Recaps

Shen Yu enrolled Calamity and the Calamity Organization in the Anomaly Containment Association, assigning them to a new Action Department. Calamity chose to make their first mission investigating the anomalous energy fluctuations at headquarters, while Suffering Disaster arranged rooms for the others.

• Evil Mouth realized the Anomaly Containment Association was using the Calamity Organization to draw its hidden enemies into the open and resented the Great Leader for defecting.
• Shen Yu led the Calamity Organization through the disorderly headquarters and entered their information into the system.
• Shen Yu created the Action Department, appointed Calamity as its head and Evil Disaster and Suffering Disaster as deputy heads, and gave them Smart Brains.
• Calamity accepted the organization's first mission to sort out the disturbance at headquarters and sped toward the strongest anomalous energy fluctuations.
• Suffering Disaster checked the updated headquarters map and led the other members away to arrange their rooms.

Shen Yu recalled how conflict between Anomaly Tamers and ordinary people had fractured humanity’s resistance to the invading anomalies. As Anomaly Tamers were driven toward the Three Disasters Organization or destroyed in small groups, the future grew increasingly hopeless.

• Shen Yu remembered how his ideals and path had diverged from his companions’ years earlier.
• Anomaly Tamers and ordinary people became hostile to one another, leaving the world in a three-way standoff with the anomalies.
• Anomaly Tamers stopped helping ordinary people and raiding dungeons, allowing cities and regions to fall as the Horror Game’s invasion continued.
• Surviving Anomaly Tamers increasingly joined the Three Disasters Organization after facing rejection and prejudice.
• Small Anomaly Tamer groups were destroyed by national powers and criminal forces, and the anomalies inside them ran wild, killing countless people.

Shen Yu recalled the destruction of Blue Star and the people he had lost, then reunited with Evil Disaster after an unimaginably long time. Evil Disaster rejected Shen Yu’s greeting and challenged him to a fight.

• Shen Yu remembered how two of the Three Disasters turned against humanity and joined the battle against the Weird Gods when the Anomaly Containment Association was cornered.
• Disaster gave up his power and life to save Shen Yu, but Blue Star and its people were erased from existence.
• Shen Yu spent hundreds of millions of years trying to reverse the destruction or rebuild the world, but only his memories remained of those erased.
• Shen Yu greeted Evil Disaster as an old friend after seeing him again.
• Evil Disaster told Shen Yu not to give him that crap and demanded a fight.
• Shen Yu glanced at Evil Disaster’s attributes on the system panel.

Shen Yu agreed to spar with Evil Disaster in an underground training room, where he easily dodged Evil Disaster’s fiery punch and sent him crashing into the wall with a single blow. The spar left Evil Disaster overwhelmed by the gap between their strength.

• Shen Yu and Evil Disaster went to an underground training room at Headquarters to spar.
• Evil Disaster ignited his body with flames exceeding ten thousand degrees Celsius and punched at Shen Yu.
• Shen Yu casually dodged the punch and showed no sign of being affected by the heat.
• Evil Disaster blocked Shen Yu’s seemingly soft punch, but its force sent him flying into the wall.

Shen Yu effortlessly injured Evil Disaster, who was shaken by the vast gap between them and began to suspect that he had forgotten a great deal of time. Shen Yu wondered whether the blow had awakened fragments of Evil Disaster’s lost memories.

• Evil Disaster spat blood after Shen Yu’s precise strike pierced his palm and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Evil Disaster realized he could not sense Shen Yu’s limits and that Shen Yu had held back enough to avoid killing him.
• Evil Disaster questioned why Shen Yu had become so indifferent and wondered what he had forgotten.
• Evil Disaster’s agitation worsened his wounds and caused his anomalous energy to riot.
• Shen Yu suspected that the pain might have awakened fragments of Evil Disaster’s memories.

Evil Disaster questioned Shen Yu about the inconsistencies in his memories and the Anomaly Containment Association’s timeline, but Shen Yu gave him no answers. After Evil Disaster left to investigate the energy fluctuations, Shen Yu teleported to the laboratory, where staff watched an Executive Officer’s loss of control on a screen.

• Evil Disaster challenged Shen Yu about whether he had restarted the world or rewound time and accused him of keeping the truth from him.
• Evil Disaster left the training room despite his injuries, which rapidly healed as he headed toward the energy fluctuations.
• Shen Yu teleported upstairs to the laboratory after its occupants had been evacuated.
• Researchers’ instruments continued monitoring the laboratory, and evacuated staff watched the situation on a large screen.
• Headquarters personnel learned that an Execution Department Executive Officer, a Contract Anomalist, had lost control.

