Chapter Summaries

Olof and the other members of the numbered group met to discuss 004, whose growing ambition and abuse of power had angered them. 005 called a vote to kill 004, and 008 and 009 voted in favor as 002 warned of the risks.

• Olof sealed his office and joined a meeting with members 002 through 009, including newcomer 006.
• 004 insulted the meeting and left after learning it had been organized at 007’s request.
• Olof, 008, and 009 criticized 004’s conduct and his betrayal of the group.
• 005 proposed a death vote against 004, and 009 and 008 voted in favor while 002 argued against it.

At the remote meeting, 005 tried to pass a death vote against 004, but Olof rejected the claim that 001’s support meant he had voted for the killing. Olof agreed to the vote only if he could choose who would be blamed, accusing the others of using Snake Cards identities to seek the position of Joker.

• 003 and 006 abstained from voting on 004, while 002 said the vote needed support from 000 or 001.
• 005 contacted 001, who said 007 could speak for him and agreed with 007’s position; 005 then claimed the death vote had passed.
• Olof clarified that he had not voted to kill 004 and said the vote had not passed yet.
• Olof agreed to vote for 004’s death only if the group did not frame a wanted criminal ranked above Snake Card 10, then accused the others of seeking Joker status through Snake Cards identities.
• 002 and 003 supported Olof’s demand that he choose who would be blamed, and 005, 008, and 009 agreed.

Olof recruited 006 and himself to lead the effort to kill 004, then revealed that the Second Safe Zone had recently been breached by gods. Meanwhile, Qin Siyang told his companions to keep his victory over Shi Tao secret, while Fu Wanli celebrated his new relationship and planned to introduce his girlfriend.

• 006 reasoned that 004 was likely Yan Budong or Wei Rulai and volunteered to kill him, choosing Olof as his partner.
• The meeting members pledged money, artifacts, and materials to support the killing, while Olof added that 006 and he would begin after the meeting.
• Olof said he had learned from a World-Destroying Church criminal that gods had recently breached the Second Safe Zone, shocking the attendees.
• At dinner, Qin Siyang told Fu Wanli to keep his win against Shi Tao secret, and Hu Chan teased him about pretending to be weak.
• Fu Wanli said he had started dating Xiao Lan and planned to take her around campus, so Qin Siyang asked him to bring her to the Guesthouse to meet them.

Fu Wanli introduced his new girlfriend, Liu Yuelan, to Qin Siyang and the others, but they recognized her as a mole using an enchantment skill and killed her. The group contacted Principal Zhao Longfei to have her memories examined alongside those of the other two moles.

• Fu Wanli told Qin Siyang and the others he had decided to stay with them and pursue his ambition of showing off like a total badass, and said he wanted to experience romance.
• Fu Wanli introduced Liu Yuelan as his girlfriend in the Tenth Floor lobby, but she collapsed with her neck broken when he tugged her arm.
• Zhao Sifang and Hu Chan explained that Liu Yuelan belonged to the [Enchantress] Sequence and had used [Love Bewitchment] on them, revealing her hostile intentions.
• Gu Yunpeng explained why the group had resisted Liu Yuelan's skill, and Qin Siyang joked that Fu Wanli seemed to attract danger.
• Qin Siyang called Principal Zhao Longfei and asked him to examine Liu Yuelan's memories along with those of the two other Reincarnation Church members; Zhao Longfei reacted with disbelief and hung up.

After the group discussed the threats surrounding them at Nanrong University, Qin Siyang attended Professor Harrison’s first class on apocalypse geography. Harrison explained that the Safe Zone’s location remained disputed because people from different countries had gathered there, and Qin Siyang connected this mystery to events on the day the apocalypse began.

• Fu Wanli apologized to Qin Siyang and the others before leaving, and the group discussed the dangers and factions that might be targeting them.
• Chu Baxing said he did not think Qiu Yu or Liu Yuelan had targeted him, while Qin Siyang privately remembered a World-Destroying Church mission to kidnap him.
• Zhao Sifang took away the body, and the group returned to their rooms to rest.
• Qin Siyang attended Professor Harrison’s Introduction to Apocalypse Geography class, where Harrison explained that students needed points to access research papers and should keep hunting gods.
• Harrison described competing theories about the Safe Zone’s location and said it had gathered people from multiple countries, while Qin Siyang linked the mystery to the apocalypse’s arrival.

Harrison explained the Safe Zone’s geography and described the Sigma District as a vast, isolated region in the mountains where the United Government had little control and cults operated. Qin Siyang learned why he had never seen it while exploring outside the Safe Zone, but Harrison’s warning not to go only made him consider visiting.

