Chapter Summaries

Ji Minghuan, imprisoned as a supposed Reality Alteration superhuman, spoke with the Instructor about his powers and learned that Kong Youling was safe. After the Instructor promised to bring her the next day, Ji Minghuan fell asleep and heard a voice announce that the Infinite Split Game had loaded.

• The Instructor questioned Ji Minghuan about his childhood habits and explained that his superpower might teach him through a game-like experience.
• Ji Minghuan asked about Kong Youling, corrected the Instructor on her name, and learned she was safe and had more freedom because her danger level was lower.
• The Instructor offered to bring Kong Youling to visit the next day, and Ji Minghuan asked when he could leave the facility and return to the Welfare Home.
• The Instructor told Ji Minghuan he might leave after growing up if he cooperated, then departed without giving him a firm promise.
• Ji Minghuan returned to bed and fell asleep as the Infinite Split Game loaded and began character creation.

Ji Minghuan encountered a game-like interface that tested his grasp of dreams and reality, then let him create a Game Character. He chose Gu Wenyu, a Superhuman based in his hometown of Li Capital, and set him on the Gray Character path as the character began appearing in the real world.

• Ji Minghuan used his floating index finger to select the answer that the experience was both a dream and reality, earning an Initial Skill Point.
• Ji Minghuan agreed to create a Game Character and learned that he could control it while asleep, while it would act autonomously when he was awake.
• Ji Minghuan reviewed records for Gu Wenyu, a Superhuman from Li Capital, and Andre, an Anecdote Envoy from Denmark.
• Ji Minghuan selected Gu Wenyu because Li Capital was where his former Welfare Home was located, hoping the character could help him investigate his abduction.
• Ji Minghuan chose the Gray Character growth path, and the system began generating Gu Wenyu in China's Li Jing.

Ji Minghuan woke in the body of Gu Wenyu, a student whose memories and life had been created by Ji Minghuan’s superpower. After leaving school, he considered the implications of his ability and discovered a game settings panel with several system options.

• Ji Minghuan woke in a classroom as Gu Wenyu and received a notice that Gu Wenyu’s memories would load into his mind.
• Gu Wenyu’s memories identified his school as Li Jing Fifth Middle School and his classmate Li Qingping as his best friend.
• Ji Minghuan declined Li Qingping’s invitation and left the classroom, then looked toward the Welfare Home and wondered whether his power created a new person and altered history.
• Ji Minghuan left school and noticed a gear icon fixed in his vision.
• Ji Minghuan touched the gear icon, opening a settings panel that listed an Attribute Panel, Task Panel, Character Exclusive Training System, and Skill Tree System.

Ji Minghuan tested Gu Wenyu’s Restraint Band ability in a secluded alley and discovered it could absorb impacts and reduce gravity’s effect on his body. He mastered using the bands to swing through the alley and land safely, then returned to the city crowd.

• Ji Minghuan left Li Jing Fifth Middle School and found a secluded alley in a City Village to test his ability.
• Ji Minghuan used the Restraint Bands to absorb the impact of a falling backpack and realized they could divert and weaken force.
• Ji Minghuan discovered the bands could share continuous force from gravity, making him lighter, though they grew hot under the strain.
• Ji Minghuan used the Restraint Bands to leap and swing between security grilles and a construction lift, quickly mastering the technique.
• Ji Minghuan diverted the force of a fall into the bands, landed safely without bending his knees, and walked back into the city.

Ji Minghuan stood outside Gu Wenyu’s home, reviewing the fractured family history and planning how to act around his new relatives. When Gu Qiye opened the door, a quest appeared ordering Ji Minghuan to investigate what his older brother was hiding.

• Ji Minghuan recalled that Gu Wenyu’s mother had been killed in an incident involving Rainbow Wing, leaving the family divided and their father absent.
• Ji Minghuan reasoned that he would mainly need to interact with Gu Qiye and Su Zimai, while wondering about the secrets hidden by every family member.
• Ji Minghuan found his key and was greeted at the door by Gu Qiye, who gave him a chilled bottle of cola.
• Ji Minghuan explained that he was late because his homeroom teacher had kept talking after school let out.
• A quest panel appeared, tasking Ji Minghuan with investigating what Gu Qiye was hiding.

Ji Minghuan discovered that only he could see his system panels and considered how to investigate the secrets of his family. He reviewed the available quests and skill branches, while Gu Qiye left to attend to something that evening.

