Chapter Summaries

Han Su and Xu Ji summoned the Ghost Truck, but the ritual drew them into a fog filled with the truck’s victims and Tiger Wraiths. As the Ghost Truck charged Xu Ji, Han Su appeared before him and prepared to use a decree.

• Han Su’s spell became infused with the mysterious voice from the Ancient Castle, while Xu Ji continued reciting it and summoned the Ghost Truck.
• Fog enveloped Han Su and Xu Ji, and the Ghost Truck’s engine roared as Zhang He and the leg model appeared and restrained Xu Ji.
• Han Su shocked the two apparitions with his stun baton and threw Xu Ji clear of the Ghost Truck’s first charge.
• The Ghost Truck turned back as Tiger Wraiths surrounded Xu Ji, immobilizing him while the vehicle charged again.
• Han Su appeared in front of Xu Ji with a piece of precision machinery and declared, “I am god, and I bring down my decree!”

Han Su used the Fishing Horn and the Dead Sea weapons to stop the Ghost Truck from escaping and fought to expose its core. After nearly being thrown off and running low on Mental Power, he used the Zero Sequence Spell to disappear, then leaped onto the truck and prepared to strike its engine.

• The Ghost Truck swerved away from Han Su in fear of the Fishing Horn, but Han Su grabbed its body and dragged it back into reality.
• Han Su used the Nail of the Dead Sea to try to pierce the truck's core, but the Ghost Truck spun violently and nearly flung him off.
• As the truck charged at him, Han Su recited the Zero Sequence Spell and vanished from its headlights.
• Xu Ji tried to distract the Ghost Truck with a Spell, but it turned on him instead.
• Han Su leaped onto the Ghost Truck's roof, tore into its shell, and began melting the front so he could expose its core.

Han Su pierced the Ghost Truck’s exposed core while a powerful force from Qinggang City broke through the blockade and rushed toward the fog. The chapter left Secretary Cui Qiao unable to stop the invading force, with Han Su in danger.

• Han Su clung to the berserk Ghost Truck, melted through its shell, and drove the Nail of the Dead Sea into its heart-filled core.
• Secretary Cui Qiao and Wei Lan waited outside the fog as the hired guards maintained the Blockade Positions.
• A probing gaze from Qinggang City tested the blockade, and Wei Lan briefly repelled it with a wall of mirrors.
• The gaze returned through the utility poles, killing several guards and breaking through their Blockade Position.
• Secretary Cui Qiao attacked the invading force through a utility pole but could not stop it from reaching the hunting grounds.

Wei Lan used her mirrors to repel a powerful invasion from Qinggang City, while Han Su battled the Ghost Truck until an unknown force disrupted his spear. As the wounded truck fled, Han Su awakened the strange voice in his mind and spoke its words.

• Wei Lan created six mirrored blockades and repeatedly intercepted the force invading from Qinggang City.
• The creature in a cultivation tank unleashed a much stronger attack, shattering five mirrors, but Wei Lan's last mirror held.
• Wei Lan regained consciousness, found a fresh streak of blood on her cheek, and renewed her blockade.
• Han Su drove the Spear of the Dead Sea into the Ghost Truck's core as Tiger Wraiths bit him and flooded his mind with stray thoughts.
• An unknown force disrupted the spear, the Ghost Truck swallowed it and fled, and Han Su fell from its roof.
• Han Su's anger awakened the strange voice in his mind, and he spoke, "The Will of Copper endures in the world's reflection!"

Han Su awakened a copper-like power in his left hand and subdued the Ghost Truck, transforming it as his living blood repaired its core. He hid the truck as a motorcycle rider arrived, leaving its fate and the truth of the encounter unresolved.

• Han Su spoke the words trapped in his mind, and copper-colored blood burst from a cross-shaped scar on his left hand.
• The Ghost Truck charged Han Su, but he punched through its front and seized its heart while copper-colored blood spread across it.
• The copper substance repaired and transformed the Ghost Truck, which submitted to Han Su and obeyed his command to back away.
• Secretary Cui Qiao drove into the fog, but Black Tiger stopped her from passing as another figure rode downhill on a motorcycle.
• Han Su sensed an engine approaching and commanded the Ghost Truck to retreat into the fog before a cat-masked motorcycle rider arrived.

Han Su completed the Ghost Truck mission and submitted a report that the Disaster Management Bureau accepted, while learning that a malicious intrusion and an unknown order involving Miss Crow remained unresolved. The chapter left him unsure why the Bureau’s review process seemed so easy and what the forces outside the city were planning.

