Recaps

Song Xiaozhu unlocked the Synthesizer’s level-four recipes and discovered that Energy Fragments could be made using Leadership Value, while the other recipes offered powerful weapons and infrastructure. Her thoughts about Li Shihai, Li Shijian, and Fan Cang’s past unsettled her, but she chose leadership over trade or slaughter as her path.

• Song Xiaozhu spent 6,000 Quantum Coins to unlock all 14 recipes and found that Energy Fragments could be synthesized with Leadership Value and Quantum Coins.
• Song Xiaozhu realized the Synthesizer’s required value depended on which of Leadership Value, Transaction Value, or Slaughter Value was highest, and wondered whether Li Shihai had once followed the trade route.
• Song Xiaozhu’s memories became tangled with Li Siyuan’s as she recalled Li Shijian and Fan Cang’s claim that his family and childhood had been fake.
• Song Xiaozhu noticed Fan Cang approaching the shop on the base mini map, then reviewed recipes for energy stones, defenses, weapons, and vehicles.
• Song Xiaozhu rejected the temptation of trade and slaughter, deciding that she would follow leadership and rely on everyone.

Fan Cang threatened Liu Family Village and demanded that Song Xiaozhu meet him, while she prepared defenses and arranged for Xiao Yunjie to recruit four other God-Favored against him. As the ten-minute deadline approached, Song Xiaozhu armed herself and went to face Fan Cang.

• Fan Cang seized Liu Xuangang outside the Golden Temple and threatened to kill Chen Quanquan if Song Xiaozhu did not come upstairs within ten minutes.
• Song Xiaozhu ordered Liu Xuangang to assist Madam and told Xiao Yunjie to contact four hidden God-Favored and persuade them to join forces against Fan Cang.
• Song Xiaozhu synthesized batches of chips from the village’s resources, including Light Energy, Communications, Guidance, Transport, and Firearm Chips.
• Song Xiaozhu used ten Firearm Chips to make an energy gun and put on Quantum Armor that could prevent one fatal injury.
• As the deadline neared, Song Xiaozhu stood outside the shop, knowing Fan Cang was waiting upstairs.

Song Xiaozhu stalled Fan Cang as he revealed that the testing grounds were staged worlds created by Li Shihai to hatch a Creator. Fan Cang suspected Song Xiaozhu was God-Favored and had accumulated immense Slaughter Value, but she continued to deny it.

• Song Xiaozhu met Fan Cang and explained that she protected Liu Family Village because she had made it her new home.
• Fan Cang compared the testing grounds to The Truman Show and said Li Shihai had created them to hatch a true Creator.
• Fan Cang revealed that every God-Favored had a father or master played by Li Shihai, while Song Xiaozhu alone shared his surname.
• Song Xiaozhu questioned why Fan Cang was waiting to kill her, and he called her precious bait for luring the others.
• Fan Cang briefly grabbed Song Xiaozhu by the neck, then argued that killing the Three Kills Gang had likely raised her Slaughter Value above a million.
• Fan Cang asked what Song Xiaozhu could make as a Craftsman, but she again insisted that she had no Slaughter Value.

Song Xiaozhu confronted Fan Cang over the deaths caused by the beast tides, while he insisted that their sacrifices served his pursuit of truth. Though Fan Cang vastly outmatched her, Song Xiaozhu stood by her choice of peace and revealed that reinforcements were approaching.

• Fan Cang said he had promised Mu Qing not to kill Song Xiaozhu before the rankings were announced, and admitted he wanted truth after living a lie for twenty years.
• Song Xiaozhu condemned Fan Cang for calling the suffering and deaths at Liu Family Village, Deer Town, and the Scavenger Community fake.
• Fan Cang admitted that he had broken the isolation barrier and caused the deaths of 12,356 people, defending the slaughter as a necessary sacrifice.
• Song Xiaozhu punched Fan Cang, who revealed that he had suppressed his body's instinctive defense to keep from killing her.
• Song Xiaozhu told Xiao He that she did not regret choosing peace and pointed out that survival depended on strategy as well as strength.
• Fan Cang noticed four red dots converging on the shop and asked whether Song Xiaozhu had lured them there.

