Chapter Summaries

After escaping the Underground Palace, Luo Fan left the Weird Bride a letter promising to return, while she refused to believe he had abandoned her. The Aerospace Base received the traded vegetables and considered attacking the Bride’s lair, and Luo Fan advanced to a second-tier professional sequence while driving toward the Hope Convoy.

• Luo Fan left a letter for the Weird Bride after escaping, telling her he would return.
• The Weird Bride dismissed her household’s warnings and insisted Luo Fan would come back.
• At the Aerospace Base, Professor Wen, Jiang Shengnan, and General Meng discussed the Underground Palace and considered negotiating with Greenedge Base before using scarce heavy weapons against the Weird Bride.
• Luo Fan drove toward the Hope Convoy and advanced to Lv21, reaching a second-tier professional sequence.

After reaching Lv21 and advancing to a second-tier Professional Sequence, Luo Fan discovered that his Mall had added new products and unlocked Reforge, a service that randomly reset an Uncanny Artifact’s side effects. He tested it on his Swift Wind Boots, and after several costly attempts, he prepared to appraise the latest result.

• Luo Fan explored the Mall’s expanded selection of food, drinks, daily necessities, clothing, fuel, and medicine.
• Luo Fan learned that Reforge could randomly reset the side effects of Uncanny Artifacts.
• Luo Fan reforged his Swift Wind Boots, replacing their speed-reducing side effect with a chance of leg cramps.
• Luo Fan reforged the boots again and discovered their new side effect required him to stroke them and say, “Thanks for your hard work” ten times after activation.
• Luo Fan paid 1,000 yuan for another reforge and became excited when the appraisal fee rose to 1,600 yuan.

Luo Fan reforged the Swift Wind Boots, discovered his expanded Storage Space, and awakened the second-tier skill Sealing Trap. He returned to the Hope Convoy, where he learned about survivors rescued from a Fierce Beast attack and heard that Han Shanzhong had advanced to the second tier.

• Luo Fan spent over 4,000 yuan reforging and appraising the Swift Wind Boots until their side effect required them to eat 20 jin of Fierce Beast Meat daily, then fed them their first meal.
• Luo Fan found that his Storage Space had grown to roughly 10 cubic meters after his Sequence advanced to the second tier.
• Luo Fan awakened Sealing Trap, which could immobilize a target and seal its abilities and Uncanny Artifacts for five seconds, with up to three invisible traps placed at once.
• Luo Fan drove to the Hope Convoy and learned from Zhao Chunfeng that they had rescued thirty-odd survivors after a second-tier Fierce Beast killed the Sequence Users in their convoy.
• Luo Fan told Zhao Chunfeng that the female Weird had been a human in disguise, then congratulated Han Shanzhong on advancing to the second tier.
• Han Shanzhong teased Luo Fan about his new skill, claiming Luo Fan would be envious if he learned what it was.

Luo Fan’s group camped safely for the night, and he discovered that reaching the second-tier Sequence had raised his daily check-in reward to 8,000 yuan. The next day, Li Yan led three helicopters to the Underground Palace, where missiles were launched at the site.

• Han Shanzhong told Luo Fan that his Flying Sword Technique let him teleport to the sword after launching it, and Luo Fan admitted he was envious.
• Luo Fan asked Zhao Chunfeng to divine whether the convoy would be safe overnight, and the result showed no danger.
• Over dinner, Luo Fan gave a brief account of his time in the Weird Nest, while Ximen Chuixue insisted that sabers and swords were the same to a swordsman.
• The Nightmare Nekomata repeatedly pounced on the Money Rat until Luo Fan told Xiao Hei to stop bullying Little Gold.
• Luo Fan received 8,000 yuan from his midnight check-in after reaching Lv21 and a second-tier Sequence.
• The following day, Li Yan brought three helicopters to the Underground Palace, and several missiles were fired at the site.

Greenedge Base bombarded the Underground Palace and exposed the Weird Bride to sunlight, while Luo Fan fought fierce beasts with the Hope Convoy. After a crystal-energy shot went wide, Luo Fan felt an inexplicable dread that something terrible had happened.

• Greenedge Base ordered a daylight search of the destroyed Underground Palace for the Weird Bride and her weird crystal.
• The Weird Bride hid in a patch of shadow, clutched Luo Fan's family letter, and was found by the searching sequence users.
• The sequence users destroyed the Weird Bride's hiding place with a grenade, leaving her exposed to sunlight as they retreated.
• Luo Fan and the Hope Convoy killed fierce beasts while searching a village for supplies.
• Luo Fan loaded a weird crystal into his Weird Gun and missed a leopard-type fierce beast after an unexplained shudder threw off his aim.

