Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang tried to investigate the growing shadow beneath the ruins while keeping his cover as a worker, but a failed attempt to steal gasoline led Douglas Kaslana to recruit him as an assistant. The next morning, Han Jiang reported to the guarded inner perimeter, where Douglas let him through.

• As the ruins’ Honkai Energy increased and the underwater shadow became clearer, Han Jiang asked Chiyuan's Wing to dive down and investigate it.
• Han Jiang tried to steal gasoline from a truck, but its alarm summoned Schicksal patrol personnel and Douglas Kaslana.
• Douglas gave Han Jiang vodka, tested him with several errands, and made him his temporary assistant because Han Jiang reminded him of his rival, Han Jiang.
• The next morning, Han Jiang went to the inner perimeter gate, where Douglas confirmed that he had called Han Jiang and tossed him a bag.

Douglas surveyed the excavation site with Han Jiang and said that a woman he admired would arrive soon. Chiyuan's Wing returned after investigating the lake, reporting four fish-shaped Honkai Beasts and revealing that she had found Fu Hua in Storm City.

• Douglas offered to double Han Jiang's pay, then mapped the ruins' perimeter and recorded its personnel and excavation progress himself.
• Douglas gave Han Jiang an Anti-Honkai Serum before they entered the central ruins and mentioned that an important woman would arrive in a few days.
• Han Jiang worried that Chiyuan's Wing had not returned from investigating the black ring beneath the lake.
• Chiyuan's Wing returned after two in the morning and reported that the black ring contained four fish-shaped Honkai Beasts resembling Steel Sea Dragon.
• Chiyuan's Wing said she had seen Fu Hua in Storm City after Han Jiang was captured, and Han Jiang suspected she had gone there to get gasoline.

Han Jiang learned that the ruins’ core area would soon be sealed as the excavation neared a discovery, and Douglas promoted him to team leader at Worksite No. 23. He heard that Arius had been transferred into the central site through a Schicksal connection and remained suspicious of his identity.

• Chiyuan's Wing told Han Jiang that Fu Hua knew what was happening and wanted to know when they would make their move, so Han Jiang said they would act when the Steel Sea Dragon moved.
• Douglas took Han Jiang around the ruins’ central area, where Han Jiang used Data Vision to learn more than Douglas intended to reveal.
• Douglas paid Han Jiang and said the core area would be sealed starting the next day, then arranged for him to become a team leader at his old worksite.
• Han Jiang returned to Worksite No. 23 and was appointed leader of Team Two, while coworkers told him Arius had been transferred to an important job in the center of the site.
• Han Jiang ordered his team back to work and wondered who Arius really was, concluding that his apparent influence could help Han Jiang and Fu Hua when events escalated.

Han Jiang sneaked into the ruins during a chaotic battle to search for valuable technology, with Chiyuan's Wing helping him map the base. They found Soulium-armored robots and caught Arius near the weapons storage area, where Arius attacked Han Jiang.

• Schicksal ordered the workers to evacuate as Previous Era defenses activated and enormous shadows approached from the lake; Han Jiang slipped away toward the ruins' center.
• Han Jiang found an exposed Honkai Energy reactor, spotted Arius heading down a shaft, and entered another shaft with Chiyuan's Wing to explore the base.
• Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing searched a residential area, broke through a vibrating wall, and fought two powerful guard robots that Han Jiang stored for their materials.
• Chiyuan's Wing stole the base's structural map while narrowly escaping its autonomous defense system, then led Han Jiang toward the heavy weapons storage area.
• Han Jiang found Arius, pinned his arm to the wall with Red Tassel, and demanded to know who he was.
• Arius pretended he had wandered into the base by accident, then repaired his mechanical arm, trapped Red Tassel, and fired a pistol at Han Jiang, who dodged and kicked at him.

Han Jiang seized three powerful weapons from the ruined base as Fu Hua arrived and helped him face Schicksal and World Serpent. With the factions converging and the last Honkai Beast defeated, Durandal confronted Fu Hua.

• Arius escaped after Han Jiang struck him, and Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing opened the Weapon Library and searched for heavily guarded areas.
• A Steel Sea Dragon crashed through the base, exposing three weapons that Han Jiang stored after racing Durandal, Douglas, and Arius to them.
• Fu Hua appeared, knocked Durandal's Black Abyss White Flower aside, and prepared to leave with Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing.
• Rita confronted Fu Hua while Han Jiang pointed out Arius; Jackal and Raven arrived with World Serpent, and Han Jiang stoked tensions between the factions.
• Han Jiang secretly sent Chiyuan's Wing underground to retrieve a robot, while Durandal killed the remaining Honkai Beasts and challenged Fu Hua.

