Chapter Summaries

Su Nian and Hao Ren killed the Lamp-Skin Wraith and claimed a White Bone Token, but another wraith trapped them with a rule that stitched their shadows to the floor. They escaped the supermarket, where Su Nian discovered white stitches on his hands and found the Ink-Reel Line blocking his way.

• Su Nian killed the Lamp-Skin Wraith’s exposed body while Hao Ren helped burn its skins with insecticide and the Red Candle.
• The Lamp-Skin Wraith died, rewarding Su Nian with Survival Points and a White Bone Token that could summon a skeleton.
• A creepy voice revealed another wraith, which stitched Su Nian and Hao Ren’s shadows to the floor and called them its new husbands.
• Su Nian cut the threads binding their shadows, and he and Hao Ren fled the supermarket.
• Hao Ren scattered Evil-Breaking Sea Salt over Su Nian, who then found white stitches on his hands and was repelled by the Ink-Reel Line.

Su Nian and Hao Ren fled the gas station as the Shadow-Seam Wraith pursued them and a huge entity emerged in the gray fog. A black spear struck their truck, but they escaped, leaving the station behind.

• Su Nian identified the Shadow-Seam Wraith as the Lamp-Skin Wraith’s companion, whose threads stitched its victims’ shadows and gradually erased their identities.
• Su Nian and Hao Ren tried to retreat as the Road-Cutting Coin neared its limit, but deep impacts and enormous green eyes appeared in the fog.
• The Shadow-Seam Wraith attacked Su Nian’s shadow, and he summoned a skeleton puppet to fight her while Hao Ren drove the Raptor.
• Su Nian restarted the stalled Raptor, but a black spear burst from the fog, destroyed the Red Candle’s Door God, and smashed into the truck.
• Hao Ren kept the damaged Raptor moving and sped away as the Shadow-Seam Wraith called after them from the mist.

After escaping the Shadow-Seam Wraith, Su Nian discussed Sequence toxins with Hao Ren as they rejoined the convoy. Zhang Yun ran out of gasoline and, refused help by the awakened and other survivors, had to abandon her car and continue on foot.

• Su Nian and Hao Ren escaped the Raptor, and Su Nian healed his injuries with points.
• Hao Ren warned Su Nian that his Sequence toxin might be driving his desire to kill Wraiths, then said Gong Qing's drawback was hair loss.
• The Raptor rejoined the convoy, where survivors feared Su Nian had been caught in a Wraith's killing rule and mocked him behind his back.
• Zhang Yun's car ran out of gas, and she blamed Su Nian for killing her daughter, Liu Yan.
• Zhang Yun asked several people, including Su Yue, Hao Ren, and Su Nian, for gasoline, but none agreed to help her.
• Zhang Yun abandoned her car, shouldered her supplies, and continued walking while crying.

After recovering from his injuries, Su Nian upgraded the Sin-Cleaving Butcher's Knife and repaired his vehicle's cracked fuel hose. The convoy later recruited workers for its fuel truck, and Zhang Ping rejected an applicant who tried to win the job with a special talent.

• Hao Ren arranged medical treatment for Su Nian, who said his recovery ability was strong and returned to the convoy without removing the Shadow-Seam Wraith's killing rule.
• Su Nian spent 3,200 Survival Points to upgrade the Sin-Cleaving Butcher's Knife, granting it a golden warding field and the Divine Spear Kill.
• Su Nian declined to spend 1,700 Survival Points on full vehicle repairs, then spent 10 points to reinforce its cracked fuel hose.
• The next morning, Zhang Ping announced that the convoy's fuel truck needed two workers, prompting people to gather for interviews.
• Zhang Ping rejected a woman who tried to qualify by showing off her unusually long tongue, and a middle-aged man pushed forward for his turn.

Hao Ren recruited Tang Zhou and Tang Chen for the Guard Team after learning their many skills, while Su Yue was rejected. As the convoy continued, the Shadow-Seam Wraith found Su Nian again, leaving the survivors frightened as it approached through the gray mist.

• Su Nian gave Hao Ren the damaged Ghost Bus License Plate, and Hao Ren wondered whether Su Nian possessed an unusual crafting ability or multiple Sequences.
• Zhang Ping hired Tang Zhou and Tang Chen after they listed their skills, and Hao Ren redirected them from the fuel truck to the Guard Team.
• Zhang Ping rejected Su Yue, leaving her worried about her dwindling fuel and supplies.
• Tang Chen inspected Su Nian's Raptor and said he had memorized the parts it needed.
• The Shadow-Seam Wraith reached Su Nian through his shadow, but he severed its threads and gained a point of Sin-Cleaving Power.
• Su Nian located the wraith in the gray mist as it asked to take the survivors' skins, and the convoy grew afraid.

