Chapter Summaries

Yue Chen confronted Ye Hua in an alley, accused her of relying on her bloodline, and walked away convinced that she had proved bloodline theory useless. Ye Hua returned home shaken but reaffirmed her beliefs and decided to ask Miss Ji to send people to arrest Yue Chen over suspected ties to the Alt Conglomerate.

• Yue Chen caught Ye Hua following her and pinned her down in an alley.
• Yue Chen accused Ye Hua of relying on her family and bloodline, while Ye Hua defended her own efforts and accomplishments.
• Yue Chen released Ye Hua, declared that they were equals, and left the alley feeling relieved.
• Ye Hua returned home distressed and reflected on Yue Chen's accusations and their broken friendship.
• Ye Hua decided to report Yue Chen to Miss Ji and request her arrest over a suspected secret deal with the Alt Conglomerate.

Ji Yeling struggled to manage a growing feud between Ye Hua and Yue Chen as both filed urgent reports accusing the other of misconduct. The chapter ended with Ji Yeling overwhelmed by their demands and wailing in her office.

• Swordbearers staff worried about Ji Yeling's worsening temper and speculated that Ye Hua and Yue Chen's conflict was wearing her down.
• Ji Yeling angrily ordered an assistant to correct an error in his report, then read Ye Hua's latest allegations that Yue Chen was suspicious and should be brought in for interrogation.
• Ji Yeling questioned Ye Hua's claims and lamented that the dispute could affect the organization's mission.
• Yue Chen sent a heated report accusing Ye Hua of surveillance and baseless accusations, and threatened to act independently unless they were separated.
• Ji Yeling read Yue Chen's ultimatum and cried out in despair that she could not endure managing their feud.

Ji Yeling struggled to manage Ye Hua and Yue Chen’s escalating dispute, which was disrupting their mission in District 25. She decided to recall both Swordbearers and began preparing to find capable replacements who could cross the Wasteland.

• Administrative staff discussed Ji Yeling’s recent temper and the pressure caused by Ye Hua and Yue Chen’s reports.
• Ji Yeling reviewed Ye Hua’s accusations and Yue Chen’s rebuttals, briefly concluded that Ye Hua had betrayed Dragon City, then admitted she could not fairly judge the dispute.
• Ji Yeling decided to recall Ye Hua and Yue Chen because their conflict threatened the mission and could draw suspicion in District 25.
• Ji Yeling considered transferring replacement Swordbearers and worried they would need enough strength and skill to cross the dangerous Wasteland.
• Ji Yeling wrote a formal mission reassignment request and remarked that sweet coffee tasted better.

Jonas revealed to Eiffel that his plan was working as two rivals turned against each other. After receiving evidence accusing Yue Chen of bribing Dragon City officials, Ye Hua heard from an anonymous caller claiming to be a veteran Dragon City undercover agent.

• Jonas told Eiffel that two fish had turned on each other and that the ill-tempered one was about to take the bait.
• Ye Hua wrecked her immaculate bedroom in anger over her and Yue Chen's withdrawal from their assignment.
• Ye Hua received anonymous documents, bank records, photographs, and videos alleging that Yue Chen had bribed Dragon City officials.
• Ye Hua considered using the evidence but wondered whether it was authentic.
• An anonymous caller sent Ye Hua additional records and claimed to be her senior, a veteran Dragon City agent working undercover.

Ye Hua cautiously followed an anonymous caller’s instructions to retrieve a chip from the Silence Club, hoping to verify the caller’s identity and gain access to Dragon City’s database. She returned home with the chip and prepared to check whether the caller had told the truth.

• Ye Hua challenged the anonymous caller to prove they were her Swordbearer senior before she would trust their claims about Yue Chen.
• The caller directed Ye Hua to order an Ice Princess at the Silence Club and request it hot to obtain a chip containing their mission and a key to Dragon City’s database.
• Ye Hua weighed the risk of a trap, prepared weapons and emergency supplies, and set up a message to Ji Yeling in case she failed to check in.
• At the Silence Club, Ye Hua kept watch on the patrons, refused advances from two men, and ordered the drink using the caller’s code.
• Ye Hua poured out the drink, found the chip hidden in the glass’s base, checked herself for trackers, and returned home to verify the caller’s identity.