• Miss Ai confirmed that the Ghost Truck fluctuation had disappeared, and Han Su told her the mission was complete.
• Wei Lan arrived in disguise, while Secretary Cui Qiao reported a malicious intrusion and let Han Su describe the anomaly’s destruction as a mutual kill between the Ghost Truck and the Nail of the Dead Sea.
• Miss Catface took Xu Ji away on her motorcycle, and Han Su returned to base with Miss Crow, Black Tiger, and Doctor.
• Han Su confronted Miss Crow about who had ordered her to observe him, and she jumped from the moving car, saying she would ask the person who sent her why.
• Han Su wrote a detailed mission report, and Miss Ai accepted it, confirmed that the Ghost Truck remains had been recovered, and said his initial rating was increasing.

Han Su learned what promotion to investigator would unlock and used his training to discover that his right eye could reveal Mysterious Power. When a spying monster confronted him, Miss Ai protected him from the Bureau's base, leaving Han Su with a clearer understanding of his abilities but no claim to truly own them.

• Miss Ai explained that investigator promotion would reset Han Su's rating, grant him new Bureau access and a Silver Briefcase, and let him investigate or reopen suspicious cases.
• Miss Ai warned Han Su to understand the nature of Mysterious Power and Mental Power before advancing, then disappeared from the chat and recalled her messages.
• Han Su connected the Copper Color blood from his left-hand scar to the infiltration phase and reasoned that his right eye's power followed a different progression.
• Han Su concentrated Mental Power in his right eye and saw a blood-red pupil hidden in a shadow spying on him.
• The monster's mental pressure hit Han Su, but a voice like Miss Ai's said he was under her protection and attacked the eyeball with metal tendrils.
• Han Su realized his right eye could see Mysterious Power and concluded that he could use his abilities but had not yet made them truly his own.

Han Su learned that someone had interfered with his mind during the mission, and Zhang Chiguo vowed to investigate despite the danger. After Ms. Red Trench Coat revealed that her group had planned to gift Han Su his Investigator's license in exchange for his silence about settled matters, Han Su rejected the arrangement and left.

• Zhang Chiguo told Han Su that someone had maliciously infiltrated his mind and affected the Nail of the Dead Sea, and said he would investigate the suspected entity bound by a special contract.
• Han Su warned Zhang Chiguo to be careful, while Zhang Chiguo assured him that his Investigator's license would soon be issued and urged him to rest.
• Ms. Red Trench Coat told Han Su that her group had intended to help him capture the Ghost Truck and give him his Investigator's license as a gift.
• Ms. Red Trench Coat explained that the gift depended on Han Su agreeing to avoid raising certain settled matters and said someone would train him in the Investigator circle.
• Han Su refused to accept the terms, demanded that the person behind them speak to him directly, and criticized Ms. Red Trench Coat for making her niece take on unsuitable surveillance work before leaving.

Han Su investigated the stolen Mechanical Fragment and discovered that people who had studied the theft, including Assistant Xu and Zhang Chiguo, had mysteriously forgotten it existed. He realized the fragment could affect people’s memories across Qinggang City, but its rank remained unknown.

• Han Su considered the dangers of joining the Disaster Management Bureau and wondered whether he could summon the sealed Ghost Truck.
• Han Su asked Assistant Xu about Lilac Mansion, learned its owner was hosting a fundraiser, and arranged to attend as the young master’s assistant.
• Han Su asked Assistant Xu about the Mechanical Fragment stolen from Zhongcheng Science and Technology Museum, and Assistant Xu discovered he had forgotten investigating it.
• Han Su questioned Zhang Chiguo, who found old notes showing he had investigated the theft but then forgotten to follow up.
• Han Su concluded that the Mechanical Fragment made people forget its existence and wondered what rank it would have.

Han Su connected the Mechanical Fragment theft to the Crystal Skull and decided to search for the fragment at Lilac Mansion during Xu Ji’s banquet. After arriving and finding no unusual traces, he left the hall to test whether the Copper Blood could help him locate it.

• Han Su realized that the Crystal Skull might have sent a dead person into the city to find information about the Mechanical Fragment.
• Han Su asked Miss Ai about using his Disaster Management Bureau credentials to trespass and learned he could appeal charges if investigating a threat to Qinggang City.
• Han Su arranged to attend the Lilac Mansion banquet as Xu Ji’s assistant, and Xu Ji dressed and styled him for the occasion.
• Han Su and Xu Ji arrived at Lilac Mansion, where Han Su observed the guests and noticed Wei Lan in the crowd.
• Han Su found no sign of the Mechanical Fragment or hidden Mysterious Power and went to the restroom to test whether the Copper Blood could produce a resonance.

