Chapter Summaries

Lin Li invited Bai Bufan and their classmates to join him for live-ammunition shooting, while his crude jokes led to more trouble with Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu. Later, Class 4 faced Class 9 in tug-of-war, where Chen Tianming revealed a bizarre disguise as part of a plan to disrupt their opponents.

• Lin Li told Bai Bufan he would pay for a live-ammunition shooting trip, and Bai Bufan agreed to go.
• Lin Li invited Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, and Qu Wanqiu; Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan were likely to attend, but Qu Wanqiu declined and asked Lin Li to cover her share anyway.
• Lin Li offered Qu Wanqiu an old phone, then described an Apple 4 as an “Apple 16 from the factory,” earning shoeprints from her and more teasing from Ding Sihan.
• Wang Ze told Class 4 that they would face Class 9, Baowei’s class, in the afternoon tug-of-war, and Chen Tianming resolved to use their prepared plan.
• At the tug-of-war, Chen Tianming told Zhuo Yongfei not to turn around, then shouted insults while dressed in Lin Li’s grotesque makeup, causing Class 9 and the spectators to lose composure.

Chen Tianming and Class 4 used ridiculous disguises and performances to defeat Class 9 in tug-of-war, then won the senior high competition outright. Chen Tianming learned that Yao Qiaoqiao’s Class 17 had already lost, while Principal Wang asked Xue Jian to keep a closer eye on Lin Li and Bai Bufan during the Sports Meet.

• Chen Tianming’s makeup distracted Class 9, allowing Class 4 to win the first round of tug-of-war.
• Wang Yuezhi dressed as a Joker for the second round, but his performance made Class 4 laugh too, and Class 4 still won 2–0.
• Chen Tianming found out that Class 17 had lost, and he lamented that his sacrifice had not helped him meet Qiao Qiao.
• Class 4 later beat its opponents 3–0 in the finals and won the senior high tug-of-war competition.
• Principal Wang questioned Xue Jian about the bizarre competition and told him to watch Lin Li and Bai Bufan during the Sports Meet.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan traveled to Nansang Station to meet Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan for their live-ammunition shooting outing. After the group passed security, Lin Li’s system assigned him a task to experience advanced detection formations.

• Lin Li waited for Bai Bufan at school, then dragged him out after Bai Bufan delayed to dry his hair and explained the dormitory hair-dryer rules.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan took a bus toward the station, joked about a passerby who had followed them by mistake, and later watched him arrive after they had left.
• Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan joined Lin Li and Bai Bufan at the station, and the four headed inside together.
• Bai Bufan confused a security inspector by offering him water after being told to take a sip, while Lin Li and the others laughed at the exchange.
• Lin Li passed through the security check, and his system assigned him a task to experience advanced detection formations one hundred times.

Lin Li tested the system’s security-screening task, then traveled with Bai Bufan, Chen Yuying, and Ding Sihan to Pingjiang City. After lunch, Bai Bufan realized the liquid Lin Li had shaken onto him might not have been water.

• Lin Li repeatedly passed through the security gate to raise the task count, then planned to try hospital imaging machines to qualify as other formation categories.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan traveled by high-speed rail, where Lin Li joked with other passengers and turned down a woman’s request for his WeChat ID.
• The four friends met in Pingjiang City, teased each other about their group chat, and shared a meal chosen by Ding Sihan.
• Lin Li shook liquid from his hands onto Bai Bufan, claimed it was urine, and left him to use the restroom sink.
• Bai Bufan found the restroom water had been cut off and feared Lin Li had splashed urine on him.

Bai Bufan, Lin Li, Chen Yuying, and Ding Sihan traveled to a shooting club, where they chose firearms and tried on tactical gear. The chapter left them preparing for their shooting session after Lin Li offered Bai Bufan to Ding Sihan as a dog.

• Bai Bufan mistakenly feared that Lin Li had splashed urine on him, then realized Lin Li had washed his hands at a mop sink; Lin Li teased him for grabbing his clothes without washing his hands.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan rode the subway with Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan, joked about the trip, and arrived at the shooting club.
• Coach Shi and Coach Lu introduced the club's safety gear, photo area, and firearm options, while Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan went to try on props.
• Bai Bufan asked whether the club had guns from video games and a nail gun, and Lin Li struck him twice with his Nail Fist after Bai Bufan provoked him.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan chose a Type 92 Pistol, an AK-47 Automatic Rifle, and a Type 95 Sniper Rifle, then went to find the girls in the photo room.
• Lin Li complimented Chen Yuying's tactical outfit and offered Bai Bufan to Ding Sihan as a dog.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan traded jokes while the group learned about shooting, and Lin Li used his Imitation ability to become an exceptionally accurate pistol shooter. Coach Shi then tried to recruit Lin Li for other adults-only activities, but Lin Li recognized the pitch as recruitment.

