Chapter Summaries

As aberrations ravaged the world, Lin Yi was cornered by three convoy members in Xu Family Village while waiting for his chainsaw to transform. He killed the Ghost Shadow with the newly awakened Soul-Devouring Saw, but paid for its use with his life force, and began gathering the supplies left behind by those who had fled.

• Liu Yong broadcast an emergency warning that a Level Five Aberration had turned the Demon Capital into a dead zone and urged people to flee north or east.
• Three convoy members tried to rob Lin Yi of his chainsaw and instant noodles, while he stalled for the weapon’s countdown to finish.
• A Ghost Shadow killed one of the robbers and attacked Lin Yi, prompting villagers to flee and abandon him.
• Lin Yi’s ordinary chainsaw transformed into the Soul-Devouring Saw, which could damage aberrations but consumed his life force.
• Lin Yi split the Ghost Shadow in two with the Soul-Devouring Saw, then watched his hair turn white as the weapon’s cost took effect.
• Lin Yi gathered the remaining supplies in the village after the survivors drove away.

Lin Yi finished scavenging Xu Village after killing its level-one anomaly and encountered the Safe Passage Convoy, led by Xu Xiaohan. He drove away cautiously, leaving the convoy to decide whether to follow or approach him.

• Lin Yi loaded his pickup with the supplies and gasoline he had scavenged from Xu Village.
• Xu Xiaohan arrived with the roughly fifty-person Safe Passage Convoy, including two other Sequence Transcendents, and spotted Lin Yi by his truck.
• Damei urged Xu Xiaohan to recruit Lin Yi, while the man with them reasoned that Lin Yi had probably killed the village's anomaly.
• Xu Xiaohan decided to wait for Lin Yi to leave and then ask him to join, planning to have the convoy stay overnight if the village was safe.
• Lin Yi drove out of Xu Village with the Soul-Devouring Saw ready, watching Xu Xiaohan warily.

Lin Yi joined Xu Xiaohan’s Safe Passage Convoy after learning that everyone had to find their own supplies. Xu Xiaohan then explained the three Sequence classifications, leaving Lin Yi to consider where his own ability fit.

• Xu Xiaohan invited Lin Yi to join her convoy, and he asked how it distributed supplies before agreeing.
• Xu Xiaohan introduced her blade-for-hire Sequence, while Da Mei and Liu Chuan introduced their direction and Watcher Sequences.
• Xu Xiaohan sent Da Mei and Liu Chuan to organize the convoy as everyone rested in the village.
• Xu Xiaohan told Lin Yi about the powerful Seed Convoy and its Prophet, who had shared information about Sequence classifications.
• Xu Xiaohan explained that Sequences fell into profession or identity, natural element, and mystery-type categories.

Lin Yi learned that Da Mei’s mystery-type [Direction] sequence could guide her toward any goal, including staying alive, and kept his own [Enhancement] secret from the convoy. After the group rested safely in Xu Family Village, he rebuffed a woman who approached for food, wary of revealing his strengths to other people.

• Xu Xiaohan explained that Da Mei’s [Direction] sequence could guide her toward a chosen goal, and revealed that Da Mei had chosen to stay alive.
• Lin Yi considered how powerful Da Mei’s ability was and kept his own [Enhancement] sequence secret from Xu Xiaohan and the convoy.
• Lin Yi returned to his pickup to rest, while the convoy stayed in Xu Family Village after the level-one uncanny creature there had been dealt with.
• At dusk, Lin Yi cooked instant noodles with an egg and greens, drawing the attention of people in the convoy.
• A woman approached Lin Yi, but he warned her off by reaching for the Soul-Devouring Saw, and she walked away resentfully.
• Lin Yi decided not to reveal his trump card, believing people posed a greater threat than uncanny creatures.

The Safe Passage Convoy fled an approaching Rain Man and reached Zhenning County Town, where Lin Yi and the others discovered a gigantic tree anomaly covered in human corpses. Lin Yi judged the town too dangerous to enter and advised the convoy to go around.

• Liu Chuan warned the villagers that an anomaly was approaching, and Xu Xiaohan led part of the convoy away while carrying her parents' ashes.
• The convoy reached Zhenning County Town with only forty-three of its original fifty members, and Little Liu reported seeing a Rain Man kill Old Liu.
• Liu Chuan sensed only one anomaly in the town and warned Xu Xiaohan that it might be unusually powerful.
• Lin Yi looked through the binoculars and saw a massive tree whose branches pierced and suspended human corpses throughout the town.
• Lin Yi said the tree was too dangerous to face and advised the convoy to go around Zhenning County Town.

