Recaps

Mi Lan helped contain the park anomaly, and the three newly transformed vampires were taken to Headquarters while contaminated debris was removed. After Xiao Shan warned that anomalies would keep causing deaths and disappearances, Sheng Yang followed Mi Lan to the arcade and confronted how vulnerable ordinary people were to Weird.

• Mi Lan had his flying monster rescue Wang Xiang and his companions, who had grown wings and were overwhelmed by the smell of blood.
• The logistics staff tranquilized the three newborn vampires, tied them up, and transported them to Headquarters for the Research Department.
• The logistics staff removed contaminated debris from the park, and Mi Lan sent them Eden’s branch and the Anomaly Cage containing the weird entity.
• Xiao Shan told Sheng Yang that the anomaly was contained but that other anomalies could still cause people to disappear, while Mi Lan slipped away to visit a nearby arcade.
• Sheng Yang followed Mi Lan and reflected that ordinary people who encountered Weird usually had to survive their rules while hoping for rescue.

Sheng Yang witnessed Mi Lan being attacked by human gunmen after Mi Lan asked whether he wanted to become a Contract Anomalist. Mi Lan endured his injuries and summoned monsters from his blood to fight back, while Sheng Yang watched from inside the red furry monster.

• Mi Lan warned Sheng Yang that Contract Anomalists faced danger from both Weirds and people, then the red furry monster swallowed them as an explosion devastated the street.
• A hidden attacker fired at Mi Lan and Sheng Yang, but the red furry monster blocked most of the bullets and Mi Lan was shot in the shoulder.
• Mi Lan laughed, tore open his wound, and let his blood pool as Sheng Yang tried to call for help before the red furry monster swallowed him again.
• Mi Lan declared that the attackers had struck first and summoned countless monsters from the pool of blood while frightened bystanders called for the police and ambulance.

Mou Si’s assassination attempt failed when Mi Lan survived and unleashed monsters formed from blood. Mou Si threatened to detonate bombs throughout E City to force Mi Lan to meet him, but Mi Lan’s arrival left him overwhelmed with fear.

• Mou Si reported that Mi Lan could summon monsters from blood, then followed his superiors’ order to continue the mission.
• Mou Si used incendiary bombs to evaporate blood and temporarily hold off the monsters before threatening to detonate ten bombs across E City.
• Mou Si’s threat spread online, prompting officials to search for the bombs and Kong Yubo to order the local department to avoid provoking him.
• Mou Si demanded that Mi Lan come to him, and Mi Lan arrived at the abandoned building carrying a little bear and asked if the game was about to begin.

Mou Si tried to detonate bombs planted throughout E City, but Mi Lan’s monster restrained him and he killed himself with poison before revealing any information. After Mi Lan entered the unfinished building, a timed bomb exploded and brought it down, leaving his fate unknown.

• Mou Si reached for the detonator, but Mi Lan’s monster restrained him and destroyed it.
• Mou Si swallowed poison and died without disclosing why he had planted bombs throughout E City.
• Mi Lan warned the authorities that the bombs remained a threat, and they began searching for them.
• As Mi Lan was leaving the unfinished building, a timed bomb detonated and caused the structure to collapse.
• The official network monitoring department watched a video of the attack and realized the explosion had been part of a trap, leaving Mi Lan’s survival uncertain.

After Mi Lan was caught in a devastating explosion in E City, Headquarters recalled its newcomers and moved employees and their families to safety. His colleagues worried about his fate, though Xu Rou believed Mi Lan must have prepared a backup plan.

• Logistics Department employees and newcomers learned that contact with Mi Lan had been cut off and saw video of the explosion that destroyed a building around him.
• Newcomers gathered at Headquarters, where one asked Zhang Lin to let him go to E City to check on his family; Zhang Lin explained the danger and reassured him that logistics staff would arrange their evacuation.
• Headquarters recalled its newcomers and relocated employees and their families from E City, allowing the worried newcomer to reunite with his family.
• Du Jiashi asked Zhang Lin whether there was news about Mi Lan, and Xu Rou said she believed Mi Lan would have left himself a backup plan.

The Anomaly Containment Association discussed finding the organization that had attacked them, while Void met with the bishop behind the assault in E City. The bishop gave Void a box of Divine Stones containing pure Weird energy, and revealed that his group had sent people to E City.

