Chapter Summaries

She Zhuyin interrogated Raccoon about Brother Leopard’s kidnapping plot, while Emperor Tantai Hongyuan oversaw the execution of more than three thousand Imperial Clan members. Xia Chujian then reluctantly returned to school after her holiday, cheered by Wufu and Sixi before Liushun’s loud cleaning interrupted them.

• She Zhuyin drugged Raccoon, brought him to a basement, and questioned him until a chip in his brain self-destructed when he revealed Chongwu Hall’s involvement.
• Tantai Hongyuan and Quan Jiuyi discussed the anonymous Star Net hot search, which had been posted through an unregistered Smart Bracelet.
• Huo Yushen ordered the remaining Forbidden Mansion Imperial Clan members to attend the execution, and they arrived before the deadline.
• Tantai Hongyuan watched as firing squads executed more than three thousand people, then ordered the executioners to confirm that no one remained alive.
• Xia Chujian woke on the first day of the new school term and lamented the end of her holiday, but Wufu and Sixi comforted her before Liushun began vacuuming.

Xia Chujian reprogrammed Liushun with household tasks, then learned she had placed second in Guiyuan Star’s graduation exam and discovered her new deskmate, Yu Wangyou, had placed first. The chapter ended with Advanced Class students gossiping about Yu Wangyou and Xia Chujian.

• Xia Chujian gave Liushun eight new household instructions, and it restarted to repeat them and ask how to fill its remaining free time.
• Xia Chujian rushed to school and found that her neighbor had transferred into her class and taken Zhu Yingying’s former seat as her deskmate.
• Her classmates congratulated Xia Chujian for placing second in Guiyuan Star’s graduation exam, and the study representative defended her against cheating accusations.
• Teacher Deng Wanqing announced that Yu Wangyou had placed first across Guiyuan Star and Xia Chujian had placed second; Yu Wangyou dismissed the celebration as premature.
• At lunch, Yu Wangyou encouraged Xia Chujian not to underestimate their chances of attending university on Beichen Star.
• Xia Chujian overheard Advanced Class students discussing Yu Wangyou’s exam result and calling her a thug who was good at fighting.

Xia Chujian spotted the transfer student Ji Jiayi, whose face matched the girl connected to her past encounter with human traffickers, and secretly recorded her before sending the footage to Huo Yushen. As the Empire’s executions of thousands of Imperial Clan members and nobles dominated the news, Xia Chujian stayed up browsing the resulting gossip.

• Xia Chujian overheard rumors about Ji Jiayi and the former classmates Zhuang Jie and Jia Zhen, then saw Ji Jiayi in the corridor and secretly photographed and filmed her.
• Xia Chujian suspected Ji Jiayi was the girl she had rescued from human traffickers and struggled to focus in class while thinking about her.
• Yu Wangyou invited Xia Chujian to go home with her and said she wanted to be friends; they boarded the maglev train together.
• Xia Chujian reviewed her recordings at home and sent them to Huo Yushen, asking about the new classmate she had met.
• At the Royal Hunting Ground, Huo Yushen supervised executions of more than three thousand Imperial Clan members and nobles, while Zong Ruoan and Xia Chujian followed the news online.

Huo Yushen studied Xia Chujian’s photos and video of her new classmate, Ji Jiayi, and suspected the girl might be his younger sister or a threat connected to her abduction. He ordered Xia Chujian to take precautions, and she began to suspect Ji Jiayi’s arrival at her school was no coincidence.

• Xia Chujian posted a cheerful picture of Small Si Xi and Little Wufu while secretly browsing news about the Emperor’s executions.
• Huo Yushen saw Xia Chujian’s photos and video of Ji Jiayi and recognized her resemblance to the image of his missing younger sister.
• Huo Yushen questioned Xia Chujian about Ji Jiayi, learned she had transferred from Luo Xu Province, and warned that her arrival might be aimed at Xia Chujian.
• Huo Yushen ordered Xia Chujian to wear a Bulletproof Vest and carry a Tactical Dagger and covert pistol components, then ended their call when the Emperor summoned him.
• On the train to school, Xia Chujian considered Ji Jiayi’s possible ties to the people who had targeted her team and concluded the transfer was probably not a coincidence.

