Chapter Summaries

Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun entered Wuyou Alley after Quan used money to obtain a remote that disabled its Smart Machine Guns. Inside, they found a strange, warm district beneath bright moonlight, and the chapter left them facing a damaged black sculpture at the alley’s end.

• Quan Yuxun told Xia Chujian to call him Kirin, and she chose the code name Yuanbao.
• Quan Yuxun used a remotely acquired device to disable Wuyou Alley’s Smart Machine Guns, and Xia Chujian tested it with a stone before they entered.
• Xia Chujian told Quan Yuxun what she had heard about Wuyou Alley’s dangerous Humanoids as they approached its entrance.
• Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun entered the alley and discovered that its temperature was far warmer than the freezing world outside the wall.
• Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun walked through the ruined, deserted alley and reached a grassy clearing where a damaged black sculpture stood.

Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun destroyed a strange seaweed sculpture and discovered a massive underground ruin filled with remains and laboratory equipment. The chapter left them examining what appeared to be an abandoned research facility.

• Xia Chujian shot the Black Goat head in the seaweed sculpture, destroying it and stopping the whispers Quan Yuxun had heard.
• Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun found a huge underground pipe beneath the collapsed clearing, fired into it to check for living creatures, and entered together.
• Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun followed the pipe to a ruined underground hall strewn with black liquid and Humanoid remains.
• Quan Yuxun explained that the animal-human remains belonged to Humanoid Slaves, while Humanoid Lowly People returned to human form when they died.
• Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun explored a corridor of ash-filled iron cages and reached a room containing sophisticated laboratory equipment for studying animal bodies and extracting biological material.

Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun discovered a secret genetics laboratory and encountered Bunis, a regenerating monster that split into multiple copies and attacked them with mental power. Xia Chujian knocked Quan Yuxun unconscious and killed five of the monsters, but the two remaining copies grew smarter as she prepared to shoot again.

• Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun identified the room as a secret biological genetics laboratory, possibly used to research Gene Evolution.
• Quan Yuxun detected the energy signature he had been seeking, then followed it out of the laboratory and found a tentacled Black Goat monster.
• Quan Yuxun recognized the monster as Bunis, the Mother of Procreation, as it regenerated and divided into eight copies.
• Bunis's mental attack overpowered Quan Yuxun, so Xia Chujian knocked him unconscious and took his submachine gun.
• Xia Chujian shot the Black Goat heads, killing five monsters and stopping their tentacles from regenerating or dividing.
• The two remaining monsters became more cautious as Xia Chujian lined up her next shot.

Xia Chujian used the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha to defeat the Tentacle Seaweed Ball Monsters and rescue Quan Yuxun, then discovered the main monster could still attack after its Black Goat head was destroyed. She eliminated it with a costly Black Silver Bullet and ended the chapter examining its corrosive aftermath as Quan Yuxun awoke.

• Xia Chujian dodged two charging Tentacle Seaweed Ball Monsters by flying upward, then shot the Black Goat head inside one and killed it.
• Bunis used the unconscious Quan Yuxun as a shield, but Xia Chujian outmaneuvered it and shot through the Black Goat head from behind.
• Xia Chujian caught Quan Yuxun and fired on the last Tentacle Seaweed Ball Monster, which revived and pursued her with its tentacles.
• Xia Chujian fired a Black Silver Bullet from the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, dissolving the last monster and nearby wreckage.
• Xia Chujian moved Quan Yuxun away from the chemical residue and slapped him awake; he stood and looked toward the damaged hall.

Xia Chujian concealed her Black Silver Mecha by inventing a story about a monster dissolving the hall and consuming the Jia Fruit Quan Yuxun had come to find. Quan Yuxun believed her description matched Jia Fruit, leaving Xia Chujian unaware that her lie had revealed the truth.

