Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi was betrayed by Li Xing and trapped in a snack shop as darkness and a murderous chef horror closed in. Just as the chef's cleaver reached him, a virtual advertisement appeared, made the blow pass through him, and left Lin Qi immobilized.

• Li Xing locked Lin Qi inside the snack shop and revealed that he had also slept with Lin Qi's girlfriend.
• Lin Qi smashed the glass doors and tried to force open the rigged rolling shutter, but footsteps from the kitchen stopped him.
• A bloodied chef horror emerged from the kitchen and advanced on Lin Qi with a cleaver.
• Lin Qi attacked the horror with his dagger, but the weapon passed through its body, and he prepared to die.
• A virtual advertisement appeared as the cleaver touched Lin Qi, causing the blade to pass through him while the ad locked his body in place.

Lin Qi bought two rule-type Extraordinary abilities from a system while trapped in a snack shop with a chef horror. He escaped by paying the horror Ghost Cash and ended the chapter determined to make someone pay for what happened.

• Lin Qi used his Ghost Cash to buy the rule-type ability Bro, Give Me Face, then opened a beginner's gift package when he realized he lacked the money to use it.
• Lin Qi used an advertisement opportunity and a Ghost Cash deduction coupon to buy I Fine You 800 Yuan and borrow two thousand Ghost Cash.
• Lin Qi kicked the roller shutter until the chef horror approached, then used Bro, Give Me Face to freeze it briefly and paid it one thousand Ghost Cash.
• The chef horror accepted the money and returned to the kitchen, allowing Lin Qi to keep kicking until he warped the roller shutter open and escaped into the sunlight.
• Lin Qi vowed that someone would die now that he had survived.

Lin Qi used his ability to steal 800 Ghost Cash from the chef apparition, then left the snack shop to search for supplies and Li Xing. When survivors fled a tobacco and liquor shop shouting about an apparition, Lin Qi headed toward the danger.

• Lin Qi forced the snack shop's rolling shutter open and lured the chef apparition to the boundary of the sunlight.
• Lin Qi used his ability as the Ghost Cash Deduction Card countdown ended, clearing his debt and taking 800 Ghost Cash from the chef apparition.
• The chef apparition tried to pursue Lin Qi into the sunlight but could not cross the boundary, and Lin Qi escaped.
• Lin Qi searched the town for supplies, usable vehicles, and Li Xing, whom he expected to find at a large supermarket.
• Survivors ran from a tobacco and liquor shop, and Lin Qi smiled and went toward the commotion.

Lin Qi used his ability to steal cigarettes and Ghost Cash from an anomalous old woman, then headed to the supermarket where Li Xing had abandoned their SUV. He ended the chapter preparing to continue scavenging and seeking revenge on Li Xing.

• Lin Qi entered a liquor and tobacco shop and found an anomalous old woman eating a survivor she had lured with cigarettes.
• Lin Qi froze the old woman with his ability, took five cartons of cigarettes, and fined her 800 Ghost Cash as he escaped.
• Lin Qi noted that he had accumulated 1,400 Ghost Cash, but the system would not let him refresh the ads before midnight.
• Lin Qi reached the supermarket and spotted the SUV he had shared with Li Xing, whose empty trunk discouraged other survivors from taking it.
• Lin Qi looked toward the supermarket and remarked that Li Xing had shown some sense.

Lin Qi entered a supermarket to gather supplies and settle his grudge with Li Xing, while identifying the rule that items with red packaging could not be taken. When Li Xing accidentally shattered a compact mirror and awakened the clerk aberrations, Lin Qi fled with the survivors and quietly suggested that Li Xing had caused the danger.

• Lin Qi searched the supermarket and concluded that supplies with red packaging could not be taken.
• Lin Qi spotted Li Xing, who was greedily filling three backpacks and heading toward the Extraordinary.
• Li Xing stepped on a compact mirror, and the shattering sound alerted the clerk aberrations lurking in the darkness.
• The survivors fled as clerks emerged from the shelves and attacked those they caught.
• Lin Qi kept close to the Extraordinary and whispered to nearby survivors that Li Xing had awakened the aberrations.

