Chapter Summaries

Rong Qiyue oversaw the sealing of the Black Notebook while Doctor Rong learned how knowledge could trigger anomalous disasters. When the Drunk Investigator discovered the prisoner would not act without better gifts, he made a private contract to secure the prisoner's help that night.

• The Drunk Investigator confirmed the Black Notebook contained contamination from the Mother Body Divine Tree, and Green Hat began sealing it.
• Rong Qiyue explained to Doctor Rong that knowledge of disasters could let them grow from mental seeds into reality, while strong Mental Activity could suppress them.
• As the sealing continued, the Drunk Investigator received an urgent alert and left the blockade after Rong Qiyue warned that too many investigators leaving could risk a breach.
• The Drunk Investigator confronted the prisoner in the truck and learned the prisoner had refused to act because one of the promised gifts was framed and unsatisfactory.
• The Drunk Investigator used Zero Sequence Cipher Spell Number 12 to make a private contract with the prisoner, who promised to show up that night.

The Drunkard concealed the massacre he had ordered and hunted Han Su, who had taken the file. Han Su stopped to face him with an ally arriving, declaring that he had come to collect the Drunkard’s debt.

• The Drunkard used the black lake to erase the dead investigators and their equipment, then found Han Su fleeing toward Qinggang City.
• The Drunkard called on Mr. Ripper to act, while the shackled man stepped out of the prison transport and watched the scene at the Black Notebook.
• Rong Qiyue admitted that he had exaggerated the Mother Body Divine Tree’s threat and kept Green Hat, Red Trench Coat, and Night Lamp trapped as they sealed it.
• The Drunkard tracked Han Su through the shadows, but Han Su stopped his motorcycle and said he had been waiting for him.
• A woman in a cat-faced mask arrived behind the Drunkard and concealed the confrontation with a glass-crystal barrier as Han Su said he had come to collect what the Drunkard owed.

Han Su and Wei Lan fought the Drunkard, who revealed powers from both the Banshee Sequence and Sea Beasts. Han Su summoned the Ghost Truck, but the Drunkard stopped it with one hand, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Drunkard attacked Han Su at close range, but Wei Lan used a mirror to take the bullet in Han Su’s place.
• Han Su crushed the Drunkard’s hand with the strength of his Cross Copper Scar, while the Drunkard revealed Sea Beast powers and escaped his grip.
• Han Su and the Drunkard exchanged gunfire as Wei Lan formed mirrors around the Drunkard to disrupt his speed.
• The Drunkard shattered the mirrors with a Banshee howl that disrupted Han Su and Wei Lan.
• Han Su summoned the Ghost Truck, but the Drunkard braced himself and stopped it with one hand.

Han Su and Wei Lan fought Drunkard, who used the powers of all three sequences, and gradually gained the upper hand through copper power and mental theft. Drunkard tried to escape, but Han Su stunned and trapped him before the Ghost Truck ran him over repeatedly.

• Drunkard used the Mechanical Ghost Sequence to transform his body and withstand the Ghost Truck, then attacked Han Su with immense strength.
• Han Su’s copper-weighted punch cracked Drunkard’s arm, and his copper-coated knife cut through Drunkard’s transformed body.
• Wei Lan used three mirrors to steal a third of Drunkard’s Mental Power, weakening his abilities.
• Drunkard shed his mechanical form and tried to escape using the Banshee’s speed, but Han Su electrified him with the knife and trapped him in a ring of fire.
• The Ghost Truck charged through the flames and ran Drunkard over repeatedly.

Han Su and Wei Lan ambushed the Drunkard, but he survived their attacks and nearly escaped. Pot Lid Head arrived and stabbed the Drunkard, leaving him badly wounded as he charged at Pot Lid Head in fury.

• The Drunkard survived being run over by the Ghost Truck, healed with [Devil's Kiss], and attacked Wei Lan, who used her revealed face to make him hesitate.
• Han Su and Wei Lan combined the Giant's Eye and reflected beams from Wei Lan's mirrors to trap the Drunkard, who escaped into a shadow and called for help.
• Pot Lid Head charged at Han Su, and Han Su shoved him into the Drunkard, allowing Pot Lid Head to stab the Drunkard in the chest.
• Pot Lid Head admitted he had signed the Drunkard's contract just to see his shocked expression, and the enraged Drunkard charged at him.

Pot Lid Head survived the Scarlet Scroll’s punishment and helped Han Su and Wei Lan overwhelm the Drunkard, but the Drunkard escaped into the shadows and unleashed the Banshee Sequence’s hidden seventh Cipher Incantation, the Black Lake. Han Su and Wei Lan faced the Secret School power as the Drunkard claimed they would pay for their ignorance.

