Chapter Summaries

Ronan and the maintenance team entered a vast fissure torn through Base-077, where damaged energy nodes still sparked along the walls. As they approached the flames deeper inside, they received orders to establish an ambush position, but the Soil Layer Voyager plunged through the fire and into the fissure’s lower reaches.

• Lieutenant Gou Ye ordered personnel to armor up and activate the Type One array, and Ronan was covered by a Technician combat exoskeleton.
• Ronan saw that a fissure had split the 140-meter-tall Base-077 from its base to its upper reaches and understood that the maintenance team could not repair damage on that scale.
• The Soil Layer Voyager entered the fissure, where damaged Configuration energy nodes sparked and attempted to reconnect.
• Xian Zhu suggested the fissure had been split open by a powerful strike, and Liang Lu proposed that the Fire Hell Tyrant might be responsible.
• The team received coordinates and orders to set up a temporary ambush position beyond the flames, but the Soil Layer Voyager plunged through the advancing wall of fire into the fissure’s lower reaches.

Ronan and the maintenance crew crash-landed the Soil Layer Voyager in the Flame Zone and rapidly built an Ambush Position that disrupted the area’s abnormal rules. As Ronan began to understand the work and considered probing the flames, Xian Zhu warned him that the domain belonged to a Fire Hell Tyrant and ordered him to remember the danger before the next external operation.

• Gou Ye ordered the crew to brace as the Soil Layer Voyager struck the burning ground, while the Standard Array and the vessel’s systems dissipated the impact.
• Xian Zhu praised Ronan for staying on his feet, then broke down their group’s tasks and directed Ronan and Liang Lu to help construct the Ambush Position.
• Ronan and the crew excavated the ground and installed modules, linking the vessel with Foundation Modules and disrupting the Flame Zone’s stability.
• Ronan quickly learned the work and began thinking about using his Segmenter to probe the flames, but Xian Zhu warned him against interfering with a Fire Hell Tyrant’s domain.
• Liang Lu recognized the danger, and Xian Zhu disassembled a Needle Knife Mechanical Arm and threw it at Ronan while warning him to remember the danger during the upcoming external operation.

Ronan learned that the Fire Hell Tyrant’s opening attack had been its peak burst of power, while lingering effects from the Flame Zone continued to distract him. As the soldiers built and staffed a fortress in the Fissure Tunnel, reports revealed how the Tyrant’s arrival had disrupted the front line and forced Shiyuan Baronet to fight at Great Monarch rank.

• Ronan read that the Fire Hell Tyrant was a Great Lord Level extraterritorial species whose power rapidly declined after entering Local Time-Space, and recalled how Xian Zhu had stopped him from probing the Flame Zone.
• Ronan left his station for external operations with Liang Lu, but continued to experience dizziness and faint noises whenever he looked toward the Flame Zone.
• Ronan and the arriving troops completed a fortress in the Fissure Tunnel, where Officer Meng Fan took command and organized more than seventy personnel into a coordinated Standard Array.
• Ronan calibrated the fortress’s energy conversion module and received approval from Xian Zhu and Gou Ye before being assigned to install a Freeze-Life transfer and maintenance module.
• Reports revealed that the Fire Hell Tyrant’s attack had weakened the front-line defenses and let the Auxiliary Army of Magneto-Optical Mica break through, while Shiyuan Baronet forced his cultivation to Great Monarch rank to hold the Tyrant back.

Ronan and the maintenance team prepared a transfer passage for a critically wounded soldier while the battlefield disrupted the incoming vehicle. After learning that Hai Na had died and Zhu Mu was badly injured, Ronan was sent forward with Yan Xian's squad to meet the vehicle and help calibrate it.

• Ronan and Liang Lu installed the temporary transfer modules as Xian Zhu and Gou Ye supervised remotely.
• Gou Ye reported that Shang Min was handling the transfer, but her vehicle had malfunctioned in the battlefield.
• Yan Xian proposed taking his squad forward to meet Shang Min, and Gou Ye approved the plan.
• Xian Zhu selected Ronan to accompany the squad and perform a preliminary calibration.
• Gou Ye announced that Hai Na had died and Zhu Mu was badly injured, then told Yan Xian that the team was ready.