Lin Qi manipulated the survivors’ hostility toward Li Xing and used his abilities to turn the supermarket’s creatures against him. Near the exit, Lin Qi confronted Li Xing and stabbed him in the heart, leaving his fate unclear.

• Lin Qi reminded the survivors that Li Xing carried three backpacks, stirring their resentment as the store clerks surrounded them.
• A five-meter-tall shadow creature attacked the Extraordinary, who transformed into a Giant Bear but could not harm it, while the survivors scattered and betrayed one another.
• A survivor tried to crush Li Xing with a shelf, but Li Xing dodged, knocked him down, and kicked him before fleeing.
• Lin Qi used "I Fine You 800 Yuan!" to enrage a store clerk and send it after Li Xing, who repeatedly used other survivors to escape.
• Lin Qi confronted Li Xing near the exit, froze him with "Give Me Some Face," and stabbed him in the heart with a fruit knife.

Lin Qi killed Li Xing, used his ability to help an Extraordinary escape the supermarket, and followed the survivors’ convoy back to the main road. There, he encountered Huang Li, who had betrayed him with Li Xing, and she confronted him as he arrived.

• Lin Qi took the keys from Li Xing, left him to the approaching store clerk entity, and fined him 800 Yuan before the clerk attacked his corpse.
• Lin Qi secretly fined the shadow entity 800 Yuan, giving the black bear Extraordinary time to escape the supermarket.
• The Extraordinary led the survivors away, while Lin Qi counted his Ghost Cash and considered how to use his ability without drawing suspicion.
• Lin Qi joined the convoy as it returned to the main road, where more than a hundred survivors gathered after the supply run.
• Huang Li noticed Lin Qi in the SUV, lowered her welcoming wave when she recognized him, and asked why he was there.

Lin Qi rejected Huang Li after learning of her betrayal, struck her when she insulted his dead parents, and continued with the convoy. That night, he prepared his own meal and was approached by a timid woman asking for some of his food.

• Lin Qi drove away from Huang Li, who chased the SUV and demanded to know what had happened to Li Xing.
• Huang Li insulted Lin Qi and his parents, so Lin Qi slapped her and warned her to stay away.
• The convoy traveled until nightfall and stopped beside the national highway under the Blood Moon.
• Lin Qi sorted his supplies, found Li Xing’s backpack filled mostly with sanitary pads and cosmetics, and used a pad to start a fire for cooking.
• As Lin Qi waited for his instant noodles to boil, a timid woman asked him to give her some food.

Lin Qi traded half a pack of sanitary pads to Yi Xue for chocolate, then refused to share his noodles with an old woman who tried to take them. After she accused him of attacking her and Liu Yan moved to judge the dispute, a young woman stepped forward to testify for Lin Qi.

• Yi Xue traded Lin Qi a Silky Indulgence chocolate bar for his half-used pack of sanitary pads.
• Lin Qi refused to give the old woman any of his noodles and kicked her when she tried to snatch his bowl.
• The old woman cried out that Lin Qi had attacked her, and several burly survivors backed her accusation while Liu Yan questioned him.
• Liu Yan began to accept the crowd's version of events, but a timid young woman raised her hand and testified that the old woman had tried to take Lin Qi's food first.

Lin Qi watched Teacher Gu protect Yi Xue and expose the old woman and her son’s extortion scheme, then listened to a radio broadcast and rumors about survivors on offshore islands. He went to sleep wondering whether those islands were truly safe.

• Yi Xue challenged the bald man’s accusation, and Teacher Gu shielded her and claimed she had recorded the old woman’s attack.
• The bald man backed down and led his mother away after Teacher Gu threatened to reveal the recording, while the old woman threatened Teacher Gu’s group.
• Teacher Gu told Lin Qi she had intervened to teach her students to face what was in their hearts, then admitted to Yi Xue that she had not recorded anything.
• Lin Qi ate his instant noodles, returned to his SUV, and listened to a radio broadcast saying the major cities had fallen and shelters were being established.
• Lin Qi heard survivors discuss powerful people living on offshore islands and considered the dangers of mutated sea creatures before falling asleep.

