Chapter Summaries

After reaching Origin Sequence Level Three, Qin Siyang wielded his Tier Six Item in spear form and used its wind-powered attacks to defeat and interrogate a Sequence Level Eight man. The captive claimed they had both been chosen by the [Eye of the Divine Crow] to save Earth, but under pressure revealed that Qian Wendao had told him this.

• Qin Siyang discovered that the Tier Six Item's silver spear felt both feather-light and immensely heavy, and he effortlessly destroyed the pink mist with a controlled strike.
• Qin Siyang used the spear's wind to scout and demolish an empty house, then shattered the streetlamps while attacking the smoke-like figure.
• Qin Siyang pinned the man down and threatened him, while the captive insisted Qin Siyang could not kill him and denied trying to kill Qin Siyang.
• The man asked whether Qin Siyang had seen the [Eye of the Divine Crow] when he awakened his Sequence, then claimed they had been chosen to save Earth and should cooperate.
• Qin Siyang tortured the man for the source of his claims, and the man shouted that Qian Wendao had told him.

Qin Siyang discovered that the man he had defeated was Shen Shisong, Qian Wendao’s nephew, and interrogated him about his disguises and motives. Shen admitted he wanted to work with Wen Shu, while Qin accused him of pursuing his own ambitions and dismissed him as a stepping stone.

• Shen Shisong revealed his identity after Qin Siyang recognized him as Qian Wendao’s nephew.
• Shen explained that he had hidden his sequence level and abilities, and that a powerful item let him remain disguised during the Sigma District battle.
• Shen said he had gone to the Sigma District to listen to the World-Destroying Church and later came to find Wen Shu after learning she had disappeared.
• Shen said he wanted to work with Wen Shu because they were both chosen by the [Eye of the Divine Crow], but Qin Siyang’s lie detector marked his claim about saving humanity as false.
• Qin Siyang accused Shen of pursuing his own goals and called him a stepping stone, prompting Shen to protest that he was sequence level eight.

Qin Siyang questioned Shen Shisong about Wen Shu and the people they had killed together while the [Eye of the Divine Crow] remained open and seemed to watch them. Shen Shisong revealed several of Wen Shu’s targets, including her uncle’s entire family.

• Shen Shisong explained that the [Eye of the Divine Crow] usually opened when it chose someone and awakened their sequence ability, leading Qin Siyang to suspect Wen Shu had known his secret.
• Qin Siyang and Shen Shisong wondered why the Eye stayed open and appeared to stare at them, but Qin Siyang set the mystery aside.
• Qin Siyang asked Shen Shisong what he and Wen Shu had done together, and Shen Shisong admitted they had killed many people.
• Under Qin Siyang’s questioning, Shen Shisong listed Wen Shu’s targets, including robbers, corrupt cops, a crooked shop owner, an internet cafe owner, a school principal, and her uncle’s entire family.

Qin Siyang questioned Shen Shisong about the people Wen Shu had killed and realized that many of her actions had helped him before they ever became close. He was left wondering why Wen Shu had risked so much for him when their worlds might never have joined.

• Shen Shisong told Qin Siyang that Wen Shu had spared three robbers after they wiped out a gang, and Qin Siyang wondered if they were the three robbers he had killed.
• Shen Shisong described Wen Shu killing four crooked cops and the owner of a concealed shop, whose location had been beside the trash can where Qin Siyang found God Remains.
• Shen Shisong said Wen Shu had also killed an internet cafe owner, and Qin Siyang suspected the man had threatened her over her online writing.
• Shen Shisong revealed that Wen Shu had killed Qin Siyang's former Principal for stealing cafeteria food, and Qin Siyang recalled that the school's meals improved after the Principal was replaced.
• Qin Siyang realized that Wen Shu had secretly killed many people for his sake before he had ever fallen for her, and he wondered why she had done so much when he might never have chosen her.

Qin Siyang learned that Wen Shu had secretly prepared the way for his survival and suspected she had arranged for Shen Shisong to reveal her past to him. After discovering Shen Shisong’s sequence, Qin Siyang killed him, leaving the truth of Wen Shu’s plans with him.

• Qin Siyang realized Wen Shu had cleared dangers from his path and arranged for him to encounter allies and enemies who would help him grow.
• Qin Siyang questioned Shen Shisong about who knew Wen Shu’s secrets, and Shen Shisong said he had told no one else.
• Qin Siyang connected Wen Shu’s past killings to her plans for his future and suspected Shen Shisong had been meant to tell him everything.
• Qin Siyang asked Shen Shisong about his sequence, revealed that his own sequence was [God Eater], and learned Shen Shisong was a [God Mimic].
• Qin Siyang killed Shen Shisong with his Long Spear, turning him to dust.

