Chapter Summaries

The group discussed the worsening soil, dwindling supplies, and the need to find plants that could survive the wasteland. Qin Xuan used his power to foresee a mutant blade of grass, and Academician Zhou urgently asked where it was.

• Old Qin and Qin Xuan shared strawberries, easing the tension in the vehicle.
• Academician Zhou and Hao Jingye warned that poisoned soil and finite supplies could fuel desperation and unrest.
• Jiang Yu and Academician Zhou discussed the limits of her space and the need to find plants capable of growing in the wasteland.
• Qin Xuan used his power and described a bright green blade of grass growing in black soil that later ran away.
• Academician Zhou grabbed Qin Xuan's clothes and urgently demanded to know where the mutant plant was.

After Qin Xuan prophesied about a hard-to-find mutant plant, Sheng An decided the group would rest before continuing along their route, where they might encounter it. Meanwhile, the Special Affairs Office kept B11’s pardoned Superpower Persons working under harsh supervision, and Jiang Yu’s vines grew stronger as she drove them to build the base.

• Qin Xuan said he could not locate the mutant plant from his prophecy, and Sheng An told him to report any future visions immediately.
• Sheng An reasoned that the plant was likely along their route and decided the group would leave the next morning while keeping B11’s Superpower Persons under pressure.
• Long Tianyu forced Deng Lan and the other pardoned Superpower Persons to install a Solar-Powered Temperature Control System under the brutal sun.
• Wu Buyu sent the exhausted workers to begin building the base, and Jiang Yu used her vines to lash anyone who tried to rest.
• Jiang Yu’s vines branched into four, letting her whip more workers while she also supervised Yu Litian and Chen Jiaojiao in her space.

The Special Affairs Office left B11 after making its Superpower Persons promise to protect civilians and build the base. As they headed toward C9 to collect fragments, they learned about the shelter’s condition and its surveillance superpower.

• Sheng An teased Deng Lan and the other Superpower Persons about staying longer until they insisted B11 could manage on its own.
• Sheng An left B11 with her team, warning that they would pass through again, while the team discussed the worsening sky and the threat of rain.
• Hao Jingye reported that C9 had avoided major disasters but suffered heavy casualties from Otherkind, some of whom later fled to Stone City.
• Hao Jingye explained that a C9 Superpower Person had a surveillance ability that helped detect some Otherkind but could not find them all.
• Hao Jingye told Sheng An that C9 and nearby shelters had gathered fragments for the team to collect before continuing their mission.

Sheng An’s team arrived at C9 Shelter and learned that Otherkind had stolen its meteorite fragment in a bombing attack. When they discovered that more fragment deliveries were being ambushed, Sheng An changed the pursuit plan after realizing Li Xin might help them identify Otherkind.

• Hao Jingye complained that he had not awakened a superpower, and Song Linwei comforted him more successfully than Li Xin and Jiang Yu had.
• Sheng An’s team reached C9 Shelter and learned that Otherkind had used bombs to steal its fragment before fleeing.
• Sheng An reviewed the surveillance footage with Tian Fang while the communications squad searched the recordings.
• Wan Yuan reported that Qi Lingwu and Wu Buyu had encountered Otherkind ambushing Superpower People delivering fragments from other shelters.
• Sheng An questioned how Otherkind distinguished humans from their own kind, and Hao Jingye suggested they detected human blood.
• Sheng An told Wan Yuan to contact Qi Lingwu and have him find the Otherkind without killing them, saying they were switching plans.

Dummy infiltrated a group of three Otherkind carrying stolen energy fragments and led them to believe the Special Affairs Office was pursuing them. The group reached a burning mountain, unaware that Dummy had a hidden agenda.

• A woman and two men waited among urban ruins for their companions, then met Dummy, who claimed their dead comrades had given him two energy fragments.
• The Otherkind accepted Dummy and the fragments, and he warned them that Wu Buyu and two powerful pursuers were on their trail.
• The woman concealed the group as they fled, and the younger man remained suspicious of Dummy despite his foolish act.
• The four reached the foot of a burning mountain, where the woman whistled into the flames as the others celebrated their escape.
• Dummy's golden eyes flickered while the other three failed to notice.

Dummy infiltrated the Otherkind’s ritual at a blood pool, where gathered meteorite fragments unleashed powerful energy to strengthen their abilities. He left under the pretense of fetching sacrifices and returned with Sheng An and another person, prompting the priest to recognize the leader of their greatest enemies.

