Recaps

Tang Hou tried to join the Anomaly Containment Association and was promptly recruited to write an incident report, while Bai Zuo erased witnesses’ memories and the authorities reinforced the border against overseas contamination. In Grant Nation, Skywing A found a city overrun by contaminated people and learned the source had moved elsewhere.

• Tang Hou used online analysis to signal his allegiance to the Anomaly Containment Association, then defended his computer against its hacking attempt before asking to join.
• Bai Zuo accepted Tang Hou and assigned him to write a detailed report using surveillance footage and information about the incident.
• Bai Zuo cleaned up the network and erased the memories of the people at the scene, while Brother Zeng and the others drove away without understanding what had happened.
• Kong Yubo and his team watched the Association finish its cleanup, then left to reinforce the border as people fled overseas contamination toward the Xia Kingdom.
• Skywing A surveyed a ruined city in Grant Nation, found it filled with contaminated people, and discovered that the source had moved to another city.

Shen Yu rescued Evil Mouth and Love Resentment, then used Skywing A and Nameless Bird to destroy a city overrun by anomalies. The officials of the Grant Nation watched the city become ruins and saw Shen Yu hovering above it.

• Shen Yu treated Evil Mouth and Love Resentment’s injuries, ordered Evil Mouth to gather information discreetly, and returned to Headquarters.
• Shen Yu searched the technology tree for a way to find anomalies but found only technology that detected anomalous auras.
• Shen Yu directed Nameless Bird to create a tornado that swept through the contaminated city and destroyed its monsters and buildings.
• The Grant Nation’s officials watched the city’s destruction on satellite images and saw the tornado dissipate without spreading elsewhere.
• The officials zoomed in on Skywing A hovering over the ruins, and Shen Yu looked toward the camera.

Skywing A destroyed corrupted areas across several cities while searching for the anomaly’s source, and the officials decided to offer Contract Anomalists support and special privileges. He tracked the strongest anomalous presence to an apartment building and reached the sixth floor.

• Skywing A greeted the officials through the satellite footage and ended their surveillance, leaving them terrified.
• The officials agreed to befriend Contract Anomalists, provide rare resources and special privileges, and cooperate with their organization.
• Skywing A traveled through several cities and swiftly eliminated corrupted people and anomalies, frightening uninvolved witnesses.
• An order from the upper authorities prevented local officials from interfering with Skywing A’s purge.
• Skywing A followed the strongest anomalous presence into an apartment building and climbed to the sixth floor.

Skywing a confronted Daphne after discovering that the girl had been replaced by an eerie, while her mother Daisy tried to protect her. Daphne escaped their home and learned that the humans she had infested had been exterminated, though she still had eggs left behind.

• Daisy denied that anything was wrong with Daphne and tried to shut the door on Skywing a, who forced his way inside.
• Skywing a cut through Daphne’s bedroom door, and Daphne dodged the attack as Daisy begged him not to hurt her.
• Daphne lunged to protect Daisy, but Skywing a restrained her mother and fought off the bugs Daphne unleashed.
• Daphne transformed into a monster, frightening Daisy into fainting, then escaped through a window and rolled down from the high-rise.
• Daphne called for the humans she had infested, but Skywing a told her they had been exterminated, and she realized she had left eggs behind.

Skywing A fought the Insect Mother Daphne after it threatened to spread insect eggs through the groundwater, then contained it when Daisy’s grief left it unable to resist. The Insect Swarm Dungeon was conquered and closed, ending the contamination crisis in Taland.

• The Insect Mother threatened to release its groundwater eggs, but Skywing A continued attacking it.
• The Insect Mother drove insects toward nearby people and broadcast its threat, causing panic online.
• Skywing A said the Anomaly Containment Association would contain the Insect Mother rather than destroy it.
• Daisy confronted the creature and begged it to return her daughter, leaving the Insect Mother stunned and unresisting.
• Skywing A contained the Insect Mother in a Anomaly Cage, and Daisy collapsed in grief.
• The Insect Swarm Dungeon was permanently closed after Skywing A cleared it, ending Taland’s contamination crisis.

After Grant Nation’s pollution crisis ended, Contract Anomalists gained international recognition, but Shen Yu remained focused on a reward he had received: a Zerg broodmother nest containing a sleeping queen. He realized Heart Gu could control the intelligent insect queen, leaving him with a way to harness the Zerg instead of risking them awakening unchecked.

