Chapter Summaries

Meng Chao and A Ji discovered that the supposedly dead Death Squad member Du Ming had been freed and likely recruited by Monster Civilization, revealing a broader threat inside Leprosy Village. After the villagers announced the Village Chief’s death, Meng Chao feared Mu Lian was the next target.

• Meng Chao showed A Ji evidence that Du Ming had been a Death Squad member whose heart bomb had been removed, and concluded someone had helped him escape.
• Meng Chao suspected Monster Civilization had captured other Death Squad members and returned them to Dragon City as disguised agents.
• Meng Chao photographed Du Ming’s body for evidence, took weapons and grenades, and booby-trapped the corpse before setting out with A Ji to find Mu Lian.
• Meng Chao and A Ji heard the villagers gathering to avenge the Village Chief and learned that he had been killed.
• Meng Chao told A Ji to investigate the Village Chief’s death and find out whether Mu Lian was still at her hospital, warning that she might be next.

Meng Chao promised A Ji he would help Leprosy Village claim a fair share of the spoils if they won the war, then learned that the Village Chief’s death had sparked fear and anger. The villagers rallied behind Wild Wolf, who was preparing to arm them against the supposed captors.

• Meng Chao promised A Ji that he would help the villagers take steaks from anyone who hoarded them after the war.
• Meng Chao tested A Ji for signs of hidden strength, then treated his own injuries and realized he needed powerful reinforcements.
• A Ji returned and reported that the supposed captors had claimed the Village Chief died by suicide after being exposed for helping wanted criminals manufacture God Transformation Capsules.
• A Ji said villagers believed the captors had killed the Village Chief after he confronted them over their destructive methods and threats to use Heavy Cannon or poison gas.
• A Ji reported that the frightened and furious villagers had turned to Wild Wolf, who was gathering fighters, weapons, and Gene Serum to defend Leprosy Village.

Meng Chao realized the enemy was trying to provoke a clash between Leprosy Village and Golden Tooth Nest City by driving Wild Wolf into a rage, and he hurried to find Mu Lian, who could restrain him. Meng Chao and A Ji reached the explosion ruins and spotted Mu Lian’s medical tent, but the roar of approaching Powered Armor interrupted their relief.

• Meng Chao decided he could not leave Leprosy Village because Wild Wolf might lead the armed residents into a fatal clash with the gangs outside.
• A Ji told Meng Chao that Mu Lian was treating the injured near the collapsed building, and Meng Chao set off with him.
• Meng Chao reasoned that the enemy might kill Mu Lian and blame outsiders to push Wild Wolf into a breakdown and provoke an attack.
• Meng Chao and A Ji reached the devastated ruins, where villagers were still searching for their relatives and homes.
• A Ji spotted Mu Lian’s flower-marked medical tent and rejoiced that she appeared safe, just as Powered Armor roared overhead.

Meng Chao uncovered a staged pursuit meant to kill Miss Mu Lian and used the smoke and confusion to hunt the attackers. He confronted “Tsunami” Wan Zhuiyun after confirming the villain had slaughtered villagers, leaving Wan Zhuiyun terrified as Meng Chao prepared to strike.

• Meng Chao recognized that “Tsunami” Wan Zhuiyun and the Skull Mask pursuers were working together to target Miss Mu Lian while killing Leprosy Village residents.
• Meng Chao took A Ji into the smoke toward the medical tent, using him to draw a Skull Mask pursuer’s attention.
• Meng Chao killed the pursuer, took his Powered Armor, and left A Ji behind.
• Meng Chao tracked Wan Zhuiyun through his Spirit Flames and asked how many villagers he had killed.
• Wan Zhuiyun admitted he had killed too many to count, and Meng Chao’s killing intent made him realize he was in danger.

Meng Chao brutally killed Wan Zhuiyun, then rushed to save Leprosy Village residents from disguised law enforcers and slaughtered three former Death Squad members. He left the battlefield badly wounded but still fighting.

