Chapter Summaries

Lin Wanqiu traded the promise of one night with Shen Ye for the keys to his old Volvo. Shen Ye explored Zhao Biao’s RV and found its interior and supplies, along with a stash of erotic lingerie he decided to keep.

• Lin Wanqiu asked Shen Ye for his old Volvo, and Shen Ye offered it in exchange for something that satisfied him.
• Lin Wanqiu offered to let Shen Ye do whatever he wanted with her once, and Shen Ye gave her the Volvo keys and told her to see him when they stopped the next day.
• Shen Ye entered Zhao Biao’s RV and moved his supplies inside, discovering its filthy interior and signs of Zhao Biao’s past abuses.
• Shen Ye found the RV’s drinkable water and a large stock of food and bottled water in its storage area.
• Shen Ye opened a black bag of erotic lingerie and toys, then decided to keep it in case it came in handy with Lin Wanqiu.

Shen Ye claimed Zhao Biao’s RV and considered using Blood Refinement on it, but lacked enough Killing Points. As the Blood Moon rose and eerie sounds drew near, An Ning led the convoy west, while Cheng Shun reached Yang Feng with news that Zhao Biao was dead.

• Shen Ye discovered Blood Refinement could target the RV, but the 3,000-point cost exceeded his remaining 1,569 Killing Points.
• An Ning ordered the convoy to leave as the darkness deepened, but many former members of Zhao Biao’s convoy ignored her.
• Shen Ye told An Ning to leave the stragglers behind, and she led the convoy west in the Volvo with Lin Wanqiu driving.
• He Yunping warned the remaining convoy members that danger was closing in, and several hurried to follow the departing vehicles.
• Cheng Shun arrived at Yang Feng’s Blood Eagle Convoy and told him that Zhao Biao was dead.

Yang Feng learned that a young man had killed Zhao Biao with an exceptionally valuable Weird Object knife and decided to pursue him. He kept Cheng Shun and his group with the Blood Eagle Convoy while preparing to leave their route to the Northern Refuge.

• Cheng Shun recounted how Zhao Biao attacked the Dawn Convoy and was killed by a young man wielding an invisible knife.
• Chen Na judged the knife to be a highly ranked Weird Object and suggested the young man might be an ordinary fighter rather than a Sequence Awakened.
• Yang Feng coveted the knife, hoping it would increase his power and help him advance to Sequence 8.
• Yang Feng accepted Cheng Shun's account, promised him a reward, and told him and his men they would remain with the Blood Eagle Convoy.
• Chen Na questioned whether they should pursue the young man because his convoy was headed toward western Guangxi, but Yang Feng decided the knife was worth the detour.

The Dawn Convoy escaped the fast-moving gray fog and chose the dangerous road toward Qianxin Village rather than risk an unknown presence on the main highway. As the convoy drove through the woods, the trees formed faces and uprooted themselves to surround it.

• An Ning sensed that the gray fog's pursuers were more powerful than the monsters in Changchun Village, and the convoy sped ahead until it escaped the fog.
• At a fork, An Ning warned that the main road held an indistinct, extremely dangerous presence, while the road to Qianxin Village contained many weaker Eldritch.
• Shen Ye chose the road to Qianxin Village, and Lin Wanqiu led the convoy onto it despite protests from other travelers.
• Song Shiya urged the hesitant convoy members to follow, and the vehicles continued along a narrowing dirt road through strangely shaped trees.
• Shen Ye noticed faces forming in the tree trunks, and the trees tore their roots from the ground and moved in to surround the convoy.

Shen Ye fought his way through a swarm of Tier One Man-Eating Tree Spirits after the convoy was trapped on the mountain road, while Song Shiya healed his wounds. He cleared the final Tree Spirit blocking the road and urged the survivors to follow him, though he and Song Shiya were badly injured and exhausted.

• The Tree Spirits surrounded Shen Ye's RV and Song Shiya's Huolala, while An Ning warned him that they were Tier One Man-Eating Tree Spirits and Lin Wanqiu drove away with her.
• Shen Ye activated Hard Edge and killed the first Tree Spirit, but vines struck him from behind and left him wounded.
• A Tree Spirit trapped Shen Ye's leg and another bound his wrist, but Song Shiya used Inspiration and the Light of Holy Healing to help him break free and kill it.
• A Tree Spirit killed a woman in a car by draining her blood, and Shen Ye killed it before shouting for the survivors to follow him.
• Shen Ye and Song Shiya fought through the remaining Tree Spirits, and Shen Ye cut down the last one blocking the road.