• Xia Chujian confirmed that the Black Silver Bullet’s dissolving effect had stopped after ten minutes, while Quan Yuxun woke to find the hall cleaner and several monsters missing.
• Xia Chujian pretended to recount how a mysterious object fell from the dome, frightened the Tentacle Seaweed Ball monsters, and was swallowed by one of them.
• Xia Chujian claimed the monster dissolved her expensive shield and much of the hall before its own body vanished, hoping to conceal her mecha and get compensation.
• Quan Yuxun revealed that he was searching for Jia Fruit and said the energy readings at the monster’s remains matched what he sought.
• Xia Chujian described the object as palm-sized, golden, and long and narrow, and Quan Yuxun concluded that she had truly seen Jia Fruit.

Quan Yuxun arranged to remove the monster corpses and destroy the underground research facility, while Xia Chujian secured reimbursement for her expenses and obtained a valuable fusion generator. They left the facility prepared for demolition, and Xia Chujian wondered whether Yun Nvluo was being used as a decoy.

• Quan Yuxun questioned Xia Chujian about the missing Jia Fruit, then decided to take the four Tentacle Algae Ball Monster corpses and destroy the facility.
• Quan Yuxun’s Bodyguards arrived, collected the corpses, and prepared explosives while Quan Yuxun explained that Xia Chujian could disclose the operation to approved officials under her confidentiality agreement.
• Quan Yuxun promised to reimburse Xia Chujian’s expenses and told her to speak to another secretary, since Yun Nvluo did not know the mission’s true purpose.
• Xia Chujian asked for the Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator, and Quan Yuxun’s subordinate confirmed it worked before Quan Yuxun gave it to her.
• Quan Yuxun’s subordinates planted explosives, and Xia Chujian wondered whether Yun Nvluo had been kept in the open as a target.

Xia Chujian left Wuyou Alley with Quan Yuxun and celebrated obtaining an Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator while Quan’s crew destroyed the vehicles and the site to conceal their operation. Huo Yushen investigated the explosion, spoke privately with Quan, and the chapter ended with Xia traveling with Quan’s party toward home.

• Quan Yuxun led Xia Chujian out of Wuyou Alley, and his men burned their Night Suits and prepared a new flying vehicle.
• Quan explained that the first vehicle had been caught on surveillance and that both it and the replacement would be destroyed; their operation then erased South 404 District Nothing Lane in a massive explosion.
• Special Security Bureau investigators reported the destruction to Huo Yushen, who flew to the site and ordered his subordinates to investigate the previous twenty-four hours.
• Quan Yuxun called Huo Yushen using quantum entanglement encryption, acknowledged the explosion, and hinted that one of Huo’s employees had helped him.
• Quan’s party switched vehicles again in a forest, and Xia Chujian rested in Quan’s vehicle while they continued toward her return trip.

Xia Chujian returned home with Quan Yuxun’s Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator, discovered that Housekeeping Robot Liushun had entered her locked room, and disabled the robot’s network access. Huo Yushen confronted her about accompanying Quan Yuxun on an unauthorized job, and she asked him whether he knew about the Gene Evolution research base beneath Wuyou Alley.

• Quan Yuxun brought Xia Chujian home, laughed at her blunt remarks about his smile, and let her take the generator after his people inspected it.
• Xia Chujian secretly returned through her bedroom window and noticed someone had closed it, then installed the generator and raised the apartment’s heating to twenty-five degrees.
• Xia Chujian questioned Liushun about entering her locked room, threatened to destroy it if it endangered her family, and removed its network hardware.
• Huo Yushen repeatedly called Xia Chujian until she answered, then told her Quan Yuxun had reported their trip to South 404 District Nothing Lane.
• Huo Yushen warned Xia Chujian that Special Security Bureau staff could not privately accept outside employment, and she asked whether he knew of the Gene Evolution research base beneath Wuyou Alley.

Xia Chujian told Huo Yushen about the destroyed genetic research base, the Bunis she killed, and the Jia Fruit story she invented to explain what happened. Realizing how deeply she was involved, Huo Yushen decided to tell her the truth about the Jia Fruit.