Jonas confirmed that Iris's virus chip could automatically infiltrate Dragon City's database, and Ye Hua used it to uncover records identifying Li Hua as a Dragon City agent who had operated undercover in District 25. The chapter left Ye Hua convinced that Li Hua was a major threat to her district.

• Jonas asked Iris to confirm that her virus program could run automatically and evade detection while hacking Dragon City's database.
• Iris explained that the chip would alter database records and upload most of their contents, though it could not access separately encrypted files.
• Jonas used a fishing metaphor to describe drawing Dragon City in, and Iris agreed to stay and monitor the program.
• Ye Hua inserted the chip into a card reader and searched the database after it finished loading.
• Ye Hua found reports about a Dragon City undercover mission and a file identifying Li Hua as an intelligence agent sent to District 25.
• Ye Hua concluded that Li Hua threatened District 25 and believed he would be killed if the district learned he was still alive.

Jonas fabricated a story about a secret organization controlling Dragon City and persuaded Ye Hua that the threat was real. As Ye Hua searched the database for clues, she asked whether her partner Yue Chen was an undercover agent.

• Ye Hua checked the evidence the anonymous man provided, accepted that he was a Swordbearer, and called him to ask why he had contacted her.
• The anonymous man claimed a hidden organization had infiltrated Dragon City and asked Ye Hua to help investigate it.
• Jonas's supposed conspiracy was revealed to be a lie, but Ye Hua interpreted inconsistencies in the database as evidence that the organization was real.
• Ye Hua asked to meet the anonymous man face-to-face and pressed him for guidance on what to do next.
• Ye Hua asked whether her partner, Yue Chen, was an undercover agent.

Ye Hua believed Jonas's anonymous warning that a hidden organization had infiltrated Dragon City's leadership, while Jonas explained to Iris how their planted clues had manipulated Ye Hua into trusting the false information. Despite being told to wait, Ye Hua resolved to investigate the conspiracy herself.

• Ye Hua questioned Jonas's anonymous caller, who claimed that nine out of ten Dragon City higher-ups were tied to or influenced by a secret organization.
• Jonas ended the call after telling Ye Hua to act as usual and wait for further contact.
• Iris asked Jonas whether his deception could fool Ye Hua, and Jonas explained how the planted chip and clues had guided her into making their plan seem like her own discoveries.
• Ye Hua brooded over the warning and feared that Dragon City was doomed while its people remained unaware of the organization.
• Ye Hua rejected the instruction to wait and decided to search for clues and investigate the conspiracy herself.

Ye Hua secretly investigated a hidden organization in Dragon City while trying to learn what Ji Yeling knew without revealing her suspicions. Ji Yeling dismissed the possibility of a mole, leaving Ye Hua convinced she was alone in uncovering the threat.

• Ye Hua marked key Dragon City locations on a map and ordered her retainers to discreetly watch for suspicious people and report their findings safely.
• Ye Hua called Ji Yeling, agreed to return to Dragon City, and then suggested reviewing the intelligence database and checking its apparent errors.
• Ye Hua cautiously asked whether there could be a mole in the Swordbearers, but Ji Yeling rejected the suspicion and demanded concrete evidence.
• After ending the call, Ye Hua felt increasingly helpless, believing a secret organization influenced Dragon City and the Swordbearers while Ji Yeling remained unaware.

Ye Hua suspected that a mysterious organization had infiltrated Dragon City and questioned whether Ji Yeling knew about it, but she chose to keep investigating rather than accuse her without evidence. She headed toward Dragon City with an escort, then knocked out the driver and disappeared so she could remain in District 25 and pursue clues.

• Ye Hua reviewed the database anomalies and considered whether Ji Yeling was hiding information or connected to the mysterious organization.
• Ye Hua decided to continue trusting Ji Yeling until she found evidence, while resolving to disobey orders and investigate from District 25.
• Ye Hua prepared to leave District 25 in a black SUV with an operative identified as Zero Seven.
• Near the edge of District 25, Ye Hua knocked Zero Seven unconscious, took control of the SUV, and drove away from the planned route.
• Zero Seven woke alone in a secluded location, reported Ye Hua missing, and Ye Hua watched from hiding as he made the call.

