Chapter Summaries

The Ten Conglomerates launched Racial Insight, a show that secretly evacuated six island cities and left one contestant from each of six nations alone to see how they would cope. As viewers argued over the contestants and insulted Jiang Ye and Dragon Country, domestic viewers questioned whether the isolated contestants would notice the people outside.

• Chen Danni introduced Racial Insight and explained that the contestants had been kept unaware of the show and the evacuated cities.
• Chen Danni introduced Jiang Ye as Dragon Country’s twenty-year-old student studying abroad and named the other contestants.
• Racial Insight began broadcasting worldwide, though its stated contest to find the most outstanding nation was secretly aimed at undermining Dragon Country’s confidence.
• International viewers and commentators predicted how the contestants would fare and traded nationalist insults, with many singling out Jiang Ye.
• A domestic viewer asked how the contestants would fail to notice people outside when they woke up.

The hosts explained how the production team had isolated Jiang Ye from the truth about the show, while Professor Qin argued that the participants could not secretly be in on the deception. Jiang Ye woke first and calmly began his weekend as viewers around the world watched and debated the experiment’s ethics.

• The hosts said the production team had disguised Jiang Ye’s surroundings, installed cameras throughout his home, and cut off the island city’s means of departure.
• Professor Qin said international psychology experts would detect any participant who knew the world was staged, convincing many viewers that Jiang Ye was not acting.
• Jiang Ye woke first, opened his curtains, stretched, and started his quiet weekend without realizing the world was watching him.
• Jiang Ye made and ate breakfast while Chen Danni explained that hundreds of hidden miniature cameras had been installed in his home.
• Viewers debated whether the livestream violated human rights and complained that their own countries’ people had not been selected.

A secret agency monitored Jiang Ye as he ate breakfast, and Director Zhang Puze explained why the authorities had allowed the Ten Conglomerates’ show to proceed. Jiang Ye noticed that the city was unnaturally silent and went outside to investigate, while the production team’s viewers discussed the staged disappearance.

• Director Zhang Puze reviewed Jiang Ye’s background and learned that the Ten Conglomerates had chosen him at random.
• Director Zhang Puze told his staff that the authorities had accepted the international contest to break the Ten Conglomerates’ encirclement and that they believed Jiang Ye would represent the country’s culture.
• Jiang Ye noticed the streets were deserted and spotted a crashed Ford sedan with no driver or homeowner in sight.
• Commentator Chen Danni explained that the production team had staged the crash to prompt Jiang Ye to discover that humanity had disappeared.
• Viewers discussed the money residents received for disappearing temporarily and for supplying the wrecked car.

Jiang Ye investigated the deserted neighborhood and concluded that humanity might have suddenly disappeared, unaware that the situation was staged for a livestream. As the audience watched to see what he would do, a Survival Assistance System activated in his mind.

• Jiang Ye entered a neighbor’s unlocked house and found signs that its occupants had left in a hurry.
• Jiang Ye tried calling the police and his classmates, but no one answered, and he found the streets empty and full of crashed cars.
• Jiang Ye posted a video online, but it received no response, and he saw that domestic social media posts had stopped the previous day.
• Jiang Ye suspected that all humans had disappeared, then heard the Survival Assistance System announce its activation.
• Chen Danni told viewers the show had begun, while the livestream audience speculated about what Jiang Ye would do next.

Jiang Ye learned from the Survival Assistance System that a giant meteorite would strike his planet in one month, threatening mass extinction. As he reacted to the news, the production team monitoring him grew alarmed and called for a psychology team to analyze his behavior.

• Jiang Ye asked the Survival Assistance System about its functions and learned that a massive meteorite would hit his planet in one month.
• The production team mistook Jiang Ye’s stunned reaction for a sign that he had discovered their setup.
• Chen Danni told viewers that the production team planned to introduce a female character later, once the contestants were close to breaking down.
• Jiang Ye asked how large the meteorite was, and the system said it was roughly as large as Neon Country’s territory.
• After Jiang Ye stopped walking again, the director ordered the psychology expert team to analyze him immediately.

