Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi pressured Murong Xue to sleep with him as the price of their cooperation, while she rejected him and questioned his motives. His Mental Link upgraded to level 6, and the chapter ended with Murong Xue wondering whether he was really Shen Su’s biological brother.

• Shen Yi bluntly demanded that Murong Xue sleep with him, and she condemned him for having such a narrow, vulgar ambition.
• Murong Xue refused to trade intimacy for cooperation, but Shen Yi threatened her and suggested she take sleeping pills to keep from stabbing him.
• Shen Yi’s Mental Link upgraded to level 6, increasing its target limit to 40 and its range to 1,500 meters.
• Murong Xue considered Shen Yi’s demand for several minutes, then refused because she did not want a relationship or intimacy in the apocalypse.
• Shen Yi clarified that he wanted to sleep with her just once, leaving Murong Xue baffled and questioning whether he was really Shen Su’s biological brother.

Shen Yi ambushed Murong Xue repeatedly to exhaust her mental energy after she rejected his demand, while she defended herself and challenged him to fight openly. The chapter left Murong Xue furious and weakened, daring Shen Yi to defeat her head-on in exchange for letting him do whatever he wanted.

• Murong Xue rejected Shen Yi's demand and severed their Mental Link, deciding to fight rather than compromise.
• Shen Yi used Instant Movement to ambush Murong Xue with a rock, but her ability stopped it in midair.
• Shen Yi launched repeated attacks with rocks, bottles, and junk, forcing Murong Xue to keep using her ability to defend herself.
• Shen Yi reestablished the Mental Link and deduced that Murong Xue's ability consumed mental energy as she grew exhausted.
• Murong Xue cursed Shen Yi and challenged him to defeat her in a head-on fight, promising to let him do whatever he wanted if he won.

Shen Yi kept Murong Xue under pressure with repeated teleporting sneak attacks and demanded that she compromise, while she resisted despite reaching her physical and mental limits. As the rain intensified, he decided to end the standoff and teleported toward her with a grenade.

• Shen Yi warned Murong Xue that he would use a grenade if she refused to compromise, while she tried to provoke him into fighting directly.
• Shen Yi launched two more sneak attacks, and Murong Xue’s mental power broke through to Level 2 even as she neared collapse.
• After a water bottle struck Murong Xue and she failed to block it, Shen Yi offered her one last chance to reconsider.
• Murong Xue refused to yield, then offered to accept his demands if he would let her beat him, but Shen Yi rejected the condition.
• Murong Xue cursed at Shen Yi through the Mental Link, then sat silently on the sofa as he stayed wary of a trap.
• With the rain growing heavier, Shen Yi held a grenade and used Instant Movement again.

Shen Yi confronted the defeated Murong Xue, who wondered how he could use his abilities so freely and asked about his physical enhancement. Their exchange left Murong Xue suspecting Shen Yi had access to a rare stamina-boosting resource—or had secretly been powerful in her previous life.

• Murong Xue gave up resisting and challenged Shen Yi to kill her, while he stayed wary and accepted the possibility of future revenge.
• Murong Xue asked whether Shen Yi had a physical enhancement ability, and he teased her by offering to explain if she became his woman.
• Shen Yi realized Murong Xue believed people could possess no more than three abilities, and he reconsidered what she knew about Body Evolution.
• Murong Xue reasoned that Shen Yi could not have a fourth ability or have leveled his Space Ability so quickly, so she suspected a temporary stamina-boosting drug or fruit.
• Murong Xue wondered whether Shen Yi had actually been a powerful survivor in her previous life and studied him with growing suspicion.

Shen Yi revealed a fourth ability while fighting Murong Xue, leaving her stunned and eager to gain more abilities through him. The chapter ended with Murong Xue offering to sleep with Shen Yi if he helped her grow stronger.

• Murong Xue admitted that she had given Shen Yi an Ability Fruit intending to kill him, and confirmed that people were believed to possess at most three abilities.
• Shen Yi used Shadow Bind to immobilize Murong Xue and White Fox, revealing that he had a fourth ability.
• Murong Xue reconsidered Shen Yi after realizing he might help her surpass her limits, while her favorability toward him rose despite his restraint.
• Shen Yi released Murong Xue but kept White Fox bound, and Murong Xue immediately offered to sleep with him in exchange for help obtaining more abilities.
• Shen Yi used Telepathy to confirm that Murong Xue sincerely meant her offer.

