Chapter Summaries

Su Ye learned that his Tier Two status would sharply reduce rewards from First Tier instances, but the road he traveled on still restricted him to First Tier resources. He learned that a tollbooth ahead led to a Tier Two section, where he could either pay for safe passage or fight through increased danger for greater rewards.

• Su Ye planned to finish his remaining First Tier instances and secret realms before asking Great Xia for Tier Two Instance Crystals, while A Da drove the upgraded Gale Ranger onward.
• Su Ye saw that another player had awakened [Intuition] and compared their likely abilities with his own much higher Mental Attribute.
• Su Ye checked the monthly supply-gathering leaderboard, saw himself far ahead in first place, and noticed Mo Yu had fallen to tenth.
• Su Ye asked a Great Xia squad for Tier Two Instance Crystals, and the squad leader explained that the current road section only allowed First Tier resources.
• The squad leader told Su Ye that a tollbooth about half a month away led to the Tier Two section, where he could pay 1,000 Survival Coins for safe passage or force his way through and face twice as many monsters for doubled gains.

Su Ye upgraded the Gale Ranger to the Tier Two level cap and learned that secret realms offered freer exploration and better loot than instances. When Mo Yu told him a group had a Tier Two Secret Realm Crystal and wanted his help, Su Ye agreed to take them through it.

• Su Ye asked the Great Xia team leader for more vehicle modules and continued buying first-tier Instance Crystals to sell to other players.
• Over the next four days, Su Ye collected supplies and fought monsters by day while exploring instances and secret realms at night.
• Su Ye returned from a first-tier secret realm with Natural Treasures and rare materials that were no longer useful to him.
• The Gale Ranger reached level thirty, Tier Two, and gained the Signal Infiltration, Smoke Generator, and Mirror Reflection modules.
• Mo Yu told Su Ye that a team wanted him to escort them through a secret realm, and Su Ye agreed after learning their crystal was Tier Two.

Su Ye joined the Whirlwind Team to explore a tier-two secret realm and drove his vehicle into the desert realm, surprising the other players. He recognized Whirlwind as someone who had filmed him during an earlier event, but let the matter go and led the team toward the Gale Ranger.

• Mo Yu told Su Ye that the Whirlwind Team wanted to enter the secret realm and let him decide how to distribute its rewards, and Su Ye agreed to join.
• Su Ye became party leader, and A Da drove him through the secret realm entrance.
• The team appeared in a scorching desert and worried about sandstorms and Sand Beasts before Su Ye's vehicle arrived.
• Mo Yu introduced Whirlwind to Su Ye, who recognized him as one of the players who had filmed him during an earlier event.
• Whirlwind offered to surrender the resources earned from the videos, but Su Ye forgave him and told the team to get into the secret realm.

Su Ye brought Whirlwind and the other players into the Sand Sea Secret Realm aboard the spacious Gale Ranger, explained how secret realms worked, and agreed to help them in exchange for a share of the rewards. As the vehicle set off, ten tier two Sandified Lizards attacked, and the players saw how dangerous the realm was.

• Su Ye invited Whirlwind and the other players aboard the Gale Ranger, whose expanded interior comfortably fit the group.
• Su Ye explained that secret realms had no assigned quests and negotiated how the group would divide the gains.
• Su Ye promised the players a chance to buy his tier one items at half the market price, and they agreed to follow his lead.
• Fifteen detected ten approaching underground monsters, and Su Ye ordered A Da to drive and Fifteen to fire at will.
• Ten tier two Sandified Lizards leaped from the sand and charged the Gale Ranger, alarming the players when Whirlwind shared their attributes.

Su Ye and his team crossed the Sand Sea Secret Realm in the Gale Ranger, crushing Sandified Lizards and collecting a mysterious Sand-Gold Orb. After two hours, Fifteen detected five hundred life signs ahead as the dunes gave way to a scarlet expanse.

• Whirlwind explained that his Eye of Truth let him see and share targets’ stats, then Su Ye’s vehicle-mounted turret killed ten Tier Two Sandified Lizards in seconds.
• Su Ye assigned Whirlwind and the team to gather the corpses’ materials and drops, and they returned with the loot, including a Sand-Gold Orb.
• Su Ye ordered the team back aboard and directed A Da and Fifteen to speed through the sand while scanning for threats.
• The Gale Ranger’s weapons repeatedly killed monsters along the route, and Whirlwind’s team efficiently harvested their remains.
• Fifteen detected five hundred life signs ahead, and the dunes gradually gave way to a chilling scarlet expanse.

