Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu and Wei'a fought off three powerful assassins who attacked their building at night, though Anna escaped with an injury. The encounter led Chen Mu to prioritize building a Card Adept training room, and the next morning he summoned Bu Qiangdong to his office.

• Chen Mu evaded a Detection Card by controlling his perception near the Breath-Concealing Method's golden frequency, while the straight-browed man detected his presence on the top floor.
• Wei'a ambushed the three Card Adepts with Bone China Tea Saucers, forcing them to retreat toward a window.
• Chen Mu shot Anna through her Energy Shield as she escaped, but her companions rescued her and fled into the night.
• Chen Mu wondered who had sent the assassins and decided that building a Card Adept training room was more urgent than building a Card-Making Room.
• The next morning, Chen Mu summoned Bu Qiangdong to his office, where Bu cautiously sat down.

Chen Mu ordered Bu Qiangdong to find business for Skywing, including public-service work, while the Central Continent Group discovered a more advanced signal related to its [Bee Signal Card] project. Meanwhile, Morse learned that Anna had been knocked unconscious by two unseen attackers, whose identities remained unknown.

• Chen Mu assigned Bu Qiangdong responsibility for finding Skywing clients and taking on public-service work.
• Fali and Qian Mingyi told Ren Wenzhou that an unidentified signal was more advanced than the Central Continent Group's [Bee Signal Card] technology.
• Ren Wenzhou ordered a secret investigation into the signal, which seemed to come from the city's northwest, and told Fali to continue his research.
• Morse questioned his men about Anna's condition, and the red-haired man said two hidden attackers had ambushed them.
• The man with the unibrow told Morse that he had noticed nothing about the attackers.

Chen Mu and Wei'a explored prosperous Luoyou City, where Chen Mu watched a recording of a high-level battle between experts from Frostmoon Cold Isle and the Desert Camp. He then entered a card shop to look for ways to earn money and support his research into the Mysterious Card.

• Morse ordered the red-haired man and his companions to recover and stay out of sight after their hidden operation, while worrying that Cao Dong and Wei'a might uncover his involvement.
• Chen Mu and Wei'a toured Luoyou City, and Chen Mu marveled at its prosperity and distance from the Ning Family's reach.
• Wei'a stopped to watch a recorded battle between a woman from Frostmoon Cold Isle and one of the Desert Camp's Twin Stars, and Chen Mu studied their powerful techniques.
• Wei'a told Chen Mu that the combatants were about his age and far stronger than he was, but Chen Mu accepted the comparison without losing confidence in his own goals.
• Chen Mu entered a card shop hoping to find opportunities to make money, but the low-grade cards on display failed to impress him.

Chen Mu assigned Skywing a large amount of public-service work and crafted a One-Star Illusion Card as the template for its teaching materials. Meanwhile, Fali and Qian Mingyi struggled to locate the source of a signal and stabilize the technology it represented, and Skywing's employees gathered to view Chen Mu's card.

• Chen Mu checked card prices, returned to Skywing with Wei'a, and learned that Bu Qiangdong had secured several public-service jobs.
• Chen Mu reviewed the job documents, requested materials, and made a One-Star Illusion Card for the teaching materials.
• Qian Mingyi told Fali that the signal had not reappeared and that the group lacked personnel for a large investigation.
• Fali told Qian Mingyi that his attempts to stabilize the signal had failed, and Qian Mingyi promised to pursue its source when it appeared again.
• Bu Qiangdong showed Chen Mu's card to Skywing's employees, who carefully inserted it into a player to see what it contained.

Chen Mu impressed Skywing’s employees with a dazzling illusion card, then focused on earning money by making improved Flame Dragon Cards. The chapter ended with a young woman arriving at a rented residence in Dongxing.

• Chen Mu’s projection of stars and growing plants amazed Skywing’s employees, who learned they were expected to make the card themselves.
• Bu Qiangdong silenced the employees’ protests and urged them to work hard rather than risk losing their jobs.
• Chen Mu made ten improved Flame Dragon Cards and consigned them for sale at eighty thousand Odi each.
• Chen Mu bought Wei'a a wrist device and a Viewing Illusion Card while they shopped for necessities.
• A young woman with pale purple hair and a large travel pack knocked on the door of a wooden residence in Dongxing.

Xiao Man visited Sister Mei and Xiao An, bringing the boy a Flame Dragon Card and taking him to a secluded place to learn how to use it. When Xiao An failed to activate the card, Xiao Man tested it herself and sensed that something was wrong, leaving the cause unresolved.

