Chapter Summaries

Jiu Zhengxuan led a police raid on the Dog Gang, only to find its headquarters staged as a reemployment fair for a supposedly legitimate company. The chapter ended with Chen Mudou presenting a huge stack of official documents while the police struggled to find grounds to investigate.

• Jiu Zhengxuan stopped an officer from shooting a Dog Gang lookout and insisted the police uphold the law.
• Jiu Zhengxuan led the police and reporters into the Dog Gang’s church, where they found a reemployment fair instead of an active gang operation.
• Wei Hu challenged several suspicious attendees, but they each offered plausible job-related explanations for their weapons or clothing.
• NST Wulong Baiyan claimed the site belonged to the DOG Group and denied knowing anything about the Dog Gang.
• Chen Mudou presented 1,050 business and employment documents, leaving the police astonished by how complete the paperwork was.

Jiu Zhengxuan tried to expose Qin Yiguan and the DOG Group, but their paperwork disguised a suspected assassination as a routine customer assessment. Qin Yiguan accepted the assignment to assess He Hongyuan and promised to complete it within three days.

• Jingye Meinan arrived and flirted with Huo Shuang while Jiu Zhengxuan suspected he had a source inside the River Phoenix Society.
• Qin Yiguan confronted Jiu Zhengxuan, who accused him of using Hall 157 as a cover for criminal activity but had no proof.
• Chen Fazheng arrived drunk with a two-million-bonus assignment concerning He Hongyuan, and Jiu Zhengxuan seized the document as evidence of an assassination plot.
• Jiu Zhengxuan found that the document only described a "Customer Activity Assessment," leaving him unable to prove it meant murder.
• Qin Yiguan accepted the assignment and told Chen Fazheng he would complete the assessment within three days.

Lu Zun planned to use the rapidly growing Leviathan to kill sixty million people and raise his Fusion Rate, while learning that a scientist who once shut it down was still alive. In the Metaverse, Qin Yiguan discovered that Lu Zun had funded memory archives across B5 and B6, raising his suspicions about their purpose.

• Lu Zun threw the secretary-general into the Leviathan fissure and resolved to make the planned mass deaths painful enough to increase his Fusion Rate.
• Xu Guan warned Lu Zun that Leviathan could reach Core Earth and cause a great collapse within ten days, and reported that the scientist who shut it down eighteen years earlier was alive.
• Jiu Zhengxuan saw Qin Yiguan log off from the Metaverse and guessed that he had gone to school.
• Qin Yiguan arrived at school, where Gala explained that the newly completed memory archives stored human memories for later generations to study.
• Gala told Qin Yiguan that Lu Zun had funded more than a hundred memory archives across B5 and B6, and Qin Yiguan suspected the project was not truly charitable.

Qin Yiguan toured Memory Archive No. 024, where he discovered that his adoptive father, Qin Shenhu, had donated his programming memories. Jiu Zhengxuan received alarming news about Doctor He and hurried to the Experimental Zone, leaving Qin Yiguan behind with a strange look in his eyes.

• Commander Lu Zun visited the playground and insisted that Jiu Zhengxuan follow the same queue rules as the other students.
• Qin Yiguan suspected Lu Zun’s public display of humility and service might be an attempt to shield him from suspicion.
• An AI robot explained how the archive recorded and reconstructed human memories as the students toured its displays.
• Taotie Clam speculated that entertainment memories were stored in the basement, while Qin Yiguan found Qin Shenhu’s programming-memory display.
• Qin Yiguan told Taotie Clam that Qin Shenhu had been his adoptive father and silently looked at his photograph.
• Jiu Zhengxuan received a communicator call about Doctor He, then left the archive by aircraft for the Experimental Zone as Qin Yiguan watched him go.

After He Hongyuan was found murdered in the Experimental Zone, Jiu Zhengxuan struggled to understand how the killer had acted without appearing on the police detectors. Wang Shiwei brought Qin Yiguan in to investigate, but Qin insisted he was there to find the person who had stolen his assassination job.

