Chapter Summaries

Lu Yongyi gathered information from Yuanbao about the Giant Tree Root Relay Station and arranged meetings with its major factions. Zhang Long then visited the Security Team with supplies and met Captain Bao Lei, leaving the Tundra Fleet poised to discuss cooperation.

• Yuanbao explained why the Giant Tree Root Relay Station remained peaceful and warned that violence would likely rise after the disaster ended; he declined Lu Yongyi's offer to join the fleet.
• Lu Yongyi rewarded Yuanbao with fifty jin of rice and flour, then told Zhang Long to arrange meetings with the three major factions and donate supplies to the Security Team.
• Zhang Long recognized that the Security Team had secured a legitimate position amid the station's factions and decided to assess its capabilities in person.
• Zhang Long led a group through the Slums to the Security Team's base, where Xiao Sun welcomed them and explained that Captain Bao Lei had not yet returned.
• Bao Lei arrived and greeted Zhang Long's delegation, and Zhang Long introduced the Tundra Fleet and praised him.

Bao Lei tried to keep the Security Team out of the escalating conflict between Fan Lunding and Xiao Jing Biantai, but a series of explosions at the First Sun Gang's base pushed them toward open war. When Fan Lunding forced Bao Lei to lead an attack, Zhang Long arrived with armed sailors and revealed a pistol made from special nonmetallic materials.

• Bao Lei gave Zhang Long a map and learned that the Tundra Fleet had already visited the relay station's three major forces.
• Fan Lunding confronted Xiao Jing Biantai over a captive rescued from Fan Gang's Water Prison, and Bao Lei's Security Team intervened to mediate.
• Explosions struck the First Sun Gang's base, making Fan Lunding and Xiao Jing Biantai suspect that someone had engineered their confrontation.
• Fan Lunding surrounded Bao Lei's team and demanded that they lead the attack, forcing Bao Lei to prepare to resist.
• Zhang Long appeared with armed sailors and a black-and-gray pistol, then offered Bao Lei more pistols made from special material.

Zhang Long rescued Bao Lei and the Security Team from Fan Lunding, then learned that Bao Lei did not know the location of Su God's territory. After the Fan Gang defeated First Sun Gang, Jin Bing revealed his treachery and Fan Lunding began plotting an alliance with the Luo Gang as disaster approached.

• Zhang Long threatened Fan Lunding with his pistol until Fan Lunding let the Security Team leave the relay station.
• Bao Lei told Zhang Long that he did not know Su God's territory's location, and the two parted on friendly terms as Tundra Fleet guards approached.
• The Fan Gang defeated First Sun Gang, and Jin Bing stabbed Xiao Jing Biantai, admitting that he had sabotaged the gang's base.
• Jin Bing presented Xiao Jing Biantai's death to Fan Lunding as a chance to absorb First Sun Gang's members, and Fan Lunding accepted.
• Fan Lunding planned to share First Sun Gang's shore profits with Da Luo Shan to form an alliance against Zhang Long and the Security Team.

As the New Continent’s factions prepared to invade Blue Star settlements, Su Mo kept Tian Yuan Territory concealed and expanded its weapons production. He asked Chen Shen to prepare to oversee Giant Tree Root as a potential refuge and path forward, while Bao Lei’s support force was set to deploy first.

• At True Dragon Relay Station, Yuan Ning urged the alliance leaders to attack Nata after the disaster ended, while they lamented that they could not locate Su Mo or Tian Yuan Territory.
• Su Mo told Li Hu that support for Bao Lei would arrive within days and recognized that growing interest in war and Tian Yuan Territory could threaten his settlement.
• Su Mo expanded Madman Weapon Factory and accepted weapon and steel orders from allies, bunker residents, and southern-suburb shelters.
• Su Mo told Chen Shen that Tian Yuan Territory possessed access to more worlds and proposed Giant Tree Root as a fallback, with Chen Shen eventually overseeing the settlement there.
• Su Mo said Qiao Yuansheng should experiment with new systems and Wang Yuanshuai could manage economic development, while Chen Shen would wait until Bao Lei’s veterans secured the area.

