Arc 15Chapters 351–375

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Ch. 351Not angry

Bai Yaoyao finished training Monkey, then told Chen Yixuan that Dark Night was not angry with Ouyang Ning and could leave the base without filing reports. The group prepared to travel toward Yunbei Mountain Range, while Bai Yaoyao encouraged Xue Yang to seek more experience and improve his ability.

  • Bai Yaoyao trained Monkey late into the night, and the next morning she stopped Peiqi from healing his injuries and warned him to learn from them.
  • Chen Yixuan told Bai Yaoyao that Dark Night could leave the base whenever it wanted, and Bai Yaoyao said they were not angry with Ouyang Ning.
  • Chen Yixuan left, and Bai Yaoyao announced that Dark Night would set out by car toward Little Earthy Yellow's main branch near Yunbei Mountain Range.
  • Bai Yaoyao replenished the Dark Night Store before leaving and noticed that Xue Yang's ability was still level 4.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked Xue Yang whether he wanted to train outside the store with Murong Xixi and gain more experience.

Ch. 352Suspicions

Bai Yaoyao tried to persuade Xue Yang to focus on training, but he chose to remain at the Dark Night Store out of gratitude and loyalty. Meanwhile, Bai Yaoyao’s departure prompted concern at the base, and the Bai, Meng, Xie, and Murong families pressured the leader over Ouyang Ning’s treatment of Dark Night.

  • Bai Yaoyao offered to arrange a place for Xue Yang with the Murong Family, but Xue Yang said he preferred working at the store and did not want a life of fighting.
  • Xue Yang admitted he stayed because Bai Yaoyao had helped him, and Bai Yaoyao decided she might later arrange for him to gain experience outside the store.
  • Bai Qingqing heard that Bai Yaoyao and the Dark Night Squad had left the base and hurried home to tell her family.
  • Old Master Bai complained to the leader about Ouyang Ning and defended Bai Yaoyao and Dark Night, leading the leader to suspect Old Master Bai’s personal ties to her.
  • Representatives of the Meng Family, Xie Family, and Murong Family also protested Ouyang Ning’s actions, and the leader summoned him.

Ch. 353Yunbei Mountain Range

Dark Night reached the Yunbei Mountain Range to search for Little Earthy Yellow’s main branch, hoping it could help him grow stronger. They began climbing, but the mountain seemed strangely empty of Mutant Beasts and Mutant Plants.

  • Bai Yaoyao took Dark Night into the wild, where they hunted level 7 zombies and studied a captured Stitched Monster.
  • The group reached the Yunbei Mountain Range after nearly half a month of travel through extreme temperature swings.
  • Little Crook interpreted Little Earthy Yellow’s gestures and explained that his main branch could sense him.
  • Bai Yaoyao brought Little Earthy Yellow to the mountain so his main branch might detect him and come closer.
  • Dark Night climbed the mountain on their level 6 wolves, and Bai Yaoyao noticed that few Mutant Beasts or Mutant Plants were around.

Ch. 354Eyes Opened

Bai Yaoyao and Dark Night fled Cloud North Mountain after Xuan Qi sensed an unseen being powerful enough to shatter his defenses. After they escaped, the being revealed itself as a young man with a monstrous second persona, while Xuan Qi accidentally leveled up and released a powerful, foul-smelling burst of gas.

  • Bai Yaoyao found a vast field of newborn mutant beast corpses and stopped Dark Night to investigate.
  • Xuan Qi sensed a dangerous presence at the summit that he could not see through, so Bai Yaoyao led the group down the mountain.
  • After Dark Night left, a young man at the summit opened his eyes, transformed into a sinister zombie-like being, and summoned high-level zombies from across the region.
  • As the group traveled away, Xuan Qi accidentally leveled up and released a foul burst of gas, prompting Bai Yaoyao and the others to flee from the stench.

Ch. 355Back to normal

Bai Yaoyao led the Dark Night group to the northern edge of the Yunbei Mountain Range, where the mutant plants welcomed them after Monkey watered them. She befriended a Chestnut Tree and asked the plants whether they had seen others like Little Earthy Yellow.

