Chapter Summaries

Ling pulled Fang Ran and Meng Lang toward the Night Bureau after Fang Ran’s teasing angered her, while Xia Yao and Ming Ling left for the club. At Beijing International Airport, a charming prodigal returned and asked Ai Ma whether the National War had begun.

• Xia Yao freed Fang Ran from the Mechanical Rope, greeted him, and left for the club with Ming Ling.
• Fang Ran bragged about his time in Italy but failed to remember a greeting, making Meng Lang laugh.
• Ling appeared and telekinetically dragged Fang Ran toward the Night Bureau, warning him not to waste time or demand breakfast.
• Fang Ran revealed that Meng Lang’s transformed notebook contained porn videos, and Ling caught both men in the crossfire with the blanket and Mechanical Rope.
• A well-dressed man arrived at Beijing International Airport on a private plane, returned to Beijing with Ai Ma, and asked whether the National War had started.

Fang Ran and Ai Ma returned to Huaxia as the National War approached, while Ye Sheng gathered the Night Bureau members to receive an unexpected arrival. The Leap-Space Hub opened a massive transit gate in the A-rank Training Ground, but the chapter ended before anyone emerged.

• Fang Ran and Ai Ma arrived in Huaxia, and Fang Ran said they should return to the Night Bureau.
• Shui Linlang called Ye Sheng with surprising news and told her to prepare to receive someone.
• Ye Sheng asked Xiao Ling to contact everyone at the Bureau and gathered them in the A-rank Training Ground.
• Hua Ling, Fusu, Su Qun, the Magician, and Spellcaster waited with Ye Sheng and wondered who was coming.
• Ye Sheng had Ai Ma activate the Leap-Space Hub, which formed a hundred-meter transit gate in the Training Ground.

The Young Master returned to the Night Bureau through its space-jump gate, only for an unauthorized jump to bring the powerful mech Wandering Night and two unidentified women into the A-rank Training Ground. The chapter left the Bureau facing the unexpected arrivals as the golden-eyed woman descended.

• Ye Sheng and the Night Bureau prepared the giant space-jump gate to receive a returning member.
• The Young Master emerged from the gate, greeted the Bureau, and immediately resumed his rivalry with the Spellcaster.
• Ye Sheng realized the Young Master had used the newly opened space-jump slot without telling anyone he was returning.
• Ai Ma warned that an unknown external object had breached authorization, and its interception procedure had failed.
• Wandering Night appeared through the gate alongside two women, one silver-haired and one wearing a white ceremonial outfit.

Night Crow returned to the Night Bureau alongside the Wandering Night Angel, whose arrival led Ye Sheng to welcome her and offer her a place to stay. As Ling accepted access to the A-rank Training Ground, she privately promised to repay Ye Sheng for saving Fang Ran, but Ye Sheng refused to consider it a favor.

• Night Crow descended into the A-rank Training Ground and reunited with Resurrection Jie, Su Qun, the Magician, and Ye Sheng, while the young master and Spellcaster reacted with envy.
• The Wandering Night Angel arrived in her towering mech and introduced herself to Ye Sheng, who welcomed her to Huaxia on behalf of Midnight.
• Ling lifted Ai Ma's alarm and told Ye Sheng she had set the teleportation clearance herself, assuring her that she had no interest in the Night Bureau's systems or secrets.
• Ye Sheng offered Ling temporary residence in the Night Bureau and gave her the access card to the A-rank Training Ground, which Ling accepted.
• Ling privately told Ye Sheng she would repay her for the Arctic operation and for saving Fang Ran, but Ye Sheng replied that she did not need anyone to repay her.

After the Night Bureau departed, Ling kept Fang Ran behind and warned him not to overestimate his strength after fighting Nevernight Palace’s Zero Knights. She explained that Nevernight Palace had long valued Tech Side abilities and named its eleventh Zero Knight, the technologist Mentor Schmidt Ailanpointan, as the person who reshaped the faction.

• The Night Bureau members left after Ye Sheng’s negotiations, but Ling used telekinesis to stop Fang Ran from leaving and hauled him onto Wandering Night’s shoulder.
• Fang Ran complimented Ling and apologized for his teasing, then dispelled his Night Crow disguise at her command.
• Ling asked Fang Ran how he felt about fighting Nevernight Palace’s Zero Knights and warned that his brief burst of strength with Infinity did not make him truly powerful.
• Ling explained that the Zero Knights had not fought at full strength and that Nevernight Palace’s Mystic Side reputation concealed its Queen’s support for Tech Side abilities.
• Ling said a technologist had changed Nevernight Palace’s landscape and identified him as its eleventh Zero Knight, Mentor Schmidt Ailanpointan.