Lin Qi bought and drank a bottle of Leibi from the system, then faced threats and taunts from the bald man and his ex-girlfriend Huang Li’s companions. He left them behind and sped to rejoin the convoy.

• The convoy set out for a new supply point while Lin Qi drove near the bus carrying Teacher Gu and the students.
• Lin Qi parked to watch the system’s daily advertisement, bought a bottle of Leibi for 99 Ghost Cash, and drank it when he noticed no effect.
• The bald man who had extorted Lin Qi threatened to kill him on the next supply run, but Lin Qi dismissed the warning.
• Bo Gang and Huang Li demanded Lin Qi hand over his supplies, while a blond man mocked him and kissed Bo Gang.
• Lin Qi tossed the empty Leibi bottle toward the blond man and drove off toward the convoy.

Lin Qi’s convoy stopped to rest, and the captain announced that Ghost Cash was forming in the surrounding grass. Survivors rushed to search, but after one found a note, someone screamed for help, leaving the danger unresolved.

• Lin Qi ignored the blond and Huang Li’s insults and worried about earning eight hundred Ghost Cash.
• The convoy stopped on the highway so the exhausted survivors could rest, and Lin Qi gathered bricks to make a cooking hearth.
• Lin Qi watched as the captain conferred with the Giant Bear Extraordinary, who ran into the grass alone.
• The captain announced that Ghost Cash was forming in the grass and warned survivors to be careful, but many went searching anyway.
• A survivor found a hundred-denomination Ghost Cash note, then someone screamed for the captain to save them.

Lin Qi watched the convoy’s green-dressed Extraordinary heal a survivor, then declined Wang Feng’s invitation to team up and traded sanitary pads with Yi Xue. After Yi Xue returned to the bus, Li Xiang warned her to stay away from Lin Qi and secretly asked a classmate to investigate him.

• The girl in green healed a middle-aged man’s bug bite with pink mist, leaving him unable to stop laughing, and urged the survivors to search for Ghost Cash.
• Lin Qi declined Wang Feng’s offer to form a team, saying he would contact him if he changed his mind.
• Yi Xue traded a chocolate bar with Lin Qi for a pack of sanitary pads.
• Li Xiang warned Yi Xue not to get close to Lin Qi, but she pushed past him and boarded the bus.
• Li Xiang asked his chubby classmate to investigate Lin Qi’s background so he could compete for Yi Xue’s affection.

Lin Qi caught three masked men siphoning gas from his SUV and joined Wang Feng’s group in confronting them. When the other survivors refused to support Wang Feng, Scarface threatened to make him and his friends pay, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Lin Qi woke to find masked men siphoning his gasoline and sounded his horn, driving them off before they could be caught.
• Lin Qi recognized the thieves as three escaped convicts and resolved to stop them from targeting him again.
• A friend of Wang Feng invited Lin Qi to join the group as they confronted the thieves by their pickup.
• Scarface denied stealing the gas and intimidated the watching survivors into staying silent.
• Wang Feng decided to leave rather than risk a fight, but Scarface blocked them and demanded an arm or compensation.

Lin Qi used his hidden ability to overpower Scarface, secure five cans of gasoline, and leave with Wang Feng and the others. Scarface suspected Lin Qi was an Extraordinary and plotted to seize a woman he believed Lin Qi cared about.

• Scarface threatened Wang Feng and his companions after accusing them of starting the fight, and Wang Feng prepared to pay compensation.
• Lin Qi confronted Scarface, took his machete, and forced him to hand over five cans of gasoline.
• Scarface backed down and let Lin Qi leave, while Wang Feng asked how Lin Qi had so much influence over him.
• After Lin Qi drove away, Scarface guessed he was a hidden Extraordinary and ordered his men to capture a woman he thought Lin Qi cared about.
• Lin Qi returned to the SUV with the gasoline and considered how he could keep his ability concealed.