Su Nian and his allies trapped and killed the Shadow-Seam Wraith with a coordinated attack. Afterward, Wen Kele appeared in a bold outfit, teased Su Nian, and ordered Hao Ren to arrange women for him.

• Su Nian used his Sin-Cleaving Divine Spear Kill to pierce the Shadow-Seam Wraith, while Gong Qing opened a hospital room door to distract her.
• Skeleton punched the Shadow-Seam Wraith, Hao Ren and Wen Keyi restrained her, and Su Nian hacked her apart until sunlight made her vanish.
• Su Nian received 8,200 Survival Points and picked up the black needle left behind by the wraith.
• Wen Keyi punched Gong Qing after he called her “Keyi,” then warned him not to do it again.
• Wen Kele changed into a revealing outfit, flirted with Su Nian, and told Hao Ren to arrange ten women for him.
• Chen Shu brought Wen Kele a bottle of Want Want Milk, and Wen Kele scolded her for putting in a straw.

Wen Kele laid down her rules as captain of the Evil Convoy, while Wen Keyi apologized for her behavior. After examining Su Nian’s Shadow-Seam Wraith's Embroidery Needle and recognizing its value for repairs, Hao Ren asked Su Nian if he would take over as captain.

• Wen Kele declared that the convoy’s mission was to practice evil and warned Su Nian against doing good deeds.
• Wen Keyi apologized for Kele’s antics and ran back to her car in tears, prompting Hao Ren to explain her divided soul and ask Su Nian to be patient with her.
• Hao Ren and Gong Qing teased each other about Gong Qing’s compulsive flirting and lamented his hair loss.
• Su Nian showed the black needle to Hao Ren and Gong Qing, who learned it could stitch damaged objects back together stronger than before.
• Hao Ren asked Su Nian whether he was interested in becoming the convoy’s captain, and Su Nian asked if he was serious.

Su Nian revealed his Heavenly Craft Sequence and was unanimously appointed captain of the convoy, then used it to repair his battered Raptor. He left Hao Ren in charge of routine affairs while keeping the authority to make critical decisions.

• Hao Ren questioned Su Nian about his unusual strength and Wraith Artifacts, and Su Nian admitted that he had awakened the Heavenly Craft Sequence in addition to Blood Eye.
• Su Nian explained that the Heavenly Craft Sequence could repair, craft, and upgrade items by consuming energy drawn from wraiths.
• Hao Ren proposed Su Nian as captain, and Hao Ren, Gong Qing, and Wen Keyi all voted in favor.
• Su Nian appointed Hao Ren vice-captain and left him responsible for routine convoy affairs.
• After the convoy announced Su Nian's appointment, Su Nian used the Shadow-Seam Wraith's Embroidery Needle to repair the damaged bumper of his Raptor.

Su Nian upgraded the Ghost Bus License Plate into the Wraith Travel Token and greatly increased his physique and spirit. The convoy resumed its journey, while Tang Zhou joked with Tang Chen about awakening.

• Su Nian upgraded the Ghost Bus License Plate into the Wraith Travel Token, which could disguise vehicles and their passengers as a ghost bus and whose attendants were completely loyal.
• Su Nian chose to invest his Survival Points in physique and spirit rather than advancing his Sequence, raising both attributes to 29 and keeping 1,640 points in reserve.
• The convoy set out again with Hao Ren leading and Su Nian following Wen Keyi, now protected by the token.
• Tang Zhou told Tang Chen she wished she could awaken, then argued that the conviction she felt while using the toilet might help her awaken.

The convoy took in twenty survivors while Su Yue’s pickup ran out of gas, leaving her vulnerable to Cao Chong’s harassment. After Li Wu gave her a ride, Su Yue awakened, and the chapter ended with Cao Chong realizing she might kill him.

• At around one in the morning, Su Nian inspected twenty new survivors and found no curses attached to them.
• Zhang Ping instructed the survivors to stay with the convoy and refused their requests for rides, offering food in exchange for gold instead.
• Zhao Lin discovered that her bracelet was fake, while Sun Hao learned the survivors had been warned not to approach the gray fog or speak to the awakened.
• Su Yue’s pickup ran out of gas, so she accepted a ride from Li Wu as Cao Chong taunted her from his vehicle.
• Su Yue told Li Wu she had awakened, and he celebrated that Fang Cheng’s bloodline could survive.
• The next morning, Li Wu told Cao Chong that Su Yue had awakened, leaving Cao Chong trembling with fear.