Qin Siyang killed Shen Shisong and reflected on the wide differences in strength among sequence level eight users. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman selling funeral supplies in the Underground City killed a vendor who tried to steal from her, leaving Liu Dao Wu wary of her power.

• Qin Siyang killed Shen Shisong with ease and reconsidered his assumptions about powerful sequence users.
• Qin Siyang watched the Eye of the Divine Crow disappear and thought about Wen Shu.
• A middle-aged woman opened a stall selling funeral supplies in the Underground City and calmly ignored Liu Dao Wu’s threats.
• A trench-coated man bought candles and yellow paper from the woman, and she gave him incense for free.
• Xiao Shan Yukio tried to steal the man’s gold coin, but the woman killed him instantly and warned the other vendors not to covet what was not theirs.

A funeral-supply seller drew attention in the Underground City by charging gold coins for urns, while Liu Daowu tried to learn what she knew. Zhong Dingming later mourned fallen allies and resolved to hunt down the World-Destroying Church as the Reincarnation Church prepared to advance its plans.

• The woman killed a vendor without anyone seeing her act, then accepted Liu Daowu's flattery and explained why people with obscured faces were considered dangerous in the Underground City.
• A masked man bought two urns from the woman for two gold coins, and Liu Daowu asked whether she had heard news that could help him make money.
• The woman declined Liu Daowu's offer to move her stall, saying she preferred its view of [Yu Gu]'s shop.
• Zhong Dingming returned to a house in the Sigma District and mourned Wang Bozhong, Liu Yingrong, and Liu Yufei at their memorial tablets.
• Zhong Dingming admitted that cooperating with the World-Destroying Church had been a mistake, but said Gu Weiyang's death advanced the Reincarnation Church's plans.
• Zhong Dingming vowed to find and execute World-Destroying Church members in the name of the God of Reincarnation.

After the battle outside Sigma District, Jerry Warren laid Alexander Ivanov and Dmitri Ivanov to rest as the Safe Zone mourned its many dead. Olof left Liu Yingfeng after explaining that Gu Weiyang's death had made him the only one left to take the front line, while hinting that someone else would soon shoulder the burden of keeping order.

• Jerry Warren burned Alexander Ivanov and Dmitri Ivanov's remains and placed their ashes in urns.
• The Safe Zone mourned more than a hundred dead or wounded from the battle, and Eastern Revival University held a public funeral for Xu Wenju.
• Zhao Longfei and Han Shuo discussed the deaths and disappearances among the Safe Zone's leaders, as well as Qin Siyang's growing influence.
• Zhao Longfei and Han Shuo agreed to pretend not to know that Olof was present, then wondered whether Liu Yingfeng knew about him.
• Liu Yingfeng grieved that her sister and fiancé had died, while Olof explained that Gu Weiyang's death left him as the only one able to take the front line.
• Olof told Liu Yingfeng that someone would soon shoulder the burden of keeping the situation under control, apologized, and left her office.

After Jiang Hao was officially declared missing, Zhou Guang announced that Jiang Hao had chosen Jiang Changfu to lead the Jiang Family. Jiang Changfu took charge amid doubts and learned that Jiang Hao had seen him as the family's steadiest option in an inevitable decline.

• With Jiang Hao missing and most senior Jiang brothers dead or estranged, Zhou Guang became the Jiang Family's most influential figure.
• Zhou Guang announced that Jiang Changfu would take charge of the Jiang Family, citing Jiang Hao's instructions.
• Jiang Yuanzhe confirmed the announcement and killed a dissenting relative with his sequence ability, frightening the gathered family members into silence.
• Jiang Yuanzhe left the estate and told Jiang Changfu to have Zhou Guang handle anyone who refused to obey.
• Jiang Changfu asked why Jiang Hao had appointed him, and Zhou Guang explained that Jiang Changfu had been Jiang Hao's intended successor from the start, chosen to keep the family's decline from becoming a sudden collapse.

Yang Guanglie mourned Bao Fengjiang and confronted Olof over their failed uprising and Olof’s decision to surrender. Olof went to Zone 1 to help reorganize the United Government, while 001 announced he would run for Secretary-General and seek support for new appointments.

