Chapter Summaries

While Su Mo traveled from Mountain Moon Territory toward Five Finger Mountain to rescue Guan Shan, a mysterious four-story structure descended from the sky toward Hope Village. The villagers were left stunned as they waited for Su Mo to return and decide what to do with the newly arrived strangers they had imprisoned.

• Li Hu, Chen Shen, and Su Deben reviewed the interrogations of twenty-eight strangers who had descended into Tian Yuan Territory over three days, but the captives could not remember where they came from.
• Chen Shen decided to keep the strangers imprisoned and wait for Su Mo to return before dealing with them.
• A four-story mysterious structure began descending toward the depression, leaving Chen Shen and the villagers frozen in shock.
• Su Mo declined Feng Mengyue's offer of a large armed escort and set out with Chang'an and the Liu Brothers to find Guan Shan.
• Su Mo's group crossed the fourth mountain and headed toward Five Finger Mountain.

Su Mo and the Guard Team discovered a familiar Earth-style supermarket in a remote mountain hollow and suspected the game had deployed it as a reward after the disaster. When they blasted open the door, an infected Giant Rat charged out and was shot to pieces, leaving the building unexplored.

• Su Mo considered how the newly released wildlife could support his territory and wondered whether Chen Shen and the others would claim nearby resources.
• Feng Long found Su Mo and reported a strange building in a hollow near Five Finger Mountain, so they returned there with Feng Tianmin.
• Su Mo recognized the building as a Dajiale Department Store Self-selection Supermarket and suspected it had appeared through the game's new deployment system.
• Su Mo ordered Feng Long's squad to blast open the supermarket's door while the Guard Team covered them with rifles.
• An infected Giant Rat rushed out of the doorway, and the soldiers killed it with a volley of gunfire.

Su Mo and the soldiers defeated a radiation-emitting Mutated Beast and searched the abandoned supermarket it had emerged from. A flyer identifying Mazu Number Three Shelter revealed that the building had come from Earth, leaving Su Mo and Guan Yu'an to reconsider where they had found it.

• The soldiers killed the Mutated Beast with gunfire, and Feng Long used a Geiger Counter to confirm that its remains emitted radiation.
• Su Mo ordered the soldiers to collect and bury the creature's flesh, then led a group into the three-story building while Feng Long eyed a pack of cigarettes inside.
• The soldiers began hauling supplies from the supermarket's first floor as Su Mo and Guan Yu'an explored upstairs.
• Su Mo opened a locked gate on the second floor and found a flyer describing Mazu Number Three Shelter, a major human refuge in East Province.
• Guan Yu'an recognized the shelter's name, and she and Su Mo realized the building had come from Earth.

Su Mo discovered that the small building in the mountains had come from Earth and inventoried its preserved stock and household appliances. He arranged for the appliances to return to the Lowland and for Feng Mengyue’s people to collect the remaining supplies.

• Su Mo and Guan Yu'an identified a Huaxia shelter flyer in the building, confirming that it had come from Earth, and wondered how it had survived the disaster.
• Su Mo searched the building and found its third floor packed with preserved household goods and appliances.
• Su Mo inventoried the supermarket stock and household appliances, recognizing that the appliances could help Lü Kuan and others reproduce Earth technology.
• Su Mo decided to take the appliances and scarce supplies back while sending a soldier to ask Feng Mengyue to collect the rest.
• Su Mo let Feng Long and the soldiers choose food and other goods, and allowed Guan Yu'an to take some skincare products.

A strange, heavily fortified four-story building appeared near Hope Village while Su Mo was away, and the villagers prepared to investigate it. Chen Shen ordered an assault after the amnesiac newcomers offered no clues and the building’s windows proved sealed; Li Hu stood at the front gate and knocked, waiting to learn what was inside.

• A four-story concrete building appeared near Hope Village, alarming Chen Shen, Su Deben, Li Hu, and the other villagers.
• Chen Shen ordered Li Hu to prepare an assault, Su Deben to establish a defensive perimeter, and Chen Kai to question the amnesiac newcomers.
• The villagers armed their soldiers, dug a trench around the building, and set up explosives and other defenses.
• The amnesiacs could not identify the building, and Li Hu discovered that its windows were sealed behind bulletproof glass and steel plates.
• Chen Shen decided to attack the building, and Li Hu approached its black metal gate and knocked politely.

Li Hu and Liu Cheng’s technical team uncovered a mechanical lock on the sealed building’s massive door, but its twelve-symbol combination allowed only three attempts. Meanwhile, Feng Mengyue arrived at the camp with villagers and was led to the supply storage site, where she stopped in disbelief at what she saw.

