Chapter Summaries

Lin An entered Secret Chamber No. 1996 and used the Causality Hourglass to weaken himself, nullifying the Weeping Angels’ ability to steal his strength and speed. He escaped with both Angels pursuing him, leaving the China War Zone Awakeners stunned by how slowly the monsters moved.

• Lin An ignored the China War Zone Awakeners’ warnings and entered Secret Chamber No. 1996, while the captain’s group chose to trust him and wait nearby.
• Lin An used the Causality Hourglass to lock his body to its weakest state after first awakening, then kicked open the Stone Coffin and confronted the Weeping Angel inside.
• Lin An realized the Angel in the coffin and the one hiding in a corner were linked, and the second Angel began moving as the first statue activated.
• Lin An ran for the exit with both weakened Weeping Angels following him, while Zhang Tie charged forward to help.
• Lin An emerged from the chamber ahead of the two slow-moving Angels and slapped one on the head, leaving the Awakeners staring in shock.

Lin An slowed the Weeping Angels by reversing causality and led them away, intending to kill them and secure points for the Awakened. After he left the cleared Secret Chamber, the gathered War Zones began plotting to seize it and attack his remaining people.

• The Awakened recognized the slow-moving monsters as Weeping Angels and speculated about how Lin An had controlled them.
• Lin An told Zhang Yong he was going to kill the Weeping Angels and continued leading them through the passage despite the risks of his overlapping past and present selves.
• The Awakened realized the empty Secret Chamber offered a chance to farm points and began discussing how to take it by force.
• Jin Zaieun warned the Great Korean War Zone against attacking Lin An's people, but several Awakened grew hostile and considered killing them.

Zhang Yong and the others proposed sharing points from Lin An’s plan to lure Weeping Angels out of secret chambers, but the other Awakeners rejected the 50% share and demanded equal distribution. The crowd turned hostile toward Zhang Tie and Lin An’s allies, leaving a confrontation imminent.

• Zhang Yong explained that Lin An planned to lure monsters from more secret chambers so Awakeners could farm points, with 50% of the points returned to Lin An’s group.
• Zhang Yong urged Zhang Tie to stay calm because every surviving Awakener could help carry out Lin An’s plan.
• Zhang Yong announced the 50% point-sharing condition to the gathered Awakeners.
• The representative from the France War Zone objected to giving up half the points, and allied war zones supported him.
• Fiona defended Lin An, but an Awakener from the East Ying War Zone argued that others could also deal with the Weeping Angels and called for equal distribution.
• The crowd directed more than a thousand hostile gazes at Zhang Tie and Lin An’s allies, threatening to attack if they refused.

Zhang Tie attacked the Awakened who had challenged Lin An’s group, triggering a battle against more than a thousand people. As the major war zones moved to attack Fiona and the others, Zhang Tie transformed into a Silver Giant Bear and launched himself into the crowd.

• An East Ying War Zone Awakened rallied the other war zones against Zhang Tie’s group and rejected their demand for fifty percent of the points.
• Zhang Tie punched the East Ying representative, crushing his head and killing him instantly.
• The East Ying Awakened called for an attack, and the major war zones moved against Fiona and the others.
• Zhang Yong ordered his companions to break out while Zhang Tie stood his ground against the attacking crowd.
• Zhang Tie used Bear Transformation, Leap Strike, and Ejection Foot to leap above the crowd, then crashed down with Transcendent Bear’s Roar.

Bear Dunce, also called Zhang Tie, erupted into a brutal fight with the Awakeners targeting Lin An’s team, until China and North America intervened and forced a ceasefire. The War Zones began negotiating over the distribution plan, while the defeated East Ying survivors blamed China and vowed revenge.

• Zhang Tie attacked the Awakeners with his mace and fists, killing several as they turned their attacks on him.
• Latin America, Soviet Russia, Zhang Yong, and others fought nearby War Zones to relieve pressure on Zhang Tie.
• Zhuang Yan and the North America War Zone captain led roughly three hundred Awakeners in stopping the battle and separating the combatants.
• The Nordic representative demanded a new distribution plan, while Zhuang Yan rejected the East Ying Awakener’s accusations.
• Zhang Tie taunted the East Ying survivors, who grieved their losses and resolved that Lin An and the China War Zone had to die.

Zhang Yong accepted the negotiated point-sharing arrangement, while Zhang Tie revealed that Lin An had planned the confrontation to secure a reason for a later Deathmatch. Lin An raced toward Secret Chamber No. 1875 to find a normal Weeping Angel, but encountered a barely living China War Zone officer.

