Chapter Summaries

Bai Yaoyao agreed to help Murong Xixi reclaim the Murong Family in exchange for her allegiance, then prepared to leave City D with Dark Night. Their departure was interrupted when Big Lala's former owner approached the dog and tried to win it back.

• Murong Xixi explained how the Li Family had imprisoned her for her Small Jade Piece and promised that the piece she gave Bai Yaoyao was hers to keep.
• Bai Yaoyao agreed to help Murong Xixi take back the Murong Family, and Murong Xixi pledged to follow Dark Night's lead afterward.
• Bai Yaoyao left Chen Jing and Xue Yang ten thousand points each, then headed out with her comrades toward the General's Residence.
• A girl recognized Big Lala as Doudou, embraced the dog, and begged it to return to her.
• Big Lala backed away from the girl as bystanders gathered, while Lulu clenched her hands and Bai Yaoyao watched.

Bai Yaoyao’s group left a woman behind after Big Lala broke free of her, and Doggie punished the woman for insulting dogs without killing her. Back at their base, the group ate hot pot and prepared to travel to A City Base, while Bai Yaoyao discovered Peiqi had neglected training her mind ability.

• Bai Yaoyao let the woman take Doudou, but Big Lala broke free and followed Lulu instead.
• The woman insulted Big Lala and dogs, so Doggie pinned her down and frightened her before leaving her alive.
• Bai Yaoyao’s group returned to the base, ate hot pot, and agreed to leave for A City Base the next morning.
• Bai Yaoyao gave Peiqi a Level-Six Crystal Core so she could improve her mind ability and read simple thoughts.
• Peiqi revealed that her mind ability was only level four, so Bai Yaoyao ordered her to train through the night.

Bai Yaoyao agreed to escort two professors and eighteen researchers to the A City Main Base in exchange for five Level-Six Crystal Cores, three doses of Physical Enhancement Serum, and written confirmation that Dark Night’s points would remain valid. As the team prepared to leave, Chen Jing and Xue Yang decided to join them.

• Wang Jingyu offered Bai Yaoyao three Level-Six Crystal Cores to take two professors and eighteen researchers to the A City Main Base, and she initially refused.
• Wang Jingyu raised the offer to five Level-Six Crystal Cores and three doses of Physical Enhancement Serum, and Bai Yaoyao also demanded written confirmation for Dark Night’s points.
• Bai Yaoyao told Wang Jingyu that her team planned to leave that day, and he hurried off to prepare the researchers and supplies.
• Bai Yaoyao sent A-Dai to ask Chen Jing and Xue Yang whether they wanted to join the journey to A City.
• Xue Yang eagerly agreed to go, and Chen Jing immediately began packing.

Bai Yaoyao led the Dark Night convoy out of City D Base toward A City Main Base with researchers and other evacuees, accepting a mission to deliver two years of research. After discovering Secretary Wu’s letter revealed her team’s abilities and supplies, she destroyed part of it and proceeded cautiously; a week into the journey, the convoy encountered zombies.

• Chen Jing and Xue Yang decided to join Murong Xixi, while Bai Yaoyao met the researchers and laid down rules for the dangerous journey.
• Wang Jingyu gave Bai Yaoyao the research documents and told her to prioritize delivering them, even if the people traveling with her had to be abandoned.
• After the convoy departed, Bai Yaoyao found Secretary Wu’s letter describing the Dark Night Squad and its supplies, then shredded a page to keep information from reaching A City Base.
• Bai Yaoyao told Fat Brother she wanted to be careful when dealing with the authorities because they were not necessarily on the same side.
• A week after leaving City D Base, Bai Yaoyao ordered the convoy to stop once enough zombies had gathered.

Bai Yaoyao's group rescued an injured Golden Eagle after Big Sea led him back, then killed the ability users who tried to claim him and threaten their women. The researchers continued traveling with Dark Night, while Bai Yaoyao estimated they had covered only a small fraction of the journey.

• Bai Yaoyao ordered the researchers back into their vehicles and led Dark Night through zombie-infested roads, pausing when the exhausted group needed rest.
• Bai Yaoyao sent Big Sea to scout, and Big Sea returned with the badly injured Golden Eagle she had gone to save.
• Peiqi offered to heal Golden Eagle, and Bai Yaoyao agreed before the ability users who had been hunting him caught up.
• When the ability users demanded Dark Night's mutant beasts or people as payment, Bai Yaoyao let her beasts slaughter them.
• A researcher praised the beasts, and Great Sage gave him a peach to share with the professors.
• Monkey asked how far the group had traveled, and Bai Yaoyao said they had covered only half of half of half the distance.

