Chapter Summaries

Qin Luo and his teammates trapped Fang Ming inside a building while the zombie horde he had summoned swarmed outside. As the team searched for him and fought the zombies, Bai Shu looked for Fang Ming’s main body in monster territory, and Qin Luo tried to provoke Fang Ming into revealing himself.

• After Fang Ming’s trick sent the zombie army into a frenzy, Cao Wenzhou asked Qin Luo to have Xu Duoduo seal the building, and she did so before entering to cut Fang Ming off.
• Xu Duoduo used her Spatial Domain to trap Fang Ming on the thirteenth floor, then guarded the stairwell while Qin Luo and Cao Wenzhou searched the rooms.
• Chen Xiaofei carried Gluttonous Beast to safety and used a Tornado to sweep zombies into the air as Bai Shu rejoined the team over the Earpiece.
• Bai Shu told Qin Luo that Fang Ming’s main body was not in the area he had searched and that he was checking the monsters’ territory, while Cao Wenzhou warned him not to take risks.
• Qin Luo found no sign of Fang Ming and concluded that his escape trick likely came at a cost, so he challenged Fang Ming to come out and fight him one-on-one.

Qin Luo and Cao Wenzhou found Fang Ming dead after he revealed that he had copied his thoughts into electronic life, leaving them unsure whether his other versions could still threaten the world. As the team regrouped, Q City’s buildings collapsed and monsters rampaged, while Xu Duoduo shielded everyone from the destruction.

• Fang Ming declared that he had copied his data into thousands of electronic versions before dying by suicide, and Qin Luo found his duplicate with a Computer Hard Drive around his neck.
• Cao Wenzhou said headquarters’ technical department might be able to analyze the hard drive, while Xu Duoduo sensed a mutant core inside it.
• The ground shook and the building began to collapse, so Qin Luo carried Xu Duoduo outside with Cao Wenzhou following.
• Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu reported rising temperatures and rampaging monsters as the team regrouped in the ruined Q City.
• Xu Duoduo protected the nearby team with her Spatial Protective Shield, while a giant spider watched them hungrily from a distance.

Team 3A and the Four Continents Team rescued Gluttonous Beast and prepared to clear a zombie horde while surrounded by dangerous conditions. Gluttonous Beast restored the Space Cards, bringing relief to Headquarters and bases as other squads mobilized for the new extermination mission.

• Xu Duoduo protected the teams from the heat and zombie horde with her Spatial Domain as they faced a six-star mutant spider and requested backup.
• Qin Luo told everyone to stay inside Xu Duoduo's domain, and the teams ate the food she provided before fighting.
• Qin Luo asked Gluttonous Beast to unlock the Space Cards, and Gluttonous Beast restored access to them.
• Headquarters and bases celebrated as their Space Cards reconnected and supply lines resumed.
• The Cheetah Squad, White Dove Squad, and Lily Squad assembled and prepared to leave for another mission.

Team 3A and the Four Continents Team fought through Q City's heat and endless zombies while powerful monsters emerged from underground. After ten hours, Gluttonous Beast offered the exhausted fighters cooling equipment and firearms, and they realized they could have conserved their abilities by relying on those supplies sooner.

• Qin Luo, Black Tortoise, and Chen Xiaofei combined their abilities to clear zombies and kill a six-star Pantropical Huntsman Spider, while Wang Weihu and the others joined the battle.
• The fighters killed a six-star Poison Scorpion and continued fighting as more six-star monsters and zombies emerged, while Bai Shu explained that Fang Ming had planned to use the monster Lair to cover his escape.
• Xu Duoduo and her teammates fought for ten hours in the extreme heat, with Xu Duoduo maintaining her Spatial Domain and collecting mutant cores as the others grew exhausted.
• Xu Duoduo offered her teammates drinks and ice packs, and Chen Xiaofei carried Bai Shu back to rest inside her domain.
• Gluttonous Beast lent them cooling equipment and urged them to use firearms instead of their mutant abilities, prompting Xu Duoduo, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei to realize they could have conserved their strength.

As the team fought in 51°C heat, Gluttonous Beast revealed he could requisition Headquarters weapons, giving the exhausted fighters a chance to rest and resupply. Xu Duoduo returned to battle with new weapons, while Qin Luo and the others prepared to join her.

