Chapter Summaries

Qin Yiguan entered Vortex Cloud City, sold some of his source matter to pay the entry tax, and tried to find work despite his zero Fusion Rate. The Wayne Machinery Group rejected him, leaving him jobless on the street.

• Qin Yiguan learned from God's Abandoned that Fusion Rate rose very slowly and that a complex job could help him advance.
• Qin Yiguan entered Vortex Cloud City, faced expulsion over unpaid taxes, and sold one unit of source matter to pay for city access.
• Qin Yiguan recognized the source matter's NFT code as resembling the code Brother Lu had given him and wondered if it connected to a real-world item.
• Qin Yiguan answered a hiring billboard and arrived at the Wayne Machinery Group's office, where he failed to write his name legibly.
• The Wayne Machinery Group rejected Qin Yiguan because his Fusion Rate was zero and sent him back outside.

Jiu Zhengxuan persuaded Lu Zun to establish a Youth Order Squad to tackle disorder in the Metaverse Experimental Zone. Meanwhile, Qin Yiguan visited the Dog Gang for a job and learned its business was organized crime, where NST Wulong Baiyan ordered his men to attack a passerby who insulted the gang.

• Jiu Zhengxuan told Lu Zun about misconduct at the academy, and Lu Zun urged him to expose wrongdoing.
• Lu Zun announced the creation of a Youth Order Squad, with Jiu Zhengxuan leading efforts to restore order in the Experimental Zone.
• Chen Fazheng brought Qin Yiguan to the DOG Group, where Qin saw hundreds of armed gang members gathered in a church.
• Chen Fazheng explained that the group was a mafia operating as a commercial enterprise, and introduced its leader, NST Wulong Baiyan.
• A passerby mocked the Dog Gang, and NST Wulong Baiyan ordered his men to snuff him out.

Jiu Zhengxuan stood poised to lead the Experimental Zone’s first youth order squad while Qin Yiguan considered joining the Gang. After learning that violence could raise his fusion rate, Qin Yiguan realized his abilities had advanced and agreed to join.

• Jiu Zhengxuan stood at the mansion as officials gathered to witness the founding of the youth order squad.
• Chen Fazheng offered Qin Yiguan a place in the Gang, promising large payouts and explaining that killing could increase fusion rates.
• Qin Yiguan’s fusion rate and the development potential of his brain conditions rose by 2%.
• Meng Jihe told Qin Yiguan that Ke Qiming had died after the earlier fight, and Qin Yiguan connected his fusion-rate increase to the death.
• Qin Yiguan recognized that the Gang suited his violent instincts and agreed to join, causing his conscience-free syndrome to develop temporarily.

Qin Yiguan joined the Dog Gang and was made the boss of its lowest-ranked hall, while Jiu Zhengxuan was appointed captain of the Experimental Zone’s first Youth Order Squad. The squad gained two exceptional members, Huo Shuang and Wei Hu, as Lu Zun announced its founding.

• Qin Yiguan claimed he could solve crimes and evade capture, impressing Wulong Baiyan, who ordered Chen Fazheng to find him a position.
• Chen Fazheng appointed Qin Yiguan boss of the Dog Gang’s 157th Hall, revealing that the gang had 157 halls and Qin was the hall’s only member.
• Lu Zun established Youth Order Squad 01 and appointed Jiu Zhengxuan its captain with authority to mobilize forces in the B5 and B6 Sectors.
• Huo Shuang revealed that she had marked Jiu Zhengxuan with a red X, while he had marked her in return, and Lu Zun introduced her as the squad’s second member.
• Wei Hu reported for duty and joined the squad, bringing his mechanical expertise, exoskeleton, and 28% fusion rate.

Qin Yiguan received two underlings for Hall 157: the timid Chen Mudou and the unusually capable Jingye Meinan. Meinan joined because he lusted after the Dog Gang leader’s wife, Daxiu, leaving Qin to begin his new post with a deeply questionable team.

• Chen Fazheng assigned Chen Mudou to Qin Yiguan’s hall, and she introduced herself as a timid part-time gangster who wanted to become braver for her boyfriend.
• Chen Fazheng brought forward a second recruit, Jingye Meinan, who became distracted by the gang leader’s beautiful wife, Daxiu.
• After Daxiu sat on NST Wulong Baiyan’s lap and the gangsters greeted her, Meinan revealed his name and admitted his interest in her motivated him to join.
• Qin Yiguan saw Meinan’s 18% fusion rate and reality enhancement, then accepted him as his second underling.