• Li Hu ordered Liu Cheng and three manufacturing experts to find a way to open the door without destroying it.
• Liu Cheng tested several chemical solutions, exposed the lock, and concluded that humans had made the building.
• Liu Cheng explained that the lock had twelve symbol wheels, a piston, and only three chances to enter the combination.
• Li Hu read the identification mark on the copper piston aloud as “A,” “S,” “M,” “L,” “mmd,” and “Huh?”
• Feng Mengyue arrived with more than three hundred Mountain Moon Village villagers and learned that Su Mo had already left.
• Two soldiers led Feng Mengyue to the supply storage site, where she froze in disbelief at what she saw.

Su Mo continued through the Eight Twisting Mountains, relying on an Adventure Mechanoid to investigate ahead while Feng Mengyue claimed half the supplies and the building he had left behind. Back at Hope Village, Li Hu waited with the others as Liu Cheng and Ai Jianfeng worked on a mysterious gate, until a meteor suddenly began plunging toward them.

• Feng Mengyue accepted half the supplies as compensation and arranged to take the three-story building apart and bring it back to her territory.
• Su Mo visited Shi Territory and San Chuan Territory, then continued toward the sixth peak of Eight Twisting Mountains and sent an Adventure Mechanoid ahead to extend his signal range.
• Su Mo heard that Feng Mengyue had taken the supplies and planned to dismantle the building, and he told the rear team to keep observing the two prosperous territories for anything unusual.
• At Hope Village, Li Hu urged Liu Cheng and Ai Jianfeng to stop working on the mysterious gate for the night, but they insisted they were nearly finished.
• A meteor streaked across the sky, and the warriors realized it was falling rapidly toward them.

Chen Shen and Hope Village witnessed a meteor descend, but it landed with little force and brought an intact village of unfamiliar, advanced buildings. Chen Shen led an armed team to investigate and discovered figures moving inside, leaving him wondering what the game was doing.

• A soldier warned Chen Shen that a meteor was heading toward Hope Village, and the villagers braced for impact as it blazed through the atmosphere.
• The meteor’s trajectory shifted away from Hope Village and the mysterious building, then it landed nearby with only a faint tremor.
• Chen Shen and Li Hu split their forces, with Chen Shen driving ahead in the Dihu to investigate the glowing landing site.
• Chen Shen and seven guards approached the site and spotted fire, smoke, and a large complex with figures moving inside.
• Chen Shen recognized that the complex was a mysterious village with buildings more advanced than Hope Village’s, and wondered what the game was trying to do.

Chen Shen and Li Hu approached a mysterious settlement, believing its inhabitants were human and hoping to negotiate, but they discovered it was occupied by armed mermen. The mermen surrounded Chen Shen while Li Hu’s force prepared for a possible battle, leaving Hope Village on the brink of conflict.

• Chen Shen used Hope Village’s long-range telescope to observe the unfamiliar settlement and thought its inhabitants appeared human.
• Chen Shen told Li Hu to approach cautiously and planned to negotiate, while Li Hu prepared his soldiers for combat.
• Li Hu and Chen Shen met, agreed not to rush into the settlement, and sent Chen Shen with three people toward its entrance as Li Hu’s force covered them.
• The settlement’s inhabitants noticed Chen Shen’s group when they came within five hundred meters and rushed out to surround them.
• Li Hu saw that the inhabitants were armed mermen with advanced weapons and ordered his men not to fire first while warning Hope Village to prepare for battle.

Chen Shen was surrounded and captured by armed fishmen after approaching their mysterious complex, but he discovered they could speak China Language and seemed willing to negotiate. The cloaked fishman led him into the complex’s tallest building and offered it to Hope Village if Chen Shen fulfilled their request.

• Chen Shen and three companions saw more than a hundred armed fishmen emerge from the complex, and Chen ordered his group not to attack.
• The fishmen tied up the four men, but released Chen’s three companions after he identified himself as Hope Village’s village chief.
• Chen followed the cloaked fishman into the complex, where the fishmen repeatedly fell on the snowy ground when they tried to hurry.
• The cloaked fishman spoke China Language, led Chen toward the five-story building, and offered to give it to Hope Village if Chen completed a commission.
• Chen entered the building with the cloaked fishman, and the doors closed behind them.

Chen Shen entered the fishmen’s building and met their Fishmen Priest, who learned that her tribe had been transported from the Deep Sea World to the Wasteland. The priest dismissed him after breaking down, then secretly prayed to the Deep Sea Lord about returning.

