Chapter Summaries

Sheng An used a lavish meal to persuade Long Tianyu to share what he knew about powerful ability users from his supposed previous life. Long Tianyu identified several formidable figures and was shocked to learn that Qiu Yu led Group A.

• At the shooting range, Li Xin noticed Qi Lingwu had shot a heart-shaped outline around the bull's-eye and guessed that he had practiced for Sheng An.
• Sheng An summoned Long Tianyu to the cafeteria and offered him a feast, prompting him to abandon his refusal and agree to answer questions.
• Long Tianyu described Xiang Hanshuang as an early ice-type ability user who became ruthless, and learned that she had joined Group A.
• Long Tianyu recognized Lou Mingwei, Yang Chuan, and Huang Weiyang as powerful ability users from his supposed previous life.
• When Jiang Yu mentioned that Qiu Yu led Group A, Long Tianyu reacted with shock and asked if she meant the Qiu Yu with the puppet ability.

Long Tianyu described Qiu Yu, a feared Puppet Superpower Person who turned other Superpower People into puppets to fight the Otherkind before she was killed. The group wondered why Sheng An and Team 0 had left no trace in Long Tianyu’s previous life, and Hao Jingye suggested a larger secret might explain it; Sheng An ended the discussion to go pick up Li Wanyun.

• Long Tianyu explained that Qiu Yu became a notorious fighter in the apocalypse’s second year, controlling Superpower People as puppets and sending them into battles against the Otherkind.
• Long Tianyu said Qiu Yu was killed after Superpower People joined forces with the Otherkind, and revealed that Xiang Hanshuang later died fighting Li Xin, who killed the Otherkind at the cost of severe injuries.
• Sheng An warned that letting Superpower People fight one another would aid the Otherkind, while Long Tianyu said he had never heard of anyone in their group awakening a superpower or of Qi Lingwu in his previous life.
• Jiang Yu asked whether Long Tianyu had heard of Sheng An, and he said he had not, prompting the group to wonder if she had died on the apocalypse’s first day.
• Hao Jingye rejected that possibility and Song Linwei suggested a larger secret could explain why Sheng An and Team 0 were unknown; Sheng An stood to go pick up Li Wanyun.

Sheng An agreed to bring Long Tianyu along to intercept Li Wanyun, a reborn Space Esper returning with a vast stockpile of supplies and weapons. Li Wanyun reached the Central Bus Terminal, relieved that she had completed her mission and ready to prepare for the apocalypse.

• After learning Li Wanyun was a reborn Space Esper with combat abilities, Long Tianyu asked to join the mission, and Sheng An agreed if his body could handle it.
• Hao Jingye reported that Li Wanyun had reached the port and was traveling by coach to Jingcheng Bus Station, while Wan Yuan shared an inventory of her supplies.
• Long Tianyu described Li Wanyun's Space Blades and predicted that she would resist the Special Affairs Office, but Sheng An said her strength would make Group B stronger.
• Li Wanyun arrived at the Central Bus Terminal with her space full of supplies, medicine, weapons, and ammunition, and planned to rest before the apocalypse.

Sheng An and the Doomsday Special Affairs Office confronted Li Wanyun over her ten billion in smuggled supplies and pressured her to join them. After Sheng An whispered something to her, Li Wanyun stopped resisting and accepted her invitation, leaving Long Tianyu baffled.

• After filling her storage with weapons, Li Wanyun was confronted by Sheng An at the station.
• Sheng An overpowered Li Wanyun and revealed that the station was surrounded by Team 0, SWAT, and a sniper.
• Sheng An identified herself as an agent of the Doomsday Special Affairs Office and offered Li Wanyun a choice between joining them and execution.
• Hao Jingye, Wan Yuan, Long Tianyu, and Qi Lingwu prepared to support Sheng An while she tested Li Wanyun.
• Li Wanyun spotted Long Tianyu, then stopped resisting after Sheng An whispered to her.
• Sheng An helped Li Wanyun up, and Li Wanyun accepted the offer while Long Tianyu wondered what Sheng An had told her.

Sheng An revealed that Li Wanyun and Long Tianyu were both reborn espers, then exposed Li Wanyun’s role in transporting weapons and her unpaid debts. Li Wanyun reluctantly agreed to cooperate, while Long Tianyu’s resolve to rebel against Sheng An disappeared.

• Sheng An told Li Wanyun that Long Tianyu was also a reborn esper and might intervene, making Li Wanyun abandon thoughts of resisting.
• Hao Jingye introduced himself to Li Wanyun, who recognized him and several others as figures connected to the arms dealers.
• Sheng An explained that Li Wanyun’s weapons transport had been a mission and Hao Jingye presented a checklist of her supplies.
• Li Wanyun protested when Sheng An and Hao Jingye demanded the supplies, but Hao Jingye showed that the goods were subject to confiscation and that her loan still had to be repaid.
• Li Wanyun held back from fighting as Long Tianyu watched her, and Long Tianyu gave up his plan to rebel against Sheng An.

