Chapter Summaries

Zhang Ran failed to win Qin Yushi’s attention, while residents of the Safe Zone shared gossip and caught up with old classmates. The chapter left them adjusting to life in the complex amid the dangers and losses of the apocalypse.

• Zhang Ran offered Qin Yushi chocolates, but she dismissed him and Tang Xinnuo told him to court someone else.
• Wang Zixin, Sun Bin, and their companions saw Zhang Ran, and Yang Xiaohui explained that she recognized him from the cafeteria and rumors.
• Qi Xiaoye listened as Luo Jiaxin shared stories about disturbing residents and the dangers posed by Awakened in Contamination Zones.
• Wang Yan brought mahjong tiles, and Qi Xiaoye invited Luo Jiaxin to play cards the next afternoon.
• Yun Meng thanked Chen Keqing for helping her family get a better apartment and reflected that many of their classmates had probably died.

Qi Xiaoye, Chen Keqing, Yun Meng, and Luo Jiaxin played mahjong and discussed an armed Awakened team that had attacked a Safe Zone. Su Ze returned home and considered how to use his simulations and a growing supply of helpers to destroy more Contained Objects and advance his powers.

• Chen Keqing invited Yun Meng to play mahjong at Su Ze's home the next afternoon.
• Qi Xiaoye played mahjong in hopes of recovering her lost memories, but she gained paper strips on her face instead.
• Luo Jiaxin told the others that an Awakened team had attacked the Police Division's Safe Zone and stolen firearms, frightening Yun Meng.
• Su Ze returned and greeted Yun Meng and Luo Jiaxin before going to his study.
• Su Ze reflected on keeping cannon fodder available and using both simulators to develop his talents and eventually command others to handle Contained Objects.

Su Ze saved Luo Jiaxin’s squad from an armed ambush, strengthening the Safe Zone’s belief that he was a powerful Superpower User. At Su University, Zhang Ran learned that Qin Yushi had a boyfriend and was devastated.

• Luo Jiaxin returned to SC-35 wounded and called for help after her squad was ambushed near the Safe Zone.
• Su Ze killed the attackers, and the squad members returned with only minor injuries as residents praised him.
• Su Ze observed that residents mistook his abilities for superpowers and reflected on the existence of a real Superpower User.
• Zhang Ran gave Tang Xinnuo skincare products and asked her to deliver a more expensive gift to Qin Yushi.
• Tang Xinnuo told Zhang Ran that Qin Yushi had a boyfriend and had been intimate with him, so Zhang Ran dropped to his knees and howled in despair.

Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye went to Chuan City to investigate The Hole in the Wall, which could return lost items in exchange for randomly taking something its user carried. Qi Xiaoye recovered her lost hat but lost her clothes, then tried the hole again and found something that alarmed both her and Su Ze.

• Chen Keqing recorded and drew Coward's Blade while Qi Xiaoye teased her about the suggestive drawing and their noisy nights with Su Ze.
• Su Ze took Qi Xiaoye to an old residential building in Chuan City, where they found The Hole in the Wall.
• Su Ze explained the hole's exchange effect, and Qi Xiaoye confirmed that she saw no other dangers.
• Qi Xiaoye reached into the hole to retrieve her lost memories but pulled out her lost plush hat, while the hole took all her clothes.
• After borrowing Su Ze's coat, Qi Xiaoye reached into the hole again and touched something that made her and Su Ze stare at each other in disbelief.

Su Ze used the Old Days Simulator to learn about the Back Room, a Transcendent Grade Contained Object, and decided to take his team there for training. The chapter left Qin Yushi preparing to film Security Team Group 4 questioning a student at Su University.

• Qi Xiaoye explained how The Hole in the Wall had failed to restore her memories and speculated about her strange encounter with Su Ze.
• Su Ze told Qi Xiaoye that he could sometimes see things from the future, then took Chen Keqing to the bedroom to discuss something worth several hundred million.
• Su Ze’s simulation revealed that the Back Room could be destroyed by completing its mission, and he claimed its location information as his reward.
• Su Ze decided that his core team would enter the Back Room together in two days and planned to notify Qin Yushi.
• Qin Yushi arrived at the courtyard with a video camera as Security Team Group 4 questioned a fourth-year student, and Tang Xinnuo asked if she would film their entrapment operation.

Qin Yushi filmed Team 4's members assaulting a student while Zhang Ran intervened and defeated one of them. Zhang Ran later told Tang Xinnuo that the armed Awakened who had been robbing people were already dealt with, but she showed little surprise.

