Chapter Summaries

Su Ye entered the first-tier Cloud City Defense Battle instance alone to gather resources and discovered a Military Merit Monument with powerful rewards. He prepared to fight attacking humans for merit points and found several permanent attribute boosts, Skill Stones, and Function Modules on the redemption list.

• Su Ye installed the Energy Shield Function Module in the Gale Ranger, beginning a four-hour upgrade, and ordered A Da to guard the vehicle.
• Su Ye used the Great Xia Instance Crystal and entered the Cloud City Defense Battle without bringing A Da or other teammates.
• The instance identified Su Ye as a defender against waves of invading humans and assigned him an empty, hundred-meter stretch of city wall.
• Su Ye activated the Military Merit Monument and learned that killing attackers would earn points to redeem listed items.
• Su Ye examined the rewards, including permanent attribute fruits, Skill Stones, and high-cost cards, books, and Function Modules.

Su Ye learned that the instance had eighteen waves of attackers and offered one million military merits, then waited outside the city wall for the first wave. He greeted the approaching Great Xia soldiers, and Chen Jin explained the SSS rating requirements and the instance rules.

• Su Ye calculated the cost of the Military Merit Monument's rewards and hoped the instance would provide enough military merits.
• After the system announced the first attack would begin in five minutes, Su Ye discovered he could leave the city wall and set up a table to brew tea in the wilderness.
• A formation of about a hundred soldiers approached, and Su Ye greeted them before Chen Jin introduced himself.
• Chen Jin explained that Su Ye needed to withstand every wave and kill every attacker to earn an SSS rating.
• Chen Jin told Su Ye there would be eighteen waves, each with a one-hour limit and five minutes between waves, and that the instance offered exactly one million military merits.

Su Ye began live combat training against battle-hardened Great Xia soldiers, quickly defeating Little Five before taking on five armed fighters at once. He struggled against their coordinated formation, while Chen Jin’s furious instructions began to clarify how he should use his spear.

• Chen Jin told Su Ye that the soldiers would help him hone his combat skills and that he would earn military merit instead of item drops.
• Su Ye easily dodged Little Five’s attacks, threw him to the ground, and ended their spar in under five seconds.
• Chen Jin judged a one-on-one fight insufficient and ordered five soldiers to attack Su Ye together with weapons.
• Su Ye used his Armor-Piercing Spear to repel the soldiers’ assault but was forced into a defensive struggle by their coordinated formation.
• Chen Jin scolded Su Ye for using his spear like a stick and called out openings and tactics, bringing Su Ye a sudden sense of clarity.

Su Ye honed his spearwork by fighting through the first eighteen waves of the Evil Humanity Army, reaching 800,000 military merit. The boss arrived, carrying a silver spear and demanding Su Ye's death.

• Su Ye used Chen Jin's guidance to fight coordinated groups of Great Xia Soldiers, learning to improve his footwork, defend, and exploit openings.
• Su Ye survived the first wave of a hundred soldiers, earned 200 military merit, and healed after Chen Jin sent him back.
• Su Ye continued battling successive waves, gradually handling larger groups as the enemies and military merit rewards increased.
• Su Ye defeated the eighteenth wave of 1,250 evil humans and reached 800,000 military merit, with the final 200,000 reserved for the boss.
• A silver spear fell from the sky, and a figure seized it and challenged Su Ye to face death.

Su Ye faced Zhou Daqiang in a training battle, testing the combat skills he had gained through eighteen waves of fighting. Zhou Daqiang’s overwhelming strength forced Su Ye to adapt, and Su Ye began holding his own as the fight continued.

• Su Ye recognized Zhou Daqiang as the final boss, and Zhou explained that the higher-ups had arranged the fight to hone Su Ye’s combat experience.
• Zhou Daqiang revealed his Tier Two attributes and unleashed a powerful killing aura, while Su Ye chose to fight without using skills.
• Su Ye charged with a spear thrust, but Zhou knocked his weapon aside, wounded him, and criticized his force and footwork.
• Su Ye used Chen Jin’s advice to redirect Zhou’s sweeping attack, then followed Zhou’s guidance to absorb force through his waist and legs and regulate his breathing.
• Su Ye changed his footwork and fought on the move; after three minutes, he began adapting to Zhou’s attacks and applying lessons from the previous eighteen waves.

