Recaps

Raven confronted a woman with Seven Thunders of Retribution, while Lin Nai brought Mei Raiden back to the villa and discussed the attack with the others. After helping decorate the villa, Lin Nai spent the night gaming with Bronya, who fell asleep in his arms.

• Raven fired Seven Thunders of Retribution, which transformed into a cannon, at the woman, causing an explosion in Changkong City.
• Lin Nai brought Mei Raiden to the lodgings, where she reunited with Raiden Ryoma and met Tesla, Einstein, Kiana, and Bronya.
• Lin Nai explained that he had fought Mei Raiden's kidnappers, and Einstein told him to leave a survivor next time to make investigations easier.
• Raiden Ryoma took Mei Raiden aside to talk with her, while Lin Nai began decorating the villa under Tesla's direction.
• Bronya sneaked into Lin Nai's room to play games with him, then fell asleep in his arms on the sofa.

Lin Nai, Kiana, and Bronya woke up after spending the night together on the sofa, then discovered Tesla had wrecked the kitchen while trying to make breakfast. Lin Nai sent Tesla out and began preparing a meal himself.

• Kiana woke Lin Nai and Bronya, then pulled Bronya away and crashed into Lin Nai before demanding an explanation.
• Lin Nai told Kiana that he and Bronya had stayed up playing games, and Kiana got over her jealousy after he gave her snacks and promised to include her next time.
• The three went to the dining room and found the kitchen covered in scorch marks, with scattered utensils and ruined food.
• Tesla appeared coughing black smoke and holding a charred mess, and Lin Nai realized she had caused the kitchen disaster while making breakfast.
• Lin Nai had Kiana and Bronya carry Tesla out, then used his constructed ingredients to start cooking.

Lin Nai cooked lunch for the group after Tesla accidentally blew up the kitchen, and he later teased Tesla with a sign barring her from entering. After lunch, Lin Nai stopped Kiana from lying on the couch, warning that she might gain weight.

• Tesla tried to make breakfast but accidentally blew up the kitchen, so Lin Nai took over cooking.
• Lin Nai served several dishes to the hungry group, including Raiden Ryoma and Mei Raiden.
• Lin Nai posted a sign banning Tesla from the kitchen, and he used the Herrscher of Reason's authority to silence her when she cursed at him.
• Lin Nai hauled Kiana upright from the couch after lunch and warned her not to lie down after eating.

Lin Nai brought Mei Raiden into the group by inviting her to play games, and the afternoon turned into a lively session with Kiana, Bronya, Tesla, and Raiden Ryoma. When Einstein asked what Lin Nai was making for dinner, he protested that he had already cooked lunch.

• Lin Nai invited Mei Raiden to play a game, and she joined him, Kiana, and Bronya on the sofa.
• Bronya sat on Lin Nai's lap, prompting Kiana to argue with her before giving up.
• Lin Nai guided the group through Super Chicken Horse, and Mei grew more comfortable as they played.
• Tesla and Einstein joined the spectators, and Tesla later took a turn playing while Raiden Ryoma joined in.
• Einstein asked Lin Nai what they were having for dinner, and Tesla argued with Einstein when she offered to cook.

Lin Nai used the Herrscher of Reason's authority to build a grill, and the group shared a barbecue while Kiana explained the Honkai and Anti-Entropy to Mei Raiden. After dinner, Lin Nai and Kiana prepared to exercise, leaving Raiden Ryoma worried about the two young fighters.

• Lin Nai found ingredients in System Space and decided to hold a barbecue outside the villa.
• Lin Nai constructed a grill with the Herrscher of Reason's authority, shocking Mei Raiden and Raiden Ryoma.
• Kiana asked Lin Nai for permission to tell Mei Raiden about the Honkai, and then explained it and Anti-Entropy to her.
• Einstein brought over a lobster from Raiden Ryoma and joked with Lin Nai about grilling Tesla, who angrily protested.
• Bronya joined Kiana and Mei Raiden while Raiden Ryoma sat alone and wondered what Welt was doing.
• After dinner, Lin Nai and Kiana prepared to exercise, and Raiden Ryoma worried about them fighting.

