Vol. 2The Mother Body Divine Tree

Han Su secured the Mechanical Fragment, survived attacks tied to a wider conspiracy, and uncovered the Secret School’s role in the Divine Tree crisis. He permanently mastered the Will of Copper and ended the volume facing White Corpse as he charged toward the Mother Body Divine Tree.

  • Han Su subdued the Ghost Truck, stopped the Bronze Armor Statue, and escaped Lilac Mansion with Wei Lan and the Mechanical Fragment.
  • Han Su secured the Fragment in his Investigator’s briefcase, recruited Doctor and Black Tiger as assistants, and found its pointer moving toward another Shimmering Descent.
  • Han Su rescued children from the burning Ancient Castle and investigated a corrupting painting at Haifang Factory.
  • Han Su survived the D7 attack, persuaded Pot Lid Head to help trace its organizers, and learned that Ripper had escaped confinement.
  • Han Su pursued links between the Pale Giant, the Kidnapping Case, the Secret School, and the Drunk Investigator while raising his Mental Activity.
  • Han Su stole the Briefcase of documents from the relic convoy and escaped with Miss Crow’s help.
  • Han Su fought through the investigators and confronted Bai Shixing as the Mother Body Divine Tree’s contamination spread toward Qinggang.
  • Han Su permanently mastered the Will of Copper, turned White Corpse’s spikes against him, and tried to stop him as he charged toward the tree.
Chapters 101–200 Read from Ch. 101

Arc 5The Mechanical Fragment

Han Su subdued the Ghost Truck, uncovered the Crystal Skull’s plan to steal the Mechanical Fragment, and escaped Lilac Mansion with Wei Lan after the Bronze Armor Statue awakened. He secured the Fragment in his new Investigator’s briefcase and recruited Doctor and Black Tiger as assistants, while its moving pointer suggested another Shimmering Descent was approaching.

  • Han Su used the Will of Copper to seize control of the Ghost Truck, then completed his mission and learned that his Investigator rating would rise.
  • Han Su discovered that the Mechanical Fragment made people forget it and attended the Lilac Mansion fundraiser with Xu Ji to investigate its theft.
  • Han Su followed Crystal Skull members to the Fragment and learned that the Bronze Armor Statue was a fake, while the real Living Copper Puppet could destroy half of Qinggang City.
  • Han Su and Wei Lan both touched the Mechanical Fragment, awakening the Bronze Armor Statue, which slaughtered the Crystal Skull members.
  • Han Su invoked the Will of Copper to stop the statue, ordered it to make an exit, and carried Wei Lan out with the Fragment.
  • Han Su and Wei Lan recalled her kidnapping at the Ancient Castle and agreed to trust each other, then escaped Lilac Mansion with Xu Ji’s help.
  • Han Su summoned the Ghost Truck to destroy the vehicles pursuing them, and Wei Lan promised to help him face any threat.
  • Han Su found that the Fragment’s pointer moved as it absorbed his Mental Power and suspected it counted down to the next Shimmering Descent.
  • Han Su collected his Investigator’s license and new Briefcase, hid the Fragment in its concealed compartment, and asked Doctor and Black Tiger to become his assistants.
Chapters 101–12525 summaries Read

Arc 6The Painting and the D7 Attack

Han Su rescued children from the Ancient Castle, then survived an attack by D7 criminals while investigating a relic that could corrupt people through observation. He learned that the assault was tied to a wider conspiracy, while Pot Lid Head began helping him trace its organizers and the Shimmering Descent drew closer.

