Chapter Summaries

Su Ye learned that Wu Jun was the Withered City Instance’s final boss and discovered how to weaken the boss’s cast-off body. After cutting its blood-medicine tube, Su Ye asked what would happen if he killed Wu Jun before the body weakened.

• Wu Jun revealed that he was the final boss of the Withered City Instance and explained the cast-off body’s two-phase boss role.
• Wu Jun told Su Ye that the body depended on blood medicine supplied through a hidden tube beneath its coffin.
• Su Ye found the concealed tube and severed it with the Scale-Breaking Blade, draining the blood medicine from the coffin.
• Wu Jun explained that the body would take at least fifteen minutes to weaken as its stored energy ran out.
• Su Ye asked Wu Jun whether killing him first would leave the cast-off body powerless.

Wu Jun explained the three rewards he would drop and advised Su Ye to sell his Zombie Empire Instance Crystal rather than risk clearing the Instance alone. Su Ye destroyed the remains’ core to finish phase one, but Wu Jun died and the boss immediately revived in its second phase.

• Wu Jun told Su Ye that defeating him would yield a Roof-Mounted Ballista, a Tier Two Advancement Certificate, and three thousand Survival Coins.
• Wu Jun advised Su Ye to sell his Zombie Empire Instance Crystal because clearing an Instance alone was too dangerous and offered poor rewards.
• After fifteen minutes, the remains awakened and struggled as their strength drained away, exposing a dark red core in their chest.
• Su Ye used Cloud-Piercing Thrust and Piercing Thrust to shatter the core and clear phase one.
• Wu Jun collapsed dead as the remains revived with a new purple core and rational eyes, beginning phase two.

Su Ye defeated the Withered City Lord, cleared the first-tier Withered City instance with an SSS rating, and returned to the Survival Road with his vehicle upgraded to level fifteen. He reviewed five reward options but postponed choosing until he could consult Great Xia.

• Su Ye destroyed Wu Jun's remains, killing the Withered City Lord and completing his exploration of City Hall.
• The region-wide announcement named Never Checks the Fuel Gauge as the first player in the C13 Zone to clear a first-tier instance with an SSS rating, alarming Ling Yue and the other Fivefold Race leaders.
• Su Ye collected a Roof-Mounted Ballista, a Tier Two Advancement Certificate, and three thousand Survival Coins from Wu Jun's drops.
• Su Ye left the instance and returned to the Survival Road, where he found his vehicle had reached level fifteen.
• Su Ye examined the five SSS reward choices, decided to ask Great Xia for advice, and postponed his selection.

Su Ye installed a Roof-Mounted Ballista, sorted the rewards from his instance, and invited the Five Tribes’ leaders to bid on another Instance Crystal in five days. The next morning, the Survival Road launched a month-long supply search event and activated its leaderboard.

• Su Ye installed the Roof-Mounted Ballista on the Gale Ranger and reviewed his instance rewards, replacing his equipment to raise his physique to 36 and mental attribute to 38.
• Su Ye created a group chat with the Five Tribes’ leaders and announced that he would auction a Zombie Empire Instance Crystal in five days.
• Su Ye ignored the leaders’ questions about his instance and went to the Dueling Platform to train.
• The next morning, the Survival Road announced a monthly supply search event, awarding points for supplies and rewards to the top one thousand players.
• Su Ye opened the leaderboard and noted that leaders such as Ling Yue could benefit from supplies held by their subordinates.

Su Ye learned that a Star Secret Crystal could open the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm, where the Vermilion Bird Feather could restore his vehicle after fatal damage. After boosting his attributes and meeting Great Xia soldiers, he planned to choose the crystal and pursue entry into the realm.

• Su Ye noted that the resource leaderboard had made Ling Yue and the other top players direct rivals, and he expected them to drive up the price of the Zombie Empire Instance Crystal.
• Su Ye drank three physique potions and three mental potions, raising his base physique to 24.5 and his base mental attribute to 29.5.
• Su Ye met six Great Xia soldiers led by Zheng An and told him about his SSS-rated instance clear and its five reward options.
• Zheng An advised Su Ye to choose the Star Secret Crystal because it could open the special Vermilion Bird Secret Realm.
• Zheng An explained that the realm contained the Vermilion Bird Feather, which could restore a vehicle to half condition after fatal damage once each day.
• Su Ye decided he had to enter the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm and seek its treasures.

