Chapter Summaries

Su Mo realized that Sun Bahu's Heaven Stealing Secret components could locate one another and decided to join the coming battle, while warning Feng Tianmin not to make pointless sacrifices. Sun Bahu's convoy attacked the snowy mountain, where Feng Long's squad detonated Explosive Packs against the vehicles, but a new blast erupted beside Feng Long.

• Su Mo understood that the synthesized Heaven Stealing Secret let its scattered components sense one another and concluded that his presence might change the outcome of the battle.
• Su Mo ordered Feng Tianmin to prepare the camp's defenses but told him to avoid pointless sacrifice and survive if defeat became inevitable.
• Sun Bahu used his vibrating components to locate Su Mo on the mountain and eagerly led his convoy toward the enemy.
• Feng Long briefed his soldiers on the vehicles they might face and deployed them to ambush the convoy from ice caves.
• Feng Long's squad attached Explosive Packs to a Frog Car and the vehicles behind it, setting off blasts that engulfed four vehicles.
• A fresh explosion erupted beside Feng Long as he watched the flames.

Feng Long’s assault team destroyed one of Sun Bahu’s vehicles but was caught in a blast, leaving Feng Long badly injured as Sun Bahu’s men approached. At the mountaintop, Feng Tianmin prepared the remaining defenders, rejected Sun Bahu’s offer to surrender, and watched the enemy vehicles begin their advance.

• Feng Long and the assault squad detonated an Explosive Pack, stopping one Frog Car and letting three other vehicles pass, but the blast badly injured Feng Long and scattered the squad.
• As Sun Bahu’s men approached, Feng Long prepared to fight to the death, then recognized the six people rushing toward him and realized they were not enemies.
• Feng Tianmin lost contact with Feng Long and ordered the roughly seventy remaining defenders to prepare for the enemy’s arrival.
• Sun Bahu used a loudspeaker to offer supplies, cooperation, and power in exchange for the stolen item and surrender.
• Feng Tianmin rejected Sun Bahu’s offer and denounced him over the loudspeaker, while the defenders cheered.
• Sun Bahu ended the psychological warfare, and his three vehicles began climbing toward the mountaintop.

Feng Tianmin’s warriors used rifle fire and Explosive Packs to destroy two of Sun Bahu’s vehicles, but the armored Spike Vehicle reached their position after they ran out of ammunition. Su Mo ordered Feng Tianmin to retreat, then stood alone as Sun Bahu emerged from the vehicle, bringing their confrontation closer.

• Feng Tianmin directed the warriors to fire on the advancing vehicles while Sun Bahu ordered his convoy to charge despite the casualties.
• The Frog Vehicle was destroyed by sustained gunfire, and the Fortress Vehicle took repeated hits from the warriors’ No Conscience Cannons and Rocket Propelled Grenades.
• The Fortress Vehicle broke down near the position, but the Spike Vehicle drove onto the platform as the defenders exhausted their ammunition and Explosive Packs.
• Feng Tianmin asked the warriors to choose between retreating and fighting alongside Su Mo, and they prepared to face Sun Bahu with their Steel Blades.
• Su Mo ordered Feng Tianmin and the warriors to retreat, and Feng Tianmin led them away while Su Mo remained behind.
• Sun Bahu emerged from the Thorn with half his body gleaming dark cyan, and reality diverged from the fate predicted by the talisman paper.

Su Mo tested his strength against Sun Bahu and learned about the mechanical modifications that powered him. After Sun Bahu threatened to launch missiles at Origin Camp, Su Mo withdrew and flew toward the mysterious ruins, while the badly injured Sun Bahu ordered his men to warn his big brother not to offend Tian Yuan Territory.

