Chapter Summaries

Wang Yi exposed a suspected secret laboratory near Ethan Hospital, and public pressure forced its operators to adapt as the flesh in their lab grew more powerful. Dr. Josen pledged himself to an entity from the abyss, then a trench-coated attacker infected a homeless man’s dog and left police investigating a possible zombie incident.

• Wang Yi presented evidence at the hearing, identified a suspicious area in New York, and left after Beautiful Country rejected his offer to investigate.
• A popular candidate rallied supporters to search the area around Ethan Hospital and the park, while Dr. Josen ordered the laboratory’s experiments to continue with fewer test subjects.
• Dr. Josen heard an abyssal entity promise him immortality, discovered a living symbol on his hand, and declared himself its loyal servant.
• Qiao Sen defended Ethan Hospital’s privacy to reporters as Bruce, a homeless man living in Ethan Park, tried to protect his Labrador from a trench-coated attacker.
• The attacker shot Bruce, implanted a lump of flesh into the dog, and fled; responding NYPD officers found blood and strange markings in the alley and called for backup over a suspected zombie incident.

A spreading outbreak of monsters and distortions around Ethan Clinic drove disappearances, violence, and a zombie attack amid a protest in New York. Yoko recognized the incident as evidence that Umbrella’s suspected nearby laboratory was real, while the crisis began attracting worldwide attention.

• Rio entered an alley to relieve himself, where a tentacled creature attacked him and injected something into his body.
• Blood-red symbols appeared around the neighborhood, and the NYPD’s investigation and growing police presence intensified tensions among protesters until looting and violence broke out.
• An old man encountered warped visions and a monstrous bird in his apartment corridor, then was dragged away by rubbery hands that burst through his window.
• A mangled corpse fell from a high-rise, transformed into a fast-moving monster, and began killing people as the crowd fled in panic.
• Yoko filmed the outbreak from a secured upscale restaurant and concluded that Umbrella’s lead about a secret laboratory nearby was correct.
• The restaurant manager sealed the entrances and ordered guards to hold their position as news of a suspected zombie incident spread worldwide.

A supernatural horde erupted across New York after Dr. Josen revealed that a ritual had summoned creatures from the Abyss, overwhelming the authorities and cutting communications. At a restaurant under attack, Wang Yi revealed his identity as Umbrella’s representative and took charge as the survivors plunged the building into darkness.

• Yoko filmed the attacks and warned her classmates as enormous flying creatures and other monsters slaughtered people outside the restaurant.
• The Beautiful Country Authorities blamed Umbrella for the outbreak, but NYPD response teams were torn apart by creatures unlike zombies.
• Dr. Josen broadcast that an underground laboratory had cloned an alien corpse, then used a bone altar to summon Enzo’s Abyssal creatures; the helicopter sent to arrest him crashed.
• The restaurant’s guests panicked as the signal disappeared, and Wang Yi told them to turn off the lights while agreeing to protect them for payment.
• Fobol agents offered Wang Yi a gun, Frank tried to hire him, and the restaurant’s security leader pledged his team to Wang Yi before the manager switched off the lights.

Wang Yi and Yoko escaped the restaurant as the Federal Guard launched airstrikes against the Bone Altar, but the bombing helped Enzo form a gigantic vessel and summon more Abyssal creatures into New York. They reached the advancing Federal Guard, where a soldier stopped their motorcycle.

• Wang Yi left the restaurant with Yoko after the monsters retreated from the fighter jets, and she started a motorcycle so they could travel faster.
• F22 pilots attacked the Bone Altar, but Spirit Monsters killed several pilots and disrupted the aircraft.
• The bombs struck the altar, and Enzo used the explosions and sacrificial flesh to form a gigantic vessel and open a larger magic array.
• Enzo summoned more Abyssal creatures, which attacked the restaurant and killed the survivors inside.
• Wang Yi spotted Federal Guard tanks and drove toward them with Yoko, but a military Hummer blocked their path.

Wang Yi and Yoko watched as the Beautiful Country fought the Abyssal invasion of New York with aircraft, armored units, and rooftop turrets, while its leaders resisted asking Umbrella for help. The chapter left the battle raging as rooftop soldiers opened fire to cover retreating troops and footage of the fighting spread online.

