Chapter Summaries

Xu Duoduo and Team 3A learned that Fang Ming had orchestrated a wave of defections and attacks, and Headquarters named him an SSS+ wanted criminal. Headquarters then assigned Team 3A and other squads to raid a Lizard People nest near L City, and the selected teams accepted the dangerous mission.

• Xu Duoduo listened as Headquarters reported that Fang Ming's recordings had caused thirty-five ability users to defect and sparked twelve dangerous incidents.
• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu discussed the defectors and worried that traitors might be hiding in their own base.
• Headquarters designated Fang Ming an SSS+ Dangerous Person and offered a ten-billion-point reward for capturing him.
• Headquarters announced the discovery of a Lizard People nest near L City and called on several renowned teams, including Team 3A, to raid it.
• Qin Luo accepted the mission for Team 3A, and the other selected teams, including the Cheetah Squad and White Dove, agreed to take part.

Qin Luo discovered that Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu had secretly followed him and Xu Duoduo on their date, then joined them in a chaotic fight. The team began debating how to attack the Lizard People's nest, but the scouting squad had not returned and the captains still had no plan.

• Chen Xiaofei accidentally revealed that he, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu had followed Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo on their date.
• Qin Luo scolded his teammates and fought Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu, while Xu Duoduo watched and Wang Weihu hid at the side.
• Chen Xiaofei explained that the three had also fought a Four-Star Mutant Centipede to keep Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo safe.
• Headquarters assigned the team to help map and assault the Lizard People's nest, and the captains debated different attack strategies without reaching an agreement.
• Xu Duoduo spent two days listening to the captains argue while the scouting squad remained missing, and Chen Xiaofei told her the mission was too large for them to leave soon.

Xu Duoduo and Team 3A collected the remaining four-star mutant cores and met Professor Ji at the Research Institute to prepare for injections that would raise their tiers. Professor Ji explained Lin Qianxing’s past, then left to prepare the injections while Team 3A waited in the conference room.

• Xu Duoduo and Team 3A left a meeting after Qin Luo scolded Chen Xiaofei for feeding Xu Duoduo too many snacks.
• Qin Luo received Lin Qianxing’s message that the remaining four-star mutant cores had arrived, and Team 3A split up to collect them and go to the Research Institute.
• Team 3A regrouped at the Research Institute with the cores, and Professor Ji praised how quickly they had found them.
• Professor Ji told Team 3A that Lin Qianxing had awakened an alchemy ability, transmuted goods, and opened his shop after leaving the Research Center.
• Professor Ji went to prepare injections for Team 3A, and Xiao Qiao stopped by the conference room to greet them.

Xiao Qiao tested Xu Duoduo’s intelligence and found that she had nearly recovered to a normal level, though her comprehension was still weak. Xu Duoduo learned that the changes to her mutated body were irreversible, and Da Qiao reported that the four-star mutant core would be ready in about five hours.

• Xiao Qiao asked Xu Duoduo to take an intelligence test, and Qin Luo reluctantly agreed after checking the questions.
• Xu Duoduo answered the test, and Xiao Qiao assessed her intelligence as nearly normal with the possibility of full recovery.
• Xiao Qiao told Xu Duoduo that mutated people’s genetic changes could not be reversed, and Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu cheered her up with jokes.
• Da Qiao told Xiao Qiao that the diluted four-star mutant core would be ready in about five hours.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo reassured each other at the Research Center before an alarm announced a lizard-people breach. Qin Luo led Xu Duoduo and Wang Weihu to fight the intruders, and Xu Duoduo noticed that their dead enemies’ yellowish tails marked them as older.

• Qin Luo comforted Xu Duoduo about being human, and she admitted that she liked him before he went for his ability test.
• Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu returned and reported that they had reached tier four mid-stage, while Qin Luo’s test confirmed he was tier five mid-stage.
• An alarm sounded, and researchers reported that lizard people had breached basement level ten of the Research Institute.
• Qin Luo sent Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei to protect the patients and took Xu Duoduo and Wang Weihu downstairs through the emergency stairwell.
• Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Wang Weihu killed five lizard people, and Xu Duoduo recognized that their yellowish tails indicated old age.

Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Wang Weihu fought a huge horde of Lizard People on the Research Center’s tenth basement level while Xiao Qiao escorted A-Ku to safety. The Lizard People kept pouring in from an unknown breach, and the team struggled to hold them back as reinforcements were dispatched.

