Recaps

Wang Jixuan cured Meng Caiyuan and watched Wei Linzheng order the Psionicists to recover him before the military could claim him. As Uncle Feng prepared to negotiate and the Supply Station braced for trouble, a familiar military reinforcement arrived by helicopter.

• Wang Jixuan removed the curse afflicting the boy, later identified as Meng Caiyuan, and arranged for him to receive new clothes and a room.
• Uncle Tai showed Wang Jixuan a surveillance feed of Wei Linzheng questioning Psionicists about Kong Nu and the military’s Psionicist.
• Wei Linzheng ordered Uncle Feng to negotiate with the Half-Human Mechs and recover Meng Caiyuan, and told the Psionicists to help fight the Blade Beast Swarm.
• Wang Jixuan and Deep Sea discussed guarding Meng Caiyuan and preparing for Uncle Feng’s arrival, while Red Snake went to equip an anti-Psionicist loadout.
• A military helicopter arrived, and a familiar bubbly voice called out to Wang Zheng while bringing powerful reinforcements.

Zhou Zhengde returned with military honors and crystal cores, then used political maneuvering to protect Wang Jixuan and the rescued young man from the 13th Institute. After the young man, newly named Wu Man, sensed a king-class larva mobilizing Blade Beasts, he also detected Mimic Blade Beasts inside the fortress, leaving the group facing a threat within their own defenses.

• Zhou Zhengde presented Wang Jixuan with a weapons expert certificate, a technology medal, and twenty-five high-quality Basic Blade Beast crystal cores, then took charge of handling the 13th Institute's claim on the rescued young man.
• Zhou Zhengde negotiated with Uncle Feng at Ling Tong's Supply Station and denied that the young man was there, while a departing aircraft was later destroyed by a missile and its other passengers perished.
• Ling Tong told the young man he could recover and avoid the 13th Institute's pursuit, and Wang Jixuan offered him a choice of cosmetic surgery or an appearance-changing mask.
• The young man asked for a new name, and Wang Jixuan named him Wuman, while Zheng Shiduo suggested the spelling Wu Man.
• Wu Man sensed a king-class larva gathering an army and targeting Red Snake, prompting Ling Tong to prepare for action; he then warned Wang Jixuan that Mimic Blade Beasts were inside the fortress.

Wu Man sensed seven or eight Mimic Blade Beasts hiding deep in Fortress No. 76, so Wang Jixuan, Zheng Shiduo, and Wan Xiaoqi began searching the Lower City while Ling Tong went to support Red Snake. The search uncovered a Mimic Blade Beast disguised as a woman in the City of Joy, and the group continued investigating how it had entered the fortress.

• Wu Man reported that he could sense seven or eight Mimic Blade Beasts below the thirty-eighth floor, and Wang Jixuan volunteered to investigate with Zheng Shiduo and Wan Xiaoqi.
• Ling Tong ordered Wang Jixuan and Zheng Shiduo to search the Lower City, then flew toward Red Snake's embattled reconnaissance team as Sister Wan monitored her focus.
• Wang Jixuan, Zheng Shiduo, and Wan Xiaoqi entered the Lower City disguised as Enforcement Team members and began searching while Zhou Zhengde's subordinates sealed the passages.
• In the City of Joy, Zheng Shiduo killed a Mimic Blade Beast that had been hiding inside a woman's human skin, and Wang Jixuan burned the creature and its disguise with True Fire Talismans.
• Wan Xiaoqi reacted with shock to a giant-lizard photograph in the City of Joy as Zheng Shiduo called the place's offerings "Diversity."

Wang Jixuan’s team hunted Mimic Blade Beasts across the Lower City while Wei Linzheng planned to exploit the crisis to seize authority and capture Black Storm. After discovering a gathering of people near two powerful sources of Demonic Energy, Wang Jixuan entered the tavern above them under the guise of an inspection.

