Chapter Summaries

The 3A Team left the rescued survivors with the logistics squad and traveled to Ping'an County to search its granaries. They found unusually agile zombies and many pale-yellow cores, then reached a huge store of grain that delighted Xu Duoduo.

• Wang Weihu handed the survivors over to the logistics squad, whose healing-type ability user could help those suffering psychological trauma.
• Qin Luo and the 3A Team chose to continue their missions and set out for the granaries with Xu Duoduo.
• In Ping'an County, the team collected over a dozen pale-yellow zombie cores and noted that the local zombies were unusually agile.
• Qin Luo offered Xu Duoduo the cores, but she refused them, so the team decided to trade them for points at the base.
• The 3A Team found a vast field of granaries, and Xu Duoduo looked forward to filling her inventory with grain.

Xu Duoduo and the others emptied thirty-two granaries, gaining a vast supply of grain, then rescued more survivors and returned to the base. As Qin Luo handled their return, Xu Duoduo waited nearby, drawn to his scent.

• The squad entered the granary compound, where Xu Duoduo collected the grain from all thirty-two granaries.
• Bai Shu discovered that each granary held about 7,500 tons, and the squad agreed to give most of the grain to the base while keeping some rice.
• After leaving the granaries, the squad rescued survivors and gathered more supplies before taking everyone back in trucks and buses.
• The squad returned to the base on the fourth day and waited for the vehicle inspection while the survivors entered quarantine.
• Qin Luo told Du Chunjiang they had brought back grain, then explained that Xu Duoduo could not talk; Xu Duoduo lingered nearby to enjoy his scent.

Xu Duoduo’s new fangs left her gums bleeding, and Qin Luo rushed her to the Research Center before learning she was going through a second growth period. After seeing another child’s unusual mutation, they went to the second floor for ability monitoring, where they encountered Wang Weihu and the others.

• Xu Duoduo gnawed on a hard teething stick until her gums bled, and Qin Luo carried her to the Research Center in alarm.
• Xiao Qiao explained that Xu Duoduo was teething during a second growth period and showed Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo a young girl with a man-eating-flower mutation.
• The doctor stopped Xu Duoduo’s bleeding and recommended that she chew on something softer, while Xiao Qiao teased Qin Luo for worrying too much.
• Qin Luo offered Xu Duoduo his wrist to chew, but she was too embarrassed to bite him despite feeling hungry.
• Xiao Qiao sent Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo to the second floor for ability monitoring, where they met Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu after their checks.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo returned to H City, where they learned that two massive typhoons would make landfall within twenty-four hours. They reunited with their teammates for hot pot as the base suspended work and ordered everyone to stay inside.

• Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo went for ability testing, and Da Qiao praised their team for defeating a three-star mutated monster while warning that mutated monsters were growing stronger.
• Qin Luo warned Xu Duoduo to avoid Da Qiao and her sister because they might try to study her, then took her back to the residential complex.
• The base broadcast announced that Typhoon No. 1 Tyrant Dragon and No. 2 Xizi would make landfall within twenty-four hours, suspending work, production, and classes and forbidding H City residents from going outside.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo went to Chen Xiaofei's apartment, where Chen Xiaofei prepared hot pot, Wang Weihu cooked, and Bai Shu read the forum database.

Xu Duoduo joined Qin Luo and the others for a hot-pot dinner, where she discovered she could taste mutant shrimp. As the group ate, Bai Shu explained the Research Center’s latest findings about mutant cores and injections that could accelerate ability growth.

• Xu Duoduo supplied the group with hot-pot ingredients, canned peaches, beer, and Moutai, and Wang Weihu happily returned to washing vegetables.
• The group started dinner, and Chen Xiaofei revealed that he had bought mutant shrimp approved as edible by the Research Center.
• Qin Luo cooked a piece of shrimp for Xu Duoduo, who ate it and was delighted to discover a flavor beyond crystal cores.
• Bai Shu explained that infected creatures accumulated energy through [Devour] and that mutant cores formed as they evolved.
• Bai Shu said Mutant Core Dilution Injections had been approved for mass production, while warning that drug-driven gains could leave ability users weaker than improvement earned through effort.

