Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a war-torn world, Lin Yan used a system to learn firearm skills and fought in a beast tide at Tianjing Base City's Defense Line 021. The monsters retreated after the troops held the line, and Lin Yan fainted from exhaustion and his injuries.

• Lin Yan discovered his system and learned that his mission was to advance to Warrior Level and help suppress the beast tide.
• Lin Yan spent 4 Soul Power to learn Firearms Specialization and Precision Shot, then narrowly escaped a firebird's attack.
• A middle-aged man wielding a Blood-colored Battle Saber killed the firebird and saved Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan changed positions and shot monsters as the battle continued, gaining limited Soul Power.
• The soldiers held through the wave, and Lin Yan fainted after the monsters retreated.

After recovering in the hospital, Lin Yan fused with the body's memories and realized he had entered the world of Swallowed Star. A system mission then directed him to rescue a missing scout who had uncovered the beast tide's secret.

• Lin Yan spent 20 Soul Power to fuse with the body's memories and learned about his background and the world he inhabited.
• Lin Yan recognized the world as Swallowed Star and considered how to develop his fighting skills and use the system.
• Wang Bing and Wei Xinran visited Lin Yan and discussed the sudden beast tide and a missing scout from the Night Hawk Reconnaissance Company.
• Lin Yan received a system mission to rescue Private Zhang Wei, who had apparently discovered the beast tide's secret.

After returning to the barracks, Lin Yan sought a skilled practitioner to help him overcome a bottleneck in the Thunderclap Sword. He went to meet Major Liu Mingxuan, who agreed to test his performance and led him out of the office.

• Lin Yan asked Wang Bing and Wei Xinran about soldiers who could teach the Thunderclap Sword, hoping to improve his strength.
• Wang Bing identified Major Liu Mingxuan as a master of the Thunderclap Sword but warned that he was cold and intimidating.
• Lin Yan decided to seek Liu Mingxuan’s instruction and headed to the military district security office.
• Liu Mingxuan reviewed Lin Yan’s file, warned him that poor performance would anger him, and took a battle sword before telling Lin Yan to follow.

Lin Yan joined Liu Mingxuan at the military district training grounds, where Liu demonstrated the Thunderclap Sword and answered Lin Yan’s questions. After learning the skill from Liu’s sword, Lin Yan impressed him with his control, while Liu clashed verbally with Jia Yan over Gao Han.

• Lin Yan discussed the Thunderclap Sword with Liu Mingxuan, who explained how he had learned it and offered guidance.
• At the training grounds, Liu Mingxuan demonstrated the Thunderclap Sword by destroying a dummy with a strike that stopped short of it.
• Lin Yan borrowed Liu’s Heavenly Gang Battle Sword and used Soul Power to learn the Thunderclap Sword, then shattered a dummy with his newly gained skill.
• Liu Mingxuan praised Lin Yan’s swordsmanship and advised him to improve his speed and become a martial artist soon.
• Jia Yan sarcastically praised Liu Mingxuan and Lin Yan, and Liu rebuked him over Gao Han before leaving.

Lin Yan fought in the massive beast tide at Defense Line 021, upgraded Precision Shot to Data Hit, and drew the attention of a powerful Frost Xuan Bird. A Mental Master saved him from the Frost Xuan Bird, but the soldiers at Lin Yan’s position were killed, leaving him to continue fighting with their sacrifice in mind.

• Lin Yan joined the battle at Defense Line 021 and completed the Hundred Beast Slayer mission by killing at least 100 monsters.
• Lin Yan used his skill upgrade chance to evolve Precision Shot into Data Hit, which let him analyze firing conditions and predict targets’ movements.
• Lin Yan shot a Bloodthirsty Tank in the eye, then spotted a Frost Xuan Bird diving toward his position.
• The Frost Xuan Bird destroyed Lin Yan’s position and pursued him as he fled, while the soldiers’ bullets failed to harm it.
• A Mental Master struck the Frost Xuan Bird with six throwing knives, forcing it to retreat and saving Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan saw that the soldiers around him had died, and the Mental Master urged him to carry their memory as he continued fighting.

Lin Yan completed his warrior assessment at the military district and earned official Quasi-Warrior status after passing all three tests. He received the next mission to reach general level, which would unlock the Mental Master skill tree.

