Arc 13Chapters 301–325

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Ch. 301Hallucinogenic Fruit

Chen Luo explored the mountain with six puppies, collecting useful mutant plants and discovering a rare hallucinogenic fruit tree. He uprooted the tree and headed home, unaware that a black female rat watched him with hatred from her nest.

  • Chen Luo gathered insect-eating plants and Pea Shooters to bring back to the base, while the sixth puppy fled their attacks.
  • Chen Luo tasted sour, mildly toxic fruit for the sake of nostalgia, and the puppies spat it out after trying it.
  • Chen Luo found a hallucinogenic fruit tree whose fruit eased pain and accelerated crystal absorption, then uprooted it to transplant at the base.
  • Mutated rats emerged from the disturbed soil, and the puppies killed fifty or sixty of them.
  • A black female rat hid in the nest and watched Chen Luo leave with bitter hatred.

Ch. 302Could You Call That Stealing?

Chen Luo arranged a Mind Link between Wan Jiangui and Yuri, then secretly took Ye Yu’s level ten Light crystal after learning about Ye Yu’s lucky encounter. Ye Yu discovered the crystal missing and began searching for it, while Chen Luo kept it for Mi Li.

  • Chen Luo asked Meng Yin to improve the plants he had brought back, then went to arrange a Mind Link between Wan Jiangui and Yuri.
  • Wan Jiangui told Chen Luo that Ye Yu had found and absorbed a large crystal after a Mutant suddenly died.
  • Chen Luo fed Wan Jiangui and had Yuri establish a Mind Link with him before sending him back to Ye Yu’s base.
  • Chen Luo spotted the crystal in Ye Yu’s pocket, used Void Walk to take it, and discovered it was a level ten Light crystal.
  • Ye Yu noticed the crystal was missing and searched his clothes before retracing his route to look for it.

Ch. 303Silver Bell

Ye Yu ordered the base sealed after his crystal disappeared, while Chen Luo kept the theft secret. Silver Bell was cornered by two level-seven leaders, but Dharma King killed the mutant zombie threatening her and then recognized her face.

  • Ye Yu threatened to execute an entire squad unless the person who took his crystal returned it, while Chen Luo privately resolved to keep the crystal hidden.
  • Chen Luo returned home and wondered whether killing the Sea God would be enough to achieve his goal.
  • Silver Bell killed a level-six attacker with Space Cutting, then used Space Transfer to redirect Li Liang's Ice Sword Storm and wound Li Liang and Ning Feng.
  • A mutant zombie slaughtered Li Liang and Ning Feng's subordinates, trapped Silver Bell, and attacked her after the two leaders fled.
  • Dharma King appeared, killed the zombie with three Lightning God Palms, extracted its level-eight crystal, and jolted when he saw Silver Bell's unconscious face.

Ch. 304Chen Luo Takes a Disciple

Dharma King rescued Silver Bell and brought her to Chen Luo’s base, where Chen Luo recognized her as a legendary Space prodigy from his previous life. Chen Luo accepted her as his disciple, but the chapter ended with Rice reporting that Mi Ling was in danger.

  • Dharma King remembered how Silver Bell had cared for him after her grandmother saved him, then carried the unconscious Silver Bell back to the base.
  • Silver Bell woke up and recognized Dharma King, who invited her to join his group and took her to meet Chen Luo.
  • Chen Luo learned that Silver Bell was a level-six Space user and realized she had been a renowned Space prodigy in his previous life.
  • Chen Luo demonstrated Void Walk to Silver Bell and asked her to become his disciple, and she accepted.
  • Rice rushed in and warned that Mi Ling was in danger.

Ch. 305I'm going myself-what are you still worried about?

Chen Luo welcomed Silver Bell as his disciple, arranged for her to recover and settle in, and promised to teach her Void Walk. After telling Mi Li he would go alone to help Mi Ling, he arrived at her location the next morning without revealing himself.

