Chapter Summaries

After Earth fell into the Abyss, Lin Hao survived in a displaced residential district by stockpiling food and water, then discovered that his equipment interface could enchant his attacks with a treasured iron pot. He learned that humanity would need to gather wish power from other worlds, and prepared to face the dangers outside his apartment.

• Lin Hao heard someone scream outside and wondered who had been attacked.
• Lin Hao practiced swinging a wooden ruler, using his equipped iron pot to make his strikes powerful enough to split his landlord’s desk.
• Lin Hao recalled discovering that the iron pot had gained equipment attributes after the residential district fell into the Abyss.
• Lin Hao understood that the earth will had dragged Earth into the Abyss, preserved its strength with anchors, and created teleportation points for people to gather wish power.

Lin Hao trained and waited as madmen trapped him inside his apartment building, then decided to confront the couple harassing him. He killed them both and began planning to gather his supplies and move somewhere cleaner.

• Lin Hao reflected on how fear, scarce supplies, and madmen had broken down attempts by residents to cooperate while he continued practicing with a wooden ruler and pot lid.
• He watched armed residents cross to the Teleportation Point, where people from the second-floor gym demanded food or gold as a toll.
• The mad couple living across from Lin Hao repeatedly pounded on his door and later harassed his other roommate, Xiao Wen.
• After the couple's activity quieted, Lin Hao opened his bedroom door and attacked them when they lunged at him.
• Lin Hao killed the man with his wooden ruler, disarmed the woman and struck her with his pot-covered fist, then hit both bodies again to make sure they were dead.
• Lin Hao wiped the blood from his hand and decided to collect his food and find a cleaner place to stay.

Lin Hao searched the dead couple’s bedroom, found valuable gold jewelry, and planned to gather useful equipment and supplies before investigating the guesthouse and the seventeenth floor. As he prepared to leave, he knocked on Xiao Wen’s door, while Zhao Xiaowen mistook his voice for another madman.

• Lin Hao found a gold ring, necklace, and bracelet worth over five hundred wish power in the couple’s bedroom.
• Lin Hao decided to fill his equipment slots by searching the apartment building and to wait for the first group to return from the Teleportation Point before learning more about it.
• Lin Hao planned to search the guesthouse and then check whether the locksmith on the seventeenth floor was still alive.
• Lin Hao armed himself, checked the front door, and knocked on Xiao Wen’s bedroom door to ask if she was all right.
• Zhao Xiaowen heard Lin Hao and feared that another person had gone mad.

Lin Hao broke into Zhao Xiaowen’s barricaded room to confirm she was alive, then told her he had killed the two mad roommates and planned to scout for a cleaner place. Zhao Xiaowen offered him her yoga outfit in exchange for his help and protection, while Lin Hao noticed it had valuable supernatural properties.

• Lin Hao knocked repeatedly on Zhao Xiaowen’s door, then warned her he would break in because he could not risk leaving a potential threat behind.
• Zhao Xiaowen stayed barricaded inside until Lin Hao chopped through the door with an axe.
• Lin Hao found Zhao Xiaowen alive and told her he had killed the young couple and intended to scout for somewhere cleaner.
• Zhao Xiaowen moved the barricade aside and saw the couple’s bodies, then thanked Lin Hao and offered to let him have her yoga outfit.
• Lin Hao examined Zhao Xiaowen’s yoga outfit and saw that it granted enhanced physical training effects and agility.

Lin Hao accepted Zhao Xiaowen’s offer to work together and took her attribute-bearing dumbbell as equipment. After testing it, he discovered that its added weight made his attacks powerful but taxing, and he prepared to rely on Zhao Xiaowen as an ally while they survived the apocalypse.

• Zhao Xiaowen offered Lin Hao her Yoga Outfit and explained the skills she could contribute in exchange for help surviving.
• Lin Hao agreed that Zhao Xiaowen could stay with him, trusting her judgment and useful abilities.
• Zhao Xiaowen gave Lin Hao an attribute-bearing ten-kilogram dumbbell that improved strength training.
• Lin Hao equipped the dumbbell on his right hand and moved the iron pot to his left, then tested the added weight by swinging a ruler.
• Lin Hao broke a composite-wood desk with one strike, felt the recoil strain his body, and concluded he needed to attack carefully.