Ling explained Nevernight Palace’s technologists and warned Fang Ran that his borrowed power could not match the ancient A-rank participants. She revealed that Sharon, the Head Maid he met in Milan, was Clotilde, the Second Zero Knight.

• Ling described Shi Nai'an as a legendary real-world scientist who joined Nevernight Palace and helped create its Mystic Side-infused equipment.
• Ling revealed that Shi Nai'an had made Fang Ran’s Zero Generation Armor and warned him that the Zero Knights he fought had not used their full strength.
• Ling cautioned Fang Ran that Infinity’s power would not let him defeat ancient participants such as Yong Tu, Heavenly Fox, Heimdall, the King Knight, or Clotilde.
• Fang Ran recalled Sharon’s mysterious abilities and asked Ling who she was.
• Ling told Fang Ran that Sharon, the Head Maid he met in Milan, was Clotilde.

Ling explained that Fang Ran’s greatest weakness was the physical burden of using 'Infinity,' not his lack of combat skills or energy efficiency. She proposed that he create his own Ultimate Power to bear that burden, leaving him with a new path toward becoming stronger.

• Fang Ran learned that Sharon was Clotilde, Nevernight Palace’s Second Zero Knight, and Ling explained her Technique Restructuring ability and role in developing Magic-Conducting Technology.
• Ling dropped Fang Ran from nearly a hundred meters, and he stopped his fall with the released Silver Severing Dragon Tooth and The Float.
• Fang Ran explained that he had fused Midnight’s core into Silver Severing Dragon Tooth to help it bear some of 'Infinity’s' pressure.
• Ling told Fang Ran not to compare himself with experienced A-ranks and said his greatest need was a way to withstand the burden 'Infinity' placed on his body.
• Ling proposed that Fang Ran create his own Ultimate Power to bear that burden.

Ling told Fang Ran that he needed to create an Ultimate Power to bear the burden of his Infinity, and proposed building one based on Wandering Night. Fang Ran learned the project could take about ten years and involved studying a 1.2 TB instruction manual, leaving him struggling to escape while secretly wanting to pilot the mech.

• Ling explained that an Ultimate Power could relieve the burden of Fang Ran's Infinity and provide him with a powerful source of support.
• Ling briefly lost control of her newly fused body, and Fang Ran caught her before she fell; she said she was still adjusting to it.
• Ling said Wandering Night had taken her about thirty years to complete, but Fang Ran's Infinity and materialization ability could shorten his project to around ten years.
• Fang Ran tried to flee when Ling suggested he help build an Ultimate Power, but she caught him with telekinesis.
• Ling gave Fang Ran a small cube containing a 1.2 TB instruction manual, and he protested that she was making him study.

The young master returned to the Night Bureau and caught up with his companions about recent events, Fang Ran, and the coming National War. He revealed that he had a plan before the war, while Shui Linlang privately warned Ye Sheng not to push herself.

• The young master reunited with the Night Bureau participants, who teased him about his travels and discussed the Wandering Night Angel's arrival with Night Crow.
• The group shared their differing impressions of Fang Ran and remembered how Night Crow and Fang Ran had helped save the Night Bureau.
• The young master checked that Su Qun had recovered from his injuries and explained that he returned because the National War was about to begin.
• The young master announced that he had a plan for before the National War, which would use a Simulation Scenario in Europe.
• Ye Sheng asked Shui Linlang whether the Wandering Night Angel posed a danger, and Shui Linlang told her not to force herself during the National War.

Fang Ran continued Ling’s experiments to learn the limits of The Create and discovered that producing even a tiny amount of the alloy A required enormous Magic Energy. Ling interrupted the experiments and asked him to try something else, while a weakened, newly awakened girl emerged from a biological cabin and said she had to help him.