  • Bai Yaoyao persuaded the group to continue north despite the unknown threat they had encountered on the summit.
  • The Dark Night group reached a mountain where mutant plants and beasts watched them warily, and the plants opened a path for them.
  • Bai Yaoyao noticed the plants reacting to the idea of water, so Monkey released water droplets to refresh them.
  • Bai Yaoyao discovered a Treasure Chestnut Tree and had Monkey pretend to collapse from exhaustion, prompting the plants to care for him.
  • The Chestnut Tree gave Monkey its two fruits, and Bai Yaoyao asked the surrounding plants whether they had seen others like Little Earthy Yellow.

Ch. 356Victory without bloodshed

Bai Yaoyao and Dark Night helped Little Earthy Yellow confront its powerful main branch, with mutant plants joining the fight. Little Crook stopped the main branch from escaping and brought Little Earthy Yellow over to absorb it.

  • Bai Yaoyao followed a procession of mutant plants to find Little Earthy Yellow's main branch, while Monkey kept the plants happy with rain.
  • Little Earthy Yellow sensed its main branch approaching and hid around Bai Yaoyao's wrist.
  • Little Earthy Yellow's main branch attacked the mutant plants, and the Heaven-Swallowing Man-Eating Flower bit into its vines.
  • Bai Yaoyao attacked with a Spatial Blade, the mutant plants joined the fight, and Peiqi healed those they injured.
  • Little Earthy Yellow overcame its fear and joined the battle, while Bai Yaoyao sent Little Crook to block the main branch's escape.
  • Little Crook seized and slammed the main branch to the ground, then brought Little Earthy Yellow over to absorb it.

Ch. 357The team grew again

Bai Yaoyao recruited the mutant plants into her space after Little Earthy Yellow and Little Red absorbed the remaining main branch. As Dark Night prepared to leave the mountains, eleven level-five and level-six mutant beasts and two level-seven beasts surrounded them, and Bai Yaoyao ordered everyone to watch and defend rather than attack.

  • Little Earthy Yellow absorbed less than ten meters of the main branch before needing repeated rests, while Peiqi failed to sense a breakthrough to a level-seven healing ability.
  • Chenxuan identified many of the nearby mutant plants, and Bai Yaoyao persuaded the Heaven-Swallowing Man-Eating Flower, the Chestnut Tree, and the other plants to join her space.
  • Bai Yaoyao brought the mutant plants into her space, where Little Crook explained the rules and they enjoyed the comfortable environment.
  • After Little Earthy Yellow collapsed from exhaustion, Bai Yaoyao had Little Red absorb the remaining main branch, and Little Red also passed out after finishing it.
  • Bai Yaoyao detected thirteen mutant beasts following the group, including two at level seven, and the beasts soon surrounded Dark Night.
  • Bai Yaoyao stopped A-Dai from charging and told everyone to watch and provide protection because the attackers were level seven.

Ch. 358Doggie's sudden flash of intelligence

Bai Yaoyao let Doggie fight a stronger Mutant Weasel, and he won by outsmarting it despite suffering severe injuries. After Peiqi began healing him, Doggie appeared to level up again.

  • Bai Yaoyao sent Doggie to fight the level eight weasel while Lulu, Dark Night, and the others defeated the remaining mutant beasts.
  • Doggie endured repeated blows and, when the weasel charged head-on, slipped beneath it and tore open its belly.
  • Doggie wounded the weasel's eye, then pretended to retreat before turning back and killing it with a slash to the neck.
  • Peiqi began healing Doggie, who let out a foul fart, and Monkey exclaimed that he had leveled up.

Ch. 359Xuan Qi Was Missing

Bai Yaoyao let A-Dai and Big Meow explore the mountain at night, but they returned with Big Meow injured and Xuan Qi missing. She and A-Dai climbed toward the summit to search for Xuan Qi, then stopped to rest as they neared the top.