Su Ye and the Whirlwind Team entered a red-sand area, where the Sandified Lizard King led five hundred Sandified Lizards against the Gale Ranger. After the cannon apparently killed the king, Su Ye discovered it had used Tail Severing to escape as a smaller version and pursued it.

• The Sandified Lizard King emerged and charged the Gale Ranger with five hundred Sandified Lizards.
• Su Ye ordered Fifteen to fire the vehicle’s weapons and A Da to kite the horde, and the Gale Ranger killed all five hundred ordinary lizards.
• Fifteen charged the Army-Breaker Cannon, and Su Ye ordered it to fire at the charging Lizard King.
• The cannon blasted a huge hole through the Lizard King, but Fifteen detected another life signal beneath its corpse.
• Su Ye realized the Lizard King had used Tail Severing to escape, then rushed to the corpse as its smaller form burrowed into the sand.

Su Ye killed the Lizard King, collected its drops, and led the group through a sandstorm into the Red Sand Region. There, they defeated three Red Scorpions and continued onward.

• Su Ye killed the Lizard King and collected a ring, ten Sand-Gold Orbs, and a Sand Sea Map fragment.
• Whirlwind and the others cleared the battlefield, finding fifteen more Sand-Gold Orbs, and Su Ye let them divide the tier-one equipment and materials.
• Su Ye led the group toward the next region and used Sand Spirit's Protection as the Gale Ranger entered a large sandstorm.
• A Da and Fifteen activated the vehicle's defenses and speed functions, helping the Gale Ranger cross the storm safely.
• Three Red Scorpions emerged from the sand, and Fifteen's turret killed them before Whirlwind's group cleared the battlefield.

Su Ye drove the Gale Ranger through the Red Sand Zone, where its weapons destroyed waves of Red Scorpions and a charged Army-Breaker Cannon killed the Red Scorpion King in one shot. After clearing the battlefield, he collected the boss’s loot, including a powerful Red Sand Cloak, and picked up a tattered parchment map.

• Su Ye and his crew advanced through the Red Sand Zone, gathering Sand-Gold Orbs as the Gale Ranger’s weapons killed the Red Scorpions.
• Su Ye ordered A Da to slow the vehicle and Fifteen to charge the Army-Breaker Cannon as they neared the Black Sand Zone.
• A swarm of about five hundred Red Scorpions and the Red Scorpion King emerged, and Su Ye killed the king with one cannon shot.
• Su Ye ordered the Gale Ranger’s turret and ballista to destroy the remaining Red Scorpions, clearing the battle in less than three minutes.
• Su Ye collected twenty Sand-Gold Orbs and a Red Sand Cloak from the king’s remains, put on the cloak, and picked up a tattered parchment map.

Su Ye gathered a second Desert Sea map fragment and led the Gale Ranger into the Black Sand Zone, where an army of Sandbone Cavalry charged toward him. He prepared the vehicle’s weapons and ordered the Army-Breaker Cannon to target their support-type captain.

• Su Ye confirmed that Fragmented Map Two matched Fragment One and stored both fragments in his backpack.
• Whirlwind reported that the group had looted more than 130 Sand-Gold Orbs, and Su Ye let the men divide the first-tier materials.
• Su Ye ordered Fifteen to scan the Black Sand Zone and learned that over three thousand unidentified life forms were approaching in formation.
• Su Ye armed the Gale Ranger’s weapon systems and charged toward the approaching army.
• Su Ye identified the Tier Two Sandbone Cavalry and their support-type captain, then ordered Fifteen to fire the Army-Breaker Cannon at it.

Su Ye fought the Sandbone Cavalry, whose battle standard shared damage across all three thousand riders, and defeated them by kiting the formation and wearing it down with sustained fire. He collected Sand-Gold Orbs, the third Sand Sea Map fragment, and a War Aura skill book, which he planned to auction.

• Su Ye discovered that the Sandbone Cavalry’s battle standard distributed damage across the entire army after his Army-Breaker Cannon failed to kill any of them.
• Su Ye ordered Fifteen to fire the vehicle’s weapons and A Da to kite the charging cavalry while he attacked with the Thunderclap Gatling.
• The Sandbone Cavalry Captain unleashed Sand-Lashing Gale, whose black sandstorm obscured vision and disrupted Su Ye’s ranged attacks for five minutes.
• After the storm ended, Su Ye and Fifteen resumed firing until all three thousand Sandbone Cavalry and their Mutated Sand Lizards shattered.
• Su Ye collected thirty Sand-Gold Orbs, Sand Sea Map: Fragment Three, and a War Aura Skill Book, which he decided to auction.