The Weird Bride survived sunlight, killed the Sequence Users who attacked her, and fled after believing her husband had betrayed her. At the Aerospace Base, Professor Wen concluded she had unexpectedly gained resistance to sunlight, while the Golden Weird Mirror cracked after failing to answer a question about it.

• The Weird Bride endured the sunlight, froze the Sequence Users with an invisible force, and crushed all but the unconscious Li Yan before fleeing in rage.
• Li Yan awoke amid the devastation, found no Weird Crystal, and contacted Professor Wen, who sent a helicopter to bring her back to the Aerospace Base.
• Li Yan recounted the battle to Professor Wen, General Meng, and the other leaders, and Professor Wen reasoned that the Weird Bride herself had been surprised to survive the sunlight.
• Professor Wen and General Meng asked the Golden Weird Mirror whether any Weird beings could withstand sunlight, offering it ten Second-Order Weird Crystals.
• The Golden Weird Mirror stayed silent for a minute, then cracked as two words appeared on its surface.

After learning that the Weird Bride had survived or vanished after temporarily walking in sunlight, Luo Fan left the Hope Convoy to investigate the bombed Underground Palace. He reached its ruins and spotted something of interest.

• The Golden Weird Mirror revealed that the Weird Bride could walk in sunlight temporarily, then fell silent when Professor Wen asked whether she was still alive.
• Li Yan told Jiang Shengnan that the Weird Bride had spared her, and Jiang Shengnan suggested it might have been because of Luo Fan.
• Jiang Shengnan messaged Luo Fan that the Aerospace Base and Greenedge Base had bombed the Underground Palace and exposed the Weird Bride to sunlight.
• Luo Fan left the Hope Convoy after Zhao Chunfeng divined that his trip would be safe, then rode toward the Underground Palace on an off-road motorcycle.
• Luo Fan reached the Underground Palace ruins and spotted something among the devastation.

Luo Fan retrieved the Weird Bride’s red bridal veil from the Underground Palace ruins as evidence that he had returned to find her after the attack, then used his Sealing Trap to kill a second-tier Weird on his way back to the Hope Convoy. Elsewhere, a Weird Bride stopped another convoy and asked its Sequence Users whether they had seen her husband.

• Luo Fan searched the Underground Palace ruins and found the Weird Bride’s red bridal veil, which he planned to use to prove he had gone looking for her after the attack.
• A second-tier humanoid Weird charged at Luo Fan, but his Sealing Trap immobilized it and sealed its power.
• Luo Fan killed the trapped Weird with his Short Sword, collected its Second-Order Weird Crystal, and continued toward the Hope Convoy.
• A Weird Bride in a red wedding gown blocked another convoy, approached its frightened Sequence Users, and asked, “Have you... seen my husband?”

The Weird Bride searched for her husband, Luo Fan, but left a convoy unharmed when its members did not recognize him. Luo Fan returned to the Hope Convoy, arranged equipment enhancements, and saw the Nightmare Nekomata advance to the second tier before Han Shanzhong asked for help with his severed arm.

• The Weird Bride asked a convoy about Luo Fan, then left when its captain said he did not know him, and the convoy fled after she disappeared.
• Luo Fan returned to the Hope Convoy near dawn and learned that Zhao Chunfeng and the others had defeated two second-tier Weird while he was away.
• Luo Fan gave Murong Xuan two Uncanny Artifacts and An Xiaoran's Spirit Headband to enhance, spending most of his First-Order Weird Crystals.
• Murong Xuan said she was Lv13, and Luo Fan considered how to obtain more Second-Order Weird Crystals for future enhancements.
• The Nightmare Nekomata appeared on Luo Fan's shoulder with a stronger aura and a closed third-eye slit, revealing that it had reached the second tier.
• Han Shanzhong approached Luo Fan and asked for help with his severed arm.

Luo Fan agreed to help Han Shanzhong seek a prosthetic arm, and the Hope Convoy set out toward a Prosthetist. Meanwhile, An Xiaoran reached Lv20, while Rose and the Holy Light Convoy faced an ambush that was interrupted by a mysterious female Weird in a red Wedding Gown.

• Han Shanzhong told Luo Fan about a Prosthetist who could craft a flexible replacement arm, and Luo Fan agreed to the trip.
• Zhao Chunfeng decided the Hope Convoy would travel to the Prosthetist, while Luo Fan practiced sniping Fierce Beasts along the way.
• An Xiaoran told Luo Fan she had reached Lv20, and he asked about her second-tier advancement requirements.
• Rose and three Holy Light Convoy Sequence Users were surrounded by more than a dozen members of the Hungry Wolf Convoy, despite Li Congcong's prediction that they would survive.
• A female Weird wearing a red Wedding Gown approached the two convoys, and Rose wondered whether someone else could use a power like her Deceptive Transformation.