• Sun Bahu tried to persuade Su Mo to join him, then attacked with his modified body, but Su Mo's spear techniques overwhelmed him.
• Wang Ze and the other men in the Spiked Vehicle watched the fight but refused to help Sun Bahu.
• Sun Bahu explained the modification levels and ability branches before shooting at Su Mo with a gun hidden in his finger.
• Sun Bahu threatened to launch strategic missiles and destroy Origin Camp, so Su Mo stopped attacking and withdrew after warning him about Tian Yuan Territory.
• Su Mo reunited with Oreo, left by magic carpet for the mysterious ruins, and resolved to rely on himself to strengthen his territory.
• After Su Mo left, Sun Bahu ordered his men to find his big brother and warn him not to offend Tian Yuan Territory.

After defeating Sun Bahu, Su Mo reunited with Oreo and traveled through the worsening cold to the ruins near the second Sword Mountain. He rested in the cave and waited for the entrance to open, where strange lights and a pulling force appeared just before six in the evening.

• Su Mo flew away from the Snow Mountain Main Camp on the magic carpet, unable to contact his scattered allies by radio.
• Su Mo reflected on his growing responsibilities and planned to develop a device to trace and jam Sun Bahu’s strategic missiles, or find a way to defeat him instantly.
• Su Mo and Oreo traveled through the snow for about ten hours, with Oreo carrying Su Mo in her giant wolf form as they neared the second Sword Mountain.
• Su Mo found the cave entrance using Feng Mengyue’s directions, confirmed it was safe with Oreo, and entered to wait for the ruins to open.
• Su Mo prepared a hot meal, ate and slept in the cave, then woke at 5:50 to find a strange suction force and a bobbing point of light at the cave’s far end.

Su Mo entered a one-player Task-Type Ruins that could reach future versions of the wasteland, bringing Oreo with him. After the Game upgraded his ruin clearance authority and offered him the Early Bird Gets the Worm title, he chose to equip it, and the mission began with new prompts that confirmed his gamble had paid off.

• Su Mo watched the mysterious light form into a Light Gate, prepared for the ruin, and entered with Oreo when it opened.
• The ruin warned Su Mo that only one player could enter and that he would have to complete the mission or die to leave after crossing the inner gate.
• Su Mo found himself floating among clouds with Oreo and used the Game's secondary connection, revealing the new Faction and Wasteland Exchange functions.
• The Game began the mission and raised Su Mo's ruin clearance authority to Early Bird (Tier Two), granting him the title Early Bird Gets the Worm.
• Su Mo chose to equip the title for the entire mission, then saw new prompts that convinced him he had made the right choice.

Su Mo reviewed the upgraded missions and chose the Refugee identity, aiming to enter Tian Yuan Territory eight years into the Doomsday Calendar and experience its systems from the bottom. He selected physical enhancement, a special talent, and Time Currency, then deployed with Oreo to a brightly lit wasteland crisscrossed by railways.

• Su Mo rejected the Faction Change Talisman, Substitute Death Talisman, and random intelligence, then examined four missions made harder by his second-tier title.
• Su Mo ruled out the resident and Wanderer missions as too unrewarding and rejected the Human Traitor mission as too dangerous, settling on the Refugee mission.
• Su Mo chose physical attributes, a special talent, and five hundred Time Currency as his three privileges.
• The game deployed Su Mo on May 25, Year 8 of the Doomsday Calendar, 3,179 kilometers southeast of Tian Yuan Territory, with the identity of Deputy Director of the Resource Department of Prickly Pear Town in Prickly Pear Territory.
• Su Mo and Oreo descended through the clouds, and Su Mo saw lights and railway lines across the wasteland, marveling at how much humanity had built in eight years.

Su Mo arrived in the wasteland eight years later and possessed Zong’s body in Prickly Pear Town, where he found a thriving settlement that seemed far more developed than he had expected. After pretending to have lost his memory, he relied on Huang Xiaojuan for help and prepared to see the town for himself.

• Su Mo saw trains and extensive infrastructure from the sky and realized humanity had built a developed settlement in the future wasteland.
• The game informed Su Mo that he would arrive in thirty seconds as a refugee, gave him three minutes of invincibility, and assigned him a prerequisite mission.
• Su Mo entered the body of a middle-aged man in a house in Prickly Pear Town, while Oreo crossed into the body of a yellow dog in the courtyard.
• Su Mo regained control of Zong’s body as the doctor, Wu Chongzu, Hong Zhe, Yang Hua, and Huang Xiaojuan gathered around him.
• Su Mo pretended he had lost his memory, and Huang Xiaojuan explained that he was a deputy department head and that she had come from the Refugee Camp.
• With Huang Xiaojuan supporting him, Su Mo walked to the window and looked out at the unfamiliar world.

