Recaps

A Sequence User found several Weird Crystals near a parked bus, only to encounter a talking Weird, while the Hope Convoy stopped to rest and discovered the bus nearby. Luo Fan scanned the bus with his Uncanny Artifact hat as the chapter ended.

• A young Sequence User found three Weird Crystals near the bus and was confronted by a talking Weird wearing a Tattered Gray-Black Robe and carrying a Tattered Gray-Brown Sack.
• One of the young man's companions later found a Weird Crystal near the same spot and noticed another nearby.
• Luo Fan received his daily check-in reward as the Hope Convoy traveled through the night, and he shot passing unranked Fierce Beasts and Weirds with his Weird Gun.
• Uncle Li stopped the convoy for a rest, and Zhao Chunfeng told Luo Fan he felt responsible for Ai Si's death because he had chosen the wrong direction for his Divination.
• A survivor reported a bus with its headlights on a little over a thousand meters away, and Luo Fan used his Uncanny Artifact hat to scan it with his mental power.

Luo Fan urged the Hope Convoy to flee after finding an intact bus surrounded by signs of a mysterious disappearance. When Li Fei found three Weird Crystals nearby, Luo Fan recognized the danger too late: a talking Rule-type Weird appeared before the convoy.

• Luo Fan rejected Niu Dagang’s suggestion to take the bus and agreed with Zhao Chunfeng to leave immediately.
• Zhao Chunfeng ordered the Hope Convoy to pack up and flee, while Li Fei found and pocketed three Weird Crystals.
• An Xiaoran pointed out that Li Fei had found three crystals, making Luo Fan suspect something was wrong.
• Luo Fan shouted for everyone to run, but a sinister, talking Weird appeared and greeted the convoy.

At the Supreme Convoy, Rose described the Hope Convoy and demonstrated her new skill as Cheng Hu weighed whether to attack. A divination warned that an attack would annihilate the Supreme Convoy, while the Hope Convoy became trapped by a newly appeared Rule-Type Weird.

• Rose told Cheng Hu that the Hope Convoy had three first-tier professional Sequence Users and that An Xiaoran had advanced by slaying a Rule-Type Weird.
• Rose urged Cheng Hu to recruit An Xiaoran, but Cheng Biao argued for wiping out the Hope Convoy, and Cheng Hu agreed to consider the attack.
• Rose revealed her professional sequence as the Deceiver Enchantress and demonstrated her Clone skill, while Cheng Biao mistook her smile for romantic interest.
• Zhang Qing divined that a war with the Hope Convoy would end in the Supreme Convoy's total annihilation, leaving Cheng Hu stunned.
• A Rule-Type Weird carrying a cloth sack appeared at the Hope Convoy, trapping Luo Fan and the others within its rules before it began taking items from the sack.

The Rule-Type Weird forced Hope Convoy survivors into a deadly transaction, devouring them when they failed to accept its book’s price. After killing the man with the three Weird Crystals and Wu Xingyu, it approached An Xiaoran and offered her the same book.

• The Rule-Type Weird demanded twenty Weird Crystals from the man who had picked up three, then tore off and ate his limbs, head, body, and soul when he could not pay.
• The Weird declared the man’s remains worth less than the price, then collected four Weird Crystals as change and kept the book and crystals.
• The Weird approached Wu Xingyu and demanded that he agree the book was worth twenty Weird Crystals; when he refused, it shrank and swallowed him.
• Niu Dagang charged the Weird with his shield, but his attack had no effect.
• The Weird turned to An Xiaoran, held out the book, and asked whether it was worth twenty Weird Crystals.

A Rule-Type Weird forced the Hope Convoy into deadly transactions, killing Wu Xingyu before demanding that An Xiaoran buy a dagger for 100 Weird Crystals. Luo Fan intervened and used his Mall's Treasure Appraisal function on the dagger, hoping to discover a way to survive.

