Chapter Summaries

Su Ye defeated the Core Guardian in the Rust-Covered Dome, claimed a Tier Four Energy Core and an Alliance House Blueprint, and returned to the Expedition Alliance Base. Three days later, he arrived to find ten thousand alliance members assembled for a group instance, then took to the air above them.

• Su Ye dodged the Core Guardian's attacks, broke its Energy Shield, and destroyed the red crystal in its chest, killing it.
• Su Ye claimed the Tier Four Energy Core and Alliance House Blueprint, gave the core to Ember Iron, and left the Rust-Covered Dome.
• Su Ye returned to the Survival Road and spent two days training Wave Stacking as the Gale Ranger continued onward.
• Mo Yu told Su Ye that the alliance members were ready for the group instance, and Su Ye returned to the base.
• Mo Yu reported that the alliance had 114 Tier Three players and 574 members with Tier Three vehicles.
• Su Ye surveyed the ten thousand gathered alliance members and flew into the air above them.

Su Ye led ten thousand Expedition Alliance members into the tier-three Wastetide Defense Line instance, where they had twelve hours to prepare for a monster horde emerging from a spatial rift. The alliance built a five-layer defense, and reconnaissance revealed that the plain was a sealed arena with no route of retreat.

• Su Ye opened a ten-thousand-player tier-three instance and told everyone to buy a Life-Saving Talisman before entering.
• Su Ye and the alliance members entered the Wastetide Defense Line and learned that monsters would pour from a spatial rift in twelve hours.
• Su Ye ordered Mo Yu and Whirlwind to organize the alliance and build defenses across the plain.
• Mo Yu, Whirlwind, and the players constructed trenches, iron-armored walls, barricades, firing positions, and a five-layer defense system.
• Su Ye ordered Xing Meng to scout the area, and Xing Meng reported that invisible barriers enclosed the plain and prevented retreat.

Su Ye and the Expedition Alliance prepared to defend against the monsters emerging from a spatial rift, and the first wave proved to be tier two Wastetide Worms. Ling Yue and Yan Kuang led the first defensive line to victory, while Su Ye held back and awaited the next wave.

• Xing Meng told Su Ye that a drone had been destroyed by spatial distortion near the rift, and Su Ye ordered the alliance to leave it alone and focus on defenses.
• When the countdown ended, tens of thousands of Wastetide Worms poured from the rift, and Su Ye discovered they were tier two monsters whose corpses released corrosive acid.
• Ling Yue and Yan Kuang rallied the two thousand players on the first defensive line and ordered them to attack the approaching worms.
• The players bombarded the worms with cannons, machine guns, fire, and vehicle-mounted weapons, killing the wave before it reached the defensive line.
• Su Ye watched without intervening, and after the battle Yan Kuang and Ling Yue discussed the likely arrival of stronger monsters and relied on Su Ye to handle anything they could not defeat.

Su Ye’s forces destroyed the second monster wave, but over ten thousand flying Six-Eyed Hounds overwhelmed the first defense line and eliminated its two thousand players. The hounds reached the second line, where Xiyun, Shuang Han, and Sha Shan led the defenders into battle.

• Su Ye ordered the drones to target the tier three Six-Eyed Hounds while Ling Yue and Yan Kuang’s forces fought the tier two Tide Worms, and the second wave was eliminated without player casualties.
• The third wave consisted entirely of flying Six-Eyed Hounds, which evaded the anti-aircraft fire and broke through the first defense line.
• Yan Kuang led two thousand players in a vehicle charge, but the hounds overwhelmed them and their Life-Saving Talismans teleported them out of the instance.
• Xiyun, Shuang Han, and Sha Shan prepared three thousand players to defend the second line as the surviving hounds attacked.
• The Six-Eyed Hounds battered the second defense line, damaging vehicles and eliminating players while Shuang Han killed one attacker with a Frost Longsword.

After the first three waves left most players dead or exhausted, the fourth wave brought seven thousand Six-Eyed Hounds and a thousand Demon Owl Race warriors. Su Ye let the other players fight, and the Demon Owl Race quickly broke through the second defensive line, leaving fewer than a hundred survivors to retreat to the third.

• Sha Shan and the remaining players defeated the third wave, leaving fewer than a thousand of the original three thousand alive.
• Su Ye told Xing Meng to use the Drone to support the players when needed, but not to intervene in the coming wave.
• A thousand Demon Owl Race warriors emerged from the rift with seven thousand Six-Eyed Hounds and began coordinating an aerial assault.
• The Demon Owl Race targeted tier three players, wounding Sha Shan and forcing Xiyun and the others to retreat.
• The second defensive line fell in under a minute, and fewer than a hundred players reached the third line.