Lin Hao searched his apartment corridor, killed two Madmen who attacked him, and began checking the other apartments for survivors and supplies. Zhao Xiaowen watched from behind her locked door and prepared herself to stay close to Lin Hao.

• Lin Hao left Zhao Xiaowen behind, armed himself with a pot lid and weighted ruler, and began checking the corridor apartments.
• Two Madmen charged Lin Hao from opposite directions, and he killed both with blows from his ruler and pot lid.
• Lin Hao called out for survivors, marked apartment doors as he checked them, and headed into the first Madman's apartment to scavenge.
• Zhao Xiaowen watched Lin Hao defeat the Madmen and decided to strengthen her position with him.
• Zhao Xiaowen searched the neighboring couple's room, pocketed two boxes of condoms as potential trade goods, and began studying books about attracting men.

Lin Hao searched an apartment, then drew Madmen toward himself while clearing the building floor by floor. After killing another Madman on the twenty-fifth floor, he began opening the guesthouse rooms with key cards taken from the suspicious survivors downstairs.

• Lin Hao searched room 2317, found a luxury mechanical watch, and took a key from a corpse before closing the apartment door.
• Lin Hao made noise to lure nearby Madmen, found no more on his floor, and entered the fire escape.
• Lin Hao spoke through the barricaded door to the twenty-fourth-floor guesthouse and obtained key cards for the twenty-fifth floor from its occupants.
• A Madman rushed Lin Hao in the stairwell, and Lin Hao killed it with two strikes from his ruler.
• Lin Hao entered the twenty-fifth-floor corridor and began opening the guesthouse rooms with the key cards.

Lin Hao scavenged supplies from an empty room and discovered radio broadcasts from survivor settlements, learning that people had fallen into the Abyss at different times and were establishing bases in other worlds. He continued searching the twenty-fifth floor while listening for useful information.

• Lin Hao collected drinks, instant noodles, water, and other supplies from an empty room.
• Lin Hao tuned the room’s radio and heard Alaska Base describe its three years in the Abyss and its dwindling ammunition and population.
• Lin Hao found a clearer FM broadcast from Changda Academy Radio, which shared advice about World 1 and invited survivors to University Town.
• Lin Hao listened to a recorded briefing explaining that survivors had arrived in the Abyss at different times and that the Earth Will needed wish power to protect them.
• Lin Hao learned that University Town had established itself in the ancient world of Great Qi, then resumed unlocking cards as he searched the twenty-fifth floor.

Lin Hao searched the hotel’s upper floors for supplies and encountered three armed men who tried to rob him. After killing them, he waited for the Madmen drawn by the noise, and one charged up the stairs toward him.

• Lin Hao searched the twenty-fifth floor, killed a middle-aged female Madman, and gathered supplies while planning to establish a base on a lower floor.
• Three men confronted Lin Hao on the stairs and demanded the supplies, so he shouted to draw Madmen and baited them into attacking.
• Lin Hao disarmed the burly man with his ruler, then killed him and the other two men despite their fire extinguisher and steel pipe.
• Lin Hao returned to the twenty-fifth floor and prepared to fight the Madmen attracted by the commotion.
• Two Madmen climbed the stairs; one attacked a corpse while the other charged toward Lin Hao.

Lin Hao equipped a protective helmet and Mink Coat after killing the men and Madmen on the stairs, then searched the twenty-fourth floor. He rescued Nie Yi, a receptionist who had been bound and assaulted, and warned her to stay quiet so they would not attract more danger.

• Lin Hao inspected the helmet and Mink Coat, equipped them for greater protection, and stored his Yoga Outfit in his backpack.
• Lin Hao collected watches and gold jewelry from the corpses before entering the twenty-fourth floor to check for threats.
• Lin Hao found a bound young man and woman in room 2410; the man was dead, and he covered the woman with a blanket.
• Lin Hao freed Nie Yi by cutting her bindings and stopped her from crying out, warning that the noise could attract Madmen.

Lin Hao returned from the twenty-fourth floor after rescuing Nie Yi, who wanted to join him, but he refused to take her along. Back in Zhao Xiaowen’s room, he rested before a neighbor knocked to ask for medicine for his feverish son, giving Lin Hao a chance to trade ibuprofen for a temporary base.