Xu Duoduo settled into her new home and read about the worldwide disasters and the Mutant Core Dilution Injection. At Professor Ji’s research center, she and the others learned about the injection’s benefits and strange temporary side effects before deciding whether to take it.

• Xu Duoduo decorated her apartment and browsed forum posts about mutant cores and reports of disasters around the world.
• Xu Duoduo saw that her country had established major bases and was working to reclaim fallen areas and maintain order.
• Qin Luo woke Xu Duoduo the next morning, and they went with the others to meet Professor Ji about testing the new injection.
• Professor Ji explained that the injection could temporarily grant abilities from mutant cores but might cause side effects, including fever and animal-like physical changes.
• Qin Luo and the others looked dismayed at the prospect of bizarre temporary features, while Xu Duoduo watched them with eager curiosity.

Professor Ji explained the risks and benefits of mutant core injections, and Qin Luo and the other 3A Team members agreed to try them. After Qin Luo manifested wolf ears and a tail, Xu Duoduo became fascinated with his new traits.

• Professor Ji warned that people who took on too much viral load could lose their minds, then gave Xu Duoduo diluted mutant core solution and offered injections to Qin Luo and the other three squad members.
• Qin Luo and the others accepted their injections, while Xu Duoduo waited in the conference room with a case of strawberry-flavored solution.
• A man insulted Xu Duoduo, and Qin Luo kicked him flying before Professor Ji hurried off to test Qin Luo's rapid manifestation.
• Qin Luo scolded Xu Duoduo for not standing up for herself and told her to stay close to him.
• Xu Duoduo tugged Qin Luo's tank top, grabbed his new wolf ear, and hugged his tail, making him shudder.

Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu discovered their new animal forms, while Xu Duoduo kept admiring Qin Luo’s fluffy tail. The chapter left the group together after Qin Luo sternly told Xu Duoduo not to keep acting cute.

• Xu Duoduo hugged and stroked Qin Luo’s wolf tail until Chen Xiaofei interrupted them by flapping his new wings and knocking them over.
• Qin Luo told Xu Duoduo she could touch his tail only when they were alone, and Chen Xiaofei revealed his Gyrfalcon form.
• Bai Shu revealed that he had become a Siberian Flying Squirrel, then nearly fought with Chen Xiaofei over the teasing.
• The group found Wang Weihu sitting in a cubicle with Amur Tiger ears and a tail, and laughed at his animal form.
• Xu Duoduo admired Qin Luo’s tail as they walked, and Qin Luo scolded her for acting cute.

After transforming, Qin Luo and his teammates completed ability monitoring and learned how their injections had strengthened their powers. They left the Research Center with new training advice and a clearer sense of their abilities.

• Professor Ji took Qin Luo and the other three for ability monitoring while Xiao Qiao kept Xu Duoduo company.
• Xu Duoduo and Xiao Qiao chatted through the wait, and Qin Luo came to collect Xu Duoduo, protectively claiming her from Xiao Qiao.
• Qin Luo and his teammates received cases of Mutant Core Dilution Injections, with instructions to take one dose every three days.
• Bai Shu explained that Qin Luo had reached mid-tier three, Wang Weihu and Chen Xiaofei were late-tier two, and he had just advanced to tier two.
• Qin Luo's thunder-type injection improved his thunderstorm and speed, while Chen Xiaofei's injection combined speed and wind abilities.
• Professor Ji advised the teammates to explore their transformations, adapt their training, and develop techniques suited to their abilities.

Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, and their squad discussed their new abilities and agreed to help protect Xu Duoduo and teach her to use hers. As super typhoon Tyrannosaurus struck the base, they prepared for a defensive battle and possible rescue operations.

• Professor Ji explained Bai Shu's Berserk ability and Wang Weihu's earth abilities, advising them to test and develop their skills.
• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, Chen Xiaofei, and Wang Weihu agreed to help Xu Duoduo train and keep her abilities safe from unwanted attention.
• Xu Duoduo remembered how lonely she had been after losing her grandparents and felt fortunate to belong with the squad, but Qin Luo interrupted her thoughts by carrying her onward.
• The squad reached their residential complex as the typhoon arrived, the power went out, and base alarms warned of danger from mutant birds and insects.
• Qin Luo and the others prepared for a night of defensive duty, and Xu Duoduo blew her wooden whistle to signal that they would protect their home.

