Chapter Summaries

After dying on launch day, Ling An woke up in Solaris as Crownless, the Overlord-Class Tacet Discord he had admired in Wuthering Waves. Unable to escape his dormant Tacet Field, he faced Rover and her companions, ending the chapter by challenging them with Crownless’s line, “Have you seen my crown?”

• Ling An pulled the white-haired lion-dance boy in Wuthering Waves, collapsed, and woke up in a void as Crownless.
• Ling An realized he was trapped in a dormant Tacet Field and feared Rover would defeat him and turn him into an Echo.
• Ling An recognized that Crownless was still an exceptionally powerful Overlord-Class Tacet Discord and gained confidence in his strength.
• Chixia, Baizhi, Yangyang, and Rover approached the Tacet Field as it began to shake and pulled Ling An out.
• Ling An charged at female Rover, clashed with her sword using his fist, and faced Rover and her wary companions beneath gathering storm clouds.
• Ling An asked Rover, “Have you seen my crown?”

Ling An, transformed into the Overlord-Class Tacet Discord Crownless, fought Rover and her companions before Rover defeated him and offered to keep him alive. He agreed to go with her in gray cat form, and Yangyang and Chixia soon began cuddling him too.

• Ling An swiftly knocked Yangyang, Chixia, and Baizhi unconscious before facing Rover alone.
• Ling An fought Rover with a spear and wings, but her strength eventually brought him to one knee.
• Rover offered Ling An a place beside her and suggested he could grow stronger by devouring other Tacet Discords.
• Ling An refused to enter Jinzhou because the Central Resonance Beacon would stop him, so Rover persuaded him to come along in another form.
• Ling An transformed into a gray cat, and Rover, Yangyang, and Chixia took turns holding and cuddling him.

Rover traveled toward Jinzhou City with Ling An and the others, jokingly calling him her “Emergency Food.” After Ling An frightened off three Frostland Tortoises and Rover absorbed an Echo, he sensed a strange presence following them as they approached the city.

• Chixia fussed over Ling An, and Rover called him her “Emergency Food” before introducing him as Ling An.
• Baizhi led Rover, Chixia, Yangyang, and Ling An toward Jinzhou City after warning them not to linger.
• Yangyang spotted Frostland Tortoises on the path, and Rover threw Ling An at them, causing the creatures to flip onto their shells in fear.
• Rover defeated the Frostland Tortoises and absorbed an Echo with her Pangu Terminal after Yangyang explained how it worked.
• Chixia promised Rover a feast at the Pan Hua Restaurant as the group neared Jinzhou City, while Ling An sensed a petite figure watching them from a distant tree.

Ling An entered Jinzhou with Rover, but he avoided the Border Fortress because Sanhua could expose his true identity. While waiting alone, he was picked up by the red-haired Danjin, who carried him toward the city gates to play outside.

• Chixia helped Rover and Ling An pass Jinzhou’s guards, who detected Ling An as a likely Overlord-Class Tacet Discord but let them through as Jinhsi’s guests.
• Baizhi invited Rover to Huaxu Academy for an examination, and Yangyang led her toward the Border Fortress.
• Ling An warned Rover that Sanhua could see through his disguise, so Rover told him to wait outside and teased him about flirting with other women.
• After Rover left, Ling An admired his reflection by a pool until an unfamiliar red-haired girl picked him up and carried him away.
• The guards greeted the girl as Danjin as she headed out of the city with Ling An, who began to recognize her name.

Danjin took Ling An into the Norfall Barrens, where she lured a bandit chief into leading them to his camp and revealed her deadly skill by killing the bandits and rescuing their captives. She then hid to watch the camp for survivors, killing one who emerged and apparently preparing to wait for more.

• Danjin carried Ling An out of Jinzhou City and followed a scarred man who claimed he could help her find her lost sister.
• The man led Danjin to a bandit camp, where captives were held and the bandits surrounded them.
• Danjin revealed her Crimson Blade, killed the bandit chief, and slaughtered the other bandits, delivering finishing blows to every corpse.
• Danjin freed the captives and carried Ling An away, then hid nearby and killed a bandit who emerged from the camp.
• Danjin hid in the bushes again, keeping watch as Ling An realized she expected another survivor to appear.