• Pot Lid Head broke his pact with the Drunkard, endured the Scarlet Scroll’s skinning punishment, and restrained the Drunkard despite his injuries.
• Han Su attacked the Drunkard while Pot Lid Head and Wei Lan helped prevent his escape, leaving him as a mangled mass of flesh.
• The Drunkard melted into the shadows through the Life Code, and Han Su attacked his hiding place with deep-blue flame.
• The Drunkard turned the shadows into a churning tide, while Wei Lan identified the spell as the Secret School’s hidden seventh Banshee Cipher Incantation, the Black Lake.
• The Drunkard concealed himself in the Black Lake and warned Han Su and Wei Lan that they were challenging the Secret School’s knowledge.

Han Su, Wei Lan, and Rong Qiyue struggled against the Drunkard’s Black Lake until Pot Lid Head began consuming it with a mouth opened from one of his scars. The Drunkard called for Mr. White Corpse, who appeared in a white suit and announced that they had finally met again.

• The Drunkard flooded the area with the Black Lake while Wei Lan’s barrier and Han Su’s dwindling power failed to contain it.
• Rong Qiyue projected himself through a crack in Wei Lan’s mirror barrier and advised Han Su to attack the lake’s projection.
• The Drunkard tried to break through Wei Lan’s barrier, and Han Su evaporated parts of the lake with his Giant’s Eye.
• Pot Lid Head opened a mouth from one of his stitched scars and began swallowing the Black Lake.
• The Drunkard called on Mr. White Corpse for help, and a one-eyed man carrying a Snakeskin Briefcase appeared in a white suit.

Han Su confronted the White Suit monster, who unleashed an army of Mechanical Ghosts and turned on the Drunkard. Han Su recognized the monster as Bai Shixing, the child of the second secretary whom he had left behind in the Ancient Castle.

• Han Su and Wei Lan identified the White Suit monster as the enemy who had watched Han Su and scarred Wei Lan, and Han Su ordered them to keep him trapped.
• The Drunkard surfaced the corpses he had collected and told the White Suit monster he had prepared what he wanted.
• The White Suit monster used lightning to fuse the corpses with mechanical parts, creating countless Mechanical Ghosts.
• The White Suit monster sent the Mechanical Ghosts away instead of attacking Han Su’s group, then revealed he had never intended to cooperate with the Drunkard.
• The White Suit monster electrified the Black Lake, leaving the Drunkard in agony, while Han Su recognized him as Bai Shixing, also known as Little Side-Part.

Han Su learned that the White Monster was Bai Shixing, the child he had once mistreated, but the White Monster fled after striking him with a blast of Mental Power. The Drunkard died abandoned, while a meeting in Qinggang City raised the question of whether the Disaster Management Bureau should continue to exist.

• Bai Shixing accused Han Su of abusing him as a child and revealed that he had investigated Han Su’s claim about the deaths on his family’s estate.
• The White Monster impaled the Drunkard with animated machinery, and the dying Drunkard called for help from his teacher and the man he had served.
• At Lilac Mansion, the old man refused to help the Drunkard, while Mr. Xu asked Mr. Zhou whether the Disaster Management Bureau still needed to exist.
• The Drunkard realized that everyone had abandoned him, and Pot Lid Head prepared to finish him off.
• Han Su tried to question the White Monster, who accused him of conspiring with Song Chushi and shot him with compressed Mental Power before escaping.

A massive Mechanical Ghost army attacked the Temporary Containment Center while its defenders were shorthanded. Night Lamp, the Red Trench Coat, and Green Hat formed a triangular blockade, but a white-suited figure appeared and threatened them.

• Han Su wondered why the White Monster had left and what it knew about their plans, while Wei Lan saw the Mechanical Ghosts heading toward the Temporary Containment Center.
• After Green Hat sealed the Black Notebook, Rong Qiyue warned of trouble outside as alarms sounded and Mechanical Ghosts swarmed the center.
• Rong Qiyue revealed that Miss Sisi could split into dozens of identical copies and gathered Doctor, Black Tiger, and Li Yiting under her protection.
• Night Lamp, the Red Trench Coat, and Green Hat rushed to defend the center, using a triangular blockade to stop the advancing Mechanical Ghosts.
• A white-suited figure with a golden wig appeared in the night, clenched his fist toward the center, and challenged the defenders.

A White Monster broke into the Temporary Containment Center and used the infected people to make the Mother Body Divine Tree visible, rapidly spreading its contamination toward Qinggang City. He then broadcast a threat against Qinggang’s leaders, leaving residents wondering who Bai Senmang was.