As the Metal Sigh Disaster ended, Fan Gang assembled thousands of members to test the Security Team’s defenses at Giant Tree Root Sea Area. Bao Lei held back from fighting, relying on the base’s defensive position and expecting reinforcements while he waited for a chance to turn Fan Gang’s ambitions against them.

• Zhang Long warned Lu Yongyi that Fan Gang was preparing to move against the Security Team, and Lu Yongyi sent people with weapons to help while cautioning them not to escalate the conflict.
• Fan Gang gathered nearly three thousand armed members and marched toward the Security Team’s base, frightening survivors and blocking the entrance.
• Li Feng urged the 508 Security Team members to stay behind their defenses rather than risk a close-quarters fight against Fan Gang’s numerical advantage.
• Bao Lei worried that the Security Team had little ammunition after the disaster, but he told his men Fan Gang would hesitate to attack because it could drive residents out of the station.
• Bao Lei kept the new guards unaware of promised reinforcements and hoped the Tundra Fleet would provide enough support to keep Fan Gang in check until migration weakened its power.

The Fan Gang humiliated the Security Team with a filthy provocation, but Li Feng and the nearby refugees helped the guards endure it without fighting. By dawn, Li Cha had returned and formed the powerful Cha Tian Alliance, leaving Bao Lei worried that the factions might unite against the Tundra Fleet.

• The Fan Gang defiled the Security Team’s gate and guardhouse while Li Feng held his guards back from retaliating.
• Nearby refugees returned with cleaning tools, helped clear away the mess, and encouraged the guards to resist the Fan Gang’s provocation.
• A battle between three factions erupted along the shore, and crude firearms caused the larger side to retreat despite its numerical advantage.
• Li Cha returned after the disaster, absorbed two factions and recruited others, building the Cha Tian Alliance to more than thirty thousand members.
• Bao Lei considered the threat posed by the new alliance and possible cooperation between it, the Fan Gang, and the Luo Gang, then went to sleep awaiting news of reinforcements.

After the Metal Sigh Disaster ended, the Madman Weapon Factory rapidly produced weapons and ammunition for the territory’s forces. Su Mo inspected the supplies at B6 Floor and discovered the factory’s output was even more staggering than expected.

• Workers at the Madman Weapon Factory finished a night shift and celebrated their return to paid work as they discussed the factory’s automated production lines.
• Doomsday Madman gave Feng Long the factory’s ammunition and weapons lists, revealing that workers had prepared materials during the disaster and assembled them once it ended.
• Feng Long loaded weapons and ammunition for the Giant Tree Root Sea Area, while Su Mo wrote Bao Lei a letter outlining reinforcements, research recruitment, and other assignments.
• Su Mo learned the supplies had reached B6 Floor and went to inspect them, where Feng Long showed him the ammunition and weapons.
• Su Mo used the system to assess the shipment and was shocked by its output of 350,000 rounds, 2,000 handguns, 1,500 rifles, 100 heavy machine guns, and 50 sniper rifles.

Su Mo used the Weapon Factory’s extraordinary production surge to prepare a major expedition to Giant Tree Root Sea Area, equipping veterans with weapons, Level Ten Routes, and an Armed Helicopter. He deployed the force from the Underground City and hoped their mission would go smoothly.

• Su Mo discovered that Doomsday Madman had multiplied Weapon Factory output by running many machine tools at once, and decided to send stronger support to Giant Tree Root Sea Area immediately.
• Su Mo had workers retrieve and reassemble the Armed Helicopter, then infused and upgraded it so it could be carried through the Deployment Room.
• The veterans learned to use their new weapons, while Wu Xin took command and Yu Ran became deputy team leader; Nuclear Energy Rifle agreed to join as their helicopter specialist.
• Su Mo gathered ninety-nine veterans, gave them Level Ten Fighting Enthusiast Routes, and prepared them for deployment despite warning them that leaving the territory would reduce their attributes.
• At ten o’clock, Su Mo used the deployment function to send the expedition from the Underground City toward Giant Tree Root Sea Area, then hoped the mission would succeed.