• Wan Xiaoqi offered emergency rations to starving children in the Lower City, and Zheng Shiduo explained why the fortress left the district impoverished.
• Wei Linzheng learned that three Mimic Blade Beasts had been killed and ordered his Psionicists to eliminate the remaining beasts and capture Black Storm.
• Wang Jixuan’s team found another Mimic Blade Beast, then headed toward the forty-ninth floor to search for more and locate the fortress’s breach.
• Wang Jixuan detected Demonic Energy near a distillery, questioned a local woman, and learned that people there had begun worshipping a figure called Goddess Guli.
• Wang Jixuan scouted the Blazing Red Snake tavern, sensed two powerful presences and dozens of people underground, then kicked open the door and announced a routine inspection.

Wang Jixuan raided a Wanlijin Gang gathering, fought through the corrupted followers, and killed a powerful Preacher Blade Beast in the casino below. After the fortress issued a Level Three Blade Beast attack warning, the Young King Insect struck from afar and Wan Xiaoqi reported that the officer had fallen unconscious.

• Wang Jixuan entered the tavern under the guise of an Upper City inspection, survived Guang Siyao's gunfire, and killed the corrupted attackers who charged him.
• Wang Jixuan descended into the casino, disrupted the followers' mental attack, and fought the old woman and her minions before defeating the Preacher Blade Beast.
• Zheng Shiduo, Wan Xiaoqi, and Lin Bo arrived and found Wang Jixuan examining the dead Preacher, which Zheng Shiduo recognized and photographed.
• Zheng Shiduo received a Level Three Blade Beast attack warning as the fortress activated lockdown systems and allowed Psionicists to move freely.
• The Young King Insect's distant shriek struck Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense, and Wan Xiaoqi reported that the officer had suddenly fallen unconscious.

Wang Jixuan absorbed the souls of the dead and used the Great Evolution Heart Sword to kill three C-Class Psionicists who tried to capture him. After flying to the fortress surface and boarding an aircraft, he reached the Supply Station and took the unconscious Ling Tong to her room to treat her.

• Wang Jixuan told Zheng Shiduo to stall the four Psionicists while he prepared to help Ling Tong.
• Zheng Shiduo attacked the Psionicists with High-Explosive Mines, but Wang Jixuan stayed behind and absorbed the souls of the dead.
• Wang Jixuan killed three Psionicists with the Great Evolution Heart Sword, and Zheng Shiduo killed the severely wounded fourth one.
• Wang Jixuan flew to the fortress surface, boarded an aircraft with Zhou Zhengde, and headed toward Zone C as the backlash from his demonic arts began.
• Red Snake brought the unconscious Ling Tong to the Supply Station, and Wang Jixuan carried her to her room and told the others to leave her treatment to him.

Wang Jixuan saved Ling Tong from a psychic attack by healing her soul and strengthening it, but the treatment left him struggling against Black Energy and inner demons. After waking, Ling Tong learned how desperately he had hurried to save her and stayed beside him, quietly promising to risk her life for him in return.

• Wang Jixuan treated Ling Tong's failing body and entered her memories to find her soul, discovering her painful past and dreams about Wang Zheng and Mu Liang.
• Wang Jixuan transferred purified Power of Soul into Ling Tong's candle-like soul until it grew to the limit she could bear.
• Wang Jixuan sealed Ling Tong's temple wounds, then began meditating nearby as Black Energy and inner demons assailed him.
• Ling Tong woke with her headache gone and her senses improved, scanned Wang Jixuan, and quietly left the room after confirming he had no physical injuries.
• Ling Tong returned in a nightgown and heard Zheng Shiduo, Wan Xiaoqi, Red Snake, and Zhou Zhengde recount how Wang Jixuan had rushed to save her.
• Ling Tong sat beside Wang Jixuan as he meditated and whispered that she would risk her life for him as many times as necessary.

After recovering, Wang Jixuan learned that Ling Tong had achieved record mecha compatibility and that the military was preparing to encircle the Young King Insect. As the battle drew near, he planned to forge Ling Tong a weapon and agreed to give her a treasure the next morning.

