This chapter's epigraph is from the novel "The Sorrows of Udolpho" by Alexandre Dumas. In this chapter, we learn that the "grey beast" is not extinct, but that humans have not yet "extinct" themselves. This means that crimson loop has "tricked up their sleeves," and that humans are not yet extinct. The narrator then goes on to explain that the wall has been shattered, and that there are no signs of damage in the area. The only thing that has been seen is a "swoop bang swoosh." The narrator is shocked and horrified, but zhengyiren kills the creature in one swift motion. He then realizes that there is something wrong with the area and that if he dies, he will definitely find his remnant.