Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi used his Starfall Archery to kill several Heart-Devouring Wolves and drive the pack back, but the Level 10 Heart-Devouring Wolf King arrived and empowered the pack with its Moonlight Demonic Art. As the King charged through Lin Yi’s fog, it smashed his arrows aside, leaving Lin Yi to continue the fight while recognizing a weakness in his Karma Archery.

• Lin Yi fired precise arrows that killed three Ninth Rank Heart-Devouring Wolves and forced the pack to retreat.
• Lin Yi shot two more wolves as they fled, while Gu Chenghu and Gu Man marveled at his archery.
• The wounded Heart-Devouring Wolf King appeared, recognized Lin Yi and his companions, and used its Moonlight Demonic Art to enlarge and strengthen the pack.
• Lin Yi spread thick fog to conceal the group as the Heart-Devouring Wolf King led the empowered pack into a charge.
• The Wolf King smashed Lin Yi’s arrows with its claws, revealing that Karma Archery’s homing could not work if an arrow was destroyed.

Lin Yi crippled the Heart-Devouring Wolf King with precise arrows, then slaughtered the pack as it charged into the White Mist. The battle left only a few Heart-Devouring Wolves alive, while the injured Wolf King remained outside the mist.

• Lin Yi struck the Heart-Devouring Wolf King's tail and both eyes with arrows, bringing it down and badly injuring it.
• Lin Yi warned Gu Chenghu and Gu Man not to approach the Wolf King, then began picking off the other wolves when they shielded their king from his arrows.
• Lin Yi used curved arrows to kill and cripple wolves as the Wolf King ordered the pack to attack the three humans in the White Mist.
• Gu Man and Gu Chenghu met the wolves that reached the White Mist while Lin Yi switched to his Wind-Riding Saber and cut through the pack.
• Lin Yi hunted the wolves inside the White Mist until only a few remained.

Lin Yi killed the Heart-Devouring Wolf King with a barrage of arrows and a final Golden Flame strike, then discovered its loot included a Bloodstone that could benefit both monsters and humans. Gu Chenghu and Gu Man finished off the wolves in the White Mist and returned with a large haul of Drops.

• The Heart-Devouring Wolf King tried to retreat while Lin Yi left Gu Chenghu and Gu Man to fight the remaining Heart-Devouring Wolves and pursued it.
• Lin Yi kept his distance and shot the Wolf King and the nearby adult wolves until only the King remained.
• The wounded Wolf King charged Lin Yi, but he stopped it with repeated arrows and killed it with a Golden Flame blade strike when it feigned death.
• Lin Yi collected a Green Quality Moonlight Art Yao Art, Green Quality Wolf King's Blood, and half a piece of Blue Grade Material Bloodstone, learning the stone could help heal injuries and produce fresh blood.
• Gu Chenghu and Gu Man returned with a large pile of Drops, and Gu Man said the village would have plenty of materials for refining Spiritual Artifacts.

Lin Yi and the two Captains searched the Heart-Devouring Wolf den after defeating the pack, where they found two dead Militia members from Hexian Village and uncovered a hidden space. The chapter ended when Gu Man spotted a Heart-Devouring Wolf staring at him from a small hole.

• Lin Yi and the two Captains divided the spoils from the slain Heart-Devouring Wolves, with thirty percent reserved for the village.
• Lin Yi, Gu Chenghu, and Gu Man entered the den, found that the remaining wolves had fled, and decided to search for treasure and wait until dawn.
• The three found two partly eaten corpses wearing gear that Gu Chenghu identified as belonging to Hexian Village Militia members, and began digging to bury them.
• Gu Chenghu and Gu Man noticed the soil beneath the den was loose, so the three searched for a hidden underground space.
• Gu Chenghu found a suspicious patch of vines and a small hole, where Gu Man saw a Heart-Devouring Wolf's red eyes staring back at him.

Lin Yi, Gu Chenghu, and Gu Man found a giant egg and several valuable Bloodstones in the Heart-Devouring Wolf den, then set out for the village after resting. On the way, they witnessed a Professional level Martial Artist unleash a powerful sword strike against a flock of birds, leaving Lin Yi stunned by the warrior’s strength.