• Grant Nation’s recovery and its new safety buff made Contract Anomalists more valuable to nations seeking protection from Weird entities.
• Shen Yu inspected his Horror Game reward, a living-looking insect nest, and learned from the Anomaly Containment System that it was a Zerg broodmother nest with a sleeping queen inside.
• Shen Yu learned the queen could rapidly breed Zerg and plunder resources, making the nest a dangerous reward without information or a way to control her.
• Shen Yu concluded that Heart Gu’s Mind Control could control the intelligent Zerg queen, then entered the nest and found her sleeping.

Shen Yu controlled the sleeping Insect Queen and stored her nest beneath Headquarters, planning to raise insectoid armies once he had enough resources. He then used fifty consecutive draws to recruit employees and obtain several high-ranking Character Cards, leaving Headquarters better staffed.

• Shen Yu used Mind Control to make the Insect Queen Heart Gu’s loyal puppet, then decided to leave her asleep until he could afford to cultivate her.
• Shen Yu placed the insect nest in a warehouse beneath the Headquarters Building and resolved to eventually invade the Weird World from the Source World.
• Shen Yu spent 50,000 Construction Points on fifty draws and obtained employee cards, an S-level researcher, and Character Cards for Wu, Mi Lan, Bei Mu, Xu, and Wang Qing.
• Shen Yu assigned the new employees to Headquarters, branch offices, Yi Gui Company, the Research Department, and Vaser Dungeon, naming the S-level researcher deputy head of Research.
• Shen Yu discovered an A-rank transportation employee could operate vehicles ranging from trains to cargo ships and transport planes, and planned to use him for overseas trade.

Shen Yu used the A-rank Character Card for Bei Mu, a wealth-obsessed head of sales whose power could bring riches and buy anything. After setting up Bei Mu’s associated characters, Shen Yu called Yi Gui Company, where manager Dong Heng learned that Bei Mu was coming to inspect the workplace.

• Shen Yu opened Bei Mu’s A-rank Character Card and learned about his wealth-based power and three-legged golden toad Contract Weird.
• Shen Yu used the card, took control of Bei Mu, and adjusted to his overwhelming desire to collect and possess wealth.
• Shen Yu examined Bei Mu’s lavish appearance and decided that Ling Hanyu, Heavenly Dragon, and Song Shi would be his associated characters.
• Shen Yu set the associated characters’ personalities and backgrounds, then called Yi Gui Company.
• Dong Heng answered the call and learned that Bei Mu would personally inspect the employees’ working environment.

Dong Heng prepared the Yi Gui Company branch for a visit from the Sales Department chief, while employees speculated about the visitor. Bei Mu arrived at the company in a convoy of luxury cars, accompanied by Heavenly Dragon and a group of black-suited men.

• Dong Heng apologized to Deputy Director Ling over the phone, then told the receptionist to prepare for the Sales Department chief's arrival.
• The receptionist tidied the front desk and warned employees in their group chat that a leader was coming to inspect the branch.
• Employees discussed the visitor and praised the Contract Anomalists while continuing their work.
• A convoy of luxury cars pulled up outside the Yi Gui Company building, drawing the employees and passersby to the windows.
• Heavenly Dragon opened the lead car's door, and Bei Mu stepped out and ordered his entourage to go inside.

Bei Mu arrived at Yi Gui Company's branch with Ling Hanyu and ordered her to buy the commercial building before handing her control of branch operations. The employees learned that Heavenly Dragon was a Contract Anomalist serving as Bei Mu's bodyguard, highlighting Bei Mu's special status within the Anomaly Containment Association.

• Ling Hanyu joined Bei Mu at the commercial building, and Bei Mu ordered her to purchase it using funds from the Sales Department account.
• Bei Mu arrived at Yi Gui Company, reviewed Dong Heng's documents, and put Ling Hanyu in charge of the branch's operations.
• Dong Heng accepted Bei Mu's decision without objection, while Zhao Hun and Zhang Lin wondered why he was not angry.
• Jiang Tianzong explained that Contract Anomalists held high status and that the Sales Department head had a special position.
• Jiang Tianzong pointed out Heavenly Dragon as a Contract Anomalist serving as Bei Mu's bodyguard, shocking Zhao Hun and Zhang Lin.

