Chapter Summaries

Lin An traveled toward Wangjiang in a lavishly refitted bus and learned that Huang HaiTao possessed a powerful group-support talent. As the convoy neared its destination, his ring detected equipment and a Spiritual Energy Fruit nearby, and a fast-moving shadow approached.

• Lin An noticed the base members had outfitted his bus with luxury comforts and supplies, and Huang HaiTao explained that Huang Zheng had arranged them.
• Huang HaiTao revealed that he wanted to join Lin An on future missions and demonstrated his defensive group ability.
• Lin An inspected Huang HaiTao's A-rank Suppress Sea talent and agreed to let him follow along.
• As the buses neared their destination, the Rat King's Ring detected nearby equipment and a Spiritual Energy Fruit, while a black shadow rushed toward them.

Lin An’s convoy encountered a Second Order Advanced Mutant, the Void Ghoul, which charged toward them at extreme speed. After Zhang Tie stopped its charge and Lin An’s attacks failed to pierce its shell, the monster fled, leaving the group bewildered.

• Lin An sensed a fast-moving threat approaching the convoy and ordered the vehicles to stop while the combat personnel prepared to fight.
• Lin An identified the threat as a Void Ghoul and sent Zhang Tie to intercept it before it could hit the convoy.
• Zhang Tie charged the Void Ghoul head-on, collided with it, and was knocked backward by the impact.
• Lin An struck at the Void Ghoul’s exposed joints, but its smooth shell deflected his attacks and his Mental Shock only interrupted its movement.
• The Void Ghoul rapidly crawled backward and vanished, leaving Lin An, Zhang Tie, and Huang HaiTao to realize it had escaped.

After the Void Ghoul escaped, Lin An used the Rat King’s Ring to locate and retrieve a buried satchel containing valuable psionic items. Finding a Modification Module triggered a mandatory, dangerous instance, leaving him facing another deadly System mission.

• The Void Ghoul fled after knocking Zhang Tie aside, and Lin An wondered why the nearby Mutants seemed unusually powerful and strange.
• Lin An used the Rat King’s Ring to search for psionic items and directed Zhang Tie to dig southeast, but Huang HaiTao volunteered and retrieved a military-green satchel.
• Lin An questioned Huang HaiTao about his deference, and Huang HaiTao said his uncle, Huang Zheng, had told him to learn from Lin An.
• Lin An opened the satchel and found a Mist Berry, a Telekinesis Crystal, and a Modification Module.
• The System identified Lin An as a Player and triggered the mandatory B-rank Amoeba Worm instance, requiring him to enter within seven days or be annihilated.

Lin An examined the Wizard World items and tested the Curse Energy Crystal’s telekinetic abilities on the tour bus. He discovered that he could summon his flying scabbard back to his hand, leaving the others astonished.

• Lin An reviewed the Curse Energy Crystal, Mist Berry, and Modification Module, and considered how the upcoming Sub-World Instance might relate to the Wizard World.
• Lin An infused the Curse Energy Crystal with Mental Strength and used Telekinesis to float and move a tray.
• Lin An sent his scabbard flying through the bus, startling Zhang Tie, Wen Ya, and the other passengers.
• Lin An called “Sword, come!” and used Heaven-Splitting Luminous Flow to bring the scabbard back into his hand.

Lin An tested controlling a sword sheath with Mental Strength and planned how to combine it with his other abilities in combat. After the convoy left a tunnel, Huang HaiTao spotted the settlement that appeared to be the military district Lin An was seeking.

• Lin An found that controlling the sword sheath worked only at short range and impressed the base Awakeners, who wondered what kind of Awakener he was.
• Zhang Tie overheard the Awakeners discussing Lin An and silently urged them to focus on their work.
• Inside the convoy, Lin An determined that combining close combat, Divine Thorn, and sword-sheath control would greatly increase his killing speed but consume substantial Mental Strength.
• Lin An looked forward to fighting stronger Mutants and considered them valuable sources of experience, equipment, and Spiritual Energy.
• After the bus emerged from the tunnel, Huang HaiTao pointed out a settlement that seemed to be the military district Lin An was looking for.

Lin An led the group toward a military camp surrounded by a vast Zombie Crowd, then waited until the zombies were close before attacking. He used three flying Alloy Longswords to slaughter the horde, leaving the battlefield cleared of zombies.

