Chapter Summaries

Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan fled a zombie horde at the Farmhouse, leaving Ren Bing’s bound men behind as a Level Three Zombie appeared. They hid inside the Biohazard Vehicle while the monster waited outside, and Ren Fei’er collapsed after using her blood to draw it to the men.

• Gu Cheng, Ye Ruan, and Yu Jingjing fought off the zombies and evacuated the survivors, but the women refused to leave and Gu Cheng abandoned Ren Bing’s bound men.
• Ye Ruan found Ren Fei’er bleeding in the backyard, and she said Ren Bing’s men had killed her mother before spilling blood over them and a corpse.
• A segmented, earthworm-like Level Three Zombie attacked the men after one of them screamed, while Ren Fei’er laughed and sang.
• Gu Cheng carried Ye Ruan into the Biohazard Vehicle to hide from the monster and the ordinary zombies entering the courtyard.
• The Level Three Zombie stopped outside the vehicle, and Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan waited silently as Ren Fei’er collapsed beneath the veranda.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng rescued the badly wounded Ren Fei'er from the zombies at the Farmhouse and escaped City H. After Gu Cheng took the wrong road, they stopped, and Gu Cheng recalled the Christmas years earlier when he and Ye Ruan had first missed meeting each other.

• Gu Cheng drove through the zombie horde while Ye Ruan leaped across it, rescued Ren Fei'er, and used a bomb to clear their escape.
• Ye Ruan treated Ren Fei'er in the Biohazard Vehicle, and she survived despite losing a great deal of blood.
• After waking at night, Ye Ruan learned Gu Cheng suspected they had lost the planned route, then realized Gu Cheng had taken the wrong road at the bridge.
• Gu Cheng pulled over, apologized, and teased Ye Ruan before biting the back of his neck and soothing him with a kiss.
• Gu Cheng asked Ye Ruan about Christmas three years earlier, and they remembered how Gu Cheng's absence had left Ye Ruan waiting and hungry.

Gu Cheng confessed his feelings to Ye Ruan and recalled seeing him three years earlier, just before Ye Ruan left with the Third Team. Ye Ruan kissed Gu Cheng and warned him that he might lie to him, while Gu Cheng asked only that he not leave without telling him.

• Ye Ruan tried to persuade Gu Cheng to reveal his wolf form, and Gu Cheng asked for a kiss in return.
• Ye Ruan bit Gu Cheng's shoulder, and Gu Cheng pinned his wrists before confessing that he liked him.
• Gu Cheng told Ye Ruan that he regretted missing the chance to meet him three years earlier and recalled watching him wave goodbye to his mother before leaving with the Third Team.
• Ye Ruan said he was bad and might lie to Gu Cheng, but Gu Cheng said he did not mind as long as Ye Ruan did not sneak away.
• Ye Ruan kissed Gu Cheng on the cheek and insisted he would not let Gu Cheng carry him off.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng cared for Ren Fei'er and shared a meal while teasing each other about their relationship. Later, Ye Ruan opened up about his mother and asked Gu Cheng to change into his original form in exchange for a kiss.

• Ye Ruan soothed Ren Fei'er after she stirred from a nightmare, and Gu Cheng cooked dinner for them.
• Ye Ruan patiently fed the hungry Ren Fei'er, who fell asleep again after eating.
• Gu Cheng joked about living with Ye Ruan and taking care of the housework, while Ye Ruan insisted he had not agreed to marry him.
• Gu Cheng dug up sweet potatoes, and Ye Ruan recalled how his mother used to steam small ones for him.
• Ye Ruan worried about his mother's health, and Gu Cheng promised to take Auntie Man to a doctor when they returned.
• Ye Ruan offered Gu Cheng a kiss if he changed into his original form so Ye Ruan could see it.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng shared an intimate night, and Ye Ruan eagerly explored Gu Cheng's wolf form before sleeping curled against him. The next day, they rescued Ren Fei'er and followed signs that Fang and the others had changed routes, while Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan continued teasing and kissing.

• Ye Ruan kissed Gu Cheng and asked to see his wolf form, then rubbed and inspected the big gray wolf before sleeping in his fur.
• At daybreak, Gu Cheng carried Ye Ruan back to the vehicle and promised he could cuddle the wolf's tail again that night.
• Ren Fei'er told Gu Cheng she had lured the monster through a broken backyard mesh using her own blood.
• At the blocked bridge, Ye Ruan found blue cloth from the First Team uniform, and Gu Cheng concluded Fang and the others had taken another route.
• Gu Cheng went to look for shoes for Ye Ruan, who called him a bad wolf and kissed him.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng shared a tender moment before Ye Ruan agreed to help Ren Fei'er train to become strong. They followed the trail left by Yu Jingjing and the others, found their overturned, burning bus, and discovered that the charred bodies inside were not their teammates.

