Chapter Summaries

Lynn used the M Fist to affect the Mother Tree of Desire, the God of Ten Thousand Machines, and the Colossus Tower, then provoked the God of Ten Thousand Machines before fleeing in the Colossus phantom. The God of Ten Thousand Machines pursued him, determined to kill him.

• Lynn’s M Fist stunned the Mother Tree of Desire and affected the God of Ten Thousand Machines and the Colossus Tower, earning Lynn an epic achievement and permanent bonuses.
• Lynn taunted the God of Ten Thousand Machines by claiming he had defiled his entire family, increasing the overlord’s anger.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines tried to attack Lynn, but Lynn immediately fled in the Colossus phantom, leaving with a raised middle finger.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines declared that Lynn would die there and rushed after him.

Lynn fled Curse City in the Colossus Shadow while the God of Ten Thousand Machines pursued him, then gambled on opening the Book You Die From Reading. Black String Moon headed toward him to fulfill her contract, despite his warning to stay away.

• Lynn contacted Black String Moon and revealed that he was the red giant sprinting through the city, then warned her not to look toward him for five minutes.
• Lynn told Black String Moon he was about to use his last trump cards against the God of Ten Thousand Machines and asked her to marry him; she cut off the connection and set out to reach him with her senses shut down.
• Lynn prepared the book while reflecting that Zuo Zuo might survive if he died and the Colossus Brain awakened.
• As the God of Ten Thousand Machines reached for him, Lynn disconnected from the Colossus Network, evaded the strike, and opened the book.
• The book’s power forced Lynn and the surrounding city to look at its bloody title page: The Book You Die From Reading.

Lynn unleashed the Feather Pen's Direct Death Curse, killing machine consciousnesses and other onlookers across Curse City before the Doll Substitute revived him. He reached level 36 as the curse stopped, while Mechanical Race aircraft continued to fall from the sky.

• Lynn opened the book and challenged the God of Ten Thousand Machines as the Direct Death Curse spread through the observers' sight.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines tried to sever the Hive's observation feed, but machine consciousnesses across Curse City began dying and mechanical forces crashed.
• The curse also struck flesh-and-blood creatures, while Lynn's life force drained and his system recorded kills and achievements.
• Lynn died, triggering the Doll Substitute's curse effect; the book closed, the curse stopped, and Lynn reappeared hundreds of meters away.
• Lynn's level rose to 36, and he stood with his crimson scythe as aircraft kept raining from the sky.

Lynn opened his books to curse the God of Ten Thousand Machines after the Mechanical Dragon’s true body descended and killed him once. The curses struck both the dragon and Lynn, and the chapter ended with Lynn surviving a devastating self-inflicted curse in the form of a monstrous head.

• The God of Ten Thousand Machines emerged through shattered space and killed Lynn with beams from the Mechanical Dragon’s eyes, triggering Lynn’s final Doll Substitute.
• Lynn remembered that all gods were bound by curses and opened six cursed books against the dragon.
• The books’ curses afflicted the God of Ten Thousand Machines, while their effects also drove Lynn into madness and hysterical laughter.
• Lynn unleashed the Death Curse on himself and was engulfed in destructive flames, but survived as an enormous, savage head.

Lynn used the Six Books’ curses to suppress the God of Ten Thousand Machines, but the backlash left them both too exhausted and listless to act. As the God’s subordinates launched a missile barrage, a girl beneath a black umbrella arrived and shielded Lynn from the explosions.

• Lynn used Xiao Xiao's family's Undying Curse to withstand the God of Ten Thousand Machines' attack, while his Curse Eye neared collapse.
• The Six Books' curses overwhelmed the God of Ten Thousand Machines, binding him in chains and draining his will to fight.
• The curses also afflicted Lynn, leaving both him and the God listless and unable to attack or escape while the open books kept refreshing the effects.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines revealed that his subordinates remained and watched as missiles launched from the Black Inverted Pyramid toward Lynn.
• As the missiles' explosions swept over Lynn, a girl beneath a black umbrella descended and gathered him into her arms, taking the blast on her back.