Ronan joined Yan Xian’s squad and adapted to its Mark-Sub 3 group array before heading out from Micro-Base-06. As the squad approached the frontline, they entered an Abnormal Rules zone.

• Liang Lu advised Ronan to obey orders and follow the Segmenter manual as Ronan prepared for the mission.
• Yan Xian ordered Ronan to link up with Mobile Nine Class using the Mark-Sub 3 group array, and Ronan completed the conversion in time.
• Ronan boarded the squad’s vehicle, reported for duty, and learned that Yan Xian was the commander.
• Yan Xian assigned Ronan to maintain the transfer vehicle’s power and prevent equipment accidents during the Freeze-Life device transfer.
• The squad traveled through a Fissure Tunnel toward the frontline, where the warning system announced that they were entering an Abnormal Rules zone.

Ronan and Mobile Nine Class crossed the Fire Hell Tyrant’s burning domain, where Ronan struggled to perceive its rules and saw the Relay Station’s soldiers withstand the flames. Yan Xian Lieutenant then showed Ronan and several officers a battlefield diagram, revealing that the transfer vehicle was still fighting its way toward them.

• Ronan observed that the Fire Hell Tyrant’s domain rules appeared blurry even as Mobile Nine Class crossed the Flame Zone.
• Yan Xian Lieutenant halted the squad at the Fissure Tunnel’s exit and ordered the soldiers to deploy and scout the collapsing canyon.
• Ronan watched Mobile Nine Class soldiers advance into the flames, protected by their Standard Array and equipment, and assessed the Relay Station’s formidable forces.
• Yan Xian Lieutenant brought Ronan into a conversation group with Gou Ye, Xian Zhu, Shang Min Lieutenant, and Da Molun to review the battlefield.
• Ronan saw that the transfer vehicle had barely crossed the Pawn Forest Line and still had at least two squares to travel before reaching them.

Ronan joined a mission to repair a transfer vehicle carrying the Freeze-Life device, but Shang Min questioned his readiness and removed him from the discussion group. Yan Xian sent him through the collapsing canyon with Mobile Nine Class, and the chapter ended as Ronan was ordered to board the vehicle amid a torrent of fire and debris.

• Gou Ye gave Ronan the transfer vehicle’s diagrams, inspection results, and repair plan while Xian Zhu warned him the route could bring unexpected trouble.
• Shang Min asked Ronan how to address a broken magnetic coil and an alarming energy tank, then removed him from the discussion group when he requested route and barrier-monitoring data.
• Ronan studied the transfer vehicle’s systems and saw that the officers had chosen a route through the canyon’s dangerous Space-Time Barrier.
• Yan Xian ordered Ronan to follow Jie Gang’s Heavy Assault Armor through the canyon while the squad advanced toward the transfer vehicle.
• Ronan integrated the vehicle and Configuration data as the squad crossed the burning canyon, then received the order to board as fire and debris poured down around them.

Ronan and Yan Xian’s squad charged through Flame Canyon to reach a damaged transfer vehicle, but artillery and acid bombs sent it careening onward while monsters and aircraft clashed around them. As the squad pursued it through the collapsing canyon, Ronan sensed that the vehicle’s core Configuration remained intact despite the devastation.

• Ronan followed the Heavy Assault Armor through falling rocks and fire as the squad advanced toward the transfer vehicle.
• An artillery strike blasted the vehicle’s rear, sending it crashing into the canyon wall and separating it from Ronan’s squad.
• Acidic Wyverns dropped explosive toxin that ignited into fire rain, further damaging the transfer vehicle and setting it ablaze.
• Yan Xian led Ronan’s squad in pursuit while aircraft fought wyverns and Assault Beetles poured into the collapsing canyon.
• Jie Gang’s Heavy Assault Armor shielded the squad from a wave of flames and shockwaves as Ronan continued monitoring the vehicle.
• Ronan sensed that the transfer vehicle’s core Configuration was still intact despite its worsening condition.