Lin Nai sparred with Kiana, lending her the genuine Heavenly Fire Judgment after she forgot to bring her guns. He easily evaded and countered her attacks, and the chapter left Kiana aiming the weapon at him while Bronya called her an idiot.

• Mei Raiden asked whether Lin Nai and Kiana were siblings, and Einstein explained how they had met and begun traveling together.
• Kiana realized she had forgotten her guns, so Lin Nai tossed her Heavenly Fire Judgment and disabled its greatsword and flame lance modes.
• Einstein and Tesla told Raiden Ryoma that Heavenly Fire Judgment belonged to Lin Nai, who had taken it after defeating Siegfried.
• Lin Nai dodged Kiana's close-range attacks and then used a soft fist technique to send her flying.
• Kiana aimed Heavenly Fire Judgment at Lin Nai, admitted she had worried about hurting him, and Bronya called her an idiot.

Lin Nai defeated Kiana in a brief training match, then joined Einstein, Tesla, and the others on a tour of a secret ME Corp factory. He quietly examined the mech assembly process and concealed the components he had begun to produce.

• Kiana and Bronya bickered before Lin Nai urged them to resume their sparring.
• Lin Nai dodged Kiana’s shots, slapped aside Heavenly Fire Judgment’s attacks, and ended the match by pressing his hand to her forehead.
• Mei Raiden and Raiden Ryoma were astonished by Lin Nai’s strength, while Einstein and Tesla explained that the group had postponed its mech factory visit after getting engrossed in games.
• The next morning, Raiden Ryoma led the group through ME Corp’s secret factory, where Lin Nai considered possible giant mech designs and found the manufacturing process suspiciously simple.
• Lin Nai briefly produced components, then waved them away when Tesla and Einstein turned around and asked whether anything was wrong.

Lin Nai toured ME Corp.'s secret factory with Mei Raiden, Kiana, and Bronya, learning about Anti-Entropy's Titan and Thunder God Mechs. Tesla unveiled a redesigned Thunder God Mecha, and Lin Nai suggested improving its mobility as he inspected it.

• Mei Raiden joined Lin Nai, Kiana, and Bronya on a tour of ME Corp.'s secret factory after they explained Honkai and Anti-Entropy to her.
• Einstein explained that Titan Mechs were melee units, while Tesla described Thunder God Mechs as mobile artillery platforms.
• Einstein explained that Anti-Entropy deployed mechs using transport planes, aircraft, satellites, and Welt, while Tesla teased that Lin Nai might eventually help deploy them.
• Raiden Ryoma led the group through the testing area and showed them a black-and-orange mech based on the Thunder God Mecha.
• Tesla said the mech was her new design, and Lin Nai suggested adding wheels or nitrous acceleration to improve its mobility.

Lin Nai suggested making the Thunder God Mecha transform into a vehicle, and Einstein and Tesla considered the idea. During a test of Tesla’s Explosive Rattlesnake, Lin Nai realized the mecha was designed for mining as well as combat, then teased Tesla about being a “Lobster Doctor.”

• Lin Nai proposed that Thunder God transform into a car or airplane to improve its mobility, and Einstein and Tesla showed interest in researching the idea.
• Raiden Ryoma prompted Tesla and Einstein to begin the mecha test after they had spent over ten minutes talking.
• Tesla named the tested mecha the Explosive Rattlesnake, which attacked a Titan with missiles and a slow-charging explosive pillar.
• Lin Nai put headphones on Kiana, Bronya, and Mei Raiden before the pillar detonated in a powerful blast.
• Lin Nai deduced that the Explosive Rattlesnake was also intended for mining, and Tesla explained that explosives could speed up resource extraction.
• Lin Nai called Tesla a “Lobster Doctor,” prompting her to realize he had set a verbal trap and jokingly punch his shoulder.

Lin Nai learned about Anti-Entropy’s Ice Rattlesnake and went with Tesla and Einstein to test its rebuilt successor, then returned home to find Kiana still losing to Bronya in a fighting game. Kiana challenged Lin Nai to play, clearly hoping to turn the tables on him.

