Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang negotiated with Zhou Xing for a special admission slot, rejecting Zhou Xing’s demand for twenty Sequence Potions and stressing their value. Zhou Xing accepted Qin Siyang’s five-potion offer, and they agreed to settle the matter after their meal.

• Zhou Xing asked Qin Siyang about his Sequence awakening, but Qin Siyang refused to reveal his backing and limited their relationship to a business deal.
• Zhou Xing demanded twenty Sequence Potions for the special admission slot, while Qin Siyang argued that five potions were already valuable enough to advance people and could motivate someone to kill Zhou Xing.
• Qin Siyang proposed the five-potion price Zhou Xing had initially indicated, and Zhou Xing accepted his request.
• Boss Du brought their fried octopus and said the pig’s trotters were already braising; Qin Siyang offered to pay for the meal, and Zhou Xing confirmed he had money.

Qin Siyang secured Zhou Xing’s recommendation for special university admission in exchange for five Sequence Potions and finished the evening with no money for his bus fare. After Qin Siyang left, Zhou Xing’s brother brought Zhou Yang to apologize, and Zhou Xing unleashed his frustration on them.

• Qin Siyang bargained with Zhou Xing for a special admission recommendation and five Sequence Potions, then enjoyed pig trotters at the Good Fortune Restaurant.
• Qin Siyang opened a Sun Bank account, paid the restaurant, and traveled with Zhou Xing to the Education Bureau.
• Zhou Xing submitted Qin Siyang’s recommendation, which was approved, making Qin Siyang eligible for special university admission in 2010.
• Qin Siyang borrowed five copper coins from Zhou Xing for the bus and left, planning to collect the Sequence Potions the next day.
• Zhou Zhe arrived with his tearful son, Zhou Yang, who apologized to Zhou Xing for his behavior in class.
• Zhou Xing responded to the apology by taking out his frustration on Zhou Zhe and Zhou Yang.

After warning Zhou Yang not to provoke Qin Siyang, Zhou Xing learned that Li Jingwen had gone missing, and Zhou Yang feared Qin Siyang had killed her. Inspector Olof questioned Zhou Yang and then went to ask Qin Siyang about the disappearance.

• Zhou Xing warned Zhou Yang and Zhou Zhe that Qin Siyang was dangerous and told Zhou Yang to deny knowing anything about him.
• Zhou Yang heard his father planned to challenge the hospital over his mother’s surgery, then went home still doubting his uncle’s warning about Qin Siyang.
• At school, Zhou Yang overheard that Li Jingwen was missing and panicked, recalling Qin Siyang had called her his mortal enemy.
• Olof questioned Zhou Yang about Li Jingwen, but Zhou Yang denied knowing anything and gave an alibi at the Education Bureau with Zhou Xing.
• Olof went to the principal’s office and told Qin Siyang that Li Jingwen had gone missing; Qin Siyang reacted with surprise.

Inspector Olof questioned Qin Siyang about Li Jingwen’s disappearance and the fire that killed her family, but Qin Siyang insisted he was innocent and had a solid alibi. After Olof left, Qin Siyang realized that a familiar long-haired beauty might be responsible.

• Olof questioned Qin Siyang about his whereabouts when Li Jingwen disappeared, and Qin Siyang said he had been at the Education Bureau with Zhou Xing.
• Olof revealed that Li Jingwen’s family had died in a fire and that her body was missing, then accused Qin Siyang of committing the murders.
• Qin Siyang denied involvement, pointed to his alibi, and asked whether Li Jingwen’s family had been killed before they were burned.
• After Olof left, Li Tianming spoke with Qin Siyang, who recalled his deadly feud with Li Jingwen and suddenly pictured a smiling, long-haired beauty.

Qin Siyang learned that Wen Shu had killed Li Jingwen and her family, then rushed to the hospital after Zhu Li’s granddaughter Ye Qianqian said someone had attacked Zhu Li and stolen her money. He carried Ye Qianqian on the bus and prepared to confront whoever was troubling Zhu Li.

• Qin Siyang asked Wen Shu whether she had killed Li Jingwen’s family, and she calmly confirmed it, saying they had repeatedly tried to hurt her.
• Qin Siyang respected Wen Shu’s privacy and helped tidy the library before Ye Qianqian arrived, crying and asking for him.
• Ye Qianqian told Qin Siyang that someone had hit her grandmother, Zhu Li, at the hospital and stolen her money.
• Qin Siyang carried Ye Qianqian out of school and intimidated a Sequence Ability User into giving him ten copper coins for the bus fare.
• Qin Siyang rode with the exhausted Ye Qianqian toward the hospital and considered how to handle the people who had attacked Zhu Li.