The golden eagle reluctantly followed Bai Yaoyao’s group for days, hoping to join them, until Peiqi confirmed its sincerity. When a level six zombie attacked, Bai Yaoyao protected the researchers and filmed as the others took turns fighting it.

• Bai Yaoyao ignored the injured golden eagle’s request to join, so it continued following the group and helping in their battles.
• The golden eagle grew thinner but refused to leave, and Peiqi used her mind special ability to confirm its feelings to Bai Yaoyao.
• Bai Yaoyao sensed a level six zombie with speed and nature abilities approaching, and the group formed a perimeter around the researchers.
• Yang Li explained that his enhancement ability improved his eyes, and Bai Yaoyao told him the ability could help identify zombies’ vital points.
• The zombie charged at Bai Yaoyao, who knocked it down with a kick and sent it to fight A-Dai and Xiaomi instead.
• Bai Yaoyao set up a camera and recorded as the group split into three teams to take turns fighting the zombie.

Bai Yaoyao used a captured level six zombie to train her team in coordinated combat, but it exploded before they could finish the exercise. After healing the golden eagle and welcoming it into the group, she shared food with everyone while Li Changtai grew resentful over the professors’ plain rations.

• Bai Yaoyao stopped the team’s disorganized attack and made them split into groups to practice against the level six zombie.
• Doggie and Big Meow worked well together, while Bai Yaoyao sent Monkey, Keke, Xiaomi, and Xiao Shiliu aside to improve their tactics.
• The zombie gathered energy and exploded, but Little Crook recovered its crystal core.
• Peiqi healed the golden eagle with the Small Jade Piece and Chenxuan’s help, and Bai Yaoyao allowed it to stay if it followed orders.
• Bai Yaoyao gave the team clean clothes and a meal, while Li Changtai resented that the animals ate roasted meat as the professors ate flatbread.

Li Changtai angered Dark Night with his scheming, but Professor Zheng intervened before Bai Yaoyao could act against him. As the group continued toward A City Base, they improved their teamwork and stopped at a gas station to escape the rising heat.

• Monkey took Li Changtai's beef jerky and gave it to Professors Lin and Zheng, leaving Li Changtai furious and muddy after he sat down on wet ground.
• Bai Yaoyao glared at Li Changtai when he erupted, and Professor Zheng called him over before the confrontation escalated.
• Dark Night practiced fighting together on the road, and groups of three learned to defeat Level Six Zombies with ease.
• Murong Xixi felt left out of the teams, though Little Xue Yang still called her Sis Dazhuang and asked for her help.
• Bai Yaoyao increased the difficulty of training by capturing two zombies at a time, and a Level Six Zombie eventually killed itself by smashing its head into the ground.
• With temperatures climbing and several vehicles worn out, Bai Yaoyao changed the travel schedule and stopped the group at a gas station, where she found no suitable place for Dark Night to rest indoors.

Bai Yaoyao treated Professor Zheng’s heatstroke and traded heat-relief supplies and food to the researchers, who agreed to pay her in points after reaching the base. Li Changtai was refused service after antagonizing her, and Peiqi revealed she had reached level six as the group continued toward A City Base.

• Bai Yaoyao had Peiqi heal Professor Zheng’s heatstroke and gave Professor Lin heat-relief supplies, clothes, food, and mung bean slush in exchange for points later.
• Professor Zheng recovered, then bought the same supplies as Professor Lin, and the other researchers lined up to trade with Bai Yaoyao.
• Li Changtai joined the line but Bai Yaoyao refused to serve him, and Yang Li warned him not to provoke her.
• Professor Zheng recorded the researchers’ purchases and the date on a scrap of paper.
• Peiqi told Bai Yaoyao she had reached level six and suggested they find a chance to kill Li Changtai.

Bai Yaoyao and her companions survived a devastating earthquake, but she sensed something moving underground and prepared everyone to fight. The chapter ended with the unknown creatures closing in.