  • Rice warned Chen Luo that Mi Ling would be in danger a day later, so he decided there was no need to rush.
  • Chen Luo introduced his new disciple, Silver Bell, to everyone, and promised to get even with the people who had hurt her.
  • Chen Luo brought Silver Bell to Zhao Ziyi, Meng Yin, and Xiao Yu’s courtyard and gave them fried chicken and roast duck.
  • Mi Li asked to accompany Chen Luo to Mi Ling, but he said he would go alone and she agreed.
  • The next morning, Chen Luo arrived at Mi Ling’s location in an instant but did not show himself.

Ch. 306Two Hundred Against Two Thousand

Mi Ling defended her base from a two-thousand-person attack, revealing the strength of her elite members and her devastating red lotus flame. Xiong Wenhui returned to help rout the attackers, while Chen Luo suspected that escaped stragglers still posed a danger.

  • Mi Ling recruited more than a dozen level six members, many of whom she suspected were spies from other bases.
  • Wu Tao and Lü Quan led over two thousand people to surround Mi Ling's base while Xiong Wenhui was away with three hundred members.
  • Mi Ling led two hundred defenders in a southern breakout and defeated a force of more than five hundred attackers.
  • Wu Tao joined the battle, but Mi Ling killed him instantly with her red lotus flame.
  • Xiong Wenhui returned, transformed with Bear Strength, and began slaughtering the remaining attackers.
  • Chen Luo watched the fight and wondered whether the escaped stragglers meant danger was still approaching.

Ch. 307Army of the undead

After Xiong Wenhui killed Lü Quan, Mi Ling’s power and Dawn City’s strength became known across the region. The news reached Ma Shuai, who recognized Mi Ling from his past and set his army of undead marching to capture her.

  • Chen Luo’s members blocked Lü Quan’s escape, and Xiong Wenhui tore him in half after his Ice Spears failed to break through their coordinated defense.
  • The attackers’ survivors fled, while Mi Ling absorbed Wu Tao’s flesh crystal and advanced to level eight; Chen Luo remained wary of Rice’s prophecy that she would face danger.
  • Word spread that Mi Ling controlled Dawn City and that the city had defeated Wu Tao and Lü Quan’s force with few casualties.
  • Ma Shuai recognized Mi Ling in a survivor’s sketch, ordered Jiang Chen to tear apart his subordinate for calling her “her,” and vowed to turn Mi Ling into his puppet.
  • Ma Shuai sent more than four hundred undead puppets marching toward Mi Ling.

Ch. 308He Was Right There, Yet Wouldn't Act

Ma Shuai led an undead army against Mi Ling’s group, while Chen Luo watched to see how Mi Ling would handle the threat. Mi Ling destroyed Jiang Chen and charged at Ma Shuai, but Jiang Chen’s resurrection left the fight unresolved.

  • Ma Shuai arrived with hundreds of undead and ordered Jiang Chen to attack Mi Ling’s group.
  • Xiong Wenhui fought Jiang Chen but retreated after Ma Shuai’s undead detonated around her.
  • Mi Ling engulfed Jiang Chen in red lotus flames, apparently killing him, but Ma Shuai resurrected him with Corpse Resurrection.
  • Mi Ling ordered her people to scatter, killed Jiang Chen again, and charged toward Ma Shuai while he recovered.

Ch. 309Mi Ling's rebirth

Mi Ling unleashed Red Lotus Transformation and defeated Ma Shuai while Chen Luo protected her. She collapsed from the effort, and Chen Luo took her to her room, where she later woke.

  • Mi Ling burned what she thought was Ma Shuai, but multiple Dark Puppets appeared and Jiang Chen knocked her down.
  • Chen Luo intervened when Ma Shuai tried to step on Mi Ling, then blocked the undead with a Space Barrier.
  • Mi Ling insisted on fighting Ma Shuai herself and engulfed herself in Red Lotus Flame to activate Red Lotus Transformation.
  • Mi Ling tracked down and killed Ma Shuai’s real body, causing his undead to collapse.
  • Mi Ling lost consciousness from exhaustion, and Chen Luo carried her to her room; she woke in the early hours.