• Jiu Zhengxuan arrived at the institute and found He Hongyuan dead, headless, and bound to a wooden frame.
• Jiu Zhengxuan questioned how the murder could have happened in the 0.3 seconds between detector updates without anyone appearing in the room.
• Wang Shiwei arrived, explained that He Hongyuan had been his teacher, and introduced Qin Yiguan as help for the case.
• Jiu Zhengxuan called Qin Yiguan the prime suspect, while Qin claimed he was a law-abiding citizen who had helped police catch killers.
• Qin Yiguan told Wang Shiwei he was investigating for free because someone had stolen his assassination job.

Qin Yiguan investigated He Hongyuan’s murder and concluded that the killer had accelerated and controlled plants to dismember him. After uncovering He Hongyuan’s research into dark matter, Qin noticed a spotless section of a bookshelf that might conceal a frequently used switch.

• Qin Yiguan examined the plants binding He Hongyuan and found that their roots had penetrated his skin to draw blood.
• Qin Yiguan pulled the ivy from a flowerpot and revealed He Hongyuan’s head, which had been buried upside down in the soil.
• Qin Yiguan deduced that the plants had experienced several seasons in 0.3 seconds and that the killer could alter their growth through Reality Enhancement.
• Qin Yiguan studied He Hongyuan’s newspaper clippings and learned that the scientist had claimed to control dark matter and improve the Leviathan.
• Qin Yiguan spotted a polished, spotless compartment in the bookshelf and suspected it concealed a switch for He Hongyuan’s dark matter technology.

Qin Yiguan used a dark matter device to replay He Hongyuan’s murder and saw that the killer looked exactly like Jiu Zhengxuan. Suspecting Jiu Zhengxuan might be controlled by his father, Lu Zun, Qin Yiguan gave him one day to prove the truth before threatening to kill him.

• Qin Yiguan activated a hidden projection device that reconstructed the research institute and could replay events from the past.
• Qin Yiguan sent Jiu Zhengxuan and the other officers out so he could investigate with Officer Wang alone.
• The replay showed a black-smoke figure killing He Hongyuan and arranging his body, then briefly taking Jiu Zhengxuan’s face before the device burned out.
• Qin Yiguan questioned Jiu Zhengxuan about his Reality Enhancement, Lu Zun’s Absolute Hit, and whether he had lost time or memories.
• Qin Yiguan suspected Lu Zun might be controlling Jiu Zhengxuan through memories and warned him that he had one day to uncover the truth.
• Jiu Zhengxuan demanded to know who the replay had shown, but Qin Yiguan refused to tell him.

Qin Yiguan investigated Jiu Zhengxuan’s home in the Metaverse and witnessed a hidden, plant-controlling figure murder a servant. Before the entrance beneath the house closed, he saw that the killer was Jiu Zhengxuan himself.

• Qin Yiguan disappeared from the courtyard, and Jiu Zhengxuan found the surveillance equipment destroyed while Officer Wang refused to reveal the killer’s identity.
• Jiu Zhengxuan grew exhausted and fell asleep as he resolved to keep investigating Qin Yiguan.
• Qin Yiguan woke in Rust City, then returned to the Metaverse and used Officer Wang’s information to find Lu Zun’s virtual address, which he believed would lead him to Jiu Zhengxuan’s home.
• Qin Yiguan hid in a tree outside the villa and watched a figure beneath the house lure Auntie Lan with food before transforming plants to kill and bury her.
• Qin Yiguan glimpsed the figure as the entrance closed and recognized the disheveled, exhausted Jiu Zhengxuan as the killer.

Qin Yiguan discovered that Teacher Qing had been cast out of the Metaverse with severe brain damage and abandoned in Rust City. Enraged by the mechanical puppets’ treatment of him, Qin Yiguan destroyed them, then tried to remind his frightened former teacher who he was.