Lin Yi refused to enter Zhenning County Town and left the convoy, while Xu Xiaohan led the others toward it to scavenge. Liu Chuan chose to follow Lin Yi, and Da Mei revealed that she was holding a badly injured, bound boy named Brother Tao.

• Lin Yi rejected Xu Xiaohan's proposal to enter Zhenning County Town and drove away, saying he would wait on the other side for one day.
• Xu Xiaohan decided to take the convoy into the county town to search for supplies, relying on Da Mei's [Direction] sequence.
• Liu Chuan warned Xu Xiaohan against the risk, then drove onto the expressway to follow Lin Yi.
• Xu Xiaohan noticed Liu Chuan leaving but continued toward the county town with Da Mei and the convoy.
• Da Mei smiled at the injured boy bound in the back seat and promised Brother Tao she would find the direction he had told her about.

Lin Yi and Liu Chuan drove to the far side of Zhenning County and found survivors trapped in a massive traffic jam beneath the Corpse Tree. Lin decided to spend the night there for protection, but Liu Chuan warned that approaching rain could bring the Rain Man.

• Liu Chuan caught up with Lin Yi and asked to join him, explaining that he chose strength over relying on good people in the apocalypse.
• Lin Yi questioned Liu Chuan about Da Mei's [Direction] ability, then drove with him to the highway entrance beyond Zhenning County.
• Lin Yi and Liu Chuan found the highway entrance blocked by vehicles and learned that survivors had been trapped there for half a month because people kept cutting into the traffic jam.
• Liu Chuan said the Corpse Tree had kept weaker supernatural horrors away, though the survivors were running out of food.
• Lin Yi decided to stay overnight near the Corpse Tree, and Liu Chuan warned that heavy rain could bring the Rain Man.

Lin Yi killed a man who tried to turn the crowd against him and rob his supplies, then struggled with the aftermath of his first kill. He urged Liu Chuan to lead their convoy using his [Watcher] abilities, and promised to support him.

• Lin Yi refused to give food to a kneeling mother and child, despite a man with gold-rimmed glasses accusing him of being heartless.
• The man pointed out Lin Yi’s supplies, stirring the crowd to approach and consider robbing him.
• Lin Yi revved the Soul-Devouring Saw and killed the man, causing the crowd to flee in panic.
• Lin Yi vomited after the killing, while Liu Chuan watched with renewed confidence that he had chosen the right person to keep him alive.
• Liu Chuan suggested forming a convoy, and Lin Yi said Liu Chuan would make a better leader than Xu Xiaohan and promised his support.

Lin Yi agreed to help Liu Chuan form a convoy while making clear that he would prioritize his own judgment and survival. Liu Chuan recruited people under the name Survival Rules Convoy, but the battered vehicles of Xu Xiaohan and Da Mei arrived before he could finish.

• Lin Yi rested in his pickup tent and decided not to spend months enhancing the vehicle, choosing instead to enhance himself and select a weapon.
• Liu Chuan weighed the risks of leading a large convoy, then asked Lin Yi for help forming one.
• Lin Yi agreed to help Liu Chuan but said he would not take responsibility for the other convoy members and would make his own decisions in a crisis.
• Liu Chuan went to recruit people while Lin Yi painted “Survival Rules” on Liu Chuan’s sedan and named the convoy.
• Liu Chuan told the gathered survivors that he and Lin Yi were sequence superhumans and announced the new convoy.
• Xu Xiaohan and Da Mei returned in badly damaged vehicles, and Liu Chuan called out to Lin Yi that they had arrived.

Lin Yi and Liu Chuan met the surviving Xu Xiaohan and Da Mei after their convoy was devastated in Zhenning County Town. Lin Yi killed Da Mei when she revealed her Secret-Seer ability and threatened to expose his secret, then Liu Chuan treated Xu Xiaohan as Lin Yi invited her to join the Survival Rules Convoy.

• Lin Yi and Liu Chuan watched Xu Xiaohan and Da Mei emerge gravely wounded from their cars, with Xu Xiaohan dragging Da Mei out by the hair.
• Xu Xiaohan accused Da Mei of getting their group killed by pushing people toward a Corpse Tree while seeking supplies, and Lin Yi found Li Tao's corpse in the car.
• Da Mei revealed that her sequence was [Secret-Seer] and threatened to expose Lin Yi's secret unless he killed Xu Xiaohan.
• Lin Yi cut off Da Mei's head with the Soul-Devouring Saw, while Liu Chuan obtained a first-aid kit and treated Xu Xiaohan.
• Lin Yi told Xu Xiaohan that Liu Chuan led the Survival Rules Convoy and asked whether she wanted to join.