Jiang Ye concluded that humanity had vanished and asked the system how to survive the approaching meteorite. As the other contestants woke and drew attention on the international livestream, the system told Jiang Ye to build a spaceship and escape before impact.

• Jiang Ye considered using nuclear bombs against the meteorite, but the system warned that they could not destroy it safely.
• Jiang Ye guessed that humanity had fled Earth and left him behind, then decided he needed to find a way to survive.
• The five other contestants woke, ate breakfast, and encountered staged car crashes outside their homes.
• Laskin drove away a crashed car, while Gibran stole items from a house, prompting Dragon Country viewers to mock the contestants and criticize Great Eagle and Fran Country.
• Amaiwa Yusuke and Jin Zheyong knocked on doors, entered houses, and called the police, reassuring their countries' viewers.
• The system told Jiang Ye to build a spaceship and said he might escape Earth before the meteorite struck.

Jiang Ye hurried to a library after the system promised to enhance his learning ability so he could understand the technology needed to build a spaceship. The livestream audience and production team misread his plans, and the chapter ended when a plane exploded nearby.

• Jiang Ye asked the system for a detailed plan, and it said it would provide technology while improving his ability to learn.
• Jiang Ye accepted the system’s help and raced toward a library while viewers speculated about his plans.
• The production team arranged a passenger plane crash to make the disappearance of humanity seem convincing, while commentators discussed other possible disasters.
• Jiang Ye reached the library, prompting viewers to wonder whether he intended to read or cause trouble.
• A plane exploded in the distance just as Jiang Ye approached the library entrance.

Jiang Ye entered the library and began studying with the system’s enhanced learning state, while viewers debated his survival strategy. The chapter left Jin Zheyong armed with guns and ammunition and gathering supplies from a convenience store.

• Jiang Ye worried that unmanned planes might crash nearby, then entered the library and asked the system how to learn.
• The system recommended mathematics and offered Super Learning State and Ultimate Learning State modes, both of which risked exhausting Jiang Ye’s mental strength.
• Viewers and experts interpreted Jiang Ye’s library visit as an attempt to find survival knowledge and argued that he should gather food and build a shelter instead.
• Jin Zheyong went to a police station and found guns and ammunition, prompting viewers to argue over whether he was seeking protection or planning destruction.
• Jin Zheyong entered a convenience store and packed food and supplies into his backpack.

Jiang Ye used the Super Learning State to master advanced mathematics in ten minutes, then asked the system when he could study other disciplines. After it gave him ten conjectures to solve, he began writing a proof of Zhou's Conjecture while a miniature camera livestreamed his work to the world.

• Jiang Ye finished reading the math books in ten minutes, mastering university and advanced mathematics through the Super Learning State.
• Jiang Ye asked the system whether he had to keep studying mathematics, and the system said he needed to solve ten conjectures first.
• Jiang Ye chose Zhou's Conjecture as his starting point and returned to the desk with paper.
• Jiang Ye began writing a proof of Zhou's Conjecture as a miniature camera livestreamed his calculations to all humanity.

Jiang Ye completed a proof of Zhou's Conjecture, prompting leading mathematicians worldwide to verify it while many viewers dismissed him as a madman. After the system confirmed the proof was correct, he set it aside and began working on another conjecture, leaving viewers waiting to see whether he was a genius or a madman.

• Jiang Ye wrote out a proof of Zhou's Conjecture as viewers mocked his efforts and left his livestream.
• A renowned number theory expert and other leading mathematicians around the world began checking Jiang Ye's equations.
• Videos of the experts' reactions reignited online discussion about whether Jiang Ye was serious.
• Jiang Ye asked the system to verify his proof, and it confirmed that the proof was entirely correct.
• Jiang Ye put the proof aside and began working on another conjecture.
• Chen Danni told viewers that experts could not rule out the possibility that Jiang Ye's proof was correct.

Jiang Ye’s apparent proof of Zhou's Conjecture sparked alarm over his safety and whether he would be removed from the show. In Princeton, Pierre judged the proof sound, then turned his attention to Jiang Ye’s new attempt at the Beal Conjecture.