• Einstein and Tesla told Lin Nai that the Explosive Rattlesnake had been rebuilt from the Ice Rattlesnake, whose units had been destroyed by Honkai Energy Fission Bombs.
• Tesla explained that Anti-Entropy had only finished and begun manufacturing one new mech model, then told Lin Nai to buy groceries so they could eat at home.
• Bronya told Lin Nai that Kiana had lost to her 250 times, and revealed that she had repeatedly let Kiana come close to winning before defeating her.
• Lin Nai realized why Kiana had kept playing for hours and rubbed Bronya's head as she accepted the gesture.
• Kiana challenged Lin Nai to a game, and Lin Nai suspected that she was planning something.

Lin Nai played games with Bronya and Kiana before everyone shared a restaurant dinner, and Mei Raiden stayed the night at Kiana’s invitation. Later, Kiana came to Lin Nai’s room after bathing, leaving Lin Nai curious about why she had come instead of spending time with Mei and Bronya.

• Lin Nai beat Kiana at a fighting game, then played Bronya and praised her after Bronya won a close match.
• The group ate dinner Raiden Ryoma had bought from a restaurant, sparing Lin Nai from cooking that night.
• Kiana invited Mei Raiden to stay over, and Mei agreed with Raiden Ryoma’s permission.
• Lin Nai went to bed, but Kiana knocked on her door and entered after Lin Nai let her in.
• Lin Nai asked Kiana why she had come to her room instead of playing with Mei and Bronya.

Kiana secretly visited Lin Nai to hear a story, then hid in his wardrobe when Bronya arrived. Bronya searched Lin Nai's room for Kiana but found no sign of her and asked Lin Nai to tell her a story instead.

• Kiana asked Lin Nai to tell her a story while Bronya entertained Mei Raiden.
• Lin Nai told Kiana a story for half an hour, and Kiana got ready to leave.
• Bronya knocked at Lin Nai's door, so Kiana hid in the wardrobe.
• Bronya entered Lin Nai's room and looked for Kiana, checking the bed and curtains.
• Bronya sat on Lin Nai's bed and asked him to tell her a story.

Lin Nai told Bronya, Mei, and Kiana a story after Bronya exposed Kiana hiding in his wardrobe. A month later, Lin Nai, Bronya, and Kiana returned to Anti-Entropy with their rivalry still simmering.

• Bronya tested Lin Nai by claiming Kiana was elsewhere, noticed his glance toward the wardrobe, and settled onto his lap.
• Mei joined them to hear Lin Nai tell the story of the Trio Squad while Kiana listened from inside the wardrobe.
• Bronya called out Kiana, who emerged and gave an implausible excuse for hiding; Lin Nai smoothed over the awkward moment and escorted everyone back to their rooms.
• Over the following month, Kiana and Bronya bickered more often, while Lin Nai and Mei sometimes mediated between them.
• A month later, Tesla and Einstein led Lin Nai, Bronya, and Kiana back to Anti-Entropy.

Lin Nai and the others investigated frequent Honkai Energy fluctuations near the Cocolia Orphanage before arriving there to deliver supplies. The chapter leaves off as two children rush out to greet Lin Nai.

• Lin Nai kept in touch with Mei Raiden through online games and regularly visited the Cocolia Orphanage to deliver supplies and watch for suspicious activity by Cocolia.
• Einstein told Lin Nai that Anti-Entropy had detected unusually frequent Honkai Energy fluctuations more than twenty kilometers from the orphanage, and he agreed to join the investigation.
• Tesla asked Lin Nai about Bronya’s lack of combat strength and the mech he had refused to let them build for her, but Lin Nai said she would understand in time.
• Lin Nai, Kiana, Bronya, Tesla, and Einstein traveled to the Cocolia Orphanage, where two children ran out to greet Lin Nai.

Lin Nai reunited with Rosalia, Lilia, and the other children at Cocolia Orphanage as Tesla and Einstein arranged to stay there and investigate Honkai energy fluctuations. The chapter revealed that Lin Nai had secretly crushed Anti-Entropy radicals, while Cocolia had witnessed his brutality and learned what a true hardliner looked like.

