Chapter Summaries

Qin Luo and the other combat teams rescued City I residents by building a route across the flooded streets as a tsunami approached. The evacuation continued smoothly, and Little Deer stayed behind to help while Xu Duoduo and Bai Shu spotted her at the gates.

• Qin Luo, Wang Weihu, and Chen Xiaofei entered City I to rescue residents, fighting mutant fish monsters as Wang Weihu built bridges between buildings.
• Wang Weihu directed survivors across the bridges toward the base gates while Qin Luo and Chen Xiaofei cleared monsters from their path.
• Bai Shu kept Xu Duoduo comfortable as she maintained the Green Passage, and he sent Qin Luo photos of her in exchange for 2,000 points.
• The combat teams escorted vehicle after vehicle full of survivors out through the City I Base gates without disorder.
• Little Deer reached the gates but chose to stay and help instead of evacuating with the civilians.
• Xu Duoduo and Bai Shu spotted Little Deer, and Qin Luo teased Xu Duoduo about calling her a dog.

Qin Luo went to fight a six-star giant black octopus while City I’s staff and 3A’s team continued evacuating survivors. He held the monster back from the base with his thunderstorm ability, and Bai Shu observed that its many eyes let it track his attacks but could not help it dodge every strike.

• Bai Shu spotted a giant black octopus approaching northwest, and Qin Luo ordered Chen Xiaofei and Wang Weihu to stay and help evacuate while he went to fight it.
• Bai Shu identified the octopus as a mid-stage six-star mutant covered in human and animal eyeballs, and Qin Luo decided to face it alone to challenge his ability and obtain its mutant core.
• Qin Luo reassured the base staff over the combat frequency and advanced as they kept survivors moving onto evacuation vehicles.
• Qin Luo summoned dark clouds and used his thunderstorm ability to keep the agile octopus from advancing toward City I Base.
• Bai Shu recorded the battle and explained that the octopus’s many eyes helped it see Qin Luo’s attacks, while Xu Duoduo noted that his lightning could still strike through every gap.

Xu Duoduo protected City I Base’s evacuation routes from a swarm of mutant mosquitoes while Qin Luo defeated a six-star psychic-type octopus. After the fighters traded assignments, Qin Luo returned to guard the gates with Xu Duoduo as Bai Shu went to help Chen Xiaofei.

• Xu Duoduo blocked the mutant mosquitoes with Spatial Protective Shields, then killed the swarm with Spatial Strangulation so survivors could evacuate safely.
• Bai Shu warned Qin Luo that the six-star octopus might have a psychic-type mutant core, and Qin Luo defeated it and retrieved the core.
• Xu Duoduo offered Bai Shu an earth-type six-star mutant core, while Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo declined to take the octopus meat.
• Chen Xiaofei complained about noisy golden apple snails, and Bai Shu agreed to go help him as Qin Luo returned to guard the base gates.
• Qin Luo reunited with Xu Duoduo at the gates and praised Bai Shu for looking after her.

As survivors evacuated in scorching heat, Xu Duoduo used her space card to provide heatstroke medicine, while Qin Luo warned that the staff also needed protection. The team remained focused on the rising water and an approaching tsunami as Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei finished their mission and Chen Xiaofei headed back for water.

• Qin Luo created two lightning barriers beside the evacuation corridors, and Xu Duoduo gave him an ice pop while storing the Giant Octopus mutant core.
• Xu Duoduo sent Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid to the Logistics Group, and Little Deer arranged for medicine to be distributed to evacuees, prioritizing children and the elderly.
• Xu Duoduo noticed the staff were not taking medicine, so Qin Luo told Wang Weihu to safeguard their health despite the delayed supplies and rising water in City I.
• Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei reported collecting 350 mutant cores after killing the mutant snails, and Qin Luo reminded them to watch out for the heat.
• Chen Xiaofei ran low on water, so Xu Duoduo offered electrolyte water and he headed back to collect some.

Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and the combat squads completed the evacuation of City I Base before the tsunami arrived, then headed inland with the other survivors. The coastal evacuation missions were reported complete, and the exhausted group began their journey home as they prepared to document the coming tsunami.