Ronan recognized that the Freeze-Life compartment had survived the transfer vehicle’s destruction and raced to link it with a spare-parts crate while Assault Beetles closed in. Inside, he discovered the frozen passenger was Shiyuan Baronet, leaving him to wonder who was fighting the Fire Hell Tyrant.

• Ronan and Yan Xian confirmed that the Freeze-Life compartment remained intact and continued toward the Ambush Position as the vehicle guards joined Mobile Nine Class.
• Mobile Nine Class and the guards slowed to intercept the charging Assault Beetles, and two squad callsigns went dark as casualties mounted.
• Ronan requested a reduced set of spare parts, then used the launched crate to link it to the Freeze-Life compartment and boarded it.
• Yan Xian returned toward the frontline while Ronan identified the person inside the compartment as Shiyuan Baronet.
• Ronan wondered who was holding back the Fire Hell Tyrant if Shiyuan Baronet was in the Freeze-Life unit.

Ronan used a disposable booster assembled from the spare-parts crate to accelerate the Freeze-Life device toward the Ambush Position, moving Mobile Nine Class and its guards closer to the protection of Base-077. After preparing the device for transfer, he assessed Shang Min's serious injury and told her she needed to reduce the strain of controlling it.

• Ronan assembled a crude booster from spare parts while Shang Min Lieutenant gave him one second to work.
• Ronan ordered the cabin closed and the Freeze-Life device accelerated across the canyon toward Base-077, carrying it closer to the Ambush Position.
• Ronan gathered his tools and continued adjusting the Freeze-Life device for connection to the transfer interface while Shang Min cooperated with his tests.
• Ronan finished most of the urgent adjustments and used his Configuration perception to assess Shang Min's injury and the battlefield.
• Ronan explained that Shang Min had left herself too little room while controlling the device and told her to shed some of the pressure.

Ronan’s pressure-transfer plan stabilized the failing compartment and expanded the Standard Battle Array’s support across the Ambush Position, giving Shang Min Lieutenant the strength to reach Shiyuan Baronet’s Freeze-Life device. As the transfer neared the fortified position, Ronan glimpsed his real-world and game selves and realized the difference in their time flow was narrowing.

• Ronan proposed redirecting pressure through the compartment’s mechanical structures and himself, and Gou Ye and Xian Zhu approved the plan.
• Ronan completed the Pressure Floodway Passage, connected it to the Mark-Sub 3 array group, and reduced the risk to Mobile Nine Class.
• Ronan used his Form and Spirit Framework and Exoskeleton Armor to expand the flood zone across the Ambush Position, allowing Shang Min Lieutenant to stand and check Shiyuan Baronet’s Freeze-Life device.
• As the device came within a hundred meters of the Ambush Position, Shang Min Lieutenant confirmed that the transfer was stable and praised Ronan’s approach.
• Ronan’s perception expanded into the Standard Battle Array’s War Domain, where he observed its configurations contesting powerful enemies.
• Ronan saw one version of himself asleep in reality and another working in the game, then realized that the game’s time was becoming more constrained by Earth Time-Space.

Ronan monitored Lieutenant Shang Min’s high-risk transfer of the Freeze-Life device while studying how the War Domain operated across the battlefield. After the docking equipment passed verification, Ronan’s power began draining rapidly, and he suddenly sensed an incoming air raid.

• Lieutenant Shang Min manually guided the Freeze-Life device toward Micro-Base-06 while Ronan monitored the operation and helped adjust minor mechanical issues.
• Ronan studied Shang Min’s War Domain-enhanced work and gained a deeper understanding of the War Domain’s ordered Configuration system and the shifting conflict between the frontline forces.
• Ronan recognized Lu Ande as the powerhouse resisting the Fire Hell Tyrant and observed the Magneto-Optical Mica’s growing influence near the Canyon.
• Lieutenant Shang Min completed verification with five meters remaining before the Freeze-Life device reached Micro-Base-06, establishing a stable connection with the transfer equipment.
• Ronan’s power began leaking away at an accelerating rate, and he warned Shang Min of an air raid just as alerts sounded across their channels.

