Chapter Summaries

After defeating the Illusory Dream Jellyfish, Su Ye used its Alliance Token to establish the server’s first alliance, Expedition, and unlocked a safe Alliance Base. The chapter ended with him discovering he could expand the base and build facilities by spending Survival Coins.

• Su Ye collected the Illusory Dream Jellyfish’s loot, including an Alliance Token, and decided to keep it so he could create his own alliance.
• Su Ye returned to the Survival Road after three days and eleven hours away, then used the token to establish Expedition.
• The server-wide announcement that Su Ye had founded the first alliance shocked players across every zone and prompted faction leaders, including Ling Yue, to message him for information.
• Su Ye received an additional reward, an Alliance Base, and inspected Expedition’s functions and upgrade rules.
• Su Ye entered the base and found a monster-proof safe zone that he could expand and furnish with Survival Coins.

Su Ye established the Expedition Alliance, appointed Mo Yu and Whirlwind as deputy leaders, and funded the development of its base. After Ember Iron pointed out that the Gale Ranger’s tier limited the Smelting Furnace, Su Ye upgraded the Vehicle to Tier Four and began training Wave Stacking with the help of Three-Colored Lotus Seeds.

• Su Ye accepted Survival Coin payments from Ling Yue and the other Fivefold Race leaders, then told them how he had obtained an Alliance Token.
• Su Ye added Mo Yu and Whirlwind to the Expedition Alliance as deputy leaders and deposited one million Survival Coins for base construction.
• Ember Iron reminded Su Ye that the Gale Ranger’s Tier Three status prevented the Smelting Furnace from producing Tier Four materials.
• Su Ye used a Vehicle Tier-Up Card to advance the Gale Ranger to Tier Four and told Ember Iron to start smelting Tier Four materials.
• Su Ye consumed Three-Colored Lotus Seeds to double skill proficiency gains for 24 hours and practiced Wave Stacking while Mo Yu and Whirlwind entered the alliance base.

Mo Yu and Whirlwind expanded the Expedition Alliance base, then upgraded it to level three after Su Ye promised to handle the coming monster attack. Su Ye arrived at the newly built base as Mo Yu and Whirlwind invited players into the Alliance, with the attack due in half an hour.

• Mo Yu and Whirlwind spent Survival Coins building the Central Hall, Lounges, Repair Shop, Trading Market, and Entertainment Room.
• Mo Yu hesitated to upgrade the Alliance because reaching level three would trigger a monster attack, and he asked Su Ye for advice.
• Su Ye told Mo Yu to upgrade, promising to handle the monsters, and Mo Yu raised the Alliance to level three.
• The system warned Su Ye that monsters would attack in half an hour and that the Alliance could lose its base if the attack failed.
• Su Ye traveled to the expanded base, told Mo Yu to bring the members in, and Mo Yu and Whirlwind invited players to join the Alliance.

Su Ye gathered the Expedition alliance at the base to face a monster attack, and its members fought off two waves with his support. The second wave was nearly defeated, while the attack appeared to be continuing.

• Mo Yu ordered the alliance members to enter the base, where Su Ye and Whirlwind organized 145 players into a defensive line.
• Tier Two Carapace Sentinels charged from the Gray Fog, and the players killed the first wave after a fierce battle.
• Corrosive Spitters attacked the defensive line with long-range acid, damaging vehicles and injuring players.
• Su Ye ordered Fifteen to activate the Light Machine-Gun Turret, which tore through the Spitters and helped the alliance defeat the second wave.

The Expedition Alliance repelled the monster attack, earning rewards and unlocking wall construction. Su Ye then upgraded the alliance to level four and expanded its base, preparing for the next monster attack.

• Su Ye ordered the Gale Ranger's Light Machine-Gun Turret to destroy the Wind Bats and then instantly kill the three Iron Crocodiles.
• The alliance received 10 Free Attribute Points and 10,000 Survival Coins per member, while Su Ye unlocked Wall Construction as an additional reward.
• Su Ye assigned Mo Yu and Whirlwind to organize the wall construction and told the other members to retreat before the next upgrade.
• Su Ye spent one million Survival Coins to advance the Expedition Alliance to level four, triggering another monster attack in half an hour.
• Su Ye expanded the base to five thousand meters in every direction.