The three major gangs surrounded the Security Team to pressure the Tundra Fleet, while Lu Yongyi decided to support the Security Team with a small group and weapons Su Mo had left behind. As the gangs prepared to provoke the besieged team, the Tundra Fleet’s internal divisions threatened its future in the New Continent.

• The Fan Gang, the Luo Gang, and the Cha Tian Alliance surrounded the Slums and confined survivors to their rooms to force the Tundra Fleet to respond.
• Zhang Long urged the Tundra Fleet to rescue the Security Team, but conservative and aggressive factions argued over whether to intervene.
• Lu Yongyi told Zhang Long to take their own people to help, explaining that the fleet needed allies as it entered the New Continent.
• Lu Yongyi gave Zhang Long a cube-shaped key to retrieve weapons and ammunition Su Mo had left for the Tundra Fleet.
• The three gangs struggled to coordinate their encirclement until Li Cha promised recruits positions in a future Security Team.
• Da Luo Shan urged Li Cha and Fan Lunding to provoke the Security Team after scouts confirmed the Tundra Fleet was making a move.

The Security Team fortified its headquarters and prepared to face the three major gangs, while Feng Zhibao and Shi Li rallied the rookies. When the gangs arrived, Mi Qier tried to persuade the team to open the gate, but Shi Li rejected him and challenged them to attack.

• The Security Team reinforced its headquarters with barricades, sandbag positions, firing embrasures, and defenses against attacks from the sea.
• Feng Zhibao recalled how Bao Lei had helped him after con artists swindled and beat him, inspiring him to join the Security Team.
• Shi Li admitted that the veterans had come from the New Continent and told the rookies they would have to rely on themselves, easing their tension.
• At eleven thirty, the three major gangs approached the headquarters, and Mi Qier stepped forward to offer a supposed peaceful resolution.
• Shi Li refused to open the gate and warned the gangs that anyone approaching within twenty meters would be treated as an enemy.

The three major gangs attacked the Security Team's outpost, but the Security Team's weapons inflicted heavy losses before mortars broke through its defenses. As Bao Lei prepared to abandon the base, dense gunfire erupted from the gangs' rear, suggesting reinforcements had arrived.

• Zhang Long held back his 1,500-person support force after learning that the gangs had kept their gun teams in reserve to ambush them.
• The gangs sent attackers against the outpost, and the Security Team's crossbows killed about a hundred before crude guns and an explosive pack pushed the assault forward.
• Da A spotted the gangs moving boats and crude guns, then surrendered to Earth players who asked how to reach the Security Team at Giant Tree Root Relay Station.
• A shot detonated the explosive pack in midair and killed Michelle, while rockets stopped the boats attacking from the sea.
• Da Luo Shan, Fan Lunding, and Li Cha committed their reserve forces and mortars, which blasted through the outpost's defenses and forced Bao Lei to plan a retreat.
• As Bao Lei prepared to abandon the base, dense gunfire came from the gangs' rear, and he realized the reinforcements had arrived.

The Tundra Fleet unleashed rifles, machine guns, and rockets against the three major gangs, turning their attack on the Security Team into a rout. As Zhang Long and Liu Neng considered joining the fight, a massive Black Bird armed helicopter arrived over the battlefield.

• Fan Lunding ordered the gang members to find cover, jump into the water, and counterattack as the Tundra Fleet opened fire with standard-issue rifles.
• The gang members swarmed people in the water, but the figures pulled machine guns from beneath the surface and slaughtered them.
• Li Cha and Da Luo Shan tried to flee after rockets destroyed their command tent, but Da Luo Shan became trapped in the collapsed boards.
• Zhang Long and Liu Neng debated whether to enter the battle and capture the gang leaders, then heard an aircraft approaching.
• The Black Bird, a huge armed helicopter, swept over the battle as Zhang Long stared at it in shock.