• The priest arrived and led Dummy and the others to a summit where more than fifty Otherkind gathered around a blood-filled pool.
• The woman, Qiu, the young man, and Dummy placed meteorite fragments in the pool, triggering a surge of energy that threatened to make Dummy’s power erupt.
• When the priest said the pool lacked blood, Dummy volunteered to capture two people and left under a protective shield.
• After escaping the others’ sight, Dummy transformed into the Little Golden Man and cursed the Otherkind’s ritual.
• Dummy returned carrying Sheng An and another person, and the priest recognized the woman as the leader of their greatest enemies.

Sheng An and Qi Lingwu confronted the Otherkind on their mountain, but the priest refused to reveal whether their Master controlled them. Sheng An’s team bombarded the mountain, and as they watched from above, Long Tianyu realized Li Xin was still below—though Sheng An assured him Li Xin was safe.

• Sheng An entered the Otherkind lair with Qi Lingwu and threatened to destroy the mountain unless the priest talked.
• Sheng An tested whether the priest was forbidden or unable to speak about their Master, but his expression revealed nothing.
• After Sheng An mocked the Otherkind, the priest ordered an attack, and Qi Lingwu shot down the charging Otherkind.
• Long Tianyu used Flash to bring Sheng An and Qi Lingwu onto Wu Buyu’s back as Wu Buyu flew them clear of the mountain.
• Li Wanyun and Zhang Kun helped coordinate a bombardment that flattened the mountain while Sheng An, Qi Lingwu, and Long Tianyu watched from above.
• Long Tianyu remembered that Li Xin was still underground, but Sheng An assured him Li Xin was fine as he lay curled inside a metal ball.

Sheng An’s group defeated the Otherkind gathered on the mountain, but let Li Xin escape with the priest so he could remain undercover. After discovering how meteorite fragments and human blood strengthened the Otherkind, Sheng An warned that humans could turn into Otherkind in a world that favored their survival.

• Qi Lingwu and the artillery barrage killed most of the Otherkind, while Li Wanyun’s group blocked the survivors fleeing down the mountain.
• Dummy arrived inside an elastic metal ball and rescued the priest, the woman, and Qiu, allowing them to flee with him.
• Sheng An explained that Li Xin had been allowed to take the priest so he could investigate the Otherkind’s plans and other gathering places undercover.
• Sheng An and the others concluded that M was building the Otherkind’s strength, while Hao Jingye identified the meteorite fragments as their energy source and human blood as a way to accelerate their growth.
• Doctor Yan confirmed that fresh blood helped the Otherkind absorb energy from the fragments, and Sheng An warned that humans could turn into Otherkind at any time.

Doctor Yan and the others confirmed that human blood helped Otherkind absorb energy from meteorite fragments, and they considered whether Doomsday was a planned biological invasion. Sheng An urged the group to keep killing high-tier Otherkind and collecting fragments, just as the earth-type superpower person announced that he had dug something up.

• Doctor Yan explained that Otherkind used human blood to absorb energy from meteorite fragments and could eventually evolve to survive on fragment energy alone.
• Hao Jingye read the report estimating that Otherkind and superpower people would need far less food at around nine stars, while Doctor Yan noted Sheng An's power had not recovered.
• Song Linwei suggested that superpower people might unintentionally help Otherkind evolve by fighting them and supplying them with nourishment.
• Doctor Yan said any theory was possible until they uncovered the truth, and Sheng An declared that they would kill high-tier Otherkind, collect fragments, and seek a way to destroy them.
• The earth-type superpower person said he had dug something up, then reacted in surprise.

Dummy and the priest’s group escaped their pursuers, while Sheng An’s team discovered a powerful Otherkind hidden in the blood pool. The creature revealed three abilities and survived the team’s opening attacks, leaving them facing a formidable opponent.

• The priest stopped Dummy, Qiu, and the woman from running, saying their pursuers would be too busy finding someone else to chase them.
• The priest scolded Dummy for acting rashly and ordered him to follow instructions, but Dummy replied that he had not been told to speak.
• An earth-type Superpower Person uncovered a living man in the drained blood pool, and Sheng An recognized the danger and ordered everyone to retreat.
• The Otherkind attacked, displaying a flash ability and a crustacean mutation as Long Tianyu, Li Wanyun, and the others fought back.
• Sheng An revealed that the Otherkind also had a psychic superpower, making him a three-power opponent who endured the team’s attacks.

Sheng An’s group defeated a powerful Otherkind by cutting him off from meteorite fragments soaked in a blood pool, then took him alive for study. Meanwhile, the priest sensed the failure and headed for another settlement with Qiu, the woman, and Dummy to try again.