Su Ye and the Gale Ranger’s drones defeated three waves of tier three monsters attacking the Expedition Alliance’s base. When four tier four Earthsplitter Bone Turtles appeared, Su Ye equipped the Bladeless Set, raised his attributes past the tier five threshold, and charged them himself.

• Venom-Faced Spiders broke through the base’s outer defenses, but the drones destroyed them with a volley of fire.
• Fifteen and the drones picked off the Ghostflame Wolves, then the drones, Ballista, and Light Machine-Gun Turret killed the Ironclad Rhinos.
• Four tier four Earthsplitter Bone Turtles emerged from the Gray Fog as players feared the alliance’s defenses would not be enough.
• Su Ye equipped the Bladeless Set, boosted both his attributes above 2,000, drew his spear, and charged the Earthsplitter Bone Turtles.

Su Ye personally killed four tier four Earthsplitter Bone Turtles in under ten seconds, stunning the Expedition Alliance members and cementing their trust in him. After ordering them to collect the rewards, he received alliance-wide bonuses and unlocked an Arrow Tower for the base.

• Su Ye charged into battle without his vehicle and killed the first Earthsplitter Bone Turtle with a spear thrust.
• Su Ye used Extreme Thunder Skybreak to cleave the second turtle in half, then killed the third with Cloud-Piercing Thrust and broke the fourth turtle's neck with a kick.
• The players watched Su Ye defeat all four monsters in less than ten seconds and erupted into cheers, recognizing his overwhelming strength.
• Su Ye ordered the players to gather the monster materials and items for the Alliance Warehouse, where members could exchange contribution points for resources.
• The alliance received 30 free attribute points and 50,000 Survival Coins per member, and Su Ye decided to delay upgrading the alliance until he could coordinate new recruits.
• Su Ye claimed the additional Arrow Tower Building reward and used it to add an Arrow Tower to the base's construction panel.

Su Ye left the newly established Expedition Alliance to its members and continued training aboard the Gale Ranger, while the Golden Race planned to coordinate a scorched-earth strategy against him. After improving Wave Stacking, Su Ye opened the Star Shatter Mine instance and drove inside.

• Su Ye told Mo Yu and Whirlwind to establish recruitment rules and screen reliable players for Expedition.
• Mo Yu and Whirlwind urged alliance members to contribute Survival Coins and materials toward building their own base, and the players agreed.
• The Golden Race decided to contact other civilizations and persuade them to withdraw from Su Ye’s road and avoid its instances.
• Su Ye trained until Wave Stacking reached level 16, then used an Instance Crystal to open the Star Shatter Mine passage.
• The Gale Ranger drove through the glowing gate into the Star Shatter Mine instance.

Su Ye deployed the Gale Ranger’s drones and mining machines in the Star Shatter Mine, where they harvested stardust iron while fending off waves of Skeleton Race monsters. As the five-day instance neared its end, a Tier Four Bone Dragon appeared and prepared to attack, and Su Ye ordered the Army-Breaker Cannon to fire.

• Su Ye ordered Xing Meng to deploy drones and mining machines, and the machines found a rich vein of Tier Three stardust iron beneath the Gale Ranger.
• The mining noise drew Skeleton Race monsters, which the drones killed before they could reach the mining area.
• For five days, Xing Meng’s drones and the Gale Ranger’s turrets repelled endless monster waves while the machines stockpiled stardust iron.
• A Tier Four Bone Dragon appeared on the fifth evening and began gathering ghostly blue energy in its mouth.
• Su Ye ordered the Army-Breaker Cannon to lock onto the Bone Dragon and fire.

Su Ye finished mining the Star Shatter Mine, gathered more rewards from Tier Three instances, and watched his Alliance grow into a fortified base with stronger members. He met three Great Xia Soldiers on the road.

• Su Ye destroyed the Bone Dragon boss with the Army-Breaker Cannon and learned that his group had mined 278,000 tonnes of stardust iron ore.
• Su Ye left the resource instance, cleared three more Tier Three instances overnight, and collected Secret Crystals, blueprints, and materials.
• A Da and the vehicle's automated defenses handled monsters as Su Ye traveled peacefully along the road.
• Mo Yu and Whirlwind filled the Alliance's five thousand member slots, expanded its base, and established rules under Su Ye's authority.
• Su Ye stocked the Alliance Warehouse and produced Tier Two equipment sets that greatly strengthened its members.
• Fifteen detected three Great Xia Soldiers, and Su Ye stopped the vehicle and went to meet them.