• Harrison explained that areas near the Origin God Mountain Range were more developed and that interior areas without exits supported farming and industry.
• Qin Siyang realized that Li Tianming and Zhang Kuang had directed him to buy God-Hunting Artifacts through the Black Market instead of legitimate channels.
• Harrison described the Safe Zone’s top universities and avoided explaining what had happened to Area No. 4’s former Northern Glory University.
• Harrison explained that the Sigma District was a vast exclave on the mountain range’s far side, reachable through a tunnel from the first hundred areas.
• Harrison warned the students that the dangerous Sigma District was rife with criminals and housed major cult headquarters, while Qin Siyang privately considered going there anyway.

Qin Siyang attended his first [God Combat] class at Nanrong University and learned how the [God Arena] simulated fights with gods. He discovered that he could customize a god for practice, and immediately looked forward to creating his own opponent.

• After a humiliating cafeteria lunch, Qin Siyang joined his brothers in vowing to keep eating there every day.
• Qin Siyang arrived at the [God-Hunting Building] for [God Combat] and recognized Xie Hongbo as the instructor.
• Xie Hongbo explained that using a [God Arena] outside class cost one Sequence Potion per minute and that students with more points could cut the queue.
• Xie Hongbo showed the freshmen how the [Simulation Control Unit] selected common gods and explained that custom simulations cost three Sequence Potions per minute.
• Qin Siyang was disappointed that the Lava Crocodile was unavailable as a preset, then became excited when he learned he could customize a god.

Xie Hongbo explained the God Arena’s risks and rules for allocating its limited spaces, then Qin Siyang tested simulations of several Gods. After his warm-up, Qin Siyang prepared to create a custom God based on the sacrificial giant vine.

• Xie Hongbo explained that God Arena battles felt almost real and that students who died or suffered serious injuries had to pay a Sequence Potion penalty.
• Xie Hongbo assigned arena access by ranking, giving the highest-ranked freshmen more individual space and priority over usage times.
• Qin Siyang entered a God Arena and defeated a simulated Mutated Scythe Beetle after examining it.
• Qin Siyang tested a simulated Ghost-Faced Heron, noted that it lacked the Lizardfish found in the real God, and killed it before landing safely.
• Qin Siyang defeated a simulated Corrosive Black Centipede and opened the custom God function to recreate the sacrificial giant vine.

Qin Siyang customized a Berserk Sacrificial Giant Vine to train his dodging and repeatedly used the God Arena despite its extraordinary Sequence Potion consumption. The chapter ended with Principal Zhao Longfei discovering the resource drain and furiously confronting Xie Hongbo over the arena’s pricing.

• Qin Siyang set the simulated Sacrificial Giant Vine’s size and hardness, then began a custom God Arena session that rapidly drained the arena’s Gas-Dissolving Tank.
• Qin Siyang dodged the giant vine’s relentless attacks with [Feast Kingdom], but a fragment of rubble blocked his teleport and he was struck unconscious.
• Qin Siyang paid Xie Hongbo four Sequence Potions for the session and returned to the arena to prepare another custom god.
• Xie Hongbo and a staff member discussed Qin Siyang’s enormous potion use and speculated that Principal Zhao would overlook the costs because of his connection to Qin Siyang.
• Zhao Longfei discovered the depleted potion supply and angrily rebuked Xie Hongbo for charging Qin Siyang the standard rate despite the arena’s heavy losses.

After struggling to improve his combat skills, Qin Siyang planned to train more in the God Arena and earn points through university missions. Fu Wanli considered a date with a new girl, but his friends persuaded him to take a break from romance and train with Zhao Sifang instead.

• Qin Siyang reflected on how helpless he had been against the sacrificial giant vine and decided to visit the God Arena more often and earn points through university missions.
• Fu Wanli asked what his friends planned to do that night, and Zhao Sifang, Gu Yunpeng, and Qin Siyang each said they might train at the God-Hunting Building or Combat Arena.
• Fu Wanli revealed that a girl named Xiao Li had asked him to meet for a walk, and his friends teased him about finding another girlfriend.
• Qin Siyang and the others urged Fu Wanli to pause his romantic pursuits, pointing out that Xiao Li might be another criminal and that Xiao Yu and Xiao Lan were still under investigation.
• Zhao Sifang offered Fu Wanli a God Arena spot and to pay for his Sequence Potions, and Fu Wanli reluctantly agreed to go train with him.

After exhausting himself in God Arena training, Qin Siyang returned to the God-Hunting Building in the small hours to keep improving his strength. His unusual sequence potion consumption alarmed the staff, while his classmates began to suspect he had simulated a powerful god.

