Chapter Summaries

Zhao Bai learned that Otto had arranged strict requirements for his mission teammates, and Bronya used them to turn Kiana away. The chapter ended with Kiana believing Bronya and leaving disappointed.

• Zhao Bai told Bronya about his A-rank promotion and asked whether he could bring teammates on missions.
• Bronya said Zhao Bai's teammates had to meet strict requirements, including being a 147-centimeter-tall, 40-kilogram Siberian girl with light gray hair and a mech.
• Kiana asked Zhao Bai to take her as a minor support teammate so she could earn credits and graduate.
• Bronya repeated the teammate requirements to Kiana, who believed her and left in disappointment.

After Zhao Bai left, Bronya admitted she had been wrong to blame him, and they returned to work. His classmates then congratulated him on becoming A-rank, and he read through their messages while cooking.

• Bronya said she should not have blamed Zhao Bai and suggested they get back to work.
• Zhao Bai's communicator received dozens of messages congratulating him on his promotion to A-rank.
• Fu Hua congratulated Zhao Bai and urged him to keep studying.
• Rosaliya called Zhao Bai a friend because he liked the Vodka Girls and sent him a photo of herself and Liliya.
• Liliya congratulated Zhao Bai and asked him to make more delicious food.
• Zhao Bai received a message saying “Happy wedding” and dismissed it as someone stirring up trouble.

After reading the blessings from his friends, Zhao Bai felt better and reopened his restaurant with a ten percent discount. Gray Serpent learned that Schicksal had promoted Zhao Bai to A-rank and saw an opportunity to carry out his mission.

• Zhao Bai replied to Durandal’s message by telling her to drop to A-rank so they could stand on equal footing.
• Rita sent Zhao Bai a family portrait and passed on blessings from herself and Yue Xia.
• Zhao Bai deleted Otto’s blessing and contact, then put up a sign offering ten percent off the restaurant.
• Gray Serpent received news that Zhao Bai had been promoted to A-rank and decided it was time to carry out his mission.

Gray Serpent considered how to cause trouble without casualties, while Cocolia reacted to Zhao Bai’s promotion to Schicksal A-rank. Cocolia fantasized about recruiting him to Anti-Entropy, and Einstein questioned whether he would want her resources.

• Gray Serpent realized Zhao Bai might keep arriving to clean up the trouble he caused and searched for opportunities to make trouble without anyone dying.
• Cocolia learned that Zhao Bai had been granted A-rank status and complained that Schicksal was wasting his talent.
• Einstein continued getting ready to stream and asked whether Zhao Bai would even want Cocolia’s resources.
• Cocolia claimed she would recruit Zhao Bai by hiring food critics to praise his cooking.

Zhao Bai took the day off after his restaurant’s unexpectedly high revenue, pleased with the results despite joking that he had suffered losses. In the living room, Theresa continued teaching the Xuanyuan Sword to speak.

• Zhao Bai recalled how his discounts had drawn in the students and brought in more revenue than expected.
• Zhao Bai decided not to open the restaurant and took the day to relax.
• Theresa patiently taught the Xuanyuan Sword to call her “big sister,” but it called her “Grandma.”

Theresa tried to teach the Xuanyuan Sword what to call her, but it called Zhao Bai “Mommy” instead. Zhao Bai received his first official mission, a routine Honkai Beast cleanup, and set out to work.

• Theresa taught the Xuanyuan Sword to call her “Grandma” and “Big sister,” but Xuanyuan gave her little response.
• The Xuanyuan Sword leaped from Theresa’s arms and called Zhao Bai “Mommy” when he entered.
• Theresa became furious and tried to correct the Xuanyuan Sword’s choice of words.
• Theresa told Zhao Bai to stop slacking off now that he was A-rank.
• Zhao Bai received his first official mission from headquarters: clearing out Honkai Beasts.

Theresa discovered that Zhao Bai and Bronya stayed together in double rooms on their missions, while Theresa was left to look after Xuanyuan Sword. Zhao Bai apologized to Bronya for asking her to accompany him on missions during summer vacation, and Bronya said it was fine.

• Zhao Bai insisted that he and Bronya still needed to bring teammates on missions.
• Theresa checked the hotel records and found that Zhao Bai and Bronya stayed in double rooms, with Bronya keeping long-term rooms in landmark cities.
• Theresa complained that the couple left Xuanyuan Sword in her care and tried to teach her to call Theresa big sister instead of Grandma.
• Zhao Bai apologized to Bronya for making her accompany him on missions during summer vacation, and Bronya reassured him.