• Rosalia rocket-headbutted Lin Nai, who greeted her and Lilia before Kiana pulled Rosalia away to play.
• Lin Nai noticed Xing looking at him, while Seele followed Cocolia.
• Cocolia welcomed Tesla and Einstein, who planned to stay at the orphanage while investigating Honkai energy fluctuations.
• The narration revealed that Lin Nai had used aircraft he constructed to attack radical Anti-Entropy factions and had beaten their members without killing them.
• Cocolia had witnessed Lin Nai tear apart mechs and attack a guarded base, and Einstein later said she would do her best to keep an eye on him.

Lin Nai and the others settled into Cocolia Orphanage, then traveled to the ruins of the concentration camp to investigate frequent Honkai energy readings. The group prepared to split up, but Lin Nai had not yet decided how.

• Lin Nai checked in with Seele and resolved to help her build up her frail physique while staying at the orphanage.
• Cocolia helped the group settle their luggage, then drove them toward an area with frequent Honkai energy fluctuations.
• At the concentration camp ruins, Lin Nai and Kiana looked to Bronya, who said her past no longer troubled her.
• Einstein confirmed that Honkai energy readings were frequent but weak, and the group found no immediate explanation for them.
• Cocolia suggested investigating the area, and Lin Nai asked how they should split up.

Lin Nai assigned the group into teams but wanted to investigate alone, prompting Kiana to worry that he would get lost. After Lin Nai planted a marker, Kiana and Bronya agreed to let him go by himself.

• Lin Nai assigned Tesla, Einstein, and Cocolia to one team, Kiana and Bronya to another, and himself to investigate alone.
• Kiana objected to Lin Nai going alone and admitted she was afraid he would get lost.
• Lin Nai pointed out that he was strong and tried to reassure Kiana, but she reminded him of his terrible sense of direction.
• Lin Nai planted a pole as a marker, and Kiana and Bronya agreed to let him go alone.

Lin Nai found a purple serum hidden inside a toy robot near the ruins of an underground base and captured a bodyguard who came to retrieve it. After his companions returned, Lin Nai questioned the awake bodyguard about the serum, but the man refused to talk.

• Lin Nai searched the ruins alone and discovered a toy robot with a combination-locked battery compartment.
• Lin Nai pried open the compartment and found a tube of glowing purple serum inside.
• A bodyguard arrived, mistook Lin Nai for one of Doctor Jackal's people, and demanded the serum.
• Lin Nai knocked the bodyguard unconscious, tied him up, and waited for his companions to return.
• After the bodyguard awoke among Lin Nai and his companions, Lin Nai asked what the serum was, but the bodyguard refused to answer.

Lin Nai and the others interrogated Sean’s bodyguard, learned about a substance called Honkai Serum, and returned to Cocolia Orphanage to review their clues. After they left, Raven and Jackal altered Lin Nai’s fake serum as part of a scheme ordered by Doctor Mobius, while Raven revealed she had watched Lin Nai grow up.

• Kiana and Bronya intimidated Sean’s bodyguard until he agreed to talk, but he admitted he knew little and only recalled Sean and Doctor Jackal mentioning Honkai Serum.
• Lin Nai knocked the bodyguard unconscious, left a disguised vial beside him, and returned with the others to Cocolia Orphanage, taking the robot with him.
• Raven and Jackal arrived after the group left, and Jackal corrected the fake serum to match the real Honkai Serum’s color.
• Jackal told Raven that Doctor Mobius had ordered the scheme and that Gray Snake would carry out the final plan.
• Raven said she cared about Lin Nai because she had watched him grow up.

Lin Nai and the others investigated a serum that emitted Honkai energy signals only when placed in a small robot, and they suspected Schicksal might be involved. Three weeks later, after no further signals appeared, Lin Nai and Kiana were still being taught by Tesla and Einstein, while Lin Nai made the orphanage children suffer through piles of lessons and exercises.

• At Cocolia Orphanage, Lin Nai placed the serum in a robot and discovered that it triggered detectable Honkai energy fluctuations.
• Einstein and Tesla suspected the robot might be a signal transmitter and considered whether Otto or Schicksal had made it, but the group could not determine who was responsible.
• Lin Nai realized Otto might eventually target him because Kiana was part of Otto's plans, and he decided to stay alert.
• Over the next three weeks, Einstein and Tesla monitored the area, but the frequent Honkai energy fluctuations did not return.
• Tesla and Einstein continued teaching Lin Nai, Kiana, and Bronya, and Lin Nai retaliated by making the orphanage children study from piles of lessons and exercises.

