Recaps

Lu Xin stopped the Crying Crowd disaster with Sister’s help, then learned that the escaped attackers might be connected to a runaway laboratory. After his family agreed to pursue them, Lu Xin secured approval for an outside-city mission and prepared to leave with Gecko.

• Lu Xin traced the Crying Crowd contamination to a Technological Church device, and the resulting Mental Monster grew as it absorbed people in the crowd.
• Lu Xin trusted Sister with the monster, and she contained its lethal psychic blast by enclosing it with her own polluted monster.
• Han Bing reported the special-pollution zones under control, while investigators suspected the Technological Church and the knights had another objective beyond stealing the painting.
• Lu Xin returned home, where Mom, Father, and Sister argued over his decision to protect Satellite City before agreeing to find the outsiders together.
• Professor Bai and Chen Jing linked the knights to a runaway laboratory, and Chen Jing visited Teacher Lu, who warned her not to hurt Lu Xin.
• Lu Xin requested permission to pursue the attackers, and Chen Jing approved after he said he wanted those responsible for the deaths to pay.
• Chen Jing classified the trip as a Level A special operation, and Lu Xin requested a car, supplies, and Gecko as his driver.
• Gecko returned to say he would be Lu Xin’s deputy on the special operations team, which was set to leave in half an hour.

Lu Xin and Gecko tracked the Order of Knights to Blackwater Town, where they captured Chen Zhong and learned that Qin Ran might be hiding in Happy Town. Lu Xin entered the forbidden town alone, found Qin Ran, and tore out his heart, only for Qin Ran to keep laughing.

• Lu Xin and Gecko followed Mom’s directions to find the missing agents’ remains, then traced the Knights to Blackwater Town.
• Lu Xin confronted Chen Zhong at a mahjong parlor, fought his mental-modified allies, and pursued him through a warehouse after he escaped.
• Lu Xin exposed the security officer’s influence over Chen Zhong, and Master Snake agreed to help Qinggang and hold the captive.
• Lu Xin questioned Chen Zhong and learned that Qin Ran might be hiding in Happy Town, a forbidden zone where expeditions had vanished.
• Gecko accompanied Lu Xin to Happy Town’s outskirts but stayed behind as Lu Xin entered alone with Mom and Sister.
• Lu Xin crossed the smiling town, followed Mom’s directions to the back rooms, and found Qin Ran holding roasted corn.
• Lu Xin confronted Qin Ran over the deaths of more than two thousand people and the stolen painting, then charged through gunfire and tore out his heart.
• Qin Ran continued smiling and laughing after Lu Xin removed his heart, so Lu Xin put it back when Mom sighed.

Lu Xin stopped Qin Ran’s pollution in Happy Town, confronted the Queen, and returned to Qinggang with the stolen painting and documents. After advancing to Level Two Special Talent, he took a ghost-catching mission and used Li Mengmeng as bait to draw out the ghost.

• Lu Xin fought Qin Ran’s Human-shaped Fruit Trees as his shadow emerged, then discovered that Qin Ran had awakened the Queen of Happy Town.
• Lu Xin stood with his family before the Queen, who retreated into her villa, and brought Qin Ran and the recovered items back toward Qinggang.
• Qinggang officials opened Qin Ran’s briefcase and found the Crimson Moon painting and documents, while Lu Xin’s mother kept the shredded third document locked away until he reached the Second Stage.
• Lu Xin returned to work, filed his mission report, and accepted Level Two Special Talent status and a full-time position after Han Bing explained the Second Stage.
• After learning he lacked the points to qualify for enhancement, Lu Xin accepted a ghost-catching mission and rode out on a modified motorcycle.
• Li Mengmeng was tormented by a ghost that appeared after she rejected a man, and Lu Xin offered to help her catch it.
• Lu Xin took Li Mengmeng to a couples’ hotel to draw out the ghost, then recognized it in the cleaner’s changing face and asked why it had taken so long to arrive.

Lu Xin helped the Drunkard expose and capture the True Hometown group by drawing its Mental Monsters to his home. The department reassessed Lu Xin’s abilities and approved his second-stage application, setting up his invitation to a conference in the Main City.

• Lu Xin subdued the ghost at the hotel, and the support team transported Li Mengmeng for containment.
• Lu Xin accepted the Drunkard’s request to investigate the Mental Monsters targeting her in Satellite City No. 4.
• The Drunkard protected her neighbors from the monsters’ illusions, while Lu Xin killed one of the creatures and learned the residents had not been physically harmed.
• Lu Xin let the True Hometown group’s Mental Monsters follow him home, while the Captain’s forces raided the group’s gathering places.
• Lu Xin questioned the captured high school student and learned the group used Mental Monsters to recruit people, then discussed with Mom how her guidance had helped him trust his family.
• The evaluation team gave Lu Xin an A+ rating, and Professor Bai concluded that Lu Xin had no specific ability despite his extraordinary mental power.
• Professor Bai proposed a second-stage program for Lu Xin, and Minister Shen agreed to consider it if it met the standards.
• Han Bing told Lu Xin the mission had earned him five hundred thousand yuan and fifty contribution points, and that he would be invited to an Advanced Talent Training Conference in the Main City.