Recaps

Shen Heng killed Shadow Erosion, evolved his ability to hear and influence living creatures, and learned that Dahuang had secretly cultivated and hunted Calamity Beasts. As Shen Heng adjusted to his new power, Yu Jingming attended Lei Zhijian’s gathering, where Lei announced a new role for martial artists in Linhai.

• Shen Heng discovered that resonating Origin Power let him use Flow · Overclock to sever Shadow Erosion’s tentacles, then worked with Wang Hai and Wu Cheng to trap and burn the creature to death.
• After recovering in the hospital, Shen Heng reported the battle, cared for Little Bell while Wang Hai went to headquarters, and completed his ability synchronization before using a fourth-tier Origin Crystal to evolve.
• Shen Heng gained the ability to hear thoughts and emotions, then discovered that Dahuang had cultivated to Tier 2 and secretly killed Calamity Beasts near Old Li’s home.
• Wang Hai agreed to report Dahuang’s actions to headquarters, while Shen Heng tested his new emotional influence and thought-hearing in exercises with Dahuang, Wei Leyang, and Wang Hai.
• Shen Heng’s ability was rated B-Class, and he demonstrated its effects to the group before naming it Listening to the Cries of All Living Beings.
• Ye Chengyun learned that Qiu Rui had been arrested on suspicion of murder and invited Yu Jingming to Lei Zhijian’s gathering for registered quasi-martial artists.
• Yu Jingming attended the gathering, where Lei Zhijian announced that he had become vice president of the Martial Arts Association and that martial artists would train newcomers who had sensed Origin Power in exchange for points.

Shen Heng balanced Bureau duties with his family and teammates as new threats emerged and Yu Jingming died after forcing an awakening to protect his family. Lin Xiaoyu joined Mei Duo’s Thorn Squad to hunt Sharp-Horned Rats, and the arc ended with Wang Hai calling the Bureau to a meeting about the growing danger.

• Headquarters approved training Dahuang as a Bureau member, and Shen Heng used his ability to make the dog turn and defeat a Tier 2 wasteland wolf.
• Shen Heng learned that his sister Shen Shuning had joined Northern Martial Arts with an A-Class Moonlight ability, then set himself a three-and-a-half-year goal of reaching S-Class so he could seek her reassignment.
• Shen Heng spent Lunar New Year’s Eve on duty, where Le Gu Nan brought Dahuang back to keep him company as snow and fireworks filled Linhai.
• Months later, Shen Heng killed a Rock-Armored Rhino Nightmare after Li Duo’s squad was overwhelmed, while headquarters increased the Bureau’s medical reserves and Wu Cheng acquired Fluid Battle Armor.
• Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan responded to a new Calamity Beast attack and found Yu Jingming transformed after forcing an awakening to protect his family, and Shen Heng killed him when he could no longer be saved.
• Yu Chunhe decided to pursue the path Yu Jingming had wanted and leave home to teach saber techniques, while Wang Hai reminded the Bureau team that their grief could help them protect others.
• After two electricians were found dead near enormous rats in the sewers, Lin Xiaoyu joined Mei Duo’s Thorn Squad and collected a custom longsword to take part in the underground hunt.
• Multiple squads brought back Sharp-Horned Rats, including the Dawn Squad with a Tier 2 specimen, and Lei Zhijian and Ma Weizhi reported the sightings before Wang Hai called the Bureau to a meeting.

Shen Heng and the Supervision Bureau uncovered a Sharp-Horned Rat colony and faced its assault on Linhai, while Wang Hai fought the matriarch at a cold-chain center. The center’s leaking ammonia tanks threatened a catastrophic explosion, and Shen Heng ordered the evacuation of the entire city.

• Wang Hai ordered Shen Heng’s team to capture a Sharp-Horned Rat, and Shen Heng used its thoughts to learn that a growing colony and its powerful matriarch were hiding underground near Linhai.
• The captured rat revealed the colony’s plans against Linhai, but it destroyed itself before Shen Heng could learn more, and Shen Heng sensed the matriarch watching and reported that the swarm was moving.
• The military bombarded the colony’s location, but many Sharp-Horned Rats escaped toward the sea, then came ashore and spread throughout Linhai.
• Wang Hai organized emergency patrols and called for reinforcements as rats attacked residents, while Shen Heng broadcast their locations to guide combat teams and reassure the public.
• Shen Heng connected an explosion and the colony’s plans to the cold-chain center, and Wang Hai rushed there to confront the matriarch as the center’s tanks and refrigerant systems were damaged.
• Shen Heng coordinated an evacuation while Wang Hai battled the matriarch, and experts warned that cascading ammonia leaks could trigger explosions and spread a lethal cryogenic cloud across Linhai.
• After learning the blast might occur within forty-five minutes to two hours, Shen Heng ordered the evacuation of the entire city and asked whether the cloud’s direction could be predicted.

After the cold-chain center disaster kills Wang Hai and Wu Cheng, Shen Heng becomes director of the Linhai City Supervision Bureau and reaches the Fourth Tier with an unusual Configuration. The arc ends as Calamity Beasts strike six locations across Linhai and Shen Heng’s team races to respond.

• Shen Heng and Nie Xingping concluded the cold-chain explosion could not be prevented, so Wang Hai and Wu Cheng risked their lives to redirect its energy while Linhai evacuated.
• Lu Zhaoming used his notebook to make the low-temperature clouds retreat, but Wang Hai and Wu Cheng died in the explosion, leaving Shen Heng and Han Ling to tell their families.
• Shen Heng was appointed director of the Linhai City Supervision Bureau, while Han Ling began absorbing Origin Power and Le Gu Nan accepted a temporary research placement at headquarters.
• Shen Heng ordered a saber made from Origin Power Alloy and the Sharp-Horned Rat Matriarch’s horn, then used fifteen Origin Crystals to attempt a Fourth Tier breakthrough.
• Shen Heng formed an immovable, molten-gold ring Configuration that tied up thirty percent of his Origin Power, while greatly increasing his strength, hearing, and control of sound waves.
• Fifteen Shadow Hounds appeared at Linhai No. 7 Middle School, and Shen Heng learned that Calamity Beasts were attacking six locations across the city.
• Shen Heng assigned Han Ling, Wei Leyang, Lei Zhijian, and others to respond, while he suspected the Ruins Realm might be behind the coordinated attacks.
• At Linhai No. 1 High School, Sun Mingyuan gathered his students to prepare to fight the Calamity Beasts as Yu Chunhe reassured Xu Anran that the bureau was coming.