Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shengnan learned that Professor Wen had refused to send Aerospace Base reinforcements because divination warned that their intervention would bring terrible consequences. As the Weird Tide reached Jiangkou Town, Luo Fan’s missiles boosted the defenders’ morale until a powerful mental force stopped his attacks and injured him.

• Jiang Shengnan showed Luo Fan Professor Wen’s refusal to send help, and Luo Fan suspected the Weird Bride might be behind the warning.
• As night fell, Jiangkou Town’s Sequence Users prepared for the approaching Weird Tide, and Cao Man alerted the defenders when it appeared.
• Luo Fan fired Anti-Tank Missiles into the Weird Tide, killing dozens of Weird with each of his first two shots and raising the defenders’ morale.
• Luo Fan’s third and fourth missiles exploded in midair after striking a powerful mental barrier, and the force behind it collided with his mental power.
• Luo Fan withdrew his mental power with a nosebleed and wondered whether the enemy was a mental-type Fourth-Tier Weird.

Luo Fan used his Weird Gun to kill two third-tier Weirds from a rooftop while the Weird Tide attacked. A powerful mental force then pinned him down and sent three flying Weirds after him.

• Luo Fan recognized that a mental-power Weird was likely fourth-tier and told Black Bird to build up Golden Contract stacks while prioritizing its safety.
• Cao Man ordered ranged Sequence Users to attack as the Weird Tide advanced and began retaliating with flying, burrowing, and ranged Weirds.
• Luo Fan sniped a third-tier Skeleton Weird and a fast black Cheetah-Type Weird with his Weird Gun, killing both instantly.
• Cao Man and Yan Qiu watched Luo Fan's efficient sniping, while Jiang Shengnan charged into battle on Brown Bear.
• A powerful mental force crushed Luo Fan against the rooftop, and three flying Weirds rushed toward him under the mental-power Weird's orders.

Luo Fan remained pinned by a fourth-tier Weird’s mental suppression while Black Bird, Xu Miao'er, and Xiao Huohuo fought its three attackers. The silvery humanoid Weird arrived on the rooftop, effortlessly hurled Black Bird into a collapsing house, and reached for Luo Fan.

• Black Bird fought the third-tier Weird while Xu Miao'er used Path of Flames to stop the two second-tier attackers from reaching Luo Fan.
• Xiao Huohuo joined the rooftop fight, but his Ice Wall Technique shattered under the fourth-tier Weird’s mental suppression.
• Black Bird, Xu Miao'er, and Xiao Huohuo battled the three Weirds as Luo Fan struggled to resist the suppression and remained unable to use his skills.
• The silvery humanoid Weird floated onto the rooftop and redirected ranged attacks with its mental power.
• Black Bird attacked the humanoid Weird, but it flicked him into a nearby house, which collapsed.
• The humanoid Weird extended its palm toward Luo Fan.

The Qipao Weird weakened and killed the Fourth-Tier psychic Weird, but her ability could not be used again soon. Luo Fan lured a Fourth-Tier One-Eyed Giant away from Jiangkou Town, and Black Bird was injured as they fell toward the ground with the giant charging after them.

• The Qipao Weird weakened the Fourth-Tier psychic Weird, allowing Luo Fan to escape its suppression before she killed it with a kick.
• The Qipao Weird pointed out a Fourth-Tier One-Eyed Giant approaching Jiangkou Town and told Luo Fan to handle it himself.
• Luo Fan shot the One-Eyed Giant with three Crystal-Energy Bullets, wounding it after it dodged the shots aimed at its eye.
• The Qipao Weird confirmed that she could not use her ability again yet and threw Luo Fan from the rooftop.
• Luo Fan summoned Black Bird and flew away from Jiangkou Town to draw the One-Eyed Giant after him.
• The One-Eyed Giant hurled rocks and chunks of earth at them, breaking Black Bird's wing and sending it and Luo Fan tumbling toward the ground as the giant charged after them.

Luo Fan killed the Fourth-Tier One-Eyed Giant by detonating Secret Technique Enchanting marks and striking its eye with Triple Shot, revealing his rule-type skills to the Qipao Weird. He fled her pursuit, but after both dropped their pretenses, the Qipao Weird attacked as Luo Fan's resident registration jade began to glow.

• Luo Fan enchanted the Pear Blossom Needle Storm, stacked thirty marks on the One-Eyed Giant, and detonated them as Triple Shot pierced its eye and killed it.
• Luo Fan landed, caught Black Bird, killed nearby Weirds, and noticed the Qipao Weird watching him with hungry interest.
• The Qipao Weird tracked Luo Fan despite his Invisibility Cloak, and Luo Fan transformed into Lian Ziqiong and used Shadow Walk to escape her grab.
• The Qipao Weird recognized Mimicry as a second rule-type skill, while Luo Fan denied deserting and claimed he would have told her if asked.
• The Qipao Weird offered Luo Fan the deputy commander position, then tried to grab him; Luo Fan evaded with Shadow Walk, and she raised her hand as his resident registration jade began to glow.