• The Rule-Type Weird killed Wu Xingyu after he denied that its book was worth 20 Weird Crystals, then chose An Xiaoran as its next target.
• Luo Fan gave An Xiaoran two Second-Order Weird Crystals, and she accepted the book's price and bought it.
• The Weird presented An Xiaoran with a dagger and demanded 100 Weird Crystals, leaving Luo Fan unable to pay.
• Luo Fan asked to inspect the dagger, and the Weird allowed him to examine it without attacking.
• Luo Fan used the Treasure Appraisal function in his Mall and paid 2,880 yuan to reveal the dagger's information.

Luo Fan identified the short blade’s hidden lifespan cost and used it to prove the rule-type Weird’s asking price was unfair, freeing the Hope Convoy. After the others began to leave, Luo Fan said their transaction was not over and asked to continue.

• Luo Fan appraised the short blade and learned that each use cost its wielder one year of life.
• Luo Fan argued that the blade was not worth 100 Weird Crystals because it only worked on targets below the third tier and had a severe lifespan cost.
• The rule-type Weird conceded, put the blade away, and let Luo Fan and the Hope Convoy leave.
• The convoy members praised Luo Fan, while he reflected that his system had helped him escape another rule-type Weird’s trap.
• When Zhao Chunfeng urged him to leave, Luo Fan refused and asked the rule-type Weird to continue their transaction.

Luo Fan realized the Rule-Type Weird had let the Hope Convoy leave because it feared for its own life, and he insisted they continue the contest. He killed a survivor who objected, then valued his Weird Gun at 3,000 Weird Crystals, leaving the Weird unable to refute his argument about its negligible side effects.

• Luo Fan inferred that the Weird was trapped by its own rules and had offered to let them leave out of fear.
• Luo Fan's allies trusted his judgment, but he shot a survivor who objected to continuing and silenced the remaining convoy members.
• Luo Fan told the Weird to continue, and it reluctantly gave him the next turn.
• Luo Fan claimed his Weird Gun was worth 3,000 Weird Crystals because it had two rule abilities and almost no side effects.
• The Weird examined the gun, identified its rules as C-grade, and argued that they were worth at most 1,000 Weird Crystals, but Luo Fan countered that its negligible side effects justified his price.

After killing the Rule-Type Weird, Luo Fan reached Demon Hunter Sequence Lv15 and took its Weird Crystal. The Hope Convoy rested in a bus he salvaged, while Luo Fan began absorbing the crystal and an unidentified figure crept onto his bed.

• Luo Fan killed the Rule-Type Weird, reached Lv15, and picked up the Weird Crystal it left behind.
• Zhao Chunfeng and Niu Dagang praised Luo Fan, while the survivors mourned Wu Xingyu and counted only eleven people remaining in the Hope Convoy.
• Luo Fan inspected the abandoned bus, drove it back, and moved the convoy’s supplies and two beds into it.
• The Hope Convoy stopped to rest, and Niu Dagang volunteered for the night watch.
• Luo Fan tended to his Snake Scales Armor and Nightmare Nekomata egg, then began absorbing the Rule-Type Weird Crystal as a figure crept onto his bed.

Luo Fan traveled with the Hope Convoy through snowy conditions, practiced shooting, and traded vegetables for ammunition. Zhao Chunfeng announced that his Professional Sequence ability had recovered and that he could use his first Fate Soothsayer skill.

• Luo Fan and An Xiaoran woke to a snow-covered world, and the Hope Convoy prepared to move on.
• Niu Dagang suggested letting the survivors ride in the vehicles, but Luo Fan and Zhao Chunfeng argued against it to conserve fuel and preserve fair treatment for future recruits.
• The Hope Convoy set off with Zhao Chunfeng's off-road vehicle leading, Luo Fan's bus in the middle, and Niu Dagang's minibus at the rear.
• Luo Fan practiced marksmanship from the bus roof and traded fifty jin of baby bok choy for two hundred rounds of ammunition delivered by Weird after nightfall.
• Zhao Chunfeng stopped the convoy and told Luo Fan and Niu Dagang that he could use his first Fate Soothsayer skill.