• Wang Jixuan emerged from meditation and learned from Zhou Zhengde that Ling Tong was well and had reached 98% compatibility with her Exclusive Mecha.
• Zhou Zhengde explained the three-stage plan to surround and kill the Young King Insect, while Wang Jixuan and Zheng Shiduo discussed the Psionicists' threat and the fortress infiltration.
• Wang Jixuan burned Zheng Shiduo's blueprint for an electric, plug-shaped Demon-Breaking Dagger handle and ordered him out of the workshop.
• Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong walked together, discussed the coming battle, and agreed to invite Dongfang Zhenghong to dinner after the Blade Beasts were defeated.
• Ling Tong asked to bring Wu Man to the battlefield, and Wang Jixuan said Wu Man should choose for himself; after learning Specialist Wei Linzheng wanted to speak with him, Wang Jixuan returned to work and promised Ling Tong a treasure the next morning.

Wang Jixuan demonstrated crystal-core technology and a spirit sword to Ling Tong and the others, revealing the danger of Blade Beast remnant souls and a way to counter them. He entrusted Ling Tong with the first spirit sword as the group considered the consequences for the military and the 13th Institute.

• Wang Jixuan showed Ling Tong that his greatsword absorbed ambient spiritual energy and could cut through Blade Beast exoskeleton.
• Zheng Shiduo chose to leave rather than witness the secret demonstration, while Wang Jixuan activated secrecy measures and extracted Blade Beast remnant souls from depleted crystal cores.
• Wang Jixuan demonstrated that a remnant soul could kill a laboratory mouse, then used an Eight Trigrams Guardian Disk to destroy one and said he could make more for military commanders.
• Wang Jixuan installed processed crystal cores in the greatsword and demonstrated its powerful Azure Light attack before giving the spirit sword to Ling Tong.
• Wang Jixuan taught Ling Tong how to use the sword and warned her about crystal-core safety, while Zhou Zhengde received a message from a commissioner who wanted to meet.

Wei Linzheng decided to report Black Storm as a military experiment and use an upcoming war to restore the 13th Institute’s influence in Fortress No. 76. Wang Jixuan joined the force preparing to eliminate the Young King Insect, and the chapter ended as Dongfang Zhenghong ordered the assault to begin.

• Wei Linzheng concluded that the 13th Institute should avoid provoking Fu Jian and sent the Psionic Management Committee a report identifying Black Storm as a military experimental product.
• Wei Linzheng received Dongfang Zhenghong’s wartime order assigning his unit to Fortress No. 76’s internal defense and called a meeting to prepare.
• Wang Jixuan joined the Young King Insect Annihilation War, bringing talismans, Roasted Blade Beast Meat, and Black Storm’s helmet as he traveled with Wu Man and Zhou Zhengde.
• Wang Jixuan studied the battlefield plans while Dongfang Zhenghong prepared to use Wu Man, the youth-version S-Class Psionicist known as Beast Whisperer, as the operation’s trump card.
• Wang Jixuan and Zhou Zhengde discussed the unlocated Blade Beast nest with Ling Tong, who warned that Wu Man might draw the Young King Insect’s desperate counterattack.
• Dongfang Zhenghong ordered all units to begin the operation and eliminate the Blade Beasts.

Wang Jixuan helped Wu Man manipulate the Blade Beast Swarms into repeatedly charging into human firepower, allowing the army to eliminate most of them. The assault team then advanced toward the Young King Insect, but its Mental Interference field blocked their route, leaving them in need of a powerful Psionicist.

