Chapter Summaries

Qin Luo’s plan for a private shopping trip with Xu Duoduo fell apart when 3A insisted on coming along. As they headed into the mall, Xu Duoduo reflected on how the teammates—and Qin Luo—found security in staying close to one another.

• Bai Shu, Chen Xiaofei, and Wang Weihu claimed they needed casual clothes, and Xu Duoduo settled the argument by inviting everyone to shop together.
• Xiao Ai gushed about 3A in her group chat while the team finished the drive to the mall.
• Qin Luo and the others thanked Xiao Hai and Xiao Ai, then parted ways with the staff at the mall.
• Qin Luo asked Xu Duoduo to go on a date alone with him, but she suggested spending time with their teammates first.
• Xu Duoduo considered how each teammate relied on the group for security and wondered what made Qin Luo feel secure.

Qin Luo took Xu Duoduo and their teammates to a mall, where they browsed clothes and tried new milk tea without buying anything. Just as Qin Luo prepared to take Xu Duoduo on the date he had planned, an urgent mission to Y Country interrupted them.

• Qin Luo teased Xu Duoduo, then led her and the others into a heated mall where shoppers recognized 3A but kept their distance.
• The group visited a clothing shop, but Xu Duoduo rejected the clothes and Qin Luo and Chen Xiaofei failed to persuade her to buy anything.
• After shopping and drinking milk tea, the four men and Xu Duoduo rested on a bench and agreed that shopping was exhausting.
• Qin Luo announced that he was taking Xu Duoduo on a date and pulled her up, saying he had planned something impressive.
• Their wristbands alerted them that the mission to Y Country had been urgently moved up because their trapped compatriots faced greater danger.

3A rushed to a mission in Y Country after learning that zombies had overrun the capital, and unexpectedly reunited with their old classmate Dai Jianmin at City B’s survivor center. As they departed, their team prepared to coordinate with the embassy, clear the capital, rescue survivors, evacuate nationals, and recover cultural relics.

• 3A hurried to the rendezvous point after Bai Shu announced that zombies had overrun Y Country’s capital, postponing Qin Luo’s date with Xu Duoduo.
• Qin Luo and the others recognized Dai Jianmin as they passed him, and the old classmates exchanged excited greetings before 3A boarded its airship.
• Dai Jianmin told his teammates that he had been 3A’s middle school classmate and admitted he had assumed they had forgotten him.
• On the airship, Cao Wenzhou briefed 3A on the changed mission, warning them about the unknown second-wave virus and possible zombie monsters.
• Cao Wenzhou told the team to conserve their abilities and asked Xu Duoduo whether she knew how to use a gun.

The Four Continents Squad and 3A arrived in Y Country to begin a mission protecting survivors and evacuating their compatriots. After learning that a zombie horde surrounded the airport, the teams began clearing it and prepared to head for the embassy.

• Cao Wenzhou praised Xu Duoduo's combat training, and the teams discussed 3A's Combat Vehicle and shared snacks during the Airship journey.
• The Airship landed safely at the airport, where staff welcomed the teams amid a tense situation.
• Bai Shu surveyed the area and reported nearly two hundred one-star zombies outside the airport.
• Cao Wenzhou arranged for the teams to clear zombies on the route to the embassy and find out how many compatriots remained.
• Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Xu Duoduo went outside and began shooting the approaching zombies, conserving ammunition and collecting mutant cores.

Wang Weihu’s team reached the embassy and learned that the second wave of the zombie virus had begun the previous day, while waves of zombies kept approaching every ten minutes. After Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo cleared another wave, Qin Luo proposed that 3A clear the nearby district to protect the embassy.

• Wang Weihu’s team drove to the embassy, where staff welcomed them and Song Ling'er reported that the second wave had started around noon the previous day.
• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo went outside and quickly killed a wave of zombies, with Xu Duoduo finishing them off using her Chainsaw.
• Cao Wenzhou told the team that Y Country staff had demanded the mutant cores, but he insisted the signed contract gave them to the fighters.
• Bai Shu suggested that zombies were wandering over from a nearby district, and Qin Luo offered to have 3A clear it while Cao Wenzhou’s team guarded the embassy.

3A cleared zombies from an apartment building in Y Country and found around twenty survivors, while Qin Luo left their rescue and housing to local authorities. The team prepared to continue its mission as the survivors faced the renewed collapse of their capital.

