Chapter Summaries

Lynn escaped the battle with help from the rebellious Nanite Swarms, while Silver Fantasy learned that the swarms had developed a collective consciousness linked to Colossus technology. She suspected Lynn might occupy a central role in that consciousness, but the chapter left his identity unresolved.

• Lynn recognized that the rebellious Nanite Swarms he had created had come to his rescue.
• Lynn struck the ground with a max-level M Fist, affecting billions of units, then fled with Little Darling.
• Silver Fantasy questioned the Intelligent Brain about why it could not control the rebellious Nanite Swarms.
• The Intelligent Brain explained that Colossus flesh carried Hyperdimensional Resonance and that Colossus consciousnesses gathered around brain and heart consciousnesses.
• Silver Fantasy concluded that the swarms might have formed a Colossus-like collective consciousness and wondered what Lynn was within its hierarchy.

After surviving the Nanite Swarms’ intervention, Lynn investigated the connection he had felt with Little Darling and discovered that his implanted heart was an incomplete Colossus Heart. He concluded that the heart explained Little Darling’s restraint toward him, while the pair remained underground.

• Lynn recovered from his wounds in the Root Network and told Zuo Zuo that the Nanite Swarms had seemed to share a consciousness.
• Lynn recalled feeling connected to Little Darling and something in Curse City as his consciousness nearly collapsed, then suspected his heart was part of the Colossus.
• Lynn confronted Little Darling, who evaded his questions, and decided to inspect his heart himself.
• Lynn tore open his chest and used the System to identify his heart as an incomplete Colossus Heart once preserved by an Elder of the Demon Association.
• Lynn concluded that the Colossus Heart explained his connection to Little Darling and why Little Darling had never attacked him despite his extreme dislike.

Lynn realized that the Colossus Heart may have caused the Nanite Swarms to develop a collective consciousness and draw the Rebels to protect him. He and his companions headed deeper into the Root Network to confront the thing hunting them, while a tiny nanomachine quietly called him “Mommy.”

• Lynn explained to Zuo Zuo that the Colossus Heart might have caused the Nanite Swarms, made from his flesh and blood, to gain a collective consciousness.
• Lynn wondered whether Zuo Zuo’s unusual consciousness was also connected to the Colossus Heart, but she bit him when he poked her.
• Lynn concluded that his heart’s distress had connected him to the Colossus’s flesh in the city and drawn the Rebels to rescue him.
• Lynn said he could not control the Rebel Swarm, then demonstrated how Little Darling could still turn on him by swallowing his head.
• Lynn decided to lure out and kill the creature hunting them, then set off with Little Darling and Black String Moon into the Root Network.
• A tiny nanomachine watched Lynn leave and faintly called him “Mommy.”

Silver Fantasy led the Mechanical Beetle Force through the Root Network to confront Lynn, who prepared to fight her with Miss Doll, Little Darling, and Zuo Zuo. Lynn left the battle’s outcome uncertain, ordering his allies to defeat Silver Fantasy or flee.

• Silver Fantasy hurried after Lynn’s unmoving signal and found the tunnel transformed into a fleshy, curse-filled hatchery.
• Lynn recognized Silver Fantasy as the Mechanical Maiden he had encountered in Curse City and decided to face her despite her superior strength.
• Lynn confirmed that Miss Doll and Little Darling were ready to fight, while Zuo Zuo donned a combat outfit made through his Mimicry.
• Lynn activated his Curse Eye and Insectoid Hatching Facility, then ordered his allies to focus on Silver Fantasy and run if they could not defeat her.

Lynn prepared to confront the mechanical forces led by Silver Fantasy inside his cursed insect facility. As Silver Fantasy charged toward his position, Lynn’s signal vanished from her screen, leaving the encounter unresolved.

• Lynn gave Black String Moon his repaired Electric Drill and told the group to prepare to attack.
• Silver Fantasy led mechanical beetles through the cursed environment and ordered them to monitor for Lynn’s desire attacks and fight from a distance.
• The mechanical force advanced toward Lynn while scanning for him, but Lynn triggered the Insectoid Hatching Facility curse and released a swarm of insects.
• The mechanical beetles used high-frequency vibrations to destroy the insects as Silver Fantasy drew her Monomolecular Swords and charged toward Lynn’s location.
• Silver Fantasy rounded the corner, but Lynn’s blip vanished from her screen.

