Chapter Summaries

Team 3A attended City I Base’s lavish welcome banquet, where the mayor tried to win visiting combat teams over with flattery and luxury. Qin Luo raised a question in response to the mayor’s offer to fulfill any request, preparing to challenge the base’s unequal treatment of survivors.

• Team 3A entered the banquet hall and drew attention, while City I ability users admired them and others warned against provoking Xu Duoduo.
• Jin Chuanqiong and the Golden Roc Squad grew resentful as the crowd’s attention shifted to Team 3A.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad escaped the women pressuring them and clustered around Wang Weihu for protection.
• Xu Duoduo pointed out to Qin Luo that City I had food for the banquet while survivors outside endured the cold, and Qin Luo promised to address it.
• The mayor praised the visiting teams, promised rewards for clearing mutated marine creatures, and offered to fulfill their requests; Qin Luo raised his hand to ask a question.

Qin Luo exposed Mayor Wu’s plan to drug and control the visiting combat squads, then killed him and appointed a trustworthy official to take charge of City I Base. The squads turned to settling the survivors stranded outside in the freezing weather, while the bodyguard Mayor Wu had mentioned remained a concern.

• Qin Luo confronted Mayor Wu over the crowded tents outside the base and ordered the Rose Squad to check whether he was lying.
• Mayor Wu tried to flee, but the Rose Squad trapped him with their abilities and forced him to confess that he planned to drug the visiting squads and make them obey him.
• Qin Luo shot Mayor Wu, and a Rose Squad member who had read his memories exposed his abuse of captive girls and pulverized his body with vines.
• Jin Chuanqiong challenged Qin Luo for killing the mayor and asked who would manage City I Base and deal with Mayor Wu’s bodyguard.
• Qin Luo asked the officials to step forward, and the Rose Squad confirmed that a man in his thirties was telling the truth about his past.
• Qin Luo appointed the man to lead the base temporarily and instructed him to follow Headquarters' principles and shelter the survivors outside.

Qin Luo’s team took control of City I’s Survivor Base, rescued more than two hundred captive girls, and detained the mayor’s allies. They captured the mayor’s fire-wielding bodyguard at First Hospital, leaving the base’s problems for Headquarters to handle.

• Qin Luo ordered Mr. Lian to keep the base stable, while Chen Xiaofei and Xu Duoduo tied up the suspicious ability users.
• Wang Weihu, Bai Shu, and the Rose Squad rescued more than two hundred girls held upstairs and detained the remaining staff.
• Wang Weihu assigned the Cheetah Squad and the White Dove Squad to guard the captives and later clear mutated marine creatures.
• Qin Luo’s team discussed the mission and joked about demanding five million points from Headquarters before pursuing the mayor’s bodyguard.
• Mu Mei followed Team 3A to First Hospital, where they found and tied up the bewildered bodyguard.

Team 3A fought off a fresh wave of mutated sea creatures through the night and helped City I Base move survivors into new homes. Exhausted, the team piled into their vehicle to sleep, while Xu Duoduo lay dazed after overfilling her space with seafood.

• The combat squads returned to battle as mutated sea snails and starfish attacked the base wall, and Team 3A joined the fight.
• Wang Weihu reinforced the wall, Chen Xiaofei and Bai Shu attacked the creatures, and Xu Duoduo fought with her chainsaw while collecting seafood.
• At dawn, the teams harvested the seafood and brought low-contamination creatures to City I Base as survivors moved into the new residential complex.
• Qin Luo carried an overstuffed, dizzy Xu Duoduo back while Bai Shu carried the exhausted Chen Xiaofei.
• Qin Luo told Wang Weihu to summon the Off-Road Vehicle, and the four humans and Xu Duoduo climbed inside and fell asleep.

Team 3A briefed Headquarters on the mission and learned they would be rewarded for stopping Wu Dahai. Bai Shu exposed the Golden Roc Squad’s misconduct to the officials, then returned to find his teammates impressed rather than afraid of his scheming.

• Team 3A woke after Headquarters personnel arrived, and Bai Shu went outside with Chen Xiaofei to brief them.
• Headquarters confirmed that Team 3A was clear of wrongdoing for killing Wu Dahai and would receive a reward, while Wu Dahai’s bodyguard would face punishment.
• Bai Shu showed the official videos of the Golden Roc Squad’s misconduct and urged Headquarters to discipline them.
• Bai Shu reminded the official not to forget Team 3A’s benefits and saw him off.
• Chen Xiaofei accused Bai Shu of being devious, while Qin Luo, Wang Weihu, and Xu Duoduo gave Bai Shu approving thumbs-ups.