• Wang Yi left Old John's TCM Clinic after a Federal Guard sergeant recognized him and advised him to get away from the danger.
• The Beautiful Country launched missile and aerial attacks, then committed armored units to fight the Abyssal monsters; the creatures breached the defensive line and inflicted heavy casualties.
• A scholar warned the emergency command center that the monsters grew stronger near the core and might absorb explosive energy, prompting generals to plan rooftop gun deployments and debate seeking Umbrella's help.
• The Beautiful Country's leader rejected asking Umbrella for assistance, then demanded that it hand over its Magic Power technology after learning it had published New York footage.
• CH-47 helicopters deployed soldiers and anti-aircraft turrets across rooftops, while Wang Yi and Yoko filmed the operation from a water tower.
• A retreating force drew Abyssal creatures toward Wang Yi's rooftop, where soldiers opened fire with turrets; the battle footage spread across TT platforms in Japan, Kangaroo, and Gaul.

As an abyssal invasion overwhelmed New York, Umbrella shared Magic Power research and proposed ways to destroy the creatures, forcing the Beautiful Country to choose between nuclear weapons and asking Umbrella for help. The Beautiful Country launched seven tactical nuclear missiles at the Altar District, where Enzo’s possessed body intercepted six of them and detonated them prematurely.

• The Beautiful Country appealed to Umbrella for Magic Power information, and Umbrella offered satellite access and released calculations identifying targets and possible ways to breach the monsters’ energy absorption limit.
• Umbrella proposed either using tactical nuclear bombs or hiring it to eliminate the targets with electromagnetic weapons, but the outgoing Black leader rejected asking Umbrella for help.
• Researchers around the world verified the calculations and concluded that a nuclear strike could destroy the targets, while the Beautiful Country warned that an insufficient strike might enlarge the rift.
• The Black leader flew to New York, apologized publicly, and authorized seven tactical nuclear missiles to strike the Altar District.
• Enzo’s possessed body opened its eyes and sent six tentacles toward the missiles, causing six nuclear warheads to detonate prematurely.

Enzo survived the tactical nuclear strike, but a 500-kiloton hydrogen bomb destroyed his possession body, the altar, and the portal at the cost of catastrophic casualties across Brooklyn and surrounding New York districts. The Beautiful Country contained the invasion and began reconstruction, while its incoming leader vowed to find someone to blame.

• Enzo intercepted the tactical nuclear missiles, absorbed part of their power, and emerged furious as more monsters poured through the portal.
• Wang Yi led the trembling Yoko away from the rooftop while Beautiful Country forces resumed fighting along the defensive line.
• The Beautiful Country leader ordered a 500-kiloton strike despite the soldiers and civilians still inside the affected area, and an intercontinental missile delivered the warhead.
• The hydrogen bomb vaporized Enzo's possession body, the altar, and the magic array, while destroying much of Brooklyn and killing more than a million people.
• Rescue teams found three badly burned survivors inside a main battle tank, and the leader resigned after delivering a memorial speech.
• The incoming leader pledged to investigate the invasion and identify its true culprit, making clear that someone would be held responsible.

Umbrella sent three hundred advanced robots to Beautiful Country as humanitarian aid after an Abyssal invasion and nuclear strikes devastated New York. The robots drew worldwide attention with their speed and strength, then rescued two girls from collapsed rubble, though their high silver consumption left their production capacity limited.

• Beautiful Country used seven tactical nuclear bombs and a hydrogen bomb to stop the invasion, while other countries and Umbrella offered aid.
• Umbrella's cargo ship reached New York Harbor, where its silver-white cubes transformed into three hundred humanoid robots before reporters and viewers.
• The robots unloaded and assembled rescue equipment with remarkable coordination, prompting experts and the public to debate their capabilities and impact.
• Umbrella's convoy entered the disaster zone and deployed robots to detect survivors and clear rubble.
• The robots created a safe passage through the debris and carried out two unconscious girls, prompting firefighters, soldiers, and medical staff to help them.
• The chapter revealed that the robots' high energy requirements and silver consumption limited their production capacity.

Umbrella turned the robots that rescued survivors in New York into a showcase for its new Cleaner household models, while the United States tested the waters for a purchase and debated how to respond to Umbrella’s growing capabilities. The United States chose to stabilize its economy and focus on Japan for now, as public attention shifted to the alien threat and the country’s unexplained decision to keep the alien corpses.

