Recaps

Su Qiao narrowed down the people who might have attacked her during the fight with the Mutated Humans and resolved to watch the remaining suspects. Han showed further progress in speaking, leaving Su Qiao hopeful that he could become normal.

• Su Qiao reviewed the group's abilities and ruled out several people as possible attackers.
• Su Qiao focused on Ding Hongguang, Liu Muyu, Jiang Keyun, and Su Suya, suspecting Jiang Keyun most because of her hostility and recent clash with Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao decided to watch the remaining suspects closely and vowed to punish whoever had pushed her into the Underground Cave.
• Han tugged Su Qiao's sleeve and told her to sleep, speaking three words clearly.
• Su Qiao noticed Han's clearer voice and was pleased by his progress.

Su Qiao cultivated in the Underground Cave while Professor Jiang tried to persuade Captain Gao’s team to rescue her. The team remained reluctant, and Professor Jiang explained why her maps and knowledge of ancient technology were valuable.

• Su Qiao told her companion to sleep while she practiced cultivating spiritual energy so she could later carve a Spirit Gathering Array.
• Professor Jiang told Captain Gao that Su Qiao might have fallen into the Underground Cave, but urged him not to give up on her.
• Professor Jiang explained that Su Qiao had mapped H Xia with exceptional accuracy by combining historical knowledge with information about earthquakes, wars, and nuclear targets.
• Jiang Keyun and the other team members questioned the value of Su Qiao’s maps and technical skills, while Ding Hongguang said they could handle ancient electronics and computers themselves.
• Professor Jiang warned the team that operating advanced vehicles and mechas did not mean they could operate ancient technology or preserve its data.

Professor Jiang’s group abandoned their attempt to reach the Underground Cave and left the dangerous area, while Su Qiao stayed below and improved her cultivation with Spirit Gathering Arrays. She discovered that Han could also absorb spiritual energy.

• Liuzi, Xiao Wu, and Liu Muyu warned Professor Jiang that entering the Underground Cave could be fatal, and Gao Cheng persuaded the group to retreat.
• Liu Yue reminded Professor Jiang that Su Qiao might already be dead and urged him not to risk anyone else.
• Jiang Keyun rejected the group’s decision and walked away, while Ding Hongguang carried her backpack.
• Su Qiao cultivated for two days, carved Spirit Gathering Arrays for herself and Han, and found that the arrays helped her recover spiritual energy faster.
• Han moved close to Su Qiao whenever she cultivated, and Su Qiao realized he could absorb spiritual energy despite being an Evil Creature.

After reaching Qi Condensation Stage Three, Su Qiao planned an elaborate way to escape the cave, only for Han to fly her to the surface. Worried that his striking appearance would draw attention, she took him into the woods to disguise him.

• Su Qiao reached Qi Condensation Stage Three and gathered materials to build a launcher for climbing out of the cave.
• Han lifted Su Qiao out of the cave by flying, revealing that he could have gotten them to the surface all along.
• Su Qiao scolded Han for letting her worry, but he misunderstood her words and called the experience amusing.
• Su Qiao decided Han needed to disguise his appearance before they went farther, and led him into the woods to find medicinal herbs.
• Su Qiao insisted to 444 that she was disguising Han for society's sake, while privately admitting he belonged to her.

Su Qiao disguised Han as an Ability Team member so he could go out with her, changing his clothes and giving him a new identity. Han accepted the uniform but insisted that his name was Han, leaving Su Qiao struggling to get him to remember his cover identity.

• Su Qiao darkened Han’s complexion, adjusted his appearance, and covered his hair with a gray hat.
• Su Qiao tried to change Han out of his ancient-style clothes, but he refused until she persuaded him with three drops of blood.
• Su Qiao dressed Han in a navy-blue Ability Team uniform, hung an identity badge around his neck, and gave him a backpack.
• Su Qiao told Han that his new name was Li Yonghua, but he stubbornly insisted that he was Han.

Su Qiao decided to take Han with her while concealing his identity by claiming he had lost his memory, then flew with him to reunite with the group. The chapter ended as Liu Yue questioned how Su Qiao had survived after falling into the Underground Cave.

• Su Qiao told Han he would be called Han and warned him to obey her once they left.
• Han misunderstood Su Qiao’s request to carry her and began sniffing and licking her, but then flew her upward when she clarified.
• Following the map in Su Qiao’s backpack, Han carried her quickly to the group’s camp near a Stone Cave.
• Uncle Qi spotted Su Qiao and returned to inform Captain Gao and Professor Jiang.
• Su Qiao approached the camp while keeping Han out of sight, and Professor Jiang greeted her with relief.
• Liu Yue asked Su Qiao how she could be alive after falling into the Underground Cave.

