Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng crossed into a dangerous alternate world, died twice after encountering the Vampire Isis, and discovered that he could revive. Back in his apartment, he noticed the number in his eye had fallen from 4 to 3 and heard a noise outside the bathroom.

• Fang Cheng woke in a blood-soaked street among dead soldiers, where Isis found him alive despite his apparently fatal bullet wound.
• Isis bit Fang Cheng and drained his blood, but he jabbed his fingers into her nostrils before she killed him by crushing his heart.
• Ten minutes later, Fang Cheng revived, absorbed the original owner's memories, and returned to his apartment as his wounds healed.
• Fang Cheng learned that he was in Area 11, a world threatened by supernatural creatures, and realized the woman who killed him was likely a Vampire.
• Fang Cheng saw that the number reflected in his left pupil had dropped from 4 to 3, then heard a faint noise outside the bathroom.

Fang Cheng fought Kanzaki Rin after she broke into his apartment and tried to capture him as a newly turned Vampire. Though Kanzaki stabbed him in the heart, Fang Cheng suddenly revived and tackled her again.

• Fang Cheng heard someone picking his apartment lock and came out of the bathroom with a plunger, where he encountered Kanzaki Rin.
• Kanzaki Rin mistook Fang Cheng for a pervert and attacked him with flames, driving him back into the bathroom.
• Kanzaki Rin burned through the bathroom door, but Fang Cheng blinded her with a bucket of soapy foam and charged out.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin struggled on the floor until Kanzaki stabbed him in the heart with a silver dagger.
• Kanzaki Rin stood up after Fang Cheng collapsed, but Fang Cheng suddenly sprang up and tackled her again.

Fang Cheng subdued Kanzaki Rin after she failed to kill him, then discovered she was his classmate and an intern with the Natural Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters. As her teammates tried to contact her, Fang Cheng faced the choice of surrendering, fighting the agency, or fleeing.

• Fang Cheng survived Kanzaki Rin's silver dagger, grappled with her, and tied her up after snapping his arm and taking the dagger.
• Fang Cheng recognized Kanzaki Rin as his Kashima Academy classmate and admitted that he had written her love letters.
• Kanzaki Rin revealed that she had been monitoring Fang Cheng and came to take him into custody because a vampire had turned him.
• Fang Cheng learned about the Countermeasure Department and worried that it would imprison him, while questioning whether he could simply buy blood instead of attacking people.
• Kanzaki Rin's communicator vibrated as her teammates tried to reach her, leaving Fang Cheng weighing whether to surrender, fight, or flee.

Fang Cheng blackmailed Kanzaki Rin into keeping his identity secret, but she warned him that the Blood Queen’s vampires would soon hunt him. Kanzaki returned to the Countermeasure Department’s command center and learned that the Blood Queen had inflicted heavy casualties on the SAT task force.

• Fang Cheng let Kanzaki Rin answer her teammate’s call, and she claimed she had found no one before proposing that they part without exposing him.
• Fang Cheng photographed the bound Kanzaki after pouring yogurt over her, then threatened to publish the images if she broke their agreement.
• Kanzaki left Fang Cheng’s apartment and warned him that Isis, the Blood Queen, created vampires who would soon hunt him; he dismissed the threat and ordered her out.
• Kanzaki met Aoki Yusuke outside and lied that she had not found the target, then hurried back with him to the command center.
• Kujo Go told Kanzaki and Aoki that the Blood Queen had inflicted heavy casualties on the SAT task force, before a commander ordered them into formation.

Fang Cheng discovered that his body healed rapidly and that eating and exercising triggered strange prompts, while his extreme hunger threatened to bankrupt him. After failing to find work, he remembered a message from a friend and saw a possible path to getting rich.

• Fang Cheng woke starving, devoured the food at home, and noticed a “Food consumed +1” prompt appear whenever he ate.
• Fang Cheng ate five large bowls of ramen, checked his bank balance, and realized his appetite would drain his savings quickly.
• Kanzaki Rin secretly followed Fang Cheng and grew more confused by his ability to eat ordinary food and go out in daylight.
• Fang Cheng tested his healing, learned that accelerating it cost stamina and made him hungry, and saw an “Exercise +1” prompt while working out.
• Fang Cheng searched unsuccessfully for work, considered selling Kanzaki Rin’s photos, and then remembered what his friend had asked him about.