  • Bai Yaoyao let A-Dai and Big Meow explore the mountain while she rested, and brought Xuan Qi along as a precaution.
  • After A-Dai and Big Meow returned at dawn, A-Dai described a mist-covered garden where plants had thrown Big Meow out, but he realized Xuan Qi was missing from his pocket.
  • Bai Yaoyao reassured the distressed A-Dai and took him out to search for Xuan Qi while the others stayed in the space.
  • A-Dai admitted that he and Big Meow had raced nearly to the summit, and Bai Yaoyao hurried up the mountain with him.
  • As the snow deepened near the summit, Bai Yaoyao brought A-Dai into the space so they could rest before continuing their search.

Ch. 360Illusions

Bai Yaoyao and Keke found a beautiful spring garden on the snowy mountaintop, but Keke sensed it was an illusion. Bai Yaoyao broke through the illusion and was left facing whoever had created it, while still searching for Xuan Qi.

  • Bai Yaoyao returned from scouting, rested, then took Keke to investigate the place where A-Dai had seen Big Meow injured.
  • Keke could not sense any living plants in the garden and suggested it was an illusion, so Bai Yaoyao sent her back into the space.
  • Bai Yaoyao tested the garden with a stone, food, and liquor, then concluded that a powerful illusion Ability User lived inside.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked the unseen resident for a lead on Xuan Qi, but the returned liquor bottles had been opened and refilled with water.
  • When Bai Yaoyao stepped into the garden, man-eating plants attacked her and the scenery repeated endlessly, trapping her inside.
  • Bai Yaoyao found a unique pebble beneath an orange flower and used Mental Piercing on it, shattering the illusion.

Ch. 361People

Bai Yaoyao endured the old man’s illusions and defeated four Mutant Beasts before meeting the man who had been testing her. She learned he was an old friend of her master, You Wuren, and the master of Zhi Yi and his fellow disciples.

  • Bai Yaoyao sheltered from a hailstorm and endured a scorching desert illusion, then relaxed with ice and milk tea until the scene changed again.
  • Bai Yaoyao fought four Mutant Beasts, using her spatial abilities to defeat them one by one.
  • An old man appeared with the drunk Xuan Qi, returned the turtle to Bai Yaoyao, and praised her abilities.
  • The old man revealed that Bai Yaoyao’s master You Wuren was originally named Long Zhan and that he was the man’s old friend.
  • Bai Yaoyao recognized the old man as Zhi Yi’s master and called him a chatterbox, prompting him to leap up and demand to know which disciple had said it.

Ch. 362Feng Qing

Bai Yaoyao met Taoist Feng Qing, who revealed that her master might still be alive after accidentally referring to repaying a debt to him. She agreed to take Feng Qing to his disciples in exchange for his help protecting Dark Night Base with defensive illusions.

  • Bai Yaoyao told Taoist Feng Qing that the Mutant Tiger had said they were friends, and she demanded compensation for what Feng Qing had put her through.
  • Taoist Feng Qing explained that he had named Bai Yaoyao and chosen her surname through divination, then admitted he still owed her master 180 yuan.
  • Bai Yaoyao realized Feng Qing's words suggested her master might be alive and pressed him for her master's whereabouts, but he said he did not know.
  • Taoist Feng Qing asked Bai Yaoyao to take him to his disciples because his divination warned him against leaving the mountain alone.
  • Bai Yaoyao agreed to escort Feng Qing in exchange for him setting up defensive illusions around Dark Night Base, and he accepted.

Ch. 363Down the mountain

Bai Yaoyao learned from Taoist Feng Qing that her master was not dead and suspected he was in danger. She brought her companions to meet Feng Qing and prepared to take him to the Dark Night Base, while his cryptic hints and hidden abilities left questions unanswered.

