Recaps

After Qin Luo transformed into an enormous silver-gray wolf, Xu Duoduo and his teammates teased and fussed over him while Bai Shu researched how he could return to human form. The chapter ended with Xu Duoduo taking Qin Luo to her room, where his huge body got stuck in the doorway.

• Chen Xiaofei teased Qin Luo about his wolf form while Xu Duoduo hugged and doted on him.
• Bai Shu sent Professor Ji information about Qin Luo's transformation and researched ways to return to his original form.
• Wang Weihu told the group that people were calling Qin Luo a divine wolf and wanted to build a statue of him.
• Bai Shu read that Qin Luo might return to normal by learning to switch forms or expending mutant ability, and Chen Xiaofei tried to make him play fetch.
• Xu Duoduo defended Qin Luo from further teasing and took him to her room, but his enormous body got stuck in the doorway.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo spent the night together while he remained in his full wolf form, and 3A prepared to return to H City Base. Before leaving, Xu Duoduo encouraged Little Deer to keep living, while Qin Luo’s teammates and other squads mistook him for a mutant wolf and mocked his appearance.

• Xu Duoduo made a bed in the living room after Qin Luo could not fit inside, and the giant wolf watched over her as she slept, secretly licking her to cover her in his scent.
• Professor Ji ordered all of 3A to withdraw to H City Base, and Qin Luo felt guilty when Xu Duoduo discovered he had licked her face and collar during the night.
• Xu Duoduo visited Little Deer, who had cut her hair, placed it with her family's grave, and applied to join the Logistics Squad; Xu Duoduo urged her to keep living and let her hug her.
• Qin Luo rode in the Combat Vehicle in his giant wolf form as nearby teams mistook him for a mutant animal and wondered whether 3A had captured him.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad called Qin Luo dopey and doubted he could have driven off the thunderstorm, leaving him furious as he tried to maintain his disguise.

Xu Duoduo and 3A returned safely to H City Base after Qin Luo spent the trip stuck in full beast form. At the Research Institute, Qin Luo finally changed back—but found himself naked just as Bai Shu and the others opened the Conference Room door.

• Xu Duoduo comforted Qin Luo as 3A returned to the base, and Du Chunjiang transferred their mission reward of twenty million points.
• Du Chunjiang discovered Fang Ming's corpse in a Space Card and told Xu Duoduo to take it to Professor Ji.
• 3A rode the High-Speed Subway to the Research Institute, where Qin Luo drew attention as a giant wolf and was mobbed by excited children.
• Qin Luo changed back to human form in the Conference Room and realized he was naked, so Xu Duoduo covered him with a blanket just as Bai Shu and the others entered.

Qin Luo returned to human form after achieving a full beast transformation, and the team discussed the apocalypse’s strange evolution. Professor Ji warned Qin Luo that controlling his beast form depended on maintaining a clear sense of his human identity.

• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, and Xu Duoduo reacted to Qin Luo’s return to human form while he hurried to get dressed.
• Qin Luo described the painful sensations of transforming as Bai Shu recorded the details and the team discussed how abilities caused people to take on animal traits.
• Bai Shu suggested the apocalypse was like a system with corrupted data, while Qin Luo linked its hybrid beings to indiscriminate devouring.
• Professor Ji arrived with Xiao Qiao, confirmed Qin Luo was the first ability user in the country to achieve a full beast form, and warned him about the risk of mental breakdown.
• Qin Luo insisted that he was human, joking that he was only a dog for Xu Duoduo.

After Team 3A discussed their new Beast Forms and shared banter, Qin Luo handed Professor Ji Fang Ming's body for identification because the capture had gone suspiciously smoothly. The team learned they would receive Six-Star mutant core resources and might be promoted, while Xiao Qiao went to check the body's DNA.

• Professor Ji advised Qin Luo, Wang Weihu, and the others to practice controlling their Beast Forms, while Xiao Qiao reminded them to help with data logging.
• Bai Shu discussed global evolution with Professor Ji, and Team 3A teased one another about their close bond and Qin Luo's reactions.
• Qin Luo gave Professor Ji the Space Card containing Fang Ming's body, and Xiao Qiao went to compare its DNA with Headquarters' records.
• Professor Ji examined Qin Luo, then told Wang Weihu and the other two they would receive Six-Star mutant core medicine and promised Xu Duoduo Six-Star Mutant Core Diluent.
• Professor Ji said 3A had earned its resources and might receive a military promotion, exciting Wang Weihu and Chen Xiaofei.