• Chen Xiaofei returned to City I Base, collected supplies for Wang Weihu and Bai Shu, and flew off again.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo helped finish the evacuation, and the last survivor vehicle left as floodwater rose around the base.
• Little Deer reported the evacuation to Headquarters, thanked Qin Luo and 3A, and escorted the leaders away.
• Xu Duoduo distributed Electrolyte Water to the exhausted combat squads before Qin Luo reported City I Base's evacuation complete.
• Combat teams from other coastal regions also reported success, and the operation was later named Coastal Exodus Day.
• Qin Luo drove the combat vehicle inland while Bai Shu prepared a forum post and Chen Xiaofei shared a Frosty Pop with Xu Duoduo.

Xu Duoduo browsed the forum during the extreme heat and offered to trade ten five-star mutant cores for a six-star core. Her reply drew an overwhelming wave of affection from fans, leaving her flustered and Qin Luo jealous.

• Xu Duoduo read forum posts about the tsunami, the heat, and mutated people shaving their fur to cope with the weather.
• Xu Duoduo spotted a post offering one six-star mutant core for ten five-star cores and asked what type of core it was.
• Forum users recognized Zouyu as Xu Duoduo and flooded her reply with declarations of affection.
• Chen Xiaofei showed the post to Bai Shu, who teased Qin Luo about his many romantic rivals.
• Qin Luo saw the fans' comments and reacted jealously while Xu Duoduo stared at her overheated tablet in confusion.

Xu Duoduo and her companions traveled toward H City Base while arranging trades for Six-Star Mutant Cores, then watched a tsunami destroy City I Base. They arrived at H City Base amid the ongoing effort to shelter evacuated survivors.

• Bai Shu fixed Xu Duoduo’s tablet, and she arranged to trade for a wind-type Six-Star Mutant Core for Chen Xiaofei.
• Xu Duoduo noticed the poster also had a fire-type core and planned to message Cao Wenzhou about trading for it.
• Bai Shu announced that the tsunami had arrived, and Xu Duoduo and the others watched live footage of enormous waves and mutated marine creatures destroying City I Base.
• The survivors watched the devastation with grief and relief, grateful that the coastal population had been evacuated in time.
• Xu Duoduo and her companions reached H City Base, where loudspeakers directed unsettled survivors to line up and enter in an orderly fashion.

3A arrived at H City Headquarters during an extreme heat wave and faced heightened security checks prompted by Fang Ming. As Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei drew attention with their antics, Wang Weihu welcomed the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad and encouraged them to visit Da Qiao’s man-eating flower babies.

• Qin Luo and the others endured the scorching heat as staff inspected their combat vehicle with extra scanners and checked people entering Headquarters more thoroughly because of threats like Fang Ming.
• Qin Luo shielded Xu Duoduo from the sun, and she secretly scraped his sweaty chest with a claw, making him freeze and blush.
• Bai Shu teased Chen Xiaofei about Qin Luo’s reaction, then demanded that Chen do his laundry; Chen tried to pull Bai Shu’s trousers down, and they scuffled.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad arrived, saw the commotion around 3A, and then surrounded Wang Weihu to praise his Earth Bridge and ask about his rank.
• Wang Weihu praised the two squads, told them he had not reached sixth tier, and suggested they visit Da Qiao’s man-eating flower babies.

Xu Duoduo visited Du Chunjiang with Qin Luo, gave her grapes, and calmed Qin Luo’s jealousy with an unexpected kiss. As they waited to enter the base, Qin Luo, still flustered, insisted they go straight home.

• Qin Luo found Du Chunjiang filming Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei, and Du Chunjiang greeted Xu Duoduo by enthusiastically kissing her cheeks.
• Qin Luo became jealous, so Xu Duoduo kissed him on the lips to reassure him before asking Du Chunjiang how to turn in their mission supplies.
• Xu Duoduo used a Black Market Space Card to submit the supplies and gave Du Chunjiang grapes she had remembered promising her.
• Du Chunjiang was moved by Xu Duoduo’s thoughtfulness, while Qin Luo remained dazed as Xu Duoduo led him away.
• At the base entrance, Wang Weihu tried to make peace between Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei, who both refused to reconcile.
• Xu Duoduo explained that she kissed Qin Luo to comfort him, and Qin Luo bashfully declared that they would go straight home.

As 3A returned to the base in extreme heat, a new security scanner mistakenly flagged Xu Duoduo as an anomalous space-type monster. After Director Zhen let the team pass, they cooled off in the subway station and resumed their usual bickering.

• Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Bai Shu discussed the heat, food shortages, and the challenge of housing the newly arrived coastal survivors.
• A new scanner sounded an alarm when Xu Duoduo passed through, and the frightened staff member called for help while 3A worried about what it might have detected.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad complained that Xu Duoduo was being held up, and Director Zhen arrived to investigate.
• Director Zhen explained that the test scanner had mistaken Xu Duoduo for an anomalous space-type monster and let 3A enter the base.
• Chen Xiaofei and the others cooled off in the subway station, where Bai Shu told Chen Xiaofei not to stare at mutated people and their quarrel resumed.

After returning from their mission, 3A learned that the base was supporting Mutated People through the extreme heat and exchanged supplies with Le Tianyi and Ji Yingjun. Their new seedless mutant watermelon led Bai Shu to explain that many mutated plants had lost the ability to reproduce.

• Le Tianyi and Ji Yingjun welcomed 3A home and praised them for rescuing survivors during the tsunami.
• Le Tianyi gave 3A a large mutant watermelon, and Xu Duoduo returned the kindness with supplies for coping with the heat.
• Le Tianyi explained that the base provided Mutated People with meal subsidies and weekly meat and fruit subsidies.
• 3A went home with the watermelon, which Xu Duoduo noted she could not grow because it had no seeds.
• Bai Shu said that many mutated plants, like some Ability Users and Mutated People, had lost the ability to reproduce.

Gluttonous Beast endured captivity under Fang Ming’s people and used a threat to jump from the balcony to demand decent food and clean water. Fang Ming tried to persuade him to surrender his supplies and join his empire, but Gluttonous Beast rejected him.

• Gluttonous Beast refused the burnt meal and threatened to jump from the balcony unless Fang Ming’s subordinates brought him proper food and boiled water.
• Gluttonous Beast warned that his supplies would disappear if he died, so Fang Ming’s subordinates agreed to his demands and talked him down.
• Fang Ming arrived and questioned the commotion while Gluttonous Beast contemptuously watched his disfigured subordinates.
• Fang Ming urged Gluttonous Beast to join his empire and surrender his supplies, offering him a prince’s title and command of the monster army.
• Gluttonous Beast rejected Fang Ming’s offer, and Fang Ming declared that ordinary people would die while the new world belonged to new humans like them.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo met a trader at the base gates and exchanged ten five-star mutant cores for a six-star wind-type core. Qin Luo grew jealous when the trader asked Xu Duoduo for autographs, and the man insisted he was only her fan mom.

• Qin Luo accompanied Xu Duoduo to the base gates while their teammates stayed behind, and they bickered on the way through the extreme heat.
• Qin Luo questioned the trader about the six-star core, and the man explained that his team had recovered it after two mutant monsters fought.
• Xu Duoduo and the trader exchanged the six-star wind-type core for ten five-star cores.
• The trader asked Xu Duoduo for ten autographs, prompting Qin Luo to accuse him of being a boyfriend fan.
• The trader denied being a boyfriend fan and claimed he was a fan mom, though he privately admitted the truth.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo delivered three Six-Star Mutant Cores to Professor Ji so he could make injections for their teammates, while the worsening heat threatened the base’s food and water supplies. After Xu Duoduo explained the powers and limits of her Rubik’s Cube Space, Qin Luo worried about the dangers her abilities might bring, but she reassured him that she had always been lucky.

• Xu Duoduo comforted Qin Luo over her affectionate fans, and they affirmed that they belonged to each other.
• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo gave Professor Ji three Six-Star Mutant Cores to turn into Mutant Core Dilution Injections for Wang Weihu and the other two, who had stalled before reaching the sixth tier.
• Professor Ji advised Qin Luo not to protect his teammates too much and praised Xu Duoduo’s stabilized intelligence as the two left the Research Institute.
• Qin Luo learned that the base was preserving meat and rationing water as extreme heat worsened, and he worried that starving mutant animals would attack humans.
• Xu Duoduo told Qin Luo that her Rubik’s Cube Space held abundant water and explained its different sides and their limitations.
• Qin Luo worried that Xu Duoduo’s unusual powers might bring danger or sacrifice, but she reassured him that she had always been lucky.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo planned a second zombie cleanup operation as thawed zombies grew more dangerous. After Qin Luo noticed Xu Duoduo’s conflicted feelings about recovering her memories, he picked her up and asked what was wrong.

• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo met Mu Enya and Zhang Chi’s team, who had just returned from fighting increasingly dangerous mutant zombies.
• Xu Duoduo and Mu Enya caught up, shared details about their relationships, and admired each other’s happiness.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo agreed to take a zombie extermination mission after a day’s rest and train with Old Wang and the Other Two.
• Qin Luo contacted Headquarters and offered to have 3A lead combat teams in the Second Zombie Encirclement Operation.
• Xu Duoduo worried that her former, more ordinary self might not be as likable, and Qin Luo picked her up after noticing her mood had changed.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo learned that a severe rainstorm was expected to hit inland areas, while coastal regions abroad had already been devastated and contaminated. As Qin Luo went to ask Lin Qianxing about Black Market Space Cards, Xu Duoduo prepared food at home and was joined by Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu.

• Xu Duoduo found a Headquarters meteorological warning about destructive storms, submerged coastal regions, and contaminated marine life, then showed it to Qin Luo.
• Qin Luo decided to visit Lin Qianxing to ask for Black Market Space Cards and summer dresses, while Xu Duoduo stayed home.
• Xu Duoduo watched the sunny weather outside, cleaned her apartment, and prepared buckets of cold noodles, seasoned seafood, and salad.
• Chen Xiaofei visited with unusual new foods from the complex cafeteria, and Bai Shu arrived carrying an identical bag.

Xu Duoduo and her teammates discovered that all four had bought identical groceries, then discussed her plan to contribute supplies as shortages worsened. The chapter ended with Xu Duoduo preparing to sort the supplies while Chen Xiaofei got grease on his new shirt.

• Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, and Qin Luo each arrived carrying the same groceries Chen Xiaofei had bought, astonishing the group.
• Qin Luo explained that the busy recreation building and their shared habits accounted for the matching purchases.
• Qin Luo brought medicine from the Research Institute and warned Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu to report any side effects from their Six-Star mutant-core injections.
• Qin Luo told the others that Xu Duoduo planned to contribute supplies, and they worried about the risk of exposing her ability.
• Qin Luo gave Xu Duoduo the Space Cards and said he had not told Lin Qianxing the truth; Xu Duoduo went to prepare the supplies.
• Chen Xiaofei accidentally smeared grease on his new shirt, and Wang Weihu offered to soak and scrub it.

Xu Duoduo sorted her stockpiled supplies into Space Cards for the base, and the group planned a discreet way to deliver them. Meanwhile, Du Chunjiang learned that Headquarters and other bases were running short on supplies as survivors’ needs rose and food sources dwindled.

• Xu Duoduo divided ninety Space Cards among fresh water, food, and miscellaneous supplies, including rice, mutant animal meat, produce, and equipment.
• Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu praised Xu Duoduo’s work and discussed how to deliver the cards without attracting attention.
• Bai Shu proposed using Mental Control on a small animal to deliver the supplies to Du Chunjiang at the service desk.
• Du Chunjiang and Liang Qiu discussed the falling quantities of supplies arriving at the base.
• Liang Qiu told Du Chunjiang that Headquarters and other bases were struggling to meet demand as more survivors arrived and coastal food sources became unsafe.

Xu Duoduo secretly sent ninety Space Cards of supplies to Headquarters, where Du Chunjiang and Liang Qiu discovered them and reported the delivery. The supplies became public property, while the sender remained anonymous and Xu Duoduo preferred to stay out of the spotlight.

• A squirrel dropped a backpack full of Space Cards in front of Du Chunjiang and Liang Qiu, who found it contained enormous quantities of supplies and contacted Headquarters.
• Director Tang questioned Du Chunjiang and Liang Qiu, collected all ninety Space Cards, and escorted them to meet the leadership.
• Xu Duoduo saw the news about the delivery, and Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu discussed how their secret gift had caused a commotion.
• Director Tang announced that the supplies had been deliberately donated and suggested they came from a Wandering Team or a benefactor who wanted to remain anonymous.
• People on the forum invented wild theories about the delivery, while Xu Duoduo said she was glad to avoid attention.

After the six-star injection left Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei suffering through intense side effects, the rain stopped and Headquarters approved Qin Luo's second zombie-encirclement operation. 3A prepared to depart, where the other combat teams welcomed Qin Luo as their captain.

• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo helped prevent flooding while Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei endured the injection's side effects at home.
• Xu Duoduo offered the three men unopened adult toys, prompting Qin Luo to carry her away and later give her a thorough lesson.
• The rain stopped, and Headquarters approved Qin Luo's second zombie-encirclement operation with several combat squads under his command.
• Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei recovered enough to join 3A for the mission, and Qin Luo promised Xu Duoduo would provide them food and snacks.
• As 3A prepared to depart in their upgraded gear, the other combat teams lined up and greeted Qin Luo as captain, leaving Xu Duoduo nervous.