Lynn and his companions launched a coordinated surprise attack on the mechanical beetle troops, but the Mechanical Maiden survived and struck back. The chapter ended with her Warp attack bringing a Monomolecular Sword down toward Lynn’s skull.

• Lynn Warped into the center of the mechanical beetle troops and unleashed Desire Strike, disabling beetles within a hundred-meter radius.
• Lynn called on Miss Doll, who took control of hundreds of weakened mechanical beetles and turned them against the swarm.
• Lynn threw Zuo Zuo into the remaining beetles, and she killed them with her Night Demon Blade and transforming arm.
• The Mechanical Maiden shot at Lynn with a Silver Heavy Sniper Rifle, but a thread pulled him aside and the bullet only grazed his cheek, damaging his hearing.
• The Mechanical Maiden Warped beside Lynn and slashed toward his skull with her high-frequency Monomolecular Sword.

Lynn used a Doll Substitute to escape the Mechanical Girl’s lethal strike, then coordinated with Black String Moon to curse her with 100% Miss. The curse took effect, causing the Mechanical Girl’s sword strikes and even a point-blank sniper shot to miss, though Lynn suffered painful backlash.

• Black String Moon stopped her threads when Lynn tugged their signal thread, and the Mechanical Girl struck Lynn with her Monomolecular Sword, activating a Doll Substitute that relocated him five hundred meters away.
• Lynn called for Miss Doll, whose threads briefly restrained the Mechanical Girl and stayed attached to her as she broke free and activated her Warp Engine.
• Miss Doll sensed where the Mechanical Girl would reappear and relayed the location to Lynn through their linked little fingers.
• Lynn twisted around and activated his 100% Miss curse just as the Mechanical Girl warped in behind him, and her sword narrowly missed his head.
• The Mechanical Girl’s follow-up sword strike and point-blank sniper shot also curved away from Lynn, leaving her gaze blank.

Silver Fantasy discovered that Lynn had cursed her so every attack she made against him would miss, and Lynn taunted her while secretly preparing for the curse to be broken. He urged Zuo Zuo to use the opening to attack the mechanical beetles and explained that he was watching for an emotional weakness he could exploit with another curse.

• Silver Fantasy scanned herself, identified Lynn’s curse, and fired a barrage of particle beams that all missed him.
• Lynn mocked Silver Fantasy, provoking her anger while Zuo Zuo and Black String Moon watched.
• Lynn secretly told Zuo Zuo to have Miss Doll and Little Darling destroy as many mechanical beetles as possible before Silver Fantasy could counter the curse.
• Lynn explained to Zuo Zuo that he was seeking another chance to curse Silver Fantasy by exploiting the emotions her anger revealed.

Lynn’s group faced the Mechanical Maiden’s attempt to trap them while she waited for the curse to expire. Lynn used her tactics to keep the initiative and decided they would blind her sensors as they moved deeper into the tunnel.

• Zuo Zuo relayed Lynn’s plan to Black String Moon and Little Darling, and they began destroying the mechanical beetles.
• The Mechanical Maiden shielded her swarm and disrupted spatial fluctuations, preventing Warp and trapping Lynn’s group in the tunnel.
• Black String Moon warned Lynn that the Mechanical Maiden was restricting their escape, but Lynn reasoned that she was also afraid to pursue them deeper into the Mother Tree of Desire’s domain.
• Lynn used M’s Desire Strike to force the Mechanical Maiden to retreat, then attempted to target her with the Curse Eye; she escaped into the tunnel’s fleshy wall.
• Lynn led the group farther down the tunnel and planned to use Black String Moon’s Energy Burst to disrupt the Mechanical Maiden’s sensors and blind her.

Silver Fantasy trapped Lynn and his companions underground while preparing to destroy them with a nuclear warhead, but Black String Moon disrupted surveillance with an Energy Burst. As the curse-upload countdown neared its end, several target signals appeared, leaving Silver Fantasy facing multiple detected targets.