Danjin killed a grieving boy who tried to avenge his father, then returned to Jinzhou with Ling An. Rover reclaimed Ling An and, after hearing his explanation, ordered him to turn back into his original form and play with her that night.

• Danjin made the boy choose between her Crimson Blade, Unpolished Jade, and Dragon Beard Pastry, then killed him after calling his choice calculating.
• Danjin returned to Jinzhou carrying Ling An, and a guard praised her for rescuing missing residents.
• Rover confronted Danjin and took Ling An back, warning him to explain himself.
• Ling An told Rover that Danjin had picked him up and that he had not wanted to scare her by transforming outside the city.
• Rover let Ling An off but ordered him to transform into his original form and play with her that night.

Ling An spent the night with Rover before joining Chixia to investigate a cat-theft gang in Jinzhou. After finding a clue at Shifang Pharmacy, he led Chixia toward the city gate and was hailed as the Jinzhou Cat Hero.

• Rover treated cat-form Ling An like a body pillow, then told Chixia that Ling An was independent and should choose whether to help her investigate the cat thieves.
• Ling An joined Chixia and went with her to Shifang Pharmacy, where Koko reported seeing a suspicious man dressed in black.
• Ling An indicated that the thieves were likely outside the city, and Chixia understood his hint and planned to question the gate guards.
• Chixia kissed Ling An's forehead and named him the Jinzhou Cat Hero.

Chixia mistakenly followed a criminal into the Wailing Wastes, where she uncovered a Fractsidus operation and was overwhelmed by Echoes. As a Darkmane Wolf lunged at her, Ling An intervened to shield her.

• Chixia tracked a man in black out of Jinzhou, while Ling An secretly followed to keep her safe.
• The man revealed that his companions were criminals unrelated to the stolen cats, and Chixia attacked them anyway.
• The man in black nearly defeated Chixia, but she transformed into the Weeping Warrior and drove him back.
• The man revealed he was with the Fractsidus and summoned two Darkmane Wolves and several Blazemane Wolves.
• A Darkmane Wolf knocked Chixia into the marsh, and as another lunged at her, Ling An covered her eyes and told her not to look.

Chixia was rescued by a mysterious man who destroyed two giant-wave-class Tacet Discords before vanishing, leaving her unsure who had helped her. The next day, she recounted the adventure at Pan Hua Restaurant and embraced her new hairstyle.

• A mysterious man covered Chixia's eyes, then swiftly defeated two giant-wave-class Darkmane Wolves and several Graymane Wolves before disappearing.
• Chixia captured the unconscious Fractsidus members and brought them to the city gate, where Ling An waited.
• At Pan Hua Restaurant, Chixia told Panhua and Ling An about her encounter and described the unknown rescuer with purple-black wings.
• Chixia explained that the missing cats had been lured away by a female calico, then warned Ling An not to follow a female cat.
• When a diner asked about her hairstyle, Chixia said she thought she looked better with her hair down.

Chixia, Rover, Yangyang, and Ling An traveled toward Desorock Highland with Jianxin, who was searching for a soldier named Zhiyuan. On the way to Fubo Camp, they found Exiles tampering with a reconnaissance tower, and Jianxin subdued them after one attacked Yangyang.

• Chixia and Ling An met Rover and Yangyang at Huaxu Academy, then joined them as they set out for the front lines.
• At the city gate, Rover used her authorization to secure passage for the group and invite Jianxin to travel with them.
• The group learned that Jianxin was searching for Zhiyuan, who had moved to Fubo Camp, and accepted a request to investigate damaged reconnaissance towers.
• Near a damaged tower, Yangyang confronted people claiming to be displaced civilians, while Jianxin offered them provisions.
• One of the disguised Exiles lunged at Yangyang, and Jianxin knocked them all down before they admitted they were Exiles.