• Cao Wenzhou assigned 3A to clear zombies and rescue anyone trapped, and Qin Luo led the team into the streets.
• Bai Shu detected hundreds of low-level zombies in an apartment building, where fewer than twenty survivors called for help from the windows.
• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, and Xu Duoduo fought through the zombies, while Qin Luo told the survivors to stay quiet and said their own authorities would handle rescue.
• Xu Duoduo protected the team with Spatial Protective Shields, and Chen Xiaofei killed a two-star dry-type zombie and stored its mutant core.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo cleared the hallways, then Qin Luo reported the survivors to Cao Wenzhou and told them to return to their rooms and await local leaders.

Qin Luo and 3A began rescuing their compatriots in Y Country and organizing them into a bus convoy bound for the embassy. The convoy set out through the extreme cold with the team shielding the buses and fighting off zombies.

• Qin Luo refused to take the other survivors with him and warned Xu Duoduo about the dangers of trusting strangers in the early apocalypse.
• Cao Wenzhou sent the team addresses for compatriots to rescue, and 3A joined the Four Continents Team in carrying out the mission without a Logistics Squad.
• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu gathered survivors while Xu Duoduo brought out buses and Qin Luo and Wang Weihu checked and refueled them.
• The team sorted survivors, loaded them onto the buses, and found several businesspeople to drive the convoy.
• Wang Weihu and Chen Xiaofei cleared and shielded the route with their abilities as Qin Luo and Bai Shu blasted zombies blocking the buses.

3A spent a week rescuing survivors from Y Country’s capital while infection spread rapidly, and Xu Duoduo improved her combat skills and saved mutant cores to help her teammates advance. With the mission halfway complete, Qin Luo proposed that they finish their original assignment and then search the nearby mountains for the Phoenix Egg.

• Qin Luo and 3A delivered survivors safely to the embassy, where they joked together about receiving banners of appreciation.
• 3A made repeated trips to rescue survivors, relying on their own supplies because the water might be contaminated and the second wave of infection was spreading quickly.
• After a week, the capital’s rescue was mostly complete, and the first groups of survivors returned home during lulls in the geomagnetic storm.
• Xu Duoduo improved her fighting and marksmanship, collected mutant cores, and chose to save them for Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu.
• Qin Luo said the mission was halfway complete and proposed that 3A finish clearing zombies at their original destination before searching the mountains for the Phoenix Egg.

Qin Luo and 3A asked Cao Wenzhou for permission to search the dangerous mountain range for the Phoenix Egg, hoping it might help Fei, but he deferred the decision to his superiors. After returning to their rooms, the team rested together, and Xu Duoduo pushed back against Qin Luo’s advances in the bath.

• Xu Duoduo and Wang Weihu's trio agreed to join Qin Luo in asking about the Phoenix Egg, and Qin Luo reported their plan to Cao Wenzhou.
• Cao Wenzhou warned 3A about the dangers of their next assignment and said the Phoenix Egg search would require approval from his superiors.
• Qin Luo and his teammates said they were willing to risk the search because they believed no one should be abandoned.
• The team returned to their rooms to rest, and Chen Xiaofei joked about the foreign survivors’ reactions to their mutant abilities.
• Qin Luo carried Xu Duoduo to the bathroom, where she pulled his hand away and told him not to get naughty.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo discussed their intimacy, then resumed it after Xu Duoduo admitted stopping midway felt strange. The next morning, Qin Luo made her a sweet breakfast while Chen Xiaofei spotted bite marks on her face and accused him of biting her.

• Xu Duoduo told Qin Luo that he could be rough and that she disliked some positions, and they discussed what she liked and how often they should have sex.
• Qin Luo decided they would sleep, but Xu Duoduo later said stopping halfway felt strange, so he resumed and kept her up for several hours.
• Qin Luo gave Xu Duoduo water afterward, and they fell asleep with bite marks on their bodies.
• The next morning, Xu Duoduo got up early and asked for eggs cooked in brown sugar, so Qin Luo began making them for her.
• Chen Xiaofei noticed bite marks on Xu Duoduo's cheek and shouted at Qin Luo, who was in the kitchen.

Qin Luo and the team finished their tasks in a new city, met foreign Combat Teams, and rescued survivors and children during a zombie attack. After Qin Luo defeated a Wet-Type Zombie, he found Xu Duoduo drawing more admirers and pulled her close, still overwhelmed by jealousy.