• Tang Xinnuo followed Qin Yushi and recognized that she was filming Team 4's misconduct for evidence.
• Team 4's Awakened framed a fourth-year student and injured him, but Zhang Ran arrived with his team and protected the student.
• Zhang Ran defeated an Awakened in a fight, then hurried to find Qin Yushi, who left Tang Xinnuo to speak with him.
• Tang Xinnuo rebuffed Zhang Ran's pursuit of Qin Yushi and listened as he shared news that the armed group of robbers had been dealt with.

Tang Xinnuo revealed that Senior Qin’s boyfriend had defeated the Awakened who had attacked them, leaving Zhang Ran devastated. On Day 33, Su Ze took Chen Keqing, Qi Xiaoye, and Qin Yushi to investigate a Contained Object, and the group reached its final challenge in the Back Room.

• Tang Xinnuo told Zhang Ran that Senior Qin’s boyfriend had dealt with the Awakened, and Zhang Ran fell to his knees, lamenting that he was not as good as him.
• Su Ze watched Chen Keqing and Qi Xiaoye spar on the Safe Zone rooftop, then stopped them and said they would investigate a Contained Object.
• Su Ze led Chen Keqing, Qi Xiaoye, and Qin Yushi into the Back Room after clearing nearby mutated monsters.
• The group learned that they had to find four keys and open four surveillance rooms, then worked together to pass the Back Room’s puzzles and obstacles.
• At the final stage, Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye drew the monster away while Qin Yushi and Chen Keqing prepared to enter the last surveillance room and activate the system.

Su Ze, Qi Xiaoye, Chen Keqing, and Qin Yushi completed the underground bar trial and returned to SC-35 with another Transcendent Grade Contained Object. After dinner, Su Ze took Qin Yushi back to school, while he prepared to bring Avalon out soon.

• Qi Xiaoye dodged the gun-wielding Anomalous Entity’s bullets, defeated it with a grenade, then ran to Su Ze when more monsters appeared.
• Chen Keqing and Qin Yushi fell into an abyss while searching for the surveillance room, but respawned at the elevator and reunited with Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye.
• The four followed their battle plan, completed the tasks, and returned to SC-35 with another Transcendent Grade Contained Object.
• Qin Yushi praised Chen Keqing’s cooking and asked Su Ze if a bedroom was reserved for her, while Su Ze thought about bringing Avalon out soon.
• Su Ze stood up and told Qin Yushi he would take her back to school.

Su Ze told Qin Yushi that Wu Shangzhe’s Team 4 had several Awakened and discussed Yang Xiaohui’s affair with Wu Shangzhe. After parting from Qin Yushi, Su Ze entered the darkness of his leveling vision and saw two branches of light extending toward the opposite shore.

• Su Ze and Qin Yushi walked toward the school’s back gate while teasing each other about Qin Yushi’s scheming.
• Qin Yushi explained that she planned to expose Team 4’s wrongdoing before dealing with its leader, Wu Shangzhe.
• Su Ze revealed that Yang Xiaohui had shared the Awakened secret with Wu Shangzhe and was now having an affair with him.
• Su Ze told Qin Yushi that Team 4 had several Awakened, though slightly fewer than her team, and she remained confident because she could rely on him.
• Qin Yushi returned to school, and Su Ze’s leveling vision began, showing a River of Light that split into two branches toward the opposite shore.

Su Ze chose the River of Light path that let him create the Old Days Museum, where the Contained Objects he had destroyed reappeared in exhibits. After returning to reality, he reunited with Qin Yushi, while Chen Keqing and Qi Xiaoye discussed Qi Xiaoye’s unexplained combat instincts and amnesia.

• Su Ze rejected the path that upgraded his existing talents and used the other path’s pure energy to build the Old Days Museum.
• The destroyed Contained Objects appeared in the Museum, and Su Ze discovered he could change its layout and make the exhibits come back to life by destroying it.
• Su Ze returned to reality and kissed Qin Yushi when she mistook his dazed expression for longing.
• Chen Keqing asked Qi Xiaoye about dodging bullets and whether her lost memories or The Hole in the Wall had revealed anything.
• Qi Xiaoye claimed she must be from the south because she felt embarrassed to undress with Chen Keqing nearby, prompting Chen Keqing to close the bathroom door.
• Chen Keqing noticed Qin Yushi’s lipstick on Su Ze’s lips and asked why he had not kept Qin Yushi there.