• Qin Siyang decided to rest, then wake at two in the morning and visit the God-Hunting Building.
• Qin Siyang arrived to find the arenas crowded and met Chu Baxing, Hu Chan, Gu Yunpeng, Zhao Sifang, and Fu Wanli.
• Fu Wanli told the others that Principal Zhao had been furious because Qin Siyang's arena consumed an unusually large amount of sequence potion.
• Chu Baxing reasoned that Qin Siyang must have simulated a powerful god, and Hu Chan began to guess what that god might be.
• God Arena No. 97 hummed, and Qin Siyang emerged, paid for four bottles of sequence potion, then went straight back inside.
• The staff worried about Qin Siyang's return and decided to contact Xie Hongbo rather than risk angering Principal Zhao themselves.

Qin Siyang confronted Zhao Longfei about being charged more for his unusually high consumption of Sequence Potions in the God Arena. Zhao offered him an exclusive arena if Qin supplied its potions, and Qin considered accepting the arrangement.

• Xie Hongbo told Qin Siyang that Zhao Longfei had raised concerns about his Sequence Potion use and might increase his fees.
• Qin Siyang called Zhao Longfei, who complained that Qin's simulation of a sacrificial giant vine consumed more potions than the other ninety-nine arenas combined.
• Qin Siyang claimed he was practicing evasive footwork in case he encountered another sacrificial giant vine and found a Vine Heart.
• Qin Siyang hinted that he might donate a future Vine Heart to Southern Glory, prompting Zhao Longfei to propose an exclusive God Arena that Qin would supply with Sequence Potions.
• Qin Siyang questioned whether an exclusive arena would make students resent Zhao Longfei, and Zhao said Qin could assign it to himself using his privilege.

Qin Siyang secured an exclusive God Arena by agreeing to complete five tasks hunting medium gods, only to discover Principal Zhao had publicly announced the bargain. As students reacted, second-year Zong Maohui confronted Qin Siyang over Fu Wanli's claim that the dangerous tasks would be easy for him.

• Qin Siyang agreed to complete university tasks for points in exchange for using his privilege-setting right early, and he requested God Arena No. 88 to avoid being assigned No. 97 or No. 22.
• Xie Hongbo designated God Arena No. 88 as Qin Siyang's exclusive arena, while Zhao Longfei posted that Qin Siyang had agreed to hunt five medium gods.
• Students criticized Qin Siyang's deal, and Qin Siyang realized Zhao Longfei had committed him to five dangerous tasks.
• Fu Wanli praised Qin Siyang and claimed he could kill medium gods easily, prompting Zong Maohui, a second-year ranked fourth in practical combat, to challenge those words.
• Zong Maohui told Qin Siyang he would have to pay a price and took out his phone.

Zong Maohui arranged for students to submit easy Medium God missions, making Qin Siyang’s school assignments harder. Qin Siyang surveyed the Mission Hall’s remaining missions and agreed to take Chu Baxing along on a Drill Pod expedition, which they planned to start that night.

• Zong Maohui told Gong Rang to gather students to submit one-star and two-star Medium God missions, offering Black Market stall allocations and a Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifact as incentives.
• Zhao Sifang explained that the students’ submissions would clear the easier Medium God missions and leave Qin Siyang with more difficult options; Qin Siyang let Fu Wanli’s careless boasting go.
• Qin Siyang and his companions visited the Mission Hall, where he saw that the Small God missions and many easy Medium God missions had already been claimed.
• Qin Siyang assessed the remaining Medium God missions, deciding that several three-star and four-star targets seemed manageable but dismissing the five-star options.
• Chu Baxing asked to join Qin Siyang’s Drill Pod missions, and Qin Siyang agreed on the condition that he pay for the Sequence Potion fuel.
• Qin Siyang checked that the next day had only elective classes and decided that the group would leave the Safe Zone that night.

Qin Siyang took Chu Baxing, Hu Chan, Gu Yunpeng, and Zhao Sifang outside the Safe Zone to hunt gods, with each hunter claiming suitable targets. After the others left to hunt, Qin Siyang found a Doom Octopus in an underground cave and realized he might complete his mission in one go.

• Qin Siyang led Chu Baxing, Hu Chan, Gu Yunpeng, and Zhao Sifang more than fifty kilometers outside the Safe Zone, while Fu Wanli stayed behind because he was too weak for the trip.
• Qin Siyang assigned small god nests to Hu Chan, three-star-or-higher medium gods to himself, and the remaining targets to the others.
• Zhao Sifang volunteered to kill a rare Swordback Cat for a school mission, and Gu Yunpeng went after a Ghost-Faced Heron to gather material for his paper.
• Chu Baxing and Hu Chan hunted two rare two-star medium gods for school missions, while Qin Siyang killed a common Vegetable-Feather Frog.
• Qin Siyang entered an underground cave, recognized the enormous god inside as a Doom Octopus, and said he could complete his mission in one go.

