Chapter Summaries

Luo Fan and the other Sequence Users shared a rare hot-pot meal when a wounded python fled past them, pursued by Professional Sequence User Lian Ziqiong. After Lian Ziqiong killed the python, she asked to join them for a meal in exchange for something, and Luo Fan welcomed her.

• Luo Fan, An Xiaoran, and the other Sequence Users gathered with food to enjoy a hot pot after resting and collecting supplies.
• Rose asked whether Luo Fan could store fresh produce for the group, and Luo Fan explained that his storage space was only about the size of a wooden chest.
• A wounded python Fierce Beast burst from a nearby grove and fled past the group without attacking them.
• Lian Ziqiong appeared and used her Assassination Sequence skills to kill the python.
• Lian Ziqiong recognized Luo Fan and asked to join their meal in exchange for something, and Luo Fan welcomed her.

Luo Fan hosted Lian Ziqiong, a lone Lv12 Shadow assassin, and learned about trade and communication among sequence users. Before she left, they exchanged gifts, with Lian giving him a python tendon to strengthen his bow.

• Lian Ziqiong praised the Hope Convoy’s fair treatment of survivors and explained that she traveled alone to hunt Fierce Beasts and Weirds.
• Lian told Luo Fan to call her Brother Lian, then introduced herself as a Lv12 Shadow assassin and shared her communication phone number.
• Lian explained that sequence users traded Fierce Beast Meat, used newly made communication phones, and held exchange meetings; she also shared news of attempts to awaken sequence users in large numbers.
• After their meal, Luo Fan gave Lian five jin of apples as thanks for the information.
• Lian extracted a tendon from the dead python and gave it to Luo Fan to use as a stronger bowstring, then turned invisible and left.

Luo Fan upgraded his Twin-Eye Bow with a python-tendon string and used Mara Fruit petals to raise his Sequence level to Lv9. As he settled in for the convoy’s final night of rest before traveling again, someone knocked on the vehicle door.

• Luo Fan explained that he gave Lian Ziqiong apples because she would feel obliged to repay a gift, while Zhao Chunfeng teased him about his motives.
• Rose redirected the group’s discussion toward obtaining a Doomsday Phone, and Luo Fan said buying one depended on luck.
• Luo Fan replaced his Twin-Eye Bow’s string with python tendon, increasing its effective range from about fifty or sixty meters to eighty or ninety.
• Luo Fan considered what goods to bring to a future Exchange Meeting but could not decide what to trade.
• Luo Fan ate all eight Mara Fruit petals and rose from Lv6 to Lv9, then received his midnight check-in reward of 90 yuan.
• As Luo Fan closed his eyes on the convoy’s final night of rest, someone knocked softly on the vehicle door.

Niu Dagang asked Luo Fan to help gather the materials he needed to advance to the Professional Sequence, and Luo Fan agreed. After Zhao Chunfeng divined a possible target, the group prepared to set out despite the ominous warning.

• Niu Dagang told Luo Fan he had reached Lv10 and needed scales, hide, and a weird crystal to complete his advancement materials.
• Luo Fan agreed to help Niu Dagang gather the missing materials, and Niu Dagang left to discuss the plan with Zhao Chunfeng.
• Zhao Chunfeng agreed to use divination to find an opportunity, while Rose volunteered to assist in a fight.
• The Hope Convoy traveled for two days, then stopped to rest as Zhao Chunfeng called Luo Fan and the others to Niu Dagang's bus.
• Zhao Chunfeng pointed the group toward a target eight to ten kilometers away, warned it might be a Weird, and said his divination was ominous but not a sign of great misfortune.

Luo Fan and his companions set out to hunt a ranked Fierce Beast and found a huge blue-green deer feeding by a lake. Their first attack went badly: the deer’s freezing aura and strength overwhelmed Niu Dagang and Luo Fan, leaving Luo Fan disarmed and facing its charge.

• Luo Fan scouted ahead and found a ranked deer eating a Fierce Beast beside a lake.
• Luo Fan assigned Niu Dagang to hold the deer’s attention, Rose to attack from range, and An Xiaoran to provide support.
• Niu Dagang charged the deer, but its antlers forced him backward while Rose’s Missile did little damage.
• Luo Fan tried to stun the deer with Sap, but its freezing wind slowed him and covered Niu Dagang in ice crystals.
• The deer flung Niu Dagang aside, shattered An Xiaoran’s Shield, and launched Luo Fan into the air, knocking his short blade away.
• The deer turned on the weakened Luo Fan and leaped at him with its bloodied jaws open.