• Ding Sihan teased Bai Bufan, and Lin Li helped Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan choose a pistol, an Air Gun, and a rifle.
• At the range, Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked with Coach Shi until he became exasperated and began their firearm instruction.
• Lin Li used Imitation to copy Coach Shi's firearm skills at 150% and hit the ten-meter target twice in the center.
• Lin Li fired three shots at the thirty-meter target, scoring ten, eight, and nine, then successfully imitated his own shooting skill again.
• Coach Shi pitched Lin Li on trying other adults-only activities, and Lin Li identified the pitch as recruitment.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan competed at a shooting club, where Lin Li’s accuracy and teasing left Bai Bufan struggling to defend his pride. After the group stopped shooting, they joked together, ate dinner, and took a train back toward Xiling, where Lin Li hinted that he might invite them to a hospital for B-scans.

• Coach Shi praised Lin Li’s shooting and suggested he had the potential to become a soldier, but Lin Li declined because he was still in high school and disliked hardship.
• Bai Bufan challenged Lin Li’s shooting, missed the thirty-meter target on his first shot, and improved after switching to the ten-meter target, while Lin Li mocked his excuses.
• Lin Li, Bai Bufan, Ding Sihan, and Chen Yuying stopped shooting after three rounds, rested, and traded jokes and sofa cushions in the lounge.
• On the subway, Lin Li pointed out that the attractive person Bai Bufan mistook for a woman was actually a man, leaving Bai Bufan to lament changing trends.
• The four ate dinner in Pingjiang, noticed the restaurant’s men’s-room faucets had been repaired after anonymous complaints, and headed to the station for their return train.
• While waiting for the train, Lin Li asked Bai Bufan about going to the hospital for B-scans, and the two laughed over the suggestion.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan played a prank on a rude passenger who boarded the wrong train, then joked and bickered with their friends on the way home. The chapter ended with Lin Li riding off from school while Bai Bufan headed home, both still trading insults.

• Lin Li realized that the rude man in their train seats had boarded the wrong train, so he and Bai Bufan waited to tell him after the doors were about to close.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan alerted the man that his train was headed to Anmen rather than Qiaocheng, then watched him panic as the train pulled away.
• Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan met Lin Li and Bai Bufan at the station, and the four friends laughed about the prank before parting ways.
• Bai Bufan took the last seat on the bus, then pretended to be mute and disabled to stop an Aunt from taking his seat.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan got off near Nansang Middle School, joked about being unable to ride the bus again soon, and said goodbye as Lin Li left by bicycle.

Lin Li brought large amounts of food to Mingyuan Star and traded with Ye Jing, Shi Dongchen, and Hu Fei for cooking supplies, then learned about their struggling shelter while preparing a meal with Beautiful Lady. He completed Task Two, received its rewards, and immediately triggered a new task requiring him to take Beautiful Lady home and leave after she fell asleep.

• Lin Li arrived on Mingyuan Star with food and discovered that seeds had not come through, while the system countdown showed he could stay longer than before.
• Lin Li gave food to Ye Jing, Shi Dongchen, and Hu Fei, who promised to bring cooking utensils and tableware in return.
• Lin Li asked Ye Jing to reassemble Beautiful Lady and learned from Hu Fei that their shelter held over two hundred people and faced shortages of food, power, and ammunition.
• Lin Li cooked Bone-Pounding Meatballs, tried feeding Beautiful Lady, and ate the meal to complete Task Two.
• Lin Li received physique improvements, a random system item, System Currency, and the Sub-Title (50%), then triggered a new task involving taking Beautiful Lady home and leaving after she fell asleep.

Lin Li prepared to take Beautiful Lady to her former home in the Apocalypse World, arranged for Ye Jing to bring a vehicle, and returned to reality before completing the task. At school, the class discussed an opening ceremony performance for the Sports Meet, and Lin Li proposed a stage play called Traitor Bai Bufan.

• Lin Li asked Ye Jing to bring a vehicle and help identify where Beautiful Lady had lived before she died, then packed her up and prepared to return to reality.
• Ye Jing left to fetch a vehicle, while Lin Li let Hu Fei eat the meatballs and then returned to reality, noticing that the time-flow ratio had changed.
• Lin Li went to school and embarrassed Bai Bufan by loudly inventing a story about his weekend plans.
• Xue Jian collected the students' phones and caught Bai Bufan trying to hand in a dummy phone.
• Chen Yuying proposed that the class prepare an opening ceremony performance, and Lin Li suggested a stage play titled Traitor Bai Bufan.

Lin Li and his classmates planned a comedic acrobatics performance for the Sports Meet, and Wang Yuezhi began teaching Lin Li juggling so they could perform together. Wang Yuezhi discovered Lin Li had no memories of being rejected by someone he liked, leaving him speechless and devastated.