Su Yue awakened as a withered corpse physician, and the convoy accepted her after she healed Hao Ren’s injury. Hao Ren recalled how a fake wayfinder once led his former squad into a deadly encounter, while Su Yue reflected on how the convoy’s rules protected vulnerable survivors.

• Su Yue told Su Nian that she had awakened the barefoot medical apprentice sequence, and Su Nian welcomed her aboard without testing her.
• Hao Ren questioned Su Yue’s claim, then asked her to demonstrate her ability by healing the wound above his left eyebrow.
• Su Yue healed Hao Ren’s wound with a pale green glow, and Hao Ren confirmed she had passed the test.
• Hao Ren explained that a fake wayfinder had once led his squad to a mass grave, where a Class C Wraith killed four of the seven awakened.
• Hao Ren recounted how Wen Keyi had awakened after survivors she had helped abandoned her when she fell ill, and Gong Qing described the brutal treatment of ordinary survivors in other convoys.
• Su Yue considered how the convoy’s rules had protected her after her husband died.

Su Yue learned that Cao Chong had caused Fang Cheng to lose an arm and decided to confront him. After Cao Chong tried to run them down, the awakened stopped him, and he faced them defiantly.

• Su Yue asked Su Nian if she could kill Cao Chong, and Hao Ren revealed that Cao Chong had shoved Fang Cheng into a Cat Ghost, which bit off his arm.
• Su Nian offered to help Su Yue kill Cao Chong, and she resolved to try so she could protect herself and her child.
• Cao Chong tried to run down the awakened, but Gong Qing and Su Nian stopped him with their abilities.
• Cao Chong got out of his car, admitted he had caused Fang Cheng's injury, and insulted Su Yue and the others as he prepared to die.

Su Nian executed Cao Chong after he challenged him, leaving the newcomers wary of the convoy. Xiao Shengge decided to approach Su Nian and seek his protection, carrying gold to negotiate.

• Su Nian threatened Cao Chong with torture, then ordered Su Yue to kill him when he confessed he had only been pretending to be defiant.
• Tang Zhou and Tang Chen restrained Cao Chong, and Su Yue stabbed him through the heart, earning Su Nian 100 survival points.
• The twenty newcomers watched Cao Chong’s body disappear into the gray mist and became afraid to approach the captain.
• Xiao Shengge learned that the convoy was their only path to survival and worried that her hired guards would soon stop obeying her.
• Xiao Shengge left Jiang Ying behind, took a 200-gram piece of gold, and walked toward Su Nian’s vehicle to seek an alliance.

Su Nian accepted Xiao Shengge’s gold bar in exchange for answering her questions about awakening, then repaired his car windows. Later, his convoy encountered another group seeking to trade Curios for supplies, and both sides prepared for a tense meeting.

• Xiao Shengge paid Su Nian a gold bar to ask about awakening and briefly sat in his car, hoping their association would protect her.
• Su Nian spent 150 Survival Points to restore the Raptor’s side windows and windshield.
• At night, Hao Ren alerted the convoy to another group, whose refrigerated truck offered to trade Curios for supplies.
• Su Nian’s convoy stopped to meet the newcomers, and the Guard Team prepared for a possible fight.
• A young man arrived riding a black bull, revealing that the opposing convoy had six awakeners.
• Wen Kele told Hao Ren and Su Yue to act more intimidating, and Su Yue awkwardly practiced her threatening pose.

Su Nian and the Evil Convoy met the Black King Convoy for a trade, but Jiang Tian’s group launched a surprise attack. Su Nian and his companions killed or incapacitated several attackers, while the battle continued against the remaining enemies.

• Su Nian appraised the Black King Convoy’s Awakened and warned his companions about their abilities, while Jiang Tian ordered his teammates to target him.
• Wen Kele agreed to trade supplies with Jiang Tian, but he used the exchange as a signal to attack with his bull and the other Awakened.
• Su Nian resisted Shui Qin’s charm, beheaded her, and evaded the old man’s smoke-form attack.
• Gong Qing trapped the cleaver-wielding man’s mind with a supernatural door, allowing Su Nian to stab him through the heart, but Jiang Tian knocked Gong Qing away.
• Cola poisoned the spear girl after she became distracted by Shui Qin’s death, then turned toward the barefoot man in the suit.

Su Nian’s group turned the battle around, but the Grave-Crying Specter’s sobbing forced the convoy to flee and seize vehicles from the other group. Su Nian pursued the young bull rider, only to encounter a foul, weasel-like specter asking whether it looked like a human or a god.

