【ENGSUB】💫末日之歌在废土大地奏响，情感与理性交织，碰撞出人性的辉光《灵笼》S1-S2全合集

Hunter Jeff to Captain Marc.

Team 2 has arrived the entrance of District B.

Jeff to Captain Marc.

Do you copy?

Hello.

This freaking weather.

Be careful.

Keep up.

This place is crowded with flesh remnants.

It seems they formed in an instant decay.

What the hell happened here?

I suppose it was an immigration spaceship in the old world, trying to escape from the earth.

When the catastrophe struck, they didn't even get to take off.

If we can get this spaceship fixed, we'll get out of this hell.

In your dream.

Not a living person on the ground now. How could we get it fixed?

They said in the old world, people were able to get this close, if they wanted to.

That's just a rotten practice from the old days.

Hunter Team 2 to Captain Marc.

Team 1, copy.

This is Marc.

Finally.

Team 2 has arrived District B.

How is it going over there, Cap?

The entrance collapsed.

We're searching for exits.

Team 2, hold your position.

Roger that.

Watch it, inferiors!

Supplies damaged will be paid with your Contribution Point.

Don't you understand?

Yes, sir, we got it.

Another storage cabin?

Mo Cheng.

Yes, it still works.

What the hell is that?

A shell cast off by a huge extremozoan.

They only release large amounts of luring pheromones during metamorphosis, and then absorb the energy of their prey.

Could it still be lurking nearby?

Excuse me.

Hello?

It's gonna treat you if you wish.

Anybody in?

Ran Bing!

Having fun?

Boring.

You'll get killed.

I checked it out.

The extremozoan left from above.

No sign of spinal centipedes so far.

All clear.

Clear or not, it depends on our gears.

The magnetic field on it is way too strong.

Our detector is down.

Check what we can take.

Tell the laborers to stay away from those flesh remnants.

Got it.

Team 1, get to work. Hurry up.

Move!

Inferiors are also human beings.

Tell them, don't be too harsh.

Yes.

Captain, something is going on over here.

Roger that, coming.

Be careful.

What if something suddenly jumps out and takes a bite on us?

What's going on?

Captain look.

Something's off.

Hurry hurry.

It seems we could earn quite a few Contribution Points this time.

Our poor Contribution Points?

Much less than those of the ones holding guns.

Keep your voice down.

Leave me alone.

That's the problem with our genes.

They're superiors.

It's good enough for us to earn some Points.

Besides, we are much more safe in collecting supplies with Captain Marc.

I've actually tried so hard to get in this team.

4068!

What are you doing?

The spaceship crashed long ago, but those claw marks seem quite new.

Maybe, the extremozoan didn't go far after metamorphosis.

These marks don't seem identical with the other one.

I guess they're not from the same lineage.

What is it, Captain?

Silence.

You're risking your neck!

Keep it down.

What's all this yelling about?

Pretty fancy!

This little thing from the old world can get you lots of Contribution Points on the black market.

Who said it would be traded for Contribution Points?

4277 loves these little things.

I bet she'll love this one.

They say the Chief also loves little antiques from the old world.

If you ask me, I'd rather present it to him.

Perhaps he would be so pleased to make me a superior.

Nonsense.

I never heard an inferior could become a superior.

What was that?

Nothing, no worries.

It scared the shit out of me.

4068!

Get it off me! Get it off me!

What?

How come spinal centipedes come out here?

Move.

All of you, step aside!

Get it off me!

Don't shoot. Don't shoot.

Help!

4079!

3352… Who is firing?

Penny, what's going on back there?

Do you copy?

Penny Penny.

Mo Cheng, get the cabin door open and everyone out of here.

Yes.

Ran Bing.

I'm with you.

Can you make it without me?

You two, come to pick the lock.

What were you doing?

The spinal centipede was on them, I was afraid… Just two inferiors.

They are worthless.

What's there to be worried about?

No, they came in groups.

Bastards.

They're releasing scarlet pheromone.

Watch it, Downey!

Why, the flesh remnant is… Flesh remnants… They are alive.

Go to hell! Go to hell!

Downey, get out of there!

What's going on?

What's happening there?

Spinal centipede colony.

Fire!

Fall back to the cabin door.

Go.

Get down.

Help!

Help me!

Be careful.

Easy easy.

Run!

Run!

Behind us, they're behind us.

Captain.

Penny, what happened?

We've alerted the spinal centipede colony.

Scarlet pheromone is spreading out.

Tell Captain to evacuate right now.

I got your back.

Downey, do you hear me?

Downey.

Downey.

Penny?

Stay away.

Shells.

Just shells.

He has been totally infected by scarlet pheromone.

I see it.

I see it all.

We can't save him.

Downey, wake up!

Penny?

What have I done?

What have I done?

Downey.

What have I done?

They are done releasing scarlet pheromone.

Kill me.

Hurry, kill me.

What?

Or it'll be too late.

I see it.

I see it.

Shells.

Just shells.

We're all trapped here.

Whatever you do will prove to be in vain.

Let go of me.

No!

Come on, hurry.

Yes.

Everyone, get ready to pull out.

Come on, get the door open.

Still doesn't work.

It won't open.

We have no time.

Do something!

Leave it to me.

On the ceiling.

Lord Morgan.

My lord, Lighthouse's power supply can last ten days at most.

If Marc couldn't come back in time… Enough.

You're still as impatient as ever.

Yes, my lord.

Get in touch with Navigation Control Room.

Yes, my lord.

The turbulent flow increasing, vertical velocity of the gust front disturbed.

The vortex is drawing near.

Detour route is being calculated.

Copy that.

Power system, stable.

Engines output, normal.

Initiate propulsion system.

Ignite Loop 5 and Loop 6 thrusters separately.

Lower the altitude of of Lighthouse.

Divert the course by 15 degrees.

Show me the floor plan of the collecting area.

Central Command Office is calling Navigation Control on Line 1.

My lord.

Jing Nan, any news from Hunters?

My lord, Hunters are still outside Lighthouse's detection radius.

Besides, a sandstorm is drawing near to Lighthouse.

Shall we… Give them a little more time.

I believe Marc will be back.

Yes, my lord.

He will be back.

Let's do it.

Take the supplies.

Let's move.

Hurry hurry.

Captain.

Back off.

Go.

The extremozoans never come out alone.

If it goes on like this, no one gets out.

If we all die here, what about the supplies?

But… you and Ran Bing… Go.

It's an order.

Come on, bastard.

Let's move.

Ran Bing, hurry.

What's going on?

Why are you running?

Oh man, run.

Run.

Don't panic. What the hell is going on?

The extremozoans.

What?

Run. Run.

What about Captain Marc?

What's going on?

Pack up the supplies.

Get the hell out of here.

Oh my!

What're you waiting for?

Fire cover.

What is it?

It seems to be from the entrance of District B.

Warn all teams, we are attacked by extremozoans.

Keep them away from the vehicles.

Corey Jeff Erika.

Yes.

Hurry, start the Heavy Walker.

Yes.

Hunter teams, cover the pilot.

Yes sir.

I'm gonna start the Heavy Walker.

Hold your position on the exit.

Yes sir.

Bastard.

Hang on.

My leg, my leg.

Team 2, stay in formation.

Shoot at the glimmering tentacles.

Don't attack in front of him.

Help.

Help me!

Warning.

Unknown identity.

Illegal operation.

White Shark 14, Initiate identity verification.

Get ready.

White Shark 11.

Initiate identity verification.

Get ready.

Activating weapons.

Please wait.

Weapons not ready yet.

Are you alright?

I'm fine.

We underestimated their reproduction rate.

What are they doing?

Those glimmering tentacles are their feeding organs and communication channels.

They're sharing information.

Be careful.

Save your ammo.

Don't fire unless you're certain.

Yes.

Get ready.

Hurry up.

Load the supplies on the truck.

Warning.

What the hell are those?

Move.

Illegal initiation.

Restricted mode enforced.

Part of weapon modules locked up.

This one is alive.

Get to your feet if you are not dead.

Come on, get yourself together.

Just shells.

What?

Don't blame me.

If the parasite gets on you, you're done anyway.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

Long time ago, we thought we could go beyond the gods, but ended up in a catastrophe.

The Lord of Light and Shadow saved us.

He took us to Lighthouse.

By the grace of Light and Shadow, we are able to survive in a wretched world with monsters at large.

Without Light and Shadow, all is vanity.

Even with the stone-cold weapons and armor, Hunters will never destroy the ferocious extremozoans, and certainly, will not bring us hope of victory.

All we can do is humbly beseech the supreme Lord of Light and Shadow to bring the supplies to us, safe and sound.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

The Lord of Light and Shadow told us, we are all nailed to the wall and suffered in the cave.

Hence, here I am.

Everything we see are shadows projected down from the wall.

Hence, here I am.

Only if we break free and step out of the cave, will we see the truth.

Hence, here I am.

Tell me, my children, what have you done to get out of the dark cave?

Nobility comes from giving.

Chief, this is the third time in five years, that I have carried out the holy duty in Dawn Hall.

The Lord of Light and Shadow is proud of you.

And you should be proud of yourself.

Hence, here I am.

What about you?

Chief, I kicked an old man badly today who sought kinship from me, and then I sent him over to Correction Institution.

Well done.

Follow the instructions of the Lord of Light and Shadow, abandon the family relations of the old world, and welcome a new better world with actions.

The Lord of Light and Shadow knows all the efforts you've made.

Honorable Chief.

Stop there.

What? An inferior?

How did an inferior sneak in?

She has no place in this hall.

Exactly.

A superior or an inferior, as long as you make a reasonable appeal at the prayer assembly, the Lord of Light and Shadow will be with you.

Tell us your number.

1225.

I beg the Lord of Light and Shadow to help a faithful superior.

He needs a proper heart to transplant.

He tried to save me, and a steel needle thrust into his heart.

However, I just wonder, how could a superior and an inferior try to save each other so badly?

In the year 30, before the Three Great Laws enacted in Lighthouse, he was my husband.

So that's it.

But as far as I know, there are no human organs for transplantation in Lighthouse.

But… Are you expecting one of the disciples here to offer their heart?

No no no that's not what I mean.

Then… I hope, if the Lord of Light and Shadow allows, I'm willing to offer my heart to him.

Your heart?

The Three Great Laws have been enacted for more than 20 years.

The priority is gene optimization, for better Lighthouse operations in the future.

Your heart in his body, I think it is a… bloody farce!

Born with gene defects, you're an inferior with no right to give birth.

My consent means that superior would have to accept your defects together with your heart.

Chief, how could the Lord of Light and Shadow watch a superior dying?

1225.

trust me, the Lord of Light and Shadow would rather that superior die with dignity, than watch him live with a beating heart from an inferior.

What's the dignity in death?

My children, an inferior heart may save a superior, but shall the superior live in shame, or die in honor?

Let him die.

Let him die.

Let him die.

Monsters!

You monsters!

You monsters!

Let's go on praying for Hunters.

What do we do now?

We're not moving.

Truck 2 is trapped. We need backup.

It's not gonna work.

Get two men down to push the truck.

Spinal centipedes.

He's possessed!

His neck broke.

Man, calm down.

Help. Help me.

Why didn't you evacuate?

You want to get swallowed?

The ground gave way. Wheels sank in.

Ran Bing.

White Shark 19?

He… he's alive.

How is it going with Marc?

Easy easy.

It's Corey?

Who is driving Heavy Walker 19?

Just leave it be.

Start the engine now.

Fei Xue, fire cover.

The last loads of supplies.

Hurry, come on, everyone.

Come on. You will be my fifth today.

Over there.

Another one is coming.

Watch your 8 o'clock.

Drive. Cut the crap.

You… The fleet, why are they still here?

Erika.

Look out, Captain.

I'll destroy you.

The extremozoans here are about to regenerate.

We must catch up with the fleet before they wake up.

Captain. Captain.

a number of extremozoans went after the fleet.

We have no time.

Go after them.

Ma'am, the sandstorm is approaching Lighthouse.

Lighthouse, do you copy?

Navigation Control Room.

This is Hunters.

4 o'clock.

Switch band.

Yes ma'am.

Increase the capacity of the communication device.

Do you copy? Please respond.

This is Lighthouse.

Captain, is that you?

This is Hunters.

Mission of collecting completed.

Hunters request to return.

It's Captain Marc.

Great! Well done!

Captain Marc, welcome back.

Drop off Platform ES01.

Roger that.

Marc.

What happened just now, you saw it too.

It might be the greatest discovery of Hunters in recent years.

Maybe, no one believes what we saw.

Drop off Platform ES01.

Drop off Platform ES01.

I thought I'd lost you, son.

If you save those curse words someday, I might not come back.

Riding such a high horse now.

Everyone in Lighthouse is waiting for you.

Sorry to have kept you waiting, sir.

Glad you are back. Come with me.

Come on, come on.

The last one is a loser.

Hey, what's the rush?

EFFICIENT PRODUCTION Wait.

I'll get you!

Can't catch me.

Wait for me.

Can't catch me.

Come on.

Look, Hunters are back.

Hunters!

Welcome home, Hunters.

Welcome home.

Welcome home, Hunters.

Captain Marc!

Welcome home!

Look!

Hunters, welcome back to Lighthouse.

Look.

It's Marc!

Marc Marc.

Captain Marc.

So many people.

All of them came out to greet me.

Fools.

They forget it was Chief's prayers that ensured Hunters' safe return.

They should be grateful to Chief.

Forgiveness makes you wise; anger makes you a fool.

As long as you keep your mind clear, the Lord of Light and Shadow will bless you.

Hence, here I am.

Energy in storage first.

Medicine and food, please take refrigerated aisle.

Hey, come here right away!

4068?

How did you get into that mecha?

How do I look?

Do I look like a Hunter?

Don't flatter yourself.

Thanks to the boy back then.

Come down.

If Discipline Enforcers spot you, you'll be dead.

All right. I know.

If I join Hunter, I'll ride higher than Marc.

Corey looks quite bad.

He got seriously injured, and doesn't have enough Contribution Points.

The Medical Center decided he had no therapeutic value.

I'll pay for him.

But what about you?

What are you doing?

Let go of me.

You want to ride high?

You should be grateful that I let you off.

If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have brought back those supplies.

Come again?

Looks like you're tired of living.

Bringer of Light!

Why are they here?

Do it.

4068 Why?

Stay here.

What did I do wrong?

Stop.

By the laws of Lighthouse, inferiors are forbidden to touch superiors' weapons in any way.

Violation will be punished with twelve lashes.

I… I just helped them out back then.

He's hopelessly stubborn.

We should take him back to Correction Institution, for proper discipline.

Let go of this Discipline Enforcer.

Bringer of Light, my lady, the boy barely got back alive from the ground.

If you hurt him, I've got one less pair of hands.

Don't you remember, folks, you brought the supplies back in one piece by the grace of Light and Shadow.

You owe it all to Chief 's prayers.

You… Mo Cheng.

Please tell Chief, the boy has kept his words in mind.

What you shall keep in mind is the words of the Lord of Light and Shadow.

Hope His Grace can bless us next time, so we'll have fewer men down.

That depends on if your prayers pious enough.

Let's go.

Totally unreasonable.

I did safeguard the supplies.

Watch your tongue.

It is the superiors' duty to safeguard Lighthouse.

You are an inferior.

You must always remember your status.

Only because of my genes?

Superior genes mean higher survival rates.

This is the rule of this catastrophic world.

Why?

Let's go.

It seems I'm not the only one to be grateful to Hunters.

Shouldn't you run the control room?

You just leave Lighthouse wandering in the sky?

Hunters came back fully loaded, so the City Lord ordered, you may take your lieutenant with you at High Council today.

Me?

This must be the track to launch the Central Electromagnetic Cannon.

Yes, but normally it's only a central junction of channels for departments.

They say that one launch would paralyze the power system of the whole Lighthouse for three minutes.

Is that true?

Yes.

But we would only launch it under the threat of Apex extremozoans.

Let's begin.

My lord, the supplies collected by Hunters are mainly as follows: controllable energy, compressed food, rare metals, and a few weaponries from the old world.

It has been calculated that they can keep Lighthouse up for another 3 months at least.

But when crossing over the turbulent flow, we lost some medicine reserves.

Report battle damage.

We've got one Heavy Walker mecha damaged.

It's in urgent repair right now.

We lost some inferiors and 34 superiors in total.

Did you bring back their bodies?

Only some of them.

Recover their gears and residences.

Report population replenishment.

Superior replenishment chain is running in stable rotation.

Those from Collective Cultivation and Education, aged 16 and over, who have been through military training, can go into battle right away.

As for gene optimization, we've arranged proper superiors to carry out the breeding duty.

Each batch of replenished population is trained hard in different age group.

Good.

My lord, by the grace of Light and Shadow, the people of Lighthouse live in peace.

Warriors returned are undergoing purification.

However, we suffered heavy casualties this time.

Did Hunters get slack in the operation, or what?

My lord, Hunters might've found something big on the ground.

In the last operation, we were attacked not only by extremozoans, but also… They… they're coming!

I've taken out those on the right wing.

Watch your back.

Oh man, it's huge.

Everyone, evacuate at full speed.

Excellent, an excellent story.

Breaking through the extremozoan lair with all the supplies, you're a real tough guy.

But, a human on the ground?

Captain Marc, I'm afraid you've been disturbed by scarlet pheromone.

It was only a glimpse, but I know what I saw.

We haven't found any survivors for over 20 years.

Now humans can barely survive on the ground, so there's no way anyone's still alive on the ground.

After the catastrophe, we never land on the ground except for collecting supplies.

We've been on this continent for only a few months, and haven't done an all-round scan or search.

Perhaps there are living people here.

Like you said, this human was alive on the ground, and was even standing on an extremozoan.

That means they could control the extremozoan.

Do you believe that?

Enough.

Ridiculous.

Marc has fought for Lighthouse all these years.

He may have got tired and have illusions occasionally.

Because he risked his life to bring back supplies, we still have Lighthouse running today.

My lord, it is quite natural that spares no effort for Lighthouse.

That's the plan of the Lord of Light and Shadow.

Right.

Marc made it back every time.

He must've been blessed.

My health condition is worse than before, but the course of Lighthouse seems endless.

It's time for the young to take charge.

They must possess great virtue and strong will.

Therefore, I've decided the position of City Lord will be succeeded by Marc.

What?

For what reason?

He's nothing but a reckless rough man.

Does that make him the final guardian of humans?

Marc spares no effort for Lighthouse.

Isn't that the plan of the Lord of Light and Shadow?

But… If no one objects, the ceremony will be held in seven days.

Father.

I mean, my lord.

It… it was a slip of the tongue.

The rest of you may go now.

I want to have a word with Marc.

My lord.

There is no room for discussion.

I know what's on your mind right now.

Look at the hanging buildings out there, and the people devoted to carrying out their duties.

We're the last of humans, Marc.

You are a great soldier, but you cannot live as a Hunter for your whole life.

I'm an old man now, and I would like you to take my place.

Take care of Lighthouse.

Don't let it fall.

I'm afraid I couldn't take such a great mission.

Mission or not, don't flatter yourself.

I just ask you to move your ass, son, to keep this iron lump up for me, which has been up in the sky for decades, so that this old man can enjoy a few quiet days before the end.

My lord, for this position, you had someone more suitable.

Yes, Hong Kou was my best student, and the most outstanding Hunter Commander so far.

If she were still alive, she would be the successor.

She respected you more than anyone.

But when she needed you the most, you didn't give her a chance.

You're still grudging on what happened 15 years ago.

She was my sister.

That was the family relation of the old world.

You know, Lighthouse is our last shelter.

The harsh environment after the catastrophe forced us to change our way of life.

Genetic stratification, genes optimization, abolishing family relations, as well as the Final Journey, we did all to fight for our best odds of survival.

Each of us must be part of Lighthouse.

But she, for the sake of herself, dared to violate the Three Great Laws and put the survival of the whole Lighthouse at stake.

Don't we have other options?

I've engaged in numerous battles on the ground.

I know the horrible extremozoans better than anyone.

We always think no one could survive on the ground, but now I saw someone there.

Perhaps, perhaps there is another way out for Lighthouse.

We have no other options.

We can no longer going back to living on the ground.

You have no idea how dangerous they are.

What?

The ceremony will be held in seven days.

Hand over your duties properly.

On the day of your succession, I'll tell you everything.

My lord… Leave.

Sometimes, people are blinded by their own eyes.

Forget about this.

Never mention it again.

My lord, do you think it could be her?

Ask Carrie to initiate the Abyss Walker Project.

But… If it was her, that's the only thing we can do.

Yes, my lord.

It's all my fault.

If I hadn't got hurt, we wouldn't have been trapped here.

Stop it.

Another coming up from behind.

Hang in here.

Yes.

Captain!

Same old way.

Great.

Well done. We got it.

How is it going?

Captain, we're running out of ammo, and the loss of supplies… I mean your wounds.

Don't worry, Captain.

I won't die here.

Evacuate now.

Take as many supplies as you can, but I want everyone on board.

Yes Captain.

Hurry.

Help.

Help.

Help me.

Help me.

Captain, we have no time.

She's just an inferior.

Inferiors are human too.

Captain.

Get out, hurry.

Thank you, Captain.

No.

It's calling fellows.

Captain.

Hong Kou.

Captain no.

Hong Kou!

No.

Captain.

Captain Hong Kou.

Hong Kou.

No.

Captain captain.

Captain. Captain is alive.

Captain is alive.

She is alive.

Captain.

Hail to Hunters.

Hong Kou. Hong Kou.

They… No way.

Hunter Po Xiao, based on your contribution, today the system offers you milk.

Bon appétit.

Come on, come on.

Harder harder.

Boy, try as hard as you can.

Come on, come on.

Marc, don't shit in your pants.

Wait until I become the boss of Hunters.

I would order the system to feed you shit every day.

Come on. Come on. Go for it.

Marc, you'll be the first one to do it!

Little boss just had a fall.

Go help little boss up.

Leave me alone.

I don't need your help.

Hong Kou, Another round.

Admit it.

Come on, little boss.

Drink it.

Come on.

Don't throw it up.

Come on, come on.

City Defense Force. Why are they here?

With arms?

What are they doing here?

Step aside.

Captain Hong Kou, Lieutenant Po Xiao, come with us please.

What do you want?

Here is Hunters' place.

Put the gun down.

Piss off.

Marc.

Captain Hong Kou, you know it clearly why we came here.

Don't make things difficult for us.

Anyone tries to touch her, bring it on.

What is it?

Marc.

Call me sister.

You told me never to call you sister again.

Forget it.

Only this time.

Sister.

What's wrong with you?

This… is yours now.

Remember to drink your milk.

Sister.

The Ex-Commander of Hunter, Hong Kou and soldier Po Xiao have violated the laws of Lighthouse, By law, they are sentenced to death by fire, executed in public, as a warning to others.

Turn on the fuel pump.

Get ready for the heat.

Marc.

Let go of me.

Stay here.

No.

Electronic halberd in position.

Hong Kou, Po Xiao, you two betrayed Lighthouse, but you had fought for us after all.

If you plead guilty in public, and promise you'll never cross the line, Lighthouse may spare your lives today.

Captain.

This is the last chance.

Don't be silly.

Just admit you are wrong to the Lord, Hong Kou.

What's more important than being alive?

I'm a soldier.

What I'm afraid of is not dying, but… When the world is facing death, not living a real life.

It is the delusion of redeemers, the icy sorrow of the damned world.

When we are facing death, I kiss you on your forehead, your warm face, and your glittering eyes.

Sister. Sister.

- Get ready for execution. - Sister. Sister.

our awakened hope cannot be stopped.

Light the fire.

At all costs, we go crazy.

We live Sister.

life is unimaginable, with tenacity deeply hidden inside.

At this moment, you and I stand at the center of the cosmos.

Do you regret it?

we forget to resist.

Captain Marc.

Captain Marc.

You.

Take a bath and go to the kitchen.

Sir, I don't cook.

I mean go to the kitchen and stew yourself.

You are sure to be the flesh remnant on the ground anyway, so why don't you let us eat you here.

Don't hold your arms too tight.

Keep practicing.

Look.

No. 3 has finished 65% of the training.

The load capacity of Heavy Walker's right leg has decreased.

So… all the parts on the Heavy Walker have their functions.

What's the use of this button?

You can't touch it easily.

What if I touch it?

Why is the hatch opened?

It'll be like that.

If you newcomers practice like this, you will waste all the Heavy Walkers we have.

If you encounter a spinal centipede, the only way to destroy it is to cut the main nerve.

Raise your hand if you understand.

You'll confront extremozoans on the ground.

Do you want to be the flesh remnant?

Practice one year more if you want to live one day more.

Try to stay alive before the Final Journey.

Why are you so irritable today?

Marc, come and practice with me.

Give these two idiots a demonstration.

Sir, I've paid all my Contribution Points for Corey.

If you are hurt, I can't afford it.

Last time, I beat your shit out, beat you into the shit, You forgot that?

What is he talking about?

That was more than ten years ago.

Come here. let me loosen you up a bit.

What's going on?

Captain and Instructor are gonna compete.

There is a good show.

Come on, Captain Marc.

You'd better take it easy.

After all, you are old now.

The life formula doesn't reason with you.

Kid, this old man will give you the last lesson today.

Captain Marc.

You are so hot, Captain.

Sir, come on.

Sir, come on.

He's recovering so fast.

Wait.

Let me warm up first.

Who do you think will win?

I bet three days' superior food on Captain.

Do you know who taught Captain all his skills??

I bet five days' superior food on Instructor.

Not bad. You are starting to bet me.

If I win, we'll split the food half-and-half.

No problem.

Captain Marc.

After so many years, you're still this.

Cut the crap.

The strongest man in Lighthouse.

Hope I can get into the Dawn Hall with him.

Which one are you talking about?

Both of them are good.

Come on, come on, good.

What happened to Instructor?

Sir Sir.

Sir Elon.

Sir, what happened?

Surprise attack, upper hook.

Fish in troubled waters, flash kick.

Captain Marc is naive.

You want to see something new, don't you?

This move is called "all is fair in war".

You have no shame at all.

Five days' superior food.

What's the hurry? It's not finished yet.

Good. Keep going.

Are you tired?

Is this all you get?

Lord Morgan.

Come on, sir. Not again.

My lord.

Lord Morgan?

Where is him?

Who taught you to look back?

Who taught you to be careless?

Seasoned badass kick.

This… Marc.

Sir.

I won't believe you this time whatever you say.

My aged waist.

Is that it?

No more. No more.

Who won? Who won?

I expected more.

What about our bet?

This… Do you know who won?

Won what?

The old man needs to recover.

Come here, silly boy.

Let's go.

What's wrong with Instructor today?

Why is he so energetic?

He is on the Final Journey list.

He is leaving tomorrow.

What?

Look. The brilliant sun.

I'm old.

Time for the Final Journey.

But you are the best instructor in Lighthouse.

Nonsense. I can't finish a fight now.

What can I do if I stay here?

I'm gonna plead for you.

Are you gonna plead for everyone on the list?

If you were on the battlefield, you would have died twice today.

But our opponents are extremozoans.

That's right. You are good at slaying extremozoans.

But to you, the greatest danger lies within the human heart.

You forget the connection between Charles and Morgan?

Silly boy.

You will be the City Lord.

Think more about everything.

Sir, do you believe we can go back to live on the ground?

In this catastrophic world, people are always looking for hopes.

But if there were hopes, it wouldn't be called a catastrophic world.

Doctor, how is Corey?

Will he recover?

Most of his anima was taken away.

His cognitive ability and nerve action such as subconsciousness are in seriously deficiency.

Vital signs are sinking fast.

If Captain Marc hadn't given him a blood transfusion, he would have long been dead.

You… However, he is still very weak.

So, good luck with that..

Please try your best treatment.

If he doesn't have enough Contribution Points… You are wasting supplies.

His contribution to Lighthouse now or in the future is far less than the medical costs.

This is against the life formula.

Corey, you must come back.

We are waiting for you.

Yes, Captain Marc will be the new City Lord.

He told the staff of Armament Servicing Room, no matter when you leave the hospital, your Heavy Walker is reserved for you.

I remember Hunters needed a field doctor.

Are you interested, miss?

I'm gonna settle his bill.

Take care of him.

Kids, after the catastrophe, we are the only human survivors on this planet.

All life-supporting resources are in short supply.

But the scarcest resource is high-quality population.

To replenishing population, Lighthouse has established the gene optimization laws.

In the Dawn Hall, superior men and women of the right age are arranged properly according to their genes, in order to produce strong and smart infants.

All infants genetically tested as superiors, the moment they are born, are under Collective Cultivation and Education to undergo the scientific cultivation and unified education.

You just give birth to a baby. Don't walk around.

Don't go. Wait.

Probability of heart disease is 5%.

Probability of malignancy is 0.2%.

Wait.

Probability of cerebrovascular disease is 0.03%.

The genetic quality of this baby is not bad.

Don't take away my baby.

Let me have a look.

Stop it.

You just accomplished your duty. Don't run around.

Doctor.

I promise not to come near her.

I promise not to hold her.

Just let me see what she looks like.

Please.

Just one look.

Why do you want to look at her?

Why?

I… You will remember her forever once you see her.

On any future matters related to her, your justice will be biased.

I… Congratulations. Your baby is a superior.

Congratulations. Your baby is a superior.

Your Contribution Point rewards will be delivered in three days.

Don't go.

I don't need the Contribution Point rewards.

Let me have a look. Just let me see her.

Don't go.

I was in fear for ten months to carry out my duty.

I've paid so much.

I gave her my life.

Just once, please!

Superior Gia.

You did accomplish your breeding duty.

But if you violate the laws, Lighthouse will still punish you.

Get out of my way.

Calm down.

Gia, I know you have suffered a lot for this.

But she was born not because of you alone.

It's the result of the genetic matching.

She is the child of Lighthouse.

The population replenishment of Lighthouse is urgent, but you have an unreasonable request and are wasting our time.

Gia, do you think this is right?

But I… You have accomplished your duty.

This child has nothing to do with you now.

What you should consider now is how to consume your Contribution Points.

You've brought a superior to Lighthouse.

It's a huge glory.

I'm going to the Dawn Hall next week.

I really hope to carry out my duty successfully just like you.

Wweird.

The intelligent decoding system should have been upgraded.

How come it was unable to unlocked it back then?

Be gentle.

Fiddle with things of the superiors?

Now you feel pain.

Guess what I brought?

Stale worm pies, of course.

Look.

Do you want to oil me, sis?

I don't have a prosthesis.

My decoder.

What are you doing?

It's wine.

Recovered so soon.

Happy to have something to eat and drink.

If we get caught by Correction Institution, how many lashes shall we get?

Cut the crap.

On this ground mission, we all know you did a good job.

Lighthouse didn't reward you, so let's reward ourselves.

Come on. Cheers.

Cheers.

I wish we were not inferiors.

What's wrong with being an inferior?

If you are beaten, someone gives you medicine.

We also have wine to drink.

But… I wouldn't drink your wine for nothing.

I have something for you, too.

Wait.

A time piece from the old world.

In the past, this would be a luxury thing.

You're surely our best technician!

You know true value.

Hold on.

This is the reason why you disturbed the spinal centipedes?

Only the three of us know about it.

One more.

Can't you stay out of trouble?

Then give it back.

No way.

But I heard, in the old world, giving people clocks and watches might mean something bad.

You talk too much.

It's tasty.

Where did you get it?

I took it from Lao ban.

When we came back, it was the first time there were so many people cheering for me.

I was thinking, I'm really no worse than a Hunter, just missing a Heavy Walker.

Oh, come on.

Once on shore, you pray no more.

Exactly.

Forget about Heavy Walkers.

You'd better do more physical work.

You don't understand.

You know what?

When inside the Heavy Walker, I was not myself anymore.

At that moment I felt like I was able to do anything, like… like… I become a completely different person.

No longer an inferior, no longer frightened, no longer bound by anything.

That experience was just wonderful.

Get out.

You filth thing.

Oh, no! 3852 is in trouble.

Where are you going?

He is our teammate.

Let's go take a look.

How dare you grab the food of superiors?

So… so this is how it tastes.

This is how it tastes.

Stop it now.

You are a beast.

Choke on it.

Choke on it.

Filth thing.

Spit it out.

Choke on it.

You… What are you doing?

I want to live like a superior once.

I'm afraid 3852 will be heavily punished.

3852.

