Chapter Summaries

Wang Weihu and the others traveled through the forest hunting mutant animals while searching for a Phoenix Egg. Xu Duoduo unexpectedly caught one that fell from above, and Cao Wenzhou had her store it safely.

• Wang Weihu, Qin Luo, and the others easily defeated a Five-Star Vulture, while the Four Continents Team caught a Five-Star Cheetah and rejoined them.
• Cao Wenzhou explained that Phoenix Eggs were rare and often appeared near dying monsters, as the teams continued through the forest and hunted mutant animals.
• The group discussed how Qiongqi had found a Phoenix Egg while near death, and Chen Xiaofei jokingly called for one to fall from the sky.
• Xu Duoduo caught a red, goose-egg-sized object that fell into her arms, and the others recognized it as a Phoenix Egg.
• Cao Wenzhou told Xu Duoduo to put the heating Phoenix Egg into her Space Card, while Qin Luo and the others marveled at her luck.

After finding what they had been searching for on the first day, Cao Wenzhou’s group prepared to contact Headquarters while Qin Luo and the others joked around and roasted a mutant wild boar. The chapter leaves Black Tortoise’s team wondering who is trying to kill them.

• Chen Xiaofei celebrated how well the mission was going, and Bai Shu and Wang Weihu warned him to stop saying negative things.
• Cao Wenzhou told everyone to rest before looking for a spot with better signal to contact Headquarters.
• Qin Luo braided Xu Duoduo’s hair, and Black Tortoise’s team praised his skill while he and Xu Duoduo whispered together.
• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu traded jokes as the group prepared to roast the mutant wild boar, while Wang Weihu refused to intervene.
• Vermilion Bird asked Cao Wenzhou who was trying to kill them.

After their plane was forced down in Y Country, the Four Continents Team and their companions searched the vast Mountain Range for a signal but remained cut off from Headquarters. They camped and continued their trek, ending the chapter determined to find whoever trapped them and make them pay.

• Cao Wenzhou suspected Y Country was responsible for their predicament, and he and the Four Continents Team vowed to contact Headquarters and retaliate.
• Xu Duoduo prepared a lavish meal of grilled mutant wild piglets and pineapples, lifting the group's spirits at camp.
• Qin Luo's electric net caught more mutant animals, but Chen Xiaofei and the others still found no signal while searching the area.
• Qin Luo kept the group calm as they walked all day, carrying the exhausted Xu Duoduo for part of the journey.
• Cao Wenzhou told everyone to rest, while Wang Weihu urged them to eat and sleep properly before deciding what to do next.
• Bai Shu suspected someone wanted the cultural relics, and Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo vowed they would not let the culprits off.

After days stranded in the mountains, the two teams regained contact with headquarters and learned how worried everyone had been. Xu Duoduo felt moved by the flood of messages from friends and people they had helped, while Qin Luo reassured her that their concern was a good thing.

• After traveling through the forest for several days, Cao Wenzhou contacted headquarters when the teams picked up a faint signal.
• Professor Ji reached Wang Weihu and Qin Luo, asked for their coordinates, and learned that a missile had attacked their airship.
• Professor Ji explained that H City Base and City B Base had searched for the missing teams, and that the Four Continents Team had also lost contact.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo read the many messages sent by friends and rescued civilians while they were missing.
• Xu Duoduo said the messages showed that people cared about them, and Qin Luo kissed her and encouraged her to feel happy.

After Y Country’s attack nearly killed the teams, the Flower Nation brought them home while officials investigated and demanded accountability. Investigators uncovered the missile launchers and captured the attackers, forcing Y Country’s leaders to admit their subordinates were responsible.

• Bai Shu posted a sarcastic account of the teams’ hostile reception in Y Country, and the post drew widespread support for 3A.
• Headquarters reprimanded Cao Wenzhou and the Four Continents Team for boarding without checking the airship’s cockpit, then sent an airship to bring everyone home.
• Dai Jianmin met the teams at the airship, reunited with his former classmates, and accompanied them on their journey home.
• Flower Nation officials searched Y Country, found missiles matching Bai Shu’s evidence, and captured the attackers.
• The Rose Squad used Hypnosis Dreamweaving to obtain recorded confessions, and Y Country’s leaders blamed their subordinates’ desire for the teams’ Space Cards.