• Dongfang Zhenghong directed the army as Wu Man used his ability to draw Blade Beast Swarms to the surface, and Wang Jixuan taught him a Calming Incantation to recover his Mental Strength.
• Wang Jixuan used the Spirit Aiding Art to help Wu Man sustain his commands, while human firepower destroyed wave after wave of Blade Beasts.
• After more than half an hour, eighty percent of the swarm had been drawn aboveground, and Ling Tong, Red Snake, and Deep Sea led an assault underground toward the Young King Insect.
• Ling Tong wielded a new greatsword that released shockwaves as the assault team fought through Blade Beasts and advanced toward the insect's underground cavity.
• The Young King Insect activated a powerful Mental Interference field, stopping the team three hundred meters from its cavity, and Deep Sea asked for a Psionicist who could withstand it.
• When Dongfang Zhenghong considered sending Captain Zheng, Zhou Zhengde stopped Wang Jixuan from volunteering for the dangerous mission.

Ling Tong and Zheng Shiduo launched a dangerous assault on the Young King Insect, destroyed it with a tactical nuclear missile, and escaped as the passages collapsed. After sensing the insect's final command, Wang Jixuan realized that a Blade Beast nest might be hidden beneath Fortress No. 76, which was only minutes from falling.

• Wang Jixuan gave Ling Tong a crystal-core True Bagua Plate to protect her from the Young King Insect's Mental Interference, then watched her mission through a holographic helmet.
• Ling Tong and Zheng Shiduo fought through a narrow passage packed with Blade Beasts, but Zheng Shiduo had to retreat when the interference overwhelmed him.
• Ling Tong broke through the swarm, launched two homing missiles at the Young King Insect, and escaped with Deep Sea and Red Snake as the passages collapsed around them.
• Wang Jixuan and Wu Man sensed the Young King Insect's final command to cease breeding and eliminate humans, and Wang connected it to a possible Blade Beast nest beneath Fortress No. 76.
• Wang Jixuan rushed to warn Dongfang Zhenghong as a countdown showed that the fortress would fall in three minutes.

Dongfang Zhenghong and the command team discovered that a Blade Beast swarm had breached Fortress No. 76 from below, while Wang Lei’s Cleansing Force fought the emerging beasts on Level Forty-Nine. As the Lower City defenses collapsed, Wang Jixuan sought a faster way back to the fortress.

• Dongfang Zhenghong received Wang Zheng and Wu Man’s warning that a new Blade Beast nest might lie beneath Fortress No. 76, then learned that the fortress had been breached by a growing swarm.
• Dongfang Zhenghong ordered the fortress’s independent defenses activated and sent Psionicists to fight as thousands of Blade Beasts appeared on the bottom level of the Lower City.
• Wang Jixuan asked how to return faster, and Wu Man described a dangerous method that involved sacrificing a missile and enduring extreme acceleration.
• Wang Lei received the attack warning, mobilized the Cleansing Force, and prepared his troops for a possible underground assault.
• Drill Worms and a huge number of Blade Beasts burst through the collapsed ground, overwhelming the Cleansing Force and its weapons.
• Wang Lei reported that Level Forty-Nine had fallen and recommended sealing the Lower City, then fought until a Blade Beast cut him in half.

Dongfang Zhenghong struggled to defend Fortress No. 76 as the Blade Beast Swarm broke through the lower levels and evolved to attack the routes between cities. On the thirteenth floor, Wei Na and the Good People Gang fought a winged Blade Beast, and Lan Yuzai sacrificed himself to bring down another as the fire gate finally fell.

• Dongfang Zhenghong ordered the fortress sealed and its garrison deployed after the Blade Beasts breached the forty-ninth floor, while winged mutants rushed toward the passages connecting Middle City and Upper City.
• Wei Na left the clinic to offer medical help, but the fortress sealed its elevators and fire gates before she could reach the surface camp.
• Wei Na and a group of residents went to repair a stuck fire door, where a winged Blade Beast slipped beneath the half-lowered gate and attacked them.
• Lan Yuzai and the Good People Gang held the Blade Beast back with a metal pipe, and Lin Xiong and Lin Yong killed it with grenades, though both were injured.
• As more Blade Beasts gathered outside the gate, Lan Yuzai charged one with an activated grenade pouch and died in the explosion as the fire shutter crashed down.