• Wang Ze and Zhou Baowei volunteered for Lin Li’s proposed stage play before Chen Yuying rejected the idea and the class considered other performances.
• Wang Yuezhi proposed an acrobatics act, recruited Lin Li and Chen Tianming, and the class settled on a comedic performance with mascot dancers.
• Wang Yuezhi invited Lin Li to the Arts Building at noon and showed him juggling balls, balloons, Playing Cards, and a unicycle.
• Wang Yuezhi taught Lin Li to juggle, then explained that a clown’s expression should come naturally from heartbreak.
• Lin Li told Wang Yuezhi he had never been rejected by someone he liked, and Wang Yuezhi stared at him in anguished disbelief.

Lin Li trained with Wang Yuezhi to prepare for the class performance, but his cheerful reactions to clowning scenarios repeatedly frustrated his teacher. He learned several basic tricks and arranged to practice the unicycle after school, then returned to the classroom, where Chen Yuying agreed to do his makeup and Lin Li warned Bai Bufan that Ding Sihan could see the future.

• Wang Yuezhi described painful romantic scenarios from his friend's memories to teach Lin Li how to perform with a clown's soul, but Lin Li laughed at them and failed to impress him.
• Wang Yuezhi tried to send Lin Li away, then urged him to continue when Lin Li threatened to return to the classroom; they agreed to focus on techniques instead of expression and discussed costumes and makeup.
• Lin Li practiced card tricks, juggling, and balloon twisting with Wang Yuezhi, and they arranged to meet at the Sports Field after school to practice riding a unicycle.
• Lin Li returned to the classroom and teased Chen Yuying about missing him; she agreed to do his clown makeup early on the day of the performance.
• Ding Sihan asked Lin Li what was beneath his pants, and Lin Li mocked her answer before warning Bai Bufan that she seemed to be an esper who could see the future.

Lin Li improved his body-tempering and thunder-control skills before getting ready for the Sports Meet, where Chen Yuying did his Joker makeup. He arrived at the sports field in costume, where another Joker, Wang Yuezhi, criticized his makeup, but passing girls called Lin Li handsome.

• Lin Li rode to school after training and reflected on his progress in body-tempering and the Pure Upright Thunder Control Method.
• Lin Li met Chen Yuying at the girls' dormitory, and she applied Joker makeup to him while they joked.
• Lin Li sent Wu Min selfies and learned she would forbid him from dyeing his hair green because she claimed it would affect his height.
• Lin Li changed into his Joker costume in the boys' dormitory and traded jokes with Bai Bufan and his dormmates.
• Lin Li went to the Sports Meet with Bai Bufan and the others, where Wang Yuezhi criticized his Joker makeup.
• Some girls praised Lin Li as handsome, while Wang Yuezhi overheard the same compliment.

Class 4’s bizarre entrance slogan and Lin Li and Bai Bufan’s antics made their performance memorable, while Xue Jian discovered that most of the class had approved the slogan. During the leaders’ speeches, the pair sparked a wave of applause, but Principal Wang found them pretending to clap rather than leading it.

• Lin Li’s boastful jokes made Ding Sihan and the others retch, and Qu Wanqiu kicked him as Class 4 prepared to enter.
• Class 4 chanted its repeated slogan, leaving announcer Xue Jian to improvise an elaborate explanation for it.
• Xue Jian questioned Lin Li about the slogan, and Lin Li claimed Class 4’s name alone was enough to make opponents tremble; Chen Yuying revealed the class had voted for it.
• Bai Bufan turned the leaders’ speeches into lewd wordplay, then he and Lin Li began clapping to entertain themselves.
• The applause spread through the crowd, but Principal Wang spotted Lin Li and Bai Bufan at the back of Class 4 pretending to clap instead of starting it.

During Nansang Middle School’s Sports Meet opening, Lin Li dodged blame for leading disruptive applause, spun ordinary instructions into elaborate jokes, and helped Class 4 set up its assigned area. The chapter ended with Wang Yuezhi mistaking Chen Yuying’s practical concern for affection while Lin Li and his classmates settled in.

• Lin Li stopped Bai Bufan from continuing to applaud the principal’s speech and redirected the crowd into chanting, then hid his role as teachers reprimanded the students who joined in.
• Lin Li explained to Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan that Xue Jian had moved him away from Bai Bufan as a risk-diversification measure, and Xue Jian ordered him to the front of the formation.
• After Principal Wang officially opened the Sports Meet, Xue Jian recruited students to move Class 4’s equipment, and Chen Yuying identified the class’s assigned area while Lin Li could not.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan caught Chen Tianming carrying a table for Class 17 on Yao Qiaoqiao’s request, and Chen Tianming insisted he was helping by choice.
• Lin Li, Bai Bufan, Wang Ze, Chen Yuying, and Ding Sihan carried equipment to Class 4’s area, where Chen Yuying told Wang Yuezhi to wash off his makeup and he took her concern as encouragement.