• Zhang Lin said the Anomaly Containment Association needed to find the hidden organization and could not keep Yi Gui Company shut down indefinitely.
• The bishop told Void that his group had used an ordinary believer to ambush a Contract Anomalist in E City.
• Void warned the bishop that Contract Anomalists could become strong enough to withstand powerful weapons, but the bishop insisted the target could not have survived the blast.
• The bishop offered Void special weapons, but Void refused and the bishop instead presented Divine Stones containing pure Weird energy.
• Void accepted the Divine Stones on behalf of the Calamity Organization, and the bishop said his group had also sent people to E City.

Shen Yu discovered that Chang Jianing, a newcomer’s sister, had infiltrated Headquarters to steal information for the Bishop, but her connection to him was cut off and she struggled to move around unnoticed. After Chang Jing came to meet her, she asked him to show her other parts of Headquarters, leaving her chance to reach restricted areas unresolved.

• Shen Yu spotted an anxious figure in the Headquarters map and learned that the person intended to steal the Contract Anomalists’ secrets for the Bishop.
• Void tried to learn the Anomaly Containment Association’s plans from the Bishop, who refused to reveal details until they obtained intelligence.
• Chang Jianing tried to contact the Bishop with a stone statue but could not reach him, then left her room with her family.
• A logistics staff member stopped Chang Jianing near the Research Department and escorted her back to the family rest area.
• Chang Jing came to meet Chang Jianing after training, and she asked him to take her to interesting places around Headquarters.

Chang Jianing went to the Headquarters entertainment area with Chang Jing and grew closer to Silver Willow, who sensed something abnormal about her. After Chang Jing escorted her back to the family rest area, the Supervision Department summoned him.

• Chang Jing took Chang Jianing to the entertainment area, where she chose the water park so she could approach other Contract Anomalists.
• Chang Jianing met Silver Willow, a C-Class Contract Anomalist from Amber Squad, and he helped her enjoy the water park attractions.
• Silver Willow sensed a concealed abnormality lingering on Chang Jianing but could not identify it.
• Chang Jing returned and introduced himself to Silver Willow, who examined Chang Jing and found no immediate irregularities.
• Chang Jing escorted Chang Jianing back to the family rest area, then received an order to report to the Supervision Department.

The Supervision Department investigated Chang Jing after a Contract Anomalist reported something unnatural about his younger sister, Chang Jianing. Zhang San exposed her devotion to the Mother of Birth and imprisoned her, while Chang Jing was released after investigators cleared him of suspicion.

• Ji Wu and the supervisors questioned Chang Jing about Chang Jianing's recent behavior, and Chang Jing recalled that she had unexpectedly asked to visit the entertainment district.
• Zhang San told Chang Jing that someone had reported something wrong with his sister and kept him at the Supervision Department while the investigation proceeded.
• Zhang San befriended Chang Jianing, confirmed her unnatural behavior, and arrested her.
• In the prison cell, Chang Jianing identified the stone statue as the Mother of Birth and fervently praised the deity, while Zhang San's smoke briefly cleared her mind.
• Zhang San concluded that Chang Jianing's mind had been contaminated, and Ji Wu suggested that she would need to change her faith before she could provide useful information.
• Chang Jianing remained imprisoned, and Chang Jing was released after being cleared of suspicion.

Bai Zuo interrogated Chang Jianing, a Church of Birth recruit who had infiltrated Headquarters, using his malice and Heart Gu to uncover her memories. Heart Gu revealed the bishop who had manipulated her and the statue he gave her, but Chang Jianing’s fate remained unresolved.

• Ji Wu brought Bai Zuo to question Chang Jianing, who was being held after Silver Willow detected something unusual about her and an idol was found on her.
• Bai Zuo’s malice stirred Chang Jianing’s buried distress and made her reveal her devotion to Mother of Birth.
• Heart Gu entered Chang Jianing’s mind and searched her memories for information about the Church of Birth.
• Bai Zuo saw the bishop who had promised Chang Jianing power and urged her to kill those who had bullied her.
• Bai Zuo learned that the bishop had given Chang Jianing a statue, told her to feed it a drop of blood each day, and used it to communicate with her and conceal her aura.