  • Han Su returned to the Ancient Castle, stole the Ghost Princess’s key, and led children and Pot Lid Head through a burning castle, escaping with two children as the Old Butler burned his arm.
  • Han Su discovered that Wei Lan remembered the timeline before it changed, then accepted a B+-rank mission to investigate the Two-bodied people at Haifang Factory.
  • Han Su and the D7 team entered the contaminated factory, where he found a painting that infiltrated reality and burned away its corruption with the flames from his scars.
  • Jackal and Sawtooth attacked Han Su on Number 12’s orders, but Han Su fought them and Iron Hook, then killed Sawtooth and destroyed the Mechanical Ghost with the Ghost Flame.
  • Pot Lid Head attacked Han Su, but the Mechanical Fragment’s influence restored his lucidity, and Han Su persuaded him to investigate the D1 operative connected to the assault.
  • Han Su reported the attack and recovered the painting, while Bureau staff secretly examined Pot Lid Head and discovered his unusual reaction to injury.
  • Han Su learned from Black Rose’s recording that 70% spirit vitality could reveal the Life Code, and realized that his growing Mental Amplitude was slowing his Mental Activity progress.
  • Zhang Chiguo and Cui Qiao warned Han Su that he had become a target, and Han learned that Ripper had escaped solitary confinement and started a riot, likely while pursuing the attack’s organizers.
Chapters 126–15025 summaries Read

Arc 7The Relics and the War

Han Su raised his Mental Activity through a string of assignments, then pursued evidence linking the Pale Giant and the Kidnapping Case to the Secret School and the Drunk Investigator. After the Divine Tree contamination exposed a larger conflict, Han Su stole the Briefcase of documents from the relic convoy and escaped with Miss Crow’s help.

  • Cui Qiao revealed that the Drunk Investigator’s promotion depended on Han Su’s Kidnapping Case report, while Han Su learned that D7 had named Sparrow as connected to the attack.
  • At Drunkard’s Wine Party, Han Su confronted the Secret School’s attempt to persuade him to drop the case, revealed that Miss Ai had recorded their meeting, and commanded the Bronze Armor Statue to attack Sparrow.
  • The statue killed Sparrow and badly injured the Drunk Investigator before Ripper arrived, while Han Su began exploring how to control the statue and increase his Mental Activity.
  • With Pot Lid Head’s guidance, Han Su performed forbidden surgery on his Mental Power, then completed a succession of Bureau assignments that raised his Mental Activity and rank.
  • Han Su joined Li Yiting’s investigation outside the city, where records identified the Pale Giant and offered evidence tied to the Ancient Castle monsters and the Kidnapping Case.
  • At the containment site, Han Su exposed himself to the Divine Tree contamination, recognized Rong Qiyue, and restored Rong’s memories of the Ancient Castle using the Mechanical Fragment.
  • Rong Qiyue identified the Black Notebook as the source of the Divine Tree contamination, but Han Su fought the guards and pursued the transported relics after the Drunk Investigator arrived.
  • Han Su attacked Feidi Investigator’s convoy, seized the Briefcase of documents, and escaped on Miss Crow’s motorcycle after she restrained Feidi with her shadow.
Chapters 151–17525 summaries Read

Arc 8The Mother Body Divine Tree

Han Su fought his way through the investigators, confronted the Drunkard and Bai Shixing, and raced to stop the Mother Body Divine Tree from entering reality. The arc left him with permanent mastery of the Will of Copper as White Corpse fled toward the tree.

  • Han Su rode into the investigators’ encirclement, used the Ghost Truck to kill many of them, and reached the Divine Forbidden Zone as his Mental Activity rose.
  • Han Su and Wei Lan defeated the Drunkard with help from Pot Lid Head, but Bai Shixing attacked them and sent Mechanical Ghosts toward the Temporary Containment Center.
  • Bai Shixing made the Mother Body Divine Tree visible and spread its contamination toward Qinggang, while Zhang Chiguo arrived and identified Han Su as the one to enter the pollution zone.
  • Han Su entered the contaminated field as the others fought to clear his route, then confronted Bai Shixing beside the Mother Body Divine Tree.
  • Bai Shixing attacked Han Su with Copper Blood and blamed him for stealing the Ultimate Cipher, while the tree’s spores trapped Han Su in a red dream of the Radiation Era.
  • Han Su awakened his Life Code and rejected the Will of Copper’s demand for reverence, then used the Fishing Horn’s Divine Decree to master it permanently.
  • Han Su turned White Corpse’s copper spikes against him, forcing him to cut off his own hand, and tried to talk as White Corpse charged toward the tree.
Chapters 176–20025 summaries Read
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