Qin Siyang found Teacher Zhu badly injured in the hospital and learned that the men who attacked her had pressured the doctors to lie about her condition. After Qin Siyang killed one of them and ordered the doctors to treat Teacher Zhu, he turned his attention to the middle-aged man among the terrified attackers.

• Qin Siyang brought Ye Qianqian to the hospital, where she led him to Teacher Zhu.
• Qin Siyang shielded Ye Qianqian from seeing Teacher Zhu's bloodied body and sent her away with a nurse.
• Qin Siyang asked the doctors about Teacher Zhu's chances, and they revealed that surgery might have saved her before her injuries.
• One of the men threatened a doctor, and Qin Siyang struck him dead with a single punch.
• Qin Siyang told the doctors to treat Teacher Zhu at once and promised to pay, then fixed his attention on a slightly shorter, middle-aged man.

Qin Siyang confronted Zhou Zhe for badly injuring his relative and learned that Zhou Zhe was Zhou Xing’s older brother. After Zhou Xing refused to protect him, Qin Siyang pressed Zhou Zhe to reveal whether anyone else was backing him.

• Qin Siyang demanded the name of Zhou Zhe’s patron after confronting him at the hospital.
• Zhou Xing called Qin Siyang about their planned meeting, and Zhou Zhe recognized his brother’s voice and begged him for help.
• Zhou Xing scolded Zhou Zhe for provoking Qin Siyang and learned that the old woman was now dying.
• Qin Siyang demanded five Sequence Potions, then offered to accept one if Zhou Xing stayed out of Zhou Zhe’s affairs.
• Zhou Xing chose to abandon Zhou Zhe and told Qin Siyang that officials might question him the next day.
• Zhou Zhe fell to his knees and begged Qin Siyang to spare him.

After Qin Siyang found Teacher Zhu badly injured, he killed the seven people responsible and turned himself in to the Sequence Ability Management Bureau. He learned that Teacher Zhu remained in critical condition, and the chapter ended with him asking the doctor if she could still be saved.

• Qin Siyang took the stolen silver coins from the bodies, washed the blood from himself, and called the Sequence Ability Management Bureau to confess to killing seven people.
• Two Administration Bureau staff recorded Qin Siyang’s confession and sentenced him to earn fourteen God-Hunting Points within six months, with no monetary rewards for those points.
• Qin Siyang left the corridor and found the emergency room where Teacher Zhu was being treated.
• The doctor told Qin Siyang that Teacher Zhu was not doing well and that her family was on its way.
• Qin Siyang asked the doctor whether there was any way to save Teacher Zhu.

Qin Siyang met Chen Fenghe, dean of the 14121 Safe Zone Hospital, who agreed to treat Zhu Li if he helped with a matter involving Li Tianming. The call connected Li Tianming and Chen Fenghe, who tearfully called him a heartless bastard.

• A doctor told Qin Siyang that only the hospital dean’s [Healer] ability might save Zhu Li, and Chen Fenghe summoned him to her office.
• Chen Fenghe questioned Qin Siyang about his relationship with Zhu Li and his killing someone at the hospital, then agreed to treat Zhu Li personally on one condition.
• Chen Fenghe asked Qin Siyang to call Li Tianming, saying she wanted to discuss his false accusation.
• Li Tianming answered while panting, and Chen Fenghe’s eyes reddened as she called him a heartless bastard.

Qin Siyang persuaded Li Tianming to dine with Chen Fenghe so she would operate on Teacher Zhu. Chen Fenghe agreed to perform the surgery and promised to send Qin Siyang the results and dinner reservation details.

• Li Tianming hung up after hearing Chen Fenghe's voice on Qin Siyang's phone, then sent the woman in his office away and changed the bedding.
• Chen Fenghe smashed Qin Siyang's phone, then demanded that he bring Li Tianming to the Good Fortune Restaurant before she would operate on Teacher Zhu.
• Qin Siyang called Li Tianming and explained why Teacher Zhu's kindness mattered to him, persuading Li Tianming to agree to dinner.
• Li Tianming asked Qin Siyang for ten bottles of Sequence Potion as compensation, but Chen Fenghe grabbed the phone and challenged him before he hung up.
• Chen Fenghe agreed to prepare for Teacher Zhu's surgery and said she would send Qin Siyang the results and the dinner reservation time.

After Qin Siyang killed Zhou Zhe, Olof sought leverage over him by targeting Zhou Yang and his mother. Roylena realized she was caught between Olof and Qin Siyang, and tried to prevent anyone from harming the family.