Bei Mu announced a founding celebration for Yi Gui Company and raised the employees’ salaries, winning their approval with his first moves as the new leader. Zhang Lin continued trying to draw Xu Zhou out of his numbness, while Dong Heng discussed hiring more staff to support the Contract Anomalists.

• Zhang Lin and Zhao Hun wondered why a powerful Contract Anomalist had been assigned to guard Bei Mu, and Zhao Hun guessed that Bei Mu was valuable because he was good at making money.
• Bei Mu announced that Yi Gui Company would hold a founding celebration that night, and Zhao Hun persuaded Jiang Tianzong and Xu Zhou to attend.
• Zhang Lin encouraged Xu Zhou to join the gathering and reflected on the agreement with Bai Zuo that seemed to have left Xu Zhou emotionally numb.
• Bei Mu ordered Dong Heng to raise all current employees’ salaries by half, and Dong Heng recorded the change.
• Dong Heng asked whether the company should hire more applicants, and Bei Mu left the decision to him as Dong Heng noted that clerical staff might need to be recruited from war-torn countries.

Bei Mu defended his past conduct and ordered recruitment without regard for cost, prompting Supervisor Song to warn him against violating the Human Ethics Regulations. After Song Shi and Ji Wu exchanged greetings, Ji Wu told the employees that Bei Mu had once earned nearly eighty percent of the Anomaly Containment Association’s fortune.

• Bei Mu told Dong Heng to recruit people without worrying about money, and his Character Perfection increased by five percent.
• Song Shi confronted Bei Mu and warned him that his actions in Abandoned City had nearly violated the Human Ethics Regulations.
• Bei Mu defended enslaving Abandoned City residents, frightening the employees who overheard him.
• Ji Wu arrived and greeted Song Shi and Bei Mu before returning to his office.
• Zhang Lin asked Ji Wu about Bei Mu, and Ji Wu revealed that Bei Mu had earned nearly eighty percent of the Anomaly Containment Association’s fortune.

Jiang Tianzong and Ji Wu described the Anomaly Containment Association’s vast reach and Bei Mu’s wealth, while Du Jiashi, Zhao Hun, and Zhang Lin asked when they could attempt to become Contract Anomalists. That night, Bei Mu’s company arrived at a five-star hotel he had booked for their gathering.

• Jiang Tianzong explained that the Anomaly Containment Association spanned countless worlds and that Bei Mu earned most of its wealth.
• Ji Wu shared rumors that the Association could travel through time, and the newcomers learned why Contract Anomalists had been assigned to protect Bei Mu.
• Du Jiashi, Zhao Hun, and Zhang Lin told Ji Wu they were willing to risk forming contracts with Weirds, and Ji Wu said Headquarters would arrange the attempts after its current work was done.
• Bei Mu booked out Year's Dawn for a company gathering, and the employees traveled there together by bus.
• The hotel staff welcomed the employees respectfully as they arrived.

Bei Mu arrived at the hotel with Ling Hanyu and a convoy of bodyguards, then complained about Yi Gui Company's lack of employee perks despite its unusually high wages. After Ling Hanyu reminded him of the Chairman's assignment, Bei Mu chose a stock for Croak Croak to draw wealth toward.

• The lobby manager welcomed the guests and waited for the person in charge to arrive.
• Bei Mu arrived at the hotel with Ling Hanyu and a convoy of luxury vehicles and bodyguards.
• Bei Mu criticized Yi Gui Company for not providing cars and formal attire to its employees, while Ling Hanyu explained that their wages were already high.
• Ling Hanyu reminded Bei Mu that the Chairman had tasked him with making Yi Gui Company a giant, and Bei Mu's attitude softened when she praised his abilities.
• Ling Hanyu showed Bei Mu a list of stocks, and he chose one without looking as Croak Croak opened its eyes and drew toward wealth.

Bei Mu used his contract ability to invest Yi Gui Company’s money in a stock, setting the company on a path toward immense wealth. At the company banquet, Deng Xiaorui approached Xi Jing, who reminded her that Contract Anomalists were ordinary people who had gained abilities.

• Bei Mu activated Money Can Move the Gods, and Ling Hanyu invested the company’s available funds in the stock he chose.
• The hotel lobby manager led Bei Mu and Ling Hanyu to their lavish banquet, while system messages recorded Bei Mu’s increased Character Perfection and the spread of the Anomaly Containment Association’s existence.
• Yi Gui Company’s employees enjoyed the banquet, while Xi Jing sat apart from the others.
• Deng Xiaorui admired Xi Jing and, encouraged by Yang Su, went over to ask to add her as a friend.
• Xi Jing accepted Deng Xiaorui’s request and explained that she had become a Contract Anomalist because she wanted to survive, not because she had a grand ideal.

