Chapter Summaries

Xu Duoduo and Qin Luo's squad prepared for a Headquarters rescue operation and planned three days of intensive training for her. Before training began, Xu Duoduo arranged for Wang Weihu to cook and store food for the squad.

• Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu warned Xu Duoduo that Jin Chuanqiong was ruthless, stole credit, and sacrificed teammates, while Qin Luo promised to protect her if Jin bullied her.
• Headquarters invited Qin Luo's group to join a rescue operation departing in three days, with rewards and new supplies; Bai Shu reminded them to take their second Mutant Core Dilution Injection the next day.
• Qin Luo assigned himself to teach Xu Duoduo close combat, Bai Shu to teach her sniping, Wang Weihu to teach her boxing, and Chen Xiaofei to teach her concealment, and Xu Duoduo agreed to learn.
• The squad shared a hearty dinner at Wang Weihu's home, while Xu Duoduo could only taste a little and then ate a Mutant Bat core.
• Xu Duoduo brought Wang Weihu ingredients, air fryers, and pressure cookers from her Rubik's Cube Space so he could prepare and store cooked food for the squad.

Team 3A collected their custom weapons, combat uniforms, and machine guns from the H City Survivor Base’s Artisan Department before setting out on a new mission. After passing the base’s checkpoints, Qin Luo drove the team toward their destination.

• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Xu Duoduo received their customized weapons and ten protective Combat Uniforms, along with five machine guns to test.
• The team bound their weapons with blood, changed into their black uniforms, and admired one another’s appearances while the staff admired them, too.
• Qin Luo called everyone aboard their vehicle and led Team 3A toward the base exit to begin their mission.
• At the manual inspection station, Qin Luo spoke with the familiar guard, who wished the team a safe journey and swift return.
• Qin Luo drove through the checkpoint and headed toward the mission destination.

Qin Luo’s team traveled with four other squads toward City N, discussing the worsening conditions outside the base and the need to keep gathering supplies. The desolate journey left everyone uneasy, but Qin Luo cheered them up with milk tea as they continued onward.

• Bai Shu checked the roster of the five teams bound for City N, and Chen Xiaofei joked about Jin Chuanqiong encountering Mu Mei and the Rose Squad.
• Xu Duoduo and the others saw the barren landscape outside the base, and Qin Luo warned that life inside the base could make people lose their sense of danger.
• Qin Luo explained that search teams had stripped nearby areas for supplies and would need to travel farther as resources became scarce.
• The teams hurried toward City N, and Bai Shu described satellite images showing that most of the world had gone dark beyond the illuminated bases.
• Qin Luo handed out milk tea to lift his team’s spirits and gave Xu Duoduo a straw, delighting her.

At the toll station, Mu Mei and Jin Chuanqiong argued over whether to bombard City N or take a slower route that might spare survivors. Qin Luo calmed the squads and introduced Xu Duoduo, who attacked Jin after he insulted her, leaving him unable to overcome the novice fighter.

• Mu Mei and Jin Chuanqiong argued over the mission route and who should command the squads, with Mu Mei opposing an attack that might kill survivors.
• Qin Luo arrived, drew greetings from the other squads, and stopped Mu Mei and Jin Chuanqiong from fighting.
• Xu Duoduo emerged from behind Qin Luo, and he introduced her as a speed-type Mutated Person on the 3A Special Operations Squad.
• Jin Chuanqiong mocked Xu Duoduo and her place on the team, so she dashed forward and kicked him in the chest.
• Jin Chuanqiong tried to fight Xu Duoduo but realized he could not beat her, while Qin Luo watched her moves and assessed her training.

Xu Duoduo defeated Jin Chuanqiong in a spar, and Qin Luo defended her place on Team 3A after revealing that her Emotional Monitoring Collar stayed green throughout the fight. Team 3A took charge of planning the rescue, and the teams agreed to split up and advance toward the Research Institute.

• Xu Duoduo fought Jin Chuanqiong evenly and knocked him down, earning cheers from Team 3A.
• Qin Luo tended to Xu Duoduo’s bruises, struck Jin Chuanqiong with lightning, and warned everyone that she was an official member of Team 3A.
• Qin Luo pointed out that Xu Duoduo’s collar had stayed green throughout the fight, astonishing the onlookers.
• Bai Shu, Chen Xiaofei, and Wang Weihu led a discussion of rescue routes and team assignments with the other squads.
• After Qin Luo treated Xu Duoduo’s bruised shin, the teams agreed to split up and push toward the Research Institute along two routes.