Lynn waited for death beneath the Mechanical Church’s carpet bombing, but Black String Moon appeared and shielded him from the blasts. After repeated bombardments destroyed half of Curse City, the God of Ten Thousand Machines looked down at the crater and acknowledged that Lynn had provoked him without dying by his hand.

• Lynn believed he was about to die after using four Doll Substitutes and having only one left.
• Black String Moon appeared amid the flames and held Lynn beneath her to shield him from the bombardment.
• Lynn shouted for Black String Moon to run, but she kept protecting him through the next wave of explosions.
• The Mechanical Church’s bombardment erased half of Curse City and left a vast burning crater.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines said Lynn was the first mortal to provoke him and survive without being killed by him.

Black String Moon rescued Lynn from the blast and carried him through the Mechanical Church’s renewed assault, refusing to abandon her promise even after he fired her. As the Hive’s main cannon targeted them and she fell under fire, Lynn stood between her and the death ray, awakening a fluttering violet pattern in his eyes.

• Black String Moon survived the explosion after shielding Lynn and struggled to carry him out of the blast zone.
• Lynn demanded that Black String Moon abandon her promise and leave him, but she insisted that the Puppet’s Oath could not be terminated unilaterally.
• The machine consciousnesses ordered the mechanical forces to attack, and Black String Moon fought through the swarm while carrying Lynn.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines ordered the Hive’s main cannon to fire at Black String Moon and Lynn.
• A bullet struck Black String Moon and knocked her down, so Lynn threw himself in front of her and faced the death ray as a violet flower pattern formed in his eyes.

As Black String Moon lay wounded and the God of Ten Thousand Machines attacked, the boy awakened a vast purple power that shattered the silver beam and nearly crushed the God of Ten Thousand Machines. The light faded, leaving the boy unconscious and the God badly injured, while the machine consciousnesses wondered if the boy had done it.

• The boy's desperate attempt to protect Black String Moon awakened a colossal purple eye and raised his revival level to 9%.
• The purple light scattered mechanical units, shattered the silver beam, and cracked the Black Inverted Pyramid.
• The white-haired figure seized the God of Ten Thousand Machines with an invisible force and crushed his mechanical neck before the light receded.
• The black-haired boy collapsed unconscious as everyone's vision returned.
• The machine consciousnesses saw the grip mark on the God of Ten Thousand Machines' neck and suspected the unconscious boy.

Lynn’s mysterious power briefly appeared and left the God of Ten Thousand Machines wounded and terrified. Sir Awen arrived, warned the God to respect the unknown, and took the unconscious Lynn and Black String Moon away.

• Black String Moon helped the unconscious Lynn as the God of Ten Thousand Machines and the Hive recoiled from the power that had struck him.
• The Hive’s machine units charged Lynn and Black String Moon, but Sir Awen appeared beside them and stopped the attack.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines recognized Sir Awen as a representative of the Cyber Civilization, and Sir Awen asked to take Lynn away.
• Sir Awen warned the God to hold the unknown in reverence, then made the Inverted Pyramid flicker to force the God to let them go.
• Sir Awen transported Lynn and Black String Moon away, while the God of Ten Thousand Machines concealed the cracks in his soul from the Hive.

Sir Awen brought the unconscious Lynn and injured Black String Moon back to the Night Doctors’ outpost, where the doctors treated Lynn’s exhaustion and tried to suppress the curses affecting his consciousness. Sir Awen connected Lynn’s strange power to the failed summoning array and the mysterious Violet array, while a music box played alone on a distant wasteland.

• Sir Awen returned to the outpost with unconscious Lynn and injured Black String Moon, who refused treatment for herself and stayed by Lynn’s side.
• The Night Doctors examined Lynn, finding his mental power depleted and powerful thought curses within him, while White Night grew angry at his condition.
• Sir Awen told White Night that Lynn had nearly killed the God of Ten Thousand Machines.
• White Night explained that their summoning array had consumed all their offerings and then gone dark about ten minutes earlier.
• Sir Awen linked the array’s failure to the fading curtain of light and purple magic array in Curse City, and wondered what being a complete Violet array would summon.
• A music box played on a boulder in a desolate wasteland, its clown doll turning a tiny crank.