• Lin Yan reviewed his system rewards and new mission, then went to the military district administrative office to apply for his assessment and obtain the Gene Energy Cultivation Method.
• The examiners tested Lin Yan's fist strength, and he passed with a result of 1182 kg.
• Lin Yan passed the speed test at 27.3 m/s, exceeding the 25 m/s requirement.
• During the neural response test, Lin Yan used Data Hit to evade nearly all the rubber bullets and earned a perfect score for Intermediate Warrior level.
• The old man recorded Lin Yan's results and told him his Quasi-Warrior status would be added to his citizen information, then directed him to Director Liu's office.

After passing the Quasi-Warrior assessment and reaching Warrior level, Lin Yan accepted a dangerous secret mission with the military district’s temporary Special Operations Squad, Starlight. Director Liu taught him the Gene Energy Cultivation Method and granted him special authorization to buy the first four levels of the Po Jun Sword at half price.

• Director Liu told Lin Yan that the military district had approved his Warrior practical assessment in the form of a secret mission deep in the Wilderness Area with Liu Mingxuan’s squad.
• Lin Yan agreed to join Starlight, deciding the risks and the chance to gain experience were worthwhile.
• Director Liu taught Lin Yan the Five Hearts Facing Heaven Cultivation Method and outlined the military’s training support for him.
• Lin Yan browsed the military’s secret manual exchange system and chose the Po Jun Sword, whose path suited his preference for a battle sword.
• Director Liu authorized Lin Yan to buy the first four levels of the Po Jun Sword at half price, and Lin Yan completed the purchase.

Lin Yan received upgraded combat gear and orders to join the Star Special Operations Squad, then arrived at its secret base. Vice-captain Jia Yan challenged his place on the team, and Lin Yan offered to prove his strength.

• Lin Yan learned that he would receive Series 5 combat equipment, a Po Jun Sword manual, and permission to carry Series 4 firearms on the mission.
• Lin Yan told Wang Bing and Wei Xinran that he had become a Warrior and said goodbye to them before leaving for his new workplace.
• Lin Yan entered the Star Special Operations Squad’s hidden base and reported for duty to Liu Mingxuan.
• Jia Yan objected to Lin Yan joining the mission because he believed Lin Yan was not strong enough for the Wilderness Area.
• Lin Yan told Jia Yan he had passed the Quasi-Warrior test and accepted the vice-captain’s challenge to prove he qualified for the squad.

Lin Yan faced Chen Lian in a spar to prove he was fit to join the Special Operations Squad, while secretly learning Liu Mingxuan’s advanced sword techniques and gaining new sword traits. The fight ended with Chen Lian acknowledging that Lin Yan had won despite not yet cultivating Gene Energy.

• Jia Yan challenged Lin Yan’s confidence, so Liu Mingxuan had Chen Lian test his abilities using Liu’s combat equipment.
• Lin Yan learned All Things Severed and the S-rank passive Sword Mastery, which generated the Sharpness and Thunder traits for his sword techniques.
• Chen Lian attacked Lin Yan, but Lin Yan used his reactions and combat talent to counter his moves and avoid serious danger.
• Lin Yan unleashed a powerful strike combining both traits, and the clash sent him flying while injuring Chen Lian’s hand.
• Chen Lian asked whether Lin Yan had begun cultivating Gene Energy, and after Lin Yan said no, Chen Lian admitted defeat.

Lin Yan joined the Star Special Operations Squad after demonstrating extraordinary strength and swordsmanship. The squad received a mission to rescue missing scout Zhang Wei in the Wilderness Area, where clues pointed to a connection between the beast tide and a man who had died before it began.

• Chen Lian admitted defeat, and Liu Mingxuan said Lin Yan's Thunderclap Sword surpassed the fifth level before welcoming him into the Star Special Operations Squad.
• Lin Yan met the squad members and learned that Zhang Wei, a missing scout, was the target of his system's rescue mission.
• Liu Mingxuan explained that Zhang Wei had sent a warning accusing Yang Bin of being connected to the beast tide before his communication device was damaged.
• The squad learned that Yang Bin's remains had been identified, but forensic evidence showed he had died more than seven days before the beast tide began.
• Liu Mingxuan said the squad would enter the Wilderness Area to rescue Zhang Wei and investigate the mystery, then showed satellite footage of Zhang Wei drawing a national flag on a ruined rooftop.

The Special Operations Squad found no answers to the mysteries surrounding the beast tide, while Lin Yan received the Po Jun Sword manual and prepared to cultivate Gene Energy. He sensed universe energy for the first time and began absorbing it at a dramatically increased rate.