• The United States Department of Commerce asked to buy Umbrella’s disaster-relief robots, and Umbrella said it would need the country’s silver reserves to make more.
• Umbrella announced the Cleaner Type A, B, and C robots, demonstrating their household skills and listing their prices, features, and network requirements.
• United States officials discussed using EMP weapons against Umbrella’s robots, easing pressure on Dongfang, and accelerating action against Japan while avoiding an immediate confrontation with Umbrella.
• Umbrella received rare positive coverage for its warnings, data support, and disaster-relief work, prompting public discussion about escaped aliens and the United States’ refusal to explain what it would do with the alien corpses.

Umbrella’s demand for a share of Beautiful Country’s alien remains ignited a public-relations fight, while Jiang Bo’s Cleaner robot exposed a commentator’s defense of Beautiful Country during a livestream. Wang Yi then considered the robots’ economic impact and assessed South Korea’s political landscape, where A Wen appeared poised to return to politics.

• Beautiful Country refused Umbrella’s request for alien remains and framed the demand as coercion, while media and online supporters portrayed the country as humanity’s defender.
• Jiang Bo livestreamed in defense of Umbrella, but Old Wang challenged him by praising Beautiful Country and accusing Umbrella of exploiting the disaster for its own interests.
• Jiang Bo’s Cleaner Type-C robot used its database to refute Old Wang’s claims about the Iraq invasion, turning the exchange into a showcase for the robots’ abilities.
• Wang Yi told Lin Shiqin that virtual games and brain-computer interfaces could provide work for people displaced by robots, and he planned to expand Starry Sky World and inspect the Abyss and its material planets.
• Wang Yi traveled through South Korea as Quan Yong-en and considered the country’s political factions, including A Wen, who had returned to politics after A Wu’s death and still seemed unwilling to give up.

Wang Yi learned that New World Company was the secular arm of a powerful South Korean religious organization and considered how Umbrella could take control of it. Meanwhile, Kim Jun-ryang’s undercover mission continued after New World chairman Kim Kwang-hoon nearly drowned in a staged-looking crash, and his superior demanded that he remain undercover and help influence the company’s succession.

• Song Xinran drove Wang Yi to his hotel, where Lin Shiqin explained New World’s vast influence and its leader’s suspected connection to Resentful Spirits.
• Lin Shiqin proposed eliminating chairman Kim Kwang-hoon and installing a controllable successor before dealing with the hidden leader, Kim Kwang-yo.
• Kim Jun-ryang carried out another killing for New World, then returned home and found comfort in caring for his pregnant wife.
• A dump truck struck Kim Kwang-hoon’s armored car and knocked it into a river, where Kim Kwang-hoon and his driver nearly drowned before rescuers pulled them out.
• Kim Jun-ryang confronted his superior after the chairman’s accident, but the chief inspector ordered him to help his friend rise to power and gather more leverage against New World.

Wang Yi learned that South Korea was considering lifting restrictions and reshaping its economy rather than transferring its allegiance from Beautiful Country to Umbrella. After exposing Song Xinran as an undercover agent and admitting he had killed Kim Kwang-hoon, Wang Yi drew Song into a private arrangement while Kim Kwang-yo prepared to meet the Japanese Onmyoji he regarded as a rival.

• Wang Yi and Lin Shiqin discussed South Korea’s plans to loosen restrictions and attract tourists, while A Wen worked to find allies against the proposal.
• Wang Yi took Song Xinran to dinner, exposed his undercover identity, and predicted that New World’s chairman had died.
• After Song Xinran received confirmation of Kim Kwang-hoon’s death, Wang Yi invited him to approach privately and said he had killed the chairman.
• Song Xinran returned to Wang Yi, who told him about the killing and left him asking why he had been chosen and what Wang wanted him to do.
• At Kim Kwang-hoon’s funeral, Kim Kwang-yo blamed his subordinates for failing to prevent the death and recognized signs of a Resentful Spirit’s involvement.
• Kim Kwang-yo learned that Wang Yi planned to attend the funeral and decided to meet the Onmyoji, whom he considered a competitor.