• Olof learned that Qin Siyang had killed Zhou Zhe and several thugs after they injured Qin Siyang's teacher.
• Olof found Zhou Yang and his mother preparing to leave the hospital, and deduced that Zhou Xing had stopped supporting them.
• Olof ordered Roylena to watch Zhou Yang and his mother and gather evidence if anyone tried to kill them, threatening to expose her [Deceiver] sequence identity while promising a transfer to Sigma District.
• Roylena recognized that Qin Siyang was the person who had threatened her before and concluded that avoiding harm to Zhou Yang's family was her safest option.
• Roylena made a call from the Police Bureau reception room, and afterward the doorman received a silent call that disconnected.

Qin Siyang learned that Roylena had warned Li Tianming about a hospital murder and admitted he still planned to kill Zhou Yang after the Gaokao. He and Li Tianming settled on a dinner with Chen Fenghe, but Li Tianming's insistence on being paid in Sequence Potions left Qin Siyang wondering what made Chen Fenghe such a burden.

• Qin Siyang returned to Li Tianming's office and learned that Roylena had called to warn him about a murder at the hospital.
• Qin Siyang concluded that Roylena wanted him to stop targeting Zhou Yang, but said he planned to kill Zhou Yang after the Gaokao.
• Chen Fenghe texted Qin Siyang that her surgery had gone smoothly and arranged to meet him and Li Tianming at Good Fortune Restaurant the next day at five thirty.
• Li Tianming demanded ten bottles of Sequence Potion for agreeing to dinner, and revealed that he had checked Qin Siyang's locked supply.
• Qin Siyang asked how Li Tianming would split the proceeds from their next hunt, and Li Tianming said he still wanted only half the money.
• Qin Siyang asked whether Chen Fenghe had a complicated background.

Qin Siyang learned that Qian Wendao had been taken to the Administration Bureau and agreed to help Shen Shisong visit him. Olof then told Qin Siyang that Zhou Yang, his mother, and a policewoman assigned to protect them had been killed.

• Qin Siyang received Shen Shisong’s call asking for help after Qian Wendao was taken away over alleged embezzlement of Sequence Potions.
• Qin Siyang agreed to meet Shen Shisong at the Administration Bureau and left to see whether they could visit Qian Wendao.
• Olof called Qin Siyang to ask for an alibi, and Qin Siyang denied having committed a crime.
• Olof told Qin Siyang that Zhou Yang and his mother had been found dead in an alley.
• Olof revealed that the policewoman he had assigned to protect Zhou Yang and his mother had also been killed, leaving Qin Siyang stunned.

After visiting Teacher Zhu, Qin Siyang went to the Administration Bureau to see Qian Wendao, who had been framed for stealing Sequence Potions. Qian Wendao realized the accusations might be tied to Qin Siyang’s connection to him and vowed to fight back.

• Qin Siyang suspected Wen Shu might have killed Zhou Yang, Roylena, and Zhou Zhe’s killer, but he was too exhausted to investigate further.
• Qin Siyang met Shen Shisong outside the Administration Bureau, and they went to visit Qian Wendao in confinement.
• Qian Wendao explained that ten bottles of Sequence Potion had gone missing and that surveillance footage showed him as the only person entering or leaving the storeroom.
• Qin Siyang suggested the culprit might have framed Qian Wendao to exploit their relationship and implicate him if Qin Siyang gave him gifts.
• Qian Wendao revealed he had planned to ask Qin Siyang to claim he received ten extra bottles and return them, but then vowed to fight whoever had targeted him.

Qin Siyang advised Qian Wendao to confront the threat himself, then went to the Police Bureau to discuss the murders with Olof and offer a theory about Li Jingwen. Olof dismissed Qin Siyang’s speculation, and Qin left as Olof received orders to work the case.

• Qian Wendao decided to handle the threat himself after Qin Siyang warned him not to give in, and Qin told Shen Shisong to stay calm and contact him if trouble arose.
• Qin Siyang went to the Police Bureau and told Olof he wanted to clear himself of suspicion in the Three-Person Murder Case.
• Olof asked Qin about Zhou Yang, and Qin said Zhou Yang’s greatest enemy had likely been him because he had killed Zhou Yang’s father.
• Qin suggested that Li Jingwen might have survived an attack on her family, awakened a Sequence Ability, and returned to kill Zhou Yang and his mother, but Olof rejected the theory.
• Qin left Olof’s office, and Olof received a call ordering him to investigate the case immediately.