Bai Zuo used Heart Gu to enter Chang Jianing’s consciousness and confront the corruption caused by the Mother of Birth idol. When the idol released a dangerous blood mist, Ji Wu and Zhang San sealed Bai Zuo inside the cell, leaving him to link his mind to Chang Jianing’s and try to stop the force building within her.

• Heart Gu found Chang Jianing’s spiritual power entangled with the idol’s influence and pierced her abdomen to disrupt the abnormal energy.
• A blood mist burst from the statue, so Ji Wu and Zhang San escaped the cell and sealed Bai Zuo inside with it.
• Fu Zhang arrived, approved their decision, and took over guarding the cell.
• Bai Zuo used his Ghost Domain to hold back the blood mist while Chang Jianing’s body continued to build toward an unknown eruption.
• Bai Zuo persuaded Heart Gu to link their mental power to Chang Jianing’s so he could enter her consciousness.

Bai Zuo entered Chang Jianing’s consciousness to sever her connection to the statue of the Mother of Birth, which was transforming her into a vessel for monsters. Before he could free her, the Mother of Birth appeared and seized him, while Chang Jianing’s faith surged anew.

• Bai Zuo rode Heart Gu through the chaotic consciousness space and found Chang Jianing wrapped in tentacle-like limbs as the Mother of Birth’s influence grew stronger.
• Chang Jianing begged Bai Zuo to save her and explained that she had worshipped the Mother of Birth while seeking revenge, unaware that she was being manipulated.
• Bai Zuo uncovered how the bishop had targeted Chang Jianing, exploited her hardships, and used the statue to corrupt her.
• Bai Zuo approached Chang Jianing to sever her mental connection to the statue, but someone grabbed him from behind and trapped his arm in soft, clinging flesh.
• The Mother of Birth appeared in a beautiful, seductive form, resisted Heart Gu’s mental attack, and coiled around Bai Zuo.
• Chang Jianing recognized the Mother of Birth and felt a sharp pain as its fanatical faith surged through her.

The Mother of Birth invaded Chang Jianing’s and Bai Zuo’s minds, transforming Chang Jianing and trying to corrupt Bai Zuo. Bai Zuo unleashed Heart Gu’s vast stores of malice, contaminating the Mother of Birth and forcing Her to sever Her own arms to stop its spread.

• The Mother of Birth descended into Chang Jianing’s mental space as Bai Zuo tried to sever her connection to the idol, overwhelming both of them.
• Chang Jianing’s abdomen swelled as the Mother of Birth began turning her into a vessel for offspring, and she desperately struck her stomach.
• The Mother of Birth urged Chang Jianing to submit and warned Bai Zuo that he would be next while Her tentacles blocked Heart Gu’s attacks.
• Bai Zuo ordered Heart Gu to release its suppressed malice and absorb it from across the world, despite the danger it posed to him.
• The malice flooded into Bai Zuo and spread to the Mother of Birth through their contact, so She threw him away and severed both arms to halt its corruption.

Bai Zuo resisted the Mother of Birth’s attempt to corrupt him while trapped in Chang Jianing’s consciousness, and Shen Yu entered the cell to retrieve him. Shen Yu invaded Chang Jianing’s consciousness space, where she was still suffering through her transformation.

• Bai Zuo endured the malice of billions of people, forcing the Mother of Birth to turn its attention back to Chang Jianing.
• Fu Zhang prepared to open the sealed cell, while Shen Yu monitored Bai Zuo through the system and judged the Mother of Birth’s avatar to be stronger than SSS-Class.
• Shen Yu arrived at the cell, suppressed the blood mist, and entered without letting it affect him.
• Shen Yu found Bai Zuo standing with lifeless eyes and placed a hand on his shoulder.
• Shen Yu forcefully invaded Chang Jianing’s consciousness space as she struggled in agony without slowing her transformation.

Shen Yu stopped Mother of Birth from turning Chang Jianing into a monster and helped Bai Zuo survive the backlash. Headquarters contained the crisis and uncovered the Church of Birth’s planted pawns, while the church’s agents reached the ruins in E City unaware their scheme had failed.

• Shen Yu appeared in Chang Jianing’s consciousness, broke Mother of Birth’s hold, and severed Her connection to Chang Jianing.
• Shen Yu took on some of the malice affecting Bai Zuo, and Bai Zuo fainted after calling him Chairman.
• Shen Yu put Bai Zuo in a medical pod, and Ji Wu stayed to watch over him after learning his mental power was severely depleted.
• Headquarters searched the family members, confiscated dangerous objects, and isolated those who failed psychological evaluations.
• The Church of Birth’s planted pawns were removed, but its agents arrived at the ruined unfinished building in E City without realizing their scheme had been exposed.

