Worldwide Chapter Chase [QT] on Danmei AI Translations

Chapter 1

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:56:15 +0000

Chapter 1#

Saturday, 8:49 PM.

After an hour and a half of buildup, Starnet’s annual awards ceremony had finally reached its climax.

“This year’s Starnet Award goes to — Saen, for Throne of the Supreme God!”

On stage, lights blazed and confetti streamed through the air.

Accompanied by a roar of cheers that crashed like a tidal wave, the suited man accepted the trophy from the host and raised it high above his head.

Chapter 2

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Chapter 2#

008 also had a feature called the Virtual World.

According to it, it had originally downloaded this function to allow the host to get into character faster after receiving a new script.

Before activating this function, 008 kept nagging and reminding him: “This function relies on the host’s mental power, which means it manifests your mental space. If someone with a dull mind and lack of imagination enters, they will only see a wasteland. Someone slightly better might build an oasis. So don’t worry even if there’s nothing at first; this can be practiced slowly—”

Chapter 3

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Chapter 3#

Fang Jun was a reader on Liuliu Web.

He was also a heavy web novel enthusiast.

From the time he started reading web novels in middle school until now, when he has already started working, it has been a full dozen or so years.

Short videos, movies, and TV series—Fang Jun didn’t care much for any of them.

He just liked reading stories, and not only did he like reading, but he also liked reading the comments of other readers.

Chapter 4

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Chapter 4#

Ding Qi was a doctoral student at a 985 university.

His major sounded very high-end and sophisticated, and in reality, it was indeed very profound and mysterious, enough to make one go bald at a young age—

That’s right, Ding Qi studied nuclear fusion.

He and his fellow students often joked that there were more bugs planted in their school than chewing gum stuck under the tables. Every time they entered or left the campus, they had to swipe their cards for facial recognition, and entering the research lab required a body search and security check. Confidentiality work in all aspects was taken to the extreme.

Chapter 5

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Chapter 5#

Don’t Pigeon: “Looking at the current trend, this new book of yours is going to fly!”

Don’t Pigeon: “Keep a steady mind; the results after it’s listed will definitely not be bad. For a newcomer’s first book, persistence is victory!”

Don’t Pigeon: “You must stick to the outline! Whatever you do, don’t let yourself run wild!”

Early in the morning, the editor was excitedly sending him messages like crazy.

Chapter 6

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Chapter 6#

“A reader tipped you ten thousand yuan!” 008 screamed. “And 20 reputation points have been credited! A full 20 points!”

Although it had said before that human mental power was limited and one person could only provide one reputation point, there were naturally exceptions.

Special talents with high mental power, for instance, could create double or even dozens of times more reputation points.

Qiao Jing rubbed his ears: “Yes, yes, yes, you’ve been nagging all day.”

Chapter 7

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Chapter 7#

Sa Yi actually didn’t want to come to this book signing.

It wasn’t because of Qiao Jing; he had no idea Qiao Jing lived in this city. It was mainly because a book signing was too exhausting. Not only did he have to maintain a smile for the readers throughout, but his hand was also about to get tired from just signing names.

“Stop complaining. Didn’t you just release a new book? Although the website will help you find people for marketing, you have to put in effort yourself too,” Wang Cheng said to him on the phone, even taking a jab at him using Qiao Jing. “After Jing Hua Shui Yue left, you’re the face of Xingchen Web. You also know the website’s upcoming plans. At that time, we’ll take the lead in collaborating with other websites to hold this Web Novel Gala. If you don’t win a big award, the higher-ups’ faces won’t look good.”

Chapter 8

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Chapter 8#

It wasn’t until 008 finally calmed down and explained the sequence of events to him that Qiao Jing let out a sigh of relief.

He thought something major had happened.

“How much have you collected over there?” He was also a bit curious.

“Several hundred points! It seems there are still quite a few people who recognize talent.” 008 perked up its whiskers, its coal-like cat face showing a look of full confidence in Qiao Jing’s work, as if the cat that was screaming about being doomed earlier wasn’t it. “It hasn’t even been listed yet, and your favorites have already increased by over ten thousand. It will surely grow more and more in the future!”

Chapter 9

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Chapter 9#

12:00 AM.