  • Bai Yaoyao left Taoist Feng Qing on the summit after giving him a meal, and he hoped she would understand his hints about her master in time to save him.
  • Bai Yaoyao returned to her companions and told them her master was alive, explaining that she had met Taoist Feng Qing and suspected her master was in danger.
  • Peiqi offered to use crystal cores to raise her mind special ability, but Bai Yaoyao told everyone to meet Feng Qing first and take him to the Dark Night Base.
  • Bai Yaoyao brought the group to the summit, where Taoist Feng Qing greeted them and gave Peiqi defensive talismans to distribute.
  • Bai Yaoyao questioned why Taoist Feng Qing had claimed he could not descend the mountain if he could make defensive talismans.

Ch. 364The journey back

Dark Night traveled back down the mountain with Taoist Feng Qing, who concealed the reason for his bloody cough and enjoyed their food and company. As they neared the end of the journey, he asked to stay with them, but Bai Yaoyao and the others were unimpressed.

  • Taoist Feng Qing explained that he could not draw more talismans without yellow paper and cinnabar, while Peiqi failed to read his thoughts.
  • Dark Night fought its way down the mountain, impressing Taoist Feng Qing with the group's combat strength.
  • Taoist Feng Qing secretly performed a divination, coughed up blood, and claimed he was merely out of practice.
  • Bai Yaoyao gave Taoist Feng Qing time to rest and served a meal before the group continued their journey.
  • Peiqi stopped trying to chat with Taoist Feng Qing after realizing he had noticed her probing his thoughts.
  • Taoist Feng Qing asked to stay with Dark Night, claiming he should look after Bai Yaoyao and the others, and the group silently rejected the idea.

Ch. 365Precognition

Bai Yaoyao and her group returned to the Main Base, where Song Yuxi and Song Yuze arrived seeking help. Song Yuxi revealed that Elder Chen foresaw Dark Night Base falling to zombies and monsters in six months, leaving them four months and twenty-seven days to act.

  • Bai Yaoyao’s group finished their journey after Fat Brother and Stone reached Level 7, and Taoist Feng Qing promised to explain his knowledge of the monsters once they reached Level 8.
  • Bai Yaoyao and the others arrived at the Main Base and met Song Yuxi and Song Yuze at the gates.
  • Bai Yaoyao sent A-Dai with Song Yuze to gather the rest of their group, then arranged a room for Taoist Feng Qing before asking Song Yuxi what had happened.
  • Song Yuxi explained that Elder Chen had awakened precognition and foresaw Dark Night Base being destroyed by zombies and monsters in six months.
  • Song Yuxi said her group had followed Elder Chen’s safe route to reach the Main Base, and that four months and twenty-seven days remained before the predicted disaster.

Ch. 366Everyone's Decision

Song Yuxi and Sun Weihao told Bai Yaoyao that Elder Chen had predicted the Dark Night Base would face a devastating attack. After hearing the Black Night Squad’s explanation, Bai Yaoyao and her team agreed to return, while warning everyone to prioritize survival.

  • Song Yuxi told Bai Yaoyao about Elder Chen’s prediction, and Bai Yaoyao recognized that it matched her own plans to return to the Dark Night Base.
  • Sun Weihao explained that the Black Night Squad had come to inform Dark Night, not pressure them into helping, and that the squad would return to its base regardless.
  • Bai Yaoyao led Dark Night upstairs to discuss what to do, while Xia Tian urged the Black Night Squad to eat and prepare to return that night.
  • A-Dai, Stone, Monkey, and the other Dark Night members said they wanted to return and help the people at the base.
  • Bai Yaoyao agreed to return and warned her team not to make reckless sacrifices; Fat Brother and Lulu also urged them to stay realistic about the danger.

Ch. 367New arrangements

Bai Yaoyao decided to return to Dark Night Base with the Black Night Squad after settling matters at the Main Base, while choosing not to live with the Bai Family. She left the future open as she visited the Dark Night Store and saw how much its discounted goods meant to local laborers.

  • Bai Yaoyao considered trading for firearms and technology, copying Professor Lin’s research documents, and whether to keep Dark Night Base or remain at the Main Base.
  • Bai Yaoyao told Lulu and the others that she considered them her family and would leave supplies for the Bai Family, but did not want to force an emotional relationship with them.
  • Bai Yaoyao told the Black Night Squad she would return to Dark Night Base with them after handling matters at the Main Base, and Sun Weihao celebrated the news.
  • Bai Yaoyao visited the Dark Night Store, where Xue Yang kept it open late so Base Construction Team workers could shop after work.
  • The workers thanked Dark Night for making flavorful food affordable, and Bai Yaoyao used Teleportation to avoid their bows as they left.