Su Qiao returned safely from the Underground Cave and explained how she had climbed back up. When Su Suya blamed her for delaying the expedition, Su Qiao exposed that the team had not treated her as an equal.

• Su Qiao told the team she had grabbed vines and tree stumps during her fall, then climbed back up with her knife.
• Professor Jiang relaxed, and Gao Cheng explained that the team had feared the Underground Cave was a Mutated Human lair.
• Su Qiao accepted that the team had not risked going after her, while Su Suya scolded her for joining a dangerous expedition and delaying everyone.
• Su Qiao challenged Su Suya to say whether she would also abandon another team member, leaving the others embarrassed about how they had treated Su Qiao as a Level 1 Low-Tier Ability User.

Su Qiao confronted Su Suya when her sister tried to dismiss her from the team, and Han stopped Su Suya from striking her. Su Qiao then identified Han as Li Yonghua and revealed that Team Eight had died in the underground caves, leaving the team stunned.

• Su Qiao argued that Su Suya had no authority to decide whether she could join the team.
• Su Suya tried to slap Su Qiao, but Han caught her hand and threw her aside after Su Qiao tugged his sleeve.
• Ding Hongguang challenged Han, while Gao Cheng calmed the team and asked Su Qiao who he was.
• Su Qiao identified the man as Li Yonghua, a High-level Ability User from Team Eight, and said Team Eight had died in the underground caves.
• The team members questioned how all twenty members of the powerful advance team, including their level-ten captain, could have been killed.

Su Qiao explained that the missing advance team had been attacked in the Mutated Humans’ underground lair and claimed Han was a surviving team member she had rescued. She then accused someone in the group of pushing her, leaving the team arguing over her claim.

• Su Qiao told the group that the advance team’s sleeping pods had landed near connected caves inhabited by Mutated Humans, who had attacked them.
• Su Qiao said she had found Han unconscious after he fought his way out, but Ding Hongguang questioned whether he belonged to their team.
• Su Qiao challenged Ding Hongguang and implied he had pushed her, prompting Professor Jiang to intervene.
• Gao Cheng asked whether Su Qiao had seen who pushed her, and Su Qiao vowed to find out.
• Su Suya accused Su Qiao of causing trouble and dismissed the idea that someone had pushed her.

Su Qiao clashed with Su Suya after accusing her of caring more about team unity than her sister’s safety. When Su Suya attacked, Han intervened, and the fight escalated until he unleashed his Mental Power as Gao Cheng approached.

• Su Qiao and Su Suya argued, and Su Suya accused her younger sister of being arrogant.
• Su Suya sent a water dragon at Su Qiao, but Han Teleported her away and struck Su Suya.
• Ding Hongguang and the others attacked Han, who dodged their attacks and knocked them back.
• Professor Jiang urged Su Qiao to stop Han, while Gao Cheng moved in to separate the fighters.
• Han sensed familiar energy from Gao Cheng, unleashed a surge of Mental Power, and prepared to attack everyone around him.

Han unleashed overwhelming Mental Power against Gao Cheng’s team, but Su Qiao stopped him before he could hurt anyone. After seeing Han’s power, Gao Cheng wondered about his origins and recognized that his team had gained an exceptionally powerful Dual-Ability Master.

• Gao Cheng sensed Han’s Mental Power and raised an energy shield to protect his teammates.
• Su Qiao called Han back, and Han returned to her side with Teleportation, saying that Gao Cheng smelled good.
• Su Qiao rebuked Su Suya, while the injured team members realized how close they had come to dying.
• Gao Cheng asked Su Qiao where Han came from and recognized Han’s strength and abilities as a major addition to their team.

Gao Cheng’s team decided to keep Han after Su Qiao explained that he was an injured Ability User from Team 8. The group learned that Han possessed rare Spatial and Mental Abilities, while Su Suya left furious after failing to challenge Su Qiao.

• Su Qiao told Gao Cheng that Han had hit his head and suggested letting him leave if the team feared him.
• Gao Cheng decided to keep Han and asked Su Qiao to watch over him.
• Su Qiao identified Han’s ability as Spatial Ability, explaining that he could teleport and use spatial folding to kill.
• Gao Cheng and the others recognized how rare Han’s powers were and stopped provoking Su Qiao.
• Su Suya threatened Su Qiao, who calmly said she could handle her.

Su Qiao dismissed Professor Jiang’s attempt to reconcile her with Su Suya and reassured the jealous Han that she would not leave him. She took Han into the woods to find fresh food while the team waited to hear from Team Eight and continued its mission to study Mutated Humans.