Xi Jing, Deng Xiaorui, and Yang Su grew closer as they chatted, while Ge Yi noticed Xu Zhou's alarming weight loss and showed concern. Xu Zhou realized his relentless training and missions had left him severely depleted, and Ge Yi left looking as though he had made a decision.

• Xi Jing and Deng Xiaorui toasted to a better tomorrow, then chatted with Yang Su and laughed together.
• Yi Gui Company's employees saw Xi Jing enjoying the conversation and approached the newcomers to offer support.
• Ge Yi brought Xu Zhou shelled hairy crab and asked whether his recent missions or training had caused him to lose weight.
• Xu Zhou realized that his lack of sleep and nonstop training and missions had left him dangerously thin, then apologized out of habit.
• Ge Yi silently brought Xu Zhou more nutritious food and left with a resolute expression, while Zhang Lin noticed Xu Zhou's worsening condition.

Zhang Lin worried about Xu Zhou’s worsening exhaustion, while Bei Mu turned the company banquet into a dance and charmed the employees. The story then showed Bei Mu taking control of Yi Gui Company and rapidly expanding its business through a string of successful deals.

• Zhang Lin noticed Xu Zhou’s dark circles, urged him to rest, and told him to visit the medical room after the banquet.
• Bei Mu arrived at the banquet and ordered a dance floor and band set up.
• Bei Mu invited Yang Su to dance, but Ling Hanyu stopped his teasing before inviting him herself.
• Bei Mu and Ling Hanyu danced a waltz while employees watched and speculated about their relationship.
• Bei Mu took charge of Yi Gui Company and won contracts and profits, quickly multiplying the company’s funds.

Bei Mu went downstairs to confront a group demanding ten million in compensation after his company reported and shut down the bald man’s business. The bald man threatened to keep disrupting Yi Gui Company, and the chapter ended with Bei Mu facing his demand.

• Deng Xiaorui told Ling Hanyu that people were causing trouble in the lobby and demanding to see Bei Mu.
• Ling Hanyu alerted Bei Mu, who finished his game, paid his teammates, and went downstairs with Heavenly Dragon and the company’s employees.
• Bei Mu found Zhuang Hu protecting the receptionist while the bald man’s group demanded access to the company leaders.
• The bald man accused Bei Mu’s company of reporting his business, demanded ten million in compensation, and threatened to keep causing trouble.
• Bei Mu asked how the bald man’s debt was his responsibility, while the receptionist watched the bald man with pity.

Bei Mu faced a violent compensation demand, but Heavenly Dragon protected him from both the attackers and a sniper. The company’s armed employees captured the assassin while Baldy and his companions watched in terror.

• Bei Mu refused to pay Baldy, and Wealth Reaches the Gods secretly swallowed a golden thread from him.
• Baldy lunged at Bei Mu, but Heavenly Dragon broke his hand, and Bei Mu ordered the black-suited employees to throw the group outside.
• A sniper fired at Bei Mu, but Heavenly Dragon caught and crushed the bullet before the employees went after the assassin.
• Baldy and his companions froze when they saw the employees carrying guns.
• The One fled down the building’s stairwell, but armed employees cornered and wounded him before pinning him down.

Bei Mu called in Bai Zuo to interrogate the captured assassin, who had claimed he did not know who hired him. Bai Zuo’s threat broke the assassin’s resolve, and he agreed to reveal the darknet bounty details.

• The assassin was taken to Yi Gui Company’s interrogation room, where he insisted he did not know who had hired him.
• Bei Mu called Bai Zuo and persuaded him to return by mentioning the stubborn assassin.
• Bei Mu directed Ling Hanyu to manage the shooting’s aftermath by handling the police, surveillance, and witnesses.
• Bai Zuo arrived and threatened to suffocate the assassin with layers of wet tissues.
• The terrified assassin agreed to reveal the bounty poster’s darknet ID and contact code.

Bai Zuo tortured an assassin with wet paper and psychological pressure until the man was ready to confess. He learned the assassin’s family was being held hostage and offered to help protect them in exchange for a straightforward explanation.