Ch. 368Preparations

Bai Yaoyao told the Dark Night Store staff that the squad would leave for a private base, and most chose to go with her. After asking a patrol officer to summon Chen Yixuan the next day, she returned home and learned that the Wine Gourd was empty again.

  • Bai Yaoyao announced that Dark Night would leave the Main Base and offered the staff points and supplies if they stayed behind.
  • Wang Fugui volunteered to join after claiming he had awakened an all-rounder ability.
  • Chen Jing and her son, Cheng Xiaomeng and her father, Qian Ming and his brother, and Xue Yang decided to follow Dark Night; Zhang Yabing asked to consult Xie Shannan before deciding.
  • A patrol officer told Bai Yaoyao that Dark Night was exempt from curfew, and she asked him to tell Chen Yixuan to visit her the next day.
  • Bai Yaoyao returned home, found everyone asleep, and heard that the Wine Gourd was empty again.

Ch. 369Spatial Artifacts

Bai Yaoyao gave Taoist Feng Qing liquor and learned his Wine Gourd was a Spatial Artifact, then reorganized her space and arranged to trade her surplus supplies through Meng Qilin. She told Xie Shannan and Meng Qilin that she was taking Dark Night to its own base, and Meng Qilin was stunned by the scale of her trade list.

  • Bai Yaoyao gave Taoist Feng Qing fifty bottles of Moutai, and he offered to teach her Artifact Crafting while hinting that her master was alive.
  • Bai Yaoyao entered her space, praised Little Treasure Chestnut's abundant fruit, and found that the plants there had grown healthier.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked Great Sage to photograph Professor Lin's Energy Research Records and sorted supplies she wanted to trade.
  • Bai Yaoyao told Xie Shannan and Meng Qilin that Dark Night had its own base and that she was taking Dark Night there.
  • Bai Yaoyao gave Meng Qilin her list of supplies to trade, and he was shocked by its contents.

Ch. 370A chat

Bai Yaoyao shared breakfast with Meng Qilin and Xie Shannan, then gave Chen Yixuan a Level-Seven Crystal Core for helping her locate the Strength Fruit branch. As the group faced the prospect of parting, she gave Xie Shannan and Meng Qilin precious Spring Water and said they would meet again for the final battle against the zombie leader.

  • Bai Yaoyao fed Meng Qilin and Xie Shannan while they discussed arranging a meeting with the chief about her supplies.
  • Chen Yixuan arrived, and Bai Yaoyao asked him to arrange the meeting and offered to repay him for sharing the Strength Fruit location.
  • Bai Yaoyao gave Chen Yixuan a Level-Seven Crystal Core, which he accepted before leaving to find the chief.
  • Xie Shannan wondered whether they would meet again, and Bai Yaoyao predicted they would gather for the final battle against the zombie leader.
  • Bai Yaoyao gave Xie Shannan and Meng Qilin cups of undiluted Spring Water, urging them to grow stronger for the coming fight.

Ch. 371Murong Xixi's Decision

Bai Yaoyao visited Murong Xixi and the Bai Family before her group’s planned departure from the base. Murong Xixi agreed to bring the Murong Family along, and Bai Yaoyao began telling her relatives about the departure.

  • Bai Yaoyao told her companions they could spend two days as they wished before leaving, then went to find Murong Xixi.
  • Bai Qingqing guided Bai Yaoyao to the Murong Family’s new residence and waited outside while Bai Yaoyao spoke with Murong Xixi.
  • Bai Yaoyao told Murong Xixi that Dark Night was leaving, and Murong Xixi decided that the whole Murong Family would go with them.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked Murong Xixi to meet them at the base entrance early the day after tomorrow, then headed to the Bai Family’s residence with Bai Qingqing.
  • Old Master Bai hurried to summon Bai Zongyu and Bai Jin'an, but Bai Yaoyao said she had come to tell them something and they did not need to return.