Fang Cheng arranged to sell a kidney at Hirano Health Management Center to earn money, while Kanzaki Rin secretly followed him. After learning what Fang Cheng had done, Kanzaki confronted broker Fukuda Taro, who had helped arrange the surgery, and accused him of hoping Fang Cheng would die.

• Fang Cheng persuaded Fukuda Taro to arrange an illegal deal in exchange for transferring his medical insurance policy and paying him a broker's fee.
• Kanzaki Rin followed Fang Cheng to Hirano Health Management Center, where he underwent surgery while she waited outside.
• Aoki Yusuke told Kanzaki that the SAT tactical unit had lost at least three hundred people and invited her to a movie, but she declined both the training camp and the invitation.
• Fukuda Taro helped the pale but cheerful Fang Cheng return home after the surgery, and Kanzaki followed them back.
• Kanzaki ambushed Fukuda and learned that Fang Cheng had sold a kidney, then accused Fukuda of hoping Fang Cheng would die so he could take his property.
• Fukuda denied forcing Fang Cheng and fled after Kanzaki disappeared.

After selling a kidney to solve his immediate money problems, Fang Cheng planned how to earn money, protect himself, and investigate his immortality. As Kanzaki Rin secretly watched, he began testing whether exercise could increase his lives by pushing himself through an intense workout.

• Fang Cheng recovered from surgery, collected the money from selling his kidney, and left the clinic before his removed kidney could disappear and raise suspicion.
• Fang Cheng bought a new SIM card, cut his hair, stocked up on groceries, and wrote down his priorities: earn money, defend himself from threats, and investigate his body and how to gain more lives.
• Fang Cheng replied to his classmate Fuping that he might return to school, then began exercising with dumbbells and saw notifications reading “Exercise +1.”
• Kanzaki Rin used a drone to watch Fang Cheng exercise from her apartment and grew puzzled by his determination and mature behavior.
• Fang Cheng continued with strenuous push-ups for over two hours, while Kanzaki Rin wondered who he really was.

Fang Cheng discovered that exercise raised his stamina, then went to Kashima Academy to escape Kanzaki Rin’s surveillance. His return to class reunited him with Asaka Akie, whose Chinese name prompted him to ask whether she had an older sister named Ye Yuqing or Ye Zimei.

• Fang Cheng completed four hundred push-ups, gained one stamina point, and realized he could improve his abilities through daily exercise.
• Kanzaki Rin paused her surveillance of Fang Cheng to play a game, while Fang Cheng played a frustrating mobile game and searched for information about vampires.
• Fang Cheng received a message from Asaka Akie, saved her contact under a peculiar nickname, and decided to go for a walk.
• A Patrol Drone followed Fang Cheng outside, so he changed into his school uniform and headed to Kashima Academy, where the drone stopped at the campus boundary.
• Fang Cheng entered Class 2-C and spoke with Asaka Akie, then asked whether she had an older sister named Ye Yuqing or Ye Zimei.

Fang Cheng returned to school, teased Sato Hayato about his crush on Asaka Akie, and discussed his past rejection with Asaka. Kanzaki Rin confronted him afterward and remembered that he had also written her a love letter.

• Fang Cheng joked with Asaka Akie about his new hairstyle and teased Sato Hayato until Sato admitted he liked her.
• Fang Cheng studied through the morning classes, then ate lunch with Asaka Akie, who asked whether she had caused him to stop attending school.
• Fang Cheng told Asaka that he had been dealing with his parents' health insurance, and she accepted his explanation before leaving.
• Kanzaki Rin emerged from behind a flowerbed and asked Fang Cheng whether he liked Asaka.
• Fang Cheng admitted that he had written Asaka a love letter and been rejected, prompting Kanzaki Rin to recall that he had written her one too.

Fang Cheng argued with Kanzaki Rin about his love letters and her surveillance before she warned that she was monitoring him partly for his protection. After school, two students abducted Fang Cheng and brought him to the basketball court, where Morishita Yamato and Miyamoto Masami were waiting.

• Fang Cheng mocked Kanzaki Rin for judging him over writing love letters to multiple girls, and she said monitoring him was part of her job.
• Kanzaki Rin asked whether Fang Cheng had felt an urge to suck blood, then told him she was partly watching over him to protect him.
• Fang Cheng finished his assigned classroom cleaning after school and headed for the shoe lockers.
• Two students grabbed Fang Cheng and carried him to the indoor basketball court at the order of Morishita Yamato.
• Fang Cheng recognized Morishita Yamato and his girlfriend Miyamoto Masami as they waited on the court.