Shen Ye and Song Shiya escaped the Man-Eating Tree Spirits at the cost of their supplies and several teammates, then continued toward Qianxing Village along a road that stretched far beyond its marked distance. At dawn, Shen Ye reached the silent village while Song Shiya slept in the RV.

• Shen Ye drove his RV through the Tree Spirits’ encirclement as Song Shiya abandoned her truck and healed his wounds, while several teammates were killed.
• After escaping, Shen Ye and Song Shiya discussed their close call and noticed that the distance to Qianxing Village far exceeded the sign’s estimate.
• Song Shiya used Light of Holy Healing on Shen Ye before exhaustion overcame her and she fell asleep.
• Shen Ye drove through the night and reached Qianxing Village at dawn, finding abandoned vehicles, shuttered houses, and unnatural silence.

Shen Ye considered entering Qianxing Village to find supplies and gain strength after An Ning sensed over a hundred dormant Eldritch inside. Despite An Ning’s warning, she agreed to accompany him, while Lin Wanqiu stayed behind.

• He Yumin and two starving former members of Zhao Biao’s convoy asked Shen Ye to help them enter the village for food, and he told them to wait while he consulted the captain.
• Shen Ye asked An Ning to scout Qianxing Village, and she sensed at least a hundred weak, dormant Eldritch and a more frightening presence among them.
• Shen Ye decided the village’s Eldritch could provide killing points and that the convoy needed supplies, including a way to recharge the motorhome’s battery.
• An Ning warned Shen Ye against entering but agreed to go with him so her ability could help them avoid danger and she could find food.
• Lin Wanqiu declined to join them, and Shen Ye’s taunt left her furious as she returned to the car.

Shen Ye led An Ning and convoy members into Qianxing Village, where he killed several Skin Wraiths and let the others search for supplies. Zhou Rong stole a bone cleaver and entered a wealthy house alone, where he found another Skin Wraith and charged at it.

• Shen Ye announced that anyone could join the supply search, keep what they found, and would be responsible for their own safety.
• Shen Ye entered a house with An Ning and killed four Skin Wraiths while the convoy members searched for food.
• Zhou Rong secretly took a bone cleaver and slipped away to search a wealthy house on his own.
• Zhou Rong encountered a Skin Wraith in the house and swung his cleaver at its neck.

Shen Ye and An Ning cleared most of Qianxing Village, killing dozens of Skin Wraiths and discovering that someone had taken many of the village’s supplies about a week earlier. At the last unchecked house, a villa on the hill, An Ning used her perception and trembled as she warned Shen Ye not to enter.

• Zhou Rong’s cleaver failed to cut a Skin Wraith, and two of them enveloped him and absorbed all his flesh.
• Shen Ye and An Ning cleared houses throughout Qianxing Village while the rest of the team scavenged supplies.
• Shen Ye killed two unusually full Skin Wraiths, and An Ning guessed they had been villagers who grew stronger by absorbing flesh and blood.
• Shen Ye found the village’s kitchens ransacked and concluded that someone had taken the supplies about a week earlier.
• After clearing roughly seventy or eighty Skin Wraiths, Shen Ye reached the white villa, where An Ning grabbed his sleeve and told him not to go in.

Shen Ye fled Qianxing Village after An Ning sensed three Eldritch beings in a villa and he saw an aware man watching from upstairs. At the village entrance, Zhao Cuilan and other relatives blocked the convoy, demanding that Shen Ye go back for the people who had not returned.

• An Ning sensed three Eldritch beings inside the villa, so Shen Ye spotted an aware, corpse-pale man at an upstairs window and hurried her out of the village.
• Shen Ye warned the team to flee, and the group withdrew from Qianxing Village with the supplies they had gathered.
• Shen Ye loaded the exhausted An Ning into the Volvo and ordered He Yumin to prepare the others to leave immediately.
• Zhao Cuilan blocked Shen Ye's RV and demanded to know where her son Zhou Rong was, accusing Shen Ye of leaving him behind.
• Old Zhang and Aunt Li joined Zhao Cuilan, who urged Shen Ye to return for the missing villagers as the crowd began to murmur in agreement.