Luo Fan learned that Zhao Chunfeng’s new passive skill, Peering, showed him Rose and that Divination confirmed she was still alive. Zhao Chunfeng also raised the possibility that Ai Si might someday be resurrected, leaving Luo Fan with hope and a new question about Rose.

• Zhao Chunfeng explained that Peering let him see fragments of fate, complementing his Divination skill.
• Luo Fan noticed Zhao Chunfeng kept using Rose and Ai Si as examples, and Zhao Chunfeng asked whether Ai Si could return to life.
• Zhao Chunfeng speculated that Ai Si’s soul might be summoned and restored through future skills or Uncanny Artifacts.
• Zhao Chunfeng revealed that Peering had shown him Rose and that Divination confirmed she was still alive.

Luo Fan learned that Rose was alive in Zhao Chunfeng’s future vision and reluctantly agreed to delay killing her because she might save An Xiaoran. After resting and practicing with his Weird Gun, he prepared to appraise the Weird Book he had bought.

• Zhao Chunfeng told Luo Fan that Rose was alive in the future he foresaw and would risk her life to save An Xiaoran.
• Zhao Chunfeng and Niu Dagang persuaded Luo Fan to wait and see whether Rose would save An Xiaoran before deciding to kill her.
• An Xiaoran said she was not afraid to die, and Luo Fan sighed and dropped the argument about Rose.
• Zhao Chunfeng announced a ten-hour rest, and Luo Fan spent several hours practicing with his Weird Gun before returning to bed.
• Luo Fan absorbed a rule-type weird crystal while the Nightmare Nekomata’s egg soaked up fierce-beast blood, and An Xiaoran curled up beside him.
• After his nightly check-in raised his balance to 2,617 yuan, Luo Fan asked An Xiaoran to show him the Weird Book so he could appraise it.

Rose leveled up by absorbing a Second-Order Weird Crystal, then lured Cheng Biao into the woods and killed him to protect An Xiaoran before fleeing the Supreme Convoy. At the Hope Convoy, Luo Fan appraised An Xiaoran’s Weird Book and wondered whether the Rule-Type Weird’s wares had been worth their prices.

• Rose absorbed a Second-Order Weird Crystal and increased her Deceptive Enchantress Sequence to Level 12.
• Cheng Biao gave Rose ankle boots, and she invited him to meet her in the woods that night.
• Cheng Biao followed Rose into the woods, where she stabbed him, took his Mustard Seed Bag, and escaped on a Motorcycle.
• Rose fled because Lian Ziqiong’s arrival could reveal that she was still alive to Luo Fan, and she had killed Cheng Biao after he threatened An Xiaoran.
• Luo Fan used the Treasure Appraisal function on An Xiaoran’s Weird Book and saw that the appraisal fee was 800 yuan.

Luo Fan appraised an Amplification Tome for An Xiaoran, then traded food for Weird Crystals and absorbed one while resting. When three Weirds attacked the Elite Squad, he killed all of them, but Geng Dali was already dead; he brought the survivors back to the Hope Convoy and asked Han Shanzhong what had happened.

• Luo Fan told An Xiaoran to carry and nourish the Amplification Tome, then bought and traded apples and baby bok choy for Weird Crystals.
• Luo Fan woke An Xiaoran and Murong Xuan when he heard a disturbance and spotted three Weirds pursuing the Elite Squad.
• One of the Weirds killed Geng Dali, and Luo Fan shot down the enormous second-tier Weird before killing the two faster Weirds in close combat.
• Luo Fan found Han Shanzhong and the Elite Squad's sole remaining female Sequence User, then brought them to the Hope Convoy.
• Luo Fan complained to Zhao Chunfeng about his divination and asked Han Shanzhong what had happened to the Elite Squad.