• Bai Shu measured the outside temperature at 51°C as the fighters rested inside Little Class Monitor's Spatial Domain.
• Black Tortoise reported that the lack of moisture had made his ability useless, and Wang Weihu said the Rose Squad would arrive in about ten minutes.
• Xu Duoduo refused to rest and returned to battle, switching from her damaged chainsaw to Marble Bombs and firearms.
• Qin Luo told Xu Duoduo to rest over the earpiece, prompting Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu to tease him.
• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu persuaded Gluttonous Beast to unlock every weapon he could provide, then Chen Xiaofei told Xu Duoduo he had saved her pink grenades.

Xu Duoduo received weapons from Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu while Qin Luo playfully took more weapons from them. After the Rose Squad arrived, she kissed Qin Luo before he returned to fighting, leaving him flustered when their teammates teased him over the Earpiece.

• Chen Xiaofei gave Xu Duoduo pink grenades, and Bai Shu added revolvers to her supplies.
• Qin Luo took weapons from Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu, promising them Six-Star Mutant Cores in return.
• Mu Mei and the other eight members of the Rose Squad arrived on the battlefield.
• Xu Duoduo told Qin Luo to rest, then kissed him when he prepared to leave and fight again.
• Qin Luo kissed Xu Duoduo back, and Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu teased them over the Earpiece.

Qin Luo and the other soldiers fought millions of zombies in Q City as reinforcements arrived and a livestream showed the battle to people across the bases. Qin Luo suspected Headquarters had a reason for broadcasting the fight, and Wang Weihu asked whether trouble had broken out abroad.

• Xu Duoduo threw grenades into the zombie horde as the Rose Squad and reinforcements from Headquarters joined the battle.
• Xiang Yao livestreamed the fight and introduced 3A, while Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu reacted to the broadcast.
• Xu Duoduo and the other soldiers fought through the exhausting battle as people across the bases watched and recognized their rescuers.
• Qin Luo suspected Headquarters had arranged the livestream to show their strength, and Bai Shu agreed that such a display could be necessary.
• Wang Weihu asked Qin Luo whether trouble had broken out abroad.

Qin Luo and his teammates joked about the worsening international situation, then rested after a night of fighting before waking to prepare for the next mission. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu brawling in the morning while Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu watched.

• Bai Shu warned Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo that chaotic fighting worldwide suggested a full-scale war was approaching, and the team joked about defending their country and policing their language.
• After the fighting ended, Wang Weihu turned away the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad and told them to focus on completing the mission.
• Wang Weihu set up fans and covered his sleeping teammates before resting himself.
• At five in the morning, Qin Luo woke beside Xu Duoduo, and they talked as she slowly woke up.
• Chen Xiaofei accidentally struck Bai Shu in his sleep, and the two woke up and began fighting while Wang Weihu told them to stop.

After Qin Luo and the others regrouped, they discovered Wang Weihu had a high fever and arranged for him to rest while the team continued its mission. Chen Xiaofei stayed to care for him as Xu Duoduo and Bai Shu headed out.

• Gluttonous Beast told Qin Luo he had upgraded every member of 3A's Space Card to a thousand cubic meters before returning with Headquarters personnel.
• Qin Luo teased Xu Duoduo, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei, then left to work alone in the heat.
• Xu Duoduo and Bai Shu noticed Wang Weihu seemed unwell and measured his temperature at 40°C.
• Bai Shu contacted the Logistics Squad, and Qin Luo ordered one teammate to stay with Wang Weihu while the others continued the mission.
• Chen Xiaofei stayed to care for Wang Weihu as Xu Duoduo and Bai Shu set out.

Qin Luo and the other fighters continued battling an exhausting zombie horde as increasingly common six-star fusion monsters threatened the teams. Xu Duoduo defeated an intelligent, head-covered toad fusion monster on the live broadcast, revealing the power of her spatial abilities.

• Chen Xiaofei and Wang Weihu received help from Zhu Qing of the Lily Squad while Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Bai Shu returned their attention to the battlefield.
• After nearly twenty hours of fighting, the teams had killed a third of the zombie army, but Qin Luo faced a growing number of grotesque fusion monsters, including many six-star creatures.
• Xiang Yao's drone recorded a head-covered toad fusion monster lunging at Xu Duoduo during the live broadcast.
• Xu Duoduo teleported out of the monster's attack, reappeared with a Tang Dao, and used her spatial ability to slow and slash the creature until it fell.
• Viewers across the major bases applauded Xu Duoduo's victory and reacted with shock to her offensive spatial abilities.

After the Second Zombie Suppression Operation succeeded, Qin Luo checked on the recovering Wang Weihu and gathered mutant cores with Xu Duoduo. As the team prepared to leave the ruined Q City, Xu Duoduo complained about being taken away from the shiny cores, and Qin Luo approached Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu as they struggled to drink bitter herbal tea.