Song Xiaozhu kept watch as Fan Cang fought four God-Favored inside his domain, while she treated Xiao Yunjie and prepared Liu Family Village for the battle’s aftermath. The fight remained underway as the village quietly mass-produced weapons and supplies.

• Fan Cang sent Song Xiaozhu outside the shop, then established a domain around it as Feng Qing’er, Chu Tanyu, Matsuyama Ichi, and Xi Yun joined him in battle.
• Song Xiaozhu learned that Xiao Yunjie had lost her left arm after Feng Qing’er ate it, and gave her advanced medicine.
• Song Xiaozhu refused to leave Liu Family Village because she believed her presence would remind Fan Cang to keep his promise and protect the villagers from the fight.
• Song Xiaozhu watched the battle to learn the fighters’ abilities while Tian Man and Luo Liuzi gathered raw materials and the Workbench mass-produced supplies and weapons.
• Feng Qing’er, Chu Tanyu, Matsuyama Ichi, and Xi Yun attacked Fan Cang, but he maintained his domain and maneuvered among them without showing signs of weakening.

As Fan Cang fought the God-Favored in the village, Song Xiaozhu realized he had lured them into a trap, while Qiu Shuyu reached the Holy City carrying Bai Jing’s Bodily Transmission Awakening Stone. The city’s resemblance to Ink City triggered Qiu Shuyu’s memories of her childhood in a laboratory, leaving her reliving the brutal test that taught her to kill.

• Song Xiaozhu recognized that Fan Cang had baited the God-Favored into attacking and watched as he killed Xi Yun, whose Heart of the Creator fell to the others.
• Feng Qing'er, Chu Tanyu, and Matsuyama Ichi devoured the Heart of the Creator, and Fan Cang raised his sword to attack them.
• Qiu Shuyu arrived at the Holy City and froze when its walls and gate reminded her of Ink City.
• Qiu Shuyu pushed herself toward the entrance, carrying Bai Jing’s Bodily Transmission Awakening Stone so she could reach Wen Changye for the village’s sake.
• Qiu Shuyu remembered growing up in Ink City’s lower district, being taken to a silent laboratory, and being forced to fight giant rats with a knife.

Qiu Shuyu remembered being forced to kill thousands of people in Ink City before Bai Jing rescued her, and she swore never to return or kill again. Back in the present, she collided with Mu Qing while trying to find Wen Changye and confronted him for selling Xiaozhu out.

• Qiu Shuyu realized the rats she had killed in the white room were people, and a boy stabbed her in the heart.
• Although she remained conscious after being discarded as dead, Bai Jing found and healed Qiu Shuyu, giving her a name.
• Qiu Shuyu swore never to return to Ink City or kill again, then remembered that Master Bai, Xiaozhu, and the villagers were waiting for her.
• Qiu Shuyu rushed toward the city gate to find Wen Changye and collided with Mu Qing, who assumed Fan Cang had not killed Xiaozhu.
• Qiu Shuyu accused Mu Qing of selling Xiaozhu out.

Fan Cang killed four top-ranked God-Favored who had been consumed by their desire for the Creator Fragments, then offered to split the fragments with Song Xiaozhu. Song Xiaozhu began testing how the fragments and the Slaughter Value ranking worked, and the chapter ended with her enduring a painful reaction while holding the stones.

• Mu Qing told Qiu Shuyu that Fan Cang had used a stolen Soul Search Technique to force him to reveal information.
• Fan Cang killed Feng Qing'er, Chu Tanyu, and Matsuyama Ichi after they became consumed by their desire for the Creator Fragments; Xi Yun was also among the dead God-Favored.
• Fan Cang offered to divide the fifty-six Creator Fragments evenly with Song Xiaozhu, and told her he was level five and would reclaim his share after daybreak.
• Song Xiaozhu considered how erasing her Slaughter Value might affect the ranking and test Fan Cang's convictions.
• Song Xiaozhu picked up the Creator Fragments and felt a violent surge of desire, but the black force could not find a Heart of the Creator in her and finally fled her body.