• Hope Village sounded a Level One alarm, and more than five hundred villagers gathered at the Armed Forces Department to prepare for battle.
• Chen Shen reported that the fishmen seemed open to negotiation, while Li Hu continued observing their complex and held back from attacking.
• Yu Du led Chen Shen through the fishmen’s building and explained their short lifespans, their Priest, and the offer to hand over the tribe if Chen Shen completed her commission.
• Chen Shen met the human-looking Fishmen Priest and explained that the fishmen were on the Wasteland’s New Continent rather than in their Deep Sea World.
• The Fishmen Priest became distraught after seeing that her map described a different world, then sent Yu Du to escort Chen Shen out and prayed to the Deep Sea Lord about returning.

While resting in the Climbing Car, Su Mo used the System Panel to trace a rise in his Snow Authority to the Alchemy Furnace, then surveyed Hope Village from afar. He discovered a mysterious black building and a settlement of thirty-one buildings, and identified the people there as the fishman army from the White Sand Ruins.

• Su Mo woke after sleeping through the night and noticed that his Threat Level had risen sharply while his Snow Authority had increased by 0.02%.
• Su Mo traced the Snow Authority gain to snow being burned in the Alchemy Furnace, but could not determine how he had used Ocean Authority.
• Su Mo surveyed Hope Village and saw its expanded cleared area, a busy Trade Fair, and armed soldiers stationed around the Underground Shelter.
• Su Mo spotted a huge black building near the village and a separate cluster of thirty-one buildings sixty-five kilometers away, then grew alarmed at the unfamiliar structures.
• With only seconds left in his observation, Su Mo focused on one person in the distant settlement and recognized the fishman army from the White Sand Ruins.

Su Mo realized the fishmen from the White Sand Ruins might have developed for nearly seventeen years and warned that a vast mysterious building had appeared in his territory. As he accelerated his return plans, Feng Zhou and He Qiu hunted bears on the New Continent, where black blood entered Feng Zhou’s wound and possibly contaminated meat they sold.

• Su Mo returned from the Deep Sea World, suspected the fishmen in his final vision came from the White Sand Ruins, and feared they had advanced using the knowledge he left behind.
• Su Mo told Feng Tianmin and Feng Long that a mysterious building far larger than the supermarket had appeared in the territory, alongside unknown fishmen, and ordered them to contact the territory and speed up their journey through the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains.
• Feng Zhou and He Qiu shot two black bears near a newly appeared town, and Feng Zhou found a large, rotting wound on one bear that began healing after he touched it.
• Black blood from the bear’s wound crawled into an unhealed cut on Feng Zhou’s finger as he and He Qiu carried the meat back to their Gathering Place.
• Feng Zhou and He Qiu paid Zhang Quan’s handling fee and sold the bear meat despite its black spots, leaving the buyer unaware of the possible danger.

After six exhausting days crossing the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains, Su Mo’s group reached a mountain near the Origin Territory and prepared to scout ahead while leaving most of their people and the Climbing Car behind. As Su Mo rested, he reviewed what he had learned about his system’s Threat Level and permissions during the journey.

• On May 6, Liu Yai and Guan Yu'an confirmed that only two Earth and Stone Mountains remained before the edge of the Origin Territory, and Su Mo rewarded them for finding the route.
• Su Mo recalled how steep, snow-covered mountains, lost camping tools, a sinking Climbing Car, and mistaken routes had stretched the journey to six days and five peaks.
• Su Mo decided that forty people would scout the Origin Territory with him while fifty-eight guarded the Climbing Car as backup.
• Su Mo checked his system panel and reviewed how leaving his territory raised his Threat Level, how remotely deployed permission power was capped, and how little he understood about reusing his authority.

Su Mo reviewed the severe problems in Tian Yuan Territory after 750 deep-sea fishmen arrived, then led a disguised group toward Origin Territory to investigate its suspiciously peaceful state. He entered the territory posing as a refugee bandit leader named Yang Jian.

• Su Mo concluded that the deep-sea fishmen likely came from the White Sand Ruins and considered how their skills and production buildings might help Hope Village despite their zero loyalty.
• After lunch, Su Mo and his team resumed their journey and reached a mountain overlooking Origin Territory at seven in the evening.
• Feng Tianmin divided the warriors between a mountaintop support group and a small group disguising themselves as refugees to enter Origin Territory with Su Mo.
• Su Mo and Guan Yu'an observed that Origin Territory looked peaceful and brightly lit, despite reports that its center had been ravaged by battle.
• Su Mo disguised himself with thick glasses, a fake beard, and a fur-collared coat, then told his warriors to call him Yang Jian.