Church of Birth followers searching the ruins for Mi Lan found a star-patterned crystal that opened a gate to the Eternal Star Zone, and one bewitched follower entered it. Chen Guangji arrived to investigate the disturbance and learned that the diggers were not Yi Gui Company employees.

• Church of Birth followers searched the collapsed building for Mi Lan's body but found a glowing crystal instead.
• The leader picked up the crystal, and it formed a gate after he called for the stars to take him back to the Eternal Star Zone.
• The bewitched leader rushed through the gate, while the other followers abandoned him and fled.
• Nearby people gathered at the scene, and Chen Guangji arrived with investigators to isolate the area.
• Chen Guangji's subordinates reported that surveillance showed the diggers were not Yi Gui Company employees.

Chen Guangji’s team investigated a crystal door that could influence people’s minds, while Yi Gui Company’s logistics staff used a new spacetime machine to connect to the world beyond it. The machine identified the destination as the Lost XZ2178 World and brought up a camera feed, though the chapter ended before anyone saw what was on it.

• Chen Guangji let investigator 1052 touch the crystal door, and 1052 heard a voice welcome him to the Wandering Star Zone and felt compelled to join it.
• The alarm on 1052’s monitoring device snapped him out of the urge, and he reported that the door’s influence ended when he let go.
• Chen Guangji concluded the door did not seem to lead to a horror Dungeon, then met Du Shi and the Yi Gui Company logistics team.
• Du Shi’s team set up the R&D department’s spacetime machine, which detected abnormal energy and identified the channel as leading to the Lost XZ2178 World.
• The logistics staff connected to a signal source and opened a camera feed from the other world.

Chen Guangji and Du Shi watched footage of Ozero, a Church of Birth cultist who had been transported through a gateway to another world. After Ozero tried to contact his church, his bishop ordered him to spread its faith there, but Ozero collapsed after wandering into a radiation zone.

• Chen Guangji recognized Ozero on the screen as one of the cultists seen near the unfinished building, and Du Shi identified the Church of Birth as the group behind the bombings in E City.
• Ozero used his blood to activate a statue and contacted a bishop, who told him to preach in the unfamiliar world rather than return at once.
• Ozero accepted the order and set out to find someone to convert to the Mother of Birth's faith.
• A masked person warned Ozero that he was in a radiation zone, but Ozero kept walking, became ill, and collapsed.
• Ozero woke inside a crude shelter, where Ming Chen from Zone G of the Wandering Star Zone asked where he was from and explained that the radiation zone could have killed him.

Ozero recovered in G District with Ming Chen’s help, scavenged for supplies, and eventually revealed that he belonged to the Church of Birth. Ming Chen recognized the church and said its divine child had recently appeared in A District.

• Ozero hid his Church of Birth identity while Ming Chen showed him how G District residents scavenged garbage to earn money for nutritional supplements.
• Chen Guangji monitored Ozero through the machine and learned that time passed inside the other world much faster than outside it.
• Ming Chen helped Ozero claim a secondhand smart optical computer, which Ozero found of little use because he could not access the StarNet.
• Ozero told Ming Chen that he was a believer of the Church of Birth and had come to change the Wandering Star Zone.
• Ming Chen said the Church of Birth had recently emerged in A District and that its divine child had descended there as the god’s representative.

Ozero learned that a Divine Son was being worshipped in Zone A and concluded that someone had impersonated the Church of Birth. Furious, he set out to expose the supposed impostor, while Ming Chen followed him across the dangerous wasteland.

• Ozero heard that a Divine Son had cured people in Area A and was revered by powerful figures there.
• Ozero reasoned that the Church of Birth had no Divine Son and feared that the pontiff would punish him for allowing one to appear.
• Ozero accused the Divine Son of blasphemy and told Ming Chen that only the Mother of Birth deserved worship.
• Ozero packed his belongings and headed for Zone A to expose the supposed conspiracy.
• Ming Chen packed his own supplies, put on a radiation-blocking mask, and followed Ozero out of Zone G.