Qin Luo’s group began clearing the zombie-packed national highway while the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad struggled to hold their ground. Xu Duoduo rushed to support the rookie squads, and the teams continued the extermination mission as Qin Luo’s group planned to collect the mutant cores.

• Qin Luo divided the five squads into two groups and sent them along nearby routes to begin the extermination mission.
• Qin Luo’s group advanced through the highway horde while the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad fought zombies pouring in from side roads.
• The rookie squads panicked as zombies overwhelmed them and one of their members was injured, so Qin Luo told them to hold position and call their healer.
• Xu Duoduo heard the rookie squads’ distress and rushed back, cutting down a row of zombies with her pink Chainsaw.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad cheered Xu Duoduo on as she cleared the horde, while Qin Luo’s group continued fighting and planned to collect the mutant cores.

After clearing the zombies, Team 3A and the rookie squads rested and divided the mutant cores. Qin Luo returned from helping the Rose Squad and sent everyone to a safer place to recover, while Xu Duoduo served food on a second-floor terrace.

• The rookie squads overcame their fear and fought alongside Team 3A until the area was mostly cleared, and Qin Luo declared a half-hour rest.
• Chen Xiaofei used his wind ability to collect mutant cores, while Xu Duoduo stored them in her Rubik's Cube Space.
• Chen Xiaofei divided twelve thousand mutant cores among Team 3A, the Cheetah Squad, and the White Dove Squad, giving each team four thousand.
• Wang Weihu gave the exhausted rookies cigarettes, then led them to rest on the second floor after Qin Luo returned from helping the Rose Squad.
• Xu Duoduo brought rice wraps, chicken, and soup to the terrace, where Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu ate.

After a battle, Xu Duoduo counted Team 3A’s mutant cores and shared a meal with Qin Luo, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei. Jin Chuanqiong mocked Qin Luo’s team, but their large haul embarrassed him and he left in anger.

• Qin Luo gave Xu Duoduo several two-star mutant cores, and she counted the team’s collected cores while everyone ate.
• Xu Duoduo counted 21,200 zombie mutant cores and realized the team had abundant supplies and currency.
• Qin Luo asked whether Xu Duoduo could taste food and fed her a chicken foot, but she disliked its flavor.
• Jin Chuanqiong mocked Qin Luo and claimed his team had collected 6,300 cores, while members of the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad pointed out that Team 3A had more.
• Xu Duoduo showed Qin Luo that Team 3A had 25,200 cores in total, and Qin Luo and Chen Xiaofei mocked Jin Chuanqiong until he left with his teammates.

Qin Luo’s group reached an unfinished high-rise in City N and rested while guarding against the nearby zombie monster. In the second half of the night, heavy footsteps shook the building, and Mu Mei spotted the monster’s enormous head outside.

• Qin Luo reminded everyone to burn the remaining zombie corpses so the zombie monster could not eat them and grow stronger.
• Qin Luo assigned watch shifts at the high-rise, while the Rose Squad used plant abilities to conceal and protect the group.
• Wang Weihu and Xu Duoduo covered the exhausted rookies with quilts, and Qin Luo traded taunts with Jin Chuanqiong.
• Xu Duoduo fell asleep against Qin Luo, and the group rested through a mostly quiet night.
• The ground shook as heavy footsteps approached, and Mu Mei saw the zombie monster’s enormous head outside.

Qin Luo and the squads prepared to fight a rapidly growing Giant Zombie near the Research Institute, then launched a surprise attack before rescuing the survivors. The chapter left the battle just beginning, with Chen Xiaofei hurling Marble Bombs at the monster.

• Qin Luo assessed the Giant Zombie’s size and directed the squads to exploit its poor agility and attack before it grew further.
• Qin Luo assigned Team 3A, the Rose Squad, and the Golden Roc Squad to attack while the White Dove Squad and Cheetah Squad provided support and looked for survivors.
• Qin Luo warned Xu Duoduo not to reveal her spatial ability or overextend herself.
• The squads used Mimicry Injections as they approached, and Team 3A transformed and moved quickly enough to astonish the others.
• Chen Xiaofei flew toward the Giant Zombie and threw Marble Bombs at it, starting the fight.

Team 3A and the Rose Squad fought a massive, heavily contaminated zombie monster while the Cheetah and White Dove Squads rescued survivors at the Research Institute. After the others were exhausted and withdrew, Team 3A finished the monster, and Xu Duoduo retrieved its mutant core.