Ch. 310Passing on the skills

Chen Luo dealt with growing dangers and hardships in Dawn City before beginning to teach Silver Bell Void Walk. Silver Bell struggled to understand his explanation of spatial nodes.

  • Chen Luo returned to the base and told Mi Li that Mi Ling had reached level eight and learned Red Lotus Transformation.
  • Mi Li reported that unaffiliated survivors had killed two Dawn City members, and Chen Luo ordered members to travel in groups of at least ten and offered rice and salt in exchange for level-six crystals.
  • Mi Li told Chen Luo that a female member was due to give birth in about half a month, and he arranged extra vegetables and eggs for her.
  • Chen Luo found Silver Bell with Meng Yin and took her somewhere secluded to teach her his signature skill, Void Walk.
  • Chen Luo explained how Void Walk moved between spatial nodes, but Silver Bell said her Space Transposition only swapped two spaces and could not affect a space containing a living creature.

Ch. 311The master knew everything his disciple did

Chen Luo learned Silver Bell’s spatial abilities almost instantly, adapting Void Walk and Void Exile in the process. He then set out with Silver Bell to punish the people who had bullied her in Ye Yu’s territory.

  • Silver Bell demonstrated entering another spatial layer, but Chen Luo knocked her out of it with a powerful punch.
  • After Silver Bell explained how to use her ability, Chen Luo vanished into deeper layers of space and reappeared, revealing that his version worked differently.
  • Silver Bell demonstrated Space Cutting and Spatial Displacement, and Chen Luo quickly replicated both abilities.
  • Silver Bell’s explanation inspired Chen Luo to use Void Exile to place targets in front of him as shields against attacks.
  • Chen Luo patted Silver Bell’s head and took her to settle the score with her enemies in Ye Yu’s area.

Ch. 312The case was cracked

Chen Luo strengthened Jin Yuanjiang’s branch base and brought Silver Bell to confront Li Liang and Ning Feng. As their banquet guests discussed Silver Bell’s ability and Wang Lei resolved to expose Chen Luo, someone smashed through the base gates.

  • Chen Luo gave Jin Yuanjiang a level eight earth crystal and accepted Xia Haoran’s level nine flesh crystal for Big Pillar.
  • Chen Luo ordered Jin Yuanjiang to recruit more selectively and move new members to the Divine Capital while transferring established members to the branch base.
  • Chen Luo led Silver Bell, Jin Yuanjiang, Xia Haoran, and three hundred members to settle the score with Li Liang and Ning Feng.
  • At Li Liang’s birthday banquet, Ning Feng claimed Silver Bell was dead, and Li Liang described her Space Cutting ability as ineffective against level seven fighters.
  • Wang Lei recognized the account of Chen Luo’s Eye-Gazing Killings Incident and decided to expose him, believing Chen Luo could not kill level seven fighters.
  • Someone kicked apart the base gates with a tremendous crash.

Ch. 313My Good Brother

Chen Luo confronted the leaders who had hunted Silver Bell and killed the ringleaders despite Ye Yu’s attempt to plead for them. He left the survivors cowed, while Ye Yu praised the injured Wan Jiangui for standing up for him.

  • Chen Luo arrived with Silver Bell and confronted Li Liang, Ning Feng, and their followers over hunting his disciple.
  • Wang Lei challenged Chen Luo’s ability, and Chen Luo killed him by slicing him apart with Space Cutting.
  • Ye Yu offered a level-seven Space crystal and asked Chen Luo to spare the people who had not known Silver Bell was his disciple; Chen Luo accepted the crystal but refused to spare the ringleaders.
  • Li Liang and Ning Feng tried to flee, but Chen Luo killed them and warned the survivors against interfering with Dawn City.
  • Wan Jiangui protested that Chen Luo had disrespected Ye Yu, so Chen Luo slapped him away; Ye Yu helped him up and called him his good brother.