• The Healing-Type Ability User restored Wang Weihu, who returned to the battlefield while Chen Xiaofei went back to fighting monsters.
• With 3A and the Four Continents Team clearing the battlefield, Qin Luo asked Xu Duoduo to collect the many five-star mutant cores.
• Qin Luo carried Xu Duoduo away from the blazing sun and said they would return home soon for her approaching birthday.
• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu grimaced over the bitter herbal cooling tea and plotted to make Qin Luo drink it.
• Qin Luo arrived with Xu Duoduo and asked Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu what they were drinking.

Qin Luo and his companions drank bitter herbal cooling tea distributed to prevent heatstroke, with Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu tricking Qin Luo into tasting it. After everyone drank, Bai Shu searched his tablet for information about the tea’s developer while the group waited together.

• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu pretended that the bitter herbal cooling tea tasted good, and Qin Luo drank some before realizing they had tricked him.
• Qin Luo spat tea onto Bai Shu, while Xu Duoduo secretly stored her bowl and the bystanders laughed at their reactions.
• Wang Weihu drank a bowl without much trouble, and Qin Luo punished Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei with forehead flicks before making Xu Duoduo drink hers too.
• The group finished their tea, found that it eased the heat, and gathered around Bai Shu as he searched for information about who developed it.

Qin Luo and his companions returned to H City Survivor Base on July 20, 2030, after a relaxed journey together. There, Du Chunjiang told Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo that extreme heat had caused a wave of illnesses and left the base short-staffed and low on medicine.

• Qin Luo and his companions rested before setting off for H City Survivor Base, and Qin Luo dried Xu Duoduo's hair as they traveled.
• Xu Duoduo told Qin Luo she liked being with their companions, and Qin Luo reassured her that they were all there for her.
• Qin Luo and his companions reached H City Survivor Base on the morning of July 20, 2030, and split up to hand in supplies and return the combat vehicle.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo visited Du Chunjiang, who said she had worked three days straight because the base was short-staffed.
• Du Chunjiang told Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo that the extreme heat had caused many people, including mutated people, to fall ill, overwhelming hospitals and straining medicine supplies.

Xu Duoduo searched her Rubik's Cube Space for herbs and mutant seeds needed for cooling tea as Qin Luo and Du Chunjiang discussed the deadly heat and dangerous mutant ducks. After 3A received payment for its supplies, Du Chunjiang discovered Xu Duoduo had left her a gift and learned that it was her birthday, then prepared to help celebrate.

• Xu Duoduo found most of the herbs for Xiao Qiao’s cooling tea recipe but still needed mutant dandelion, luo han guo, and prunella seeds.
• Qin Luo told Du Chunjiang that the beautiful white-feathered ducks were dangerous mutants with hooked teeth and split tongues.
• Xu Duoduo teased Qin Luo by showing Du Chunjiang her sharp teeth, then bit Qin Luo’s palm when he covered her mouth.
• Du Chunjiang confirmed that 3A’s spaces had upgraded and arranged for the team’s eighty million points to be split evenly among them.
• Xu Duoduo left Du Chunjiang a Black Market Space Card as a gift, and Qin Luo told Du Chunjiang that Xu Duoduo’s birthday celebration would be at Da Qiao’s place that night.
• Qin Luo arranged leave for Du Chunjiang, who eagerly planned to help prepare a birthday surprise for Xu Duoduo.

After waking alone, Xu Duoduo found Qin Luo’s reassuring note and celebrated her growing financial security before watching footage of 3A’s successful operation. When forum users attacked the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad as freeloaders, she defended them, causing the forum to erupt as readers flocked to see her.

• Xu Duoduo woke in the H City Survivor Base, found Qin Luo’s note saying he would be back, and checked her large savings from Headquarters’ bonuses and payments.
• Xu Duoduo watched the operation footage, reviewed her performance, and read praise for 3A and the two rookie squads.
• Xu Duoduo became angry when forum users called the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad freeloaders, and the squads’ captains challenged their critics to fight.
• Xu Duoduo reposted a defense of the two squads, and the forum erupted when users realized she had joined the argument.
• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu called Xu Duoduo to come eat noodles and red eggs instead of arguing online.

Xu Duoduo’s friends secretly prepared to celebrate her birthday, which she had forgotten, while pretending they were heading to Da Qiao’s place for a commission. They set out together as Qin Luo hurried to collect her gift, leaving Xu Duoduo unaware of the surprise.