• Ji Minghuan saw a quest to investigate what Gu Qiye was hiding and realized Gu Qiye could not see the system panel.
• Ji Minghuan watched a report about Esper Blue Arc and wondered whether the Esper Association had captured his original body for research.
• Gu Qiye gave Ji Minghuan money for dinner, reminded him to eat, and left the house.
• Ji Minghuan opened the Task Panel and found quests about Gu Qiye, Gu Zhuoan, Su Zimai, and Li Qingping.
• Ji Minghuan inspected the Character Skill Tree and saw three available skills, with one Skill Point to spend.

Ji Minghuan spent his Skill Point to learn Restraint Belt Senses, then used it to inspect his surroundings and explore the ability’s night vision. He decided to delay investigating the research institute until he understood the danger and had a second Game Character, then examined Gu Wenyu’s character and training systems.

• Ji Minghuan chose Restraint Belt Senses from the Concealment branch and unlocked the next skill, Restraint Band Truth.
• He tested Restraint Belt Senses through a door and across the rooftop, discovering that the bands could see and hear clearly, even in darkness.
• Ji Minghuan considered using Restraint Band Truth to question an experimenter but postponed returning to the Welfare Home until he had another Game Character and knew whether the Instructor had accomplices there.
• He returned to Gu Wenyu’s room and viewed the character’s panel, which listed all three attributes as C-rank and showed no Event Cards or Attribute Points.
• Ji Minghuan opened the Character Exclusive Training System and read that each Game Character had a unique development system based on its growth path.

Ji Minghuan learned that his Social Superstar System rewarded him for forming cooperative relationships with Espers, then researched Rainbow Wing and considered how to uncover the truth about Gu Wenyu's mother's death. The chapter ended with him discovering that the wounded Gu Qiye was secretly the Esper Blue Arc.

• Ji Minghuan read the Social Superstar System mission, which offered an Attribute Point for befriending an Esper, and considered using Espers to find information about the laboratory.
• Ji Minghuan watched footage of Fan Dongqing saving Li Capital from a meteor and decided he would need to join Rainbow Wing or pursue politics to investigate Gu Wenyu's mother's death.
• Ji Minghuan found Gu Wenyu's homemade mask and trench coat, then put them away for possible future use.
• Ji Minghuan watched news about the criminal Ghost Bell challenging Rainbow Wing before preparing to sleep and hoping to see Kong Youling the next day.
• Ji Minghuan sensed someone entering the house and used Restraint Belt Senses to discover that the wounded visitor was Gu Qiye wearing the uniform of Blue Arc.

Ji Minghuan discovered that his older brother Gu Qiye was the Esper Blue Arc and learned that he had been badly injured fighting Ghost Bell. When Gu Qiye rushed out to confront another criminal holding hostages, Ji Minghuan took his mask and windbreaker and left his room.

• Ji Minghuan used the Restraint Belt Senses to confirm that Gu Qiye was Blue Arc and overheard him say that Ghost Bell had escaped after their fight.
• Ji Minghuan searched for Ghost Bell and learned that the criminal had killed Espers and destroyed buildings in Miao City without harming ordinary people.
• A woman called Gu Qiye to report that the Esper criminal Green Wing had taken hostages at Li Jing Square and demanded his appearance.
• Despite his injuries, Gu Qiye bandaged his wounds, put on Blue Arc's battle suit, and sped toward the square.
• After Gu Qiye left, Ji Minghuan retrieved his mask and windbreaker with his Restraint Band and walked out of his room.

Gu Qiye, acting as Blue Arc, faced Green Wing in Li Jing Square, where five hostages wore timed bombs and Green Wing demanded his surrender. As Blue Arc stalled for time, an unknown figure restrained Green Wing’s five accomplices, leaving both men stunned.

• Green Wing threatened to execute the hostages unless Blue Arc appeared, and Blue Arc arrived at the square.
• Blue Arc learned that the hostages wore timed bombs and that Green Wing’s supposed accomplices with detonators were not among the crowd.
• Because he was badly injured, Blue Arc agreed to surrender and began putting on Green Wing’s explosive handcuffs while covertly waiting for his companions to find the real accomplices.
• A child urged Blue Arc not to surrender, and Green Wing threatened to detonate the bombs if Blue Arc made a move.
• Pitch-black Restraint Bands suddenly bound and lifted Green Wing’s five thugs, and Blue Arc told Green Wing that the unknown attacker was not one of his people.