• Zhuang Yan urged Zhang Yong to accept the proposed point distribution, and Zhang Yong agreed.
• Lin An's Team entered the secret chamber first, while Zhang Yong and Fiona waited for the second round and Zhang Tie joined the first group.
• Zhang Tie told Lin An over the internal channel that the confrontation and negotiations had followed Lin An's advance plan to prepare for a Deathmatch.
• Lin An hurried toward Secret Chamber No. 1875 to find a normal version of the Weeping Angels and destroy them.
• Lin An came upon a China War Zone officer whose body was partly stuck to the ground and who seemed to have been waiting for him.

Lin An rescued a group of Awakened and destroyed three Weeping Angels by making them collide, completing the Perfect Grade trial. He prepared to keep farming points and wondered whether the survivors could explain the dead officer’s message about Chen Yangtian and the Ghost Behind the Gate.

• A dying officer left Lin An a blood-written message apologizing, asking him to save the others, and naming Chen Yangtian as the Ghost Behind the Gate.
• Lin An heard fighting ahead and found a dozen Awakened fleeing the Weeping Angels, with one China soldier about to be caught.
• Lin An used his Descent Domain and Flash to rescue the soldier and draw the three pursuing Weeping Angels toward him.
• Lin An dodged the monsters at the last moment, causing them to collide and disintegrate under their Rule Power.
• The System announced that both Secret Chamber Guardians had died, awarded Lin An 150 points, and offered him the chance to exit the completed Perfect Grade trial.
• Lin An canceled his domain, picked up and discarded a stone fragment, then told the survivors it was time to farm points.

Lin An learned from military Awakened that Zhao AnGuo died after revealing that ghosts had come from behind a gate. The soldiers disclosed that the enormous Bronze Gate was guarded beneath the capital as part of the Underground City Project, leaving Lin An to wonder what kind of beings it was built to admit.

• Lin An told the military Awakened that Zhao AnGuo had mentioned ghosts coming from behind a gate before he died, and they recognized him by his white glove.
• The Awakened grieved for Zhao AnGuo and, after creating a Private Chat Channel, warned Lin An not to reveal anything about the gate.
• The soldiers identified the gate as a giant Bronze Gate guarded beneath the capital as part of the Underground City Project, but said they could not explain the project or the gate’s origins.
• Lin An’s questions led the soldiers to confirm that the Underground City was beneath the capital, that the project was related to the Awakened mobilized, and that monsters were inside the gate.
• A soldier described the gate as several kilometers wide and about 300 meters high, made mostly of bronze and unfamiliar metals, while admitting that its full length was unknown.
• Lin An concluded that the gate was far too immense to be human-made and wondered what kind of existence would need to pass through it.

Lin An questioned the surviving Awakened about the Bronze Gate, but a Thought Imprint appeared to kill one of them when he approached its secrets. Later, the Agility Trial survivors emerged with huge point gains, and Lin An received a Perfect Trial reward as he left surrounded by an honored hundred-man team.

• Lin An asked whether anything had come out from behind the gate, and the Awakened reacted with terror and insisted it was impossible.
• Lin An suspected the military had implanted Thought Imprints to prevent people from thinking about what lay beyond the gate, and a young Awakened died after slamming his head into a wall.
• Chen Yangtian watched the Agility Trial death count stop rising and wondered whether Lin An had found a way to farm points, while concealing a message from his Biological Armor.
• The Trial Takers emerged from the vortex celebrating their points, while a hundred-man team escorted Lin An out amid the crowd's attention.
• Lin An received a 200-point Perfect Trial reward and a Grade D Special Authority, bringing his total to 4,319 points.

After the Agility Trial, Lin An was dissatisfied with the points he had collected and with the war zones that had broken their agreement to share their gains. He reassured Zhang Tie that he could reclaim the points in the Deathmatch, then examined a newly acquired authority that might help him do so.

• Lin An calculated that he had collected fewer points than expected because continued farming risked imprinting the Weeping Angels on the participants’ minds, and many Awakened refused to surrender their promised share.
• Lin An chose not to kill the defiant Awakened during the trial, despite believing he and Zhang Tie could defeat them, and told them to hand over his share or bear responsibility for life and death.
• Zhang Tie worried that the war zones would spend their points before the Deathmatch, but Lin An firmly said they could get the points back.
• Lin An inspected the F-grade Special Authority, which could issue a regional announcement, adjust missions, teleport people, or issue missions within the Trial Tower.
• Lin An realized the authority could affect the System’s functions and smiled as he considered using it to reclaim points.