Zhao Bai invited Bronya to accompany him on a Schicksal mission to investigate a rumored giant Honkai Beast. Bronya accepted his apology for the harmless frame-up against Bishop Otto, but their departure stalled when Zhao Bai paused beside the motorcycle.

• Zhao Bai told Bronya that Schicksal had assigned him a mission to investigate a Honkai Beast rampage and invited her along.
• Bronya read the report about a traveler who had glimpsed a snow-white giant beast and judged the assignment to be below A-rank.
• Bronya said she understood why Zhao Bai had apologized for their harmless frame-up of Bishop Otto and accepted his apology.
• Bronya expected more petty retaliation from Otto and climbed into the motorcycle’s sidecar when Zhao Bai brought it out.
• Zhao Bai did not start the motorcycle, and Bronya looked up to meet his eyes.

Zhao Bai let Bronya take the motorcycle, and she raced them to the scene in forty minutes. The chapter ended with Zhao Bai regretting his decision as he clung to Bronya's waist through the blur of their high-speed ride.

• Zhao Bai transformed the three-wheeled hauler into a motorcycle and invited Bronya to ride behind him.
• Bronya insisted on racing and took the driver's seat while Zhao Bai sat behind her.
• Bronya twisted the throttle and sped toward the scene with Zhao Bai holding tightly to her waist.
• Bronya reached the scene in forty minutes, faster than the hour Zhao Bai had expected.

Zhao Bai and Bronya searched a small city for traces of a Honkai Beast, but had almost no clues to guide them. They decided to seek out people likely to notice unusual things, though summer vacation ruled out questioning students at school.

• Zhao Bai got out of the car after Bronya told him to leave.
• Bronya parked on the surrounding hills, and Zhao Bai used optical camouflage as they entered the city to investigate.
• They found that their only lead was a vague complaint, leaving them with no specific sighting location.
• Bronya rejected using a secret weapon because it could harm the town's residents.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya agreed that students might believe unusual sightings, but Bronya pointed out that summer vacation made school surveys impossible.

Bronya sent a survey to more than sixty thousand students online to investigate reports of a huge pale monster. When every respondent denied seeing it, she recognized that the results signaled a problem, though she had not yet explained why.

• Bronya connected to the citywide network and sent a survey to more than sixty thousand students online.
• Zhao Bai booked a double room at an inn and watched Bronya receive data from Heavy Cannon Rabbit.
• Bronya found that no one who answered the survey admitted to seeing a huge pale monster.
• Bronya warned that the unanimous denials were a serious problem and said the first step was to identify the kind of group answering the survey.

Bronya inferred from the missing questionnaire responses and other survey patterns that something was wrong with the city. She and Zhao Bai headed to the theater to investigate, though the existence of a Honkai Beast remained unconfirmed.

• Bronya deduced that the city’s adolescents were hiding something because no one admitted to having chuunibyou syndrome despite the survey results.
• Zhao Bai eagerly suggested finding and killing a huge pale monster, while Bronya said finding it was her job and killing it was his.
• Bronya explained that her conclusion also relied on differences in questionnaire answers and applied mathematics.
• Bronya and Zhao Bai headed toward the theater to continue investigating.

Zhao Bai and Bronya prepared to use Rosaliya’s recorded singing to lure Honkai Beasts at an open-air theater. As they sheltered from the sound and possible shattering glass, the countdown reached one.

• Zhao Bai explained that Rosaliya’s singing had been recorded as a Honkai Beast lure.
• Zhao Bai used his Schicksal badge to take over the open-air theater and set up its speakers.
• Bronya warned that amplified Honkai Beast singing could cause severe harm and handed Zhao Bai soundproof earmuffs.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya hid beneath Heavy Cannon Rabbit’s shield as the countdown reached one.

Zhao Bai and Bronya used a recording of Rosaliya’s singing to draw out Honkai Beasts, but the flying swarm ignored Zhao Bai’s attacks and departed. Zhao Bai suspected they were organized under a powerful intelligence capable of resisting an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, while Bronya pointed out that the singing had only been a recording.

• Zhao Bai played Rosaliya’s singing from a USB drive, and its extreme frequencies caused pain and blew out a tweeter.
• Pale flying Honkai Beasts emerged from the clouds as Rosaliya’s singing subsided.
• Zhao Bai removed Bronya’s earmuffs and fired at the Honkai Beasts, killing six but failing to draw their attention before they left.
• Zhao Bai recorded that twenty-eight Honkai Beasts remained and observed that the swarm seemed organized and disciplined.
• Zhao Bai speculated that a powerful, intelligent being controlled the swarm, and Bronya replied that they had only played a recording.