Wang Jixuan descended into the fortress and fought Moth Blade Beasts to rescue civilians on the Seventh Floor. After learning of the mounting casualties and a Sub-General approaching the breach, he chose to enter the dark passage and fight despite the risk to his life.

• Wang Jixuan landed at Fortress No. 76, learned that Rotten Fish had died and others were injured, then headed to the Seventh Floor to support the defense.
• Wang Jixuan killed Moth Blade Beasts near Nursery Center No. 3 and rescued children and teachers trapped in a school bus.
• Wang Jixuan received reports of heavy casualties, a Sub-General nearing the breach, and Deep Sea expected to arrive in about thirty minutes.
• Wang Jixuan asked Sister Wan whether he should risk his life to save more than a hundred thousand people, then decided to enter the passage and fight the ascending Moth Blade Beasts.

Wang Jixuan fought on the forty-sixth floor while Zhou Zhengde tried to secure Psionicist support and opposed Dongfang Zhenghong’s plan to collapse floors and sacrifice civilians. Wang Jixuan reached the breach on the forty-ninth floor and began using demonic arts to hold it until reinforcements arrived.

• Wang Jixuan charged into the Blade Beast swarm on the forty-sixth floor, helping the human defensive line push forward as Zhou Zhengde watched the battle.
• Zhou Zhengde asked Wei Linzheng to send Psionicists to support the defenders, but Wei demanded Black Storm’s data and Ling Tong’s weapon in exchange, and Zhou refused.
• Dongfang Zhenghong proposed collapsing the forty-seventh and forty-eighth floors to seal the breach, while Zhou Zhengde argued for an assault to save the civilians and was knocked unconscious by Dongfang.
• Wang Jixuan contacted the command vehicle from the forty-ninth floor, said he could seal the breach and hold back the Sub-General Class Blade Beast, and asked Dongfang not to punish Zhou Zhengde.
• Wang Jixuan used the Heavenly Treasure Record and Demon Star Annihilation Art, then plunged into the breach with his spear as spiritual energy surged toward him.

Wang Jixuan sealed the breach, charged into the Blade Beast Swarm, and killed the General-Class Blade Beast after resisting its Mental Shock. Deep Sea brought him back unconscious, while the fortress celebrated his victory and the rescue of more than a hundred thousand people.

• Dongfang Zhenghong ordered the Suicide Squad to support the forty-ninth floor after Wang Jixuan temporarily sealed the breach, then watched Wang charge toward the General-Class Blade Beast alone.
• Wang Jixuan fought through the Blade Beast Swarm, let the Slaughter Desire strengthen him, and advanced toward the larval nest despite Sister Wan's warnings.
• A juvenile General-Class Blade Beast attacked Wang with a powerful shockwave, but Wang absorbed a Preacher Blade Beast's remnant soul and charged into the nest to kill the General-Class target.
• Deep Sea found Wang unconscious after the battle, and Dongfang Zhenghong told Zhou Zhengde that the Blade Beast Swarm had retreated and Wang had saved more than a hundred thousand people.
• Dongfang Zhenghong warned Zhou Zhengde that he could face a military trial, then asked him to put in a good word with his mother after punching him.

Zhou Zhengde detained Fortress No. 76’s Psionicists and threatened Wei Linzheng with evidence tying him to the Young King Insect incident. Meanwhile, Wang Jixuan returned gravely wounded and fell asleep under Ling Tong’s watch as they both began recovering from the battle.

• Zhou Zhengde decided to use his impending trial to turn Fortress No. 76 into a Psionic Weapon research institute and give Wang Zheng time to develop the weapons.
• Zhou Zhengde found Wang Jixuan alive beneath medical cloth, promised to save General-grade crystal cores for him, and received orders to investigate the psionic incident.
• Zhou Zhengde led Deep Sea and Red Snake to the Psionicist’s Home and ordered the detention and transfer of all Fortress No. 76 Psionicists.
• Zhou Zhengde warned Wei Linzheng that he had linked him and Kong Nu to the underground Young King Insect experiment, and Wei Linzheng was taken away in restraints.
• Uncle Tai cleaned and settled Wang Jixuan in bed, while Ling Tong stayed beside him until they both fell asleep.

