Recaps

He Yi worried about keeping his job while supernatural threats put the Black Jade and his life at risk. After convincing his manager he had survived a home invasion, he asked Silver Willow to make him look more miserable so he could get more time off.

• Silver Willow answered He Yi’s manager, who scolded He Yi for missing work and docked his pay and attendance bonus.
• He Yi worried that the Black Jade might be taken and that he and Silver Willow might not survive the supernatural beings pursuing them.
• He Yi photographed the wrecked apartment and told his manager that criminals had broken in and held him hostage.
• He Yi showed his manager the damage on a video call while keeping the unconscious supernatural beings out of view, and the manager granted him the day off.
• He Yi said one day might not be enough and asked Silver Willow to make him look more miserable.

Silver Willow used Ghost Call to fool He Yi’s manager into approving his leave, then teleported with He Yi away from the superhumans searching for them. They found two Azure Group members attacking a man, and Silver Willow intervened.

• Silver Willow used Ghost Call to show He Yi’s manager an illusion of He Yi badly injured, prompting the manager to approve his leave.
• Ghost Call teleported Silver Willow and He Yi elsewhere, causing the searching superhumans to lose their trail.
• Silver Willow came upon two superhumans beating a bloodied man and stopped them from killing him.
• The two attackers identified themselves as members of the Azure Group and threatened Silver Willow.
• Silver Willow told them the world was at fault and ordered Ghost Call to act, terrifying the two superhumans.

He Yi watched Silver Willow defeat two superhumans and worried about her increasingly ruthless behavior. He then questioned the injured Zeng Buliu, who explained that he was being hunted for joining the Guardian Squad.

• Silver Willow left two superhumans collapsed, and He Yi emerged from the shadows, concerned about her state of mind.
• He Yi reflected on how superhumans oppressed ordinary people and wondered whether the authorities knew or tolerated it.
• He Yi questioned the injured man, who identified himself as Zeng Buliu.
• Zeng Buliu explained that the Guardian Squad sought to protect ordinary people and uphold the law, making it a target of superhuman organizations.
• Zeng Buliu said the Azure Group began hunting him after he accidentally let information slip, and he feared his shattered leg would leave him unable to walk.

Zeng Buliu asked He Yi to deliver a chip containing evidence of crimes committed by the Azure Group and Radiant Star. He Yi was shaken by the revelations, and Silver Willow took the chip to examine it before passing it on to Zeng Buliu’s companions.

• Zeng Buliu pulled a chip from his clothes and asked He Yi to deliver it to someone.
• He Yi asked what the chip contained and considered whether its information would make helping unsafe.
• Zeng Buliu said the chip held evidence that the Azure Group and Radiant Star had conducted human experiments, abducted ordinary people, and used drugs to control them.
• He Yi was shocked and feared that the supernatural organizations’ abuses were darker than he had imagined.
• Silver Willow took the chip and asked to inspect its contents, and Zeng Buliu agreed as long as he delivered it to his companions.

He Yi memorized the password to Zeng Buliu’s encrypted chip, and the black-haired man took Zeng Buliu away before the organization could find them. Later, logistics staff found a record showing Silver Willow beside two bodies and sent the matter to the Judgment Department, leaving her status unclear.

• He Yi memorized the password for the encrypted files in Zeng Buliu’s chip and saw how badly he had been injured.
• The black-haired man carried Zeng Buliu away with He Yi and Silver Willow, leaving blood behind.
• The organization arrived, found several corpses, and left without finding any trace of the three.
• The Azure Group assumed the Guardian Squad had exposed and disrupted its plan.
• The logistics supervisor traced a Smart Brain alert to Silver Willow after seeing Passerby A and Passerby B lying on the ground.
• The logistics supervisor decided to let the Judgment Department intervene because he could not find a suitable Contract Anomalist to send.

After evidence linked Silver Willow to the deaths of several superhumans, the Judgment Department issued an arrest warrant. Amber Team returned to Headquarters to contest it, while Liang Xi considered how Silver Willow’s actions might be explained.

• Investigators examined the bodies and concluded that Contract Anomalist energy had caused the deaths and been partly erased afterward.
• The investigators identified Silver Willow as the only Contract Anomalist assigned to the world and issued an arrest warrant.
• Jiang Tianzong angrily defended Silver Willow and demanded that the warrant be withdrawn, but Headquarters staff said the case had gone to the Judgment Department.
• Amber Team waited for their captain as Liang Xi reviewed the evidence and found it unfavorable to Silver Willow.
• Liang Xi considered arguing that Silver Willow had acted against the superhumans’ abuses and had shown restraint by saving Defense Team members.