• Meng Chao killed Wan Zhuiyun with the Shadowless Blade and showed him his face before tormenting him with visions of doomsday.
• A Ji caught up with Meng Chao, who spotted gunfire ahead and realized the enemy had found Miss Mu Lian.
• Meng Chao reached the Leprosy Village residents and saw disguised criminals shooting them while pretending to be law enforcers.
• Meng Chao charged the three former Death Squad members with Blood Soul, cut two of them in half, and killed the third with a grenade-filled Powered Armor decoy and a crushing blow.
• Meng Chao reopened his chest wound during the fight and hastily stapled it shut before finishing off the third attacker.

Meng Chao found Su Mu Lian in Leprosy Village while fleeing the remaining Death Squad members and discovered her healing powers as she saved a dying pregnant woman. He persuaded Su Mu Lian to leave with him and urged the villagers to scatter for their safety.

• Meng Chao killed several attackers, found Su Mu Lian among the villagers, and warned that the four surviving Transcendents could arrive at any moment.
• Meng Chao discovered that Su Mu Lian and the villagers were trying to rescue a pregnant woman pinned beneath the rubble, and he judged the woman beyond saving.
• Su Mu Lian used green energy to heal the pregnant woman, then asked Meng Chao to help free her.
• Meng Chao lifted the rubble with the villagers and helped pull out the pregnant woman, worsening his own chest wound.
• Meng Chao told Su Mu Lian that her grandfather had been murdered and that she was the attackers' next target; she agreed to leave with him.
• Meng Chao promised to protect Su Mu Lian and told the villagers to scatter rather than follow them.

Meng Chao and Su Mu Lian fled underground with A Ji, where she saved Meng Chao by transferring much of his grave injury into her own body. After he recovered enough to reveal his face, Su Mu Lian recognized him and screamed in shock.

• Meng Chao sent the villagers into the Black Mist to hide, then escaped underground with Su Mu Lian and A Ji.
• After they reached an abandoned waste disposal station, Meng Chao collapsed from his chest wound.
• Su Mu Lian treated Meng Chao by transferring his injuries into her own body, and A Ji realized she had done the same for villagers before.
• Su Mu Lian explained that she used her healing ability to help the sick and injured, despite enduring their pain herself.
• Meng Chao stopped Su Mu Lian's treatment once he had mostly recovered, cleaned himself up, and revealed his face.
• A Ji recognized Meng Chao as someone from Monster University, while Su Mu Lian recoiled and screamed as if she had seen a ghost.

Meng Chao explained to Su Mu Lian that fake law enforcers were using a conspiracy to pit Leprosy Village against Nest City, and she readily agreed to trust him. Su Mu Lian warned that Wild Wolf’s distrust of outsiders had grown extreme, leaving Meng Chao unsure whether he could persuade him to help stop the conflict.

• Su Mu Lian recoiled in fear when she saw Meng Chao, then apologized and said she had mistaken him for someone else.
• A Ji recognized Meng Chao, and Su Mu Lian explained that villagers had gained limited access to the outside world through new Information Base Stations.
• Meng Chao told Su Mu Lian that wanted criminals posing as law enforcers were trying to provoke a clash between Leprosy Village and Nest City, and she immediately believed him.
• Meng Chao asked Su Mu Lian to take him to Wild Wolf, and she warned that Wolf Uncle was unlikely to listen to an outsider.
• Su Mu Lian said Wild Wolf had become hostile to the outside world after a vicious argument with Grandfather a year earlier, and especially hated influential Transcendents like Meng Chao.

Meng Chao and Su Mu Lian realized that stabilizing Leprosy Village would not be enough: they also had to win over the nest city gangs and discover why Tyrant Blade Jin Wanhao was staying hidden. As Meng Chao tried to plan how to contact him and expose a mole in the Wild Wolf Gang, the enemy triggered his traps and began closing in.