The Pighead Butcher and the clown stopped the music box after battling the Titan, explaining that they had deliberately disrupted Lynn’s control so he would learn to prepare for the unexpected. At the Night Doctors’ outpost, Zuo Zuo woke beside Lynn and tried to rouse him, but he fell asleep again.

• The Pighead Butcher closed the music box, ending its music and suppressing the curse fluctuations in the Wasteland.
• The Pighead Butcher told the clown that they had disrupted Lynn’s control so he would learn to account for unforeseen dangers, especially the Calamity.
• Zuo Zuo woke at the Night Doctors’ outpost and found Lynn lying motionless in a hospital bed.
• Zuo Zuo slapped Lynn and shouted at him until he opened his eyes, but his curses left him without fighting spirit.
• Lynn fell asleep again with his eyes open, and Zuo Zuo shook him while demanding answers.

White Night explained that six weakening curses had left Lynn drowsy and unwilling to act, including one that drained his fighting spirit. Zuo Zuo discovered that wasting Lynn’s money could provoke him, and a spinning Black Skull Coin finally made him struggle to react.

• White Night reported that Lynn was affected by seven curses, with a temporary curse currently making him apathetic and too unmotivated to lift the curses himself.
• Zuo Zuo realized that Lynn’s borrowed books might have cursed him, then asked whether he would react if someone threatened him.
• Zuo Zuo searched Lynn’s chest and belongings, exposed his hidden money stashes, and explained that wasting his money made him angry.
• Zuo Zuo flicked a Black Skull Coin into the air, and Lynn strained to follow it before snapping at it.

Zuo Zuo tried to provoke Lynn into using his curse-removal ability by eating his Black Skull Coins. When she threatened to devour his entire fortune, Lynn regained enough fighting spirit to remove the curse from himself, then lunged at her in rage.

• Zuo Zuo swallowed a Black Skull Coin to provoke Lynn, and he finally tried to stop her from eating another.
• Lynn briefly summoned a thread of light before falling asleep again, while Zuo Zuo insisted he would not give up.
• Zuo Zuo shoved her fingers into Lynn’s nostrils and threatened to eat all his money, then began gulping down the coins.
• Lynn fought through the curse, activated his Limited-Time Curse Removal Ability on himself, and recorded the curse of lost fighting spirit.
• Lynn recovered his fighting spirit and lunged at Zuo Zuo, furious that she had eaten his coins.

Lynn reunited with Zuo Zuo after recovering from his transformation, and her relief softened his anger. He then searched her stomach for the money she had swallowed, uncovering coins and a collection of useful items as White Night watched in disbelief.

• Zuo Zuo clung to Lynn and sobbed with relief that he had changed back, while Lynn comforted her and let go of his anger.
• Lynn pretended to check Zuo Zuo's teeth, then reached into her mouth and retrieved a Black Skull Coin.
• Lynn kept rummaging through Zuo Zuo, recovering more coins, a Machine Intelligence electronic core, liquor, and a bottle opener.
• Lynn pulled out a regeneration potion, a heavy Biological Grenade, and a three-meter mechanical saber while Zuo Zuo protested and White Night stood by.

Lynn recovered in bed, searched Zuo Zuo and reclaimed the money and items she had secretly swallowed, then learned from White Night what he had done in Curse City while unconscious. The chapter left Lynn astonished that he had apparently blocked the God of Ten Thousand Machines’ death ray and struck the Mechanical Overlord a devastating blow.

• Lynn repeatedly rummaged through Zuo Zuo and recovered piles of stored goods, including more Black Skull Coins than she admitted to taking.
• Zuo Zuo claimed she had hidden Lynn’s money to protect him, but Lynn scolded her and reclaimed everything.
• Lynn recalled glimpsing a purple Magic Array before losing consciousness and realized something had happened before Sir Awen rescued him.
• White Night told Lynn that Sir Awen had reunited the scattered Night Doctors and that the Flesh God Cult now considered Lynn the strongest flesh-and-blood creature below an Origin.
• White Night revealed that Lynn had blocked the death ray, scattered the Mechanical Race, and dealt the God of Ten Thousand Machines a devastating blow, leaving Lynn incredulous.