• Lin Yi, Gu Chenghu, and Gu Man killed an adult Mother Wolf guarding a giant egg in the cave.
• Gu Man carried the egg while the group found three Blue Quality Bloodstones and four Green Quality Bloodstones beneath it.
• The remaining Heart-Devouring Wolves saw the egg and left, and the three searched the den before camping for the night.
• After logging back in at dawn, Lin Yi and the others headed toward the village and spotted hundreds of black birds attacking something in the distance.
• Lin Yi recognized the birds’ cries as Mirage Crows, then saw a Professional level Martial Artist’s sword strike kill many birds and scatter the rest.

Lin Yi and his companions encountered the Hexian Village Militia Team after its battle with Mirage Crows and exchanged aid and greetings with the survivors. Lu Hai recognized Lin Yi as the target of an investigation mission and revealed that he was an official with the Longchang City Apocalypse Organization.

• He Tianlong wanted to search the nearby Heart-Devouring Wolves' den for his missing younger brother, but Elder He Huan and Lu Hai persuaded him to return with the village's resources.
• Gu Chenghu recognized He Tianlong and Elder He Huan as old acquaintances, and the Hexian Village team welcomed his group.
• Lin Yi noticed that Lu Hai was a Newborn carrying two glowing Spirit Artifacts, while Lu Hai identified Lin Yi as the person named in his assignment to investigate Ancient Pool Village's Newborns.
• Lin Yi gave He Tianlong five healing potions, and the group moved to a concealed place to rest away from the battlefield's blood scent.
• Lu Hai privately introduced himself to Lin Yi as a Squad Captain in the Longchang City Apocalypse Organization.

Lin Yi met Lu Hai of Hexian Village and discussed trading for rare resources, but they made only a small exchange. After Hexian Village departed, He Tianlong thanked Lin Yi for avenging his brother and gave him three Green Algae Fruits.

• Lu Hai told Lin Yi that Hexian Village's higher-ups had asked him to learn about Lin Yi, then offered to trade rare Aquatic Algae Fruits.
• Lin Yi offered to customize Spiritual Artifacts and discussed profession items with Lu Hai, but they traded only Protective Talismans for Monster organ materials.
• He Tianlong learned that Lin Yi's group had found two bodies in the Heart-Devouring Wolf Den and mourned his younger brother.
• Gu Chenghu told He Tianlong that the bodies had been buried, and He Tianlong stopped crying.
• Before leaving, He Tianlong thanked Lin Yi for killing the Wolf King and gave him a pouch containing three Green Algae Fruits.

Lin Yi returned to Ancient Pool Village with a Giant Egg believed to carry the bloodline of the Wolf King Cangyue and decided to raise it using his Spiritual Power. The village began planning a joint journey with Hexian Village to Tianshui City, while Lin Yi continued forging Spirit Artifacts and increased his maximum Spiritual Power to 53.

• Gu He identified the Giant Egg as possibly belonging to the Wolf King Cangyue and advised Lin Yi that his Spiritual Power could cleanse and nurture it.
• Gu He proposed that Ancient Pool Village join Hexian Village on a journey to Tianshui City, and the villagers agreed to prepare to leave within two months.
• Lin Yi asked Wang Zilong, Ultimate Iron Man, and the others to watch over the Giant Egg and told them about opportunities to pursue professions in Tianshui City.
• Lin Yi traded wolf materials to Gu Yuan for one bottle of Divine Water and then forged a Short Iron Dagger Spirit Artifact.
• Lin Yi drank Divine Water after exhausting his Spiritual Power, raising his maximum Spiritual Power by 6 points to 53.

Lin Yi learned about Zhao Yilong’s upcoming real-world auction and confirmed it was supported by the Official. He told his companions it should be safe to attend, and they began discussing meeting in Donghai City, though Lin Yi had not decided whether he would go.