Ch. 314My Great Master

Guan Gaohan abandoned his boss role and joined Chen Luo, who organized a new recruitment plan for Dawn City. Silver Bell proposed that recruits travel to the Divine Capital in groups as a test, while Chen Luo explained that he hoped to rebuild civilization and keep humanity from going extinct.

  • Guan Gaohan quit being a boss and asked to follow Chen Luo, who told him to register.
  • Chen Luo told Jin Yuanjiang to recruit peripheral members and said he would take five hundred recruits to the Divine Capital.
  • Silver Bell proposed sending recruits to the Divine Capital in groups of a hundred, making the journey a test of their sincerity and ability.
  • Chen Luo accepted Silver Bell's plan, gave her a snack box as a reward, and went with her to check on Xu Qing.
  • Silver Bell asked why Chen Luo was recruiting so many people, and he said he wanted to prepare for humanity's future and rebuild order after the apocalypse.
  • Silver Bell admired Chen Luo's ambition and became tearful as she watched him walk ahead.

Ch. 315I came to prove you wrong

Chen Luo killed a Lightning Mutant and brought its crystal to Xu Qing’s base, where Silver Bell proposed a way to screen applicants. A desperate survivor named Yu Guang challenged the base to fulfill an extravagant food order, insisting that even three items would prove its claims false.

  • Chen Luo killed a female Lightning Mutant with Space Cutting, and Silver Bell retrieved its crystal for him to give to Wild Thunder.
  • Chen Luo met Xu Qing and Wild Thunder, and Silver Bell explained her idea for identifying applicants with bad intentions.
  • A member brought in Yu Guang, who offered a level-nine crystal in exchange for help.
  • Yu Guang said he was tired of living and challenged the group to provide any three items from an elaborate barbecue meal order.

Ch. 316A real man

Chen Luo fulfilled Yu Guang’s request for a barbecue before sentencing him to death for insulting Dawn City. Yu Guang accepted the sentence and killed himself, while the crowd of survivors witnessed Dawn City’s response.

  • Yu Guang demanded a barbecue, and Chen Luo produced the food from his Ability Space and ordered the Cook Squad to prepare it.
  • Chen Luo and his companions shared the meal with Yu Guang, who enjoyed the barbecue before Chen Luo announced it was time to kill him.
  • Yu Guang led Chen Luo to the apartment block where his companions lived, and Chen Luo killed two men who tried to grope him.
  • Chen Luo publicly asked whether Dawn City had fulfilled Yu Guang’s request, and Yu Guang praised Dawn City and admitted his disrespect.
  • Chen Luo sentenced Yu Guang to death, and Yu Guang took Long Yu’s dagger and stabbed himself.

Ch. 317I've Been Seen Before

Chen Luo returned to the branch base after warning beggars about Dawn City and distributing crystals to help his allies advance. Meanwhile, Mi Li reached level nine and cast a healing light over the base, and Ningshuang ended up sharing her bedroom after Rice mistakenly predicted Chen Luo would stay away.

  • A beggar warned Chen Luo about a powerful zombie called the Queen, and he asked Xu Qing and Wild Thunder to watch for her.
  • Chen Luo let Yuri join the barbecue, gave Wild Thunder and Xu Qing advancement crystals, and brought Silver Bell to meet Mi Ling, where Silver Bell called her his wife.
  • Mi Li advanced to level nine, then released a rain of light that restored the base members' energy and increased their strength.
  • Rice predicted Chen Luo probably would not return, so Mi Li let Ningshuang sleep with her; Chen Luo came back late and startled Ningshuang as she left the bathroom.
  • Mi Li explained that Rice had made the prediction, and Ningshuang reassured her that she had been seen before.