• The Special Operations Squad discussed Zhang Wei, Yang Bin, and the beast tide but found no new clues.
• Lin Yan received the Po Jun Sword manual and USB drive in a sealed box, then learned that only he could study the secret manual.
• Bu Xiangyang and Liu Mingxuan reacted enviously to Lin Yan’s SS-rank manual, and the squad ended its meeting before their departure the next morning.
• Liu Mingxuan urged Lin Yan to try cultivating Gene Energy, and Lin Yan reviewed the Gene Energy Cultivation Method and Supreme Induction before beginning.
• Lin Yan sensed universe energy through his Five Hearts Facing Heaven posture and consciously absorbed it at more than a hundred times his previous rate.

After sensing a dramatic increase in his strength, Lin Yan traveled with Liu Mingxuan’s group toward City 032 and demonstrated his swordsmanship by killing an F-rank Tiger Mastiff with one strike. He learned Bright Light Swordplay from Bu Xiangyang, then used the Seven-Star Battle Sword to acquire both that skill and Thunderclap Sword through his Soul Power.

• Lin Yan woke feeling much stronger after his first six-hour absorption of cosmic energy, and Liu Mingxuan warned him that a monster would soon test his confidence.
• Lin Yan and the others traveled in a military vehicle to a garrison near City 032, equipped for their journey across the Wilderness Area.
• Liu Mingxuan assigned Lin Yan an F-rank Tiger Mastiff, and Lin Yan killed it with a single sword strike, surprising the group.
• Lin Yan asked Bu Xiangyang about his sword techniques, and Bu Xiangyang began teaching him D-rank Bright Light Swordplay.
• Lin Yan inspected Bu Xiangyang’s Seven-Star Battle Sword and used his 46 Soul Power to learn Bright Light Swordplay and A-rank Thunderclap Sword.

Lin Yan and his team battled through the monster-infested outskirts of City 032, where he grew more dependable to the others with every fight. They planned to continue toward the abandoned high-rise where Zhang Wei had last been seen, though Lin Yan’s mission still had not failed.

• Lin Yan discovered that he could spend Soul Power to promote All Things Severed and Thunderclap Sword, and he looked forward to mastering the SS-rank Po Jun Sword.
• Lin Yan and his teammates shot and fought their way through a monster horde, then escaped into a building after half an hour of pursuit.
• The team discussed how dangerous their journey had become, while Lin Yan remained confident because his Save Private Ryan mission had not been marked as failed.
• Jia Yan praised Lin Yan’s combat growth, and Bu Wenxing thanked him for repeatedly saving his life.
• Liu Mingxuan reviewed Chu Wei’s map and ordered the team to rest briefly, reach an abandoned steel mill by evening, and continue toward Zhang Wei’s last known location the next morning.

The Star Special Operations Squad rested in an abandoned steelworks, then continued through City 032 despite dwindling ammunition. On the way, they encountered another martial artist squad that had just killed a powerful Steel Rock Rampage Bear, and both groups passed without stopping.

• Lin Yan cultivated during his watch at the steelworks and took over the predawn watch with Chu Wei.
• At daybreak, Li Tao warned that his machine-gun ammunition was running low, and Lin Yan offered him his M92 ammunition as a backup.
• Liu Mingxuan led the Star Special Operations Squad through City 032 toward their target.
• The squad encountered another martial artist team beside the corpse of a Steel Rock Rampage Bear worth one billion.
• The two squads acknowledged each other and continued on, while the other team's captain ordered his companions to prepare to head home.

Lin Yan and the Special Operations Squad fought through the Monsters guarding a mall and reached the skyscraper where they were searching for Zhang Wei. After finding no Monsters inside, they discovered a huge horde surrounding the building, and Lin Yan urged the team to keep searching for Zhang Wei, who might help them escape.

• Liu Mingxuan assigned the squad roles for an attack, and Lin Yan covered the battle from a rooftop with his sniper rifle.
• Lin Yan killed two Shadow Leopards with precise shots, and Liu Mingxuan and Jia Yan defeated the third before the squad moved through the mall to the skyscraper.
• The squad searched the building floor by floor but found no signs of Monsters, prompting Liu Mingxuan to call for a withdrawal on the seventh floor.
• Lin Yan discovered that Monsters had surrounded the building, including a High-level Beast General Earth Giant Lizard carrying an unfamiliar laughing gorilla.
• Lin Yan asked Chu Wei to search for another exit and urged Liu Mingxuan to continue looking for Zhang Wei, believing he was alive and might help them escape.

Lin Yan and Liu Mingxuan’s team searched the building for Zhang Wei while trapped by monsters and cut off from communications. After finding Zhang Wei and confirming there was no escape route, Jia Yan shared his brother’s dying words and urged Lin Yan to face death for their ideals.