• Professor Jiang tried to mediate between Su Qiao and Su Suya, but Su Qiao said she no longer considered Su Suya her sister.
• Han grew jealous when Professor Jiang quoted old sayings, and Su Qiao soothed him by saying there was only him.
• When Su Qiao suggested that Han might run away, he clung to her and insisted she could not leave him.
• Su Qiao took Han toward the woods to gather fruit and hunt game, telling Gao Cheng they would stay nearby.
• The team remained at its current location because it could not contact Team Eight, which had arrived ahead of them.

Su Qiao attended a team meeting where Professor Jiang explained that their mission included finding two books about mutated species, in addition to investigating the Mutated Humans’ longevity. The team had not yet decided how to evade the Mutated Humans and reach their destination.

• Su Qiao brought Han to the meeting, where Professor Jiang and Gao Cheng accepted their presence.
• Professor Jiang said the previous scouting team had nearly been wiped out, and Gao Cheng and Liu Yue concluded that the Mutated Humans acted under an intelligent leader.
• Su Qiao asked why the team needed to travel to a destination rather than capture Mutated Humans and study them.
• Professor Jiang revealed that the team also needed to find Record of Mutated Beasts and Record of Mutated Plants, written by the former Northwest Base Research Institute director who developed the Ability Activation Medicinal Solution.

Professor Jiang explained that H-Xia needed to retrieve two books about mutated animals and plants to understand Planet Mercury’s dangerous marine life. He also revealed that medicines left by the Dean might explain how the Mutated Humans lived for more than five hundred years, leaving the group eager to find the Northwest Base.

• Professor Jiang said the Dean’s books recorded dangerous creatures on Planet Mercury and explained why H-Xia needed to recover them before other countries did.
• Professor Jiang revealed that the ocean covered most of Planet Mercury and that ferocious marine life threatened coastal settlements.
• Su Qiao became interested in copying the Record of Mutated Plants and exploring Planet Mercury’s plants.
• Professor Jiang said researchers believed medicines left by the Dean had helped the Mutated Humans survive radiation and live for centuries.
• Liuzi urged the group to head straight to the Northwest Base, and Xiao Wu stopped him, saying they first needed to find its location.

Su Qiao agreed to find the Northwest Base, believed to lie within 100 kilometers of their current location, and studied the original owner’s maps and diary to narrow down its location. She prepared to lead the team out the next day, while an uneasy feeling about their situation lingered.

• Professor Jiang revealed that the Northwest Base should be within 100 kilometers and asked Su Qiao to locate it.
• Su Qiao said she could find the base’s direction within half a day, and Professor Jiang scheduled the team’s departure for the next day.
• Su Qiao brought Han to a small cave and began studying her maps and diary while he quietly stayed beside her.
• Su Qiao shook off her unease with Han’s help, then used the maps, diary, and original maps to narrow the search area.
• Su Qiao began recalling local customs, legends, and ancient cities to identify where the base had been built.

Su Qiao studied possible defensive locations for the Northwest Base while Han pressed her for more of her blood and pretended to sleep. The chapter ended with Han secretly deciding to find a better place for them to live.

• Su Qiao marked a border fortress city, an abandoned military base, and a wilderness prison as possible locations for the Northwest Base.
• Han pulled Su Qiao down and told her to sleep, but she insisted on studying and cultivating.
• Han asked Su Qiao for more blood, and she gave him three drops after he silently protested.
• Su Qiao ordered Han to sleep, and he obediently lay down while she returned to her research.
• Han secretly opened one eye and decided not to sleep because he feared Su Qiao might leave and wanted to find them a better home.

Su Qiao and the group traveled toward their destination, but hundreds of Mutated Humans ambushed them and cut off their escape. Han revealed his lethal power while protecting Su Qiao, leaving her and 444 questioning how much he understood.

• Su Qiao led the group along the mapped route, and they traveled more than twenty kilometers before stopping at a cave for the night.
• Hundreds of Mutated Humans attacked, so Gao Cheng led Professor Jiang toward the weakest part of the encirclement while Liu Muyu and the others fought their way after them.
• Su Qiao pulled Han along as she followed the group, but they soon encountered another huge force of Mutated Humans blocking their path.
• Su Qiao fought with a Great Machete, and Han stepped in front of her and killed dozens of Mutated Humans by making their heads explode.
• Su Qiao and 444 wondered whether Han’s growing language skills and instinctive killing ability made him more mysterious than they had thought.

Su Qiao and the man fought their way through a horde of mutated humans, who appeared to target them specifically. After escaping, Su Qiao suspected someone was directing the attacks, while others also realized their route was being anticipated.

