Original subtitles

♪In the city of steel, secrets lie frozen♪

♪We build our walls on opposing sides♪

♪Amid the haze of war, illusions spread♪

♪Reflections in our eyes reveal what we once were♪

♪The steel forest swallows every echo♪

♪A line of lies, a line of truth♪

♪On the battlefield of fate♪

♪What does it matter if we stand opposed♪

♪Forge the past♪

♪Into a medal for a brand new world♪

=Higher=

=Episode 18=

I peeked at the documents Mu Jie recently signed

and found a huge sum of company funds unaccounted for.

I probed the Technical Department director for answers.

The Supercontrol No. 3 project is still at a standstill.

Do you think the company is running

illegal experiments again?

Make a note of the accounts where the money's being funneled.

I'll have Jiang Zhen look into it.

Okay.

Everything's in place, right?

Send him over later.

Okay.

Third Young Master,

you're looking sharp today.

Get out of my way.

Can't you see I'm busy?

Busy with what? I can help.

I've got things to do.

I'm going to...

I'm heading to the restroom.

Restroom? You're a grown man acting shy now?

I'll push you there. Come on.

Okay, okay, I'll tell you the truth.

I'm joining the Morning Star Project.

Your sister-in-law agreed to that?

She didn't want to,

but I caught her red-handed.

Caught her?

That means the experiments are going on inside the company.

How do you know?

Don't ask so many questions.

She made me swear to secrecy.

If I slip up,

she'll kick me out of the project.

I have to go.

If Nong Cangnan's telling the truth,

those experiments are happening

on company grounds.

I suspect that missing money is funding

the Morning Star Project.

So

where's the Supercontrol No. 3 chip now?

After a thorough check,

the only place it could be is inside the company's R&D center.

Since Ya failed to unlock

the Supercontrol key last time,

no one's set foot in the lab.

Which means tonight, we're going to find out what's going on.

I'm coming with you.

No, it's too risky.

Did you forget?

Unlocking that chip needs my DNA.

No more second guessing.

We move tonight.

Ya and I will handle the break-in.

You stay here and provide tech support.

Stay safe.

Bai Fan,

if things go south,

pull out immediately.

Don't try to come rescue me or Ya.

That's not how I operate.

Do as I say.

You're more valuable here.

Bai, be careful.

No problem. Good luck.

The development of Supercontrol No. 3 is complete.

We'll awaken soon.

Once our bodies recover,

this world will be forever changed.

Nong.

Nong.

For all the years we've spent together,

when you wake up,

will you let me go?

You're so adorably naive.

You're my wife.

Nong,

please let me go.

Every day is a battle.

When I try to sleep,

those...

disabled people come back for revenge.

I'm just so tired.

Please let me go.

I haven't had a good night's sleep in over a year.

Honey, don't worry.

I'll be with you forever.

I'll protect you.

Nong,

I beg you.

Please let me go.

Please.

Just let me go.

I never want to come here again.

Don't be silly.

You'll always be with me.

Turn right at the entrance,

then head to the staff office.

Everything's normal.

Keep watching.

Jiang Zhen, do you feel something's off?

Notice anything unusual?

No, more like things

are going too smoothly.

Jiang, what's wrong?

Ya, should we rethink this?

We've already come this far.

What if it's a trap?

Jiang,

if the Supercontrol No. 3 chip gets completed,

the fallout will be catastrophic.

We need that experimental data now

to stop the worst from happening.

There's no time to hesitate, Jiang.

We have to act now.

Jiang Zhen, what do you think?

Bai Fan, I'm willing to take the risk.

I've reviewed all the surveillance footage.

Nothing unusual so far.

But I still don't recommend pushing forward.

Bai Fan, be ready to pull out.

If we're not out

in five minutes,

no matter what,

- you retreat. - Roger that.

Let's go.

Bai Fan, get out of there!

No one

is leaving.

Nong Qianya, you traitor!

And you too, Jiang Zhen.

You're both headed straight for prison.

Nong Cangnan,

do you understand what joining the Morning Star Project means?

What it means?

This is what it means.

I can stand again.

Check the news.

A man who was paralyzed for years

suddenly regained the ability to walk

but then jumped off a building

to his death.

Before he died,

he was part of the Morning Star Project.

Once you join,

not only your body

but even your mind

is controlled by the chip.

Jie,

is she telling the truth?

Cangnan,

you're Nong's biological brother.

He'd never do that to you.

Then why did she let you join the project?

Nong Cangnan, you're Cangqin's real brother

and mine too.

The only one you're not related to is her.

Cangnan,

we share blood.

No matter what happens,

I'll never abandon you.

That woman put you in the project

to control you

and use you against me.

If both of us go down,

who will control Amethyst Group?

How dare you, Mu Jie!

You tricked me!

Cangnan, I'm not cut out to run the company.

I'll never challenge you

for the chairman position.

Amethyst Group belongs to you.

Qianya,

I have

underestimated you.

Detain Mu Jie!

Chen Jiachuan from Gale Training Camp.

It's time we had

a proper face-to-face talk.

Nong Cangqin.

Cangqin?

Cangnan.

Useless trash.

Ya,

you never thought I'd be standing in front of you again, did you?

With Ya's DNA and Qin Bo's chip,

I've cracked Supercontrol No. 3.

Now none of you can threaten me.

Evil deeds always catch up.

I suggest you quit while you still can.

Quit?

I'm about to start a great new era.

Why would I quit?

Because you've erased humanity.

Humanity?

Bring him in.

Bai Fan!

♪Who will hide fate♪

♪Within the dust of the past♪

♪Understanding love and hate♪

♪Yet refusing♪

♪To surrender to time♪

♪Beyond the dark, colours bloom♪

♪Knowing the end yet still I follow♪

♪Burning all away, even if alone♪

♪If all of this is just a game♪

♪If vows will fade one day♪

♪Then grant eternity to memory♪

♪May the land and faith♪

♪Never be forgotten♪

♪Even as time ages♪

♪Through the endless night♪

♪Braving frost and storm♪

♪Till clear skies return♪

♪Even if fate loves to twist♪

♪And sorrow turns to song♪

♪The world replaced♪

♪Yet starlight still falls♪

♪To bloom once more♪

♪In the faint light, I♪

♪Compare myself to it♪