Luo Fan stopped fleeing the Qipao Weird and drew her into a trap after reasoning that she was vulnerable without her rule ability. He immobilized her with a Sealing Trap and attacked at point-blank range with the Pear Blossom Needle Storm.

• The Qipao Weird tracked Luo Fan and chased him despite his Stealth and repeated Shadow Walk teleports.
• Luo Fan returned to his own appearance and concluded the Qipao Weird might be weak without her rule ability.
• The Qipao Weird claimed Luo Fan’s Sequence Level was falling, prompting him to retreat and lure her after him.
• A Sealing Trap clamped around the Qipao Weird’s leg and stripped away her power, shocking her with Luo Fan’s third Rule-Type skill.
• Luo Fan used Secret Technique Enchanting on the Pear Blossom Needle Storm and fired it at the immobilized Qipao Weird.

Luo Fan killed the Qipao Weird with his needles and Weird Gun, but a Fourth-Tier mantis Fierce Beast ambushed him as he approached her body. He tried to lure it onto one of his Sealing Traps, but it dodged in a Z-shaped pattern and charged at him.

• The Qipao Weird tried to use her rule against Luo Fan, but he ignored it and covered her face with steel needles, applying thirty marks.
• Luo Fan detonated the marks and hit the Qipao Weird with three Weird Gun shots, piercing her chest and killing her.
• Luo Fan approached the Qipao Weird to retrieve her weird crystal, but narrowly dodged a surprise strike from an emerald-green Fourth-Tier mantis Fierce Beast.
• Luo Fan considered his available abilities and shifted position to lure the mantis onto one of his remaining Sealing Traps.
• The mantis recognized the danger of Luo Fan's gun, dodged his aim with a Z-shaped maneuver that avoided the trap, and lunged at him.

Luo Fan fought a Fourth-Tier Mantis Fierce Beast, using Zhao Yong’s Counterattack skill and Secret Technique Enchanting to stack marks while his weapons struggled to damage it. As he hurled his short sword at the nearly marked mantis, the Weird Bride arrived at Jiangkou Town and began searching for him.

• The mantis severed Luo Fan’s Weird Gun, so he transformed into Zhao Yong and used Counterattack to reflect its blade strike, gravely wounding it.
• Luo Fan attacked the wounded mantis with the Pear Blossom Needle Storm, applying twenty-two marks but failing to harm it significantly.
• Luo Fan enchanted his Vampiric Short Sword, stunned the mantis with Sap, and attacked until twenty-nine marks had accumulated.
• The mantis recovered, blasted Luo Fan away, and he hurled his short sword at it, still one mark short of his goal.
• The Qipao Weird’s chest wound healed as her eyelids began to tremble.
• The exhausted Weird Bride arrived on the outskirts of Jiangkou Town and searched the battle for Luo Fan.

Luo Fan killed the Fourth-Tier Fierce Beast mantis with a trap and his Weird Gun, but the Qipao Weird survived and used her rule ability to reverse his body’s time, reducing him to an ordinary person. As she planned to keep him for research, the Weird Bride approached after sensing him.

• Luo Fan lured the Fourth-Tier Fierce Beast mantis into his Sealing Trap, detonated his Secret Technique Enchanting marks, and killed it with Triple Shot.
• The Qipao Weird appeared alive, praised Luo Fan’s battle, and revealed she had noticed his secrets and long-running plan.
• Luo Fan asked the Qipao Weird to let their feud go, and she agreed before immobilizing him.
• The Qipao Weird reversed time on Luo Fan’s body, lowering his Sequence Level from Lv30 to Lv1, and decided to keep him as a research subject.
• The Weird Bride sensed Luo Fan and approached, spotting him with the Qipao Weird.

The Weird Bride confronted the Qipao Weird and took Luo Fan away after discovering the Qipao Weird had reversed his physical state to a year earlier and stripped his Sequence User powers. At a riverbank, the Weird Bride worried over Luo Fan, who asked whether she could restore his abilities.

• The Weird Bride appeared before the Qipao Weird, forced her to kneel, and recognized that Luo Fan was being treated as her prey.
• The Qipao Weird claimed Luo Fan was an ordinary person, but the Weird Bride grew suspicious and insisted on taking him.
• The Weird Bride carried Luo Fan away, leaving the furious Qipao Weird regretting that she had not killed him.
• At a riverbank, the Weird Bride checked Luo Fan for injuries, and Luo Fan asked her to undo the Qipao Weird's rule ability.