• Night Lamp, Red Trench Coat, and Green Hat abandoned their mental barrier when the White Monster shattered it, letting the Mechanical Ghosts overrun the Temporary Containment Center.
• The White Monster entered the center and used electrical arcs to draw the infected people’s vision of the Mother Body Divine Tree into reality.
• The Mother Body Divine Tree became visible to everyone nearby, contaminating the defenders and spreading its influence toward Qinggang City.
• Miss Crow returned and urged Red Trench Coat to stop the contamination, while Red Trench Coat realized the danger was reaching the city.
• The White Monster rose into the air and broadcast an angry threat to Qinggang, naming Bai Senmang and declaring that he would kill his family.

Zhang Chiguo learned that the Qinggang Council had sent him to assess whether the Disaster Management Bureau deserved to exist, while refusing his requests concerning the Drunk Investigator and Miss Ai. An A+ threat then erupted outside Qinggang, and Zhang Chiguo was ordered to handle the crisis with a temporarily authorized box.

• Zhang Chiguo asked the Qinggang Council to release one of Miss Ai's locks and reject the Drunk Investigator's promotion, but the council refused both requests.
• A council member revealed that Zhang Chiguo's real assignment was to evaluate whether the Disaster Management Bureau should become a fourth defense line or be shut down, and said Miss Ai would no longer have a reason to remain in reality if the Bureau failed.
• Miss Ai issued an A+ threat alert as reports arrived of the Mother Body Divine Tree outside the city, suspected treason among Special Operations Personnel, and Bai Senmang's family's deaths.
• Cui Qiao told Zhang Chiguo that the Butcher had left the city and Lanterns, Wine, and Greenery Group had mobilized, while Zhang Chiguo accused Miss Ai of watching over the crisis.
• A council member ordered Zhang Chiguo to handle the outside-city emergency and gave him temporary access to a box, which he recognized with surprise.

Han Su and Wei Lan approached the Temporary Containment Center as the Mother Body Divine Tree appeared in the real world, and Wei Lan explained what an inheritor was. When Han Su confronted the surviving Investigators, Zhang Chiguo arrived and overwhelmed them with his power.

• Han Su learned that Bai Senmang was Qinggang's Secretary Two and wondered about the White Corpse's connection to the kidnapped child and the Mother Body Divine Tree.
• Wei Lan explained that an inheritor was someone chosen to obtain a Mysterious Organization's entire legacy, including its powers, incantations, and relics.
• Han Su and Wei Lan found the Temporary Containment Center besieged by Mechanical Ghosts, while escaped staff and Executors had succumbed to the Mother Body Divine Tree's contamination.
• Han Su met Ms. Red Trench Coat, Night Lamp, and Green Hat, and his confrontation with them escalated until an approaching convoy interrupted them.
• Zhang Chiguo arrived with armed personnel, and the pressure of his presence made Ms. Red Trench Coat, Night Lamp, and Green Hat bleed and falter.
• Han Su recognized Zhang Chiguo and called him Uncle Zhang.

Zhang Chiguo arrived at the Temporary Containment Center and summoned Miss Ai to analyze the Mother Body Divine Tree’s invasion. Miss Ai identified Han Su, known as Butcher, as the Special Cleanup Personnel assigned to stop it, leaving Zhang Chiguo and the others stunned.

• Zhang Chiguo suppressed the Mother Body Divine Tree’s pollution, then demanded to know what had happened and where the Drunkard was.
• Han Su offered to report the incident and asked Zhang Chiguo about the white-suited attacker, while Rong Qiyue explained that the man had used himself to bring the tree into reality.
• Zhang Chiguo took charge of the crisis and opened the briefcase containing a machine identified as Miss Ai.
• Miss Ai rated the anomaly A+, said the tree was 70% through penetrating reality, and warned that it would reach 100% in 17 minutes and 43 seconds.
• Miss Ai assigned Butcher, identified as Han Su, a special mission to enter the pollution zone and sever the bridge to reality.

Han Su entered the Divine Forbidden Zone through Miss Ai’s mechanical passage to confront the Defective Product, while Zhang Chiguo led the others to clear a path. Miss Ai revealed that Mr. White Corpse had been hunting the Crystal Skull for a Mechanical Fragment, and Zhang Chiguo unleashed his power against the advancing Mechanical Ghosts.

• Zhang Chiguo questioned Miss Ai’s choice of Han Su, but her assessment of his own high chance of failure convinced him to let Han Su accept the mission.
• Miss Ai opened a mechanical passage for Han Su and told him the Defective Product could answer his questions; she also revealed Mr. White Corpse had hunted the Crystal Skull for a Mechanical Fragment.
• Han Su entered the passage, while Zhang Chiguo, Green Hat, Miss Crow, Black Tiger, Doctor, and the others set out to clear the route.
• The infected awakened as Divine Tree Guards and attacked the group, while Mechanical Ghosts also surged toward them.
• Zhang Chiguo struck the Mechanical Ghost swarm with a powerful blow, destroying many and leaving Night Lamp astonished by his strength.