• Ye Ruan told Ren Fei'er that becoming strong would be difficult but agreed to help her train after she insisted she wanted to protect other girls.
• Gu Cheng brought Ye Ruan jasmine and well-fitting sneakers, and the two kissed while Ren Fei'er hid under her blanket.
• Gu Cheng followed the cloth markers left by Yu Jingjing and the others until he found their overturned bus surrounded by zombies.
• Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng searched the burned bus, and Ye Ruan burned his hand ripping off the driver's door.
• Ye Ruan recognized that the three charred bodies were too small to be their teammates, and he and Gu Cheng continued searching for the others.

Fang Ci and the others reached a printing factory after escaping a powerful Level Three Zombie, while Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan followed the trail toward them. The group settled in for the night, with Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan making up after their disagreement and finding a safe place to rest.

• Yu Jingjing mistook Fang Ci's broken leg for his death, and Li Rang introduced him to Hu Fu as the deputy captain of the 0801 Team.
• Fang Ci's group recalled how a Level Three Zombie overturned their bus, killed Doctor Liu, and nearly wiped them out before Ye Ruan's bomb helped them escape.
• Fang Ci and his teammates grew wary of Zhao Quan, while Tang Cheng and Tang Yi had become separated from the group.
• Gu Cheng followed Yu Jingjing's cloth strips in the Biohazard Vehicle and apologized to Ye Ruan, who urged them not to argue again.
• Gu Cheng parked at a market for the night, and Ye Ruan cleared out its zombies before joining him for dinner.
• Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan flirted while cooking, but Gu Cheng stopped himself from kissing Ye Ruan when he noticed Ren Fei'er pretending to sleep.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng spent the evening caring for Ren Fei'er and teasing each other on the roof of the Biohazard Vehicle. Their quiet night ended when a level-three gorilla monster appeared and unleashed a devastating shriek.

• Ye Ruan shared breakfast with Ren Fei'er, then showed her military books while Gu Cheng joined them.
• Gu Cheng carried Ye Ruan onto the vehicle roof, where the two flirted and teased each other about their animal ears.
• Ye Ruan noticed movement outside, and he and Gu Cheng spotted a three-meter-tall, bald-headed gorilla monster approaching.
• The gorilla monster stopped and shrieked, leaving Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng in pain as Gu Cheng's wolf traits began to emerge.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng fought Bald Gorilla and returned to the Biohazard Vehicle, where Ye Ruan recovered from the rain. They then discovered a First Team tracker was transmitting and followed it through Shanhu District to find the missing team.

• Ye Ruan broke free of Gu Cheng and shot at Bald Gorilla, but the bullet vanished; when Gorilla charged, Ye Ruan mounted the Big Gray Wolf and warned Gu Cheng not to bite the infected Level Three Zombie.
• Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan fought Bald Gorilla as zombies approached, with Ye Ruan stabbing Gorilla's head and Gu Cheng tearing into his innards; Ye Ruan also killed a Level Two Zombie.
• Gu Cheng carried the rain-soaked, sneezing Ye Ruan back to the Biohazard Vehicle, dried and changed his clothes, and tucked him into their sleeping bag while Ren Fei'er stayed safe inside.
• While searching Shanhu District for Fang and the others, Ye Ruan activated Yu Jingjing's tracker, which flashed red to show someone from the First Team was trying to contact Gu Cheng.
• Gu Cheng drove toward the tracker's signal and claimed Fang had swallowed Yu Jingjing's tracker, while Ye Ruan believed Fang was the one transmitting.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng reunited with their teammates at the Printing Factory, where Fang Ci reported heavy losses and revealed his legs were broken. As the survivors shared a meal, Ye Ruan showed his teammates affection, and he and Gu Cheng quietly reaffirmed their feelings.

• Ye Ruan found Fang Ci and Lu Jiayi at the Printing Factory, and Gu Cheng examined Fang Ci's broken legs after Fang Ci explained that a Level Three Monster had injured him.
• Fang Ci told Ye Ruan that half the bus passengers had died, but Li Tuantuan was safe and the survivors numbered only about fifty.
• Hu Fu welcomed Gu Cheng and his companions, while Yu Jingjing and Li Rang joyfully reunited with Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng.
• Ye Ruan offered his teammates food, and Gu Cheng persuaded Hu Fu to share the chicken stew with the other survivors.
• Ye Ruan traced “I like you” on Gu Cheng's thigh beneath the table.