The Weird Bride used her Aging Rule to restore Luo Fan’s Sequence Level to Lv30, explaining that it could only return him to an established past state. After revealing that Sister Hong was her hostile half sister, she confirmed she had gathered the materials for Luo Fan’s Third-Tier advancement and laid them out.

• The Weird Bride explained that Sister Hong’s Time Reversal had added a year to Luo Fan’s lifespan, and offered to use her Aging Rule to restore the Sequence Level he had a year later.
• Luo Fan asked whether the Weird Bride could age him several years into the future and raise his Sequence Level further, but she said only an established future state could be restored.
• The Weird Bride aged Luo Fan back to his state at Lv30, and he stopped her once his Sequence Level had fully recovered.
• The Weird Bride told Luo Fan that Sister Hong was her older half sister and that their opposing rule abilities and long-standing feud were intertwined.
• Luo Fan asked to begin advancing to a Third Tier Sequence, and the Weird Bride laid out the materials she had collected as terrifying auras spread from them.

Luo Fan used the materials gathered by the Weird Bride to advance to Lv31, becoming a Third-Tier Sequence User and upgrading his Enchanting skill. After the mall system updated, he opened his storage space to see what had changed.

• The Weird Bride worried that Luo Fan was dissatisfied with the powerful advancement materials, but he reassured her that he was very pleased.
• Luo Fan used the claw, tusk, Poison Sac, and heart to advance to Lv31 and become a Third-Tier Sequence User.
• Luo Fan's Secret Technique Enchanting evolved into God-Tier Enchanting, which could inflict burning or poison, build marks, and detonate them for damage or stolen attack power.
• Luo Fan gained a chance to use his Lv36 skill, Petrification Bait, and wondered whether the lightning-attributed heart had affected his abilities.
• The mall system announced its update, and Luo Fan opened his storage space to inspect the changes.

After reaching the Third Tier, Luo Fan inspected his expanded Storage Space, the Mall’s new products, and its Rank-Up service. He decided to explore Jiangkou Town again before settling on which Uncanny Artifact to upgrade.

• Luo Fan found that his Storage Space had grown from roughly thirty cubic meters to about three hundred and considered storing his helicopter and RV inside it.
• Luo Fan discovered that the Mall had added everyday goods and a Rank-Up service that raised an Uncanny Artifact’s tier using Check-in Funds.
• Luo Fan learned that upgrading his Second Tier Weird Gun to the Third Tier would cost 380,000 Check-in Funds, more than the roughly 220,000 he had.
• Luo Fan checked the costs for his Vampiric Short Sword and Far-Sensing Wave Hat, then postponed choosing an artifact to upgrade until he knew his future Check-in Funds income.
• Luo Fan told the Weird Bride that his strength had improved and that he wanted to look around Jiangkou Town again.

The Qipao Weird returned to Jiangkou Town and drove off the remaining Weird Tide, but Luo Fan came back with Xiaodie, the Weird Bride, who pursued the Qipao Weird after declaring that Luo Fan wanted her killed. As the residents’ jade turned to ash, Luo Fan realized Jiangkou Town’s crisis had finally been resolved.

• The Qipao Weird slaughtered scores of Weirds, terrifying the battlefield until the remaining Weirds fled Jiangkou Town.
• Luo Fan and Xiaodie returned, and Luo Fan addressed Xiaodie as his master while she told the Qipao Weird that he wanted her eliminated.
• Jiang Shengnan recognized the Weird Bride and questioned Luo Fan, while the Qipao Weird demanded to know why he had submitted to Xiaodie but not to her.
• The Weird Bride raised her hand to attack, and the Qipao Weird fled as the Weird Bride pursued her.
• The jade belonging to Jiang Shengnan and the other Jiangkou Town residents flew up and turned to ash, and Luo Fan silently realized the crisis was over.

Luo Fan told Jiangkou Town's residents to flee after revealing that Her Ladyship was a Weird and the town was no longer safe. When some residents demanded that he replace her and protect them, he stepped forward to answer them.

• Luo Fan warned the residents that Weird Tides would grow more frequent and dangerous, and urged them to flee Jiangkou Town.
• Many residents accepted his warning, relieved that Her Ladyship's threat had ended and their jade collars had turned to ash.
• A young woman blamed Luo Fan for driving Her Ladyship away and demanded that he take responsibility for keeping the town safe.
• Jiang Shengnan and Xu Miao'er tried to persuade the woman and defend Luo Fan, but more residents gathered behind her.
• Luo Fan stopped Xu Miao'er from arguing and stepped forward as the woman challenged him to protect the residents.

Luo Fan killed a woman who challenged his orders, then told Jiang Shengnan that he had become the Weird Bride’s servant to survive and learn about the Apocalypse. He and Jiang Shengnan discussed warning Master Wen Hao about the Qipao Weird, and Luo Fan explained that her time-reversal ability made her difficult to kill.