Amber Squad discussed Silver Willow’s alleged loss of control and waited for the Judgment Department to bring him back to Headquarters. Xie Yu returned and argued that Silver Willow had acted in line with the Anomaly Containment Association’s principles, leaving the question of whether the superhumans counted as ordinary people unresolved.

• Red Candle arrived and asked whether Silver Willow had been contacted, but the team still could not reach him.
• Red Candle read the documents and condemned the superhumans’ human experimentation and attempts to capture Contract Anomalists.
• Xie Yu returned, and Liang Xi explained that Silver Willow’s case depended on whether the superhumans counted as ordinary people under the Humanity Code.
• Xie Yu said Silver Willow had acted in line with the Anomaly Containment Association’s principles and had committed no major wrongdoing.

Liang Xi considered the Anomaly Containment Association’s records of catastrophic human experiments and concluded that this world’s superhuman research could lead to a similar disaster. He accepted that Silver Willow’s early intervention may have saved the civilization, and resolved that the Contract Anomalists should follow the Chairman’s example.

• The Anomaly Containment Association’s records described a world where an evolution drug created powerful humans who later became contagious, regenerative living corpses.
• Those living corpses survived humanity’s nuclear destruction and mutated further, forcing the Anomaly Containment Association to fight them after arriving.
• The Association’s other recorded disasters included zombie outbreaks and alien organisms that conquered or infected entire worlds.
• Liang Xi reflected on how closely this world’s superhuman experiments resembled those past catastrophes.
• Liang Xi decided Silver Willow’s early intervention may have saved the civilization and that the Contract Anomalists should follow the Chairman’s ideals.

Liang Xi arranged for the Logistics Department to contact the Judgment Department while the squad considered who should retrieve Silver Willow. He chose Red Candle to accompany Xie Yu, leaving the team to prepare for the trip.

• Liang Xi drafted an argument and sent it to the Logistics Department, asking them to contact the Judgment Department.
• Xie Yu volunteered to bring Silver Willow back, but Liang Xi worried about who should accompany him.
• Jiang Tianzong eagerly asked to go with Xie Yu, while Liang Xi dismissed him as an unsuitable choice.
• Liang Xi considered the other squad members and decided Red Candle was the best candidate.
• Red Candle agreed to make the trip.

Silver Willow and the Defense Force rescued test subjects from an underground laboratory, but an army force arrived to attack them as they fled. Silver Willow prepared to use his Ghost Domain to evacuate everyone before the army closed in.

• Silver Willow helped the Defense Force rescue captured superhumans from the laboratory and covered their retreat with gunfire.
• A distant sniper shot at Silver Willow, but Ghost Call’s black hair stopped the bullet; another person was hit.
• Armed helicopters, armored vehicles, and fully equipped troops approached, shocking the Defense Force members.
• Silver Willow realized local forces were backing the superhumans and prepared to move everyone into the Ghost Domain.

Ghost Call released its Ghost Domain, causing telephone cords representing its marks to hang across the area and rendering the defense team’s bullets ineffective. The supernaturals gathered near Silver Willow, who identified the cords as lines, while their danger remained unclear.

• Ghost Call activated its Ghost Domain and made the defense team’s bullets ineffective.
• Telephone cords appeared suspended throughout the area, each representing a mark left by Ghost Call.
• The chapter explained that Ghost Call could spread its contamination through marked victims and nearby people with electronic devices.
• Silver Willow’s hidden phones carried marks that let him travel across great distances, while other marks were placed on supernaturals who had committed evil deeds.
• The defense team moved closer to Silver Willow and asked what the eerie cords were.
• Silver Willow called them lines, as the cords seemed capable of coming alive and hanging anyone who touched them.

Silver Willow revealed that he could create a Ghost Domain, overturning the defense team’s assumptions about his abilities. He teleported the survivors and rescued test subjects to Headquarters, where he struggled to hide how much the effort had exhausted him.

• The defense team realized Silver Willow’s abilities extended beyond summoning a female ghost and using electronic devices for teleportation.
• Silver Willow briefly explained that the space around them was a Ghost Domain, then chose not to clarify further.
• The defense team mourned their dead companions and carried their bodies and the rescued test subjects back to Headquarters.
• Silver Willow teleported the group, rapidly drained his anomalous energy, and forced himself to stay upright despite his dizziness and weakness.
• Zeng Buliu went into surgery, He Yi stayed at Headquarters, and the Black Jade sold for 2.21 million while the Spirit Pearl was obtained without issue.

He Yi received ten billion from exchanging his Spirit Pearls through the Defense Team, but a stranger threatened his family to force him to reveal information. He asked Silver Willow for help, and the Defense Team considered protecting his family.