Shen Yi learned that Murong Xue wanted to use his ability to grow powerful enough to rule the world, and she revealed her own abilities and the White Fox's time power. The chapter left Shen Yi wary of Murong Xue and the White Fox, while learning that their extraordinary abilities came with severe costs and limitations.

• Murong Xue declared that she would become Shen Yi's woman if he helped her obtain more abilities, and said she intended to rule Mountain City, Xia Country, and eventually the world.
• Shen Yi asked Murong Xue to reveal her abilities and trump cards before deciding whether to trust her.
• Murong Xue said she had Mental Telekinesis for sensing danger and defending herself, as well as an eye-based ability that could alter perceptions and thoughts.
• Murong Xue identified the White Fox, Little White, as her last means of self-preservation and revealed that its time ability could accelerate time, freeze people, and potentially reverse time after it grew stronger.
• Murong Xue explained that Little White had to touch its targets and that its time ability consumed so much stamina and mental energy that it needed frequent rest.

Shen Yi questioned Murong Xue about how abilities could level up and learned that eating matching Ability Fruits was the safest method, while other methods carried serious risks. He then asked how Space Ability could improve, hoping to strengthen Instant Movement.

• Shen Yi decided White Fox's costly Time Ability did not suit him and asked Murong Xue to reveal her remaining hidden cards.
• Murong Xue said she knew where some Ability Fruits would appear, then explained that matching fruits could raise an ability's level safely.
• Murong Xue told Shen Yi that pushing an ability to its limits could also trigger a dangerous level-up, and she described other ability-specific methods and a rumored United States genetic drug.
• Shen Yi asked whether Murong Xue knew Lin Zhiwei, but she did not recognize the name.
• Shen Yi asked Murong Xue how Space Ability could level up without eating matching fruits.

Shen Yi questioned Murong Xue about the apocalypse and learned that a Mutant Giant Tree would eventually devour Mountain City, where she had died in her previous life. After sparing her White Fox, Shen Yi agreed to accompany Murong Xue to Shancheng University for an Ability Fruit, and surprised her by revealing his System Space.

• Murong Xue said Space Abilities were rare, then explained that the Mutant Giant Tree had devoured Mountain City and killed her after more than half a year in her previous life.
• Murong Xue said she planned to stay in Mountain City because she knew its dangers and the locations of some Ability Fruits, while Shen Yi noted that humans were dangerous too.
• Shen Yi released the White Fox from Shadow Bind after Murong Xue promised she could control it, and Murong Xue picked up the intelligent but sickly animal.
• Shen Yi said they should get down to business, but Murong Xue asked to delay and visit Shancheng University for an Ability Fruit expected to mature soon.
• Shen Yi agreed to eat first and took Roast Chickens and bottles of white Coke from the System Space, shocking Murong Xue with his apparent second Space-type ability.

Shen Yi took control of Murong Xue’s supplies and demanded the Ability Fruits she had collected, while she sought an explanation for how he had gained more than three abilities. The chapter ended with Murong Xue handing over both fruits on the condition that Shen Yi eat them in front of her.

• Shen Yi and Murong Xue shared roast chicken and cola, and Shen Yi asked her to hand over all her supplies.
• Murong Xue agreed, and Shen Yi transferred her stored food and equipment into the System Space.
• Shen Yi noticed Murong Xue’s ordinary potted plants and realized they could potentially produce Ability Fruits.
• Shen Yi demanded Murong Xue’s stored Ability Fruits, and she offered one in exchange for an explanation of how he had exceeded the limit on abilities.
• Shen Yi demanded the second fruit as well, so Murong Xue handed over both and insisted he eat them in front of her.

Shen Yi ate two Ability Fruits and gained Hardened Skin and Shapeshifting Ability without his body rejecting them. After demonstrating that he could perfectly transform into Murong Xue, he considered how shapeshifting might be used in combat and survival.

• Shen Yi ate an Ability Fruit and gained Hardened Skin, then ate another and gained Shapeshifting Ability.
• Shen Yi checked his panel and saw that his combat power had increased by ten points and that he now had seven abilities.
• Murong Xue was amazed that Shen Yi had gained two more abilities without any sign of rejection.
• Shen Yi transformed into an exact copy of Murong Xue, including her height and voice, before changing back at her request.
• Shen Yi noticed that shapeshifting consumed substantial stamina and wondered whether transforming into a durable or mutated animal could help him survive injuries or gain its abilities.