Disaster discovered an Anomaly Artifact showing Fu Zhang, an executor of the Anomaly Containment Association. In a world abandoned by God, Shattered Soul saw that even a remote forest was teeming with mutated monsters.

• Disaster entered the laboratory after sensing a weak fluctuation of Weird energy.
• Disaster found a mirror that radiated Weird energy, and it projected an image of Fu Zhang onto a wall.
• Disaster recognized Fu Zhang as an executor of the Anomaly Containment Association and watched the image to assess his strength.
• Shattered Soul killed a mutated monster and watched dozens of others rush in to devour its corpse.
• Shattered Soul realized that the number of mutated monsters in a remote forest was what troubled him, not the danger they posed.

Shattered Soul reflected on why Contract Anomalists had to contain Weird and preserve human civilization before setting off to investigate the world. Fu Zeyu also found himself alone in the wilderness, where he planned to search for signs of human habitation.

• Shattered Soul recalled his senior's warning that unchecked Weird would destroy civilizations and eventually leave Contract Anomalists fighting alone.
• Shattered Soul reaffirmed that they had to protect humanity's future and leaped through the woods to assess the world's situation.
• Fu Zeyu woke up alone and wondered whether Fu Zhang and Absolute Boundary had been separated from him.
• The Everchanging Demon Lord killed a mutated monster that attacked Fu Zeyu.
• Fu Zeyu decided to look for a place where people lived.

Fu Zeyu found himself alone in an unfamiliar, apparently ancient world and discovered another Contract Anomalist nearby. After connecting with Shattered Soul, an S-rank Contract Anomalist from the Supervision Department, Fu Zeyu sent his location and hid in a tree to wait.

• Fu Zeyu searched for people and asked Smart Brain to connect to the world's network, but it found no network.
• Fu Zeyu headed toward a river, hoping to find signs of human habitation.
• Smart Brain detected a nearby Contract Anomalist, but Fu Zeyu could not connect because his authorization level was too low.
• Shattered Soul learned of Fu Zeyu and approved a connection, introducing himself as an S-rank Contract Anomalist in the Supervision Department.
• Fu Zeyu introduced himself as an A-rank Contract Anomalist in the Execution Department and sent Shattered Soul his location.
• Fu Zeyu climbed into a large tree and hid while waiting.

Shattered Soul reunited with Fu Zeyu in a world overrun by mutated monsters and found no living people in the villages and town they crossed. As more monsters gathered, Shattered Soul began clearing them out while Fu Zeyu stood ready with Everchanging Demon Lord.

• Shattered Soul followed Fu Zeyu's aura to a tree and reunited with him.
• Shattered Soul warned Fu Zeyu that the world had unusually few animals and many mutated monsters.
• Shattered Soul and Fu Zeyu traveled through empty villages, farmland, and a town filled with mutated monsters.
• Shattered Soul asked whether Fu Zeyu could protect himself, and Fu Zeyu summoned Everchanging Demon Lord.
• Shattered Soul charged into the streets and slaughtered the monsters drawn by the scent of blood.
• Several dozen mutated monsters spotted Fu Zeyu standing alone across the street.

Fu Zeyu and Shattered Soul fought through a town overrun by mutated monsters, many of which had once been human. After clearing the town, they found a house where they could rest for the night.

• Fu Zeyu recalled how the Anomaly Containment Association had saved the people he cared about from the fate of becoming monsters, and reaffirmed his resolve to protect them.
• Fu Zeyu's Everchanging Demon Lord smashed the mutated monsters attacking him.
• Shattered Soul killed monsters until he had slain three thousand and the town was cleared.
• Shattered Soul suggested that he and Fu Zeyu find somewhere to rest and recover, and Fu Zeyu agreed.
• The two entered a wooden house, used well water to wash off the blood, and boiled water over the remaining firewood.

Fu Zeyu and Shattered Soul struggled to make a meal with the limited supplies in the strange town, then explored it for clues. Shattered Soul concluded that the town had been corrupted only a few months earlier and had not been abandoned for long.

• Fu Zeyu reflected on Contract Anomalists’ benefits and his wish to save enough contribution points for an A-grade Ghost Artifact.
• Shattered Soul found wheat and beans and cooked a difficult-to-eat porridge for them.
• Fu Zeyu vowed to keep his backpack with him even while eating after being caught without supplies.
• After resting, Fu Zeyu and Shattered Soul searched the town for clues.
• Shattered Soul judged from the signs of life and thin layer of Gray that the town had been corrupted only a few months earlier.

Fu Zeyu and Shattered Soul explored an Empty City and found a map to nearby towns. After seeing the destruction left by the Weird, Fu Zeyu struggled to contain his hatred, while Shattered Soul marked him as a potential criminal; they then decided to investigate the nearby towns.

