Chapter Summaries

Lin Li met Chen Yuying’s mother, Song Shen, and won her over while talking about his love for Chen Yuying. After the couple entered Pingjiang Academy, Song Shen messaged her husband, Chen Zhongping, and demanded that he describe his love for her in a poetic way or face kneeling on a durian shell.

• Song Shen teased Lin Li and Chen Yuying about secretly messaging, and Lin Li changed the subject by sharing gossip about a classmate.
• Lin Li and Song Shen traded stories during the drive to Pingjiang Academy while Chen Yuying reacted with embarrassment.
• Song Shen asked Lin Li about his future with Chen Yuying, and he said he liked her and described that love as making his existence feel more real.
• Song Shen unlocked the car doors after hearing Lin Li’s heartfelt answer, and Chen Yuying and Lin Li went into Pingjiang Academy.
• Song Shen texted Chen Zhongping to buy a durian and asked him to describe how much he loved her in a stream-of-consciousness way.

Chen Zhongping tried to appease Song Shen with an awkward AI-written love message, while Chen Yuying and Lin Li explored Pingjiang Academy before their exam and shared affectionate plans for the future. The chapter left them by the campus lake, where Chen Yuying finally silenced Lin Li’s ridiculous reinterpretations of poetry.

• Chen Zhongping sent Song Shen an AI-generated declaration of love, edited it after she questioned its details, and panicked when she suggested eating near the Civil Affairs Bureau.
• Chen Zhongping persuaded Song Shen to eat at home, then changed course to buy a durian as he drove back.
• At Pingjiang Academy, Chen Yuying told Lin Li that Chen Zhongping spoiled Song Shen, and the two entered the campus together.
• Chen Yuying and Lin Li checked their separate exam-room locations, discussed how they had ended up at the same school, and planned to attend university together.
• By the artificial lake, Lin Li made absurd claims about the meanings of famous poems until Chen Yuying covered his mouth and told him to stop.

At Pingjiang School, Lin Li flirted with Chen Yuying while they waited for Chen Tianming, then spent their time together tormenting Chen Tianming with jokes. Chen Tianming gave up trying to talk to Lin Li and waited for Chen Yuying to return.

• Chen Tianming messaged Lin Li and said he had come to Pingjiang School after Yao Qiaoqiao went to review for the exam.
• Lin Li teased Chen Yuying with sweet words and held her close, while Chen Yuying blushed and told him to save the flirting for later.
• Chen Tianming arrived, and Lin Li told him to go entertain himself while he continued flirting with Chen Yuying.
• After Chen Yuying went to the restroom, Chen Tianming complained that fish in the artificial lake had spat water at him, and Lin Li joked that they had mistaken his penis for prey.
• Chen Tianming invited Lin Li to explore the school, but Lin Li stayed by the lake and spun a bizarre joke about enjoying someone else's hemorrhoids.
• Chen Tianming said he did not want to speak to Lin Li until Chen Yuying returned.

Lin Li toured Pingjiang Academy with Chen Tianming and Chen Yuying, tried to provoke a task by making a scene, and then headed with them to the exam room. On the way, Chen Tianming discovered Qin Zeyu had celebrated his romantic progress with a mock matchmaking notebook—and a Death Note.

• Chen Tianming explained that he would not interrupt Yao Qiaoqiao’s studying, and Lin Li teased him before using faulty logic to argue that she should come tour the school with them.
• Lin Li joked loudly about Pingjiang Academy’s cafeteria menu, drawing attention from other students, while Chen Yuying and Chen Tianming distanced themselves from his antics.
• Lin Li hoped his provocation would trigger a system task, but nothing happened, and he rejoined Chen Yuying in the cafeteria line.
• At one in the afternoon, Lin Li, Chen Tianming, and Chen Yuying left for the exam room, and Lin Li told Chen Tianming to check the gaming group.
• Chen Tianming found Qin Zeyu’s messages congratulating him on his progress with Yao Qiaoqiao, along with a heart-decorated notebook pairing their names and a Death Note.

Lin Li encouraged Chen Tianming and Chen Yuying before their exams, then tried to provoke Pingjiang Academy students to trigger a system mission, without success. He completed the math competition paper confidently, lent a fellow examinee a pen, and left with the other student hinting he would return for the grand prize next year.

• Lin Li gave Chen Tianming and Chen Yuying exam advice, then teased Chen Tianming by lending him a white pen he claimed would earn intelligence points.
• Lin Li spoke with a Pingjiang Academy student and criticized the school, but the student agreed with everything, and Lin Li's system mission did not react.
• Lin Li stopped probing the local students and spent the remaining time reading the group chat before the competition began.
• A student seated beside Lin Li borrowed his pen after claiming he had forgotten to bring one.
• Lin Li finished and checked the math paper early, then returned the pen after the exam ended; the student said Qi Quan Stationery would return next year to win the grand prize.

