Chapter Summaries

Lin Li used a Luck Talisman to obtain a Spirit Spring, which began restoring his depleted spirit stones. After school, Chen Yuying invited him to a National Day party homestay outing, where he planned to help her learn to ride a bike.

• Lin Li bought a Luck Talisman and a Random Quality Spirit Stone, then used them to obtain a Spirit Spring that recharged an empty spirit stone.
• Lin Li checked the Spirit Spring before dawn and found that it had partially restored one spirit stone; he also moved the Emotion-Hiding Desire-Collecting Bottle and duck blood out of the refrigerator in case Wu Min returned.
• Zhou Baowei celebrated scoring 100 points, while Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked about their test results and their National Day plans.
• Chen Yuying asked Lin Li to join her for a National Day outing at a party homestay, and he agreed to help her learn to ride a bike.
• Chen Yuying said she had invited her roommates Sihan and Wanqiu and that Bai Bufan could join them; Lin Li teased her about how she paused while speaking.

Lin Li and Chen Yuying planned a National Day trip, and Lin Li persuaded Bai Bufan to join despite the cost. After the group settled on Shan Ting Town and a departure date, Lin Li studied driving theory so he could teach Chen Yuying during the trip.

• Chen Yuying offered a free guesthouse for the trip and set a budget of three hundred yuan per person, with her parents covering any extra costs.
• Lin Li invited Bai Bufan, who agreed to join after confirming his family would let him go and might give him spending money.
• Lin Li told Wu Min about the trip, and she offered him five hundred yuan and asked for the names of the classmates going with him.
• Bai Bufan joined the group call, where Chen Yuying proposed leaving on the third because rain was forecast for the next two days.
• The group chose Shan Ting Town and discussed their itinerary, then Lin Li studied driving theory before going to sleep.

Song Luping was released from detention and discovered that a purge had shut down Xiling’s entire sex-work network. After searching the sealed and empty businesses, he turned to Bai Bufan and sent him a friend request.

• Song Luping left Xi Ling Detention Center and celebrated his release, then tried to arrange a visit with a sex worker.
• Song Luping learned from Xiao Hua that Xiling had carried out a sweeping purge ten days earlier and that the workers had been arrested or had fled.
• Song Luping rode a shared bicycle through the rain to check nearby Chicken Farms, finding them sealed, closed, or empty.
• Song Luping broke down in the street over the loss of his network and remembered Bai Bufan as his only true friend.
• Song Luping sent Bai Bufan a friend request while Lin Li woke briefly in his sleep and went back to bed.

On October 1st, Lin Li pressed an unlabeled system button and was transported to a ruined world, where he encountered a zombie and a mission to hold a Beautiful Lady's hand while watching the sunrise. He returned home safely, completed his daily training, and decided to wait for the system to explain its buttons before venturing back.

• Lin Li ignored Song Luping's friend request, exchanged National Day messages with Wang Ze, and began his early-morning workout.
• Lin Li found that the system's first unlabeled button had activated, pressed it, and appeared in a ruined city.
• Lin Li encountered a zombie that the system identified as a Beautiful Lady and received Mission 4 to hold her hand and watch the sunrise.
• Lin Li fled from the zombie and pressed the second button, returning to his home.
• Lin Li showered and disinfected himself, then completed his training mission after nearly two hours.
• Lin Li reasoned that the first button sent him away and the second brought him back, and resolved not to press the third until it displayed instructions.

Lin Li prepared for a future trip to the zombie world and left home to join Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan for their outing. He discovered that Chen Yuying’s father, Chen Zhongping, was driving them, leaving him worried about the inappropriate jokes he had made.

• Lin Li asked Wu Min to collect his incoming survival gear packages while he was away, then left home after joking with her about money and cleaning his room.
• Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan arrived in a van, and Lin Li teased Chen Yuying before loudly joking about visiting her at night.
• Lin Li realized Chen Yuying’s father, Chen Zhongping, was driving and tried to explain that he was only joking, while Ding Sihan made his harassment plans sound more serious.
• Lin Li got into the van and asked Chen Yuying whether her father was old-fashioned; she assured him that Chen Zhongping was gentle and open-minded.
• Chen Zhongping responded coldly to Lin Li but warmly turned toward Chen Yuying, leaving Lin Li confused about her description of her father.