• The Otherkind’s shell and seemingly endless strength overwhelmed the group until Sheng An realized he was drawing power from the blood pool.
• Li Wanyun collected the meteorite fragments while Jiang Yu, Song Linwei, and Zhuang Fan restrained the Otherkind, and Sheng An dragged him away from the pool.
• With the Otherkind weakened, Qi Lingwu and Liu Yue injured him; Sheng An ordered the group to keep him alive, and Doctor Yan identified the fragments as the source of his power.
• Sheng An cut off the Otherkind’s hands, and the group set out to contact Li Xin while Qi Lingwu checked on her after she used her foresight.
• The priest sensed that his cultivated companion had been defeated and set off with Qiu, the woman, and Dummy for another settlement to begin again.

Sheng An's team pursued the priest's group toward the Southwest Region while collecting Fragments at D3 Shelter. After noticing D3 had been unusually cooperative, Sheng An returned there with three teammates while the convoy continued onward.

• Hao Jingye reported that the authorities were investigating Otherkind strongholds and warned that the Otherkind might target a healing-type Superpower Person in the Southwest Region.
• Sheng An agreed to continue toward the Southwest Region and approved stopping at D3 Shelter to collect Fragments before catching up with Li Xin's group.
• At D3, Tian Jiaming gave the team more than a dozen Fragments, reports, photographs, and samples, and the convoy departed within minutes.
• Hao Jingye said the priest's group had pulled ahead, and the team discussed how cooperative D3 had been.
• Sheng An said D3 had been too cooperative and returned there with Wu Buyu, Long Tianyu, and Li Wanyun while Qi Lingwu stayed with the convoy.

Sheng An returned to D3 with Wu Buyu, Long Tianyu, and Li Wanyun after her instincts warned her that the shelter was not as normal as it seemed. They found evidence of a connection to the Otherkind and planned to enter D3 by confronting its garbage workers.

• Sheng An ordered the convoy to slow down and returned to D3 with Wu Buyu, Long Tianyu, and Li Wanyun while the others continued after the priest.
• The priest, Qiu, and a woman became trapped in a deep fissure after Dummy caused them to fall, and Qiu broke his arm when he struck Dummy.
• Sheng An led her companions to a D3 emergency exit, where they overheard residents describe an infectious disease and people dying after garbage duty.
• Sheng An searched the dumped garbage and found bloodless body parts, leading the group to suspect a link to the Otherkind.
• Sheng An decided to catch the garbage workers and have them bring the group into D3.

Sheng An and her companions uncovered that D3 Shelter Hospital was secretly turning patients into Otherkind through a process called “Divine Descent.” After they rescued Zhang Changxiu from the hospital’s Otherkind, Sheng An ordered them to kill.

• Tian Jiaming reassured the crowd outside the hospital, then had a worried mother and suspicious boy brought inside, where staff seized them.
• Tian Jiaming and Bell revealed that they had deceived the Special Affairs Office and planned to expand Divine Descent using blood and meteorite fragments.
• Zhang Changxiu saw patients transformed into Otherkind and watched them attack a newly awakened Superpower Person for his blood.
• Zhang Changxiu refused to drink blood from a fragment-soaked tank and tried to escape, but a nurse caught him.
• Sheng An, Li Wanyun, Long Tianyu, and Wu Buyu arrived and killed the Otherkind in the room; Sheng An ordered them to kill.

Sheng An and her team wiped out the Otherkind occupying D3’s hospital, then moved to expose and clear out those hiding in the Shelter. As the residents rallied around Sheng An, the Special Affairs Office prepared to warn other Shelters and launch a broader campaign against Otherkind gathering places.

• Long Tianyu sealed the hospital exits while Sheng An, Li Wanyun, and Wu Buyu killed the Otherkind inside, including a shadow-hiding attacker who tried to ambush Sheng An.
• Sheng An said the team would get the hospital lists and investigate Otherkind hiding in the Shelter.
• Tian Jiaming, Bell, and their surviving companions tried to flee with three Energy Sources, but Ji Yani, Liu Yue, and Gu Qiansheng blocked their way.
• Hao Jingye and Wan Yuan arrived at the D3 Shelter, where Sheng An had told residents about the Otherkind threat and asked them to help investigate.
• Sheng An urged the team to warn every Shelter and destroy Otherkind gathering places, while Wan Yuan prepared to report D3’s infiltration to the government.

The priest's group reached an Otherkind gathering site to recover, while Sheng An learned that the government had launched the Godfall Purge Operation to stop the Otherkind's second move. The gathering site's ritual was interrupted by a sudden explosion.

