Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao learned how her parents had chosen each other despite the Su family's opposition, then turned her attention to Li Hanzheng's critical condition. She used Spirit Spring water to ease his symptoms and considered using an Ability Core to help him break through to Level Ten.

• Su Qiao's Father told her how he and Su Man grew close as childhood companions and how she chose him despite the family's objections.
• Su Qiao reassured her father that Su Man alone could decide whether she had felt wronged, and he went to cook for his hungry daughter.
• Su Qiao asked 444 about Li Hanzheng's condition and poured Spirit Spring water down his throat to reduce the effects of the toxins.
• 444 suggested the Ability Core might help Li Hanzheng suppress the poison by aiding his breakthrough to Level Ten.
• Su Qiao blamed the people who poisoned Li Hanzheng and resolved that they deserved to die.

Su Qiao used an Energy Converter and Spirit Spring water to transfer energy into Li Hanzheng, ending the turmoil in his body as he appeared to advance. After learning how Li Hanzheng had died in his previous life and brought the world to ruin, she resolved to remember Long Xiaoyuan.

• Su Qiao bought an Energy Converter for 500 Points so she could extract energy from the Ability Core without damaging it.
• Su Qiao transferred energy from the core into Li Hanzheng and fed him Spirit Spring water until a powerful surge erupted from his body.
• Su Qiao retreated while Li Hanzheng's ability fluctuations settled, then saw that his body was recovering as he slept.
• Su Qiao asked 444 about Li Hanzheng's previous life and learned that Long Xiaoyuan had hunted him for his Ability Core.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Li Hanzheng had died by self-detonation, spreading upgraded Zombie Virus and plunging the world into chaos, and warned her not to anger him.
• Su Qiao decided to remember Long Xiaoyuan.

Su Qiao learned that Li Hanzheng’s brain had been damaged by the virus, leaving him with the mind of a child, and decided she could not abandon him after he saved her family. Su Qiao’s Father agreed to keep him, though he worried that he would need to find another job to support them.

• Su Qiao explained that she had used the Ability Core’s energy to save Li Hanzheng, and Su Qiao’s Father accepted that it had been used.
• Su Qiao suspected that someone in the Su family had sent people to steal the Ability Core, and Su Qiao’s Father recalled how the family had exploited her mother.
• Li Hanzheng woke up behaving like a child, clung to Su Qiao, and called her “Big Sister.”
• 444 told Su Qiao that the virus had damaged Li Hanzheng’s brain and made him an idiot.
• Su Qiao told her father she could not abandon Li Hanzheng, and Su Qiao’s Father agreed but said he would look for another job.

Su Qiao's Father let Li Hanzheng stay despite his resentment over the Ability Core, while Su Qiao looked after Li Hanzheng in his childlike state. The chapter ended with Su Qiao asking her father where he would sleep after he offered her his room.

• Su Qiao warned her father that the Su family might come after the Ability Core again, and he worried they would try to take it back.
• Li Hanzheng complained that he was hungry, so Su Qiao and her father fed him despite his enormous appetite.
• Su Qiao took Li Hanzheng to the bedroom and tried to put him to sleep, while he insisted on staying with her.
• Su Qiao's Father threatened to withhold meat and visits with Su Qiao unless Li Hanzheng went to sleep, and Li Hanzheng called him bad.
• Su Qiao pulled her father out of the bedroom and learned he had prepared his room for her; she asked where he would sleep.

Su Qiao learned about her Mental Ability, tested her cultivation, and chose a weapon to prepare for the dangerous world. She also heard 444’s suggestion for earning money by writing novels.

• Su Qiao asked 444 about the energy in the air and learned that it could not identify it precisely.
• Su Qiao studied information about Mental Ability and discovered she could sense things several kilometers away.
• Su Qiao tried cultivating and found that her body could cultivate at an unusually fast speed.
• Su Qiao chose a Soft Sword to buy as a weapon.
• Su Qiao asked about ways to earn money, and 444 suggested that she register as an online author and write novels.

