Chapter Summaries

Zhang Guangmu gained a Usable Ability Point from the Tiger Slaying Diagram and forged armor and weapons for Chu Fan, Li Xiaoxiao, and Xiao Qiu. As the group tried their new equipment, Xiao Qiu grew suspicious of Zhang Guangmu’s identity and concluded that he had lied about his background.

• Zhang Guangmu received a Usable Ability Point after viewing the Tiger Slaying Diagram, which depicted him and Chu Fan fighting a White-striped Fierce Tiger.
• Zhang Guangmu saved the point and finished making armor and weapons for Chu Fan, Li Xiaoxiao, and Xiao Qiu.
• Chu Fan proudly showed off his heavy armor, while Li Xiaoxiao and Xiao Qiu praised the weapons Zhang Guangmu had made for them.
• Xiao Qiu realized Zhang Guangmu had given him his ideal weapon despite having no information about his preferences, and began doubting his claim to be an ordinary youth.

Xiao Qiu feared that memories across the train had been altered as Zhang Guangmu organized the passengers in Carriage No. 9. After the train refreshed and a new group arrived, Ling Xu killed the Pitch Black Sonic Monster and challenged Chu Fan for leadership.

• Xiao Qiu suspected Zhang Guangmu's account might be true and that passengers' memories had been altered, but hid his concerns.
• Zhang Guangmu discussed the Vanguard Team's benefits, rules, and discipline while passengers waited for Carriage No. 10 to open.
• The train refreshed Carriage No. 9 with blinding light, restored its seats and lights, and brought in more than a dozen new passengers.
• Red mist formed the Pitch Black Sonic Monster, and the golden-haired newcomer Ling Xu destroyed it with lightning.
• Ling Xu introduced himself as a lightning-controlling Superpower User, declared that he would take charge, and challenged Chu Fan to yield or fight him.

Ling Xu challenged the passengers of Carriage No. 9, but Ma Yihai backed Zhang Guangmu as their captain, prompting Ling Xu to recognize Zhang as the Wise Man. A new transfer passenger tried to seize control with a gun, and Zhang killed him before Ling Xu could react, leaving Ling Xu wondering whether Zhang was also a transfer passenger.

• Ma Yihai confronted Ling Xu and declared that Zhang Guangmu was a more suitable leader, hoping to make amends for his earlier mistake.
• Ling Xu deduced that Zhang Guangmu was the Wise Man and considered recruiting him.
• A gray-pajama-clad transfer passenger announced his own bid for captain and shot a passenger to intimidate the crowd.
• Zhang Guangmu struck the pajama-clad passenger dead before he could finish speaking.
• Ling Xu felt unsettled by Zhang Guangmu's speed and asked whether he was a transfer passenger too.

Zhang Guangmu confronted Ling Xu after revealing his strength, and Ling Xu explained the dangers passengers faced beyond Carriage No. 10. He ended by revealing that transfer passengers paid memories to move to another train, leaving Zhang Guangmu to consider the significance of his missing memories.

• Ling Xu narrowly avoided Zhang Guangmu's attack, recognized his strength, and questioned whether he was a transfer passenger.
• The Little White Balls debated Ling Xu's power and whether Zhang Guangmu could defeat him, while Zhang Guangmu reflected on the trust his supporters had placed in him.
• Ling Xu decided not to challenge Zhang Guangmu for leadership and offered information to gain his goodwill.
• Ling Xu explained that Carriage No. 10 marked the end of the Novice Welfare Stage and that later carriages accumulated harsh conditions, including doubled gravity and dangerous teammates.
• Ling Xu revealed that passengers who passed Carriage No. 10 could pay memories as a transfer fee to move to Carriages No. 1 through No. 9 on another train, and that missing memories marked a transfer passenger.

Ling Xu explained that transferees lost most of their memories but retained abilities ingrained in their souls, then revealed he had completed three transfers. Zhang Guangmu invited him to join forces, and Ling Xu agreed on the condition that Zhang Guangmu prove he was stronger.

• Ling Xu told Zhang Guangmu and the passengers that transferees forgot much of their past but could instinctively use deeply ingrained abilities, and he said he had transferred three times.
• Xiao Qiu concluded that Zhang Guangmu was likely a powerful Super Transferee, while the passengers debated their own chances and the dangers ahead.
• Ling Xu asked Zhang Guangmu whether they would work together beyond Carriage No. 10 or part ways.
• Zhang Guangmu decided to recruit Ling Xu, reasoning that they needed every available ally to escape the train.
• Ling Xu agreed to join Zhang Guangmu but challenged him to prove he was stronger.