After Fang Ming’s death was confirmed, 3A discussed why his end seemed suspicious and resolved to stay alert. On their way home, Le Tianyi delivered an invitation to a family banquet, giving them a chance to share in an ordinary celebration and Qin Luo a chance to plan a date with Xu Duoduo.

• Professor Ji said Fang Ming’s body had been identified but suggested his unusual ability meant he might have escaped by another means.
• Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, Bai Shu, Chen Xiaofei, and Wang Weihu discussed their doubts about Fang Ming’s death, and Wang Weihu told everyone to stay alert.
• Xiao Qiao thanked 3A for holding the line so researchers could continue their work, then left for lunch.
• Le Tianyi delivered an invitation from Zhao Gang, Liu Chunhui, and their daughter to celebrate the girl’s excellent exam results.
• Qin Luo encouraged 3A to attend the banquet the day after tomorrow and said he would take Xu Duoduo on a date there.

After sharing hot pot, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo’s group made steamed buns from their stockpiled food. As they discussed the worsening effects of Total Blackout Day, Xu Duoduo offered to grow food in her space, and Qin Luo insisted they keep it anonymous to protect her freedom.

• Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu ate hot pot together, while Qin Luo teased Xu Duoduo and arranged a private date with her afterward.
• The group ground mutated beef and lamb into fillings and prepared trays of steamed buns, then Xu Duoduo brought out a mutated crab to make crab roe buns.
• Bai Shu warned that prolonged darkness and rising contamination in mutated plants would make food harder for ordinary people to find.
• Xu Duoduo said she could grow food in her space, and Qin Luo told her they would need to distribute it anonymously so she could remain free.

Xu Duoduo’s companions discussed the power and dangers of her Rubik’s Cube Space while preparing food at H City Base, then listened to reports of giant sea monsters. On the third day, 3A set out dressed for Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo’s engagement, with Qin Luo fussing over her clothes and Bai Shu teasing Chen Xiaofei.

• Xu Duoduo explained that her seventh-tier ability let her grow and harvest enormous quantities of crops in the Rubik’s Cube Space, while Shishi struggled to store the produce and seeds.
• Bai Shu warned that Xu Duoduo’s space could transform the world, and Qin Luo and the others urged caution while promising to protect her and respect her choices.
• The group discussed the risks of humanity evolving into human-beast forms as they prepared steamed buns and rice balls indoors.
• Bai Shu played a forum report about a giant octopus in the Taiwan Strait and a mutated whale that had flooded coastal cities overseas, alarming the group.
• After two days of stocking food, 3A dressed up and headed out for the engagement; Qin Luo fretted over Xu Duoduo’s socks while Bai Shu pushed Chen Xiaofei toward a Rock Mutated Person and pulled him back.

Team 3A visited Willowbank District and explored its lively underground recreation plaza before attending Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui’s banquet. The chapter ended with Xu Duoduo recognizing that Qin Luo’s antics had rubbed off on the others.

• Team 3A admired Willowbank District’s lively streets and followed Wang Weihu’s directions to the underground recreation plaza.
• The group saw civilians enjoying everyday life and learned they were using a safe heater from the Artisan Department.
• Team 3A explored the crowded recreation hall, where people played games, sold secondhand goods, and brought children to rides.
• Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui warmly welcomed Team 3A to their banquet, and Liu Chunhui enthusiastically greeted Xu Duoduo.
• Qin Luo asked Liu Chunhui to keep his past close call quiet, and Xu Duoduo realized his antics explained the behavior of Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu.

Qin Luo gave Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui ten thousand points for their feast, and the couple welcomed 3A while describing how phones had begun working again with Power Stone Chips. Bai Shu, Chen Xiaofei, and Wang Weihu stayed at a table where the guests fussed over them and tried to arrange matches, while Liu Chunhui promised they could eat as much as they liked.

• Qin Luo gave Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui ten thousand points and asked how their phones were working at Headquarters.
• Zhao Gang explained that the Artisan Department had modified phones to use Power Stone Chips, allowing texts and emergency calls despite unreliable service.
• Liu Chunhui and Zhao Gang argued lightly about whether life was better with the old internet, and Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo watched their peaceful closeness.
• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu were surrounded by guests who praised them and tried to set them up with daughters.
• Wang Weihu declined matchmaking, while Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu joked about their awkward conversations with the guests.
• Liu Chunhui invited the three men to eat freely, repeating Qin Luo's claim that they could eat a whole cow and leaving Chen Xiaofei puzzled.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo attended Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui’s banquet, where their affection and Xu Duoduo’s blunt remarks embarrassed Qin Luo. The chapter ended with Xu Duoduo asking whether their date would include getting a hotel room, leaving Qin Luo choking in shock.