Li Wanyun agreed to join the Doomsday Special Affairs Office after Sheng An revealed how many familiar superpower users had already joined. When Li Wanyun asked whether she could kill the relatives she blamed for her parents’ deaths, Sheng An gave her evidence against them and told her to report to the office by morning.

• Sheng An told Li Wanyun that the government was gathering superpower users at the Special Affairs Office, and Li Wanyun agreed to join after hearing who else was there.
• Long Tianyu nervously approached Sheng An, while Li Wanyun concluded that Sheng An had brought him under control.
• At the station parking lot, Li Wanyun asked Sheng An whether the government would stop her from dealing with two enemies from her previous life.
• Sheng An said the country needed rules and order, then handed Li Wanyun evidence that Li Jianli and Li Qiancheng had evaded taxes, falsified accounts, and orchestrated her parents’ deaths.
• Sheng An told Li Wanyun to call the number on the evidence after she was done and report to the Special Affairs Office by the next morning.

Li Wanyun joined the Special Affairs Office after Sheng An gave her evidence about her parents’ murder and promised the country would support her. As the team left, Sheng An and Qi Lingwu realized Li Wanyun’s fighting moves resembled techniques they had developed, raising a new mystery about her previous life.

• Sheng An gave Li Wanyun evidence implicating Li Jianli and his son in her parents’ deaths and told her to report to the Special Affairs Office.
• Li Wanyun said she would join within three hours and left with the evidence.
• Yu Feng, Hao Jingye, Wan Yuan, Qi Lingwu, and Long Tianyu discussed how reborn people and early-awakening superpower users could give humanity hope before the Apocalypse.
• Sheng An told the team she had prolonged her fight with Li Wanyun after noticing something puzzling about her combat style.
• Qi Lingwu explained that Li Wanyun’s moves resembled techniques he and Sheng An had developed, though her version had been refined.
• Sheng An and Qi Lingwu decided to ask Li Wanyun where she had learned the techniques when she returned.

Sheng An’s team found a suspicious man named Wu Buyu whose searches suggested he had undergone a mutation, though no one recognized him. Li Wanyun returned and revealed that everyone who had survived more than a year in Doomsday would know him, leaving the team stunned.

• Song Linwei told Sheng An’s team that Wu Buyu had searched for information about mutations after booking an appointment at the Third Hospital.
• Long Tianyu, Yang Chuan, and Jiang Yu all said they had never heard of Wu Buyu.
• At his grandfather’s birthday banquet, Wu Buyu stayed silent while his relatives criticized him and praised his younger brother.
• Wu Buyu told his father that his fly was open, triggering a fight between his parents after he revealed when he had noticed.
• Li Wanyun returned, recognized Wu Buyu’s name, and said that anyone who survived more than a year in Doomsday would know him.

Li Wanyun explained that Wu Buyu was the infamous Doomsday Paparazzo and founder of the Doomsday Flying Post. Sheng An decided to investigate and recruit his abilities for the coming Apocalypse, then began questioning Li Wanyun and Long Tianyu about their pasts.

• Li Wanyun revealed that Wu Buyu was an ancestral reversion mutant known as the Doomsday Paparazzo, who had founded the Doomsday Flying Post.
• Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun described how the Post sold messages, investigations, and secrets, and Long Tianyu vowed to kill its founder before he could start.
• Li Wanyun said Wu Buyu had exposed Li Xin's secrets in their previous life, prompting Li Xin to deny her claim.
• Sheng An decided that the group should investigate Wu Buyu and secure his cooperation, regardless of whether they trusted him.
• Sheng An told Li Wanyun and Long Tianyu to talk with her that night, then asked Li Wanyun where she had learned her moves.

Sheng An and the others investigated Li Wanyun’s unexplained fighting techniques and compared the reborn survivors’ deaths, discovering that every reborn Superpower Person had died before the third year of doomsday. Sheng An concluded the pattern might reveal why they had appeared and sent Hao Jingye to share the evidence, then turned her attention to Li Wanyun and Long Tianyu.

• Yu Feng questioned Li Wanyun about her fighting moves, and Sheng An suggested someone might have taught her before her memories were erased.
• Hao Jingye asked whether Li Wanyun knew Sheng An or Team 0, and she said she had never met them.
• Sheng An and the others compared the reborn survivors’ deaths and found that all the reborn Superpower Persons had died near the end of the second year of doomsday.
• Li Wanyun revealed that Lou Mingwei had led the people who attacked her and that she had died taking him down; Long Tianyu confirmed Wu Buyu had also died.
• Sheng An said the death pattern might explain why the reborn had appeared and ordered Hao Jingye to share the information with Group A and their superiors.
• Sheng An smiled at Li Wanyun and Long Tianyu, leaving Long Tianyu to nervously ask what she planned to do.