After wandering the Black Sand Zone for many hours, Su Ye found the Black Sand Shop and learned that its mysterious merchant sold the fourth Sand Sea Map fragment. Su Ye prepared to buy it with Sand-Gold Orbs.

• Su Ye and his companions drove through the Black Sand Zone for hours, collecting materials while searching for the final map fragment.
• After they had spent twenty-four hours in the secret realm, Fifteen spotted a lone wooden hut marked Black Sand Shop.
• The Black Sand Merchant emerged and explained that Sand-Gold Orbs could be used to buy the shop’s goods.
• Su Ye took Mo Yu and Whirlwind into the shop, where he found the fourth Sand Sea Map fragment listed for one Sand-Gold Orb.

Su Ye bought the fourth map fragment, blood of the earth, and a tier-three breakthrough scroll from the Black Sand Merchant. He upgraded the Gale Ranger to tier three and loaded the Dark Hunter vehicle template, leaving it able to change forms.

• Su Ye bought the fourth map fragment and blood of the earth, and the Black Sand Merchant said the map marked the ruins of a buried kingdom.
• Su Ye bought a Vehicle Tier-Three Breakthrough Scroll and shared his remaining Sand-Gold Orbs between Mo Yu and Whirlwind.
• Su Ye ordered everyone out of the Gale Ranger, then crushed the scroll and began the vehicle's breakthrough.
• Mo Yu warned Whirlwind to keep Su Ye's upgrade secret, and Whirlwind asked Mo Yu to help him become Su Ye's friend.
• The Gale Ranger reached tier three, gaining increased attributes and unlocking the vehicle template feature.
• Su Ye used the Dark Hunter template, which loaded into the Gale Ranger and allowed him to change the vehicle's form.

Su Ye used the completed map to find an underground ruins entrance beneath the black sand and sent the other players out of the secret realm. He and A Da drove into the ruins to investigate a sealed stone door.

• Su Ye joined the four map fragments, imported the map, and ordered A Da to follow its route to the ruins.
• Su Ye used the Army-Breaker Cannon to blast away the black sand and reveal a stone entrance below ground.
• Su Ye warned the others about the dangers and sent Mo Yu, Whirlwind, and the other players out of the secret realm with a supply of treasures and materials.
• A Da scouted the entrance and reported that a wide corridor led down to a stone door he could not open.
• Su Ye and A Da drove the Gale Ranger into the ruins.

Su Ye entered an underground plaza filled with more than three thousand Tier Two Sand Terracotta Soldiers, which awakened and attacked him. He and the Gale Ranger fought back as the battle began.

• Su Ye followed murals through a descending corridor and suspected the buried kingdom’s king had been laid to rest in the ruin.
• Su Ye ordered Fifteen to blast open a sealed stone door, revealing a vast underground plaza lined with Sand Terracotta Soldiers.
• The Sand Terracotta Soldiers awakened and charged Su Ye after he identified their strength and abilities.
• Su Ye ordered the Gale Ranger and A Da to fire on the advancing ranks, then left the vehicle to fight any soldiers that got close.
• Su Ye used his spear and Extreme Thunder Skybreak to destroy the Sand Terracotta Soldiers surrounding him.

Su Ye and A Da cleared the Sand Terracotta Soldiers and Burial Sacrifice Ancient Corpses, earning enough Survival Coins to pass three hundred thousand. They entered the main burial chamber, where the king from the murals sat on a throne, and a glowing gemstone conjured a blurred figure.

• Su Ye and A Da killed more than three thousand Sand Terracotta Soldiers and collected over twenty thousand Survival Coins.
• Su Ye ordered A Da to open the burial chambers, and the Gale Ranger's weapons killed the Burial Sacrifice Ancient Corpses inside.
• Su Ye and A Da cleared all three hundred ancient corpses, bringing Su Ye's Survival Coins total above three hundred thousand.
• A Da pushed open the main burial chamber's stone doors, and Su Ye drove the Gale Ranger into the hall.
• Su Ye recognized the crowned figure on the stone throne as the king from the murals, and the gemstone on the king's scepter created a blurred figure.

Su Ye learned that Kodo founded Green Canopy City with a gemstone that also weakened the seal holding a demon, then fought the resurrected king in the royal tomb. After Su Ye defeated him, Kodo entrusted him with the Verdant Scepter and advised him to use blood of the earth to suppress the demon.