Qin Yiguan’s new gang accepted a level 10 assassination contract targeting Research Society Chief Scientist Jiao Shensan, while the Youth Order Squad received orders to protect him for three days. The chapter left Qin Yiguan preparing to pursue the job with little information or support from the DOG Group.

• Chen Fazheng presented the gang’s business list, and Qin Yiguan’s group claimed its only remaining job, a level 10 assassination contract targeting Jiao Shensan.
• Jingye Meinan and Chen Mudou eagerly agreed to take on the dangerous assignment, while Chen Fazheng warned them about its difficulty.
• Lu Zun assigned Jiu Zhengxuan and the Youth Order Squad to protect Jiao Shensan and arrest or kill anyone attempting to assassinate him for three days.
• Qin Yiguan accepted the contract, which appeared in God's Abandoned’s database, and asked Chen Fazheng for details about the target and the gang’s resources.
• Chen Fazheng told Qin Yiguan that the DOG Group would provide no further information or equipment, and that he would have to handle the job himself.

Qin Yiguan and his companions used Jingye Meinan’s ability to get their battered aircraft cleared to join a supply convoy bound for the Research Society. They narrowly avoided meeting Jiu Zhengxuan at the logistics base, but both groups were heading toward the same airborne destination.

• Commander Jiang promised Jiu Zhengxuan that the B5 Garrison Corps would support his operation, while Chen Fazheng lent Qin Yiguan’s group the ramshackle Three-Legged Cat.
• Jingye Meinan learned about a Research Society supply shipment and piloted the group to its logistics base, where soldiers initially blocked them from boarding.
• Jingye Meinan used his Opposite-Sex Resonance ability to charm Commander Luna into authorizing their clearance paperwork.
• Qin Yiguan’s group joined the transport fleet, while Jiu Zhengxuan arrived at the base with Wei Hu and another companion and began inspecting the aircraft.
• Qin Yiguan sensed Jiu Zhengxuan could threaten their operation, and the two groups narrowly passed each other as the Three-Legged Cat took off.

Qin Yiguan and his companions infiltrated the Research Society’s airborne fortress in disguise to reach Jiao Shensan. Qin ordered Jingye Meinan and Chen Mudou to wait safely while he handled the mission alone, but Jingye Meinan’s mock outrage suggested he planned to watch from the sidelines.

• Jingye Meinan gave Qin Yiguan and Chen Mudou Active Electronic Coating masks, which disguised their bodies in gray.
• The Three-Legged Cat crossed a concealed boundary and revealed the enormous airborne fortress, where the group slipped inside unnoticed.
• Jingye Meinan told Qin Yiguan that Jiao Shensan was holding an emergency meeting in Conference Room 1 of the 3S Core Zone.
• Qin Yiguan ordered Jingye Meinan and Chen Mudou to find a safe place and wait while he handled the mission alone.
• Chen Mudou worried that Qin Yiguan’s zero Fusion Rate made him unfit for the task, and Jingye Meinan accused her of wanting to test their boss before claiming he would not sit back and watch.

Qin Yiguan used the abilities of The Concealer to escape through the ventilation system and reach Jiao Shensan's conference room. There, he learned the Research Society could find no records of him and planned to search thousands of Rust Cities.

• Qin Yiguan climbed into a narrow vent by simulating The Concealer's extreme flexibility and strength, leaving Jingye Meinan below.
• Qin Yiguan moved through the ventilation system and elevator shaft while Jiu Zhengxuan anxiously asked Wei Hu about the takeoff procedures.
• Qin Yiguan found Jiao Shensan in a conference room and listened from the ceiling as scientists reported that the young man had no Neural Helmet, Nutrient Pod, residency, or surveillance records.
• A scientific assistant wondered where the young man was, and Jiao Shensan echoed the question while looking toward the ceiling.

A transformed boy confronted Jiao Shensan in the sealed conference room, where the scientist revealed that he had learned his mission and would die that day. Meanwhile, Jiu Zhengxuan and his companions reached the Space Fortress and forced their way toward the room.

• Jiao Shensan dismissed everyone and sealed the conference room before the boy climbed in through a ventilation duct.
• The boy deduced that Jiao Shensan had disabled the security systems and asked how the scientist knew him.
• Jiao Shensan said he had learned the boy’s identity and his own purpose, including that he would die that day.
• Jiu Zhengxuan and his companions were denied access to the conference room because it required S7 clearance.
• Jiu Zhengxuan crushed the alloy lock, forced open the security door, and rushed toward the next one.