The Demon Owl Race and Six-Eyed Hounds destroyed the Alliance’s four defense lines, eliminating Mo Yu, Whirlwind, and the remaining defenders. As the hounds charged the Gale Ranger, Xing Meng unleashed upgraded Tier Four drones, killing thousands of them.

• The Demon Owl Race and Six-Eyed Hounds broke through the third defense line and forced the surviving players back to the fourth.
• Mo Yu led the Tier Three players against the Demon Owl Race while Whirlwind directed the ground forces, but both were eliminated.
• The remaining Alliance players were overwhelmed, leaving the Gale Ranger alone at the final defense line as the Demon Owl Race captain sent the Six-Eyed Hounds to test it.
• Xing Meng revealed a swarm of upgraded drones and bombarded the charging hounds with missiles and laser beams, slaughtering over a thousand.

Su Ye used the Gale Ranger’s Starlight Weave Module to annihilate the attacking Demon Owl Race and Six-Eyed Hounds in under a minute. After ordering the battlefield cleared, he was left as Mo Yu and Whirlwind returned to the Alliance Base among the eliminated members.

• The Demon Owl Race captain ordered over a thousand fighters to attack the Gale Ranger after spotting its drones.
• Su Ye activated the Starlight Weave Module, allowing the Light Machine-Gun Turret’s bullets to track and kill the airborne attackers.
• Su Ye’s Roof-Mounted Ballista pierced the Demon Owl Race captain’s shield and killed him as he called Su Ye a monster.
• Su Ye’s forces wiped out every Six-Eyed Hound and Demon Owl Race fighter, then Xing Meng reported the battle was over.
• Su Ye ordered the Cleaner Drones to collect the spoils while Mo Yu and Whirlwind returned to the Alliance Base.

After Su Ye single-handedly defeated the fourth wave of monsters, eliminated Alliance members watched his victory through a projection above the base. With no new wave emerging from the Spatial Rift, Su Ye charged the Army-Breaker Cannon and fired into it to force the hidden monsters out.

• Mo Yu and Whirlwind emerged from the instance and learned that surviving Alliance members' battle was being projected above the base.
• The Alliance members watched Su Ye slaughter the Six-Eyed Hounds and Demon Owl Race fighters with the Gale Ranger's Starlight Weave.
• Ling Yue, Mo Yu, and the others praised Su Ye's strength and worried that the Alliance had been eliminated on the fourth wave.
• Su Ye grew impatient when no new monsters appeared and ordered the Gale Ranger to approach the Spatial Rift.
• Su Ye had Xing Meng deploy the Drones around the rift and Fifteen aim the weapons at its exit, then fired the fully charged Army-Breaker Cannon into the rift.

Su Ye wiped out the fifth wave of five thousand Demon Owl Race warriors and changed tactics to destroy the sixth wave as it emerged from the rift. The sixth wave was annihilated instantly by the fully charged Army-Breaker Cannon, and resources spilled across the plain.

• Su Ye's weapons killed all five thousand Demon Owl Race warriors in less than two minutes, and players at the Alliance Base watched in shock.
• Su Ye ordered Xing Meng to collect the drops and told Fifteen to charge the Army-Breaker Cannon without firing it at the rift's protective membrane.
• Su Ye had the Gale Ranger's conventional weapons bombard the membrane until it shattered.
• Su Ye fired the charged Army-Breaker Cannon into the rift as the sixth wave emerged, obliterating the monsters and scattering resources across the plain.

Su Ye cleared the alliance instance by bombarding each monster wave inside its gateway with the Army-Breaker Cannon. After the alliance celebrated its victory, he received the Wild Tide Pillar for the base and a vehicle-mounted Potion Room for himself.

• Su Ye ordered his forces to keep attacking the gateway, while players at the Alliance Base marveled at how quickly he had defeated the sixth wave.
• Su Ye’s turrets, ballista, drones, and Army-Breaker Cannon destroyed the seventh, eighth, and ninth waves before the monsters could emerge.
• The rift vanished, and the alliance received instance rewards, including the Wild Tide Pillar; Su Ye also earned a vehicle-mounted Potion Room for his contribution.
• Su Ye examined the Wild Tide Pillar’s defensive and combat effects and planned to install it at the Alliance Base.
• Su Ye considered using materials from his Cultivation Room to produce potions in the new Potion Room for the alliance or for trade.