Shen Yi tested his Shapeshifting Ability and confirmed that it did not grant him the abilities of the forms he copied. He accompanied Murong Xue to a school cafeteria to investigate a possible Ability Fruit, leaving its powers and ripeness unknown.

• Shen Yi transformed into a white fox but discovered he had not gained its time ability.
• Murong Xue questioned Shen Yi about gaining more abilities, and he claimed a researcher was studying his mutated genes while refusing to let her meet the researcher.
• Shen Yi and Murong Xue left without the white fox and traveled through the rain to the school using his Telepathy to avoid mutated monsters.
• Murong Xue said an Ability Fruit might be near the Campus A cafeteria, and Shen Yi scanned the school and noticed survivors cooking inside.
• When they came within a hundred meters of the cafeteria, Shen Yi asked Murong Xue what ability the Ability Fruit granted.

Shen Yi found an Ability Fruit near the cafeteria, then teleported with Murong Xue into the school supermarket to gather supplies and locate his former classmates. He confronted Jin Rui and the others, who reacted with anger, while the system identified Han Ruoxi as a woman who met its standards.

• Murong Xue told Shen Yi that a powerful ability had reportedly been obtained near the cafeteria, and Shen Yi found and collected an Ability Fruit there.
• The system identified Han Ruoxi in the supermarket as meeting its standards and reported that taking her in would unlock a random supply item.
• Shen Yi teleported past the supermarket guards with Murong Xue and stored selected snacks and uncontaminated drinks in his System Space.
• Shen Yi found his former classmates and teachers gathered inside, looking deprived and sharing their water.
• Jin Rui recognized Shen Yi, sprang up, and threatened him for coming back after their earlier conflict.

Shen Yi confronted the students who had gathered in the supermarket, and Murong Xue killed Jin Rui with her Mental Telekinesis before Shen Yi could deal with him himself. Shen Yi shot counselor Wang Jiaxing dead and ordered Murong Xue to kill the students who tried to flee, leaving the rest terrified and kneeling.

• Jin Rui advanced on Shen Yi, but Murong Xue used Mental Telekinesis to send him flying and kill him.
• Shen Yi told Murong Xue he had wanted Jin Rui to suffer more, then warned her not to act recklessly next time.
• Shen Yi shot Wang Jiaxing in the thigh and, after Wang pleaded for mercy, killed him with another shot.
• Shen Yi spared the students who stayed, while some classmates—including Sun Bowen—tried to escape into the Black Fog.
• Shen Yi ordered Murong Xue to pursue and kill the fleeing students, and the others dropped to their knees and begged for their lives.

Shen Yi invited the surviving students to join his shelter and let them collect supermarket supplies, while rejecting those who changed their minds too late. He then approached Han Ruoxi and declared that she would be his woman, leaving her and the others stunned.

• Shen Yi offered the students a place in his shelter and warned them not to betray him; Ma Hong and most of the survivors agreed to join.
• A skinny student asked about the supermarket supplies, and Shen Yi told the new recruits to take what they could carry and keep it.
• Some students who had refused tried to join after seeing supplies being taken, but Shen Yi turned them away.
• When the skinny student reported that food and drinks had vanished, Shen Yi told him to keep packing and said nothing about the missing goods.
• Shen Yi found Han Ruoxi packing supplies and asked whether she had a boyfriend; after learning she had never met her online boyfriend, he told her to be his woman.

Shen Yi forced Han Ruoxi to join him, then led the survivors through the Black Fog toward Deep Bay One. Murong Xue urged him to help a skinny student retrieve his family, revealing that the student had been loyal to someone who saved them in her previous life.

• Shen Yi refused Han Ruoxi's attempts to delay and made her agree to join him, while the two boys pursuing her stayed silent.
• Murong Xue returned from the Black Fog, and Shen Yi gathered the survivors and supplies before leading them out under a black umbrella.
• Several teachers and other survivors who stayed behind decided to find more students and build a shelter of their own.
• As the group headed toward Deep Bay One, the skinny student asked Shen Yi to let him bring his mother and sister from a nearby residential complex.
• Murong Xue told Shen Yi through Mental Link that the skinny student had been capable and deeply loyal in her previous life, so Shen Yi considered granting his request.

Shen Yi agreed to help Wu Yu reach his family and used Telepathy to confirm that Wu Yu’s mother and sister were alive. He sent Wu Yu and two others to retrieve them, while Wu Yu’s aura turned brilliantly white.

