big Data Cultivation, then found serious flaws in Dawn Academy’s Thought Model. He decided to rebuild and improve his own model, leaving Zhao Hongyue to prepare supplies before his seven-day deadline for the mandatory physical examination.

• Chu Fei used his insight into magnetic storage and genetic structures to create a preliminary solidification program for Metamorphosis.
• As Wisdom Dewdrop and a Supernatural Potion fueled his thoughts, Chu Fei concluded that knowledge formed the foundation of wisdom and that study and practice advanced Big Data Cultivation.
• Chu Fei realized that accumulated knowledge had become part of his wisdom, letting him recall and connect ideas immediately, while also recognizing that imperfect knowledge required continual correction.
• Chu Fei examined Big Data Cultivation and found that Dawn Academy’s Thought Model relied on hundreds or thousands of approximate parameters that could compound into major flaws.
• Chu Fei told Zhao Hongyue he planned to go into seclusion to rebuild his Thought Model, and she agreed to prepare Meat Porridge, Supernatural Potions, and nutritional meals before his physical examination in seven days.

Chu Fei rebuilt and refined his Thought Model, raising his Thought Test Program score but falling short of his goal of ten thousand. He then studied other models and practical advice before arriving at the mandatory examination, where Zhou Haiyi chose him to test first.

• Zhao Hongyue and the Dawn Team refused Chu Fei's payment for the supplies, explaining that his earlier work had benefited them and their people.
• Chu Fei used the laboratory's computers and virtual device to analyze, design, and rebuild his Thought Model, improving his test score first to 9,026 and then to 9,865 times per second.
• Chu Fei paused his research, studied other Thought Models, and gathered practical insights from Dawn Team members before the mandatory examination.
• Chu Fei returned to the academy and saw Zhang Xuan and Lu Hong among the second-year students, while Li Honggang was absent.
• Zhou Haiyi began the mandatory physical examination and selected Chu Fei to be tested first, drawing everyone's attention.

Chu Fei’s thought test revealed a score of 3,165 times per second, surprising the others and prompting Zhou Haiyi to explain how test results relate to becoming Awakened. Chu Fei learned that 10,000 times per second marked the theoretical threshold for a Perfect Awakened, but that test scores alone did not determine cultivation or combat strength.

• Chu Fei concealed most of his actual thought test ability and recorded a peak result of 3,165 times per second.
• Zhou Haiyi remarked that Chu Fei had shown the potential of an Awakened despite having a Potential Index below 7.98.
• After learning Chu Fei had skipped the relevant lesson, Zhou Haiyi explained the thought test benchmarks associated with breaking through at 7.9 and 8.0 and becoming a Perfect Awakened.
• Chu Fei asked how a Semi-Awakened would compare with an Awakened at the same thought test score, and Zhou Haiyi explained that the Awakened’s evolved Thought Model, genes, knowledge, experience, and physique still gave them an advantage.

Chu Fei resolved to pursue his own path as Dawn Academy’s examinations eliminated struggling students and showcased Guo Xuan’s rapid progress. After Liu Tingyun confronted Feng Yuan over her hostility, she explained the Flying Cloud Battle Team’s connection to the Perception of Wind spell and a Dimensional Space map, then learned Chu Fei’s true thought-test score.

• Chu Fei reflected on his abilities and decided that he could challenge stronger opponents by following his own path.
• Zhou Haiyi’s examinations eliminated students with high Aberration Indexes and other shortcomings, while Guo Xuan impressed the crowd with rapid cultivation progress.
• Liu Tingyun reassured Chu Fei that his growth and other metrics surpassed Guo Xuan’s, and the remaining Dawnbreak Team members completed their examinations.
• Chu Fei warned Liu Tingyun that Feng Yuan had glared at him, so Liu Tingyun confronted Feng Yuan, who backed down and left.
• Liu Tingyun told Chu Fei that the Flying Cloud Battle Team had sought the Perception of Wind spell and a Dimensional Space map hidden after a murder and robbery during an expedition five years earlier.
• Liu Tingyun connected Chu Fei’s task from Principal Wu Yong to the map, learned his true thought-test score was 4398 times per second, and urged him to keep cultivating.