3A and Four Continents received a billion points each in compensation for the attacks and returned safely to City B, where they prepared to head back to H City Base. The next morning, Gluttonous Beast visited to thank 3A for finding the Phoenix Egg for Fei, and Bai Shu told him friends did not need to discuss repayment.

• Headquarters secured ten billion worth of supplies from Y Country as compensation, and each member of the two combat teams received a billion points.
• Back in their quarters, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo discussed the dangers of missions, and Xu Duoduo said she liked helping and living a meaningful life.
• Gluttonous Beast arrived early to thank Qin Luo and the others for finding the Phoenix Egg for Fei.
• Wang Weihu said 3A would return to H City Base the following morning and invited Gluttonous Beast to join them for a meal.
• Bai Shu said 3A had found the Phoenix Egg for Fei because they were friends and did not expect anything in return.

Qin Luo made breakfast for 3A, and the group welcomed Gluttonous Beast to a lavish meal while he learned more about their supplies and Xu Duoduo's storage. The morning ended with everyone eating together and Gluttonous Beast realizing Qin Luo had saved the unburnt food for Xu Duoduo.

• Qin Luo cooked noodles, eggs, and mini sausages, while Bai Shu and Gluttonous Beast noticed Xu Duoduo's kiss marks and teased Qin Luo in their thoughts.
• Xu Duoduo asked Gluttonous Beast about the Phoenix Egg, and he thanked her stiffly after confirming it was in his space.
• Xu Duoduo brought out crab roe buns, dumplings, spicy sauce, and other food, prompting Gluttonous Beast to ask about her apparent use of a Space Card.
• Wang Weihu and the others explained that 3A had gathered a huge supply of mutated seafood, and Gluttonous Beast eagerly ate the crab roe buns and noodles.
• Gluttonous Beast noticed Qin Luo had separated Xu Duoduo's food from the burnt sausages and eggs, and Xu Duoduo happily ate her unburnt portion.

Qin Luo asked the Gluttonous Beast for dating advice as he planned a special outing for Xu Duoduo. After overhearing Xu Duoduo say that every moment with him felt like a date, Qin Luo became so bashful that he crouched outside the room to recover.

• Qin Luo privately asked the Gluttonous Beast how to date, and the Gluttonous Beast suggested shopping, gifts, flowers, a romantic restaurant, and sweet talk.
• Qin Luo made a checklist that included roses, a romantic restaurant, and buying Xu Duoduo little dresses, and planned to ask Lin Qianxing to make them.
• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu overheard the conversation, and Chen Xiaofei told Xu Duoduo that Qin Luo was preparing a dating guide.
• Xu Duoduo said she already felt that every moment with Qin Luo was a date, moving Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu and leaving Qin Luo blushing outside the door.
• The Gluttonous Beast, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu teased Qin Luo as he crouched to recover, and Qin Luo shouted at them to get lost.

3A visited Fei before leaving City B Base and learned that the Phoenix Egg had not helped him. They recorded messages to encourage him, then spent their final evening sharing hot pot with Dai Jianmin and his comrades before returning home the next day.

• Gluttonous Beast told Qin Luo and 3A that Fei’s deep sleep preceded major prophecies and that the Phoenix Egg had failed to improve his condition.
• Qin Luo reassured the group that they would keep looking for another way to save Fei, and they recorded messages and left him Xu Duoduo’s old phone.
• Bai Shu told Fei in the recording that City B Base’s leaders had given 3A a house in their names, and Qin Luo promised they would save him.
• 3A comforted Gluttonous Beast before leaving to prepare hot pot and invite Dai Jianmin and his comrades over.
• Dai Jianmin’s comrades celebrated being invited and began pooling gifts to bring to the meal.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo hosted Dai Jianmin’s squad, the Four Continents Team, and Gluttonous Beast for a hot-pot meal before 3A’s departure. The guests and teammates bonded over food while Qin Luo continued looking after Xu Duoduo.

• Xu Duoduo and 3A prepared a hot-pot feast, and Qin Luo put Gluttonous Beast to work mixing sesame sauce.
• The Four Continents Team arrived with liquor and yogurt, and Wang Weihu welcomed them into the home.
• Dai Jianmin’s squad arrived with gloves for 3A, and the guests gathered around the table to eat and talk.
• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu bickered over meatballs until Wang Weihu told them to behave.
• Qin Luo peeled shrimp for Xu Duoduo while she ate, worried she might burn herself.