At the Printing Factory, Ye Ruan reunited with Lou Yu, who had taken a flash drive containing secret military intelligence. When Lou Yu refused to return it, Gu Cheng had him and Song Ting restrained, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Gu Cheng planned the survivors’ supplies, vehicles, and emergency drills for the journey to S City.
• Hu Fu revealed that Lou Yu had been teaching the factory survivors, and Lou Yu recognized Ye Ruan as “Dumpling.”
• Ye Ruan attacked Lou Yu and demanded the flash drive, but Lou Yu refused because he wanted to use it to apply for a divorce.
• Gu Cheng comforted Ye Ruan, then ordered Li Rang and Lu Jiayi to restrain Lou Yu and Song Ting.
• Gu Cheng took Ye Ruan’s hand and asked Hu Fu for an empty room.

Ye Ruan confronted Lou Yu over the flash drive, then learned that his own pursuit of merit was meant to win freedom for his mother, Ms. Ye. After Lou Yu explained why he wanted freedom too, Ye Ruan left with Yu Jingjing, who promised the team would help him.

• Li Rang threatened Lou Yu while Ye Ruan confronted him about his past harassment, and Lou Yu revealed that he had already turned in the flash drive for merit.
• Ye Ruan inferred that Lou Yu had married someone he did not love, and Lou Yu explained that their superiors had forced the marriage after they ended up together during heat.
• Ye Ruan let Lou Yu go and left the room, while Gu Cheng stayed behind and asked why Ye Ruan was so determined to earn merit.
• Lou Yu told Gu Cheng that Ye Ruan wanted to win freedom for his mother, Ms. Ye, who was forced to undergo artificial reproduction, and that Song Ting faced the same order after leaving service.
• Yu Jingjing found Ye Ruan by the motorcycles, promised that the team would help him earn merit, and made him laugh.

Gu Cheng publicly claimed Ye Ruan, and Fang Ci accepted the news despite his heartbreak. The group learned Zhao Quan suspected they were not ordinary humans, but Gu Cheng postponed dealing with him until after they modified vehicles the next day.

• Gu Cheng pulled Ye Ruan into his arms and told everyone not to pursue the rabbit, while Fang Ci congratulated them despite his unrequited feelings.
• The group shared a meal from Ye Ruan's food supplies, and Xia Yue arrived to report Zhao Quan's suspicions and his opposition to taking Hu Fu's factory survivors.
• Gu Cheng said Zhao Quan had behaved after Ye Ruan killed Ren Bing but that they could not keep him around; he told everyone to rest and prepare to modify vehicles the next day.
• Yu Jingjing gave Xia Yue her hidden dagger, then Gu Cheng went to bed with Ye Ruan and protested when he saw the room had two single beds.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng spent the night together, then Ye Ruan woke from a dream of listening to piano music as a child. After Lou Yu warned him about the First Team, Ye Ruan dismissed his concern and promised Gu Cheng they could be intimate when they returned.

• Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng settled down together, but Ye Ruan woke after hearing distant thumps and went to check the corridor with Lou Yu and the First Team.
• Gu Cheng walked Ye Ruan back to bed, and Ye Ruan dreamed of his younger self listening to a piano beside a window covered in morning glories.
• At the washroom, Lou Yu showed Ye Ruan a black ear stud and warned him that the First Team might deceive him.
• Ye Ruan snapped at Lou Yu, then returned to Gu Cheng, who kissed and clung to him.
• When Yu Jingjing called them to breakfast, Ye Ruan whispered that he would give Gu Cheng what he wanted when they got back.

Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan investigated a noise in the office building and killed a Level Three avian monster that had attacked the kitchen staff. After learning three women were missing, Ye Ruan left Hu Fu with Yu Jingjing and went to spend time with the surviving children.

• Gu Cheng led Ye Ruan and the others to the third floor, where they found a Level Three avian monster in a blood-soaked room.
• Ye Ruan shot the monster, and Gu Cheng tossed a poison gas grenade inside to destroy the contaminated room.
• Hu Fu told Gu Cheng that three kitchen workers were missing, and Gu Cheng said the monster had killed them.
• Yu Jingjing tried to comfort Hu Fu while Ye Ruan went to the pond and joined the surviving children.