• Xu Duoduo rescued A-Ku from a small Lizard Person, then handed him to Xiao Qiao so she could escort him to Da Qiao.
• Qin Luo reported more than a hundred Lizard People to Headquarters, which dispatched reinforcements and told the team to protect their people.
• Xu Duoduo discovered that the Lizard People were sensitive to bright light, and Xiao Qiao left to turn on the lights from the main control room.
• Qin Luo tested whether the Lizard People understood human speech while he, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu fought them.
• Wang Weihu warned that the team needed to seal the breach, but Qin Luo continued attacking as Xu Duoduo slowed the horde with her Spatial Domain.

Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Wang Weihu fought through the Lizard People on Negative Tenth Floor, then discovered a powerful leader in the underground parking garage. With Headquarters unreachable and the Control Room occupied, the team faced the leader as Xiao Qiao urged Xu Duoduo to retreat.

• Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Wang Weihu killed the remaining five-star Lizard People after a brutal battle, then rested for five minutes to recover.
• The trio advanced down the corridor, where Xu Duoduo covered a dead researcher with his lab coat.
• Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Wang Weihu found a huge prime-aged Lizard Person eating one of its own kind in the Underground Parking Garage and withdrew.
• Xiao Qiao returned with an injured researcher and reported that a five-star Lizard Person had taken over the Control Room.
• The huge Lizard Person and its followers cornered the group, so Qin Luo told Xiao Qiao to take Xu Duoduo and retreat.

Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Wang Weihu fought a Six-Star Lizard Person on the Negative Tenth Floor while waiting for reinforcements, and all three were pushed to their limits. Just as Qin Luo prepared to risk his life to save the others, Da Qiao arrived with Mutant Core Dilution Injections and Energy Replenishment Liquid.

• Xu Duoduo refused to leave, and Xiao Qiao carried her injured colleague away to get help.
• Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu battled the Six-Star Lizard Person and gradually killed its smaller Lizard People.
• Qin Luo learned that the first reinforcement team had been wiped out and that other teams were on their way.
• Xu Duoduo wounded the Lizard Person with Spatial Strangulation, while Qin Luo struck it with his Twin-Bladed Knife and thunderstorm ability.
• With Wang Weihu and Xu Duoduo unable to fight and the Lizard Person regenerating, Qin Luo prepared to face it alone.
• Da Qiao arrived carrying Mutant Core Dilution Injections and Energy Replenishment Liquid, giving Qin Luo hope that they could survive.

Qin Luo injected himself with Four-Star Mutant Core Dilution Injections to fight the berserk Lizard People, finally blasting it apart with a powerful thunderstorm before collapsing. Xu Duoduo crawled to him as he stirred, but the Lizard People began reassembling itself.

• Da Qiao gave Qin Luo a case of injections and warned him not to overuse them as the Lizard People attacked.
• Qin Luo injected himself and struck the Lizard People with a thunderstorm, snapping off its tail and triggering its berserk state.
• Wang Weihu injected himself and reinforced the floor while Qin Luo kept fighting and used more injections.
• Qin Luo saw Xu Duoduo struggling and signaled Wang Weihu to look after her before unleashing a thunderstorm that blasted the Lizard People apart.
• Qin Luo collapsed, and Xu Duoduo crawled to him as he coughed, but the Lizard People began reassembling itself.

Xu Duoduo defeated the revived lizard person with her Strangulation ability, then collapsed beside Qin Luo. She woke in the hospital to learn that her team had survived, grown stronger, and that Qin Luo was recovering after receiving the lizard person's Reincarnation core.

• Xu Duoduo entered a Berserk state and used Strangulation to freeze and destroy the lizard person, then collapsed onto Qin Luo as reinforcements arrived.
• The attack became known as Betrayal Day after dozens of ability users colluded with wanted traitors to strike H City Base.
• Xu Duoduo woke in the hospital and tried to get out of bed when she remembered Qin Luo, but her injured legs gave way.
• Du Chunjiang reassured Xu Duoduo that everyone from 3A had survived and told her that Captain Qin was in the next room.
• Du Chunjiang explained that Old Wang and two others had reached Tier Five, while Qin Luo had reached Tier Seven after receiving the lizard person's Reincarnation core.
• The nurse and Du Chunjiang saw Xu Duoduo crying and promised to take her to see Qin Luo once her wounds were bandaged.