Stop it.

Get up.

Do you want to die?

People like us, the inferiors, are just waiting to die, aren't we?

It's… it's scarlet pheromone syndrome.

What?

Oh, my gosh.

Step aside.

Anyone not involved, out of the way.

Thank goodness you are here, City Defense.

Take them away.

Yes sir.

Stay back.

Choke on it.

Let me go.

Stay back.

Calm down. Calm down.

Put the gun down or… or I'll kill him.

No one here is allowed to leave.

Bringer of Light is coming.

Inferiors 3852 and 2411, you went beyond your rank to eat food of superiors, initiated violence, stood against law enforcers, and held a gun illegally.

As punishment, you will receive sixteen lashes, a fast, and kneeling for three days.

Twenty days of your Contribution Points will be cleared.

Stop resisting.

Surrender, or they will kill you.

Before I die, I lived like a human for a while.

But you worked hard all your life, and you don't know, not even at your death, what the bread tastes like.

You have crossed the line.

Get him.

Stay back. Stay back.

Go away.

Stay back. Stay back.

Go away. Stay back. Stay back.

This… How could it be… You filth thing, stop it finally.

Take him back and lock him up.

What else do you want to do?

You don't want to live, too?

Sorry sorry.

Her inferior gene is so bad.

Her brain doesn't work well.

Go away.

He is dying anyway.

Can't you let him go?

Don't touch me. Go away.

All right then, add two more to the row.

Wait. Wait.

Please listen to me Bringer of Light, he is gonna die soon anyway.

All he wanted is to taste the food of superiors.

Please forgive him.

4068!

Inferior 4068, attempting to stop law enforcement, by law… Inferiors… are human too.

Even the right to reproduce is denied to inferiors.

They do not deserve the honor of continuing mankind.

To be frank, they are not human.

Wait.

Chief.

Chief, he's a porter who went to the ground with Hunters.

Believers of Light and Shadow is supposed not to be punished, but to be purified.

Take them to Correction Institution to accept the baptism of Light and Shadow.

Chief, Lord Morgan is waiting for you.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Charles, I still remember this is your favorite instrument.

Right?

In this time, the only thing we need to do is survive.

I won't forget your instruction, my lord.

I haven't heard you play it for a long time, son.

Do you remember your Mum's favorite piece?

Pleasure, my lord.

Charles, actually, you are an excellent young man.

Your artistic talent is as good as your mother.

In the old world, you might have been a great artist, and loved by countless people, which makes me satisfied and sad.

If you hadn't been born in this time, things would be totally different.

You didn't expect me to tell you this, did you?

All these years, you've spent every effort on the Order of Light and Shadow, and helped me keep order of Lighthouse.

I want to know why it's not me!

I don't want you to take on something you can't do.

It's exhausting to live like that.

It's a catastrophic world, son.

I had to make some tough choices.

Forgive me.

Do you think I really want to be the City Lord?

Charles.

You've never truly seen me.

Son, sometimes I think, if the catastrophe hadn't occurred, you and I could be ordinary father and son.

We might have disputes, but we would trust each other.

I used to think you had given up our relation as father and son.

Everything I do means nothing to you.

In twenty years, this is the first time you treat me like this.

Father, I don't want anything.

I'll be the same as before, devoting myself to the Order of Light and Shadow.

I have been too harsh on you, so you could only pin your hopes on the Lord of Light and Shadow.

Now, you don't need that phantom anymore.

The new City Lord is about to take office.

I can put down the heavy burden finally.

I hope you can spend some time with me.

Leave the Order of Light and Shadow to him.

OK.

Father, from now on, I'll always be by your side.

Ignite!

My people, today, I'm very proud, that five warriors stand here.

They have devoted their lives to Lighthouse.

Now, they will forge ahead for Lighthouse.

Among them, we have Instructor Elon, who had led Hunters in battles on the ground, and laid a solid foundation for Lighthouse's initial stability.

We have Ms. Tara, who brought the planting techniques from the old world to Lighthouse, and dedicated her life experience to the sky farm.

We have engineer Maureen whose great design made Lighthouse running in the most efficient way for decades.

We have Gordon from the data room. Everything he recorded marked the sufferings of this time and the courage of everyone in Lighthouse.

We also have Inferior 0591.

Today, she is also a hero of Lighthouse.

I'm a hero. I'm the same as the superiors.

They are the only people who are qualified to go out of the cave and find the truth.

With their actions, they defended our common faith.

They have dedicated their lives to Lighthouse.

They are the greatest.

In the name of the City Lord of Lighthouse, I send off these warriors.

Lighthouse is proud of you.

I move forward for Lighthouse.

Man, are you crying?

Sir.

Come on.

It's time to go.

The first time Elon taught me to use a gun seems to be yesterday.

Can't believe he'd reached the age for the Final Journey.

I hope he can find the truth.

I don't know if he can find the truth, but, to leave for the ground, they can save a lot of food.

Chief, the mouth can handle junk food, just not junk talk.

We know what the Final Journey means.

Dying old guys should be discarded.

The supplies on Lighthouse should be used on those who are alive.

The City Lord is very clear about that.

It's not something that the Chief of Light and Shadow would say.

Sorry, I forgot that.

In a few days, you will not be the Chief anymore.

You… Sir.

Lighthouse is proud of you.

Do you really believe people can live on the ground?

Gordon has recorded something useful.

I don't need to tell you where the data room is, do I?

Sir.

Boy, I'm willing to forge ahead for you.

Warriors, march forth!

Charles, the City Lord's emergency medicine is running out.

I've adjusted the course to search for medical collection area nearby.

I'll leave it to you to take care of the Lord.

Lord Morgan is in good health.

You're overthinking it.

His heart has not been well.

Now he's getting old.

You don't need to remind me.

For public or private, this is what I should do.

I'll take good care of him until the day he is on the Final Journey when he follows the laws he has set.

I know it's hard for you to accept the Lord's decision, but I hope, as his son, you can care more about him.

Don't forget that is no more father and son on Lighthouse.

This is his decision.

But at the council assembly earlier, why did you call him father in public?

What do you know?

I'm the Chief when needed, and I'm the son when not needed.

You're adopted only because you looked like my mother.

You'd better mind your own business.

Charles.

The Lord's decision won't be changed.

Do your job.

Jing Nan really knows how to get things done.

All the data of Lighthouse over the past decades are here.

It's going to take us a long time.

You asked for this.

Can you make it without me?

I'll be looking here.

Come with me.

Hey.

Why did the City Lord ask you to forget what you saw on the ground?

Sometimes, people are blinded by their own eyes.

Forget about this.

Never mention it again.

He did not deny the existence of humans on the ground.

Really?

Must be a secret behind this.

Maybe we can find the answer here.

If there are people on the ground, how did they manage to survive?

Are they really in control of extremozoans?

Extremozoans crawled out from the fractured crust during the catastrophe.

Like deep-sea species swept ashore by a tsunami, as long as they are earth creatures, taming them is not impossible.

Look here.

Got it.

It is the same as what the books say, isn't it?

Human natures got corrupted and rotten in the old world.

People's spiritual cultivation cannot keep pace with the rapidly advancing technology, which eventually lead to the complete destruction of civilization.

Look here.

What?

Lighthouse used to be an aerial prison of the old world.

Those who survived the catastrophe were a group of prisoners.

They were prisoners, and they were also the founders of Lighthouse.

In Lighthouse Year 1, the first City Lord Master I put out the war between guards and prisoners.

ended the war between the prison guards and the prisoners.

Tartarus was renamed Lighthouse, symbolizing the final homeland of mankind.

In Year 11, the last stronghold on the ground was sieged by extremozoans, suffering heavy losses.

Lighthouse confirmed that living on the ground was impossible.

In Year 12, Hunter troops suffered a devastating blow, LIGHTHOUSE YEAR 12 and, only one person… Is this… a Heavy Walker?

I have never seen this type before.

Could it be… DATA LOST The woman in the data is that one we saw on the ground?

That was several decades ago.

It could not possibly the same person.

People from that time have been sent on the Final Journey.

If we want to investigate further, we have to find someone really old.

I got it.

Finally done.

You were saying… The oldest inferior in Lighthouse.

The number is 0609.

0609.

This way.

No, that way.

Don't push me.

How can you be so fat?

Bullshit. You're the fat one.

Ula, wake up.

Ula!

Anna.

There are some debts that you can't repay in this life.

Can't they put it straight?

You cry when you see extremozoans.

You cry when you watch this rubbish.

I don't know if she'll live or not.

If it weren't for the catastrophic world, this drama would have long been concluded.

Hiding items forbidden by Lighthouse, you'd better worry about your own conclusion.

Who is that? Dare mention forbidden items in my place?

Hi.

Captain Marc.

It's his. It's his.

This… You, you… You ungrateful bastards.

Captain Marc, we're sorry, we're sorry.

That old man, he brought us here.

Captain Marc, we'll never do it again.

You want a try?

Tell me, in Year 12, the invasion to Lighthouse, what do you know about it?

In that year, a lot of things happened.

But, I'm an old man now, and I've lost some of my memory.

If I can get more Contribution Points… I don't have Contribution Points, but I have something else.

Do you remember it now?

In Year 12, Lighthouse was not invaded at all.

Around those years, Lighthouse was in peace.

What?

In that year, Morgan was the Hunter Commander.

I was a porter on his team.

It is boiling.

I remembered a ground mission in that year.

We were attacked by extremozoans.

It was such a tragedy.

One after another soul was absorbed by those beasts.

Soon it was Morgan's turn.

Then we heard a Bang.

A mysterious armor appeared.

It seemed like a god coming down to earth.

It killed a crowd of extremozoans in a short time.

A mysterious armor?

Yes.

That armor is much more powerful than your black one.

Then what came out from the armor was silver-haired girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old.

She saved Lord Morgan.

Then in return for what she did, Morgan invited her to Lighthouse.

But before long, that woman disappeared, along with her armor.

What a pity.

I never had a chance to talk to her.

Penny.

Lieutenant Ran Bing, the room has been tidied up.

It can be allocated to a superior at any time.

Inform the new Hunters.

Data deleted.

That Penny is the disgrace of superiors.

She hid things from Lighthouse.

Look!

Oh my god. A forbidden book.

These are all forbidden books.

Hunters are supposed to obey Lighthouse laws, aren't they?

Exactly.

And she was on Captain Marc's team!

Lighthouse Year 51, January 28.

What's that Downey thinking?

He almost lost his arm to save me.

But when I was bandaging him, he laughed at my poor fighting skills.

What an unreasonable guy.

February 21.

I feel so annoyed.

What's wrong with me?

My mind is full of that guy these days.

When we were having meals together today, he was very close to me.

My heartbeat speeds up suddenly.

As soon as I get close to him, my shadow value will rise.

What if the Bringer of Light find it out?

March 14.

Lighthouse told us, as Hunters, we should be brave, selfless, and dedicated.

We should contribute everything we have.

But ever since I met you, I began to be afraid.

Afraid of death.

Afraid that after I die, I'll never see you again.

April 2.

I finally accomplished the breeding duty in the Dawn Hall.

I feel fantastic.

How I wish I had done it with you.

June 1.

At last I finished the book brought from the ground.

I can't control my eyes, could not help but want to go to see him, like a thirsty guy knowing that toxic but also drink it.

I originally had no intention of being in love with him.

I also tried to put out the bud of love, but when I saw him again, the love rose from the bottom of my heart.

Fantastic.

So that feeling I have for him… is love.

It turned out that people in the old world build their families out of love.

They were together not for population replenishment.

What's more, between men and women, there are interesting things described in the book.

No! I don't want to do it.

I don't want to perform the breeding duty with someone else.

There are so many superiors in Lighthouse.

It's impossible to meet Downey in the Dawn Hall.

No one can force me to do it. No one!

I know.

If you refuse to perform breeding, you'll be executed.

If that day comes, let me die in Downey's hands.

Yes, you made it.

Hunter Ran Bing, this is Combat Damage Supply Point.

Soldier Penny was lost in action, so Breeding Mission #21449, originally assigned to her, will now be carried out by you.

Please report yourself at the Dawn Hall at 9:00 tonight.

Hunter Ran Bing, this is Combat Damage Supply Point of Lighthouse.

Article 1 of Lighthouse Laws: All Lighthouse residents must follow arrangements.

You understand the consequences of refusing a Lighthouse mission.

Roger that.

What the hell do you want?

I have suffered dozens of lashes.

Isn't that enough?

The real baptism has just begun.

I need to see Captain Marc.

I saved them.

Stop.

Chief.

You went into a Heavy Walker unauthorized and interfered with law enforcement.

You said you didn't do anything wrong?

That was a crucial moment, so I got into the Heavy Walker.

After that, I helped them protect the supplies and saved a Hunter.

Is that true?

But when Captain Marc briefed his mission, he didn't say anything about this.

I'm not lying.

Maybe he thought… it was not my role to protect supplies.

The Lord of Light and Shadow has the insight into everything, so I don't allow anyone to be treated unjustly.

You will get the reward you deserve.

Warning.

Analysis disrupted.

Analysis on scarlet pheromone sample contents.

The 136th trial failed.

Prepare to clean redundant data.

In three standard hours a new trial starts.

Roger that.

After all these years, you still can't forget these little lovely things.

A new assignment for you.

I didn't expect that you would bring this here.

The City Lord has given his order to restart the Abyss Walker Project.

You are given the highest authority and full equipment support from the technical unit, but on one condition.

This time, human test is prohibited.

The lab is the battlefield for researchers.

No one can guarantee to win the war without the loss of a single soldier.

Do you need me to remind you of this, General Victor?

Don't you have any regrets?

Regrets?

There were all great pioneers.

They may not have brought about the final victory, but they become my excellent work.

You stopping my tests is the only regret I have.

If it hadn't been for him, I would have shot bullets into your body.

It was your unauthorized human tests back then that killed them.

You are a maniac.

They all knew it was a catastrophic world.

If nobody died in labs, countless Lighthouse residents would be killed by extremozoans.

And the first ones to die would all be your men.

They were all soldiers.

They would rather die on battlefields than be put in your jars.

In the history of mankind, a victory of war without sacrifices did exist.

It's fresh.

Don't kick me.

To the left. To the left.

My gosh. Keep steady.

I'm falling. I'm falling.

Steady. Keep steady.

What are you doing in the Superiors' area?

Lieutenant Ran Bing.

Lieutenant Ran Bing, 9033 is dying.

9033? What happened?

The Medical Center said I got bad blood.

I can't be cured even if I have enough Contribution Points.

She has always wished to see what Lighthouse looks like.

Today, we must help her fulfill her wish.

How are you gonna do it?

We're going to the highest place.

Ready?

Go.

I'm flying.

Hold on tight.

You're looking for death?

Ran Bing?

101. 102.

Jeff.

Look, they are up there.

We are on top of Lighthouse.

Look at that.

Is that Lighthouse's sky farm?

It must be the most beautiful place in Lighthouse.

Do you want to have fun there?

Yes!

Hold on.

So beautiful.

9033.

Give me your hand.

Help. Help me.

What was that?

Oh no!

Oh, my gosh.

Look. They're falling.

Don't worry.

Captain Marc will catch you.

Marc.

Ran Bing.

They are going up again. Captain Marc is amazing.

Snow flakes were all over.

At the verge of the dark woods, I met you, standing quietly at the far end of the snow.

You… Why are you here?

I can see someone had a good time just now.

Anyway, it's much more exciting than fighting extremozoans.

we were at one another's side.

With you, I was no longer afraid of being alone.

Flames drove away darkness.

You took my hands in yours to bring me a warm dream.

It's so beautiful.

How I wish that time could stop at this moment.

Never do these silly things again.

I may not be here in time.

Is it because you are going to be the City Lord?

So Lighthouse is not big after all.

If it is the final homeland of mankind, maybe we should protect it well.

You are gone, but your smile will be with me.

If someday, we can go back to live on the ground, you… have any plans?

It's too early to say that.

We must find out who is that person we saw that day.

After that, we… I heard that people in the old world built their families.

If that time comes, who do you want to be with?

Where did you hear that?

Who do you want to be with?

I've never thought about that.

I have.

With you.

Don't bring it up again.

Why?

It is an order.

Is it?

Is it an order of the Hunter Commander?

Or is it an order of the future City Lord?

An order is an order.

What a Hunter should do is to obey orders.

In your eyes, I'm just a Hunter.

Aren't you?

Have all the extremozoans been wiped out?

Is it safe on the ground?

And the dead bodies of Hunters, are you able to count them?

I'm going to the Dawn Hall.

Tonight.

That's the order I'm going to obey.

Do you want me to carry it out?

You are scared of everything except extremozoans.

Go complete your mission.

It is called an apple.

Try it.

Do you like it?

It's much more precious than the bread and milk you licked on the floor.

How does it taste?

It's really, really delicious!

Still more?

Eating like that does give it a special flavor.

You learn fast.

Delicacies.

Only those who have mastered the skills can truly appreciate their taste.

Chief, thank you for your reward.

I've never had such delicious food before.

In my place, we got nothing but cockroach cakes.

So now, can you still tolerate cockroach cakes?

I have to.

Being an Inferior or a Superior is not for me to decide.

Have you ever thought things that you can't decide, for the Lord of Light and Shadow, are just a small piece of cake?

How come you left for so long but came back with so little food?

Be content.

This tiny bit is beyond the reach of many Inferior kids.

For this tiny bit of supplies, we almost got killed.

Is it so horrible down there?

Seems it's gonna be happy only on the Lighthouse.

Do you know what true happiness is?

Always having crackers and lollypops.

Silly boy.

Why do you hit me?

Just tell me if you know.

Don't have to flick my forehead.

To be free and live on the ground with your loved one.

That's happiness.

Easy.

When I become the leader of the Hunters, I'll kick off all the beasts.

Then, we'll live on the ground with our loved ones.

Silly young boy, do you even have a loved one?

I have.

Of course I do.

I love… the bean jelly lady.

You love a middle-aged woman?

Interesting.

Yeah.

You know, her bean jelly packs quite a punch.

Anyone else?

Instructor Elon.

You love a man?

What's so funny?

I love them equally as a whole.

Stop it!

Caution If you want to shoot, set safety off.

Take me to the Medical Area for Superiors.

What's the problem?

Only Superiors' medical area can do?

I… I want to give my heart to a Superior.

So you are that Inferior.

Take me there.

He… He's got little time.

It's beyond my responsibility.

I can't help you.

Captain Marc, I saw you save an Inferior kid.

You're not like other Superiors.

I knew you would help me.

Even if you got there, they wouldn't give an Inferior's heart to a Superior.

Even if it's a remote chance, I'll give it a try.

No way.

No one in the Lighthouse can do that for you.

Leave before anyone sees you.

Caution You'll never know unless you try.

Are you insane?

You'll die for nothing.

Captain Marc, you have a loved one, don't you?

You are like people in the old world.

Don't live by those cold codes.

You'd rather risk your life to save the one you love like you saved Lieutenant Ran Bing.

So would I.

He and I survived the earth-breaking catastrophe.

When we were trapped in the ruins, I lay in his arms just like this.

At that time, I thought I was dying.

But he told me, "You've got to hold on.

As long as you are with me, I don't give a damn even if the world ends.

But without you, to me, it's the end of the world."

Captain Marc, he's waiting for me to help him.

Hang on.

He is waiting for me.

I'll take you to the Infirmary.

Help him.

Let me help him.

He is waiting for me.

Do you know what true happiness is?

To be free and live on the ground with your loved one.

We have no options.

Less likely to go back to the ground.

Do you have a loved one?

That's the order I'm going to obey.

Do you want me to carry it out?

Captain Marc, he's waiting, waiting for me.

Hurry.

Transplant her heart to that Superior.

Captain Marc, it is against the laws of the Lighthouse.

Don't make me repeat my words.

During the Operation Captain Marc, we're in the middle of a task in Dawn Hall.

Get away, I don't want to get rough with you.

Captain Marc, breaking into the Dawn Hall is a felony.

Breeding comes first in the Three Great Laws.

Do you want to violate it?

Don't be afraid.

It's a holy mission entrusted by the Lord of Light and Shadow.

For the survival of the Lighthouse, we must carry on the Superior genes.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, shadow shields the flesh.

The genes chose us.

There's nothing wrong with it.

When you give birth to a superior baby, you'll appreciate the arrangement of the Lord of Light and Shadow.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, shadow shields the flesh.

This is the survival code of the Lighthouse.

If you refuse, I will be punished as well.

Do you think you can walk away from here today?

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

I'm with you.

Can you make it without me?

If someday we can go back to live on the ground, do you have any plans?

Don't say that again.

Who do you want to be with?

I've never thought about that.

I have.

With you.

I'm so sorry.

I've just come to understand what Hong Kou would rather die for.

You're taking it easy?

Have you wiped out all extremozoans?

Is it safe on the ground?

Don't we need to safeguard the Lighthouse?

You were right.

I'm afraid of everything except extremozoans.

But what I'm afraid of most is losing you like I lost Hong Kou.

Extremozoans are still at large.

It is still not safe on the ground.

But it is broader than the Lighthouse, and freer.

Ran Bing, do you want to have the family relation of the old world with me?

Leave the Lighthouse with me.

Let's start a family on the ground.

As long as you are with me, I don't give a damn even if the world ends.

But without you, to me, it's the end of the world.

Ran Bing, from now on, I'll protect you and only you.

You won't get hurt, and don't have to endure.

However dangerous it is on the ground, I'll build a home for you.

However strong extremozoans we have to face, I'll stand in front of you.

No matter how much time is left, I only want to spend the rest of my life with you in this doomed world.

You...

want to go with me?

No.

I don't like you standing in front of me and facing everything.

I'll build our home together with you.

When danger comes up, I'll stand in front of you.

Can you make it without me?

CAPTAIN OF CITY DEFENSE SENGER Captain Marc, Lieutenant Ran Bing, will you two come with us?

Captain Marc, you know clearly why we are here.

Don't make things difficult for us.

Take me to the City Lord.

Don't worry.

I'll be back.

Soldiers, take Lieutenant Ran Bing away.

General Victor, Captain Marc may have made some silly mistakes.

You can just dock him a few Contribution Points.

Look at the big scene you've made.

Do you actually want to punish him?

He helped transplant an Inferior's heart and sabotaged the breeding mission.

Both are felonies of hindering genetic optimization.

By law, they are felonies indeed.

But Captain Marc is no average Superior.

As a Hunter Commander, he fought for the Lighthouse.

He's also going to be the new City Lord.

Shouldn't we give him some privileges?

That gives him the duty to be an example.

By that logic, Captain Marc must be executed.

General Victor, please use your head.

If Captain Marc is executed, are you going down to collect supplies?

Or are you going to be the new City Lord?

You… Why?

To live.

To live a real life.

What do you think has kept you alive?

The Lighthouse taught you how to fight and survive.

Whether you like it or not, you are part of the Lighthouse.

Corey risked his life for supplies for the Lighthouse.

But he got no medical care for his injuries.

Instructor Elon worked hard all his life but was abandoned as he got old.

Those Inferior laborers keep doing the heaviest work but are given the cheapest food.

4068 made contributions but got beaten up.

And 1225.

Her sacrifice of her life to save her lover was seen as a crime.

As part of the Lighthouse, this is the way we live.

In this way, what's the difference between us and dead bodies?

Do you know how much energy the Lighthouse consumes every minute?

You know we have population replenishment after combat losses, but do you know how many resources it takes to train just one Hunter?

You only see the Lighthouse give up your wounded comrades.

Do you realize how many Inferiors will be deprived even of cockroach cakes to treat one badly wounded Hunter?

You blame the Lighthouse for banishing the old to the ground, but you don't know how many babies will starve to death if we feed those incapable of making contributions.

If we stop controlling breeding, when we hit the carrying limit of population, will you be the one to decide who gets abandoned?

If we can go back to the ground, maybe these problems can be solved.

Throw away your unrealistic thoughts!

We're no longer the master of the ground.

In front of extremozoans, humans can't stand a chance of survival.

They're even more dangerous than you think.

But that woman stood right on an extremozoan's shoulder.

You… If she can survive, so can we.

We shall never give up as long as there is a remote chance.

She's not even human.

What?

The Lighthouse can't afford a single ounce of waste.

Anything beyond survival is a fantasy right now.

Lord, who is she?

Lord!

Take him away.

Lord, please allow Ran Bing and me to take the Final Journey.

Marc, are you insane?

Do you remember how Hong Kou ended up?

I only remember my sister wanted to go back to the ground and live with her lover.

The Lighthouse is the final homeland for humans.

Going back to the ground is asking for death.

To me, this place is more like a grave.

You… Lord.

You… you'll get us all killed.

Lord.

Lord.

Lord.

Lord.

How is Lord?

His emergency meds are depleted.

Life Formula has judged him as of no medical value.

Where's the nearest collection point?

The nearest known medical recollection point is 60 kilometers out in T-69.

But it's an Eco-Intensive Area.

By law, The Lighthouse can't risk the Hunters to save one person.

Even City Lord is no exception.

Get my Heavy Walker ready.

I'll get the meds.

You're back.

We've been away for only a few days, and you've turned the Lighthouse upside down.

Little boss, you're so sneaky.

Keeping us out of the fight.

Are we too rusty for you now?

I dare him.

I taught him how to hold a gun.

Cut the crap.

Come on.

Let's move.

Go.

Wait.

It's too dangerous this time.

I don't want you old guys to risk your lives.

Come on.

We've seen it all, done it all.

Exactly.

Marc, we've lost her.

We don't want to lose you now.

Soldiers.

I know you're here for me, so I hope you understand what this battle means.

This is the most treacherous mission in the history of the Hunters.

We'll march at night into the Eco-Intensive Area.

Chances are we won't come back.

But now, Lord is in critical condition.

Whether he wakes up depends on if we can get the meds back in time.

We are willing to die for you.

But Life Formula has judged that Lord Morgan is not worth any medical resources.

Captain Marc, why do we risk it for an unworthy man?

That's right.

Abandon the useless.

That's the law he himself set.

Yeah. That's right. Right.

You're right.

Life Formula was set by Lord.

He did so to keep us alive in this harsh environment.

Whether it's right or wrong, at least we're still alive.

Without him, there would be no Lighthouse today.

In my opinion, what we're saving now isn't just the City Lord but a poor old man who has given all his life to the Lighthouse.

What does he mean? I don't get it.

Ask yourselves.

Who has worked harder for the Lighthouse than him?

If you can't think of one, do you think it's a fair judgment that he is abandoned while we stay in the Lighthouse?

That's right. Yeah.

It's not fair!

We Hunters dance with death.

If we get injured without enough Contribution Points, we will be given up.

Do you want your life to be decided by a cold formula?

No!

What we're going to do does violate the Laws of the Lighthouse.

But we do so to save the City Lord.

Think about it.

When he wakes up, what will he do with Life Formula and with the Three Great Laws?

He himself will be the first one in the Lighthouse to violate them.

Right! That's right! He's right!

This floating city should never be a shelter for cowards but a carrier of our hopes.

So it's a mission not to save others but to save ourselves!

Yeah.

In this world, no law gets to brand us unworthy from birth.

Yeah! Right!

Superiors or Inferiors, every one of us is unique!

We're unique!

I don't quite understand what he said, but I feel so excited!

Hunters, let's move!

Heads up, guys.

Mama's breaking out the best stuff this time.

If Marc makes it back with the medicine… In that case, the old goat might just pass down the seat to him despite objections.

But if he fails… I'm afraid the Hunters might do something desperate.

Do you think I'll just watch from the sidelines?

Don't forget, the Eco-Intensive Area is a dead zone.

What are the chances he makes it back?

All crews, confirm status.

Hatches sealed. Electric system normal.

Cooling devices smooth.

Engine pressure at the threshold.

Launch sequence initiated.

All units.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Move out.

Rail lock disengaged.

Falcons in position.

Air pressure stable inside.

Balance system standing by.

Terrain scanner on.

Calibration starts.

Xue Feng!

Turn on the boosters, Xue Feng!

Leader!

Terrific!

Three steps to the top of your lffe Hey 0609!

People have been talking about what Captain Marc said before he left.

They said things'll start looking up when he becomes the new City Lord.

Of course.

Perhaps I'll have a pretty nurse taking care of my arthritis.

I'll go have a look at the Dawn Hall.

Hey boy.

Way to go!

9033 is dying.

What?

The girl is dying.

I can do nothing for her here.

You need to find another option.

We are Inferiors.

What can we do?

9033.

9033, these are cookies Captain Marc gave us.

I…I won't fight you for them anymore.

You can have them all.

If you can't save her here, I'll take her to the Medical Area for Superiors.

The Medical Area for Superiors?

We can't even get into their residential areas.

If we force our way in, we'll get shot.

Marc, switch to channel 4. Got something serious to discuss.

After this mission, do you still plan to leave the Lighthouse?

I promised Ran Bing.

We'll leave in any case.

Cut the crap!

Forget about how long you would last on the ground, you might not even make it out of the Lighthouse alive.

Morgan is old.

If he can't recover when we pull him through, Charles will certainly take the opportunity.

The moment real power falls into the hands of the Order of Light and Shadow, you two will never leave the Lighthouse alive.

The only way to survive is to become the new City Lord.

We've arranged things with the higher-ups.

If we get the medicine and keep Morgan alive, we'll lock down Victor's City Defense Force.

By then, dealing with those weak Discipline Enforcers will be a piece of cake.

You are Morgan's chosen successor.

He won't blame you even if he wakes up.

Take the seat first.

The rest will be easy to handle.

Only in this way can you keep Ran Bing safe.

Think about your sister.

Maybe we're fifteen years too late on this.

If Hong Kou were still alive, what do you think she would do?

I see.

Great!

Then it's settled.

Thanks guys.

Little boss has got some manners.

Alright.

Let's go all out tonight!

Captain, serpent hounds, all over the place.

Turrets, stand by.

Fire.

Boke, watch your six!

We'll cover the rear.

Fire!

Help! Help me!

Fang Ning.

Mo Cheng, Mina, are you there to enjoy the view?

Awesome, Mo Cheng.

They got too scared to come over now.

Way to go.

Definitely.

Smart boy.

Mo Cheng.

Earth howlers.

Full speed ahead.

All hunters get back inside.

We've got to cut off their charging.

Get Heavy Walkers ready.

Can't wait any longer.

I'll blast your red balls.

Save your ammos.

These are just to get us started.

Wait Jeff.

They're mine.

These red balls are all mine.

Fei Xue.

Copy that.

0609, can we get into the medical area for superiors?

Yeah sure.

Do you remember Captain Marc came to me once?

Yeah, I know.

He told me when he became the city lord, he would make me his deputy.

Great. Terrific.

And, Captain Marc saved 9033 once.

He will never let the girl die.

Yeah right.

What is it?

Go.

What do you want?

To end you.

Guys, you are dead men.

What's going on?

-You stink. -Get off me.

Not again.

You really stink. Don't you ever take a bath?

We're inferiors. We don't have a bath to take.

Stop, you lunatics.

0609 hurry go.

You must save her.

Run 0609.

On your feet.

Let go of me.

A bunch of cockroaches. Let go of me.

Or I'll kill you.

You must save her.

Run.

Watch out. The bridge is broken in the middle.

Oh man, we're done.

Step on the gas.

What?

Step on it.

Ignition.

Yes, the heart delivered by Captain Marc has been successfully transplanted to the superior.

Were you forced to carry out the operation?

I did perform the operation at Captain Marc's request.

Good.

We'll explain it to the Correction Institution.

No.

I should meet with due punishment by Lighthouse laws.

We'll accept your request.

Doctor.

Help her.

The girl is dying.

Please.

Please save her.

Doctor, I… I know we're inferiors.

I don't care how you managed to get in.

Get out of here right now.

But… Cuff them.

Yes sir.

Come over here.

You, and you.

Sir, we're not here to make trouble.

She's only a little girl.

We only wanted to save her.

Bullshit.

The hunters will be back in a few hours.

We barely have enough medical resources for them, definitely none for you.

But… Freaks.

Is there any therapeutic value in the inferior genes?

Please save her. She's a smart and nice girl.

She will contribute a lot for Lighthouse in the future.

Inferiors are trash by birth.

Future.

Trash has no future.

Captain Marc said, a person's value is not determined by a cold formula.

No one can deny us at our birth.

Superiors or inferiors, every one of us is unique.

You.

You… I'm going to kill you.

Sir.