• Qin Luo brought Xu Duoduo to the main table and explained to Chen Xiaofei that he had claimed they could eat a whole cow to persuade Zhao Gang to accept their gift money.
• Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu stayed at their table, ate the banquet food, and learned from a guest about ordinary people’s lives and mutual support in the apocalypse.
• Liu Chunhui and Zhao Gang toasted the tables with their daughter while guests at the main table asked Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo about their relationship and assumed they were newlyweds.
• Xu Duoduo told the guests that Qin Luo had proposed and that he often kissed her, so Qin Luo hurriedly fed her to stop her from saying more.
• Xu Duoduo agreed to go on a date with Qin Luo, then asked whether they would get a hotel room, making him choke and protest.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo left the lively banquet to go on the date Qin Luo had planned. Before they slipped away, Xu Duoduo left school supplies for the children and saw that Cheng Cheng and his sister had settled happily with Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui.

• Xu Duoduo suggested that a date should include getting a room, but Qin Luo insisted they follow his plan and go home afterward.
• Bai Shu's teasing led the banquet guests to mistakenly believe Wang Weihu was married to him and that Chen Xiaofei was their son, until Bai Shu explained they were all teammates.
• Qin Luo stopped Xu Duoduo from joining Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei as they tried to comfort Wang Weihu, then took her away for their date.
• Xu Duoduo left notebooks and pens for the children and saw Cheng Cheng and his sister playing happily with the other children.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo decided not to interrupt Cheng Cheng and his sister, trusting that they were happy with Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui.

Qin Luo took Xu Duoduo on a movie date, hoping a horror film would bring them closer, but their combat instincts made the zombie movie uncomfortable. They left before it ended and headed toward an animated movie Xu Duoduo chose.

• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo found a free theater in the Underground Plaza and decided to watch a movie together.
• Qin Luo bought popcorn and two expensive strawberry milk teas, then shared a sip with Xu Duoduo.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo watched a zombie movie, but they kept wanting to fight the zombies instead of getting scared.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo left before the movie ended, and Xu Duoduo chose an animated movie for them to try next.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo enjoyed a movie and a winter stroll, where they talked about her upcoming birthday and her growing clarity of mind. Their mutual feelings came out, and the date ended with Xu Duoduo openly suggesting they go home and kiss.

• Qin Luo took Xu Duoduo to a cartoon, and they watched it together before heading outside.
• Qin Luo remembered that Xu Duoduo's birthday was coming up, and she admitted she had not celebrated it since her grandparents died.
• Qin Luo praised Xu Duoduo's clearer thinking, and she challenged his assumption that she would regret what she said as her mind improved.
• Qin Luo confessed that he cared about Xu Duoduo because he liked her, and Xu Duoduo said she had liked him since they first knew each other.
• Xu Duoduo repeatedly declared that she liked Qin Luo and suggested they go home to kiss, leaving him flustered.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo found Lin Qianxing gravely injured and feverish, so they took him to the Research Institute for treatment instead of collecting their dresses. While Lin Qianxing recovered, they learned he was pushing himself to earn Face-Molding Medicine, and the chapter ended with Qin Luo jealously stopping Xiao Qiao from kissing Xu Duoduo.

• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo visited Lin Qianxing's shop and found him covered in wounds, burning with fever, and further mechanized.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo insisted Lin Qianxing see a doctor, then took him by bus to the Research Institute as he leaned on Xu Duoduo and grew drowsy.
• Qin Luo carried Lin Qianxing into the Pediatric Emergency Department, where doctors cleaned his inflamed wounds and started an IV after he passed out.
• Xiao Qiao explained that Lin Qianxing worked relentlessly to repay favors and wanted to trade for Face-Molding Medicine.
• Xiao Qiao teased Xu Duoduo and suggested giving her a kiss, and Qin Luo immediately objected.

Lin Qianxing explained that his alchemy ability had left much of his body metal after he injured himself while searching for materials to make a weapon. Pressed by Qin Luo, he revealed his history with Sun Yuan and why he felt he owed her, leaving the reason for his efforts to help her rooted in the rescue that scarred her.