Yang Jian led thirty-two armed people into Origin Territory to find Wang Yuanshuai, but learned that Wang had fled after betraying the territory. After arranging a stay at the Three Source Inn, the group drew the attention of bounty hunter Hou Tielong, who planned to target them for their weapons and supplies.

• A team led by Yang Jian arrived at Origin Territory and asked the gate guards about Wang Yuanshuai.
• A guard told Yang Jian that Wang Yuanshuai had betrayed the territory, fled with a mysterious treasure, and was the subject of an S-Class Wanted notice.
• Yang Jian hired the guard as a guide for three days for 300 grams of raw flour, and the team went to the Three Source Inn.
• Hou Tielong received a report that Yang Jian's thirty-two people had guns, appeared well-trained and wealthy, and planned to stay at the inn for at least three days.
• Hou Tielong ordered his subordinate to keep monitoring the newcomers and decided to attack them for their supplies and possible information about Wang Yuanshuai.

Su Mo demonstrated the Adventure Mechanoid to Feng Long, Feng Tianmin, and Guan Yu'an, who brainstormed ways to adapt it for combat. Du Shi then reported that the Nightfall Assassins, a powerful bounty-hunting group led by Hou Tielong, were following them; Su Mo decided to wait through curfew and use the mechanoids to deal with them if necessary.

• Feng Long tested the Adventure Mechanoid while Su Mo explained its capabilities and why they could not bring the Virtual Reality system into another territory.
• Guan Yu'an, Feng Long, and Feng Tianmin proposed equipping the mechanoid with bombs, poison, or anesthetic gas, and Su Mo considered how future robots might be adapted for warfare.
• Du Shi reported that the group following them was the Nightfall Assassins, led by Hou Tielong, and described their network of affiliates and reputation.
• Du Shi suggested the assassins might be targeting them because they had mentioned Wang Yuanshuai, though he could not confirm the reason.
• Feng Long volunteered to test the mechanoids against the assassins, and Su Mo told the group to wait and see what happened before deciding whether to act.

Su Mo explored Origin Territory with Huang Bing, learning about its markets, branch territories, and ranked citizen system. At Main Peak’s guarded kitchen, Su Mo reacted with surprise and mockery, leaving Huang Bing unsure what he had noticed.

• Huang Bing guided Su Mo and two warriors from Three Source Inn toward the morning market, explaining that local vendors had to return to their territories to complete their assigned work.
• Su Mo chose to eat breakfast first, and Huang Bing described Origin Territory’s residents, branch territories, and the different ranks used to organize citizens.
• Huang Bing explained that Main Peak’s lord had established a nine-grade advancement system, which many other territories had imitated in their own forms.
• Su Mo privately judged the system as a way to redirect conflicts between residents toward higher-ranked groups and keep the territory functioning.
• Huang Bing led Su Mo to Main Peak’s guarded kitchen and suggested exchanging for local currency, but Su Mo’s unusual expression made him freeze.

Su Mo examined Origin Territory’s currency exchange system, recorded its price list, and traded expired bread for Origin Coins. As he left, clerk Huang Ya said he looked familiar, but Su Mo did not acknowledge knowing her.

• Su Mo questioned the risks of Origin Territory issuing currency, and Huang Bing explained how the territory used and redeemed Origin Coins.
• Su Mo entered the exchange office with his followers, where a clerk showed him the resource price list, which he had photographed page by page.
• Su Mo exchanged two boxes of expired instant bread for eighty-two Origin Coins.
• Huang Ya told Su Mo that he looked familiar and introduced herself as Huang Bing’s cousin, but Su Mo said he did not remember her and left.

Su Mo examined the Origin Territory’s currency and expensive food while posing as Lord Yang, then spotted the territory’s new lord across the street. Their gazes met, but Su Mo realized the man was not the person he was looking for.

• Su Mo examined the precision-made Origin Coins and wondered why the new lord had introduced them despite the risks of counterfeiting and corruption.
• Huang Bing took Su Mo and two soldiers to the Main Peak Restaurant, where Su Mo chose a public dining hall and studied its costly menu.
• Huang Bing explained that food was scarce and prices would likely rise, while the restaurant attendant hoped Su God might help the territory again.
• Su Mo ordered steamed buns and several dishes, and Huang Bing marveled at the meal while Su Mo’s soldiers ate without much interest.
• Huang Bing noticed the new lord approaching and pointed him out to Su Mo, whose gaze met the imposing man’s before Su Mo decided he was not the person he sought.