Ye Hua hid in District 25 and decided to approach Yue Chen for information about the organization controlling Dragon City. After finally finding her in a bar, Ye Hua tried to apologize and ask for help, but Yue Chen rejected her and threw her drink in Ye Hua’s face.

• Ye Hua took refuge in an abandoned warehouse in District 25 and concluded she could not fight the organization controlling Dragon City without more information.
• Ye Hua chose Yue Chen as her best lead and planned to regain her trust by apologizing and pretending she knew nothing about the organization.
• Ye Hua contacted her senior for help locating Yue Chen, then searched District 25’s bookstore, cafe, bar, and market without finding her.
• Ye Hua spotted Yue Chen entering a bar and approached her, asking to talk and apologizing for their past conflict.
• Yue Chen accused Ye Hua of wanting to use her, refused to help, threw her drink in Ye Hua’s face, and said that bloodsuckers deserved to be hanged from the streetlights she built.

Ye Hua confronted Yue Chen in a bar, demanded information about the organization she suspected Yue Chen belonged to, and failed to win her cooperation. After Ye Hua shot a drunken patron who provoked her, she reported the encounter to Jonas, who planned to investigate the bar.

• Yue Chen rejected Ye Hua's apology and request for help, then accused her of distrusting even Ji Yeling and ordered her to stay away.
• Ye Hua threatened Yue Chen and demanded to know whether Jonas was directing her, but Yue Chen denied the accusations and left the bar.
• A drunken patron mocked Ye Hua, and she shot him between the eyebrows before leaving.
• Ye Hua told Jonas that Yue Chen was likely part of the organization and gave him the bar's address.
• Jonas said he would investigate the area, while Ye Hua felt reassured that he supported her.

Jonas invited Yue Chen to the Alt Conglomerate and tried to recruit her to help change Dragon City's bloodline-based system, but she refused and prepared to report him. After she left, Jonas revealed that he had arranged for Miss Ye Hua, Yue Chen's former partner, to make her cooperate by force.

• Jonas called Yue Chen and invited her to visit the Alt Conglomerate, and she eventually accepted to gather intelligence.
• Yue Chen met Jonas in the botanical garden, where he proposed working together to change Dragon City's bloodline-based social structure.
• Yue Chen declined Jonas's proposal, deciding that his plans threatened Dragon City and that she needed to report him.
• After Yue Chen left, Jonas revealed that he had expected her refusal and asked Miss Ye Hua to make a move against her.

Yue Chen tried to warn Ji Yeling that Jonas planned to interfere in Dragon City's affairs, but Ye Hua trapped her in the Botanical Garden with sleep gas and captured her. Yue Chen lost consciousness believing Ye Hua had betrayed Dragon City, while Jonas praised Ye Hua for her work.

• Yue Chen suspected Jonas's invitation concealed a plot against Dragon City and hurried to report it to Ji Yeling.
• Ye Hua confronted Yue Chen about her meeting with Jonas, while gas from hidden plants and machines made Yue Chen's thoughts sluggish.
• Ye Hua blocked Yue Chen's escape and said she needed to investigate Yue Chen's connection to an organization inside Dragon City.
• Yue Chen insisted Jonas was the real threat, but her Chip and Communicator stopped working as the sleep gas weakened her.
• Yue Chen saw Jonas behind Ye Hua before she lost consciousness, and Jonas praised Ye Hua for capturing her.

Ye Hua met with Jonas at Alt Conglomerate headquarters, where he offered to cooperate against a mysterious organization infiltrating Dragon City and claimed Yue Chen was one of its agents. Ye Hua accepted the partnership, but Jonas told her to cooperate with his operation rather than investigate Yue Chen herself.

• Ye Hua received Jonas's encrypted invitation and went to Alt Conglomerate headquarters to hear his offer.
• Jonas told Ye Hua that a mysterious organization had infiltrated Dragon City's government and threatened its independence.
• Jonas claimed Yue Chen belonged to the organization and was a crucial pawn, while Ye Hua demanded evidence and said she could not recall Yue Chen without it.
• Ye Hua accepted Jonas's proposal to cooperate with the Alt Conglomerate and warned him she would not tolerate betrayal.
• Ye Hua said she would investigate Yue Chen, but Jonas told her to cooperate with his operation instead.