Data refreshed across major novel websites.

Qiao Jing lay in bed, turning over in a sweet dream. By his pillow was 008, sleeping with its four paws in the air.

But many more people were sleepless tonight.

On its first day of listing, “Song of the Earth” rushed into the top ranks of the all-network new book charts!

The first place was naturally Sa’en’s new book, “Legend of the Qilin,” which Xingchen Web had spent heavily on marketing. After all, with the veteran big shot Jing Hua Shui Yue gone, Sa’en’s ascent to the top was almost without suspense.

Chapter 10

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Chapter 10#

The achievement obtained by Gao Xinglu’s team was not made public by the state.

In fact, after hearing the sequence of events of this research from Academician Gao, the leaders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) repeatedly asked in disbelief: “Is what you’re saying true? A novel?”

“Yes,” Gao Xinglu lamented. “I’ve already written it in the internal reference for the central government. I’m not a senile old fool; go see for yourself, the book is called ‘Song of the Earth’.”

Chapter 11

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Chapter 11#

Qiao Jing, who was asleep, was woken up by 008 and informed about the matter.

“Isn’t this Sa Yi’s usual operation?” Qiao Jing’s tone was deep, showing a lack of energy as if he hadn’t fully woken up. “Normal. If he didn’t do this, I’d find it strange.”

“But we can’t just sit and wait for death!” 008 said anxiously.

“What time is it,” Qiao Jing lay on the pillow, glanced at the time displayed on his phone screen, and his upper and lower eyelids were about to stick together again. “No rush. Let’s think of a way when I wake up in the morning, huff…”

Chapter 12

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:01:37 +0000

Chapter 12#

As the boss of Liuliu Web, Liu Huayi had been very proud of himself recently.

Not only had he secured a large sponsorship, but the once old and broken servers were finally being upgraded. Just the revenue Qiao Jing brought to Liuliu Web this month was already quite substantial!

Because of his happiness, the way he looked at his employees became much “gentler.”

In particular, editor Don’t Pigeon received greetings and care from the boss that were like a spring breeze.

Chapter 13

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Chapter 13#

“Regarding the South China Sea, recently…”

“Too much! Do they still think we’re like we were a dozen years ago?”

“Hah, their thinking probably still stays in the feudal dynasties.”

“Keeping a low profile is a national policy, but when necessary, we must let certain countries see that we are not to be trifled with.”

“So, should that research be made public?”

“…Make it public.”

At exactly seven o’clock that evening, accompanied by the familiar melody, the hosts in formal attire and with smiles on their faces announced the good news to thousands of households in front of their screens:

Chapter 14

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Chapter 14#

Beijing Time, 7:00 AM.

Due to the previous news on TV, the recent international situation could be described as volatile.

Just in the South China Sea, several small countries that were originally acting as “spears” for the M Country and jumping high immediately quieted down. No matter how much the M Country stomped and incited them, they dared not show their heads.

Nonsense, they weren’t fools!

Being used as a spear is one thing; what if they really get killed?

Chapter 15

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Chapter 15#

008 keenly noticed that recently, the advertisements placed by Xingchen Web on the internet had nearly doubled compared to before.

Open Weibo, it’s there on the splash screen; open a forum, it’s in the recommendations; open Baidu, the small ads are still it.

Among them, Sa’en’s new book, “Legend of the Qilin,” appeared with a frequency of over 50%.

“What do they want to do?” 008 asked somewhat irritably. “I clearly clicked the ‘X’ to close them, yet they push them to me every day. They’re practically forcing me to go into the backend and change the code. This is simply viral marketing!”

Chapter 16

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Chapter 16#

“Great Physician of the Common People”—this book could be considered Qiao Jing’s breakout work in the web novel world.

Because of its hardcore nature and the thoughts and emotions expressed in the writing, it had even received recommendations from many university teachers. Qiao Jing had also seen people mention this book of his more than once in various settings.

But that didn’t mean he could maintain a calm and composed expression when Jing Xinglan held the book and recommended it to him, the author!

Chapter 17

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Chapter 17#

Song of the Earth updated again.

