Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo and An Ran reshot the Knight commercial, with Chen Mo carefully timing his escape under fire. The chase showed the Knight outrunning the military vehicle across rough terrain, but a red sports car caught up with it on the highway.

• An Ran explained why Chen Mo’s first attempt had failed to build enough tension, and Chen Mo realized he had misjudged how quickly ordinary people reacted.
• Chen Mo refused to rehearse and ordered the crew to shoot again, leaving them astonished at his willingness to risk damaging another expensive car.
• On the second take, Chen Mo drove the Knight under sustained Gatling fire before turning off the highway and racing across the wilderness.
• The Knight handled the rugged terrain smoothly while the military off-road vehicle bounced behind it, and it eventually escaped onto the highway and out of the gun’s range.
• A red sports car sped up behind the Knight and caught up with it.

Chen Mo completed a dangerous one-take commercial shoot, then returned to Castle to prepare for his next crossing. With three worlds available to choose from, he focused on the spheres of light as the time to travel drew near.

• Chen Mo’s Knight endured grenade attacks, caused the pursuing red supercar to crash by braking sharply, and sped away.
• An Ran called the shoot finished and realized Chen Mo had driven off without waiting for her or the crew.
• The crew packed up, while Chen Mo drove the battered Knight back to Castle and went to the underground laboratory.
• Chen Mo put on his combat gear and prepared for his next crossing, finding three spheres of light representing three possible worlds.

Chen Mo examined three possible worlds and identified the third as a dystopian world whose gunplay could help him improve his personal strength. He rejected the first two as offering little value and prepared to choose the third world.

• Chen Mo projected himself into the first sphere and recognized the frozen train world as Snowpiercer, but decided its technology and resources were not useful to him.
• Chen Mo examined the second sphere and found another post-apocalyptic world, one almost entirely submerged by seawater.
• Chen Mo entered the final sphere and saw a dystopian city and a black-clad gunman whose precise shooting impressed him.
• Chen Mo concluded that the third world could teach him advanced gunplay, which he valued more than acquiring further technology for now.
• Chen Mo reflected that even his equipment could not let him defeat powerhouses like Thor or Hulk.

Chen Mo decided his marksmanship needed to match his physical abilities and swordsmanship, so he chose to travel to the world of Equilibrium. He arrived in an abandoned factory in postwar Libya, a totalitarian nation ruled by the Jehovah Church.

• Chen Mo assessed his marksmanship as a weakness compared with his swordsmanship and physical abilities, especially against elite shooters and heavily armed enemies.
• Chen Mo chose the third world because it possessed powerful gun techniques and traveled through.
• Chen Mo appeared in a dilapidated abandoned factory beneath a gloomy, gray sky.
• Chen Mo recognized the world as Equilibrium, where a nuclear war had devastated civilization and the priest who led the survivors had established Libya under the Jehovah Church.

The chapter described the Jehovah Church’s dictatorship, which used Bosean and brainwashing to suppress emotions and outlawed anything that could provoke them. It established the Church’s power structure and introduced the Jehovah Clerics and their Gun Fu combat technique as tools for hunting Emotion Criminals and resistance members.

• The Pope ordered the creation of Bosean to suppress emotions and consolidated the Church’s control over the nation.
• The Church declared emotional expression and related possessions to be Emotion Crimes punishable by execution by fire.
• People who secretly stopped taking Bosean formed the Resistance Organization to oppose the Church.
• The Church established the Jehovah Clerics to capture Emotion Criminals and suppress resistance forces.
• The Clerics mastered Gun Fu, a combat discipline combining firearms, martial arts, and statistical analysis.
• The Church, government, military, and civilians maintained a system in which emotionless citizens monitored one another while those with emotions lived in fear of discovery.

Chen Mo used J.A.R.V.I.S. to infiltrate Libya’s satellite and network, learning about the country’s technology and political structure. He discovered the story took place at least four years before the film’s events and decided to find a way into the Church to obtain Gun Fu.