Xia Chujian balanced school and her Special Security Bureau duties while considering whether Ji Jiayi was the girl she had once saved. After Xia Yuanfang discovered the ammunition case at home, Xia Chujian admitted she had joined the Bureau, and her aunt challenged her superior about requiring weekend training before the College Entrance Exam.

• Xia Chujian suspected Ji Jiayi might be wearing a Face Mask and wondered whether someone was targeting her team or testing what she remembered.
• Yu Wangyou helped Xia Chujian keep up with schoolwork as the students prepared for the College Entrance Exam, while Ji Jiayi behaved like an ordinary student.
• Meng Guanghui gave Xia Chujian a bag of rifle parts and one hundred rounds, but Huo Yushen ordered a case of ammunition for her after she requested more.
• Xia Yuanfang found the ammunition case at home, and Xia Chujian revealed that she had joined the Special Security Bureau as an official employee.
• Meng Guanghui confirmed Xia Chujian's employment to Xia Yuanfang, who questioned the weekend training schedule and insisted Xia focus on her studies.

Xia Chujian persuaded Xia Yuanfang to let her attend weekend training at the Mulan City Branch Station, with Xia Yuanfang accompanying her for six months. Her first session ended with a training robot striking her hard enough to severely injure her shoulder.

• Xia Chujian convinced Xia Yuanfang that physical training would help protect her from Gene Evolvers, and Xia Yuanfang agreed to accompany her to the Station on weekends.
• Meng Guanghui allowed Xia Yuanfang to bring Small Sixi and Little Wufu and set a six-month period before Xia Chujian would have to attend alone.
• At the Station, Meng Guanghui brought Xia Chujian to the training hall and explained that sensors would help the Quantum Optical Brain analyze her movements.
• Xia Chujian named the sparring robot Xia Yi and learned that its physical abilities simulated those of an early D-Rank Gene Evolver.
• As soon as Meng Guanghui left for the control room, Xia Yi attacked Xia Chujian and shattered bones in her left shoulder, triggering an alarm that ordered her into the Medical Cabin.

After a training robot shattered Xia Chujian’s shoulder, a Medical Cabin healed her enough to return the next day. Huo Yushen kept her original training plan but switched her to Mechanical Armor practice, where she spent six hours working toward jumping into its control Cabin.

• Meng Guanghui sent Xia Chujian to an A-Class Medical Cabin after a sparring robot shattered her shoulder, and the Cabin treated her injury.
• Xia Yuanfang worried about Xia Chujian’s injury, but Xia Chujian reassured her that the Medical Cabin had treated it.
• Meng Guanghui sent Huo Yushen the training footage and injury data, and Huo Yushen ordered that Xia Chujian train with a Mechanical Armor instead of the sparring robot.
• Xia Chujian’s shoulder recovered overnight, and she returned to the Special Security Bureau’s Mulan City Branch with Xia Yuanfang, Wufu, and Sixi.
• Meng Guanghui demonstrated the Mechanical Armor and set Xia Chujian the goal of jumping into its control Cabin; she practiced high jumps for six hours.

Xia Chujian completed her first week of Mechanical Armor training, learning to jump into the cockpit and then operate a Mecha. On her first solo visit, she quickly mastered the controls and defeated a sparring robot, leaving Meng Guanghui stunned by her skill.

• Xia Chujian practiced jumping for six hours until she could leap into the Mechanical Armor's cockpit, while Xia Yuanfang and the others watched and encouraged her.
• Meng Guanghui sent Huo Yushen a recording of Xia Chujian's training, and Huo Yushen told him to keep using Mechanical Armor to teach her how to apply strength.
• The following Saturday, Xia Yuanfang let Xia Chujian go to the Special Security Bureau alone while she took Sixi and Wufu out of the city.
• Meng Guanghui demonstrated the Mechanical Armor's controls and combat movements, then let Xia Chujian take the driver's seat.
• Xia Chujian flew the Mechanical Armor, kicked the sparring robot out of the air, and pinned it by the throat, astonishing Meng Guanghui.
• Xia Chujian said this was her first time using this type of Mecha, emphasizing that distinction.