• Xia Chujian described the destroyed genetic research base, and Huo Yushen realized Quan Yuxun’s gift had been the information about it.
• Xia Chujian revealed that Quan Yuxun had been searching for Jia Fruit, then used Huo Yushen’s own words to tease him into asking about it.
• Huo Yushen persuaded Xia Chujian to explain what she knew by warning her about the Jia Fruit’s danger and the confidentiality agreement.
• Xia Chujian described Bunis regenerating and multiplying, and explained that she killed the last one with specialized ammunition from the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha.
• Xia Chujian admitted she had told Quan Yuxun that a golden object had fallen from the laboratory ceiling and been eaten by Bunis, leading him to believe the Jia Fruit had been destroyed.
• After learning Quan Yuxun had known there were two Jia Fruits, Huo Yushen decided Xia Chujian had the right to know the truth.

Huo Yushen explained to Xia Chujian how the Grand Prince died while returning from the Outer Domain with two Jia Fruits, and warned her that her invented story had put her at risk. He then contacted Quan Yuxun, who agreed to keep Xia Chujian out of the search, but asked Huo Yushen to let her assist him in the future.

• Huo Yushen told Xia Chujian that the Grand Prince had died after a Remnant followed him from the Outer Domain, where he had retrieved two Jia Fruits.
• Huo Yushen explained that Quan Yuxun was searching for the missing Jia Fruits on behalf of someone in the Imperial Family, and promised to help keep Xia Chujian safe after she admitted making up her story.
• Huo Yushen called Quan Yuxun and said the Special Security Bureau would not get involved in the Jia Fruit search, signaling that Quan should not draw Xia Chujian into it.
• Quan Yuxun agreed to keep Xia Chujian out of the search but asked Huo Yushen to release her to help him if he needed her later.
• Huo Yushen objected that Xia Chujian could not work for outsiders and accused Quan Yuxun of repaying her kindness with hostility.

Quan Yuxun learned that the Yun Family was using his presumed support to secure a new barony, then confronted Yun Nvluo when she asked him to enlist Nine Doubts Consort. He offered her a choice between staying as his demoted secretary while the Yun Family withdrew from the title contest, or being dismissed while he stayed out of the dispute.

• Quan Yuxun agreed with Huo Yushen that any future request for Xia Chujian’s help should go through legitimate channels.
• Mu Qianren told Quan Yuxun that Yun Dagang led the final baron candidates and was widely believed to have Quan’s backing; Quan revealed that the Yun Family had taken military merit from Mu Qianren’s father and warned that the family could not claim Quan’s endorsement.
• Yun Nvluo’s father and grandfather urged her to ask Quan Yuxun to have Nine Doubts Consort speak for the Yun Family before the Emperor.
• After speaking with Old Master Quan, Quan Yuxun received Yun Nvluo’s request and gave her two options: remain as his secretary after a three-rank demotion while her family withdrew from the contest, or be dismissed while he stayed out of the dispute.

Quan Yuxun fired Yun Nvluo and moved to revoke her law license over her handling of Quan Caiwei’s case in Da Fu Prefecture. Yun Nvluo learned that the Yun Family’s bid for a title was faltering and tried to bargain for Quan’s noninterference by threatening to reveal the firm’s secrets.

• Quan Yuxun fired Yun Nvluo for her conduct in the Fan Clan case and publicly announced her dismissal.
• Quan Yuxun accused Yun Nvluo of betraying Quan Caiwei’s interests and applied to revoke her law license.
• Yun Nvluo learned that the Emperor’s side had removed her father from the final list and ranked her grandfather last, while an officer surnamed Mu led the contest.
• Yun Nvluo asked Quan Yuxun to keep Quan and Nine Doubts Consort out of the title contest and offered to leave quietly.
• Yun Nvluo threatened to expose Quan’s internal secrets unless Quan Yuxun guaranteed noninterference.

Quan Yuxun foiled Yun Nvluo’s attempt to blackmail him by replacing the video she planned to post with evidence of her grandfather Yun Dagang stealing military merits, then sent her back to face the Yun Family. Meanwhile, Xia Chujian settled a fusion generator into her home and prepared to take Wufu and Sixi to inspect her newly purchased land.