Song Xiaozhu absorbed the negative emotions in the Heart of the Creator fragments while questioning Fan Cang’s beliefs and his ambition to become a god. Fan Cang reclaimed the fragments and warned her that she had two hours until daybreak, when he would act.

• Song Xiaozhu placed the fragments on the Workbench and digested their negative emotions, realizing they came from the hosts rather than the Hearts of the Creator themselves.
• Song Xiaozhu asked Fan Cang what happened if someone who was not God-Favored took a fragment, and he urged her to reveal her Slaughter Value instead of hiding it.
• Song Xiaozhu challenged Fan Cang’s demand that others trust him and questioned whether he was still human after he declared his intention to erase falsehood and reshape the world.
• Song Xiaozhu remembered a conversation with Li Shijian about the world beyond the Clouds, but the memory ended when she felt a chill.
• Fan Cang picked up the twenty-eight fragments and told Song Xiaozhu to use her remaining two hours before daybreak.

Song Xiaozhu synthesized equipment while Fan Cang speculated that she was Li Siyuan, the missing heiress of Han-Tang. As dawn approached, Fan Cang remained intent on taking her Heart of the Creator, while Song Xiaozhu and nearly three thousand villagers celebrated their victory and worked together.

• Song Xiaozhu began synthesizing weapons and vehicles as Fan Cang watched and questioned her about her abilities.
• Fan Cang guessed Song Xiaozhu might be Li Siyuan, and she considered why she wanted no part in Shen Qi's plans for New Han-Tang.
• Song Xiaozhu challenged Fan Cang to honor his promise to Boss Mu, but he refused.
• Fan Cang said dawn's God-Favored rankings would reveal whether No. 199 was Song Xiaozhu or Li Siyuan.
• Song Xiaozhu and people from Liu Family Village, Deer Town, the community, and Mu Qing's logging crew sorted the Three Kills Gang's spoils and shared a Grand Banquet.

Song Xiaozhu armed Liu Family Village while Fan Cang watched and judged her methods, waiting for the God-Favored rankings to be announced. Fan Cang suspected she might be Li Siyuan, but the chapter left his thoughts unfinished as he recalled an assassination.

• Xiao Yunjie and the others guarded Song Xiaozhu while Fan Cang observed her in Liu Family Village.
• Song Xiaozhu synthesized energy guns, armor, combat suits, and communicators, and Liu Xuangang trained the Guard Team to use the new weapons.
• Fan Cang criticized Song Xiaozhu for spreading her abilities across many creations instead of concentrating strength on a few powerful ones.
• Song Xiaozhu equipped nearly every villager before daybreak, while Fan Cang judged her creations crude and her approach naive.
• Fan Cang considered whether Song Xiaozhu was Li Siyuan and wondered if an assassination explained her unusual situation.

Song Xiaozhu waited for the God-Favored rankings to prove she had no Slaughter Value and force Fan Cang to leave Liu Family Village under his agreement with Mu Qing. When the rankings showed her still fixed at 199th place, Fan Cang refused to accept the result and struggled against his own judgment.

• Fan Cang reasoned that Li Shihai had left Song Xiaozhu an immense reserve of Force, but his assassination had disrupted the hundred-year plan and left her a fragile, unfinished creation.
• Song Xiaozhu prepared thousands of chips for a quantum shield, base station, antiaircraft cannons, and a fleet of combat vehicles, while Fan Cang left the village so the shield could be raised.
• Before six o’clock, Song Xiaozhu reminded Fan Cang that his promise to Mu Qing helped him resist the Heart of the Creator’s madness, and asked what he would do if she had no Slaughter Value.
• The God-Favored rankings appeared with Fan Cang first and Song Xiaozhu still blank at 199th place, confirming her Slaughter Value was zero.
• Song Xiaozhu demanded that Fan Cang honor his agreement and leave Liu Family Village, but he accused her of being God-Favored and insisted the ranking had to be wrong.

Mei Qing pulled Fan Cang away from Liu Family Village before his Heart of the Creator backlash could make him harm Song Xiaozhu. After a new ranking named Song Xiaozhu first in Leadership Value, she armed the village with a Quantum Light Shield and anti-aircraft cannons, while Fan Cang recognized her as God-Favored and revealed his killing intent.