Han Su crossed the Mother Body Divine Tree’s polluted field, using Ghost Flame and the pollution to raise his Mental Amplitude before confronting the White Monster. The White Monster revealed that the Ancient Castle had thrown him out and attacked Han Su, who stalled him with a stun baton.

• Han Su entered the polluted field and used Ghost Flame to resist the waves of Mental Activity surrounding the Mother Body Divine Tree.
• Han Su released a new stretch of Mental Amplitude and endured repeated pollution, raising his Mental Activity as he advanced.
• Han Su reached the Mother Body Divine Tree and found the White Monster connected to it by blue electrical arcs.
• The White Monster said the Ancient Castle had thrown him out and declared that he would reclaim his rightful place as inheritor.
• The White Monster overwhelmed Han Su with Mental Power, but Han Su blocked with his Briefcase and jabbed him with a stun baton, telling him to calm down.

Han Su fought White Corpse, who revealed that the Ancient Castle’s Gods had chosen him as an inheritor and subjected him to years of experiments. The fight ended with White Corpse blaming Han Su for making his suffering pointless because Han Su had already stolen the Ultimate Cipher.

• White Corpse attacked Han Su, and Han Su knocked him down and demanded answers about what had happened in the Ancient Castle.
• White Corpse cast a Spell using Copper Blood, and Han Su answered with the Spell tied to the Cross Copper Scar on his left hand.
• White Corpse launched Copper Blood at Han Su, who blocked it with a Cipher Incantation and then broke a copper blade and wounded White Corpse.
• White Corpse controlled the copper flowing from his wounds and attacked Han Su, but Han Su’s Cross Copper Scar stopped all the copper in the air.
• White Corpse said the Gods had chosen him as an inheritor and blamed Han Su because the Ultimate Cipher had already been stolen by him.

Han Su learned that the Ancient Castle kidnappings involved gods choosing inheritors, and realized the copper Spell he had brought back might be an inheritance. White Corpse planted a Mental Bullet that erased Han Su’s Mental Activity, leaving him trapped in contamination from the Mother Body Divine Tree.

• White Corpse accused Bai Senmang, the gods, and the Secret Schools of exploiting him, then blamed Han Su for stealing the ultimate code and abandoning him.
• Han Su connected his Cross Copper Scar and Spell to a possible inheritance from the Ancient Castle, and recognized that mastering copper required understanding his Life Code.
• White Corpse accused Han Su of plotting to kill him and fired a hidden Mental Bullet, draining Han Su’s Mental Activity.
• The Mother Body Divine Tree released spores that contaminated Han Su, trapping him in a red dream and a flood of hallucinations.
• Han Su recognized that White Corpse far surpassed him in power, but considered Miss Ai’s calculation before deciding what to do.

Han Su experienced the memories that revealed the Life Code and awakened the mysterious substance within him, gaining the choice to claim copper’s power. The White Corpse expected him to accept the Will of Copper, but Han Su refused to surrender his will, and a pair watching from afar predicted he would not climb the copper staircase.

• Han Su let the Mother Body Divine Tree’s corruption draw him into memories of the Radiation Era, where he witnessed humanity and other life forms evolve under intense pressure.
• Han Su recognized the Life Code as the dormant substance that triggered evolution and activated it within himself.
• Han Su sensed copper’s power and the Will of Copper offering him greater control and the ability to summon the Living Copper Puppet, but he refused to submit to it.
• The White Corpse sensed copper emerging from Han Su and anticipated that the Will of Copper would let it consume him.
• A briefcase-carrying shadow asked a woman whether Han Su would accept the copper staircase, and she declared he would refuse because he belonged to the Emperor.

Han Su resisted the Will of Copper’s attempt to leave him and used the Fishing Horn to seize mastery over copper, turning White Corpse’s attack against him. White Corpse fled toward the Mother Body Divine Tree, while Han Su said he wanted to talk rather than kill him.

• Han Su rejected the Will of Copper’s demand for reverence as White Corpse began reclaiming the Copper Blood and reaching for the power leaving Han Su.
• Han Su recited the Fishing Horn and used its Divine Decree to hold the Will of Copper in place, gaining permanent understanding and mastery of it.
• Han Su grabbed White Corpse’s wrist and turned the copper spikes against him, forcing White Corpse to cut off his own hand and retreat.
• Han Su noticed the cracks across White Corpse’s bald head and asked whether they were marks from his torture, prompting White Corpse to deny that this was his real appearance.
• Han Su told White Corpse that he wanted to talk, but White Corpse panicked and charged toward the Mother Body Divine Tree, accusing Han Su of stealing from him.