Chapter Summaries

A Jun and his companions reached a stadium shelter holding 137 survivors, where the leader tried to force them to hand over Sandora. A Jun defeated the leader’s men and crippled him, leaving the survivors terrified and Zhao Leisong questioning whether A Jun had truly come to solve the biological crisis.

• Zhao Leisong told A Jun that only seventy percent of the city’s residents had evacuated and that his family had survived among those left behind.
• Viska detected 137 life signs near a stadium, where armed guards allowed A Jun’s group inside only after demanding food.
• The stadium leader accused A Jun of lying about having no food and demanded that Sandora stay behind as entertainment.
• A Jun threw two attackers into the air, blasted the leader’s teeth through several accomplices, and handed the injured leader to Viska.
• The survivors kept their distance from A Jun’s group, while Zhao Leisong asked where they came from and learned that A Jun’s claim about solving the crisis was serious.

After confirming that the city held no survivors beyond the stadium refugees, the narrator fed and reassured them before leading them to safety with Ding Dang’s divine power. The group left the city in Seven Trillion, and the narrator asked Viska to destroy the infected city completely.

• The narrator and his companions confirmed that the stadium refugees were the city’s only survivors and prepared to leave for the nearest Human Shelter.
• Zhao Leisong urged the narrator to feed the refugees, and Sandora reluctantly shared her food reserves.
• Viska used her hand cannon to enforce an orderly food line, after which the narrator told the refugees they would be evacuated.
• Ding Dang woke and spread a peaceful aura through the stadium, restoring the refugees’ hope and trust in the group.
• The narrator’s group escorted the refugees out of the city aboard Seven Trillion while Sandora reported that Bubble was analyzing the outbreak samples.
• The narrator decided to destroy the infected city, and Viska agreed to eliminate all signs of life there.

Viska destroyed the contaminated city, and the group delivered more than a hundred survivors to a nearby Human Shelter. To draw the world’s governments into contact, A Jun built a Shilin outpost in the wilderness, and the chapter left the group preparing to request an official meeting.

• Viska unleashed hundreds of Space Implosion Bombs, erasing the city and leaving a vast crater.
• A Jun and Sandora brought the survivors to the Human Shelter, where they used Mind Interference to settle them among the refugees.
• A Jun promised Zhao Leisong’s family that the Zombie Virus would be dealt with within half a month and gave them a Crystal Cross.
• A Jun summoned a copied Bubble and ordered her to build an imposing Shilin outpost to attract the governments’ attention.
• The outpost drew surveillance from targets around the world, and Sandora and A Jun decided to request a formal official meeting.

A Jun and Sandora received the first formal delegation from humanity, while Viska’s demands for candy turned the ambassadors’ arrival into a farce. The ambassadors entered the base and met A Jun and Sandora in the conference room, beginning the long-awaited contact.

• World governments sent a delegation to contact the mysterious base after their probes failed.
• A Jun activated the perimeter towers to stop the ambassadors’ armored convoy, then had vehicles moved away as a warning.
• Viska greeted the delegation, asked their leader for valuable items, and accepted a lollipop before clarifying that she had only wanted candy.
• The ambassadors learned they could enter the base and followed electronic signs to the Command Center.
• A Jun and Sandora welcomed the delegation in the conference room while Viska slept in A Jun’s arms.

The ambassadors of various countries met with the Empire Army, which explained that it had come to Earth in response to a distress signal and investigated the zombie outbreak’s apparent extraterrestrial source. After seeing images of the crashed object, Viska recognized it as a fragment of her Star Ring, leaving the narrator and Sandora to discuss the troubling discovery.

• The narrator set strict rules for the ambassadors’ meeting and explained that the Empire Army had arrived under the Pan-Civilization Protection Treaty after receiving Earth’s distress signal.
• The ambassadors said the zombie outbreak began after a massive object crash-landed in a desert, where research teams had disappeared and the virus began spreading.
• Sandora explained that the zombie samples showed no foreign genetic residue, though radiation or a toxic substance from the object might have caused the outbreak.
• The delegation leader shared satellite and drone images of the object, and the narrator and Sandora recognized its mechanical structures as familiar.
• Viska identified the wreckage as a fragment of the Star Ring outside Viska Bastion Star, and the narrator ended the meeting to discuss the discovery with Sandora.

The group traced the zombie outbreak to a shattered fragment of Viska’s ancient Star Ring and developed a plan to recover it while keeping its Imperial origin secret. After Bubble’s antibodies began curing and preventing infections worldwide, they reached the radioactive desert to contain and remove the fragment’s aftermath.