• Yang Guanglie mourned Bao Fengjiang as Olof apologized for keeping them alive during the uprising and explained that he had acted with Gu Weiyang.
• Yang Guanglie criticized Olof’s decision, but said no faction had grounds to condemn Gu Weiyang; Olof warned that Royt might have sold the location of Yang Guanglie’s home to Zone 1.
• Olof told Yang Guanglie he was going to Zone 1 to take part in reorganizing the United Government after the deaths of Gu Weiyang, Zhou Bi, Xie Chunqiu, Jin Mian, and Zhi Chenggong.
• 001 told Order Maintenance that Yang Xian had defected, 002 and 008 had died, and all members should attend a meeting in Zone 1.
• 001 announced he would seek the position of Secretary-General and said he also needed help with personnel appointments.

After Secretary-General Gu’s death, Qin Siyang joined representatives from the Safe Zone factions for a meeting about its future, held outside Zone 1 at Qi Tian’s insistence. The group entered the long-sealed Hall of Hope, where its relics of the pre-apocalypse world and crumbling message recalled hopes from ten years earlier.

• Qin Siyang was summoned to a United Government meeting and learned from Zhao Longfei that it would likely decide on the next Secretary-General.
• Qin Siyang met the other faction representatives outside Zone 1, where Qi Tian insisted the meeting take place beyond the zone’s walls.
• Ander introduced himself and agreed to let the representatives choose the meeting place; Qi Tian led them to an underground banquet hall.
• Qi Tian opened the Hall of Hope, revealing a dust-covered hall decorated with images of the pre-apocalypse world.
• Ander remarked that the hall might never have reopened without Qi Tian, and the dried flowers spelling its message crumbled.

After Gu Weiyang’s death, representatives gathered to discuss the Safe Zone’s future, and their divided responses exposed the growing conflict between Zone 1 and the other zones. Qian Wendao took over the meeting and began the process of choosing a new Secretary-General.

• Ander called for a moment of silence for the Zone 1 figures killed near Sigma District, but Qi Tian, Olof, and the other opposing representatives stayed seated.
• Olof proposed a three-minute silence for everyone killed since the apocalypse, prompting his side to stand and forcing Zone 1’s representatives to join them.
• Zhu Haifeng reappeared and urged the meeting to prioritize efficiency by having Qian Wendao preside.
• Ander asked Qian Wendao to chair the meeting, and Qian Wendao agreed.
• Qian Wendao opened the agenda by proposing the election of a new Secretary-General for the Safe Zone and the United Government.

Ander nominated An Youlu, Zone 1’s Standing Director, to become the United Government’s next Secretary-General, citing his experience managing government affairs. As Olof and Qi Tian questioned whether An Youlu would remain impartial without Gu Weiyang, Fan Baoluo revealed that An Youlu secretly commanded the Information Security Department.

• Ander nominated An Youlu for Secretary-General and asked him to introduce himself.
• An Youlu described his role overseeing government proposals, and Tang Wangong and Chu Zhongxiong confirmed that his guidance had been fair and capable.
• Ander pressed Qian Wendao to name other candidates, but Olof objected and criticized An Youlu’s likely impartiality without Gu Weiyang.
• Qi Tian questioned An Youlu’s character and pointed out that few ministers had ever met him.
• Fan Baoluo said the Information Security Department had obstructed Brigade Commander Qin’s food distribution and revealed that its members took orders from An Youlu.

Fan Baoluo exposed An Youlu as a scapegoat, and Qian Wendao entered the race for United Government Secretary-General. Qian claimed he had chosen Gu Weiyang for the position ten years earlier, and Zone 1’s powerful figures backed him without objection.

• Fan Baoluo challenged An Youlu, saying he would no longer take the blame for the Information Security Department.
• Ander urged the assembly to confirm An Youlu when no rival candidate emerged.
• Qian Wendao nominated himself for Secretary-General, and Qi Tian, Olof, Chu Zhongxiong, Xie Nanyun, and Zhu Haifeng supported him.
• Qian Wendao claimed he had given Gu Weiyang the Secretary-General position ten years earlier, leaving the other zones confused and Zone 1 silent.
• Qian Wendao told An Youlu not to compete with him, and An Youlu appeared to heed his warning.

Qian Wendao secured the United Government Secretary-General position and began reshaping the roles of district chiefs. He nominated Olof as District Chief of District 2, prompting Xiao Zhigang to object while Cheng Rujin defended the appointment.

• Qian Wendao offered An Youlu the chief administrator post, and An Youlu accepted after Ander declined to intervene.
• Qian Wendao declared himself Secretary-General and limited district chiefs to handling matters within their own districts.
• Qian Wendao left Zone 1 to choose its own district leaders and nominated Olof as District Chief of District 2.
• Xiao Zhigang objected and proposed holding a vote, but Qian Wendao rejected the idea and challenged him to offer a better candidate or take the post himself.
• Cheng Rujin supported Olof's appointment, praising his strength, experience, and qualifications.