Su Ze showed Chen Keqing Avalon, their new home, and they spent a day and night there before returning to Qi Xiaoye. At school, Qin Yushi gathered Nightmare Trial information for her recruits, and Wang Zixin arrived with news that Sun Bin had been cheated on.

• Chen Keqing told Su Ze she wanted the women ranked by who came first, and Su Ze agreed before taking her to Avalon.
• Su Ze showed Chen Keqing the home he had created in Avalon, and she claimed a room but insisted he sleep with her.
• Qi Xiaoye found the house unusually quiet, then welcomed Su Ze and Chen Keqing back the next day and learned they had been away overnight.
• Qin Yushi reviewed Nightmare Trial information with her recruits while waiting for Su Ze's roommates.
• Wang Zixin arrived at the security booth and reported that Sun Bin had been cheated on and that they had gone to catch the affair.

Wang Zixin told the group how Sun Bin caught Yang Xiaohui with Wu Shangzhe’s group, while Sun Bin stayed calm and joined the meeting. Qin Yushi shared intelligence about the risks of learning spells and discussed her plan to expose Group 4, leaving the final confrontation set for the next day.

• Wang Zixin told everyone that Sun Bin had caught Yang Xiaohui in Wu Shangzhe’s dorm with several people, but Sun Bin had stopped him from starting a fight and walked away.
• Sun Bin arrived at the guard booth, acknowledged that everyone knew what had happened, and joined the meeting.
• Qin Yushi shared her intelligence and warned the group that attempting an incompatible spell could increase the chance of failure.
• Tang Xinnuo told Qin Yushi that Wu Shangzhe’s group had been throwing its authority around, and Qin Yushi said desire was what bound them together.
• Qin Yushi explained that Teacher Cheng might obtain evidence against Group 4 and that she planned to reveal it at the school’s movie screening the next day.

Qin Yushi learned that Group 4 had acquired Awakened members and firearms, so Su Ze promised to intervene after she exposed their crimes. Meanwhile, Sun Bin discovered that his ex-girlfriend had died and was attacked when he confronted the men who had taunted him; he and Wang Zixin chose to dispose of the bodies in a Contamination Zone.

• Qin Yushi contacted Su Ze, who approved her plan and offered to kill some members of Group 4 and record it as evidence.
• Su Ze warned Qin Yushi that Group 4 had gained Awakened members and firearms, making them too dangerous to confront without his help.
• On the morning of Day 35, Sun Bin learned that his ex-girlfriend Yang Xiaohui was among three people who had died overnight.
• When a Group 4 member taunted Sun Bin about Yang Xiaohui, Sun Bin attacked him with a rock but was kicked down.
• Wang Zixin urged Sun Bin to seek help from Ze Ge or Qin Yushi, but Sun Bin said he wanted to enter the Contamination Zone to deal with the bodies.
• Sun Bin and Wang Zixin decided to throw the bodies into a Contamination Zone.

Su Ze met Qin Yushi at the school after she obtained footage proving that Wu Shangzhe murdered Vice Dean Liu. Qin Yushi planned to use the evidence to rally people against Wu, while Su Ze headed for the front gate to carry out their plan.

• Su Ze monitored the school while waiting for Qin Yushi to obtain evidence against her enemies.
• Su Ze arrived at the laboratory building and met Qin Yushi and Teacher Cheng.
• Qin Yushi showed Su Ze a secret video of Wu Shangzhe arguing with Vice Dean Liu and strangling him to death.
• Qin Yushi said the footage would let her rally support, while Su Ze said he would have acted against the scum with or without evidence.
• Su Ze and Qin Yushi parted ways, with Su Ze heading to the front gate and Qin Yushi continuing her plans at the school.

Sun Bin left Su University intending to enter a Contamination Zone and become Awakened, despite Wang Zixin's concerns and harassment from Group 4. Su Ze warned him away from the dangerous Mirror World Contamination Zone, and Sun Bin chose to continue toward a different one.

• Sun Bin told Wang Zixin he planned to touch a Pollution Source, and they were stopped at the school gate by Group 4 members who refused to let them leave.
• The female class monitor and Qin Yushi's Group 1 confronted the guards, forcing them to open the gate for Sun Bin.
• The boy in black mocked Sun Bin as he left, and Wang Zixin defended him while Group 1's Awakened stepped between them.
• Su Ze appeared and warned Sun Bin that he would die if he entered the Mirror World Contamination Zone, urging him to consider another Contamination Zone instead.
• After Su Ze encouraged Sun Bin to ignore others' stares and walk his own road, Sun Bin clenched his fists and headed toward a Contamination Zone.