• Viska identified the wreckage as a section of the Star Ring’s inner ring and explained that an internal energy overload had destroyed it.
• Sandora concluded that the fragment had caused the zombie virus and warned that its radioactive remains needed to be recovered without revealing their Imperial origin.
• Ding Dang offered to turn the contaminated desert into a divine realm, isolating it from the mortal world.
• Bubble produced stable genetic antibodies, and three hundred fighters dispersed them around the world to cure infections and create lasting protection against new outbreaks.
• Sandora, Viska, Ding Dang, and A Jun arrived at the crash site, where Sandora assigned Viska to disable any surviving defenses, Ding Dang to establish a divine realm, and A Jun to destroy the desert.

The narrator, Sandora, Viska, and Ding Dang recovered the Star Ring Fragment and purified the radiation-contaminated desert. As they prepared to return aboard Avalon without contacting Earth’s governments, Pandora emerged from the ship.

• Sandora ordered Viska to prepare the Isolation Zones, while Ding Dang established a watermelon-sized treehouse as her divine Guest Palace and concealed the desert from the outside world.
• Avalon arrived, and Sandora ordered the crew to collect the Star Ring Fragment in a dimensional cargo hold.
• The narrator used Energy Detonation to ignite and consume the desert’s radioactive energy, leaving the ground vitrified and safe.
• Sandora verified that the area was clear of radiation, and the group boarded Avalon to return without meeting Earth’s governments.
• A small figure emerged from Avalon and was revealed to be Pandora.

Pandora visited Viska after her Star Ring crashed, while researchers found Abyss Energy had caused its explosion and learned that up to ten powered fragments were heading toward worlds with Earth-like planets. The group recruited Lin Xue to locate the fragments, and she discovered Tawell’s supposedly new device was still a coffin.

• Pandora arrived to check on Viska, who refused to explain how her Star Ring had been destroyed.
• Qian Qian arranged for the Star Ring wreckage to be stored inside Viska Bastion Star while Shadow City scientists studied it.
• Tawell reported that Abyss Energy had triggered the Star Ring’s explosion and that up to ten fragments with propulsion remained adrift.
• Tawell explained that Viska’s preserved thoughts had caused the fragments to seek worlds containing Earth-like planets, and the Gods were helping search for them.
• The group brought Lin Xue to the Space-Time Management Center to locate the fragments using a device linked to the Star Ring.
• Lin Xue complained that Tawell’s new device was still a coffin, despite its different design.

Lin Xue used her prophetic ability to locate a Star Ring Fragment heading toward a fantasy-like world, and A Jun’s group traveled there to stop it. They arrived safely, but a local girl witnessed their sudden appearance.

• Tawell’s coffin-shaped Hibernation Pod left Lin Xue furious, and A Jun explained the Star Ring Fragment crisis to her.
• Lin Xue foresaw herself crashing into a world and recorded its spatial coordinates, but further prophecies showed only darkness.
• Bubble analyzed the coordinates and identified a world resembling Earth with a potentially high level of magical energy.
• A Jun assembled a small team, and the group packed for the mission before Lin Xue wished them a safe trip.
• A Jun, Qian Qian, Older Sister, Viska, Pandora, and Alaya used the teleporter to reach the other world, where Pandora spotted a local girl who had witnessed their arrival.

After arriving in Academy City, A Jun and his companions met Ruiko Saten and learned from Bubble that they had entered the world of A Certain Magical Index. They settled into an abandoned apartment using identities Pandora fabricated, leaving them ready to explore the city before the Star Ring Fragment appeared.

• A Jun greeted Ruiko Saten, who mistook the group for espers and introduced herself.
• A Jun contacted Bubble, who identified Ruiko Saten and excitedly confirmed they had reached the world of A Certain Magical Index.
• Older Sister provided lighter clothes, and the group reviewed Bubble's information about Academy City and its science and magic.
• The group discussed resting in Academy City, but Older Sister pointed out they needed a place to stay.
• Pandora hacked Academy City's network, fabricated identities and money, and secured the group an abandoned apartment at the Zongcheng Research Institute.

After Qian Qian bought the Zongcheng Research Institute on a whim, Chen Jun explored Academy City and encountered Kamijou Touma, Ruiko Saten, and Kazari Uiharu. When an explosion injured a shop assistant and threatened a second blast, Chen Jun arranged a rescue and stopped the new explosion with his ability.