After Xu Duoduo awakened an offensive Spatial Ability and defeated the Mutated Lizard Person, Headquarters kept the news secret while she recovered at the Research Institute. She stayed close to Qin Luo, whose condition improved enough for her to join him in bed.

• Du Chunjiang carried the badly injured Xu Duoduo to the Research Institute's upper floors, where Headquarters had sealed off the area and restricted information about her Spatial Ability.
• Xu Duoduo saw Qin Luo and Wang Weihu and the others resting, then waited outside Qin Luo's room because she wanted to stay near them.
• Professor Ji and the officials allowed Xu Duoduo to enter Qin Luo's room after confirming his condition had improved.
• Professor Ji and another doctor removed Qin Luo's medical equipment, and his wounds began healing as Xu Duoduo watched.
• Xu Duoduo asked Professor Ji if she could sleep beside Qin Luo, and he agreed while Du Chunjiang promised to care for them.

Xu Duoduo woke beside the recovering Qin Luo while Du Chunjiang and Tang Ying watched over them and discussed the attack on the Research Institute. They reflected on the traitors’ damage to trust among combat teams, while Headquarters’ response and the mastermind’s capture remained unknown.

• Xu Duoduo checked Qin Luo’s healed wounds, rested her head on his chest, and fell asleep again.
• Du Chunjiang and Tang Ying admired the sleeping pair, then kept watch outside the ward and talked about their shared fandom.
• Du Chunjiang recounted how 3A had contained the attack, with Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu defending the Negative Tenth Floor while Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu protected others upstairs.
• Du Chunjiang and Tang Ying worried that traitors had killed members of the Owl Combat Team and undermined trust among the combat teams.
• Tang Ying asked whether Headquarters had caught the mastermind, but Du Chunjiang said she did not know; they agreed to visit the fallen at the Memorial Cemetery.

Qin Luo woke in a hospital room after the battle and found Xu Duoduo safe beside him, then comforted her after scolding her for disobeying him on the battlefield. The next morning, Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu visited and realized Qin Luo had kissed Xu Duoduo until she was red-faced and swollen-lipped.

• Qin Luo woke in the Research Institute hospital room and remembered that Professor Ji had told him the others had survived.
• Qin Luo scolded Xu Duoduo for crawling toward him during the battle despite his orders, and she cried and sulked.
• Qin Luo kissed Xu Duoduo to comfort her, and she asked him to keep kissing her.
• The next morning, Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu visited Qin Luo and asked why Xu Duoduo was hiding under the blankets.
• Xu Duoduo emerged with red, swollen eyes and lips, and Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu cursed Qin Luo for bullying her.

Wang Weihu brought breakfast to his recovering teammates, who discussed their battle against a Seven Star mutant and agreed to keep Xu Duoduo’s hidden spatial abilities secret. The group shared a warm moment together in the hospital ward, united in their resolve that no member of 3A would be left behind.

• Wang Weihu returned to the ward with breakfast, and Qin Luo fed the exhausted Xu Duoduo while the others ate.
• Bai Shu posted his battle summary and led the group in discussing the Seven Star mutant’s resurrection ability and how they had defeated it.
• Qin Luo credited Da Qiao’s timely arrival and the medicine and energy fluid with helping him survive the fight.
• Bai Shu warned the group to keep Xu Duoduo’s storage ability and the Rubik’s Cube Space secret, and they agreed to maintain the same story.
• Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Qin Luo joked around instead of helping Bai Shu, while Xu Duoduo smiled at her companions and thought that no one in 3A should be left behind.

While Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo recuperated, Headquarters granted 3A the highest tier of benefits for their outstanding service. The team’s growing fame brought an eager fan to ask for autographs, and Qin Luo offered to sign Xu Duoduo’s name for her.

• Du Chunjiang visited Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo, teased Qin Luo about his jealousy, and chatted with Xu Duoduo about her unusual body.
• Qin Luo reviewed Headquarters’ rewards for 3A, including a large bonus, weapons, insurance, lifetime medical care, and other benefits.
• A healing-type Ability User repaired Bai Shu’s fractures and asked him for an autograph.
• Wang Weihu and Chen Xiaofei joined Bai Shu in signing the healer’s notebook, and Chen Xiaofei brought it to Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo.
• Xu Duoduo waved a paw because she could not write, so Qin Luo offered to sign her name and claimed what was hers was his.