• Chen Mo ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to infiltrate a satellite after it detected no local wireless network.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. accessed the satellite and found Libya’s ground network nearly undefended, then gathered information about the country.
• Chen Mo learned that Libya retained advanced manufacturing and military technology but had lost the ability to build complex products such as aircraft and ships.
• Chen Mo discovered the Pope was still alive and John Preston’s wife had not been executed, placing events at least four years before the film.
• Chen Mo decided that he needed to establish an identity and enter the Church to obtain Gun Fu.

Chen Mo prepared to infiltrate Libya’s military by assuming the identity of a soldier assigned to assist clerics. After waiting several days in an abandoned factory in the ruins of Nithers, he learned that his target had left the city with his unit for Nithers Sector 8.

• Chen Mo had J.A.R.V.I.S. search military records and chose an operations-unit soldier with no family whose appearance could be concealed by the army’s uniform and helmet.
• Chen Mo instructed J.A.R.V.I.S. to replace the soldier’s information with his own, keeping the man’s name, and to monitor his movements.
• Chen Mo climbed onto the abandoned factory roof and surveyed the ruins of Nithers and the massive wall surrounding Libya.
• Chen Mo waited in the factory for several days, often returning to the roof to look across the ruins.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. told Chen Mo that the target had left the city with his unit and was heading toward Nithers Sector 8.

Chen Mo flew under cloak from Nithers Sector 3 toward Sector 8, passing over Libya and seeing how Bosean left its citizens numb. He spotted a convoy in Sector 8 and suspected that a Jehovah Cleric was riding in its luxury sedan.

• Chen Mo leaped from a rooftop, summoned his Iron Man suit in midair, and attached a cloaking device.
• Chen Mo flew over Libya and saw citizens listening to the Pope’s broadcasts while under the effects of Bosean.
• Chen Mo crossed Libya’s western wall and reached Nithers Sector 8.
• Chen Mo spotted three white Armored Cars and a luxury sedan traveling together through the ruins.
• Chen Mo recognized the sedan as a likely vehicle for a Jehovah Cleric, the Church’s elite force that hunted emotion criminals.

Chen Mo followed a Church convoy to an abandoned building, where soldiers and emotion criminals were fighting, and discovered that the Senior Clerics John Preston and Erebus Partidge were present. He scanned the building to locate his target and the clerics, then prepared to act as the assault pressed forward.

• Chen Mo followed the armored convoy through Nithers Sector 8 while cloaked and watched soldiers enter an abandoned building.
• John Preston and Erebus Partidge arrived in a white sedan and entered the building as the fighting continued.
• Chen Mo recognized both men as Black Robe Senior Clerics and realized Erebus had not yet stopped taking Bosean or joined the Resistance Organization.
• Chen Mo ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to scan the building and mark his target and the two clerics.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. displayed the fighters' positions, and Chen Mo identified the tall soldier who was his target while the clerics' assault advanced.

After the soldiers and priests destroyed a contraband cache in Nithers, Chen Mo secretly replaced a soldier and escaped with the departing force. The chapter explained how Libya’s Church-controlled city differed from the abandoned ruins of Nithers, where survivors and smugglers lived beyond regular patrols.

• Chen Mo flew into the building after the gunfire stopped while soldiers searched for and burned the hidden contraband.
• The soldiers and priests completed their mission and left, unaware that someone had replaced the tall soldier inside an Armored Car.
• The chapter revealed that the Emotion Criminals had been smugglers who sold forbidden goods to emotional residents of Libya City.
• The chapter explained that the Church controlled Libya City while neglecting most of Nithers, where scattered survivors struggled to live among the ruins.
• The chapter noted that Chen Mo’s abandoned factory shelter was near the wall and within patrol range, leaving no survivors nearby.