• Fang Ran woke on the beach and found Ling’s machines had built a vast mechanical factory around Youye overnight.
• Ling’s projection told Fang Ran to begin his work, and a girl with long golden hair awakened from a biological cabin and vowed to help him.
• Fang Ran reviewed the results of Ling’s checklist, learning that The Create’s success depended on the item’s level, his Magic Energy, and his ability to imagine it.
• Fang Ran created a tiny particle of the alloy A, learning that building the material for an Ultimate Power would consume enormous amounts of Magic Energy.
• Ling reviewed Fang Ran’s experiment report, stopped the remaining tests, and told him to try something else; Fang Ran noticed her hair was wet at the ends.

Ling explained the limits and strategic importance of Fang Ran’s The Create, then revealed how Ultimate Powers could form a soul-like bond with their operators. She asked Fang Ran to use The Create and Infinity to produce the unknown technological coincidence needed to bring Night Roamer’s Ultimate Power to completion: the Mechanical Soul.

• Ling summarized that The Create could not permanently make living things and that impossible objects required plausible conditions and escalating Arcane Energy.
• Ling warned Fang Ran to keep The Create secret because its ability to trade Arcane Energy directly for desired results could serve as a faction’s strategic power.
• Ling gave Fang Ran Night Roamer’s core, allowing Silver Severing Dragon Tooth to release Infinity from the restraints around his heart.
• Ling explained that a technological coincidence could connect an Ultimate Power to its operator’s soul and that this bond could allow the mecha to develop self-awareness.
• Ling revealed that Fang Ran could use The Create and Infinity to reverse-create the unknown coincidence within Night Roamer, the Mechanical Soul.

Fang Ran created a solidified orb of light by using The Create to attempt to form Night Wander's Mechanical Soul, then took Ling to the Arctic and helped her stop hiding the strain of returning to her body. After embracing Ling beneath the Polar Night, he returned to the base and placed her sleeping form in a Biological Cabin, leaving her with a gentle farewell.

• Ling prepared the A-rank Training Ground and warned Fang Ran that creating Night Wander's Mechanical Soul might fail.
• Fang Ran unleashed a storm of magic energy, endured the strain, and produced a solidified orb of light as the Night Bureau and others sensed the surge.
• Fang Ran visited the Polar Bears in the Arctic with Ling, then embraced her and urged her to stop forcing herself to stay awake and handle everything alone.
• Ling admitted her feelings as Fang Ran held her beneath the Polar Night, and the two shared the emotions they had left unresolved a hundred years earlier.
• Fang Ran returned to the base, collapsed from the pain of creating the orb, and left Ling sleeping in the Biological Cabin after telling her to have a good dream.

After returning to The Cabin, Fang Ran examined the Mechanical Soul he had created and tried to use a Clow Card to learn more about it. The Dream card failed to activate, leaving him with no answer.

• Fang Ran returned to The Cabin alone and placed Wandering Night’s core in the Black Box for safekeeping.
• Resurgence treated Fang Ran’s re-fractured bones and warned him not to use Magic Energy on that scale for at least half a month.
• Fang Ran examined the Mechanical Soul, a cluster of light that responded to his Magic Energy but whose purpose he could not understand.
• Fang Ran recalled a Clow Card and tried to activate The Dream with Silver Severing Dragon Tooth.
• The Dream card appeared on the table without taking effect, marking the first time a Clow Card temporarily used through The Create had failed.

Fang Ran failed to activate the Dream card and reflected on how its past visions had guided him through the time inheritance scenario. While relaxing with Lanya and introducing it to Hugin and Munin, he watched Lanya swallow Hugin and sprout black wings, leaving him stunned as Ye Sheng called.

• Fang Ran tried to activate the Dream card, but it fell blank and did not respond.
• Fang Ran recalled the Dream’s past visions and realized they had helped him uncover Ling’s history and avoid being trapped in the time inheritance scenario.
• Fang Ran summoned Lanya with Dark World Crystal and played with it in the Cabin.
• Fang Ran introduced Lanya to Hugin and Munin, then answered a call from Ye Sheng.
• Lanya swallowed Hugin in one bite, and black wings sprouted from its body as Fang Ran tried to make it spit the raven out.

Ye Sheng asked Fang Ran to travel with Young Master and bring two Night Bureau members back before the National War. As Fang Ran puzzled over the vague assignment and dealt with F-233’s new wings, Young Master arrived by helicopter.