• Peiqi sensed Monkey calling her a noob, and they started sparring while Bai Yaoyao and Xiao Shiliu cheered them on.
• Xuan Qi warned Bai Yaoyao that an earthquake was coming, so she put the beasts away and led everyone outside.
• Bai Yaoyao used her companions and mutant beasts to carry people clear of collapsing buildings, a spreading fissure, and a splitting mountain.
• After the earthquake ended, Bai Yaoyao sensed a distant underground buzzing and ordered everyone to move.
• Bai Yaoyao released the beasts and formed a fighting line as the underground creatures approached.

Bai Yaoyao and Dark Night fought a massive swarm of Sawtooth Beasts while the exhausted members recovered inside the Xuan Qi Shield. As the professors studied the creatures, Li Changtai plotted to push Peiqi outside, and Chenxuan gave him an apparent opening.

• Bai Yaoyao identified the Sawtooth Beasts and warned everyone that their feelers carried venom before leading the attack.
• Dark Night and the Beasts slaughtered the swarm, while Xue Yang, Chenxuan, and Peiqi retreated to the shield as they tired.
• Peiqi and Chenxuan discussed Murong Xixi's ability to copy or imitate other people's skills.
• Peiqi stopped Yang Li from leaving the shield, and the group watched the Sawtooth Beasts fail to break through it.
• Professor Lin and Professor Zheng began studying the Sawtooth Beasts, while Li Changtai considered pushing Peiqi outside and Chenxuan deliberately turned away.

Li Changtai tried to shove Peiqi into the Sawtooth Beast swarm, but she exposed his betrayal and threw him to the beasts as punishment. As the Dark Night Squad continued fighting, Bai Yaoyao used Spring Water to revive her Beasts Legion, and the unnamed Golden Eagle was astonished by its effects.

• Li Changtai shoved Peiqi, but she remained standing and called attention to his attack.
• Professor Lin apologized on behalf of the researchers, and the group refused to defend Li Changtai.
• Peiqi declared that she would kill Li Changtai and threw him into the Sawtooth Beasts, which devoured him.
• Peiqi and Chenxuan joined the fight while Bai Yaoyao used her spatial ability to attack the swarm.
• Bai Yaoyao brought her Beasts into her space in batches to drink Spring Water and recover.
• The unnamed Golden Eagle drank Spring Water and marveled at its powerful effects.

After Dark Night defeated the Sawtooth Beasts, Big Gold reached level six and Bai Yaoyao led the team onward toward the Main Base. A turbulent helicopter flight forced them to land safely, and the team continued by vehicle as they neared their destination.

• Golden Eagle reached level six after drinking Spring Water, and Bai Yaoyao named him Big Gold.
• Bai Yaoyao gave Dark Night Spring Water to recover, then set off again after the two professors apologized and traded for supplies.
• Bai Yaoyao sent Big Sea and Big Gold ahead while Monkey flew the team by helicopter, but violent shaking forced them to prepare parachutes and land safely.
• Bai Yaoyao continued the journey by vehicle as zombies grew more numerous and the team encountered wary ability teams.
• Xiao Shiliu asked Bai Yaoyao about the Main Base, and Monkey questioned whether they had arrived when the place before them did not match her description.

Bai Yaoyao and the Dark Night Squad reached A City Main Base, where a sudden unnatural gale struck them before they entered the fortified inner base. After their strength impressed the staff, Chang Renqiu welcomed them and offered a banquet, but Professor Zheng and Professor Lin rejected his offer.

• Bai Yaoyao and the others approached A City Main Base and found its outer entrance shabby and deserted.
• A fierce unnatural gale struck as the staff member opened the gate, and Little Crook rescued an unconscious researcher swept into the air.
• Bai Yaoyao entered the inner base and saw its high walls, cannons, and level-four guards.
• Bai Yaoyao registered the squad and their mutant beasts, and the staff member hurried to report their arrival after seeing their high ability levels.
• Chang Renqiu introduced himself as director of the Mission Center, welcomed the researchers, and offered to host a banquet.
• Professor Zheng and Professor Lin rejected Chang Renqiu's offer.

Bai Yaoyao and Dark Night arrived at A City Base, where Chang Renqiu arranged their mission reward and points exchange while trying to ingratiate himself with them. The chapter ended with Bai Yaoyao securing 400,000 points after Chang Renqiu accepted her cigarettes as a gift.