• Viewers debated whether Jiang Ye had solved Zhou's Conjecture, while a viral tweet urged the production team not to replace him.
• Chinese netizens warned that the ten major conglomerates might target Jiang Ye and called on the country to protect him.
• Zhang Puze reviewed contingency plans for whether Jiang Ye’s proof was correct and waited for Elder Yang’s assessment.
• Pierre checked Jiang Ye’s proof, found its reasoning rigorous and flawless, and called it impressive.
• Pierre’s assistant told him Jiang Ye had begun solving the Beal Conjecture, and Pierre became absorbed in the livestream.
• Pierre confirmed Jiang Ye’s proof of Zhou's Conjecture was correct and told his assistant not to disturb him.

Elder Yang confirmed Jiang Ye’s proof of Zhou’s Conjecture was correct, and Zhang Puze said a special department needed to act to protect and support the twenty-year-old mathematician. After the livestream confirmed the proof, public attention and calls to keep Jiang Ye on the show intensified, while the production team met with representatives of the Ten Conglomerates.

• Elder Yang reviewed Jiang Ye’s proof of Zhou’s Conjecture and judged it completely correct, calling Jiang Ye a potential leading figure in Dragon Country’s mathematics community.
• Zhang Puze told his colleagues that Elder Yang had confirmed the proof and said it was time for their department to act.
• As interest in the Beal Conjecture grew, Beal posted that he hoped Jiang Ye would solve it if his proof of Zhou’s Conjecture proved correct.
• Chen Danni announced that Professor Pierre of Princeton had personally confirmed Jiang Ye’s proof, stunning mathematicians and viewers around the world.
• Viewers argued over whether Jiang Ye should remain on the show, and many in Dragon Country urged the production team to protect him from the Ten Conglomerates.
• The chief director and five assistant directors met with representatives of the Ten Conglomerates in the production team’s backstage conference hall.

The Ten Conglomerates voted against replacing Jiang Ye, and the production team announced that he would remain on the show. As news spread that mathematicians believed he might solve the Beal Conjecture, public discussion turned to the conjecture’s academic importance and the possibility of a Fields Medal nomination.

• The Ten Conglomerates rejected replacing Jiang Ye, citing the financial losses and the increased interest he brought to the show.
• Chen Danni announced that the production team would keep Jiang Ye as a contestant.
• Mathematicians around the world watched Jiang Ye’s livestream feed, and reports spread that he might be able to solve the Beal Conjecture.
• Online media reported that solving the Beal Conjecture could earn Jiang Ye a professorship at Shuimu University and major recognition.
• Young scholars explained how the Beal Conjecture ranked among mathematical problems, prompting viewers to ask whether Jiang Ye could be nominated for a Fields Medal.

Jiang Ye paused his attempt to prove the Beal Conjecture when he realized he needed more advanced mathematics and food. After finding only a few journals in the library, he learned about online research archives and resumed studying.

• Jiang Ye slowed and stopped working on the Beal Conjecture because the books he had studied did not provide enough mathematical knowledge.
• Jiang Ye left the library to eat, checked the clear sky for planes, and considered building a shelter if humanity never returned.
• Jiang Ye returned to the library with food and found only a few mathematics journals and no physical papers or reference materials.
• Livestream viewers urged Jiang Ye to search academic websites, but the production team refused to interfere.
• Jiang Ye read the journals in [Super Learning State] and learned about viXra, arXiv, and bioRxiv.

Jiang Ye used [Ultimate Learning State] to rapidly study research websites before the power and internet went out, while viewers mocked his unusual behavior and experts suspected his mental health had deteriorated. Dragon Country mathematicians lamented that the show had driven a promising talent mad and discussed the Ten Conglomerates’ refusal to let him return.

• Jiang Ye browsed arXiv, viXra, and bioRxiv, then realized the coming loss of power and internet would cut off their research materials.
• Jiang Ye activated [Ultimate Learning State] and rapidly scrolled through academic web pages to absorb as much information as possible.
• Foreign viewers ridiculed Jiang Ye, while Chen Danni reported that psychology experts suspected he was comforting himself with an illusion of learning.
• Dragon Country mathematicians regretted Jiang Ye’s apparent decline and said the Ten Conglomerates had demanded fifty billion US dollars to consider letting him return.