After honing his spear technique against Zhou Daqiang, Su Ye killed him with the instance’s special weapon and earned a perfect SSS clear, reaching one million military merits. He began spending his merits on valuable items to strengthen himself and trade with powerful players.

• Su Ye fought Zhou Daqiang for over ten minutes, improving his spear technique until Zhou Daqiang judged he had learned all he could from basic practice.
• Zhou Daqiang gave Su Ye the Fine Iron Great Spear, which dealt 500% damage to the boss and ignored the boss’s defenses, and challenged him to finish the fight.
• Su Ye pierced Zhou Daqiang’s chest with the Fine Iron Great Spear, killing the final boss and earning 200,000 military merits and an SSS instance rating.
• Su Ye checked his balance and found exactly one million military merits, then returned to the city wall to shop at the Military Merit Monument.
• Su Ye bought Firecloud Fruits, Azure Spirit Fruits, Skill Stones, service area cards, three Random Skill Books, and one hundred Random Attribute Potions, planning to auction the skill books and potions to wealthy players.

After completing the instance, Su Ye spent his military merit on Survival Coins and other supplies, then returned to his Vehicle and slept while A Da drove. The next morning, Su Ye opened his SSS rating rewards and found a Kui Secret Crystal and a Basic Space Expansion Core among the choices.

• Su Ye exchanged the rest of his military merit for Survival Coins and left the instance.
• Su Ye returned to the Vehicle, learned A Da had handled the monsters, and went to sleep as A Da drove through the night.
• Players praised Su Ye's latest SSS rating, while Ling Yue worried that the Fivefold Race was falling behind and ordered his group to gather Survival Coins for an upcoming auction.
• Su Ye woke refreshed and checked his SSS rating rewards, spotting a Kui Secret Crystal and a Basic Space Expansion Core among the five options.

Su Ye used the Basic Space Expansion Core to enlarge the Gale Ranger’s interior, then consumed fruits and potions and upgraded his two skills to their maximum levels. He checked his improved player panel before examining the detailed descriptions of his skills.

• Su Ye chose the Kui Secret Crystal and Basic Space Expansion Core as his rewards, then used the core to expand the Gale Ranger’s interior to 175 square meters.
• Su Ye furnished the expanded compartment, washed with purified water, and had A Da drive the Gale Ranger onward.
• Su Ye ate ten Firecloud Fruits and ten Azure Spirit Fruits, then drank three Physique Attribute Potions and three Mental Attribute Potions, increasing his attributes.
• Su Ye used seven Skill Stones to raise Cloud-Piercing Thrust to level 10 and three to raise Wave Stacking to level 10.
• Su Ye checked his player panel and turned to the detailed descriptions of his max-level skills.

Su Ye improved his skills and attributes, then killed three soldiers who had delivered advice from the Logistics Department. He prepared to expand his upcoming resource auction by having Mo Yu recruit faction leaders and manage the group.

• Su Ye admired the max-level effects of Wave Stacking and Cloud-Piercing Thrust after his skills and attributes grew stronger.
• Fifteen detected three soldiers ahead, and Su Ye stopped to speak with their leader, Sun Yi, about visiting the Shop Service Area and prioritizing attribute-boosting treasures.
• After Sun Yi asked to be sent back, Su Ye killed the three soldiers and collected their Instance Crystals.
• Su Ye asked Mo Yu to invite wealthy faction leaders to his upcoming resource auction and let Mo Yu keep the admission fees.
• Su Ye added Mo Yu to the auction group and made him an administrator.

Su Ye expanded his auction group with faction leaders and announced rare supplies, frustrating Ling Yue and the other four leaders’ plans to buy cheaply. He then used a Random Service Area Card and drove toward the Lucky Big Wheel, a Gambler Service Area, after arranging a plan with A Da.

• Mo Yu joined Su Ye’s group with administrator authority and invited more than a dozen faction leaders after they paid the admission fee.
• Su Ye announced an auction of an Instance Crystal (Zombie Empire), Random Skill Books, Random Attribute Potions, and equipment.
• Ling Yue, Yan Kuang, and the other three leaders realized that the new competitors had undermined their plan to buy the auction items cheaply.
• Su Ye used a Random Service Area Card, and the system directed him to follow the road to an upcoming service area.
• Su Ye recognized the Lucky Big Wheel as a Gambler Service Area and told A Da to follow his plan before driving inside.

