Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As the zombie siege approached the Main Base, Bai Yaoyao led Dark Night and its allied squads outside the walls to fight, despite concerns about the risks. Inspired by Bai Yaoyao’s advice about combat breakthroughs, Xie Shannan joined them to attempt reaching level seven in battle.

• Bai Yaoyao recognized the Main Base’s superior defenses and command structure, and considered seeking military expertise for Dark Night Base.
• Bai Yaoyao rejected the plan to wait inside the walls and led Dark Night, the Dark Night Beasts Legion, and the Black Night Squad toward the approaching zombie vanguard.
• Sun Weixing asked to join Bai Yaoyao’s group to demonstrate his squad’s progress, and Chen Yixuan also asked her to review his squad’s formations.
• Bai Jin'an spoke about daring to fight so dawn could break, while Xie Shannan ordered the Authorities Second Special Ability Team to follow the Chief Team Leader’s commands.
• Xie Shannan told Chen Yixuan he intended to break through to level seven in battle without crystal cores, then jumped from the wall and ran toward Dark Night.

Ouyang Ning joined Xie Shannan in seeking a breakthrough on the battlefield, while Bai Yaoyao and the others witnessed the power of the Authorities’ Pangu laser vehicles. As the zombie battle began in earnest, Bai Yaoyao charged into the horde, and Chen Yixuan was finally allowed to join the fight.

• Ouyang Ning pledged to keep fighting outside the Base Wall until he reached Level Seven, and Chen Yixuan let him go.
• Bai Yaoyao recognized the Pangu laser combat vehicles as weapons developed far earlier than she remembered, and they erased thousands of zombies before withdrawing to recharge.
• Xie Shannan explained that each Pangu laser shot consumed nearly ten Level-Six Crystal Cores, prompting Sun Weixing to reconsider wanting one for their base.
• Bai Yaoyao teleported into the zombie horde and killed the zombies around her, prompting the stunned fighters to charge after she called to them.
• The Commander took over command and sent Chen Yixuan into battle.

Bai Yaoyao and A-Dai fought through the zombie swarm while the commander watched their force overwhelm the battlefield. They lured the Zombie King toward Sister Lu, and Xie Shannan stopped Chen Yixuan and Ouyang Ning from rushing to help.

• Chen Yixuan arrived at the battlefield and realized the team that had trained with Captain Bai fought with coordination similar to Dark Night.
• Bai Yaoyao observed Black Night's improved fighters, then sent her plants to collect crystal cores while she and A-Dai hunted powerful zombies.
• Bai Yaoyao and A-Dai killed more than a dozen level seven zombies, drawing the Zombie King's attention.
• The Zombie King attacked them with homing lightning, so Bai Yaoyao decided to lure it toward Sister Lu for a chance to help her level up.
• Bai Yaoyao and A-Dai pretended to be badly wounded and fled, prompting the Zombie King to charge after them.
• Chen Yixuan and Ouyang Ning tried to turn back and help, but Xie Shannan ordered them to stay focused on their own fight.

Dark Night and their allies used a Zombie King to help Lulu reach level seven, while Xie Shannan fought a powerful zombie in hopes of advancing. Big Lala took a lightning strike meant for Lulu and was badly injured, and the chapter ended with the group killing the Zombie King.

• Dark Night formed a defensive ring while Lulu fought the Zombie King, and Chen Yixuan and Xie Shannan joined the battle.
• Bai Yaoyao lured a level-seven ice-ability zombie to Xie Shannan, while Chen Yixuan and Ouyang Ning guarded him.
• The Zombie King wounded Lulu and overwhelmed her lightning attack, so Big Lala leaped in to take the next strike.
• Lulu advanced to level seven and retaliated against the Zombie King with Lock-on Lightning.
• Peiqi, Chenxuan, and Little Rabbit treated Big Lala as Dark Night and their allies attacked and killed the Zombie King.

After Dark Night defeated the zombie vanguard, Chen Yixuan and Xie Shannan reached Level Seven while Bai Yaoyao warned the Commander that more waves were coming. Dark Night rested at the base, and Xie Shannan learned that Bai Yaoyao had left strength-boosting fruit out for everyone to eat.

• Xie Shannan broke through to Level Seven after killing the Level Seven Zombie, and Chen Yixuan realized his own ability had grown stronger as he charged back into battle.
• Bai Yaoyao led Dark Night in wiping out the remaining zombies, while the Main Base’s teams waited without seeing a single zombie reach the gates.
• The Commander greeted Dark Night and thanked them, and Bai Yaoyao warned him that two or three more zombie waves might follow.
• Bai Yaoyao set up tents and supplies so Dark Night and the Black Night Squad could rest, while Ouyang Ning stayed at the gates hoping to break through to Level Seven.
• Xie Shannan brought Ouyang Ning water and roasted mutant meat, then asked Bai Yaoyao about the strength-boosting fruit, which she told him to take from the table.