Luo Fan, Niu Dagang, and Rose killed a Ranked Fierce Beast without casualties, but the ominous divination had not been resolved. A little-girl Weird appeared by the lake, and Luo Fan recognized it as a rule-type Weird.

• Luo Fan used Spirit Void Step to evade the deer while Niu Dagang restrained it and Rose attacked from range.
• Luo Fan shot the deer repeatedly with his enhanced Twin-Eye Bow, killing it with an arrow through the skull.
• Rose recalled Brother Zhao's ominous divination, and Luo Fan realized their easy victory did not explain it.
• A pale little-girl Weird emerged from the woods holding a balloon, and Luo Fan could not lock onto her with the Wraith Eyes.
• The Weird invited them to play, and Luo Fan realized they had encountered a rule-type Weird that could only be killed by following its unknown rules.

Luo Fan and his group were forced to play a bomb-balloon game with a rule-based Weird, and Luo Fan struggled to find a way to survive. An Xiaoran held the balloon until it exploded, smiling at Luo Fan as the game reached its deadly climax.

• Luo Fan warned Niu Dagang and Rose to stay calm and avoid acting until they understood the Weird's rules.
• The Weird made the group form a circle and explained that the balloon would grow as they passed it, exploding and killing whoever held it when the game ended with one survivor.
• Luo Fan could find no clue to the game's rules as the Weird started the game and passed the balloon to Rose, then Niu Dagang.
• Niu Dagang handed the balloon to An Xiaoran, who held it despite Luo Fan's urgent requests to pass it on.
• An Xiaoran smiled at Luo Fan as the balloon in her hands exploded.

An Xiaoran recalled losing her family and finding a new home with Luo Fan, then deliberately took the exploding balloon to protect him. The balloon’s explosion killed the Rule-Type Weird instead, and An Xiaoran revealed that she had advanced to the Professional Sequence.

• An Xiaoran remembered how her father, mother, and brother died, leaving her alone in the Luo Family Town Squad.
• After joining the Hope Convoy, An Xiaoran found comfort in Luo Fan’s kindness, milk, and the chance to fight alongside him.
• When the Rule-Type Weird made the survivors pass around an exploding balloon, An Xiaoran took it from Niu Dagang and refused to give it to Luo Fan.
• The balloon exploded, but the Weird dissolved into starlight instead of killing An Xiaoran.
• Luo Fan pulled An Xiaoran into his arms, and she told him she had advanced to the Professional Sequence.

Luo Fan and his companions returned safely after encountering a Rule-Type Weird, and the convoy shared the spoils from their hunt. An Xiaoran revealed that she had advanced to the Holy Light Angel Sequence, leaving everyone eager to learn its requirements and skills.

• Zhao Chunfeng guessed that the Rule-Type Weird had withheld a rule that reversed the game's outcome if someone played intending to die.
• The group divided the Fierce Beast meat, hide, and Weird crystal, with Niu Dagang receiving the hide and crystal he needed for his advancement.
• Luo Fan revealed that he had reached Sequence Lv10, while Niu Dagang had not yet advanced to a Professional Sequence.
• An Xiaoran announced that she had reached Lv11 in the Holy Light Angel Sequence.
• Zhao Chunfeng asked An Xiaoran about her advancement requirements, and Luo Fan asked whether she had awakened a Professional Sequence skill.

An Xiaoran explained that her Holy Light Descent strengthened allies and weakened enemies, then demonstrated its power by boosting Luo Fan’s attributes. After the group settled in to rest, An Xiaoran asked Luo Fan about the advancement conditions for his professional sequence now that he had reached Lv10.

• An Xiaoran said she awakened the Holy Light Angel sequence by giving of herself and sacrificing herself out of love, and explained Holy Light Descent’s effects.
• At Luo Fan’s request, An Xiaoran cast Holy Light Descent on him, and he matched Niu Dagang’s strength despite being in the assassination sequence.
• Luo Fan and the others agreed to rest after Zhao Chunfeng noted that the conspicuous holy light had attracted attention from the Hope Convoy.
• Luo Fan warned An Xiaoran not to sacrifice herself like that again, and she pretended to be asleep before admitting she had heard him.
• An Xiaoran asked Luo Fan whether he had reached Lv10 and why he had not told the group his professional sequence’s advancement conditions.