Su Ye arrived at the Lucky Big Wheel Service Area and exposed Jin Pangpang’s attempt to intimidate newcomers into paying compensation. When Jin Pangpang offered a free wheel spin to settle the matter, Su Ye revealed his Silver Survival Bank Card, making the manager realize he had found a wealthy target.

• Su Ye entered the service area with A Da and was surrounded by gamblers who called him a newcomer and tried to block his way.
• A Da shouted for the manager, and Jin Pangpang appeared and knocked the gamblers away before apologizing to Su Ye.
• Su Ye refused to accept the apology and demanded a satisfactory explanation, knowing the intimidation was an organized shakedown.
• Jin Pangpang offered Su Ye one free wheel spin as compensation, but Su Ye showed him a Silver Survival Bank Card.
• Jin Pangpang was shocked that Su Ye already had a Silver Bank Card, then decided he was an exceptionally rich mark.

Su Ye forced Jin Pangpang to give him ten free spins on the Golden Wheel and inspected its prizes. He used the first spin, which landed on ten thousand Survival Coins.

• Su Ye demanded ten free Golden Wheel spins and threatened Jin Pangpang with a complaint until he agreed.
• Jin Pangpang escorted Su Ye and A Da through the empty Service Area to the Golden Wheel room.
• Jin Pangpang explained that the Golden Wheel had ten prizes, including powerful items and ten thousand Survival Coins.
• Su Ye began his first free spin, and the wheel stopped on ten thousand Survival Coins.

Su Ye used Jin Pangpang’s nine free Golden Wheel spins to expose the manager’s rigged odds, then threatened to report him and damage the Service Area’s reputation. Jin Pangpang promised the final spin would win a real prize as Su Ye started it.

• Su Ye received only ten thousand Survival Coins from each of his first nine spins, while Jin Pangpang believed he was encouraging a customer to keep gambling.
• Su Ye acted like a desperate gambler and washed his hands before continuing, but his Intuition talent did not help him win a prize.
• A Da urged Su Ye to stop after the final free spin and spend the hundred thousand coins on resources at the Shop Service Area.
• Su Ye accused Jin Pangpang of secretly rigging the Golden Wheel and threatened to file a complaint and warn other players.
• Jin Pangpang denied tampering with the wheel, then promised the last spin would win something good as Su Ye pressed the start button.

Su Ye won an Extreme Thunder Talent Crystal from Jin Pangpang’s Golden Wheel and refused to gamble further, leaving with his winnings. He absorbed the crystal in the Training Room and gained the Extreme Thunder Talent.

• Su Ye pretended to storm out of the Golden Wheel game, prompting Jin Pangpang to reveal that he had won an Extreme Thunder Talent Crystal.
• Su Ye took the crystal and declined Jin Pangpang’s offer to keep gambling, then left the private room with A Da.
• Jin Pangpang realized Su Ye had been acting and raged, but he could not attack him because violence was forbidden in the Service Area.
• Su Ye praised A Da for playing along, entered the Training Room, and reviewed his ninety thousand Survival Coins and the crystal.
• Su Ye used the Extreme Thunder Talent Crystal and endured a half hour of lightning surging through his body before the power subsided.

After gaining the Extreme Thunder talent and bonus attributes, Su Ye traveled to the Shop Service Area to buy stat-boosting treasures and Expedition Cards. He arrived at the Commerce Tower and, using his Silver Bank Card, went with its steward Shang Yan to the seventh floor.

• Su Ye checked his improved stats and found that he had gained the Extreme Thunder talent along with five points each in Physique and Mental.
• Su Ye told Mo Yu to admit players to the auction group if they paid the entry fee, and said he would handle anyone who caused trouble.
• Su Ye used a Designated Service Area Card to direct A Da to the Shop Service Area.
• Su Ye met the three-headed steward Shang Yan at the Commerce Tower and learned the tower's floor access requirements.
• Su Ye showed Shang Yan his Silver Bank Card, and Shang Yan led him to the seventh floor through the tower's spatial passage.