Ch. 318Ye Yu Makes His Move

Ye Yu and his companions encountered a powerful King Rank earth mutant, and Ye Yu survived by persuading it to take them as servants. He planned to keep the mutant’s crystal a secret, unaware that Wan Jiangui had already contacted Yuri about Ye Yu’s opportunity.

  • Ye Yu, Wan Jiangui, and Gao Yiheng investigated a meteorite impact and found a King Rank mutant accompanied by four Earth Element Giants.
  • Ye Yu refused to leave, hoping to claim the mutant’s crystal, but the mutant sensed the men and sent the giants toward them.
  • The mutant pinned Ye Yu and his companions down, and Ye Yu knelt and offered them as servants in exchange for their lives.
  • The mutant accepted all three as servants, and Ye Yu told his companions to hide the encounter from Chen Luo.
  • Wan Jiangui secretly contacted Yuri, while Ye Yu ordered the group to capture people to feed their new master.
  • Gao Yiheng asked Ye Yu to wait while he went to relieve himself.

Ch. 319I gave you a chance, but you couldn't use it

Jiang Chuxue discovered that the Samoyed was pregnant, and Chen Luo learned from Yuri that Ye Yu had found a King Rank zombie. Chen Luo reached Ye Yu just as the zombie died, then gave Ye Yu ten seconds to retrieve its crystal, but Ye Yu could not break through its skull.

  • Jiang Chuxue noticed the Samoyed's swollen belly and realized she was expecting puppies, while Chen Luo concluded they were Dharma King's pups.
  • Yuri told Chen Luo that Ye Yu had found a zombie able to summon meteorites and an Earth Element Giant, so Chen Luo set out to see it.
  • Chen Luo arrived where Ye Yu and his companions were serving the King Rank zombie, and the zombie attacked him with spikes from the ground.
  • The zombie died before Chen Luo could fight it, and Wan Jiangui claimed its crystal for Ye Yu.
  • Chen Luo gave Ye Yu ten seconds to dig out the crystal, but Ye Yu's wind blade could only leave a faint mark on the zombie's skull.

Ch. 320Ye Yu: Could I Be the Mole?

Chen Luo claimed the King Rank crystal and corpse, then left Ye Yu to accuse Gao Yiheng of being a mole and beat him nearly to death. After Ye Yu and Wan Jiangui departed, Chen Luo found that Gao Yiheng might still be alive.

  • Chen Luo opened the Mutant's skull, took its King Rank crystal, and carried off its corpse after Ye Yu failed to crack it in time.
  • Ye Yu accused Gao Yiheng of secretly informing Chen Luo, citing his earlier warnings, absence, and defense of Chen Luo as evidence.
  • Ye Yu struck Gao Yiheng until he lay bleeding, then left with Wan Jiangui, who privately admitted Gao had been his scapegoat.
  • Chen Luo returned and noticed Gao Yiheng's finger twitch, realizing he might have survived.

Ch. 321Too upset to eat

Chen Luo rescued Gao Yiheng and offered him a choice between joining his group or dying, while privately resolving to sacrifice Ye Yu for the Trinity plan. He arranged a feast for Wan Jiangui, who turned down Ye Yu’s invitation to eat.

  • Ye Yu and Wan Jiangui returned to find Chen Luo carrying Gao Yiheng away, and Ye Yu left without daring to confront him.
  • Chen Luo brought Gao Yiheng to Jin Yuanjiang’s base, where Gao Yue used her Light esper ability to save him.
  • Chen Luo offered Gao Yiheng the choice of joining his group or taking his own life, then left him to decide.
  • Chen Luo absorbed part of the King-Rank Crystal and admitted that he planned to sacrifice Ye Yu to advance the Trinity plan.
  • Chen Luo arranged Wan Jiangui’s requested dishes, but when Ye Yu invited him to drink and eat, Wan Jiangui claimed he was too upset to eat.