• The pediatrician warned that Lin Qianxing had overused his body and suggested the Childcare Center, but Lin Qianxing refused to go.
• Qin Luo questioned Lin Qianxing about his injuries, and Lin Qianxing admitted he was making a weapon to repay a favor and had used his alchemy ability to survive a mutant monster attack.
• Qin Luo guessed that Lin Qianxing was seeking medicine to change Sun Yuan's appearance and body, then asked what he owed her.
• Lin Qianxing said he and Sun Yuan had grown up together in an orphanage after being abandoned on the same day, though they had not been close.
• Lin Qianxing recalled that Sun Yuan returned during an orphanage fire to save him and was burned, explaining that he felt he could never repay her.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo helped Lin Qianxing let go of his guilt over Yuanyuan saving him and persuaded him that he was not a jinx. They arranged for him to recover under the 3A Combat Team’s protection and left him with food.

• Lin Qianxing called himself a jinx and said he brought misfortune to those who cared about him, so Qin Luo asked whether he had caused the fire or forced Yuanyuan to save him.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo reminded Lin Qianxing that Yuanyuan had not saved him so he could throw his life away, and he agreed to be more careful.
• Xu Duoduo pointed out that the people wearing Lin Qianxing’s clothes were fine, helping him reconsider his belief that he was cursed.
• Qin Luo ordered dozens more dresses from Lin Qianxing, then clarified that they were for Xu Duoduo after she and Lin Qianxing misunderstood his remark.
• Qin Luo offered the 3A Combat Team as Lin Qianxing’s temporary guardians, and Lin Qianxing thanked him and Xu Duoduo.
• Xu Duoduo gave Lin Qianxing light meals to store in his Space Card while he recovered.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo took shelter from a high-speed meteorite at the Research Institute, where Xu Duoduo kissed him during the impact. After the meteorite struck, the base announced a monster attack, and Qin Luo rushed with Xu Duoduo toward the base entrance to meet his team.

• Qin Luo comforted Xu Duoduo after she felt for Lin Qianxing, then teased her as they left the hospital room.
• A high-speed meteorite alarm sounded, and Qin Luo shielded Xu Duoduo while checking that Lin Qianxing and his teammates were safe.
• As the countdown reached zero and the building shook, Xu Duoduo kissed Qin Luo, and he kissed her back.
• After the Research Institute remained safe, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo kissed again while meteorite fragments struck outside.
• A broadcast announced that monsters were attacking the base, so Qin Luo took Xu Duoduo toward the base entrance and learned his teammates had heard them kissing over his Earpiece.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo rushed to the Base Exit as three-star-or-higher monsters attacked, and Xu Duoduo helped rescue Du Chunjiang and wounded soldiers trapped there. After getting them inside the base, Xu Duoduo charged back into the monster-packed area and fought with her Chainsaw.

• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo headed for the Base Exit after the control tower warned that monsters rated at least three-star were attacking.
• Du Chunjiang called for help from the Service Desk booth while monsters crowded outside and cracked its Protective Glass Shield.
• Xu Duoduo and the combat teams attacked the monsters outside the booth, and Xu Duoduo checked on Du Chunjiang after clearing the immediate threat.
• Xu Duoduo caught Du Chunjiang as she climbed through the window, then escorted her and wounded soldiers toward the base gate under a Spatial Protective Shield.
• Du Chunjiang and the wounded soldiers entered the base, while Xu Duoduo turned back with white hair and fought the monsters with her Chainsaw.

Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and the other combat teams fought a massive horde of mutant monsters, where they spotted someone who looked like the supposedly dead Fang Ming. After Mu Mei warned that the horde had been used to lure them away from West 2 Exit, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo headed there to stop a suspected breakthrough.

• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo fought the mutant monsters while the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad joined them and helped clear the battlefield.
• Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Bai Shu spotted a figure resembling Fang Ming among the monsters, and Bai Shu warned everyone not to chase him.
• Chen Xiaofei and Wang Weihu joined the fight as the combat teams battled the horde and lower-tier ability users took turns resting.
• Mu Mei arrived and revealed that the monsters at her position had vanished after she received a false request for backup supposedly from Wang Weihu.
• Bai Shu reported that their communications had been breached, and Qin Luo ordered Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei to hold their position while he and Xu Duoduo rushed to West 2 Exit.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo rushed to West Exit 2 to stop Fang Ming’s monster horde from breaching the base. They fought Fang Ming and his headless monster while Xu Duoduo discovered a new spatial ability, and the confrontation continued after her shield blocked Fang Ming’s attack on Qin Luo.