• The Defense Team helped He Yi exchange his hundred thousand Spirit Pearls for ten billion and gave him an anonymous international bank card.
• A stranger messaged He Yi, threatening to implicate his family and friends unless he revealed information.
• He Yi panicked but decided not to betray Silver Willow, whom he regarded as his benefactor and only support.
• Silver Willow saw the threatening message, and the Defense Team members discussed sending people to find He Yi's family.

The Defense Team worked to locate He Yi’s family while Silver Willow helped him respond to the people holding them. The captors released He Yi’s uncle’s family but continued to demand information, and the Defense Team could not find the rest of his family.

• The Defense Team sent members to the neighboring province to search for He Yi’s family while Silver Willow waited for his anomalous energy to recover.
• Silver Willow told He Yi to confirm his family was safe and share some information to stall the captors.
• The captors sent He Yi a photo of his parents and relatives and demanded information about Silver Willow’s identity and abilities.
• Silver Willow sent the captors a description of his age, abilities, and black hair.
• The captors said they would release He Yi’s uncle’s family, while the Defense Team reported that it could not find He Yi’s family.
• Silver Willow considered the situation and came up with a proposal.

Silver Willow decided to spread corruption to gain anomalous energy and speed up his recovery, despite He Yi's concerns about the risk to his parents. Red Candle tracked Silver Willow down and stopped him just before he acted, telling him to return with her.

• He Yi rejected Silver Willow's risky plan and asked the Defense Team to obtain clear videos proving his parents were safe.
• Silver Willow felt guilty about He Yi's situation but decided to spread corruption anyway.
• Red Candle noted that the world had no anomalous energy and that Contract Anomalists would have to conserve their reserves.
• Red Candle used the Smart Brain signal to locate Silver Willow and arrived just as he was about to spread corruption.
• Red Candle confronted Silver Willow and told him to come back with her.

Red Candle ordered Silver Willow to return to Headquarters before the Judgment Department could detain him, promising to handle the aftermath of his actions. Meanwhile, Disaster barged into an Anomaly Containment Association meeting, where the elders rebuked her for disrespecting the Chairman.

• Red Candle concluded that Silver Willow had acted on his own convictions and told him they would discuss his case at Headquarters.
• He Yi defended Silver Willow and asked Red Candle to lend him energy so he could handle remaining matters.
• Red Candle insisted Silver Willow return with her immediately, and he left after apologizing to He Yi.
• Disaster kicked the meeting-room doors off their hinges and confronted the Anomaly Containment Association elders.
• An elder reminded Disaster to follow the Association's rules and criticized her for being rude to the Chairman.

The elders of the Anomaly Containment Association debated how to punish Silver Willow for using Weirds to kill ordinary people, while Disaster defended him. The discussion ended with Disaster asking Shen Yu whether he also believed Silver Willow was beyond redemption.

• Disaster declared that organizations conducting human experiments should be wiped out and prepared to protect Silver Willow if the Association punished him.
• Canna Lily and Yu Santai argued that the Association had to uphold its rules and remain neutral rather than interfere in another world's development.
• Yuan Wu cited the evidence against Silver Willow and proposed stripping him of his contracted Weirds and imprisoning him or sending him into a heavily contaminated world.
• Blue Lamp and Cang Guxiao argued that Silver Willow's actions had reasons behind them and were largely self-defense and protection of others.
• Disaster asked Shen Yu whether he thought Silver Willow was beyond redemption.

Shen Yu decided that Xie Yu would handle the follow-up to Silver Willow’s case and ordered the Judgment Department to withdraw, signaling that he did not intend to punish Silver Willow severely. Disaster reflected on how completely the Anomaly Containment Association obeyed Shen Yu, contrary to his belief that its elders and officials would limit the Chairman’s authority.

• Shen Yu assigned Xie Yu to take over Silver Willow’s case and withdrew the Judgment Department.
• Blue Lamp felt relieved that Silver Willow would not face severe punishment, while Yuan Wu and the other elders accepted Shen Yu’s decision.
• Disaster watched Shen Yu settle the discussion with a single statement and considered it more like a personal court than a debate.
• Disaster recalled that the original Anomaly Tamer mutual aid association had been a small, incomplete organization whose members followed its founders because of their power.
• Disaster wondered why Shen Yu seemed able to command instant obedience in the large Anomaly Containment Association, where he had expected competing factions to debate the case.

Shen Yu ended the elders’ debate by assigning the matter to Xie Yu, whose growing strength and careful handling of affairs could make him a future executive. Disaster accepted Shen Yu’s judgment and agreed to join him for a meal and a spar.