After a heartfelt dinner, Qin Luo urged Dai Jianmin’s teammates to cherish their bond and reassured his old friend that he cared about him. As the guests left, Vermilion Bird teased Qin Luo about the obvious marks he had left on Xu Duoduo’s wrist, leaving him red-faced beside the unconscious Xu Duoduo.

• Qin Luo toasted the Four Continents Team and thanked them for training and supporting 3A.
• Qin Luo praised Dai Jianmin’s loyalty and asked Dai Jianmin’s teammates to value and look after one another, moving them and Dai Jianmin.
• The Four Continents Team arranged rooms for Dai Jianmin’s group, and Qin Luo reassured Dai Jianmin that he worried about him as an old classmate.
• Cao Wenzhou asked Qin Luo about Fei and the Phoenix Egg, and Qin Luo said they would find another way and offered help.
• Vermilion Bird advised Qin Luo to treat Xu Duoduo well and stop leaving marks on her wrist, making Qin Luo blush as he watched her sleep.

Qin Luo cared for Xu Duoduo and worried about rushing her into marriage before she fully recovered. After Chen Xiaofei got drunk and frightened by Bai Shu’s ghost stories, Qin Luo brought him to Bai Shu, and the next morning Bai Shu apologized and Chen Xiaofei forgave him.

• Qin Luo carried the sleepy Xu Duoduo back to their room, helped her bathe, and considered waiting until she was fully lucid before proposing marriage.
• Chen Xiaofei arrived at Qin Luo’s door at midnight, crying that there was a ghost under his bed and asking to sleep with him and Xu Duoduo.
• Qin Luo realized Bai Shu had frightened Chen Xiaofei, took him to Bai Shu’s room, and warned Bai Shu not to scare teammates.
• The next morning, Chen Xiaofei complained that Wang Weihu had locked him out, while Xu Duoduo listened and comforted him.
• Bai Shu served Chen Xiaofei breakfast and apologized for scaring him, and Chen Xiaofei accepted the apology.

After returning from their trip to City B, 3A discussed their reward and the rapid evolution of mutant animals before arriving back at H City Base. They planned to visit Professor Ji, but first stopped at Lin Qianxing’s shop and learned he was away.

• Qin Luo confirmed that Chen Xiaofei forgave Bai Shu, and the group boarded an airship home with their billion-unit rewards.
• Bai Shu presented data showing that five-star mutant animals had appeared overseas and that lower-star monsters were becoming common.
• Bai Shu wondered whether the disaster was accelerating toward extinction and whether surviving long enough could let humanity outlast it.
• 3A returned to H City Base, handed over damaged weapons for repairs, and decided to visit Professor Ji.
• Qin Luo and the others stopped at Lin Qianxing’s shop, where Abu told them Lin was away on business.

3A visited Lin Qianxing’s shop, where Xu Duoduo spent points on snacks, dresses, and bell collars while the others shopped. They then went to the Research Center for ability tests and physical exams, where they learned that researchers from the Three Major Bases were exchanging personnel.

• Xu Duoduo left snacks for Lin Qianxing, while Chen Xiaofei bought a fire-breathing cane and Qin Luo picked out dresses and accessories.
• Xu Duoduo bought a row of bell collars, and Qin Luo teased her while privately misunderstanding who she wanted to wear them.
• Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Qin Luo worried about Lin Qianxing’s predicted future and agreed they should not interfere with his fate.
• 3A arrived at the Research Center, where Professor Ji welcomed them and sent them to test their abilities and get physical examinations.
• Qin Luo and Chen Xiaofei noticed unfamiliar faces at the Research Center, and Bai Shu explained that the Three Major Bases were exchanging personnel.

3A received reassuring medical examination results and reaffirmed their close friendship with Xu Duoduo. Xiao Qiao revealed that funding delays had stalled her experiments, and Bai Shu offered to fund a lab at the Research Institute.

• Bai Shu reported that Fang Ming had vanished after escaping and was still attacking Headquarters' network.
• Chen Xiaofei reassured Xu Duoduo that 3A considered her a friend for life, and Qin Luo accepted their bond without jealousy.
• Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao reviewed 3A's reports and confirmed that everyone, including Many Treasures, was in good condition.
• Xiao Qiao complained that the Research Institute's experiment funding had not arrived, and Bai Shu offered to rent a lab there with his own funds.

