Chapter Summaries

After the bots wiped out the players, Silver Wolf described how she had escaped with a gun, while Klee, Bailu, and Qiqi returned with a valuable Infantry Fighting Vehicle Model. The group learned that Klee had found it in the Administrative Building, where Himeko had encountered heavily armed bots.

• Stelle, Lumine, Kiana, and the other eliminated players arrived at the combat center and discovered that the bots had defeated them.
• Hu Tao found the mission terminal, and the players accepted novice tasks to kill a bot in exchange for a safe.
• Silver Wolf returned in bot gear with a rifle and gave Asmoday an M870 Shotgun, then explained her corner-camping tactic.
• Klee, Bailu, and Qiqi arrived with an Infantry Fighting Vehicle Model that Zhongli identified as a six-slot red item earning 1,403,261 Star Coins monthly.
• Klee explained that she found the model in a metal box after clearing a minigame in the Administrative Building, where Himeko had faced rocket-launcher and shield-carrying bots.

Himeko learned that Klee had wandered among the soldiers unnoticed and sent her back to Ye Yun while Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana entered the Administrative Building raid. After gathering weapons and supplies, the trio reached the manager’s office and Kiana opened its safe as soldiers closed in.

• Himeko warned Klee to stay away from the soldiers and sent her to find Ye Yun with the Infantry Fighting Vehicle Model.
• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana landed near the Administrative Building and agreed to search the parking lot for weapons first.
• The trio ambushed and killed an Asala Soldier, then looted his equipment and collected supplies until they were fully equipped.
• Kiana found a Statue of the Anemo Archon in an Aviation Crate, and the trio entered the east wing of the Administrative Building.
• Stelle killed an Asala Soldier at the entrance, alerting the other soldiers, while Kiana opened the manager’s office safe and found Morax-branded Mora and a ceramic statue of Furina.

Kiana, Stelle, and Lumine escaped the Administrative Building after looting it, while Himeko and Kafka gathered supplies in the west wing. At the Main Power Station, Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula hid while injured, and Hu Tao killed the fleeing Bronya, leaving a loot box for them to search.

• Kiana, Stelle, and Lumine retreated from the bots after looting the east wing of the Administrative Building.
• Himeko and Kafka searched the west wing, obtained a Space Station Memory Card, and ran toward the construction site to extract.
• Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula hid in an office after a rocket attack left them critically injured and bots blocked their exits.
• Seele, Bronya, and Natasha fought into the Main Power Station, but bots killed Seele and Natasha and forced Bronya to flee with valuable loot.
• Bronya entered the office where Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula were hiding, and Hu Tao shot her, leaving a loot box behind.

Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula looted the Main Power Station and escaped a fight with Firefly’s team before extracting safely. Back at the Special Operations Department, Hu Tao submitted her quest, received a Safe Box, and began choosing an operator for her next quest.

• Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula searched Bronya’s chest rig for medicine, then opened a Safe Box and found a Ceremonial Dagger that Eula carried.
• Hu Tao and Eula looted the bags of Seele and Natasha, and Hu Tao realized that Bronya might have been the person she killed.
• Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula encountered Firefly, Xiadie, and Polysea; Firefly knocked Hu Tao down, but Eula revived her while Amber held off the opposing team.
• Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula fled to the missile launch pad and reached the extraction point, narrowly missing Silver Wolf and Asmoday.
• Hu Tao sold her loot for over 100,000 Star Coins, submitted her quest, and received a 1x1 Safe Box.
• Hu Tao read a new quest asking her to choose an operator and inspected the available operators’ skills.

Hu Tao chose Red Wolf in Delta Force, while Silver Wolf and Asmoday discussed the operator skills they had brought out of the dungeon. After Himeko explained that Asta had commissioned the Express crew to recover curios from the Legion on Chaka, Silver Wolf proposed turning the mission into a competition.

• Hu Tao selected Red Wolf and received a mission requiring 150 kills and 30 completed matches to unlock the operator skill.
• Silver Wolf explained to Asmoday that Shock Claw’s detection tools and silent throwing knives helped avoid revealing their positions, while Asmoday demonstrated Wei Long’s jetpack.
• Himeko told Silver Wolf that Asta had asked the Express crew to retrieve curios the Legion had taken to Chaka.
• Silver Wolf proposed a three-person competition using only operator skills and equipment supplied by the Herta Space Station, with a Morax-minted Mora as the prize for the team that recovered the most curios.
• Stelle, Hu Tao, Kiana, and the others rushed through the portal to ask Asta for equipment, while Silver Wolf prepared to use her own tactical gear.