Su Ye visited the Commerce Tower with Shang Yan, learned that its catalog only showed items he could afford, and spent 173,000 Survival Coins on attribute-boosting treasures and cards. He left with his attributes set to 100 each and ten Expedition Cards and three Truce Cards in hand.

• Shang Yan served Su Ye Clear-Mind Tea, which increased Su Ye’s mental attribute by five points on the first sip.
• Shang Yan explained that the Commerce Tower gauged wealth by Survival Coins and only displayed items priced within Su Ye’s available funds.
• Su Ye learned that the seventh through ninth floors offered private lounges and better amenities rather than shopping discounts or expanded purchasing access.
• Su Ye bought first-tier treasures to raise both attributes to 100, then added nine Expedition Cards and three Truce Cards to his cart.
• Su Ye paid 173,000 Survival Coins for his purchases.

Su Ye consumed the treasures he had bought, raising his base Physique and Mental attributes to 100 and becoming vastly stronger. He accepted the prompt to begin his Tier Two breakthrough, and the system started generating a quest based on his attributes.

• Su Ye stored nine Expedition Cards and three Truce Cards, then began consuming the attribute-boosting treasures.
• Su Ye raised his Mental attribute to 100, but ignored the first Tier Two quest prompt because his Physique was still below 100.
• Su Ye consumed three Tiger Bone Pills and raised his base Physique to 100, bringing both attributes to the breakthrough threshold.
• Su Ye examined his strengthened attributes and abilities, then accepted the Breakthrough Quest.
• The system began randomly generating Su Ye's Breakthrough Quest based on his two attributes.

Su Ye bought a Great Xia instance crystal at the Commerce Tower and left with A Da to pursue his tier-two breakthrough quest. After telling four Great Xia soldiers about his stats, quest, and newly acquired lightning talent, he arranged for Great Xia to coordinate his instance entry and recommend a skill.

• Su Ye used the Commerce Tower to buy a tier-one Great Xia Instance Crystal for [Blackwind Stronghold Bandit Suppression].
• Su Ye left the Commerce Tower with A Da and drove the Gale Ranger back onto the Survival Road.
• Su Ye met four Great Xia Soldiers and told them his stats had reached a hundred points, he had accepted a breakthrough quest, and he intended to enter a Great Xia instance.
• The leading soldier agreed to report Su Ye's plans so Great Xia could coordinate his entry within an hour and recommend a third skill.
• Su Ye revealed that he had acquired an Extreme Thunder Talent Crystal from Jin Pangpang and gained a second talent.
• Su Ye sent the four soldiers back, then collected the function modules they left behind and inspected them.

Su Ye entered the Blackwind Stronghold Bandit Suppression instance and learned that earning its highest rating required killing every bandit. He began testing his new power by charging Zhao Qi and the other bandits, and opened the fight by killing Zhao Qi with a lightning-charged spear thrust.

• Su Ye started upgrading the Gale Ranger with the ramming horn module, left A Da to guard it, and entered the instance alone.
• Su Ye read the instance objective to subdue the Black Wind Stronghold and kill its chief.
• Zhao Qi told Su Ye that an SSS rating required wiping out every bandit and that the stronghold warehouse held the Supply Crates.
• Su Ye agreed to fight Zhao Qi and his bandits, then activated his extreme thunder talent and charged them.
• Su Ye killed Zhao Qi with Cloud-Piercing Thrust, leaving behind Survival Coins.

Su Ye fought his way through the Black Wind Stronghold’s mountain ambushes and defeated the hundreds of bandits waiting at its gates. After killing the second and third chiefs, he entered the stronghold.

• Su Ye killed the bandits who ambushed him along the mountain path, using his lightning talent and keen perception to overcome their traps and attacks.
• After two hours, Su Ye reached the Black Wind Stronghold and faced hundreds of bandits as archers fired a volley of arrows from the walls.
• Su Ye charged into the bandit formation and used Cloud-Piercing Thrust to kill more than a dozen men and paralyze those nearby.
• The second and third chiefs attacked Su Ye together, but he dodged their strikes and killed them with a lightning-charged blow.
• Su Ye defeated the remaining bandits, collected the Survival Coins, and walked through the stronghold gates.