• Nie Yi told Lin Hao how the burly man had turned the other survivors against her boyfriend, then asked to join Lin Hao; he refused, and she gathered supplies on her own.
• Lin Hao returned to Zhao Xiaowen on the twenty-third floor and said he planned to trade food for another room as a temporary base.
• Zhao Xiaowen cleaned Lin Hao up, offered him a sponge bath and massage, and the two fell asleep beside each other.
• A neighbor knocked and asked for medicine for his feverish son; Zhao Xiaowen offered ibuprofen as a possible trade, and Lin Hao agreed.

Lin Hao brought Nie Yi into his room after she carried supplies down from the hotel, and began considering who he could trust as a teammate. As night fell over the Abyss rainforest, he planned to find a locksmith downstairs the next day and left Zhao Xiaowen and Nie Yi to sleep safely in the room.

• Zhou Feng thanked Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaowen for helping his feverish son, and Lin Hao noticed Nie Yi carrying supplies down the stairwell.
• Lin Hao and Zhou Feng helped Nie Yi bring the remaining bundles into the room, and Lin Hao gave Zhou Feng instant noodles.
• Lin Hao considered forming a team with Nie Yi and Zhou Feng, then let Nie Yi stay in the room after she described her work experience and agreed to help carry supplies.
• Lin Hao let Nie Yi eat, reflected on his growing restlessness and his reasons for keeping the women close, and watched the Abyss's suns fade as night fell.
• Lin Hao told Zhao Xiaowen and Nie Yi to sleep while he planned to find a locksmith downstairs the next day, or have Zhao Xiaowen train him if he could not find one.

Lin Hao woke beside Zhao Xiaowen and Nie Yi, then searched his way down to the seventeenth floor for supplies and a locksmith. There he encountered armed men from the Night Jasmine Fitness Center and suspected they had come for the same locksmith, leaving his condition unknown.

• Lin Hao woke with Zhao Xiaowen beside him and found Nie Yi asleep around his calf, then told her to listen to the radio and help with tasks.
• Lin Hao went alone down the floors, killing Madmen and collecting supplies, including silver and valuable computer parts.
• Lin Hao reached the seventeenth-floor fire escape and found five armed men waiting in the corridor.
• Lin Hao recognized the men as members of the Night Jasmine Fitness Center and wondered if they had come to seize the building's supplies and find the locksmith.
• Lin Hao questioned whether he had arrived too late and worried about the locksmith's condition.

Lin Hao rejected Brother Ji’s recruitment and fought the club members who tried to kill him for his equipment. He killed Brother Ji and three others, then chased the last survivor to stop him from raising the alarm.

• Brother Ji and his men tried to recruit Lin Hao, while Yi Feng warned him from behind a locked door that Chen Laohu was a pervert.
• Lin Hao mocked the men about Chen Laohu, and Brother Ji attacked him with a steel pipe.
• Lin Hao used his enchanted equipment and ruler to kill Brother Ji, then fought off the four remaining men.
• Lin Hao killed the machete wielder and the Fire Axe wielder, while two men with steel pipes fled.
• Lin Hao caught and killed one fleeing man, then pursued the scrawny survivor to stop him from alerting the others.

Lin Hao survived a fight with Madmen and killed the man who had lured him into an ambush, then reflected on his mistakes and searched Brother Ji’s corpse. He equipped Brother Ji’s workout gear and sneakers, gaining several explosive-power traits as he prepared to improve his equipment further.

• Lin Hao fought off the Madmen on the fifteenth floor and killed the fleeing man after he grabbed Lin Hao’s discarded pot lid and ruler.
• Lin Hao returned to the seventeenth floor, questioned a wounded attacker about whether anyone had returned through the Teleportation Point, and killed the remaining attackers.
• Lin Hao repaired his battered pot lid and reviewed how his recklessness and limited fighting experience had nearly gotten him hurt.
• Lin Hao searched Brother Ji’s corpse and found workout clothes, wrist and knee supports, and sneakers with useful traits.
• Lin Hao put on the workout gear and equipped the sneakers, testing the increased explosiveness and newly gained jumping power and dexterity.

After Lin Hao defeated Brother Ji’s group, he brought locksmith Yi Feng back to Room 2318 and considered whether to trust him. A university-town broadcast revealed threats from Lizardmen and possible hidden dangers in Great Qi, leaving Lin Hao more determined to prepare before taking risks.