After going premium, the plot of the novel gradually unfolded and got on the right track. For the sake of the readers following the story, and to keep himself from slacking off, Qiao Jing updated one chapter at a fixed time every day, with occasional bonus chapters.

But the readers, whose appetites were growing larger and larger, were clearly not satisfied with a mere few thousand words.

Chapter 18

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Chapter 18#

After returning from the book club, Qiao Jing was clearly stimulated by something.

But seeing that he was coding six thousand words a day, 008 generously decided not to ask what exactly happened.

Anyway, as long as it got reputation points, that was enough!

“That ‘Friend from Afar’ wrote another long review for you,” it lazily lay beside Qiao Jing’s mouse, countless data streams flashing through its large cat eyes. “Want to see it?”

Chapter 19

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Chapter 19#

“Wine?”

Jing Xinglan was stunned, but then chuckled: “Yes, I have some. What, do you want me to drink with you?”

To his surprise, Qiao Jing actually nodded.

But Jing Xinglan’s brows furrowed instead. He could sense that Qiao Jing’s mind was currently in a very confused and troubled state; otherwise, he wouldn’t be thinking of using alcohol to numb himself.

But wasn’t Qiao Jing a web novel editor? Was it really so bothersome that an author under him had writer’s block?

Chapter 20

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Chapter 20#

“The web novel industry has developed for more than ten years and has now formed a massive industrial chain on the scale of nearly a hundred billion. In order to promote the healthy and sustainable development of web literature, Xingchen Web will join hands with [Redacted] to jointly create a grand gala truly belonging to the web novel world for readers and authors…”

Before Yao Jing on the news could finish speaking, Liu Huayi sneered and turned off the TV in the office.

Chapter 21

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Chapter 21#

As soon as this thought was born, it grew rapidly in Jing Xinglan’s mind like weeds.

That’s right, the time Jing Hua Shui Yue terminated his contract and the time Yan Heqing’s Song of the Earth began serialization differed by almost no more than a week. Why couldn’t these two seemingly unrelated authors be the same person?

If it weren’t because they knew Jing Hua Shui Yue’s level, for a small website like Liuliu Web, twelve million for full rights would probably be something they couldn’t even dream of, so how could they be so tough as to reject it directly?

Chapter 22

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Chapter 22#

“Actually over a million already…”

Because the daily increase in reputation points was too much, 008, who had become numb to the point of feeling nothing and hadn’t even noticed the values on the panel for a long time, had a rare moment to take a look today and was shocked nearly off the sofa armrest by the clearly written seven-digit number.

This was too fast!

“Is it? I think it’s okay,” Qiao Jing said flatly. “When it’s finished, there should be another surge. If there are subsequent derivative releases, it might break ten million by then.”

Chapter 23

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Chapter 23#

Another sleepless night.

“Midnight snack is here!”

The arrival of the takeout refreshed everyone in the research institute. A student carried a warm beef pie and a cup of black coffee to Han Youpeng’s workbench, carefully put them down, and advised: “Supervisor, take a break for a while. You didn’t go to the cafeteria for dinner again tonight. Your body will collapse if this continues.”

“It’s fine, just leave it there. I’ll eat it later.”

Chapter 24

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:01:16 +0000

Chapter 24#

To be honest, this was the first time 008 had encountered a host who needed help suppressing positive hot searches.

Although it was a newly manufactured system, it had heard from other systems at headquarters that in the early stages before a host becomes famous, they are usually required to manually boost hot search rankings and guide public opinion.

But now?

Not only did it not need to lift a finger, but the moment Song of the Earth hit the hot search list, the state sent in professionals to handle it!

Chapter 25

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:01:16 +0000

Chapter 25#

“This is too much!”

Han Youpeng, awakened from his sleep by a phone call, was absolutely furious.

No matter how nicely things were said at the press conference, how righteously it was framed, it all boiled down to one thing: Country M was wary of China’s rapid development. Seeing that business couldn’t continue as usual, they simply dropped all pretense of civility and tore off their masks.

“So what do we do now?” His wife, equally aware of the magnitude of this impact, asked anxiously. “The country is in a developmental stage right now, and the demand for chips increases every year. Given Country M’s despotic nature, I’m afraid chip prices will skyrocket several times over before long.”