Sheng An assigned Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun to screen records for Superpower People, Aberrants, and Otherkind, and the two reluctantly accepted the work. Mistaking each other for supervisors, they competed through the night and nearly completed several days’ worth of screening.

• Sheng An assigned Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun extensive research and screening tasks, while Hao Jingye explained their duties.
• Song Linwei explained the differences between Groups A and B, and Li Wanyun chose to stay in Group B rather than join Qiu Yu’s group.
• Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun reluctantly agreed to the assignment, each believing Sheng An had arranged for the other to supervise them.
• Both mistook the other’s late-night diligence for supervision and worked faster to avoid falling behind.
• Hao Jingye and Song Linwei left the office, impressed by the pair’s productivity, while Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun kept working through the night.
• The next morning, Hao Jingye found that Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun had nearly finished several days’ worth of screening.

As Group A boasted about its strength, Sheng An’s team outperformed them through successful screening and training, setting off a workplace competition across the Special Affairs Office. Sheng An then prepared to recruit the newly awakened Wu Buyu, leaving Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun behind to rest.

• Lou Mingwei and Group A members mocked Group B while boasting about their abilities, but Sheng An redirected the conversation to disaster preparations.
• Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun arrived exhausted after staying up all night to screen potential Aberrants, and Hao Jingye reported that they had identified several suspicious people.
• Sheng An praised the team’s progress as Jiang Yu, Li Xin, Ke Jiaxue, and Zhang Kun described their training and contributions, silencing Group A’s boasts.
• Qiu Yu called an emergency meeting and led Group A away after Lou Mingwei backed down from confronting Sheng An’s team.
• Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun asked to sleep that afternoon, and Sheng An agreed before announcing that the team would go find the newly awakened Wu Buyu.

Sheng An kept Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun busy to prevent them from causing trouble, then set out with her team to investigate Wu Buyu. At lunch, Li Wanyun encouraged Jiang Yu to take her farming studies seriously, and she and Long Tianyu hurried to finish their work so they could meet Wu Buyu.

• Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun insisted on accompanying Sheng An to see Wu Buyu, so Sheng An assigned them to record information about three newly discovered Aberrants before they left.
• Sheng An explained to Song Linwei and Hao Jingye that she was keeping the two troublemakers busy until they settled into the Special Affairs Office, then said she suspected Wu Buyu had other abilities.
• Jiang Yu complained to Li Wanyun about having to study farming and equipment, and Li Wanyun convinced her that her skills and black-soil space could help protect humanity and keep her alive.
• Jiang Yu eagerly left to study more, while Long Tianyu told Li Wanyun to have some decency after she admitted she felt better knowing Jiang Yu had it rougher.
• Li Wanyun and Long Tianyu hurried to finish their work so they could join Sheng An in investigating Wu Buyu.

Wu Buyu left home after his father threatened to throw him out, while Sheng An’s team confirmed that he was an ancestral reversion mutant whose unusual information-gathering ability had existed before the apocalypse. The team tracked him from a distance, and Sheng An ordered everyone not to approach or interfere until she gave permission.

• Wu Buyu’s father threatened to stop supporting him, and Wu Buyu decided he could no longer live at home.
• Wu Buyu left the house, and his father found his room empty the next day.
• Hao Jingye confirmed that Wu Buyu was an ancestral reversion mutant who could fly, while surveillance footage showed him unexpectedly following strangers into dramatic situations.
• Qi Lingwu suggested that Wu Buyu’s information-gathering ability had appeared before the apocalypse, and Hao Jingye reported that Wu Buyu had gone out.
• Sheng An’s group watched Wu Buyu from across the street, and Sheng An ordered everyone not to approach or act without her permission.

Sheng An tracked Wu Buyu to a temple after learning his family had cast him out, while Wu Buyu revealed his unusual ability to expose secrets and his birdlike powers when alone. He noticed someone hiding in the temple and demanded to know who was there.

• Hao Jingye told Sheng An that Wu Buyu had exposed his father's affair and been kicked out, and Sheng An decided to approach him.
• Sheng An and her group watched Wu Buyu report a suspected kidnapping to the police on his way out of the city.
• Wu Buyu slipped into a closed temple and spoke freely to a Buddha statue, revealing his ability to blurt out secrets and his huge black wings.
• Wu Buyu tried to take money from an empty donation box, then transformed his mouth into a beak and pecked at the broken wood.
• Wu Buyu spotted an apple beneath the offering table, sensed someone nearby, and demanded to know who was there.

