Chapter Summaries

Xu Duoduo reassured Qin Luo that he was the only one she liked, and he reluctantly forgave her for sending other girls heart emojis. As extreme heat worsened, the group discussed its deadly effects and the growing disorder worldwide.

• Qin Luo scolded Xu Duoduo for replying to girls’ private messages with heart emojis, then washed her hair while continuing to complain.
• Xu Duoduo told Qin Luo that he was the only one she liked and promised to send heart emojis only to him, easing his jealousy.
• The group gathered in Xu Duoduo’s room as outdoor temperatures reached 48°C, with roads melting and people suffering heatstroke and electrical failures.
• Bai Shu and Qin Luo discussed wildfires, conflict, and international reactions to the worsening extreme weather.
• Wang Weihu remarked that few people could withstand the unrelenting sun, while humans had to remain indoors with air conditioning running constantly.

As heat and conflict worsened, 3A trained at Headquarters and heard that Fang Ming’s data was active abroad. Just as the team left the training building, a sudden meteorite attack forced everyone to take shelter, and Bai Shu saw that the flaming meteorites were more dangerous than before.

• The rising temperatures sickened people, suspended missions, and drove 3A to study and train while Headquarters tracked a new fluctuation from Fang Ming’s copy abroad.
• After training, Bai Shu, Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, Qin Luo, and Xu Duoduo joked together as newcomers at the training building praised 3A.
• As the team approached the exit, the sky darkened and meteorites began falling, prompting Qin Luo and Bai Shu to pull their teammates back inside.
• Headquarters staff ushered people to safety as alarms warned them not to go outside, and Bai Shu sent out his eye of vision to inspect the attack.
• Bai Shu reported that the flaming meteorites were worse than before as the building shook from the impacts.

After a meteor shower devastated the base, Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and their teammates rescued the injured and extinguished fires, including at the Childcare Center. They returned from cleanup amid extreme heat, then received an urgent mission to the border defense area.

• Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and the other teams joined rescue efforts while Bai Shu used his ability to locate injured people.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo rescued the children at the Childcare Center, put out fires, and reported a collapsed activity building.
• The teams finished collecting meteorite fragments and treating the injured, though many buildings were damaged.
• Qin Luo comforted Xu Duoduo when she worried that the world was falling apart, and she told him he was wonderful.
• Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu teased Qin Luo over the earpiece before the team received an urgent mission to the border defense area.

3A set out for a border mission after the recent meteorite crisis, joking and sharing watermelon during the journey. The team learned that other squads were joining them and worried about worsening meteorite strikes as they left the base.

• Wang Weihu drove 3A toward the border while Qin Luo and the others teased each other about their everyday blunders.
• Xu Duoduo shared watermelon with the team, and Chen Xiaofei argued with Qin Luo over his portion.
• Bai Shu read the mission notice and said Cheetah Squad, White Dove, Rose Squad, and Charge Squad would join them.
• The team discussed how meteorites were striking without warning and devastating bases, wildlife, and the surrounding land.
• Wang Weihu joined the line of vehicles leaving the base, and 3A waited for their turn to pass through the exit.

Qin Luo’s team left H City Survivor Base and drove through the extreme heat toward the border, fighting off mutant animals that attacked them along the way. Their journey continued amid joking over the team channel, while Wang Weihu tried to stop the Charge Squad from revealing an embarrassing encounter.

• The combat vehicles exited H City Survivor Base with upgraded heat resistance, and the team admired the Artisan Department’s work as they drove into the blazing wasteland.
• Xu Duoduo watched the warped roads, meteor craters, and exhausted mutant animals outside while the team discussed how the apocalypse had changed the world.
• Qin Luo met with the other combat teams, finalized their route, and ordered them to drive straight to the border without stopping.
• The teams reported migrating mutant animals to Headquarters and fought back when creatures attacked; Xu Duoduo used Spatial Strangulation to turn attackers into blood mist.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad chatted about past battles, and Wang Weihu cut off the Charge Squad when they hinted at a story that embarrassed him.

Qin Luo’s team reached the border defense line near Y City Base, where they met the soldiers and prepared to support them. Qin Luo reunited with Drunkard, a veteran from his past undercover mission, and began explaining their connection to Xu Duoduo.

• The Charge Squad teased Wang Weihu about their shared secret, while the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad asked Qin Luo about his full beast form and embarrassed him with their memories of it.
• Mu Mei reminded the teams that they were still traveling toward their destination and would pass Y City Base, where the ultraviolet rays required extra precautions.
• Qin Luo and the other teams reached the mountain roads near the border defense line, where the stationed soldiers welcomed the reinforcements and brought them to the relief center for lunch.
• Qin Luo greeted Drunkard, introduced Xu Duoduo as his partner, and heard about the mutant insects and the insect-repellent potion.
• Qin Luo told Xu Duoduo that Drunkard had helped him during his most unforgettable undercover mission.