Team 3A traveled back to the reception building, where Qin Luo was captivated when Xu Duoduo smiled at him. After arriving, they met Little Deer, who thanked them for helping bring down Wu Dahai and described how the old base rules had kept her family apart.

• Chen Xiaofei apologized to Bai Shu, then kept trying to comfort him while Bai Shu secretly laughed at him.
• Xu Duoduo called Qin Luo annoying, hugged him after he threatened to withhold his ears, and then browsed the Forum while sharing breakfast with Chen Xiaofei.
• Bai Shu revealed he had stopped being angry, prompting Chen Xiaofei to realize he had been fooled and start a mock fight with him.
• Xu Duoduo smiled at the cheerful scene in the vehicle, and Qin Luo blushed as he stared at her before she hid her expression again.
• Wang Weihu drove Team 3A to the reception building, where Little Deer welcomed them and explained that Wu Dahai had kept workers' families separated to make them work harder.

Qin Luo and his team completed their mission to clear mutated marine creatures and returned to H City Base with a large haul of seafood. They learned the base had raised its walls after a mutant bird attack, and Qin Luo headed home exhausted while Xu Duoduo stayed close to him.

• Little Deer reported that City I Base had cleared its tent area, opened relief supply points, and begun relocating residents to the Residential District.
• The combat squads finished eliminating the mutated marine creatures, and Headquarters’ research team concluded that the creatures likely arrived in waves possibly connected to typhoons.
• The Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad praised Team 3A, while Xu Duoduo told Chen Xiaofei she was waiting for Qin Luo’s tail to appear.
• Qin Luo’s team returned to H City Base and learned from Bai Shu that mutant birds had attacked while they were away, prompting the base to raise its perimeter wall.
• Qin Luo handed the mission’s seafood supplies to Du Chunjiang, who transferred them to the warehouse card and praised Xu Duoduo’s white hair.

Qin Luo brought Xu Duoduo back to the base after their seafood mission and took her to the Research Center for ability monitoring. There, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao noticed Xu Duoduo’s white hair, and Xiao Qiao immediately tried to cuddle her and take her home.

• Du Chunjiang watched Xu Duoduo smile at her before Qin Luo carried her into the base.
• Qin Luo comforted Xu Duoduo about the people who had survived the apocalypse and told her about their former classmates.
• Qin Luo recalled Team 3A’s painful early losses but kept those memories from Xu Duoduo.
• Qin Luo brought Xu Duoduo to the Research Center, where Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao noticed her white hair.
• Xiao Qiao hugged Xu Duoduo and asked if she could take the white-haired zombie home.

Qin Luo brought Xu Duoduo to headquarters for a checkup, where Da Qiao confirmed she was healthy and Professor Ji invited Qin Luo for ability monitoring. While Xu Duoduo waited, a rabbit Mutated Person and a chicken Mutated Person befriended her and invited her to perform in a New Year’s show.

• Qin Luo shielded Xu Duoduo from Xiao Qiao’s teasing, and Da Qiao examined her and found nothing wrong.
• Xiao Qiao offered Qin Luo newly developed Mutant Core Diluent snacks, but Professor Ji stopped her and pointed Xu Duoduo toward the samples.
• Professor Ji asked Qin Luo to undergo ability monitoring, and Qin Luo left Xu Duoduo on a familiar bench while warning her not to wander off.
• A rabbit Mutated Person tried to comfort Xu Duoduo, mistaking her silence for a hardship caused by her mutation.
• A chicken Mutated Person offered Xu Duoduo a job and invited her to join him and the rabbit in a New Year’s show.

Qin Luo found Xu Duoduo with Rabbit Bro and Rooster Bro, reassured her about her difficulty speaking, and introduced her as a member of Team 3A. He and Xu Duoduo left after giving the two Mutated Persons gifts, while they began planning their New Year's Day performance.

• Qin Luo startled Rabbit Bro and Rooster Bro, then apologized after Professor Ji explained that the Mutated Persons were easily frightened.
• Professor Ji reassured Xu Duoduo that she could take her speech difficulties slowly and told Qin Luo that the base was establishing a community hospital for Mutated Persons.
• Qin Luo introduced Xu Duoduo as a Zombie Mutated Person and a member of the famous 3A Special Operations Team, shocking Rabbit Bro and Rooster Bro.
• Professor Ji suggested that Xu Duoduo get Ability Monitoring, and Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo prepared to leave.
• Qin Luo gave Rabbit Bro and Rooster Bro cigarettes and a thousand points, while Xu Duoduo gave them food.
• Rabbit Bro and Rooster Bro celebrated their gifts and resolved to do more good deeds before returning to the question of what to perform at the New Year's Day party.