The Weird Bride asked Rose about her husband, Luo Fan, and learned that he was with the Hope Convoy and heading north. After Rose demonstrated her ability to disguise herself as a Weird, the Hungry Wolf Convoy leader suspected the bride was a Sequence User in disguise and ordered her to stop.

• The Weird Bride asked the Sequence Users whether they had seen her husband, Luo Fan, and Rose recognized the name.
• Rose confirmed that the Weird Bride wanted revenge only on Luo Fan and described his weapons, black cat pet, and young companion.
• Rose asked Li Congcong to use Divination, and he determined that Luo Fan was due north.
• The Weird Bride hurried north after confirming that Rose had found the right Luo Fan.
• Rose questioned whether the Weird Bride was truly a Weird, then used Deceptive Transformation to disguise herself as one.
• The Hungry Wolf Convoy leader saw Rose's transformation, suspected the Weird Bride was also a Sequence User in disguise, and shouted for her to stop.

The Weird Bride annihilated the Hungry Wolf Convoy’s Sequence Users and accepted Rose’s offer to help her find Luo Fan. Meanwhile, An Xiaoran reached Lv20 and revealed the conditions for her next advancement as the Hope Convoy traveled toward the Prosthetist Sequence User.

• The Weird Bride immobilized the Hungry Wolf Convoy’s Sequence Users, crushed them with her power, and continued north in search of her husband.
• Rose followed the Weird Bride, claiming she would help locate Luo Fan and admitting that she held a grudge against him; the Weird Bride allowed her to come along.
• An Xiaoran reached Lv20 after absorbing a third tier Weird crystal while the Hope Convoy headed toward the Prosthetist Sequence User.
• An Xiaoran told Luo Fan that her advancement required forming a team and hunting a target she could vaguely sense in the distance.
• Luo Fan said the group would help An Xiaoran after Old Han’s prosthetic limb was finished and Brother Zhao had examined it.

Luo Fan's Hope Convoy met Li Mu's Rescue Convoy, where Han Shanzhong arranged for Xu Xuemei to craft a prosthetic arm. After judging the newcomers cautiously, Luo Fan learned that Li Mu intended to attack them for their supplies, while the Weird Bride sensed that her husband was nearby.

• Han Shanzhong gave Xu Xuemei his materials and agreed to pay her twenty Weird Crystals to make a cybernetic left arm.
• Luo Fan spoke with Li Mu and learned the names of the Rescue Convoy's members, then warned his companions that Li Mu's friendliness and nighttime sunglasses seemed suspicious.
• Li Mu assessed the Hope Convoy as stronger than his own group but decided to attack, believing his Peering Sunglasses showed that his ability could overpower them.
• The Weird Bride stopped while traveling north and told Rose that she sensed her husband's presence nearby.

Li Mu used Puppet Dolls to blind the Hope Convoy’s Sequence Users as the Rescue Convoy launched a surprise attack. Luo Fan used his mental scans to warn Han Shanzhong and shoot Zhang Shenglong, leaving Li Mu confused by how Luo Fan had detected the attack.

• Li Mu completed eight Puppet Dolls modeled on the Hope Convoy’s members and labeled each with its subject’s name and Sequence level.
• At dawn, Li Mu drove needles into the Luo Fan doll’s eyes, causing Luo Fan, An Xiaoran, Murong Xuan, Ximen Chuixue, Zhao Chunfeng, and others to lose their sight.
• Luo Fan used his Uncanny Artifact hat to scan the area and found that the Rescue Convoy’s vision was unaffected and Zhang Shenglong was aiming at Han Shanzhong.
• Luo Fan warned Han Shanzhong, who used his Lingguang Sword and Flying Sword Technique to evade Zhang Shenglong’s arrow.
• Luo Fan shot Zhang Shenglong in the shoulder, and Li Mu realized that Luo Fan had somehow detected the attack despite being blinded.

Luo Fan discovered that the rescue convoy had cursed his group and blinded them, then used invisibility and Sealing Traps to kill Zhang Shenglong and Huang Qiang. He faced Li Mu next, dodged his gunshot, and vanished again.

• Luo Fan scanned the rescue convoy and identified its five Sequence Users, including dolls with needles stuck in their eyes that appeared to be the source of his convoy’s blindness.
• Luo Fan told Han Shanzhong that the rescue convoy had cursed them and planned to take over the Hope Convoy, then used his Invisibility Cloak and Spirit Void Step to approach Zhang Shenglong.
• Zhang Shenglong called Huang Qiang to join him, but Luo Fan trapped Zhang Shenglong with a Sealing Trap and stabbed him in the chest.
• Luo Fan sealed Huang Qiang in another trap and killed him with his Short Sword.
• Li Mu shot at Luo Fan from a truck, but Luo Fan dodged the bullet with his Swift-Kill Cloak and turned invisible again.