Ch. 372They hadn't raised her, but they had given her life

Bai Yaoyao visited the Bai Family and left them supplies as repayment for giving her life, making clear she would soon depart. She told Chen Yixuan that her group was leaving for the Dark Night Base and warned him to take Ouyang Ning's threats seriously.

  • Bai Yaoyao filled the Bai Family's empty warehouse with supplies, special fruit, crystal cores, healing blood, and water.
  • Bai Yaoyao told Old Master Bai that she owed the family for giving her life and that she would leave in two days, then teleported away.
  • Zhang Yabing and five others told Bai Yaoyao they wanted to leave with her when she passed the Dark Night Store.
  • Chen Yixuan told Bai Yaoyao that the Murong Family members had resigned, and she revealed they were leaving for the Dark Night Base.
  • Bai Yaoyao warned Chen Yixuan that Ouyang Ning meant it if he said he would die fighting outside the Base Wall, then encouraged him to keep fighting the zombies.

Ch. 373A trade

Bai Yaoyao negotiated with the Chief to exchange supplies and Spring Water for weapons and research personnel. She revealed that Dark Night had built its own base and would leave the day after tomorrow, while the Chief offered weapons and two researchers.

  • Bai Yaoyao offered the Authorities a large supply of food and clothing in exchange for firearms, modern weapons, and research findings, and the Chief agreed to discuss the terms.
  • Bai Yaoyao gave Cheng Yang and Cheng Yu a bottle of Spring Water each, and they reported that their injuries healed, their energy returned, and Cheng Yu awakened a fire ability.
  • Bai Yaoyao explained the Spring Water’s effects and offered her remaining six bottles in exchange for the Authorities’ best base-defense weapons and research personnel.
  • Bai Yaoyao told the Chief that Dark Night had built a base between City D Base and City L Base and would leave the day after tomorrow.
  • The Chief agreed to provide weapons and two researchers but refused to send professors from the Main Base.

Ch. 374Reaching an Agreement

Bai Yaoyao finalized a trade with the Chief, exchanging six bottles of Spring Water for research findings and weapons. Later, she intervened when Ordinary People harassed Ouyang Ning over food and his debt, and the Public Security Team took the troublemakers away.

  • Bai Yaoyao agreed to receive research findings and weapons from the Chief in exchange for six bottles of Spring Water.
  • Bai Yaoyao planned for Chenxuan to inspect the research materials and Fat Brother to handle the weapons during the supply handover.
  • Bai Yaoyao found a group of Ordinary People berating Ouyang Ning, who said he owed her ten thousand points and had to repay the debt before buying them food.
  • Ouyang Ning gave Bai Yaoyao a Points Card containing eight thousand points toward his debt, and she accepted it.
  • Bai Yaoyao released Little Crook to hoist the people who had insulted Dark Night, then cited the base's five-thousand-point fine for causing a disturbance.
  • Bai Yaoyao handed the Points Card to the Public Security Team, which surrounded the group and took them away.

Ch. 375Military talent

Bai Yaoyao learned that a huge zombie horde, including human-experiment monsters, would attack the base the next morning. She gave the authorities her notes on the monsters’ weaknesses, leaving the defenders prepared for the siege.

  • Bai Yaoyao confirmed that her documents had been copied and backed up, then cultivated with level 7 crystal cores.
  • Monkey and the Black Night Squad told Bai Yaoyao that a massive horde was approaching and would likely reach the base by morning, so they postponed their departure.
  • A Public Security Team member delivered Bai Yaoyao’s points card and confirmed that the authorities expected the attack the next morning.
  • Bai Yaoyao wrote down the known traits and weak points of human-experiment monsters and handed the notes to a patrol for the authorities to distribute.
  • The authorities printed and distributed Bai Yaoyao’s monster manual to the fighters, who studied it before the battle.
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