Ling Xu proposed a one-move spar with Zhang Guangmu and discovered that he could not find an opening in Zhang’s defense. He activated Pre-read Future and saw a vision that left him drenched in cold sweat, while the Little White Balls debated what he had witnessed.

• Ling Xu suggested that he and Zhang Guangmu exchange one move, and Zhang agreed.
• Ling Xu reasoned that he was stronger than Zhang and activated his lightning-powered Thunder-Infused Martial Body.
• Ling Xu found no opening in Zhang Guangmu’s relaxed stance and realized Zhang was far stronger than he had expected.
• Guided by the Script Hint, Ling Xu revealed his second superpower, Pre-read Future, and activated its all-out slaughter mode.
• Ling Xu saw future scenes that made him gasp and break into cold sweat as the Little White Balls watched and speculated about his ability.

Ling Xu used Pre-read Future to assess a fight with Zhang Guangmu and saw that attacking him would lead to a swift death. He conceded, and Zhang Guangmu accepted him into the Vanguard Team.

• Ling Xu repeatedly used Pre-read Future and saw Zhang Guangmu kill him if he fought with lethal intent.
• Ling Xu tried to focus and challenge Zhang Guangmu, but the visions still showed that charging at him meant death.
• Ling Xu admitted defeat and praised Zhang Guangmu, helping bolster the passenger team's morale.
• Zhang Guangmu welcomed Ling Xu into the Vanguard Team and privately judged his desire to fight up close as innocent and romantic.

After defeating Ling Xu and adding him to the team, Zhang Guangmu proposed searching for the Train Conductor’s Office, which might be hidden between the train’s middle carriages. When the door to Scarlet-level Carriage No. 10 opened, Ling Xu volunteered to enter, and Zhang Guangmu followed him inside.

• Zhang Guangmu concluded that Ling Xu’s strength would greatly improve the temporary passenger team, despite Ling Xu’s humiliating defeat in close combat.
• Chu Fan collected the dead passenger’s guns and offered them to Zhang Guangmu, who declined and explained where the Train Conductor’s Office might be located.
• Zhang Guangmu cautioned the passengers that the office, if it existed, would likely offer only information or equipment.
• The door to Carriage No. 10 opened onto scarlet mist, and Chu Fan, Li Xiaoxiao, and Xiao Qiu declined to volunteer for the dangerous carriage.
• Ling Xu volunteered to conquer Carriage No. 10, and Zhang Guangmu insisted on going with him.
• Ling Xu entered the scarlet mist, followed closely by Zhang Guangmu, as the scene around them collapsed and changed.

Ling Xu tried to stop the expanding rubber-like material in Carriage No. 10, but his powers failed and he became trapped. Zhang Guangmu rescued him with vibrations, and Ling Xu tried to hide that fear had made him wet himself as the Little White Balls watched.

• The rubber-like material rapidly expanded through Carriage No. 10, and Ling Xu attacked it with lightning without slowing it down.
• Ling Xu tried to melt the material with stronger electricity, but it was insulated; he became trapped and saw no way out in the futures shown by his Pre-read Future ability.
• The expanding material swallowed Ling Xu up to half his head, but Zhang Guangmu used vibrations to pull him free and shatter the material into dust.
• Ling Xu realized he had wet himself from fear, dried his clothes with lightning, and asked Zhang Guangmu to keep it secret.
• Zhang Guangmu promised not to tell, but the excited Little White Balls made him suspect the secret would not stay hidden.

After Zhang Guangmu saved Ling Xu in Carriage No. 10, the two were offered a choice of rewards, and Zhang Guangmu chose the renovation, an initial superpower seed, and useful information. As they received their rewards, mysterious observers discussed who was truly controlling the situation.

• Ling Xu cleaned himself up, recognized how close he had come to dying, and resolved to follow Zhang Guangmu’s orders.
• The Death Train offered the pair either a powerful superpower seed or a safe-carriage renovation, an initial seed, and useful information.
• Zhang Guangmu chose Reward B, explaining that the information mattered more than a power he could learn or develop himself.
• Ling Xu agreed with Zhang Guangmu’s choice and reaffirmed his trust in him.
• Zhang Guangmu noticed three silver-white light clusters and a golden one as observers debated his abilities and who controlled the situation.

After Carriage No. 10 became a Supply Carriage, Zhang Guangmu distributed a superpower seed to Li Xiaoxiao, who gained the ability to reinforce weapons. As the passengers recovered, Li Xiaoxiao gave Zhang Guangmu a little note, while Ling Xu brooded over his own weakness.