Luo Fan killed Li Mu and the remaining members of the Rescue Convoy, then the Hope Convoy seized their vehicles, supplies, and Uncanny Artifacts. As the convoy discussed helping An Xiaoran advance, the Weird Bride appeared and called out to Luo Fan.

• Luo Fan used Triple Shot to kill Li Mu, ending the curse that had blinded everyone.
• Luo Fan killed Xu Xuemei and Mu Xue'er despite Niu Dagang's hesitation, explaining that the women could still pose a threat.
• The Hope Convoy took the Rescue Convoy's three vehicles, supplies, Weird Crystals, Doomsday Phones, Mustard Seed Bags, and Uncanny Artifacts.
• The convoy divided up its vehicles and loot, and Zhao Chunfeng suggested helping An Xiaoran advance to a second-tier Sequence.
• Lin Feifei spotted two people approaching, including the Weird Bride, who called out to Luo Fan from a distance.

Luo Fan met the Weird Bride, who had come to the Hope Convoy with Rose, and pretended to be relieved and affectionate to keep her from attacking. She confronted him over the people who had tried to kill her, and Luo Fan showed her a red veil as he began to explain.

• Rose and the Weird Bride arrived at the Hope Convoy, and Luo Fan stopped Niu Dagang from confronting the Bride, warning that she was a real Weird who could walk in sunlight.
• Luo Fan approached the Weird Bride and greeted her as Xiaodie, claiming he had been worried about her and reaching for her hand.
• An Xiaoran told Murong Xuan that the Weird Bride was Luo Fan's wife, shocking the Hope Convoy members.
• The Weird Bride avoided Luo Fan's hand and accused him of wanting to kill her, citing a letter, an attack, and Li Yan's presence among her attackers.
• Luo Fan took out a red veil he had found at the Underground Palace Ruins and asked Xiaodie to look at it.

Luo Fan convinced the Weird Bride that he had not betrayed her, and she humbly begged him to forgive her. After Rose admitted defeat, the Weird Bride warned Luo Fan that Rose was only a Doppelgänger and offered a way to kill her real body.

• Luo Fan used the red veil and the Hope Convoy as evidence to persuade the Weird Bride that he had not arranged the attack on her.
• The Weird Bride apologized to Luo Fan and begged him to punish her, leaving Rose and the Hope Convoy stunned by her obedience.
• The Hope Convoy members praised Luo Fan for bringing the powerful Weird Bride under his control and imagined her protecting their convoy.
• Luo Fan confronted Rose and drew his Short Sword, while Rose accepted her defeat.
• The Weird Bride stopped Luo Fan, explained that Rose was only a Doppelgänger, and offered to help him kill her real body.

The Weird Bride cursed Rose’s doppelgänger, causing the curse to spread to Rose’s original body and rapidly consume her lifespan. Before the doppelgänger disappeared, Rose reconciled with Luo Fan and said goodbye to An Xiaoran; the chapter ended with the Weird Bride asking Luo Fan to come home with her and Rose telling her convoy companions she had to leave.

• Luo Fan asked the Weird Bride how to kill Rose, and she injected Rose’s doppelgänger with an Aging Curse that would spread to her original body.
• The Weird Bride explained that Rose’s lifespan would be consumed thousands of times faster, and Luo Fan let Rose leave.
• Rose told Luo Fan that she accepted death as payment for her sins, and Luo Fan agreed that her debt could be considered settled.
• Rose said goodbye to An Xiaoran, who thanked her, and Rose’s doppelgänger dissolved into smoke.
• The Weird Bride held Luo Fan’s hand and asked him to come home with her.
• Rose told Congcong and her other convoy companions that she had something to take care of and they did not need to wait for her.

Luo Fan urged the Weird Bride, Xiaodie, to stay with the Hope Convoy, but she said sunlight still caused her discomfort. In the RV, she suggested that Luo Fan might be the reason she could now survive briefly in sunlight, leaving him surprised and asking what had changed about him.

• Xiaodie asked Luo Fan to return home with her, and he pointed out that their Underground Palace had been destroyed.
• Luo Fan invited Xiaodie to stay with the Hope Convoy, but she explained that sunlight still made her uncomfortable.
• The convoy members eavesdropped outside the RV while Zhao Chunfeng said his glimpses of the future showed Luo Fan staying with them without Xiaodie.
• Luo Fan asked Xiaodie why she could now endure sunlight, and she said she had discovered the ability only after the Underground Palace was bombed.
• Xiaodie proposed that Luo Fan caused her new ability because it appeared after he arrived and because of changes in him, leaving Luo Fan puzzled.