Ji Minghuan, appearing as the masked Chrysalis Man, interrupted Green Wing’s hostage standoff in Li Jing Square and revealed himself as a violent, unpredictable Gray Character. After leaving Blue Arc with a bloody head, he escaped into the night and proposed that they meet privately.

• The Chrysalis Man descended beneath the billboard, restrained Green Wing’s five bandits, and dismissed Green Wing’s threats to detonate the hostages.
• When Green Wing demanded that he release the bandits, the Chrysalis Man severed their heads, freed the hostages, and gave them the bandits’ guns.
• The Chrysalis Man tried to restore the bandits’ heads and reassure the screaming hostages, while warnings showed his role-playing deviation rising to 42%.
• Blue Arc confronted the Chrysalis Man about killing the bandits, and the Chrysalis Man called himself a Gray Character and invited Blue Arc to speak with him privately.
• The Chrysalis Man tossed a bandit’s head to Blue Arc, then used his Restraint Bands to disappear into the night.

After Chrysalis Man escaped the square, he confronted Blue Arc and offered to help him uncover the truth about his mother’s death in exchange for an unspecified favor. He also raised doubts about Blue Arc’s missing father before escaping, leaving Blue Arc injured and unsettled.

• Blue Arc warned Green Wing that his accomplices had been subdued and the hostages were gone, then pursued Chrysalis Man.
• Chrysalis Man revealed that Blue Arc was Gu Qiye and described how his mother, Su Ying, had been mistakenly killed by an Esper five years earlier.
• Chrysalis Man claimed Blue Arc had joined the Esper Association to gain access to Rainbow Wing and find his mother’s killer, then offered to help him seek revenge.
• Chrysalis Man suggested that Gu Zhuoan had left for a hidden reason and urged Blue Arc to work with him to learn the truth.
• Chrysalis Man noted that Blue Arc’s waist and neck injuries were serious, then fell into the darkness and escaped using Restraint Bands.

Ji Minghuan returned home after meeting Gu Qiye as the Chrysalis Man and considered how Gu Qiye would handle the Esper Association's questions. He checked his quest rewards and found that his real-world fame was growing enough for him to soon receive a nickname.

• Ji Minghuan used the Restraint Band to return to his room unseen, changed into pajamas, and hid his mask and windbreaker.
• Ji Minghuan reasoned that Gu Qiye would conceal the details of their private meeting when reporting to the Esper Association.
• As rain fell, Ji Minghuan checked the Main Quest and saw that establishing cooperation with Blue Arc remained incomplete.
• Ji Minghuan opened his personal panel and noticed that his growing fame meant he would soon receive a nickname.
• Ji Minghuan wondered whether people would call him “Xenomorph” or “Bandage Freak.”

Ji Minghuan spent the night improving his abilities and considering how to create another Game Character, while Gu Qiye quietly checked on Gu Wenyu. Later, the Instructor showed Ji Minghuan photographs of the Chrysalis Man and revealed that the superhuman had been nicknamed Black Cocoon.

• Ji Minghuan added his Attribute Point to Speed and learned Restraint Belt Detection, then discovered he needed two more Split Points to create another Game Character.
• Gu Qiye returned home, saw Gu Wenyu sleeping, and wondered whether he had mistaken his Younger Brother for the Chrysalis Man.
• The Instructor woke Ji Minghuan and questioned him about his collar’s failure to detect his superpower.
• The Instructor showed Ji Minghuan photographs of the Chrysalis Man and said people had temporarily named the superhuman Black Cocoon.

Instructor told Ji Minghuan that an unknown Prophet had foretold Ji Minghuan would destroy the world, explaining why he had been imprisoned. The chapter ended with Instructor leaving Ji Minghuan alone to meet Kong Youling.

• Ji Minghuan joked about Black Cocoon’s appearance, and Instructor compared him to it using a photograph of his childhood toilet-paper wrapping.
• Instructor explained that a Prophet had predicted Ji Minghuan would destroy the world and that the organization had kept him confined because of the warning.
• Instructor said the Prophet had accurately foretold major disasters, had never revealed his identity, and had vanished after warning them about Ji Minghuan.
• Ji Minghuan asked to be told if the Prophet appeared again, and Instructor agreed.
• Instructor told Ji Minghuan that Kong Youling would arrive in five minutes, then left the monitoring room as it fell dark.