• Qin Yiguan woke after investigating the servant’s murder and considered whether Jiu Zhengxuan had acted on his own or under Lu Zun’s control.
• Qin Yiguan heard a familiar voice and found Teacher Qing crouched among the trash after mechanical puppets brought him to Rust City.
• Qin Yiguan stopped Teacher Qing from eating a filthy energy block and learned that the former teacher had been mentally impaired by damage in the Metaverse.
• The mechanical puppets mocked Teacher Qing and admitted they had been rough with him, making Qin Yiguan furious.
• Qin Yiguan wrecked both mechanical puppets with a strength he could not explain, then crouched beside Teacher Qing and introduced himself as his student.

Qin Yiguan visited Teacher Qing, whose damaged mind briefly recalled that a black-mist attacker had shot down the Snow City of Heavenly Light. Qin Yiguan realized the attacker had been Black Calamity, one of his own personalities, and was left believing he was the source of the evil that hurt his teacher.

• Qin Yiguan reminded Teacher Qing that he was Mu Qingkuang, the Light Emperor, and listened as Teacher Qing recalled flying away from the Snow City of Heavenly Light to defeat an evil man.
• Jiu Zhengxuan arrived in a mechanical puppet and recognized Teacher Qing, grieving over his condition.
• Teacher Qing pointed at Qin Yiguan and accused him of shooting down the city while shrouded in black mist.
• Qin Yiguan connected the attacker to Black Calamity and realized that the personality had harmed Teacher Qing.
• Jiu Zhengxuan angrily accused Qin Yiguan of attacking Teacher Qing, while Qin Yiguan wondered whether he could ever escape the evil within himself.

Huo Shuang watched Jingye Meinan sneak into ten homes and then Li Xue’s villa, while reporters photographed his encounter with the actress. In an abandoned city, Wei Hu secretly observed Chen Mudou watching an imaginary performance by Jiang Mingshu, who appeared to kiss her forehead in her vision.

• Huo Shuang and a River Phoenix Society member tracked Jingye Meinan as he secretly entered ten homes in twenty minutes and learned that the member knew him as a regular customer.
• Jingye Meinan climbed into Li Xue’s villa, and reporters watched Li Xue invite them to take pictures as she appeared with him behind her bedroom curtains.
• Huo Shuang vomited in disgust and vowed to cripple Jingye Meinan if she ever caught him.
• Wei Hu watched Chen Mudou applaud an empty stage in a ruined city and wondered whether she could see ghosts.
• Wei Hu received a file identifying Chen Mudou as a Zanyin Group intern with a 2% Fusion Rate and a history of delusional mental illness.
• In Chen Mudou’s vision, Jiang Mingshu performed magic, slid down to her, conjured a rose, and kissed her forehead.

After Lu Zun identified Qin Yiguan as the killer of Jiu Zhengxuan’s beloved Auntie Lan, Jiu Zhengxuan declared war on the Dog Gang’s Hall 157. Qin Yiguan, meanwhile, took a job targeting Jiu Zhengxuan’s squad after arranging care for the injured and traumatized Teacher Qing.

• Jiu Zhengxuan left his mechanical puppet behind and rushed home after hearing that Auntie Lan was in danger, while Qin Yiguan apologized to Teacher Qing.
• At Lu Zun’s residence, Jiu Zhengxuan found Auntie Lan dead, and Lu Zun used his Absolute Hit ability to identify Qin Yiguan as the killer.
• Lu Zun urged Jiu Zhengxuan to establish his Youth Order Squad by solving the case, and Jiu Zhengxuan declared war on the Dog Gang’s Hall 157.
• Qin Yiguan bought Teacher Qing a small courtyard house, changed his clothes, and asked Xiao Ning to care for him while he returned to work.
• At DOG headquarters, Qin Yiguan took Chen Fazheng’s job targeting Jiu Zhengxuan, Wei Hu, and Huo Shuang, saying the bonus did not matter.

Qin Yiguan tested his growing strength and combat abilities by fighting simulated robots, then headed toward the Youth Order Squad mission with Jingye Meinan and Chen Mudou. He left confident he could overpower Jiu Zhengxuan physically, while Jingye Meinan agreed to help only against Huo Shuang.