• Yun Nvluo threatened to release Quan Caiwei’s private video unless Quan Yuxun stayed out of the succession dispute, but he revealed that it was too late.
• Quan Yuxun’s people replaced the video on Yun Nvluo’s scheduled post with footage of Yun Dagang conspiring to steal Mu Anyi’s military merits, and the scandal spread across Star Net.
• Yun Nvluo begged Quan Yuxun to spare her and the Yun Family, but he refused and ordered her returned safely to the Yun Family on Cangge Star.
• Xia Chujian brought a battered fusion generator home and installed it, warming the house while Xia Yuanfang accepted her explanation for where it came from.
• Xia Chujian played with Wufu and Sixi, then learned from Xia Yuanfang that Guo Sheng had arranged a construction company to inspect their land and discuss an enclosure wall.
• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang planned to visit the site that afternoon with Aunt Chen, and Xia Chujian said she would bring Wufu and Sixi.

Xia Chujian brought her family and friends to the land she and Xia Yuanfang had bought, promising them a secure home and farm. After showing them the property and a powerful fusion generator, they chose a house design and planned to ask Guo Sheng about construction companies.

• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang traveled with Aunt Chen to the disguised flying vehicle, where San Zong and Zhu Yingying greeted them.
• Xia Chujian announced that she and Xia Yuanfang had bought the land, including the lake and nearby small mountain, and showed everyone its map.
• Xia Chujian promised San Zong a share of the land's future output, while San Zong eagerly agreed to farm grain, produce, and medicinal herbs.
• Xia Chujian revealed her Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator, and San Zong installed it in the flying vehicle to restore ample, stable power.
• Xia Yuanfang displayed house blueprints, and the group chose a three-story house with two underground floors, yards, and an enclosure wall beside the lake.
• Xia Chujian proposed asking Guo Sheng for recommendations for a reliable construction company.

Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang met Guo Sheng and the Bai Li family to plan an enclosure wall for their ten-hectare plot. They chose a Nine-Bend Corridor design with an Electronic Fence, and the family prepared to survey the land and begin construction.

• Xia Yuanfang worried about finding homes for the family and protecting them from monsters, while Xia Chujian considered building a secret Arsenal.
• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang met Guo Sheng and the construction team he had brought, led by Bai Li Xin and his family.
• Xia Chujian revealed that she had bought ten hectares with borrowed money and that she worked for the Special Security Bureau.
• Bai Li Xin recommended a Nine-Bend Corridor enclosure wall topped with an Electronic Fence, and Xia Yuanfang and Aunt Chen approved the design.
• Bai Li Xin said his family would survey the plot, assemble the wall modules at their factory, and complete installation in about four weeks.

Xia Chujian discovered that her land covered twenty hectares, though only ten were classified as arable, and confirmed with Quan Yuxun that all land inside the deed’s coordinates belonged to her. After Bai Li Xin quoted a low construction price, Xia Chujian offered market rates for the enclosure wall in exchange for guaranteed materials.

• Bai Li Xin surveyed the plot and found its perimeter and dimensions indicated an area of twenty hectares.
• Xia Chujian contacted Quan Yuxun, who explained that the land contract priced and taxed only the ten hectares of arable land while the deed covered the full twenty hectares.
• Xia Chujian told Bai Li Xin and Guo Sheng that Quan Yuxun was her lawyer, impressing them with her connection to the Quan family.
• Bai Li Xin calculated a quote with high material costs but only a small construction fee.
• Xia Chujian offered to pay two hundred thousand Beichen Coin for materials and fifty thousand for construction, insisting that Bai Li Xin use the specified materials without substitutions.

Xia Chujian discovered that Bai Li Xin and his sons were Humanoids, but agreed to let them build her house after warning Guo Sheng not to hide things from her again. After learning how Quan Yuxun had ruined the Yun Family, she panicked that he might target her too and messaged him for reassurance.