Fang Cheng was confronted by Morishita Yamato over his acquaintance with Kanzaki Rin and was ordered to stay away from her. When Morishita and the basketball club members attacked him, Fang Cheng used his healing power and attacks on their weak points to defeat all three.

• Morishita Yamato questioned Fang Cheng about his relationship with Kanzaki Rin and warned him not to approach her again.
• Fang Cheng agreed that he would stay away but told Morishita that Kanzaki Rin would have to be told as well.
• Morishita Yamato prepared to beat Fang Cheng, and Fang Cheng asked whether they really had to fight.
• Fang Cheng struck Morishita Yamato with a knee and a headbutt, knocking him down despite injuring himself.
• Fang Cheng defeated the two basketball club members with headbutts and attacks to their weak points, leaving all three men on the ground.

Fang Cheng beat Morishita Yamato and humiliated Miyamoto Masami, but he suspected the attack was connected to Kanzaki Rin and expected Morishita to seek revenge. As Fang Cheng headed home, a woman emerged from a dark alley and said she had finally found him.

• Fang Cheng forced Morishita Yamato to admit he had attacked him on his own, then warned him not to come after him again.
• Fang Cheng poured milk tea over Miyamoto Masami, told her to stop wearing makeup he found disgusting, and left the basketball court.
• Aoki Yusuke arrived and sent Morishita Yamato to the infirmary, while Morishita vowed that his revenge was only beginning.
• Fang Cheng left school with his injuries healed and suspected someone connected to Kanzaki Rin had sent Morishita after him.
• Fang Cheng smelled blood near a dark alley and started to leave, but an adult woman emerged and said she had finally found him.

Fang Cheng worried that Morishita Yamato would retaliate while he struggled with a frustrating ranked match and attended school. After Asaka Akie offered to help him study, Fang Cheng gave Sato Hayato bold, reckless advice about winning her over and left him inspired to become a hero.

• Fang Cheng exercised, then lost a ranked match when Super Cute Super Powerful God abandoned him in a team fight.
• Fang Cheng woke after a restless night, went to Kashima Academy, and suspected Morishita Yamato was delaying his revenge.
• Asaka Akie greeted Fang Cheng, offered him study notes, and hid a red mark on her wrist after saying she had cut herself.
• Sato Hayato showed jealousy over Fang Cheng's closeness with Asaka, so Fang Cheng gave him reckless advice to confess and act like a hero.
• Sato Hayato repeated that he would become a man with a hero's heart, then began writing in his workbook as Fang Cheng started reviewing his books.

Fang Cheng was ambushed and killed at home by Yagawa Ryoka, a vampire who intended to consume his heart and gain his power. Just as she realized eating his heart had not worked, someone attacked her through the window with a smoke bomb.

• Fang Cheng continued building his physical fitness while Morishita Yamato's people watched him, and Kanzaki Rin's drone kept observing him.
• Fang Cheng found dead chickens and a threatening banner at his apartment building, then was stabbed through the chest by Yagawa Ryoka as he entered his home.
• Yagawa Ryoka dragged Fang Cheng's body inside, ate his heart, and was puzzled when she gained no power.
• A drone appeared outside and a smoke-producing ball crashed through the window, engulfing Yagawa Ryoka.

Kanzaki Rin fought Yagawa Ryoka but was overpowered until Fang Cheng, presumed dead, struck Ryoka from behind and saved her. Afterward, Fang Cheng ignored Rin to mourn the groceries ruined in the fight.

• Kanzaki Rin stormed in and attacked Yagawa Ryoka with a stun gun and fire, but Ryoka recovered and overpowered her.
• Yagawa Ryoka pinned Kanzaki Rin, removed her mask, and threatened to scratch her face.
• Kanzaki Rin taunted Ryoka about talking too much, distracting her long enough for Fang Cheng to punch her from behind.
• Fang Cheng helped stop Ryoka, then rushed to lament the groceries spilled from his refrigerator.

Fang Cheng revived after Yagawa Ryoka killed him, then teamed up with Kanzaki Rin to fight the vampire. Their battle began with Fang Cheng charging at Yagawa Ryoka, but Kanzaki Rin’s support flames accidentally burned him instead.