Shen Ye killed Zhao Cuilan after she challenged his account of the missing convoy members, then led the convoy out of Qianxing Village and back to the National Highway. At the roadside, he told Song Shiya what they had encountered and gave her food and water as payment for treating him.

• Shen Ye killed Zhao Cuilan and explained that Zhou Rong, Zhang Haisheng, Li Dazhuang, and another man had stolen knives and gone after Eldritch, likely dying in the village.
• Shen Ye drove out of Qianxing Village, and He Yumin ordered the other vehicles to follow him.
• The convoy found a route back to the National Highway, where Shen Ye parked the RV beside the road.
• Shen Ye told Song Shiya about the Skin Wraiths, the villa Eldritch, and the intelligent creature that had watched him.
• Song Shiya left the RV to find somewhere else to stay, and Shen Ye gave her food and water as payment for treating him.

Lin Wanqiu entered Shen Ye’s RV to fulfill her promise, and he demanded that she wear revealing lingerie before they had sex. Afterward, she returned to the Volvo, while He Yunping came to the RV to propose a trade with Shen Ye.

• Song Shiya accepted Lin Wanqiu’s offer to stay in the Volvo after losing her car.
• Lin Wanqiu visited Shen Ye’s RV to keep her promise, and he told her to shower and choose lingerie from a bag.
• Lin Wanqiu reluctantly wore a black lace set, and she and Shen Ye had sex in the RV.
• Shen Ye let Lin Wanqiu finish his leftover noodles before telling her to leave, and she hurried back to the Volvo after encountering He Yunping.
• He Yunping entered the RV and asked Shen Ye to make a deal with him.

He Yunping traded information about the apocalypse, Sequence Potions, and a government survivor camp for food and a promised role in the Dawn Convoy. Shen Ye then examined his 5521 Killing Points and opened Asura Treasury, where three strange treasures appeared with prices of 5000, 10000, and 50000.

• He Yunping told Shen Ye that Zhao Biao’s convoy had fled Goat City after a tier-four Eldritch devastated it, and that Zhao Biao had sacrificed another Sequence Awakened to escape danger.
• He Yunping relayed that the Dragon Soar Convoy had a tier-eight leader who urged survivors to travel north to a government camp in Crane City, where many Sequence Awakened would provide protection.
• He Yunping explained that Sequence Potions could awaken ordinary people or grant a second sequence, though taking a second sequence could cause people to lose control and turn into monsters.
• Shen Ye gave He Yunping food and promised to discuss putting him in charge of convoy affairs with the captain when she woke.
• Shen Ye considered how to spend his 5521 Killing Points and chose to inspect Asura Treasury rather than improve the RV.
• Shen Ye opened Asura Treasury and saw a blood-red crystal, a strange two-faced mask, and a pair of watching eyes priced at 5000, 10000, and 50000.

Shen Ye used the Blood Crystal from the Asura Treasury to attempt awakening a second sequence, enduring a deadly physical and mental ordeal. He survived the awakening and resisted the murderous will that threatened to turn him into a monster.

• Shen Ye selected the Blood Crystal from the Asura Treasury and learned it could awaken a sequence, but failure would kill him and using it on another person could make them a loyal servant.
• Shen Ye weighed the risk against the danger posed by growing Eldritch and stronger Awakened, then decided to use the crystal himself.
• The Blood Crystal disintegrated on Shen Ye's tongue and unleashed scorching energy through his body.
• Shen Ye saw a featureless figure amid a mountain of corpses command him to kill, and he struggled to hold on to his reason.
• Shen Ye's body returned to normal, and he survived the dangerous awakening without succumbing to the murderous will.

After awakening the Butcher Sequence, Shen Ye slept for nearly a day and night while Song Shiya drove the convoy. He woke to learn that An Ning was still unconscious, the Eldritch and gray fog had vanished at night, and the convoy was nearly out of fuel.

• Shen Ye learned that the Butcher Sequence's Slaughter Mark weakened targets and siphoned their attributes, while Blood Feast permanently boosted him when he killed marked prey.
• After washing away the grime from his awakening, Shen Ye collapsed from exhaustion and slept for almost a full day and night.
• Song Shiya told Shen Ye that she had found him unconscious in the vehicle and had taken over driving the convoy.
• Shen Ye learned that An Ning had also remained asleep since exhausting herself in Qianxing Village.
• Song Shiya reported that the convoy had encountered no Eldritch and no gray fog for two nights, then warned Shen Ye that their fuel was nearly gone.