Stelle, Firefly, and the others gathered elite equipment before the Astral Express warped to a ruined city overrun by the Antimatter Legion. After landing, the squads split up: Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana escaped a Legion attack, while Silver Wolf and Asmoday stealthily made their way through the city toward the anomaly.

• Asta equipped Stelle, Hu Tao, Firefly, and the others with elite Herta Space Station gear, and the group returned to the Astral Express for breakfast.
• The Astral Express warped to the destination, and Himeko gave the prepared drop command before the GTI squads deployed into the ruined city.
• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana landed in a shopping mall, fought off Voidrangers, then fled when more Antimatter Legion troops surrounded them.
• Silver Wolf and Asmoday escaped an encirclement with flash devices, and Silver Wolf told Asmoday to conserve ammunition while they searched for the anomaly.
• Silver Wolf killed a patrolling Voidranger with a flying knife, then led Asmoday through the streets while avoiding the Legion.

Four teams fought their way toward their objectives while Hu Tao's team and Firefly's team faced Antimatter Legion forces. Firefly's team retrieved the curios from an abandoned military base and escaped before the Legion could return.

• Silver Wolf and Asmoday advanced smoothly, while the other teams fought through Antimatter Legion forces.
• Hu Tao severed the Stomper's legs, allowing Amber to shoot through its head, and the team continued onward as more enemies approached.
• Firefly drew most of the Antimatter Legion soldiers away from the military base so Xiadie and Polysea could sneak inside.
• Xiadie and Polysea defeated a Wind Chaser through coordinated attacks using Polysea's Smoke Screen and Xiadie's Electric Arrow.
• Xiadie and Polysea collected the curios and escaped before the main Legion force returned, then reunited with Firefly.

Firefly, Xiadie, and Polysea evacuated after collecting seven anomalous items, and the returning teams received their rewards aboard the train. In Natlan, Murata Himeko prepared an arena exhibition and went to meet Vanessa, a newly popular livestreamer she hoped would promote it.

• Firefly, Xiadie, and Polysea collected seven items, withdrew to the wilderness, and escaped aboard a landing pod.
• Pom-Pom collected 1,000 Star Coins from Ye Yun for recording a message, then bought a Magical Cat Teaser Wand and headed after Elio.
• The mission teams returned to the train, where Himeko distributed Asta's 100 million Credits according to each team's contribution.
• Stelle, Lumine, Kiana, and others went to sleep after their exhausting missions, while Asmoday sent Credits to Natlan and Snezhnaya.
• Murata Himeko planned a Natlan arena exhibition and encouraged Katheryne to study for Natlan's future.
• Kinich told Murata Himeko that Vanessa had gained over two hundred thousand livestream followers in one day, and Murata Himeko went to meet her.

Stelle and the others learned about the Delta Dungeon update before Xiangling served them an expensive Universe Perch dinner. Aventurine then began explaining his plan for the racing tournament, including its entry requirements and Preliminary Round.

• Stelle sprang up to play Delta after Firefly offered to bring her food, and the group headed to Ye Yun's shop.
• Ye Yun described the Delta Dungeon update, including the Seid Boss, restricted gear, the Wallbreaker Mission, and AI teams.
• Himeko made Stelle, Hu Tao, and the others eat before entering the Dungeon Portal and forbade them from playing too late.
• Stelle and the others enjoyed Xiangling's braised Universe Perch, which Aventurine said had cost 30 million Credits.
• Aventurine told Lumine that the racing tournament required an advanced Koukou Racing Dungeon license and that its Preliminary Round would select 10,000 contestants for the Elimination Round.

Aventurine outlined the Cosmic Grand Prix, and Klee returned from Mondstadt before joining the others in the Delta Dungeon. While Klee, Bailu, and Qiqi explored Cement Factory, Klee found a Heart of Africa in a bird nest.