Xia Chujian stunned Meng Guanghui by setting a new mechanical armor Sniper Rifle record, then began intensive training at the Special Security Bureau. Over the next two months, she mastered ordinary mechanical armor and fought sparring Robots up to the highest ranks.

• Xia Chujian used the mechanical armor’s Sniper Rifle to hit 180 moving targets in one minute with its aiming system, then manually hit 1,205 stars with 1,200 shots.
• Xia Chujian registered the codename “One Shot Kill,” and the Special Security Bureau’s internal forum erupted when her record was announced and its video confirmed it.
• Huo Yushen recognized Xia Chujian’s shooting from the video and told Meng Guanghui to keep her results confidential.
• Meng Guanghui warned Xia Chujian not to underestimate real enemies, then arranged sparring Robot training that tested her against Gene Evolver strength ranks.
• Over the next two-plus months, Xia Chujian trained every weekend, raising her ordinary mechanical armor piloting skill to SSS+ Rank according to Meng Guanghui.

Xia Chujian completed her physical training after learning that ordinary mechanical armor could not overcome the physical advantage of Peak Rank A Gene Evolvers, then looked forward to learning to pilot aircraft and starships. Huo Yushen reviewed her results, planned her future training and military studies, and secretly gave her a new identity as the Dark Division Registry’s first Rip-Silk Series member, code-named Greedy Wolf.

• Xia Chujian lost another match against a Peak Rank A sparring robot, and Meng Guanghui explained that Peak Rank A Gene Evolvers could materialize Mental Strength and that she should run if she faced one in battle.
• Meng Guanghui ended Xia Chujian’s physical training and told her that summer training on Kanli Star would teach her to pilot fighter jets, Interstellar Spaceships, and Interstellar Warships.
• Xia Chujian left unaware that her code name, One Shot Kill, had become famous among Special Security Bureau Field Operatives and that Huo Yushen’s protections concealed her identity.
• Meng Guanghui asked Huo Yushen whether Xia Chujian could become a Gene Evolver or receive Master Su’s new mecha, but Huo Yushen told him to follow the original training plan and encourage her to apply for Star Destroyer Command at Imperial Royal First Military University.
• Huo Yushen decided to recruit Xia Chujian into the Dark Division Registry, instructed Meng Guanghui to keep her missions light, and created her a legal identity as Greedy Wolf, the first member of the Rip-Silk Series.

Huo Yushen summoned Xia Chujian to the Mulan City Branch Station to assess her abilities, and she proved her speed, reactions, and skill with guns in a live duel. He gave her a powerful new pistol and explained that continued training could help her overcome Human Initial Inertia and fight Gene Evolvers even without her mecha.

• Huo Yushen woke Xia Chujian with a video call and ordered her to reach the training hall within ten minutes using the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha.
• Xia Chujian concealed the mecha beneath her clothes, escaped notice as she raced across the city, and reached the Branch Station in nine minutes and forty-nine seconds.
• Huo Yushen tested Xia Chujian with a sudden gunfight, and she dodged and countered his attacks before forcing him to drop his weapon at gunpoint.
• Huo Yushen praised Xia Chujian's quick reactions and instinct for guns, then gave her a Qu Zhong 110 Handgun.
• Huo Yushen explained that training could help Xia Chujian overcome Human Initial Inertia and gain a chance to defeat Gene Evolvers without mecha enhancement.

After her assessment with Huo Yushen, Xia Chujian spent her day off visiting the family’s enclosed land outside Mulan City. She discovered that San Zong had used the plot’s mysterious lake and their generator to irrigate the grounds, leaving the family with a thriving estate and a valuable water source.

• Huo Yushen agreed that Xia Chujian should strike first in a fight and promised to supply all the bullets she needed before ending her assessment.
• Xia Chujian made breakfast and persuaded Xia Yuanfang to visit the family’s land outside Mulan City.
• Xia Yuanfang showed Xia Chujian the completed enclosure wall, its two gates, and the antique-style corridor built with Zelkova Wood.
• Aunt Chen explained that San Zong had dug underground channels to irrigate the land with water from a nearby lake.
• Xia Chujian learned that the lake’s level remained unchanged despite the irrigation and celebrated finding a treasure.