Su Qiao corrected 444’s apocalypse novel and cultivated overnight, reaching the third level before preparing to go outside the city. 444 proudly reported that its novel was becoming popular and claimed it would soon become a Minor Deity.

• Su Qiao advised 444 to revise its novel’s cultivation method and explain how toxins in zombie cores could cause Ability Berserk Syndrome.
• 444 published its apocalypse novel and pinned it to the top of the site, then watched readers click in throughout the night.
• Su Qiao finished cultivating and discovered she had reached the third level after one night.
• 444 excitedly told Su Qiao that it would soon become a Minor Deity, leaving her doubtful about what it meant.

Su Qiao left the city alone to gather mutated herbs and hunt young mutated beasts, ignoring the dangerous men who followed her. After demonstrating her martial arts, Internal Energy, and Mental Ability to 444, she began her search in the wilderness.

• Su Qiao praised 444 for its popular novels, then packed her Soft Sword and a bag and left a note for Su Qiao's Father before slipping out of the house.
• Su Qiao passed through the city gates alone, drawing suspicious looks from Ability Users and the attention of several ill-intentioned men.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that men were following her, but she ignored them and sprinted toward a small forest.
• Su Qiao demonstrated her Lightness Skill, used a leaf as a weapon, and controlled Silver Needles with her Mental Ability.
• After testing her skills, Su Qiao stopped and began her search; 444 wondered what she had found.

Su Qiao hunted two mutated rabbits and returned to the city, where she encountered her cousin Su Yunyan, whom she had planned to target. Long Xiaoyuan approached as Su Yunyan questioned how Su Qiao had managed to hunt the rabbits.

• Su Qiao dismissed 444’s suggestion to research the Ability Activation Agent and planned to deal with Su Yunyan.
• Su Qiao used her Mental Ability to hunt two enormous mutated rabbits and hurried back toward the city.
• The gatekeepers were astonished when Su Qiao returned carrying the rabbits, realizing she was a Strength Ability User.
• Su Yunyan mocked Su Qiao and questioned whether someone had helped her hunt the rabbits.
• Long Xiaoyuan approached Su Yunyan and asked who Su Qiao was.

Su Qiao confronted Su Yunyan after Su Yunyan exposed her family ties and the crowd mocked her as an abilityless outcast. Su Qiao deliberately provoked Su Yunyan, leaving 444 and Long Xiaoyuan wondering what she intended to do.

• Su Yunyan told Long Xiaoyuan that Su Qiao was her cousin and the frail daughter of Su Man, whom her father had taken away from the Su Family.
• The crowd recognized Long Xiaoyuan and mocked Su Qiao, while Su Qiao told Xiao Si to remember those who had gone too far.
• Su Qiao ignored Long Xiaoyuan and challenged Su Yunyan’s claim that they were cousins, insulting her jealousy and character.
• Su Yunyan privately suspected Su Qiao had used an Ability Core and threatened to take it from her.
• 444 asked why Su Qiao had provoked Su Yunyan, and Su Qiao said he would understand soon as Long Xiaoyuan watched her in surprise.

Su Qiao defied Su Yunyan, who tried to cripple her, and secretly struck back with hidden Water Needles. Su Yunyan later realized Su Qiao had gained Speed Mutation and Strength Mutation, while Long Xiaoyuan remained unaware of her abilities.

• Su Qiao insulted Su Yunyan, prompting Su Yunyan to threaten to teach her a lesson.
• Su Yunyan fired Water Arrows at Su Qiao, who dodged them and secretly sent nearly invisible Water Needles into Su Yunyan.
• Long Xiaoyuan suspected Su Qiao might have a hidden ability but dismissed the strange movement he had noticed.
• Long Xiaoyuan comforted Su Yunyan and told her not to get angry over an irrelevant person.
• In a secluded corner, Su Yunyan realized Su Qiao had both Speed Mutation and Strength Mutation and assumed she had used the Ability Core.