At Kim Kwang-hoon’s funeral, Wang Yi met Kim Kwang-yo, recognized his flawed spiritual training, and offered him a remedy while secretly viewing him as a research subject. After the organization learned about Wang Yi’s visit, it planned to stage his capture at Umbrella’s South Korean battery factory so it could rescue him and gain his favor, and Wang Yi decided to consider cooperating.

• Kim Kwang-yo discussed New World’s future and potential cooperation with Eastern World Company with influential funeral guests before Kim Jun-ryang led him to meet Wang Yi.
• Kim Jun-ryang recommended his sworn brother Li Qing as a candidate to succeed Kim Kwang-hoon, and Wang Yi arrived to speak with Li Qing and Kim Kwang-yo.
• Wang Yi assessed Kim Kwang-yo’s spiritual training, gave him a medicinal prescription, and rejected Umbrella’s proposal when Song Jin-yeon approached him.
• Kim Kwang-yo hosted Wang Yi with a Manchu-Han Feast, while the organization discussed Wang Yi and devised a plan to stage his capture at Umbrella’s battery factory.
• Lin Shiqin told Wang Yi about the bounty and planned delivery location, and Wang Yi considered cooperating with the organization’s scheme.

Wang Yi and Song Xinran were ambushed while heading to a casino, then fled into New World's abandoned punishment site, where Wang Yi turned its gathered Resentful Spirits against the attackers. Kim Kwang-yo watched the spirits manifest on surveillance and realized his plan to rescue Wang Yi was no longer needed.

• Wang Yi asked Song Xinran to drive him to one of New World's casinos while an Umbrella-backed Mole team tracked them and prepared an ambush.
• A blocked road and signal jamming trapped Wang Yi and Song Xinran, and Song Xinran opened fire as the attackers closed in.
• Kim Jun-ryang and Li Qing heard the gunfire, called the police, and moved toward the disturbance with armed men, but the attackers detonated roadside car bombs to delay them.
• Wang Yi led Song Xinran into New World's abandoned punishment building, where he revealed that the basement housed Resentful Spirits gathered by Kim Kwang-yo.
• Wang Yi summoned the spirits to frighten the mercenaries, who panicked and fired wildly, while Song Xinran watched in terror.
• Kim Kwang-yo saw the spirits manifest on the surveillance screens and realized they were cooperating with Wang Yi instead of waiting for his planned rescue.

Wang Yi used the Resentful Spirits Kim Kwang-yo had raised to defeat the mercenaries, then faced Tak, an enhanced operative from the organization, during the chaotic aftermath. The organization covered up the attack, while Wang Yi considered using its research to advance his own DNA modifications.

• Kim Kwang-yo and Tak watched Wang Yi command the Resentful Spirits to overwhelm the mercenaries inside the house, and Wang Yi interrogated the survivors until they pointed suspicion toward Umbrella.
• Li Qing and Kim Jun-ryang fought the remaining mercenaries outside, and Li Qing was badly wounded after killing one of them.
• Tak arrived in armored combat gear, endured gunfire, and killed the last two mercenaries, but Wang Yi emerged with the spirits ready to attack him.
• Tak identified himself as an operative of the organization, and Wang Yi let him stand down as special forces helicopters arrived.
• Kim Kwang-yo apologized to Wang Yi and offered the spirits as compensation, while Tak described the organization's enhanced combat unit and Wang Yi considered acquiring its research data.

Li Qing learned that Umbrella was preparing brain-controlled prosthetic limbs and asked Kim Jun-ryang to help him apply as a volunteer, while Kim discovered Li Qing knew he was an undercover agent and had left him the choice to remain loyal or return to his former connections. Wang Yi turned Kim Kwang-yo into a spirit after the Resentful Spirits attacked him, as Umbrella’s prosthetics sparked excitement among disabled people worldwide.

• Li Qing learned from a Cleaner Type-C robot about Umbrella’s brain-computer interface research and asked Kim Jun-ryang to help him apply for the prosthetic-limb trial.
• Kim Jun-ryang found his undercover records and Song Xinran’s surveillance file in Li Qing’s safe, along with Li Qing’s note supporting whatever choice he made.
• Tak suggested that Kim Kwang-yo’s subordinate could test Umbrella’s prosthetics, while Wang Yi discussed Kim’s cultivation and learned he had deliberately created Resentful Spirits.
• The Resentful Spirits attacked Kim Kwang-yo after he admitted creating them, destroyed his protective charms, and left him unconscious as Wang Yi revealed he intended to recruit Kim as a spirit.
• Yang Feng bought Umbrella’s three robot models in Kangaroo Country and discovered the brain-controlled prosthetic research, prompting disabled people and their families to flood the internet with interest and questions.