• Qin Yiguan visited the strength-testing shop and asked for robots set to simulate different Fusion Rates.
• Qin Yiguan defeated robots at increasing levels, tested several killer techniques, and raised Brain Hyperactivity Zone B05 development to 20%, gaining Dismantling and Imitation.
• Qin Yiguan destroyed the shop's 68% Fusion Rate robot and paid only eighty, leaving the owners stunned.
• Qin Yiguan judged that his physical strength could crush Jiu Zhengxuan and thought about relying on the Silver-Winged Yaksha against special abilities.
• Jingye Meinan and Chen Mudou approached Qin Yiguan about joining the Youth Order Squad mission, and Jingye Meinan agreed while limiting his involvement to Huo Shuang.

Jiu Zhengxuan staged a public arrest at the Dog Gang, but Qin Yiguan arrived in the Three-Legged Cat and faced him in front of the cameras. Jiu Zhengxuan accused Qin Yiguan, Chen Mudou, and Jingye Meinan of serious crimes and moved to arrest them, leaving Jingye Meinan lamenting how badly his reputation had changed.

• NST Wulong Baiyan celebrated the attention surrounding the Youth Order Squad's public presence outside the Dog Gang.
• Jiu Zhengxuan told Wei Hu that Qin Yiguan would return rather than hide, while students at 053 High School watched the livestream.
• Qin Yiguan arrived in the Three-Legged Cat with Huo Shuang, Jingye Meinan, and Chen Mudou, revealing his identity to his classmates and Officer Wang.
• Jiu Zhengxuan accused Qin Yiguan of murdering Dr. He Hongyuan and Auntie Lan and disabling Teacher Qing, then ordered his arrest.
• Jiu Zhengxuan also accused Chen Mudou and Jingye Meinan of being Qin Yiguan's accomplices and said they would be arrested.
• Jingye Meinan complained that he had been blamed for everything and had become despised by the crowd.

Qin Yiguan fought Jiu Zhengxuan while Wei Hu tried to arrest Chen Mudou, whose unseen ally Jiang Mingshu kept making the handcuffs disappear. Jiu Zhengxuan revealed how years of isolation shaped his Reality Enhancement, then unleashed darkness that engulfed Qin Yiguan and the surrounding area.

• The police officers backed away, and Jiu Zhengxuan ordered Wei Hu to arrest Chen Mudou and Huo Shuang to arrest Jingye Meinan.
• Jingye Meinan ran toward a grove, and Huo Shuang chased him; meanwhile, Qin Yiguan attacked Jiu Zhengxuan, who drew him away from the others.
• Wei Hu tried repeatedly to handcuff Chen Mudou, but the handcuffs vanished each time as Chen Mudou spoke to the unseen Mingshu.
• Jiu Zhengxuan confronted Qin Yiguan over the deaths of He Hongyuan and Auntie Lan and Teacher Qing's injuries, then described his father's years-long isolation experiment and the imagined world he created.
• Jiu Zhengxuan's pupils turned black as darkness erupted from him and swallowed Qin Yiguan and everything within a thousand meters.

Qin Yiguan and Jiu Zhengxuan clashed inside Jiu Zhengxuan’s light-filled Black Room, while Jingye Meinan tried to win Huo Shuang’s sympathy by recounting his childhood. The fight continued as Qin Yiguan summoned the Silver-Winged Yaksha, and Jingye Meinan reached the next stage of his attempt to get through to Huo Shuang.

• Jiu Zhengxuan revealed that his father’s training had enhanced his brain and that his natural Fusion Rate was 68%.
• Jiu Zhengxuan transformed the darkness into a brilliant Black Room filled with countless copies of himself, then sent them charging at Qin Yiguan.
• Qin Yiguan spread his Liquid Black Hole’s darkness over the white world and summoned a Silver-Winged Yaksha to face Jiu Zhengxuan’s creations.
• Huo Shuang froze and shattered the tree hiding Jingye Meinan, then chased him through the woods with her frost ability.
• Jingye Meinan told Huo Shuang that his father’s concubines had frightened him as a child, prompting Huo Shuang to feel some sympathy.
• Jingye Meinan saw that his Opposite-Sex Resonance release level had reached 75% and told Huo Shuang he had found a way to overcome his fear.

