Recaps

As a typhoon darkened H City and the Monster Interference Device malfunctioned, Xu Duoduo practiced using her ability with Qin Luo and the others. She learned to retrieve nearby objects from a distance, though her range was limited to one meter.

• A typhoon brought darkness and powerful winds to H City as the Monster Interference Device malfunctioned, leaving the base vulnerable to mutated monsters.
• Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu explained how to focus and channel their abilities while helping Xu Duoduo practice.
• Xu Duoduo concentrated until the Multifaceted Rubik's Cube Space in her mind began turning, then successfully retrieved a cup from a distance.
• Xu Duoduo discovered she could not retrieve an ornament from far away, so Qin Luo moved it closer while Bai Shu recorded her attempts.
• Xu Duoduo managed to retrieve the ornament from one meter away and celebrated by sharing food with her teammates.

The 3A Special Operations Team headed to a residential district to fight a swarm of mutant bats. As the team swept the area, Qin Luo let Xu Duoduo practice fighting, and she began proving herself despite being repeatedly knocked down by the typhoon.

• The team accepted a mission to clear mutant bats southeast of their base and assigned partners before setting out in the storm.
• Chen Xiaofei flew ahead to the residential district and reported that a flock of large black bats was circling the buildings.
• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu reached separate corners of the district, and the team began sweeping toward the center.
• Qin Luo let Xu Duoduo fight bats with her Chainsaw while he protected her and gradually allowed more bats through.
• Xu Duoduo adapted quickly and killed bats, but the enormous swarm kept arriving as the typhoon repeatedly knocked her down.

Qin Luo and his squad were overwhelmed by a vast swarm of mutant bats, but Xu Duoduo’s new protective shields and the team’s combined abilities turned the attack around. Xu Duoduo fell asleep from the effort, and the exhausted survivors began collecting the scattered mutant cores.

• Qin Luo regrouped the squad as a huge swarm of mutant bats gathered overhead and residents watched anxiously from their homes.
• Xu Duoduo sensed danger as the bats dived at the group, and Qin Luo struck the swarm with lightning.
• Xu Duoduo created five Spatial Protective Shields to protect the squad, while Qin Luo, Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu attacked the bats with their abilities.
• The squad killed the remaining bats, and Xu Duoduo collapsed against Qin Luo’s shoulder after draining her ability energy.
• Qin Luo let Xu Duoduo sleep while the exhausted squad cleared the battlefield and collected the mutant cores.

After the typhoon and mutant bat attack, Xu Duoduo woke to find her squad had saved twenty-three thousand mutant cores for her. Qin Luo told her she had been registered as a First-Order Speed Mutated Person to conceal her spatial ability, and the squad prepared to attend an awards ceremony.

• The base cleaned up after the typhoon, while combat squads rested after defending it with fewer than two hundred civilian deaths and no combat-squad fatalities.
• Xu Duoduo woke to a room piled with twenty-three thousand one-star mutant cores and ten two-star cores that Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu had given her.
• Qin Luo explained that Xiao Qiao had measured Xu Duoduo's speed at three times the baseline and recorded her as a First-Order Speed Mutated Person to hide her spatial ability.
• Qin Luo reassured Xu Duoduo that her exhaustion aftereffects were harmless, then carried her to wash up before their squad's awards ceremony.
• Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu greeted Xu Duoduo and checked how she felt after waking.

After Xu Duoduo woke with white hair, she frightened herself in the mirror, but eating a mutant core restored her appearance. She and Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and the others then headed to the city center to collect their awards, passing a bustling cleanup crew on the way.

• Xu Duoduo saw her white hair and silver eyes in the mirror and wailed, alarming Qin Luo and the others.
• Bai Shu suggested that Xu Duoduo eat a mutant core, and her hair and eyelashes turned black again after she finished one.
• Xu Duoduo got ready and shared breakfast with Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and the others before they set out to collect their awards.
• The group watched a logistics team clear fallen trees, where a turtle-shell man directed workers and Xiao Qi was caught eating leaves.
• The men and Xu Duoduo saw Chicken Bro being greeted by the workers and wondered what government job he had landed.

After enduring a staged awards ceremony, the 3A Team received vouchers for custom weapon upgrades and visited the Artisan Department. They submitted their requests and left their weapons in the department’s hands.