8925.

8925.

Please don't… What is it?

Let me in.

Back off. Stop there.

Is it contagious?

Answer me.

Contagious or not?

Answer me.

Excuse me.

0609.

Kid.

In the past, doctors treated people in need, whatever their genes were.

0609.

Days and days, Three Steps to the Top of your Life Wild visions touch your dream, those memories will fade away.

Don't be sad.

Glimmers still remain.

We've reached the target collection point.

Time of arrival, 2:06 a.m.

21 minutes ahead of estimated time.

The entire collection point has caved in. The regular entrance is buried.

We can enter from the top.

Install gliding devices. We'll enter from the top.

The other teams make final preparations.

Copy that.

Pass me a wrench.

You work fast.

We're all set.

Thanks.

3955, what's wrong?

Captain Marc has so many devices.

Well… let's switch positions.

I've adjusted the sensitivity of the transmission shaft for you, and optimized the weapon cooling system.

There must be an interval of 2 seconds between continuous acceleration.

Otherwise, the power module will overheated.

You got it?

What are you smirking about?

In fact, it's good to go on a mission down here.

What's so good?

We may never return to… It's all right.

I'll protect you.

If you need me, remember to call me.

And me.

Keep it down.

We're not on Lighthouse now. What are you afraid of?

All communication networks, prepare to receive status reports.

Building Directory The fleet head for the west wing to find an evacuation point. Get ready to respond.

Team 2, guard the lobby, and set up a communication amplifier.

All other teams explore separately and move forward in silence.

Make sure we find the target potion within 20 minutes.

Let's move.

Copy that.

Everyone, stay alert.

What the hell is that?

It may be a medical robot of the old world.

Not here, either. Go.

Nirvana technology creates a perfect world.

We welcome all investors to join the latest research on biological beauty and anti-aging led by 7 of the world's top experts.

Our products will lead you to eternal health and beauty, free all mankind from decay, and provide a chance to regain a new life.

It's a holographic projection.

Can you imagine a future like this?

A future like this, you definitely cannot imagine.

Through large-scale experimental analysis and testing on various organisms, it has basically fulfilled the primary application of cell regeneration, and established a corresponding gene information database.

At present, through further research on CRISPR technology and the Cas9 protein complex family, we can reduce the risk of off-target effects to the minimum, and perform perfect fragment modification.

Your participation and support will enable mankind to break free from the time one day… The old world has already been studying on cell regeneration?

So Mo Cheng's legs will regrow?

If I can stay young forever, I won't have to go on the long journey.

Now, please follow me, and witness the miracles this technology brings to mankind.

Let's move.

To the next room.

Yes, copy that.

Yes, copy that.

What kind of disease did they get?

Why are they put in bags?

They are containers for living organs.

They were commodities, not humans.

Oh, you even know that.

Oh man.

They are priced.

Freaks.

What… The… We didn't notice it when we came in.

Holy shit.

What the hell is happening here?

How could it be?

They… They're all… Marc?

Take it easy.

Alright.

Suck it up.

How did you manage to take it until now?

You know how many contribution points you'll have to pay for it when we get back?

How many?

You must've jammed your head on the platform.

You have so many contribution points, but you still grudged food and drinks.

Then what's the point saving them?

I… You live no better than an inferior.

You… Bastard.

Cut it out.

You'd better leave me to the extremozoans.

You must be more careful.

If your hands are wasted, it'll make no difference even if you have a million contribution points.

Says who?

If I have enough contribution points, no matter how badly you are injured, as long as you are still alive, I can save you.

Let's think positive.

Walking away alone without permission.

You want to get killed or what?

Why did you walk away?

I… I just thought I could help.

What could you possibly do to help?

Watch it. We don't want to alert the extremozoans.

Health is tied to life, and life is entrusted to us.

Hello, I am Jianjian, your loyal and reliable medical guide.

Please press 1 for registration, 2 for payment, 3 for self-service inquiry, 4 for emergency medical treatment, 5 for manual service, and 6 for complaint.

Autonomous scanning initiated.

Damage to your prosthesis detected.

Serious delay in nerve connections.

Don't be upset or frustrated.

There is beauty even in deformity.

Who is deformed?

You can go to the Bionic Prosthetics Department.

The doctor will customize your prosthesis according to your body structure.

Really?

No symptoms, but abnormal telomeres of cells detected.

Unable to complete analysis.

Let's go.

Warning.

Local minor burns.

High risk of infection. Requires immediate treatment.

Our company has the largest medicine warehouse in the coastal area, with all kinds of drugs in stock.

Medicine warehouse? Where is it?

I'll take you to the underground medicine warehouse now.

Follow me please.

Remember to give me a 5-star praise.

Those living organ containers.

They look exactly the same as Marc when he was a boy.

The old world had cloning technology.

They could replicate a whole organism from only one cell.

You're kidding me.

Marc was born on Lighthouse.

How did they get his cells in the old world?

Attention, all teams. The medicine warehouse has been located.

Team 3 is heading for the target location.

All other teams, return to the lobby on the first floor immediately, and prepare for evacuation.

Copy that.

Medical Supplies Freezer Abnormal air index ahead.

Put on your masks.

Where are the men guarding the first floor?

Gog, report your position.

Do you copy? Come in.

I repeat.

Do you copy? Come in.

I repeat, Gog.

Do you copy? Come in.

Gog, where are you?

Report your position.

Help.

Gog.

Gog.

Where the hell are you?

Gog.

Help me.

Over there.

The signal is getting stronger.

Where did these pieces of shit come from?

He's alive.

Where are they now?

Help! Help me!

Gog.

They're all in here.

Hold your fire.

Hunters attacked in the lobby. Marc, do you copy?

Hunters attacked in the lobby.

No. Bromine fog.

Put on your masks.

Fire!

The bromine fog has formed a protective shield around him.

We can barely hurt him right now.

Non-combatants fall back.

The others fire cover.

No. Spread out. Now!

Get out of the way.

Let go of me.

Let go.

Asuo.

Asuo.

He's getting away. Stop him.

Don't let him go. Team 2 is still in his stomach.

No. He's heading for the dome.

If he gets out, we'll never get them back.

Help. Help me.

Spit them out now!

Harton.

-Harton -Calm down. There may be subordinate species.

Harton. Harton.

The extremozoans even know how to disguise themselves.

Take cover.

Move back.

Avoid their bone spurs.

Marc, have you got it?

Hello? Hello?

Tell the fleet to prepare to blow up the evacuation point.

Fleet, do you copy? Hello?

Team 2 are still inside the extremozoan.

The extermozoan is still sucking their life essence now.

We must work something out quick.

Gavin, it's too risky.

Help.

Watch out.

We've got your back.

Get me up there.

Sure.

Now.

Gog, hang in there.

I'll get you out right now.

Help. Help her.

Fang Ning. Gog.

Hurry, Gavin. They're closing in on us.

There's one in your 3 o'clock.

Focus your fire. We must keep them out.

They're too fast.

Spread out.

Watch out.

Everyone, hold your position.

Team 3, draw back the defense line.

Gog.

It's Fei Xue.

They're doomed. Do you want to be swallowed as well?

Where are the supplies?

Here are your ammos.

Hurry.

Here.

Fall back to the west side of the hall.

Move back.

Move back.

Attention, everyone. Team 4 has given up the high ground.

Spread out the battle formation and get away from their firing range on your own.

Spread out. Come on, come on.

Team 3 has arrived at the west side.

Team 5 is building up the defense line.

Team 4, report your position.

Is everyone there, team 4? Where is Aya? Aya?

Aya, report your position.

Hello? Hello?

Report in.

Report your position.

Bone spurs suck life essence.

Report your position.

Gog?

Gog.

Fang Ning.

Don't move.

Take it easy.

Only when you are weak, will they suck your life essence.

Hunter Jeff to captain Marc.

Do you copy? Come in.

Yes, this is Marc.

Captain, have you got the medicine?

Extremozoans are swarming all over the first floor.

What?

Request backup. Request backup.

Leave it to me.

Hold on. I'll be there right away.

Hurry up.

Yes sir.

Holy shit.

The bromine shield shows no sign of decline.

Re-form the defense line in the rear. Hurry.

Keep it away.

Fire cover.

Don't stand there. Move your ass.

Hurry.

I'll cover your back. Go.

Abu.

Let go of me.

Abu.

Everybody move.

This way. Follow me.

Hold tight. Come on up.

Lita.

Lita. Lita.

Afu.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

Captain Marc.

Captain Marc.

Marc.

Captain Marc.

If you took your time any longer, all of us would have been screwed into dead meatballs.

Marc, have you got the medicine?

Mo Cheng is still trying.

Xue Feng, you deal with the little ones.

Copy that.

Modified Heavy Walkers, come with me.

Copy that.

The bromine shield is gone now.

Let's hold him as long as possible.

Got it.

Everyone, replenish your ammos.

Attack the beasts from your bunkers.

Cooperate with the Heavy Walkers.

Come on. Come on.

More than 8 meters tall, releasing a bromine fog, he should be an evo-monster.

Modified Heavy Walkers, final adjustments.

Copy that.

Get ready.

Fire!

Armored fighters, provide cover.

Copy that.

Fei Xue, work with me to conduct long-range strikes.

Got it.

Keep the battle formation and move back.

I'll distract him.

I'm here, big guy.

This is for Gog.

This is for Fang Ning, and for all the soldiers left behind.

Come on.

You are a giant so you can bully us?

I'll never let you hurt my fellow soldiers again.

No one dies for nothing.

You talked too much back there.

We got it.

Stay alert.

Get rid of the other extremozoans as soon as possible.

Got it.

Jeff, contact Mo Cheng.

I've got the medicine.

Over here.

Be careful.

Are we going to… meet with Captain Marc now?

They've got extremozoans in the lobby.

We'll go right back to the fleet.

We made it at last.

When the City Lord wakes up, he will definitely reward us.

What's the matter with you?

Linna.

Please get ready for emergency medical aid.

The vital signs of the injured are disappearing.

What?

It's Las Morass.

Get out of here.

Copy that.

Abnormal division of aggressive plant cells detected.

It produces tropism to living organisms. Was anyone injured just now?

I don't know.

Las Morass is quite rare, and it won't be active without hemoglobin.

Hurry. To the medicine cabinet.

Boke.

Help me.

Hurry.

Move back.

There is the door.

Calm down, everybody. Las Morass has a limited attack range.

It won't sense us if we are out of its range.

Help… Hurry. Jump over.

Hurry. Jump over.

City Lord's medicine. You go ahead.

Mo Cheng.

Screw you.

Hurry. That way.

What is it?

No, it seems Las Morass is in control of those robots.

Come with me.

Move.

Go away.

Bastard.

Hurry. Rush through them.

Get off. Get off me.

Las Morass is coming. Shut the door.

Wait. Wait for us.

Help…help me.

Don't shut the door.

Boke, Mo Cheng, hurry.

Hurry.

Wait. Wait. Wait.

Mo Cheng, it's too late. Hurry.

Please.

Wait. Wait.

Don't shut the door.

No.

Team 1.

Mo Cheng, have you got the medicine?

Hello? Hello?

Goddamned place.

We lost the signal again all of a sudden.

We know little about the new species.

The previous regeneration assessment data may not be accurate.

I suggest we leave here as soon as possible.

OK. Keep calling Mo Cheng.

When he grabs the medicine, we'll leave immediately.

What is that light?

Fei Xue.

Got it.

What is it?

Look, the light seems to be converging on one spot.

Is it ecological disturbance?

Scan the building.

Copy that.

I've got strong signs of regeneration around us.

They are being reborn.

So soon?

It must have something to do with the strange light.

High-energy reaction detected.

Get out of there.

Shit.

Marc.

Hadji.

All team members, come in.

This is the fleet. Come in.

Hadji.

Hadji.

Hadji.

Get the medical equipment, now!

Don't worry. It's nothing.

A prosthetic leg and I'll be fine.

What are you looking at?

I don't have to go to the Dawn Hall anyway.

I'll kill you all, bastards.

Hadji, shut the protective cover.

Hold on. I will take you back.

Little boss, I… I really want to see it… when you become the real boss.

Don't say it, Hadji.

We failed your sister that day.

Today, I'll repay it with my life.

Hadji.

I've got in touch with Mo Cheng.

He's got the medicine.

He will meet with the fleet within five minutes.

Request to evacuate, Captain.

Request to evacuate.

He is transmitting energy by means of the light.

These genetic types will be reborn quickly on the territory of the evo-monsters.

No! Attack its tail!

Stay away from the bone spurs.

It's the little one.

Fei Xue, can you move?

I'm farther away than you are. I can hold on for a while.

I'm afraid it'll take more than one shot to take down that big guy.

Take down the little one in front of him.

Do it.

Xue Feng.

Go to hell.

Xue Feng.

Captain, we are about to reach the evacuation point.

Where are you?

Xue Feng.

Xue Feng.

Let go of me.

Get everyone out of here.

I'll hold him back.

We don't want to lose more of our lives here.

I'll make it even with him.

Retreat everybody.

Go.

Hurry. You want to get killed or what?

General Victor.

Half an hour ago, a bunch of inferiors broke into the medical zone for superiors in order to save a girl.

They got into a conflict with City Defense Force, and I heard someone was shot.

But here's the interesting part, the leading inferior claimed it was Marc's idea.

Sorry General.

You may leave.

Yes sir.

To my surprise, a superior doctor offered to treat the inferior girl.

Of course, the doctor will be punished by law.

He stirred things up before leaving for the ground, but the impact on Lighthouse won't ease so quickly.

He's emotional, just like his sister.

General, have you ever thought maybe Mark was right?

Maybe this is our chance to make a change in Lighthouse.

Things are not as simple as you think.

Have you ever thought what it might cost to make a change?

The Hunters have entered the target collection area.

But 15 minutes ago, Lighthouse lost their signal all of a sudden.

He is the one who caused the mess and took on the task.

In any case, he has to make it back with the medicine.

That's right.

We should trust him.

As the City Lord always says, he will be back.

General Victor, if Marc comes back with the medicine, and the Light and Shadow Society still wants to go against him, what will you do?

Marc's fate can only be decided by the City Lord himself.

There's no bromine fog here.

3955?

Hunter to Captain Marc.

Hunter to Captain Marc.

Do you copy? Do you copy?

Hunter to Captain Marc.

Boke, Afu, get the injured on the vehicles.

The fleet, start the engine and stand by.

Boost the comms power.

Scan for Marc's location.

Hurry up! Move!

Marc, where are you?

Hurry up back there. Hurry up!

Marc, do you copy?

Captain, are you still down there?

Mo Cheng… No. We must go back to get him out.

No. We must go back to get him out.

Mo Cheng, lock my position.

Marc, can you hear me?

Backup is on the way.

Heavy Walker structures damaged.

You are recommended to go offline as soon as possible.

The extremozoans will come around at any time.

It's too dangerous here.

Go now!

Not afraid at all.

You'd make a great Hunter.

Last time you protected the supplies, and saved Corey.

I never thought I would owe you another one today.

Captain's position is locked. He's right below us.

4068, if there is a… I'm sorry. I'm sorry…

I'm sorry. I'm sorry… I have no choice.

Captain!

Marc!

Prepare for anima induction.

Come on. Time to milk again.

Hang in there, Fatso.

What's going on?

We don't have time for it.

His wounds must be treated right away.

Go.

Captain Marc is hopeless now.

Who shall we follow to hunt on the ground in the future?

Can we still get any supplies?

Not before or after. Perfect timing.

What he said all ends up as nonsense.

He got the medicine anyway.

If the City Lord will do as what he said when we go back, he won't die for nothing.

Perhaps Captain Marc can pull through.

In your dream.

You didn't see it.

He's got a cut in the neck this long.

The mecha twisted out of shape, and his blood is all over the place.

4068, you are a smart ass.

If you hadn't got transferred from Team 2, you would be flesh remnant now.

C-Chief, I am only an inferior.

How can I pull down a big shot like Captain Marc?

Marc always sets his eyes on the extremozoans.

To him, inferiors aren't much of a threat.

Get rid of him, and I will give you the status of a superior.

Chief, but, I really can't… You can't or you won't?

Chief, I do want to become a superior.

I'm willing to do anything for you.

But Captain Marc saved my life.

I just can't… As an inferior, you are quite smart, but unfortunately, not smart enough.

Chief, this is… 4277?

As an inferior, hiding ground items from Lighthouse— what will be the punishment?

By law, one month's contribution points to be deducted, 16 whips, and three days of light penalty for purification.

Chief, it has nothing to do with her.

I smuggled it from the ground.

Punish me as you wish.

Such a heavy punishment is no better than a death penalty.

The Lord of Light and Shadow has mercy on people, so let's put her out of the sufferings.

I've collected plenty of little toys from the old world just like this.

Now it's finally coming in handy.

Chief please.

Please don't hurt her.

4277.

4277.

Sometimes an old antique comes handier than a gun.

Chief, 4277 knows nothing about it.

Does it hurt?

It'll teach you if only it hurts.

I'll do it. I promise I'll do it.

Please spare her.

4277. 4277.

Chief, I'll do anything for you.

Whether it's the Hunters, or it's Marc.

I'll kill him however you want me to kill him.

I'll kill him as many times as you want me to kill him.

I'm willing to die along with him.

The Lord of Light and Shadow gave you a chance.

Unfortunately, you didn't take it.

What's wrong? Don't you want to see her?

She's not 4277.

Only when you're on the right path can you stand a chance of living.

I'll be waiting for your good news.

Open the door.

- Ran Bing. - Lieutenant.

but life's twists and turns have blurred my sight.

When I reach for you now, you're already far away.

4068.

We've sewed up his windpipe and the wound.

He can breathe on his own now.

There was bromine fog lingering in the lobby at the time, so we applied atomized antidote just in case.

Ran Bing.

Ran Bing.

Everybody now.

Now, with nothing to hold but empty hands, even my memories shake.

If only time could turn back, if you were still by my side, Why didn't you take me with you?

But now, no matter how long I wait, I'm glad you're back.

This is not his first time.

I believe he will make it.

Excuse me.

Please wait a moment.

Calculating life formula.

You… I understand your feelings, but we must go through life assessment even for a badly injured.

You sons of… Forget the assessment.

If his is not enough, he can have all of my contribution points.

And mine.

And ours.

Hurry. Carry him inside.

Look out.

What is it?

Back off.

Are you out of your mind? He's Marc.

But he is possessed.

City Defense Force, we've got a parasite on the lifting platform.

Request military force. Hello…

Bullshit.

Dr. Carrie.

I thought I came all the way for nothing again.

I didn't expect Captain Marc brought me a spinal centipede personally.

Such a precious ecological sample, and you wanted to throw it away?

Come on. Make it snappy.

We need your cooperation.

Please don't take away anything from the ground.

Those who have been swabbed, Hold on.

please proceed to the isolation room to be disinfected.

Pack up everything that we can use.

Yes doctor.

I know what's on your mind.

Don't even think about it.

Relax.

I'm not interested in your captain.

Please find a way to remove the spinal centipede.

I do have a way.

But I doubt you have the guts for it.

All beings originally born, stay perfect and pure, as in Nirvana.

What happened to me?

The life formula decided that you had no therapeutic value.

But now… If Captain Marc hadn't brought back these medicine in time, you would've died long ago.

Also, he made you the first one on Lighthouse who violated the life formula.

I wonder what the City Lord will do with Captain Marc?

Where is he now?

We've done sub-hypothermia treatment to the spinal centipede and the subject.

The spinal centipede is stable.

No signs of scarlet pheromone release detected.

There are thyroid cartilage fractures in his superficial trachea, but it won't kill him.

The ECA and jugular vein have been repaired.

The subject has a mild concussion.

His cheekbones are slightly displaced, the fourth, sixth, and tenth ribs on the left are broken, left ulna and left tibia are fractured and displaced, and right forearm and lower right leg crushed.

We've taken care of the physical injuries above, but the spine was totally ripped apart at C7, T5, T10, and L4.

The spinal cord is badly damaged, broken bones drifted away.

It is completely occupied by the spinal centipede.

We need to remove it before any medical treatment.

No hurry.

Their nerves are fusing.

That's the way spinal centipedes parasitize and manipulate humans.

In former cases, it was only the spinal centipede cells that invaded the human body, but this time… It seems… Marc's cells are devouring the spinal centipede's cells.

That's why there is no sign of him being controlled.

I don't know why, but this is probably the reason that Marc is still alive.

The spinal cord injuries ruined Marc's central nervous system, but he managed to survive on the nerves of the spinal centipede.

I guess the Creator works in mysterious ways.

Is it possible that Marc will use the entire spinal centipede for his own benefit, and then get back to normal?

Not so easy.

Doctor, the spinal centipede is gradually waking up from sub-hypothermia.

The frequency of life activities is increasing.

Nerve fusion is speeding up, which means the spinal centipede is losing more cells.

If it goes on like this, in less than 20 minutes, the spinal centipede will break away from the host by itself.

How come?

Once spinal centipedes get to a human body, they never leave by themselves.

You went to prey, but the prey tried to eat you.

Won't you run for your life?

Without the spinal centipede… If the spinal centipede is maintaining Marc's life, Marc will be dead the moment it leaves.

We cannot kill it, or let it get away.

Finally, there is someone with a bright mind.

Dr. Carrie, if…if you could turn the spinal centipede… Turn it into Marc's spine, right?

Are you out of your mind?

Theoretically, if we can inhibit the main nerve of the spinal centipede, it will be incapably of spontaneous movements.

A spinal centipede like that, in my eyes, is no different from General Victor's prosthetic limb.

Both are medical aid.

They had done brain transplants in the old world.

It proves that a subject's brain is fully capable of controlling the central nervous system of another subject.

So, if only Marc's brain can control the nerves of the spinal centipede, it may well become his spine.

But that's a spinal centipede after all.

No one can guarantee what'll happen in the future.

Is this the only way to keep him alive?

Keep him alive?

I'm just wondering, with a bug in his body, will he still be the same old Marc?

In other words, will he still be a human?

Dr. Carrie, what happened to the people possessed by spinal centipedes?

Their muscle activity was greatly enhanced.

Strength and agility increased far beyond ordinary people.

With remaining intelligence to a certain degree.

There are records of parasites using firearms and even driving Heavy Walkers in the file.

Captain Marc took down nearly half of the Discipline Enforcers in Dawn Hall with his bare hands.

The heavily armored Sharif is still lying in the infirmary.

The Hunters suffered a heavy loss this time.

In case Marc is out of control, the Light and Shadow Society and City Defense Force can never stop him.

Marc has done so much for Lighthouse.

You can't just let him die.

Has he done it for Lighthouse, or has he done it for you?

City Defense Force, we need you here in the Ecology Research Institute to get rid of the spinal centipede.

City Defense Force has no authority to enter the Ecology Research Institute.

My lord.

He can't die yet.

Lighthouse cannot even deal with a parasite?

My lord… I know your concerns.

You may take some precautions for fear of losing control.

But… He was injured badly for the future of Lighthouse.

He was right.

In the past two years, Lighthouse has become strong enough to return to the ground and rise to the challenges, but I have been hesitant to make a decision, because I don't know if Lighthouse can pull through a war against all odds, like the surgery that Marc is about to face, full of unknown dangers.

My lord, we shall never give up even if there is a remote chance.

Yes, we shall never give up even if there is a remote chance.

The vital signs of the spinal centipede are stable, but the hormone shows the other way round.

Robotic manipulars calibrated.

I have always thought you are just a bunch of idiots, dumbasses and nerds.

Now we have only 20 minutes.

If the spinal centipede leaves the host, not only will Marc be dead, but in this confined space, if it releases scarlet pheromone, none of us can get away.

So, do your best.

Yes doctor.

Monitor and analyze the activities of the spinal centipede.

Yes doctor.

Anaesthetize the subject.

Copy that.

EEG shows the subject is in deep sleep. Muscles relaxed.

Stress response restrained. Operation may start.

Open the wound.

Lift up the spinal centipede.

Mouthparts revealed. We can start incision.

Ultrasonic Osteotome.

Yes doctor.

Stress response index of the spinal centipede is rising.

Initiate Osler. Clean up all the broken bones.

Stress response index still rising.

Index dropping.

Initiate Forssmann.

Yes doctor.

Strengthen the joint. Establish an entry point.

Prepare for electric shock.

Electric probe charged.

Discharge.

The spinal centipede is saying something.

It does sound like a human language.

Carrie, are you sure you can stop the spontaneous movements of the spinal centipede?

Maximum power.

But… - Doctor. - Get out of my way!

- Doctor. - Get out of my way!

Marc!

Subject's blood pressure going up. 200, 120.

Carrie, stop the operation now.

The spinal centipede's body temperature is also rising.

Carrie, turn off the power now!

All procedures are within fault tolerance.

Heart rate is rising too fast. 158, 162, 171.

Nerve fusion continues. Just hold on.

190, 210. Heart rate exceeded limit and is still rising.

Stop it. He's dying. Stop it. He's dying.

Just a minute, hang in there!

Carrie.

Almost there. Almost there.

Marc!

Subject's vital index back to normal.

Doctor.

We've got some real thrills from this operation.

First, the spinal centipede tried to parasitize but was countered by a human.

Marc managed to survive on the spinal centipede.

Then, the spinal centipede attached to Marc's bones all by itself.

Their nerves are completely fused together.

How could it happen?

My lord, Marc will have to stay in my Ecology Research Institute for a while.

I will solve all the puzzles, and maybe even dig up some secrets of Manna Ecology.

Finally, he is all right. Terrific.

It was a close one.

I never thought it would go exactly as the Chief expected.

But unfortunately, Marc still came back alive.

Bringer of Light, my lady, I did my best.

I… I really thought he was dead.

The Chief always keeps his promise.

This is what you deserve.

My lady, there is still an inferior number on the badge.

But the superiors have medical rights, breeding rights, as well as their own residences and names.

Did you kill Marc already?

I guess you forgot how the inferior with long braids died.

Please leave 4277 alone, my lady.

She is innocent.

Superior 4068, you should concern more if Marc is going to die soon.

Only if he is dead, can you leave here alive.

Otherwise, everything you did on the ground will be punished by law, without mercy.

But… but you made me do it.

Well, who will believe it?

It's a blessing in disguise.

The kid has got an indestructible spine.

However, whether the spinal centipede has permanently lost its spontaneous movements, whether there will be rejection and after effect, it is all unknown to us.

As for now, it is just a successful operation.

Carrie is in a good mood.

Marc will be fine.

Doctor, the head of the spinal centipede.

Stop it, idiots.

No pulse.

No blood pressure detected.

EEG abnormal. No spontaneous respiration.

Switch the respirator to controlled ventilation.

Prepare for tracheal intubation.

What the hell is going on? How come?

In position.

Heartbeat begins to restore. Subject has ventricular fibrillation.

Defibrillator. Bi-directional wave, 200J.

Adrenaline 1 mg.

Ran Bing.

Ran Bing.

Ran Bing.

Ran Bing.

Dr. Carrie, Captain Marc is… To hell with Captain Marc.

He is the first chimera of human and Manna Ecology.

Don't you understand what it means?

Adrenaline.

Marc, you can't lose.

You have never lost to Manna Eco, right?

Get the hell up.

His life essence has started to fade away naturally.

This operation has already saved Marc's face as a Lighthouse superior.

He died as a human after all, better than being drained off by the extremozoans and turned into a flesh remnant.

Hunter Marc, time of death: 7:42, September 25.

Marc, wake up.

You said you would take me away from Lighthouse.

You said we were going to the ground, and in times of danger, you would stand in front of me.

You said you wanted to start a family with me.

Come on, will you get up?

Little boss, when you see Hong Kou, apologize to her for us.

After all, we failed to keep our words.

Even if we die, we would be too ashamed to see her.

Sir, I failed your entrustment after all.

You left our only hope on Lighthouse.

I haven't solved the mystery of him yet, and now he lost his life because of me.

If I had told him the real reason for the Three Great Laws sooner, maybe things would have been different.

Where did it go wrong?

Analysis completed.

Sample is in an inert state, but signs of regeneration are detected.

Inert state? Regeneration?

What was it?

Ran Bing.

Run.

Fall back.

Don't come over.

I know, since that day, you have been holding a belief that you are the one who can change the destiny of mankind.

But the truth is that not everyone can bear it.

Behind this door lies everything you want to know, but it'll become your cage hereafter.

Now, you still have choices.

But you don't, do you?

Permission changed.

This is the energy and computing center of Lighthouse.

The operation and routes of Lighthouse were maintained by the device.

It has been there since the time of Tartarus.

It can detect the position and momentum of microscopic particles.

We still cannot understand how it works, but the messages it gave us allowed us to live to the present day.

Back then, when it was functioning normally, the prison got to know the time of the catastrophe in advance, and managed to survive the catastrophe.

Later, we tried deducing the future of mankind with it in an attempt to find a way to fight against Manna Eco.

The answers it gave us were symbols and equations that were beyond our understanding.

The only thing that was interpreted was a coordinate.

The first City Lord of Lighthouse went there immediately, but there, he only found a baby.

Who was this baby?

You don't need me to tell you that.

I don't give a shit what it is.

A baby can fight against Manna Eco in the future.

How can that be predicted?

Do you believe in that augury nonsense?

From a macro perspective, matter is nothing but piles of aggregated atoms, and the motion of atoms conforms to physical equations.

For a little ball, if you know its position, speed, and the force on it, you can calculate its future trajectory.

Theoretically, if we know the exact state of every atom in the universe, with enough computing power, we can figure out the future.

I had thought if I could make Marc into a great warrior, in the future, he would lead Lighthouse to overcome Manna Eco.

It was not until the day of the surgery on the spinal centipede when I came to realize that Marc may have been destined to serve as the bridge between humanity and Manna Eco.

Or only he only he could see its hidden truths.

You old maniac.

We can put him down just with a few of bullets.

Any extremozoan can tear him into pieces.

What truths you expect him to see?

I know.

Maybe it is because he has not crossed the last boundary.

Doctor Lottie, you saved me. Will you get punished for it?

This is not something a child should be concerned about.

Though the operation was successful, I don't suppose you have a chance.

Have a good rest.

But I will get better, right?

You'll be fine.

Everything will be fine.

Thank you.

Superior Lottie, you have repeatedly violated the life formula, by performing operations for inferiors, which have wasted plenty of medical resources.

By law, you will be fined six-month Contribution Point, demoted, punished physically in Correction Institution, and imprisoned for ten days.

Charles, why can't we see Lord Morgan?

This is the acting City Lord.

You should call him Lord Charles.

Without the approval of the City Lord, who made you the acting City Lord?

How do you know I don't have Morgan's approval?

General Victor, due to your misconduct, Lord Morgan was injured badly.

And now, the future City Lord has turned into a monster.

At this moment, Lighthouse is just like Morgan, an old man on his deathbed.

The administrations need some new blood.

Meet the new deputy commander of City Defense Force.

He is going to share your burdens, General.

He's hardly a good dog.

Charles, what the hell do you want?

As the acting City Lord of Lighthouse, I hope the two of you will perform your duties as you did under the leadership of Lord Morgan, keeping Lighthouse up to shelter the last humans.

By the way, it's not safe in Lighthouse nowadays.

I've selected some Discipline Enforcers to protect you.

You still have the mood to practice boxing?

What's going on?

Mo Cheng.

How could you be stupid to come up with that crappy idea?

Chill out, Mo Cheng. Calm down.

Yeah easy man.

At the time, there was no other options.

See what you've got Marc into?

What are we gonna do?

At least he's alive.

Yeah, right. He's hardly alive like that.

So many people were killed in the incinerator room.

Anyway, I'll never get close to him again.

I almost got killed today.

Coward. I'll go then.

Anyone wanna go with me?

Well...

Good. Very good.

I'll go alone.

I'll get him out and shoot him in the head.

It'll be better than being excruciated every day.

Wait. Calm down.

Mo Cheng, chill out.

That's right.

Trying to be a hero now?

If you had got the medicine earlier, Marc wouldn't be like this.

Are you blaming me for what happened to Captain?

I guess only one hand broken is not enough for you.

Oh, come on.

I can take you down with only one hand.

You got a whole team at the time, and yet you left Marc alone.

Now you blame me for it?

Enough.

Get off me.

Do you think the one they keep in Eco Research Institute is Marc?

If we get Marc out, are you really gonna shoot him?

Are you afraid of getting killed, or of facing Marc like that?