Su Ye learned about the Survival Game’s rotating events, collected Function Modules, and chose the Star Secret Crystal and Withered Guard Contract as his Instance rewards. He summoned a powerful guard, named him A Da, and rose to sixth place on the points leaderboard.

• Su Ye heard Zheng An explain the Survival Game’s recurring events, then finished off six soldiers and collected six Function Modules worth 600 points.
• A Great Xia soldier advised Su Ye to choose the Star Secret Crystal and Withered Guard Contract, and Su Ye claimed both rewards.
• Su Ye checked the leaderboard and found himself ranked sixth, while Ling Yue was startled by his sudden rise.
• Su Ye used the Withered Guard Contract to summon a black-armored guard whose attributes scaled with his own and who could be resurrected after dying.
• Su Ye named the guard A Da, and A Da thanked him for the name.

Su Ye received a blueprint for Thunderclap Ballista Bolts and crafted ten, earning points. He tested whether crafting items from previously scored materials earned points again, confirmed that it did, and planned to use the Workbench to climb the rankings.

• Su Ye collected a blueprint for Thunderclap Ballista Bolts and ten pieces of thunder ironstone from the three men who had supported him.
• Su Ye loaded the blueprint and materials into the Workbench, crafted ten bolts, and received 1,000 points.
• Su Ye sent Simple Bandage materials to Mo Yu, who returned them after they earned points once; Su Ye received no points for their return.
• Su Ye crafted a Simple Bandage from the returned materials and earned 0.5 points, confirming that transformed materials counted as newly acquired supplies.
• Su Ye planned to convert his stockpiled resources into finished products and sell them to keep earning points.

Su Ye sent Mo Yu a massive shipment of basic materials so he could gain leaderboard points, then took the supplies back after Mo Yu rose to sixth place. Su Ye set his Workbench to automatically produce point-farming items and continued down the road with A Da.

• Su Ye offered Mo Yu his basic materials so Mo Yu could earn points and try to secure a high leaderboard ranking.
• Su Ye traded Mo Yu a huge stockpile of resources, and Mo Yu's points surged to 128,874.2, putting him in sixth place.
• Mo Yu returned all the resources to Su Ye and promised to search for supplies to maintain his ranking.
• Su Ye configured the Workbench to automatically produce Simple Bandages, Simple Crossbow Bolts, and other items.
• Su Ye drove onward with A Da and thought about teaching him to drive.

Mo Yu’s sudden rise to sixth place alarmed the C13 Zone players and the Fivefold Race leaders, who suspected Su Ye had transferred resources to him. Ling Yue warned that Su Ye’s Workbench might let him repeatedly turn materials into points, leaving the leaders seeking a way to obtain Workbenches themselves.

• C13 Zone players discussed Mo Yu’s rise and speculated that he was connected to Su Ye.
• The Fivefold Race leaders worried that Mo Yu’s score threatened Sha Shan’s fifth place and guessed Su Ye had given him resources.
• The leaders argued over whether they could seize Su Ye’s resources, but none wanted to risk attacking him without confidence.
• Ling Yue warned that Su Ye could use his Workbench to process materials into products and potentially earn points in a repeating cycle.
• The leaders recognized that they needed Workbenches, and Ling Yue considered using a Designated Service Area Card to visit the Shop Service Area and buy one.

Su Ye trained A Da to drive while they traveled, then upgraded the Gale Ranger and examined new modules and blueprints. He discovered an air-cushion hover module and a Vehicle Emergency Repair Kit blueprint, leaving him eager to craft and sell the valuable items.

• Su Ye taught A Da to drive, then let him take the wheel while Su Ye trained and A Da fought several waves of monsters.
• Su Ye encountered two groups of Great Xia Soldiers and gained three new Function Modules, blueprints, and four Gray Fog Medals.
• Su Ye began upgrading the Gale Ranger with the Intelligent Life module and inspected the Oxygen Supply, Adjustable Wing, and Air Cushion Hover modules.
• Su Ye reviewed blueprints for Incendiary Bottles, Fragmentation Grenades, a Wind/Fireproof Cloak, and a Vehicle Emergency Repair Kit.
• Su Ye recognized the repair kit as highly valuable and turned toward the Workbench to make items.

