Chapter Summaries

After learning that City I was under attack, 3A rushed there by airship and found the city ablaze. The squad began suppressing fires and rescuing civilians as its members reported their arrival at the mission site.

• Du Chunjiang watched 3A depart after the broadcast announced a crisis in City I and hoped the squad would return safely.
• Bai Shu detected a miniature surveillance device tracking the airship, and Chen Xiaofei destroyed it after Xu Duoduo blocked its view and sound with her Spatial Domain.
• 3A arrived in City I and saw a major fire spreading beneath a red sky, prompting Bai Shu to report the emergency and Headquarters to acknowledge it.
• Wang Weihu and Xu Duoduo extinguished some fires and Xu Duoduo raised Spatial Isolation Walls to limit their spread.
• Qin Luo ordered Chen Xiaofei to evacuate civilians while he, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu went to rescue people, with Bai Shu remaining alert.
• The members of 3A reported their arrival as they entered City I Base to begin the mission.

3A Special Operations Squad rescued civilians from fires in City I and began building a temporary shelter. After learning that lizard people and robots were hunting survivors in the city center, the squad hurried to bring more people to safety.

• Qin Luo assigned the squad to rescue civilians, fight fires, and report developments as 3A Special Operations Squad entered the devastated area.
• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo rescued trapped survivors, and Qin Luo urged them to evacuate quietly and in an orderly fashion.
• Wang Weihu extinguished fires while Qin Luo electrocuted mutant ants and mosquitoes, and the squad discussed turning a nearby building into a temporary shelter.
• Chen Xiaofei cleared smoke with his ability, and Bai Shu reported that lizard people and robots were hunting survivors in the city center.
• Wang Weihu reinforced a building against attacks from underground while Xu Duoduo ran to bring more survivors into the shelter.

Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu pushed deeper into City I while the others defended a temporary shelter and rescued survivors. They learned that the new mayor, Fang Ming, had trapped the city’s high-tier ability-user squads in the Ferris Wheel Building, leaving City I’s survivors without protection.

• Qin Luo ordered Xu Duoduo to have rescued survivors organize their own rescue efforts, while Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei stayed behind to protect and assist them.
• Qin Luo, Wang Weihu, and Xu Duoduo left a group of survivors and two teenage twins to guard the temporary shelter, then hurried farther into City I.
• The trio found the inner city overwhelmed by bloodshed and panicked survivors, and Qin Luo recognized Little Deer among them.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo helped Little Deer recover from her shock, but she mourned her family and blamed them for arriving too late.
• Little Deer revealed that Fang Ming had trapped the high-tier ability-user squads in the Ferris Wheel Building after summoning them to a meeting.

Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Little Deer raced to the Ferris Wheel Building to rescue trapped ability users while a hidden boy tried to manipulate Little Deer into betraying them. They arrived to find the captives imprisoned in the Ferris wheel cabins and a mechanical-voiced man waiting inside.

• Qin Luo left Wang Weihu to protect the survivors and went with Xu Duoduo and Little Deer toward the Ferris Wheel Building.
• A voice from Little Deer’s earpiece tried to blame Qin Luo’s team for her family’s deaths and urged her to abandon the rescue, but she rejected it and cut off the audio.
• Xu Duoduo rescued a child from a Mutated Lizard Person, and Qin Luo handed the child to fleeing young people and directed them toward shelter.
• A teenage boy watching the events through surveillance smashed his monitor and ordered Ai Chen to make the rescuers kill one another.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo reached the Ferris Wheel Building and saw ability users imprisoned in its passenger cabins, while a mechanical-voiced man inside said, “Yes.”

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo fought the monsters surrounding the Ferris Wheel Building and rescued the hostages from the passenger cabins. Bai Shu confronted Fang Ming in the control room as the rescued ability users and staff rushed to restore order at the base.

• Qin Luo charged toward the Ferris Wheel Building while Xu Duoduo protected him and hid the badly injured Little Deer.
• The suited android threatened to drop the hostages unless Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo stabbed themselves, but Qin Luo attacked him with a Thunderstorm Ball.
• Xu Duoduo used her spatial ability to hold the released cabins in midair and lower all the hostages safely to the ground.
• Bai Shu entered Fang Ming's control room and aimed a gun at him while Chen Xiaofei fought the flying robots outside.
• Xu Duoduo freed the ability users and staff, who hurried off to calm the base, direct evacuations, and organize medical rescues.