• Qin Luo and the others attended a heavily rehearsed commendation ceremony alongside larger squads and received electronic wristbands and weapon upgrade vouchers.
• The team rode to the Artisan Department, where they admired the workshop’s displays of robots, modified vehicles, and weapons.
• Qin Luo requested upgrades for his Twin-Bladed Knife, Wang Weihu asked for boxing gloves, Bai Shu requested a gun, and Chen Xiaofei wanted hidden weapons.
• The team filled out forms for their custom weapons, while a service worker recognized Xu Duoduo as a member of the famous 3A Team.

Qin Luo and his team visited the Artisan Department, then explored the city center and tried milk tea made with newly approved mutated plants. They left with drinks and a better understanding of how the base was adapting to scarce food and its mutated residents.

• Xu Duoduo struggled to fill out her paperwork, so Qin Luo completed it, and the team was told their weapons would be ready in three days.
• Qin Luo ordered twenty drinks at Booji Booji after spotting its expensive menu, including beverages made with mutated plants.
• The shop assistant explained that the Research Center tested mutated plants for contamination and that only mutants and mutated people could currently eat them.
• Chicken Bro, a mutated person working in the shop, came out to ask for more Boba Pearls before the assistant ushered him back into the kitchen.
• Qin Luo handed Xu Duoduo a cup of milk tea, and she happily drank the freshly made drink as the team left the shop.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo’s group discovered a fantasy-themed shop selling equipment with real abilities, and Xu Duoduo tried on a dress that granted invisibility. The dress cost far more than she could afford, so Qin Luo offered to pay, but they settled on covering the shortfall with zombie mutant cores.

• Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and the others entered Alchemist Xiao Lin's Treasure Shop and browsed its unusual potions, weapons, and protective clothing.
• Xu Duoduo tried on a green Lolita dress from the Chameleon Series, and Qin Luo blushed while praising how it looked on her.
• Xu Duoduo activated the dress and vanished, confirming that it granted invisibility.
• The group discovered that the dress cost 300,000 points, more than Xu Duoduo had, and Qin Luo offered to buy it for her.
• Xu Duoduo stopped Qin Luo from paying outright, so Qin Luo suggested using zombie mutant cores to cover the difference.

Qin Luo's team visited Da Qiao and learned that she wanted them to rescue researchers trapped near a pollution source in City N, where a New-Type Giant Zombie had appeared. Da Qiao began explaining the mission details at her home.

• Little Zombie and her companions spent nearly a million points on outfits and protective equipment before returning to the New Human area.
• Qin Luo's team met Da Qiao, who asked them to take a mission in City N to help her trapped Research Institute friend and a group of researchers.
• Da Qiao brought the team to her home, where they discovered she was raising noisy Man-Eating Flower Babies and feeding them mutant bat meat.
• Qin Luo asked Da Qiao for the mission's location, the number of people involved, and details about the new zombie monster.
• Da Qiao explained that ten days earlier, the Survivor Base in City B had sent ten combat teams to collect pollution source samples, and her friend had been among them.

Da Qiao asked Qin Luo’s team to rescue researchers trapped by a huge, cunning three-star zombie monster at a City N research institute, especially because her mutated friend was among them. Qin Luo accepted the mission for five million points and five favors, and Team 3A prepared to join the operation.

• Da Qiao explained that the zombie monster had trapped researchers inside the institute, killed three team members, and could command zombies while using traps and a dangerous sonic attack.
• Da Qiao said the mission mattered to her because her friend, a dead leaf butterfly mutated person, was trapped there and Jin Chuanqiong was leading the operation despite opposing mutated people.
• Little Zombie urged Qin Luo to accept, and Qin Luo agreed to take the mission and face the three-star monster.
• Da Qiao promised Team 3A five million points and a favor for each member, and Qin Luo made sure she confirmed the deal.
• On the way home, Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu discussed Da Qiao’s wealth and said they would have taken the mission anyway.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo's squad prepared for a Headquarters rescue operation and planned three days of intensive training for her. Before training began, Xu Duoduo arranged for Wang Weihu to cook and store food for the squad.

• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu warned Xu Duoduo that Jin Chuanqiong was ruthless, stole credit, and sacrificed teammates, while Qin Luo promised to protect her if Jin bullied her.
• Headquarters invited Qin Luo's group to join a rescue operation departing in three days, with rewards and new supplies; Bai Shu reminded them to take their second Mutant Core Dilution Injection the next day.
• Qin Luo assigned himself to teach Xu Duoduo close combat, Bai Shu to teach her sniping, Wang Weihu to teach her boxing, and Chen Xiaofei to teach her concealment, and Xu Duoduo agreed to learn.
• The squad shared a hearty dinner at Wang Weihu's home, while Xu Duoduo could only taste a little and then ate a Mutant Bat core.
• Xu Duoduo brought Wang Weihu ingredients, air fryers, and pressure cookers from her Rubik's Cube Space so he could prepare and store cooked food for the squad.

Team 3A collected their custom weapons, combat uniforms, and machine guns from the H City Survivor Base’s Artisan Department before setting out on a new mission. After passing the base’s checkpoints, Qin Luo drove the team toward their destination.

• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Xu Duoduo received their customized weapons and ten protective Combat Uniforms, along with five machine guns to test.
• The team bound their weapons with blood, changed into their black uniforms, and admired one another’s appearances while the staff admired them, too.
• Qin Luo called everyone aboard their vehicle and led Team 3A toward the base exit to begin their mission.
• At the manual inspection station, Qin Luo spoke with the familiar guard, who wished the team a safe journey and swift return.
• Qin Luo drove through the checkpoint and headed toward the mission destination.

Qin Luo’s team traveled with four other squads toward City N, discussing the worsening conditions outside the base and the need to keep gathering supplies. The desolate journey left everyone uneasy, but Qin Luo cheered them up with milk tea as they continued onward.

• Bai Shu checked the roster of the five teams bound for City N, and Chen Xiaofei joked about Jin Chuanqiong encountering Mu Mei and the Rose Squad.
• Xu Duoduo and the others saw the barren landscape outside the base, and Qin Luo warned that life inside the base could make people lose their sense of danger.
• Qin Luo explained that search teams had stripped nearby areas for supplies and would need to travel farther as resources became scarce.
• The teams hurried toward City N, and Bai Shu described satellite images showing that most of the world had gone dark beyond the illuminated bases.
• Qin Luo handed out milk tea to lift his team’s spirits and gave Xu Duoduo a straw, delighting her.

At the toll station, Mu Mei and Jin Chuanqiong argued over whether to bombard City N or take a slower route that might spare survivors. Qin Luo calmed the squads and introduced Xu Duoduo, who attacked Jin after he insulted her, leaving him unable to overcome the novice fighter.

• Mu Mei and Jin Chuanqiong argued over the mission route and who should command the squads, with Mu Mei opposing an attack that might kill survivors.
• Qin Luo arrived, drew greetings from the other squads, and stopped Mu Mei and Jin Chuanqiong from fighting.
• Xu Duoduo emerged from behind Qin Luo, and he introduced her as a speed-type Mutated Person on the 3A Special Operations Squad.
• Jin Chuanqiong mocked Xu Duoduo and her place on the team, so she dashed forward and kicked him in the chest.
• Jin Chuanqiong tried to fight Xu Duoduo but realized he could not beat her, while Qin Luo watched her moves and assessed her training.

Xu Duoduo defeated Jin Chuanqiong in a spar, and Qin Luo defended her place on Team 3A after revealing that her Emotional Monitoring Collar stayed green throughout the fight. Team 3A took charge of planning the rescue, and the teams agreed to split up and advance toward the Research Institute.

• Xu Duoduo fought Jin Chuanqiong evenly and knocked him down, earning cheers from Team 3A.
• Qin Luo tended to Xu Duoduo’s bruises, struck Jin Chuanqiong with lightning, and warned everyone that she was an official member of Team 3A.
• Qin Luo pointed out that Xu Duoduo’s collar had stayed green throughout the fight, astonishing the onlookers.
• Bai Shu, Chen Xiaofei, and Wang Weihu led a discussion of rescue routes and team assignments with the other squads.
• After Qin Luo treated Xu Duoduo’s bruised shin, the teams agreed to split up and push toward the Research Institute along two routes.

Qin Luo’s group began clearing the zombie-packed national highway while the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad struggled to hold their ground. Xu Duoduo rushed to support the rookie squads, and the teams continued the extermination mission as Qin Luo’s group planned to collect the mutant cores.