• Su Mu Lian warned Meng Chao that the nest city gangs might attack Leprosy Village to rescue their missing experts or destroy the village, believing it had fallen under monster control.
• Meng Chao considered why Tyrant Blade Jin Wanhao had not intervened and wondered whether the Demon God 'Vortex' had controlled him.
• Meng Chao learned from Su Mu Lian that her grandfather had kept his dealings with Jin Wanhao secret and had left Wild Wolf to manage Leprosy Village.
• Meng Chao concluded that he needed to gain Wild Wolf's trust, find the mole in the Wild Wolf Gang, contact Jin Wanhao, and prevent the nest city from descending into chaos.
• Three explosions sounded as the enemy triggered Meng Chao's traps, revealing that the Demon God 'Vortex' knew a powerful survivor was stalking it.

Meng Chao proposed using the insider’s likely pursuit of Su Mu Lian as bait to expose them and win Wild Wolf’s trust. Meanwhile, Wild Wolf armed the Wild Wolf Gang with weapons stockpiled in Leprosy Village as Zhang Tie warned that fires, toxic substances, and unstable underground waste threatened to destroy the village again.

• Meng Chao told A Ji and Su Mu Lian that an insider had likely helped the abnormal beasts and suggested using Su Mu Lian as bait to draw them out.
• The chapter described how Leprosy Village’s residents produced dangerous weapons and how some adapted to the pollution, becoming powerful mutants in the Wild Wolf Gang.
• Wild Wolf armed his gang with weapons and ammunition he had secretly stockpiled while preparing to defend Leprosy Village.
• Zhang Tie warned Wild Wolf that hidden fires, hazardous Spiritual Energy and chemicals, and clogged sewage pipes could trigger another catastrophe, and urged him to decide what to do.

As fires and explosions spread through Leprosy Village, Zhang Tie urged Wild Wolf to evacuate the villagers, but the nest city gangs sealed the borders under full fortress status. The chapter ended with Wild Wolf learning that Su Mu Lian might have been killed, shattering his composure.

• An explosion ignited a spreading line of fire in Black Clothes Alley, and Zhang Tie warned that flames, monsters, and biological weapons threatened Leprosy Village.
• Zhang Tie argued that the villagers had to flee, while Wild Wolf cautioned that provoking the nest city gangs and their backers could endanger more lives.
• Wild Wolf said Pearl had gone to negotiate for shelter, but Bai Shan returned and reported that armed forces had sealed Boundary Bridge and barred anyone from leaving.
• Bai Shan revealed that she had heard Su Mu Lian might have been killed, and Wild Wolf's power cracked the rooftop beneath him.

Wild Wolf feared that Miss Mu Lian had died in the disaster and worried that the villagers’ anger and panic would lead to a massacre. A Ji arrived with word that Miss Mu Lian was alive but badly injured, had been deliberately attacked, and was hiding until Wild Wolf could bring trusted help.

• Bai Shan and Zhang Tie told Wild Wolf that Miss Mu Lian might have died in the explosions, while news of her presumed death fueled villagers’ anger and attempts to flee.
• Wild Wolf and Zhang Tie feared the Dragon City Secret Police had withdrawn and would return with weapons to destroy Leprosy Village, and Wild Wolf prepared to act.
• A strange fireworks display drew Wild Wolf, Zhang Tie, and Bai Shan to a teenage boy named A Ji, who said Miss Mu Lian had sent him to find Wild Wolf.
• A Ji told Wild Wolf that Miss Mu Lian was severely injured and unable to walk, and that she had been deliberately attacked.
• A Ji revealed that Miss Mu Lian had uncovered an enemy conspiracy, warned Wild Wolf not to trust the Dragon City Secret Police, and asked him to bring the Wild Wolf Gang’s main force to rescue her.