Chu Fei refined his Thought Model with upgraded computing equipment and broke the 10,000-calculations-per-second threshold. After the Greedy Wolf Team attached conditions to its additional investment, he declined to engage before Winter Solstice Day and returned to his research.

• Chu Fei decided to strengthen his cultivation and scientific knowledge, then used computers to continue improving his Thought Model.
• Chu Fei had Zhao Hongyue arrange a computing server upgrade, raising his research setup's capacity and letting him run four Thought Model calculations simultaneously.
• After three days of calculations, Chu Fei built his third-generation Thought Model and achieved a stable benchmark of 11,056 calculations per second.
• Zhao Hongyue showed Chu Fei that the Greedy Wolf Team would provide its additional investment only if he met with them and joined a hunt.
• Chu Fei asked Zhao Hongyue to inform the academy that he would focus on secluded cultivation and Winter Solstice Day preparations, then returned to his laboratory.

Chu Fei used an emerging AI network to develop and build fourth- and fifth-generation Thought Models, greatly increasing his computing power. He found that further upgrades had stalled without more technical input and planned to apply his new capabilities to spells, Metamorphosis, and Magic Artifacts.

• Chu Fei combined AI technologies with his four Thought Models, forming a rudimentary Neural Network that helped finalize the fourth-generation architecture.
• Chu Fei built the fourth-generation Thought Model, which benchmarked at 14,077 operations per second, 27.3% faster than the third generation.
• Chu Fei found the AI had completed 22% of a fifth-generation model overnight, then supplied more knowledge and adjusted its calculations.
• The AI finished the streamlined fifth-generation architecture in five days, and Chu Fei built it in four hours, reaching 15,859 operations per second.
• Chu Fei discovered the sixth-generation model had stalled at 2% and decided to use his increased computing power to reconstruct Perception of Wind, undergo Metamorphosis, and refine Magic Artifacts.

After rebuilding his Thought Model, Chu Fei restored and improved his Energy Bypass System, Perception of Wind, and Metamorphosis Spell. He finished testing the spells and turned his attention to the dormant Magic Artifact, the 3.2 kilograms of Nanoparticles.

• Chu Fei increased his Thought Model's computing power to 15,859 cycles per second and decided to refine it rather than look for a side job.
• Chu Fei rebuilt his Energy Bypass System, raising its efficiency by around 30%.
• Chu Fei reconstructed Perception of Wind through extensive Virtual Space testing, boosting its scanning refresh rates and improving its see-through ability.
• Chu Fei rebuilt the Metamorphosis Spell and Solidification Ability, then tested transformations, disguises, and flexible two-meter arms.
• Chu Fei discovered that nonhuman transformations required a complex database of biological structures, then turned to the dormant Magic Artifact: 3.2 kilograms of Nanoparticles.

Chu Fei analyzed the Magic Artifact’s control program and discovered a Trojan Program hidden inside it. He concluded Liu Tingyun had most likely planted it as a backdoor and wondered what her thought test score had been.

• Chu Fei inserted the Magic Artifact’s Storage Card into the Virtual Space computer and began simulating how its control program could integrate with the Thought Model.
• When the computer had parsed about 12% of the program, its antivirus system isolated suspicious code while the main analysis continued.
• Chu Fei searched the suspicious code in the computer’s database and identified it as a Trojan Program capable of monitoring, hijacking, and remotely controlling him.
• Chu Fei separated the Trojan Program and found an uncleared timestamp from Year 105, linking it to the recent past rather than the thousand-year-old Magic Artifact.
• Chu Fei concluded Liu Tingyun had probably planted the Trojan Program as a backdoor, then wondered what her thought test score had been.