Ling An and his companions caught Exiles who had damaged a scout tower, but Jianxin let them go and Danjin escorted them toward Jinzhou. After witnessing the sacrifices of soldiers at Fubo Camp, Jianxin reconsidered her decision, while Danjin’s bloody work suggested the Exiles had met a grim fate.

• Jianxin gave the Exiles rations and sent them toward Jinzhou, despite Ling An’s doubts about letting them go unpunished.
• Danjin agreed to escort the Exiles, who mistook her for an easy target, and led them away from the group.
• Tide Sis repaired another scout tower, and Ling An, Yangyang, Tide Sis, and Jianxin reached Fubo Camp and saw the wounded soldiers there.
• Jianxin admitted she had been naive and left to find Zhiyuan so she could catch Danjin and reconsider how she had treated the Exiles.
• Danjin sat by the road between Desorock Highland and Jinzhou, wiped blood from her damaged Crimson Blade, and swung her legs above a pool of blood.

Rover followed Jinhsi’s leaf to Qichi Village with Yangyang and Ling An, where Scar trapped Yangyang and Ling An in an illusion. Yangyang confronted Scar inside the illusion while Ling An sought a way to break it.

• Rover sensed that Jinhsi’s leaf led toward Qichi Village, and she, Yangyang, and Ling An headed there.
• Rover and Yangyang defeated Tacet Discords in a Tacet Field and found a purple sphere murmuring like a human.
• Yangyang discovered Ling An hiding in the grass, but Scar’s portal swallowed them both and Scar drew Rover into a separate dark red space.
• Inside Scar’s illusion, Ling An found a weak point and directed Yangyang to attack it, but Scar appeared and deflected her sword.
• Scar introduced himself as a cruel, twisted madman and prepared to knock Yangyang out so she could not influence Rover.

Ling An revealed his true Crownless form to protect the unconscious Yangyang and battled Scar in the illusion. Outnumbered and weakened by the illusion, Ling An turned to the Tacet Discords' ability to devour one another to gain an advantage.

• Scar's explosive cards overwhelmed Yangyang, and Ling An stepped forward as she lost consciousness.
• Ling An revealed his Crownless form, shocking Scar, who summoned a hundred Tacet Discords and transformed into a gigantic black sheep monster.
• Ling An and Scar clashed as the illusion suppressed Ling An's strength and Scar pressed his advantage with the surrounding Tacet Discords.
• Ling An declared that Tacet Discords could devour one another, seized an Elite-class Tacet Discord, and began refining it.

Ling An regained his strength by devouring Tacet Discords, defeated Scar, and shattered the illusion. Scar escaped with help from an unknown ally, while Ling An ended up in Rover’s arms.

• Ling An’s power returned as he devoured Tacet Discords, and Scar slaughtered the remaining creatures to stop him from growing stronger.
• Ling An shattered Scar’s broadsword and overwhelmed him with a series of attacks.
• Scar charged at the unconscious Yangyang, but Ling An blocked him with violet flames and hurled a spear that pierced Scar and shattered the illusion.
• An unknown force intervened and helped Scar escape through a dark red portal.
• Ling An transformed into a gray cat and nestled in Yangyang’s arms until Rover picked him up and tucked him into her embrace.

After Qichi Village, Yangyang and Chixia speculated that the unseen winged rescuer was Jinzhou’s hero of the night, while Ling An kept his identity secret. Sanhua then confronted Ling An and told him that Jinhsi wanted to see him.

• Yangyang woke after Scar’s illusion and reunited with Rover and Ling An, then said she had seen a winged figure who might have saved her.
• Scar refused a woman’s offer to handle the next part, insisting his encounter with Rover was not over, while Sanhua reported to the Magistrate.
• At Pan Hua Restaurant, Yangyang asked Chixia about the purple-winged person, and Chixia decided he was Jinzhou’s secret hero of the night.
• Ling An made the rounds of Jinzhou’s shops to enjoy being petted before heading back toward Rover’s lodgings.
• Sanhua stopped Ling An in the street, revealed that she could see his true form, and said Jinhsi wanted to meet him.

