Chapter Summaries

Fan Shang joined Liu Tie, Zhou Ping, and Lin Xue for a meal after they invited him to the front of the convoy. Liu Tie recognized Little Black as a rare Heterochromatic Black Cat, leaving Fan Shang curious about what made the cat special.

• Fan Shang prepared instant noodles and extra food for Little Black, then went to meet Liu Tie after the Tall, Thin Man delivered the invitation.
• Zhou Ping explained that the convoy had adopted the nickname Brother Shang because Fan Shang had helped save them, and Liu Tie thanked him for his role in defeating the Grudge-Crying Ghost.
• Lin Xue used her ability to make ice, replenishing the water in the pot as the group cooked noodles.
• Liu Tie identified Little Black as a Heterochromatic Black Cat and said he had believed the rare cat was only a rumor.
• Fan Shang asked Liu Tie what he meant, eager to learn more about Little Black.

Liu Tie explained to Fan Shang and the others that folk objects such as black dog blood could harm weird entities, recounting how the Hope Convoy survived an encounter with them. He also described Li Cunxing’s A-Rank Wandering Immortal Sequence and suggested a Beast Tamer could awaken Little Black’s bloodline, while Fan Shang knew he could do so by other means.

• Liu Tie told Fan Shang that black dog blood, Peachwood Swords, and other objects from Dragon Nation folklore really worked against weird entities.
• Liu Tie recalled that the Hope Convoy had over five thousand members and was led by Li Cunxing, an A-Rank Sequence User who had reached Sequence Two.
• Liu Tie recounted how Li Cunxin used black dog blood and an Ink Line Reel to make bodiless weird entities physical, saving the convoy.
• Liu Tie suggested that Little Black might have helped the convoy avoid danger and said a Beast Tamer could awaken its bloodline.
• Fan Shang smiled without answering, knowing he could awaken Little Black’s bloodline without the Beast Tamer Sequence.

Fan Shang asked Liu Tie how sequence ranks were determined, and Liu Tie explained that they measured how effectively sequences could harm anomalies. He described the power gap between the ranks and recalled seeing Li Cunxing’s A-rank strength, leaving Fan Shang with a striking example of how far above other sequences A-rank abilities could be.

• Fan Shang asked Liu Tie how sequences received their ranks, and Liu Tie explained that the ranks were standards established by people based on sequences’ effects on anomalies.
• Liu Tie described D-rank sequences as unable to threaten anomalies and C-rank sequences as capable of some harm, though the anomalies’ black mist made them difficult to kill.
• Liu Tie explained that B-rank sequences could counter the black mist effectively, while A-rank sequences were uniquely powerful and on another level.
• Liu Tie recalled that, at sequence two, Li Cunxing had flown into a revolt and defeated a hundred people, including several sequence transcendents, with little injury.
• Liu Tie told Fan Shang that witnessing Li Cunxing’s fight had convinced him A-rank sequences were incomparable to the others.

Liu Tie explained the power rankings and admitted that even an A-rank Sequence might not survive the Weird World, while an S-rank Sequence was only a rumor he chose to believe in. After Zhou Ping tried to make Fan Shang his adoptive father in exchange for protection, Fan Shang offered a practical deal: he would protect Zhou Ping as best he could in return for Rune Meat Porridge.

• Liu Tie told Zhou Ping that powerful Sequence Transcendents could fly and kill more than a hundred people in an hour, and that even Captain Li’s A-rank Sequence might not be enough to survive.
• Liu Tie said he had heard of a legendary S-rank Sequence from Captain Li, though he did not know whether it existed.
• Fan Shang served noodles to Little Black and noticed Zhou Ping watching him curiously.
• Zhou Ping asked whether Fan Shang had a B-rank Sequence, then offered to become his lackey or adopted son in exchange for protection.
• Fan Shang kicked Zhou Ping when he tried to kneel, then offered to protect him within his abilities if Zhou Ping supplied him with Rune Meat Porridge.
• Zhou Ping solemnly accepted Fan Shang’s deal.

Liu Tie gathered Fan Shang, Lin Xue, and Zhou Ping to divide the Yin Object obtained from an eerie creature, while Fan Shang offered up another Yin Object of his own. After agreeing on shares, the group decided to let Zhou Ping use the object to make Rune Meat Porridge, and he asked for a share of the result.