• Aventurine explained that the Cosmic Grand Prix would select 108 contestants from ten thousand, and Stelle, Lumine, and Hu Tao agreed to participate.
• Klee returned from Mondstadt with a Sweet Madame for Ye Yun, then joined the others for dinner and entered the Delta Dungeon with the younger children.
• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana headed toward the Administrative Building after finding no large safes at Cement Factory, choosing not to attack Klee, Bailu, and Qiqi.
• Klee and Bailu cleared the bots in Cement Factory while Qiqi stayed with them, and the three found weapons and a Level 5 helmet.
• Klee used Bailu and Qiqi to reach a bird nest and found a Diamond, the Heart of Africa Ye Yun had told her about.

Klee stored the Heart of Africa after finding it, while the others learned it generated 14 million Star Coins each month. Stelle returned with military explosives but fainted when she heard how valuable Klee’s red item was.

• Klee put the Heart of Africa in the safe, and she, Bailu, and Qiqi headed toward the Tourist Center.
• Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula survived a rocket attack at the Main Power Station, killed the rocket-launching soldier, and entered the building.
• Stelle extracted with military explosives after defeating Huaiyan, Jing Yuan, and Feixiao at the Administrative Building.
• Amber told Stelle that Klee had found the Heart of Africa in a bird’s nest, and Eula revealed it yielded 14 million Star Coins per month.
• Stelle fainted at the news, while Himeko and the others discussed the Heart of Africa’s value.
• Hu Tao revealed that the Delta Dungeon had valued Zhongli’s handmade Mora coins at zero Star Coins.

Ye Yun learned that the Delta Dungeon was a complete world the system was trying to control, while Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana lost their gear after Seid ambushed them. The chapter ended with Hook, Yaoyao, and Diona wearing the trio’s recovered equipment.

• Ye Yun learned that the system would introduce Purple Gold Credits and restrict Aeon-level purchases to that currency.
• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana entered the west wing of the Administrative Building, where Seid ambushed them and knocked all three down.
• Seid executed Lumine as she tried to escape, then ran toward gunfire in the east wing.
• Hook, Yaoyao, and Diona looted the trio’s gear and left before they respawned.
• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana recognized their equipment on the three little ones, and Hook admitted she had taken it from their loot boxes.

Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana entered Secret Dam Zero hoping to find better loot, but a heavily armored machine gunner and his soldiers drove them from the barracks. After escaping and finding that even a bot soldier carried Level 3 armor, they considered heading to the Cement Factory for valuable loot.

• Hook, Diona, and Yaoyao entered matchmaking, while Stelle noticed Secret Dam Zero required 112,500 Star Coins' worth of combat readiness.
• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana pooled their gear and entered Secret Dam, spawning in the pipes behind the barracks.
• A machine gunner and a large force of Asala Soldiers ambushed the trio; Lumine's Level 3 Ammo could not pierce the gunner's helmet, and Stelle struggled to treat her injured leg.
• Lumine and Kiana used smoke and grenades to cover Stelle as the trio fled through another tunnel route toward the construction site.
• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana killed a lone Asala Soldier and discovered his Level 3 armor before Lumine proposed visiting the Cement Factory.

Stelle, Kiana, and Lumine cleared the Cement Factory in Secret Dam and found a Herta Little Person Watch and a Gold Bar in the large safe. They escaped through the East Tunnel Entrance with both valuables and realized the items would earn them 520,000 Star Coins each month.

• Stelle, Kiana, and Lumine activated their ultimates, cleared the soldiers around the overpass and Cement Factory, and looted the area.
• Kiana opened the large safe and found a Herta Little Person Watch that produced 200,000 Star Coins monthly.
• Kiana found a Gold Bar worth 330,000 Star Coins per month, and the three abandoned their plan to raid another resource point.
• Stelle and Lumine protected Kiana as they evaded patrols and reached the Tourist Center extraction point.
• The three extracted through the East Tunnel Entrance with the Gold Bar and Herta Little Person Watch, bringing their monthly income to 520,000 Star Coins.

Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula learned that Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana had found valuable Red Supplies in Secret Dam, then set out to try the difficult map themselves. Meanwhile, Huohuo performed funeral rites, comforted a grieving child, and went for a walk, where she met Ganyu.

• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana showed Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula two pieces of Red Supplies and explained that they had found them in the dangerous Secret Dam.
• Hu Tao, Amber, and Eula stocked up on supplies and matched into Secret Dam while Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana rested.
• Huohuo led a funeral rite at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and comforted the deceased's grieving daughter with ghostly green butterflies.
• Huohuo strolled through New Liyue Harbor, accepted a kite from a resident, and went to the harbor.
• Huohuo met Ganyu on a large bridge, and Ganyu said she had come out for a walk because her master had been staying at her home.