Han Jiang seized a Liquid Soulium Quantum Computer from the ruins and tried to escape as Schicksal and World Serpent fought over it. He broke through both groups’ encirclement, leaving them battling in the corridor while Douglas and Arius pursued him.

• Durandal fought Fu Hua while Han Jiang slipped into the ruins and found three Liquid Soulium Quantum Computers, one of which he took as Schicksal and World Serpent fought over the others.
• Han Jiang met Chiyuan's Wing, then tossed the computer toward Arius to distract their pursuers and ran with her.
• Douglas and Arius cornered Han Jiang, but he used the computer as a weapon to break through their forces and set the two factions against each other.
• Douglas and Arius pursued Han Jiang together, but Chiyuan's Wing threw a robot into their attacks, giving Han Jiang time to escape.
• Schicksal and World Serpent fought in the narrow corridor while Han Jiang got clear, though Douglas and Arius continued after him.

After escaping the Lake Baikal ruins with Fu Hua, Han Jiang returned to Mount Tai Xu and searched for the Book of Cang Xuan, hoping to find the Armed Puppet Cang Xiaoxuan. He found nothing in Tai Xu City and returned exhausted, while Chiyuan's Wing was excited to ask Fu Hua for access to its advanced technology.

• Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing escaped the Lake Baikal ruins, and Fu Hua joined them as the battle ended with World Serpent retreating.
• At Mount Tai Xu, Han Jiang tried to persuade Fu Hua to return to St. Freya High School, then tested whether she remembered the Book of Cang Xuan by claiming he had seen an Armed Puppet in storage.
• Han Jiang searched Mount Tai Xu all day without finding the Book of Cang Xuan, then persuaded Fu Hua to let him search Tai Xu City.
• Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing explored Tai Xu City, where she recognized its control center as a hub connected to the Sea of Quantum, but they still did not find the Book of Cang Xuan.
• Han Jiang returned to the courtyard exhausted, while Chiyuan's Wing eagerly sought Fu Hua's help to access Tai Xu City's instruments.

Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing uncovered the Book of Cang Xuan beneath Fu Hua's main hall after Chiyuan's Wing crashed through the floor. They learned the Armed Puppet could be restarted with energy, though it might take a day, and Fu Hua felt a painful, fleeting sense of recognition when she saw her.

• Chiyuan's Wing rushed into Fu Hua's main hall, crashed into the wall, and broke through the floor and an old table.
• Han Jiang dug a decaying wooden box from the pit, and it broke open to reveal the Book of Cang Xuan.
• Chiyuan's Wing recognized the puppet's Soulium body, and Han Jiang carried her into the side room.
• Chiyuan's Wing explained that the intact puppet could be restarted with energy, but it would take about a day and her AI might be damaged.
• Fu Hua brought the food, briefly seemed to recognize Cang Xiaoxuan, then placed her on a cabinet and told Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing to eat.

Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing revived Cang Xiaoxuan, who mistook Chiyuan's Wing for the Immortal and vowed to serve her. Fu Hua struggled to face her old companion, but Han Jiang encouraged them to reconnect, and Cang Xiaoxuan began adjusting to the modern era.

• Han Jiang and Fu Hua waited anxiously as Chiyuan's Wing restored Cang Xiaoxuan, whose components gradually rebooted until she woke.
• Cang Xiaoxuan mistook Chiyuan's Wing for the Immortal, and Han Jiang asked Chiyuan's Wing to explain the modern world to her.
• After learning she could use energy without falling dormant, Cang Xiaoxuan rejoiced and promised to fight alongside the Immortal.
• Fu Hua told Han Jiang she felt unable to face Cang Xiaoxuan, and he reassured her that they could become companions again.
• Cang Xiaoxuan asked Fu Hua about the robe she had made for the Immortal, and Fu Hua asked her to call her Fu Hua instead.
• Cang Xiaoxuan introduced herself as the Book of Cang Xuan and offered to attend to Fu Hua, while Chiyuan's Wing promised to show her the internet.

Han Jiang persuaded Fu Hua to return to St. Freya High School, and she agreed to visit despite her guilt over betraying her friends. The next morning, Cheng Lixue arrived at Mount Tai Xu to see her master, and the group prepared to leave after breakfast.

• Han Jiang reassured Fu Hua that Kiana and the others would forgive her, and Fu Hua chose to trust him without demanding that he reveal his secrets.
• Han Jiang gave Fu Hua a new communication chip, and she agreed to return to St. Freya High School for a visit.
• Han Jiang asked Cang Xiaoxuan about useful information left by Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu, but her listed systems and collections offered no important records.
• Cheng Lixue arrived at Mount Tai Xu early and asked to see Fu Hua, then joined her, Han Jiang, and Cang Xiaoxuan for breakfast before their departure.