If he looks like this forever, will you still call him Captain?

Ran Bing, stop it.

In your mind, he is not a human anymore, right?

I'll take care of it.

I won't get you involved for what I have done.

Ran Bing.

Leave, all of you.

There's no team now.

Doctor, seems that it didn't recognize itself.

For Captain Marc, it was his normal reaction when he saw an aggressive creature.

Doctor, you were right.

It not only recognized itself, but also showed mood swings.

Start testing the response of the subject's frontal lobe and hippocampus.

Record the results of the mirror test.

Apart from the changes in appearance, Subject No. 4 also lost the ability to control language and emotions,

Subject No. 4 also lost the ability to control language and emotions, but retained a strong sense of self-awareness and part of emotions and memories.

Powerful bio-magnetic emissions of Subject No. 4 detected.

Radiological imaging equipment failed to scan the inside of his body normally.

And, we've got the result of genetic analysis.

A gene mutation almost across species, and it did not break his genetic strands, but kept him alive.

What a miracle.

Retrieve the genetic record of human Marc for further comparison.

Do we still have samples of human Marc's cells?

When the spinal centipede was transferred, we kept some unparasitized samples.

Run gene sequencing immediately.

Yes ma'am.

This is Ecology Research Institute.

What are you up to?

The new deputy commander of City Defense Senge commanded that we take some precautions here in case the incinerator room incident would happen again.

City Defense is just some pussycats.

What's the point of a deputy?

Doctor Carrie, we are here to test the monster's tolerance to different firearms. After all, if accidents happen again, no one can take the responsibility.

Open the door.

Whether you are a hero or not, I don't give a shit.

But you killed my men in the incinerator room.

I've got to settle it with you.

You got him.

They...

You distributed our supplies to the inferiors.

Who do you think you are?

They can't do this.

Cut the crap. Record the data.

From the results of the attacks, his muscle strength, bone density and tenacity of epidermis go far beyond those of large reptiles in ancient times.

But being shot constantly at such a close range, I'm afraid...

I'm afraid...

He is a very rare test subject.

Just don't go too far.

They said every time he was injured, he would recover in a few days.

Even the incinerator couldn't burn him up.

Scrapes like this won't hurt him much.

Captain Marc, my lord, don't take it to heart.

Doctor, the cells of Subject No. 4

have structures similar to cell walls.

Its hemoglobin is dozens of times higher than that of humans, which can produce super stamina.

Besides, the mitochondria in the sample cells have no genetic materials at all.

And compared to human cells of the same tissue, the number is doubled.

The thousands of super mitochondria in his cells produce energy far more efficiently than those of humans.

If we can replicate them, we may have a better chance in our battles against extremozoans.

Hold your fire.

Doctor, we've got the results of human Marc's gene sequencing.

What?

With such a degree of deviation, he's not a human biologically.

This is impossible.

Before the Three Great Laws were enacted, everyone had underwent a genetic test.

If Marc had such weird genes, they wouldn't have missed that and made him a superior.

Doctor, each vital index of Subject No. 4

is getting critical.

Get out of the room if you are done.

I'm sure you don't know that one of the soldiers you killed in the incinerator room was the best from Collective Cultivation and Education.

You always despised City Defense Force. We can take it.

But now you even killed your fellows.

When you smashed them to death, did you ever think that they were also unique?

Doctor, the vital signs of Subject No. 4 are recovering, along with strong mood swings.

Captain Marc, your wound has healed fast.

The place of City Lord will be taken over by Marc.

The City Lord has given his order to restart the Abyss Walker Project.

We shall never give up even if there is a remote chance.

She's not even a human.

Let me out. I don't want to die.

Please. Let me out.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

Now, can you release Marc?

Stubborn girl.

Are you so sure that guy is still the Marc you know?

Does it matter to you?

He's been always fighting for Lighthouse.

He is a hero. He shouldn't be treated like this.

He's been working hard.

That's why I didn't execute him right away.

Captain Marc is still fighting now, but in a different battlefield.

He is now Doctor Carrie's precious little thing.

Even I can't get to see him.

They said he would be cut into pieces and soaked in a jar.

He's got some hard skin, and they've wasted several blades.

I know what you want.

Now that Lighthouse is all yours, please let him go.

How?

Have him dressed in his uniform and return to Hunters?

Let me take him away from Lighthouse.

I guess the Lord of Light and Shadow may grant your wish this time.

However, we must follow the laws of Lighthouse.

You want us to go on the Final Journey?

But the people...

That's right.

I want to see how the people of Lighthouse will send off their hero.

Marc's dignity, or his life.

You'll have to make a choice.

Thanks for your mercy, Chief.

I hope you will keep your promise.

In a few years, we'll go on the Final Journey together.

Chief, why you come over in person?

You've recovered.

It seems the heart suits you well.

Chief, Lighthouse saved me again. I'm grateful.

I still remember the day we were in the ruins, trapped by the beasts, with our lives on the line.

And Lighthouse turned up in time and kicked off the beasts, so that we survived.

And Chief, your instructions made us keep the kind nature of helping each other even in a cruel time.

But people in the medical area said that Lighthouse had no heart for transplantation.

I'd like to know the courageous superior who would rather sacrifice themselves to donate their heart to me.

Indeed, a courageous Lighthouse citizen.

Very touching.

So, it was an inferior.

Only with the guidance of you, Chief, would Lighthouse have such a great person.

I didn't play a key role in this matter.

It was the chivalrous captain of Hunters who violated the law of Lighthouse, personally sent that person to the medical area, and arranged your operation.

So it was Captain Marc.

Chief, please allow me to say thank you to Captain Marc in person.

I'm afraid you don't have the chance now.

Captain Marc is about to go on the Final Journey.

What?

At least let me know the number of the inferior.

Her number is 1225.

It was she who gave you her heart when you were dying.

You have an inferior's heart beating inside your body, so don't use the name Luke anymore.

From now on, you are 1225.

Take good care of it. The heart didn't come easily.

The Final Journey ceremony begins.

Marc, I will take you away from here.

Don't they know that Manna on this continent is gonna evolve?

The old guy who came here recently said the people up there had no emotions and they wouldn't provoke those ugly beasts.

Liar.

The guy Master Lai mentioned is called Marc, right?

People around him called him that.

Perhaps Master Lai got hammered again this time.

That guy's spine was taken by a big-faced bug.

How could he go to the Faulted Gorge all by himself?

I just fired an anima flare. Quite weak now.

I have to make it clear. I don't want to get killed.

Let's move. Scarlet Swirl is turning up again.

We must get things done before they evolve.

Master Lai never gets it wrong.

Isn't this Superior 4068?

What brought you here?

Did they kick you down or what?

Cut it out.

4068 found the medicine for Lord Morgan.

Surely Lighthouse should award him for his merit.

Besides, 4068 never gives a damn to the superior identity.

Otherwise, he would've moved to the Superior area long ago.

Cut it.

Let's go.

Captain Marc.

Lieutenant Ran Bing.

You must find the truth for us.

Yeah yeah.

Find the truth.

It looks like Captain Marc is so down.

Captain Marc.

Wait a minute.

Wait.

Wait a minute.

Whatever you want, you can't interrupt the Final Journey ceremony.

Lieutenant Ran Bing, I was about to die.

It was Captain Marc who gave me a second chance.

I just wish to thank him in person.

But Marc...

So do we.

We also came to thank Captain Marc.

Thank you, Captain Marc.

You did it.

It's all… Stop it.

…your fault.

Everyone, step back.

No one should stand in the way of Captain Marc's Final Journey.

He said this monster is Captain Marc.

How come he turned into something like this?

It's terrifying.

What the hell is this? It even has a tail.

It doesn't look like a human at all.

Was he infected by the scarlet pheromone or bitten by the spinal centipede?

Is he really Marc?

Well well look at this.

It is not Captain Marc.

It's a goddamn monster.

Monster.

Can it be held tight with only a few rusty chains?

They must be kidding.

Right, Even two mechas can't stop him if he gets out of control.

Monster. He is a monster.

Monster.

Stay away from him. He bites.

I don't want to end up in his mouth.

I wonder what he had done to deserve such a punishment by the Lord of Light and Shadow.

The lifting platform is just ahead.

We must hold on.

Marc violated the Three Great Laws and defiled the Lord of Light and Shadow.

His appearance now is a punishment by the Lord of Light and Shadow.

We shall torch him.

Yeah.

He's right.

Marc killed many of us in the incinerator room.

A monster like him doesn't deserve the Final Journey.

What?

Is that true?

It's terrible.

The Lord of Light and Shadow will never spare a monster who slaughtered his own fellows.

Burn him, or the Lord of Light and Shadow will vent his anger on us.

A monster doesn't deserve the Final Journey.

Burn him.

Enough.

Which one of you could have made it till now without him?

He takes back everything you eat or use at the risk of his life.

Is this how you return...

We have made it till now under the shelter of the Lord of Light and Shadow, not the monster.

The Lord of Light and Shadow condemned us.

The monster is to blame.

Stop it.

The monster is weakened.

Kill them. Now.

4068.

Kill him.

Kill him.

Kill them both.

Look out.

Someone is killed.

No one is allowed to interrupt the Final Journey ceremony.

Chief.

His hands are covered in blood.

If he gets away alive, the Lord's punishment will come to us.

The disaster just now must have been an omen.

Right. Don't let him get away alive.

A monster like him can never find any truth for Lighthouse.

It brings only disasters.

By the time the wrath of the Lord falls upon us, we will suffer from endless pain and torture.

Let him die.

Kill him.

You promised me.

Burn him.

Burn the monster.

Burn him.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Burn him.

Marc.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

The Lighthouse hero ended up like this.

It is only human nature to feel sorry for him.

But I can't tolerate a grain of sand in my eyes.

Just for once.

Got it?

Take it out and put it on.

You're a superior.

Why bother to hide it?

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

Ignite.

Burn him.

Marc.

What is it? What happened?

What's going on?

You're under siege.

Step back, all of you.

It took me great effort to get back my Heavy Walker.

It's time to kick your asses.

The Lord of Light and Shadow has already seen through everything.

Get them.

Ask your Lord of Light and Shadow if I'll blow your damn head today.

Disgrace!

Do you dare?

Tell them to stop.

Stop, all of you.

Stop.

Move, fall back.

Get the hell out of my way.

Take it.

You two lovebirds' date?

Forget it.

The captain and the lieutenant of Hunters got rubbed on the ground by a bunch of trash.

What a shame if words get out.

As an elite of Hunters, I feel too ashamed to hang out in Lighthouse.

I'm going to unlock you.

Don't bite me.

Let me make it clear first.

We'll live together later.

No snoring, no grinding teeth, no farting.

The jumping spider isn't big enough to accommodate all of you.

We'll take the ones who hop on board first.

I won't take care of whoever falls behind.

I guess the team of yours will never fall apart.

Lita, are you ready there?

We can set off any moment.

8925.

Don't rush me.

Why don't you bite it off?

I never know that the Hunter can't even pick a lock.

So lame.

What're you up to?

Watch and learn.

Why did you move back so far?

What's to be so scared of?

Scared or not?

Aren't you scared?

I wanted to punch you long ago.

Yes, I'm scared.

Yet you talk so loud.

Yes, I'm scared.

Louder.

No one can hear it.

Scared or not?

Scared or not?

Done.

It works alright.

The once handsome and valiant Captain Marc was parasitized by the spinal centipede, and turned into an ugly monster.

Shut your mouth.

Did it ever come to you?

Marc was in the Heavy Walker at the moment, how could anyone cut his throat?

What?

And how could he be parasitized by the spinal centipede?

What do you mean?

It was you.

So, so it was you.

No.

Listen, Marc was...

was...

Gavin?

Gavin, what's going on?

Acknowledge.

1225 asked Marc to give her heart to a superior.

Ran Bing's breeding mission, and finally, someone cut Marc's throat.

All of it was my work.

You… bastard.

Gavin.

Captain.

All Heavy Walkers, go.

Lieutenant Ran Bing.

Captain Marc.

Are you alright?

Captain Marc.

Captain Marc.

Captain Marc.

Are you alright?

Captain Marc.

I know you are broken inside.

But Marc, you're not a monster like they say.

Though I don't know what's happening inside your body, I believe that you will get better.

You have always wanted to go back to the ground.

We're about to make it.

Do you remember our promise?

You said we would leave Lighthouse and start a family on the ground.

Marc, whatever happens, you are always my family.

After going down, the whole ground will be our home.

We can stick together all day long.

Did you know that in the old world, people in love would hold a ceremony called wedding.

They would receive blessings from their friends and exchange tokens of love.

After that, they would be together forever.

How I wish that after getting to the ground, there would be a wedding for us.

Marc, I want to grow old with you.

I want to see your wrinkled face, and see if you can fight extremozoans then.

I don't want to part with you, but why, in this catastrophic world, being with the one you love is such a luxury.

Ran Bing.

Ran Bing.

Marc!

The most courageous moment in my life is when I told you I loved you.

Even if I am burnt to ashes with this world, I'll never regret it.

It's so nice that before leaving this world, the last thing in my eyes is you.

Even without me, you must live on.

Marc, call me sister.

I heard you got punched again.

They talked trash my sister.

I'm really annoyed.

Leave me alone.

You follow me everywhere.

Instructor Elon said if you don't turn in your homework tomorrow, he'll beat you into shit.

I came to remind you.

Can you make it without me?

Why don't you pursue something good?

You just stare at a tin box all day long and skip classes and training.

No wonder you were beaten up every time you got into a fight.

Stuck in a place like this, what's there to pursue?

But You loved to be here.

No, I didn't.

How could I love this place?

It's… It's… Where Hong Kou was burnt.

You… What can you get from a photo?

I know a place where you can see her.

Stop the nonsense, or I'll give you a good beat.

Never mind.

Are you done?

Stop moving around.

What the hell are you doing?

Don't move.

Almost there.

Now we're done.

Are you out of your mind?

What are we doing here?

Cut me loose.

What are you up to?

I'm slipping down.

Get hold of me.

Coming.

What're you doing?

Now you're flying.

Ran Bing.

Are you mad?

Pull me back.

Do you know what true happiness is?

To be free and live on the ground with the one you love.

Hey Marc.

Do you see her?

Sister.

Sister.

Sister, I miss you so much.

Did you know, yesterday, I almost beat Instructor Elon.

I will take him down next time.

I remember to have milk every day now.

Sister, don't worry about me.

I'll grow up well.

Sister.

He's lying.

He had skipped classes for days.

What a mad girl.

Ran Bing, what's going on?

Don't panic.

I'll get hold of you.

You're so heavy.

You just broke the machine.

Silly boy, Do you like someone?

Ran Bing.

How could this be?

Lieutenant Ran Bing's anima was drained away.

He's recovering.

So he's an extremozoan.

Captain Marc is an extremozoan!

There is an extremozoan in Lighthouse.

Come on, get out of here.

May the Lord of Light and Shadow grant us protection.

That old dog Morgan didn't lie to me.

Marc.

Mo Cheng.

Ran Bing.

You bastard.

Bastard.

You don't know what you just did.

Scarlet pheromone.

Is he really like you said?

I'll find out for myself.

Accept it.

The Marc right now is our hope.

You're the hope?

So the bridge that old dog mentioned is to turn you into a real extremozoan.

Since you were announced to be the new City Lord, I had wished to crush your bone and scatter your ashes every day.

I had never thought what I did just put you where you are.

Ironic.

So ironic.

Hurry.

Run.

Good.

Very good.

It seems I did underestimate a reckless rough man like you.

Since you are of some use to Lighthouse now, I suggest you stay and behave yourself, and fulfill your destiny.

Chief.

Go after him.

Chief, we must take care of your wound before it's too late.

Piss off.

Chief, your noble left arm… What did you say?

We'll definitely be able to fix it.

Heavy Walkers, all out.

Make sure you capture him alive.

Yes, my lord.

Lighthouse is approaching cumulonimbus. Everyone, remain calm.

Citizens, please enter the interior area of Lighthouse.

The Navigation Control Room is adjusting the positioning algorithm.

All combat units, stay alert.

Where is he?

What's going on?

Don't shoot.

Target's position updated.

Moving towards Sector C at high speed.

4277.

Fire the grapplers to stop him.

Target has arrived at Sector C.

Position info has been synchronized to other Heavy Walkers.

Over there.

Fire.

Target has hijacked White Shark 23.

We need backup.

White Shark 23 located.

One guardian model Heavy Walker damaged.

Target's position, Hanging Building 29 in Sector F.

You wanna get killed?

He's on the lower loop.

All Heavy Walkers, lock my position.

Lighthouse is leaving the cloud, estimated in 17 seconds.

Here he is.

Aren't you such a good runner?

Then run!

Lighthouse is not a big place.

Let's see where you can hide yourself.

Come on, monster.

Hold the fire.

Don't push around.

Hang on, 4277.

Stop here.

What are you up to?

Step aside. I'm a superior.

Let me in.

Piss off.

I've never seen a superior's badge with numbers.

You can pass, but she can't.

You… Target's position lost.

All combat units, extend the search area.

Chief, when hunting down Marc, the Heavy Walkers shot the energy pipeline by accident and set off a huge explosion.

Have the Navigation Control Room report the damage.

- Chief, - Balance system failure.

- Multiple energy pipelines damaged. - Lighthouse's weight shifting.

Loop Three Propeller, Loop Three Propeller, prepare to restart.

Yes sir.

Attention, all personnel.

Activate the emergency plan.

Chief, Lighthouse is about to lose the balance.

We can't hunt him down on the tilting Lighthouse.

We need to nail him quick.

Yes sir.

Oh no.

Activate the backup power system now.

Yes sir.

Hurry.

Activated.

Chief, We've activated the small dome thruster.

But as long as this monster is still at large on Lighthouse, we can't send someone to repair Loop One Propeller.

If we can't figure it out, Lighthouse will be tilting to the limit angle, and will probably crash.

That monster.

He is trying to destroy the whole Lighthouse.

Make an emergency landing if it's gonna crash.

I want Marc alive at all costs.

But extremozoans are gathered all over the place below.

If we make an emergency landing now, the consequences will be disastrous.

Haven't found him yet?

If the tilting continues, we'll run out of power in flight.

Wait.

Wait for me.

Come on, 9027.

The house is falling down.

Hurry.

Loop Three Propeller restarted.

9027, come on.

Hurry.

Power running out. Please land as soon as possible. Energy Reserve

Captain Senge, the power of Heavy Walkers cannot sustain long enough.

What's that?

Are you kidding me?

Everyone, spread out.

Breaking free 4277.

Wake up.

4277.

Our souls ascend Genes whisper Wrap yourself We weave our own cage Melt in folly Skin to sludge

Organs adrift I've run out of power.

For winged ecstasy?

The gods whispered Look out ahead of you.

You're not him Just a freak Shatter it Smash the genetic lie Bite through the cocoon Chief, he's coming toward us.

It's no use.

Fall through Light and Shadow The world is mine now He won't give up until settling the score with me.

You're not him Just a freak Shatter it Bite through the cocoon Destroying with your own hands the shelter you've been protecting for your whole life.

How does it feel?

I know you think I have ruined you.

But have you ever thought why every step you took was just as I wished?

You couldn't accept Ran Bing carrying out the breeding mission.

You couldn't put up with the relentless Three Great Laws.

You couldn't stand by when an old man was dying, or turn down 1225's request.

You put on no guard against an inferior.

You have been too emotional, so step by step, you walked into my trap.

Your rage makes no sense.

The surging emotions only cause our anima to emit a strong scent, leaving us nowhere to hide from extremozoans.

This is the true reason why Morgan implemented the Three Great Laws.

Downey.

No matter how badly you are injured, as long as you are still alive, I can save you.

Let's think positive.

Help her.

Get out of the way.

Asuo.

It's all right.

I'll protect you.

I'm sorry.

Marc.

Xue Feng.

Leave Lighthouse with me.

Every one of us, is unique.

Burn him. Kill him.

The emotions you treasured so much, are not only worthless, but the Achilles' heel of mankind in this catastrophic world.

It is human emotions that put us repeatedly in danger.

Do you know why Morgan didn't tell us the truth?

Because he was worrying that in the sealed system of Lighthouse, even if only one man betrayed us, mankind would lose the last home forever.

But before he told you everything, you had almost destroyed the entire Lighthouse.

Now you still have a chance to make it up.

Become an extremozoan and work with me, to unravel the truths of Manna Eco for Lighthouse.

Compared to taking back the ground, a woman doesn't count for much.

Compared to eradicating Manna Eco and rebuilding human civilization, the grudge between you and me doesn't count for much.

Why?

Why did you turn into an extremozoan?

Why?

All dead.

All dead.

Because of you, they're all dead!

Didn't you say you would protect us?

You're a damn extremozoan.

Liar.

Give them back to me.

Ironic.

No one in the whole Lighthouse but I take you as the hope.

However, you're still obsessed with the past.

Human beings are always trapped in emotions.

Even if the truth is right in front of you, you will never recognize it.

Power running out. Please land as soon as possible.

What a heavy boy.

You have been saving my butts, but this time, I'm returning your favor once and for all.

Marc.

Marc.

Blow off Hanging Building 7 in Sector D of the residential area.

Three.

Two.

One.

Backup propeller calibrating.

Make it quick.

Get the dead bodies out of here.

Come on, before it's too late.

Hang on, hang on.

Where's the doctor?

Over here. She's alive.

Even if she makes it, she'll be thrown off.

Give me a hand. Here's a kid.

He lost the lower part of the body.

Lighthouse won't keep a disabled person.

Seeking truth in the darkest hour.

That is what a true hero is.

Going on the Final Journey earlier is to create a glorious future for Lighthouse.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

Save us, the Lord of Light and Shadow.

They're all dead.

Please test all the dead bodies.

Contaminated bodies directly to the incinerator room.

Others to the processing center after removing usable organs.

Give me a hand here.

He's breathing.

Give priority to superiors.

You traitor of Lighthouse.

Refusing to carry out the breeding mission is to cut off the continuation of Lighthouse.

Don't touch the remains directly during the operational process.

Strictly follow the disinfection procedures.

I'll certainly come to find you in my next life.

But I don't want to come to this world again.

You traitors.

You are the sinners of mankind.

Son.

My son.

In this outfit, you look a lot more like a superior.

Come up here.

Someone once told me that light gave birth to darkness.

But only in darkness can light be born.

It is the darkest hour of Lighthouse, but also, the best time to embrace light.

We shall never abandon the responsibility of reviving mankind.

Chief, under your guidance, Lighthouse will surely be better.

Is that so?

Was it my guidance to cut off that Hunter's grappler?

I did it to… You did it to save me, or for your inferior pals?

You said that only when I'm on the right path, can I have the chance to live.

Very good.

Compared to last time, it was done much more neatly.

Tell me.

Those who went against the Lord of Light and Shadow, what shall we do with them?

Chief, we've got hardly any hunters who have been to the ground.

If… you allow them to atone for their sins… Aren't you afraid that when they learn the truth, they'll eat you alive?

Chief I… I wanted to be the Hunter Commander.

I said you were smart, but not smart enough.

Have you forgotten the fate of the former Hunter Commander?

4068, a name of the inferior.

You'd better forget it.

Chief, the inauguration ceremony is ready to begin.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

From now on, your name is Sui Ying.

Thank you, Chief… Thank you, my lord, for bestowing the name.

Do you think we can go back to the ground?

You know, the extremozoan Marc, is the key to our return to the ground.

But you cut off our only link with Manna Eco.

Commander, your first mission, is to bring back Captain Marc from the ground safe and sound.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

By the time tribute is due, all the kin, even distantly related, gather here.

Do you think the Marc guy can get in here?

Hard to say.

Compared to last year, there are a lot more coming to Scarlet Swirl this time.

It's that crappy pot lid that delivered so many human heads here.

I wonder what the hell will be transformed this time.

Anyway, whoever can present anima to the Manna Flora Sovereign will be promoted.

We have been waiting so long and haven't seen the Marc guy.

We'd better get out of here right away before we are spotted.

He's already here.

Look.

Where is he?

Have you ever seen a four-legged one?

Is that him?

How come… The pot lid up there, are they trying to save people or ruin them?

Master Lai said this guy had a special physical constitution.

Could it be… Whatever.

But coming to Scarlet Swirl, could he have already fed on meat?

Contain your emotions and stay in anima restraint.

Is Master Lai their inside man?

Asking us to take back something so monstrous, is he collaborating with them from within?

That's it.

I always feel he looks like a relative of extremozoans.

Cut it out.

Boss, why did Master Lai ask us to take back an extremozoan?

If he really transformed from Marc… Even if he transformed from a human, what's the point of taking him back if he is in such a bad shape?

Think about it.

Apart from extremozoans, who else can access the mouth of Scarlet Swirl?

But I'm afraid his anima has been almost eroded out.

There's hardly any human consciousness left in him.

That's right, boss, we can't take the risk.

Those ugly monsters are still busy paying their tributes.

Let's get out of here.

Look.

He seems to be resisting Flora Manna's instructions.

Looks like there's still a bit human nature left in him.

It seems Manna Eco has not completely eroded his anima.

He may still stand a chance.

Get ready.

After closing anima restraint, we will be exposed to extremozoans.

We must be very careful.

Get ready.

System started.

Searching for nearby Manna terminals.

The anima signal of E3 is the strongest.

Let's do it.

Shan Da, put on the show.

Cut off their anima transport channels.

I'm afraid that even these rocks won't keep them off for long.

After being cut off, the pathway between them and Manna Eco will go into a short period of disorder.

Now, mark the anima seeds.

Make it quick.

Got it.

Secure the target.

If his anima is damaged, we will bring back nothing but a fool.

Xia Dou.

Watch out.

I can't aim straight when you shake.

They are all awake now.

And they're rushing towards the target.

Look over there.

We were so careless.

His blood has activated Las Morass.

Xia Dou.

Sui Xing.

Boss.

Boss, if you make a move now, it will accelerate your cell collapse.

If it goes any longer, there'll be more of them coming to pay tributes.

Stay back, all of you.

Boss, take it.

The soul in the physical body has no doubts in its childhood, youth, and old age.

Similarly, the wise who obtains a transformed body didn't have doubts in its former life.

Never at any time did I not exist, nor you, nor all these kings.

never shall we cease to exist in the future.

For eternal, imperishable, and infinite souls, the flesh will come to an end.

Therefore, you shall fight.

What happened to you, we already know.

Don't be upset.

Look at me.

When you tried to rip the heart out of my puppy, I fainted from the pain right away.

But I'm all right now.

I did everything in the past few days.

Why are you still more dead than alive, big guy?

Kill me.

Boss, he talked.

Cut him loose.

Xia Dou, the last level.

For an extremozoan, when its anima seed is badly damaged, if it doesn't ingest enough anima in time, it'll die very soon.

It is true that in a sense, you killed her with your own hands.

But driven by survival instincts, even humans may not be able to control themselves.

Kill me.

When the catastrophe broke out, the whole world was like hell.

People lost everything in an instant.

They fought against each other for survival, unscrupulously.

Starving parents lost their minds and ate their children, starting with the youngest one.

Relatives and friends killed each other for a place in a shelter.

Our beloved ones were abducted and enslaved, but we could do nothing about it.

We were betrayed by our most trusted.

Everyone was afraid that one night, we would end up as food in our pals' mouths.

Do you know what your friends taste like?

In order to survive, we once lost our humanity.

Although walking on the ground like humans, we live like beasts.

But you are fortunate.

You've got a lover, friends, and a group of men who would give up their lives for whatever you say.

Even when you transformed into a monster, they still stood up for you.

The girl in your mind sacrificed herself for the one she loved.

What about you?

Do you want to make their efforts meaningless?

You didn't fully understand Lighthouse.

You didn't understand the extremozoans.

You didn't even know the darkness of human nature.

Yet you rashly tried to break the rules of survival in this world, which made everything you did backfire.

The harsh living environment turns the evil in the human mind into an abyss that can swallow everything.

In such a hell where no one can survive, our tragedies will never come to an end.

Humanity will never see a new dawn until we eradicate Manna Eco, the root of all destruction.

Only then can we go back to the ground with the ones we love and live freely.

From the moment Manna Eco came into being, it has sought to consume the anima of all beings.

When Scarlet Swirls show up, they'll breed some more powerful extremozoans.

And the channels in the Scarlet Swirl directly lead to the center of Manna Eco.

Only when we get in there can we find a way to fight against Manna Eco.

It's a shame that humans can never enter the channels.

Many of these people have lost the ones they loved.

But despair and fear didn't crush our will.

We have found our own way of living.

We risked our lives to bring you back because we saw that there were human emotions left in you.

Missing the one that you love, raging at the one that betrayed you, and the agony you feel when you suffer.

These strong emotions that burst out in adversity are the key to unlocking human potential.

Emotion is our weak point, but it is also the source of our power.

Just as the harsh environment forces all living beings to evolve constantly, our anima also needs such a leap.

As a Manna chimera, you may be the only one to get into the channels of Scarlet Swirl.

This is also your responsibility.

If you like, I will tell you how to awaken the undetectable innate power hidden in a human body.

You will experience unimaginable cultivation and go through heart-piercing pain.

You'll have to forget you are a human, and totally become a part of Manna Eco, but, in the meantime, keep your mission in your mind.

I'm almost done.

I'll have to start all over again.

Whether to bite the bullet and keep fighting, or to give up and avoid your responsibility, it's all up to you.

EPISODE 001 Infected by the spinal centipede, I became an extremozoan.

Yet somehow, I'm seen as humans' last hope.

But the human in me is already dead.

Now I'm just a rock, wasting time, existing for no reason.

I don't know for someone who's lost everything, what he is even supposed to live for.

Bai Yuekui, the woman who brought me here, she told me, Lighthouse is not the only shelter for humans.

The people here survive on the ground using the special power.

That power lies in the anima unique to humanity, and it's the most effective way we have to confront Manna Eco.

They call it anima potential.

To master it, I train endlessly.

I don't know if making up for my past even matters.

But if I wipe out the root of all this, maybe I'll find redemption.

The spinal centipede is getting agitated.

Inject the inhibitor into the subarachnoid space of the spinal canal.

Today's situation… is way more complicated than I expected.

Don't overthink it.

Awakening anima potential only takes three steps: ignite willforce, trigger anima turbulence, and activate potential.

Yeah, you know everything.

But I can't even manage the first step.

We're just getting started.

Today, we're helping you skip that first step.

Normally, people ignite willforce in extreme situations.

Like when facing danger, we naturally want to protect the ones we love.

That kind of drive can make a weak body unleash massive strength.

I always thought that was just survival instinct.

It's not the same.

Survival instinct triggers fight, flight, or even freeze responses.

But the willforce born from emotion can cause intense synaptic activity.

Electrical currents keep spiking, which creates a special bio-electromagnetic field.

When it hits a certain level, we can trigger the second phase, anima turbulence.

Once in turbulence, the body potential can be activated.

You think he can handle it?

If he pulls through, the non-coding parts of his DNA might activate.

It could accelerate human evolution.

Exactly.

That's the last step, activate potential.

Hope it works this time.

Yes, we can.

We've prepared so long for this.

Just one more spark and it's done.

Heard it doesn't feel great.

Yeah.

That's when I lost my handsome face… Electric currents, magnetic fields, whatever.

Why can't I feel any of them?

Guessing it's all those near-death fights.

You've gotten too used to extreme conditions.

It's hard for you to ignite true willforce.

Push the training harder, and you'll die.

But you're not the only one.

Plenty of us failed to awaken it naturally.

That's why we rely on this device.

To awaken your potential, you have to enter a state of egolessness.

You must block out all outside interference.

I'll hit your acupoints with EM pulses to shut down your senses.

Then I'll draw out your anima from your body and guide it into turbulence.

Marc, you ready?

Do it.

Prepare to draw out anima.

Anima conduit connected.

Anima pathway open.

Start the anima projector.

His anima extracting… That's gotta be the fastest on record.

Vibration assist engaged.

Entering anima turbulence.

Copy that.

Let's get to work.

Synaptic signal transmission intensifying.

Bio-magnetic field nearing critical intensity.

Everyone, hold steady.

Let's see what the anima looks like… when fused with the extremozoan.

I was right about him.

Turbulence achieved.

His non-coding genes are showing activity.

Looks like I'm losing big this time.

I'll throw in ten more coins, betting on Marc to succeed.

You greedy bastard.

Non-coding gene fluctuation anomaly Wait! Something's wrong.