An Xiaoran asked about Luo Fan’s advancement requirements and learned that he had to hunt higher-level Weird alone. After the Hope Convoy stopped for breakfast, two riders invited them to the Daping Mountain Exchange Meeting, and Zhao Chunfeng divined that they could safely go.

• An Xiaoran asked Luo Fan about his Professional Sequence advancement, and he explained that he had to hunt Weird stronger than himself without help.
• Luo Fan received 100 yuan from his daily check-in, then the Hope Convoy resumed traveling and stopped at a stretch of empty farmland.
• Two motorcyclists told Zhao Chunfeng that convoys would gather at Daping Mountain at three that afternoon to trade and exchange information.
• Luo Fan asked whether phones might be available at the meeting, and the riders said they could not guarantee it.
• Zhao Chunfeng tossed three coins and said his divination showed that the Hope Convoy could go without danger.

The Hope Convoy attended an Exchange Meeting near Daping Mountain, where Luo Fan traded for supplies and helped Niu Dagang obtain materials for his advancement. The chapter ended with Luo Fan displaying fresh baby bok choy and apples, attracting attention from the other traders.

• The Hope Convoy reached the gathering near Daping Mountain and met Qian Zhonghua, the organizer of the Exchange Meeting.
• Zhao Chunfeng offered three Healing Potions, but Luo Fan asked to keep them for his upcoming solo hunt to meet his Professional advancement condition.
• Niu Dagang borrowed 200 jin of Fierce Beast Meat from Luo Fan to trade for the snake scales he needed to advance.
• Luo Fan displayed 20 jin of baby bok choy and 10 jin of apples, drawing many traders’ attention.

Luo Fan sold scarce fresh produce and traded vegetables, apples, and Fierce Beast Meat to Qian Zhonghua for a phone. After acquiring the phone, he used its Sequence Forum to add Qian Zhonghua and enter Lian Ziqiong’s ID.

• Luo Fan sold apples and leafy greens to Sequence Users for Fierce Beast Meat.
• Luo Fan offered to trade for a new-model phone, and Qian Zhonghua proposed exchanging one for fresh produce.
• Luo Fan negotiated a deal with Qian Zhonghua, supplying fifty jin of leafy greens, ten jin of apples, and a thousand jin of Fierce Beast Meat for the phone.
• Luo Fan inspected the phone and discovered it only accessed the Sequence Forum.
• Luo Fan updated his profile and entered Lian Ziqiong’s personal ID to add her as a friend.

At the exchange meeting, Luo Fan upgraded his arrows with beast fangs, bought a bleeding-inflicting Blood Blade, and learned more about sequence awakening and professional advancement from the forum. That night, Niu Dagang began his advancement using the materials Luo Fan and the others had gathered, and the Weird Crystal formed a glowing array.

• Luo Fan bought Ranked Fierce Beast fangs and a Blood Blade, then fitted the fangs onto his remaining arrows to make armor-piercing arrows.
• Luo Fan read forum posts explaining that a nearby Weird’s death and a surge of adrenaline could help someone awaken a sequence, while exceeding advancement requirements could strengthen a professional sequence.
• Niu Dagang returned with a heavy axe, and Zhao Chunfeng led the Hope Convoy away from the exchange meeting.
• After the convoy stopped for the night, Luo Fan gave Niu Dagang his remaining Black Bear carapaces and explained what he had learned about advancement materials.
• Niu Dagang arranged the materials around himself and held the Weird Crystal, which shone brightly and linked the materials into an array.

Niu Dagang advanced to the Shield Warrior Professional Sequence and awakened the powerful Block skill. Luo Fan prepared to hunt alone to meet his advancement requirement and asked Lian Ziqiong for advice about traveling solo.

• Niu Dagang used the Weird Crystal and four materials to advance to the Shield Warrior Sequence, growing much larger and awakening Block, which negated 90% of one attack's damage.
• Luo Fan and Zhao Chunfeng teased each other about Luo Fan's need to hunt alone, and Zhao Chunfeng agreed to perform a divination for him later.
• Luo Fan refused An Xiaoran's request to accompany him on his solo hunt and reassured her that he would return soon.
• Luo Fan finally added Lian Ziqiong as a friend, and Lian Ziqiong explained that he had been hunting Fierce Beasts with his phone in his Mustard Seed Bag.
• Luo Fan asked Lian Ziqiong what he should watch out for when traveling alone.