Han Su overheard Crystal Skull believers planning to steal the Mechanical Fragment from Lilac Mansion and followed one of them through the banquet. After confronting Li Yiting about whether he believed Han Su's account of the kidnapping case, Han Su challenged the Drunk Investigator over a report that had blocked the case's investigation.

• Han Su hid from a Crystal Skull believer searching the restroom and overheard the believers' plan to enter Lilac Mansion, seize the Mechanical Fragment, and use four bomb-carrying members to delay the Disaster Management Bureau.
• Han Su evaded a second search, followed one believer into the banquet crowd, and tried to watch him without being noticed.
• Li Yiting recognized Han Su, apologized for repeatedly seeking his help to find Li Manman, and heard Han Su ask whether he believed Han Su's account of the kidnapping case.
• The Drunk Investigator approached Han Su, claimed he had previously offered goodwill through Ms. Red Trench Coat, and prompted Han Su to ask whether he had written the report calling Han Su a liar.

At Lilac Mansion, Han Su confronted Mr. Drunkard over his role in suppressing the kidnapping case, then secured access to the mansion through Old Mr. Zhao. He left the banquet in pursuit of a Crystal Skull member, determined to obtain the Mechanical Fragment.

• Han Su recognized Mr. Drunkard as the person behind the report and accused him of using the missing children to advance himself.
• Wei Lan introduced Old Mr. Zhao, who welcomed Han Su to Lilac Mansion and gave him a business card.
• Wei Lan identified Mr. Drunkard as one of Qinggang’s four renowned investigators, while Han Su made clear he distrusted him.
• Han Su told Li Yiting that he would keep searching for his daughter and warned him not to interfere.
• Han Su instructed Xu Ji to stay safe and make a distraction, then used Spell 01 to follow the Crystal Skull member out of sight.

Han Su followed Crystal Skull members through Lilac Mansion and found the Mechanical Fragment in a guarded hidden room. There he recognized a Bronze Armor Statue from the Ancient Castle, which the Professor identified as a replica of the legendary Living Copper Puppet.

• Han Su secretly followed a Crystal Skull member into Lilac Mansion and overheard Wei Lan discussing a bleeding facial wound and an upcoming Queen competition.
• Han Su used his right eye's ability to reveal a hidden door, then passed through the mansion's camera-filled concealed corridors and found two unconscious servants.
• Han Su reached a guarded underground room where the Mechanical Fragment sat on a platform.
• Han Su saw a Bronze Armor Statue that resembled one from the Ancient Castle and felt his left hand and Mental Power react to it.
• The Professor called the statue a fake and explained that the real Living Copper Puppet was a divine weapon capable of destroying half of Qinggang City.

Han Su watched Wei Lan ambush the Crystal Skull members in Lilac Mansion’s sealed secret room and seize the box containing the Mechanical Fragment. As Wei Lan escaped toward the hidden entrance, Han Su invoked the Fishing Horn’s Spell to stop her from taking it.

• The Crystal Skull members took turns enduring the Mechanical Fragment’s destructive force until the Professor placed it in a box.
• Han Su discovered that a distorted, mirror-like space concealed the room’s exit and saw Wei Lan enter.
• The Professor identified Wei Lan’s presence, but the Crystal Skull members injured their eyes when they looked directly at her.
• Wei Lan kicked the box away from the Professor, caught it, and reached the hidden entrance while the Crystal Skull members surrounded her.
• Han Su recited the Fishing Horn’s Divine Decree and declared that he would enter the abyss.

Han Su stole the Mechanical Fragment from the Crystal Skull, but Wei Lan intercepted him in the corridor. As they both touched the fragment, it awakened and released a chilling aura into them.

• Han Su used the Zero Sequence spell to approach Wei Lan, but she sensed him and tricked him into taking the empty box, exposing him to the Crystal Plague.
• Han Su tossed the empty box toward the Crystal Skull professor and fled with the Mechanical Fragment, whose power rapidly drained his Mental Power.
• Han Su blamed Wei Lan for the theft, drawing the Crystal Skull members’ attention toward her as he escaped through the passage.
• A Crystal Skull member shot Wei Lan’s mirror-like illusion, and the leader used her perfume scent to track Han Su.
• Wei Lan intercepted Han Su in the corridor, altered his direction through a mirror-like reflection, and snatched at the Mechanical Fragment.
• Han Su’s Mental Power replenished, and he and Wei Lan both touched the Mechanical Fragment, awakening a chilling aura and the sound of machinery.

Han Su and Wei Lan were contaminated by the Mechanical Fragment while the Crystal Skull organization attacked them in Lilac Mansion’s secret room. The mansion’s owner used a mysterious signal to awaken the Bronze Armor Statue, which began to move as the attackers realized it might not be an item.