As a typhoon darkened H City and the Monster Interference Device malfunctioned, Xu Duoduo practiced using her ability with Qin Luo and the others. She learned to retrieve nearby objects from a distance, though her range was limited to one meter.

• A typhoon brought darkness and powerful winds to H City as the Monster Interference Device malfunctioned, leaving the base vulnerable to mutated monsters.
• Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu explained how to focus and channel their abilities while helping Xu Duoduo practice.
• Xu Duoduo concentrated until the Multifaceted Rubik's Cube Space in her mind began turning, then successfully retrieved a cup from a distance.
• Xu Duoduo discovered she could not retrieve an ornament from far away, so Qin Luo moved it closer while Bai Shu recorded her attempts.
• Xu Duoduo managed to retrieve the ornament from one meter away and celebrated by sharing food with her teammates.

The 3A Special Operations Team headed to a residential district to fight a swarm of mutant bats. As the team swept the area, Qin Luo let Xu Duoduo practice fighting, and she began proving herself despite being repeatedly knocked down by the typhoon.

• The team accepted a mission to clear mutant bats southeast of their base and assigned partners before setting out in the storm.
• Chen Xiaofei flew ahead to the residential district and reported that a flock of large black bats was circling the buildings.
• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu reached separate corners of the district, and the team began sweeping toward the center.
• Qin Luo let Xu Duoduo fight bats with her Chainsaw while he protected her and gradually allowed more bats through.
• Xu Duoduo adapted quickly and killed bats, but the enormous swarm kept arriving as the typhoon repeatedly knocked her down.

Qin Luo and his squad were overwhelmed by a vast swarm of mutant bats, but Xu Duoduo’s new protective shields and the team’s combined abilities turned the attack around. Xu Duoduo fell asleep from the effort, and the exhausted survivors began collecting the scattered mutant cores.

• Qin Luo regrouped the squad as a huge swarm of mutant bats gathered overhead and residents watched anxiously from their homes.
• Xu Duoduo sensed danger as the bats dived at the group, and Qin Luo struck the swarm with lightning.
• Xu Duoduo created five Spatial Protective Shields to protect the squad, while Qin Luo, Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu attacked the bats with their abilities.
• The squad killed the remaining bats, and Xu Duoduo collapsed against Qin Luo’s shoulder after draining her ability energy.
• Qin Luo let Xu Duoduo sleep while the exhausted squad cleared the battlefield and collected the mutant cores.

After the typhoon and mutant bat attack, Xu Duoduo woke to find her squad had saved twenty-three thousand mutant cores for her. Qin Luo told her she had been registered as a First-Order Speed Mutated Person to conceal her spatial ability, and the squad prepared to attend an awards ceremony.

• The base cleaned up after the typhoon, while combat squads rested after defending it with fewer than two hundred civilian deaths and no combat-squad fatalities.
• Xu Duoduo woke to a room piled with twenty-three thousand one-star mutant cores and ten two-star cores that Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu had given her.
• Qin Luo explained that Xiao Qiao had measured Xu Duoduo's speed at three times the baseline and recorded her as a First-Order Speed Mutated Person to hide her spatial ability.
• Qin Luo reassured Xu Duoduo that her exhaustion aftereffects were harmless, then carried her to wash up before their squad's awards ceremony.
• Chen Xiaofei, Wang Weihu, and Bai Shu greeted Xu Duoduo and checked how she felt after waking.

After Xu Duoduo woke with white hair, she frightened herself in the mirror, but eating a mutant core restored her appearance. She and Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and the others then headed to the city center to collect their awards, passing a bustling cleanup crew on the way.

• Xu Duoduo saw her white hair and silver eyes in the mirror and wailed, alarming Qin Luo and the others.
• Bai Shu suggested that Xu Duoduo eat a mutant core, and her hair and eyelashes turned black again after she finished one.
• Xu Duoduo got ready and shared breakfast with Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and the others before they set out to collect their awards.
• The group watched a logistics team clear fallen trees, where a turtle-shell man directed workers and Xiao Qi was caught eating leaves.
• The men and Xu Duoduo saw Chicken Bro being greeted by the workers and wondered what government job he had landed.