After surviving his battle with the Preacher Blade Beast, Wang Jixuan recovered while learning that powerful Blade Beast leaders were asleep across the war zones. Ling Tong kissed him before leaving for treatment, and Wang Jixuan awoke to learn he was being moved to the fortress’s safest level as threats from the 13th Institute loomed.

• Wang Jixuan inspected the Preacher’s memories and saw twelve enormous golden pillars marking powerful Blade Beast individuals asleep across the Central Area of Blade Beast territory.
• Ling Tong rested beside Wang Jixuan, and he regulated her qi while she pretended to sleep.
• Zhou Zhengde described plans to protect Fortress No. 76, clear the underground nest, and rebuild the Lower City as visitors brought Wang Jixuan supplies and commendations.
• Ling Tong privately kissed Wang Jixuan before leaving with Sister Wan for treatment of her Mechanical Arm.
• Wu Man told Wang Jixuan that the group was relocating to the fortress’s Seventh Floor because the 13th Institute might retaliate, then played him a broadcast from someone thanking him.

After moving to the Seventh Floor, Wang Jixuan considered how to mass-produce Demon-Breaking Daggers and settled on using lightning and Blade Beast Remnant Souls in their forging. His recovery was interrupted by a new neighbor, Gao Huating, who fainted at the sight of his blood.

• T.E.R.'s broadcast praised the hero who saved her during the Blade Beast attack, and Wu Man explained that Wang Jixuan's group was moving to the Seventh Floor.
• Wang Jixuan set up his communicator and messaged Ling Tong and Zhou Zhengde about the pressure surrounding the 13th Institute and the need to produce Demon-Breaking Daggers.
• While helping move equipment, Wang Jixuan realized he could use lightning and Blade Beast Remnant Souls to activate and mass-produce the weapons.
• Wang Jixuan settled into a room overlooking the Nursery Center's wheat fields and saw that Zhou Zhengde was continuing his work from prison.
• Wang Jixuan suffered a painful backlash from his demonic art and spat blood just as Gao Huating came to introduce herself; she saw the blood and fainted.

Wang Jixuan recovered at Fortress No. 76 while discussing Blade Beast meat, the underground nest, and the Psionicists’ ambitions with his companions and Commander Dongfang Zhenghong. The conversation ended when a missile launched near Fortress No. 82 triggered an air raid alert, and Dongfang ordered it shot down.

• Wang Jixuan helped his fainted neighbor, then returned to his room and meditated to heal his soul injuries.
• Ling Tong sent Wang Jixuan a photo from the researchers repairing her Mechanical Arm, and they joked with Zhou Zhengde in their messages.
• Wang Jixuan joined Dongfang Zhenghong and the others for a barbecue, explained that soul power made Blade Beast meat edible, and asked Deep Sea to collect the glowing crystals from the underground lair.
• Dongfang Zhenghong reported that the Blade Beast swarms had retreated and discussed the Psionic Capital’s efforts to control humanity; Wang Jixuan suspected the SS-Class Psionicists sought advancement through cultivation.
• Dongfang Zhenghong received an air raid alert announcing a missile launched near Fortress No. 82, and he ordered it shot down.

Wang Jixuan advanced his cultivation and developed mass-production plans for Demon-Breaking Daggers while Dongfang Zhenghong enlisted him in a scheme involving crystal cores. The chapter ended with Fortress No. 76’s forces ambushing a convoy from Fortress No. 82 as figures in a stealth aircraft gathered outside the fortress.