3A arrived at a sparse border base, where Xu Duoduo and Chen Xiaofei met the young soldier Yu Jia over noodles and learned about the water shortage. When the alarm sent everyone toward a clash with the people across the border, Chen Xiaofei carried the slow-running Yu Jia, who explained he had only recently awakened his ability after receiving the Medicine.

• Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo inspected the base's supplies and ate tossed noodles with Yu Jia, who said patrols were difficult and water was scarce.
• Xu Duoduo filled Space Cards with water from her Rubik's Cube Space to pass to Headquarters later.
• Qin Luo joined the meal, and Yu Jia asked 3A for a signed group photo before the alarm sounded.
• Yu Jia led the team toward the disturbance, and Chen Xiaofei carried him after noticing how slowly he ran.
• Yu Jia explained that he had awakened his ability only after the Medicine arrived, and Qin Luo praised the border soldiers for facing threats with few ability users.

Qin Luo and the reinforcing combat teams launched a counterattack against the Water Monkeys, using their abilities to overwhelm the enemy and avenge the Border Patrol Combat Team’s losses. The battle ended in a complete rout, with no enemy escaping.

• Bai Shu scouted about three hundred armed enemies near the river, and Qin Luo ordered the teams to kill them if they attacked.
• The Rose Squad disrupted the enemy with plant growth as the Cheetah Squad, White Dove Squad, Charge Squad, and other reinforcements charged across the river.
• Xu Duoduo blocked incoming bullets with her Spatial Protective Shield and collected ammunition, while Yu Jia fought alongside the combat teams.
• Qin Luo warned the teams away from the riverbank and electrocuted the Water Monkeys in the water with a thunderstorm.
• Wang Weihu cleared the enemy’s cover, and Yu Jia and the soldiers attacked as Qin Luo recited the casualties from earlier clashes and ordered that no enemy escape.
• The teams chased down the fleeing Water Monkeys and killed them all, avenging their comrades.

After 3A’s counterattack, Xu Duoduo helped collect the defeated enemies’ weapons and ammunition, but Bai Shu discovered that the bodies might carry a virus. The team disposed of the corpses, collected blood for research, and reinforced the border before leaving.

• Wang Weihu, the Cheetah Squad, the White Dove Squad, and the Charge Squad celebrated the successful counterattack while Xu Duoduo and Chen Xiaofei gathered weapons and ammunition.
• Qin Luo picked up Xu Duoduo and carried her away after she ignored him, while Chen Xiaofei told Bai Shu that she had charged into battle against orders.
• Bai Shu examined the enemy corpses and warned Qin Luo that they might carry a virus, so he ordered them thrown across the river and burned.
• Mu Mei used mutated rose vines to move the bodies, and Bai Shu collected blood samples to send to the Research Institute for testing.
• Qin Luo ordered everyone to leave, while Wang Weihu and the Rose Squad reinforced the border with an earth-and-plant wall.

After returning from battle, Bai Shu identified a dangerous novel virus among the people across the Border Defense Line, while the team discovered a bottomless meteorite crater and struggled through extreme heat. They returned to base after Yu Jia nearly died of heat exhaustion, with the virus threat and crater still unexplained.

• The Combat Teams praised the Cheetah Squad, White Dove Squad, and Charge Squad for helping end the battle quickly, while Bai Shu sent a blood sample to the Research Institute through Gluttonous Beast.
• Bai Shu said the enemy's people appeared to be infected with a novel virus, and Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo noted that the new Border Defense Wall should keep them from crossing for now.
• Xu Duoduo spotted a meteorite crater, and Bai Shu used the Eye of Vision to find that it was bottomless.
• The team encountered Yu Jia suffering in the 54°C heat, and Xu Duoduo shielded him while Qin Luo called medical help; the Medical Squad later carried him away with severe heat exhaustion.
• The group returned to base and found the showers crowded, so Wang Weihu suggested using the shower in their Combat Vehicle while Drunkard and Wang Weihu drank in the hall.

Xu Duoduo secretly gave the base a cache of water as the team dealt with severe heat and shortages. After Headquarters reported widespread meteorite damage and radiation-linked mutations, the team learned they would remain at the base for at least seven days.