Xu Duoduo discovered that her growing Rubik's Cube Space held vast supplies and planned to explore its new functions. Back at the residential complex, Qin Luo broke up an argument over planting a mutated durian tree, then asked whether its fruit would be sold.

• Xu Duoduo's Ability Monitoring showed that her speed remained 3.0 and her stored energy had increased enough to barely reach tier two.
• Xu Duoduo reviewed the supplies in her expanding Multifaceted Rubik's Cube Space and memorized its newly updated functions.
• Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo returned to the residential complex and found mutated fruit trees, including a durian tree, where ornamental plants had been.
• Qin Luo stopped the Ability Users from arguing over the durian tree and told them to ask the community staff to resolve the issue.
• Qin Luo noticed Xu Duoduo drooling at the durians and asked the turtle Mutated Person whether the fruit would be sold.

Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo returned to a base thriving with giant edible plants, while Xu Duoduo explored her space and its water supply. A sudden blizzard covered the area in snow, and she woke to Qin Luo warning that a little ice age had begun.

• Qin Luo learned from Wang Weihu that the base’s giant plants had come from City R and were being cultivated for food.
• Qin Luo took Xu Duoduo home to rest, and she examined her space, planted assorted seeds, and tasted water from its water slot.
• Xu Duoduo realized her space had powerful functions, including unlimited storage, an inexhaustible water supply, Strangulation, and a Spatial Protective Shield.
• A sudden blizzard struck, and a snow rabbit Mutated Person rolled snowballs outside the residential buildings.
• Xu Duoduo woke to Qin Luo and three others playing cards, and Qin Luo told her that the little ice age had begun.

After the new little ice age trapped everyone indoors, Xu Duoduo suggested that Team 3A stockpile cooked food. As the team prepared to cook together, Xiao Qiao arrived and found the legendary fighters doing housework.

• Headquarters announced that humanity had entered a new century little ice age, with outside temperatures below minus fifty degrees Celsius and outdoor activities suspended.
• Qin Luo comforted Xu Duoduo, and Bai Shu cheered her up by reporting that country R's island had sunk beneath the sea.
• Xu Duoduo wrote that she wanted to cook and stockpile food, and Chen Xiaofei asked her to find a takoyaki pan.
• Xu Duoduo found the pan, and she, Wang Weihu, Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu began preparing ingredients for cooked meals.
• Xiao Qiao arrived and found Wang Weihu wearing a pink apron while Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu peeled garlic and trimmed vegetables.

Xiao Qiao brought Miao Miao to Team 3A’s home so she could introduce herself and survey how mutated people and ability users lived together. Miao Miao found the team surprisingly warm and began asking about Xu Duoduo, while Qin Luo stayed close to her in the kitchen.

• Xiao Qiao introduced Miao Miao as the new community staff member organizing a New Year’s Eve Gala and supporting mutated people.
• Xiao Qiao greeted Xu Duoduo with an enthusiastic hug, prompting Qin Luo to rush over and protest.
• Miao Miao was surprised by Team 3A’s friendly behavior and explained that people outside had assumed the team was aloof because of its fearsome reputation.
• Miao Miao began a survey about how Team 3A got along with Xu Duoduo and asked what she liked to eat and what hobbies she had.
• Bai Shu said Xu Duoduo liked most foods, Chen Xiaofei said she enjoyed stockpiling things, and Wang Weihu noted that the team had known her since middle school.

Miao Miao visited Team 3A to check on their household and invite Xu Duoduo to perform at the New Year’s celebration, while the group discussed Mutated People joining combat teams. Xu Duoduo declined to perform, and Qin Luo pouted when she admired Miao Miao’s cat ears and tail.

• Miao Miao asked Bai Shu whether his and Chen Xiaofei’s prior friendship affected the value of her home-visit findings, and Xiao Qiao suggested pairing Mutated People with people they already knew.
• Xiao Qiao reminded Miao Miao to recruit performers for the New Year’s celebration, and Miao Miao invited Xu Duoduo to perform.
• Xu Duoduo served the visitors mutant fruit, and Miao Miao was captivated by her beauty while Xiao Qiao praised the loquats.
• Miao Miao’s cat ears and tail appeared as she asked Xu Duoduo about performing, and Xu Duoduo declined while staring at them.
• Qin Luo coughed to draw Xu Duoduo’s attention, prompting Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei to tease him for acting jealous.
• Xu Duoduo noticed Qin Luo pouting and decided not to pet Miao Miao, choosing to wait until Big Doggy let her pet him instead.