Ch. 322Everyone wanted to be a sneaky bastard

Chen Luo managed Gao Yiheng’s return to the base while absorbing a King Rank crystal, and Big Strong punished a subordinate for hiding a crystal before secretly doing the same itself. After trading Big Strong a level nine crystal for a level seven one, Chen Luo considered ways to control it and learned that using his spacetime esper ability would now shatter his crystal but leave him alive.

  • Chen Luo brought Gao Yiheng back to the base, warned him to contribute to humanity, and had Chen Guang settle him in.
  • Big Strong publicly tore apart a level seven zombie for hiding a level nine crystal, then concealed the crystal under layers of surveillance.
  • Big Strong gave Chen Luo a level seven fire crystal, and Chen Luo traded it a level nine flesh crystal in return.
  • Chen Luo considered using heart-eroding grass and a pain-suppressing plant to control Big Strong.
  • Chen Luo finished absorbing the King Rank crystal and learned from Rice that using his spacetime esper ability would shatter his crystal without endangering his life.

Ch. 323Catching seafood

Chen Luo traveled to the Sea God Palace to catch seafood for the Puppies, killing a psychic orca and a giant starfish with his spacetime abilities. He escaped with the orca's corpse, while the slain orca's brother arrived at the palace searching for it.

  • Rice warned Chen Luo not to use his spacetime ability yet, and Chen Luo waited three days until Rice confirmed it was safe to leave.
  • Chen Luo used Void Walk to reach the Sea God Palace and hid in deeper space while searching for a psychic creature to kill.
  • Chen Luo killed a level ten psychic orca with Dimensional Blade and stored its corpse, but Bai Hao did not appear.
  • When the ocean creatures attacked him, Chen Luo used Void Exile to force a giant starfish into its own attack and the others' attacks, killing it before escaping.
  • Half an hour later, another orca arrived at the Sea God Palace and cried out for its missing little brother.

Ch. 324Golden Eagle

Chen Luo returned with crystals for Rice and Yuri while Dharma King wandered to a snowy mountain, where he spotted a golden eagle and decided to capture it as a birthday present for Big Gou. Dharma King discovered the eagle’s nest and its two eggs, then considered how to take the eagle without killing it.

  • Bai Hao learned that Chen Luo had killed two more of his underlings, raged, and ate the humans he had captured as servants.
  • Rice became eager to absorb Chen Luo’s Level Ten Psychic Crystal after watching a show about catgirls, and Chen Luo planned to give Yuri the remaining Level Eight Crystal.
  • The Puppies returned to the base hungry, while Dharma King remained away and Silver Wolf grew anxious about his absence.
  • Dharma King reached a snowy mountain, spotted a snow lotus, and then saw a golden eagle carrying a giant python.
  • Dharma King chased the golden eagle to its nest and discovered two blue-white eggs, considering how to capture the bird as a present for Big Gou.

Ch. 325I'm in a Tough Spot Too

Dharma King stole Golden Eagle’s eggs and lured it to Chen Luo’s base, hoping Chen Luo could tame it as a flying mount. Chen Luo returned the eggs, but Sea Ji insisted Golden Eagle stay imprisoned, leaving Chen Luo to persuade it to remain.

  • Dharma King fought Golden Eagle in its cave, stole two eggs, and fled while Golden Eagle pursued him for hours.
  • Dharma King reached the base with Golden Eagle behind him, and Sea Ji blocked the bird from entering.
  • Chen Luo arrived, learned Dharma King had stolen Golden Eagle’s eggs, and took them from him.
  • Dharma King and Chen Luo staged a quarrel so Golden Eagle would see Chen Luo as a forgiving protector.
  • Chen Luo returned the eggs, but Sea Ji demanded that Golden Eagle stay at the base for ten years or face death.
  • Chen Luo told Golden Eagle that Sea Ji was his older sister and asked it to stay with him for a while.
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