Wild Wolf and his companions rushed to Razor Street to rescue Miss Mu Lian, but explosions scattered them through the ruins. Bai Shan found the dying Meng Chao beside a charred body she believed was Mu Lian, then tried to kill him; Meng Chao escaped into the wreckage.

• Wild Wolf gathered armed experts and followed A Ji toward Razor Street to search for the injured Miss Mu Lian.
• An underground explosion collapsed much of Razor Street, and the search party split up in the smoke and darkness.
• Bai Shan found Meng Chao trapped beneath rubble, and he claimed he had been with Mu Lian and that monsters and false Dragon City Secret Police had killed her.
• Bai Shan recognized Mu Lian's charred bracelet beside a corpse and secretly took it while Meng Chao urged her to warn Wild Wolf of a conspiracy.
• Bai Shan tried to stab Meng Chao, but his struggles triggered falling rubble, allowing him to break free and crawl deeper into the ruins.

Bai Shan chased Meng Chao through the ruins and claimed he had killed Su Mu Lian, but Wild Wolf and the others began to suspect her story. Meng Chao recovered from his apparently fatal wounds, and Su Mu Lian appeared alive, leaving Bai Shan exposed.

• Bai Shan pursued the wounded Meng Chao through the ruins until he crashed through a brittle wall into the space where Wild Wolf, Zhang Tie, A Ji, and the gang members waited.
• Bai Shan told Wild Wolf that Meng Chao had killed Su Mu Lian and handed him Su Mu Lian's bracelet as supposed evidence.
• Wild Wolf and the others confronted Bai Shan, and she insisted she had seen Meng Chao kill Su Mu Lian.
• Meng Chao rose despite Bai Shan's poisoned dagger, healed his injuries, and asked Bai Shan whether she had truly seen him kill Su Mu Lian.
• Su Mu Lian emerged from the darkness behind Wild Wolf, shocking Bai Shan.

Meng Chao exposed Bai Shan as the traitor who had helped the monsters manipulate events in Leprosy Village. After explaining how he caught her sending a messenger mouse and staged Mu Lian’s death, he left Bai Shan trapped with no defense.

• Meng Chao explained that he had suspected Bai Shan because the monsters needed someone close to Wild Wolf to guide their conspiracy.
• Meng Chao revealed that he had secretly watched Bai Shan and caught her using a tiny messenger mouse to send a note about Mu Lian’s location.
• Meng Chao explained that he had delayed Bai Shan’s group and staged an explosion and a fake corpse to make her believe Mu Lian had been killed.
• The real Mu Lian appeared and told Wild Wolf and the others the truth, while Bai Shan was left unable to defend herself.

Meng Chao exposed Bai Shan’s alliance with the bandits refining God Transformation Capsules, and she explained how her mother’s horrific death shaped her view of monsters and suffering. The chapter ended with Bai Shan asking whether she should hate or thank a monster that could have ended her mother’s suffering quickly.

• Meng Chao explained how Bai Shan’s attack and her claims about Miss Mu Lian exposed her, and Bai Shan admitted she had allied with the vicious bandits.
• Wild Wolf demanded to know why Bai Shan betrayed the Wild Wolf Gang and Leprosy Village, while Bai Shan said serving monsters did not matter to her.
• Bai Shan recounted how toxic work in an underground weapons workshop slowly destroyed her mother, who eventually drank monster poison and died.
• Bai Shan said her mother’s bones glowed and burst like fireworks during cremation because they had absorbed deadly substances.
• Bai Shan asked whether her mother’s prolonged, painful death had been worse than being killed instantly by a monster, and whether she should hate or thank such a monster.

Bai Shan explained how discovering the extravagant lives of Dragon City’s elite shattered the Village Chief’s account that monsters alone caused ordinary people’s suffering. He challenged Meng Chao to explain whether the monsters were truly entirely responsible for his mother’s death and Leprosy Village’s misery.