Qian Wendao proposed Fan Baoluo as District Chief of District 2 and Olof as his deputy, while Zone 1 challenged the appointments. Qi Tian reminded them that Zone 1 had lost the battle and had to accept the terms set by the victors.

• Cheng Rujin recommended Olof for District Chief, but Ander argued that Olof lacked the seniority and experience for the role.
• Qian Wendao nominated Fan Baoluo as District Chief, and Fan asked Ander for his opinion before accepting the position.
• Ander agreed to Fan Baoluo's appointment, and Qian Wendao proposed An Youlu as Minister of Information Security and Olof as Deputy District Chief.
• Ma Liangdong objected to giving the deputy position to an outsider, and Qi Tian told him that Zone 1 had to accept the consequences of losing the battle in the Sigma District.
• Qian Wendao thanked Qi Tian for explaining why Olof could become Deputy District Chief.

At a United Government meeting, Ander nominated Qin Yingguang for Minister of Armaments, while Qian Wendao proposed abolishing the Coordination Department. Qin Siyang asserted his candidacy and challenged Ander's claim that Qin Yingguang was better suited, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Qian Wendao proposed abolishing the Coordination Department because it had become unnecessary after Gu Weiyang's death and the Safe Zone's conflicts became irreconcilable.
• Ander nominated Qin Yingguang for Minister of Armaments, and Zhao Longfei stopped Chu Baxing from protesting.
• Xie Nanyun objected that Qin Yingguang had helped a cultist hold him back during the battle outside Sigma Safe Zone, enabling Manderson to kill Gu Weiyang.
• Ander defended Qin Yingguang, arguing that Qin had wanted to kill Xie Nanyun over the Xie Family's control of ore, and said Qin was better suited than Qin Siyang to lead the ministry.
• Qin Siyang invoked Gu Weiyang's earlier nomination and asked to make his case; Qian Wendao confirmed he was a candidate.
• Qin Siyang declared that the position could only be his and challenged Ander's assertion that Qin Yingguang was better suited.

Qin Siyang challenged Qin Yingguang’s bid to become Minister of Armaments, arguing that his loyalty, character, and accomplishments made him the stronger candidate. When Ander shifted the debate to merit, Qin Siyang listed his achievements and left the assembly facing his challenge to name anyone who could match him.

• Qin Siyang accused Qin Yingguang of collaborating with heretical cults, killing allies, and contributing to Gu Weiyang’s death.
• Qin Siyang argued that his loyalty to the Safe Zone, conduct, and role in helping people escape the World-Destroying Church’s barrier surpassed Qin Yingguang’s record.
• Olof applauded Qin Siyang, while Ander remained silent and Qin Yingguang watched for his response.
• Ander defended Qin Yingguang by arguing that the United Government should choose candidates by merit rather than character.
• Qin Siyang listed his achievements from the year since awakening his sequence ability, including his military, mining, and merchants’ association posts, and challenged the assembly to find anyone who could rival him.

Qin Siyang rejected Ander's proposal to choose the Minister of Armaments by vote, despite Ander threatening to kill him. He proposed settling the appointment through a fight with Qin Yingguang in the Combat Arena.

• Qin Siyang argued that his experience and abilities made him a stronger candidate for Minister of Armaments than Qin Yingguang.
• Ander proposed a vote, but Qin Siyang challenged whether the Zone 1 attendees were qualified to vote.
• Qi Tian confronted Ander over Zone 1's defeat, and Ander threatened to force the others to accept a vote if they refused.
• Ander threatened Qin Siyang with death after Qin Siyang rejected voting, but Qin Siyang stood firm.
• Qin Siyang proposed that he and Qin Yingguang fight in the Combat Arena, with the winner becoming Minister of Armaments.

Qin Siyang rejected Ander's rigged vote and challenged Qin Yingguang to a Virtual Projection duel for the minister of armaments position. He admitted that he wanted Qin Yingguang dead but said he would not kill him himself because Chu Baxing deserved to avenge his father.

• Qin Siyang explained that he would lose a vote because Ander’s apparent balance between the sides concealed likely support for Qin Yingguang.
• Qin Siyang challenged Qin Yingguang to a Virtual Projection duel, with the loser’s projection being killed first, to decide who became minister of armaments.
• Qin Siyang said Gu Weiyang had guided him toward the position, and he vowed that Qin Yingguang would one day die.
• When Lie Detectors exposed Qin Siyang’s claim that he wanted to avoid escalating the peace meeting as false, he openly declared that he wanted to kill Qin Yingguang.
• Qin Siyang said he would leave Qin Yingguang’s death to Chu Baxing, who needed to avenge his father, Chu Xiaoang.