• Liu Mingxuan failed to contact the military district and ordered the team to search the building quickly for Zhang Wei.
• Bu Xiangyang found Zhang Wei unconscious, treated him with medicine and Nutrient Fluid, and brought him out of immediate danger.
• Chu Wei failed to connect to the network, and Lin Yan and Jia Yan searched the basement but found no usable exit.
• Jia Yan told Lin Yan how his older brother died saving him from a Unicorn Wild Boar and gave him the Third-Class Merit Medal.
• Jia Yan saluted Lin Yan and said they would die for their ideals, giving their deaths meaning.

Lin Yan and Jia Yan reaffirmed their determination to survive, while the trapped group considered how to contact the military and watched the monsters celebrate below. On the rooftop, Chen Lian shared his painful childhood and grief for his grandfather with Lin Yan, and the chapter ended with both men crying beneath the stars.

• Lin Yan thanked Jia Yan for his advice, returned his salute, and promised to preserve the military merit medal until humanity restored order in the Wilderness Area.
• Lin Yan told the group that the Gray Gorilla might understand human technology and that they had no way to judge its strength, while Chu Wei argued it was unlikely to be Lord level.
• Chen Lian suggested leaving a written message on the rooftop for the military district, but Liu Mingxuan warned that help might be delayed because Tianjing Base City had few War God level experts available.
• That night, the monsters held a bonfire gathering as the Gray Gorilla danced and sang, and Chen Lian went to the rooftop for air.
• Chen Lian told Lin Yan that his mother had died in childbirth, his father had neglected him, and his grandfather had raised him while enduring poverty.
• Chen Lian wept over his grandfather's hardships and his death just as life had begun to improve, and Lin Yan quietly cried alongside him.

Liu Mingxuan’s team questioned the rescued Zhang Wei, who revealed how an impostor wearing human skin had infiltrated his unit and how a Gray Gorilla had taken him from a prison near a Lord-level Iron Armored Dragon. With the dragon posing a possible threat, Lin Yan offered an idea for escaping the monsters’ encirclement.

• Liu Mingxuan introduced the rescue team to Zhang Wei and asked him about the beast tide and Yang Bin.
• Zhang Wei explained that Yang Bin had begun acting strangely before the beast tide and that the person he saw smiling during the attack was an impostor.
• Zhang Wei said the impostor had killed the squad leader, worn his skin to take his identity, and left Zhang Wei unconscious after he saw golden eyes in the darkness.
• Zhang Wei told the team that he had awakened in a prison near a sleeping Lord-level Iron Armored Dragon before the Gray Gorilla took him and later abandoned him in the building.
• Li Tao warned that the Iron Armored Dragon might come after them, and Lin Yan said he had an idea for escaping the monsters.

Lin Yan proposed using Li Tao’s E6 Explosives to collapse the building and create an opening for the squad to escape, and Liu Mingxuan organized the breakout. The squad prepared their positions and explosives, planning to act just before dawn in City 032.

• Lin Yan proposed collapsing the building with E6 Explosives, then splitting the squad to draw the monsters’ attention and evacuate Zhang Wei.
• The squad agreed to fight their way out, while Chu Wei offered to seek reinforcements through his family without withdrawing from the battle.
• Liu Mingxuan ordered Chen Lian and Bu Wenxing to escort Zhang Wei away and assigned combat roles to the remaining squad members.
• Liu Mingxuan told the fighters to watch the Gray Gorilla for an opportunity and to adapt their escape plans to the situation.
• The squad discussed routes and hiding places, calculated the building’s collapse direction, and chose locations to plant the explosives before resting for dawn.

Lin Yan and his team detonated E6 Explosives to ambush the monsters in City 032, then fought to cover their retreat. As Lin Yan joined the desperate battle, the system rewarded him with the SS-rank movement technique Ghost for completing a side mission.

• Lin Yan and the others escaped through a window just before the E6 Explosives destroyed the building and threw the monsters into chaos.
• Liu Mingxuan ordered the team to fight, and Li Tao unleashed his machine gun while Lin Yan and the others attacked the monsters.
• Bu Xiangyang dragged Li Tao away after Lin Yan kicked him out of the fight, while Chen Lian, Bu Wenxing, and Zhang Wei withdrew according to plan.
• Lin Yan used carefully aimed shots to help Chu Wei and Jia Yan kill Beast Generals, but the Gray Gorilla knocked him aside and Liu Mingxuan took a punch meant for him.
• After his sniper rifle broke, Lin Yan drew his battle sword and struck a Beast Soldier with the Thunderclap Sword, completing Side Mission 3 and receiving Ghost.