• The Mechanical Fragment’s ticking briefly overwhelmed Han Su and left Wei Lan dazed, while a gunshot sounded in the secret room.
• At Lilac Mansion, the owner told rosy-nosed and the Chairman of Magic Box Group that Crystal Skull members had infiltrated the mansion to steal an unregistered Mechanical Fragment.
• The owner tapped his cane in a strange rhythm, then warned the others to check whether their companions were still present.
• Crystal Skull members broke through Wei Lan’s barrier and rushed Han Su and Wei Lan, but the Fragment’s influence left Wei Lan too weak to fight.
• Han Su pulled Wei Lan behind a pillar as metallic knocks and a cold voice echoed through the secret room.
• The Bronze Armor Statue raised its serpent-like head and began moving, prompting a Crystal Skull member to ask whether it was really an item.

The Bronze Armor Statue awakened in Lilac Mansion, and Han Su felt it resonate with the power in his left hand. The Crystal Skull professor failed to stop it and was killed, while the statue spread corrosive verdigris through the chamber, trapping the remaining intruders as some charged Han Su for the Mechanical Fragment.

• The Bronze Armor Statue awakened as the Crystal Skull members attacked it, and Han Su felt pain as the scar on his left hand resonated with it.
• The Crystal Skull professor begged the master of Lilac Mansion for mercy, then realized the intruders had been lured there as sacrifices.
• The professor attacked the statue, but it pierced his torso, crushed his heart, and stomped his head after his attempt to possess it failed.
• Some Crystal Skull members attacked the statue while others seized the case and charged Han Su to take the Mechanical Fragment.
• The statue exhaled copper-rust vapor, spreading verdigris across the chamber and corroding the bullets as the Crystal Skull members' movements slowed.

Han Su invoked the Will of Copper to stop the Bronze Armor Statue and make it obey him, while Wei Lan recovered memories of being rescued by him in a previous Life Path. Han Su escaped with Wei Lan, leaving the Lilac Mansion owner to find the slaughtered Crystal Skull members and wonder whether the inheritor had returned.

• The Bronze Armor Statue slaughtered the Crystal Skull members as Han Su retrieved a box and placed the Mechanical Fragment inside it.
• Wei Lan remembered that Han Su had rescued her from the Ancient Castle in a previous Life Path.
• As the Bronze Armor Statue approached, Han Su invoked the Will of Copper and stopped it just before it reached him.
• The Bronze Armor Statue bowed to Han Su and punched a hole through the wall when he ordered it to make an exit.
• Han Su gave the Bronze Armor Statue a new password and carried Wei Lan out through the hole.
• The owner of Lilac Mansion found the bodies and the motionless statue, then wondered whether the inheritor had returned.

After the Mechanical Fragment restored Wei Lan’s memories of one kidnapping, she recognized Han Su as the person who had rescued her and revealed that she had returned to Qinggang City searching for the reason behind her recurring dreams. The chapter ended with Han Su asking whether he could trust her, and Wei Lan swearing on her life.

• Han Su carried Wei Lan back to the dressing room while using Fishing Horn to evade the mansion’s security guards.
• Wei Lan asked Han Su if he had rescued her during a past kidnapping, and he confirmed that she had been kidnapped and he had saved her.
• Wei Lan recalled being taken to an Ancient Castle, locked in a dark room, and rescued by Han Su through a door.
• Wei Lan told Han Su she had returned to Qinggang City because she felt her fate had been distorted and hoped to find the cause of her forgotten memories and recurring dreams.
• Han Su asked if he could trust Wei Lan, and she swore on her life.

Han Su told Wei Lan that he had been repeatedly returning to the past to save the children from the Kidnapping Case, and she resolved to help him escape Lilac Mansion with the Mechanical Fragment. As security closed in, Wei Lan hid the fragment in her makeup case, while Xu Ji blundered into their private moment and joined their escape.

• Han Su explained that he had gone back ten years repeatedly to save the kidnapped children and had rescued two so far, prompting Wei Lan to regret not helping him sooner.
• Han Su told Wei Lan that he had avoided disrupting her life because he feared she would not believe him and thought she had no reason to remember the kidnapping.
• After gunshots and screams erupted outside, Han Su said they needed to get the Mechanical Fragment out of Lilac Mansion, and Wei Lan offered to smuggle it in her makeup case or fight her way out.
• Wei Lan revealed that the Queen organization accepted jobs for ancient coins and that Xu Ji had hired her to protect Han Su on his earlier mission.
• Xu Ji entered the room, misunderstood the situation between Han Su and Wei Lan, and explained that Brother Zhu had sent him to leave with her.
• As footsteps approached, Han Su handed Wei Lan the Mechanical Fragment, and she concealed it in her locked makeup case.