Ji Minghuan remembered meeting Kong Youling at the Welfare Home and becoming her first friend. As they escaped the other children and watched the sunset from the attic roof, he told her that they were both weirdos and she was not alone.

• Nine-year-old Ji Minghuan first saw Kong Youling arrive at the Welfare Home, where the other children mocked her appearance and disabilities.
• Kong Youling wrote that she did not want to burden the children with learning sign language, but they continued to mistreat her.
• Ji Minghuan took Kong Youling by the hand and led her away from the children chasing them.
• Ji Minghuan helped Kong Youling climb through the attic skylight onto the roof, where they watched the sunset together.
• Ji Minghuan told Kong Youling that they were both weirdos and that she was not alone.

Ji Minghuan remembered the childhood bond he shared with Kong Youling, from their secret nights together on the Library roof to their promise to always stay together. In the Imprisonment Room, he finally reunited with the white-haired Kong Youling.

• Ji Minghuan recalled how he used his punishments in the Library attic to meet Kong Youling on the roof, where they watched the stars and grew close.
• Kong Youling told Ji Minghuan about her mother, and he shared how his parents had abandoned him and how he feared being abandoned again.
• Ji Minghuan admitted he could be himself with Kong Youling and asked whether she would leave him; Kong Youling answered by embracing him.
• Kong Youling proposed that they run away together, and she and Ji Minghuan sealed a promise to always stay together.
• Ji Minghuan opened his eyes in the Imprisonment Room as the isolation door opened and Kong Youling entered; he greeted her after a long absence.

Ji Minghuan reunited with Kong Youling in the laboratory, then learned why the researchers kept him alive and heard that other kinds of superhumans existed. He woke as Gu Wenyu, now codenamed Black Cocoon, and planned to locate the laboratory and free himself and Kong Youling.

• Kong Youling and Ji Minghuan met under guard, and Ji Minghuan denied having a supernatural ability when she asked about it.
• Ji Minghuan tried to touch Kong Youling but was shocked by his Metal Collar, then drew her a Spotted Cat and reassured her before their meeting ended.
• The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that there were two other Superhuman Species and explained that the researchers feared killing him might unleash dangerous power.
• Ji Minghuan woke in Game Character No. 1, Gu Wenyu, and discovered that his codename had become Black Cocoon.
• Ji Minghuan used Black Restraint Bands to form a cocoon around himself and resolved to find the laboratory and free himself and Kong Youling, resorting to killing if necessary.

Ji Minghuan took control of Gu Wenyu during summer vacation and met his younger sister, Su Zimai, while a new quest tasked him with discovering what she was hiding. A news report identified his masked intervention in the hostage crisis as the work of “Black Cocoon,” a B-Level Observation Target.

• Ji Minghuan declined Li Qingping’s invitation and chose to stay home, then took control of Gu Wenyu’s body after sleeping in the Imprisonment Room.
• Ji Minghuan met Su Zimai in the living room and received a quest to investigate what she was hiding.
• Ji Minghuan and Su Zimai traded teasing remarks while watching television.
• A news report revealed that an unknown ability user had killed five Green Wing Organization criminals and rescued five hostages the previous night.
• The Esper Association named the ability user “Black Cocoon” and classified him as a B-Level Observation Target, while Su Zimai mocked his outfit.

Ji Minghuan used Restraint Belt Detection on Su Zimai, learning about her abilities but not completing his Main Quest. When Su Zimai revealed that their father, Gu Zhuoan, was coming home, Gu Qiye agreed to let him come despite Black Cocoon’s suggestion that their father had hidden plans.

• Ji Minghuan touched Su Zimai with his Restraint Band and discovered that she was a First Order Exorcist whose A-rank Magic Hand was bound to the Refrigerator Demon.
• Ji Minghuan found that his Main Quest remained incomplete and wondered whether he needed to see Su Zimai use her powers or learn more about her role among demon hunters.
• Su Zimai told Ji Minghuan that Gu Zhuoan would return that night and said she might stay at a classmate’s house if Gu Qiye did not come home.
• Gu Qiye returned with groceries and told Ji Minghuan and Su Zimai to stay for dinner; Ji Minghuan revealed that their father was coming.
• Gu Qiye recalled Black Cocoon’s claim that Gu Zhuoan might have left for a reason and quietly agreed to let him come home.