• Lin An examined the abandoned camp and its damaged defenses, suspecting Mutants had attacked it before.
• The zombies detected Lin An and the group and charged toward them, alarming the awakened people as Lin An told Mo Ling to wait.
• As the horde drew near, Lin An summoned three Alloy Longswords and used Combat Instinct and Slash to send them tearing through the zombies.
• Lin An redirected the swords through the horde, then made them explode, blasting apart the remaining nearby zombies.

Lin An demonstrated his telekinetically controlled Alloy Longsword, killing about a thousand Zombies and impressing the Awakened and trainees. Mo Ling called him forward to help clear the remaining Zombies, while Lin An felt uneasy about entering the silent town.

• Lin An used Combat Instinct and Telekinesis to sweep through the front of the Zombie Crowd, killing about a thousand Zombies before his Mental Strength ran low.
• Zhang Tie and the base trainees praised Lin An’s sword attack and called him a Sword Cultivator.
• Lin An assessed the limits of his Mental Strength, weapon control, and single remaining Alloy Longsword as he considered how his new attack worked.
• Mo Ling told Lin An over the Team Channel to enter the town quickly because the Zombies were still overwhelming her.
• Lin An looked at the eerily silent town and felt an inexplicable pang of unease.

Lin An searched the ruined military camp for weapons and supplies, then decided to take two armored cars and look for the Fourth Military Region. As he left, he found a report about a special incident in Baiyang Town.

• Huang HaiTao identified the largest tent as the army's command post, and Lin An collected its documents, including a Weapon Research Institute personnel list.
• Zhang Tie reported that the camp held about 300 Type 97 Rifles, more than 80,000 rounds of ammunition, 100 hand grenades, 17 Type 28 sniper rifles, and a small amount of food.
• Lin An judged the supplies insufficient and decided to seek the Fourth Military Region rather than retrieve the weapons among the zombies Mo Ling had lured away.
• Lin An told the group to take the two armored cars at the town entrance and leave the personnel carriers behind.
• Zhang Tie asked to drive an armored car, and Lin An noticed a paper titled "Baiyang Town Special Incident Report Description" beneath his foot.

Lin An’s squad left Baiyang Town in two Armored Cars after discovering a bizarre Headless Infant inside a male Zombie, while a report linked the town’s disappearances to Danhua Elementary School. Lin An avoided investigating the school and set his sights on an equipment testing ground, as a petite young woman regenerated from mangled flesh and followed the squad’s tracks.

• Lin An read a damaged report describing escalating disappearances in Baiyang Town and corpses found inside the investigators’ stomachs, then decided to avoid Danhua Elementary School.
• Mo Ling found a male Zombie chewing on its hands and cut open its belly, releasing a Headless Infant.
• Bear Dunce drove one of the Armored Cars, and Lin An examined the infant corpse while Mo Ling reported finding similar infants inside Zombies, with wounds that opened from within.
• Lin An discarded the corpse, studied a military map, and identified an equipment testing ground near the Wangjiang Fourth Military Region’s 306th Army as their next destination.
• A lump of mangled flesh on the highway regenerated into a petite young woman, who staggered and then ran after the Armored Cars.

Lin An's convoy waited for a landslide to be cleared while Zhang Tie rested and admired the women traveling with them. Nearby, Yun Lin struggled to manage a hungry group of survivors whose selfishness and disrespect left her overwhelmed.

• Huang HaiTao told Lin An that the road should be cleared in about an hour, while Zhang Tie rested atop the Armored Car and played loud music.
• Lin An told Zhang Tie to pursue any woman who liked him, then reflected on how female survivors' looks had affected their chances of survival.
• Yun Fei returned from scouting and told Yun Lin that the landslide completely blocked the road, prompting the survivors to panic and demand a solution.
• Yun Lin tried to calm the group, but one woman took water from the police car while other survivors complained about hunger and thirst.
• Yun Fei accused the survivors of hiding supplies, and several men took food from Yun Lin's trunk while making suggestive remarks about her.

Yun Lin and Yun Tian faced danger from the survivors they had been protecting, while a military convoy led by Lin An arrived at the blocked road. The chapter ended with the survivors obstructing the convoy and Lin An ordering them to move or be driven through.