3A recovered from the battle as Headquarters officials visited to check on the squad and learn about Xu Duoduo’s spatial ability. Qin Luo and the others recounted the battle, including the choices they made to protect the Research Institute’s survivors.

• Xu Duoduo completed the signed palm-print page, and Qin Luo warned her to protect her personal information.
• Bai Shu and Wang Weihu declined to recruit a Healing-Type Ability User, explaining that 3A would not add new members.
• Professor Ji announced that Headquarters officials were coming and that Xu Duoduo’s mutant ability assessment was ready.
• Du Chunjiang hugged and kissed Xu Duoduo goodbye, prompting Qin Luo to protest as the others held him back.
• Qin Luo calmly described the battle to the officials, while Xu Duoduo marveled at his serious demeanor.
• Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, and Chen Xiaofei explained how they had uncovered the lizard people’s surveillance and chosen to attack the Five-Star Lizard Person while Da Qiao delivered medicine.

3A met with Headquarters leaders, negotiated new weapons, and answered questions about Xu Duoduo’s spatial ability. The leaders accepted her limited explanation and agreed she would need time to understand her newly awakened power.

• Bai Shu negotiated with the leaders until they promised 3A a batch of new weapons.
• Secretary Wang and the other leaders assured Qin Luo and 3A that they would not hurt Xu Duoduo, and explained that her record had earned her permission to remove her collar.
• The leaders discussed Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo’s high ability levels, while Professor Ji praised 3A’s rapid advancement and urged them to develop new skills.
• At Professor Ji’s prompting, Xu Duoduo briefly described her finishing move and acted as if she did not understand her ability well.
• Professor Ji explained that Xu Duoduo had only just awakened her power, and the leaders accepted that she needed time to learn about it.

Headquarters briefed Team 3A about Fang Ming’s threats against several survivor bases and revealed the history of Prophet-Fei, whose visions had warned them of the apocalypse. The team agreed to help capture Fang Ming, while Xu Duoduo was encouraged to develop her powerful spatial ability.

• Secretary Wang played Fang Ming’s recording, in which he taunted Headquarters and urged them to join him.
• Qin Luo and the others read Fang Ming’s threats against City R, City I, and City N, and agreed to help stop him.
• Secretary Wang explained that Headquarters was tracking Fang Ming and told Team 3A to recover before taking action.
• Secretary Wang revealed that Prophet-Fei had predicted disasters and the zombie virus before the apocalypse, but each vision weakened him.
• Secretary Wang said Fei could not identify the cause of the apocalypse and that healing abilities had no effect on his brain tumor.
• Secretary Wang told Xu Duoduo to develop new uses for her spatial ability.

Qin Luo learned that his endless reincarnation depended on keeping his brain intact, while 3A received access to advanced training facilities and recovered at the Research Institute. After four days, they returned to their apartments, where Qin Luo kissed and fondled Xu Duoduo.

• Professor Ji explained that Qin Luo could reincarnate endlessly as long as his brain remained intact, and the officials gave 3A chips for top-tier training rooms.
• After the officials left, 3A relaxed at the hospital, joked together, and learned from Professor Ji how to manage their mutant abilities.
• 3A stayed at the Research Institute for four days, where Qin Luo carried the recovering Xu Duoduo to her examinations and teased her.
• After 3A was discharged, Qin Luo coaxed Xu Duoduo into his apartment and kissed and fondled her.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo bickered after he refused to believe she understood his suggestive remarks, leaving her angry and silent. When Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu arrived, Qin Luo kept their private dispute secret while Xu Duoduo stayed huffy.

• Xu Duoduo got angry when Qin Luo teased her for getting distracted during their kiss, but he cheered her up by offering his wolf ears to pet.
• Qin Luo said he would hold back until he had proposed and they had married, and Xu Duoduo grew angrier when he doubted that she understood what she was saying.
• Xu Duoduo remained upset the next morning and refused to speak to Qin Luo.
• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu noticed the tension, and Chen Xiaofei proposed betting on how soon the pair would make up.
• Qin Luo stopped Xu Duoduo from explaining their private dispute, while Wang Weihu brought her water as she angrily ate beef jerky.