Su Mo learned that Tian Yuan Territory had grown into a leading power using the foundation he left behind, while the foreign races were preparing to invade Green Fruit Territory. After exploring the rankings and trading panel, he discovered that identities in the wasteland could be bought and sold for points.

• Su Mo asked Huang Xiaojuan about the energy-powered People's Tricycle and learned that Tian Yuan Territory alone produced energy engines.
• Huang Xiaojuan told Su Mo that Tian Yuan Territory was rumored to have been founded by Su God, who had vanished eight years earlier.
• Su Mo read a quest warning that twelve foreign-race tribes would attack Green Fruit Territory in about four days, and that he could either escape or lead the territory's resistance.
• Su Mo found Tian Yuan Territory near the top of the technology and resource rankings, while Green Fruit Territory had weak technology and fewer than ninety thousand people.
• Su Mo opened the Wasteland Exchange and discovered that it sold identities, including jobs and positions in Tian Yuan Territory.

Su Mo discovered that Tian Yuan Territory had turned identity purchases into a point-based hierarchy, leaving him short of the points needed to return. After accepting a quest to secure Huang Xiaojuan a commoner identity, he warned her about Sha Yikang and the coming invasion, then resolved to seize his first fortune by taking Sha down.

• Su Mo examined Tian Yuan Territory’s identity listings and realized that he needed far more points than he had to enter the territory.
• Su Mo read Su Youzong’s account records and learned that he had borrowed points to buy a deputy minister position, then embezzled from Sha Yikang to repay his debts.
• Su Mo accepted the branch quest Last Wish, which required him to help Huang Xiaojuan obtain a commoner identity in a top thirty territory in exchange for a tracing reward.
• Su Mo told Huang Xiaojuan that Sha Yikang had likely poisoned him and that a foreign army would attack in three days, then asked her to sell their assets and prepare supplies.
• Sha Yikang pretended to support Su Youzong’s recovery while planning to sideline him, unaware that Su Mo was watching from the window.
• After Huang Xiaojuan left, Su Mo decided to take down Sha Yikang to earn points quickly.

Su Mo investigated travel, finances, and Prickly Pear Town as he prepared to leave Green Fruit Territory, while Huang Xiaojuan sold their assets. He revealed that they were heading to Tian Yuan Territory, leaving Huang Xiaojuan stunned.

• Su Mo assigned Huang Xiaojuan to sell their assets, sent Oreo to find Sha Yikang’s residence, and set out to investigate travel options and the wasteland.
• Su Mo learned that the train to Tian Yuan Territory cost 80 points per person and that Trading Points shaped life and commerce across the wasteland.
• Huang Xiaojuan sold the People's Tricycle for 20 Trading Points and found a buyer for their house, who needed two days to gather the payment.
• Oreo returned from investigating Sha Yikang, and Su Mo decided to deal with him that night to raise money for their journey.
• Huang Xiaojuan suggested several nearby territories, but Su Mo rejected them and told her they were going to Tian Yuan Territory.

Su Mo followed Oreo to Sha Yikang’s gambling den and found Sha celebrating his takeover of the Material Department while plotting to target Huang Xiaojuan. Su Mo stormed the den, shot the armed men, and began robbing the criminals to gather Trading Points for an identity in Tian Yuan Territory.

• Su Mo slipped out into the rain with Oreo and followed her through Prickly Pear Town to a thatched hut guarded by four men.
• Su Mo discovered that the hut concealed a gambling den connected to Sha Yikang and the town chief.
• Sha Yikang celebrated taking control of the Material Department and joined his companions in plotting to capture Huang Xiaojuan.
• Su Mo entered the den, startling Sha Yikang and the gamblers, who recognized him as Su Youzong.
• Su Mo shot the men who reached for weapons and announced that it was robbery time, expecting the haul to bring him close to the Trading Points needed for an identity.