• Qian Qian bought the research institute and registered it under her name, while Chen Jun became its director and warned her not to attract attention.
• Chen Jun wandered through Academy City, spoke with Alaya, and recognized the unlucky Kamijou Touma after seeing him break his phone.
• Chen Jun met Ruiko Saten and Kazari Uiharu, introduced himself as a nearby research institute employee, and learned Uiharu's name.
• An explosion shattered a store window, and Uiharu contacted the authorities while Saten rushed to help an injured shop assistant.
• Chen Jun ordered Pandora to prepare medical support and used Energy Freeze to stop a second explosion inside the store.

After Alaya temporarily sustained a mortally wounded waitress, Qian Qian brought her and Kazari Uiharu and Ruiko Saten to the Shilin institute for treatment. Once the Life Support Pod stabilized the victim, Qian Qian offered Ruiko Saten a chance to join a new ability-development study, and she eagerly agreed.

• Qian Qian froze the dying waitress’s mental activity so Alaya could descend into her body and keep her alive temporarily.
• Older Sister took Qian Qian, Kazari Uiharu, Ruiko Saten, and the victim to the Shilin institute, where Viska greeted them and showed off its new sign.
• The institute’s ominous Life Support Pod began repairing the waitress, and Alaya confirmed that her condition had stabilized.
• Ruiko Saten asked about ability-development research, and Qian Qian claimed the institute was preparing a new project seeking Level 0 participants.
• Ruiko Saten volunteered to participate, while Kazari Uiharu asked whether the research was dangerous and Qian Qian assured her it was safe.

Chen Jun’s research institute treated the injured girl and reassured Judgment members Shirai Kuroko and Kazari Uiharu, while Kuroko questioned the institute’s motives for offering Ruiko Saten research on developing her powers. Kuroko remained wary but decided Ruiko was safe with them, then called Chen Jun a good person.

• Chen Jun reflected on helping Ruiko Saten and defended the decision as a good deed, while Qian Qian teased him about becoming the new God of Picking Up Girls.
• Pandora searched Academy City’s Database for information, and Chen Jun went downstairs after Vega reported visitors approaching the Research Center.
• Shirai Kuroko and Kazari Uiharu asked about the injured girl, and Chen Jun led them to see her stable but unconscious in the institute’s care.
• Kuroko explained that Ruiko had told her about the institute’s offer to research her power development and admitted she had been worried about the arrangement.
• Kuroko said she still believed the institute had ulterior motives but felt relieved that Ruiko was unlikely to be harmed, then called Chen Jun a good person.

Ruiko Saten underwent psychic power enhancement experiments, but despite gaining immense spiritual power, she remained unable to manifest an ability. Lin Xue arrived with a warning that a foreign distortion had altered the world’s scripts and could lead to mass deaths and at least three apocalypses.

• Ruiko Saten underwent Mother Nest Crystal radiation and other procedures, but the researchers found she still had no psychic ability despite her spiritual power reaching the level of a High-Level Apostle.
• Chen Da Mutou ordered the researchers to prioritize Ruiko Saten’s safety and reassured her that the experiment had gone smoothly.
• Ruiko Saten explained that she wanted power so she could stand alongside her friends instead of being left behind.
• Lin Xue arrived disguised as the institute’s chief researcher, met Ruiko Saten, and later accompanied her back to school.
• Lin Xue warned Chen Da Mutou that a foreign object had distorted the world’s scripts, creating the risk of mass deaths and at least three apocalypses.

Chen Jun’s strange research center continued testing Ruiko Saten, whose immense spiritual power remained undetectable by Academy City equipment. After meeting Misaka Mikoto while shopping, Chen Jun escorted her to the center, where she discovered his role and joined the group for dinner.

• Chen Jun’s experiments showed that Ruiko Saten’s spiritual power could only be detected by Shilin equipment, though the mutation appeared harmless.
• Chen Jun and Pandora encountered Kamijou Touma after he smashed his eggs, phone, and bank card, then watched him flee from Misaka Mikoto.
• Misaka Mikoto asked Chen Jun for directions to the research center, and he agreed to take her there after finishing the shopping.
• At the center, Ruiko Saten greeted Chen Jun as its director and introduced Pandora as a deputy director, leaving Misaka Mikoto baffled by the place.
• Chen Jun invited Misaka Mikoto and Ruiko Saten to dinner, where Misaka found the researchers and ability users unusually close.

During a nighttime walk, the narrator asked Viska about the Fallen Apostles, and she revealed that they searched for key elements across worlds and caused ritualized disasters. The group discovered a Magic Side ritual field in Academy City and secretly watched Stiyl, Kanzaki Kaori, and a blond priest searching for a fallen angel.