Su Ye learned that the Golden Race planned to use a Scorched Earth strategy to deny him resources from regular Instances, and he discussed how to develop his Alliance for the coming stronghold battles. He remained confident in advancing and planned to raise his Alliance to level five so he could access Alliance Instances and reunite with Great Xia.

• The Great Xia team leader congratulated Su Ye on founding the server’s first Alliance and explained that the races would withdraw from his route and regular Instances starting tomorrow.
• Su Ye learned that the Scorched Earth strategy would last at least until he reached Tier Four, while Tier Five’s stronghold would require an Alliance army to breach.
• The team leader advised Su Ye to develop his Alliance but said he could still advance to Tier Five, gather higher-grade resources, and support his members while waiting at the stronghold.
• The team leader told Su Ye that a level-five Alliance could unlock Alliance Instances, where Great Xia could meet him despite the restrictions on regular Instances.
• After talking about future road sections and Alliance management, Su Ye sent the Great Xia team away with three Secret Realm Crystals and ordered A Da to keep driving.

Su Ye returned to the thriving Expedition Alliance base and announced plans to upgrade it to level five and prepare for the fortified pass on the Tier Six Road Section. He ordered the alliance to fill its remaining membership slots before the upgrade triggered a monster attack, and Whirlwind offered a possible solution to the recruitment shortage.

• Su Ye entered the transformed Expedition Alliance base, where members gathered to welcome him.
• Su Ye met Mo Yu, Whirlwind, and the senior officers in the alliance hall and announced the level-five upgrade and the need to prepare to capture a fortified pass to reach the Tier Six Road Section.
• Su Ye told Mo Yu and Whirlwind to summon all alliance members and fill the alliance’s five thousand vacant slots before the upgrade triggered a monster attack.
• Mo Yu warned that recruiting enough qualified members quickly would be difficult, and Su Ye rejected lowering the alliance’s standards.
• Whirlwind said he had an idea that might solve the membership shortage.

Su Ye agreed to let Ling Yue, Yan Kuang, and three other faction leaders join the Expedition Alliance, confident that his strength would keep them under control. As the five leaders discussed whether he would accept them, Sha Shan questioned whether Ling Yue was truly willing to become his subordinate.

• Whirlwind told Su Ye that Ling Yue, Yan Kuang, and three other leaders had asked to join the Expedition Alliance, and Su Ye asked why they wanted to join.
• Whirlwind explained that the five leaders feared the alliance would outgrow them, while Mo Yu warned that they might betray Su Ye once they gained power.
• Su Ye agreed to accept the five leaders and ordered Whirlwind to add them to the alliance and summon them to the hall within ten minutes.
• Ling Yue and the other four leaders discussed their decision to join, citing their fear of the alliance's growing dominance and their respect for Su Ye's strength.
• Sha Shan asked Ling Yue whether she was willing to serve under Su Ye despite being the Feather Tribe's Young Clan Leader.

Ling Yue and the other four tribal leaders accepted invitations to join the Expedition Alliance, deciding that safety and strength mattered more than remaining independent. They arrived at the Alliance Base, where its bustling, secure settlement left them awestruck, and a figure approached them.

• Ling Yue explained that joining the Expedition Alliance made sense for survival and was effectively an internal move within the Feather Tribe.
• Whirlwind told Ling Yue and the other four leaders that they could join the alliance and must report to the Base Hall within ten minutes for a discussion.
• Ling Yue persuaded Yan Kuang and the others to accept the invitations, arguing that Never Checks the Fuel Gauge did not need a trap to defeat them.
• The five joined the Expedition Alliance and explored its alliance interface before teleporting to the base.
• Ling Yue and the other four saw the protected settlement, trading stalls, and defenses, and marveled at how safe it felt.
• A figure approached the five leaders as they stood amazed by the Alliance Base.

Ling Yue and four other former faction leaders joined the Expedition Alliance and met Su Ye in its main hall. Su Ye ordered their followers reorganized and prepared to upgrade the Alliance to level five, while planning to demonstrate his power to secure their loyalty.