• Qin Luo divided the five squads into two groups and sent them along nearby routes to begin the extermination mission.
• Qin Luo’s group advanced through the highway horde while the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad fought zombies pouring in from side roads.
• The rookie squads panicked as zombies overwhelmed them and one of their members was injured, so Qin Luo told them to hold position and call their healer.
• Xu Duoduo heard the rookie squads’ distress and rushed back, cutting down a row of zombies with her pink Chainsaw.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad cheered Xu Duoduo on as she cleared the horde, while Qin Luo’s group continued fighting and planned to collect the mutant cores.

After clearing the zombies, Team 3A and the rookie squads rested and divided the mutant cores. Qin Luo returned from helping the Rose Squad and sent everyone to a safer place to recover, while Xu Duoduo served food on a second-floor terrace.

• The rookie squads overcame their fear and fought alongside Team 3A until the area was mostly cleared, and Qin Luo declared a half-hour rest.
• Chen Xiaofei used his wind ability to collect mutant cores, while Xu Duoduo stored them in her Rubik's Cube Space.
• Chen Xiaofei divided twelve thousand mutant cores among Team 3A, the Cheetah Squad, and the White Dove Squad, giving each team four thousand.
• Wang Weihu gave the exhausted rookies cigarettes, then led them to rest on the second floor after Qin Luo returned from helping the Rose Squad.
• Xu Duoduo brought rice wraps, chicken, and soup to the terrace, where Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu ate.

After a battle, Xu Duoduo counted Team 3A’s mutant cores and shared a meal with Qin Luo, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei. Jin Chuanqiong mocked Qin Luo’s team, but their large haul embarrassed him and he left in anger.

• Qin Luo gave Xu Duoduo several two-star mutant cores, and she counted the team’s collected cores while everyone ate.
• Xu Duoduo counted 21,200 zombie mutant cores and realized the team had abundant supplies and currency.
• Qin Luo asked whether Xu Duoduo could taste food and fed her a chicken foot, but she disliked its flavor.
• Jin Chuanqiong mocked Qin Luo and claimed his team had collected 6,300 cores, while members of the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad pointed out that Team 3A had more.
• Xu Duoduo showed Qin Luo that Team 3A had 25,200 cores in total, and Qin Luo and Chen Xiaofei mocked Jin Chuanqiong until he left with his teammates.

Qin Luo’s group reached an unfinished high-rise in City N and rested while guarding against the nearby zombie monster. In the second half of the night, heavy footsteps shook the building, and Mu Mei spotted the monster’s enormous head outside.

• Qin Luo reminded everyone to burn the remaining zombie corpses so the zombie monster could not eat them and grow stronger.
• Qin Luo assigned watch shifts at the high-rise, while the Rose Squad used plant abilities to conceal and protect the group.
• Wang Weihu and Xu Duoduo covered the exhausted rookies with quilts, and Qin Luo traded taunts with Jin Chuanqiong.
• Xu Duoduo fell asleep against Qin Luo, and the group rested through a mostly quiet night.
• The ground shook as heavy footsteps approached, and Mu Mei saw the zombie monster’s enormous head outside.

Qin Luo and the squads prepared to fight a rapidly growing Giant Zombie near the Research Institute, then launched a surprise attack before rescuing the survivors. The chapter left the battle just beginning, with Chen Xiaofei hurling Marble Bombs at the monster.

• Qin Luo assessed the Giant Zombie’s size and directed the squads to exploit its poor agility and attack before it grew further.
• Qin Luo assigned Team 3A, the Rose Squad, and the Golden Roc Squad to attack while the White Dove Squad and Cheetah Squad provided support and looked for survivors.
• Qin Luo warned Xu Duoduo not to reveal her spatial ability or overextend herself.
• The squads used Mimicry Injections as they approached, and Team 3A transformed and moved quickly enough to astonish the others.
• Chen Xiaofei flew toward the Giant Zombie and threw Marble Bombs at it, starting the fight.

Team 3A and the Rose Squad fought a massive, heavily contaminated zombie monster while the Cheetah and White Dove Squads rescued survivors at the Research Institute. After the others were exhausted and withdrew, Team 3A finished the monster, and Xu Duoduo retrieved its mutant core.