With the convoy nearly out of fuel, Shen Ye and Song Shiya reached a dark roadside gas station and went inside to find fuel before the vehicles ran dry. Shen Ye discovered that the pumps had no power and prepared to start one manually.

• Song Shiya told Shen Ye that the convoy's fuel would not last until dawn and that the other vehicles had little to spare.
• Song Shiya spotted a gas station ahead, and the convoy reached it before the RV ran out of fuel.
• Shen Ye and Song Shiya entered the dark station together while the convoy stayed in its vehicles.
• He Yumin warned a passenger that exploring the station could be fatal.
• Shen Ye asked Song Shiya to find a circuit breaker, then found the nearest pump's display dark and realized the power was out.

Shen Ye fought four Tier One Oil-Shadow Ghosts at a gas station, using Slaughter Mark to kill one despite their corrosive bodies and rapid healing. As the other three overwhelmed him, one spread its body over his head, leaving him trapped in immediate danger.

• Shen Ye dodged an Oil-Shadow Ghost's attack, but its corrosive liquid burned the back of his hand and trapped Ghost Head in its body.
• Three more Oil-Shadow Ghosts closed in, and Shen Ye wounded one before noticing it healed rapidly but slowed while recovering.
• Shen Ye activated Slaughter Mark, pierced the marked ghost more easily, and struck the same wound three times until it burst apart.
• Shen Ye gained 76 Killing Points and a slight physique increase from Blood Feast, but the three remaining ghosts attacked while his burned hands weakened.
• Shen Ye blocked one ghost and shoved another away, but the third expanded over his head before he could dodge.

Shen Ye was nearly killed by three Oil-Shadow Ghosts, but Song Shiya's healing support let him break free and defeat them. After learning that Song Shiya had found fuel and been wounded while rushing to help him, he thanked her.

• Oil-Shadow Ghosts pinned Shen Ye down and tried to suffocate him with black liquid.
• Song Shiya appeared and used her healing glow to suppress Shen Ye's pain and injuries.
• Shen Ye cut the weak strand connecting the ghost on his face to its body, freed himself, and killed all three Oil-Shadow Ghosts using Slaughter Mark.
• Song Shiya told Shen Ye she had found a working fuel-pump valve and revealed that two Eldritch creatures had scratched her arm.
• Shen Ye thanked Song Shiya for saving him, and she laughed at his unexpected words.

After defeating the remaining Oil-Shadow Ghosts, Shen Ye left with the convoy and discovered that using the Butcher Sequence was triggering a dangerous bloodthirsty side effect. As the episodes intensified, he tried to suppress the urge by rapidly eating the convoy’s supplies.

• Shen Ye killed the two remaining Oil-Shadow Ghosts, and Song Shiya healed his wounds while the convoy refueled.
• Shen Ye noticed his self-healing had improved and reflected on the strength of his Butcher Sequence.
• While the convoy drove through Western Guangxi, Shen Ye’s vision turned red and an overwhelming urge to kill surged through him.
• Shen Ye realized the Butcher Sequence’s side effect was growing stronger and feared Song Shiya could become its first victim.
• Shen Ye grabbed snacks from the storage area and began eating biscuits and sausages rapidly to satisfy the urge.

Shen Ye tried to satisfy a dangerous post-fight hunger by eating until his stomach bulged, prompting Song Shiya to confront him about his secrecy and lack of trust. He explained that his sequence caused primal urges, but then began losing control and turned his killing intent toward her.

• Shen Ye ate eight compressed biscuits and several sausage sticks until Song Shiya stopped him and warned that his stomach might burst.
• Song Shiya accused Shen Ye of not trusting her, then tried to leave the car after he said he had let her stay in it.
• Shen Ye grabbed Song Shiya's wrist and acknowledged how she had repeatedly helped him survive.
• Shen Ye told Song Shiya that his sequence caused uncontrollable primal desires after a fight, such as hunger or killing.
• Shen Ye's eyes and expression changed as he lost control, and his killing intent focused on Song Shiya.