After the City I Base invasion was contained, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo reunited with their teammates and learned that Bai Shu had captured Fang Ming. Qin Luo confronted Fang Ming in the server room and shot him in both shoulders.

• Wang Weihu crushed the fleeing Lizard People while protecting two children, who said they wanted to fight monsters and protect everyone.
• Qin Luo reported killing a suited Android with a Six-Star Mechanical Mutant Core and reflected on his growing battle lust.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo found Little Deer recovering; she thanked them for helping save the City I Base.
• Qin Luo praised Xu Duoduo for being called Captain Xu, then Bai Shu reported that the team had captured Fang Ming.
• Chen Xiaofei complained about fighting robots while using his Tornado and throwing knives to destroy them.
• Qin Luo entered the server room, shot Fang Ming in both shoulders, and threatened him for killing innocent people.

Qin Luo killed Fang Ming despite Headquarters ordering the squad to capture him alive, suspecting Fang Ming could manipulate the communication order. As the squad prepared to take Fang Ming’s body back, Xu Duoduo and the others doubted that the cunning Ability User had really died so easily.

• Fang Ming tried to justify his crimes by describing his past bullying, but Xu Duoduo and Shishi challenged him over the innocent people he had killed.
• Headquarters ordered Qin Luo’s squad to capture Fang Ming alive, but Qin Luo shot and killed him, then accepted responsibility for disobeying the order.
• Qin Luo reported his suspicions to Headquarters, which accepted that Fang Ming’s communication ability could have let him tamper with the order.
• Chen Xiaofei packed Fang Ming’s body while Xu Duoduo wondered if he could really be dead, and Chen Xiaofei suggested he might have had a clone or double.
• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, Xu Duoduo, and Chen Xiaofei agreed to take the body back for examination and DNA comparison.

After the battle at City I Base, 3A joined the rescue and repair effort, working for twenty-two hours to save survivors. Qin Luo found Xu Duoduo rescuing people from the rubble and carried her off to rest, newly aware of how deeply he loved her.

• Headquarters reinforcements and several squads arrived at City I Base, and 3A stayed to help with rescue and repairs.
• Xu Duoduo chatted with the Rose Squad before joining Qin Luo and 3A in evacuating survivors and digging people out of rubble.
• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu asked Qin Luo for a break after twenty-two hours of nonstop work, and Qin Luo agreed once he finished helping at the power station.
• Xu Duoduo dug through rubble with her claws and rescued an elderly woman and her granddaughter.
• Qin Luo found Xu Duoduo filthy and exhausted, told the Logistics Squad they needed rest, and carried her away while realizing how much he loved her.

After resting at City I Base, Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo woke to an unpredictable thunderstorm bombardment and joined the effort to protect survivors still outside. Qin Luo organized his teammates to contact the base leaders and build emergency shelters, then set out to test whether his seventh-tier ability could divert the storm away from the city.

• Qin Luo carried the sleeping Xu Duoduo to a dorm room, cleaned her up, and fell asleep beside her.
• A thunderstorm bombardment woke Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo after less than five hours of rest.
• Qin Luo learned that tens of thousands of survivors might still be exposed in the West District and City Center.
• Qin Luo ordered Bai Shu to contact City I Base's leaders, Wang Weihu to build more earthen shelters, and Chen Xiaofei to guard him.
• Qin Luo told Xu Duoduo to stay close as he went to see whether his Lightning Attraction move could draw the storm away from City I.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo confronted the natural thunderstorm, and Qin Luo absorbed its lightning to grow stronger. He then unexpectedly transformed into a giant silver-gray wolf, delighting Xu Duoduo and inspiring a legend at City I Base.

• Xu Duoduo used her Spatial Ability to contain Qin Luo's Thunderstorm power as they ran toward the approaching storm.
• Qin Luo attracted and merged with the natural lightning while Xu Duoduo held the blasts within her Spatial Domain, stopping the bombardment.
• Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and others watched Qin Luo subdue the storm, while Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo joked over the Combat Team channel.
• Qin Luo absorbed the remaining lightning and grew stronger, but then transformed into a giant silver-gray wolf.
• Xu Duoduo embraced the wolf-form Qin Luo, and people at City I Base spread a legend about a divine wolf saving the city.

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.