After finishing the exam, Lin Li reunited with Chen Yuying and joined her school’s group for dinner, teasing friends along the way. The students returned to school for evening study, where Lin Li joked with Bai Bufan about a future buffet outing.

• Lin Li left the exam room with a fellow student who shared his gaming slang, then met Chen Yuying and joked with her about Yang Guo, Newton, and Jesus.
• Lin Li pretended to be a Nan Sang Second High School student while waiting with Chen Yuying’s group, then boarded his own school’s coach after confusing the other student.
• On the coach, Lin Li considered provoking Qin Zeyu with a photo of Chen Tianming and Yao Qiaoqiao, while Wang Yuezhi lamented their seating arrangement.
• At the buffet restaurant, Lin Li tried to persuade Chen Tianming to pretend to be a pet so they could save money, but Chen Tianming refused.
• After dinner, the students returned to school for evening study, where Lin Li teased Bai Bufan about which friend would not be treated to a future buffet.

Lin Li returned to the Apocalypse World, visited the shelter, and tried to advance a task by showing off his physical charm. He discovered that zombies counted toward the task, leaving the shelter group baffled as he began treating them gently.

• Lin Li returned to the Apocalypse World, confirmed how time passed between visits, and started charging his mech near the shelter.
• Shi Dongchen and Hu Fei welcomed Lin Li, who gave them supplies and learned they knew nothing about the Lighthouse or the zombie nest.
• Lin Li posed for the shelter residents, accepted medicated cream, gave Hu Fei protein powder, and beat him in an arm-wrestling match, advancing his task to 3/50.
• Lin Li led more than twenty shelter residents outside to clear zombies and saw his task counter rise as zombies lunged at him.
• Lin Li realized the system counted zombies as living people, switched to the [Aura of Demons] title, and gently stroked their cheeks while Hu Fei and the others watched in confusion.

After completing Task Three, Lin Li led the shelter residents on a supply search and returned to reality before his stay expired. At school, he joined his classmates' absurd discussion of Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, then watched Bai Bufan struggle through a test-paper review.

• Lin Li completed Task Three by making zombies charge at him, then used Voice of All Things to command them while the group searched for maps and other supplies.
• The shelter residents retrieved map data from a local library, returned to the shelter with Lin Li, and excitedly recounted their outing.
• Lin Li put away the mecha and charger and returned to reality after nearly eleven hours in the apocalypse world.
• At school, Bai Bufan, Wang Ze, Qin Zeyu, and Lin Li debated a tragic romance between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, until Zhang Haoyang concluded the discussion with a Three Kingdoms Kill reference.
• Xue Jian reviewed test answers during class meeting, made Bai Bufan stand by the podium, and later took his paper to check it.
• Bai Bufan described solving equations as X losing its companions, and Lin Li reminded him that Xue Jian had required him to hand in his test paper.

Lin Li teased Bai Bufan about the PE fitness test as Class 4 gathered on the Sports Field, and Bai Bufan’s dread eased when he learned the 1,000-meter run had been left off today’s schedule. You Jun began organizing the remaining tests and sent the class to warm up.

• Bai Bufan complained to Lin Li that the upcoming PE final was more worrying than academic exams, and Lin Li vividly described the embarrassment and exhaustion of failing pull-ups and running 1,000 meters.
• Lin Li walked downstairs with Chen Yuying and joked about putting a supposedly hibernating friend in the fridge.
• At the Sports Field, Lin Li teased Zhang Haoyang and then approached Bai Bufan, who said he felt nauseous and short of breath from nervousness.
• Lin Li noticed Bai Bufan had put his sweater on backward, and Bai Bufan turned it around but remained anxious about the test.
• You Jun arrived and said the class would complete every event except the 1,000-meter run that day; Wang Ze and Xie Wenjing went to fetch mats while the others prepared to warm up.

Class 4 took a fitness test, and Lin Li astonished everyone by completing forty-five strict pull-ups and earning full marks for himself, Bai Bufan, and Zhou Baowei. Bai Bufan later managed only one valid pull-up before complaining that the test was obscene.

• You Jun explained the pull-up rules and said fifteen repetitions earned full marks.
• Lin Li offered to cover Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei's scores, then completed forty-five standard pull-ups as his classmates cheered.
• Chen Yuying and other girls gathered around Lin Li, prompting the boys to make excuses for his performance and Wang Yuezhi to plot how to help wipe his sweat.
• Bai Bufan first pretended to do fifteen pull-ups with his feet on the ground, then earned one valid repetition before You Jun recorded his score.
• Lin Li teased Bai Bufan about the difference between their scores, while Bai Bufan complained that pull-ups were an obscene fitness test.