After Han Shanzhong and Lin Feifei described how a battle between powerful beings had wiped out their squad, the Hope Convoy camped and Luo Fan shared a celebratory breakfast. He revealed that the convoy had killed three rule-type Weirds in a month, then asked Han what he and Lin Feifei planned to do now that their Elite Squad was gone.

• Han Shanzhong and Lin Feifei told the Hope Convoy that fleeing Weirds had attacked their squad, leaving only the two of them alive.
• The Hope Convoy traveled through the night and camped by daybreak, where Luo Fan prepared a lavish breakfast for the Sequence Users.
• Luo Fan said the breakfast celebrated the convoy killing a rule-type Weird the previous night and revealed they had killed three that month.
• Luo Fan explained that the convoy had used or absorbed all three rule-type Weird Crystals, while Zhao Chunfeng described how Luo Fan, An Xiaoran, and Niu Dagang had advanced to Professional Sequences.
• Luo Fan asked Han Shanzhong what he and Lin Feifei planned to do after their Elite Squad was wiped out.

Han Shanzhong and Lin Feifei joined the Hope Convoy after Niu Dagang broke through Luo Fan and Han Shanzhong’s awkward negotiations. The convoy members then introduced their Professional Sequences and skills, and Luo Fan asked Lin Feifei to explain Corpse Revival.

• Luo Fan hinted at the Hope Convoy’s strength while Han Shanzhong said he and Lin Feifei would consider joining a suitable convoy or rebuilding the Elite Squad.
• Niu Dagang directly invited Han Shanzhong and Lin Feifei to join the Hope Convoy, and Luo Fan praised him for voicing the offer.
• Han Shanzhong accepted the invitation, and he and Luo Fan shook hands to confirm that he and Lin Feifei had joined the convoy.
• The convoy members introduced their Sequences and skills, including Zhao Chunfeng’s fate seer, Niu Dagang’s shield warrior, An Xiaoran’s holy light angel, Luo Fan’s demon hunter, and Murong Xuan’s craftsman.
• Han Shanzhong explained his gale assassin skills, then Lin Feifei introduced her undead walker skills, prompting Luo Fan to ask about Corpse Revival.

Rose explained why she had fled the Supreme Convoy, then used her mobile doppelgänger to surprise Zhang Qing and escape Cao Man. At the Hope Convoy, Lin Feifei was explaining her Corpse Revival skill to Luo Fan.

• Rose told Zhang Qing and Cao Man that she feared Luo Fan would eventually kill her and that she wanted to avoid the Hope Convoy.
• Cao Man attacked Rose, but she used her speed-boosting boots to evade him and sent a Missile at Zhang Qing.
• Zhang Qing tracked Rose’s invisible real body with his Compass while Cao Man attacked it, leaving Rose’s doppelgänger behind them unwatched.
• Rose’s doppelgänger struck Zhang Qing with a powerful Missile, destroying the Compass and leaving him near death.
• Rose canceled her doppelgänger and fled hundreds of meters away, while Cao Man was left confused as the decoy vanished.
• At the Hope Convoy, Lin Feifei explained her Corpse Revival skill to Luo Fan.

Lin Feifei explained her Corpse Revival skill, and the Hope Convoy grew stronger as it traveled and hunted. After learning Rose had killed Zhang Qing, Luo Fan took out the strange fruit from her Mustard Seed Bag and prepared to appraise it.

• Lin Feifei told Luo Fan that she could revive one corpse at a time, and that revived corpses retained their abilities.
• The Hope Convoy set off again, and its stronger fighters made more routes safe as the group hunted several Fierce Beasts and Weirds over two days.
• Luo Fan finished absorbing the rule-type Weird Crystal and felt close to reaching Lv16.
• Lian Ziqiong told Luo Fan that Rose had survived, killed Cheng Biao, and escaped the Supreme Convoy's pursuit after killing Zhang Qing.
• Luo Fan took the strange fruit from Rose's Mustard Seed Bag and opened his Treasure Appraisal function.