• Yang Lehan said the passengers had exceeded her expectations and might reach the final villain, though she doubted they could defeat it.
• The passengers entered Carriage No. 10 and gathered around the superpower seed, but Ling Xu declined to claim it.
• Zhang Guangmu gave the seed to Li Xiaoxiao, who swallowed it and discovered his power could strengthen a weapon's sharpness and durability.
• The passengers ate, washed, rested, and recovered in the Supply Carriage while Ling Xu worried about his fragile mind and his earlier loss of control.
• Li Xiaoxiao approached Zhang Guangmu and handed him a little note, which Ling Xu noticed.

Zhang Guangmu deciphered a hidden note hinting that displaying power in certain special areas of the twenty-carriage train could trigger a surprise. After Ling Xu’s attack on the window did nothing, Zhang Guangmu lightly touched it, opening the sealed gate to a carriage filled with golden mist.

• Li Xiaoxiao gave Zhang Guangmu a water-stained note that said displays of power in special areas could produce surprises or scares.
• Yang Lehan and the other VIPs discussed Zhang Guangmu’s progress and the risks facing the cast.
• Zhang Guangmu told Ling Xu he had lost his memories, and Ling Xu explained how passengers could transfer to another train after Carriage No. 10.
• Ling Xu said that attempts to damage the train had failed, then guessed that the special area might be near the Train Conductor’s Office in Carriages No. 8 to No. 10.
• Ling Xu struck the window with crimson lightning, but nothing happened; Zhang Guangmu tapped it with one finger, and the gate to the next carriage opened onto a dazzling golden mist curtain.

The Golden Carriage appeared, and Xiao Qiu suddenly remembered his mission and tried to assassinate Zhang Guangmu. Zhang Guangmu stopped him with two fingers, and the dying Xiao Qiu revealed that he had once been a train conductor and urged everyone to prepare for the Golden Carriage.

• Zhang Guangmu and the passengers spotted a golden mist curtain, which Ling Xu identified as a Hidden Carriage.
• Xiao Qiu’s sealed memories awakened, and he decided to kill Zhang Guangmu as part of his mission.
• Ling Xu tried to stop Xiao Qiu’s attack and lost a hand, but Zhang Guangmu halted the blade with two fingers and shattered it with a vibration.
• Zhang Guangmu’s attack crushed Xiao Qiu’s body, and Chu Fan kicked him away as Li Xiaoxiao guarded Zhang Guangmu.
• Xiao Qiu said he had once been a train conductor and told them to prepare before going to the Golden Carriage.

After Xiao Qiu died, Zhang Guangmu judged his warning about the danger beyond the golden mist to be genuine and prepared to investigate with Chu Fan, Li Xiaoxiao, and Ling Xu. The group chose to face the risk together, while Ling Xu’s severed hand could not be reattached at the scene.

• Dying from his wounds, Xiao Qiu told Zhang Guangmu to enter beyond the golden mist with Chu Fan, Li Xiaoxiao, and Ling Xu, then died.
• Ling Xu howled over his severed hand until Zhang Guangmu numbed the pain with vibration; Ma Yihai bandaged the wound, and Ling Xu used lightning to numb it further.
• Chu Fan asked whether Xiao Qiu had deliberately misled them, but Zhang Guangmu concluded that Xiao Qiu’s final warning was sincere.
• Zhang Guangmu warned the three passengers with superpowers that they could suffer Total Annihilation beyond the golden mist, but said he would enter regardless.
• Li Xiaoxiao declared that he would go with Zhang Guangmu, saying he would not regret choosing to face the danger.

Zhang Guangmu and three allies entered the golden carriage and met the Train Conductor Xiao Qiu, who revealed his ability and explained that passengers only needed to survive to reach the Terminal Station. Xiao Qiu then prepared to kill Zhang Guangmu, believing he knew too much about the train’s ultimate truth.

• Li Xiaoxiao, Ling Xu, and Chu Fan joined Zhang Guangmu to form the Superpower Assault Team and entered the golden mist.
• The four found an office-like carriage where Xiao Qiu revealed that he was the Train Conductor and that the Xiao Qiu they had met was a clone.
• Xiao Qiu described his divine technique, Creation Xuanji, which could create clones and counter every superpower, then expanded the office to an enormous size.
• Xiao Qiu told Zhang Guangmu that surviving mattered more than conquering carriages and that passengers could reach the Terminal Station by staying in Carriage No. 2.
• Zhang Guangmu reasoned that the train’s purpose was transportation, while Xiao Qiu decided to kill him to keep the train’s ultimate truth secret.