The Security Team and the Tundra Fleet’s support forces crushed the three gangs’ attack on the station, and Bao Lei discovered that the elite soldiers and helicopter had come from Tian Yuan Territory. With the gangs defeated, Bao Lei seized the moment to secure a rebuilt station and prepare to establish the Security Team’s authority.

• Thunderbird ordered the gang members to surrender, and the remaining fighters—including Fan Lunding and Da Luo Shan—were subdued while Li Cha escaped.
• Bao Lei counted three dead and six injured, then met Zhang Long, who offered to rebuild the Security Team’s station and provide five hundred people.
• The black-uniformed soldiers gathered near the station, and Bao Lei recognized their leader as Wen Jin, the Nuclear Energy Rifle, who revealed that the force and Thunderbird belonged to Tian Yuan Territory.
• Bao Lei accepted a Tian Yuan Territory identity card and told Zhang Long and the others that the newcomers were reinforcements for the Security Team.
• Bao Lei asked Wen Jin to take him around the station so he could announce the victory, then got Zhang Long to confirm the Tundra Fleet would rebuild the station.

Bao Lei consolidated the Security Team’s control over the Giant Tree Root Sea Area while Su Mo prepared Tian Yuan Territory’s forces for war against the research institute. After inspecting the troops, Su Mo called on them to march eight hundred kilometers and destroy the institute before it could harm more people.

• Bao Lei announced the gangs’ defeat, and the Security Team began a thirty-day operation to secure the Giant Tree Root Sea Area.
• The Security Team executed Fan Lunding, Da Luo Shan, and three other gang members, while hundreds of others were fined or assigned to labor.
• Bao Lei planned to build the Security Team headquarters on shore and waited for Su Mo to arrive.
• Su Mo inspected the Guards, the Tian Yuan Army, and the Volunteer Army at the military camp.
• Su Mo told the assembled troops that the research institute was abducting and experimenting on humans, then ordered them to strike first.

Su Mo sent Su Deben to lead the expedition against the Great Rift Valley Research Institute while he stayed in Tian Yuan Territory, where he reunited with Su Chan and promised to stop taking unnecessary risks. As they discussed their parents’ expected arrival, Su Mo and Su Chan decided that building a school could give them meaningful roles and help preserve civilization.

• Su Mo put Su Deben in command of nearly two thousand troops and sent the Expeditionary Force toward the Great Rift Valley Research Institute, while he returned to the Underground City.
• Su Mo found Su Chan in her room, apologized for forgetting her birthday, and reassured her that the family and territory were secure.
• Su Chan admitted she feared losing Su Mo in the Wasteland, then asked to join him on future adventures; Oreo also indicated that she wanted to come along.
• Su Chan discussed finding work for their parents when they arrived, and she suggested that they help build a school.
• Su Mo agreed that establishing a school could be a worthwhile project while he set aside the territory’s other affairs to rest.

Su Mo claimed the Recruit Soldiers and Buy Horses reward through the new matched-claim option and found five tons of meat in the Breeding Farm warehouse, giving Hope Village a hotpot feast. He also reviewed the completed war task’s rewards and wondered whether a beginner transport-plane production line was among the available choices.

• Su Mo swept snow with Su Chan and checked the monthly Challenge Tasks, finding the recruitment and war tasks completed while the construction task remained unfinished.
• Su Mo selected the matched-claim method for the recruitment reward, and the System directed him to the Breeding Farm warehouse.
• Su Mo and Su Chan visited the Breeding Farm, where Su Mo allowed Katerina to continue researching the Coolie Lizards despite two deaths.
• Old Dai opened the warehouse and found five tons of meat that Su Mo presented as a game-issued reward for the Breeding Farm.
• Su Chan arranged for the meat to be served, and Hope Village celebrated with hotpot as Su Mo considered the production-line reward from the completed war task.