Lin Qi discovered that drinking Leibi gave him a small amount of lightning power, which he learned to channel through his machete. As the convoy headed for a new supply point, he accepted a walkie-talkie from Wang Feng and heard Xiao Wu suggest that the destination might be Fengmen Village.

• Lin Qi bought another Leibi after its ad claimed it granted lightning power, then found sparks flickering across his palm.
• Lin Qi experimented through the morning and discovered that he could attach the sparks to his machete.
• Lin Qi again declined Wang Feng's invitation to team up, but accepted a free walkie-talkie so they could share information.
• Lin Qi listened as Wang Feng's group discussed a missing survivor and reported that Niu Wudi, the Giant Bear Extraordinary, had returned injured.
• Xiao Wu told Wang Feng that he thought he knew the convoy's supply destination and asked whether he had heard of Fengmen Village.

Xiao Wu led Lin Qi and Wang Feng’s group to Liu Family Village’s school, where he expected to find donated food supplies. The survivors discovered a cafeteria packed with food, but Lin Qi grew suspicious of how easily they had reached it.

• Xiao Wu revealed that Liu Family Village’s school held donated long-lasting supplies and invited Lin Qi to join the raid.
• The convoy entered Liu Family Village, and Xiao Wu identified the school at the far end as their destination, though Niu Wudi’s group was heading there too.
• Lin Qi felt watched by the opera stage outside the school, but the sensation faded after he followed the others inside.
• Niu Wudi led the survivors to the cafeteria, where they found boxes of food piled high and no sign of the school’s teachers or students.
• Lin Qi noticed that Niu Wudi had not moved to claim the supplies and wondered whether everything had gone too smoothly.

Survivors loading supplies at the school were trapped inside when darkness fell, and the principal fought off Niu Wudi at the gate. Lin Qi realized the eerie opera singer and the danger beyond the school meant they had to escape immediately.

• The survivors hauled supplies from the cafeteria while Lin Qi secretly stole eight hundred ghost notes from the principal.
• An eerie song began, and a veiled woman in red appeared on the stage as Wang Feng urged the group to leave.
• Darkness suddenly covered the school, and the principal appeared at the entrance to block the survivors.
• Niu Wudi transformed into a giant bear and charged the principal, but the principal knocked him backward with one punch.
• More than thirty student anomalies appeared on the classroom buildings and watched as Lin Qi told Wang Feng they could not wait any longer.

Lin Qi and the survivors tried to escape the school, but the principal stopped them while a crowd of supernatural villagers gathered outside. After realizing the principal only fought back when attacked, they suspected he was protecting them from the greater danger beyond the gates.

• Lin Qi led the survivors toward the school gates and used his control ability on the principal, but the principal interrupted him with black mist and blocked his escape.
• The principal repeatedly defeated Niu Wudi and dragged back the girl in green and his men when Niu Wudi threw them toward the gates.
• Lin Qi pointed out that the principal and the students had not attacked first or killed anyone, and suggested the principal was keeping them from the opera performer and villagers outside.
• The girl in green called Niu Wudi back, and the principal stopped fighting once Niu Wudi ceased attacking.
• Lin Qi realized the principal might be protecting them despite Lin Qi secretly pocketing eight hundred of his money, and thought, “I really deserve to die...”

Lin Qi and the survivors waited out the supernatural opera at the school, then left with supplies after the principal and the other spirits vanished. The convoy stopped when an opera stage appeared ahead, blocking their route through the village.

• The girl in green reported the school’s supernatural events to the convoy captain while dark clouds covered only the school grounds.
• The girl in green offered to treat Lin Qi, but he mistrusted her intentions and kept his distance.
• The opera performance ended, and the opera performer, villagers, and school spirits vanished as the dark clouds cleared.
• The girl in green led the survivors out of the school in their vehicles, and Wang Feng’s group discussed whether the principal had deliberately left them supplies.
• An opera stage appeared in front of the convoy, and Lin Qi recognized it as the stage that had been outside the school gates.