Qin Siyang tested whether he could kill a Doom Octopus outright, then discovered it duplicated even after death and turned the cavern into a lucrative hunting ground. After filling his Storage Boxes with Doom Octopus corpses, he drove toward Chu Baxing and the others to get more.

• Qin Siyang studied a four-tentacled Doom Octopus and decided to attack instead of guessing where its heart was hidden.
• Qin Siyang destroyed all three stone piles, killing the Doom Octopus, but a new one emerged from the slime.
• Qin Siyang repeatedly killed the Doom Octopuses as they appeared and packed their corpses into his Storage Boxes.
• After filling his Storage Boxes, Qin Siyang summoned the Drill Pod and lured two pursuing Doom Octopuses toward Chu Baxing and the others, hoping to use their storage space.

Chu Baxing watched Qin Siyang destroy and collect multiple Doom Octopuses before picking up Hu Chan. The chapter ended with Chu Baxing leaving the Drill Pod to watch Qin Siyang fight, calling it “seeing God.”

• Chu Baxing killed a Horseshoe Crab and waited outside the Safe Zone for Qin Siyang to pick him up.
• Qin Siyang arrived in the Drill Pod with two Doom Octopuses chasing him and ordered Chu Baxing to hand over his unlocked, empty Storage Boxes.
• Qin Siyang killed the Doom Octopuses and their duplicates with powerful punches, storing their bodies in the boxes.
• After filling the boxes, Qin Siyang drove to collect Hu Chan and asked him for his empty Storage Boxes.
• When Chu Baxing tried to leave the Drill Pod, Hu Chan stopped him, but Chu Baxing said he wanted to see God.

Qin Siyang used the group’s Storage Boxes to collect Doom Octopus corpses while fighting the creatures outside the Safe Zone. After realizing Qin Siyang was most likely to freeload off him alone, Hu Chan grew increasingly alarmed, and the chapter ended with Qin Siyang revealing he had fitted every Storage Box with a Special Lock.

• Hu Chan complained that he had given Qin Siyang his empty Storage Boxes and feared Qin Siyang would refuse to repay him.
• Qin Siyang dismissed Chu Baxing’s request to share the Doom Octopus corpses and collected more Storage Boxes from Gu Yunpeng and Zhao Sifang.
• Gu Yunpeng explained that Qin Siyang would not freeload off the Gu, Chu, or Zhao Families, leading Hu Chan to realize he might be Qin Siyang’s only target.
• After filling more than twenty Storage Boxes, Qin Siyang exhausted himself by repeatedly using double [Origin Violence] and left Hu Chan to drive the Drill Pod.
• Qin Siyang told the pursuing Doom Octopuses to wait for his return, then revealed he had fitted the Storage Boxes with Special Locks.

Qin Siyang returned to Nanrong University with a haul of Doom Octopuses and headed to the Mission Hall to turn in the four-star mission. The students were stunned by his achievement, while his companions knew how easily he had hunted the gods.

• Qin Siyang agreed to let Gu Yunpeng, Chu Baxing, and Hu Chan tell others about the group's haul, then promised to support Hu Chan if he made progress against the Three Harmonies Church.
• Qin Siyang and the others returned to Nanrong University and went straight to the Mission Hall.
• Students discussed Zong Maohui's apparent attempt to hinder Qin Siyang by having second-years claim nearby medium-god missions, while Zong Maohui silently watched the mission board.
• Qin Siyang told the Mission Hall staff that he wanted to turn in the four-star Doom Octopus mission, shocking the students gathered there.

Qin Siyang submitted five Doom Octopus corpses, shocking the Mission Hall and drawing Zong Maohui into a private conversation. Zong Maohui urged him to consider others’ feelings, but Qin Siyang rejected his advice and defended Rong Xin’s integrity.

• Qin Siyang submitted five Doom Octopus corpses, and the Mission Hall erupted in disbelief.
• Qin Siyang joked with Zhao Sifang about Zong Maohui wanting to trade for his god materials.
• Zong Maohui privately acknowledged Qin Siyang’s strength and urged him to be less outspoken toward people hurt by his reputation.
• Qin Siyang rejected Zong Maohui’s appeal to consider others’ feelings, arguing that strength and survival mattered more.
• Qin Siyang criticized Zong Maohui for preaching morality and praised Rong Xin for living by his ideals without judging others.