Su Mo visited the Galaxy Manufacturing Factory and heard Sha Kang argue that agricultural production needed a larger market as more survivors arrived and surplus vegetables accumulated. The chapter left Su Mo considering whether the territory could sell produce throughout Qinggang City.

• Su Mo inspected construction of the Galaxy Manufacturing Factory and noted Ji Yang and Bai Yiqi had joined its project.
• Su Mo met Chicken Blood Pumping and Sha Kang at the War Chariot Factory, where the agricultural company discussed buying vehicles for its own transport.
• Su Mo gave the agricultural company a ten-percent discount on vehicles as a reward for its greenhouse development.
• Sha Kang explained that farms in Hope Village and Wasteland Bone Village were producing large vegetable surpluses, while the Logistics Department kept buying them.
• Sha Kang warned that continued purchases could encourage excessive vegetable production and proposed expanding sales to Qinggang City's market; Su Mo considered the opportunity.

Su Mo approved a plan for Farmer Route players to organize an Agricultural Company, provided they submitted a complete proposal within three days. He also agreed to obtain a high-precision tool production line for the War Chariot Factory and considered actively searching for new survivors to bring to Tian Yuan Territory.

• Su Mo challenged Sha Kang's proposal to expand the Agricultural Company and Chicken Blood Pumping explained that Farmer Route players wanted a system to guide their development.
• Su Mo recognized the proposed company could organize Farmer Route players and gave Sha Kang three days to submit a complete proposal and strategic objectives.
• After Chicken Blood Pumping and Fatty left, Su Mo asked Midnight Airplane about the manufacturing plant's construction and equipment plans.
• Midnight Airplane argued that a high-precision tool processing line would raise the territory's industrial level, so Su Mo decided to find one for the factory.
• Su Mo left the factory and considered using broad broadcasts and guard patrols to find survivors, since no newcomers had reached Tian Yuan Territory yet.

As a Tian Yuan search-and-rescue convoy set out into the snow to look for Earth survivors, Cheng Fei grew suspicious when Lin Cheng failed to return to the migrants’ mountain camp. He went to check on Lin Cheng’s sick mother and sister, but the chapter ended before he learned where Lin Cheng was.

• Xiao Yang led two modified Baili Dengs north from Tian Yuan Territory to establish an outpost and search for survivors.
• In the mountains, members of the migrating tribe returned to their hidden camp and said Lin Cheng had gone farther away to hunt for prey for his mother, who had Hell Flower.
• Cheng Fei doubted that Lin Cheng would take such a risk and noticed that the camp’s hunters had found no traces of migrating prey.
• Cheng Fei searched the artificial wilderness base and found Lin Cheng’s mother coughing beside Lin Yin.
• Lin Cheng’s mother mistook Cheng Fei for her son and urged Lin Yin to greet him.

Lin Cheng discovered that thousands of Radiation Beasts had gathered in a valley near the migration party’s base, threatening everyone’s survival. He and Cheng Fei returned to warn the group, and Lin Cheng called the migration party together to make an urgent announcement.

• Cheng Fei found Lin Yin and learned that Lin Cheng had gone hunting alone, so he went out to follow his trail.
• Cheng Fei tracked Lin Cheng to a valley and saw thousands of Radiation Beasts gathered there; Lin Cheng explained that he had followed the beasts after finding their tracks near the hunting grounds.
• Lin Cheng and Cheng Fei considered whether to flee or warn the migration party, but Lin Cheng refused to abandon his infected mother, and Cheng Fei chose to stay with him.
• Lin Cheng and Cheng Fei returned to the base, where Lin Cheng slapped Huang Ya and called everyone together to announce a threat to the migration party’s survival.