Chen Mo served with Church troops hunting Emotion Criminals and contraband dealers, learning how the dealers’ trade threatened the Church’s rule and terrorized abandoned people. After more than a month of dangerous raids outside the city, nearly half his squad had died, and he had witnessed Gun Fu’s formidable power.

• The Church targeted independent factions trafficking forbidden books and artworks because the contraband fueled emotional crimes in Libya City.
• The armed dealers preyed on abandoned people while evading Church forces by hiding and frequently relocating across Nithers District.
• Chen Mo infiltrated a Church unit and joined two clerics on missions to capture Emotion Criminals and eliminate contraband dealers.
• Raids outside the city exposed Chen Mo’s squad to armed resistance, and nearly half its members died in just over a month.
• Chen Mo saw John Preston and Erebus Partidge use Gun Fu to match his combat strength despite having far less physical power.

Chen Mo fought alongside John Preston and Erebus Partidge, concealing most of his abilities while gradually showing talent in Gun Fu. After his squad captain died, the two High Priests recommended Chen Mo to take the position, bringing him closer to his goal of becoming a Cleric.

• Chen Mo observed John Preston and Erebus Partidge evade enemy fire and studied their Gun Fu while joining raids on contraband gangs.
• Chen Mo gradually revealed improved combat skills, making his growth appear to come from experience and the High Priests’ influence.
• The squad captain was killed, and John Preston and Erebus Partidge recommended Chen Mo as his successor.
• Chen Mo learned that Clerics sought out Gun Fu talent on the battlefield and saw the recommendation as a step toward joining their ranks.
• Chen Mo planned to manage how quickly he displayed his abilities while the High Priests assessed his suitability for becoming a Cleric.

Chen Mo improved his firearms skills while secretly using J.A.R.V.I.S. to monitor Libya and protect emotional criminals. The chapter revealed the Resistance Organization’s hidden underground base and introduced its leader, Jurgen.

• Chen Mo learned basic firearms techniques from John Preston and another High Priest, rapidly improving his marksmanship while hiding the extent of his progress.
• Chen Mo had J.A.R.V.I.S. take control of the city’s surveillance cameras and monitor telephone communications across Libya.
• The chapter described the hidden underground refuge where emotional criminals gathered to read, paint, and freely express their feelings.
• Jurgen, an ordinary worker in public, watched over the underground base he had built as leader of the Resistance Organization.

Jurgen, leader of the Resistance Organization, worried that the Church might be behind a sudden drop in Awakened members being captured. He found an unknown smartphone ringing in his locked office, and the screen changed to a chat window with a message beginning to appear.

• The Resistance Organization rebuilt its strength after failed attacks on the Church and the Bosean pharmaceutical factory.
• Jurgen wondered whether the Church was plotting something after fewer Awakened people were captured in recent days.
• Music sounded from Jurgen’s office, where he found an unfamiliar smartphone inside a desk drawer.
• Jurgen feared the Church had discovered the resistance base, but no soldiers or priests appeared.
• The phone’s music stopped, its display changed to a chat window, and a line of text appeared.

Jurgen received a phone warning that Thompson Curry would soon be arrested and showing a safe route to rescue him. He decided to trust the mysterious force behind the message, gathered several Resistance Organization members, and left their hidden base as the phone instructed him to use an earpiece.

• Jurgen read the phone's warning that a church search team would reach Thompson Curry's residence in forty-five minutes.
• Jurgen studied the map and its changing route around patrol soldiers, then decided the phone's sender was a potential ally.
• Jurgen gathered several capable members of the Resistance Organization and led them out through the 42nd District Free Reading Room.
• Jurgen saw a new message telling him to put on the tiny earpiece attached to the phone.

Jurgen and four companions rescued Thompson and moved his large stash of contraband to an empty apartment with help from a mysterious ally controlling the city’s cameras and network. Jurgen returned to the underground base and saw that the search team was still inside Thompson’s apartment, unaware that the stash had been removed.