• Shen Yu settled the elders’ disagreement with a single decision, prompting Disaster to question why the meeting was needed.
• Shen Yu explained that the elders handled the Anomaly Containment Association’s vast workload and that he could not manage everything alone.
• Shen Yu said Xie Yu would handle the matter and noted that his new power could help him grow into an executive candidate.
• Shen Yu ended the meeting, and the elders left after bowing to him.
• Disaster dropped his plan to visit Xie Yu’s world and agreed to eat and spar with Shen Yu.

Red Candle received a message that changed the plan to take Silver Willow back to Headquarters immediately. She called over He Yi and reassured him that he should not blame himself for involving Silver Willow, though the chapter left their next steps unclear.

• Red Candle received a message and decided to wait before taking Silver Willow back.
• He Yi worried that Silver Willow would be punished for attacking supernatural organizations and regretted hiring him.
• Red Candle called He Yi over and told him not to blame himself, saying Silver Willow would have intervened sooner or later.

Red Candle confronted Silver Willow about the danger of losing control to Weird energy, while He Yi and the Defense Force defended his actions against superhuman organizations. Red Candle clarified that Silver Willow was not being punished for opposing a faction, but for killing someone and violating the rule against attacking ordinary people without cause.

• Red Candle warned Silver Willow that Weird energy could corrupt Contract Anomalists and make their loss of control irreversible.
• Silver Willow insisted he was clear-headed and had acted against superhumans because of their human experiments and cruelty.
• The Defense Force members stood by Silver Willow and offered to take responsibility for his actions.
• He Yi argued that the superhumans were at fault, and the Defense Force offered to welcome Silver Willow if his organization expelled him.
• Red Candle said Silver Willow could become the enemy of the world, but explained that his offense was killing someone and attacking an ordinary person without cause.

He Yi questioned how Contract Anomalists defined ordinary people, prompting Red Candle to explain that intelligent beings who retained human bodies and consciousness were protected by their rules. Silver Willow accepted her warning about corruption and resolved to restrain his power as anomalies and superhumans continued stirring in the city.

• He Yi asked Red Candle how Contract Anomalists defined an ordinary person.
• Red Candle explained that superhumans and Awakened people still counted as ordinary people if they retained human bodies and consciousness, and warned Silver Willow that killing in the name of justice could corrupt him.
• He Yi argued that superhumans who tortured and killed innocents should not be allowed to continue, but Red Candle insisted that they had to be judged by rules rather than power.
• Red Candle spared Silver Willow punishment because he had saved the Defense Force members and destroyed the experimental base, but reminded him that greater power brought heavier restraints.
• Silver Willow suppressed the anomalous energy stirring within him and understood that restraint was necessary to keep power from turning him into a tyrant.

He Yi defended Silver Willow, arguing that Silver Willow had acted in self-defense after He Yi's family was kidnapped and he was forced to harm him. The Defense Force members realized Red Candle's account of Contract Anomalists and Weird energy did not fit their understanding of superhumans, and one member asked her to explain.

• He Yi said ordinary people could not resist superhumans and defended Silver Willow's actions as self-defense.
• The Defense Force members noticed that Red Candle's talk of Contract Anomalists and Weird energy differed from their own understanding of awakened abilities and spiritual energy.
• A Defense Force member familiar with Silver Willow asked what Contract Anomalists and Weird energy were and why they differed from the spiritual energy superhumans absorbed.

Red Candle explained that strange entities were uncontrollable, contaminating beings immune to conventional weapons, and the Defense Force realized Silver Willow’s summoned ghost might share those traits. The chapter ended with them reconsidering the ghost’s ability to withstand bullets as something more frightening than mere durability.

• Red Candle realized she had revealed information about Contract Anomalists and admitted she had said too much.
• Red Candle asked the Defense Force whether they knew about strange entities, and its members described the world’s usual beliefs about ghosts.
• Red Candle explained that strange entities had unknown origins, could contaminate and mutate living creatures, and could not be harmed by conventional weapons.
• The Defense Force and He Yi connected Red Candle’s description to Silver Willow’s summoned female ghost, which had blocked bullets without injury.

Silver Willow explained that Weirds could be fought with other Weirds or Anomaly Artifacts, but controlling Weirds came with the risk of losing control. The Defense Force realized Silver Willow had risked himself to protect them, then asked Red Candle how people could survive encounters with Weirds.

• The Defense Force members feared that supernatural organizations controlling a Weird could overturn the world's order and make ordinary people helpless.
• Silver Willow explained that Weirds could devour one another and that contaminated objects could become Anomaly Artifacts capable of fighting them.
• He Yi connected Silver Willow's restraint with the danger of madness and losing control, and the Defense Force realized Silver Willow had risked himself for them.
• Silver Willow said he had only done what he wanted to do, even without the Defense Force's presence.
• The Defense Force asked Red Candle whether Contract Anomalists controlled Weirds, how many Weirds existed, and how ordinary people should respond to one.