Sheng An and her group exposed Wu Buyu’s secret transformation and recruited him after his embarrassment left him socially dead. He accepted, then revealed that his special ability let him know what Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun had said about each other.

• Wu Buyu transformed from the Vajra Buddha Statue and lunged at Li Xin, only to discover Sheng An and the others had been listening nearby.
• Sheng An told Wu Buyu they had heard everything, and the group teased him until he lay motionless in humiliation.
• Sheng An offered Wu Buyu food, shelter, and a role gathering and reporting information for the Doomsday departments.
• Wu Buyu raised his head and asked to make one request, prompting Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun to protest.
• Wu Buyu revealed that Long Tianyu had insulted Li Wanyun and that Li Wanyun had said she was sick of Long Tianyu.

Wu Buyu revealed that he could read minds within a limited range and was beginning to gain control of the ability as his body changed. He asked to stay with Sheng An and Qi Lingwu because he could not hear Sheng An’s thoughts, but Qi Lingwu knocked him unconscious after Wu Buyu exposed his constant thoughts about her.

• Sheng An and the others deduced that Wu Buyu had Mind Reading, and he admitted that hearing incomplete gossip made him avoid crowds.
• Wan Yuan and Song Linwei worked out that Wu Buyu’s mind-reading range was about two meters, and Wu Buyu explained that becoming stronger might let him control it.
• Sheng An and Qi Lingwu identified Wu Buyu’s Mind Reading as a psychic superpower that was starting to awaken alongside his Ancestral Reversion mutation ability.
• Sheng An asked what condition Wu Buyu wanted, and he requested to stay with her and Qi Lingwu because he could not hear Sheng An’s thoughts.
• Wu Buyu revealed that Qi Lingwu’s thoughts repeated Sheng An’s name, so Qi Lingwu knocked him unconscious and told the others to take him back.

After the group left the temple, Sheng An urged Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun to recall psychic and high-level Superpower Persons from their past lives. The next morning, Wu Buyu woke in a suite and was dragged out by Qi Lingwu at Sheng An’s request.

• Qi Lingwu left the temple with Sheng An while Yu Feng carried the unconscious Wu Buyu, and the others reacted to the couple and argued among themselves.
• The group left the temple, reflected on the ten days remaining before the Apocalypse, and Song Linwei prayed for humanity’s safety.
• Sheng An asked Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun to recall psychic and high-level Superpower Persons so they could keep an eye on them before Doomsday.
• Wu Buyu woke in a suite, remembered his embarrassing behavior at the temple, and screamed into the bedding.
• Sheng An called Wu Buyu out, and Qi Lingwu hauled him from bed and dragged him outside.

Wu Buyu joined the Special Affairs Office and revealed that his mind-reading ability let him hear what others were thinking, though he had no memories of his previous life. As Group B prepared to move into a villa Li Wanyun had mortgaged to them, Wu Buyu exposed Lou Mingwei’s hostile thoughts about Qiu Yu.

• Sheng An brought Wu Buyu to breakfast, where Group A and Group B kept their distance because of his mind-reading ability.
• Wu Buyu explained that he knew nothing about the apocalypse and had only been able to converse with the others by hearing their thoughts.
• Sheng An told the teams to finish their work and prepare to move, with five days remaining before the disaster-response plan had to be announced.
• Lou Mingwei bragged that Group A had claimed the dormitory’s best beds, but Hao Jingye revealed that Group B would stay in a villa they owned.
• Li Wanyun recognized the villa as the one she had mortgaged to Sheng An and asked for a south-facing room instead of repaying the debt.
• Lou Mingwei mocked Wu Buyu, who read aloud his vicious thoughts about Qiu Yu and his plan to kill her.

The Special Affairs Office team finished gathering and toured the newly fortified Core Shelter, where Li Xin learned that his metal-modification ability would help reinforce shelters nationwide. Sheng An welcomed the group into Li Wanyun’s villa as their future home.

• Qiu Yu ordered Lou Mingwei dragged away after Wu Buyu falsely claimed Lou had thought of challenging her, then Wu Buyu exposed Li Xin’s unspoken insult about Sheng An.
• The team arrived at the Core Shelter and saw its retractable metal shield, while Hao Jingye explained its construction and role as the nation’s central hub.
• Sheng An told Li Xin to develop ways to reinforce the shield, and explained that his methods would later be shared with shelters across the country.
• Hao Jingye and Sheng An showed the group the expanded underground shelter, fortified villas, and preparations underway for civilians and supplies.
• Sheng An opened Li Wanyun’s reinforced villa and welcomed everyone back to their future home.