Wait! Something's wrong.

The connection between his anima and body is being disrupted.

Something's trying to take over his body.

Maiduo, shut it down!

Marc!

Marc!

He's done.

Oi!

You ain't this fragile, eh?

Come on, get up.

What happened?

I saw some images… It felt like they were real memories… But I've never lived anything like that.

What are you talking about?

Looks like Boss Bai bet on the wrong guy.

An extremozoan's body may be just not compatible with human potential.

Boss, awakening failed.

And the device is toast.

His system is way more complex.

We'll try again.

Take a team to the eco-base.

- Fetch spare parts. - First attempts always fail.

- Second time will go smoother. - And get the device fixed.

Got it.

At least he's alive.

Right.

- Live today, - As for Marc… - fight tomorrow. - we should go back to the old way.

I'll get things ready.

Never seen this before… Marc's anima must be unique.

Looks like my little bro's awakening will take some time.

You should focus on your own training, idiot.

Failed the awakening and broke the device… How should I explain this to the Elders?

Dad relax.

Boss Bai's got his back!

Ten extra coins.

Pay up now.

Get off me, I'm broke!

A man's gambling habits show his true color.

You owe, you pay. That's the law.

Fine!

I'll pay you after the eco-base run.

If you dare skip out, I'll tell your mom!

Screw you.

You missed!

No matter where I go, people are setting bets on me.

Ugh.

Stop sighing.

You'll sigh your good luck away.

Is there any other way to awaken potential?

This setup is based on previous successful cases.

We don't fully understand how it works.

The awakening device needs to be precisely tuned to each one's body data.

Maybe… we just don't know your system well enough yet.

Try a few more times, and we'll get there.

I'm the one with the most test runs in Dragonbone Village.

You've still got a long way before beating my record.

The ones who still haven't awakened in the village, how do they protect themselves?

Look!

My dad said those towers use filters to capture a special magnetic field emitted from a secret core.

Then they amplify it with plasma generators.

That's why extremozoans never come near.

So the village and the tower-covered areas are always safe.

Wow! What's this?

Extremozoan's plant cells allow them to absorb energy via photosynthesis.

Were you even paying attention in class?

Hmph.

My little bro's not an extremozoan.

That guy eats like a black hole at my place.

Idiot.

Hmph.

Marc, are you a human or an extremozoan?

Idiot.

Huh?

Tell me.

Are you a human or an extremozoan?

If you push me to turn you into flesh remnant, I won't let you down.

Who taught you to disrespect your big bro?

Hmph.

Origin of the Phenomenon-Based Device Shielding System I'm wondering if the doctor who delivered you accidentally cut out your sense of timing along with your umbilical cord.

Wow.

That's food reserved for the City Lord.

He must really value you.

Still, I kinda preferred when you tore into meat like a beast.

Much more appetizing.

Non-floating Vehicle Squad Crossing Open Terrain: Delta & Inverted Delta Formations No fine liquor can wash away the inferior genes.

With an inferior as commander, even Hunters start stinking like crap.

Sean.

Where are the guys I want?

Mo Cheng and the others violated Lighthouse laws.

They're not joining your mission.

We are about to set out.

How am I supposed to deploy without a full squad?

There's never been an inferior rising to superior status.

If you hadn't saved the City Lord, I wouldn't give you a single man.

Filthy, low-born trash.

You've really got it out for inferiors, my lady.

Then why don't you go to the Manna core zone on your own and drag back that monster Marc?

Those traitors won't follow you just because you yell louder.

Put this on their necks in the name of The Order of Light and Shadow.

Anyone who disobeys down there will get their head blown.

Don't worry, my lady.

They won't dare mess with you.

Tch.

Never figured you for such a hypocrite.

One more veteran means one more chance to survive.

I've got no choice.

If you dare come back after failing, I'll put this thing around your neck next.

I think the City Lord will be glad to see it.

We've got a fix on Marc's location.

I'll bring him back.

Then I'll rip off that mask to see what kind of face you're hiding.

I think the City Lord will be also glad to see it.

The Manna core zone is deadly.

Even Marc never dared go near it before.

Better think about how you're gonna finish the mission.

You'll see.

Commander Sui Ying, the City Lord asked us to remind you: He hopes that what happened with 4277 won't undermine your opportunity to prove your worth.

Maiduo's Diary You missed!

Maiduo!

Shan shihui!

What the hell?

Folding Agriculture Zone, Summit Cave Right?

Damn kid, you nearly torched my beard!

Electrons orbit the atomic nucleus.

Energy levels transition instantly.

They are both particles and waves.

- All things carry dual natures. - Stop him!

Alright, enough! Let's go!

As Dragonbone's detox expert, occasional emissions are perfectly natural, right?

You're right.

Your anima potential activates your appendix.

to develop a massive population of bromine-digesting bacteria.

But it stinks of our dinner yesterday.

Yeah, shame on you!

But those detox pills we take on field missions are brewed from his gut bacteria, and extracted from his poops.

So, take it easy.

What?

Principal, why'd you have to say that out loud?

Have you lost your mind?

Xia Dou, your awakened potential affected the pineal gland, right?

Sure, it boosted your mental strength, but it also disrupted your pituitary gland and stunted your physical development.

You cried about it every single day.

Let's see if you've grown yet.

It's none of your business.

What are you laughing at?

You awakened the potential to talk to animals when you were a kid, then lost human speech, and could only chirp like a bird!

Have things gotten better now?

Principal, you are so annoying.

Boss is here!

Bielenkov always trains so hard with Boss.

He was raised by Boss Bai.

He's a good boy.

She raises kids?

These old fellows, Boss Bai wiped their butts and fed them.

I was one of them too.

Show some respect.

Hey!

That needs to be cooked first!

Strong horse stance keeps you spry.

Strong roots make anima restrained.

Wanna be an Awakened One someday?

Start with foundations.

Even squatting over pits, I'm more stable than you!

But Master, I use a toilet!

Toilets weaken your spine!

Never use it again, you hear me?

Dad!

Hey.

Sweetie, how'd the morning go?

The awakening device broke today… The next potential awakening might get delayed.

Sir, I'm so sorry. My little bro messed it up.

But we're old friends, right? Let's put this behind us.

Still wanna end up as flesh remnant?

He's working so hard! He'll make it one day!

Hostile spotted. The Awakened, engage!

Surrender, you monster!

Again?

Target secured. The Awakened, shift to a new target.

Justice Monitor? At your command!

Wow!

Your pose is textbook, the First Justice Monitor?

Unlike us, their families aren’t still with them.

most gave their lives for the village.

In a few years, they'll have to face the brutal world out there.

So we let them have some joy while they're still kids.

Kolova! Kolova!

Po Kong!

Is your dad home?

Nope!

Po Kong got his leg broken by Kolova's dad last month, right?

These kids are so fearless.

Is the reason I'm still single… that no one's broken my leg yet?

You might need to get your brain checked first.

We're finally here.

Hurry! Let's go to the movies.

The movie's starting!

Slow down, kids!

Folding Agriculture Zone Captain Sui Ying, after Inferior 4277 fell from Lighthouse, we searched for three days. Still no trace.

I'm afraid she couldn't make it.

How could this happen… What a shame.

Look, it's 4068!

Whoa, there he is!

A big man!

He's really something now.

Yeah… Totally different vibe.

Can't believe he's late!

How could an inferior become the Hunter commander?

Yeah seriously?

Even City Defense Commander has to wait for him.

It's the City Lord's order.

If he says wait, you wait.

But this guy does bring back quite a lot of supplies every time.

Hmph.

If it weren't for the blessings of Light and Shadow, he'd be dead by now.

Can't believe as the Lighthouse Priest I have to offer prayers alongside an inferior.

What a disgrace.

Hey, when are you getting your teeth fixed?

Huh?

Yeah.

Pretty sure prayers work better with intact teeth.

Seriously?

He's coming.

I don't know what's going on… The City Lord hasn't shown his face in a long time.

Is he alright?

They're trying different treatments, but it's not looking good.

My apologies for the delay in this wretched weather.

Captain Sui Ying, I know Marc's the primary target, but the Manna core zone was the richest area of the old world.

If it's not too much trouble… I know exactly what you want.

Ooh, then I'm counting on you, Captain.

Hmph.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better a broken body, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

You all know that during our last few ground runs, Marc's trail disappeared in the Manna core zone.

The City Lord wants him brought back.

He's not even human anymore. How do we bring that back?

Yeah.

I can't guarantee everyone will make it back alive.

But I can guarantee, whoever comes back alive gets triple Contribution Points.

He said triple Contribution Points!

Triple!

That's huge!

But the core zone is more dangerous than ever.

No risk, no reward!

I've already spent mine in my head Risking your life for triple payout?

Still not worth it.

For whoever captures Marc, double again.

What? Double again?

Double again!

That's insane!

Double! Double!

Double!

Points or not, I'm finishing the mission.

Then donate your points to me, okay?

Get lost. Not a chance.

Sui Ying!

EPISODE 002 Hurry up. Sit down!

Hurry up. Sit down!

They see a goldfish and start yelling, "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"

"You're wrong."

- "I'm not your mom." - New arrivals! Limited supply!

Come take a look!

Anything new today?

Last month's expedition loot!

Risked our necks from the city.

Come on… I mean, the really good stuff… "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"

No dialogue at all. Pure cinema.

Xia, you've got taste.

Marc, I've got something awesome to show you.

Dragonbone Village Bounty Board Important Notice Marc Failed Here to buy another console?

Xia Dou, you've still got cash, huh?

Get lost.

This is the last one. Lowest price!

Fine, I'm taking this.

Okay! Come again anytime!

I missed you so much… What good is potential if you don't look cool?

Two coins, just two!

Any look. Right now.

Tony, give me a shave.

Whoa, serious stress breakout you got there.

Any look! Right now!

How do you two like the wedding suits?

Perfect! Absolutely!

Counting on you for our funeral suits, too.

Give us a discount!

No problem.

Couple Burial special package, half-price!

Trust me, you'll love it.

Survived the Final Journey… who knew life could be sweet?

Separate urine and feces.

Stay away!

Stay away!

Help!

Separate urine and feces.

Number two grows plants. Number one makes ammo.

Paradise Bookstore Here!

Come on, come on.

Let's play it!

I don't really know how… Don't know how?

That's perfect!

Can you even hit me? Try it!

You missed!

Watch me punch!

Da da da!

You're too weak.

Try harder next time.

My combo makes your fingers shake.

Gonna smack you down like a birthday cake.

Train ten more years? Still not my match.

Got wannabe sidekicks lined up by the batch.

Mom! What are you doing here?

Shan shihui!

- Play around all day! - Marc! Help me!

Wanna mixed doubles?

Mom… Still gaming? Recruiting minions?

Still gaming? Recruiting minions?

Now it's your time to taste my infinite combo!

Yo! Respect.

Marc, you traitor!

Kong!

No guts, no glory.

No risk, no story.

Television! Television!

- Television! - Television!

Hurry up, man!

What's the rush? Eager to lose your money?

Shit! Television…

Hey, Shan Da, you are on shop duty today, right?

Aren't you afraid your wife's gonna catch you?

Catch me?

I'm the boss! I can do anything I want!

Keep the west wind and north wind.

Do you even know how to play? Those are useless.

You're throwing your shop anyway.

Just as useless as those.

Honey, what brings you here?

My ass is bruised from covering for you… Why are you hiding?

Come on!

You're the boss!

Pregnant fighting? That's bullying with an extra player!

Technically, this counts as bringing a minor into a gambling room.

It's not allowed. I'm warning you.

- Honey, I'm sorry! - Okay, it's my turn.

Careful with the baby!

Kong!

Wait, you really keep those?

Dad!

Cyka blyat! You again?

Dad!

Don't call me Dad. You're not my dad!

I want some too! I want some!

Yummy!

Rice is Steel Why is he here?

Seriously?

Look at that ridiculous… You hungry too?

Marc!

Come here.

We've got space over here.

With that fat ass and tail?

No space for him!

What's your problem?

Chagai, enjoy yourself.

Check, please!

Mom!

Marc is here!

One big bowl of mushroom noodles.

Put it on Boss Bai's tab.

You freeloading loser.

Weren't you supposed to sunbathe to feed yourself?

Exactly!

He's right.

Marc, you sure you need carbs and fiber?

Take your time!

I need massive protein too.

Like, the bald guy and the fat lady.

You!

Rude!

Why does Boss Bai trust this extremozoan to save us?

Boss Bai!

Boss Bai, welcome.

Boss Bai, what would you like to eat?

Lonely Mushroom.

Bitter Mushroom.

And Mushroom All Alone.

Okay.

Coming right up!

Here, take it.

You failed this morning, but I made some coins from it.

How about we team up?

Make bank every day.

No more Scarlet Swirl runs.

Enough.

I lost big this time.

I bet even more on your success.

That's the spirit.

Take it easy.

Today, Shan Shihui asked me if I'm human or an extremozoan, and I didn't know how to answer.

Maybe this body can't awaken human potential.

Have you ever met someone like me?

How did you awaken your potential?

We're similar.

We've both hit rock bottom… lost the ones we loved.

People like us might not awaken like others.

This is the real key to awakening.

Your order's here.

Thanks.

The human body is an open and complex mega-system.

Under extreme conditions, we trigger intense emotions, which ignite willforce.

It changes brain activity and sets off a chain reaction, affecting a range of macroscopic variables in our environment, electromagnetic fields, material structure, energy flow, and even spacetime.

Strong willforce induces the highest level of neural activity in the brain, which then triggers anima turbulence.

The hardest part is igniting that willforce on your own.

But you're not fighting for yourself.

Not for anyone else either.

You're just holding onto this second life given by somone who's gone.

That kind of willforce… It's far from enough.

During the awakening attempt today, I felt something… Boss Bai!

We've found the fault in the Northeast C-3 shielding tower!

Manna organisms corroded the transformer, causing a short circuit.

Looks like an overload in the filtering unit.

We need to replace the plasma ring and marrow crystal.

Round up the crew.

Maiduo!

Haisang, I've finished.

Okay.

But Bielenkov's injured.

Whoever broke it gets to take over his job.

Right.

Your expenses can't always be on my tab.

Internal Structure of Dragonbone Village Geographical Location of Dragonbone Village Lady Bai, got a minute?

Actually, kinda awkward to bring this up.

Go ahead, I'm listening.

You've always been good to my family, but Marc eats a lot.

Could you maybe help cover more of his meals?

You know, Xia Hua is about to give birth.

That's one more mouth to feed.

He gambled away Marc's food budget at mahjong.

If the books don't balance, Mom's gonna kill him.

Okay.

You're so generous, Boss.

I'll hand the money to your wife personally.

Actually, no rush… You got a name for the baby yet?

Too early.

But Xia Hua says this kid's taking her surname.

Let's brainstorm.

Xia Lai? Xia Qu? Xia Youguo?

You moron.

That's your sister!

So what?

It sounds nice.

Nice, my ass.

Idiot.

Not a single extremozoan for miles… Like Manna never touched this land.

We've lost so many friends and families reclaiming the ground.

But that's exactly why the Awakened exist.

One day, every inch of this land, will be as clean as what you see now.

Still gaming?

Did you finish your field log yet?

Get lost!

No, I didn't.

Routine log time.

What flavor today?

Okay, a song to lighten the mood!

We've got 90 minutes till sunset.

Gotta get the supplies delivered before dark.

Okay!

♪ We ride on ♪ ♪ a rainbow, sailing far away ♪ ♪ The roaring sea breeze sweeps sorrow away ♪ ♪ Don't be afraid ♪ ♪ of losing the sun of tomorrow ♪ ♪ We're going to change the world someday ♪ Captain Sui Ying is now your right hand, my lord.

Just a few days apart, and he's a different man.

He's doing a good job.

Maybe… the Lord of Light and Shadow doesn't just take… He gives too.

But only if Sui Ying brings Marc back here can he truly secure his current position.

Mm.

My lord… Continue.

It's been so long.

The wound still shows no sign of healing.

Though Clotho awakens, and it's been emitting faint brainwaves, but according to the current monitoring, there's no decipherable information.

Jing Nan, you haven't saluted yet.

You're not here just to report bad news, are you?

Please allow me to visit Lord Morgan.

He understands Clotho better than anyone in Lighthouse.

In his physical condition, I doubt he can offer any help.

Don't forget it, if not for Lighthouse, given what you did to Marc, Ran Bing, and Lord Morgan, I would never help you.

If you insist on keeping Morgan's condition a secret, then go find someone else to run Flight Control and Clotho.

Lord Morgan's been ill for a long time.

How long are you keeping him locked away?

According to the Laws he set, every former City Lord must undertake the Final Journey.

If I let him appear before the people now, the authority of the Three Great Laws will collapse.

You know the chaos that follows.

To destroy everything he's built over decades would kill him faster than a blade.

Sui Ying brought back a batch of beta-receptor blockers and raw ingredients for heart medication from the ground.

When Carrie finishes developing the medicine, you may see him.

My lord, please bear with it a little longer.

Still no cure?

No one's ever been cured of scarlet pheromone in Lighthouse.

You're asking just to find out whether our City Lord has chosen a successor.

The Lord of Light and Shadow won't take me just yet.

Do your job.

Mechanical Lab You and Carrie should stop all research on the Abyss Walker Project.

Those cruel experiments will only cost more innocent lives.

Do.

Your. Job.

Inspector Reporting of Light and Shadow Inspector of Light and Shadow: Ned Scarlet Pheromone Precipitation Apparatus Equipment set.

Galaxy Voyager is about to launch!

Galaxy Voyager will lead you all to roam the vast universe.

What's this?

It's called The Great Escape.

Is that your potential ability?

I'll show you sometime.

How's your potential awakening?

Gosh. Talk about something else.

Whoa!

When will we eradicate Manna Eco on the ground?

Look, little Chagai's helping.

More like making a mess.

Five out of nine plasma rings are burnt out, and the marrow crystals are almost charcoal.

Hey!

Bring the tools over here.

Emergency protocol activated. Circuit self-check in progress.

Clear the plants from the tower, and replace parts ASAP.

We've got newbies on today's field training, so even in shielded areas, everyone must stay alert.

- Roger that. - Roger that.

These Manna plants are called eye-tumors.

They used to grow inside creepvines.

Once mature, they eject seeds, search for optimal ground, root themselves, and then grow into Manna blooms, releasing Manna spores, which become more eye-tumors.

To prevent eye-tumors from releasing toxic spores when agitated, first spray protective gel.

Then, at about ten centimeters away, activate the resonance gun to generate periodic force.

Then adjust the gun so that the frequency matches that of the plant, causing resonance.

This destroys the internal cell structure of eye-tumors.

Wow.

The shielding towers might disrupt extremozoan senses, but they can't stop the eye-tumors from growing.

That's why we have to clean them regularly.

Understood Sir.

Is this black one… All eye-tumors die away without nutrients, close their eyes, and stop sporing.

But even after it dies, the spores left on its root base can still kill you.

Do you want eyeballs growing in your crotch?

If that happens, even ten pounds of my poop couldn't save you.

Wow, fascinating biological process.

Species Analysis: Eye-Tumor Species Analysis: Manna Bloom During my awakening, some strange images appeared in my mind.

It felt like I was still inside the womb.

I could clearly feel my own heartbeat.

But that environment terrified me.

Later, I was taken away by a woman.

During awakening, some people do see scenes of new life.

That's not unusual.

She looked like you, except with long black hair.

We wandered together. Fought together.

But in the end, she pointed her gun at me.

The awakening device shut down your senses.

Your prefrontal logic would definitely be affected.

Random fragments might combine unconsciously.

Like a dream, may not have actually occurred in real life.

I saw you twice on the ground.

That can't be just a coincidence.

Ever since Lighthouse arrived on this continent, everyone on the ground has been watching your every move.

Everyone?

You mean, there are people besides the village?

The world is much broader than you imagine.

Beneath this continent, aside from Dragonbone Village, there are three more major settlements.

They each have a unique way to evade being tracked by extremozoans.

And on the ground, some people survive like animals, barely scraping by.

They pay a brutal price for a glimmer of hope to survive.

Getting used to village life?

Or missing your life in Lighthouse?

Since I came to Dragonbone Village, those days in Lighthouse feel like a dream.

What's with the scavenger chief getting all sentimental?

It's Hunter Commander.

Trouble incoming.

Everyone, anima restraint.

EPISODE 003 Get to work. Hurry up.

There's way too many of them!

We can't locate every anima seed.

Without a Manna bloom, they can't regenerate here.

If it comes to a fight, aim for their weak spots.

Maiduo, how much longer?

About to start welding.

They came in from the southwest coaster track.

Yes.

No idea how many yet.

Protect the kids.

Wait until the shielding tower is fully powered.

They'll leave once it's up.

Got it.

Hold on.

Don't reveal yourself to the extremozoan.

Otherwise, even anima restraint won't hide you again.

Don't be scared.

Just little ones.

As long as no big ones show up, we're fine.

Watch out!

Shihui!

Grab my hands!

Never let go of them!

Shihui… The big one's coming up!

Come on… Please!

We made it!

Self-check complete.

Safety protocols confirmed.

Preheating plasma rings.

Chagai… Chagai… Maiduo, the cable's fixed, get back up here!

Maiduo!

Maiduo!

Chagai!

Hey!

What's going on down there?

Chagai… get out of there!

Boss, Maiduo broke her anima restraint.

All extremozoans will be targeting her!

Everyone, prepare for combat.

Roger that.

Fang Yuan, give 'em a taste of Galaxy Voyager.

Roger that.

Galaxy Voyager, will take you across the stars!

Vast cosmos, infinite grace!

Cross the galaxy, beyond the light!

Now, go!

Get the kids up here!

Please be okay, kids.

Amitābha… Boss Bai, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't do that.

I know Chagai is like family to you.

That's okay.

You've got a spear.

Time to set an example for the kids.

Understood Boss.

I won't let you down.

Xia Dou, lend her a hand.

Okay.

I'll go take care of those ugly beasts.

Boss, the shielding tower needs time to reboot.

Only your DNA can unlock the program.

If something happens to you before reboot, we're done for.

And your cell degradation is irreversible.

The more you fight, the faster it gets worse.

Tasya, lock on to the one with the strongest anima signal.

That's a big one.

You sure you can handle it?

I'm going all in!

We'll hold here.

You call me if it gets bad.

Chagai, time to work.

Ugh… is that part of your potential too?

That's right.

I can share vision with the falcons to avoid sneak attacks.

Xu Tong, protect the kids!

If anything happens, their mom's gonna kill me!

Cut the crap.

Get over here!

Jiang Ya's about to lose it!

Xu Yong, we're ready.

Strike now!

Run!

Shihui, this way!

Justice Monitor, you're a total badass!

Tasya!

Marc!

Nice!

System reboot complete.

Please verify your identity.

DNA identity verified. Highest-level operational access granted.

The kids are safe now.

Protect the shield tower at all costs.

Shan Da, Xu Yong, the big one's coming out.

Find a good position to deploy the anima induction.

Yes.

Damn it!

You really need to lose some weight!

Marc!

Let's block their entrance!

Preheating nearly complete.

Permission granted to cut marrow crystal.

Frequency confirmed.

Boss Bai!

My grandpa said, if you keep using your potential, you'll trigger anima dissipation.

It's dangerous.

No time to use cutters.

Shielding program requires initialization time.

Please ensure a secure operational environment.

Do not interrupt execution.

Interruption may cause serious damage to components.

Tasya… Fang Yuan!

Is the anima induction in position?

It's over… Potential File Wulan Maiduo Potential File Tasya Hey Jed is that surveillance scope Captain salvaged working okay?

Shut it.

No hostiles detected.

Hey Lita your crew served with Marc before, right?

If you catch him, what'll you do with those Contribution Point bounty?

Keep your eyes on the road.

I’ll tell you when you make it back alive.

Captain Marc saved our lives more than once.

So you'd better watch your mouths.

That's gonna be hard.

If Marc wants to bite me, I'll definitely put him down.

All right, we're entering the core zone.

Ammo is limited. Don't use our weapons too much.

Yes.

Jianjian, how far are we from the target?

DNA tracking is solid.

Estimated arrival at Marc in progress.

Can this thing really blow their heads off?

Don't mess with that.

I need that to work later.

Captain, why did Mo Cheng and his team try to save him, even after he turned into a monster?

You helped them too, right?

That's different.

I never planned to follow them to the ground.

I just… felt sorry for him back then.

But later, he tried to eat me… and got so many people killed.

Why?

All dead… They're all dead!

Liar!

If Mo Cheng and the others knew what Marc did later… would they still save him?

If the City Lord hadn't ordered us to keep him alive, I'd kill him myself.

All teams, route confirmed.

Activate cruise control.

Team 2, copy.

Team 3, copy.

Inferior Team 4, copy.

Team 5, copy.

Lighthouse broke the rules once for Sui Ying… Maybe there's hope for us now.

He saved two City Lords!

You get that kinda luck?

You think he's doing great?

He never gets a chance to carry out the breeding duty!

Like you'd get one!

It's 'cause he's an inferior.

His genes couldn't get passed.

Help… Team 1, what's happening?

- Help me… - Unidentified audio signals detected.

Scanning.

Please help me… Captain!

About 300 meters ahead, someone's trapped under the rubble.

What?

That's impossible.

A survivor on the ground?

Can't confirm yet.

- But they're alive. - Please help me… We want to go check it out.

Captain Sui Ying, Our mission is to retrieve Marc, nothing more.

And we're getting close to the core zone.

We shouldn't take unnecessary risks.

The Marc I knew… would never leave people to die.

It's on our path anyway.

Prep weapons, gear, and medical supplies.

Stay alert!

Roger that.

Lita, Su Li, stand by for support.

Roger that.

Since Marc reported seeing someone on the ground, rumors spread about survivors on the ground.

If it's true, I really wanna know how they made it this far.

I just hope Captain Marc is okay… May Light and Shadow bless him.

Right now, we should be worrying about ourselves.

Help me… Help me… Help me… Hang on!

We're coming to get you out!

Help me… Captain!

We've encountered the extremozoan!

Su Li, support them now!

Hurry up!

Go!

All teams. Remember, ammo is limited.

Until Marc is found, don't use our weapons too much.

Roger that.

Go!

It might be a mimic extremozoan.

We're running out of time.

We must do this now?

We have no choice.

Perfect timing… What are they doing?

Tactical briefing.

Let's go.

Go to the ammo bay.

Check all gear and weapons.

Bring Jianjian with you.

And stay put until my order.

What are you doing?

We're aiming at your hand, brain, and heart.

Move a finger, and you're dead.

Do you realize this is rebellion?

Save it.

You know exactly what you've done.

What have I done?

Just say it. Don't play games.

Why did you become a superior right after Marc came back half-dead?

That's never happened before.

Charles ordered you to assassinate Marc during the mission, right?

I found the cure for Lord Morgan.

Charles said I saved his father.

I don't understand what father truly means… but he made me a superior for it.

Then why did Gavin shoot you during Marc's execution?

You mean the Hunter who pulled a gun on Charles?

He'd already injured another superior before he aimed at me.

I was just another pawn used to make a statement to Charles.

Everyone knows Marc's wound was from a bone spur.

You think I can control an extremozoan?

Unless that bone spur from your hand.

I never even encountered a spur eel that day.

Cap treated me right.

And he even saved my life.

Why would I betray him?

Cover their retreat!

Move!

Move!

Captain, we've encountered an unknown type.

That hand was its tail.

Must be a lure—meant to attract humans.

So when our team is in danger, you're turning your guns on me just for that?

Caro, calm down.

That's not some unknown type.

Most likely a broodcarrier.

Its feeding organs are on the lure-tail.

If it's a generic type, hit their feeding organs to disrupt its movement.

We're discussing strategies with Captain.

You need to retreat now.

Do not engage.

Shoot its tail.

Fall back!

Move! Move!

Why'd Charles place you beside him at Marc and Ran Bing's Fong Journey ceremony?

And why did you request a transfer from Team 3 to Team 1?

Tell me!

Stall any longer and I'll blow your head off!

I joined Team 1 because Marc was there.

Right.

To get close enough to stab him?

I joined Team 1 because of what he said.

He made me feel like I was unique, too.

I wanted to do something for Lighthouse.

When the Las Morass got overrun in the medical warehouse, I saved Boke with my own hands.

You all saw it.

I ran to the exit.

I could've escaped, but I stayed back to save another Hunter.

- That's why Mo Cheng locked me in. - Wait! Don't close the door!

What did I do wrong?

Is it just because I'm an inferior, everything I do doesn't count?

Only you superiors can be unique?

Maybe it really wasn't him.

Where were you when Marc was attacked?

I'd crawled into the vent shaft from the medical warehouse.

By the grace of Light and Shadow, I made it all the way to the dome.

Liar.

How do you know when Marc was attacked?

I never said the exact time.

Right, Since Marc left the medical warehouse, you shouldn't have known where he went.

You know what?

I can't see a trace of honesty in your eyes.

My gut tells me, I should shoot you right now.

EPISODE 004 It's over… Maiduo Maiduo… I've failed you, guys… Don't speak.

Please take care of Chagai for me.

They'll find a way to save you.

Maiduo, hold on.

You're the key to Boss Bai's plan.

You can't get out carrying my body.

My control is almost up to the limit.

We can't let Manna Eco claim the anima of any single person.

Take me… home.

Don't let them claim me.

Take me home.

System initializing System initialization complete.

Maiduo asked Marc to take her home.

At least, we didn't lose her.

I asked why they didn't bring her flesh remnant back to the village.

They told me: The flesh remnant is the monument to the Awakened's final battle, and proof of efforts to save this land.

But do I even deserve to be saved?

I hate what I've become.

Yet this self-loathing at least makes me feel human.

Liar.

How do you know when Marc was attacked?

I never said the exact time.

You know what?

I can't see a trace of honesty in your eyes.

My gut tells me, I should shoot you right now.

Kun Jie!

Captain Sui Ying!

Captain!

Are you alright?

Kun Jie.

Kun Jie.

You traitors!

My biggest regret was helping you save Marc.

How many more will die for that monster?

Captain.

I heard about Marc's movements from other inferiors.

I understand your anger.

But his fate isn't on me.

If you want revenge for Kun Jie, take it out on me.

Don't let it get close!

What?

Payne!

It's coming again!

Watch out!

Don't touch me!

Fall back!

Help me!

Don't move!

Help me!

Fall back!

Move!

Watch your step!

Go go!

Emergency medical aid completed.

Vitals are stable temporarily.

Go!

Go!

Quick!

Break through their siege!

Full speed ahead!

Fei Xue, Erika, cover the fleet!

Their weak point is the belly!

Aim for the belly!

Hit the small ones in the belly!

I'm getting my gear!

Do something!

No gunfire in the vehicle!

Erika, please switch to another vehicle.

Keep the vehicles side-by-side.

Reduce exposure area.

Roger that.

Roger that.

Fei Xue!

Su Li, under the vehicle!

Tighten formation.

Charge in.

Jiang Ya!

Jiang Ya!

Jiang Ya!

Today, in Wonderland… I failed to protect you.

The extremozoan hurt you.

If that big bastard hadn't sucked my ass, I would've torn it to shreds.

I was scared.

I'm sorry.

But… Jiang Ya.

Are you okay?

You were scared.

But fear was the right instinct.

Even the true Awakened hides when facing an extremozoan.

Or they end up like Maiduo.

Getting yourself and others killed.

How could you talk about Maiduo like that?

Was I wrong?

Why does your face look like a butt?

Is that funny to you?

After all this, you still find joy?

Enjoy that feeling while it lasts.

There won't be much more of it.

I don't understand why the adults chose to bring us into this world.

They never asked if we wanted this.

Any joy they had back then, must've been short-lived.

I used to dream about field missions.

Old-world magazines said the outside was full of laughter.

But all I see now are ruins.

Wastelands.

Death.

Blood and screaming.

Flesh remnants everywhere.

Bringing us into a world doomed to pain was the real mistake.

If we give up on newborns, then what is the point of our fighting and surviving?

What future is left?

Fight?

Like you can even win.

Then I can run.

Survive. Grow stronger.

Just don't give up here and now.

Even with Boss Bai there today, we lost so many.

Living in this world is hard.

But if no one resists, Dragonbone Village would've vanished long ago.

As long as our village stands, there's still hope.

And… my mom's pregnant.

I don't want my little sister to see this ugly world.