Luo Fan prepared to leave the Hope Convoy and hunt a stronger Weird alone so he could advance to a Professional Sequence. After Zhao Chunfeng warned him that heading east carried an almost certain risk of death, Luo Fan set off southeast, leaving An Xiaoran in the convoy’s care.

• Luo Fan recalled Lian Ziqiong’s advice about the dangers of traveling alone as the Hope Convoy continued safely for three days.
• Zhao Chunfeng gave Luo Fan three healing potions and shared his divination: southeast was relatively safe, south held trouble, and east brought near-certain death.
• Luo Fan asked Niu Dagang to look after An Xiaoran while he was away, and gave her ten cartons of milk to count the days until his return.
• Luo Fan packed his supplies, agreed to catch up with the convoy after his hunt, and said he would try to get a phone so they could stay in contact.
• Luo Fan said farewell to the Hope Convoy and headed southeast to look for a stronger Weird.

Luo Fan traveled southeast alone, hunted Fierce Beasts, and stopped to rest for the night before intervening when a Weird chased a boy. He helped the boy land a fireball on the Weird, then watched the boy boast about his victory and cringed at his words.

• Luo Fan killed a large rooster with an armor-piercing arrow and defeated a weasel-like Fierce Beast that ambushed him.
• After traveling southeast for three days, Luo Fan settled down for the night and browsed the Sequence User forum on his phone.
• Luo Fan heard explosions and spotted a white humanoid Weird chasing a boy who threw pale-blue fireballs at it.
• Luo Fan shot the Weird in the leg, causing it to stumble into the boy's fireball, which engulfed it in flames.
• The boy celebrated and called himself exalted, leaving Luo Fan embarrassed by the boy's edgy speech.

Luo Fan helped Ace kill a physical Weird, accepted its Weird Crystal, and exchanged contact information with the boastful professional. They parted ways, but Ace realized Luo Fan’s supposed southeast route was actually east.

• Luo Fan shot arrows into the physical Weird while Ace struck it with blue fireballs and killed it.
• Ace extracted the Weird Crystal and gave it to Luo Fan as a reward for helping.
• Luo Fan learned that the boy called himself Fire God Ace, added him as a friend, and declined to travel with him.
• Luo Fan continued southeast through the night, while Ace planned to head west.
• Ace checked the sunset and mountain to find west, then realized Luo Fan had been traveling east despite saying he was heading southeast.

Luo Fan entered Lin City looking for warm clothes, but found no Fierce Beasts and was suddenly pulled into a dark room by a speaking female Weird. Meanwhile, Rose brought An Xiaoran milk at the Hope Convoy’s camp, and An Xiaoran asked why Luo Fan had not returned.

• Luo Fan searched the quiet county town for warm clothes and realized he had not encountered any Fierce Beasts.
• Luo Fan recognized the town as Lin City and recalled seeing it mentioned in a forum post.
• A female Weird invited Luo Fan to join her for a meal, then transported him into a dim, enclosed room.
• Rose traded Fierce Beast Meat for milk and brought it to An Xiaoran on the bus.
• Niu Dagang questioned An Xiaoran about the milk Luo Fan had left her, and An Xiaoran said she had finished it and wondered why Luo Fan had not come back.

Luo Fan and two other Sequence Users were trapped in a meal hosted by a Rule-Type Weird that sealed their abilities and demanded food. Luo Fan used his independent Mall System to provide food, then refused to leave when the Weird offered, choosing to continue the meal.

• Luo Fan realized the woman hosting the meal was a Rule-Type Weird and saw that two other Sequence Users were trapped with him.
• The Weird demanded food for a split-bill meal, but the muscular woman could not open her Mustard Seed Bag and lost an arm, while Lao Zhu's Uncanny Artifact and Luo Fan's Spirit Void Step also failed.
• Luo Fan opened his Mall System and placed eggs and rice on the table, surprising the Weird and the other diners.
• When Lao Zhu pleaded for help and then threatened Luo Fan, the Weird severed his arm and cut off one of her own arms for the meal.
• After the food was eaten, the Weird offered to let the diners leave, and the other two agreed, but Luo Fan said he was still hungry and asked to continue.