Lin Li went to collect Bai Bufan for the trip and teased him while he got ready, then helped him leave his apartment. The chapter ended with Bai Bufan discovering that Lin Li had stolen several small items from his bedside table.

• Lin Li went upstairs to hurry Bai Bufan, who had just gotten up despite claiming he was packing.
• Lin Li teased Bai Bufan about his blank homework and joked with him while he got dressed.
• Bai's Mother praised Lin Li's manners, and Lin Li exaggerated how much housework he did until Bai Bufan dragged him away.
• Bai Bufan remembered the loose change by his bed, but Lin Li revealed he had already taken it.
• Bai Bufan searched Lin Li's pockets and found several other items Lin Li had taken, including a corn sausage.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan traveled with Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, and Chen Zhongping to a Mountain Pavilion guesthouse, where they teased Chen Zhongping until Chen Yuying moved to the front seat to keep him from glaring at them. After Chen Zhongping showed them around and warned them about the house rules, he singled out Lin Li as especially concerning because he was almost an adult.

• Lin Li and Bai Bufan acted reserved around Chen Zhongping, then claimed he had been glaring at them until Chen Yuying confronted her father and moved to the passenger seat.
• Lin Li defended the videos he watched to Ding Sihan while Chen Zhongping focused on driving under Chen Yuying's watch.
• The group reached the guesthouse, where Lin Li joked about Bai Bufan and Little Dragon Girl as they unloaded their luggage.
• Chen Zhongping tried to give Lin Li and Bai Bufan advice, but Lin Li asked if he could exchange it for cash, and Chen Yuying joked that her father was being given away.
• Chen Zhongping introduced the guesthouse facilities, emphasized safety and separate sleeping floors, and said he was especially worried about Lin Li because he was almost an adult.

Chen Yuying’s group settled into a vacation rental and planned a meal together, while Lin Li tried to repair his embarrassing first impression on her father and pursue system tasks. As the group headed to lunch, Lin Li’s attempt to earn heartfelt praise from Bai Bufan failed, leaving him still searching for a way to complete the task.

• Chen Yuying sent Chen Zhongping away after he awkwardly warned Lin Li and the others, and Lin Li later apologized to him through the rental’s surveillance camera.
• Chen Yuying called to have the camera turned off, then led the group upstairs to put away their belongings.
• Bai Bufan showed Lin Li a bathroom notice, and Ding Sihan overheard their foolish discussion about how to handle the toilet rules.
• Chen Yuying proposed that the group cook dinner, and Qu Wanqiu suggested hotpot as a fallback before they left for lunch.
• Lin Li received a system task to earn heartfelt recognition and praise from four squad members, but Bai Bufan refused to give him sincere praise.
• Lin Li tried to impress Chen Yuying with his knowledge of road signs, while Bai Bufan kept asking what insult Lin Li had planned for him.

Lin Li tried to earn his teammates’ praise by making candied fruit while everyone else prepared dinner, but his attempt turned into a charred, briquette-like orange. Qu Wanqiu and the others laughed at his cooking, and the system counted their sincere praise toward his training goal.

• Bai Bufan and Lin Li persuaded the restaurant owner to round down their bill, then joked about doing the same at the supermarket.
• Lin Li chose to make candied fruit for dessert while the others took charge of dinner preparations.
• Lin Li teased Ding Sihan while she washed vegetables, prompting her to threaten him with a kitchen knife until he apologized and left the kitchen.
• Lin Li returned with a blackened candied orange and asked Qu Wanqiu to diagnose what had gone wrong.
• Qu Wanqiu and the others laughed at Lin Li’s failed dessert, and their praise advanced his team-training goal to 1/4.

Lin Li tried to make candied fruit and triggered a strange system mission after mistaking the girls’ onion-induced tears for sorrow. He left the kitchen with Bai Bufan and the others still laughing and crying through the onion fumes.

• Lin Li’s candied orange turned to charcoal, and Qu Wanqiu, Ding Sihan, and the others laughed at his cooking.
• Lin Li abandoned an elaborate recipe and began making candied fruit by following basic steps.
• The system assigned Lin Li a mission to bring the girls pleasure through bodily contact, but he discovered Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan were crying because they were cutting onions.
• Lin Li took over chopping onions as an excuse to approach the girls, then moved the onions in front of Bai Bufan and made him cry too.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan traded insults while the onion fumes made the three girls cry, though they kept smiling at the pair’s antics.