• Luo Fan killed the woman who had rallied survivors against his order and told the remaining survivors to leave Jiangkou Town at dawn.
• Luo Fan treated Black Bird’s broken wing with medicine and said it should heal by morning.
• Jiang Shengnan visited Luo Fan and asked what had happened with the Weird Bride.
• Luo Fan said he had pretended to become the Weird Bride’s servant so she would save him, and Jiang Shengnan praised him for risking himself for humanity.
• Luo Fan told Jiang Shengnan they should inform Master Wen Hao about the Qipao Weird, then explained that her time-reversal ability made her hard to kill.

After reaching Third-Tier, Luo Fan considered his growing check-in funds as people came to his door to arrange their departures from Jiangkou Town. The chapter left him reflecting on his time there before receiving a message from his wife, the Weird Bride.

• Luo Fan received 25,000 yuan in check-in funds and calculated how soon he could afford to rank up his Sniper-Kill Gun.
• Cao Man and Yan Qiu invited Luo Fan and Jiang Shengnan to join their convoy, but both declined and made their own plans to leave.
• Xu Miao'er said goodbye to Luo Fan, and Jiang Shengnan told him she thought Xu Miao'er had hoped to leave with him; Luo Fan admitted he had not noticed.
• Dongfang Yu and Xiao Huohuo came to say goodbye, and Luo Fan exchanged Doomsday Phone contacts with them.
• Jiang Shengnan left, and Luo Fan reflected on Jiangkou Town and his breakthrough to Third-Tier before receiving a message from the Weird Bride.

Luo Fan left Jiangkou Town and rode toward the Hope Convoy, testing a petrification skill on a first-tier beast along the way. The Hope Convoy was struggling against a third-tier and a fourth-tier beast, and An Xiaoran told them Luo Fan was on his way.

• The Weird Bride told Luo Fan that the Qipao Weird had escaped and planned to return home to avoid exposing their relationship; Luo Fan agreed to visit when he had time.
• Survivors left Jiangkou Town, and Luo Fan set out alone on his Motorcycle toward the Hope Convoy after messaging An Xiaoran for its location.
• Luo Fan threw bait to a first-tier cheetah, which ate it and turned into a stone statue under his petrification skill.
• Two hippo-like fierce beasts, one at the peak of the third tier and one at the fourth tier, attacked the Hope Convoy, whose members struggled to injure them.
• An Xiaoran told the convoy that Luo Fan had asked for their location two hours earlier and should arrive soon.

Luo Fan arrived to rescue the Hope Convoy from two powerful Fierce Beasts and defeated them with his upgraded skills and teamwork. Afterward, Zhao Chunfeng marveled at Luo Fan’s increased strength, and Luo Fan asked Murong Xuan to repair his damaged Sniper Rifle.

• Luo Fan approached the Hope Convoy and found it overwhelmed by a peak third-tier Fierce Beast and a fourth-tier Fierce Beast.
• Luo Fan incapacitated the peak third-tier beast with Sap, attacked it with his Vampiric Short Sword, and used Petrification Bait to distract and petrify the fourth-tier beast.
• An Xiaoran followed Luo Fan’s crowd control with her Cross, pinning down the fourth-tier beast while Luo Fan detonated thirty marks and killed the peak third-tier beast.
• Luo Fan fired three point-blank shots into the pinned fourth-tier beast and killed it.
• Zhao Chunfeng praised Luo Fan’s increased strength, and Luo Fan explained that he had become a Third-Tier Sequence User.
• Luo Fan handed Murong Xuan his Sniper Rifle and asked her to repair its severed barrel.

Luo Fan demonstrated his newly strengthened skills and told his companions about the dangerous Rule-Type Weird in Jiangkou Town, then considered hunting Rule-Type Weirds himself. At the Aerospace Base, Jiang Shengnan reported the events to Master Wen Hao, who learned that the Weird Bride was alive and on friendly terms with Luo Fan.

• Murong Xuan agreed to repair Luo Fan's Weird Gun while Zhao Chunfeng and the others praised his Petrification Bait and God-Tier Enchanting.
• Luo Fan told Niu Dagang and the others about the Rule-Type Weird in Jiangkou Town, and they discussed how its sealing power made its tier less important.
• Luo Fan realized that his immunity to Rule-Type Weirds' Vision Sealing Power and his strength as a Third-Tier Sequence User might let him kill weaker Rule-Type Weirds outright.
• Jiang Shengnan returned to the Weird Domain at the Aerospace Base and recounted what had happened in Jiangkou Town to Master Wen Hao.
• Master Wen Hao learned that the Weird Bride had survived and was friendly with Luo Fan, and he admired Luo Fan for accepting her as his master.