• Captain Qin cooked breakfast, and the team later traveled to another city and exchanged experiences with Combat Teams from other countries.
• A foreign man teased Chen Xiaofei about introducing him to a beautiful woman, while Chen praised Xu Duoduo and joked with Bai Shu about Qin Luo's jealousy.
• Wang Weihu herded frightened survivors into a vehicle as an enormous Wet-Type Zombie approached.
• Qin Luo attacked the Wet-Type Zombie with Thunderstorm while Xu Duoduo and Anmary fought Zombies and rescued children from a daycare.
• After Qin Luo killed the Wet-Type Zombie, he pulled Xu Duoduo into his arms and warned her to stay away from Anmary; Xu Duoduo reported that the rescue task was complete.

The teams held a bonfire party on their last night after rescuing survivors, while Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo stole away for a jealous kiss and later shared a meal with their friends. Qin Luo discussed returning to Y Country’s capital to collect payment before catching up with Brother Cao and asking about searching for the Phoenix Egg.

• The teams gathered around a bonfire for their final night, and Annemarie saw Qin Luo kissing Xu Duoduo before she joined her teammates’ teasing.
• Qin Luo pulled Xu Duoduo between combat vehicles and asked her to comfort him because he was jealous; she reassured him by embracing him.
• Wang Weihu made instant noodles, and Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu eagerly ate them with him before Xu Duoduo brought out more food.
• Qin Luo changed his mind about eating instant noodles when he saw Xu Duoduo preparing them, then shared a portion with her.
• Qin Luo told the group they would return to Y Country’s capital for payment and then catch up with Brother Cao to ask about looking for the Phoenix Egg.
• Bai Shu asked Qin Luo whether they would still go if Brother Cao refused.

3A agreed to help bring Y Country’s cultural artifacts home, then collected the museum’s entire inventory despite delays and hostility from the staff. After leaving the banquet and reporters behind, the team departed aboard the Airship with the artifacts secured.

• Qin Luo and 3A decided to join the mission, rested overnight, and left at first light while Anmary was disappointed to learn Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo were partners.
• 3A met the Four Provinces Combat Team and Y Country’s leaders, then reached the museum to retrieve the cultural artifacts.
• Xu Duoduo and the others carefully packed roughly twenty-three thousand artifacts into their Space Cards and storage spaces.
• Y Country’s staff delayed the collection, while Cao Wenzhou warned 3A not to provoke them and Qin Luo struggled to contain his anger.
• 3A skipped the celebration banquet and interviews, boarded the Airship, and departed with the artifacts.

After the airship’s crew was replaced and the vessel came under missile attack, Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and the others fought back and prepared for an emergency crash in the mountains. The group entered escape pods, with Xu Duoduo shielding them as the airship headed toward the mountain range.

• The veterans teased Qin Luo with stories from his youth, and Cao Wenzhou said Headquarters still considered the Phoenix Egg mission too dangerous.
• Xu Duoduo sensed danger, and Bai Shu detected an incoming weapon; Qin Luo activated the emergency pods as the airship came under missile attack.
• White Tiger and Black Tortoise found the airship off course and its crew replaced, while Xu Duoduo repelled the first missile and Qin Luo and Bai Shu destroyed the others.
• Xu Duoduo subdued an attacker in the cockpit, but he killed himself, and the damaged controls left the group with no option but to steer toward the mountains.
• Cao Wenzhou took the controls while everyone entered escape pods, and Xu Duoduo began shielding all the pods as Qin Luo held her close.

After the Airship crashed, Xu Duoduo and the others survived the Escape Pod landing in a dark forest and began regrouping. With the teams scattered and Headquarters out of reach, Cao Wenzhou’s group settled in a Pine Forest to recover and plan their next move.

• Xu Duoduo cushioned the Escape Pods’ landing with Protective Shields, and Qin Luo helped her out after she became badly dizzy.
• Qin Luo contacted Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei, while Bai Shu gathered the nearby members of 3A and learned that Cao Wenzhou’s group was safe.
• Wang Weihu carried the still-dizzy Chen Xiaofei as the group moved through the forest toward Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo.
• Qin Luo killed several Three-Star Mutant Squirrels, and Xu Duoduo instinctively collected one of their mutant cores into the Rubik's Cube Space.
• 3A regrouped with Qin Luo, while Cao Wenzhou’s group prepared to rest in a Pine Forest because they could not contact Headquarters and had limited supplies.

3A fought through waves of mutant creatures as they traveled to meet Cao Wenzhou’s group, collecting many three- and four-star mutant cores for Xu Duoduo. Qin Luo carried Xu Duoduo as they hurried toward the Four Continents Team before nightfall, while Chen Xiaofei wondered where they could find the Phoenix Egg.