• Silver Fantasy sealed the tunnels and began preparing a nuclear strike while the curse uploaded.
• Lynn stopped at the barrier and told Black String Moon to disrupt the Intelligent Brain’s surveillance.
• Black String Moon unleashed an Energy Burst that obscured Lynn’s location across a thousand-meter area.
• Silver Fantasy built a barrier around the interference zone and waited for the curse upload to finish.
• A target signal appeared at the zone’s edge, but the Intelligent Brain soon detected several more targets.

Silver Fantasy discovered that Lynn had used hundreds of flesh puppets to confuse surveillance, then ordered a nuclear strike across the entire area. The first two warheads detonated as the curse upload countdown ended, eliminating many of the fleeing targets, but the chapter left the full result of the strike unresolved.

• Silver Fantasy saw hundreds of matching targets scatter from the breach and realized the surveillance network could not identify Lynn’s true body.
• Silver Fantasy pursued one target and discovered it was a puppet that taunted her before bursting into bloody mist.
• Silver Fantasy learned Lynn had used the Puppet Master’s ability to make flesh puppets and chose to destroy the entire area rather than track him.
• Silver Fantasy marked three overlapping strike zones and launched three miniature nuclear warheads as the curse upload countdown reached zero.
• The first two warheads detonated, and the surveillance network reported that several targets had been eliminated.

Silver Fantasy searched the nuclear-blasted information interference zone for the target, convinced he had been eliminated. When she encountered him alive in the darkness, he inflicted the Root-Level curse "Self-Binding Angel" on her, overwhelming her defenses.

• Silver Fantasy questioned the Intelligent Brain’s incomplete scan, then searched the first two warhead impact sites and found no flesh fluctuations.
• She fired five Annihilation Rounds into the third site before entering it to scan for the target.
• After finding no signs of life, Silver Fantasy turned to leave, but a voice from the darkness challenged her.
• Silver Fantasy spotted the target’s burned tentacles and blood-red eyes as her detector identified a Root-Level curse.
• The target cursed Silver Fantasy with "Self-Binding Angel," and black chains bound her while the curse overwhelmed her defenses.

Lynn survived Silver Fantasy’s nuclear strikes by using two Root-Level curses, then captured her with the Self-Binding Curse. The chapter ended with Silver Fantasy bound and powerless as Lynn asked what he should do with her.

• Silver Fantasy discovered that Lynn’s spatial interference zone prevented her from activating the Warp Engine or cutting through the chains.
• Lynn emerged alive as a monstrous creature and used the Undying Curse and Self-Binding Curse to overpower Silver Fantasy.
• Big Tongue and Zuo Zuo emerged from Lynn, with Zuo Zuo carrying the powerless Miss Doll.
• Lynn explained that Silver Fantasy had survived his earlier curse by avoiding another chance to be targeted, but he had used Miss Doll’s ability to hide from her nuclear strikes.
• The system announced that Lynn had subdued Silver Fantasy and earned the Origin Curse Inflictor milestone.
• Lynn called Silver Fantasy his prisoner and asked what he should do with her next.

Lynn used the Origin curse to subdue Silver Fantasy, then recovered enough to decide she was too dangerous to let go. He shot her with all six rounds of his Witcher Revolver, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Silver Fantasy failed to use her abilities or self-destruct because Lynn's Origin curse prevented her from resisting.
• Lynn returned to human form after the curse ended, while the backlash left his Curse Eye cracked and his body in pain.
• Zuo Zuo asked Lynn if he was all right, and he drank more than a dozen Mental Potions to recover.
• Lynn decided the approaching Mechanical Race made it too dangerous to keep Silver Fantasy alive or release her.
• Lynn aimed his Witcher Revolver at Silver Fantasy and fired all six rounds at her forehead.

Lynn tried to kill the bound Silver Fantasy, but none of his weapons or Little Darling’s corrosive venom could penetrate her Supreme Frame. He turned to the recovering Black String Moon for help, though she still needed thirty minutes to recover.

• Lynn shot Silver Fantasy and struck her with the Night Demon Blade, but neither attack left a mark.
• Lynn tried blades, a chainsaw, and grenades, then summoned Little Darling to bite and spray venom at Silver Fantasy, but her defenses resisted every attack.
• Lynn had Little Darling spray venom through a steel pipe into Silver Fantasy’s mouth, but even her interior resisted corrosion.
• Zuo Zuo offered to eat Silver Fantasy, but Lynn rejected the idea and asked Black String Moon whether she could still control her puppet strings.