• Mei Qing stopped Fan Cang from attacking Song Xiaozhu and took him away from Liu Family Village.
• Mei Qing helped Fan Cang recover, and they received a ranking that placed Song Xiaozhu first with 18 million Leadership Value.
• Fan Cang identified Song Xiaozhu as God-Favored and looked at her with killing intent.
• Song Xiaozhu activated the Quantum Light Shield and deployed five Quantum Anti-Aircraft Cannons to protect Liu Family Village.
• The villagers marveled at the shield and cannons, and Song Xiaozhu received a stream of Leadership Value.

A Holy City-wide email revealed Song Xiaozhu’s enormous Leadership Value, drawing the major organizations’ attention and exposing her to Fan Cang. As Fan Cang attacked Test Site 49’s light shield, Song Xiaozhu recognized Li Shijian’s attempt to provoke her death and prepared to face the threat.

• A new email announced Song Xiaozhu’s eighteen million Leadership Value, shocking the Holy City and its organizations.
• Shen Qi ordered Jiang Xiuqi to take Gao Mingshu and Su Wenjun to Test Site 49, where Fan Cang was also present.
• An Wenmiao’s allies debated Song Xiaozhu’s identity, and An Wenmiao decided to wait and see whether she became a tyrant or a leader.
• Leina told Wen Changye that a leader had appeared and asked whether they should support her, but Wen Changye refused to rush in.
• Song Xiaozhu concluded that Li Shijian had released the email to give Fan Cang a reason to kill her, then suppressed memories of Li Siyuan’s youngest uncle.
• Fan Cang struck Test Site 49’s light shield, and Xiao Yunjie caught Song Xiaozhu as she staggered.

Song Xiaozhu repaired Liu Family Village’s Quantum Light Shield and fired its Quantum Anti-Aircraft Cannons at Fan Cang, damaging his mechanical sword and injuring him. Fan Cang accused her of deceiving him about being God-Favored and vowed to kill her, while Song Xiaozhu realized she could afford only three more volleys.

• Fan Cang’s sword strikes damaged the Quantum Light Shield, so Song Xiaozhu spent 2,000 Quantum Coins to repair it.
• Song Xiaozhu activated the five Quantum Anti-Aircraft Cannons and fired Quantum Energy Homing Cannons at Fan Cang.
• Fan Cang used the Sword of Genesis to intercept the attack, but the sword cracked and he was wounded.
• Fan Cang seized Song Xiaozhu’s unmanned patrol drone and accused her of lying about her Slaughter Value and being God-Favored.
• Song Xiaozhu’s drone estimated that Fan Cang’s sword had fallen to 70% condition, and she calculated that she could afford three more volleys.

Song Xiaozhu argued with Fan Cang while her cannons loaded, then fired five shells that damaged his mechanical greatsword but left her defenses exposed. Fan Cang destroyed two cannons, and as Song Xiaozhu faced the choice of attacking again or losing her chance to fight back, Xiao Yunjie began to speak.

• Song Xiaozhu challenged Fan Cang’s interpretation of her memories, Slaughter Value, and the blank Number 199 ranking entry.
• Fan Cang asked whether Song Xiaozhu was a God-Favored and whether she had the Heart of the Creator, just as five Quantum Anti-Aircraft Cannons finished loading.
• Song Xiaozhu fired the cannons through the Quantum Light Shield, damaging Fan Cang’s mechanical greatsword to 60%.
• Fan Cang exploited the shield’s opening and destroyed two Quantum Anti-Aircraft Cannons with his mechanical sword.
• Mei Qing judged that Fan Cang could destroy the remaining cannons, while Xiao Yunjie considered Song Xiaozhu’s dilemma and began to address her.

Song Xiaozhu sent the village’s Hunters beyond the Quantum Light Shield in quantum tanks to confront Fan Cang, then accepted the Synthesizer’s level-five repair quest. As the quest requirements fell into place and Base Prosperity neared its target, she suspected a hidden force had maneuvered events toward this moment.