Han Jiang brought Fu Hua back to St. Freya High School, where the students welcomed her by treating her as they always had. Fu Hua reunited with Kiana and the others at the training grounds as the Far East Branch strengthened its defenses in preparation for a possible conflict with Schicksal.

• After breakfast, Han Jiang persuaded a hesitant Fu Hua to travel with him, Chiyuan's Wing, and Cang Xiaoxuan to St. Freya High School, while Cheng Lixue stayed at Mount Tai Xu.
• When they arrived, Han Jiang explained that the school had increased its fortifications since separating from Schicksal and had arranged for nobody to make a special greeting for Fu Hua.
• Han Jiang found Kiana and the others training at the grounds, where Kiana jokingly attacked him and Mei welcomed Fu Hua back.
• Kiana complained that Fu Hua had left them in Changkong City and demanded compensation, while Fu Hua teased her about having gained weight.
• Kiana insisted that she and the others had still wanted to find Fu Hua, though they had not known where she was.

Han Jiang and Fu Hua proposed using controlled Honkai Energy and Feather Dust to help Kiana confront and suppress the Sirin personality within her. As St. Freya prepared a laboratory, Tesla requested aid against Schicksal forces at an ancient ruin, and the group planned to address Kiana’s situation before leaving.

• Fu Hua explained that Kiana needed to face the other consciousness within her, and Han Jiang proposed using a controlled amount of Honkai Energy to help her master its power.
• Theresa and Himeko agreed to prepare an attempt, while Fu Hua warned that she could not guarantee she could destroy the consciousness and described it as a split personality.
• Theresa and Himeko assigned workers and the Armed Puppets to build a laboratory on the back mountain, with construction expected to take a week.
• Tesla told Theresa that Schicksal troops were clashing with Anti-Entropy near an ancient underwater ruin and requested support.
• Han Jiang and Himeko said Kiana’s problem should be addressed before they left, and Fu Hua estimated the attempt would take three days.

Han Jiang, Theresa, and Fu Hua brought Kiana into a simulated Second Honkai War battlefield to help her confront Sirin’s personality. Han Jiang found Kiana on the icy plain, but armed Valkyries stopped him near the Babylon Laboratory.

• Han Jiang interrupted Kiana’s gaming and took her to Theresa for weekend tutoring using St. Freya’s Core Database.
• Theresa loaded records of the Second Honkai War into the Core System, and Fu Hua helped place Kiana in an induced Feather Dust environment.
• Fu Hua explained that she had separated part of Sirin’s personality and recreated the war so Kiana could defeat Sirin in the simulation.
• Han Jiang entered the virtual battlefield, contacted Kiana, and spotted her across the icy plain.
• Armored vehicles surrounded Han Jiang, and a white-haired Valkyrie demanded to know who he was and how he had entered the sealed area near Babylon Laboratory.

Han Jiang and Kiana joined Patrick and Theresa to investigate the disappearances and Honkai Energy outage at the Babylon Laboratory. After finding traces that suggested a girl was inside the reactor area, they followed her cries for help deeper into the facility.

• Han Jiang explained to Kiana that they were in a virtual space reenacting historical events, then the two went to the Babylon Laboratory.
• Theresa arrived by helicopter and joined Patrick, Han Jiang, and Kiana in investigating the missing researchers.
• Patrick found a nearly invisible figure in the surveillance footage and showed that the reactor’s Honkai Energy output had vanished for five minutes.
• The group entered the reactor area and used a detector to follow unusually concentrated Honkai Energy traces that Patrick identified as footprints.
• Patrick concluded that a girl was still inside the reactor area, and the four followed her cries down into the facility.

Theresa, Patrick, Han Jiang, and Kiana discovered fifty-two girls imprisoned as test subjects beneath the Babylon Laboratory and freed them from their cages. Theresa defied Schicksal’s rules and vowed to take the children somewhere safe, while Patrick warned that her plan put her at odds with headquarters.

• Theresa, Patrick, Han Jiang, and Kiana found rooms full of imprisoned girls on the laboratory’s bottom level.
• Han Jiang and the others broke open the doors and freed fifty-two girls, many of whom were injured and frightened.
• Kiana promised the girls that they would find a safe place to live, and Han Jiang recognized in them people he knew from St. Freya in the future.
• Patrick explained that the girls were Schicksal test subjects and said regulations required them to be returned to headquarters.
• Theresa told Patrick she would take the girls to an artificial island in the Far East and give them a chance to become Valkyries or live ordinary lives.
• Theresa explained that Kiana’s birth had inspired her to protect children, while Patrick decided they first had to resolve the Babylon Laboratory’s Ghost Incident.

Theresa brought the rescued children to the Babylon staff quarters and promised to find them a safe place to live and learn. Han Jiang helped Kiana care for them, and Sirin reluctantly dressed after he spanked her; the children then received food and warmth.

