Chapter Summaries

He Ao investigated the destroyed robots and ancient remains in the tower, concluding that a powerful intruder was still possibly nearby and that a sudden disaster had killed the tower’s inhabitants. He continued searching for a route to the tower’s center and entered a passage lined with numbered dormitory doors.

• He Ao deduced that a fast intruder had recently pierced and destroyed the robots, and warned Liu Nan that they could be killed if they encountered it.
• He Ao examined the soldiers’ skeletons in their Mechanical Armors and concluded they had died without fighting during an invasion hundreds of years earlier.
• He Ao entered a sports area and found people’s skeletons scattered without signs of resistance, leading him to suspect the disaster had killed them instantly.
• He Ao left the sports area, found another open gate, and entered a passage lined with numbered doors that he suspected led to the tower’s center.

He Ao and Liu Nan reached a brightly lit inner corridor, where He Ao found a console beside a massive door marked as the tower’s central control area. He Ao accessed the console’s settings and selected the language option, leaving the door unopened.

• He Ao collected precision components from inactive robots in the dormitories, and Liu Nan followed him in silence.
• He Ao entered the silver corridor and chose to head right, with Liu Nan following.
• He Ao found a massive silver door engraved with characters indicating the Central area and noticed a skeleton beside the console.
• He Ao activated the console and tapped a point of light to reveal its interface and settings menu.
• He Ao recognized the final menu entry as the word for language and tapped it.

He Ao discovered that the tower belonged to the Original Federation and used its screen to set the door to Human Verification Mode, but the girl wearing Liu Nan’s face revealed herself as the powerful intruder and attacked him. As she prepared to finish him, a mournful wail suddenly interrupted them.

• He Ao changed the screen language and learned that the tower was part of the Original Federation.
• He Ao found the Human Verification Mode instructions and placed his hand on the screen, but the door remained closed.
• The girl wearing Liu Nan’s face attacked He Ao with a silver cone, and he blocked it with the Bone Sword.
• He Ao worked out that the creature appeared as the person its target believed should be present, while concealing his injuries and weakness.
• The girl prepared to kill He Ao, but a grief-stricken wail suddenly sounded in both their ears.

He Ao explained how he had gradually identified the being disguised as Liu Nan, tested her powers, and manipulated her pursuit of the tower and the Big Octopus. He concluded that she wanted what was inside the Central Control Room and was drawn to his Talent Sequence 272: Hyperthymesia.

• He Ao suspected that Liu Nan was an impostor because her Rank F abilities seemed too impressive, but he kept his doubts to himself and tested her cautiously.
• He Ao imagined an Assault Beetle and saw it appear, leading him to conclude that the impostor could read his mind, create or project powerful monsters, and was headed for the tower.
• He Ao discovered that her mind-reading reached more than three hundred meters and used trips beyond that range to plan while luring the Rank B Big Octopus after them.
• When the Big Octopus caught up, He Ao saw that the impostor feared he would escape and inferred that she wanted both the tower and him.
• At the tower, He Ao examined monster bones and the sealed Central Control Room, then concluded that the impostor sought what was inside and wanted his Hyperthymesia power.

He Ao fought off the monster impersonating Liu Nan, used the Big Octopus’s tentacles to trap her, and opened the gate before escaping its closing jaws. Badly injured, he discovered someone else had accessed the inner platform’s settings as slow footsteps approached behind him.

• He Ao used the Bone Sword and his qi to repel Liu Nan’s attack, then threw her the little octopus’s flesh to draw in the Big Octopus’s tentacles.
• He Ao passed the gate’s verification, opened it, and struck the Close button on the platform beyond it.
• The closing gate crushed and severed the tentacles pursuing He Ao, leaving him badly injured.
• He Ao considered using a ritual to contact a Good Friend as a last resort, then drank Corpse Flower solution to recover.
• He Ao noticed the inner display had opened its settings despite being disconnected from the outer one, and heard slow footsteps behind him.