After the Agility Trial, Awakeners from several War Zones discussed their points and blamed Lin An for stopping them from farming more. The major War Zones planned to use their points to strengthen Second Order Awakeners for the Deathmatch War, while East Ying saw Lin An’s hoard as its chance to recover.

• A Nordic War Zone Awakener bragged about earning 120 points and claimed Lin An had only killed the Weeping Angels by using Flash to exploit their weakness.
• The Awakener concealed Lin An’s speed and said Lin An had stopped the group from farming points by warning them about the Weeping Angels’ Assimilation trait.
• Yamamoto Kurato reprimanded the East Ying War Zone Awakeners for leaving the Trial without points and reminded them that they needed to become Third Order Awakeners.
• Several East Ying Awakeners told Yamamoto Kurato that Lin An had at least 3,000 points and urged him to target Lin An in the Deathmatch War.
• The major War Zones agreed to spend points strengthening their Second Order Awakeners for the Deathmatch War, while Lin An stood amid their growing greed.

Chen Yangtian approached Lin An to thank him for helping the China War Zone and tried to recruit Dragon Security into a military alliance, while privately fearing that Lin An knew his hidden identity. Lin An refused the offer and chose to act alone, leaving tensions with the military unresolved.

• Chen Yangtian learned that Lin An had spoken with survivors near Secret Chamber No. 1875 and suspected Zhao AnGuo's final message had revealed his identity to him.
• Chen Yangtian met Lin An and Zhang Yong with nearly a hundred Awakened, thanked Lin An for aiding the China War Zone, and concealed his intent to kill him.
• Chen Yangtian offered military protection and proposed that Dragon Security share intelligence with the military during future trials.
• A senior officer criticized Lin An's attitude and warned him that many people were stronger than he was.
• Lin An rejected the military's offer and said he preferred to act alone, prompting the officer to warn him that he was not the only survivor of the Dragon An Plan.

Lin An suspected Chen Yangtian was verifying whether he had found a Parchment Scroll, then told Fiona and Zhang Yong that he could shut down the System’s exchange channel. As the Awakeners reeled at the revelation, a System Announcement interrupted them.

• Chen Yangtian questioned Lin An about seeing a Parchment Scroll during the Strength Trial, and Lin An realized the exchange might have been a verification attempt.
• Zhang Yong told Lin An that his team had refused Military Headquarters’ order to return and would support him while keeping his secrets.
• Lin An told Fiona and Zhang Yong to spend their points immediately because he planned to close the System’s exchange channel.
• Zhang Yong and Fiona were shocked when Lin An confirmed he could modify the System’s authority.
• A System Announcement sounded as the Trial Takers looked up, including Awakeners preparing to exchange points for attributes.

After Li Hao suspended attribute exchanges with a System Announcement, Awakened speculated about the reason while military representatives weighed the Deathmatch War’s risks and plotted around Lin An’s points. Li Hao suspected Lin An had manipulated System authority before, and his Magnetic Field Imprisonment began to spread.

• The System announced that point-based attribute exchanges were suspended until the Deathmatch War ended, prompting widespread shock and speculation among the Awakened.
• A China Military Region liaison officer and Torick agreed that the Deathmatch War could become far more intense and discussed how the suspension might let smaller war zones catch up.
• Torick described Lin An’s abilities and equipment as the representatives discussed his threat level and agreed to cooperate so his points would not fall into another war zone’s hands.
• Li Hao watched Lin An and wondered whether he had issued the recent System Announcement using Broadcast Authority, then released the Energy Fields of his Magnetic Field Imprisonment.

As the Constitution Trial approached, Lin An reviewed intelligence on powerful Awakeners while wondering why the legendary figures from his memories had not appeared. The Trial began after Jiang Hao Chen challenged him to meet again in the Deathmatch.

• Lin An's use of System authority made the Awakeners gathered around him view him as a possible hope for ending the apocalypse.
• Fiona sent Lin An Tyre's report, which listed suspected high-stat Awakeners, point-rich participants, dual- and triple-type Awakeners, and threat ratings.
• Lin An questioned why so few of the Four Emperors and other king-level Awakeners from his previous life had appeared, and wondered whether history had changed.
• Jiang Hao Chen confronted Lin An and vowed to prove him wrong in the Deathmatch, though Lin An did not recognize him.
• The System announced that the Constitution Trial had begun.