• Theresa promised the children shelter, schooling, and a chance to become Valkyries, while Kiana noticed Sirin had spoken sarcastically.
• Han Jiang asked Kiana to help the frightened children, and Theresa took them to the experimental staff’s living quarters despite Patrick’s objections.
• Han Jiang and Kiana dressed the children in oversized adult clothes, but Sirin refused to put hers on.
• Han Jiang spanked Sirin for refusing, and she endured the humiliation rather than reveal her power or intentions.
• Sirin put on her clothes, Han Jiang distributed canned food, and he encouraged Kiana to be firm with the children.

Patrick, Han Jiang, and Kiana confronted Sirin at the Honkai reactor after Patrick traced the energy being absorbed there. Sirin revealed her hatred of Schicksal and attacked with her emerging Herrscher powers, leaving Patrick injured and unable to fight.

• Patrick followed fresh traces of residual Honkai Energy to the reactor with Han Jiang and Kiana.
• The group found Sirin absorbing energy, and she admitted her desire for revenge against Schicksal for its experiments on orphans.
• Patrick, Kiana, and Han Jiang prepared to fight Sirin, while Han Jiang urged Kiana to subdue her without causing serious harm.
• Sirin distorted space to evade attacks and struck Patrick with an invisible blow, knocking her weapons away and injuring her.
• Han Jiang ran to Patrick as she struggled to stand, while Kiana prepared to continue the fight.

Kiana fought Sirin, who escaped after nearly striking her with a summoned spear, while Honkai Beasts appeared throughout Babylon Laboratory. Han Jiang and Patrick met Welt, and Han Jiang secured his promise to protect his friends as they went to confront the awakened threat; meanwhile, Theresa questioned why the Beasts had appeared and learned that reinforcements were coming.

• Kiana tried to persuade Sirin to surrender, but Sirin attacked her with a summoned spear and vanished before Patrick could report the mission’s target to Theresa.
• Theresa warned everyone that Honkai Beasts had appeared and went to rescue the children, while Kiana ran to help her and Han Jiang escorted Patrick toward the exit.
• Five Honkai Beasts blocked Han Jiang and Patrick, but Welt arrived and crushed them with his powers before helping the pair escape.
• Han Jiang asked Welt to protect his friends in Schicksal in exchange for more clues about the awakened threat, and Welt agreed to do his best.
• Fu Hua told Han Jiang that the events he was seeing came from Feather Dust’s records and things buried in his subconscious.
• Theresa and Kiana returned to the scene of the fight, where Theresa questioned the Beasts’ sudden appearance and learned that Siegfried, Salome, and Nicholas were coming as reinforcements.

Theresa prepared to fight the Honkai Beasts surrounding Babylon Laboratory, but Siegfried and the Snow Wolf Squad engaged them while Welt and Han Jiang arrived from Anti-Entropy. Welt obliterated the horde with his power, but Siegfried still confronted him as Anti-Entropy's mechs approached.

• Theresa learned that the children had evacuated and headed to the command room to deal with the Honkai Beasts.
• Siegfried, Shab Nikkolas, and Salome Jokanan fought the Honkai Beasts outside Babylon Laboratory while an Anti-Entropy operative urged Welt to attack the laboratory.
• Welt rejected the attack plan and brought Han Jiang to meet Siegfried, insisting that Schicksal and Anti-Entropy were not enemies.
• When a gigantic Honkai Beast lunged at Nikkolas, Welt used his power to crush the Honkai Beasts surrounding them.
• Siegfried recognized Welt as Anti-Entropy's Alliance Leader and pointed his gun at him as Anti-Entropy's Tactical Mechs arrived.

Welt Yang negotiated with Siegfried to cooperate against the danger inside the Babylon Laboratory, and Han Jiang fought Siegfried before Welt stopped them. After agreeing to keep Anti-Entropy’s forces at a distance, the group entered the laboratory, where Kiana met her young, healthy father.

• Welt Yang introduced himself as Anti-Entropy’s leader and asked Schicksal to work with him against a dangerous individual inside the Babylon Laboratory, but Siegfried refused to let him pass.
• Siegfried charged Welt, and Han Jiang stepped in to fight Siegfried while Anti-Entropy’s Tactical Mechs surrounded the two Valkyries.
• Welt used gravity to halt Han Jiang and Siegfried, then offered to station his troops thirty kilometers from the laboratory; Siegfried accepted his proposal to cooperate.
• Tesla stayed behind to command the stationed mechs while Welt, Einstein, Han Jiang, and the others went to the Babylon Laboratory.
• Han Jiang brought Siegfried to Kiana, who remarked that her father looked strange with both arms intact.