Xu Duoduo cooked for Team 3A, while Qin Luo shyly let her pet his wolf ears before fleeing. A new mission sent the team to investigate missing survivors and combat teams in the fog-shrouded City R, and they prepared to leave in two days.

• Miao Miao and Xiao Qiao left with bags of mutant fruit, while Shishi took photos of Qin Luo, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei play-fighting.
• Qin Luo exposed his wolf ears so Xu Duoduo could pet them, then fled when her touch made him react.
• Xu Duoduo cooked and packed food as Wang Weihu, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu gathered around the kitchen.
• Headquarters assigned Team 3A to investigate the City R Survivor Base and locate missing combat teams after contact was lost in the thick fog.
• Bai Shu said the team would likely leave in two days, and Qin Luo told Xu Duoduo to stay close to the group in the snowy conditions.

Qin Luo’s 3A team collected cold-weather supplies and had their battered weapons sent for repairs before their mission to City R. Xu Duoduo received a Space Card, and the team ran into the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad, who planned to follow them on the mission.

• Qin Luo led 3A to the Artisan Department, where staff issued cold-weather gear and took their damaged weapons for repair.
• Qin Luo divided the supplies and installed a 150-cubic-meter Space Card in Xu Duoduo’s wristband.
• Wang Weihu helped the team store their supplies, and they set out to visit the Alchemist’s shop for winter clothes.
• 3A met the Cheetah Squad and White Dove Squad, who asked to follow their vehicle to City R and promised to work well with them.
• The rookie squads called Xu Duoduo their Little Class Monitor, prompting Chen Xiaofei to explain that the nickname belonged to their former middle-school class.

Team 3A visited Lin Qianxing's shop to buy winter gear before their mission to City R, and they chose an ornate dress for Xu Duoduo along with useful accessories. Lin Qianxing also gave them warming bracelets as payment for their previous help, leaving the team equipped for their departure the next day.

• Team 3A found new winter dresses at Lin Qianxing's shop and joked while choosing outfits for Xu Duoduo.
• Qin Luo, Bai Shu, and Chen Xiaofei reassured Xu Duoduo that they could afford the dresses, then teased one another until Lin Qianxing emerged from backstage.
• Lin Qianxing gave Team 3A warming bracelets as payment for their previous help and learned they were leaving for a mission the next day.
• Xu Duoduo tried on the Champagne Lolita, and the team admired its beauty and attack-speed bonus before buying it with a twelve-percent discount.
• Team 3A bought additional attribute-boosting tools and accessories, while Lin Qianxing's shopkeepers reacted to his unusual generosity.

Lin Qianxing asked Team 3A to collect valuable mutated materials in exchange for mutant cores and specially made clothes, and Xu Duoduo accepted the side quest. The next day, Team 3A prepared to leave the base in their new Snow Vehicle, with Qin Luo calling Xu Duoduo to join the mission.

• Lin Qianxing gave Xu Duoduo and Team 3A a booklet of materials to gather and offered mutant cores and custom clothing in return.
• Lin Qianxing said he could provide specific mutant cores, including a Tier Four Lightning Mutant Core, which Team 3A needed for their injections.
• Xu Duoduo accepted the job, and Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu agreed to take on the side quest.
• The next day, Team 3A gathered at the base entrance in new cold-weather uniforms and admired their modified Snow Vehicle.
• Qin Luo called Xu Duoduo over as she watched the snow, and Team 3A prepared to leave on their mission.

3A left the H City Survivor Base with several rookie squads and headed through a blizzard toward the plant-swallowed City R. As the squad shared breakfast and joked in their vehicle, they prepared to find out how the frozen world had affected the city.

• Xu Duoduo gave Qin Luo and the others ginger tea as their vehicle joined the departing squads, including the Rose Squad, Cheetah Squad, White Dove Squad, and Orchid Bell Squad.
• At the base's exit checkpoints, the staff wished the teams a safe journey and a quick return for New Year's Day.
• Qin Luo drove 3A into the blizzard, while Bai Shu and Wang Weihu discussed the overgrown City R routes shown on their maps.
• Xu Duoduo served the squad meat buns, tea eggs, takoyaki, and fruit and vegetables for breakfast.
• Chen Xiaofei teased Qin Luo about liking Xu Duoduo, prompting Qin Luo, Chen Xiaofei, and Bai Shu to trade jokes while Wang Weihu and Xu Duoduo enjoyed the takoyaki.