In this chapter, we are introduced to the protagonist's parents, who were working on a new kind of medicine. They were involved in an attack on the research center, but were able to make a breakthrough. The protagonist is excited to meet his parents, but he is also worried about the pills they were using to treat the attackers. He wants to know what happened to his parents. He asks the captain if he knows the chief, and the captain tells him that he does. The captain also tells the protagonist that he will tell him everything after he breaks through the nine-level threshold. The chapter ends with the protagonist returning home to find that his parents have been involved in a serious car accident. He is worried about his parents' safety, but the captain assures him that they will make it through the accident.