• Jurgen followed instructions from a mysterious voice and led the group from the reading room to Thompson’s apartment, avoiding soldiers along the way.
• Thompson said he had injected Bosean and had been warned about the search team and told to prepare his contraband.
• Jurgen learned Thompson had several boxes of contraband, and the voice directed them to hide the boxes in empty Room 2107 while Thompson stayed behind to clean up.
• Jurgen and the others moved all the contraband into Room 2107, checked the apartment for traces, and left before the search team arrived.
• Jurgen returned to the underground base and saw on his phone that the search team was still searching Thompson’s apartment through surveillance footage.

Jurgen and Chen Mo’s first collaboration succeeded when J.A.R.V.I.S. helped the Resistance Organization hide contraband and fool a search squad. Chen Mo planned broader preparations to protect emotion criminals across Libya City, and J.A.R.V.I.S. pointed Jurgen to another drawer in his desk.

• J.A.R.V.I.S. alerted Thompson to the search and helped move the contraband before the clerics arrived, allowing the squad to leave without finding anything.
• Jurgen accepted the mysterious ally’s sincerity and followed Chen Mo’s request to compile how much contraband Resistance Organization members had at home.
• Jurgen found that many members possessed enough contraband to risk discovery, including some who had built secret rooms.
• Jurgen raised the problem of reaching people across Libya City in time, and J.A.R.V.I.S. told him to open another drawer in his desk.

Chen Mo used J.A.R.V.I.S. to strengthen the Resistance Organization and launched the OLD MOON Plan to speed up his path to becoming a trainee cleric. The chapter ended as Erebus Partidge received an official document approved by Vice Chairman DuPont.

• Jurgen found miniature communication earpieces that Chen Mo had recovered from the ruins, allowing J.A.R.V.I.S. to coordinate rescue teams remotely.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. used surveillance analysis to help the Resistance Organization find and recruit emotion offenders, including people in the government and military.
• Chen Mo grew impatient with John Preston and Erebus Partidge’s prolonged assessment of him and ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to activate the OLD MOON Plan.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. covertly influenced government and Church communications until Vice Chairman DuPont approved a proposal concerning Erebus Partidge.
• After Chen Mo returned from clearing bandits, he saw a government employee hand Erebus Partidge an official document.

Chen Mo arranged for Erebus Partidge to reunite with Mary O'Brien, prompting him to regain his emotions and join the Resistance Organization. His recruitment gave the Resistance Organization a powerful insider, and Jurgen asked him for help.

• Chen Mo used J.A.R.V.I.S. to arrange a Church-sanctioned marriage between Erebus Partidge and Mary O'Brien.
• Erebus Partidge and Mary O'Brien reunited, and Chen Mo later noticed that Erebus Partidge had regained his emotions.
• Erebus Partidge and Mary O'Brien secretly went to the Resistance Organization's underground base and joined it.
• Jurgen recognized the strategic value of having a High Priest inside the Church and asked Erebus Partidge for his help.

Erebus Partidge joined the Resistance Organization after reuniting with Mary O'Brien, and Jurgen revealed that Kevin James was already one of them. Erebus and John Preston recommended Kevin for the Jehovah Cleric reserve, and Vice Chairman Dupont approved the application, leaving Kevin to face the Clerics’ aptitude test.

• Erebus Partidge stopped using Bosean, joined the Resistance Organization, and asked Jurgen what he could do to help overthrow the Church.
• Jurgen told Erebus that Kevin James was already a member of the Resistance Organization, and Erebus offered to recommend him for the Cleric reserves.
• Erebus persuaded John Preston to jointly recommend Kevin James for the Jehovah Cleric reserve, using the need for more Clerics to fight emotional crime as their justification.
• Vice Chairman Dupont approved the recommendation, and Kevin joined the reserve pending the Jehovah Clerics’ aptitude test.