What's that smell?

Herbs cure wounds.

Flowers heal hearts.

Evey time my mom smacked me, I rubbed that on my butt.

The swelling went down right away.

Shan Shihui!

Don't even think about copying my homework again.

Dumbass, get in the vehicle!

Coming!

Hmph!

Jiang Ya, wait!

EPISODE 005 Life and death follow their time.

Yet my will knows no end.

Anima returns eternal.

And life shall never cease.

We fight to survive.

And we die for survival.

Dragonbone Village will never forget the fallen warriors, whether they rest here, or are lost to Manna Eco.

On the day of humanity's triumph, we will meet again.

The rite of anima enshrinement, commences.

Fang Yuan, the Awakened, a valorous warrior.

A wife. A mother.

Dear You Feng, if I don't make it back this time, congrats!! Now you can get yourself a new wife.

congrats!! Now you can get yourself a new wife.

You may never have awakened, but I know raising a child is no easier than slaying extremozoans.

All these years, you took such good care of me and our baby.

Your baby food and mushroom noodles are even better than the meals from Rice is Steel.

No way that's possible?

I believe you'll raise Liaoliao right.

But… if I really don't return… Liaoliao is still a baby now.

Holding his tiny hand, my heart melts.

Liaoliao, Mom wants to build a world without extremozoans for you.

But now my body can't fight anymore.

Whether you awaken your potential or not, I'll always love you.

If… Boss Bai's plan actually works, maybe the three of us can be together again.

Say goodbye to Mom.

Farewell to the second Awakened, Wulan Maiduo.

Routine log time.

What flavor today?

Okay, a song to lighten the mood!

If this actually plays, - it'll draw a crowd. - What the hell's going on?

Hey, Xu Tong, hold this for me.

Okay.

All warriors of Justice Squad, past and present, assemble!

Don't cry. Justice Monitor wouldn't want us sad.

Guess what song it is.

Let's test our sync.

3 2 1—Go!

♪ We ride on a rainbow, sailing far away ♪ ♪ The roaring sea breeze sweeps sorrow away ♪ ♪ Sweeps sorrow away ♪ ♪ Don't be afraid of losing the sun of tomorrow ♪ ♪ The sun of tomorrow ♪ ♪ We're going to change the world someday ♪

♪ Falling, climbing—we fight on side by side ♪ ♪ Fight on side by side ♪ ♪ Even if we bleed, a lollipop will make it right ♪ ♪ When we face the dark or the unknown ♪ ♪ The galaxy will sing with us ♪

♪ Far in the distance, light awaits—don't fear the night ♪ ♪ Pack the stars and paddle into the fight ♪ ♪ The sea is vast, but we won't lose sight ♪

♪ The night breeze will point us to the light ♪ Okay, as the first Justice Monitor, I'm officially stepping down.

The next Justice Monitor will be… Marc!

Huh?

Hmph.

Justice Squad, go!

Let's go! Awoooo!

Justice!

Justice!

Squad!

Squad!

Go!

Get in stance!

Huh?

Why are you staring at me?

This is freaking embarrassing.

Haisang!

Move aside!

Hey, calm down!

Give my sister back!

Bullets and fists can't kill me.

Go ahead. Stab me here.

You want death?

Chagai… Get out of my way!

Even Chagai understands better than you.

Right now, Maiduo's anima is inside Marc's anima seed.

If you kill him, what becomes of Maiduo?

Maiduo's gone.

It's all because of this monster.

I'll kill him with my own hands today!

Maiduo's anima can still be recovered.

What?

Years ago, Boss Bai and Xia Tianlai once used a device called the resonance bowl to retrieve anima from the Flora Manna.

Using the same method, we can get Maiduo back.

Then Maiduo can really come home?

But using it would mean destroying the Flora Manna.

And applying it to Marc would shatter his anima seed.

It would kill him.

Right.

Is there any other way?

If we adjust the vibration intensity, maybe it won't be fatal.

That… But if we fail, Maiduo will vanish completely.

We need to think it through.

If we do nothing, Maiduo's anima will fade anyway inside his anima seed.

So why not take the chance?

Marc is our Justice Monitor now.

You're not allowed to hurt him.

No way.

Anima returns eternal. And life shall never cease.

We preserve the anima for the day the anima legacy system is perfected, so our loved ones may return.

I may not live to see that day, But at least Maiduo still has hope.

If we lose even her anima, then she's truly lost.

But you know, the anima legacy system is still in its infancy.

The research is still at an early stage.

Its success is far from certain.

We should cherish every life that still survives.

And does Maiduo not deserve that?

Not deserve that?

Every life is unique.

Just bring out every device and method we have.

I promised Maiduo I'd bring her home.

Seems you have no friends.

What are you talking about?

Even the kids here know this thing's used to train for locating the anima seed.

Break it, and I'll be the one paying for it, again.

Quit messing around.

If you want to save Maiduo, follow me.

You… Still the same old you.

You've never seen a resonance bowl or studied anima seeds, yet you promised Aodeng?

Even if you are made of steel, you won't last long under maximum vibration.

Soon, you'll face your greatest trial.

Listen if you want to survive.

Hey, Du Lu.

Huh?

Hi, Boss Bai.

Huh?

Is this big guy coming in too?

Yes.

Whoa, easy there.

Boss, take your time.

I'm gonna have fun with Xia Tianlai.

Is this the greatest trial.?

Back at Lighthouse, you always went all out in combat.

But when it comes to relaxing and having fun, you never even tried.

Ridiculous.

You're still not familiar with this extremozoan body.

Even if you could sprint hundreds of kilometers, you'd burn out fast without pacing.

You've gotta use your brain.

What's that got to do with these crappy games?

If you want to boost your neural links, speed up your brain signal transmission, and control every component of your body precisely, then master all these crappy games.

Keep training.

Word's already spread that Shan Shihui made you his punching bag.

Shan Shihui, he's the worst gamer in the whole village.

Standby Loading new game Loading That's enough for today.

One win. Then sleep.

Rank: Rookie Record: 643L 0W Ah!

Justice Monitor, how'd you even make it?

If you still have a little respect for Justice Monitor, don't tell anyone.

Yes.

Marc sucks! Marc sucks!

Round 1, dodge delayed 0.2 seconds.

Round 2, ult startup lag.

Round 3, wrong ult direction.

Round 4, no burst combo.

Round 5, no energy management.

Round 6, safe jump failed.

Your actions can't keep up with your mind.

And if this wasn't just a game, how many lives would you have left to waste?

Fine.

You should learn to control your mind and actions precisely.

Mind and action, in perfect sync.

If you treat this like just a game, it will always be just a game.

Watch out!

Overclocking leads to system crash.

Go take a walk around the village.

If you treat everything as training, then even a speck of dust contains the universe.

One move to end it all.

My combo makes your fingers shake.

Gonna smack you down like a birthday cake.

Traitor! Bullying your big bro?

Let's go a round.

FATAL FURY: NEW RELEASE I won! I won! I won!

I won! I won! I won!

I won!

It's midnight! Kids are sleeping!

I beat you!

What?

Can't take a loss?

EPISODE 006 Last time you used this device, whose anima did you extract from the Flora Manna?

It was my partner.

Has it been successfully preserved?

It's not a good time to talk about the past.

The upper vibration threshold has been assigned to the resonance bowl.

Once bone resonance begins, you'll undergo extreme pain.

You must hold on.

Before Maiduo's anima is extracted, if your anima seed shatters from the resonance, not only will you be destroyed, Maiduo will vanish as well.

It's too late for regrets now.

Do it.

Mm.

Let your meridians and internal organs gradually relax, until every cell in your body feels light.

Try to lighten your thoughts and unfold the anima seed.

Let it accept the bowl resonance slowly.

My body… Where am I?

Is this the sphenoid bone inside the head?

Reality is like a game.

In a game, we use devices to control characters made of code.

And now, free from external interference and personal distractions, with all neurons in your brain synchronized, you've entered a flow state of mind-body unity.

Here, you can control your anima, and drive the smallest units of your body.

The real world is ever-changing, yet it can all be summarized by ancient Eastern mystical symbols.

This simple, clear order is called Yin and Yang.

Just like 0 and 1 in computers.

If the real world operates similarly to binary code, then perhaps human behavior and the structure of the world are both predetermined programs. If you can break free from the constraints of these programs, you can drive your anima to enter the anima seed and bring Maiduo out.

How can I find Maiduo?

Anima is a trinity of information, matter, and energy.

Inside your anima seed, there must be Maiduo's energy imprint.

It is her unique coordinate.

Remember, Flow-state control has its limits.

You must act quickly.

Computers run on binary, but the algorithms of the real world are far more complex.

Then how exactly does the anima seed operate?

This scene… I feel like I've seen it before.

Why is my anima in the form of my childhood self?

And why so many backups?

Is this really inside the anima seed?

It's no different from the outside world.

No sign of life.

Can it really preserve anima?

That lion's head from Wonderland… Is this a message left by Maiduo?

If I follow this direction, will I find her?

Ran Bing?

Are you trying to get yourself killed?

It's not safe here.

Follow me.

You didn't… You're still here.

You never left.

What did you say?

But why do you seem like your old self?

Hey! What's wrong with you? Trying to die here?

Hey!

Your moves really remind me of Marc.

You're not bad with your gun.

I'm Ran Bing, a Hunter from Lighthouse.

Are you one of the people living on the ground?

Now… I suppose so.

It's my first time seeing a living person on the ground.

Besides your skills, you also look a lot like our captain when he was young.

So, where are your companions?

I… I'm looking for her.

Can you help me?

Alright.

I can't reach my team right now either.

Let's get out of here first.

She doesn't know she's inside my anima seed.

And her memories have reverted to the past.

Is it really as Haisang said?

If she stays too long in the anima seed, she'll gradually fade away?

How do I take her away from here?

But her body… According to the Lighthouse rescue protocols, those who hand over their weapons may be granted unconditional shelter.

Once we find your friend, you should come with us.

I've heard about Lighthouse.

The Three Great Laws forbid family, and forbid emotion, making life feel hollow.

My friends and I long for a life of freedom.

I'll never go back there.

Go back?

You're from… How could… It's Marc's Heavy Walker!

Po Xiao.

You know its model name?

As long as the Heavy Walker still works, I can find my team.

Wait!

Don't do anything reckless!

Do you even know how to pilot that thing?

I've watched others drive it a hundred times. Got it memorized.

Ran Bing!

Since when could the Heavy Walker be piloted by two people?

Whoa, it even syncs physical feedback!

Damn, the snakedogs are coming again!

- This way! - No, this way!

You've never trained for this. Stop messing around!

Who says I need training to drive?

Leave it to me!

Forget it, just run for now.

What is this place?

At least those extremozoans didn't follow us.

Ever since I arrived in these ruins, I can't find a way out, and I've lost all contact with Lighthouse.

I don't feel hunger, I don't need water, I don't even need rest.

It's like… Something's not right.

But Marc, he'll definitely come for me.

He already has.

What did you say?

It may not be the world you once knew.

What do you mean?

Just now you said you'd never return to Lighthouse, And you recognized Po Xiao.

Who are you?

I'm… I'm… Marc!

You're Marc's offspring from the Dawn Hall!

Hah, no wonder you know everything about Lighthouse.

Ran Bing, look!

Commander, the latest artificial neural circuit stimulation results are in.

Single-cell recordings indicate no change in transmembrane potential of the giant brain's cells.

We've exhausted all research methods.

Do we need to abandon our current theories entirely?

How could it be?

What will it take to activate it?

Why is here the Wall of Human Nature?

Six-legged… Is that a dead extremozoan?

I feel like I've seen it before.

Strayed anima wanders the wrong path.

Check it now!

If anything's broken, I'll dock your Contribution Points!

Yet all shall return to the source, converging unto me.

Who are you?

I am the Primal End, who guides chaos to order, brings rebirth to the world, and restores all to peace.

Yet the cycle is severed. Only by rectifying sin shall the gears turn anew.

Disaster and suffering arise when anima is shackled to eternal shells.

Flameout!

Who are you?

Why are you in my anima seed?

How can the shell be eternal?

How does anima cycle?

What does any of this have to do with me?

You and I are one.

The cocoon of lies obscures your sight.

All around is illusion. Seek, and you shall see.

Return to me, and reclaim what was lost.

Alert.

- What's going on? - Alert.

Alert.

- Attitude control engine locked. - Alert.

Alert.

Anti-gravity engine failure.

Restart failed.

That's impossible!

An unknown command hijacked the central control.

Backup navigation offline.

Descent velocity: 89 m/s.

Attention.

Thrusters failure.

Attention.

Thrusters failure.

Attention.

Thrusters failure.

Please execute emergency evacuation procedures quickly and orderly.

Follow instructions.

Stay calm.

Attention.

Thrusters failure.

Let's go check inside.

Is she the companion you've been looking for?

Maiduo.

Let me take you home.

Sweetie, you're home now.

Maiduo.

My girl.

My girl… Maiduo!

Where did she go?

Can we also leave from here?

No! If you leave, I'll never see you again.

What? Why would you say that?

Ran Bing.

I'm Marc.

Return to me, and reclaim what was lost.

Wake up! Please!

Anima Signal Detected Anima-Body Link Disrupted Is Martin there?

Commander!

We're all here.

Stay calm.

Pull up the sensor data.

True Altitude Descent Velocity Descent exceeds 70 m/s.

If it continues, it'll cause structural damage to Lighthouse.

True Altitude Descent Velocity Activate the backup hovering system.

Helium buoyancy may barely sustain hover after pressurization.

All personnel in the compression chamber, open the valves now!

Go!

No Anima Signal Anima-Body Link Disrupted Follow me!

Activate emergency conduits in Sector 4!

Move!

We're out of time!

Wake up!

Why are you a child now?

Wake up!

We'll make it.

Almost there… Wake up!

Wake up! Tell me what's going on!

What is this?

Anima Signal Stabilized He's back!

Marc!

Thank goodness.

We made it.

Commander, are you alright?

Commander, trace analysis shows the lockdown command originated from Clotho.

What?

Scan Clotho's output, starting from ten minutes ago.

Here.

Subtle variances here.

The command was masked as harmless garbage code.

Revoke it.

Revocation Failed What?

Not even Commander Jing Nan has access?

Seal the information.

Patch me through to Charles.

Really? That's incredible.

Can't believe so much has happened.

Back on the Lighthouse, we were stuck in our little bubble.

Yeah.

Anima Iteration System. Human potential.

Our world holds more mysteries than just extremozoans.

You've got a lot to learn.

If you were with me… Don't be sad.

It is what it is.

It's not so bad here.

Inside your anima seed, I'm still me.

Like the anima backed up everything I was.

Kinda fun.

Hey.

Too bad I didn't get to see you storm the Dawn Hall for me.

And punch that big dog.

You're badass!

Turning into an extremozoan, must've been hard.

Well, not really… I wish I could see your monstrous form. Bet you looked awesome.

Get lost.

Am I… never gonna get out?

I'll get you out. I swear.

Hearing our future adventures, I envy that version of me.

It's all my fault.

Everyone dies.

It's just a matter of when.

If everything you told me is true, then during my life, you were the one who taught me what love is.

Being dead yet staying here is not bad.

At least I know, not even death can separate us now.

I can stay with you forever.

Even if the world out there no longer has me you must go on living well.

Ran Bing!

Wait for me.

EPISODE 007 Uh, I've been thinking about this for a long time.

But I still want to give you this.

Can't we just let Aodeng hold it?

Watching you three struggle is painful.

- Oh my, this girl's so sweet, so innocent. - Please be with me forever.

Her lower body is definitely stable.

- Perfect for physical skills. - No matter where we go, I'm counting on you.

- Though, her tongue's a bit pale. - No matter where we go, I'm counting on you.

Her spleen and lungs are a bit weak. Heavy dampness.

Alright, alright, stop watching it.

- Is Marc okay now? - This is my final request.

- He won't die. I can only intervene after he wakes up. - This is my final request.

Don't worry, Xia Dou is taking care of him.

Uh-huh.

I misjudged him.

That kid's got guts. I respect that.

Should I say thank you to him?

Don't stand in my way!

Actually, we should thank you instead.

Uh?

Thanks to this bone resonance, the next Operation Scarlet Swirl might finally be coming.

Remember?

The Flora Manna Sovereign is the gateway to the center of Manna Eco.

Extremozoans connect with the Flora Manna Sovereign to establish a conduction pathway.

Only those who pay the highest can enter it to undergo transformation.

In that way, Marc must absorb a massive amount of anima as the toll.

So I've been wondering if there's another way to enter.

Until Aodeng tried to perform bone resonance for Maiduo, I finally thought of a trick.

What trick?

The Mind Flow Control Room.

What?

What are you thinking, boss?

Are you out of your mind?

The ability unique to That One?

Because of his betrayal, we lost our home, and so many people died.

And now you want to use his trick?

See?

That's why I didn't bring it up before the bone resonance.

I think that's right.

That One could use Mind Flow to skip the toll and directly connect to the Sovereign to enter it.

But it was because of Mind Flow that he was devoured by Manna Eco.

You want Marc to learn this?

You're just throwing him into the same fate.

Marc was already interfered with Manna Eco when he awakened his potential.

He saw the past of me and Lu Sheng.

Huh?

His successful rescue of Maiduo means there's a chance for him to reach the Sovereign mouth.

But if he gets devoured and becomes a complete extremozoan, then he'll just repeat Lu Sheng's tragedy.

If that happens, I'll crush his anima seed right away.

Boss, just don't bring That One up.

He's nothing but a human-shaped extremozoan.

What about Marc?

Ouch.

Boss, where are we now?

The shielding tower core.

Why did you hide this from me?

I had no idea Clotho possessed the highest-level control over Lighthouse.

If we sever the connection between Clotho and the center control system, can we restart the thrusters?

It's true we could manually cut the connection, but judging by the control structure, doing so would cause Lighthouse to lose all management and crash.

With our stored supplies, plus output from the sky farm and cockroach cakes, we won't starve, not right away.

But our helium reserves will only last a few months.

What's worse, extremozoans are gathering below the Lighthouse.

Once the helium runs out, a forced landing would mean certain death.

I've been trying to decode the data it outputs, but I overlooked one thing: Clotho's fundamental structure may not be so different from the human brain.

Its internal processes might also rely on neural synapses and neuropeptides for transmission.

If it possesses self-awareness, it could very well be thinking too.

In that case, we just need to connect it directly to a human brain to allow neurotransmitter conduction.

It should allow neural signals… You're right.

Clotho is a wetware system, composed of nested organic and inorganic matter.

In essence, it is a living entity.

But the human brain's signals and synaptic responses are incompatible with it.

If the two connect and interfere, plunging into chaos, then the Lighthouse's fate will be sealed prematurely.

So far, seven have fallen from Lighthouse, over two hundred injured, and several major facilities damaged.

My lord.

My lord.

My lord, you must take care of yourself.

Lighthouse cannot stand without you.

Commander, our City Lord has summoned you, not to listen to your empty words.

Radar shows abnormal extremozoan activity within a 15-kilometer radius.

The high concentration of anima has drawn their attention.

Right now, the public remains unaware of the gathering extremozoans.

I fear that if we remain hovering at a low altitude, more extremozoans will be drawn in.

I request the reallocation of spare ammunition from the Hunters to the City Defense Force.

You're just some pussycats.

What do you need so many weapons for?

You… How many of your people have actually fought an extremozoan?

But we… We have Discipline Enforcers for internal matters, and the Hunters for external threats.

I never even knew what use you were before this.

You… Right now, all the Hunters are deployed to ground missions.

Only the City Defense Force can protect Lighthouse.

As long as I stand, not even the strongest extremozoan will ever set foot near Lighthouse!

Take a good look at this.

This… is the Abyss Walker.

But the inactive armor is just a statue.

It won't help us in our current crisis.

Give me enough test subjects, and I'll activate the Abyss Walker within ten days.

I heard that the Correction Institution never stopped providing you with subjects.

There's no time.

It has awakened.

Everyone will die.

Let me go!

The greater catastrophe is coming.

The lost souls will soon return to their path.

3852 3852 respond!

There's no doubt humans can activate the Abyss Walker.

But sadly… Deviations must be corrected.

Death is the beginning of… What's going on?

It seems to have a rejection mechanism similar to the immune system.

Anyone infected with scarlet pheromone syndrome dies without exception.

Until now, all subjects the Correction Institution has provided are scarlet pheromone syndrome patients and inferiors with severe underlying illnesses.

My lord, I need healthy living subjects.

The Abyss Walker is our only weapon against extremozoans right now.

How many?

The more, the better.

But let me be clear— I need those test subjects, but I can't guarantee their survival.

That's enough, Dr. Carrie.

We don't have many people.

If the Abyss Walker never activates, five, fifty, even five hundred, will any of them be enough?

If everyone becomes a sacrifice for your experiments, then in the end, what truly destroyed us, Manna Ecology?

Or you?

Didn't you just propose a solution to stabilize the hovering system?

Then let's see who works faster— whether you can get Lighthouse airborne again before I turn everyone into a bloody mess.

Right now, all resources should be devoted to our defenses.

Even inferiors must assist the City Defense Force where they're needed, not be sent to die in vain.

The duty of protecting Lighthouse falls to the City Defense Force.

You are our final line of defense.

Your requested weapons and ammunition are approved.

Inventory them and deploy as soon as possible.

Yes.

The City Defense Force will defend Lighthouse to the death!

Commander Jing Nan, as for Clotho, you'll have to find the answer yourself.

Also, Morgan's condition has improved.

Go visit him.

As for your request, Dr. Carrie, I approve it.

What?

I won't let you down.

Charles!

We can't do this.

Wait… The extremozoans are approaching Lighthouse.

And my body won't hold out much longer.

If it were Morgan or the first City Lord, what would they have done?

Whether it was the war in Lighthouse Year 1, or the bloodshed when the Three Great Laws were enacted, the City Lord always prioritized the survival of Lighthouse.

Lighthouse needs power, no matter the cost.

Identity verified.

Boss, why'd you never bring us here before?

I didn't tell you earlier because the truth about the shielding tower core would shatter everything you know.

Boss, we've followed you for years.

What haven't we seen?

That's… a femur.

On Earth, gravity wouldn't allow a creature to grow that large.

Unless… it's an extremozoan.

But how could there be an extremozoan inside a shielded zone?

Stop guessing. Follow me and you'll see.

She's breathing?

This colossal being's biomagnetic field is the signal source of every shielding tower in Dragonbone Village.

Extremozoans sense her field and assume there are no humans nearby, so they avoid this area.

I never imagined the shielding towers were built on Manna Eco.

If no other extremozoan dares approach, her ecological rank must be dominant.

Past sampling confirms that all known Manna species' genetic data are embedded in her DNA.

So back then, we called her the Primal Manna.

Is she a threat to us?

She's been dormant in the trench for billions of years.

My father's research team excavated her just before the catastrophe.

Her bone density can no longer support her massive frame.

Right now, her biological functions are only enough to maintain minimal life activity.

That One you keep talking about, he was born from her left brain.

The other extremozoans came from the Flora Manna.

They can't reproduce.

But this Primal one can give birth.

Could it be asexual fission?

Whatever it was, I think That One eventual assimilation by Manna Eco came from his bloodline connection to her.

I've always suspected the Primal Manna is deeply tied to the catastrophe.

To find answers to fight Manna Eco, I took Lu Sheng to my father's institute and discovered that his body didn't just carry Manna genes, but was genetically compatible with humans.

Meaning, with genetic modification, Lu Sheng's organs could be transplanted into any human.

So, all those clones, were they made for organ trafficking?

Yes. They replicated Lu Sheng's human genes, implanted them into ordinary embryos, mass-produced clones, and sold the organs at sky-high prices after the catastrophe.

Later, I rescued Lu Sheng and fled the institute. We wandered ever since.

As for what happened after, and his connection to Marc, you all know that story.

Now that Marc's become a Manna chimera, we get a chance to carry out the next Operation Scarlet Swirl.

Gosh, Irony of fate.

Human greed pushed Lu Sheng toward assimilation by Manna Eco.

Our home was destroyed because of him.

Yet now, our final hope rests on one of his clones.

(Creepy laughter) Where did you get these old dogs?

Bai Yuetian?

Show respect! Call me Gramps!

No news for so long.

He's been holed up here.

The moment Marc got into trouble, Master Lai sent Yuekui to bring him back from Faulted Gorge.

Then had me monitor the Primal Manna here.

He was quite the looker in his prime.

Whoa.

You sure know how to have fun.

But your taste is monotonous.

So many love flicks. How do you watch them all?

Not only do I watch them, but I can simulate real experiences using sensors!

Forget it. It won't fit you.

Why not paste your face onto your digital face?

(Viscous liquid sounds and struggling noises) Ew.

Because it's chubby.

I've called you here today to announce a significant discovery.

Now, we can't keep Marc in Dragonbone Village.

We must weaponize him immediately.

You were the one who pushed us to awaken his potential.

Now you want him dead?

What the hell are you doing?

I'll tell you what the hell I'm doing.

Look over here.

Ah!

This swimsuit's too small! I'm not wearing it!

- So tight! You're so bad! - Without visitors, I pinned this to the top.

See? Marc's failed potential awakening, the extremozoans at the shielding tower, and the bone resonance, all coincide with the Primal Manna's neural spikes.

And the amplitude keeps increasing.

It means she may have already established a psychic link with Marc.

Hey! Are you even listening?

I've already told them.

Ah?

Then why are you so calm?

What now?

If we do nothing, she might gradually awaken.

Even immobilized, she could alter her bio-magnetic signals, and summon extremozoans outside the shield to attack us.

Then the shield's illusion would shatter.

But if we carry out the Operation Scarlet Swirl before that happens, we can eradicate Manna Eco across this continent.

No more need for shields at all.

But we can't gamble the whole village.

I don't want to gamble either.

But I refuse to let our children live forever in a world of extremozoans.

After Marc was disrupted by Manna Eco, I'd already considered weaponizing him.

But now that he's created the Mind Flow Control Room, we have a chance to strike at the Scarlet Swirl.

He hasn't let us down.

I still stand with Boss.

No one knows how deep their psychic link has gone.

As the Primal Manna awakens, Marc will spiral out of control just like Lu Sheng did back then.

Maiduo has always believed Marc would stand with humanity.

She's willing to sacrifice herself for him.

I trust her choice.

Look how much blood we've shed fighting Manna Eco.

One misstep, and Dragonbone Village will follow the same path to ruin.

Have you all lost your minds?

All these years, we've been barely surviving in a confined place.

Would you choose to live like this forever?

Marc is a clone of That One.

How can you guarantee he won't betray us too?

If Marc's bond with Manna Eco is his inevitable fate, then I'm betting he'll choose humanity.

This is our only shot at striking back.

But… If I see anything abnormal in him, I'll personally… If you really meant that, Lu Sheng's head would be mounted at the village gate.

Fine, fine. Take the brainwave spectrum analyzer.

At least we can monitor his link to the Primal Manna.

I'm her brother, after all.

Return it when you're done.

Got it.

Okay, Yu Xi.

I got it.

Stay calm.

Compile all the neural data when Lighthouse fall was falling.

The neural link plan… we'll discuss when I return.

Commander Jing Nan, are you truly confident?

The Correction Institution will spare no effort if you need assistance.

Why help me?

The City Lord seems deeply obsessed with the Abyss Walker.

If he insists on piloting it after activation… I'd rather our neural link succeed to save Lighthouse and spare him unnecessary suffering.

Don't worry.

This is my duty.

Identity verified.

Even if you save the Lighthouse this time, you won't be the City Lord.

Once I uncover the secrets of Clotho, maybe I'll also find a cure for scarlet pheromone syndrome.

Jing Nan.

Mm.

Come on.

This is a critical move.

Give me advice.

Sometimes taking a step back is the wise move.

Oh ho!

That's right!

I'm not going down without a fight.

Mr. Grey, seeking outside help hardly befits a City Lord.

Maeve, we had a deal.

This is the last time.

You and your father can't keep ganging up on me!

Alright, alright. Last time.

What happened to Lord Morgan?

Ever since Marc fell from Lighthouse, he's been like this.

To awaken his memories, Charles placed him here.

After all, everything here was arranged by your mother Maeve.

No distractions. Checkmate!

Ah!

I was careless!

Don't get cocky.

You just got lucky.

One more round!

There's really no effective treatment?

Carrie said that before the catastrophe, some records from the old world mentioned a gene therapy called Angel.

It could regenerate brain cells, and was considered the best cure for Alzheimer's.

But after the catastrophe, it vanished.

Lord Morgan prepared this for you when he noticed his decline.

It contains all the research he and the first City Lord conducted on Clotho.

Years ago, after Lord Grey brought the giant brain to Lighthouse, he linked it to the central server for study, thus creating the Clotho system.

Then during a voyage, Tartarus encountered an intense magnetic storm.

In that desperate moment, Clotho hacked the central system and saved them all.

From that point on, the two became inseparable.

It hacked the central system?

If such a neural link was possible once, then a link to the human brain could also be achieved.

Absolutely not!

Maeve, don't listen to the madman Flynn!

That giant brain came from a creature living for billions of years.

It's tied to the Manna catastrophe, extremely dangerous!

Flynn!

One more word tempting my wife into danger, and you're banished to the archives!

Okay, I'll listen to you.

Hmph.

Who's Flynn?

He was once the administrator of Clotho.

They say the most powerful AI from the old world linked with the giant brain to save humanity, but was devoured.

Years later, under Lord Grey's orders, Flynn tried repeatedly to extract the super AI but no neural signal could be detected.

Yet ever since baby Marc was brought to Lighthouse, Clotho's interactions with Lighthouse have spiked dramatically.

Just as Lord Grey was preparing to investigate, Clotho unexpectedly entered dormancy.

So Marc and Clotho are deeply connected?

When the chimera Marc absorbed Ran Bing's anima the long-dormant Clotho showed signs of awakening.

The connection between Marc and Clotho, has been the lifelong mystery Lord Morgan tried to solve.

But no progress was ever made.

Sigh.

Perhaps we'll never unravel the giant brain's secrets.

I must uncover them now.

Charles has already authorized full-scale human trials on the Abyss Walker to protect Lighthouse.

The only way to stop him from killing more people is to solve the hovering system before it's too late.

I've always been disgusted by human experimentation.

Carrie's madness once cost me my closest friend.

But these are extraordinary times.

To ensure Lighthouse's survival, these sacrifices may be unavoidable.

Even Lord Morgan, would make the same choice.

As the Commander of the Navigation Control Room, every life lost to the hovering crisis is my burden to bear.

Go find Flynn.

That old man has been buried in the archives for years, not exactly easy to deal with.

Once this crisis is resolved, I'll come back to see you.

Maeve, today's your birthday.

Charles and Jing Nan practiced that piano duet for months.

They've been planning a surprise for you.

I won't let anything happen to you and Lighthouse.

Don't eat too much.

We haven't even found that monster Marc yet, and you've already burned through half our supplies.

Save your breath.

If we all die, who's gonna eat those?

Extremozoans?

Do you believe what he said?

I don't believe someone who'd take a bullet for a kid would ever hurt Captain Marc.

Yeah.

He even removed the collars the Correction Institution put on us.

At least for now, his story checks out.

Dunno if Kun Jie will make it.

The bullet's been removed, and the wound treated.

He's stable.

Captain, thank you for saving me.

Never disobey my orders again.

Next time you're in danger, I'll still choose to protect you.

Besides 9033 and our friends, you're the only one who's been truly kind to me.

If you weren't reckless, I wouldn't get shot.

Talk about protecting others when you're actually capable.

What's this?

What are you shouting about?

Holy… Wow! Green land?

Wow! Green land?

It's so beautiful.

They say the entire continent was green in the old world.

Why hasn't this place been corrupted by Manna Eco?

Everyone, stay alert.

A bomb!

Hey!

Don't go any further.

Vehicles that pass through the Manna core zone carry Manna spores.

No direct access to purified grasslands.

All the equipment and supplies ahead of you are private property.

There really are survivors on the ground.

Captain Marc's report was true.

How did they survive?

And they can purify soil?

Fei Xue, sniper viability?

High-risk target acquired.

Ready to fire on command.

Aiming your gun at me won't help.

At this range, I'll see the muzzle flash and dodge it.

To pass through, you must hand over all weapons and gear, and undergo the purification.

Refusal to comply or leave will be treated as an act of invasion.