• Drunkard and Wang Weihu discussed the shrinking boundary river and the base’s need to ration water.
• Xu Duoduo teleported more than twenty water-filled Space Cards into the hall kitchen without anyone noticing.
• Qin Luo carried the embarrassed Xu Duoduo away after the others discovered the Space Cards.
• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo returned to their Combat Vehicle, where he helped dry her hair after her shower.
• Xu Duoduo read Bai Shu’s report that their enemies’ blood contamination was 85 percent and likely linked to meteorite showers.
• Bai Shu’s files described deep craters and global devastation, while Headquarters ordered the Combat Teams to stay at least seven days.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo discussed a plan to move humanity to another planet, then teased each other before Bai Shu returned with news about radiation testing and the safe water Xu Duoduo had provided. The soldiers believed a powerful Water Mutant Ability User had supplied it, leaving Xu Duoduo's secret hidden for now.

• Qin Luo dismissed M Country's relocation proposal as an excuse to collect resources and urged Xu Duoduo to focus on surviving the extreme climate.
• Xu Duoduo told Qin Luo that her Rubik's Cube Space contained an inexhaustible supply of water, and he concealed his unease as he praised her.
• Xu Duoduo asked Qin Luo not to spank her in front of others, then coaxed him into giving a quiet "woof" before they kissed.
• Bai Shu returned and told the group that Headquarters would send people to test radiation levels.
• Wang Weihu told Xu Duoduo that the soldiers had tested the drinking water from the Space Card and believed it came from a Water Mutant Ability User.

After the Border Base’s water crisis was resolved, Qin Luo’s group rested in their combat vehicle while discussing the heat and the dangers posed by meteorites. Xu Duoduo woke to a fiery red sky and shadowy Lizard People outside, and Qin Luo and Bai Shu began quietly waking the others.

• The group joked and teased Xu Duoduo before Wang Weihu warned that they might soon be assigned patrol shifts and Bai Shu reported that meteorites could cause abnormal transformations and accelerate mutations.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo settled down to sleep together while the rest of the group rested in the combat vehicle.
• Xu Duoduo woke and saw red clouds, poor visibility, and dark silhouettes that looked like Lizard People outside.
• Qin Luo reassured Xu Duoduo, then quietly tried to wake Wang Weihu while Bai Shu woke Chen Xiaofei and prepared his sniper rifle.

Chen Xiaofei and the others discovered hearing-sensitive shadow monsters outside their combat vehicle as Earth’s deterioration accelerated worldwide. Headquarters said the situation remained under control for now, but real-time calls had failed and email was the only working communication method.

• Bai Shu silenced Chen Xiaofei when he woke and saw shadow monsters approaching the combat vehicle, while Xu Duoduo activated her Spatial Domain to hide the team from their hearing.
• Wang Weihu warned the other combat teams, and the Rose Squad sealed the base exits as Qin Luo tried to report the threat to Headquarters.
• Bai Shu asked Chen Xiaofei to film the faceless monsters, and Xu Duoduo read a United Nations announcement that Earth was becoming uninhabitable amid fiery skies, toxic haze, extreme heat, and wildfires.
• Xu Duoduo reported that Headquarters was preparing air purification systems and lockdowns, while artificial oxygen production and completed transport routes offered some reassurance.
• Qin Luo could not reach the Headquarters Control Tower by phone, but Bai Shu confirmed that emails were going through and Headquarters had acknowledged them.

Qin Luo and 3A fought the shadow monsters outside the base as Mu Mei led the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad to defend the border from a crowd attempting to cross it. The shadow monsters proved fast and resistant to mental attacks, and the battle continued with the squads split between the base and the border.

• Bai Shu reported that thirteen shadow monsters surrounded the base, resisted mental attacks, and fed on living creatures, while a crowd gathered at the border.
• Qin Luo ordered 3A to engage the monsters and sent Mu Mei with the tier-five-or-higher members of the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad to hold the Border Defense Line.
• Chen Xiaofei drew three monsters away from the Rose Squad, while Bai Shu warned that they reacted about twice as fast as humans.
• Bai Shu shot a monster's head, Qin Luo attacked with his Thunderstorm and Twin-Bladed Knife, and Xu Duoduo and Wang Weihu's Heng Ha Generals joined the fight.
• The shadow monsters endured the squad's attacks and attempted to pounce on Qin Luo as the battle raged.

Xu Duoduo and the 3A team fought shadow monsters in worsening heat and discovered that the new Wristband health monitor tracked their condition accurately. Bai Shu linked their sudden, immense hunger to the Apocalypse’s emphasis on [Devour] and suggested the extreme conditions might help them break through, while Xu Duoduo sensed the crisis was far from over.