• Yun Tian complained that the survivors had taken the food, while Yun Lin insisted that protecting them was her duty as a police officer.
• A middle-aged man and several women tried to persuade Yun Lin to send Yun Tian back to a dangerous Service Area, secretly plotting to get rid of him and steal the pistol.
• An explosion blasted open the landslide, and Yun Tian and Yun Lin saw a military convoy approaching.
• Zhang Tie asked Lin An how to handle the survivors blocking the road, and Lin An ordered them to move or be driven through.
• Zhang Tie warned that the survivors’ large vehicles and people lying in the road would prevent the convoy from passing.

Lin An’s convoy encountered Yun Lin’s group of survivors, who mistook them for military rescuers and demanded supplies. After the survivors threatened to obstruct the convoy, Lin An ordered Zhang Tie to clear them away and took interest in Yun Tian’s Mechanical Enhancement ability, leaving Yun Lin still appealing to the law as the armed group confronted her.

• Huang HaiTao and Zhang Tie stopped the convoy, but the survivors crowded them, demanded their leader, and tried to take food from the vehicles.
• Zhang Tie threatened the survivors, while Yun Lin identified herself as a police officer and asked whether they were military rescuers.
• Yun Tian merged with his motorcycle and transformed into a Black Mecha to protect Yun Lin, drawing Lin An’s attention to his Mechanical Enhancement ability.
• Lin An told Zhang Tie to clear the survivors away and ask whether Yun Tian would join them.
• The base’s Awakened drew weapons and ordered the survivors to return the supplies, while Yun Lin continued asking for help and warning them not to break the law.
• Lin An dismissed Yun Lin’s appeal and considered sending the group to their deaths.

Lin An's group recruited Yun Tian after discovering his A-Rank Flesh Mecha talent, but Yun Lin insisted that they take the survivors with them. After sensing Lin An, Yun Lin turned pale and called him a demon, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Zhang Tie invited Yun Tian to join the group, and Yun Tian agreed only if the survivors could come too.
• Lin An refused to negotiate over the survivors and ordered Zhang Tie and Huang HaiTao to clear the area unless they moved aside.
• Lin An made Yun Tian open his Talent Panel and learned that his A-Rank Flesh Mecha skill let him fuse with mechanical constructs.
• Lin An offered to recruit Yun Tian and allow Yun Lin to join him, but Yun Lin again demanded that they bring the survivors.
• Yun Lin sensed Lin An's presence, warned Yun Tian not to agree, and called Lin An a demon.

Lin An discovered that Yun Lin had a time-related talent and became interested in her, while Yun Tian asked him to take the survivors along. Lin An refused by killing the group, leaving Yun Lin stunned and no longer responsible for protecting them.

• Lin An seized Yun Lin as Zhang Tie used telekinesis to restrain Yun Tian and keep the others back.
• Lin An sensed that Yun Lin's talent let her perceive events connected to the past and possibly steal time, then released her.
• The survivors' middle-aged women shouted and complained, and stolen canned food fell from their belongings.
• Yun Tian asked Lin An to take the survivors because Yun Lin felt responsible for protecting them.
• Lin An rejected Yun Tian's request and killed the survivors with a barrage of attacks, telling Yun Lin that no one needed her protection anymore.

Lin An confronted Yun Lin after killing the survivors blocking the road and showed her that members of her group had sabotaged Yun Tian’s motorcycle and stolen a gun. He sent everyone else out of the armored car and asked Yun Lin to reveal her secret, which he called his.

• Lin An demanded that Yun Lin open her Talent Panel, but she accused him of murdering people who had only wanted to survive.
• Lin An told Yun Tian to check his motorcycle and revealed that a dead man had secretly carried a gun; Yun Tian found that his fuel had been sabotaged, and Yun Lin recognized the stolen weapon.
• Lin An and Huang HaiTao explained that the group had likely conspired to eliminate Yun Tian because he was a threat, leaving Yun Lin shaken and disbelieving.
• Lin An told Yun Lin that good people were not feared and demanded she reveal her secret; Zhang Tie took Yun Tian out, and Huang HaiTao followed.

Lin An forced Yun Lin to reveal her Time Reversal talent and explain the future vision she had seen. She described him standing atop a mountain of corpses, searching for something and repeating, “Not this... This... Nor this!”