• Lin Yi ate two Aquatic Algae Fruits, gaining eight Agility points in total, and saved the last fruit after its effects weakened.
• Lin Yi saw Zhao Yilong announce an auction in Donghai City and asked Liu Bo about it; Liu Bo confirmed the event and said Black Card Alliance members would receive a discount.
• Lin Yi learned the auction would feature Apocalypse World resources, including External Skill books, monster materials, and attribute fruits.
• Wang Zilong, Qin Changsheng, Ultimate Iron Man, Jiang Hanxue, Ouch Little Monster, and Nangong Henqiang visited Lin Yi to ask about the auction.
• Lin Yi explained Zhao Yilong’s influence and said the Official’s tacit support suggested the auction was safe; several companions planned to attend, while Lin Yi remained undecided.

Lin Yi learned how the authorities planned to use the Transcendent Website to guide and monitor Newborn while rewarding powerful players who helped with emergencies. After collecting his reward and preparing his team, he led them outside the village to hunt a group of Shocking Pigs.

• Lin Yi learned that the authorities would launch a Transcendent Website with guides, bounty missions, and a resource exchange for registered Newborn.
• Zhang Baichuan delivered Lin Yi 100 Apocalypse Points and a Wind Treading Technique manual as a reward for killing the Purple-Eyed Sable.
• Lin Yi drew the Blue Talent Blazing Flame Body but kept his existing Talents, then forged Spirit Artifacts with Gu Yuan and nurtured the Giant Egg with Spiritual Power.
• Lin Yi gathered his Newborn team, including Qin Changsheng, Wang Zilong, Ultimate Iron Man, and Nangong Very Strong, to gain experience hunting Shocking Pigs.
• Lin Yi led the group out through the east gate and sent Gu Shan and Gu He to search for the Shocking Pigs.

Lin Yi watched Militia Fifth Team fight a Shocking Pig herd, then tested his own squad by sending them against two pigs, revealing how badly they needed training. After the herd was defeated, Dugu Feng told him that Chang Kongkuo and Gu Liehai were returning from the Ancient Ruins, where several members had died.

• Gu He found a Shocking Pig herd that Militia Fifth Team was already fighting with traps and coordinated defenses.
• When Qian Duoduo let the level-six lead pig break through the formation, Lin Yi killed it with one arrow and saved the team.
• Lin Yi lured two level-five Shocking Pigs toward his squad, but the inexperienced members struggled to work together and were chased into retreat.
• Lin Yi shot off both pigs' hind legs, allowing the squad to kill them, then had the members observe Militia Fifth Team's coordination.
• Dugu Feng told Lin Yi that Chang Kongkuo and Gu Liehai had safely left the Ancient Ruins, though three First Squad Militia members and two Newborns had died.

Lin Yi heard Gu Liehai recount how his squad explored underground Ancient Ruins, suffered attacks from a Dream Ghoul, and lost several members before escaping. As the village elders debated why the Dream Ghoul had spared the survivors, Lin Yi suggested that Gu Zhong had been silenced.

• Lin Yi went to Ancient Pool Village and listened as Gu Liehai described the squad's journey into the Ancient Ruins.
• Gu Liehai said two squad members died in their sleep, and the survivors later encountered skeletal monsters guarding a Shaman Tower.
• Gu Liehai recounted being trapped in a nightmare about his father's death before waking with the rest of the squad; Gu Zhong, who had been keeping watch, had vanished.
• Gu Liehai said the squad gathered supplies and fled the ruins after the Dream Ghoul's attack, leaving the reason for its retreat unclear.
• The village elders speculated that Gu Zhong had helped the squad escape, and Lin Yi suggested that someone had silenced him.

Lin Yi reasoned that Newborns may have taken Gu Zhong’s body, while Gu He revealed the inheritance and Source Stones recovered from the Shaman Tower. The village settled its travel party for Tianshui City and entrusted Lin Yi with the Source Stones.

• Lin Yi argued that a third party, likely one of the Newborns, must have taken Gu Zhong’s body from the Shaman Tower, prompting Gu Liehai to leave and investigate.
• Gu He revealed that the expedition recovered Gu Diao Sequencer Inheritance, Witchcraft for controlling dead objects, and other valuable resources; Lin Yi inspected the inheritance and judged it inferior to the Fuzhu legacy.
• Gu He decided that Gu Man, Gu Chenghu, Gu Yuan, Elder Gu Yun, and the Newborns under Lin Yi would travel to Tianshui City, while Old Fourth Gu remained behind.
• Gu He showed the elders three Source Stones, and Lin Yi learned that they could restore professional-level powers and recharge by absorbing energy from the surroundings.
• Gu He entrusted the three Source Stones to Lin Yi for safekeeping so he could support the village’s Spirit Artifact production and operations in Tianshui City.