Qin Yushi and Su Ze joined the crowd gathered to watch a film, where Zhang Ran challenged the claims about Su Ze’s strength and was humiliated by Qin Yushi’s affection for him. Qin Yushi prepared to make a move against the remaining members of Group 4 as Tang Xinnuo went to carry out her instructions.

• Qin Yushi and Tang Xinnuo watched the film, and Zhang Ran tried to court Qin Yushi while insisting he was stronger than Su Ze.
• The female class monitor told Qin Yushi that Su Ze had summoned several Group 1 members at the school gate after appearing there.
• Su Ze arrived, and Qin Yushi embraced him in front of Zhang Ran, leaving Zhang Ran heartbroken.
• Qin Yushi told Su Ze she would make her move against the remaining Group 4 members, and Tang Xinnuo stood up to act on the plan.

Su Ze used the video Qin Yushi prepared to expose Group 4’s crimes and provoke its hidden members into revealing themselves. Qin Yushi killed the group with an invisible attack, leaving Zhang Ran stunned by the strength of the peerless master beside him.

• The movie stopped, and Qin Yushi’s video exposed Group 4’s crimes, stirring anger among the crowd.
• Su Ze sensed the remaining Group 4 members hiding among the spectators and invaded their minds.
• A Group 4 Awakened member fired his gun and threatened the crowd while demanding to know who made the video.
• Qin Yushi stepped forward and unleashed an invisible attack that pierced and killed the Group 4 members.
• Qin Yushi told Tang Xinnuo to handle the aftermath, while Zhang Ran stared in shock at her power.

After Su Ze’s attack was mistaken for Qin Yushi’s, the people around them gradually realized he had defeated the Awakened squad. The next morning, Su Ze reviewed his Old Days Museum designations and used the Simulator to learn about the Deep Ones Crown, leaving him with its location information for Day 38.

• Qin Yushi complained to Su Ze about the embarrassing pose she had struck, while Tang Xinnuo and others realized Su Ze had caused the attack and defeated Team 4’s Awakened.
• Zhang Ran finally understood that Su Ze was Qin Yushi’s true source of power and gave up hope of competing with him.
• On the next morning, Su Ze reviewed the destroyed Contained Objects in the Old Days Museum and assigned them temporary numbered files by grade.
• Su Ze reflected that the Old Days Museum might eventually allow people to enter and let him control Contained Objects as weapons.
• The Simulator showed Su Ze destroying the Deep Ones Crown with Qi Xiaoye and awarded him information about its location on Day 38.

Su Ze wondered whether the Deep Ones Crown meant that the Deep Ones and their gods truly existed, then set aside the question until he could examine the object. Elsewhere, Squad Leader Hu and three former soldiers entered SC-35 to investigate its Safe Zone, where Luo Jiaxin welcomed them and they found the area orderly.

• Su Ze considered whether the Deep Ones Crown implied that Dagon and Cthulhu also existed, then decided to inspect the object when he searched for it the day after tomorrow.
• Squad Leader Hu and three teammates crossed into SC-35 after fleeing monsters, discussing the loss of communications and the dangers of the Contamination Zones.
• Luo Jiaxin called down to the four men, confirmed that some of them were Awakened, and invited them into the Safe Zone.
• Squad Leader Hu told Luo Jiaxin that the men were retired soldiers, and the group observed that the Safe Zone appeared calm and well managed.
• Squad Leader Hu asked whether the Safe Zone had anything to eat.

Luo Jiaxin told a visiting squad about Su Ze’s powers while Su Ze considered whether he still needed to join the authorities. He took Chen Keqing to Avalon for her birthday, leaving Qin Yushi and Qi Xiaoye to plan a gift as Qin Yushi helped calm a girl on a school rooftop.

• Luo Jiaxin welcomed Squad Leader Hu’s team to the cafeteria and told them about Su Ze’s exploits as a Superpower User.
• Su Ze reflected on the authorities’ knowledge of awakening and questioned whether he still had a reason to join them.
• Qin Yushi, Chen Keqing, and Qi Xiaoye agreed to celebrate Chen Keqing’s birthday together, and Su Ze created a separate chat group for Qin Yushi and Qi Xiaoye to discuss a gift.
• Su Ze carried Chen Keqing into the bedroom and returned with her to Avalon while Qi Xiaoye mistakenly thought they were fooling around.
• At the school, Qin Yushi communicated with Qi Xiaoye while Security Team members comforted a girl who had nearly taken her life.