• Lin An threatened Yun Lin and invoked her younger brother, Yun Tian, until she revealed her B-Grade Time Reversal talent.
• Yun Lin explained that she had used Precognition to glimpse fragments of the future after deciding to join Lin An.
• Lin An recalled his own fragmented memories of ruined landscapes and voices calling him a Demon, and realized Yun Lin’s vision might connect to them.
• Yun Lin described a black mountain made of piled-up human corpses, with Lin An standing on top and searching for something.
• Yun Lin said Lin An repeatedly muttered, “Not this... This... Nor this!”

Yun Lin told Lin An that her vision showed him with demonic wings standing on a mountain of corpses, and Lin An feared it might happen soon. He kept Yun Lin confined but promised Yun Tian she could work at his base if she accepted the arrangement, then Yun Tian learned Lin An’s group belonged to Dragon An Base.

• Yun Lin described seeing Lin An with black, dragon-like wings searching a mountain of corpses and said the vision seemed to concern the near future.
• Lin An asked Yun Lin to use her skill on him again, but she explained that she could only use it on the same person once a week and could not reverse Precognition.
• Lin An left Yun Lin locked in the vehicle and told Yun Tian she would be safe and could become a logistics worker at his base if she accepted her situation.
• Zhang Tie offered Yun Tian a can of yellow peaches, and Yun Tian asked whether the group was imitating Dragon An Base or came from a military district.
• Zhang Tie revealed that the group was from Dragon An Base and that Lin An was their boss, leaving Yun Tian staring after Lin An in shock.

Yun Tian learned that Dragon Security Base was a university Safe Zone preparing for a Zombie Tide, and heard how formidable Lin An was. As the team traveled toward a weapons cache, Yun Tian briefly spoke with someone who vanished from the carriage, leaving him unsure whether he had imagined it.

• Zhang Tie warned Yun Tian not to send messages, and Yun Tian decided he wanted to see Dragon Security Base rather than escape.
• Lin An ordered the team to travel 420 kilometers southeast to search for weapons, while growing uneasy that something was following him.
• Zhang Tie asked about Mo Ling, and Lin An said she was resting after using too much Mental Strength.
• Huang HaiTao told Yun Tian that Dragon Security Base was a university with fewer than fifty Awakeners and no army, and that Lin An had established it with only four Awakeners accompanying him.
• The other residents told Yun Tian that Lin An might be a Third Order Awakener and could defeat powerful Mutants in seconds.
• Yun Tian realized the person he had been speaking to was gone, then told Huang HaiTao he might have remembered wrong.

As rain fell over the convoy, people forgot companions who had been traveling with them, leaving Yun Tian and Huang HaiTao convinced they were alone. Lin An sensed something was wrong but found nothing until a collision revealed a missing driver.

• Huang HaiTao began to mention Tang ShaoHua, but he and Yun Tian forgot who Tang was and found an unclaimed backpack full of food.
• Huang HaiTao briefly noticed Zhang Teng was missing, then forgot him and told Yun Tian they were the only two in the vehicle.
• Yun Tian ate the food and then found Huang HaiTao gone, but soon forgot he had been there and believed he was alone.
• Lin An sensed growing unease and searched the convoy with his Mental Strength, but found nothing unusual beyond Yun Tian seeming strange.
• A loud crash jolted Lin An awake, and Wen Ya reported that a driver had disappeared from her Mental Link.

After a truck overturned during the convoy’s journey, Lin An realized a supernatural force was altering everyone’s memories and making them accept the impossible. He remained aware of the danger as the others returned to their vehicles and called for him to join them.

• Lin An rushed to the overturned truck and found its cab empty, while Wen Ya could no longer remember who had been driving it.
• The rain stopped in midair, and everyone accepted that the convoy had accidentally hit a truck that had already been parked there.
• Purple patterns briefly appeared beneath Lin An’s skin, clearing his mind and revealing that the group’s memories had been altered and people were missing.
• Lin An tried to make Zhang Tie and Wen Ya recognize the truck, but both returned to their confused, clouded state.
• An injured student briefly remembered riding in the truck before his head exploded, and Lin An watched the others stare at him and order him to get in a vehicle.