Recaps

Chen Ye joined Chu Che’s convoy, traded for supplies, and prepared to scavenge Longevity Village despite its supernatural dangers. The group found a supermarket beneath a great willow, gathered its supplies, and set out for the village chief’s house as the corpses in the trees watched them.

• Chen Ye discovered his item-upgrade system, transformed his bicycle into a motorized tricycle, and escaped Apricot Blossom Town after killing Qiangzi and losing Jiajia to the darkness.
• Chen Ye joined Chu Che, Nana, and Iron Lion’s convoy, traded for repair tools and gasoline, and prepared blood-coated crossbow bolts using the discovery that black dog blood could affect supernatural entities.
• The convoy accepted survivors from Deer City and continued toward Longevity Village, where Chu Che’s radio warned of more than a hundred horrors and an SSS danger rating.
• Chen Ye entered Longevity Village with Nana, Iron Lion, and other survivors, while two people vanished inside a dark house and the Hunchbacked Old Puppet escaped after being struck by Chen Ye’s blood-coated bolt.
• The group found hundreds of corpses hanging from the great willow and entered the Big Willow Supermarket, where they collected supplies until the shelves were stripped bare.
• Chen Ye stopped an old woman from taking cured pork and fish, then joined Nana and Iron Lion in deciding to search the village chief’s house as the group left the supermarket.

Chen Ye and the survivors escaped Longevity Village’s deadly Big Willow Tree and reached Yan Prefecture with the convoy. After upgrading his tricycle and awakening as a Smoke Apostle, Chen Ye set out with the group toward a road strewn with abandoned vehicles.

• Chen Ye’s group found a large cache of potatoes in the village chief’s basement, but their attempts to leave Longevity Village repeatedly brought them back to the Big Willow Tree.
• The Big Willow Tree animated its hanging corpses and attacked the survivors, while Chen Ye, the Long-Legged Girl, and Iron Lion fought to lead them out.
• Chen Ye escaped the village with Iron Lion, and Chu Che’s convoy departed as survivors waited for missing family members.
• Chen Ye and the convoy reached Yan Prefecture, where Chen Ye redeemed a Sequence awakening method and began upgrading his Motor Tricycle.
• The survivors divided their recovered supplies, and Chen Ye’s tricycle gained a canopy and reinforced frame while his awakening progressed.
• Chen Ye awakened as a Smoke Apostle, gaining smoke abilities and a white left pupil, then told Chu Che, Nana, and Iron Lion about his new sequence.
• The convoy buried a survivor who had frozen to death and continued on, until Chu Che spotted wrecked vehicles blocking the road ahead.
• Xiao Fu reported that the wreckage was empty, and Iron Lion signaled the crash site was safe as Chen Ye anticipated finding a better vehicle.