Ye Ruan played with the children and discovered signs that Li Tuantuan might be infected, so he secretly gave her medicine. As Gu Cheng and the group prepared to travel and then headed off to make lunch, Zhao Quan watched Ye Ruan from behind the truck.

• Gu Cheng carried Ye Ruan away from the children, then warned him not to let them kiss him.
• Li Tuantuan told Ye Ruan that General Nan had taken her to find her aunt and that she had not seen her father in a year.
• Ye Ruan found bumps on Li Tuantuan's head and pink scales on her arm, then secretly gave her a vial of medicine for her itching.
• Yu Jingjing joked about finding a partner like Ye Ruan, and Ye Ruan suggested Tang Tang might suit her.
• Gu Cheng offered to make Ye Ruan and the group scallion oil noodles for lunch.
• Zhao Quan watched Ye Ruan from behind the truck with an eerie grin.

Zhao Quan kidnapped Li Tuantuan and lured Ye Ruan to a warehouse, demanding weapons and the armored Biohazard Vehicle. Ye Ruan acted as though he would comply, and Gu Cheng burst in as Zhao Quan tried to inject him.

• Ren Fei'er told Ye Ruan that Zhao Quan had taken Li Tuantuan and demanded Ye Ruan come alone to the warehouse.
• Ye Ruan left Ren Fei'er locked in his room and went to the warehouse, where he found Li Tuantuan bound and gagged.
• Zhao Quan threatened Li Tuantuan and demanded Ye Ruan hand over his weapons and help him get the vehicle.
• Ye Ruan removed Gu Cheng's jacket, raised his hands, and approached Zhao Quan while silently counting.
• As Zhao Quan reached for a syringe, Ye Ruan dodged it and Gu Cheng rushed in, snapping Zhao Quan's forearm.

Gu Cheng and the others captured Zhao Quan, who revealed that Nan Han had supplied him with poison targeting special people. The group prepared to leave City H for the base the morning after next, while Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng shared a playful evening with their companions.

• Gu Cheng, Yu Jingjing, and the others captured Zhao Quan, who said Nan Han had traded him poison for 999 pink roses.
• Gu Cheng ordered Zhao Quan killed, and Yu Jingjing and Li Rang later reported that they had disposed of his body.
• Ye Ruan discovered Gu Cheng's red underwear had blown off the laundry terrace, and Lou Yu returned it after it landed on Sister Song's head.
• Gu Cheng told everyone to rest and check their weapons before leaving for the base the morning after next, since Fang Ci needed treatment for his injured leg.
• Li Tuantuan asked Ye Ruan to cuddle her to sleep, but Ye Ruan said he also wanted Gu Cheng to hold him.

As Gu Cheng’s team traveled toward Cloud City, Ye Ruan comforted him after learning about the losses he suffered on a mission in Iceland six years earlier. Ye Ruan promised he would find Gu Cheng if they ever parted, then told him, “I like you, Gu Cheng.”

• Ye Ruan killed a mutated Level Three Monster with a bomb while the team drove toward Cloud City.
• The team stopped for the night at a sculpture park outside the city and shared Gu Cheng’s homemade buns.
• Yu Jingjing told Ye Ruan how Gu Cheng cried after the Iceland mission failed and the First Team suffered heavy losses.
• Ye Ruan hugged Gu Cheng and helped lift his spirits as Gu Cheng joked about the mission and admitted he feared goodbyes.
• Ye Ruan promised to find Gu Cheng if they ever parted and told him he liked him.

Gu Cheng proposed to Ye Ruan, who revealed that someone had been making the people and things he liked disappear. Their exchange was interrupted by a zombie horde, and the survivors fled through the night as a Level Three Monster pursued them.

• Gu Cheng told Ye Ruan he loved him and asked him to marry him, but Ye Ruan warned that someone had been controlling his life and making his attachments vanish.
• Gu Cheng kissed Ye Ruan and vowed to stay with him, then Yu Jingjing warned them that a zombie horde was approaching.
• Fang Ci reported that more than ten thousand zombies were closing in, and Gu Cheng ordered the survivors to drive through Cloud City.
• Ye Ruan laid three traps before boarding the Biohazard Vehicle, and explosions lit up the sculpture park as the group escaped.
• A Level Three Monster followed the vehicles, and Ye Ruan prepared to fight it while Gu Cheng teased Fang Ci by calling Ye Ruan his sister-in-law.