Qin Siyang exchanged the promised Sequence Potions with Zhou Xing and denied involvement in the killings of Zhou Yang and a police officer. Later, Li Tianming confronted him about the promised [Deceiver] while Qin Siyang asked him to serve as his [Insurance Provider] for pursuing Special Admission.

• Qin Siyang woke on Saturday, ate leftovers, and researched Sequence university rankings while waiting for Zhou Xing.
• Qin Siyang gave Zhou Xing six Sequence Potions and denied killing Zhou Yang or the police officer, telling Zhou Xing to ask the Police Bureau about the investigation.
• Qin Siyang warned Zhou Xing that he was careless when he should be cautious and overly cautious when he should act, then let him leave.
• Li Tianming returned and caught Qin Siyang watching videos on Li Tianming's computer, then accepted ten Sequence Potions.
• Qin Siyang asked Li Tianming to be his [Insurance Provider] so he could earn God-Hunting Points outside the Safe Zone and secure Special Admission.
• Li Tianming reminded Qin Siyang that he had fulfilled his promises and demanded the [Deceiver] Qin Siyang had promised to find him.

After Li Tianming learned Qin Siyang had concealed Roylena’s [Deceiver] sequence, he cast Qin Siyang out, leaving him to restart his God-hunting plans alone. Qin Siyang tried using the Sandworm Scale outside the Safe Zone and heard an approaching swarm that might be Iron-Helm Rat Fleas.

• Li Tianming confronted Qin Siyang for hiding that Roylena belonged to the [Deceiver] sequence and ordered him to leave.
• Qin Siyang returned to Wang Defa’s warehouse and decided to find Li Tianming a [Deceiver] later, but to hunt Gods alone for now.
• Qin Siyang set out before dawn through Safe Zone Exit No. 89757 to avoid drawing attention at Exit No. 38324.
• Qin Siyang placed the Sandworm Scale outside the Safe Zone and readied his blades when creatures began rustling toward him.
• Qin Siyang recognized the sound might belong to Iron-Helm Rat Fleas rather than Long-legged Worms.

Qin Siyang chose to fight a swarm of Iron-Helm Rat Fleas despite their poor hunting returns and formidable defenses. After struggling through a coordinated assault, he activated Violence and began killing them with ease.

• Qin Siyang decided to fight the approaching Iron-Helm Rat Fleas rather than abandon his hunt.
• Qin Siyang found that his weapons struggled to kill the Iron-Helm Rat Fleas, and his first kill yielded no disc carapace.
• Qin Siyang charged into the swarm and fought as the Iron-Helm Rat Fleas coordinated attacks against his legs, arms, and back.
• Qin Siyang estimated that defeating the swarm would take hours and hesitated to leave behind the carapaces he had already found.
• Qin Siyang activated Violence, which made the Iron-Helm Rat Fleas seem slow and allowed him to slice them apart easily.

Qin Siyang battled a swarm of Iron-Helm Rat Fleas, exhausting himself and discovering that a hidden commander was coordinating their attacks. He found and killed the commander, then stared in shock at its unusually ringed disc carapace.

• Qin Siyang used [Violence] to kill over a thousand Iron-Helm Rat Fleas, but grew exhausted when the skill ended.
• Qin Siyang tried to escape toward Safe Zone Exit No. 38324, but the swarm blocked his route and forced him to fight on.
• Qin Siyang deduced that a hidden Iron-Helm Rat Flea was directing the swarm and used its movements to locate it.
• Qin Siyang activated [Violence] again, struck the commander with the Blind Blade, and recognized it by its unusual toughness.
• Qin Siyang kicked the fleeing commander down and stabbed it through, then gaped at the many rings on its disc carapace.

Qin Siyang finished fighting the Iron-Helm Rat Fleas, collected their disc carapaces, and returned to Safe Zone Exit No. 38324. He reached the front of the inspection line and announced himself to the Inspector.

• Qin Siyang slaughtered the remaining Iron-Helm Rat Fleas until [Violence] wore off, then watched most of the survivors carry the Sandworm Scale back into the ruins.
• Qin Siyang tried eating the fleas’ meat and scales, but gained little from the meat and injured his throat swallowing a scale.
• Qin Siyang collected fewer than three hundred disc carapaces, estimating that he had earned more than five hundred God-Hunting Points.
• Qin Siyang headed for Safe Zone Exit No. 38324, drawing the attention of nearby God-Hunting Teams who recognized him and followed him back.
• A Sequence Ability User told Qin Siyang that his point total let him skip the inspection line, and Qin Siyang went to the front and introduced himself to the Inspector.