Ronan exhausted his Soul Power while helping Lieutenant Shang Min transfer the Freeze-Life device amid the battle between War Domain, Magneto-Optical Mica, and Fire Hell Tyrant. A strange new force tore through War Domain, and as Ronan neared a return to the Real World, Lieutenant Gou Ye shouted, “Shadow Louse!”

• Ronan warned the Ambush Position of a Winged Dragon assault and watched War Domain's defenses counter Magneto-Optical Mica's hammer and the firestorm.
• Ronan's energy reserves collapsed under the information from the escalating conflict, so he narrowed his senses and continued assisting Shang Min with the Freeze-Life device transfer.
• Ronan focused on Configurations and used Flying Ants to correct flaws while the transfer vehicles docked.
• A strange rule force split open the void and sliced away part of the Freeze-Life device compartment, narrowly missing Ronan and Shang Min.
• The new force formed a blurred outline, and Ronan sensed the Soul Cape shrinking in the Real World as the boundary between worlds weakened.
• As Ronan seemed close to falling back into the Real World, he heard Lieutenant Gou Ye shout, “Shadow Louse!”

Ronan saved the transfer by instinctively mending the space-time rift and helping destroy Shadow Louse, but his uncontrolled perception exposed him to Evil Poison contamination. He awoke in his room after the Inner Universe Simulator blacked out.

• Ronan used nearby Segmenters to form a Space-Time Barrier, blocking Shadow Louse’s first attack and protecting himself, Shang Min, and Shiyuan Baronet.
• A flash ray destroyed Shadow Louse after Ronan’s barrier left it vulnerable to strong light.
• At Shang Min’s command, Ronan used the remaining Segmenters to limit Axis Two’s speed, overriding his External Attachment Machine Core’s restrictions.
• Ronan let his Soul Power expand into a panoramic perception of the battlefield and the Mental Domain, where he encountered descending chaos and Evil Poison contamination.
• The Inner Universe Simulator alarmed and went black, and Ronan jolted awake in his room.

After leaving the Game Scenario, Ronan found that Evil Poison had followed him out and was infecting both him and Snake Tongue. As the corruption began destroying their spiritual foundations, Ronan noticed Demon Rune and heard a rumble from within the chaos.

• Ronan struggled against the lingering Evil Poison and accidentally infected Snake Tongue when she entered his room.
• Ronan diagnosed Snake Tongue with the beginning of Evil Poison contamination and watched her Form and Spirit Framework corrode.
• Ronan’s emotions and perceptions spiraled out of control as Evil Poison began undoing his memories, cultivation, and spiritual systems.
• Demon Rune reacted excitedly as the Altar Spiderweb collapsed, drawing Ronan’s attention away from the chaos.
• Ronan heard a faint rumble grow clearer, like something forcing its way through a blockage.

As Evil Poison and the Sun Wheel Absolute Prison’s Information Torrent collided inside Ronan, his consciousness sank into chaotic fog, but the Dark Heavy Chains helped him retain his sense of self. He recognized the connection between the Demon Rune and Chains and formed a miniature structural reflection of the Sun Wheel Absolute Prison, whose red light began to shine through the chaos.

• Ronan relied on the Dark Heavy Chains to keep the Demon Rune restrained and give him direction amid the collapse of his consciousness.
• Ronan used the Chains and Demon Rune to reconnect with the Abyss Sun Wheel and Chain Hell-Prison, triggering another Information Torrent that struck his unprotected consciousness.
• The Evil Poison and Information Torrent churned together, turning Ronan’s Consciousness Level into chaotic fog and pressing his Mental Layer into his body.
• Ronan sensed the Demon Rune and Dark Heavy Chains within the chaos and realized they reflected the Abyss Sun Wheel and Absolute Prison.
• The Demon Rune transformed into a red-lit shadow as the Dark Heavy Chains divided and interwove around it, forming a miniature Sun Wheel Absolute Prison on Ronan’s Consciousness Level.