Lin An and the other Trial Takers entered a Constitution Trial where they had to survive escalating System attacks, with longer endurance earning higher rankings and points. Seeing that his Perfect Grade objective required a top-three finish, Lin An suspected that other powerful, unusual beings had entered the trial too.

• Lin An recalled that Jiang Hao Chen would become the Eternal One, one of the Eight Kings, but found Jiang Hao Chen's earlier hostility baffling and childish.
• After the Trial Takers were separated in an empty plaza, the System announced that attacks would intensify each round, with one minute of Safe Time between attacks and bonus points for high rankings.
• Lin An realized the trial offered few ways to help his teammates earn points, so he told them not to push themselves and suggested they could settle the points through the Deathmatch War.
• Bear Dunce celebrated the trial because he believed he could endure repeated beatings better than anyone.
• Lin An read that his Perfect Grade mission required a top-three ranking, with an S-grade rating for first place, and concluded that other powerful beings had entered the Constitution Trial.

During the Constitution Trial, Lin An endured the escalating artillery attacks while trying to build a damage calculation system, but realized his body’s resources were slowly running out. Zhang Tie grew furious when the blasts repeatedly overturned his hot pot, while Jiang Hao Chen lamented that no humans were nearby to strengthen his Meme.

• Lin An calculated the damage from the artillery and concluded that, despite his Avici State and stacked defenses, he could only last a dozen or so hours because something inside him was being depleted.
• Lin An struggled to account for the many variables affecting damage as the System announced a fourth-cycle carpet cluster bomb attack.
• Zhang Tie cursed the attackers after the explosions knocked over his hot pot, then leaped toward the sky to confront them while shells passed through his body.
• Jiang Hao Chen examined his fluctuating palm and noted that he could not strengthen his fused Meme without nearby humans, as the Pillow Corpse swayed behind him.

Li Hao endured the fifth round of the Constitution Trial while analyzing its tests and enduring the agony of his fused Artificial Sun. As the sixth round approached, his memories revealed how the military had transformed him into a powerful weapon and why he refused to quit.

• Li Hao destroyed incoming Tactical Missiles with his Charged Particle Cannon as the Trial’s fifth round reduced the remaining participants to 2,171.
• Li Hao concluded that the Constitution Trial tested survival, defensive awareness, and judgment of danger, and noted that some Awakeners had withdrawn before the fifth round.
• During the one-minute Safe Time, Li Hao repaired his body and reviewed his S-Rank Talent, Calamity of Flesh, while the Artificial Sun continued to burn him from within.
• Li Hao recalled agreeing to a dangerous military experiment that fused an Artificial Sun into his body and granted him powerful regeneration and nearly limitless energy.
• Li Hao remembered how the military modified his brain and how he became a celebrated defender, reaffirming that he had to finish the Trial.

Zhang Yong stayed in the trial after ordering his surviving companions to withdraw, while the remaining Awakeners wrestled with whether to risk another round. The ninth round began with a tactical nuclear bomb, leaving the eleven survivors facing a far more deadly attack than they expected.

• Zhang Yong told his remaining teammates to leave after Li Zhenping died, but chose to endure one more round himself to earn points for Lin An.
• Zhang Tie complained to Lin An about the trial’s escalating attacks, and Lin An explained that Constitution Type Awakeners were used to approaching death and often had unlocked their Gene Locks.
• After the eighth round, the survivor count fell to 63, and Awakeners weighed their prospects of advancing against the danger of staying.
• With three seconds left before the ninth round, the participant count dropped to eleven as many Awakeners withdrew.
• In the Olia War Zone, an insect-like man expected to withstand the next attack, but the System announced a 250,000-ton tactical nuclear bomb, and he cried out in terror.

The Ninth Round unleashed nuclear bombs, killing the South Africa War Zone Awakener and leaving Li Hao barely alive as his shield and body were overwhelmed. Zhang Tie survived through his Talents and began to suspect that his death had revealed fragments of the Undying Asura's memories.

• The South Africa War Zone Awakener tried to burrow underground but was vaporized by the nuclear blast, leaving a human-shaped shadow in the Deep Pit.
• Li Hao ordered his bio-computer to supply psychic energy and shrink his shield, sacrificing most of his body to protect his head and chest.
• Zhang Tie regenerated in a hundred-meter-deep pit after the blast triggered his Death Immunity and Near-Death Rebirth characteristics.
• Zhang Tie wondered whether he had truly died and recalled seeing strange fragments connected to the Undying Asura's Stitcher.