• Song Xiaozhu ordered Xiao Yunjie to activate the quantum tanks, and the village’s Hunters drove them beyond the shield toward Fan Cang despite the danger.
• Song Xiaozhu asked Xiao He for a repair quest, and Xiao He set the level-five requirements at unlocking the current level’s synthesized items and collecting thirty Rough Stone Fragments.
• Song Xiaozhu realized that the fragments Fan Cang had given her and the attack on the village had aligned with the repair quest, and she wondered whether the events were more than coincidence.
• Song Xiaozhu learned that Base Prosperity had reached 99,999 out of 100,000, leaving one point needed to unlock the Tree of Technology.
• Xiao He told Song Xiaozhu to make a Simple Hoe to gain the final point, and she agreed.

Song Xiaozhu used the Tree of Technology to strengthen the base’s weapons, but Fan Cang destroyed the anti-aircraft guns and wiped out the combat vehicle squad. With the village’s fighting strength gone, Song Xiaozhu synthesized an unknown item called Radiance of Humanity and hoped it could turn the battle around.

• Song Xiaozhu synthesized and placed the Tree of Technology, which doubled the effectiveness of the base’s technological products, and ordered the combat vehicles to halt.
• Fan Cang blocked three upgraded anti-aircraft shells with his mechanical sword, then destroyed two anti-aircraft guns as Mei Qing warned him that Number 199’s cannons had improved.
• Liu Xuangang ordered the combat vehicles to fire on Fan Cang while he attacked the last anti-aircraft gun, but Fan Cang survived and shattered the vehicle squad, killing its residents.
• Song Xiaozhu asked Xiao He about repairs, and Xiao He reported that they were complete and the Synthesizer had reached level five.
• Song Xiaozhu synthesized one Radiance of Humanity, the only new recipe requiring one million leadership value, as the village’s fighting strength was gone.

Song Xiaozhu unlocked the Undead recipe using the village’s desperate public sentiment and ordered the fallen Hunters’ bodies retrieved. As Fan Cang kept striking the quantum shield and draining her Quantum Coins, the villagers prayed for her protection and clung to their desire to survive.

• Song Xiaozhu placed Radiance of Humanity, which generated the level-five Undead recipe from the village’s public sentiment, and confirmed it.
• After Xiao He explained that humans defined what it meant to be human, Song Xiaozhu accepted the recipe if it could protect the village.
• Song Xiaozhu sent patrol drones to retrieve the fallen Hunters’ bodies, while Xiao Yunjie watched their remains and broke down in tears.
• Fan Cang repeatedly struck the quantum light shield, draining Song Xiaozhu’s Quantum Coins as the drones continued collecting bodies.
• The frightened villagers held one another and prayed for Song Xiaozhu to protect them, determined to live despite their hardship.

After five hundred Hunters died, Song Xiaozhu prepared advanced chips to strengthen and duplicate the Undead for a fight against Fan Cang. Despite Bai Jing's warning that Human Transmutation would cost her life, she began turning Liu Xuangang into an Undead, leaving the villagers stunned as the process started.

• The bodies of five hundred fallen Hunters were returned, and Bai Jing confirmed they had all been killed in action.
• Song Xiaozhu synthesized advanced chips that could duplicate crafted objects and enhance their physical abilities, strength, agility, and intelligence.
• Song Xiaozhu asked Xiao Yunjie to arrange the bodies, then placed Liu Xuangang on the Workbench.
• Bai Jing tried to stop Song Xiaozhu from using the Undead recipe, warning her that Human Transmutation was forbidden and would cost her life.
• Song Xiaozhu argued that making the Undead was the only hope of saving the village from Fan Cang, then placed an Energy Stone in Liu Xuangang's chest and began the transmutation.

Song Xiaozhu used the Workbench to turn the fallen Hunters into Undead and strengthen the village’s Guard Team. As the light shield broke and Fan Cang targeted her, she faced the man she feared becoming.