Lynn rejected the idea that he was a hidden, destined hero and affirmed his identity as a Night Doctor from Wandering Soul Alley. In the Hive, Silver Fantasy recovered from the consciousness interference and vowed to hunt Lynn down, despite the God of Ten Thousand Machines warning her to forget him.

• Lynn told White Night that his life and identity came from the people and places he had known, then declared himself a Night Doctor from Wandering Soul Alley.
• Silver Fantasy woke from the first stage of consciousness repair in the Hive and learned she had escaped the Supreme Frame.
• Silver Fantasy asked the God of Ten Thousand Machines to let her kill Lynn herself and vowed to pursue him for as long as necessary.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines refused to let Silver Fantasy pursue Lynn, urged her to erase the memories, and warned her not to contact him until his background was understood.
• After the God of Ten Thousand Machines left, Silver Fantasy resolved to remember Lynn and promised herself they would meet again.

Lynn visited Sir Awen at the Night Doctors' outpost, wriggling through the corridors and cheerfully greeting everyone despite Zuo Zuo's embarrassment. Sir Awen gave Lynn a specially built high-tech wheelchair, and Lynn revealed that he still had a few uses of an ability that temporarily suppressed his curses.

• Lynn wriggled through the outpost, greeting the Night Doctors while Zuo Zuo protested that he was embarrassing them.
• Lynn reached Sir Awen's temporary office and found him assembling a wheelchair.
• Sir Awen explained that the wheelchair was for Lynn while the curses ran their course.
• Lynn inspected the wheelchair's abilities, eagerly sat in it, and thanked Sir Awen.
• Lynn told Sir Awen that he had a few remaining uses of an ability that temporarily removed curses and could keep half their effects under control.

Lynn asked Sir Awen what he was, and Sir Awen affirmed that he was Lynn, a Night Doctor and hope for the Matriarch and the trapped Origins. Sir Awen then illustrated his theory about Lynn’s mysterious place in destiny with a stagnant pond, leaving Lynn to consider an analogy about a vanished waterfall and fish that had forgotten it.

• Lynn asked Sir Awen, “What am I?”
• Sir Awen told Lynn that he was a Night Doctor of Dark Night City and the hope of the Matriarch and the trapped Origins.
• Sir Awen created a pond scene and showed Lynn the skeletons lying beneath its still water.
• Lynn said the stagnant pond needed to flow again, and fish began leaping from the water.
• Sir Awen showed Lynn traces of a former waterfall and explained that its periodic torrents had renewed the pond, though many fish had forgotten it.

Sir Awen told Lynn a parable about a poisoned pond and two possible paths to save it: a shining carp’s leap or a feathered fry that might become a bird. After the vision faded, Lynn wondered whether he was the feathered fish, and Sir Awen told him not to rush to decide.

• Sir Awen described how poison spread through a pond, killing its creatures despite their efforts to resist.
• Sir Awen used psionics to show a glowing carp protected by the big fish as it leaped toward the mountaintop, the first possible path to save the pond.
• Sir Awen revealed a feathered fry among the bones, explaining that it might grow into a bird and awaken the waterfall as a second path.
• The vision faded in the Night Doctor outpost, and Lynn asked Sir Awen whether he was the fish with feathers.
• Sir Awen said Lynn might or might not be the fish and told him not to rush to think about the legend.

Lynn comforted Sir Awen by pretending to grieve for his brother, and Sir Awen, moved by their shared loneliness, offered to become his family in the Dark World. Lynn accepted with apparent sincerity and earned a special achievement from the system.

• Sir Awen reassured Lynn that the Koi Carp could save the world, and Lynn said he would leave that responsibility to it.
• Lynn told Sir Awen that he reminded him of his older brother and described how he regretted mistreating his brother before being separated from him.
• Lynn turned his wheelchair toward the door, and Sir Awen recognized their shared grief over homes and loved ones they could never return to.
• Sir Awen invited Lynn to think of him as an older brother and family in the Dark World.
• Lynn stopped his wheelchair and asked if Sir Awen really meant it, triggering the special achievement "Exceptionally Sincere Feelings" and gaining 200 base experience.