Chapter Summaries

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.

Song Xiaozhu learned Shen Qi’s account of Li Shihai, the fortresses, and the Creator, and considered returning to the Holy City. Meanwhile, Qiu Shuyu was captured while seeking the Day After Tomorrow Society and woke in a luxurious room addressed as Miss Siyuan.

• Song Xiaozhu questioned Shen Qi about Li Shijian, the Creator, and the testing grounds, and Shen Qi said Li Shihai had built the fortresses to protect humanity.
• Shen Qi explained that Li Shihai had been unable to synthesize Awakening Stone Fragments and urged Song Xiaozhu to return to the Holy City as Han-Tang’s rightful heir.
• Song Xiaozhu said she would think about returning, while Shen Qi warned he had to leave before his removed Awakening Stone left him unable to survive.
• Qiu Shuyu asked Mu Qing to guide her to the Day After Tomorrow Society, hoping to find Wen Changye and help Song Xiaozhu.
• An ambush dragged Mu Qing into the shadows, and Qiu Shuyu was overpowered and rendered unconscious.
• Qiu Shuyu woke in a gilded room, where a mechanical voice welcomed her back as Miss Siyuan.

Li Shijian restored Qiu Shuyu’s memories of her life as Li Siyuan and persuaded her to accept him as her little uncle. After seeing Shen Qi off, Song Xiaozhu pieced together how Li Shihai founded Han-Tang and how his assassination triggered the God-Favored’s deadly conflict.

• Li Shijian revealed himself to Qiu Shuyu and told her to call him Little Uncle.
• Li Shijian used a fragment of the Heart of the Creator to unlock Qiu Shuyu’s memories of being Li Siyuan, daughter of Li Shihai.
• Li Shijian convinced Qiu Shuyu that her laboratory memories belonged to her past life and that she was Li Siyuan now.
• Qiu Shuyu recalled her promise with Li Shijian to escape Clouds and take the surname Song.
• Song Xiaozhu reviewed how Li Shihai used the Synthesizer to build Han-Tang and create ninety-nine Fortresses.
• Song Xiaozhu concluded that Li Shihai’s assassination caused the testing grounds to break out and set the 199 God-Favored against one another.

Song Xiaozhu deduced that Li Shijian wanted to seize Xiao He and considered whether to leave the village for the Holy City. She heard from Qiu Shuyu, who planned to stay in the Holy City and seek awakening, unaware that Li Shijian was using her communicator.

• Song Xiaozhu reasoned that Li Shijian had orchestrated the God-Favored conflict to capture the Synthesizer, but she resolved not to let him take Xiao He.
• Song Xiaozhu worried that Li Shijian would attack Test Site 49 and considered leaving with Shen Qi for the Holy City.
• Song Xiaozhu received Qiu Shuyu's message that the village was safe and urged her to return if she could not find President Wen.
• Qiu Shuyu told Song Xiaozhu that an old acquaintance in the Holy City could help her awaken, and she wanted to grow stronger to protect the village.
• Li Shijian, holding Qiu Shuyu's communicator, sent replies as her while Song Xiaozhu encouraged Qiu Shuyu to return and study her new weapons.

Song Xiaozhu celebrated the villagers’ survival after the battle and received their gratitude through a feast they had prepared themselves. She then went to find Bai Jing, who was reassuring the village’s Undead about their condition.

• Song Xiaozhu set aside her worries about Qiu Shuyu and learned that the village had survived the battle with only the five hundred Undead lost; Fan Cang had turned to dust, leaving the fragment of the Heart of the Creator to her.
• The villagers invited Song Xiaozhu to share a feast they had cooked, and she praised Liu Xiaohua’s meat.
• The feast became a celebration, and Song Xiaozhu gained Leadership Value by enjoying the villagers’ food; she promised to provide a Grand Banquet the next day.
• Song Xiaozhu asked Xiao Yunjie about the village chief, Xiao Tong, and the others, then went to find Bai Jing as he examined the Undead in their homes to reassure them.
• At Er Ying’s house, Song Xiaozhu heard Bai Jing explain that their regenerative abilities had greatly increased but would fade if they neglected their health and training.

Bai Jing explained that the Undead were Awakened with stronger healing, and that their lifespans were tied to Song Xiaozhu’s. He also revealed that Qiu Shuyu might have come from the Holy City, while Song Xiaozhu chose to stay in the village and let Qiu face her own path.

• Bai Jing warned Er Ying that the Undead were not truly immortal and said their lifespans depended on protecting Song Xiaozhu.
• Song Xiaozhu visited Bai Jing and thanked him for quietly helping her and the Undead.
• Song Xiaozhu asked whether someone in the Holy City could help Qiu Shuyu awaken, and Bai Jing said Qiu might have been raised in a hidden place in the Holy City.
• Bai Jing told Song Xiaozhu she could not protect Qiu Shuyu forever and urged her to let Qiu face her own life.
• Song Xiaozhu replied to Shen Qi that she would not leave the village and accepted that everyone had to face their own challenges.