• Bai Zuo pressed wet paper over the assassin’s face and threatened to continue torturing him, despite the assassin’s offer to confess.
• Bai Zuo inferred that the assassin feared for his family, and the assassin’s reactions confirmed that the darknet was holding them hostage.
• The assassin decided to offer false information rather than endanger his family, but Bai Zuo warned that he could identify and find them through surveillance and other technology.
• Bai Zuo promised that his legitimate company could help resolve the threat to the assassin’s family if the assassin explained everything.
• The assassin asked whether Bai Zuo could really save his family, and Bai Zuo reminded him of the company’s capabilities.

Bai Zuo interrogated an assassin, unlocked the Mind Barrier ability, and then agreed to travel to meet an online friend who had sent him a strange photo. Ji Wu arranged to accompany him with Jiang Tianzong and Xu Zhou, whose worsening condition remained unresolved.

• The assassin revealed everything he knew after Bai Zuo caught a sniper round, and Bai Zuo unlocked the Mind Barrier ability when his Character Perfection reached 58%.
• Bai Zuo read a message from Heart's Bloom, who asked whether revenge was justified and sent him a photo after mentioning demons and a strange sighting.
• Bai Zuo told Ji Wu he wanted to travel to meet his online friend, and Ji Wu bought tickets for himself and Bai Zuo.
• Ji Wu invited Jiang Tianzong and Xu Zhou to join the trip, while leaving the other recruits at the branch to train.
• Ji Wu worried that Xu Zhou had been sleeping poorly, but Xu Zhou refused Bai Zuo's offer to solve his problem and said he wanted to become useful rather than remain weak.

Ji Wu took Bai Zuo, Xu Zhou, and Jiang Tianzong to Dangxi City, where Bai Zuo planned to meet his online friend, Heart's Bloom. While Ji Wu and the others went to investigate an anomaly, Bai Zuo reached the friend’s home and witnessed Yang Yu being bullied and robbed.

• Ji Wu ordered Xu Zhou and Jiang Tianzong to accompany him and Bai Zuo on a trip out of Anyang City, and the group traveled by high-speed train to Dangxi City.
• Bai Zuo hacked his online friend’s phone to obtain their location, then led the group toward Heart’s Bloom’s home.
• The group detected an anomalous aura near a small town, and Ji Wu took Xu Zhou and Jiang Tianzong to search for the anomaly while Bai Zuo went on alone.
• Bai Zuo arrived at a self-built house and hid on its wall as Yang Yu came out to buy soy sauce for his mother.
• Several people surrounded Yang Yu, took his money, and mocked him; Yang Yu clenched his fists and saw a savage face flash before him.

Yang Yu struggled with whether to intervene when bullies kidnapped Bai Zuo, while Bai Zuo used a mysterious power to turn the group against one another. Yang Yu watched the violence end in silence, stunned by the tragedy.

• Yang Yu questioned whether he should use his power for revenge and decided to endure the bullying a little longer.
• Bai Zuo let a group of bullies discover the million in his payment account, and they dragged him into an abandoned woodshed.
• Yang Yu followed the group, deciding he would call the police if they went too far.
• Bai Zuo whispered to the leader that killing the others would leave him with all the money, and the leader became consumed by greed.
• The group began fighting and stabbing one another, and Yang Yu watched through a hole in the door as the woodshed fell quiet.

Yang Yu found Bai Zuo alive after the teenagers who had abducted him killed one another, and the police treated Bai Zuo as a victim. At the station, the adults blamed one another while Ji Wu suspected Bai Zuo had secretly intervened, and Xu Zhou’s memories stirred with hatred for the dead teenagers.

• Yang Yu entered the room and found the bullies dead in a pool of blood, then discovered Bai Zuo alive against the wall.
• Bai Zuo told Yang Yu that his abductors had fought after learning he had a million on his phone, and Yang Yu promised to testify for him.
• Ji Wu received a call and brought Xu Zhou and Jiang Tianzong to the police station to collect Bai Zuo.
• An officer explained that Bai Zuo had been kidnapped and extorted, while the parents of the dead teenagers blamed one another and even accused Bai Zuo.
• Ji Wu questioned whether Bai Zuo had used the Heart Gu, and Jiang Tianzong noted that the officers carried traces of another anomalous aura.
• Xu Zhou remembered his disgust toward the dead teenagers and thought they had no need to remain alive.