• Xiao Man arrived at Sister Mei's home after flying for three days without money for a shuttle train, and Xiao An eagerly welcomed her.
• Xiao Man gave Xiao An a Flame Dragon Card she had bought for eighty thousand Odi and agreed to teach him how to use it.
• Xiao Man took Xiao An to a secluded patch of wilderness and told him how to activate the card, but he could not control the energy entering it.
• Xiao Man took the Flame Dragon Card from Xiao An and inserted it into her Wrist Device, immediately sensing something was wrong.

Xiao Man discovered that Xiao An’s Flame Dragon Card was an unusually powerful design and decided to find its Card Crafter. Meanwhile, Chen Mu prepared Skywing’s new building and training room, spent most of the company’s funds, and received a Wrist Device alert.

• Xiao Man tested the Flame Dragon Card and found that its attack was about fifty percent stronger than an ordinary version.
• Xiao Man decided to find the Card Crafter behind the unusual card, then offered to teach Xiao An how to use it.
• Clio reviewed a report about Cao Dong’s public-service jobs and told his bodyguard to watch for news about his brother.
• Bu Qiangdong organized Skywing’s employees into teams that learned to reproduce Chen Mu’s difficult Illusion Cards.
• Chen Mu finished setting up a simple training room, realized Skywing’s funds were nearly gone, and heard his Wrist Device beep.

Chen Mu received the proceeds from his Flame Dragon Cards and began Wei'a’s physical training to strengthen his body. Meanwhile, Xiao Man tried to track down the maker of a Flame Dragon Card but left the shop without learning their identity.

• Chen Mu received 720,000 Odi after his ten Flame Dragon Cards sold, then began training in a current tank under Wei'a’s instruction.
• Chen Mu struggled across the tank and learned that his quota was twenty round trips.
• Xiao Man asked a salesgirl at the card shop to identify the maker of her Flame Dragon Card, but the shop could not trace its source.
• Xiao Man left her Communication Card number with the salesgirl and asked her to contact her if cards marked with the letter C appeared again.
• Xiao Man set off toward the northwestern corner of Luoyou City to take care of business.

Xiao Man told the short-bearded man that their organization needed to seize the Central Continent Group’s breakthrough in wilderness-capable Communication Card technology, while preparing for rival forces and reinforcements. After an exhausted Chen Mu recovered from training, he went downstairs to hear Bu Qiangdong’s important report.

• Xiao Man met with the short-bearded man and said the boss had ordered them to expand their foothold and secure the Central Continent Group’s project by any means.
• Xiao Man confirmed that other unknown, powerful people might also be targeting the project, and said the boss would send reinforcements in a few days.
• Xiao Man revealed that the Central Continent Group was secretly developing a Communication Card that could maintain communication in the wilderness and had already made a breakthrough.
• The short-bearded man realized the technology could enable large-scale wilderness expeditions and give its possessor a major advantage in finding resources and path windows.
• Chen Mu recovered after ten minutes from exhausting training, then went downstairs to hear Bu Qiangdong’s important report.

Chen Mu considered training his Perception in real water and tested the idea in the tank with Wei'a standing guard. The currents disrupted his Perception strands, leaving him struggling to control them underwater.

• Bu Qiangdong reported that Skywing had delivered its work with the company logo and received several new jobs.
• Chen Mu reflected on how real water differed from the Simple Water World and hypothesized that training in real water might affect his Perception.
• Chen Mu asked Wei'a to watch him and pull him from the tank if his breathing became abnormal.
• Chen Mu submerged himself and began his Perception training after preparing himself and entering a focused state.
• The real-water currents scattered Chen Mu's Perception strands, making them far harder to control than in the Simple Water World.

Chen Mu trained his Perception underwater until Wei'a’s killing intent jolted him back from unconsciousness and triggered rapid growth. A black-clad intruder fled the area, and Xiao Man pursued him, realizing that Luoyou City held several formidable experts.

• Chen Mu struggled against the real water’s currents as his Perception and blood oxygen dwindled, leaving him close to drowning.
• Wei'a sensed someone outside the training room and released a powerful killing intent that revived Chen Mu and drove him to resist with his last Perception.
• Chen Mu’s mind became unusually clear, and his Perception grew rapidly as he fought the killing intent; the black shadow outside fled, while Wei'a stopped before pulling him from the water.
• Xiao Man sensed the killing intent from nearby, identified the fleeing Black-Clad Man as the likely intruder, and flew after him.
• Xiao Man pursued the Black-Clad Man through difficult maneuvers and recognized that he was highly skilled, while she wondered how many powerful experts had gathered in Luoyou City.