He Ao confronted the Gravedigger, who had been using a Crystal Ball to immobilize him, and identified him as a Dawn agent. He Ao killed him with a sudden strike, then checked the area and took the Crystal Ball.

• He Ao recognized the Gravedigger and suspected he worked for Dawn after recalling the organization’s failed attempt to kidnap Liu Nan.
• The Gravedigger used the Crystal Ball’s purple mist to make He Ao’s body increasingly rigid while keeping his distance.
• He Ao unsettled the Gravedigger by asking why he had appeared at the tower, then exploited the man’s distraction to stab him through the heart with a Bone Sword.
• The Gravedigger died, and the two Giant Wolves he controlled collapsed without attacking.
• He Ao scanned the area to confirm no one else was present, then took the Crystal Ball from the Gravedigger’s hand.

He Ao defeated the Gravedigger, claimed the Crystal Ball, and used the Gravedigger’s credentials to access the Central Control Room. After changing Commander authentication to Soul Authentication, he opened the bathroom door and found a mummified corpse that seemed to have strangled itself.

• He Ao examined the Crystal Ball and learned that it could control corpses or transform living beings into puppets, but needed a fresh soul every three days.
• He Ao roasted and ate the C-class octopus meat, forming two strands of qi and beginning to recover.
• He Ao used the Gravedigger’s gloves, contact lenses, and chip rod to pass the Central Control Room’s administrator checks.
• He Ao changed the Commander authentication method to Soul Authentication and synchronized it with the local network.
• He Ao opened the bathroom door and discovered a mummified corpse kneeling before a mirror with its hands around its throat.

He Ao destroyed a shadow that emerged from a shattered mirror and retrieved a silver object from a centuries-old corpse. The corpse crumbled to reveal a Transcendent Item called the Miracle Wand, linked to Talent Sequence 40: Magician.

• He Ao shattered the mirror with the Bone Sword and found a silver object clutched in the corpse’s hands.
• Touching the object flooded He Ao’s mind with visions and memories, while a shadow emerged from the mirror and mimicked his movements.
• He Ao pretended to be immobilized, then used the Bone Sword to slice apart and erode the shadow.
• He Ao pulled the silver object from the corpse and told it that humanity had not perished; the corpse nodded and crumbled to dust.
• Gray radiance flowed from the dust into a cane, which He Ao identified as the Miracle Wand, a Transcendent Item connected to Talent Sequence 40: Magician.

He Ao examined the Miracle Wand and Space-Time Beacon, then searched the Central Control Room for clues about the sealed door that drew him in. He discovered that the room’s Central Processor had been removed roughly a hundred years earlier.

• He Ao learned that the Miracle Wand could cast three C-rank miracles and one costly B-rank miracle, but warned that its wielder would eventually become a miracle.
• He Ao explored the Space-Time Beacon, found three recorded space-time points, and failed to anchor the current one.
• He Ao followed a powerful attraction to a sealed metal door, but its wheel refused to turn and triggered an alarm.
• He Ao tried to start the Main Control Display, then opened the computer cabinets and inspected their hardware.
• He Ao found the Central Processor missing and estimated that someone had taken it about a hundred years earlier.

He Ao inferred that a powerful figure within the Dawn Organization had taken the Central Processor and Storage Chips from the ruins more than a decade earlier in the Main World. He used the Crystal Ball to connect with the Gravedigger’s remains, leaving the dead man sitting up and facing him.

• He Ao searched the Central Control Room and confirmed that its Central Processor and several Storage Chips were missing.
• He Ao calculated the time difference between the ruins and the Main World and concluded the theft might have happened over a decade earlier in the Main World.
• He Ao reasoned that a powerful Dawn Organization figure had taken the computer components and later sent the Gravedigger to find the Space-Time Beacon.
• He Ao concluded he needed to find that figure and the missing components to learn how to open the sealed door.
• He Ao absorbed the Gravedigger’s remaining soul traces with the Crystal Ball and formed a connection that made the corpse sit up and face him.