Su Ye returned from the alliance instance, strengthened the Expedition Alliance’s base, and learned that he had won the three-month hunting event. He received the Killing Heart as his first-place reward.

• Su Ye returned to the Expedition Alliance base and ordered Mo Yu and Whirlwind to put the instance loot in the Alliance Warehouse for free distribution.
• Su Ye raised a Wildtide Shield around the base, giving it one million durability and boosting members’ stats and resistances by 10%.
• Su Ye left the base as the C13 Zone announced that the hunting event had ended and its rankings were final.
• Su Ye checked the leaderboard and saw that he ranked first, Mo Yu ranked second, and every player in the top hundred belonged to the Expedition Alliance.
• Su Ye received the Killing Heart as his reward for winning the hunting event.

Su Ye obtained the Killing Heart and had Ember Iron install it in the Gale Ranger, strengthening the vehicle for combat. A new two-month Monthly Event began, in which monsters would pursue players regardless of where they hid, and Su Ye prepared for his first hunt.

• Su Ye examined the Killing Heart and asked Ember Iron to install it in the Gale Ranger.
• Su Ye added the Potion Room to the vehicle and read the public chat as players discussed the Hunting event rankings and the upcoming Monthly Event.
• Ember Iron finished connecting the Killing Heart to the vehicle's engine and Army-Breaker Cannon, and A Da continued driving along the highway.
• A zone-wide announcement launched the two-month event He chases, you flee!, which sent monsters to hunt players in three-hour pursuits, even across safe zones and other spaces.
• Su Ye judged that the pursuing monster on his Tier Three Road Section would be no stronger than Tier Four, then received a notification.

Su Ye learned that the Expedition Alliance planned to gather all targeted members inside its shielded base to counter the monster hunt. A Tier Three black tiger pursued Su Ye, but he killed it easily, collected valuable loot, and then watched the alliance repel monsters from its base.

• Mo Yu told Su Ye that the Expedition Alliance would gather targeted players inside its base and attack any monsters that followed them.
• Su Ye agreed that the alliance might be exploiting a weakness in the event, then prepared a barbecue with his companions.
• Fifteen detected a Tier Three monster approaching through the Gray Fog, and a black tiger charged at Su Ye.
• Su Ye killed the black tiger with a single blow and received a twelve-hour reprieve from being hunted, along with Tier Three boots and other loot.
• Su Ye had Ember Iron prepare the tiger for a meal, then used God's-Eye View to watch alliance members attack monsters blocked by the Wild Tide Pillar's shield.

Su Ye and the Expedition Alliance repelled the monsters targeting their members, and Mo Yu proposed turning the alliance’s party teleportation into a paid mercenary service for Solo Players. Mo Yu launched the Expedition Mercenary Corps in the C13 Zone as desperate survivors sought help.

• The Expedition Alliance used its base defenses and coordinated attacks to kill the monsters pursuing its members without casualties.
• Mo Yu proposed forming elite mercenary squads to rescue Solo Players in exchange for Survival Coins and other resources.
• Su Ye approved the plan and put Mo Yu in charge, telling him to keep the squads safe and ask for help if needed.
• Survivors flooded the C13 Zone public chat with pleas for help as monsters attacked them on the road and at Service Areas.
• Mo Yu announced the Expedition Mercenary Corps, its starting rates, and its registration process in the public channel.

Su Ye continued toward the end of the highway while the Expedition Alliance rescued players and grew stronger during the Monthly Event. After a month, Su Ye raised Wave Stacking to level 20, and the chapter ended as another notification sounded.

• Su Ye ate Black Tiger broth and grilled meat before setting out again in the Gale Ranger.
• Fifteen and the Gale Ranger's Ramming Horn effortlessly killed the tier three Primitive Monsters that pursued Su Ye, while he noticed no Civilization Monsters were attacking him.
• Mo Yu organized two thousand rotating membership slots so the Expedition Alliance could rescue outside players, kill their pursuers, and collect payment.
• The Expedition Alliance used its growing resources to strengthen its members, surpassing a thousand tier three players and helping keep the C13 Zone's surviving population near five hundred thousand.
• Su Ye reached level 20 in Wave Stacking, which increased the damage of his next attack by 66% per stack, up to twenty stacks.
• A notification sounded as Su Ye prepared to continue training.