• Xiao He explained that the synthesized Undead used Energy Stones to repair their bodies, and Song Xiaozhu revived Liu Xuangang and the other dead Hunters.
• The resurrected Hunters and their families celebrated, while Song Xiaozhu sensed fear among the villagers who had witnessed her miracle.
• Song Xiaozhu gave the Hunters Advanced Chips, including Duplication Chips that created a hundred copies of each Guard Team member and expanded their forces to fifty thousand Undead.
• As the light shield shattered, Liu Xuangang led the Undead in a charge against Fan Cang.
• Fan Cang fixed his killing intent on Song Xiaozhu, who recalled their first meeting and resolved not to become like him.

Song Xiaozhu used the Undead to wear down Fan Cang, whose mechanical sword reached 100% damage before he died. After collecting the Fragments of the Heart of the Creator, she received Fan Cang’s memories and wondered whether killing a fragment’s owner had caused it.

• Fan Cang rejected retreat and fought tens of thousands of Undead, while Song Xiaozhu ordered them to defeat him within an hour.
• The Undead broke Fan Cang’s mechanical sword and overwhelmed him; he accused Song Xiaozhu of being like him before his body vanished.
• Mei Qing escaped using illusion techniques, and Song Xiaozhu chose not to pursue her.
• Song Xiaozhu collected the roughly sixty-six Fragments of the Heart of the Creator and ordered the Undead to return to the village after their duplication effect wore off.
• Song Xiaozhu picked up the Fragments and received vivid memories of Fan Cang, prompting her to wonder whether killing a fragment’s owner had caused the memories to appear.

Song Xiaozhu absorbed Fan Cang’s memories and learned that he had seen the God-Favored as pieces in a false world, and that Mu Qing had not betrayed her. She steadied herself with Xiao He’s help, though she realized something may have blurred her memories of her former life.

• Song Xiaozhu experienced Fan Cang’s memories and recognized how closely his life resembled Li Siyuan’s, leaving her unsure what was real.
• Song Xiaozhu learned that Fan Cang had tried to break the contest’s game board and confront the player controlling the God-Favored.
• Fan Cang’s final memory told Song Xiaozhu that Mu Qing had not betrayed her and that his memories had been altered after he tried to rescue Fan Cang as a child.
• Fan Cang’s consciousness sank into darkness, and Song Xiaozhu woke drenched in sweat.
• Xiao He reassured Song Xiaozhu that she was herself, helping her separate her identity from Fan Cang’s and Li Siyuan’s memories.
• Song Xiaozhu realized her own past memories might have been interfered with and decided not to dwell on what she could no longer recall.

Song Xiaozhu accepted the final Repair Quest and met Shen Qi, New Han-Tang’s consul, who had removed his Awakening Stone to enter her village. She remained wary of his tearful reunion and told him she had lost her memory and might not be the young miss he sought.

• Song Xiaozhu put away the sixty-six Hearts of the Creator, and Xiao He revealed that the final Repair Quest required 166 Rough Stone Fragments, with progress at 66/166.
• Liu Xuangang reported that Shen Qi wanted to meet Song Xiaozhu, and Shen Qi removed his Awakening Stone so he could enter the village in person.
• Song Xiaozhu agreed to meet Shen Qi, who entered the village while the remaining five hundred Undead still posed a threat.
• Shen Qi knelt before Song Xiaozhu in tears and apologized for finding her so late, leaving her and the others stunned by his display.
• Song Xiaozhu said she had forgotten so much that she might not be the young miss Shen Qi sought, while Xiao He asked what a green tea act was.

Song Xiaozhu questioned Shen Qi after Fan Cang's death and learned that the Synthesizer had belonged to Li Shihai, who had passed it to Li Siyuan to protect her. Shen Qi explained that the God-Favored struggle was Li Shijian's scheme to draw her out and steal the Creator.

• Song Xiaozhu sent the village's Awakened away to rest and speak with Shen Qi alone.
• Shen Qi recognized Song Xiaozhu's synthesized water as surpassing Li Shihai's formula, and she confirmed its level-two recipe used three portions of low-pollution water.
• Shen Qi explained that Song Xiaozhu's memory loss had likely protected her from being found through the Soul Search Technique.
• Song Xiaozhu affirmed that Xiao He was Xiao He, not merely the Creator.
• Shen Qi accused Li Shijian of betraying Li Shihai and plotting to steal the Creator by using the God-Favored struggle to lure Song Xiaozhu out.