• Dongfang Zhenghong learned that Fortress No. 82 had fired a missile near the ground camp, and its operators offered an accidental-launch explanation.
• Wang Jixuan spent a week cultivating, reached the middle stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm, and worked with Uncle Tai on plans to mass-produce Demon-Breaking Daggers.
• Sister Wan told Wang Jixuan that Ling Tong’s physical measurements had improved after his massages, and Zhou Zhengde remained in military prison while the political struggle continued.
• Dongfang Zhenghong proposed disguising some adult Blade Beast crystal cores as juvenile ones to obtain about five thousand cores, and Wang Jixuan offered him two powerful Demon-Breaking Daggers in return for resources and support.
• A Fortress No. 82 convoy passed through a checkpoint after a driver bribed the inspector, but the inspector ordered his forces to destroy it, and two sniper shots sounded.
• Several figures discussed something inside a stealth aircraft outside Fortress No. 76.

The Gray Feather Investigation Group debated its mission in Fortress No. 76 and sent Bristle Bear out as a reluctant investigator. Later, Wang Jixuan discovered unfamiliar energy in crystals from the Blade Beast Lair and noticed his neighbor riding her bicycle somewhere unexpected.

• Dragonfly Aunt briefed Shaman, Bristle Bear, and Treant Beta on Black Storm, the Beast Speaker clone, and their investigation orders.
• Dragonfly Aunt manipulated a vote to make Bristle Bear investigate with two transferred Psionicists, then sent them out of the aircraft alone.
• Wang Jixuan examined fragments from the Blade Beast Lair and found that their energy came from the earth but was neither spiritual energy nor anything he recognized.
• Deep Sea asked Wang Jixuan to make him a sword, and Wang Jixuan agreed if Uncle Tai prepared the materials.
• Wang Jixuan sensed his neighbor riding a bicycle far from her usual destinations and left Deep Sea to investigate.

Wang Jixuan discovered Gao Huating’s hidden studio and learned that she secretly performed music broadcasts for fortress residents before returning to his own work. An investigation team of powerful Psionicists infiltrated Expansion Zone C, and as Wang treated Red Snake and Deep Sea, Bristle Bear picked up their scent near the residential buildings.

• Wang Jixuan secretly watched Gao Huating enter a disguised underground studio, where she rehearsed as a rock singer before broadcasting soothing songs to fortress residents.
• Wang Jixuan returned to the studio and learned that a patrol squad had been knocked unconscious and arranged into the character for black, while two soldiers had been killed in a separate act of retaliation by Psionicists.
• Wan Xiaoqi reported that a B-Class Body Enhancement Psionicist had infiltrated the fake Supply Station, evaded surveillance, and stolen planted data that included information about Wu Man.
• Red Snake arrived and warned that an investigation team of two A-Class and two B-Class Psionicists had come to the area and could threaten Fortress No. 76.
• Wang Jixuan gave Red Snake and Deep Sea psionic massages to treat their injuries, while Bristle Bear detected the scent of Psionicists near the residential buildings.

Wang Jixuan lured Bristle Bear away from the residential building by posing as an ordinary mechanic and arranging to leave with Gao Huating, while his allies prepared an ambush. The fight began in the wheat field, and Wan Xiaoqi reported that they had captured Bristle Bear; Gao Huating mistakenly thought Wang Jixuan had asked her on a date and rejected him.

• Wang Jixuan detected a disguised intruder outside his dormitory, and Red Snake identified him as an unknown investigator seen near Fortress No. 82.
• Wang Jixuan concealed his aura and posed as Wang Zheng to convince the intruder that he was an ordinary mechanic, then used Gao Huating's arrival as an excuse to leave the building.
• Bristle Bear dismissed Wang Zheng as a low-value target and followed Wu Man and Zheng Shiduo toward the wheat field, where Red Snake, Deep Sea, and the others prepared an ambush.
• Gao Huating stopped Wang Jixuan on their bicycle ride and told him she liked someone else, mistaking his invitation for a date.
• An explosion erupted in the wheat field as the ambush began, and Wan Xiaoqi announced that the team had captured Bristle Bear.