Sanhua brought Ling An to meet Jinhsi, who revealed that she knew he was a Crownless Tacet Discord and asked him to help protect Jinzhou from the Fractsidus. Ling An weighed her offer, and Jinhsi tried to persuade him by gently stroking his head.

• Sanhua carried Ling An to a rooftop after explaining that Jinhsi had told her to bring him even if he refused.
• Jinhsi greeted Ling An, and he complimented her before revealing his Crownless form.
• Jinhsi said she had trusted Ling An because Rover was with him when he first entered Jinzhou.
• Jinhsi explained that the Fractsidus threatened Jinzhou and asked Ling An to work with her to avert the coming crisis.
• Jinhsi offered Ling An freedom to move around Jinzhou and a suitable identity, then stroked his head and called him a lecherous kitty.

Ling An accepted Jinhsi’s invitation to support Jinzhou and became a candidate for its Patroller force. The next morning, Chixia escorted him to the Training Camp for a simplified assessment, where Instructor Yan Yan was waiting in disbelief.

• Ling An told Jinhsi he was willing to help protect Jinzhou, and she welcomed him as one of its own.
• Ling An asked whether Jinhsi’s offer to keep a cat still stood, and she said she could ask her mentor, Changli.
• Jinhsi ordered Chixia to take Ling An to the Patroller assessment, promising him an opportunity to earn an official identity.
• Chixia escorted Ling An to the Training Camp, where Instructor Yan Yan stared in a daze at the notice about his assessment.

Ling An faced a Training Camp assessment after Yan Yan confirmed the order, with Jingming chosen as his opponent. Ling An unleashed a fraction of his aura, leaving the camp stunned and Jingming convinced he would die.

• Chixia brought Ling An to Yan Yan for his assessment, and Yan Yan initially protested that a cat could not be a candidate.
• After confirming the order with his superiors, Yan Yan set a three-minute test: Ling An had to defeat recruit Jingming to pass.
• Jingming suggested they simply wait out the time, while the watching recruits and Chixia cheered from the sidelines.
• Ling An released a surge of aura that surpassed Lightwave Class and rose above Overlord Class, shocking everyone in the camp.
• Yan Yan asked Jingming if he would win, and Jingming replied that he would die.

Ling An defeated Jingming in the Patroller assessment and was registered as a Patroller of Jinzhou. Chixia helped him set up his miniature Pangu Terminal, whose ridiculous prerecorded voice clips left him suspecting Sanhua had taken revenge on him.

• Jingming charged at Ling An despite the overwhelming pressure, but Ling An knocked him unconscious with a focused burst of aura.
• Yan Yan declared Ling An the winner and confirmed that he had passed the assessment.
• Chixia congratulated Ling An, wondered whether Ling An’s aura felt familiar, and took him to the Patroller Administration.
• Ling An was entered into Jinzhou City’s Patroller records and received a miniature Pangu Terminal from Chixia.
• Ling An tried the terminal’s prerecorded clips, including bizarre boasts and battle cries, and suspected Sanhua had arranged the recordings as revenge.

Ling An harassed Sanhua until she agreed to replace his miniature gourd’s audio clips, then received the upgraded terminal and overheard people speculating about his new post. The chapter left him hiding behind a bench as a passerby claimed he was Lady Jinhsi’s pet, appointed Patroller through her influence.

• Ling An entered the Border Fortress using his credentials and repeatedly played the gourd’s “Help me, help me!” clip to bother Sanhua.
• Sanhua agreed to replace the gourd’s audio clips, but Ling An tried to jump into her arms and she blasted him down the corridor with “Great Red Lotus!!!”
• Sanhua sent Ling An a modified gourd terminal with many new clips, giving him a reliable way to communicate.
• Ling An walked through Jinzhou and overheard passersby discussing headlines about the cat Patroller.
• A passerby told their companion that the popular theory was Ling An was Lady Jinhsi’s pet and she had arranged his position.