Lin Li spent the morning setting up Class 4’s sports meet area and joking with Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei before joining them to watch Wang Ze’s 400-meter race. Wang Ze won his heat decisively, and Lin Li ended the chapter by proposing a ridiculous academic-and-athletic contest that would make the Han and Wei perish together.

• Lin Li filled the sunshade base in the bathroom, where he mistook a stranger’s phone conversation for an invitation to talk.
• Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and Zhou Baowei arranged their class supplies, returned to the dorm, and bantered while ordering takeout.
• Lin Li teased Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan beneath the sunshade before Wang Ze headed to the 400-meter check-in area.
• Wang Ze won his 400-meter heat by a wide margin, finishing far ahead of most of the competitors.
• Lin Li proposed that runners answer a question on the track before racing, prompting Bai Bufan and Wang Ze to imagine the Han and Wei collapsing together.

At the Sports Meet, Lin Li secretly helped Wang Ze get a confession from a girl and gave Chen Yuying a tailwind in her race. After Chen Yuying received an unwanted message from Tao Qiyuan, Lin Li replied on her behalf before she deleted him, then rushed off to cheer for Chen Tianming.

• Lin Li and Bai Bufan teased Wang Ze about sports students’ hardships, then showed him a Confession Wall post asking whether he was single; Lin Li revealed he had secretly arranged the confession.
• Lin Li encouraged Chen Yuying before her four-hundred-meter race and used the wind to help her and Ding Sihan reach the finals.
• Fang Yiling told Chen Yuying that Tao Qiyuan wanted her contact information, and Chen Yuying accepted his request after Fang urged her to hear him out.
• When Tao Qiyuan asked whether Chen Yuying had a Boyfriend, Lin Li used her phone to send angry replies; Chen Yuying then politely ended the conversation and let Lin Li delete him.
• Lin Li ran to cheer for Chen Tianming, loudly insisting that Chen Tianming was his best brother despite his earlier complaints.

At the sports meet, Lin Li joked with his friends about helping Chen Tianming win Yao Qiaoqiao’s heart, then spent the evening in the dorm with Zhou Baowei and Bai Bufan. A system task revealed that someone had stolen from the group, and Bai Bufan reported that their takeout had disappeared.

• Lin Li watched Chen Tianming finish third in his hundred-meter heat, then joked with Chen Tianming and Bai Bufan about stealing Yao Qiaoqiao’s heart and disposing of the body.
• Lin Li and his friends returned to the dorm, challenged each other to find uplifting videos, and played PUBG while waiting for takeout.
• Lin Li received a system task to catch and punish a thief, and he rushed to the bathroom to accuse Zhou Baowei of secretly eating lemons.
• Bai Bufan entered the dorm and told Lin Li that someone had stolen their takeout.

After their takeout was stolen, Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and Zhou Baowei planned to catch the thief if he struck again. At school, Lin Li discovered that Chen Yuying had become popular on the Confession Wall and jokingly claimed she liked him.

• Bai Bufan, Lin Li, and Zhou Baowei realized their takeout had been stolen, and Zhou Baowei discovered that his ninety-one-yuan order was missing.
• Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and Zhou Baowei searched the pickup area, found no cameras or clues, and planned to prepare equipment to catch a thief the next day.
• Lin Li lent Zhang Haoyang a Power Bank and joked with Bai Bufan about the classroom music before Wang Ze asked them for novel recommendations.
• Wang Ze said two girls had confessed to him on the Confession Wall, and Lin Li and Bai Bufan humored his fantasies.
• Bai Bufan showed Lin Li posts featuring Chen Yuying, and Lin Li commented that she already liked someone named Old Steed in the Stable.

Lin Li joked with his classmates during evening self-study, then prepared to catch the thief who had stolen his delivery. At the sports field the next morning, Chen Yuying encouraged him before his 3,000-meter race, leaving him momentarily speechless with her compliment.

• Lin Li and Bai Bufan traded jokes about their QQ nicknames and comments, and Lin Li later read the teasing replies to his post.
• During evening self-study, Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and Zhou Baowei joked about games and pornographic files before Lin Li collected delivery seals from a ramen shop owner to use against the thief.
• Lin Li packed two action cameras and portable WiFi, then cycled to school for the track events and told Bai Bufan he had prepared tools to catch the thief.
• At the sports field, Lin Li teased Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu, while Wang Ze fretted that two girls were still shy after he posted ab photos for them to see.
• As the men's 3,000-meter contestants were called to check in, Chen Yuying wished Lin Li luck and told him he looked good no matter how he looked, leaving him stunned.