• The priest's group escaped the wasteland and hurried southwest as the priest tried to keep Dummy from carrying him again.
• At the vehicle, Sheng An ordered Wan Yuan to keep the convoy moving, and Hao Jingye reported that the government had begun the Godfall Purge Operation.
• The priest, Qiu, the woman, and Dummy reached an underground blood pool beneath a ruined city and drank to recover.
• The priest warned the gathering site's schoolgirl priest that the Special Affairs Office had destroyed his base, but she rebuked him and made his group stand at the back of the ritual.
• As the priest plotted to take over the gathering site, an explosion shook the earth.

The Special Affairs Office destroyed the Otherkind’s parking-garage base, but Dummy helped the old priest, Qiu, and the woman escape. Sheng An’s team tracked their conversation and prepared to investigate another suspected Otherkind hideout near E2 Shelter.

• The Special Affairs Office bombed the underground parking garage, killing most of the Otherkind, and Dummy escaped with the old priest, Qiu, and the woman inside a metal ball.
• The woman reported that the Special Affairs Office had wiped out the base, and the old priest decided to move the group to another hideout.
• Dummy carried the injured old priest while Qiu complained about the injuries caused by their escape.
• Sheng An listened to the group through headphones as Hao Jingye and Long Tianyu joked that Dummy, whose real name was Li Xin, might drive the Otherkind to ruin.
• Ke Jiaxue reported that the team had found no monster Otherkind or large cache of Fragments beneath the blood pool.
• Sheng An asked Hao Jingye about nearby anomalies, then chose a suspected hideout near E2 Shelter for the team to investigate.

The Special Affairs Office systematically destroyed Otherkind bases, forcing their priests and followers to flee and abandon the Divine Descent mission. At the southwestern border, the exhausted priest learned that the last base was evacuating, and Dummy stopped the female priest as she tried to leave with the Fragments.

• Humans used probes and attacks to locate and eliminate Otherkind hiding in the burning mountains, while Qiu Yu led a Special Affairs Office team against a northeastern base.
• Sheng An, Wu Buyu, Long Tianyu, and Li Wanyun destroyed the Otherkind base near E2 as Hao Jingye tracked the fleeing priest's route.
• Qiu, the woman, Dummy, and the priest reached a hidden gathering place, but its residents called them bad luck and said the Otherkind were splitting up to hide.
• The priest persuaded the exhausted group to head for one last base near the southwestern border, unaware that Sheng An had already destroyed it after they left.
• At the southwestern border, the female priest said she would hide the Fragments and suspend the Divine Descent mission, then Dummy told her to wait.

Li Xin, disguised as Dummy, killed the Otherkind who tried to seize the meteorite fragment and revealed himself to the old priest before finishing him. The Special Affairs Office reported that eleven Otherkind strongholds had been cleared, disrupting M's Divine Descent operation, while the remaining Otherkind might still be hiding.

• Qiu briefly trapped the priestess, allowing Dummy to fight and kill her, but the concealed woman stole the meteorite fragment and fled.
• Dummy pursued the woman with Qiu, killed both of them, and returned to the old priest with the fragment.
• The old priest promised to protect Dummy, but Dummy revealed that the Otherkind were all dead and said he could finally go back.
• The old priest realized Dummy was a human infiltrator from the Special Affairs Office, but Li Xin snapped his neck and revealed his true form.
• Hao Jingye reported that the operation had cleared eleven Otherkind strongholds, and Sheng An said the purge had largely thwarted M's Divine Descent operation.
• Long Tianyu told Li Xin to stop laughing, and Old Qin silently stopped himself and covered Qin Xuan's mouth.

Li Xin returned from his undercover mission and reunited with Group B as they prepared to enter the Southwest Region, where they might lose contact. The higher-ups also revealed that two research institutes had reached an uncertain but important conclusion and would explain it after the team returned with a healing-type Superpower Person.

• Li Xin complained about how his teammates had treated him, but they dismissed his act and shared snacks with him.
• Hao Jingye reported that only two Blood Pool Otherkind had been found, and Gu Qiansheng warned that hidden ones might grow to six or seven stars.
• Sheng An learned that the higher-ups wanted Group B to continue into the Southwest Region without additional supplies or personnel.
• Hao Jingye revealed that two research institutes had reached an important, uncertain conclusion but would not disclose it until Group B returned with the healing-type Superpower Person.
• Sheng An realized the higher-ups had contacted them in advance because they wanted to ask something, and Hao Jingye opened their second message.