Su Mo forced Prickly Pear Town’s gamblers to surrender their Trading Points, killed Sha Yikang, and gathered enough to buy identities for himself and Huang Xiaojuan. They boarded a train for Tian Yuan Territory, where a conductor recognized the extraordinary status of their identities and discovered that Su Mo had purchased a rare position with unusual requirements.

• Su Mo shot a gambler who tried to escape, breaking the others’ resistance and prompting them to transfer their points while Sha Yikang refused to give in.
• Su Mo killed Sha Yikang and fused his Shelter Core, raising his total to 1,608 Trading Points, then ordered the remaining gamblers to stay until morning.
• By May 26, Town Chief Gao Tianming, Sha Yikang, and nearly twenty other officials had been found dead, while Prickly Pear Town’s ordinary residents celebrated the purge.
• Su Mo and Huang Xiaojuan boarded a train bound for Tian Yuan Territory with Oreo and settled into a nearly empty carriage.
• Conductor Wang Zhuyu inspected the passengers’ identities, showed great respect to Su Mo and Huang Xiaojuan, and searched the Wasteland Exchange after realizing Su Mo had bought a rare position with a five-digit price and special requirements.

Su Mo traveled to Hope City under the identity Su Youzong and learned about Tian Yuan Territory from Gong Liang, an external trade official. After discovering Hope City’s layout on a detailed map, Su Mo copied it, hoping the design would help him develop Hope Village.

• Su Mo shared fruit with Gong Liang in exchange for information about Tian Yuan Territory, and Gong Liang described its cities, counties, and military and economic regions.
• Gong Liang reacted with surprise when Su Mo said he was headed to Hope City and apologized after realizing Su Youzong had enough points to buy access there.
• Su Mo explained that he had gained over twelve thousand Trading Points through the casinos, Green Fruit profits, and action against corrupt officials, then spent points on identities for himself and Huang Xiaojuan.
• Gong Liang gave Su Mo a detailed parchment map of Hope City, showing its gates, commercial Outer City, and residential Inner City.
• Su Mo quickly copied the map, recognizing that its layout could help guide the future construction of Hope Village.

On a train bound for Tian Yuan Territory, Su Mo learned that the zombie outbreak he expected in two years had begun appearing eight years after his disappearance. He confirmed the outbreak was unprecedented and realized the mission on his Game Panel had changed, leaving him facing a disaster expected in six months.

• Su Mo chatted with Huang Qing, Gong Liang, Chen Yongkang, and Wang Zhuyu, who shared rumors about Su God and the origins of Tian Yuan Territory.
• Gunfire erupted in the train, and Su Mo left the crowded carriage to investigate as passengers fled toward the disturbance.
• Su Mo saw a bloodied zombie-like attacker thrown from a carriage and recognized it as a sign of the coming zombie disaster.
• A Tian Yuan Army soldier confirmed that the violent attackers had never appeared before, and Su Mo shot the fallen attackers at the soldier's invitation.
• The soldier said Su Mo resembled someone he knew, while Su Mo saw that his Game Panel mission had changed and realized the zombie outbreak would occur in six months.

After Su Mo’s actions reset the ruins mission, he learned that the Corpse Tide would arrive in a year and continued his journey toward the Tian Yuan Territory. As the train traveled, Gong Liang recounted the early disasters and the territory’s defense against an alien siege.

• The Game Panel announced that Su Mo’s interference had reset and finalized the mission as “Corpse Tide Arrives,” extending it to one year and revealing the disaster’s timing.
• Su Mo returned to the train, reassured the passengers, and decided to build his status in the Tian Yuan Territory while preparing for the coming disaster.
• The train journey continued overnight, and Su Mo asked Gong Liang about the Wasteland’s past disasters.
• Gong Liang described the opening winter disaster, the floods and other disasters that followed, and the Physical Property Change that weakened human weapons.
• Gong Liang recounted how the Tian Yuan Territory repelled nearly one hundred thousand alien attackers and later gained an advantage as human forces arrived from the deep sea.