• Shen Yi agreed to help Wu Yu bring his family from their residential complex into the shelter.
• Wu Yu identified his home as Unit 2903 in Building 12, and Shen Yi used Telepathy to locate two women inside.
• The system detected Wu Qingqing, Wu Yu’s eighteen-year-old sister, as a goddess who could unlock a random supply item if Shen Yi took her in.
• Shen Yi told Wu Yu that his mother and sister were alive, leaving the group to infer that he could detect people from afar.
• Shen Yi sent Wu Yu with two companions to retrieve his family and warned them not to enter other buildings.
• Wu Yu’s aura turned brilliantly white as he became more grateful to Shen Yi.

Wu Yu brought his mother and sister Wu Qingqing safely to Shen Yi’s shelter after following the route Shen Yi had scouted with Telepathy. Shen Yi left the newcomers in Jiangnan Yan’s care, while Wu Qingqing developed an immediate crush on him and Wu Yu noticed.

• Shen Yi used Telepathy to observe the residential complex, noted its scattered survivors and mutated animals, and planned to expand into the area later.
• Wu Yu led his family through the complex along Shen Yi’s suggested route, avoiding danger and returning to Deep Bay One.
• Wu Qingqing thanked Shen Yi, whose favorability toward her and her mother was unusually high, and the group reached the shelter safely.
• Shen Yi asked Jiangnan Yan to arrange housing and work for the newcomers, then left with Murong Xue and Han Ruoxi.
• Wu Qingqing asked whether she would see Shen Yi again and admitted through her excited behavior that she was smitten; Wu Yu asked if she had fallen for the boss.

Wu Yu realized Wu Qingqing might have feelings for Shen Yi and worried he already had a girlfriend. At Murong Xue’s apartment, Han Ruoxi showered while Murong Xue confronted Shen Yi over bringing her home, and Shen Yi asserted control before eating an Ability Fruit.

• Wu Yu warned Wu Qingqing that Shen Yi might already be involved with the beautiful woman who had left with him, and Wu Qingqing denied liking him.
• Shen Yi told Han Ruoxi to shower, and Murong Xue offered her water from the apartment’s supplies.
• Han Ruoxi was amazed by the apartment’s electricity and hot water and wondered whether Shen Yi would expect her to sleep with him.
• Murong Xue criticized Shen Yi for bringing Han Ruoxi into her home, but he told her she could wait outside if she objected.
• Shen Yi warned Murong Xue not to insult him again, and she swallowed her response.
• Shen Yi took an Ability Fruit from the System Space and ate it.

After gaining another Ability Fruit, Shen Yi acquired High-Temperature Ray and assessed how it strengthened his combat abilities. The chapter ended when Han Ruoxi came out of the bathroom in a towel, saying she had no clothes to change into.

• Murong Xue questioned Shen Yi about gaining several abilities in one day, while he asked her for more Ability Fruits.
• Shen Yi discovered that High-Temperature Ray let him fire rays that could melt steel, with greater power as his physique improved.
• Shen Yi considered how the ability could combine with his other powers and recalled his plans to capture Qin Xiang if they met again.
• Shen Yi told Murong Xue that his new ability was offensive, and she reacted with shock at his growing arsenal of powers.
• Han Ruoxi emerged from the bathroom wrapped in a towel and said she had no clothes to change into.

After spending the night with Han Ruoxi, Shen Yi unlocked an endless supply of Five-Colored Aphrodisiac Leeks and asked Murong Xue to cook them with rice. Han Ruoxi tried to secure her place in Shen Yi’s home by obeying Murong Xue and massaging Shen Yi, who remained in contact with Jiangnan Yan through their Mental Link.

• Shen Yi took Han Ruoxi to the bedroom while Murong Xue complained and tended to the recovering White Fox.
• The system rewarded Shen Yi for taking in a goddess by unlocking a supply that produced Five-Colored Aphrodisiac Leeks every second.
• Murong Xue woke on the sofa, then cooked leeks and rice at Shen Yi’s request while he prepared steaks.
• Han Ruoxi emerged in Murong Xue’s pajamas, apologized, and agreed to wash them after Murong Xue scolded her.
• Han Ruoxi massaged Shen Yi’s shoulders as he ate Ability Fruits and replied to Jiangnan Yan through their Mental Link.