• Xu Duoduo and Chen Xiaofei recovered from dizziness, and the group rested before setting off to meet Cao Wenzhou’s team.
• Cao Wenzhou warned 3A that mutant animals would grow more dangerous at night, so Bai Shu scouted ahead as they traveled.
• 3A fought mutant creatures, including a four-star brown bear, and Xu Duoduo stored their three- and four-star cores in her Rubik’s Cube Space.
• After fighting slowed their journey, Qin Luo carried Xu Duoduo and led the group into a sprint toward the Four Continents Team.
• Chen Xiaofei flew alongside them and asked Qin Luo what the Phoenix Egg looked like, noting they had found no eggs so far.

3A reunited with the Four Provinces Combat Team in the mountain forest and learned about the Phoenix Egg that might heal Fei. As the teams weighed leaving the mountains against searching for it, Xu Duoduo and 3A realized her upgraded space held ample supplies, leaving them feeling guilty as the others worried about scarcity.

• 3A reached the Four Provinces Combat Team's camp, and Vermilion Bird directed them to sleep on a temporary platform in the trees.
• White Tiger reported that the team could not contact Headquarters, and Cao Wenzhou showed them the classified file describing the Phoenix Egg and its restorative effects.
• Qin Luo memorized the Phoenix Egg's appearance, while Bai Shu wondered whether its energy could be studied for medical use.
• Cao Wenzhou and the others explained that a diviner had located a Phoenix Egg somewhere in the mountain range, but finding it would be difficult and dangerous.
• Black Tortoise laid out the choice between conserving supplies to escape the mountains or spending them to search for the Phoenix Egg.
• Xu Duoduo and 3A remembered her well-stocked, upgraded space and felt guilty as the Four Continents Team worried about their limited supplies.

The Four Continents Team learned that Team 3A had abundant supplies, which eased their worries about food during the mission. Xu Duoduo kept her vast Rubik’s Cube Space secret, and the teams agreed to search for a way out for one week before contacting headquarters.

• Xu Duoduo showed the veterans two Space Cards, and Qin Luo, Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, and Chen Xiaofei explained that M City residents had given them the supplies.
• Cao Wenzhou and the Four Continents Team inspected the packed cards, warned 3A not to take supplies from civilians, and marveled at how much food and equipment they had.
• Azure Dragon mentioned an anonymous shipment of vegetables and other necessities sent to M City, and Xu Duoduo recognized it as the gift she had secretly arranged.
• Xu Duoduo reflected that she wanted to keep her Rubik’s Cube Space private so she could continue joining missions without special attention.
• The Four Continents Team pooled its limited supplies with 3A’s, and the veterans discovered that 3A cooked meals during downtime.
• Cao Wenzhou agreed to rely on 3A’s supplies and set a one-week limit for searching before they would try to contact headquarters.

After an attack left the teams stranded, Wang Weihu built an earthen shelter while 3A turned the campsite into a barbecue picnic. Cao Wenzhou’s team calmed down and enjoyed the meal, leaving the veterans eager to work with 3A again.

• Wang Weihu used his earth mutant ability to build a communal earthen house, and Azure Dragon wondered whether his wood ability could build houses too.
• Xu Duoduo started grilling meat as Wang Weihu added a roofed pavilion, while Qin Luo and Chen Xiaofei recruited the veterans to help prepare food.
• Black Tortoise protested that they had been attacked, but Cao Wenzhou offered him hot tea and urged his team to stay optimistic while they looked for a way to contact Headquarters.
• The Four Continents Team praised Xu Duoduo’s barbecue as 3A kept watch and cooked, and Azure Dragon proposed teaming up with 3A on future missions.

After a peaceful night in their temporary shelter, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo’s group woke to a Five-Star Vulture attacking nearby and let Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei fight it for practice. The battle began with Chen Xiaofei dodging the vulture’s Wind Blade behind Wang Weihu’s earthen shield.

• After patrolling and collecting Mutant Animals, Qin Luo brought Xu Duoduo back to the shelter as the weather turned colder.
• Qin Luo persuaded Cao Wenzhou to stop keeping watch alone and join the others upstairs, where Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei were brawling over beds.
• Qin Luo’s electric barriers kept most Mutant Animals away, and the group passed the night with little trouble.
• At five in the morning, a Five-Star Vulture chased a Wild Leopard to the shelter, and its powerful wings knocked down trees.
• Qin Luo left the vulture to Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei for combat practice while the Four Continents Team went after a Five-Star Cheetah.
• When the vulture sent a Wind Blade toward Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu blocked it with an earthen shield and urged Chen Xiaofei to stay focused.