Train Conductor Xiao Qiu revealed that the rules required him to kill Zhang Guangmu’s team, but offered Zhang Guangmu a chance to escape. Zhang Guangmu refused to abandon his teammates, and Xiao Qiu attacked; despite Xiao Qiu’s overwhelming display, Zhang Guangmu sensed that he had grown weaker than he was in his prime.

• Xiao Qiu explained that he could either surrender his power or kill Zhang Guangmu, Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, and Ling Xu, and offered Zhang Guangmu the chance to leave alone.
• Zhang Guangmu refused to abandon his teammates and summoned a saber to fight Xiao Qiu.
• Xiao Qiu turned his hair into hundreds of clones to attack Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, and Ling Xu while his true body assaulted Zhang Guangmu with purple light.
• Xiao Qiu’s purple light countered Zhang Guangmu’s powers and began softening his saber as the clones overwhelmed the others.
• Zhang Guangmu stayed confident as he sensed that Xiao Qiu had regressed from his former peak.

Xiao Qiu shifted the fight against Zhang Guangmu and the Superpower Assault Team, using a purple saber to incapacitate Ling Xu and let his clones kill him. The battle continued with Zhang Guangmu still facing Xiao Qiu and the other teammates under attack.

• Zhang Guangmu recognized that Xiao Qiu had lost much of his former multitasking ability, but Xiao Qiu’s overwhelming power in the story world kept them locked in a fierce fight.
• Li Xiaoxiao, Ling Xu, and Chu Fan fought off Xiao Qiu’s clones while being separated across the office.
• Xiao Qiu announced that he would kill the three teammates before returning to finish Zhang Guangmu, but Zhang Guangmu stayed fully focused on him.
• Xiao Qiu sent a purple saber toward Ling Xu, whose lightning transformation avoided the blade but left him vulnerable to its hidden control effect.
• Xiao Qiu’s clones swarmed the immobilized Ling Xu and hacked him into pieces.

Zhang Guangmu seized an opening to slash Xiao Qiu and then overwhelmed him with relentless punches, while Li Xiaoxiao died after urging his captain not to die. Xiao Qiu summoned his Creation Armor, but Zhang Guangmu kept attacking and left him increasingly terrified by the force of his fists.

• Xiao Qiu’s blades pierced Li Xiaoxiao’s heart, and Li Xiaoxiao died after telling Zhang Guangmu, “Don’t die, Captain.”
• Zhang Guangmu used the opening created when Xiao Qiu diverted his attention to slash through Xiao Qiu’s true body and deplete much of his energy.
• Xiao Qiu recovered the Xuanji Blade and tried to regain his advantage, but Zhang Guangmu charged in with a barrage of punches and kicks.
• Zhang Guangmu taunted Xiao Qiu about his need for praise and fear of failure, making Xiao Qiu’s confidence waver.
• Xiao Qiu summoned his Creation Armor, but Zhang Guangmu continued hammering him with punches until Xiao Qiu’s anger turned to terror.

Zhang Guangmu killed Xiao Qiu, who left him a message revealing three possible endings for passengers and pointing him toward Singularity Station and the world's Despairing Truth. With the clones gone, Zhang Guangmu and Chu Fan were the only ones left in the office as the final act began.

• Zhang Guangmu used penetrating-force strikes to overwhelm Xiao Qiu's Creation Armor and fatally damage his internal organs.
• Xiao Qiu realized he had lost and was killed by Zhang Guangmu's final punch.
• Xiao Qiu's final words described the False Ending, the Stagnant Water Ending, and the True Ending at Singularity Station.
• Zhang Guangmu considered what the Despairing Truth might be and concluded that the final act had begun.
• Xiao Qiu's clones vanished, leaving Zhang Guangmu and Chu Fan in the office.

After surviving the battle, Chu Fan confessed to Zhang Guangmu that he was a Death Train conductor and explained why he feared Singularity Station. He overcame his urge to retreat and proposed killing himself before the station so Zhang Guangmu could resurrect him later.

• Chu Fan discarded his weapons and tried to calm himself after Li Xiaoxiao and Ling Xu were killed.
• Chu Fan confessed to Zhang Guangmu that he had been a Death Train conductor from the start.
• Chu Fan explained that going to Singularity Station would get him fired, which meant certain death, and asked to remain behind as a conductor.
• After Zhang Guangmu stayed silent, Chu Fan admitted he was afraid but decided he could choose how to die.
• Chu Fan proposed killing himself before they reached Singularity Station, hoping Zhang Guangmu could later resurrect him.