Lin Li and his friends cooked and shared a meal, then he tried to advance a system task by tickling Chen Yuying’s feet. After dinner, his badly burnt candied fruit dessert drew reluctant taste tests and ended with Ding Sihan bluntly calling it awful.

• Qu Wanqiu guided the beginners as they cooked dinner, and the group toasted Chen Yuying, Qu Wanqiu, and Ding Sihan before eating.
• Lin Li tickled Chen Yuying’s feet beneath the table, then apologized when she told him to stop.
• The friends finished the meal and teased Lin Li after he returned from washing his hands and found everyone’s feet tucked away.
• Lin Li brought out burnt candied fruit, and Bai Bufan dramatically pretended to collapse after tasting it.
• Ding Sihan tried the dessert, said it was awful, and Lin Li tasted it and found it bitter.

Lin Li received a life-saving magic treasure after his improved exam results and used his bet with Chen Yuying to tickle her feet. The teasing was interrupted when Chen Zhongping arrived, mistook the scene for something more intimate, and hurriedly suggested that they keep their distance.

• Lin Li completed a task and received doubled divine sense and spirit, plus a random magic treasure.
• Lin Li discovered that the Substitute Jade Faced Buddha could protect him from fatal damage and return his infused Qi and Blood and spirit.
• Lin Li learned that he ranked fourth in his class and fifty-first in the grade, while Bai Bufan also made the Most Improved list.
• Lin Li collected on his bet with Chen Yuying by tickling her foot for five minutes, despite her protests and the others' teasing.
• Chen Zhongping arrived after hearing them and, reassured that they were dressed and sitting apart, suggested that physical punishments should be done between boys or between girls before leaving.

After Chen Zhongping unexpectedly interrupted the group, Lin Li and his friends cleaned up, planned the next day, and played Monopoly with silly punishments. Lin Li struggled financially in the game, then provoked Bai Bufan by joking that he could not fart, ending the evening getting chased and beaten while the girls laughed.

• Chen Yuying returned and explained that her father had entered the guesthouse to bring umbrellas, then told Lin Li that his five minutes of tickling her were over.
• Lin Li assigned Ding Sihan to wash dishes by asking if she wanted to play in the water, and the group cleaned the kitchen together.
• The group planned a relaxed morning, bicycle lessons for Chen Yuying, and an afternoon visit to Mountain Pavilion's beach before choosing Monopoly for the evening.
• Lin Li proposed that the Monopoly winner tickle the three girls, while Bai Bufan would have to do a hundred squats if he lost.
• The girls laughed at Lin Li and Bai Bufan's improvised Monopoly role-play, while Chen Yuying caught Lin Li trying to take money from the bank.
• After Bai Bufan farted during the game, Lin Li joked that he could not fart, prompting Bai Bufan to chase and beat him as the girls laughed.

After the group finished tormenting Lin Li during their game night, he prepared his spirit artifacts and went to bed at the guesthouse. A system task then appeared, ordering him to kill three demons trying to harm his fellow disciples.

• Bai Bufan, Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, and Qu tickled Lin Li’s feet as punishment after he lost their game, then ended the game for the night.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked together before Bai Bufan went to shower and Lin Li prepared for bed.
• Lin Li took out the Spirit Spring, returned the Duck Blood Bottle to his warehouse, and refined the Substitute Jade Faced Buddha.
• Lin Li fed his physical strength and energy into the jade pendant so it could restore him if it shattered, then lay down to sleep.
• The system triggered Task Three, requiring Lin Li to kill three demons attempting to harm his fellow disciples in exchange for faster spiritual energy absorption and 50 System Currency.

Lin Li completed a demon-hunting task by killing three insects on the third floor, then received a new task to kill thirty demons within twelve hours. He realized he could lure demons outside with Bai Bufan and began the plan by killing a mosquito beside him.

• Lin Li asked Ding Sihan and the others for permission to search the third floor, then used his enhanced hearing to find and kill a mosquito.
• Lin Li killed a house centipede and a spider, completing the task and receiving a reward that increased his spiritual energy absorption speed.
• Lin Li received a new task to kill thirty demons and decided to lure them by opening the way for Bai Bufan.
• Lin Li brought Bai Bufan onto the balcony, where Bai Bufan complained about mosquitoes and the lack of stars or cicadas.
• Lin Li killed a mosquito beside Bai Bufan, advancing the new task to one out of thirty.