Ye Hua and Jonas planned to interrogate the captured Yue Chen while Jonas secretly imprisoned the Swordbearer who had come to retrieve Ye Hua. After a rescue team extracted Yue Chen during an explosion at Alt Tower, Jonas revealed that he had arranged the blast himself and hoped Dragon City would respond as he expected.

• Ye Hua confronted the unconscious Yue Chen, and Jonas decided to hide her and interrogate her for information about Dragon City and the organization behind her.
• Jonas revealed that the Swordbearer Ye Hua had allowed to leave was secretly being held at the Alt Conglomerate after Nightingale tracked and captured him.
• Two days later, Jonas told Ye Hua to wait until Yue Chen woke before beginning the interrogation, while privately planning for Yue Chen to disappear.
• An explosion tore through Alt Tower, prompting evacuations and a live news report as emergency crews responded.
• A stealth rescue team bypassed security, found Yue Chen unconscious in a Recovery Pod, and carried her away in an unmarked vehicle.
• Jonas toyed with Yue Chen's missing pistol and admitted that he had blown up his own tower to provoke Dragon City.

Ye Hua investigated Yue Chen’s escape from Alt Tower while Jonas secretly revealed that the escape was part of his plan. In Dragon City, Ji Yeling learned that Yue Chen was returning and received her threat to kill Ye Hua’s mother.

• Ye Hua learned Yue Chen had escaped after an attack damaged Alt Tower and went to question Jonas.
• Jonas claimed the attackers had helped Yue Chen escape, while secretly reflecting that the first stage of his plan had succeeded.
• Ye Hua left without finding Yue Chen, and Jonas said Ye Hua and Yue Chen were indispensable to his scheme.
• Ji Yeling waited anxiously for news after she could not contact Ye Hua or Yue Chen.
• A Swordbearer told Ji Yeling that Yue Chen had contacted them and was returning to Dragon City, apparently withdrawn but barely injured.
• Ji Yeling learned Yue Chen said she would kill Ye Hua’s mother when she got back.

After waking alone in the Wasteland, Yue Chen found supplies and a car, then made her way toward District 25 and contacted her comrades for rescue. Safe in their vehicle, she vowed to kill Ye Hua’s mom when she returned.

• Yue Chen woke injured and dehydrated in the Wasteland, then found a battered car containing water, bread, and nuts.
• Yue Chen used the car’s navigation device to locate District 25 and drove toward it, resolving to oppose Dragon City’s aristocratic forces.
• Yue Chen reached the edge of District 25 and sent an emergency signal to her comrades through her Communicator.
• Yue Chen’s comrades arrived, helped her into their vehicle, and drove her toward Dragon City’s safe zone.
• Yue Chen told them to inform the boss that she would kill Ye Hua’s mom.

After Yue Chen escaped and returned to Dragon City, Ye Hua concluded that a powerful organization among the commoners had helped her and decided to return to the city as well. Ye Hua concealed her suspicions from Ji Yeling, while Ji Yeling remained relieved that both women were safe but uneasy about the mission.

• Ye Hua reasoned that the organization behind Yue Chen had deep roots among the commoners, ruled out the nobles as likely allies, and decided to leave District 25 for Dragon City.
• Ye Hua removed Ji Yeling from her blacklist and answered her call, claiming her Communicator had failed because she had encountered danger.
• Ye Hua asked whether Yue Chen had returned, and Ji Yeling said Yue Chen had complained that they had not supported or believed her.
• Ji Yeling offered Ye Hua reassurance and asked her to return soon; Ye Hua said she planned to leave the next day and asked whether Dragon City's personnel remained in District 25.
• After the call, Ji Yeling felt relieved that Ye Hua was safe but wondered why she still felt uneasy, then dismissed it as her imagination.

Iris tried to act more outgoing with Jonas, but he quickly noticed and reassured her that he liked her shy, usual self. The chapter ended with Iris asking Jonas to feed her more than cake, then trailing off into muffled sounds.

• Iris entered Jonas's office and waited quietly while he finished working.
• Jonas offered Iris strawberry cake, and she hesitated because she worried she had gained weight before agreeing to eat some.
• Iris asked Jonas to feed her, startling him with her unusually bold behavior.
• Jonas realized Iris was pretending to be more outgoing and told her he liked her as she normally was.
• Iris thanked Jonas, ate the rest of the cake quickly, and asked what else he could feed her.