Chen Mudou’s fight with Wei Hu became a dazzling spectacle as Jiang Mingshu diverted every attack, while Qin Yiguan overwhelmed Jiu Zhengxuan with four replicated Silver-Winged Yakshas. Jiu Zhengxuan then revealed a powerful creation from the Black Room, Michael, and turned the fight against Qin Yiguan.

• Wei Hu fired an electromagnetic tranquilizer at Chen Mudou, but the beam vanished before it reached her, and he responded with a barrage of weapons.
• Jiang Mingshu used his magician’s cloak to turn Wei Hu’s weapons and ammunition into rose petals, while spectators saw the battle as a colorful blur.
• Qin Yiguan used Gestalt Collapse to create four Silver-Winged Yakshas, which slaughtered Jiu Zhengxuan’s replicas until only one remained.
• Qin Yiguan mocked Jiu Zhengxuan for copying himself instead of using the Black Room to create stronger weapons.
• Jiu Zhengxuan summoned the golden, six-winged Michael, whose holy flames destroyed the Silver-Winged Yakshas and left its sword pointed at Qin Yiguan.

Qin Yiguan used Lucifer’s outline to transform into a demon and defeat Michael, then overpowered Jiu Zhengxuan in combat. Jiu Zhengxuan conceded defeat and asked about the deaths he had investigated, but Qin Yiguan denied responsibility and accused him of trying to trick him.

• Qin Yiguan used his own body and Lucifer’s outline to become a towering, six-winged demon.
• Lucifer and Michael fought in the sky, and both vanished in an explosion of golden and black light.
• Qin Yiguan used seven enhanced abilities to defeat Jiu Zhengxuan with a rapid series of strikes.
• Jiu Zhengxuan admitted defeat, lamented that he could not bring justice for He Hongyuan, Auntie Lan, or Teacher Qing, and asked Qin Yiguan what had happened to them.
• Qin Yiguan denied committing the crimes and accused Jiu Zhengxuan of pretending to seek the truth so he could launch a surprise attack.

Qin Yiguan revealed his theory that Jiu Zhengxuan was one of nine test-tube children created by Lu Zun, and that his brothers had committed the crimes attributed to others. As Jiu Zhengxuan rejected the accusations, Seven Zheng Xuan appeared in the Black Room and announced he would kill him and take his place.

• Qin Yiguan persuaded Jiu Zhengxuan to admit defeat in exchange for hearing the truth about his name and the cases.
• Qin Yiguan connected the charred figure at Zanyin Group, the attack on Teacher Qing, and Auntie Lan's murder to Jiu Zhengxuan's lookalike brothers.
• Qin Yiguan accused Lu Zun of creating nine sons as tools and said Jiu Zhengxuan was the only mentally sound one.
• Jiu Zhengxuan angrily denied Qin Yiguan's claims and insisted that Lu Zun had no other sons.
• Seven Zheng Xuan appeared behind Jiu Zhengxuan and declared that he would kill his younger brother and take his place.

Jiu Zhengxuan used his “Daybreak Has Come” ability to overwhelm Seven Zheng Xuan, but Qin Yiguan killed the unconscious man before Jiu could turn him over for justice. Jiu confronted Qin over the execution as Qin argued that Lu Zun’s authority made justice impossible.

• Seven Zheng Xuan revealed that Lu Zun had raised his children as tools, shattering Jiu Zhengxuan’s faith and leaving him defenseless against the vines.
• Jiu Zhengxuan activated “Daybreak Has Come,” repeatedly resetting the Black Room and wiping away Seven Zheng Xuan’s plants.
• As Seven Zheng Xuan taunted Jiu, Jiu repeatedly refreshed the room until the strain knocked Seven unconscious, while the resets also left Qin Yiguan in pain.
• Qin Yiguan snapped Seven Zheng Xuan’s neck and damaged his body to ensure he was dead.
• Jiu Zhengxuan protested that he had wanted Seven handed over for justice, but Qin argued that Lu Zun’s power made that pointless.