Lin Li trapped Bai Bufan on the balcony to attract demons and complete a training task, but the pair ended up talking about Lin Li’s relationship with Chen Yuying. After the task was completed and Lin Li claimed his rewards, he found that Ding Sihan had left them locked outside for the night.

• Lin Li kept Bai Bufan on the balcony, turning off the air conditioner and having Ding Sihan lock the balcony door from inside.
• Bai Bufan questioned Lin Li about Chen Yuying, and Lin Li said they were good friends who mostly talked about studying.
• Bai Bufan praised Lin Li’s appearance, advancing Lin Li’s training task, and the two continued chatting late into the night.
• Lin Li completed Task Three and received the Aura of Demons title, a doubled spiritual energy absorption speed, and 50 System Currency.
• Lin Li tested the title, then discovered it was nearly midnight and told Bai Bufan that Ding Sihan had left them to sleep on the balcony.

Lin Li tried to get back into the guesthouse after Ding Sihan teased him, jumping from the second-floor balcony to earn praise from Bai Bufan. The next morning, he told Chen Yuying about the stunt and showed her an extra electric scooter, but she accused him of stealing it.

• Lin Li and Bai Bufan found that Ding Sihan would open the balcony door only if they kowtowed, so Lin Li jumped from the second-floor balcony and earned Bai Bufan's sincere praise.
• Lin Li discovered he had no guesthouse key, and Ding Sihan came downstairs to let him in without making him kowtow.
• Lin Li saved his System Currency instead of buying more items, then went to sleep on the communal platform.
• Chen Yuying woke Lin Li and scolded him for jumping from the building after hearing what had happened the previous night.
• Lin Li showed Chen Yuying an extra electric scooter outside and asked what she should regret, but she earnestly accused him of stealing it.

Lin Li helped Chen Yuying learn to ride a bicycle, and she mastered it in a little over an hour. After Chen Yuying shared a video with her family, Chen Zhongping recognized Lin Li as her instructor and resolved to make him a pillar of the nation.

• Lin Li rented an electric bike and prepared protective guards for Chen Yuying before teaching her to ride.
• Chen Yuying quickly mastered balancing and learned to ride around the practice area while Lin Li filmed her.
• Chen Yuying sent the video to her family and told them she had learned to ride in one morning.
• Chen Zhongping watched the video, realized Lin Li had taught Chen Yuying, and decided Lin Li needed to be made a pillar of the nation.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan traded jokes and insults while the group prepared to visit Mountain Pavilion’s beach. Lin Li drove Bai Bufan there on an electric scooter, but Bai Bufan’s teasing embrace left Lin Li alarmed.

• Lin Li offered Bai Bufan saved toast, then chased him around the guesthouse after Bai Bufan mocked his breakfast.
• Ding Sihan came downstairs in a new outfit, and Lin Li and Bai Bufan theatrically argued over whether it deserved a rating of 1 or eyeballs.
• After Chen Yuying changed into a polka-dot dress, Lin Li typed 1 to praise her, prompting Ding Sihan to chase him when he switched to typing eyeballs.
• Lin Li showed off an electric scooter and joked about Bai Bufan’s imagined secret identity as a War God before agreeing to carry him to lunch.
• On the ride, Bai Bufan complained about his miserable life, and Lin Li mocked him before speeding up when Bai Bufan threatened to jump.
• Bai Bufan hugged Lin Li from behind and teased him about his girlfriend, leaving Lin Li terrified.

Lin Li and his friends finished lunch, won zoo coupons in a restaurant raffle, and headed out for drinks. After Lin Li shielded Chen Yuying and Bai Bufan from a passing car's splash, the hidden Task Six progress bar rose considerably.

• Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked through lunch while the girls finished eating, and Chen Yuying led the group to pay the bill.
• Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and Ding Sihan each won half-price zoo coupons, while Chen Yuying won a free ticket and Qu Wanqiu won two free tickets.
• Qu Wanqiu suggested visiting the zoo, and Lin Li recommended checking whether the coupons could be used before making plans.
• Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and Chen Yuying went to buy drinks and dodged a passing car's splash when Lin Li grabbed the two by their arms.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan wiped mud from their legs and traded crude jokes, while Chen Yuying quietly felt pleased that her dress stayed clean.
• Task Six's progress bar rose considerably after Lin Li's physical contact with Chen Yuying and Bai Bufan.