Professor Ji reviewed 3A’s medical reports and told Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo that they had not fully developed their seventh-tier abilities. He urged the group to experiment with new techniques, while Bai Shu raised the problem of finding opponents strong enough to push Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo further.

• Da Qiao said the replanted Man-Eating Flower Babies had sprouted and might evolve again, while Qin Luo warned against giving them offensive abilities.
• Professor Ji checked 3A’s medical reports and found everyone healthy, but said Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo were using only a limited portion of their seventh-tier powers.
• Professor Ji encouraged Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo to explore their abilities and develop new techniques in the renovated training rooms.
• Da Qiao explained that the group’s hard-won experience could help future ability users train more effectively.
• Bai Shu pointed out that Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo might struggle to improve because few opponents were stronger than they were.

Professor Ji explained that Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo had reached Seventh Tier and stood among the strongest Ability Users, while the others in 3A resolved to keep growing stronger. After Xiao Qiao secured approval to rent space for her experiment, the team prepared to return home and rest.

• Professor Ji told Bai Shu that breakthroughs beyond Sixth Tier depended on chance and opportunity, and Da Qiao said Qin Luo and Duoduo stood at the top of the pyramid.
• Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei said they wanted to grow stronger, and Professor Ji praised their ambition and healthy psychological assessments.
• Qin Luo settled a quarrel between Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu apologized for taking his teasing too far.
• Professor Ji agreed to approve Xiao Qiao's funding procedure, so she and Bai Shu hurried off to prepare a rental contract.
• Wang Weihu offered to clean Bai Shu's home, while Qin Luo and the others waited to head home and rest after their trip.

Bai Shu and Qin Luo walked home with Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo, reflecting on their losses and the bonds within 3A. At home, Qin Luo teased the easily flustered Xu Duoduo, then coaxed her into forgiving him by offering to let her touch his ears.

• Bai Shu reunited with Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and Xu Duoduo after signing his contract, and they strolled home together through the snow.
• Chen Xiaofei entertained Xu Duoduo by making snow figures of 3A’s members and a small rabbit for her.
• Qin Luo wondered whether Xu Duoduo’s past would have been easier if she had had an older brother, and Bai Shu encouraged him to cherish and care for her now.
• Qin Luo and Bai Shu discussed Dai Jianmin’s loss of his family and the importance of keeping combat teammates close amid the apocalypse.
• At home, Xu Duoduo got upset when Qin Luo teased her about being short, but he coaxed her with kisses and offered her twenty minutes to touch his ears.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo spent the night exchanging stories about the years they had been apart, and Qin Luo comforted her over the hardships she had endured. The next morning, Xu Duoduo pressed him to share his past, but her question about his most dangerous missions left him reluctant to answer.

• Qin Luo questioned Xu Duoduo about her life during their years apart while kissing her, and she told him she had sometimes been afraid and lonely after losing her grandparents.
• Qin Luo comforted Xu Duoduo as she fell asleep crying, then tucked her into bed and prepared hot water.
• The next morning, Xu Duoduo followed Qin Luo around and insisted he tell her about his life during their separation.
• Qin Luo described his years of training and missions, and Xu Duoduo asked whether his old missions had been as dangerous as the current ones.
• Qin Luo admitted he had feared that question and asked Xu Duoduo not to make him answer.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo reminisced about his dangerous undercover mission and the years they had spent apart before reuniting. A threat from Fang Ming targeting City I sent the 3A Combat Team rushing out on an emergency mission.

• Qin Luo told Xu Duoduo about his perilous undercover mission and reflected on why he had once let their contact fade.
• Fang Ming sent a terror warning claiming he had supporters in City I and was preparing a blood-soaked performance for the 3A Combat Team.
• Qin Luo ordered Bai Shu to report to Headquarters and Wang Weihu to prepare the Combat Vehicle and weapons before leading the team toward City I.
• Xu Duoduo stored the corn in milk in her Rubik's Cube Space, changed, and joined Qin Luo and the others as they boarded the Combat Vehicle.
• Du Chunjiang spotted the departing team, and Headquarters began broadcasting an emergency bulletin about Fang Ming's threat to City I Base.