Yang Feng joined Umbrella’s prosthetics trial in Kangaroo Country and received a powerful custom mechanical leg controlled through a brain-computer interface. The successful livestream demonstrated the prosthesis’s capabilities as Umbrella prepared wider trials and Wang Yi pursued further data collection and personal experimentation.

• Yang Feng learned from his friends that volunteers could pay to advance in Umbrella’s prosthetics trial, and he agreed to invest in Chen Dazui’s robot-staffed punk-style coffee shop.
• Wang Yi approved the prosthetics trials and plans to introduce blood-based health testing in Mexico, Kangaroo Country, and Japan while conserving silver for custom prostheses.
• Yang Feng visited an Umbrella hospital, signed a data-use agreement, and was astonished when a fingertip blood test flagged several possible health problems.
• Yang Feng chose a luxury alloy prosthetic with upgraded features and underwent brainwave calibration, which restored sensations resembling those in his missing foot.
• Yang Feng fitted the mechanical leg and quickly walked, balanced on it, transformed its foot into a tread, and jumped over a hospital bed while viewers watched his livestream.

Umbrella’s prosthetics drew widespread praise and raised hopes for paralyzed patients, while its robots highlighted looming job losses. Umbrella then sought to recruit one hundred million people for monthly blood-drop testing, using generous payments to overcome public and regulatory resistance.

• Li Qing tested his powerful mechanical arm, and volunteers shared videos of their new prosthetics as experts praised Umbrella’s technology and imagined its use for paralysis.
• Umbrella announced that standard prosthetics would soon be available and said it was exploring exoskeletons and artificial organs for paralyzed patients.
• Google engineers prepared to connect their Don Quixote AI to the internet, while an electronics factory demonstrated Cleaner robots replacing workers.
• Yang Feng and Chen Dazui discussed robot-run businesses and possible overcapacity before learning that Umbrella was recruiting one hundred million human-function testers.
• Umbrella offered testers about 150 US Dollars per month for tracking their activity and providing a monthly blood sample, prompting public interest and protests over privacy and safety.
• Wang Yi and Lin Shiqin discussed using money to overcome resistance as Umbrella prepared to spend heavily on its testing program.

Bucket Run’s livestream showed how an Umbrella Cleaner robot helped him leave factory work and deliver food after he sold his house, inspiring others to rethink their lives. Online backlash over robots and customized shells grew into protests, which Umbrella silenced by announcing plans to research artificial wombs.

• Bucket Run showed viewers that he had become a TT Takeout rider, won tester status, and bought a Cleaner robot after selling his house.
• Bucket Run had the Cleaner drive his scooter, deliver orders, cook dinner, and help with household chores while he livestreamed.
• A Qiang ended his engagement to Xiao Mei, saying he would buy a robot and live his own life.
• Xiao Mei posted an online rant that drew attention to customized silicone shells and interactive voices for Cleaner robots.
• Protesters demanded a boycott of robots, but Umbrella announced that it was preparing to research artificial wombs, silencing the protests.

Wang Yi advanced his body and soul while Umbrella offered hospitals Brain-Computer Interface calibration equipment and training, earning widespread praise. In South Korea, Kim Jun-ryang warned newly inaugurated A Wen that the organization planned to assassinate him, leaving them considering a desperate appeal to Umbrella for protection.

• Wang Yi reviewed his cultivation gains, recognized that his body had reached Legend, and agreed to sell calibration equipment and train medical institutions.
• Researchers struggled to understand Umbrella’s Brain-Computer Interface technology, and Umbrella’s announcement of equipment sales and training drew enthusiastic global acclaim.
• Wang Yi and Kim Kwang-yo misled Tak into suspecting Umbrella had helped bring about the change in South Korea’s leadership.
• Tak left to report his suspicions, and the organization’s members decided to assassinate A Wen and use the attempt to target any Umbrella instructors protecting him.
• Kim Jun-ryang secretly warned A Wen that the organization planned to eliminate him, and they concluded that seeking Umbrella’s protection might be their only option.