After the Survival Rules Convoy escaped the traffic jam, torrential rain forced it to take shelter at the Cloud Brocade City highway service area. Liu Chuan planned to resupply in Guangming Town, where the convoy might encounter a Rain Man.

• Lin Yi killed Da Mei, and Liu Chuan treated Xu Xiaohan’s injuries before she joined the Survival Rules Convoy as Liu Chuan’s temporary driver.
• Liu Chuan ordered the convoy to speed up as threatening storm clouds gathered, and the vehicles pulled ahead of the cyclists.
• Torrential rain struck the convoy, forcing its drivers to press on through poor visibility and occasional collisions.
• Liu Chuan led the convoy off the highway at the Cloud Brocade City service area, where the survivors sheltered and rested.
• Liu Chuan planned to avoid cities and resupply in Guangming Town, warning that a level-three Rain Man could kill nearly everyone in the convoy.

After the convoy reached the Yunjin Expressway Service Area, Liu Chuan established rules for members to follow as they continued toward Guangming Town. As the group prepared to leave, Lin Yi’s physical enhancement expired and his body began to change.

• Liu Chuan confirmed the convoy had lost members on the journey and let everyone rest at the service area before heading to Guangming Town for supplies.
• Liu Chuan proposed rules requiring members to find their own supplies, Sequence Transcendents to prove their value, and people like him to cooperate and divide supplies fairly.
• Lin Yi agreed with the rules and warned that some people might be hiding supernatural abilities.
• Liu Chuan announced the rules, prompting some people to complain or leave the convoy.
• Liu Chuan set a one-hour limit for searching Guangming Town and ordered the convoy to leave in time to reach the next service area before dark.
• Lin Yi saw that his physical enhancement countdown had ended, and his body began to change.

After gaining the [Criminal] Sequence at the cost of his left kidney, Lin Yi joined the convoy’s supply run into Guangming Town. The chapter ended with Lin Yi and Xu Xiaohan preparing to scavenge the town’s supplies before a pursuing anomaly could catch up.

• Lin Yi suffered the loss of his left kidney when he gained the [Criminal] Sequence, whose abilities were Fearless of Death and Crazy Adrenaline.
• Lin Yi realized his [Enhancement] Sequence could turn other people into Sequence Transcendents, so he decided to keep it secret and rely openly on [Criminal].
• Liu Chuan led the convoy to Guangming Town, where he sensed three anomalous presences.
• Lin Yi told Liu Chuan and Xu Xiaohan that he needed gasoline and food, and Liu Chuan gave them until 4:10 to return.
• Liu Chuan warned that an anomaly, possibly Rain Man, was following them, and Lin Yi entered Guangming Town with the Soul-Devouring Saw.

Lin Yi entered Guangming Town to gather medicine, food, and gasoline, but discovered a level-two Ghost Shadow and fled when it attacked. As three horrors converged on the town, one struck Lin Yi and hurled him into a shop shutter.

• Lin Yi entered Guangming Town with Xu Xiaohan and gathered medicine, snacks, and gasoline.
• Lin Yi spotted a level-two Ghost Shadow perched on a statue and carefully avoided it on his way to the gas station.
• Lin Yi returned from the gas station and found that the Ghost Shadow had vanished from the statue.
• The level-two Ghost Shadow attacked people near the gas station, and Lin Yi fled toward the outskirts.
• Screams and fleeing people drew two more horrors into the town, and one charged into Lin Yi, sending him crashing into a shop shutter.

Lin Yi defeated a charging level-one Zombie with the Soul-Devouring Saw, but the Level-Two Ghost Shadow caught up and overwhelmed him. As the Ghost Shadow attacked, a huge white bear revealed itself as a person and called on Lin Yi to fight beside it.

• A Zombie charged Lin Yi, and he blocked it with the Soul-Devouring Saw before cutting it down.
• Lin Yi gathered his supplies and ran toward the entrance to Guangming Town.
• The Level-Two Ghost Shadow ambushed Lin Yi, wounded him, and resisted his Soul-Devouring Saw.
• The Ghost Shadow launched another attack, but a huge white bear knocked it away and urged Lin Yi to help fight.
• Lin Yi realized the white bear was a Sequence Transcendent who had been hiding their abilities.