• Kodo's Projection explained that he built Green Canopy City with the gemstone, which had been part of the demon's seal, and sacrificed his life to reinforce it after the city fell to sand.
• Kodo's Projection warned Su Ye that he had to defeat the king's shell and suppress the demon or die and strengthen the seal.
• King Kodo revived on the throne and attacked Su Ye, who ordered Sixteen to fire the Army-Breaker Cannon.
• King Kodo survived the cannon blast with Green Canopy Protection, but Su Ye's turrets and Thunderclap Gatling killed him before he could use a skill.
• King Kodo regained his clarity, gave Su Ye the Verdant Scepter, and said blood of the earth could help suppress the demon.

Su Ye weakened the Kodo King's Soul with the Earth · Verdant Scepter and transformed the Gale Ranger into Dark Hunter Form so its weapons could damage spirits. He left the King's Soul wounded and pinned in midair as the fight continued.

• Su Ye infused the Verdant Scepter with the blood of the earth, increasing its ability to halve a specific target's attributes.
• Green ghostfire transformed the Kodo King's corpse into the Tier Three Kodo King's Soul, which killed A Da with a mental attack.
• Su Ye weakened the King's Soul with the Earth · Verdant Scepter and used the Soul-Suppressing Bell to survive its assault, though the bell shattered.
• Su Ye activated Dark Hunter Form, giving the Gale Ranger's attacks shadow attributes that could harm spirit bodies.
• The Dark Hunter's spectral bullets wounded the King's Soul, and a shadow-charged ballista bolt pierced his shoulder and pinned him in the air.

Su Ye defeated the Kodo King's Soul with the Dark Hunter and the vehicle's weapons, then watched a vision revealing that Kodo had taken the Verdant Gem and weakened the Sealing Altar. The vision left Su Ye questioning what Kodo had spent years sealing after the winged figure escaped.

• Su Ye resisted the King's Soul's Convict's Chains and attacked it with lightning while A Da rammed it and the vehicle's weapons fired.
• Su Ye ordered Fifteen to fire the charged Army-Breaker Cannon, which destroyed the Kodo King's Soul and yielded a chest, 100,000 Survival Coins, and a King Soul Crystal.
• The Verdant Scepter shattered after the battle and projected a vision of young Kodo taking the Verdant Gem from the Sealing Altar.
• The vision showed the altar breaking ten years later and a winged figure escaping through space without approaching Green Canopy City.
• Su Ye wondered what Kodo had been sealing and continued watching the vision.

Su Ye learned how Kodo became the King Soul Monster and discovered that the demon’s lingering power had corrupted him after the demon had already destroyed Green Canopy City and left. After defeating the boss, Su Ye claimed and installed a Beehive Hangar, then inspected its basic reconnaissance drones as the Gale Ranger continued along the Survival Road.

• Su Ye pieced together how Kodo sacrificed himself to guard the Sealing Altar, where lingering demon power eventually corrupted his corpse into the King Soul Monster.
• Su Ye collected one hundred thousand Survival Coins and a King Soul Crystal after defeating the boss.
• Su Ye opened the tier three boss chest and obtained a Beehive Hangar vehicle building.
• Su Ye installed the Beehive Hangar in the Gale Ranger and exited the Sand Sea Secret Realm with A Da driving.
• Su Ye inspected the six Basic Reconnaissance Drones and found that the Drone Fabrication Station had no blueprints available.

Su Ye recruited Whirlwind to help collect Survival Coins and prepared to refine the King Soul Crystal, but paused when Fifteen detected people ahead. He met three Great Xia Soldiers, who explained that the powerful being from the Sand Sea Secret Realm was an ancient native of that realm and was unlikely to appear on the Survival Road.

• Su Ye asked Fifteen to operate the Beehive Hangar, but learned it lacked the specialized plugins needed to control the drones precisely.
• Mo Yu delivered over thirty-six thousand Survival Coins from selling Su Ye's goods and arranged for Whirlwind to contact him.
• Su Ye accepted Whirlwind's offer to work for him, assigned him to gather Survival Coins, and sent him spare function modules as an advance reward.
• Su Ye took out the King Soul Crystal, but Fifteen detected stationary life signs ahead, so he put it away and returned to the front passenger seat.
• Su Ye met three Great Xia Soldiers and told them about the Sand Sea Secret Realm and its void-tearing being.
• The squad leader told Su Ye that the being was an ancient local creature, not a Civilization Monster, and was unlikely to be encountered on the Survival Road.