• Ye Sheng called Fang Ran and asked him to help bring Yota and Mu Cheng back early, saying Young Master would accompany him and the Bureau would cover travel expenses.
• F-233 swallowed the magical energy sustaining Hugin, then discovered it could grow wings and fly by consuming more energy.
• Fang Ran wondered about the National War’s rules, the trip’s destination, and when he and Young Master would leave.
• Young Master arrived outside Fang Ran’s home by helicopter and greeted him, then asked for comic recommendations.

The Young Master arrived by helicopter to take Fang Ran to Magic City, and Fang Ran discovered that the Night Bureau member’s extravagant, rule-bending style differed sharply from the others he admired. During the flight, the Young Master sized Fang Ran up and ended their first toast by asking whether he was still a virgin.

• The Young Master landed a helicopter beside Fang Ran’s home, introduced himself, and told Fang Ran to leave immediately without packing.
• Fang Ran boarded the lavishly furnished helicopter and learned they were flying to Magic City, first stopping at the airport.
• The Young Master explained that he had modified the helicopter to evade detection and used a company permit to comply with flight regulations.
• The Young Master praised Fang Ran for racing a carriage and getting Spellcaster taken to the traffic department, then offered him ice water instead of champagne.
• The Young Master assessed Fang Ran as a decent but restrained young Participant, clinked glasses with him, and asked whether he was still a virgin.

After the young master abandoned Fang Ran in Magic City to attend a yacht party, Fang Ran explored the unfamiliar city and embraced the freedom of traveling as a participant. He set out to find Resurrection Jie and bring two troublemakers back to the Bureau, beginning the National War arc.

• The young master teased Fang Ran about his lack of dating experience and invited him to a cocktail party, but Fang Ran refused.
• The young master flew Fang Ran to Magic City on a private jet, then left with a woman and assigned him to catch two people.
• Fang Ran discovered he had left his phone behind and had almost no money, so he took an airport bus into the city without knowing where to go.
• Fang Ran sat on a skyscraper rooftop, reflected on how participant life let him travel without fearing danger or hardship, and admired the Bund and Oriental Pearl Tower.
• Fang Ran took out the seawater, decided to call Resurrection Jie for her location, and jumped from the rooftop to begin his task.

Fang Ran traveled to Magic City to retrieve a Night Bureau member known as "Anonymous" and found him living as an intensely reclusive computer genius. After getting inside and introducing himself, Fang Ran told the startled young man that Sister Ye Sheng had sent him to bring him back.

• Fang Ran followed Resurrection Jie’s directions through Magic City and reached the office building where "Anonymous" lived.
• After security stopped him, Fang Ran flew in through a window and found a shut-in apartment filled with computer equipment.
• Fang Ran entered the master bedroom and found a pajama-clad young man typing alone at a computer.
• The young man panicked at seeing Fang Ran and assumed his uncle had come to evict him, then launched into a self-deprecating explanation of his life and ability.
• Fang Ran stopped him, introduced himself, and said Sister Ye Sheng had sent him to bring him back.

Fang Ran tried to bring Yota back to the Night Bureau ahead of the National War, but the socially anxious hacker refused to leave his dark room. Fang Ran abandoned force and tried to talk with him, only to discover Yota spent his days writing web novels.

• Fang Ran found Yota hiding in a dark room and introduced himself as the Night Bureau companion sent to collect him.
• Yota refused to leave, clinging to a chair bolted to the floor and locked in place with a combination seat belt.
• Fang Ran threatened to use force, but Yota warned that he would share Fang Ran’s Baidu Cloud files with his groups.
• Fang Ran dropped the threat and asked what Yota did all day among his computers and screens.
• Yota explained that he wrote web novels, leaving Fang Ran stunned.

Fang Ran discovered that Yota, a socially anxious technological genius, had written a sprawling but unsuccessful novel, and learned why Yota wanted to write. The chapter left Fang Ran reading Yota’s story in his room while Yota secretly monitored his tablet.

• Fang Ran questioned Yota about his novel’s weak readership and learned Yota had never attended school and had not signed a publishing contract, despite owning shares in the website.
• Yota explained that he wrote stories because he struggled to understand people and hoped creating fictional worlds would help him experience life and understand others.
• Fang Ran recognized Yota’s loneliness and asked to read his novel on a tablet.
• Fang Ran settled onto Yota’s bed with snacks and began reading while Yota secretly monitored the tablet and watched him.