• Chen Xiaofei drew the giant zombie’s attention as Bai Shu, Wang Weihu, Qin Luo, and the others attacked it with bullets, claws, lightning, and vines.
• Qin Luo ordered the Cheetah Squad and the White Dove Squad to enter the Research Institute and rescue survivors while the fight continued.
• Xu Duoduo repeatedly cut the monster’s legs with her Chainsaw, while Bai Shu’s bullets and illusion ability slowed its attacks.
• Mu Mei’s Rose Squad withdrew, and the Golden Roc Squad blamed Headquarters for the difficult fight as they watched Team 3A continue battling.
• The giant zombie tried to flee but collapsed, and Xu Duoduo killed it and removed its mutant core from its brain.
• Chen Xiaofei and the others regrouped, exhausted after the prolonged battle.

After the zombie monster was defeated and the survivors were rescued, the teams credited Team 3A for the mission while Zhou Siqi collected samples from the monster with Xu Duoduo's help. Wang Weihu prepared to move on and scolded the rookie squads for their mistakes, leaving them chastened.

• Xu Duoduo held the zombie monster's red mutant core, while the rescued survivors thanked the teams and the Desert Squad reflected on how close they had come to dying.
• Jin Chuanqiong tried to claim credit for the rescue, but the Rose Squad told the survivors that Team 3A had done the heavy lifting.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad praised Team 3A and revealed that their rookie, Xu Duoduo, had zombie transformation, surprising the researchers and survivors.
• Zhou Siqi began collecting samples from the monster, and Xu Duoduo, Qin Luo, and Chen Xiaofei joined her as Bai Shu documented the scene.
• Wang Weihu told the Research Institute staff that the mission was complete and that his team would continue on, prompting the rookie squads to ask to follow them.
• Wang Weihu rebuked the rookies for their poor support response times and combat readiness, leaving them ashamed and silent.

Xu Duoduo lured Qin Luo into a vehicle to pet his wolf ears and tail, then fell asleep against him. After wrapping her in a blanket, Qin Luo prepared to leave with the team and bring Dead Leaf Butterfly along.

• Xu Duoduo ignored Qin Luo at first, alarming him, then lured him into Team 3A's Off-Road Vehicle and eagerly petted his ears and tail.
• Xu Duoduo fell asleep against Qin Luo's chest, and he moved her beside him and wrapped her in a blanket.
• Bai Shu told Qin Luo that the handover was nearly finished and Dead Leaf Butterfly wanted to join them.
• Qin Luo ordered the team to bring Dead Leaf Butterfly and leave once Xiaofei and the others arrived.

Team 3A left the Research Institute and traveled through the flooded northern district of City N, where they fought off mutant creatures and learned the area’s monsters appeared to guard separate territories. After Xu Duoduo woke, she fed the squad, while Zhou Siqi compared their easygoing life with the intense competition at the Survivor Base in City B.

• Mu Mei thanked Qin Luo and Team 3A for their work, gave them medicine, and departed for the Survivor Base in City B.
• As the squads separated, Bai Shu teased Qin Luo about staying close to Xu Duoduo, then admitted he had invented the claimed drug side effect.
• Wang Weihu drove Team 3A into the flooded northern district of City N, where the group fought giant beetles before submerging their vehicle among mutant fish.
• Zhou Siqi explained that the northern district flooded easily and suggested the local monsters occupied different territories.
• Xu Duoduo woke and gave the hungry squad rice balls and Qin Luo cans of cola.
• Zhou Siqi admired Team 3A’s plentiful food and relaxed life, contrasting it with the relentless competition at the Survivor Base in City B.

The rescue team found edible mutant frogs and loquats while traveling through City N, where no survivors answered their broadcast. They gathered loquats for the base and continued watching for danger.

• Chen Xiaofei broadcast a rescue message in City N, attracting mutant frogs that scraped at the vehicle’s windows.
• Zhou Siqi explained that City B survivors ate mutant frogs, and Qin Luo urged the team to collect edible mutant plants and animals for the base.
• Qin Luo spotted a mutant loquat tree and directed Wang Weihu to stop beneath it.
• Chen Xiaofei flew Xu Duoduo up to pick loquats while Qin Luo guarded them and shot approaching mutant frogs.
• Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo gathered and ate the sweet loquats, but no survivors responded to the broadcast.

Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo harvested the mutant loquat tree until a frightened boy confronted them. The boy, Cheng Cheng, explained that he and his three-year-old sister Cheng Ai were alone after their parents were bitten and disappeared, and that he had not heard from another survivor recently.

• Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo picked loquats while Qin Luo retrieved mutant frogs and Bai Shu uploaded a report and broadcast rescue announcements.
• Zhou Siqi stayed in the vehicle, told Wang Weihu and Bai Shu that Da Qiao was Qiao Yajun and Xiao Qiao was Qiao Weimo, and explained their twin lotus ability.
• Qin Luo spotted movement in a window, and a boy named Cheng Cheng yelled at Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo for taking his family's loquats.
• Chen Xiaofei tried to reassure Cheng Cheng while Qin Luo caught Xu Duoduo, who secretly tugged his wolf ear.
• Cheng Cheng told Chen Xiaofei that he and his sister Cheng Ai were alone after their parents were bitten during the disaster, and that he had not heard Granny Liu in recent days.

Chen Xiaofei and the 3A squad rescued Cheng Cheng and his little sister, then gathered mutant fruit while searching the area for more survivors. With no one else found and their team exhausted, they decided to return to the base and rest.

• Chen Xiaofei carried Cheng Cheng and his sister to the vehicle, where Qin Luo and Zhou Siqi comforted them and helped them say goodbye to their home.
• Xu Duoduo gave Cheng Cheng food and prepared milk for his sister, while Bai Shu showed him an educational video about the apocalypse.
• The squad searched the area, gathered mutant fruit, and fought mutant animals as Bai Shu looked for other survivors.
• Bai Shu found no more survivors, and the squad learned that other teams had accepted the nearby missions.
• Wang Weihu suggested returning to the base, and Qin Luo agreed to search once more along the way before heading home.

Team 3A returned safely to the H City Survivor Base after rescuing more than eighty survivors, while Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo shared an awkwardly affectionate ride. Back at the base, Zhou Siqi set off to find Da Qiao, and Du Chunjiang panicked over the mutant frog carcasses Qin Luo had submitted.

• Team 3A gave food to over eighty starving survivors and directed a City B logistics team to edible mutant fruit trees before continuing toward the Highway Toll Station.
• During the drive, Xu Duoduo secretly cuddled Qin Luo's tail, and Qin Luo let her hold it again after briefly confiscating it.
• Team 3A reached the H City Survivor Base, where Wang Weihu offered to contact Da Qiao for Zhou Siqi, but Zhou Siqi chose to find her at the Research Center herself.
• Qin Luo submitted mutant frog carcasses to Du Chunjiang, who complained that the granary department would turn them into food and that she did not want to eat them.

Qin Luo brought Xu Duoduo through the base and agreed to escort Cheng Cheng and Cheng Ai to the Childcare Center. After praising Xu Duoduo’s chainsaw skills throughout the bus ride, he was mortified when Cheng Cheng asked if he liked her.

• Du Chunjiang tried to recruit Xu Duoduo to work at the base, but Qin Luo left with her and Xu Duoduo gave Du Chunjiang a handful of milk candies.
• Qin Luo agreed to take Cheng Cheng and Cheng Ai to the Childcare Center when gate staff were too busy handling newly arrived survivors.
• Aunt Zhang gave the children and Xu Duoduo fruit candies before sending them off with Qin Luo.
• On the bus, Qin Luo encouraged Cheng Cheng to learn self-defense and enthusiastically praised Xu Duoduo’s chainsaw.
• Cheng Cheng asked Qin Luo if he liked Xu Duoduo, and Qin Luo hurried off the bus with the group in embarrassment.

Qin Luo brought Cheng Cheng, Cheng Ai, and Xu Duoduo to the Childcare Center and arranged for the siblings to stay there. After meeting Liu Chunhui, he left the children in her care, easing Cheng Cheng’s worries by giving him photos of his family home.

• Qin Luo registered Cheng Cheng, Cheng Ai, and Xu Duoduo at the Childcare Center and encountered Liu Chunhui, who told him her family worked in the center’s kitchen.
• Liu Chunhui thanked Qin Luo for rescuing her family and offered to look after Cheng Cheng and Cheng Ai.
• Qin Luo asked Liu Chunhui to help the siblings settle in, then told Cheng Cheng to seek help from a teacher if he needed anything.
• Qin Luo used Xu Duoduo’s wireless photo printer to give Cheng Cheng and Cheng Ai pictures of their family home.
• Cheng Cheng and Cheng Ai smiled at the photos, and Xu Duoduo thought Qin Luo was a good person.