You guys over there, listen up.

We're the Hunters from Lighthouse.

I'm Commander Sui Ying.

We're looking for our former Commander Marc.

It's been years since the Lighthouse found ground survivors, but we can accept you under protocols… Alright enough!

Do you want me to get on that giant pot lid, go to your breeding hall, and write a physical manual?

Or eat cockroach cakes, do the hard labor?

When I drop dead, toss me to extremozoans?

No parents? No marriage?

What's my sweet girl Kolova supposed to do?

Cut the crap. It's pointless.

Hey!

Marc's under our protection now.

Stay away from him.

Back off if you want to live.

Jianjian, how far are we from Marc?

Patient Marc is located inside the building ahead.

Proceed forward to reach him.

Retreat.

Move quickly!

No stalling!

Move those over there!

That was so close.

We dropped from thousands of meters.

It nearly killed us.

I heard the Lighthouse parachutes are locked in the Supply Prep Room.

Let's check it out tonight.

Stop talking nonsense!

The Discipline Enforcers will beat you to death if they catch you.

Stop slacking.

Get to work!

Who's that?

Get them!

Stop right there!

Damn it.

Another inferior stealing supplies!

Stop! Don't run!

Lucas, what's wrong?

May Light and Shadow bless us.

Lucas.

EPISODE 008 What happened?

You okay?

Sit.

The food he left us is already finished.

I stole this from the superior area.

It's alright.

Cockroach cakes are fine too.

Watch your step.

Stop being mysterious.

4068, are we there yet?

Be patient.

We're here.

Go in and check it out.

So sketchy.

What is this place?

Where did you get such complete tools?

The battery is fully charged.

A brand-new lathe. Even bullet tips can be machined.

Inferior 4277.

Ah?

In recognition of your long-term contributions, Lighthouse has awarded you this repair workshop.

Stop fooling around.

You… Just keep it down when you're tinkering here.

If you get caught, 4068 will be in deep trouble.

4068… Everything here, he risked his life collecting it for you from the ground.

And some were taken from the unused superior repair workshop.

You went to all that trouble.

Might as well visit us more often.

You don't want it?

Then give it back.

No way!

Come on. There's more good stuff.

Wow!

What are you waiting for?

Today, bread and milk aren't the main event.

Oh my gosh, is this fresh fruit?

It looks so nice!

Try it.

Hey, don't just lick it.

Take a big bite!

But even the fruit isn't the main event.

What's this flavor?

It's called wine.

Give it a try.

So sweet!

So good!

After today, how can we possibly stomach cockroach cakes again?

And this, still not the main event.

Do you know what the City Lord usually eats?

Wait, the superiors' food is enough for us two to savor for days!

Now we're moving onto the City Lord's menu?

You're setting the bar too high!

Yes! The thrill of soaring high, that's the point!

Ready?

Keep your eyes on it.

This is the main event!

Wow!

It smells amazing!

Hold on.

Awesome… Is this what being a superior feels like?

It's way too good!

This is… not even meant for humans.

They say people in the old world loved this.

It's a special Lighthouse supply for the City Lord.

He shares a bit with me every month.

Oh my gosh… I get it now.

What?

4068, are you gonna… be the next City Lord?

A toast to the next City Lord!

Cheers!

As long as I have food, you'll have your share.

We might be inferiors, but we can still enjoy the superior life.

My lord.

Huh?

You actually answered that?

My lord, that's so unfair!

What's wrong?

You gave her a gift.

Where's mine?

When will I get one?

I'll give you a good position instead.

The gas distribution room, sounds good?

No ground runs.

Safe, and high Contribution Points.

I am sincerely grateful, my lord.

Piss off!

So, when are you gonna make us superiors too?

Right.

If we're all superiors, you won't have to sneak around to bring us stuff.

Tell us how you became a superior.

They say you've been working for Charles long ago.

Is that true?

4068, please tell us.

Besides saving the City Lord, what else have you done for them?

Maybe we can make it too.

Might even make it better than you!

I'm sorry. I have no choice.

You can't, or you won't?

Come on, just tell us!

4068… Why don't we just… Enough!

How I became a superior, is none of your business.

I made it. You think you can too?

4068 you… Don't call me 4068 ever again.

Being a superior isn't such a big deal.

Then don't come begging to be one.

You think it's so easy to become a superior?

You have no idea what I've sacrificed.

Just tell me what's needed here. I'll bring it to you.

But stop prying into my affairs.

You think being Commander, giving me this shabby room, and throwing us some scraps makes you special?

And we should be grateful?

This is just your self-righteous pity.

You only got here by luck.

No matter how well you pretend, you'll always have inferior blood in your veins!

4068… Captain Sui Ying, we don't necessarily want to be superiors.

I'm leaving now.

I'm sick of eating this stuff.

Enjoy your meal.

You know I'm serious.

And you know I don't even like men.

Let's just call yesterday a mistake.

Dare to let me kiss you again?

If you really feel nothing, then we'll just leave it at that.

Fine.

Go on.

Radar Zone Anomaly detected Something happens.

For Marc, they really dare to go this far.

The bastards from that giant pot lid always steal things.

Our boss saved their leader back then, yet they stabbed her in the back and took her armor.

They won't stop until they get what they want.

Time to teach them the ground rules with force.

To end war with war.

Exactly.

We can't let them take Marc, nor any of the village's research.

This is our line in the sand.

Everyone listen up.

This fight will be tough.

But if we take that fortress, not only do we recover Marc, but we might learn how they avoid extremozoans.

Our supplies are nearly gone, and we haven't received the coordinates for returning to lighthouse.

If we fail here, the mission dies, and so do we.

Captain, don't worry.

You saved my life.

Just give the orders.

Proceed with the planned tactics.

Yes.

Hold formation! Draw their fire and advance!

Yes.

Full speed to the ship's thruster!

Fools charging blind… Microwave attack detected. Activating defensive shields.

Crap!

The old-world microwave bombs.

Qian Li, follow me.

The fleet stopped.

We have to hurry.

Heavy Walkers, provide cover.

Everyone move behind the rocks!

Target group moving. Distance, 1200 meters. Wind speed 2.

Guns reposition to cover sectors G-3 and X-2.

Fire!

Gun carriage, lock onto their turret.

Launch missiles.

Roger that.

(Loading ordnance) Are they serious? Missiles?

Hey, are you sure this will work?

You've shown off enough!

Gun carriage, extend 150 meters east!

Fire!

Our anti-radar window is limited. Make it count.

Roger that.

Go.

Surveillance System Unknown Intrusion They're almost at the thruster.

What's that equipment?

Amuer!

Let them in. Then shut the door and trap them.

They bound you with lies.

Embrace the Annihilator's destiny.

Return to me, and reclaim what was lost.

Finally awake.

The polarity in your body has been temporarily corrected.

Stay here for a few days.

The phase stabilizer can harmonize your anima.

She's still inside me.

Did you know that?

The day we carried you out of Faulted Gorge, Tianlai and I detected her through the device.

Why did you hide it from me?

Once anima remains inside an extremozoan long enough, it naturally dissipates.

That's why they must "pay tribute" regularly.

Has she seemed different to you?

If the anima has already dissipated, even if we extract it, we can't preserve it in the anima canister.

I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to face the truth that your lover was fading away, and you could do nothing.

If you can extract and preserve the anima, can you use your life iteration system to bring her back before Ran Bing vanishes?

A long time ago, Boss Bai and I took a risky attempt.

Come with me.

Honey, that big guy freeloading at our place I told you about, he's here to see you.

Honey, our girl Xia Hua, she's due in just two weeks.

And Xia Dou, she stayed up gaming all night again.

If you'd just say a word to her, she'd definitely listen to you.

This… This is… She was the one who trusted me most in this world.

She believed I could heal every patient whose anima was damaged.

Back then, I had been researching life reversal for years without results.

Every time I was about to give up, she encouraged me to keep going.

She even joked that maybe she'd have to become the flesh remnant to motivate me to succeed.

Who could've known those words would become a prophecy?

It's fine.

Honey, I know you're struggling.

It's fine.

It's fine.

It's fine.

Over a decade ago, she drew the extremozoans away to save her teammates and Tianlai.

When we finally found her, all that was left was the flesh remnant.

We used the bone resonance device to recover her from the Flora Manna, then paid a heavy price to rebuild her carbon-based body with the old-world 3D-printing tech, attempting reverse anima transfusion.

The result is what you see now.

How could it end up like this… You have no idea how guilt consumes me every time I visit her all these years.

It was my obsession that kept her from finding her final peace.

I can restart that experiment right now.

But if it fails, are you sure this is the kind of existence you want for her?

If she hadn't saved me, she'd still be alive and well.

Son, you should free yourself.

Don't let her end up like this just because you're desperate to make up for it.

But there's a voice in my mind, saying there's another way to bring her back.

What else did she say to you?

You know who she is?

What else are you hiding from me?

Maybe you can hear those voices because you were implanted with a spinal centipede.

That's a product of Manna Eco.

Don't let her seduce you.

Boos, emergency!

The Lighthouse Hunters are coming for Marc, and attacking the eco-base!

They're requesting reinforcements.

Tianlai, run full diagnostics on Marc again.

I'm going to the eco-base.

She wouldn't want you chained by guilt forever.

Only by letting go can you truly live.

I know the Lighthouse people.

I'm coming with you.

Please, I'm begging you.

Please let me go.

I've served Lighthouse faithfully.

What are you planning to do to me?

4926, don't be nervous.

You're doing something truly great.

It's very important to the City Lord and to Lighthouse.

Dr. Carrie?

Last time, 3852 went in and never came out again.

Dr. Carrie, I'm begging you.

Please let me go.

I don't want to stay here.

Please… save me… 4926, what I need you to do is simply to enter this bio-armor.

Then, try to control it.

Finally, report everything you sense inside.

Do you understand?

Yes… I understand… What… what is this?

Let go of me!

I don't want to get in there!

Let go of me!

What is that thing?

When stimulated by microwave pulses, the Abyss Walker's shell unfolds like a nemertean's proboscis.

It seems to have an affinity for the human body, enhancing bio-mechanical symbiosis.

What is this?

Let go of me!

Dr. Carrie, I even cleaned your room.

Do you remember?

Dr. Carrie!

Dr. Carrie!

Please!

Dr. Carrie!

Dr… The sync rate between the subject and the Abyss Walker is rising.

No rejection detected.

Link stabilized.

Lott, initiate functional zone tests.

Yes.

4926.

Can you hear me?

Move your right-hand fingers.

Strike the target in front of you.

That's an armor-piercing test plate!

And it just shattered with one punch… No wonder the first City Lord and Lord Morgan spared no effort to seize this thing from that white-haired woman.

Yeah.

Victor's arm wasn't lost in vain, after all.

A healthy living subject actually works.

Looks like Dr. Carrie's research really should ignore ethical barriers.

By the grace of Light and Shadow.

Dr. Carrie, deploy the weapons.

Proceed.

4926, turn around.

Activate the weapon system.

Attack the target next to me.

4926, execute my order.

4926, can't you hear me?

Execute my order.

Now!

Wait!

4926, I said… Lott!

What… Stop!

4926, can you hear my voice?

4926!

No!

Everyone, evacuate right now!

City Defense Heavy Walkers, support the Ecology Research Institute now!

Conventional weapons are completely ineffective against it.

Cease fire!

Your functions finally activated.

The sacrifices weren't in vain.

It was all worth it.

It hurts… It's all because of you… Run samples now.

Yes.

It hurts… Help me… Severe mitochondrial fragmentation.

The subject's epigenetic clock appears to have been violently accelerated by some invisible force.

It's as if decades of life were devoured in an instant.

Healthy subjects aging.

Those with scarlet pheromone syndrome die instantly.

Why was that white-haired woman the only one completely unharmed?

If what Marc said is true and she's been alive all this time, then what powers the Abyss Walker… Could it be… time?

No.

Time doesn't exist.

It's not an entity.

Nor does it occupy dimensions.

It's just a vague concept invented by humans.

Time's flow generates no energy.

Everything in nature inevitably moves toward maximum entropy.

Only living organisms are an exception, absorbing extreme order with negative entropy, expelling extreme chaos with positive entropy.

Perhaps it's not a weapon but a lifeform.

Those secretions, perhaps they force the human body to overproduce ATP, then store that energy inside the armor.

In the process, they might also wear down telomeres, causing tissue aging.

But ATP consumption happens in real time.

It shouldn't be possible to store that much energy.

Next time, increase the cAMP concentration in the synchronizing agent, slow cellular aging, and ensure the Abyss Walker's energy absorption.

You'll keep experimenting?

Dr. Carrie, you're insane.

As far as I'm concerned, that thing is nothing but an uncontrollable killing machine.

And every time someone pilots it, it costs a human life.

All that sacrifice, just to get a few minutes of operation and indiscriminate, chaotic attacks.

The short operating time is because of inferior genes.

The loss of control is because that inferior resisted with all his will.

You… You mean… you're planning to use superiors for the next trial?

To be frank, all of you here are the optimal subjects in my eyes.

With your superior genes and loyalty to Lighthouse, I'm sure today's incident will never happen again.

You… You crazy… Didn't you just tell me to ignore ethical barriers?

Why hesitate when it's your turn?

Lighthouse is hovering with the extremozoans closing in.

At this critical moment, you're gonna sacrifice a few of us?

If I enter the Abyss Walker, the first person I'll kill is you.

I have a hundred ways to make you obey.

I could end you right now!

Lighthouse is in peril.

If it can ease the City Lord's burdens, if it can turn disaster aside, no matter what sacrifice it takes, I am willing.

Dr. Carrie, I'm at your service.

Enough!

You're all insane.

Whether the Abyss Walker experiment continues, that is for the City Lord to decide.

Dr. Carrie, full permissions granted.

Proceed with the experiment.

Your wisdom illuminates us, my lord.

Now the extremozoan mountain is less than 100 meters below Lighthouse.

To hold the extremozoans back from climbing Lighthouse and buy time for the Abyss Walker it falls to you, Commander Senge.

Yes.

I swear on my life, I will not allow a single extremozoan to reach the defense platform.

Ewan, gather all remaining weapons, all combat personnel, and place them under Commander Senge's command.

Yes.

Understood.

My lord.

Commander Senge, you're now holding full military authority.

We are all counting on you now.

EPISODE 009 Team 2 calling Team 1.

Please respond.

Team 1 copy.

We just shot their people.

I know.

Don't overthink it.

There's no other way to survive and find Marc.

Understood.

We've advanced to the designated point.

But this fortress is more complicated than expected.

It'll take time to complete the search.

We'll regroup with you ASAP.

Until then, stay alert.

The long-haired woman can intercept rockets with her arrows.

And someone caught bullets bare-handed.

They resemble the espers recorded by Lighthouse years ago.

With various strange abilities.

So they're not human?

That transient medium looks like a plasma shield from the old world.

Don't scare yourself.

If they're using shields, it means they fear guns too.

All you need to think about is how to put bullets in their heads.

If you hesitate, you and your teammates will die.

We couldn't bring Jianjian to search for Marc.

Clear rooms one by one for now.

Split up and sweep.

Stairway clear.

Stick with me.

Heavy Walker, control front and rear risk zones and cover the breach.

Enemies on the first floor.

Stay alert on the 2nd and the 3rd.

Move!

Decrypting… Decryption complete Fei Xue!

Visual Obstruction Zones Low Hiding Spot Low Risk Visual Obstruction Zones Fei Xue!

Tie Xiao, give me a hand.

This mecha has broken down.

Hold onto me.

What was that?

Maybe quantum tunneling.

What kind of people are these?

All units alert.

They possess tunneling ability.

They could appear from anywhere.

I've only read about this tech in old-world documents.

Never thought it was actually possible.

This is insane.

Compared to this, maybe extremozoans are the normal ones.

Anyone who can survive on the ground must be capable.

Watch out! That guy's immune to bullets.

Damn it! Even tougher than an extremozoan.

Finally disabled their vanguard.

Ribs almost all broken.

Deep breaths.

Decrypting… They know our position.

They know our position.

Why scared inside the Heavy Walker?

Close your headpiece!

I got this.

We can't keep fighting like this.

Only this.

My eyes!

My eyes… Hey!

Hey!

Caro!

You alright?

You shame the Hunters' name.

Sorry… I… If it weren't for Lita, we'd all be dead today.

Lita… If you make it back alive, apply to quit the Hunters.

You'll get killed staying on the ground.

Most of our best fighters are seriously injured.

They can't activate their potential anymore.

This is the final defensive line.

If we lose this, you know what to do.

Yes.

After this, let's get our parenting certification.

Okay?

Great. If I get the certification, maybe your dad will stop beating me.

What is this place?

Likely their eco research site.

Marc should be held here.

I'll go clear the second floor.

Hold my hand.

Jordan!

They have optical camouflage.

Visual Obstruction Zones Visual Obstruction Zones Low Hiding Spot Low Risk Visual Obstruction Zones Prepare grenades.

Watch out!

Lita!

Ahfu… Lita move!

Hold on!

Watch out! It's him again!

We're late.

Where's Marc?

Tell us, or we'll beat it out of you.

I've seen you before.

In Nirvana, Marc was dying, and you were the one rushing to save him.

Do you know who gave Marc that scar on his neck?

What?

Who are you?

Stop right there!

Captain!

Open the door, now!

Decrypting… That night in Nirvana, Marc's mecha was gripped by the extremozoan.

A Lighthouse inferior, holding a bone spur, walked to him.

Marc thought he was saved.

He had always believed in that young man.

Even though he was just an inferior, his talent and effort might one day earn him greatness.

Later, that man became the Hunter Commander, in a way Marc never imagined.

Don't believe a word she says!

How would she know anything about the Hunters?

Kill them now!

Haven't you seen how cunning these people are?

Decryption failed Someone's controlling that mecha from behind.

Max!

What are you waiting for?

Kill that woman, now!

Put the gun down.

Let them speak.

Who do you trust?

You still can't tell who's really on your side?

Think!

If Captain were guilty, why would he keep you all close?

That man climbed behind Marc, pried open his headpiece, and with that bone spur, sliced open Marc's throat.

Marc couldn't even struggle.

His eyes widened as he tried to speak, but no words came.

Blood spilled down his mecha, and his body slid from the extremozoan's grip onto the ground.

That Lighthouse inferior fell from the rubble in panic.

Blood and mud smeared across his body.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't wipe it clean.

He couldn't tell if the filth was from the stains, or his soul.

You wanna die?

Just keep listening to her lies.

After that, that man took Marc's place.

He became the glorious commander, and forgot what a filthy, despicable person he truly was.

Now guess… who was that man?

It's not true!

I didn't do that!

We trusted you so much… It's not true!

Don't believe them!

I had nothing to do with Marc's death.

Nothing!

If we don't help him now, he'll be killed.

Get the woman at the back!

Kolova!

Bromine fog?

It's a product of Manna Eco.

Energy reserves: Normal Open the door.

Access granted Boss, you're the only one who can handle a rogue humanoid weapon.

It's your turn.

Don't move.

Give me the gun.

Try what I taught you.

Good thing we got here in time.

Once the bromine fog thickens, he might not be able to hold out.

Hey.

We already dealt with your people and vehicles outside.

And with Marc being that strong, you're not taking him anywhere.

What?

You said… that's Marc?

It really is Captain Marc?

Move.

You… Stop right there!

Don't run!

We broke into the prison for you.

Got captured.

Nearly got our heads blown off fighting for your justice!

And you've been living it up down here?

Not even a word to us.

Do we mean nothing to you?

You've gone soft.

Your punches lost their bite.

Still enough to wreck you.

If you've got a problem, we can settle it later.

Captain Marc… You have no idea how worried we were.

You can fight sightless now.

Who taught you that?

They taught me.

And they saved me.

Oh hell.

We messed up.

This… Captain Marc, you've really been living on the ground?

If only Ran Bing were here… They didn't dissect you, and actually healed you?

We killed some of their people.

They won't let us go easily.

I'll handle it.

Captain Marc, we went through hell to get here.

You're now the critical Manna chimera.

Lighthouse needs you.

Please come back with me and fulfill your duty.

Why are you still standing there?

You are an inferior.

You must always remember your status.

You want to ride high?

You should be grateful that I let you off.

I just helped them out back then.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Wait!

No!

4277!

No matter how well you pretend, you'll always have inferior blood in your veins!

Stop right there.

Marc!

Don't forget who slit your throat.

Captain Sui Ying… What are you talking about?

Don't waste your time.

He's just a pawn.

A pawn?

You're in no position to look down on me.

Why didn't you kill me on Lighthouse?

Afraid it'd dirty your hands?

I can pilot a Heavy Walker too.

When you pilot one to save people, you're a hero.

But when I protect supplies, I get punished.

What makes you better than me?

Just because I'm an inferior?

All of you think I don't deserve to be a commander.

But don't forget, who fought for triple Contribution Points for you, and who kept you alive to stand here today.

It was me!

You're all in no position to look down on me!

I should've just shot you that day.

Shot me?

And what would that make you any better than me?

The truth is— I should thank you for locking me in the medical warehouse that night.

If you hadn't, I never would've gotten close to Marc.

You helped create what he's become.

You know why I didn't kill you?

Because I believed there was still hope in you.

I told you, you're worth shaping.

But you despise yourself.

Every choice you've made, is rooted in your own self-loathing.

If I don't kill you, 4277 will die.

I can't let her die.

I can't disobey Charles's orders.

Blame genetic classification.

Blame me for being born inferior.

Blame yourself for crossing Charles!

If you'd told me the truth back then, maybe everything would've been different.

Ran Bing might still be alive.

Where I live now, no one cares about genes.

If you still want a future, wipe those tears and come with me.

Maybe we always have a choice.

EPISODE 10 For Whom Do We Fight 4277.

Who's there?

I'm Sui… I'm 4068.

Oh.

Commander Sui Ying, huh.

This dusty pigeonhole isn't a place for superior visitors.

I know you're still mad at me… I'd never.

I… No way us inferiors have any right to get mad at superiors.

I'm turning in.

Hey please.

You'd better go back and rest, Commander Ying.

Is that timepiece good?

Open the door.

I got stuff to give you.

Not as if it's locked.

Ah?

What stuff?

I'm here to apologize.

This is a superior's communication device.

From now on, in Lighthouse, we can talk in secret anytime.

Wow, another superior stuff.

Save it!

Ouch ouch!

Serves you right.

How'd you get to be a commander with such slow reactions?

Down there, you'll get yourself killed sooner or later.

Just to see you smile again, I'd die a thousand deaths.

Watch your mouth.

Ow-ouch!

You said it first.

How strange.

Before you became a superior, we never argued.

And I'd never been so sad like that day.

Sorry.

When you said you wanted to be a superior, I shouldn't have been so harsh with you..

I'm the one who should apologize.

I know, ever since you became the commander, you've been working hard.

Training during the day, and studying at night.

Got to carry out ground missions whenever commanded.

I hadn't seen you in months.

Yet some are still dissing you behind your back.

So I thought, if I became a superior, I could always stay by your side.

And if anyone tried to mess with you, even if I couldn't help, at least I could yell back at them for you.

You're the best commander to me.

You're going to the Manna core zone to find Marc.

You must return to me alive.

4277.

Sorry I… Do you superiors have a breeding manual?

We… Enough.

Lead me.

So this is what the breeding assignment feels like.

Do you think we'll successfully breed tonight?

You… You really have guts!

Want me to succeed in breeding?

You'd be burned alive if caught.

Aren't you scared?

I am.

I'm scared I'd fail the mission and lose it all.

I'm even more afraid of dying on the ground and not seeing you ever again.

I have a gift for you too.

This is a toy from the old world.

I cleared it.

I really envy those people in the old world.

With just a small toy, they're able to experience another life.

No superiors or inferiors, no Three Great Laws.

When you're afraid, switch it on.

If we're really having a child, I'll let anything happen to you.

What are you looking at?

Just looking at fools, so what?

If you're so smart, why are you tied up?

Hmph.

Every time a fight ends, must you drag all your enemies back like this, dead or alive?

Yeah.

We'll make meat stews out of the dead, and those alive will be our reserve food.

It's been a while since we feasted, huh.

Why are you so mad?

This trinket ain't even sharp enough to shave my teeth.

Yes.

Not as handy as my dagger.

A flicker of steel—slice and done.

Coward!

Come out! Only losers hide!

When you're on the ground, you're right to pull your gun immediately.

Losing a few teammates—so what?

We've all been through it.

You're already pretty lucky.

When my team entered the village, I'm the only one who lived.

Not for much longer!

Untie me.

I'll kill you right now.

Got guts.

Sure.

Dragonbone Village needs more people like you.

Er Tong, come and drive.

She needs this.

People like him couldn't live in this world.

Better to die by my hands than have his anima claimed by extremozoans.

Once we're back in the village, We'll store the anima of every fallen one.

Store?

Yes. We're researching on the anima iteration system.

Perhaps in the future, you might see him again.

We're not actually enemies.

Just as Lighthouse has the Three Great Laws, our village has rules too.

We can teach you how to survive on the ground.

In the end, it's your choice to stay or go.

A Comprehensive View on Human Science and Modern Technology Development We killed their people, so why's she still taking us in?

Manna Eco aims at absorbing the anima of all humans.

Every single one it takes from us reduces our chances of victory.

But is this bloody battle worth it?

The enemy humanity should face was never each other, but rather Manna Ecology.

But human nature can't stand up to trials.

When their paths cross on the ground, the first emotion that surges forth is often fear.

At that moment, offense is the survival instinct.

Since conflict is unavoidable, we can only rely on our own nature, and stop violence with the same.

Only then, can we get those who live wretched lives to unite and become our strength.

It's been a long time since young guys came to our village.

And now we got a whole bunch.

What are you looking at?

How come you can heal the injured so quickly?

What, you want a taste?

Given the grim situation of the extremozoan colony 45 meters from the Lighthouse base, Lighthouse is now under maximum alert.

With this announcement, all operations below the defense platform are suspended.

All citizens are prohibited from leaving residences and safe areas.

Violators will be punished per Lighthouse security protocols.

Current supplies in Lighthouse are critically low.

Emergency supplies distribution plans are activated.

Food rations for superiors will be reduced to ensure basic life sustenance for all.

Citizens, we ask for your understanding and cooperation.

Please reduce all non-essential consumption and conserve every available supply.

In response to this crisis: Additional personnel will be assigned to critical roles such as repair engineers and supply distributors.

The City Defense Force will rotate shifts every 2 hours, ensuring maximum vigilance, and 24/7 monitoring and response.

Given the grim situation of the extremozoan colony 45 meters from the Lighthouse base, Lighthouse is now under maximum alert.

With this announcement, all operations below the defense platform are suspended.

All citizens are prohibited from leaving residences and safe areas.

Violators will be punished per Lighthouse security protocols.

Commander Senge.

Lucas, what's the matter?

I want to request a transfer.

What?

To where?

Navigation Control Room, Breeding Department, anywhere.

Why?

During my watch, I saw them. Extremozoans.

They're stacked so high, nearly reaching Lighthouse.

We haven't even killed a single extremozoan, let alone that many.

At this distance, we shouldn't be able to hear them.

but their roars echo in my head nonstop… Even now.

Just imagining those sharp teeth ripping through my flesh— I can't stop shaking.

I'm useless in combat.

I've failed everyone.

I know, I was supposed to stand with you and fight.

One deserter means one less defender.

But I just can't.

Even if I leave the front lines, I might not live much longer anyway.

But if I could have even one more minute of life… Please.

I'm begging you.

Let me quit the City Defense Force.

Get yourself a prosthetic and return to duty.

I'll cover the Contribution Points.

You all carry a gun at your waist.

If you want to, you can end your lives right now.

But there's another choice.

Use those bullets against extremozoans.

Maybe then, we have a sliver of hope.

Ammunition and gear are are in place.

We've already adjusted our tactics per Captain Sui Ying's intel and rushed production on anti-corrosive nickel-alloy mesh.

The rest is up to us.

Commander, if we make it through this, can we have steak every day?

Eating it every day, wouldn't you get sick of it?

Commander, unlike her, I don't care about food.

If you heroically fall in this fight, can I take your position?

And if you die before me?

Anything you want?

Hilda, if we survive this battle, I want to see your body.

Don't stop there.

After the battle, meet me at the Dawn Hall.

Later on, I'll send you both to the Burning Execution Arena.

For Lighthouse!

For Lighthouse!

She's charming, isn't she?

I thought the Navigation Control Commander knew what not to touch.

Surprised that you've grown up to be just like Maeve.

Morgan's been treating you like his daughter all along.

It's impressive.

Indeed. After all these years, I never thought the shackles work for your legs, but not your mouth.

Dr. Flynn, we need your help to break the neural mismatch between human brains and Clotho.

Hmph.

Neural link, that's exactly what got me locked up here.

So that old prick Morgan's finally seen the light after over a decade.

Dr. Flynn, Charles is the City Lord now.

Lighthouse is in forced hover. We're in a critical situation.

We must connect with Clotho now for a chance at survival.

Has Morgan lost his mind?

He left Lighthouse to you two kids?

Didn't he always favor that Marc boy?

If you want to leave this place, help me solve the problem.

Is that how you ask favors?

Hmph.

I can help you.

But under three conditions.

First, Morgan's locked me up for over a decade.

He must come here and apologize.

Second, Charles steps down.

I'll be the City Lord.

Third, you, get to the Correction Institution and apply for a breeding assignment with me at the Dawn Hall.

What's so funny?

First, Lord Morgan barely even remembers who you are anymore.

No way he's gonna apologize to you.

Second, if you want to be City Lord, just submit the paperwork. If Charles approves it, you'll be sworn in immediately.

Huh?

Third, you're way past the age to be eligible for the breeding assignment.

Cut it out!

I won't help you. Get out.

Dr. Flynn, I know the direct neural link between the human brain and Clotho is your life's ambition.

I'm offering you the chance now.

You're in no position to bargain.

If you agree, you'll have your freedom.

Have you ever thought who's gonna be the test subject?

No one would be willing.

Then I'll do it myself.

Wait.

The key to solving the signal mismatch is using a spinal parasite.

I'll also have to implant the spore virus into your brain.

It's irreversible.

Then it should be me.

Commander Senge, The extremozoans are approaching the final barrier.

All units, hold.

Req..

Request fire permission.

Hold.

Distance from the Final Barrier Commander!

Hold.

Distance from the Final Barrier They're coming up!

Hold.

Distance from the Final Barrier Pull the lever!

Yes!

Fry those beasts!

Don't celebrate just yet.

We're just buying a bit of time.

Just fry them when they come again.

Lighthouse's power is insufficient to trigger another electric shock.

Load all fire ammunitions.

Yes.

Orland, follow me with guardians.

Get ready for the second wave.

Yes.

Fire!

Commander, the mesh can't hold up much longer.

Dynamites.

Disconnect the metal mesh!

Detonate!

They'll stop for a while now.

What's wrong?

The mesh's broken.

It's the twinjaw extremozoan!

We can't go on like this.

We need to find their support points and crush it.

Okay. We'll go by your instruction.

The colony's piled up into a cone-shaped hill.

The bioradar shows that the twinjaw within is the main supporting pillar.

Let's first strike its joints in sync, so as to destabilize the cone structure.

Finally, blast its spine and we can break off the cone structure.

But these points are deep within the hill.

How many missiles left in the turret?

Fifteen.

Gun turret squad, laser in on the target.

Unleash a continuous and synchronous attack on target points.

Turret 3, vision clear.

Lock confirmed.

Turret 2, lock confirmed.

Turret 1, lock confirmed.

Turret 1, fire.

Turret 4, fire.

Turret 6, fire.

Turret 2, fire.

Missile approaching.

Projectile signal clear.

Three seconds.

Two seconds.

One.

Zero.

First shot through.

Target hit!

Second shot in.

α-point destroyed.

β-point destroyed.

γ-point destroyed.

δ-point destroyed.

Last spinal point left.

Turret 2, fire now!

Turret 2, fire.

Final shot.

Fire!

Final shot, fire!

Central Support Point Support Point It's a dud.

Damn it.

Blasted!

So close!

A Heavy Walker is leaving its position.

It's Orland.

Orland!

What are you doing?

Commander, I'm approaching the target.

If we don't blow up the last point now, it'll all come to nothing.

You bastard!

Have you forgotten what you've said?

Sorry, Hilda.

I'll have to miss the date, but I hope you'll live on well.