• Fu Zeyu praised Shattered Soul, who reflected that Fu Zeyu seemed unusually sunny for a Contract Anomalist.
• Fu Zeyu surveyed the ruined town and imagined the ordinary lives the Weird had destroyed.
• Fu Zeyu's hatred for the Weird intensified as he remembered the city and loved ones he had once protected.
• Shattered Soul mistook Fu Zeyu's anger for signs he might become dangerous and secretly labeled him a potential criminal.
• Fu Zeyu told Shattered Soul they had found a map to nearby towns, and Shattered Soul agreed to investigate them.

Fu Zeyu and Shattered Soul searched several towns in the strange world but found no survivors, then followed signals to meet two other Contract Anomalists. They found Terminus standing blankly and Absolute Boundary asleep, and the chapter ended with Absolute Boundary telling Fu Zeyu to stop making noise.

• Fu Zeyu and Shattered Soul traveled through several towns, clearing out mutated monsters and finding no living people.
• Fu Zeyu wondered whether the world's civilization had been destroyed, and Shattered Soul pointed out signals from two Anomaly Containment Association members.
• Fu Zeyu and Shattered Soul followed the signals and met Terminus and Absolute Boundary.
• Terminus explained that he had been pulled into the world shortly after Shattered Soul and had not seen him.
• Fu Zeyu rushed to Absolute Boundary, who shoved him away and told him to stop making noise because he wanted to sleep.

Fu Zeyu carried the exhausted Absolute Boundary while Shattered Soul and Terminus discussed the deserted towns and the world’s severe pollution. They learned that Fu Zhang was the remaining Contract Anomalist they needed to find, and Terminus criticized him for losing control at Headquarters.

• Absolute Boundary refused to keep walking, so Fu Zeyu carried him on his back and promised to keep him safe.
• Shattered Soul and Terminus noted that the nearby towns they had visited were deserted and that the world’s pollution was severe.
• Terminus asked whether other Contract Anomalists had fallen into the world, and Shattered Soul said Fu Zhang was the one still missing.
• Terminus criticized Fu Zhang for losing control inside Headquarters, and Fu Zeyu felt embarrassed because he could offer no explanation.

Fu Zeyu and the others found a large, fortified city that appeared to preserve a surviving population, but they lacked local currency to enter. Absolute Boundary revealed that he had plenty of treasure, leaving the group with a way to pay their way into the city.

• Fu Zeyu and the others continued searching for Fu Zhang and spotted signs of recent human activity along a well-maintained road.
• Shattered Soul saw a large city protected by a wide moat and guarded gates, and the group judged that it likely held tens of thousands of people.
• Shattered Soul considered entering the city with their employee cards, but the group realized they had no local currency.
• Fu Zeyu searched Absolute Boundary for something valuable, and Absolute Boundary produced several boxes filled with gold, silver, jewels, and jade.
• Absolute Boundary explained that a dragon had given him the treasures after he helped her lay several eggs.

Fu Zeyu and the others prepared money and disguised themselves as townspeople before approaching a city to seek refuge. The soldiers stopped them at the gate and sent for a superior to verify their travel permits.

• Absolute Boundary admitted he had stored many boxes of money, and Terminus questioned him for earlier claiming he had brought nothing.
• Fu Zeyu crushed silver coins into twelve balls and gave three to each person, then asked Absolute Boundary to store the remaining boxes.
• The four disguised themselves as local townspeople and walked from the woods toward the city.
• Soldiers on the walls aimed their weapons at them and demanded to know who they were.
• Fu Zeyu's group said they were townspeople seeking refuge and claimed to have travel permits; a soldier went to report to his superior.

Fu Zeyu and his companions entered the city by basket and had their identities checked. The soldiers assigned them jobs, leaving Shattered Soul and Terminus carrying sacks while Fu Zeyu became an accountant who would accompany teams outside.

• Fu Zeyu put Absolute Boundary in the basket, and the soldiers hauled him over the wall and verified his employee ID.
• The soldiers brought Fu Zeyu and the others down from the wall and asked about their skills before assigning work.
• Shattered Soul said he could hunt fugitives, and Terminus said he was a good fighter, so the soldier assigned both of them to carry sacks.
• Fu Zeyu said he could read and do arithmetic, and the soldier assigned him as an accountant on teams going outside.

Absolute Boundary claimed he knew how to farm when a soldier asked what work he could do in the food-strapped city. Fu Zeyu, Shattered Soul, and Terminus wondered whether he was serious, and the soldier appeared to believe him.

• A soldier asked Absolute Boundary what skills he had to earn a living in the city.
• Fu Zeyu assumed Absolute Boundary had no useful skills, and the soldier suggested farm work or manual labor.
• Absolute Boundary said he knew how to farm, surprising Fu Zeyu, Shattered Soul, and Terminus.
• Shattered Soul and Terminus reflected that Absolute Boundary’s abilities were highly classified within the Anomaly Containment Association.
• Fu Zeyu wondered if Absolute Boundary was merely bluffing as the soldier took his claim seriously.