Luo Fan appraised and ate the Wisdom Fruit, which greatly increased his mental power and nearly doubled his detection range. After he woke feeling refreshed and went about his morning routine, the Nightmare Nekomata egg began to crack open.

• Luo Fan spent 4,800 yuan to appraise the strange fruit and learned it was a Wisdom Fruit that could increase mental power.
• Luo Fan ate the Wisdom Fruit, then used his Far-Sensing Wave Hat to measure his detection range at about 3,000 meters, up from 1,500.
• Luo Fan wondered how his demon hunter sequence might develop and eventually fell asleep dreaming of long-range sniping.
• Luo Fan woke feeling energetic, bought An Xiaoran milk, fed the Money Rat, and refilled the Nightmare Nekomata egg's cup with Fierce Beast blood.
• After Luo Fan stepped off the bus, the Nightmare Nekomata egg cracked and a tiny black furry paw emerged.

The Nightmare Nekomata hatched from its egg aboard Luo Fan’s bus and attacked the Money Rat. Luo Fan went inside after hearing the rat’s cries and found the tiny kitten pinning it down.

• The Money Rat heard cracking sounds and discovered that the egg in a cup was hatching as it absorbed the Fierce Beast blood.
• A tiny black Nightmare Nekomata emerged from the egg and frightened the Money Rat.
• The Money Rat fled, but the Nightmare Nekomata pounced on it and bit into it.
• Luo Fan praised Murong Xuan’s breakfast while he and An Xiaoran ate outside the bus.
• Luo Fan heard the Money Rat’s cries, entered the bus, and found the Nightmare Nekomata attacking it.

Luo Fan stopped the Nightmare Nekomata from attacking the Money Rat, then learned that sunlight could injure the newborn Weird and fed it before it fell asleep. Later, the Hope Convoy hunted Fierce Beasts and Weirds before finding an unconscious woman in the snow, who identified herself as Jiang Shengnan of the Aerospace Force.

• The Nightmare Nekomata clawed and bit the Money Rat, but Luo Fan separated them and An Xiaoran healed the injured Money Rat.
• Luo Fan nearly took the Nightmare Nekomata into the sunlight, scorching its fur, then apologized and gave it Fierce Beast Meat and plain milk.
• The Nightmare Nekomata ate both offerings and fell asleep on Luo Fan's pillow.
• After breakfast, the Hope Convoy began actively hunting lower-tier Fierce Beasts and Weirds, while Luo Fan shot unranked Fierce Beasts from the roof.
• Luo Fan spotted an unconscious, badly injured woman in the snow and had the convoy approach her.
• An Xiaoran healed the woman enough for her to wake, and she identified herself as Jiang Shengnan of the Aerospace Force.

Luo Fan’s convoy rescued Jiang Shengnan, a third-tier Justice Knight from the Aerospace Force, and helped her recover while recording her debts. After Zhao Chunfeng’s Divination found no danger, Jiang Shengnan noticed the convoy’s unusual companions and recognized Luo Fan’s sniper rifle.

• Jiang Shengnan told Luo Fan that she belonged to the Aerospace Force, then signed a debt form listing herself as a Lv31 Justice Knight.
• Luo Fan arranged warm clothes, noodle soup, and several Healing spells for Jiang Shengnan, charging her three weird crystals on credit.
• Jiang Shengnan explained that Healing was weakened by the gap between their Sequence Levels, and asked An Xiaoran what her Sequence was.
• The Hope Convoy set off again, and Luo Fan asked Zhao Chunfeng to use Divination to check whether Jiang Shengnan posed a threat; Zhao Chunfeng reported no problem.
• Jiang Shengnan rested in Luo Fan’s bus, noticed the Money Rat and Nightmare Nekomata, then recognized Luo Fan’s hybrid-powered Type 88 Sniper Rifle and asked how he had obtained it.