• A guide led Ling Yue, Yan Kuang, Sha Shan, and the other two former C13 Zone leaders through the prosperous base to meet Su Ye.
• The five leaders bowed to Su Ye, who welcomed their decision to join the Expedition Alliance.
• Su Ye declared that their former ranks no longer mattered and ordered Mo Yu and Whirlwind to split up and reorganize everyone they brought.
• When Yan Kuang began to object, Su Ye's aura and killing intent intimidated him into accepting the order.
• Su Ye told Mo Yu and Whirlwind to select five thousand people within half an hour and announced that he would upgrade the Alliance to level five.

Su Ye upgraded the Alliance to level five, expanded the base, and gathered ten thousand members there for the coming Monster Siege. He prepared the Gale Ranger and A Da to defend the base as the attack deadline arrived.

• Su Ye spent ten million Survival Coins to raise the Alliance to level five, triggering a monster attack in half an hour and increasing the membership limit to ten thousand.
• Mo Yu and the other commanders brought five thousand selected recruits into the Alliance, and Su Ye expanded the base to a radius of ten thousand meters.
• Mo Yu summoned the Alliance members to the base, where they gathered around the Gale Ranger and speculated about the coming siege and Su Ye's strength.
• Su Ye ordered Xing Meng, Fifteen, Ember Iron, and Qingya to prepare the drones, weapons, logistics, and surveillance for battle.
• Su Ye told A Da to handle any trouble spots while the Gale Ranger's weapons covered the base, and the members waited until half an hour had passed.

Su Ye and the Expedition Alliance defended their base against successive waves of monsters with overwhelming weapons and the Gale Ranger’s firepower. After defeating the first two waves, they faced a third wave of one thousand tier four monsters.

• Xing Meng ordered the Combat Drones to fire on five thousand tier three monsters advancing from all four directions.
• Ember Iron’s tier four Demolition Bombs let the drones wipe out the entire first wave in under three minutes.
• Qingya announced a second wave of three thousand monsters, including tier four monsters, and Su Ye ordered Fifteen to attack.
• The Gale Ranger’s Starlight Weave Module enhanced its cannon, ballista, and turret fire, and the Alliance eliminated the second wave after about ten minutes.
• Qingya announced a third wave of one thousand monsters, all tier four.

Su Ye led the defense against the third wave, slaughtering tier four monsters across the base before facing three peak tier four bosses. He killed all three in less than a minute, leaving the wave cleared.

• Su Ye and A Da flew out to fight as a thousand tier four monsters attacked the base, and Su Ye rapidly killed monsters in the southern sector.
• A Da was torn apart despite support from the Vehicle and Xing Meng's drones, while Su Ye moved to the western sector and continued fighting.
• Su Ye killed the final tier four monster, then three peak tier four bosses emerged from the fog.
• Su Ye equipped the [Bladeless Set], raised his physique and mental attributes above 2,000, and instantly killed the skeletal beast.
• Su Ye pierced the three-headed venomous python with a mental attack and his spear, then trapped and killed the fleeing cyclops with lightning.

After the Expedition Alliance repelled the monster attack, Su Ye inspected its new rewards and entered a Tier Three alliance instance to explore it. He arrived at the Rust-Covered Dome, where Fifteen detected an unstable Energy Core and warned that its surges could disable electronics and activate the dormant Automated Defense System.

• Su Ye won the alliance members' admiration, and the Expedition Alliance received attribute points, Survival Coins, and a Medical Station Building for repelling the attack.
• Su Ye reviewed the newly unlocked alliance instances and trading feature, then ordered the alliance to prepare for a group instance in three days.
• Su Ye purchased a Tier Three Life-Saving Talisman and entered the Rust-Covered Dome instance aboard the Gale Ranger.
• Fifteen detected strong electromagnetic interference and an unstable Energy Core, warning Su Ye that its energy surges could disrupt equipment and activate the Automated Defense System.

Su Ye easily cleared the Dome’s four sectors and collected all four Core Fragments, which assembled into a complete Energy Core in the Core Area. The Dome Core Guardian then emerged from beneath the Reactor, blocking his path.

• A Da drove the Gale Ranger into the Dome, where Su Ye’s group killed a swarm of Rustcrawlers and found the first Core Fragment.
• An energy surge awakened more than thirty Mechanical Guardians, but Su Ye destroyed them and collected another Core Fragment.
• Su Ye and his companions pushed through the next two sectors, defeating the enemies and obtaining the third and fourth Core Fragments.
• In the Core Area, the four fragments assembled into a complete Energy Core and triggered the emergence of the Tier Four Dome Core Guardian.