Su Ye expanded his production plans and hired Mo Yu to sell his goods while he trained. Meanwhile, Changlu Gungun and fourteen allies planned a surprise attack on Su Ye to seize his Workbench and resources.

• Su Ye sent Mo Yu a large batch of bandages and weapons to sell for Survival Coins, materials, and rare blueprints, then paid him with three Function Modules.
• Su Ye entered four blueprints into the Workbench and prioritized producing Vehicle Emergency Repair Kits.
• Su Ye ordered A Da to guard the Vehicle and kill approaching creatures, then returned to training.
• Changlu Gungun and fourteen members of the Long Road Alliance discussed attacking Su Ye for his resources.
• Changlu Gungun urged the group to proceed, confident his vehicle-mounted weapon could help them escape if their surprise attack failed.

Su Ye upgraded the Gale Ranger to Tier Two, then discovered that fifteen Long Road Alliance members had launched a coordinated attack on him. He identified the attackers through Mo Yu and prepared to face them as they arrived.

• Rolling Long Road planned a surprise attack on Su Ye and urged the Long Road Alliance members to record it for Regional Chat.
• Su Ye raised the Gale Ranger to level 20 and used a Tier Two Advancement Certificate to transform it into a heavily armored vehicle.
• Su Ye prepared to install the Oxygen Supply module, but fifteen players, including Rolling Long Road, used Expedition Cards to force road linkage with him.
• Su Ye asked Mo Yu about the attackers, and Mo Yu identified them as senior Long Road Alliance members led by Rolling Long Road.
• Su Ye declined Mo Yu's offer of help and said the attackers had arrived.

Changlu Gungun and the Long Road Alliance ambushed Su Ye, but they were shaken by the immense size of his Tier Two Gale Ranger. Changlu prepared to fire a vehicle-mounted machine gun while Su Ye calmly tested his Vehicle’s defenses and drank attribute potions.

• Changlu Gungun led fifteen vehicles into a semicircle to block Su Ye’s road and intimidate him.
• The Long Road Alliance members saw the Gale Ranger’s enormous armored frame and briefly lost their confidence.
• Changlu reassured his group and, after Last Rain suggested disabling Su Ye’s Vehicle, decided to fire his light machine-gun turret.
• Su Ye used the Eye of Detection to assess the attackers and chose to test his Tier Two Vehicle’s defenses rather than ram them.
• Su Ye drank three Physique Attribute Potions and three Mental Attribute Potions, raising each attribute by 1.5 as Changlu’s turret finished aiming at the Gale Ranger.

Changlu Gungun and fourteen players attacked Su Ye, but their machine guns could not damage the Gale Ranger. Su Ye unleashed its spikes and speed functions, then destroyed a Tide Tribe player's off-road vehicle in a fiery collision.

• Changlu Gungun and the other fourteen players fired their machine guns at Su Ye's Gale Ranger, but its armor and tier-two Bulletproof Tires deflected every bullet.
• Su Ye activated the Thorns Module and named his Intelligent Life assistant Fifteen.
• Fifteen activated Sprint, Magnetic Anti-Slip, and Wing Adjustment at Su Ye's command.
• Su Ye's Gale Ranger accelerated past the other players and rammed a Tide Tribe player's off-road vehicle.
• The Gale Ranger's spikes pierced the off-road vehicle, and the vehicle exploded in midair.

Su Ye pursued and killed the players who had ambushed him, leaving Changlu Gungun as the last survivor. After Changlu Gungun challenged him to a duel, Su Ye sent A Da to fight in his place.

• Changlu Gungun and the other players fled after Su Ye survived their attack, and Su Ye ordered Fifteen to track them with the Radar.
• Su Ye used the Gale Ranger to crush the fleeing vehicles, killing all but Changlu Gungun.
• Changlu Gungun escaped his wrecked vehicle, healed himself with a Life Recovery Potion, and challenged Su Ye to a one-on-one fight.
• Su Ye inspected Changlu Gungun's information, saw that he had the Flame Control talent, and told A Da to fight him.

Su Ye had A Da duel Changlu Gungun to reveal the talent Changlu had awakened. After A Da easily overwhelmed him, Changlu used Flame Control to damage A Da’s armor, hoping to prove his value and earn a chance to survive by joining Su Ye.