It's… It's Orland.

For Lighthouse!

Orland!

- Yes! - We won!

Orland!

Orland!

How could this be?

The detonation did not achieve the expected effect.

Altitude Descend Not Up to Expectation We don't know what else is within the extremozoan hill.

All units, retake your positions!

Commander, the remaining explosives might not hold off the next wave.

Although it takes time for the extremozoans to regenerate, they'll pile up again once they recover.

The only way to destroy the extremozoan hill is by activating the Central Electromagnetic Cannon.

My lord, the City Defense Force has temporarily dismantled the extremozoan hill.

We need to fire the Central Electromagnetic Cannon.

That way we can fully disperse the extremozoan hill, No.

It's not the right time.

Why?

We can't wait!

The extremozoan colony is regenerating.

Once they counterattack, Lighthouse will be totally defenseless!

Commander.

What you need to do now is to hold the line, and not demand anything more.

The City Lord has given you all permissible resources.

You know how many have died just to put distance between Lighthouse and the extremozoan hill!

We've lost over half our soldiers.

And we're almost out of ammunition. We're…

The electromagnetic cannon will consume vast amounts of energy, and will affect future direct neural link with Clotho.

Once the operation succeeds, Lighthouse can resume flight.

I cannot pin all hopes on you.

What?

My lord!

I… Pile Height Bottom surveillance has no images.

Flying troopers, go check it out.

Yes.

Watch out!

The base… They're coming up.

Counterattack!

They're coming up!

Over here!

Reinforcements!

Watch out!

City Defense Force, Line up!

Form a defense line!

Yes.

I'm out of bullets.

There's too many of them.

Commander, we should abandon the bottom drill column, and retreat to upper ring!

Do that and we'll lose this ground.

We already lost it!

Lost it!

The City Defense Force will defend Lighthouse to the death!

I swear on my life, I will not allow a single extremozoan to reach the defense platform.

City Defense Force, full retreat to the upper ring.

Now!

Retreat!

Fall back!

Retreat!

Fall back!

Commander, let's go!

Team 1, Team 2.

Retreat!

Now!

Hilda!

Are you mad?

Only the commander has the authority to order a retreat.

All violaters shall be executed on the spot.

Give up the defense platform.

Disconnect the bottom drill column.

Retreat to the upper ring!

What?

Warning Bottom Column Separation Completed Senge.

Was the retreat order issued with such negligence?

Senge, you psycho!

Blast you!

What are you doing?

Senge.

Do you know what you're doing?

What's wrong with a soldier who wants to survive?

Even if we're to retreat, it's got to come from you!

She overstepped her authority and affected morale.

Commander, so the City Lord's not gonna help us?

Then we're… We're on our own now.

Senge.

Only by seizing control over Lighthouse, and firing the Central Electromagnetic Cannon can we keep our lives before the next colony attack.

Are you gonna keep putting your lives on the line for the City Lord, or do you want to live?

Decide for yourselves.

EPISODE 011 Embrace the Annihilator's destiny.

Return to me, and reclaim what was lost.

Ran Bing!

Move.

This morning, the fog was thick and hazy.

Lines formed at the entrance of Dragonbone Village.

Men and women, eyes brimming with tears.

Defeated in battle, covered in wounds.

Their bodies captured, hearts in panic.

Uncertain where home lies.

The Justice Monitor points the way for them.

Anima will shine bright from now on.

Together, hands joined, strength grows.

There's hope to overcome Manna Eco.

There's hope.

These kids really need some discipline.

Mind your words.

It's huge… Is that the bone of an extremozoan?

Why live here?

Those bones produce marrow crystals, a key material for emotion-shielding devices near the village.

Emotion-shielding?

Why shield emotions?

There's much you don't know yet.

I'll explain it to you guys later.

Patient Marc located.

Severe anomalies detected in the genetic sequence.

Immediate medical attention and full risk assessment advised.

Your report is way too late.

Newcomers, follow me for registration.

Captain, a word?

Patient Marc is in critical condition.

Emergency treatment required… Keep up!

Careful. Take this and Jianjian to my place.

Prepare to recover their anima.

Boss, message from the Steelflame Fortress on the northwest.

A large extremozoan colony is gathering in the west, reason unknown.

Warn everyone: Do not leave the village without permission.

Refugee Psychological Assessment Transcript Since the emergence of extremozoans on the ground, their population density has steadily increased over the years.

The Hunters are constantly under attack.

Many have died.

Fewer supplies brought back.

Existing supplies can no longer support all the people in Lighthouse.

Dad?

We must revise our supply distribution.

And Mom?

Citizens of Lighthouse will be classified based on genetic quality.

Genetic quality will determine living conditions.

Only those of value deserve rare supplies.

Only superior genes deserve the right to breed.

Moreover, Lighthouse will abolish family relationships.

Instead, men and women with high genetic compatibility will be assigned to breed.

My lord, I don't quite understand what you mean.

Our lord says those with inferior genes will only get to eat bugs.

Those with superior genes can sleep with anyone.

He doesn't even plan to keep his own wife.

Dr. Flynn, we're discussing the survival of Lighthouse.

If you're not here to contribute, leave.

I just smell the stench of eugenics theory.

Genes may determine physiological characteristics.

But they don't dictate fate.

What do you take Lighthouse for?

Mendel's pea garden?

As the head of Civil Affairs, I want to know: without families, how will children and the elderly be cared for?

Genetically superior newborns will enter the Collective Cultivation and Education system.

Grouped by age, they will be raised and trained uniformly by Lighthouse.

As for the elderly over seventy, they possess wisdom and the courage to follow in the footsteps of the first City Lord, to explore farther lands on the ground.

Gene Optimization, Collective Cultivation and Education, and The Final Journey, are the Three Great Laws we are about to enact.

So basically, fewer mouths to feed.

Seeking truth? Nonsense.

Without family, stripped of kinship, deprived of emotions, everyone will be turned into data in a gene pool.

It may be the optimal survival strategy for a catastrophic world.

But are we even human anymore, living like this?

With just a few words, you're dismissing thousands of years of human social structures.

Who would accept this in Lighthouse?

Mom… Sir, I also believe such changes are harmful to our survival.

Living is already hard enough.

These regulations, will completely erase all human connection, leaving people without even a shred of warmth.

It may spiral out of control.

Your concern is valid.

The best way to placate the people is to give them spiritual faith.

Justice Dept. will be restructured into the Order of Light and Shadow.

Henceforth, our judgments of right and wrong will be decided by the Lord of Light and Shadow.

Lord Morgan's decision is right.

Law and justice are made for times of peace.

Lighthouse's current judicial system is nothing but nostalgia for past glories— a desperate attempt to prove we are still civilized.

But in a catastrophic world, we need a more effective system for survival.

Drake once gave his life to uphold the judicial system.

What happened to him?

Since when did you start sucking up to the City Lord?

I can't accept these absurd laws tearing my family apart.

Lord Morgan, you know full well what the Abyss Walker was capable of.

If you approve the human trials, I can reactivate it.

That could reduce Hunter casualties and solve our current crisis.

So you think families shouldn't be torn apart, yet you're ready to treat others like lab rats?

Lighthouse citizens may die fulfilling their duty, but not in some experiment.

You… Commander, please assign more of the City Defense troops and let me lead them to support Hunter ground missions.

In the past, our enemies on the ground were just armed settlements and raiders, manageable threats.

But now, the number of extremozoans is growing.

Hunter casualties exceed 60%.

Our current reproduction rates can't keep up with battlefield losses.

If this continues, even counting the City Defense Force, we'll have almost no fighting-age soldiers left.

Didn't you just rely on Clotho's coordinates to retrieve supplies before?

Exactly. The issue isn't our system.

It's that we need to awaken Clotho.

Yes.

Once it's awakened, Hunters won't be so indispensable.

Like in the old days, aluminum was more valuable than gold, used to craft royal crowns.

But after electrolytic refining was invented, aluminum ended up in soda cans.

Only now, to awaken Clotho, we might need to connect it to a human brain.

Before the catastrophe, nanobots could reach the cortex via the jugular vein for precise neurosurgery.

Now, with our tech gap, we'd have to drill into the skull.

And I can't guarantee the subject would survive.

I volunteer for the neural link.

Both Clotho and the Abyss Walker, would cost human lives to test.

Can you guarantee success?

Anyone who brings this up again can stay in the archive room.

The integrated computer projected six months of supply consumption.

Even under the most frugal distribution plan, we'll face famine within four months.

The Three Great Laws is the only way to ensure Lighthouse's survival.

If we can find a way to fight extremozoans and lower Hunter casualties, Sir, would you reconsider enacting the Three Great Laws?

A few weeks ago, a soldier from the City Defense Force on loan to the Hunters was shot in the head during a firefight.

He survived, but his prefrontal cortex was damaged.

Later, when the extremozoans attacked, they ignored him completely.

Shouldn't we investigate this… Commander Hong Lu, it's just a statistical anomaly.

You were Lord Morgan's best student.

Right now, your focus should be on how to maintain order when the Three Great Laws take effect.

Sir, if the people reject the Three Great Laws, what will you do?

Change is inevitable.

The Three Great Laws will be enforced on a trial basis.

If there's resistance, we'll reconsider.

That's all for today.

Lieutenant Senge, a word?

Today's your birthday.

Charles and Jing Nan practiced that piano duet for months.

They've been planning a surprise for you.

That violates the Three Great Laws, my lord.

Your father entrusted Lighthouse to me.

No matter what, I… I know what you're thinking.

But human relationships can't be reduced to algorithms, and emotions won't be severed by cold laws.

At least let us have one last family gathering before genetic testing.

Enough.

If I'm assigned to breed with some man, and my child is taken away, please tell me personally.

Execute the plan.

Lighthouse citizens, the future demands change.

The Three Great Laws will soon be enacted.

Please report to designated locations for genetic testing.

Identity badges will be issued based on genetic testing results, determining access to rations, housing, and job assignments.

Please keep them carefully.

Stay away from her.

Don't touch me!

Please… Objection!

We reject the Three Great Laws! We will not submit!

We reject the Three Great Laws! We will not submit!

CONFIDENTIAL Kinship Archive Drake!

You've heard the opposition during the trial period.

The Order of Light and Shadow isn't official yet.

As the head of Justice Dept.,

it's your duty to voice the people's concerns to the City Lord.

Yet you stay silent.

You're not the same man I used to know.

And you're just the same as always, upright, caring for the people.

Save the flattery.

The recent violent incidents in Lighthouse exceed the total of the past three years combined.

I tried to speak with Lord Morgan, but he refused to see me.

The City Lord has his considerations for enforcing the laws.

At that meeting, the tide turned.

You need to stay alert.

What do you mean?

During the meeting, Lord Morgan and Elon remained calm throughout.

No proposal shook them.

Until you mentioned that soldier.

Then their expressions shifted.

The prefrontal cortex governs emotion.

Once it's damaged, emotional recognition is lost.

You're wondering if that's why extremozoans didn't attack him.

You think so too?

Maybe extremozoans track humans through emotion.

And Lord Morgan and Elon, they might have known all along.

Which explains the Three Great Laws.

Then why would he keep it from us?

Every system faces opposition.

But in a closed one like ours, even a single betrayal could bring total collapse.

Indeed.

If anyone deliberately causes chaos while Lighthouse lands on the ground— stirring intense emotional fluctuations that attract extremozoans— Lighthouse will fall.

That's why Morgan couldn't risk anyone knowing the truth.

The greatest motivator of human action is fear.

As a philosopher from the old world once said: "Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."

The Three Great Laws come from fear, but also for Lighthouse's survival.

CONFIDENTIAL Kinship Archive Letting go of emotions wasn't easy for me either.

But I hope you'll accept the City Lord's arrangement as I have, because I don't want anything to happen to you.

Commander Hong Lu.

The Hunters are arresting all high-ranking dissenters.

Should we step in?

Drake, go home now.

I'll assign the City Defense Force to protect you and your family.

Do not go outside tonight.

I've said all this because I don't want you involved in this.

Lord Morgan is my teacher.

He used the Three Great Laws to keep us alive in desperate times.

I can understand that, but if that survival comes by violent purges, I cannot accept it.

Because among the rebels are my fellow soldiers who once fought beside me.

Initiate City Defense Protocol Alpha.

Summon captains from all four sectors and assemble at the armory.

Yes.

Why is Dad telling the story today? Where's Mom?

You'll be the chief of the Order of Light and Shadow tomorrow.

Listen to the story and sleep well, alright?

Daddy, can you tell me a new story?

Of course.

The Adventures of Pinocchio The Little Mermaid Fairy Tales Once upon a time, the ocean was a blue and mysterious paradise.

Life beneath the waves was joyful and carefree.

One day, the king's fleet sailed overhead.

The little mermaid fell in love with a human prince.

She wanted to walk on land, to be with the one she loved.

So she went deep into the forbidden depths and found the sea witch.

The witch examined her and sneered: "Foolish child.

To gain human legs, you must give up what you cherish most."

The little mermaid answered firmly: "If I can't be with the one I love, what meaning is there in living?"

She offered her beautiful voice to the witch.

The witch handed her a dagger, whispering, "Change is painful.

My child, you must endure it.

Only with legs can you survive on land."

The little mermaid took the dagger and cut through her tail.

Commander Hong Lu, leave!

Morgan said that as long as you never showed up, everything would stay as it was.

As City Defense Commander, it is my duty to protect the people.

But I never imagined that I'd one day stand against my teacher.

Surrender now, and there's still room for compromise.

You can't stop this.

Release everyone imprisoned.

End the bloodshed.

I'll take full responsibility.

If you don't want Hong Kou and Marc to be safe, drop your gun.

Even if you didn't do it, I'm dead either way.

But your betrayal today will only cost the City Lord's trust forever.

We can only choose what we believe is right.

I'll take care of Hong Kou and Marc for you.

If I could… I wish they'd never been born into this world.

The world doesn't work the way you think it does.

Each generation bears its own mission.

Perhaps theirs, is to break these cold, heartless laws.

Commander, any last words?

The truth about extremozoans, it must be revealed.

That's why you must die.

The slicing of blade through bone and flesh was the last thing she felt before the pain overwhelmed her.

The little mermaid awoke on the shore, struggling to stand.

From beneath the waves, her friends cried out: "Keep going!

One step.

And another…" The little mermaid was in such pain that she almost fainted.

But she knew: only by enduring the pain could she transform.

Judge Drake, why preserve the Kinship Archive after reforming the judicial system into the Order of Light and Shadow?

Lighthouse's crisis won't last forever.

When it ends, people will long to reunite with their families.

The City Lord will not tolerate such a hidden risk.

Hand over the files.

I could find many ways to protect myself right now.

But I want to protect everyone's future.

A beautiful sunset bathed the land in gold.

The little mermaid walked toward the castle, toward her love.

Unaware, her torn tail had turned into graceful legs.

Dad, if the little mermaid didn't cut off her tail, could she still have lived with the prince?

Fairy Tales Sometimes, to get what you desire most, you must pay a terrible price.

Even if it means losing what you hold dearest.

Last night, Lighthouse was attacked by unknown creatures.

Hunters and the City Defense fought to the death.

Lighthouse will forever remember those brave souls who gave their lives to protect our home.

They are: Hong Lu, City Defense Commander, Drake, Head of Justice, Paul, Communications Engineer, Chad, Armory Officer, - Vika, Navigation Lieutenant, - Better the body suffering, - Peter, Captain of Sector C… - than Light and Shadow forsaken.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

From Light we rise, by Shadow we endure.

Light cleanses the soul, Shadow shields the flesh.

Restraint above desire, joy without excess.

Better the body suffering, than Light and Shadow forsaken.

Senge, what are you doing here?

The City Lord is… Commander Senge, you should be fighting the extremozoans.

Why are you here?

Desertion is punishable by death.

I want to see the one who wants us dead more than the extremozoans do.

Let's see what judgment the Lord of Light and Shadow will pass on him.

Senge, once you've chosen to fight, sacrifice is inevitable.

You and the City Lord each have your role.

Lighthouse is in grave danger.

Don't forget your duty.

Everyone heard the thunder of battle— our fight against the extremozoans.

The City Defense Force is the final line of defense for Lighthouse.

We've suffered countless casualties, just to gain one shot to destroy the extremozoan hill.

And he refused to fire the Central Electromagnetic Cannon.

And now?

The neural link hasn't even begun.

The Abyss Walker can't be activated.

The only ones standing between Lighthouse and the extremozoans are us, the City Defense Force.

Hilda Orland and our soldiers on the front lines, their deaths can't be in vain.

From this moment on, every command within Lighthouse will come directly from me.

Senge, surrender your weapon now, and I'll let you die whole.

Take your men back to the front.

Might still be a way to make things right.

We've served Lighthouse together for years.

Walk away, I won't make things difficult for you.

How dare you!

Take them!

Enough.

Every soldier who died on that defense platform is a hero of Lighthouse.

But you, don't deserve to speak their names.

All these years, I've always done your dirty work.

But after you reached the top, you never even thought about leaving me a way out.

Even if I had fired the Central Electromagnetic Cannon, as long as Lighthouse remains grounded, the extremozoans will pile up again.

And you know it.

Whatever you did for me, what you earned was a place at the last line of Lighthouse's defense.

Right now, your job is to hold that line.

I told you to stand your ground, but I never said you couldn't give up the column defense.

Only the commander can order a retreat.

You made big promises, but you're afraid to take responsibility.

Paralyzed by doubt.

Hilda gave unauthorized orders and was executed for it.

Since ancient times, soldiers who flee the battlefield have been executed without mercy.

The combat supervisor was right.

But you— you stirred up a rebellion under the excuse of my refusal to fire, all because of your personal feelings.

You failed your post, got your soldiers killed, and now you're running away.

You're a disgrace.

Personal feelings?

You're the City Lord.

You're supposed to defend the Three Great Laws.

Fine.

Let's show everyone who you've been hiding in Lighthouse all along.

The former City Lord?

How can this be?

Wasn't he already on his final journey?

Senge, you bastard!

You wanted to activate the Abyss Walker?

Now I'm giving you the chance to fulfill your wish before you die.

Are you insane?

You're committing treason!

Don't move.

On your knees.

My lord, you're suffering from scarlet pheromone syndrome.

You can't go in there.

They just want you dead!

Senge, you've deserted your post and incited a rebellion.

The Lord of Light and Shadow will judge you.

The Lord of Light and Shadow, would never abandon us.

Change is painful.

My child, you must endure it.

Only with legs can you survive on land.

The little mermaid took the dagger and cut through her tail.

The slicing of blade through bone and flesh was the last thing she felt before the pain overwhelmed her.

The little mermaid awoke on the shore, struggling to stand.

From beneath the waves, her friends cried out: "Keep going!

One step.

And another…" - The little mermaid was in such pain that she almost fainted. - My lord!

You monsters!

But she knew: only by enduring the pain could she transform.

A beautiful sunset bathed the land in gold.

- The little mermaid walked toward the castle, - My lord!

toward her love.

- Unaware, - Traitor!

her torn tail had turned into graceful legs.

You are the disgrace of Lighthouse!

Her friends' voices echoed in her ears: My lord!

Keep going!

One step.

One more step.

And another… My lord!

Sometimes, to get what you desire most, you must pay a terrible price.

Even if it means losing what you hold dearest.

Charles… Lord Charles really did it.

The Lord of Light and Shadow has descended!

Sister, take care of our father.

EPISODE 012 What's wrong with them?

Is it some kind of tradition for Lighthouse to attract extremozoans and then just to blast them with the electromagnetic cannon?

Damn, they really know how to have fun.

Stop joking around.

Anyone with a functioning brain would've run by now.

Something must've gone wrong.

The village inspects the shielding tower every three days.

This morning, an Awakened one on patrol found out that they're trapped in there.

Over ten thousand people, less than 300 meters from the ground.

This will definitely attract more extremozoans.

You know what?

You actually nailed it.

Lighthouse has triggered a continent-wide extremozoan hunt.

And they're calling even more from further away.

Once Lighthouse falls, humanity takes one more step toward extinction.

Looks like we'll have to give them a hand this time.

A hand? We should give them a pile of crap!

I'm not done talking.

Fine. Grandpa, you're right.

The extremozoans from the northeast will cross the Dragonbone territory.

The thinnest point of the cave wall is less than ten meters.

Not everyone in our village has mastered anima restraint.

Let alone the newcomers who don't even know what it is.

If even one of them gets sensed, the whole village is done for.

The two northernmost settlements are already gone.

How long do you think our village can last?

We've got nothing left to rescue Lighthouse with.

If we split our forces and fail to hold back the extremozoans, the Awakened ones we've trained for years will die in battle.

The villagers and children will be slaughtered.

And there are thousands of anima canisters in the village.

Our research into anima potential and anima iteration, it'll all be destroyed.

Marc, don't overthink it.

We can't save Lighthouse. There's nothing we can do.

We might not even survive this ourselves.

You're right.

Lighthouse isn't worth risking the whole Dragonbone Village for.

We have to save Lighthouse, and we have to protect the village.

Lighthouse is the largest known settlement with old-world tech.

Even though our combat strength is good, we only have a few hundred people.

If Lighthouse falls, Dragonbone Village alone won't be enough to sustain humanity.

Boss, your body might not handle this.

For this battle, we must be prepared to pay any price.

My body's yours to take care of.

Even if we can't save them, we must at least secure their anima.

And there are old scores to settle. Time to end it all.

We'll split into two teams. I'll lead a group to Lighthouse.

Aodeng, make sure the village holds.

Survive the extremozoan tide until I return.

As for whether you're coming with me, find me if you decide to.

Everyone else, go back to the village now.

I'll take my brother to the shielding tower core.

Brother, have you thought about it?

The emotional fluctuations of Lighthouse residents alone couldn't have attracted so many extremozoans in such a short time.

Are you talking about Clotho?

Maybe that's why they're trapped.

After all these years, why is Clotho suddenly active?

If it's related to the Primal Manna, then ASH is in danger.

We won't know until we reach Lighthouse.

Still ignoring me?

You're here so late.

I want some mushroom brew too.

Thanks.

Some snacks to go with it?

Lonely Mushroom.

Bitter Mushroom.

And Mushroom All Alone.

Don't drink too much.

Huh.

Did you order those dishes for me?

What?

Just because I slit your throat, you won't even buy me a drink?

Watch your mouth, kid.

Listen, I just tried to kill you.

And you didn't die.

If you two wanna fight, take it outside.

Remember to close the door on your way out.

Even our invincible Captain Marc has worries?

What's there to worry about?

Back in Lighthouse, you were our hero, the future City Lord.

Even after Charles turned you into a monster, you are still the only hope for Lighthouse.

I've always envied you.

I wanted to be you.

Wanted teammates who'd die for me.

Wanted to be a commander everyone listened to.

You've been Charles's dog, and got everything you wanted.

You think I had a choice?

Charles threatened me with 4277's life!

Even if you were a god, I'd have to do it!

You're not scared I'll bite your throat out right now?

Scared of what?

Even if I had to choose again, I'd kill you one more time.

You jumped off Lighthouse to save Lieutenant Ran Bing.

And I couldn't let anything happen to 4277 either.

How dare you bring up Ran Bing?

She's still trapped in my anima seed.

Even if you were forced, it was still your fault things ended up like this.

She's never coming back.

Lieutenant Ran Bing, I'm sorry.

Let me get in there.

I want to apologize to Lieutenant Ran Bing.

Nothing you say now matters.

She's fading away day by day.

Captain Marc, I'm the reason you and Lieutenant Ran Bing suffered.

I've wronged you.

But I had no choice.

If I were as strong as you, I would've killed Charles and wiped out Manna Eco.

Then we could've returned to the ground.

No damn laws.

No more division between superiors and inferiors.

Everyone could've had a new life.

New Journey We have the same dream.

But I'll never forgive you.

Who asked for your forgiveness?

You must hate me to the core.

That's why, back at the eco-base, you were inside the whole time, but you didn't come out.

You just wanted to watch me get beaten up, to laugh at me.

Didn't you?

Bullshit.

I wasn't even at the eco-base.

Stop lying to me.

It was Jianjian who tracked us all the way there.

What?

But we only went to reinforce after receiving combat alerts.

So Jianjian messed up.

It even misidentified that thing in the body bag as you.

Captain, a word?

Before Kun Jie was injured, he told us something.

A chamber in Nirvana holds clones with your childhood facial features.

And that soldier at the eco-base also resembled your human build.

Captain, are they hiding something from you?

Careful.

Take this and Jianjian to my place.

WARM CORPSE SEA The awakening device shut down your senses.

Your prefrontal logic would definitely be affected.

Random fragments might combine unconsciously.

Like a dream, may not have actually occurred in real life.

What else did she say to you?

You know who she is?

What else are you hiding from me?

Maybe you can hear those voices because you were implanted with a spinal centipede.

That's a product of Manna Eco. Don't let her seduce you.

The cocoon of lies obscures your sight.

All around is illusion. Seek, and you shall see.

WARM CORPSE SEA Identity verification in progress.

Verification completed.

Lu Sheng, access granted.

Clone ID: B29 Name: Lu Sheng Organ: Spinal Centipede DNA ANALYSIS Telomere abnormalities detected.

Telomere abnormalities detected.

Click for full details Oocyte Development Log Primal Manna-Oocyte DNA Crosscheck Biological Maternity Confirmed This neural activity pattern resembles EEGs of children expressing goodwill.

Lu Sheng.

Attempted use of Lu Sheng's ability to attack the Scarlet Swirl Lu Sheng died unexpectedly. The spinal centipede hatched in the flesh remnant.

Lu Sheng died unexpectedly. The spinal centipede hatched in the flesh remnant.

Spinal centipede.

Clone ID: B19 Clone ID: F05 Clone ID: H13 Reverse anima transfusion failed Clone ID: K04 Rare clone with anima, targeted for the next experiment.

Data generation in progress Data generation completed Access Research Archive Confirm K04 Chimeric Research Record Marc K04 Chimeric Research Record Marc K04 Chimeric Research Record Marc K04 Consciousness Diagnostics K04 chimera, named Marc.

Las Morass invaded his body and entered his brain via the vagus nerve.

86 hours in a coma.

According to EEGs, the prefrontal cortex is inactive.

Inject 15ml of Angel solution to stimulate neuronal activity in the prefrontal cortex.

Monitor synaptic function recovery in real time.

The effects of Angel will be reflected in the cerebral cortex.

The Angel solution contains high levels of BDNF and neurotransmitter-enhancing compounds, which may lead to excessive activation of K04's prefrontal cortex, potentially causing mania, cognitive dysfunction, or even brain death.

Confirm execution?

Confirm.

Begin monitoring.

Monitor the electrical signaling of his prefrontal cortical neurons.

If no activation is observed within 36 hours, administer an inhibitor, initiate the weaponization of K04, and recover the spinal parasite.

Please stand by.

K04 Initial Stage of Chimera Begin log.

Target's killed!

He's dying.

His teammates are coming.

Release the spinal centipede.

What!

Hurry!

Normal The vital signs of the spinal centipede are normal.

Go to the rooftop. Prepare for anima induction.

How could this be?

The mist of lies will fade. A rebirth awaits.

You again. Who the hell are you?

Neural Synchrony Rate Mind Link Index Eye-tumor? How could it be here?

Eye-tumor? How could it be here?

Our destiny is renewal.

Return to me, and reclaim what was lost.

Delay, and it will be gone forever.

Ran Bing!

Marc, I know being used doesn't feel good.

But what you saw in the lab wasn't the full truth.

I don't care about the truth.

I have more important things to do.

Sorry. You're coming with me now.

Autopilot Mode Preset course Course plotted Let me out!

Neural Synchrony Rate Mind Link Index If you leave now, everything we've built in the village… You planted the spinal centipede in me!

And now you want me to die for your cause?

If I hadn't done that, you'd already be dead.

At least Ran Bing might still live.

To carry out your plan, everyone was just a game piece to you.

Just tools to clear your missions.

Those clones in the lab, and me, do you ever even see us as human?

Since the catastrophe began, we've only learned how to resist Manna Eco through death.

But we're not just fighting it.

We're gathering anima, uniting ground forces.

All to uncover the true cause of this catastrophe, to find the entity behind humanity's fate.

And what about what I've been through?

What about Ran Bing's death?

If we can end Manna Eco, any individual sacrifice is worth it.

So if the goal is big enough, you think it's okay to sacrifice the few for the many?

Lighthouse, Dragonbone Village, they were built on countless lives.

Without them, Ran Bing might not even have come into this world.

We have made it this far by walking over the sacrifices of others.

But when it's time to sacrifice yourself or someone you love, people start to rage, "Why me? Why must I save this broken world?"

"Why me? Why must I save this broken world?"

I'm with you.

Can you make it without me?

Marc.

Silly boy, do you like someone?

Yeah. Of course I do.

Killing one to save millions, or sparing one to doom them.

No matter what you choose, there will always be guilt.

But I must do this.

We must shoulder humanity's fate together.

If someday, we can go back to live on the ground, who do you want to be with?

I have.

With you.

There must be another way.

I could save Ran Bing and… How I wish that time could stop at this moment.

and protect everyone.

I can't take that risk anymore.

Marc.

Revive me, and you will reclaim what was lost. Delay, and it will be gone forever.

Wake up! Wake up!

Wake up!

Turning into an extremozoan, must've been hard.

Monster! Monster!

You're not a monster like they say.

I can stay with you forever.

That thing inside my anima seed told me, if I revive it, Ran Bing can come back.

This is my only chance.

If you do that, Manna Eco could run wild across the entire continent.

I don't want you to take the hit for everything.

A monster like him doesn't deserve the Final Journey.

You promised me.

Even if Ran Bing could come back, I want to be the one to shield you when danger comes.

Whatever happens, you are always my family.

do you think she'd want to see a world like that?

Even if I am burnt to ashes with this world, I'll never regret it.

It's so nice that before leaving this world, the last thing in my eyes is you.

Even without me, you must live on.

High-density orbital debris detected ahead.

Please recalculate the course immediately, or a collision and system malfunction may occur.

That's right.

Only if she comes back can I know what she truly wants.

Since you can't make the right choice, I'll consider you dead at Nirvana.

Auto-return Unauthorized Operation failed.

Fingerprint verification required.

Outside Dragonbone Village, the whole ground belongs to Manna Eco.

The Primal Manna can read your every thought.

I thought we'd gotten far enough to keep you away from it, but clearly, we haven't.

It's too late.

Let me go back!

Change course right now.

I'm going back to the ground.

I won't let you revive the Primal Manna.

Disaster and suffering arise when anima is shackled to eternal shells.

You've lived since the old world.

Are you connected to the cause of the catastrophe?

Before the catastrophe, I was like most scientists, trying to use my knowledge to help humanity.

Carbon-based life is fragile and short-lived.

I wanted to extend human lifespan.

If we had enough time to absorb all knowledge… If time could make up for the lack of talent… Then maybe every person could understand nature, life, society, and the humanities.

To truly feel this world.

Imagine breaking knowledge's limits.

Our understanding of the mind, body, and even the whole world, would be transformed.

Humanity could explore the cosmos with limitless life.

An ant… trying to move the world.

Whether my ideas were right isn't the point.

We were warned from a higher dimension.

Then came the catastrophe, the punishment.

Something's stopping us from the truth.

Like we're just chess pieces.

Step off the board, and we're erased.

But why?

What is the meaning of our existence?

Who are they?

What do they want from us?

I have to find out.

Even ants have the right to seek the truth.

Maybe I'm about to learn whether the body is the cage of the soul.

Course confirmed Identity verified External high-temperature plasma influx detected At deep-sea vents, every microbe split is a spark of life; At the abyss of a whale fall, a colossal corpse feeds the world.

All life is born in death, reborn in destruction.

On a planet scorched by the burning star, carbon molecules endure four billion years of trials. Life must always choose.

The script of time follows no one's design.

Whatever you choose—if your heart remains clear, nothing else matters.

Life and death have their appointed time. Yet my heart knows no end. Thank you to all who have ever fought in the world of Ling Cage.

This world exists because of you. Thank you to every fan of Ling Cage! We'll keep fighting—together, let's build a great world of Ling Cage!

Lu Sheng accessing the lab Lu Sheng accessing the lab Unlock the door Ignore the request Unlock the door Ignore the request Access granted Master Lai's Call Answer Yuekui, do you think he's really Him?

In the end, fate still caught up with us.

Our plan has to move ahead.