Ronan survived the clash between the Karmic Poison Contamination and the Sun Wheel Absolute Prison, which began breaking down and absorbing parts of the contamination. Back in the real world, he found his powers depleted but became fascinated by the Sky Abyss Empire’s configuration designs and asked Zhang Yingying whether the airship had machining tools.

• Ronan watched the Sun Wheel Absolute Prison framework decompose fragments of the Karmic Poison Contamination, stripping distorted rules and absorbing chaotic remnants as fuel.
• Ronan regained his composure and checked on the exhausted Snake Tongue, who apologized for disrupting his cultivation and described his contamination as a divine ability transmitted through his eyes.
• Zhang Yingying contacted Ronan through the External Neuron, and he realized he had returned to the real world after roughly seven hours outside despite spending about seventy hours in the Game Scenario.
• Ronan assessed his depleted Soul Power, collapsed Soul Cape, and decayed Altar Spiderweb, while worrying that the Karmic Poison Contamination might cause future trouble.
• Ronan recalled the Sky Abyss Empire’s configuration models and asked Zhang Yingying whether the airship had machining tools.

Ronan asked Zhang Yingying to have the Martial Emperor make a Segmenter from Water Crystal, then used his External Neuron to quickly prepare blueprints. He arranged for additional bone and metal versions to be made and asked Yin Le for an update on Di City.

• Ronan explained the Segmenter’s purpose and design needs to Zhang Yingying, who suggested that the Martial Emperor could make it from Water Crystal.
• Ronan’s External Neuron supplied relevant information and plans, allowing him to complete the Segmenter blueprints.
• Zhang Yingying reviewed the design and agreed to show it to the Martial Emperor and help with assembly.
• Ronan sent Yin Le instructions to have Guardian Master make four sets each from bone material and metal, with more prepared in Di City.
• Ronan asked Yin Le how things were going in Di City.

Ronan discussed the Blood Flame Order’s precarious position in Di City with Yin Le, postponed testing its guidance ritual, and agreed to meet Guardian Master and Eizuka. While inspecting his Version 2 Exoskeleton, he realized it was crude compared with his newer designs.

• Yin Le told Ronan that Kadman’s fall had created a power vacuum in Di City, where local forces and the Blood Flame Order’s rivals could challenge the cult.
• Ronan told Yin Le to postpone testing the guidance ritual until the Inner Universe Simulator restarted and he could assess the risks.
• Yin Le said Guardian Master and his partner Eizuka wanted to meet Ronan about the Version 2 Exoskeleton and the Segmenter blueprints.
• Ronan agreed to receive them in the yacht’s living room and asked Guardian Master to bring roughly processed bone material.
• Ronan opened a case to inspect the Version 2 Exoskeleton, then complained that it was crude compared with his later designs.

Ronan tested the Version 2 Exoskeleton and explained to Old Hand that its design needed major revisions, ordering a Version 4 experimental unit within six hours. Eizuka then asked Ronan for a tissue sample from the Rotten-Mouth Ape.

• Old Hand and Eizuka found Ronan studying the Exoskeleton frames in the lounge, and Old Hand delivered bone material for the Segmenter.
• Ronan tested the Exoskeleton's balance and told Old Hand that he had identified serious design problems and was starting over with Version 4.
• Ronan explained that his recent maintenance-soldier training had shown him how crude the physical designs were compared with their Configuration designs.
• Ronan ordered Old Hand to assemble a Version 4 experimental unit within six hours and to speed up production of the Segmenter.
• Snake Tongue questioned Eizuka about her familiarity with the yacht and her past relationship with Mister Matsudaira Yoshio.
• Eizuka asked Ronan to give her a tissue sample from his summon, the Rotten-Mouth Ape.