• Lin Hao assessed the fitness club’s strength and decided to avoid confronting them until he was better prepared.
• Yi Feng offered to join Lin Hao and help open apartments for supplies, and Lin Hao brought him upstairs without promising to trust him.
• Zhao Xiaowen and Nie Yi welcomed Lin Hao and Yi Feng back to Room 2318, where Zhao Xiaowen checked Lin Hao’s bruised back.
• Zhao Xiaowen told them the university-town broadcast reported that Lizardmen had fought humans over evacuation supplies and that homemade guns had killed them.
• Zhao Xiaowen relayed reports that madness also occurred in Great Qi and that the chamber of commerce suspected further hidden dangers there.
• Lin Hao resolved to search for more supplies and prepare thoroughly before venturing out.

Lin Hao led a group to loot the empty apartments on the twenty-third floor, gathering supplies and sharing food with Zhou Feng. As they finished, a resident accused them of stealing and rallied the other survivors to demand a share.

• Lin Hao and four companions searched the ten empty apartments on the twenty-third floor, collecting Wish Power items, valuables, and supplies.
• Lin Hao took the gold and valuable items while dividing bulky goods among the others and giving Zhou Feng food for his family.
• Zhou Feng thanked Lin Hao and said he did not need more food the next time they moved supplies.
• A middle-aged resident from apartment 2315 came out, tried to take biscuits, and accused Lin Hao’s group of looting the floor.
• The man shouted for the other survivors to come out and claim the supplies, prompting residents to open their doors.

Lin Hao killed Zhong Yong after Zhong tried to rally the survivors to seize Lin Hao’s supplies, then offered the others a way to trade for food. He left with Yi Feng and Zhou Feng to search Zhong Yong’s apartment, where they found and killed a female Madman.

• Zhong Yong urged the survivors to claim supplies from empty apartments and tried to recruit Zhou Feng to his side.
• Lin Hao warned the group to return to their rooms, then killed Zhong Yong when he defied the warning; the other survivors fled.
• Lin Hao told the survivors they could trade gold, silver, or Wish Power equipment for food, and warned them not to oppose him.
• Lin Hao took Yi Feng and Zhou Feng to Zhong Yong’s apartment and killed the female Madman locked inside.
• Lin Hao demonstrated his ruler’s power to Yi Feng and Zhou Feng while keeping his full capabilities and intentions guarded.

Lin Hao trained under Zhao Xiaowen’s close guidance while his group secured the upper floors and gathered valuable Wish Power items. As his fitness and resources grew, he planned to leave once his rapid early progress slowed.

• Zhao Xiaowen coached Lin Hao through resistance training and stopped him before he overexerted himself.
• Over a week, Lin Hao improved his fitness with daily training, specialized equipment bonuses, and nutritious food while clearing Madmen from the upper floors.
• Yi Feng and Zhou Feng led scavenging with Nie Yi and other survivors, and Lin Hao’s authority helped a small team form around him.
• Yi Feng brought Lin Hao two 500-gram gold bars and other valuables, and Lin Hao rewarded him with a Rolex watch.
• Lin Hao accumulated seventy to eighty thousand Wish Power in valuable goods and about ten jin of silver, which he expected to use as startup capital in Great Qi.
• Lin Hao decided to keep training in the relatively safe area until his rapid gains slowed, then set out.

After a month in the Abyss, Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaowen grew closer during a rainstorm, and Lin Hao unlocked an extra accessory equipment slot. Once the flood receded, Yi Feng told Lin Hao that the flooded clubhouse offered an opportunity to enter the Teleportation Point before Regular Evacuation began.

• Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaowen collected rainwater, then bathed together while Nie Yi left them alone.
• After their intimacy, Lin Hao gained an equipment point, unlocked an accessory slot, and equipped a wrist guard seized from Brother Ji.
• Lin Hao called Nie Yi to change the bathwater, then fell asleep with Zhao Xiaowen as the rain continued.
• After the flood receded, Yi Feng reported that it had reached the second floor and that the clubhouse had likely flooded.
• Lin Hao met with Yi Feng, Zhou Feng, Zhao Xiaowen, Nie Yi, Qian Tong, Zeng Yi, Wang Cheng, and Sun Qian as they discussed entering the Teleportation Point before Regular Evacuation began.