• Professor Zheng and Professor Lin thanked Dark Night, then hurried to the Laboratory to find Academician Wang.
• Chang Renqiu offered to host dinner, but Bai Yaoyao asked for Dark Night's mission reward and the conversion of their City D Base points.
• Chang Renqiu presented the improved Body Evolution Serum and promised to round up Dark Night's points balance.
• Chang Renqiu mistakenly thought Dark Night had only a modest number of points and ordered Xiao Zhang to make the total 400,000.
• Bai Yaoyao gave Chang Renqiu two cartons of Furongwang cigarettes, and he accepted them before Xiao Zhang transferred 400,000 points.

Bai Yaoyao’s team, Dark Night, collected a generous points transfer from Chang Renqiu and set out to find a place to stay in A City Base. Murong Xixi separated from them, while Chang Renqiu discovered the costly mistake he had made and the team began seeking a guide.

• Bai Yaoyao accepted Chang Renqiu’s points card, and Dark Night left with their balance raised from just over 316,000 points to 400,000.
• Murong Xixi refused Bai Yaoyao’s offer to stay with the group and walked away, promising to find them later.
• Little Zhang explained that Chang Renqiu had accidentally transferred enough points to leave himself with only a little over 10,000, and Chang Renqiu furiously ordered him out.
• Bai Yaoyao and Dark Night searched A City Base for lodging but found few people to ask for directions.
• Several laborers offered to guide the newcomers, and one man silenced the crowd by offering to work for free.

Bai Yaoyao hired Qian Ming as a free guide and learned about housing options at A City Base. After inspecting a quiet villa in the north, she went with her group to the housing center to look through the unsold properties.

• Bai Yaoyao hired Qian Ming, who told her that the authorities warned people to stay inside around noon and shared a rumor about a Mutant Wolf seeking its pup.
• Qian Ming described the base’s housing market, including expensive detached villas and a quiet northern villa priced at eighty-eight thousand eight hundred points.
• Bai Yaoyao, Fat Brother, Stone, and Qian Ming drove to inspect the northern villa, which suited their group.
• Bai Yaoyao and her group returned to the housing center, where a staff member handed her a tablet showing the unsold detached villas.

Bai Yaoyao bought a villa on the outskirts of the base and learned about the major factions from Qian Ming. The Bai Family’s possible connection to Xie Shannan unsettled her because she remembered that the family had been destroyed in her previous life.

• Bai Yaoyao chose an unoccupied villa, and a staff member secured it for eighty thousand points before giving her the keys.
• Bai Yaoyao gave the staff member a large bag of candy and then called Qian Ming into her car.
• Bai Yaoyao asked Qian Ming about the base’s power structure, and he described the Authorities and the five major families.
• Qian Ming said the Bai Family was weaker than the other families but might gain influence through Bai Qingqing’s engagement to Xie Shannan.
• Bai Yaoyao remembered that the Murong Family had destroyed the Bai Family in her previous life, leaving only Xie Shannan’s young fiancée alive.

Bai Yaoyao learned about the Murong Family’s control over shops in A City Main Base, then settled her group into their new residence and began planning a business. Meanwhile, Meng Qilin told Xie Shannan that Dark Night had arrived, prompting Xie to hurry off to see them.

• Qian Ming warned Bai Yaoyao that the Murong Family had driven rival shopkeepers out of business, and Bai asked him to find a suitable location anyway.
• Bai Yaoyao gave Qian Ming three Level Four Crystal Cores to pay for utilities, and he went to the payment hall, grateful for her kindness.
• Bai Yaoyao and her companions discussed hiring Qian Ming as a shop assistant and began renovating their empty three-story residence.
• After two hours of work, the group finished setting up their rooms and went to sleep with buckets of ice for cooling.
• Meng Qilin teased Xie Shannan about Bai Qingqing before revealing that Dark Night had arrived, and Xie rushed off to meet them.

Bai Yaoyao rested after arriving at A City Base, then reunited with Meng Qilin and Xie Shannan, who warned her about the factions watching them. Xie Shannan pledged to help Dark Night, leaving Bai Yaoyao surprised by his earnestness.

• Meng Qilin stopped Xie Shannan from visiting Bai Yaoyao in daylight, and they agreed to bring her gifts that night.
• After waking hungry, Bai Yaoyao prepared a hot pot meal with her companions and sensed two powerful Ability Users outside their home.
• Meng Qilin and Xie Shannan arrived by climbing over the wall, explaining that the Lu Family and Murong Family were watching them.
• Meng Qilin warned Bai Yaoyao that Chang Renqiu might retaliate after she took over eighty thousand points from him.
• Xie Shannan promised to come whenever Bai Yaoyao needed him, surprising her with his serious pledge.