• Su Qiao asked for a safer escape route and led the man southeast, keeping his ability to fly secret.
• The mutated humans abandoned the others and swarmed toward Su Qiao and the man.
• Su Qiao and the man fought back-to-back until the remaining mutated humans fled into the woods.
• Su Qiao concluded that someone behind the attacks was targeting her, though she could find no likely enemy in the original body's memories.
• Others remarked that the attackers repeatedly followed them and seemed to know their route in advance.

Gao Cheng and his group suspected a mole after the mutated humans targeted them, while Su Qiao tried to keep Han fed without letting him drink her blood. The group left the bloody battlefield wary of one another, and Su Qiao continued teaching Han as they traveled.

• Gao Cheng considered whether a spy had exposed the group, but found no answers and stopped to rest.
• Han refused mutated beast meat and blood, so Su Qiao made Blood-Meat Pellets for him instead.
• Su Qiao warned Han that drinking her blood could make her sick or kill her, and Han decided he did not want her to die.
• Gao Cheng told everyone to leave the battlefield, and Ding Hongguang agreed as the group hurried away from the corpses.
• Su Qiao continued teaching Han during the journey, and his vocabulary grew to three or four words at a time.

After five days of travel, Su Qiao and the others reached the overgrown ruins of the former Northwest Base and confirmed it was the site they sought. They began searching for its research institute, where they hoped to find medicine or a formula that could extend their lives.

• Su Qiao confirmed that the ruins were the former Northwest Base and explained why she had chosen the old prison as their destination.
• Liuzi found a collapsed section of the perimeter wall, and the group discovered more evidence that the ruins had once been a major base.
• The group cleared a path through the vegetation and explored the sprawling remains of the base.
• Professor Jiang explained that the base had once housed up to twenty million people before wars and natural disasters brought it down.
• Liuzi asked where the research institute was as the group continued searching for the life-extending medicine or formula.

Su Qiao told Professor Jiang that the Medicinal Solution Research Institute was in the South District, not the base’s center, and he chose to follow her lead. The group headed toward the South District while Jiang Keyun complained that her uncle favored Su Qiao.

• Professor Jiang studied the map and suggested searching the base’s center for the Research Institute while Han effortlessly killed the Mutated Insects and Mutated Plants attacking the group.
• Su Qiao said records placed the Medicinal Solution Research Institute in Area C, the South District, though she did not know why it had been built there.
• Jiang Keyun criticized Su Qiao, but Professor Jiang put away the map and ordered the group to go to the South District first.
• Su Qiao realized that Professor Jiang was Jiang Keyun’s uncle and resolved to take revenge if Jiang Keyun had pushed her into the Underground Cave.

The group found the Ability Guild and bronze statues in the ruins of the Northwest Base before discovering that the research institute had recently been burned down. Gao Cheng suspected another team had destroyed it and that someone in their own group had leaked their location and purpose.

• Liuzi and Xiao Wu found a bronze plaque identifying the dilapidated building as the Ability Guild.
• Professor Jiang identified two enormous bronze statues as memorials to a former dean and her husband, a renowned expert.
• Gao Cheng found the research institute’s sign and showed the group that the site had been blackened by a recent fire.
• Gao Cheng confirmed the ashes were still warm and concluded that someone had burned the institute before the group arrived.
• Gao Cheng suspected another team was nearby and that someone in their group had leaked their whereabouts and purpose.

Gao Cheng and Professor Jiang suspected that someone had taken the target items and considered whether there was a mole in their team. After the team searched the nearby area and found no one, they were left without clues about where to go next.

• Ding Hongguang angrily demanded that the suspected mole reveal themselves, while Su Qiao asked the system to watch him for suspicious behavior.
• The team proposed that Mutated Humans or a foreign Ability User team might have taken the items, and Professor Jiang agreed those possibilities could not be ruled out.
• Captain Gao ordered everyone to search nearby in pairs and told them to report any danger rather than act alone.
• The team returned after twenty minutes without finding anyone or any Mutated Humans, and Professor Jiang remained unsure what to do next.

Su Qiao and the others searched the underground research lab, finding it ransacked and its computers stripped of their hard drives and chips. Su Qiao discovered a hollow space behind some cabinets, and Professor Jiang came over to investigate.

• Su Qiao reminded the group that the research institute might have an underground lab, and Professor Jiang led them to search for its entrance.
• The group found a damaged doorway and entered the underground lab, where they found ruined equipment, scattered wreckage, and scraps of burned documents.
• Su Qiao suggested the computers might still be useful if their hard drives and chips remained, but the group found those components had been taken.
• Gao Cheng warned the group that whoever had ransacked the lab might ambush them to silence them.
• Su Qiao and a man moved cabinets aside and knocked on the wall, discovering a hollow space behind it; Professor Jiang came over to ask what she had found.