• The narrator took Viska and Pandora for a walk and asked Viska about her former work with the Fallen Apostles.
• Viska explained that Fallen Apostles operated in small groups, searched worlds for key elements, and used sequenced disasters to destroy them.
• Pandora detected an abnormal energy field that Alaya identified as an incomplete ritual strengthening starlight for astrology.
• The narrator, Viska, and Pandora approached three Magic Side figures while avoiding detection.
• The narrator recognized Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori as they argued with a blond priest who was preparing to search for a fallen angel.

The narrator and his two younger sisters watched Agnas and Stiyl search Academy City for a fallen angel, but an energy vacuum exposed their hiding place. When the priests and Kanzaki Kaori confronted them, Pandora, Viska, and the narrator easily overcame their attacks and repeatedly demanded to know who they were.

• Agnas used a Star Disk to divine where the angel had recently appeared, but an energy vacuum interrupted his ritual and revealed that the angel's power involved prohibition or sealing.
• Kanzaki sensed the narrator, Pandora, and Viska behind a billboard, and the three stepped out to face her, Agnas, and Stiyl.
• Pandora and Viska moved beside Agnas and Stiyl in an instant and demanded to know who they were, while Kanzaki retreated warily.
• Stiyl conjured a Flame Longsword and Agnas attacked Viska with Star Disk fragments, but Pandora crushed the sword and Viska caught and chewed the fragments before destroying the disk.
• Kanzaki attacked the narrator with cutting wires and her sword, but he dodged, immobilized her with psychic power, and snapped her weapon in half.
• Kanzaki complained that the narrator and his sisters had asked nothing but who they were, and the narrator asked her the same question again.

The narrator and his companions questioned Necessarius members Stiyl, Agnas, and Kanzaki Kaori, then learned that an angel had descended somewhere in Academy City. He revealed Alaya as an angel and told the magicians that they were searching for another lost angel, leaving them stunned before explaining that he wanted to draw the spreading chaos toward his group.

• The narrator, Viska, and Pandora defeated and interrogated Stiyl, Agnas, and Kanzaki Kaori, who identified themselves as magicians from Necessarius.
• Stiyl revealed that an angel had descended to Earth and that the English Puritan Church had come to Academy City to find it.
• The narrator isolated the area from energy and surveillance, then summoned Alaya, whose arrival convinced the magicians she was an angel.
• The narrator claimed that Alaya was not the missing angel and asked the Necessarius members to tell him if they found their lost companion.
• The narrator left with Viska, Pandora, and Alaya, explaining that he wanted to make his group the center of the chaos surrounding the unregistered angel.

The narrator and the researchers tested Ruiko Saten in hopes of awakening her ability, but routine experiments showed no effect. Older Sister discovered that Ruiko’s focus caused strange changes in her targets, and Bubble identified the data as the Storm Commander's Target Command.

• Ruiko Saten arrived at the research institute for ability development experiments, and Qian Qian proposed trying a new project.
• The researchers’ routine tests produced no detectable mental power fluctuations, despite Ruiko’s greatly increased mental strength.
• Older Sister noticed irregular energy changes in the targets Ruiko focused on, even though Ruiko showed no power of her own.
• The narrator asked Ruiko to focus on the spheres, and the instruments recorded energy fluctuations and large amounts of unreadable data.
• The narrator sent the experimental data to Bubble, who identified it as the Storm Commander's Target Command.

Ruiko Saten awakened abilities resembling those of a Shilin Storm Commander during tests at the research institute. A Jun kept the nature of her powers secret and decided to protect her while investigating, just as Kazari Uiharu and the others arrived.

• Vega tested Ruiko Saten's Target Command, and her focus caused a steel plate's structural strength to collapse until a thrown metal fragment destroyed it.
• Vega tested Ruiko Saten's Command Focus, and the Shilin Soldiers' gunfire and A Jun's punch were redirected to strike the marked steel plate.
• A Jun asked Ruiko Saten to keep the full extent of her ability secret while the institute investigated, and she agreed.
• The three-hour experiment showed that Ruiko Saten could use most skills at the level of a trained junior Storm Commander, while Bubble's most likely explanation had only a 0.0000001 percent probability.
• A Jun decided not to seal Ruiko Saten's powers and considered dealing with the scientific and magical factions if they discovered her secret.
• Qian Qian told A Jun that Kazari Uiharu and the others had arrived, and he realized how late it was.