After enduring a staged awards ceremony, the 3A Team received vouchers for custom weapon upgrades and visited the Artisan Department. They submitted their requests and left their weapons in the department’s hands.

• Qin Luo and the others attended a heavily rehearsed commendation ceremony alongside larger squads and received electronic wristbands and weapon upgrade vouchers.
• The team rode to the Artisan Department, where they admired the workshop’s displays of robots, modified vehicles, and weapons.
• Qin Luo requested upgrades for his Twin-Bladed Knife, Wang Weihu asked for boxing gloves, Bai Shu requested a gun, and Chen Xiaofei wanted hidden weapons.
• The team filled out forms for their custom weapons, while a service worker recognized Xu Duoduo as a member of the famous 3A Team.

Qin Luo and his team visited the Artisan Department, then explored the city center and tried milk tea made with newly approved mutated plants. They left with drinks and a better understanding of how the base was adapting to scarce food and its mutated residents.

• Xu Duoduo struggled to fill out her paperwork, so Qin Luo completed it, and the team was told their weapons would be ready in three days.
• Qin Luo ordered twenty drinks at Booji Booji after spotting its expensive menu, including beverages made with mutated plants.
• The shop assistant explained that the Research Center tested mutated plants for contamination and that only mutants and mutated people could currently eat them.
• Chicken Bro, a mutated person working in the shop, came out to ask for more Boba Pearls before the assistant ushered him back into the kitchen.
• Qin Luo handed Xu Duoduo a cup of milk tea, and she happily drank the freshly made drink as the team left the shop.

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo’s group discovered a fantasy-themed shop selling equipment with real abilities, and Xu Duoduo tried on a dress that granted invisibility. The dress cost far more than she could afford, so Qin Luo offered to pay, but they settled on covering the shortfall with zombie mutant cores.

• Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and the others entered Alchemist Xiao Lin's Treasure Shop and browsed its unusual potions, weapons, and protective clothing.
• Xu Duoduo tried on a green Lolita dress from the Chameleon Series, and Qin Luo blushed while praising how it looked on her.
• Xu Duoduo activated the dress and vanished, confirming that it granted invisibility.
• The group discovered that the dress cost 300,000 points, more than Xu Duoduo had, and Qin Luo offered to buy it for her.
• Xu Duoduo stopped Qin Luo from paying outright, so Qin Luo suggested using zombie mutant cores to cover the difference.

Qin Luo's team visited Da Qiao and learned that she wanted them to rescue researchers trapped near a pollution source in City N, where a New-Type Giant Zombie had appeared. Da Qiao began explaining the mission details at her home.

• Little Zombie and her companions spent nearly a million points on outfits and protective equipment before returning to the New Human area.
• Qin Luo's team met Da Qiao, who asked them to take a mission in City N to help her trapped Research Institute friend and a group of researchers.
• Da Qiao brought the team to her home, where they discovered she was raising noisy Man-Eating Flower Babies and feeding them mutant bat meat.
• Qin Luo asked Da Qiao for the mission's location, the number of people involved, and details about the new zombie monster.
• Da Qiao explained that ten days earlier, the Survivor Base in City B had sent ten combat teams to collect pollution source samples, and her friend had been among them.

Da Qiao asked Qin Luo’s team to rescue researchers trapped by a huge, cunning three-star zombie monster at a City N research institute, especially because her mutated friend was among them. Qin Luo accepted the mission for five million points and five favors, and Team 3A prepared to join the operation.

• Da Qiao explained that the zombie monster had trapped researchers inside the institute, killed three team members, and could command zombies while using traps and a dangerous sonic attack.
• Da Qiao said the mission mattered to her because her friend, a dead leaf butterfly mutated person, was trapped there and Jin Chuanqiong was leading the operation despite opposing mutated people.
• Little Zombie urged Qin Luo to accept, and Qin Luo agreed to take the mission and face the three-star monster.
• Da Qiao promised Team 3A five million points and a favor for each member, and Qin Luo made sure she confirmed the deal.
• On the way home, Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu discussed Da Qiao’s wealth and said they would have taken the mission anyway.