Lin Nai kept the orphanage children busy with lessons and stories, then took Kiana, Bronya, Seele, Rosalia, and Lilia shopping for Christmas supplies. He bought Rosalia and Lilia cakes and watched Kiana and Seele choose snacks.

• Lin Nai made the orphanage children study, while Kiana helped teach them and Xing secretly listened to his stories.
• After three peaceful weeks, Lin Nai gave the children and adults scarves as snow fell outside the orphanage.
• Lin Nai took Kiana, Bronya, Seele, Rosalia, and Lilia shopping for Christmas supplies because Tesla and Einstein had kept Cocolia busy.
• Rosalia asked Lin Nai for a cherry cake, and he bought both that and the blueberry cake Lilia wanted.
• Lin Nai saw Kiana carrying armfuls of snacks while Seele hesitated over what to choose.

Lin Nai took Kiana, Seele, Bronya, Rosalia, and Lilia shopping for Christmas supplies, buying enough snacks for the orphanage and picking out clothing for the girls. The group returned fully loaded, with Rosalia and Lilia’s magical-girl outfits giving Lin Nai an idea for teasing Theresa.

• Kiana proudly planned to buy a large quantity of snacks, and Lin Nai agreed to cover the cost so the orphanage children would have enough.
• Lin Nai asked Bronya what else they needed and led the group to a department store to buy Christmas decorations and supplies.
• Rosalia spotted a Magical Girl Teriri outfit and asked Lin Nai to buy it, while Lilia showed interest in a matching blue-and-white version.
• Lin Nai agreed to buy both outfits, privately planning to have Rosalia and Lilia wear them and dance in front of Theresa.
• The group returned with their purchases, including a set of clothes for each girl, and Lin Nai noted that his Anti-Entropy work paid well.

After leaving the department store with the children, Lin Nai confronted Gray Snake, who tried to recruit him into World Serpent and spoke in riddles. Gray Snake died again before explaining his plans, leaving Lin Nai wondering how long he had been watching him as Christmas approached.

• Lin Nai asked Bronya to take the others somewhere while he went to investigate the gaze he had sensed.
• Lin Nai ambushed Gray Snake on a rooftop and destroyed his body with a flaming kick, but Gray Snake returned in a spare body.
• Gray Snake declared that Lin Nai would lead the serpent's plan, but Lin Nai shot him before he could finish.
• Gray Snake reappeared and asked Lin Nai to choose between a hero and a warrior, then shot himself in the head.
• Lin Nai suspected Gray Snake had been watching him since a year earlier and reflected uneasily on the coming Christmas.

Lin Nai returned to the Cocolia Orphanage with Bronya, Kiana, and the others after shopping, then helped prepare the orphanage for Christmas. The group began decorating while Rosalia and Lilia went to class, and the preparations continued as time passed.

• Lin Nai reunited with Bronya, Kiana, Seele, Rosalia, and Lilia at a café, then said he had encountered Gray Snake and led them back.
• Tesla showed Lin Nai a fireworks machine she was building for the orphanage children after Cocolia suggested they have fireworks.
• Lin Nai unpacked the shopping and set up a Christmas tree in the orphanage living room.
• Cocolia sent Rosalia and Lilia to class with Doctor Einstein, while Seele stayed behind because she had earned full marks.
• Lin Nai, Bronya, Kiana, and Cocolia began decorating the orphanage for Christmas.

The Cocolia Orphanage celebrated Christmas with snowball fights, games, and gift exchanges. The chapter ended with Tesla discovering that Einstein had given her a copy of Three Years of Gaokao, Five Years of Simulation.

• Kiana knocked Lin Nai into the snow, and Bronya ambushed Kiana with a bucket before Kiana chased Rosalia.
• Lin Nai left the snowball fight to keep Seele company, and Bronya joined them.
• Rosalia and Lilia led one team of children against Xing's team in a mock battle while the adults played and watched.
• Cocolia organized a Christmas gift exchange at the orphanage, where everyone received a present.
• Tesla opened Einstein's gift and found a copy of Three Years of Gaokao, Five Years of Simulation.