• Chen Xiaofei drew the giant zombie’s attention as Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, Qin Luo, and the others attacked it with bullets, claws, lightning, and vines.
• Qin Luo ordered the Cheetah Squad and the White Dove Squad to enter the Research Institute and rescue survivors while the fight continued.
• Xu Duoduo repeatedly cut the monster’s legs with her Chainsaw, while Bai Shu’s bullets and illusion ability slowed its attacks.
• Mu Mei’s Rose Squad withdrew, and the Golden Roc Squad blamed Headquarters for the difficult fight as they watched Team 3A continue battling.
• The giant zombie tried to flee but collapsed, and Xu Duoduo killed it and removed its mutant core from its brain.
• Chen Xiaofei and the others regrouped, exhausted after the prolonged battle.

After the zombie monster was defeated and the survivors were rescued, the teams credited Team 3A for the mission while Zhou Siqi collected samples from the monster with Xu Duoduo's help. Wang Weihu prepared to move on and scolded the rookie squads for their mistakes, leaving them chastened.

• Xu Duoduo held the zombie monster's red mutant core, while the rescued survivors thanked the teams and the Desert Squad reflected on how close they had come to dying.
• Jin Chuanqiong tried to claim credit for the rescue, but the Rose Squad told the survivors that Team 3A had done the heavy lifting.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad praised Team 3A and revealed that their rookie, Xu Duoduo, had zombie transformation, surprising the researchers and survivors.
• Zhou Siqi began collecting samples from the monster, and Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Chen Xiaofei joined her as Bai Shu documented the scene.
• Wang Weihu told the Research Institute staff that the mission was complete and that his team would continue on, prompting the rookie squads to ask to follow them.
• Wang Weihu rebuked the rookies for their poor support response times and combat readiness, leaving them ashamed and silent.

Xu Duoduo lured Qin Luo into a vehicle to pet his wolf ears and tail, then fell asleep against him. After wrapping her in a blanket, Qin Luo prepared to leave with the team and bring Dead Leaf Butterfly along.

• Xu Duoduo ignored Qin Luo at first, alarming him, then lured him into Team 3A's Off-Road Vehicle and eagerly petted his ears and tail.
• Xu Duoduo fell asleep against Qin Luo's chest, and he moved her beside him and wrapped her in a blanket.
• Bai Shu told Qin Luo that the handover was nearly finished and Dead Leaf Butterfly wanted to join them.
• Qin Luo ordered the team to bring Dead Leaf Butterfly and leave once Xiaofei and the others arrived.

Team 3A left the Research Institute and traveled through the flooded northern district of City N, where they fought off mutant creatures and learned the area’s monsters appeared to guard separate territories. After Xu Duoduo woke, she fed the squad, while Zhou Siqi compared their easygoing life with the intense competition at the Survivor Base in City B.

• Mu Mei thanked Qin Luo and Team 3A for their work, gave them medicine, and departed for the Survivor Base in City B.
• As the squads separated, Bai Shu teased Qin Luo about staying close to Xu Duoduo, then admitted he had invented the claimed drug side effect.
• Wang Weihu drove Team 3A into the flooded northern district of City N, where the group fought giant beetles before submerging their vehicle among mutant fish.
• Zhou Siqi explained that the northern district flooded easily and suggested the local monsters occupied different territories.
• Xu Duoduo woke and gave the hungry squad rice balls and Qin Luo cans of cola.
• Zhou Siqi admired Team 3A’s plentiful food and relaxed life, contrasting it with the relentless competition at the Survivor Base in City B.

The rescue team found edible mutant frogs and loquats while traveling through City N, where no survivors answered their broadcast. They gathered loquats for the base and continued watching for danger.

• Chen Xiaofei broadcast a rescue message in City N, attracting mutant frogs that scraped at the vehicle’s windows.
• Zhou Siqi explained that City B survivors ate mutant frogs, and Qin Luo urged the team to collect edible mutant plants and animals for the base.
• Qin Luo spotted a mutant loquat tree and directed Wang Weihu to stop beneath it.
• Chen Xiaofei flew Xu Duoduo up to pick loquats while Qin Luo guarded them and shot approaching mutant frogs.
• Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo gathered and ate the sweet loquats, but no survivors responded to the broadcast.