Lynn tried to force information out of the captured Silver Fantasy after Black String Moon failed to breach her chassis. He began tormenting Silver Fantasy and asked her how to activate her swords, but she refused.

• Black String Moon failed to pierce Silver Fantasy and warned Lynn that the Energy Burst's information interference would fade in a little over ten minutes.
• Lynn sent Little Darling to carry Black String Moon away, then confronted the immobilized Silver Fantasy and demanded information about her plans and motives.
• Silver Fantasy rejected Lynn's attempt to bargain, so he struck her and threatened to make her suffer rather than kill her.
• Lynn took the Monomolecular Sword from Silver Fantasy and asked her to hand over both swords and explain how to activate them.
• Silver Fantasy refused to cooperate, and Lynn continued his assault.

Lynn continued using the M Fist to torment Silver Fantasy, trying to break her resistance and force her to submit. Silver Fantasy remained determined to endure and wait for the Hive to regain contact, but repeated blows pushed her toward a system crash.

• Silver Fantasy rejected Lynn's demand that she act like a prisoner and refused to cooperate.
• Lynn repeatedly struck Silver Fantasy with the M Fist, overwhelming her consciousness with its effects.
• Silver Fantasy resolved to endure until the information interference ended and the Hive could contact her again.
• As the punches continued, Silver Fantasy's mental defenses weakened and she struggled to keep from crashing.
• Lynn calmly asked whether Silver Fantasy wanted to continue, while she remained overwhelmed and furious.

Lynn pressured Silver Fantasy into revealing how to activate the Monomolecular Swords by warning that her condition could spread to the Intelligent Brain and the mechanical beetles. She activated the blades but explained that a Supreme Frame's weapons could not harm another Supreme Frame, leaving Lynn with the swords' description and the next step of undoing their binding still unresolved.

• Lynn threatened to continue tormenting Silver Fantasy and warned that her desire could affect the Intelligent Brain and the mechanical beetles when they linked with her.
• Silver Fantasy explained that the Monomolecular Sword was bound to her and that a Supreme Frame's weapons could not harm a Supreme Frame.
• Silver Fantasy admitted that she could release the binding only after linking with the sword, but information interference prevented her from activating it without physical contact.
• Lynn handed Silver Fantasy the two sword hilts, and she established a link that caused both Monomolecular Sword blades to appear.
• Lynn saw the blades' descriptions, including that the Vermilion-Orange Monomolecular Sword could reach temperatures above ten thousand degrees.

Lynn bound Silver Fantasy’s two Supreme Frame swords to himself and took her heavy sniper rifle, but he could not use any of the weapons against her. He then pressed her for information about her military deployments and Colossus Tower, and she refused to betray her faith.

• Silver Fantasy gave Lynn the hilts of the Monomolecular Sword and another Supreme Frame sword after removing her ownership binding, and Lynn bound both weapons to himself.
• Lynn tested the blue sword against Silver Fantasy’s neck and found that its blade dispersed when it touched her frame.
• Silver Fantasy materialized her Silver Dragon Destroyer A3 Custom Model, and Lynn took the heavy sniper rifle but did not receive any ammunition.
• Lynn asked Silver Fantasy about her deployments in Curse City and the objective at Colossus Tower, including what was inside Colossus’s brain.
• Silver Fantasy refused to answer, saying she would never betray her faith, and Lynn threatened further coercion.

Lynn relentlessly attacked the captive Silver Fantasy to force her to answer his questions, eventually driving her to beg for mercy and apologize. As she asked why he was doing this, Lynn triggered the Heresy Series hidden quest, “Fallen Mechanical Maiden.”

• Silver Fantasy refused to cooperate, so Lynn repeatedly struck her with M Fist attacks while interrogating her.
• After more than a hundred blows, Silver Fantasy lost her defiance and begged Lynn to let her go.
• Lynn asked Silver Fantasy about her earlier pursuit of him, and she weakly apologized.
• When Lynn struck her again, Silver Fantasy asked why he had to treat her this way, and a system notification announced the hidden quest “Fallen Mechanical Maiden.”