Zhao Bai and Bronya discovered that the city's people had briefly knelt in worship of Honkai Beasts, then returned to normal as if nothing had happened. They went back to the hotel to investigate the strange behavior, where Bronya researched religious texts while Zhao Bai waited for trouble that never came.

• Zhao Bai and Bronya found the main road full of ordinary people kneeling in silence, with no Honkai energy among them.
• The people rose and resumed their daily activities, and Zhao Bai and Bronya returned to the hotel to investigate religious worship.
• Bronya used Heavy Cannon Rabbit's neural network to study books on religion, mysticism, and folklore.
• Zhao Bai worried that Honkai Beast worshippers might retaliate because he had killed six Honkai Beasts, but no one came looking for him.

Gray Serpent’s stone-faced girl form helped Lin Yiping transform into a powerful, obedient test subject. Lin Yiping reported that he had controlled three hundred thousand people and concealed evidence of a gray-white monster, while Gray Serpent kept him under supervision.

• Gray Serpent reflected that the little girl form had made Agent α’s injection bond with Lin Yiping and helped his original consciousness prevail.
• Lin Yiping transformed into a white, winged being and declared his devotion to Gray Serpent, whom he called “CC.”
• Gray Serpent checked how Lin Yiping’s mind-control power was progressing.
• Lin Yiping reported controlling three hundred thousand people and making sixty thousand minors deny seeing a huge gray-white monster.

Lin Yiping mistook Gray Serpent’s departure for a call to conquer the world and led his Honkai Beast army away to eliminate his perceived obstacles. Gray Serpent, who had secretly watched him, decided to stay nearby in disguise and observe the person who excited her.

• Lin Yiping realized the beautiful girl from his dreams had left and imagined he had inherited a responsibility to conquer the world.
• Lin Yiping identified two powerful people immune to mind control as threats and led his Honkai Beast army away.
• Gray Serpent revealed she had remained hidden and watched Lin Yiping.
• Gray Serpent decided to blend into the crowd, put on glasses, and admire the person who had stirred her human heart.

Zhao Bai and Bronya investigated the strange mass kneeling ritual and concluded that it was likely the fantasy of someone with adolescent delusions who had gained power, possibly through Honkai. They had no leads on the person behind it, so Zhao Bai decided to wait for him to reveal himself.

• Bronya found no evidence that the mass kneeling resembled any established religious ritual and judged it to be a crude imitation.
• Zhao Bai fed Bronya chicken nuggets while complaining that no fanatical citizens had attacked the tower.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya concluded that someone’s adolescent fantasy had become reality, likely in a story involving Honkai.
• Bronya admitted she had no leads on the hidden person behind the ritual, and Zhao Bai decided to wait for him to reveal himself.

Zhao Bai and Bronya discovered a winged monster hovering outside as the sky turned unnaturally purple. Zhao Bai kept Bronya from seeing it and prepared to deal with it, while Bronya reconsidered her habit of acting like a married woman.

• Zhao Bai finished the fried chicken after Bronya explained that her limited ability to exercise meant she had to diet to avoid gaining weight.
• Chaotic winds and electrical surges struck outside as a monster challenged Zhao Bai and Bronya to come out and die for its cause.
• Zhao Bai saw a horrifying, tentacled creature resembling a Pilgrim Butterfly hovering beneath a purple moon and shut the window before Bronya could see it.
• Bronya stopped Heavy Cannon Rabbit from smashing the window, then agreed with its complaint that she acted like a married woman.

Zhao Bai fought Lin Yiping, who claimed to be the emperor of the evacuated residents and prepared to kill him. Lin Yiping’s thoughts revealed that he had become obsessed with protecting a girl who had once helped him, even though she had left.

• Bronya explained that she had listened to Zhao Bai and had not smashed the window to escape.
• Zhao Bai drew his katana and froze the Honkai Beasts that Lin Yiping sent diving toward him.
• Zhao Bai asked why Lin Yiping had evacuated the residents, and Lin Yiping said he had done it to protect his subjects.
• Zhao Bai mocked Lin Yiping’s self-appointed emperorship, prompting Lin Yiping to prepare to kill him.
• Lin Yiping recalled the aloof girl who had once reached out to help him and said he wanted to protect her, though she had left.