Xiao Man fought the man in black through a high-speed aerial battle, enduring his relentless Wave Blade barrage before escaping with a daring flight maneuver. As the watching Card Adepts reacted to her near-impossible climb beside a building, Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes in the water tank.

• The man in black caught Xiao Man off guard with five Wave Blades, forcing her to raise [Orange] and defend against a continuing barrage of Silver Moon Wave Blades.
• Xiao Man stayed composed as her Wrist Device's energy drained, then used a high-altitude sideslip to evade the man in black's attacks.
• Card Adepts gathered at a distance to watch the fight, and a bald, fat man called for equipment to broadcast it while a refined-looking young man observed.
• Xiao Man hurtled toward a building, then performed half a U-Shaped Dive-and-Rebound and climbed along its glass facade with less than twenty centimeters to spare.
• Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes in the water tank.

Chen Mu’s breakthrough increased his Perception but left him overwhelmed by heightened senses, so he headed for the Quiet Room to find relief. Meanwhile, Xiao Man and Hao Yi’s group reacted to the powerful expert whose presence had disrupted the fight, while Uncle Zheng pressed ahead with their plan to take over the Central Continent Group.

• Chen Mu learned that Wei'a had driven off someone lying in ambush, then discovered his Perception had increased by over twenty percent and his breath-holding time had reached around twenty-five minutes.
• Chen Mu found that his newly sensitive Six Senses flooded him with noise and other sensations, and decided to seek refuge in the Quiet Room.
• Xiao Man concluded that the man in black had an unusual concealment skill and worried that a supreme expert in Luoyou City could threaten her mission.
• Hao Yi realized that he could see the Black-Clad Man even after his Perception had lost track of him, then returned to find Uncle Zheng and the others discussing the expert.
• Uncle Zheng said he was no match for the expert but insisted the group could still take over the Central Continent Group without reinforcements, while Hao Yi felt uneasy.

Chen Mu adapted to his heightened sensitivity, earned the Folded Swallow Wave Card method from the Mysterious Card, and received Wei'a’s advice on choosing the right combat skills to survive. As Skywing’s illusion cards attracted growing business and recruitment applications, Chen Mu began organizing his training while the company prepared to expand.

• Chen Mu scored 65 on the Mysterious Card’s sensitivity test and received the method for making the Folded Swallow Wave Card, though he lacked the money for its materials.
• Chen Mu watched Wei'a train in the water tank, and Wei'a explained that the familiar exercise had not restored any more of his memories.
• Chen Mu asked Wei'a how to combine his scattered combat knowledge, and Wei'a advised him to master his skills and choose the right response for each situation.
• Chen Mu decided to prioritize survival and began sorting through his techniques and practicing when to use them, with Wei'a offering suggestions.
• Bu Qiangdong’s educational illusion cards sold out as orders surged, and Chen Mu approved his proposal to recruit more employees.
• Skywing’s reputation spread across Luoyou City, bringing in many job applications and rumors about the mysterious boss Cao Dong.

Chen Mu refined a close-combat technique and contacted the village to check on its people. After hearing that the base was safe and the children were training well, he formed an idea while looking at Alfonso and Xivide; meanwhile, Fali announced that the Central Continent Group had caught the signal.

• Chen Mu demonstrated a fast, evasive attack that cut through a wooden post, and Wei'a judged his technique not bad.
• Chen Mu and Wei'a contacted the village, where Liduhong reassured them that the base was safe before Wei'a ordered him back to training.
• Alfonso reported that the base was operating normally and Cheng Ying was well, then asked about young men courting her; Chen Mu said the choice was hers and warned that her wishes must be respected.
• Wei'a asked about Liduhong's training, and Xivide reported that the boy and several other children were progressing quickly under Wei'a's methods.
• Chen Mu got an idea while considering the Folded Swallow Wave Card and the men on the screen, as Fali burst into Qian Mingyi's office to say they had caught the signal.

Kai, Tian Tian, and Lu Xiaoru were sent to the northwestern district of Luoyou City to capture a user of a special communication device, while Chen Mu built a materials database for the [Undercity] base. As danger approached Chen Mu, Xiao Man hurried to meet Yu Guo near Carl Hospital, and Hao Yi noticed something on the street while thinking about Ren Wenzhou's resistance.