• Xu Duoduo woke up believing the group was going to Da Qiao’s place for a new commission, and Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei played along.
• Wang Weihu served Xu Duoduo a single-noodle bowl and rolled a red-shelled egg over her to ward off bad luck, while the others concealed that it was her birthday.
• Xu Duoduo changed into a pink-and-white Lolita dress made by Lin Qianxing, and her friends praised how lovely she looked.
• Chen Xiaofei secretly messaged Qin Luo, who said the craftsmen were testing Xu Duoduo’s birthday present and that he would arrive soon.
• Bai Shu distracted Xu Duoduo by discussing Xiao Qiao’s projects, and Xu Duoduo offered to donate anonymously.

Xu Duoduo arrived at Da Qiao’s home and discovered that Qin Luo and their friends had arranged a surprise birthday celebration for her. Qin Luo gave her roses and a chainsaw-engraved car key, while more guests arrived and Da Qiao prepared extra seating.

• Xu Duoduo admired Da Qiao’s revived Man-Eating Flower Babies, fed them a mutated hyena, and learned from Bai Shu that their memories were fragmented.
• Wang Weihu guided Xu Duoduo inside, where Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Du Chunjiang, Mu Enya, Zhang Chi, and others surprised her with birthday wishes.
• Qin Luo arrived with red roses and a car key engraved with a little chainsaw, then wished Xu Duoduo a happy birthday.
• Qin Luo said Cheetah Squad and White Dove were also coming, so Da Qiao offered extra tables and chairs for the guests.
• Da Qiao recalled that Qin Luo had asked to use her home for the celebration and had insisted on repaying her favor despite her offer to lend the place without charge.

Qin Luo surprised Xu Duoduo with roses and a customized combat vehicle for her birthday, while the group discussed its features and their mutant cores. Xu Duoduo celebrated with her friends as guests arrived, and Mu Enya prepared to leave on a new mission the next day.

• Qin Luo gave Xu Duoduo roses and a Space Card containing the customized [Moonlight] combat vehicle, which she happily accepted.
• Qin Luo described [Moonlight]'s features and revealed he had paid 800 million points, partly using Six-Star Mutant Cores.
• Qin Luo planned to turn suitable cores into Mimicry Injections for the 3A Combat Team and give the remaining cores to Xu Duoduo as snacks.
• Du Chunjiang and Mu Enya pulled Xu Duoduo aside for photos and conversation, and Mu Enya told her she was leaving on a mission the next day.
• Du Chunjiang and Mu Enya hugged Xu Duoduo and thanked her for saving Du Chunjiang during the monster attack on the base.
• Da Qiao, Wang Weihu, Zhang Chi, and the others arranged extra tables as the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad arrived.

Xu Duoduo celebrated her birthday with friends and received three wishes, while the group discussed worsening monsters and the need to strengthen their fighters. The party ended with Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo planning to leave together, and Qin Luo promising she could touch his tail as much as she wanted.

• The Man-Eating Flower Babies ambushed the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad, then Da Qiao rescued them and they wished Xu Duoduo a happy birthday.
• Xu Duoduo celebrated with several cakes, made wishes for the apocalypse to end, peace for the country, and safety for everyone, then shared food and gifts with the group.
• Qin Luo, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Zhang Chi, and others discussed increasingly powerful monsters, new recruits, and research to improve ability-strengthening medicine.
• Xu Duoduo agreed to leave with Qin Luo after the party, and Qin Luo promised she could touch his tail without limits that night.

After Da Qiao’s birthday party, Chen Xiaofei persuaded Bai Shu and Wang Weihu to leave with him for their medicine shots. Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo slipped away together, but a message left Qin Luo jealous and demanding to know what Xu Duoduo had done earlier that day.

• Chen Xiaofei complained about the endless daylight while the guests at Da Qiao’s house drank, gossiped, and discussed tactics.
• Mu Enya told Xiao Qiao that she cared deeply about Da Qiao, prompting Xiao Qiao to reflect on their relationship.
• Chen Xiaofei found that Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo had already left, then persuaded Bai Shu and Wang Weihu to go with him to see Professor Ji for their medicine shots.
• Wang Weihu and Bai Shu said goodbye to Da Qiao, and the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad offered to help clean up.
• Xu Duoduo teased Qin Luo at home until messages arrived; Qin Luo read them, grew jealous, and demanded to know what she had done before visiting Da Qiao’s house.