Ganyu and Huohuo walked through Liyue Harbor, where Osial and Beisht gave them fish and discussed their plans after work. Meanwhile, Bronya, Seele, and Natasha returned to the train to try the Secret Dam as Ye Yun imagined how the group would fare in Top-Secret.

• Ganyu asked Huohuo about her life and plans in Liyue, and Huohuo said she wanted to keep improving her exorcism techniques at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
• At the docks, Osial and Beisht greeted Ganyu and Huohuo, then gave each of them a balsam fish to take home.
• Osial and Beisht planned to eat at Wanmin Restaurant after work and discussed what they wanted to order and do afterward.
• Bronya, Seele, and Natasha arrived on the train to try the Secret Dam again, while Huotao, Firefly, and Stelle were eliminated by bots.
• Ye Yun considered how the group would handle Top-Secret after learning that only Klee had extracted from the Secret Dam so far.

After Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana went bankrupt in a Secret Dam raid, Ye Yun gave them a valuable keycard to help them recover. Meanwhile, Aether asked Asmoday to lift Khaenri'ah's curse, and she agreed if he brought back four escaped individuals; Aether then went to a hidden case of Star Jades.

• Stelle, Lumine, and Kiana lost their gear and Stellar Jades after Old Sai defeated them at the Administrative Building.
• Ye Yun gave Stelle an East Building Manager's Office keycard, and the trio harvested crops and Senzu Beans before gearing up to enter Delta.
• Aether asked Asmoday to lift the curse on Khaenri'ah's citizens, but she said she would only consider it if he brought back four escaped individuals.
• Asmoday asked Aether about the Archfiend Knight's apprentice, learned she was in Fontaine, and left through a Teleportation Portal.
• Aether opened a hidden room containing a case of Star Jades he had bought through online auctions.

Aether prepared to return to Teyvat and capture the sinners of Khaenri'ah, while Asmoday recruited Skirk as the first member of her Guardians Alliance. Skirk accepted the position and remained in Fontaine, where Focalors welcomed her as a colleague.

• Aether took the Stellar Jade and raised the Sword of the Descender, resolving to strengthen himself and bring Khaenri'ah's sinners to justice.
• Asmoday visited Focalors at the Palais Mermonia and asked about Skirk, who arrived before Focalors could take her there.
• Asmoday offered Skirk a place in a new Guardians organization tasked with protecting Teyvat, and Skirk accepted.
• Asmoday gave Skirk ten Senzu Beans and a bank card containing her annual salary of 3.6 million Credits; Skirk planned to use a bean to heal Anvile.
• Asmoday asked Focalors to arrange better housing for Skirk, but Skirk chose to stay where she lived, and Focalors greeted her as a colleague.

Aether visited Ye Yun’s Shop to find a way to grow stronger and bought a Nano Core Pro, which caused him intense pain before enhancing him. Asmoday then recruited him to help attack Gold, and Aether agreed to lead the way.

• Asmoday returned to Ye Yun’s Shop and joined Silver Wolf in recruiting Kiana and the others to help her confront Gold.
• Aether arrived at the shop for the first time and asked Noelle to help him find a product that would make him stronger.
• Aether considered the Nano Core Pro and Gario Core Pro but bought the Nano Core Pro because he lacked the money for the Gario Core Pro.
• The Nano Core Pro entered Aether’s heart, leaving him in pain for more than half an hour before he recovered.
• Asmoday invited Aether to join her plan to give Gold a C-section, and Aether agreed to lead the way.

Asmoday and her companions invaded Rhinedottir’s domain in Old Teyvat, defeated her, and extracted Naberius, the Archon of Life, from her body. The group befriended Naberius and watched her demonstrate her ability to create life.

• Asmoday led Aether and the others through a portal to Old Teyvat, where Rhinedottir admired the powerful Abyssal creatures she had created.
• Aether slaughtered the monsters in the ravine while Kiana attacked Rhinedottir, soon joined by Stelle, Lumine, Asmoday, and Hu Tao.
• Asmoday’s group overwhelmed and captured Rhinedottir, then used her power to pull Naberius out of her body.
• Naberius greeted the group, embraced Kiana, and quickly became friends with everyone.
• Naberius demonstrated her creation abilities by making a slime for the group and then creating one the size of a small mountain.