He Ao discovered a concealed passage out of the Central Control Room using a mark only visible through the Crystal Ball, then entered it with the Gravedigger puppet. As they left, something began knocking behind a door he had never opened.

• He Ao examined the access records and realized the person who took the Central Processor must have entered through a secret passage rather than the tower’s main door.
• He Ao used the Crystal Ball to spot a Little Squirrel corpse behind a wall, then found the hidden display and opened the passage.
• He Ao recognized the squirrel as one he had encountered while hunting the Giant Lizard and inferred that the Gravedigger had followed his trail to the tower.
• He Ao entered the dark passage with the Gravedigger puppet, which closed the metal door behind them.
• After He Ao left, something knocked from behind another metal door in the silent Central Control Room.

He Ao climbed the tower’s endless stairs and emerged onto a platform high above a golden sea of clouds, where he discovered the tower continued far beyond him. Using the Magician’s Hat and White Pigeons, he fell from the platform and began flying through the clouds, deepening his understanding of the Magician Talent Sequence.

• He Ao climbed the spiral staircase for hours and reached a black metal door, which he opened after verifying his identity.
• He Ao sent the Gravedigger puppet through the door and guided it up a straight staircase toward the sunlight.
• He Ao emerged onto a platform above the clouds, where he found signs that the Gravedigger had once brought him there, and sensed that the flying mutant beast was gone.
• He Ao fed flesh from a Class D mutant dragonfly to the Magician’s Hat, which released a swarm of White Pigeons.
• He Ao put on the Magician’s Hat, bowed with the Miracle Wand, and fell backward from the platform as the White Pigeons carried him through the clouds.

He Ao left the ruins with new strength, Transcendent Items, and clues about the tower, then returned to the Main World with the surviving explorers. After reporting his gains and resting aboard the ship, he began a new life simulation as Vian, Chairman of the Board of Nolanka Intelligent Group.

• He Ao buried the Gravedigger, rode a mutated tiger to the safe zone, and used the remaining time to strengthen himself by eating mutated beast meat.
• He Ao inventoried his gains, including the Miracle Wand, Puppet Crystal Ball, Space-Time Beacon, and tower authority, then concealed several items before the ruins closed.
• He Ao returned to the Main World with the other survivors, where he gave Liu Nan food and received treatment for his wounds aboard Yang De's cruise ship.
• He Ao filled out the Research Institute's report about his gains and intelligence, then rested in his room as the ship headed for Central Land.
• When the countdown reached zero, He Ao started a new Life Simulation Game and was assigned the role of Vian, Chairman of the Board of Nolanka Intelligent Group.

He Ao awoke in Vian’s badly burned body after the car carrying ultra-high-strength alloys exploded. As he struggled toward the burning wreck to recover the materials for his Micro Fusion Reactor, several dark figures approached behind him.

• He Ao regained consciousness amid severe burns and recalled that Vian’s car had exploded.
• He Ao realized the ultra-high-strength alloys for his Micro Fusion Reactor were still inside the burning vehicle.
• He Ao endured the pain and walked toward the wreck as several pitch-black figures closed in behind him.

He Ao killed the three E-rank attackers, recovered the Metal Box from the burning sedan, and left with Dannylo for home to summon Mr. Ike. Afterward, a bloodied figure took the silver knife from the scene and killed an FBI agent before skipping away into the rain.

• He Ao killed the gunman and used the gunman's pistol to shoot the small attacker, then stabbed the smoking man with the silver knife.
• He Ao identified a silver wolf-head badge on the small attacker and retrieved the Metal Box from the burning sedan.
• Dannylo arrived in a black sedan, and He Ao told him to take him home and summon Mr. Ike.
• A figure in a worn jacket took the silver knife from the corpses as an FBI agent approached.
• The figure killed the FBI agent and skipped away through the rain.