• Bai Shan recalled how Leprosy Village children had been taught that hardship was unavoidable because the war against monsters consumed Dragon City’s resources.
• After Leprosy Village connected to the network, Bai Shan saw videos of Transcendents and their descendants living in luxury, including a powerful expert’s spacious home and abundant food.
• Bai Shan learned that the Nine Super Enterprises and Nine Great Families held Dragon City’s greatest wealth and lived in far better conditions than ordinary citizens and villagers.
• Bai Shan described how the contrast made him recognize the scale of inequality and understand why outsiders looked down on Leprosy Village residents.
• Bai Shan asked Meng Chao why the elite had not used some of their resources to improve living conditions or prevent tragedies like his mother’s death, and requested an answer before he died.

Meng Chao listened as Bai Shan explained why she had become a monster's lackey and learned that her mother had been poisoned to death while producing Qingtian Corporation's Spirit Serpent Poison Blades. The revelation challenged Meng Chao's assumptions about the Super Enterprises, and Bai Shan's story remained unfinished.

• Meng Chao stayed silent as Bai Shan questioned the unfairness between Dragon City's wealthy elite and Leprosy Village residents, prompting him to admit he understood why she had turned against the powerful.
• Bai Shan said that learning more about the Nine Corporations and helping Wild Wolf expand his gang had revealed a truth she had never expected.
• Meng Chao recognized the Spirit Serpent Poison Blade as Qingtian Corporation's famous venom-infused weapon and noticed Bai Shan's dagger was its Phantom Serpent model.
• Bai Shan told Meng Chao that her mother had produced Spirit Serpent Poison Blades and had slowly been poisoned to death doing the work.
• Meng Chao recalled Qingtian Corporation's clean research center and comfortable employee facilities, and struggled to believe its flagship weapons could be made in Leprosy Village workshops.

Bai Shan explained how Qingtian Corporation and the other Super Enterprises profited from dangerous labor in Leprosy Village while avoiding responsibility, and argued that their exploitation made them monsters in the villagers’ eyes. She challenged Wild Wolf’s belief that the Wild Wolf Gang could resist both the Super Enterprises and actual monsters, leaving their hopes of changing the nest city in doubt.

• Bai Shan described how Qingtian Corporation subcontracted hazardous weapon production through contractors and nest city gangs until it reached Leprosy Village’s Black Workshops.
• Bai Shan accused the Super Enterprises of taking most of the profits while Leprosy Village workers suffered injury and death, and questioned whether Lü Siya knew the source of Qingtian Corporation’s wealth.
• Bai Shan asked why Leprosy Village had been founded before monsters became a serious threat and argued that human discrimination and exploitation had driven its people there.
• Bai Shan said Qingtian Corporation bore far more responsibility than monsters for her mother’s death and that many villagers saw both monsters and corporate rulers as monsters.
• Wild Wolf argued that the villagers should resist both the Super Enterprises and monsters rather than cooperate with monsters.
• Bai Shan questioned whether the Wild Wolf Gang could ever challenge the Nine Super Enterprises, even if it became the strongest gang in the nest city.

Bai Shan explained why she wanted monsters to bring chaos to Dragon City and revealed that she planned to use God Transformation Capsules to make its people resemble Leprosy Village residents. She told Wild Wolf and Meng Chao that her accomplices had already changed their operation after realizing she had been captured, leaving their next move unknown.

• Bai Shan argued that the Nine Super Enterprises controlled the nest city gangs and that only outside forces could challenge their rule.
• Bai Shan said she would choose a future where monsters destroyed Dragon City over one where the Super Enterprises tightened their rule, and revealed she had wanted to spread God Transformation Capsule Solution throughout the city.
• Wild Wolf urged Bai Shan to reveal where her accomplices and the aberrant beasts were hiding, but she said she did not know their current location.
• Bai Shan explained that her accomplices had detected her capture because she had stopped sending regular coded rats, so they had already changed the next stage of their plan.