• Fang Cheng realized Yagawa Ryoka had used up one of his three lives, leaving him with two revivals.
• Kanzaki Rin and Fang Cheng agreed to set aside their differences and fight Yagawa Ryoka together.
• Fang Cheng charged Yagawa Ryoka and punched through the kitchen wall when she dodged.
• Yagawa Ryoka rushed toward Kanzaki Rin, who launched flames to stop her.
• Fang Cheng chased Yagawa Ryoka into the flames, and Kanzaki Rin pulled the fire back after it burned him.
• Fang Cheng yelled at Kanzaki Rin, who blamed him for running into her flames.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin fought Yagawa Ryoka after she transformed into a Vampire, but their lack of coordination let her seize opportunities to attack. Yagawa Ryoka escaped through the broken living-room window as Fang Cheng grabbed her foot.

• Yagawa Ryoka transformed and begged Fang Cheng to let her leave Tokyo, but he planned to attack her with Kanzaki Rin's help.
• Kanzaki Rin misunderstood Fang Cheng's signal and blocked the doorway instead of joining his attack, prompting Yagawa Ryoka to lunge at him.
• Yagawa Ryoka wounded Fang Cheng and drank his blood until Kanzaki Rin's flames struck them both, allowing Fang Cheng to throw her away and pummel her.
• Yagawa Ryoka burst her corrosive veins, badly disfigured Fang Cheng, and ran for the living-room window as Kanzaki Rin sent flames after her.
• Yagawa Ryoka crashed through the broken window, but Fang Cheng caught her foot as she tried to escape.

Fang Cheng killed Yagawa Ryoka with Kanzaki Rin’s silver dagger, then recovered by eating an improvised stew. When he touched Yagawa Ryoka’s heart, he absorbed energy and gained several upgrades.

• Fang Cheng and Yagawa Ryoka fought viciously until Kanzaki Rin tossed him a silver dagger.
• Fang Cheng shoved his hand into Yagawa Ryoka’s mouth and stabbed her heart with the dagger, killing her.
• Kanzaki Rin caught Fang Cheng as he weakened, then made stew from the usable ingredients so he could eat and recover.
• Kanzaki Rin cut out Yagawa Ryoka’s heart and offered it to Fang Cheng, who rejected the idea of eating it.
• Fang Cheng touched the heart and absorbed energy, gaining Advanced Olfaction and fragments of Life, Blood of Madness, and Burning Blood.

Fang Cheng refused to eat Yagawa Ryoka’s heart and insisted that he still had human principles despite being bitten by a Vampire. He then confronted Kanzaki Rin about using him as bait, and realized she still wanted to do so.

• Fang Cheng received a Life Fragment and several skill fragments after examining Yagawa Ryoka’s heart, but returned it to Kanzaki Rin and refused to eat it.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin he would earn strength through training rather than an evil method, and she agreed to treat him as human.
• Kanzaki Rin introduced herself again and arranged to remove Yagawa Ryoka’s corpse while Fang Cheng changed clothes.
• Fang Cheng accused Kanzaki Rin of using him as bait to lure Vampires, and she admitted her plan while offering an apology and compensation.
• Fang Cheng recognized that Kanzaki Rin still wanted to use him as bait.

Kanzaki Rin tried to recruit Fang Cheng to work with her to hunt the remaining Vampires, and he weighed the benefits against his distrust of her. She revealed that she wanted to earn merits quickly for a higher position in the Countermeasure Department, but her reason for pursuing that goal remained personal.

• Kanzaki Rin proposed a limited partnership with Fang Cheng, offering support with tracking, equipment, planning, and official surveillance, while Fang Cheng rejected her combat support.
• Kanzaki Rin warned that the remaining Vampires were growing stronger, and Fang Cheng considered striking first rather than waiting for them to become more dangerous.
• Aoki Yusuke called Kanzaki Rin, and Fang Cheng guessed that Aoki liked her and mocked him as a simp.
• Stray dogs barked at Aoki Yusuke, who grew uncomfortable at their glowing green eyes and hurried away.
• Kanzaki Rin pressed Fang Cheng for an answer, and he asked why she was so determined to hunt Vampires.
• Kanzaki Rin said she needed to earn merits quickly to secure a higher position in the Countermeasure Department, but refused to explain more.