He Ao arrived in Kaya City in the identity of Vian, a wealthy young man whose death he had secretly arranged to fake. After learning about the Nolanka Group’s dominance in the city, he assessed Vian’s abilities and prepared to face the challenge of maintaining his role around Vian’s longtime butler, Danny.

• He Ao told Danny not to inform the board and ordered him to make it look as though Vian was dead.
• Jack and Aisha celebrated getting jobs in Kaya City and discussed how thoroughly the Nolanka Group shaped life there.
• He Ao woke as Vian, used the villa’s automated devices, and inspected his appearance and personal attributes.
• He Ao found that Vian had decent martial arts talent but would likely depend on Mechanical Armor to grow stronger.
• He Ao considered Danny a serious role-playing challenge because the longtime butler knew Vian intimately.
• He Ao dressed neatly, went downstairs, and found Danny waiting beside the table.

After recovering from his injuries, He Ao reassured Old Butler and prepared to confront Philip’s plans for the Nolanka Group. He discovered the underground laboratory, began processing rare reactor metal, and went to inspect the Mechanical Armors built by Vian and his father.

• He Ao learned that Philip had announced Vian’s death and was preparing to convene the Board of Directors to take the group public.
• He Ao asked Old Butler to contact Director Jielang, then hugged him before heading to his father’s study.
• He Ao activated a hidden elevator in the study and descended to the underground laboratory.
• He Ao examined the rare metal used in Fusion Reactors, sent a sample for analysis, and placed another sheet in the intelligent processing bed to make a Micro Fusion Reactor.
• He Ao left the fusion laboratory and approached the room containing the Mechanical Armors built by Vian and his father.

He Ao activated Vian’s Adam 1 Type Mechanical Armor and flew toward the Nolanka Group Building. Meanwhile, the board members discussed taking the group public, believing Vian was dead and anticipating enormous profits.

• He Ao powered up Adam 1 Type with a compressed battery and had Eve fold it into a portable suitcase.
• He Ao learned that Director Jielang would investigate, then declined the Old Butler’s offer of a car and left carrying the armor.
• He Ao deployed Adam 1 Type in the villa garden and flew into the sky.
• At the Nolanka Group board meeting, A Lian questioned whether Vian would agree to go public, and the elderly chairman claimed Vian was already dead.
• The chairman told the directors that listing the company could multiply their shares’ value and put them on the Federation’s rich list.

Old Man persuaded the Nolanka Group's directors to support a public listing despite the danger to workers and the city, while A Lian objected. He Ao arrived in Kaya City and gave a homeless boy money for admiring his suitcase, but the boy suddenly noticed something behind him.

• Old Man argued that listing the Nolanka Group would let the directors profit by shifting the company into financial markets, while A Lian warned that a collapse could devastate workers and local businesses.
• Most of the directors favored the plan, and Old Man called for Ailiana to bring Nord Financial Consulting Company's Listing Plan, but she did not answer.
• A homeless boy warmed himself beside a fire bucket and saw a silver-gray object land in an alley.
• He Ao emerged from the alley carrying a silver-gray suitcase, and the boy praised it.
• He Ao gave the boy a roll of cash, but the boy stopped reaching for it and looked at something behind He Ao.

He Ao rescued a homeless boy from a gang and brought him to the Nolanka Group Building, arranging for him to be cleaned up and taken to Nolanka Orphanage. As He Ao left the boy behind, he wondered why the Orphanage had started selecting which children to accept.

• He Ao disarmed an armed Homeless Man and drove the gang away, then invited the boy to follow him.
• The boy told He Ao that his parents had died after his father became ill, and that debt and exploitation had left him homeless.
• The boy said Orphanages favored young, attractive children and that even Nolanka Orphanage followed this practice.
• He Ao brought the boy into the Nolanka Group Building and told the Front Desk to arrange a bath, clean clothes, and a place at Nolanka Orphanage.
• The boy thanked He Ao and went with the Front Desk, while He Ao wondered why Nolanka Orphanage was selecting orphans despite Vian's father's original policy.