Su Ye received an invitation to the Survival Bank's upcoming auction and prepared to clear his stock of Secret Realm Crystals before it began. He entered the Corrupt Soil Swamp, where the Tree of Life purified the poisonous miasma and drew the attention of lurking monsters.

• Su Ye received a golden invitation to the Survival Bank auction and noted that he could draw billions of Survival Coins from his own funds and the Expedition Alliance.
• Su Ye learned from Xing Meng that they had 64 Tier Three Secret Realm Crystals and 89 Tier Three Instance Crystals, and decided to clear the secret realms before the auction.
• Su Ye used a Tier Three Secret Realm Crystal and entered the Corrupt Soil Swamp aboard the Gale Ranger.
• The Tree of Life's life tide purified the corrosive miasma around the Gale Ranger.
• Dozens of black monsters over ten meters long erupted from the swamp and attacked.

Su Ye and the Gale Ranger swept through the Corrupt-Soil Swamp Secret Realm, collecting rare resources before reaching its Core Area. Su Ye killed the Tier Four Lord of Corrupt Soil with one spear thrust, leaving the secret realm boss defeated.

• The Gale Ranger slaughtered 142 Tier Three monsters, maxing out its Killing Heart stacks, and Xing Meng’s Cleaner Drones collected corrupt-soil essence, herbs, and seeds.
• Su Ye gave the corrupt-soil essence and seeds to Qingya, then led the Gale Ranger on a destructive march through the swamp, gathering resources along the way.
• At the Core Area, the Lord of Corrupt Soil emerged from a vast mud vortex and attacked the Gale Ranger with poisonous gas and a giant muddy hand.
• Su Ye left the vehicle, used King’s Coronation to suppress the Lord of Corrupt Soil, and trapped him with Thunder Prison Cage.
• Su Ye built up Wave Stacking and used Cloud-Piercing Thrust to pierce and destroy the Lord of Corrupt Soil in one strike.

After spending half a month conquering secret realms and gathering supplies, Su Ye returned to the Survival Bank to attend its auction as a gold-tier guest. The auction began with Hong Li presenting a vial of vitality-rich green liquid.

• Su Ye spent half a month sweeping through secret realms and amassed large stores of materials and resources.
• Su Ye used a Designated Service Area Card to reach the Survival Bank and entered with his Gold Bank Card.
• A bank attendant escorted Su Ye to an exclusive second-floor VIP box, where he studied the auction catalog and chose items to pursue.
• Hong Li opened the auction and revealed a glass vial filled with green liquid that radiated vitality.

Su Ye attended the Survival Bank auction, won the Wind God Trial Scroll and Random Talent Card, and watched a third-floor guest buy the World Heart Fragment for one trillion Survival Coins. After the auction ended, he began checking his purchases, with more auction winnings still to examine.

• Hong Li opened the auction with a bottle of Life Essence, which a black-robed bidder won for 1.3 billion Survival Coins.
• Su Ye bid selectively on auction lots, stopping when the Fivefold Race players or NPCs pushed prices beyond what he considered worthwhile.
• Hong Li presented the World Heart Fragment, and a third-floor guest won it for one trillion Survival Coins after the other bidders dropped out.
• Su Ye ended the auction with the Wind God Trial Scroll for 1.4 billion Survival Coins and the Random Talent Card for 1.2 billion Survival Coins.
• Su Ye collected his auction winnings and began taking stock of the items, reaching his third purchase before the chapter ended.

After the auction, Su Ye brought Huo Ling aboard the Gale Ranger to manage its Potion Room and assigned Qingya a bag of spirit plant seeds and a billion Survival Coins for cultivation. He then used his Random Talent Card, and the chapter ended before revealing what talent he received.

• Su Ye left the auction with five purchases, including a Road Segment Tier-Crossing Pass, spirit plant seeds, and Huo Ling, a potion maker from the Furnaceheart Clan.
• On seeing the Gale Ranger, Huo Ling realized Su Ye was a player and reacted with shock.
• Su Ye offered Huo Ling charge of the Potion Room, and she gratefully accepted; he sent Xing Meng to show her the room and introduce her to the crew.
• Su Ye gave Qingya the seeds, and she identified them as Golden Marrow Fruit kernels and damaged Nine Nether Mystic Grass seeds.
• Su Ye allocated Qingya a billion Survival Coins for the Cultivation Room, then crushed his Random Talent Card in the Training Room.