Luo Fan learned that Jiang Shengnan belonged to the Aerospace Base with Professor Wen Hao, then let her use his phone to contact him while she recovered with the Hope Convoy. As the convoy stopped for the night, Luo Fan reached Lv16 and awakened the Demon Hunter's second skill.

• Jiang Shengnan recognized Luo Fan's Weird Gun and explained that she had brought it back to the Aerospace Base, which she shared with Professor Wen Hao.
• Luo Fan refused to waive Jiang Shengnan's debt, then lent her his Doomsday Phone for two Weird Crystals so she could contact Professor Wen Hao.
• Jiang Shengnan chatted with Professor Wen Hao for over an hour, deleted the chat history, and asked to stay with the Hope Convoy for two days while she recovered.
• Jiang Shengnan revealed that the Aerospace Base was a constantly moving Sky Fortress but declined to share more details.
• Luo Fan practiced with the Weird Gun, then reached Lv16 that night and awakened the Demon Hunter's second skill.

Luo Fan discovered that his second skill, Tricolor Contract, let a combat pet slow enemies, reduce their defense, or earn him Death Immunity through repeated hits. He chose the swift Nightmare Nekomata as his pet and successfully bound it, leaving him with a powerful new combat partner.

• Luo Fan learned that Tricolor Contract could slow targets with its blue effect, reduce their defense with its red effect, or grant Death Immunity with its gold effect.
• Luo Fan considered the Nightmare Nekomata as a potential combat pet and took it away from the Hope Convoy to test its speed.
• Luo Fan tested the Nightmare Nekomata with thrown meat and found that it could move at roughly 100 meters per second even in its infancy.
• Luo Fan chose the Nightmare Nekomata and merged Tricolor Contract into it, forming a connection that let them sense each other's emotions.
• Luo Fan commanded Xiao Hei to run at full speed and confirmed that its pupils could switch between blue, red, and gold contract states.

Luo Fan learned that Jiang Shengnan had nearly died while completing the trial to advance to the third tier, and realized her battle had indirectly endangered the Elite Squad. After the Hope Convoy defeated a second-tier Skeleton Weird without his help, a third-tier brown bear charged at them.

• Jiang Shengnan told Luo Fan she had advanced by hunting a third-tier Weird alone, losing her mount and nearly her life in the fight three nights earlier.
• Luo Fan realized Jiang Shengnan’s battle had driven the Weirds and fierce beasts into the Elite Squad, nearly wiping it out, and suggested she keep the fight quiet.
• A second-tier Skeleton Weird attacked the Hope Convoy, and Han Shanzhong, Niu Dagang, and An Xiaoran defeated it and shared its crystal.
• Luo Fan watched the convoy handle the threat without his help and accepted An Xiaoran’s share of the Weird Crystals.
• A huge brown bear appeared and charged at the Hope Convoy, and Luo Fan recognized it as a third-tier fierce beast.

Luo Fan’s newborn Nightmare Nekomata slowed a third-tier brown bear and weakened its defense, giving the Hope Convoy a chance to fight back. As Han Shanzhong faced the bear’s counterattack, An Xiaoran shielded him and Luo Fan fired three shots.

• Niu Dagang blocked the brown bear’s charge but was flung aside and injured.
• Luo Fan sent Xiao Hei to attack the bear, and its rapid strikes slowed the beast by 30%.
• Xiao Hei’s Red Contract reduced the bear’s defense while Han Shanzhong and An Xiaoran joined the fight.
• Luo Fan loaded a Second-Order Weird Crystal, activated the Weird Gun’s curse, and halved the bear’s remaining defense.
• Han Shanzhong wounded the bear with one sword strike, but the enraged beast struck back as An Xiaoran shielded him and Luo Fan used Triple Shot.