Absolute Boundary claimed he could farm, so a soldier led him and the others to a field inside the city. Fu Zeyu feared their lack of farming skills would be exposed, then learned that the city also relied on risky farming beyond its walls.

• Fu Zeyu realized that ancient soldiers could not threaten the Contract Anomalists, and Absolute Boundary confidently claimed he knew how to farm.
• A soldier took Absolute Boundary, Shattered Soul, Terminus, and Fu Zeyu to a problem field while Fu Zeyu worried they would soon be exposed.
• The soldier explained that the small field inside the city was used to cultivate improved seeds because farming outside was dangerous.
• Fu Zeyu asked how people reached the land outside the walls, and the soldier described the rear gate, chainway, and boats below.
• Fu Zeyu said that the group had crossed the river by swimming.

Absolute Boundary impressed the city’s elderly farmers by diagnosing problems in their fields and teaching them how to improve their crops. They offered him food and lodging to stay and help, and Fu Zeyu joined them for a simple meal.

• Absolute Boundary entered the fields after a soldier suggested he could help with the crops.
• The elderly farmers dismissed him, but Absolute Boundary examined the soil and began correcting the problem.
• The farmers watched Absolute Boundary work and realized their methods had been wrong.
• The elderly farmers took over the work while Absolute Boundary gave them instructions, then invited him to stay with food and lodging.
• Fu Zeyu and Absolute Boundary sat down to eat the farmers’ fresh vegetables and watery soup.

Fu Zeyu ate with the elderly farmers and learned about the city’s work and hunting groups. After hearing one old man claim he had once witnessed a god, Fu Zeyu questioned him for details, suspecting the being might be connected to the mutated monsters.

• Fu Zeyu praised the rice and chatted with the elderly farmers about how people in the city worked to survive.
• Shattered Soul and Terminus joined the hunting party, while Fu Zeyu joined an expedition team.
• An old man lit incense at a shrine and told Fu Zeyu he had seen a god perform miracles when he was young.
• Fu Zeyu asked the old man what the god looked like and where he had seen it, hoping the memory would help him find the entity behind the mutated monsters.
• The elderly men debated whether gods existed and whether faith gave people hope in miserable times.

Fu Zeyu urged the elders to seek crops that could yield far more than their current staples, and Absolute Boundary produced sweet potatoes and potatoes. The elders rushed to raise seedlings, hopeful that the crops could feed their people.

• The elders objected to Fu Zeyu pursuing dangerous miracles, while the old gentleman admitted he might have been mistaken about what he saw long ago.
• Absolute Boundary argued that the group should find crops yielding over five hundred jin per mu instead of slowly improving wheat, millet, and rice.
• Fu Zeyu wondered whether sweet potatoes and potatoes had been introduced yet, and Absolute Boundary pulled both from his pocket.
• Fu Zeyu stopped the others from eating the raw tubers, explaining they were more valuable as seed.
• Absolute Boundary explained how to raise seedlings and said sweet potatoes and potatoes could yield several thousand jin per mu, prompting the elders to hurry off and plant them.

Fu Zeyu and the others settled into a safer, better-furnished house after surveying the city, where they learned about the residents’ hunger and hardship. Shattered Soul and Terminus stayed on guard while Fu Zeyu slept, wary that the grim conditions might trigger an episode in him.

• Fu Zeyu considered how the Anomaly Containment Association might eventually support the city by supplying seeds and buying its grain.
• The group learned that the hunting party might return that day or the next, then went back to their assigned house and found it cleaner and better furnished than expected.
• Shattered Soul and Terminus told Fu Zeyu and Absolute Boundary to sleep while they took turns keeping watch.
• Absolute Boundary fell asleep immediately, while Fu Zeyu wondered why the two seniors remained so vigilant.
• Shattered Soul and Terminus worried that the starving residents’ suffering might provoke Fu Zeyu into a dangerous episode.

Fu Zeyu saw the hardship ordinary people faced and accepted Shattered Soul's advice not to take on more than he could manage. The hunting team returned with a plentiful haul, but one family anxiously searched for a missing hunter, Xiao Mian.

• Fu Zeyu felt distressed by the city's poverty, and Shattered Soul reminded him that survival and finding the Executor came before trying to save everyone.
• Fu Zeyu said he would not overextend himself and would help reduce casualties when he could.
• The hunting team returned to the rear city gate with boars, birds, a deer, and hundreds of rabbits.
• A hunter's family member searched the returning group and called out for Xiao Mian.