Xia Chujian toured the new home that Xia Yuanfang had built on their property and discovered its lavish rooms, medicinal garden, and an unexpected second Flying Vehicle. The chapter ended with Xia Yuanfang scolding Xia Chujian for joking about posting her private remarks online.

• Xia Yuanfang showed Xia Chujian the garden’s ornamental plants and medicinal herbs, including Longevity Grass and several fertility medicines.
• Xia Chujian rode with Xia Yuanfang, Aunt Chen, and San Zong to see her new house, and learned that Small Si Xi had uncovered a second Flying Vehicle beneath fallen leaves.
• Xia Yuanfang showed Xia Chujian the enclosed courtyard, three-story residence, basement rooms, and spacious kitchen.
• Xia Chujian praised the kitchen and suggested Liushun should work around the clock as their butler, prompting Xia Yuanfang to joke about a 007 schedule.
• Xia Chujian teased Xia Yuanfang by pretending she would post the joke on social media, and Xia Yuanfang called her increasingly cheeky.

Xia Chujian inspected the new house, arranged for a hidden chamber in its Library, and followed Sixi to a tiny, unfamiliar flying vehicle. After asking Huo Yushen whether she could keep taking Hunter missions, she learned they required Meng Guanghui’s approval and argued with Huo over his proposed one-percent cut.

• Xia Chujian contracted Bai Li Xin to build a hidden chamber in the Library, which she intended to use as an Arsenal.
• Xia Chujian and her family followed San Zong and Sixi through the woods and found a pristine, black-and-gold flying vehicle shaped like a saucer.
• Xia Chujian could not open the vehicle and agreed with Xia Yuanfang to leave it sealed until after her College Entrance Exam.
• Xia Chujian messaged Huo Yushen to ask whether she could accept Dark Night Hunter Association missions, and he said Meng Guanghui had to approve them.
• Huo Yushen offered to take one percent of Xia Chujian’s mission earnings, prompting her to angrily reject his offer.

Xia Chujian returned home with her family and learned from Liushun’s recordings that the Yu household was arguing over Yu Wangyou’s choice of university. She also heard Yu Wangyou defend Xia Chujian against the maid, then continued listening as the maid spoke again.

• Xia Yuanfang refused Xia Chujian’s request to visit their new home before her College Entrance Exam, and the family returned to Mulan City.
• Mr. Yu’s Big Black Dog cowered at the sight of Wufu, while Wufu compared it to Sixi.
• Liushun played a recording of Mr. and Mrs. Yu arguing about whether Wang You should attend Beichen University or Military Academy.
• Xia Chujian learned that Liushun had been using a voice enhancement plugin to eavesdrop and ordered it to restrict the function to areas outside their home.
• Xia Chujian listened as Yu Wangyou told the maid that Xia Chujian was her friend and demanded that the maid stop speaking about her disrespectfully.
• After Yu Wangyou sent the maid away, Xia Chujian heard the maid speak again through Liushun’s recording.

Xia Chujian set limits on Liushun’s access to recorded conversations and refused its offer to find predicted exam questions, then went to school for the citywide Mock Exam. During lunch, gunshots sounded outside the school, and Xia Chujian rushed into the corridor to see the commotion below.

• Xia Chujian told Liushun to report threats to her family’s safety and property, but refused to reconnect it to the internet before her College Entrance Exam.
• Xia Chujian met Yu Wangyou on the maglev train and discussed the first citywide Mock Exam.
• Deng Wanqing reminded the class to review before the exam, and Xia Chujian crammed physics notes before sitting the morning and afternoon papers.
• Xia Chujian ate lunch in the break room, where Ji Jiayi and her two Bodyguards were also present.
• Two gunshots rang out near the school, and Xia Chujian packed her lunch and hurried into the corridor to look downstairs.