Lin Yi and the big white bear escaped Guangming Town after fighting a level-two Ghost Shadow, which was drawn away by the shriek of a suspected second level-two entity. At the convoy, Liu Chuan ordered everyone to leave without Xu Xiaohan, while Lin Yi faced an old woman blocking the road as she waited for her son.

• Lin Yi and the big white bear fought together to pin down the level-two Ghost Shadow, then fled when they realized they could not kill it.
• A piercing shriek from inside Guangming Town drew Ghost Shadow away, allowing Lin Yi, the big white bear, and other survivors to escape.
• Lin Yi told Liu Chuan that a level-two Ghost Shadow was inside Guangming Town and suspected the shriek came from another level-two entity.
• With time running out and Xu Xiaohan still missing, Liu Chuan ordered everyone to board the vehicles and leave.
• An old woman blocked the road, refusing to let the convoy depart without her son, and Lin Yi's killing intent rose.

After the convoy escaped the horror, Lin Yi began enhancing his Soul-Devouring Saw while Liu Chuan struggled with the burden of leadership. The group reached a service area to rest, where Lin Yi encouraged Liu Chuan to keep leading and suggested negotiating supplies with the great white bear shifter.

• The great white bear transformed back into a man and reunited with his wife and daughter before joining the convoy.
• Lin Yi inspected the Soul-Devouring Saw and used Enhancement on it, triggering a one-day countdown.
• The convoy drove for two hours to a service area, where Liu Chuan confirmed the horror had not followed them.
• Liu Chuan questioned whether he could lead after Xu Xiaohan died, and Lin Yi urged him to continue guiding the convoy.
• Lin Yi proposed that Liu Chuan find someone else to drive and suggested asking the great white bear shifter to share supplies.

Ji Qingcang joined Lin Yi and Liu Chuan’s convoy, shared what he knew about the government’s plans and the importance of the [Watcher] sequence, and agreed to pool supplies with them. As they began dividing food and medicine, a woman demanded that the convoy share its supplies and give priority to vulnerable women.

• Ji Qingcang introduced himself as a veteran and an awakened of the [Beastman · Bear] sequence, then brought his supplies to Lin Yi and Liu Chuan.
• Ji Qingcang told Lin Yi and Liu Chuan that the government had prepared migration plans, that the north was safest, and that [Watcher] sequence members were essential convoy leaders and communicators.
• Liu Chuan accepted the responsibility of leading the Survival Rules Convoy, and Lin Yi revealed that he belonged to the [Criminal] sequence.
• Lin Yi, Liu Chuan, and Ji Qingcang agreed to pool their supplies into three shares, with Ji Qingcang asking for lollipops for his daughter.
• A woman approached and demanded that the convoy share its supplies and prioritize vulnerable women.

Lin Yi shut down a group of women who demanded leadership roles and preferential access to supplies, then divided the recovered goods with Ji Qingcang and Liu Chuan. The convoy’s first rule remained in force, and Liu Chuan prepared to find a driver for the journey ahead.

• A woman and the Women's Mutual Aid Association demanded representation in convoy leadership, priority access to supplies, and protection from men.
• Lin Yi kicked the woman into the others, warned the convoy to follow its first rule, and said anyone unwilling could leave.
• The crowd fell silent, and Ji Qingcang and Liu Chuan accepted Lin Yi’s handling of the troublemakers.
• Ji Qingcang took lollipops, Lin Yi chose Red Bull, and Liu Chuan took ready-to-eat food, bottled water, and medicine.
• Liu Chuan said he would find someone to drive and told Lin Yi and Ji Qingcang he would rely on them for the road ahead.

Lin Yi and Liu Chuan prepared for a new convoy’s arrival after recruiting Wang Gui as a driver. Zhou Haitao, captain of the Beast Convoy, offered to trade supplies and presented a spectral megaphone that caught Lin Yi’s interest.

• Liu Chuan recruited Wang Gui to drive in exchange for supplies, while Ji Qingcang explained to Liu Man that Lin Yi had spared the Women's Mutual Aid Association because of him.
• Ji Qingcang comforted his daughter, Ji Xiaoxiao, and said he still needed to take his family to the sanctuary in the North.
• A tattooed young man announced that a convoy of five vehicles had arrived, and Ji Qingcang warned Lin Yi and Liu Chuan to be wary of people.
• Zhou Haitao introduced himself as captain of the Beast Convoy and proposed trading supplies with Liu Chuan.
• Zhou Haitao presented a Spectral Amplifying Megaphone that amplified voices fivefold at the cost of one strand of hair per use, and Lin Yi recognized its usefulness for the convoy.