Ming Chen followed Ozero through the wasteland toward A District, while Ozero used the idol’s power to defeat magical beasts and reached the district with help from adventurers. There, Ozero found a grand cathedral for the Church of Birth and resolved to expose its supposed impostor.

• Ming Chen left G District to follow Ozero toward the other star districts.
• Ozero fed his blood to the idol, gained immense strength, and crushed the magical beasts in his path.
• Chen Guangji questioned why the Church of Birth had appeared in A District, while Du Shi suspected it might be connected to Lord Mi Lan’s disappearance.
• Ozero reached A District aboard adventurers’ ship, thanked them, and gave them pendants bearing the Mother of Birth’s symbol.
• Ozero learned where the Church of Birth’s cathedral stood and arrived to find a vast, majestic building that enraged him.

Ozero entered the Elixir God’s church and witnessed believers perform a blood ritual that produced healing fruit, while he suspected the worship contradicted the Church of Birth’s faith. The ritual invoked the Star God, and a divine child appeared before the kneeling crowd.

• Ozero was pushed along with the believers and watched them pray and compete for seats in the church.
• Believers pricked their fingers and grew small red trees from drops of blood in white bowls.
• Ozero recalled the Church of Birth’s rituals and received a warning from the bishop, but he could not hear it clearly and stayed to observe.
• The believers chanted for the Star God to awaken, and a tree blossomed before producing a fruit that healed those who ate it.
• A solemnly robed divine child emerged and walked to the idol as the believers knelt and hailed him.

Mi Lan appeared as a revered divine child in the Wandering Star Zone, where Shen Yu sensed the region’s connection to Mi Lan’s origins and discovered its planet had been shattered. As Shen Yu questioned whether his portrayals had created the conscious Character Cards, he called on the system, which answered in its familiar voice.

• Ozero recognized Mi Lan as the Contract Anomalist he had believed died in the bombing, while Du Shi reported that Mi Lan had been found safe.
• Shen Yu sensed a force in the Wandering Star Zone calling to Mi Lan and investigated the region’s connection to his background.
• Shen Yu discovered that the Wandering Star Zone was a surviving fragment of a shattered planetary core whose inhabitants still lived normally.
• Shen Yu reflected on how his portrayals shaped Character Cards until they gained consciousness and wondered whether he had created them.
• Shen Yu called to the system, which answered him as Chairman.

Shen Yu questioned the system about the origins of the Character Cards and wondered whether he had once been its master, then examined the Headquarters technology tree and decided to save Construction Points. In the special scene, Ming Chen stopped Ozero from denouncing Mi Lan as a fake divine child, leaving Ozero with the news that the Star God had already recognized him.

• Shen Yu speculated that the Character Cards were based on people who had died and left traces of their consciousness in the system, but the system told him to investigate for himself and said he had always been its master.
• Shen Yu examined the Headquarters data, noticed an unlit technology icon that appeared related to spacetime, and decided to save Construction Points until he reached one hundred million.
• Shen Yu focused on Mi Lan, who sat atop the church in the guise of a divine child before his believers.
• Ozero prepared to expose Mi Lan as a fake, but Ming Chen arrived and dragged him away before he could speak.
• Ming Chen warned Ozero that the people of A District would attack anyone who questioned the divine child and said adventurers had reported that the Star God had acknowledged him.

Ming Chen learned that Ozero’s Church of Birth worshipped a different being called the Mother of Birth, not the Star God he had hoped would awaken and save the Wandering Star Zone. Ozero mistook the Divine Child and his miracles for a fraud and tried to recruit Ming Chen to help reclaim his lord’s glory, but Ming Chen refused to join a church that worshipped another Star God.

• Ming Chen told Ozero that the Church of Birth worshipped a Star God and had spread throughout the star zone.
• Ozero angrily declared that the church was an impostor and vowed to capture and burn the person he blamed for replacing the Mother of Birth.
• Ming Chen wondered who the Mother of Birth was and recalled his hope that the Star God would awaken and end the radiation that had killed his parents.
• Ozero decided the Divine Child was a Contract Anomalist faking miracles and planned to stage a grand ritual to prove his own faith’s power.
• Ozero offered Ming Chen wealth, status, power, and a longer life if he helped restore his lord’s glory, but Ming Chen would not join a church worshipping another Star God.