Xia Chujian armed herself in secret as a green-robed gunman trapped the third-year students inside their teaching building while searching for the Saintess. After massacring a regular class, he learned that Yu Wangyou was the person he sought and headed toward her classroom.

• Xia Chujian warned her classmates about the gunman, then secretly assembled and loaded a pistol while the school ordered students to shelter in their classrooms.
• The gunman reached the third-floor corridor and locked its door, trapping the students as the School Police tried to get inside.
• The gunman entered a regular class, killed its students, and demanded to know where the Saintess was.
• The surviving students identified Yu Wangyou as the Saintess and pointed the gunman toward her Intermediate Class.
• The gunman killed the students who had directed him and set off toward Yu Wangyou.

Xia Chujian watched a gunman massacre students and then take Ji Jiayi hostage while demanding that Yu Wangyou come forward as the Saintess. The gunman identified himself as a Guardian of the Judge Organization, and Xia Chujian waited with her concealed pistol as suspicion settled on Yu Wangyou.

• Xia Chujian shut off the classroom Communication System after her classmates saw the gunman slaughter students in a regular class.
• A classmate accused Yu Wangyou of being the Saintess, but Xia Chujian defended her and warned her to be careful.
• Xia Chujian retrieved her concealed pistol as the gunman approached their classroom, then saw him take Ji Jiayi hostage in the tea room.
• The gunman shot at one of Ji Jiayi's bodyguards and demanded that the Saintess be brought to him in exchange for Ji Jiayi.
• Ji Jiayi questioned the gunman, who named Yu Wangyou, described her as a top student from Wind Sea City, and declared himself a Guardian of the Judge Organization.
• Yu Wangyou denied knowing the gunman and pointed out that Xia Chujian lived across from her, while Xia Chujian grew increasingly eager to draw her gun.

Xia Chujian protected Yu Wangyou from the Intermediate Class students, then killed the Psychopathic Gunman after disarming Ji Jiayi's bodyguard and taking his gun. As rescuers arrived, Yu Wangyou's strange reaction left Xia Chujian unsure whether she was truly the Judge Organization's Saintess, while students mourned the Gunman's first victims.

• Xia Chujian persuaded the Intermediate Class students to keep Yu Wangyou with them rather than hand her over to the Psychopathic Gunman.
• Ji Jiayi accused the Psychopathic Gunman of serving the Judge Organization and warned him that killing her would prevent him from finding his Saintess.
• Xia Chujian kicked the bodyguard's Long-Barreled Handgun away, seized it, and shot the Psychopathic Gunman dead.
• Xia Chujian comforted Ji Jiayi and claimed she had been a Hunter with the Dark Night Hunter Association for three years; the students cheered her marksmanship as police and emergency crews arrived.
• Yu Wangyou exchanged a strange smile with Xia Chujian before retreating to her classroom, leaving Xia Chujian uncertain about her connection to the Gunman.
• Doctors carried the dead students from the senior-year regular classroom, and Xia Chujian's classmates wept as they realized their peers had been killed.

After a gunman massacred students while searching for Yu Wangyou, she denied being his Saintess but left the school promising an explanation. Xia Chujian was praised for killing him with exceptional marksmanship, while the principal tried to credit Ji Jiayi and the school’s armed bodyguards.

• Yu Wangyou challenged the principal for focusing on her supposed connection to the gunman instead of investigating how he brought a submachine gun onto campus, then left after apologizing to the students and promising an explanation.
• Ji Jiayi reminded everyone that Xia Chujian had saved them, and forensic doctors confirmed Xia had killed the gunman with twenty precise shots from an Automatic Pistol.
• The school’s surveillance footage showed Xia had taken the gun from one of Ji Jiayi’s Bodyguards, clearing her of bringing a weapon onto campus herself.
• The principal defended Ji Jiayi’s Bodyguards as authorized to carry guns, but students and Ji Jiayi credited Xia with saving everyone.
• A Military leader praised Xia’s marksmanship and offered her a place in a sniper unit, while Xia said she planned to take the College Entrance Exam first.
• The principal promised to Record a Great Merit for Xia and Ji Jiayi, though Xia’s classmates felt Ji Jiayi’s contribution did not compare to Xia’s.