Young scholars began studying Jiang Ye’s unfinished proof of the Beal Conjecture, while Zhang Puze’s department arranged a dramatic stunt to try to shock him out of his apparent madness. The production team agreed to the plan, but its assistant director hinted at conditions.

• A professor at a Sam Empire university presented Jiang Ye’s unfinished proof to gifted students, who set out to complete it and claim the million-dollar prize.
• Young scholars around the world admired Jiang Ye’s unusual mathematical methods, while leading mathematicians avoided pursuing the conjecture themselves.
• Online commentators urged local young scholars to solve the remaining part of the Beal Conjecture before foreign researchers could claim it.
• Zhang Puze reviewed psychological experts’ advice and agreed with his colleagues that a staged plane crash might shock Jiang Ye awake.
• Zhang Puze called the production team, and the assistant director agreed to arrange the stunt but began to state conditions.

Zhang Puze learned that the production team demanded payment for a plane crash, a fifty-million-dollar sponsorship, and possibly a satellite crash to wake Jiang Ye, then secured approval from higher-ups who said Jiang Ye was worth it. The team announced its rescue plan, sparking worldwide controversy, while Dragon Country's official platform promised it would not abandon Jiang Ye.

• Zhang Puze explained that the Ten Conglomerates might have a backup Dragon Country contestant and said he would seek instructions from higher-ups.
• Higher-ups told Zhang Puze that Jiang Ye was worth the expense, though Zhang continued bargaining with the production team.
• Chen Danni announced that the production team would arrange for a passenger plane and satellite to crash near Jiang Ye to jolt him awake.
• International and domestic viewers argued over the rescue plan, with many criticizing the production team and others praising its humanitarian efforts.
• Dragon Country's official platform announced that the motherland would not abandon any of her sons.

Jiang Ye saw a satellite falling after hearing an explosion, then returned to the library to solve the Beal Conjecture and continue studying rather than seek shelter. The livestream viewers argued over his condition and his decision to keep working.

• Jiang Ye finished reading the mathematics materials and considered which subject to study next.
• An explosion drew Jiang Ye outside, where he saw something falling from the sky.
• Jiang Ye fetched a pair of strong-prescription glasses and identified the falling object as a satellite.
• Jiang Ye decided that the danger from above made hiding pointless and returned to the library.
• Jiang Ye resumed proving the Beal Conjecture in the Ultimate Learning State while viewers reacted to his choice.

Jiang Ye continued writing a proof of the Beal Conjecture at remarkable speed, prompting leading mathematicians around the world to gather and verify his work. The chapter ended with experts in Paris and other mathematical institutions pooling their efforts to keep up with his proof.

• Beal praised Jiang Ye's dedication on Twitter and offered him a million-dollar prize, raising it to five million if he solved the conjecture.
• Leading mathematicians around the world admired Jiang Ye's commitment as viewers watched him rapidly fill pages with calculations.
• Psychological experts concluded that they could not judge Jiang Ye's mental stability without a mathematician determining whether his writing was nonsense.
• Gifted scholars at the Ivy League's Eight Member Schools admitted they could no longer follow Jiang Ye's increasingly abstruse work.
• Leon joined other eminent mathematicians at the Paris Institute for Advanced Mathematical Studies, where they agreed to verify Jiang Ye's proof together.
• Mathematical institutions around the world began gathering to check Jiang Ye's work, causing a stir in academic circles.

Jiang Ye completed a proof of the Beal Conjecture in minutes, and Francis Beal and mathematical institutions confirmed it was correct. After the proof earned global recognition, Jiang Ye began writing a new set of calculations that Elder Wang and Elder Yang suspected was an attempt to prove Goldbach's Conjecture.

• Jiang Ye gathered his pages after ten minutes, having finished writing his proof of the Beal Conjecture.
• Beal confirmed the proof was correct and said he would bring Jiang Ye the five million dollars when he returned to Dragon Country.
• Elder Wang and Elder Yang watched as Jiang Ye started writing on a fresh stack of paper and suspected he was attempting to prove Goldbach's Conjecture.
• Beal and several mathematical organizations publicly praised Jiang Ye's proof, while Pierre expressed pessimism about his chances of proving Goldbach's Conjecture.