• Qian Mingyi ordered Kai, Tian Tian, and Lu Xiaoru to use Signal Balls to find and capture a person carrying special communication equipment, alive and with the equipment intact.
• Chen Mu bought a materials encyclopedia and a Wrist Device, created a Materials database through [System], and began transmitting the encyclopedia to the [Undercity] base.
• Yu Guo contacted Xiao Man after arriving in Luoyou City, and she rushed to meet him and his group near Carl Hospital.
• Hao Yi reflected on Ren Wenzhou's refusal to submit to the attempted acquisition, then stopped and focused on something nearby.

Yu Guo's Card Adepts pursued Hao Yi after spotting him watching Xiao Man, while Hao Yi called Uncle Zheng for help. Kai and his team encountered the chase during a search of Luoyou City and, suspecting a trap when the pursuers called for reinforcements, launched an attack.

• Yu Guo noticed Hao Yi watching Xiao Man and sent two Card Adepts to approach him, prompting Hao Yi to flee.
• Hao Yi called Uncle Zheng, who told him to lead the pursuers around while he and the others came to help.
• The pursuers reported Hao Yi's strength to Yu Guo, who ordered his Card Adepts to search Luoyou City's northwestern corner.
• Kai, Tian Tian, and Lu Xiaoru encountered Hao Yi and the two pursuers as Kai's team searched in formation.
• When the pursuers contacted Yu Guo, Kai suspected they were summoning reinforcements and ordered his team to attack the three ahead.

Chen Mu hid near the Skywing Building as rival groups of card adepts fought a devastating battle across Luoyou City. Lu Xiaoru’s Signal Ball detected its target nearby, though she did not know Chen Mu was only sixteen meters away.

• Chen Mu paused his data transmission, escaped the Skywing Building, and concealed himself nearby as the fighters approached.
• The card adepts unleashed a fierce attack that damaged the Skywing Building, while Hao Yi survived the initial assault using his [Steel Helmet] card.
• Uncle Zheng arrived and used [Blue Polar Snake Thread] to kill three attackers, while Yu Guo’s group joined the battle.
• Hao Yi blamed Kai and his companions for killing two of Yu Guo’s allies, and the accusation triggered a chaotic fight in which Yu Guo killed five card adepts and Kai’s projectile swallowed six more.
• Lu Xiaoru decided to abandon the Central Continent Group, then discovered that her Signal Ball had detected its target within fifty meters.
• Chen Mu remained hidden only sixteen meters from Lu Xiaoru.

Chen Mu ambushed Lu Xiaoru after she lured him out, then pursued her when his Tail-Shedding Shuttle wounded her. As Lu Xiaoru fought two Card Adepts and Xiao Man battled nearby, Xiao Man spotted a blurry figure hiding in the shadows.

• Chen Mu realized Lu Xiaoru had used her slipping gown to pinpoint him, escaped through the ruins, and learned she was pursuing him.
• Chen Mu struck Lu Xiaoru through her Energy Shield with a Tail-Shedding Shuttle, then chased her to discover why she had targeted him.
• Two Card Adepts arrived and fought Lu Xiaoru, while Chen Mu hid nearby and watched her strange attacks disrupt their Energy Shields.
• Xiao Man tied down Hao Yi's inexperienced companions until Hao Yi regained consciousness and ordered them to use Synchronized Attack.
• Xiao Man killed two Card Adepts, left Hao Yi's group, and approached Lu Xiaoru before noticing a blurry figure in the shadow of a broken wall.

Chen Mu watched Xiao Man confront Lu Xiaoru and saw Xiao Man unleash a devastating attack that appeared to engulf Lu Xiaoru. Lu Xiaoru survived and revealed a strange counterattack, leaving Chen Mu puzzled about her abilities.

• Chen Mu recognized Xiao Man, evaded her, and continued hiding nearby while she moved toward Lu Xiaoru.
• Xiao Man found Lu Xiaoru wounded and prepared a surprise attack with her [Tadpole] card as Lu Xiaoru searched for Chen Mu.
• Lu Xiaoru detected an attack and raised her Energy Shield, but Xiao Man's [Counterflow Rainburst] engulfed her in a powerful explosion.
• Chen Mu watched the blast and admired Xiao Man's control, while regretting that Lu Xiaoru might die before he could question her or study her card.
• A clear opening appeared in the flames, and Lu Xiaoru's vibrating Energy Shield and pained expression showed that she had survived and was using an unknown ability against Xiao Man.