Su Qiao poisoned Su Yunyan and the people who had insulted her, then returned home to find Li Hanzheng had thrown the house into chaos. She comforted him with the promise of rabbit meat, while her father asked where she had been and how she got the rabbits.

• Su Qiao sensed that Long Xiaoyuan had a lower-level Mental Ability and asked Little Four to investigate his ability.
• Su Qiao explained that she had poisoned Su Yunyan to strip away the ability and status she valued, then secretly poisoned the people who had belittled her.
• Su Qiao returned home carrying two large rabbits and found the living room in chaos.
• Li Hanzheng rushed to Su Qiao, then eagerly pounced on the rabbits and begged for meat.
• Su Qiao promised Li Hanzheng as much meat as he wanted and wiped the blood from his hands.
• Su Qiao's Father asked where she had gone and where she had found the rabbits.

Su Qiao told her father she had a level-nine Mental Ability and demonstrated it with Silver Needles. Overcome with joy and grief, Su Qiao's Father said he could die without regrets, so Su Qiao urged him not to leave her and promised to protect him.

• Su Qiao explained that she had hunted rabbits outside the city, and her father worriedly checked her for injuries.
• Baby Li Hanzheng pulled Su Qiao's Father's hand away and told him not to grab his sister.
• Su Qiao revealed that her Mental Ability had reached level nine and demonstrated it by controlling Silver Needles.
• Su Qiao's Father broke down in tears of joy, thinking of his late wife and celebrating his daughter's strength.
• After 444 warned that Su Qiao's Father might be planning to follow her mother in death, Su Qiao asked him not to abandon her and promised to protect him.

Su Qiao reassured her father that she needed him to stay alive, then tended to Li Hanzheng, whose mind had become muddled. After giving Li Hanzheng Spirit Spring and a rare red fruit, she still had no clear way to treat him.

• Su Qiao's Father promised to live for her, and Su Qiao urged him to prepare plenty of rabbit meat for their meals.
• Li Hanzheng complained that Su Qiao had ignored him and reported that Su Qiao's Father was fierce.
• Su Qiao asked 444 to check Li Hanzheng's Darkening Value, but 444 could not scan it and wondered if it had reached zero.
• Su Qiao gave the hungry Li Hanzheng Spirit Spring and a red fruit, and he eagerly ate it.

Su Qiao shared a warm meal of stewed rabbit with her father and Li Hanzheng, while Su Yunyan’s failed mission left her ability severely damaged. Su Yunyan was left unable to control her remaining ability energy and injured herself trying to use it.

• Su Qiao's Father prepared rabbit stew, and the family gathered to eat.
• Li Hanzheng insisted that Su Qiao eat before he did, and Su Qiao urged her father to join them.
• Su Yunyan made repeated mistakes during the West Mountain mission, and Long Xiaoyuan withdrew the badly injured team.
• Su Yunyan's ability regressed from the high stage of level seven, and the Su family failed to restore it fully despite seeking doctors, researchers, and a Healing Ability User.
• Su Yunyan could no longer unleash attacks or control her ability energy, and she suffered severe internal injuries after trying to circulate it.

After losing her abilities, Su Yunyan realized Long Xiaoyuan had abandoned her and plotted to steal Su Qiao’s Ability Core. Meanwhile, a man in an apartment in E Zone woke with murderous intent and confusion about his surroundings.

• Su Yunyan learned that news of her injury had spread and that she had become unable to use abilities.
• Long Xiaoyuan followed his family’s warning to stay away from Su Yunyan, leaving her unable to find him.
• Su Yunyan decided Su Qiao might have an Ice Ability and ordered her subordinates to take Su Qiao’s Ability Core.
• A man woke in a small apartment in E Zone, threw aside a gray bear pillow, and examined the dark room in confusion.