• Bai Shu told the team that the shadow monsters’ Mutant Cores were in their throats, and Qin Luo directed everyone as they fought.
• The shadow monsters tried to escape into the meteorite crater, but the team trapped and killed them with earthen walls and Thunderstorm Balls.
• Xu Duoduo distributed food and drinks, and the team used their Wristbands to check their heart rates and Mutant Ability consumption as the heat exhausted them.
• Xu Duoduo noticed that she and her teammates were unusually hungry, while Bai Shu warned that the temperature created fire hazards and Qin Luo cautioned everyone against touching their eyes or wounds with contaminated hands.
• Bai Shu explained that extreme exertion and the Apocalypse’s focus on [Devour] could account for their appetite, and suggested their active Mutant Abilities might be nearing a breakthrough.

After recovering, 3A returned to the border to reinforce the Rose Squad and drive back the attackers. They pulled the exhausted Cheetah Squad and White Dove out of the fight, leaving them to recover while the defense continued.

• Chen Xiaofei cheered Xu Duoduo for providing drinks, and Qin Luo decided her playful banter with him was good for her.
• Qin Luo learned the Rose Squad was holding on while Cheetah Squad and White Dove were nearly exhausted, and he ordered the latter teams to withdraw.
• Xu Duoduo transported 3A to the border, where Mu Mei and the Rose Squad were holding back attackers who pleaded to cross with their children.
• Qin Luo used megaphones to order Cheetah Squad and White Dove to leave, then warned the attackers that their pleas would not sway the defenders.
• Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei hauled the exhausted fighters away and reprimanded them for risking their lives.
• Xu Duoduo gathered the rescued fighters in her Spatial Domain and gave them food and drinks.

Qin Luo’s Thunderstorm Net halted the enemy-country refugees and turned the battle into a stalemate while the squads recovered with Xu Duoduo’s food. The opposing side remained gathered beyond the defenses, and Qin Luo ordered his team to camp and wait.

• Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad recovered with Xu Duoduo’s food, then returned to their positions alongside Rose Squad.
• Qin Luo extended the defenses with a Thunderstorm Net, keeping the enemy-country refugees outside the electric fence and stopping the fighting.
• Mu Mei and her deputy watched Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad gain confidence in 3A’s abilities.
• Qin Luo ordered his team to set up camp as the enemy refugees continued gathering across the fence.
• Rose Squad fussed over Xu Duoduo until Qin Luo found her and pulled her back into his arms.

A sudden global earthquake split the earth and destroyed the Border Base, forcing Qin Luo and his team to flee the fissures and return to search for survivors. As Wang Weihu and Bai Shu began digging through the ruins, mutant animals and powerful shadow monsters appeared.

• Qin Luo warned everyone as the earthquake struck, and Mu Mei used her rose vines to protect nearby teammates from the shaking and opening fissures.
• Qin Luo’s team saw the riverbed split into a vast chasm and learned from Bai Shu that the Border Base had collapsed, so Qin Luo ordered everyone to return and rescue people.
• The team reached the ruined base, but Qin Luo could not contact the Charge Squad and ordered everyone to search the rubble.
• Wang Weihu summoned the Heng Ha Generals to clear debris while Bai Shu used Eye of Vision to look for survivors.
• Xu Duoduo sensed monsters nearby, and Bai Shu warned the team that shadow monsters were tough, roughly six-star threats with vulnerable necks.
• Qin Luo assigned Wang Weihu and Bai Shu to rescue survivors, sent Chen Xiaofei to draw monsters away, and divided the others between the shadow monsters and mutant animals.

Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and their allies fought an endless wave of monsters at the Border Defense Base while Wang Weihu rescued people trapped by the earthquake. Xu Duoduo opened her Spatial Domain so the exhausted fighters could rest, and Wang Weihu reported that Yu Jia, Drunkard, and many other low-tier fighters had died.

• Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Mu Mei coordinated their attacks against shadow monsters while the Cheetah Squad, White Dove Squad, and Rose Squad fought mutant creatures.
• Wang Weihu continued digging survivors and bodies out of the ruins as Bai Shu directed the rescue effort.
• After ten hours of fighting, Qin Luo told Xu Duoduo to open her Spatial Domain so the exhausted fighters could rest.
• Several Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad members reached late Tier Five or felt their bottlenecks loosen after entering Xu Duoduo's domain.
• The squads found their rescued teammates alive, but Wang Weihu revealed that ordinary soldiers and Tier One ability users had died, including Yu Jia and Drunkard.