• Su Yue bluffed the suited man into running, and Hao Ren threw him onto the black bull’s horns while Cola poisoned the bull and it kicked Wen Kele into the air.
• Su Nian caught Wen Keyi, then sensed the Grave-Crying Specter’s influence and ordered everyone to retreat as an old man tried to run him down with an off-road vehicle.
• Gong Qing identified the A-rank Grave-Crying Specter and warned everyone to cover their ears; Su Nian charged the young bull rider, who abandoned his bull and fled.
• Gong Qing used a megaphone to order the convoy to take over vehicles and leave, while Tang Zhou and Xiao Shengge’s group seized cars from the other convoy.
• Su Nian ran from the young bull rider when he reached for something, then spotted a huge weasel-like specter emerging from yellow fog and asking whether it looked like a human or a god.

Su Nian and Hao Ren escaped the Yellow Wraith in the Raptor, but the wraith continued attacking survivors and the system gave no sign that the danger had passed. Su Nian identified its killing rules and realized the Class A Wraith remained a threat despite the Wraith Travel Token.

• Su Nian killed the poisoned gun-wielding girl, gained Survival Points, and improved his constitution and spirit.
• Su Nian took the obedient black ox and joined Hao Ren, who gathered supplies as the survivors fled down the road.
• Hao Ren identified the pursuing creature as a Yellow Wraith and explained its usual haunts and the animals it disliked.
• Su Nian activated the Wraith Travel Token, shrouding the Raptor in Gray Fog, while he and Hao Ren argued about riding together and Su Nian's supposed X-ray vision.
• The Yellow Wraith vanished and reappeared beside the Raptor, then attacked an old woman; Su Nian inspected its rules and learned it marked people who disturbed it or met its gaze.
• Su Nian realized that the Yellow Wraith could not be killed and that the system had not confirmed their escape, despite the token's protection.

The convoy fled along the highway as the Grave-Crying Specter killed survivors and fed on corpses. Su Nian and Hao Ren pushed onward, but the road ahead turned into a pool of grave soil that trapped Zhang Ping’s vehicle.

• The Yellow Wraith spared an old woman after she called it a god, but she fell and died while trying to flee back down the road.
• Hao Ren told Su Nian that the Grave-Crying Specter was a Class A Wraith whose full abilities were unknown, and they heard its sobbing overhead.
• The Grave-Crying Specter appeared at the rear of the convoy and began consuming corpses as survivors discarded supplies and collapsed.
• Big Black Bull cleared a wrecked car from the road, and Hao Ren recognized their overturned supply truck while confirming that vehicles still carried reserve food.
• Zhang Ping’s off-road vehicle sank into the softened asphalt near a spreading burial mound as grave soil consumed the road.

The group discovered that Grave Worms from the Grave-Crying Specter had swallowed Zhang Ping and were consuming the road and vehicles. After fire proved effective against the worms, Su Nian attacked the burial mound with gasoline, leaving the group facing the flames.

• Wen Keyi tried to pull Zhang Ping from the SUV, but Grave Worms swallowed him and dissolved the vine.
• Su Nian identified the creatures as Grave Worms, and Hao Ren used a Red Candle to push back the corruption temporarily.
• Su Yue healed Gong Qing while the group considered how to escape with the survivors.
• Su Nian and Hao Ren spread gasoline over the worms and ignited it, burning the creatures to charred fragments.
• Wen Kele revealed that Wen Keyi had switched with her after Zhang Ping's death and was crying.
• Su Nian threw two cans of gasoline at the burial mound, setting it ablaze.

Su Nian and the others fought off waves of Corpse Puppets as the burial mound collapsed and revealed the Grave-Crying Specter. The survivors tried to escape or keep fighting, while Su Nian continued killing the puppets and the chapter left the extent of the casualties unclear.

• Wen Kele taunted the big black ox while Xiao Shengge and Jiang Ying arrived near the burial mound with their guards.
• Corpse Puppets emerged from the Gray Fog and attacked people along the road, while Su Nian and Hao Ren fought back.
• The burial mound skewered a passing motorcyclist with green spikes, then collapsed to reveal a corpse covered in long green hair.
• Hao Ren fled toward Su Nian's car as Gong Qing urged Wen Kele to run, and the Grave-Crying Specter rose and released black corpse miasma.
• Su Nian killed Corpse Puppets and increased his attributes while Xiao Shengge and others joined the fight and tried to escape.
• Su Nian saved a trapped middle-aged woman and saw that only two people on bicycles remained, while she trembled beside her motorcycle.