Li Hanzheng realized he had returned to the time after escaping from A Zone, with memories of his life before becoming foolish. Ashamed of how he had acted around Su Qiao, he accepted her care and ended the night alone in the bathroom, reflecting on his second chance.

• Li Hanzheng woke with his memories restored and was mortified as he recalled clinging to Su Qiao and relying on her for everything.
• He watched Su Qiao and her father in the living room and remembered that, before his death, he had planned to destroy the world with them.
• Su Qiao noticed Li Hanzheng awake, asked if he was hungry, and brought him to sit by the sofa.
• Li Hanzheng struggled to speak before admitting he was hungry, and Su Qiao went to make him food.
• Li Hanzheng slipped into the bathroom, recognized that he had returned to the days after escaping A Zone, and felt embarrassed about his past behavior toward Su Qiao.

Li Hanzheng decided to pursue Su Qiao, convinced that her care meant she returned his feelings, but grew flustered as he imagined taking their relationship further. After sharing a late meal with her, he hurried off to bed, leaving Su Qiao’s suspicions unresolved.

• Li Hanzheng resolved to pursue Su Qiao and imagined giving her a gift, holding her hand, and becoming closer.
• Su Qiao called Li Hanzheng out of the bathroom to eat and reminded him to dry his hands.
• Su Qiao served Li Hanzheng his favorite meat, and he ate eagerly while reflecting on how she cared for him.
• Su Qiao said she could hunt plenty of game for him, and Li Hanzheng rushed through his meal and fled to his room.

Su Qiao and 444 investigated why Li Hanzheng had suddenly regained his Darkening Value and discovered that he still had the Great Demon King's soul. Su Qiao suspected he had returned to his younger body with memories of his past life, and she quietly opened his door to see what he was doing.

• Li Hanzheng regretted acting rashly and encouraged himself to do better with Su Qiao next time.
• Su Qiao asked 444 to check Li Hanzheng's Darkening Value, which had risen to 9/10, and scan his soul.
• 444 confirmed that Li Hanzheng still had the Great Demon King's soul, and Su Qiao suggested he might have returned to his own body as she had.
• 444 concluded that Li Hanzheng had been reborn, and Su Qiao decided to wait for him to explain himself.
• Su Qiao quietly pushed open Li Hanzheng's bedroom door and was stunned by what she saw.

Su Qiao discovered that Su Yunyan’s ability had regressed and that Long Xiaoyuan was avoiding her, then fought off four intruders sent to attack her. The intruders died before they could harm Su Qiao, and she suspected Su Yunyan had ordered the attack.

• Su Qiao caught Li Hanzheng secretly exercising, and he locked his door in embarrassment after she left.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Su Yunyan’s ability had regressed to the early third level and that Long Xiaoyuan was refusing to see her.
• Su Qiao realized Long Xiaoyuan had likely hidden a Mental Ability in addition to his Gold Element Ability.
• Su Qiao sensed four men climbing into her room and incapacitated them with her Mental Ability and Silver Needles.
• Su Qiao's Father rushed in and checked that she was safe, while Su Qiao said the attackers were probably sent by Su Yunyan.

Su Qiao defended her home from the Su Family’s attacks and continued hunting and researching Mutated Plants while her father urged her to return to school. Su Yunyan grew increasingly desperate, and Li Hanzheng secretly followed Su Qiao as she disposed of the bodies.

• Su Qiao reassured her father that she would kill anyone the Su Family sent, then carried two bodies away while Li Hanzheng followed her unseen.
• Su Yunyan smashed her room after realizing her latest attackers had not returned and suspected Su Qiao had found a powerful Ability User to protect her.
• Su Qiao spent the following days hunting outside the city and collecting Mutated Plants for experiments while Li Hanzheng quietly trailed her.
• Su Qiao's Father urged her to return to school, but she protested that she would rather keep researching Mutated Plants.