• Xu Duoduo’s Rubik’s Cube Space began compressing the distance as Qin Luo carried her toward the base, and they reached West Exit 2 in less than ten minutes.
• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo found Fang Ming leading monsters against the base walls, and Qin Luo attacked him while Xu Duoduo fought the lesser monsters and the headless monster.
• Fang Ming repeatedly vanished and reappeared to attack Qin Luo, revealing his jealousy and anger at being rejected by 3A.
• Fang Ming tried to stab Qin Luo through the heart, but Xu Duoduo’s spatial Protective Shield blocked the blade.
• Fang Ming praised Xu Duoduo’s ability, and Qin Luo angrily told him to keep her name out of his mouth.

Qin Luo exploited Fang Ming’s vulnerability and shot him, though he suspected the dead man was only a fake. After the monsters retreated and the base was secured, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo arranged for Headquarters to sell most of the recovered materials.

• Qin Luo trapped Fang Ming in a thunderstorm, beat him, and noticed the pauses in Fang Ming’s data transformation.
• Qin Luo shot Fang Ming in the forehead and stored his body in his Space Card, then reported that the man might have been a fake.
• Xu Duoduo killed the headless six-star monster while the remaining monsters began retreating, and Qin Luo called her back.
• Mu Mei arrived, apologized for being deceived by Fang Ming, and left to report to the Bureau after discussing the incident with Qin Luo.
• Xu Duoduo kept the six-star mutant core and told the staff to sell the other materials except the five-star mutant cores.
• Qin Luo asked the staff to send the itemized sales list to White Mouse, who managed 3A’s finances.

After the attack, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo helped care for the injured and discussed how Fang Ming escaped. Bai Shu questioned whether Fang Ming’s datafication was really a trick, while Da Qiao’s test revealed that the captured body’s DNA did not belong to him.

• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo handed supplies over to Headquarters, then went to help the injured and delivered Fang Ming’s captured body to Xiao Qiao.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo saw that no deaths had been announced, and Xu Duoduo reassured Qin Luo that they could touch each other at home.
• Xu Duoduo and Chen Xiaofei gave the injured first aid and discussed Fang Ming’s escape and Qin Luo’s capture of him.
• Qin Luo told Bai Shu what had happened, and Bai Shu suggested Fang Ming might be turning invisible and using speed rather than becoming data.
• Da Qiao sent 3A the test results, which showed that the captured body’s DNA was not Fang Ming’s.

Bai Shu and Qin Luo concluded that Fang Ming was using Face-Molding Medicine to create copies and suspected his true body was an electronic device. After the squad finished the rescue and headed back to base, they learned that Gluttonous Beast had disappeared.

• Bai Shu examined Da Qiao's findings and concluded Fang Ming had reshaped a new vessel with Face-Molding Medicine after losing his original body.
• Qin Luo and Bai Shu discussed Fang Ming's allies and agreed that finding his true body was the priority, with electronics as a possible lead.
• Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo bandaged the wounded while swapping gossip, and Qin Luo led Xu Duoduo away after Chen Xiaofei taught her his bad habits.
• Wang Weihu called the squad back to base after the monsters were defeated, and the group bickered on the way.
• The squad received word that Gluttonous Beast had disappeared.

Fang Ming captured Gluttonous Beast, disabling the Space Cards and throwing Headquarters’ bases into panic. 3A learned that Gluttonous Beast was alive and began considering how to help rescue him and locate Fang Ming’s real body.

• Chen Xiaofei, Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu discovered Fang Ming’s message announcing that he had taken Gluttonous Beast and learned their Space Cards no longer worked.
• Qin Luo contacted Cao Wenzhou, who explained that Fang Ming had lured the defenders away and that Headquarters had backup supplies for six months to a year.
• Cao Wenzhou told 3A that Gluttonous Beast was alive and that the Four Continents Team would return to City B to prepare a rescue.
• Qin Luo offered to have 3A join the rescue, but Cao Wenzhou and Vermilion Bird told them to follow Headquarters’ orders.
• Bai Shu sent Cao Wenzhou information about Fang Ming’s doubles, and 3A discussed asking the Taoist Ability User to locate Fang Ming’s real body.
• Xu Duoduo resolved that Gluttonous Beast had to be rescued and considered using Lin Qianxing’s Independent Space Cards or supplies from the Rubik’s Cube Space if needed.