Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Nai dressed as Santa Claus and secretly delivered gifts to the children at the orphanage. After finding Seele awake, he told her stories about courageous heroes and gave her an Ultra Star, leaving her with a special gift and a story to remember.

• Cocolia, Tesla, and Einstein asked Lin Nai to deliver Christmas presents because the orphanage had too many children for Cocolia to prepare gifts for them all.
• Lin Nai delivered the requested gifts, including a shark plushie for Xing, and Xing woke briefly to hug it before going back to sleep.
• Seele caught Lin Nai in his Santa outfit, and he admitted that he was this year's Santa Claus.
• Lin Nai learned that Seele's stocking asked for everyone to be happy and well, then told her stories about courageous heroes.
• Lin Nai created an Ultra Star for Seele and explained what it was.

Lin Nai gave Seele a protective necklace, then joined Tesla, Einstein, Bronya, Kiana, and Cocolia to investigate several unexplained Honkai energy readings. He reached one location, where Honkai creatures attacked, and his system offered him a new skill.

• Lin Nai gave Seele a necklace infused with power to protect her from life-threatening danger.
• Tesla and Einstein showed Lin Nai four unexpected Honkai energy readings and confirmed their equipment was working properly.
• Lin Nai split the group into teams and sent them to investigate the readings.
• Lin Nai found a large group of deadwalkers in a remote area and destroyed a charging Knight-type Honkai Beast that attacked him.
• As the deadwalkers charged, Lin Nai saw the system announce the random skill Thunder Smash.

Lin Nai and the others defeated the zombies and discovered upgraded robots had amplified the Honkai energy fluctuations. When they returned to the orphanage, they learned that a group had taken Seele.

• Lin Nai used Thunder Smash to destroy the zombies at two locations and helped clear Bronya’s area.
• Lin Nai met Kiana, Einstein, Tesla, and Cocolia, and learned that robots had been attached to every zombie to amplify Honkai energy fluctuations.
• Einstein explained that the robots had been upgraded, while Lin Nai suspected Gray Snake and wondered why someone had set up the robots.
• The group returned to find the orphanage gates smashed open, and Rosalia told Lin Nai that a group had taken Seele.
• Lin Nai wondered why Seele’s necklace had not activated to protect her.

Lin Nai learned that Gray Snake had taken Seele while ordering his men not to harm the orphanage children, then left a note threatening the city and Seele unless Lin Nai came to a specified address. Lin Nai set out alone to confront him, and Einstein led the others after him while Cocolia stayed behind to protect the orphanage.

• Rosalia told Lin Nai that masked men had taken Seele, and Lin Nai suspected their leader was Gray Snake.
• Lin Nai returned to the orphanage and found the black-clad attackers dead, while the children were unharmed.
• Lilia explained that Seele had resisted, but the men had carefully tied her up and taken her away.
• Xing gave Lin Nai a note with an address and a threat against the city and Seele if he did not come.
• Lin Nai burned the note and left alone, determined to save Seele and the threatened people.
• Einstein left Cocolia at the orphanage and led the others after Lin Nai.

Raven and Jackal carried out Mobius’s plan to abduct Seele and kill Sean, while Lin Nai attacked Mikoyan after crashing into its building. The chapter left Lin Nai unaware that World Serpent belonged to him as the Flame-Chasers watched his rampage.

• Raven kept Seele captive, and Jackal shot Sean after securing his signature and deciding to seize his assets.
• Gray Snake ordered Raven to take Seele away as the plan to lure Lin Nai to Cocolia Orphanage began.
• Lin Nai crashed into Mikoyan, killed the security captain, and blasted through the building, causing half of it to collapse.
• Mobius, Elysia, Pardofelis, Himiko, Eden, and others watched Lin Nai’s attack on surveillance footage and discussed his recklessness.
• The masked man in black watched the footage with trembling hands.