• Su Ye ordered A Da to fight Changlu Gungun and hold back long enough to see his talent.
• Changlu charged A Da, but A Da’s casual sword swing sent him flying and badly injured him.
• Changlu drank his second rare Life Recovery Potion to heal, then revealed his Flame Control talent.
• Changlu attacked with a wave of fire, but A Da split the flames with a powerful slash.
• Using the sparks as cover, Changlu struck A Da’s chest and cut a deep gash into his armor.
• Changlu concluded he could not defeat A Da and hoped his talent would make Su Ye spare him as a subordinate.

Su Ye revealed himself as the real Never Checks the Fuel Gauge and ordered A Da to kill Changlu Gungun. After clearing the wrecks, Su Ye dismantled the vehicles and installed a Light Machine-Gun Turret on the Gale Ranger.

• Changlu Gungun offered his resources and swore loyalty, but Su Ye revealed himself as the real Never Checks the Fuel Gauge.
• Su Ye ordered A Da to execute Changlu Gungun, who begged for his life before A Da beheaded him.
• Su Ye ordered A Da to collect the Storage Rings and valuables while he dismantled the wrecked vehicles for materials.
• Dismantling Changlu Gungun's vehicle gave Su Ye a Light Machine-Gun Turret.
• Su Ye installed the Light Machine-Gun Turret at the rear of the Gale Ranger, where it gained an enhancement from the vehicle's tier-two status.

Su Ye sorted through the loot from Changlu Gungun and his group, found a powerful Gatling blueprint, and upgraded the Gale Ranger. After Mo Yu told him Changlu Gungun’s video had gone viral, Su Ye saw players across the region praising his strength and arguing over his identity.

• A Da gave Su Ye fifteen Storage Rings taken from the defeated attackers, and Su Ye found useful supplies and blueprints among their contents.
• Su Ye loaded the Vulcan Gatling Heavy Machine Gun blueprint into the Workbench and fused the Storage Rings, expanding his ring’s capacity to 2,300 cubic meters.
• Su Ye used the oxygen supply Function Module to start upgrading the Gale Ranger to tier two, a process that would take three hours.
• Mo Yu told Su Ye that Changlu Gungun had posted a video of the failed attack before dying, and that players were discussing Su Ye’s victory.
• Su Ye read the Regional Chat Channel and watched Changlu Gungun’s video as players debated Su Ye’s strength, A Da, and which tribe Su Ye belonged to.

After his victory over Changlu Gungun’s forces, Su Ye trained while players and faction leaders grew wary of provoking him. The Gale Ranger reached tier two, and Su Ye later met five Great Xia Soldiers carrying Instance Crystals and Service Area cards.

• Su Ye asked Mo Yu to monitor the major factions for plans against him, then returned to training.
• Players and the region’s faction leaders watched the battle video and warned their people not to provoke Su Ye, while some factions eyed the weakened Long Road Alliance.
• After three hours, the Gale Ranger’s upgrade finished, raising it to level 21 and tier two.
• Su Ye drove the Gale Ranger along the highway and encountered five Great Xia Soldiers on Radar.
• The soldiers offered Su Ye three Instance Crystals and two random Service Area cards.

Su Ye received ammunition and ballista blueprints from Great Xia, then upgraded his Gray Fog Medal to Tier Two. He continued down the highway, crushing foreign monsters and finding a new Function Module in a Supply Crate.

• Su Ye collected two Random Service Area Cards and three Instance Crystals after the Great Xia Soldiers returned, including one for a Great Xia-controlled instance.
• A second group of Great Xia Soldiers delivered four weapon blueprints and advised Su Ye to enter foreign instances to farm Survival Coins rather than pursue SSS ratings.
• Su Ye registered the four blueprints at his Workbench and began crafting specialized ballista bolts and machine-gun bullets.
• A third group of Great Xia Soldiers delivered four Gray Fog Medals, allowing Su Ye to fuse eleven medals into a Tier Two Gray Fog Medal that increased monsters' favorability toward him.
• Su Ye drove on, killed several cyan-scaled lizard monsters with his Tier Two Vehicle, and opened five Supply Crates, one of which contained a Function Module he did not own.