• Liu Tie teased Zhou Ping for siding with Fan Shang, then let him go after briefly squeezing him in a mock punishment.
• Liu Tie explained that convoy rules required them to discuss dividing the Yin Object from the eerie creature they had killed.
• Fan Shang declined a share because he had not helped with Liu Tie's kill, then revealed the Yin Object left by the other eerie creature he had killed.
• Liu Tie and Lin Xue refused to take shares of Fan Shang's object, while Fan Shang argued Liu Tie had helped him by holding the creature down.
• Liu Tie divided the first Yin Object among himself, Lin Xue, and Fan Shang, giving Fan Shang an extra share for saving his life.
• The group chose to have Zhou Ping use the Yin Object to make Rune Meat Porridge, and Zhou Ping asked to receive a share too.

Fan Shang spent 4,000 survival points to begin awakening Little Black’s bloodline while resting in his car during a storm. Liu Tie warned him that the rain was abnormal and threatened to submerge the convoy, so Fan Shang and the other survivors hurried to escape.

• After eating Rune Meat Porridge, Fan Shang felt stronger and got into his car with Little Black as heavy rain began.
• Fan Shang decided Little Black could become a major source of strength and used 4,000 survival points to start enhancing its bloodline, leaving it to sleep in the back seat.
• Four hours later, Liu Tie called Fan Shang over the vehicle radio and warned that the rain was abnormal and the convoy would soon be submerged.
• Fan Shang saw pools of water outside and heard the rain grow thunderously loud as Liu Tie ordered everyone to leave immediately.
• Liu Tie drove off and used a loudspeaker to wake the survivors, who started their vehicles and raced after his SUV.

Fan Shang and the convoy escaped the flooded highway, and Liu Tie explained that the rainstorm was a natural disaster caused by the weird entity Rain Man after a city was swallowed by the black tide. The chapter left Fan Shang staring at a waterspout where he glimpsed a towering, umbrella-bearing figure with many heads around its neck.

• Fan Shang and the others watched the highway flood and followed Liu Tie's convoy out of the danger zone.
• Liu Tie identified the storm as a natural disaster, while Zhou Ping recognized it and Lin Xue watched the waterspout in silence.
• Fan Shang realized the rain's sound had lulled him into relaxing and falling asleep, and Liu Tie described how he had noticed his own reluctance to look outside.
• Liu Tie said natural disasters appeared when the black tide swallowed part of the world and explained that Rain Man had created the rainstorm.
• Fan Shang saw a huge, thin silhouette holding an umbrella inside the waterspout, with dozens of bulges around its neck.

Fan Shang and Liu Tie’s convoy escaped the Person in the Rain’s calamity and stopped to rest, while the Black Tide devastated Jiang City. Outside the city, Cheng Qian led a group of survivors onto a mysterious highway to escape.

• Liu Tie sped up the convoy after seeing the terrifying figure in the tornado, and the group kept driving until the calamity faded.
• Liu Tie led the convoy beyond the calamity’s range, where the survivors saw the Weird Moon and agreed to rest for the night.
• The Black Tide engulfed Jiang City as monsters and a deadly rain disaster killed nearly all of its inhabitants.
• Cheng Qian rejected the blond young man’s doubts and led a thousand survivors onto the fog-surrounded highway outside Jiang City.

Fan Shang noticed Jiang Yu’s apparent hatred toward him but dismissed it, then heard Liu Tie’s plan to take the convoy onto a provincial road. Zhou Ping reacted with terror because the more crowded road could expose the convoy to more frequent attacks from weird entities.

• Fan Shang saw a middle-aged man drag Jiang Yu into his vehicle, and briefly sensed malice and resentment when she looked at him.
• Fan Shang heard other survivors say Jiang Yu glared at everyone and stopped wondering whether she specifically resented him.
• Fan Shang asked Liu Tie where the convoy would go next.
• Liu Tie announced that he planned to take the convoy onto a provincial road.
• Zhou Ping was alarmed because more people on the provincial road could make the convoy easier for weird entities to detect.

Liu Tie argued that the convoy needed to risk traveling to the Provincial Highway to grow stronger as the world became more dangerous. Fan Shang agreed, and Zhou Ping and Lin Xue committed to going with them.

• Liu Tie told Zhou Ping and Lin Xue that increasing encounters with Weirds showed the world was becoming more dangerous.
• Liu Tie explained that the convoy needed to fight Weirds and obtain Yin Objects to advance their sequences, and that Fan Shang’s House Guard sequence made the Provincial Highway less dangerous than before.
• Liu Tie asked Fan Shang whether he would support the plan, and Fan Shang agreed because the Provincial Highway offered chances to grow stronger.
• Liu Tie asked Zhou Ping to join them, and Zhou Ping resigned himself to staying with the convoy rather than leaving alone.
• Lin Xue declared that she would go with Fan Shang and Liu Tie.