• Bai Li Xin and his six sons transformed into horned horse-headed forms, revealing to Xia Chujian that they were Humanoids.
• Guo Sheng admitted he had known the Bai Li Family were Humanoids, and Xia Chujian warned him not to deceive her again while confirming the family could take the construction project.
• Aunt Chen explained that the Bai Li Family had an unusual, diluted bloodline, and Xia Chujian signed their contract and left the project in Aunt Chen's care.
• Xia Chujian learned online that Quan Yuxun had helped bring down Yun Nvluo and the Yun Family, and she worried he might punish her for previously pressuring him over her loan.
• Xia Chujian messaged Quan Yuxun, pleading with him not to treat her like the Yun Family, and he considered letting her worry before deciding not to frighten her too much.

Xia Chujian officially adopted Wufu, earned the second-highest graduation exam score on Guiyuan Star, and accidentally agreed to become Su Buyan’s paid disciple, prompting Huo Yushen to raise her salary. Meanwhile, Huo Yushen shared evidence with She Zhuyin that someone had secretly photographed his sister and showed her footage of the Judge Organization’s horrific sacrifice ritual.

• The Special Security Bureau approved Wufu’s adoption by Xia Yuanfang, and the Xia family named the day Xia Chujian met him as his birthday.
• Mu Anyi became the new Baron, and Xia Chujian’s graduation results placed her second across Guiyuan Star with 580 points.
• Su Buyan offered Xia Chujian a paid master-disciple agreement, and she accidentally accepted it; Huo Yushen then raised her Special Security Bureau salary to five thousand a month.
• Huo Yushen told She Zhuyin that the Face Mask had been made from secretly taken photographs of his sister and showed her the restored photos.
• Huo Yushen showed She Zhuyin footage of the Judge Organization’s Human Sacrifice Ceremony, in which twenty-four kidnapped youths were drained of blood as a masked woman performed a ritual.

Huo Yushen and She Zhuyin reviewed the Judge Organization’s failed human sacrifice and discussed the search for Huo Yushen’s missing younger sister. After the Emperor ordered Huo Yushen back to Beichen Star following an attack on Princess Tantai Jing and the Empress, Zong Ruoan told him he wanted to resign and run for Senate Councilor.

• Huo Yushen told She Zhuyin that the Judge Organization’s sacrifice of twenty-four young people had failed, and that his younger sister was among the captives whose identity remained unknown.
• She Zhuyin agreed to investigate the Judge Organization’s underground hideout at a Black Market Bar in Beichen Star Imperial City.
• Emperor Tantai Hongyuan ordered Huo Yushen to return to Beichen Star after Princess Tantai Jing and the Empress were attacked.
• Huo Yushen entrusted Guiyuan Star’s affairs to Kang Shanxing and Meng Guanghui and left for Beichen Star with his subordinates.
• Zong Ruoan told Huo Yushen he wanted to resign from the Special Security Bureau and run for Senate Councilor, and Huo Yushen asked how he would handle the three-year confidentiality period.

Huo Yushen uncovered Judge Organization members inside the Imperial Family’s security forces and staff, prompting Emperor Tantai Hongyuan to order a sweeping purge. Meanwhile, She Zhuyin investigated a Judge Organization bar and overheard a lead connecting a dead operative to a plan involving a noblewoman and Chongwu Hall.

• Zong Ruoan applied to enter the Special Protection program and resign from the Special Security Bureau in one month, and Huo Yushen approved his request.
• Huo Yushen took charge of Imperial City security and found Judge Organization members among the Royal Guard, Inner Guards, Imperial Shadow Guards, Imperial Family staff, and officials responsible for background checks.
• Tantai Hongyuan ordered the implicated Imperial Clan members and their adult relatives executed, their property confiscated, and their underage children stripped of the Tantai name.
• Huo Yushen deployed Yazi’s squads to seize 3,612 people and parade them through the Imperial City toward the Royal Hunting Ground as the purge became major news across the Empire.
• Tantai Hongyuan killed his secretary for questioning his trust in Huo Yushen, then left the palace incognito with Quan Jiuyi to watch the executions.
• She Zhuyin entered Lotus Heart Bar under a cleaner’s disguise and overheard Raccoon Bro say that Brother Leopard had planned to kidnap a noblewoman and take her to Chongwu Hall.