During a train journey, people from Wuya Territory harassed and insulted the Tian Yuan Territory passengers, and Su Mo finally stepped forward after watching them torment Wang Zhuyu. The chapter ended with the Wuya Territory leader daring Su Mo to come out and fight.

• Gong Liang recounted humanity's history on the New Continent while Su Mo and the others listened over lunch.
• Wang Zhuyu explained that Wuya Territory's harassment had left the Tian Yuan Territory group with a meager meal, and Gong Liang described the territories' ongoing feud.
• Four men from Wuya Territory mocked the group and insulted Tian Yuan Territory's lord while staying at the carriage junction to exploit the train's rules.
• Su Mo stayed calm as the others grew angry, but the men continued taunting them and made Wang Zhuyu cry.
• After catching Wang Zhuyu's tray and wiping her face, Su Mo walked toward the men despite Gong Liang and Chen Yongkang warning him not to fight.
• The Wuya Territory leader noticed Su Mo approaching, took a defensive stance, then challenged him to come out and fight.

Tian Yuan Territory’s Feng Long fought back against Wuya Territory’s attack on the train, turning the clash into a bloody rout. He arrived to confront Sun Lao Da and openly challenged Wuya Territory to retaliate.

• Wuya Territory members confronted Tian Yuan Territory, and one man from Tian Yuan beat down their attackers as onlookers gathered.
• Sun Lao Da sent the three Liu Brothers after the man, and they tried to attack the Tian Yuan people behind him.
• The man killed Liu Heping and Liu Hedou, severed Liu Hezheng’s arm, and then killed him with a dagger after Sun Lao Da threatened him.
• Wang Quan arrived and cited train rules against fighting, while Sun Lao Da accused Tian Yuan Territory of provoking Wuya Territory.
• Feng Long emerged from the crowd, slapped and taunted Sun Lao Da, and identified himself as Feng Long while daring Wuya Territory to seek revenge.

After Su Mo helped expose Wuya Territory’s rule-breaking, Feng Long recognized his courage and offered him a chance to join the Third Battle Army. Su Mo met Feng Long, who gave him a choice between starting with a hundred-man squad or proving his strength in a fight.

• Feng Long dragged Sun Lao Da toward Wuya Territory’s carriage to press Tian Yuan Territory’s advantage after the clash.
• Huang Xiaojuan, Gong Liang, and Chen Yongkang praised Su Mo, while Wang Zhuyu introduced him to Wang Quan.
• Wang Quan questioned why Su Mo had joined Tian Yuan Territory, and Su Mo claimed he had come because of Su God before insisting on meeting Feng Long.
• Wang Quan escorted Su Mo to Feng Long’s office, where Feng Long offered him Yunwu Tea and said he would not investigate Su Mo’s past or motives.
• Feng Long offered Su Mo the choice of joining his command with a hundred-man squad or fighting him to earn a promise of future help.

Su Mo questioned Feng Long about Tian Yuan Territory’s forces and campaigns, then chose the second path and challenged him to a spar. Their fight ended with Feng Long recognizing Su Mo’s use of the original Su Family Spear and launching a full-strength counterattack.

• Su Mo asked Feng Long about the territory’s armed forces, its fronts against the Myriad Kingdoms Dwarves, Celestial God Race, and Sea Race, and its ability to withstand a million corpses.
• After considering the looming disasters, Su Mo chose the second path, prompting Feng Long to warn that he might withdraw the first option if Su Mo failed to prove his strength.
• Feng Long cleared a freight carriage for a hand-to-hand spar, and Su Mo seized the initiative with a fierce opening attack.
• Su Mo and Feng Long exchanged dozens of blows, with Su Mo pressing the attack while Feng Long defended and conserved his stamina.
• Feng Long recognized Su Mo’s technique as the original Su Family Spear and demanded to know how he had learned it.
• Su Mo told Feng Long to beat him first, and Feng Long responded by attacking at full strength.