Lin Yi traded with Chang Kongkuo for two Flints, rare Newborn items that extended online time, and then went to Gu Yuan’s forging chamber wearing the three Source Stones he had received. He planned to forge the promised Spiritual Artifacts the next day and hoped other Newborns would seek similar trades.

• After the village meeting, Gu He gave Lin Yi all three Source Stones before entering the Divine Pool Karst Cave.
• Lin Yi visited the Playground and met Chang Kongkuo, who offered to trade two Flints for forged Spiritual Artifacts and Blood Food.
• Lin Yi negotiated a deal to give Chang Kongkuo two finished Spiritual Artifacts and one jin of Blood Food in exchange for both Flints.
• Lin Yi learned that each Flint could extend a Newborn’s daily time in Apocalypse World by half an hour.
• Lin Yi went to Gu Yuan’s forging Fire Chamber wearing the three Source Stones around his neck, prompting Gu Yuan to call him a rich bastard.

Lin Yi forged a powerful Tang Mo Saber and standardized armor, then completed two commissioned Spiritual Artifacts for Chang Kongkuo. He learned that Li Qianjie and Fu Yuan had left the High-level Players’ group and would be killed on sight if they returned to Ancient Pool Village.

• Lin Yi forged and nourished a Tang Mo Saber that increased its wielder’s Strength by 20 points and resisted weak negative emotions.
• Lin Yi made three pieces of defensive armor and arranged for village women to produce more so he could focus on nourishing them.
• Lin Yi forged a Wolf Monster Longbow and a Fine Bone Saber for Chang Kongkuo, who praised their attributes and agreed to help him find Flint.
• Chang Kongkuo told Lin Yi that Li Qianjie and Fu Yuan had not logged in, had left the group chat, and had been ordered killed on sight if they returned to the village.

Lin Yi discovered a new Starfall Archery trait before a Ghost Spirit invasion engulfed Talent Apartment, trapping Liu Bo, Zhao Shuang, and the residents inside. He entered the Black Mist with Zhou Huaiwen to rescue them, while Liu Bo and Zhao Shuang hid with the tenants from a creature drawn to light.

• Lin Yi tested materials for carrying Spiritual Power and found that only one type of jade could barely hold it, then learned that Level 5 Starfall Archery could create six phantom arrows.
• A terrifying scream sounded at Talent Apartment, and Black Mist spread through the building as screams erupted inside.
• Zhang Baichuan contacted Lin Yi after Liu Bo and Zhao Shuang entered the building and lost contact, and he explained that the Black Mist had trapped everyone inside.
• Lin Yi criticized Zhang Baichuan for allowing team members to risk their lives, assessed the Black Mist as a Semi-Professional Ghost Domain, and entered with Zhou Huaiwen.
• Liu Bo and Zhao Shuang hid in a dark room with more than a dozen tenants, warning them not to use phones or anything else that gave off light.

Lin Yi and Zhou Huaiwen entered the Black Mist to search the building, where Lin Yi easily killed the Corpse Puppets they encountered. They continued rescuing survivors, while Zhao Shuang and Liu Bo waited in hiding and hoped for help.

• Zhao Shuang kept the people hiding with him quiet, while Liu Bo worried that Corpse Puppets would find them and hoped Lin Yi would come to their rescue.
• Lin Yi and Zhou Huaiwen entered the dark building and found corpses piled near the entrance; Lin Yi wondered whether Liu Yuxi had survived.
• A ram-horned Corpse Puppet charged at Lin Yi, who smashed it through a wall and beheaded it with his Dragon Marks short knife.
• Lin Yi explained to Zhou Huaiwen that the monster was a Corpse Puppet corrupted by a Ghost Spirit, then picked up its rusty axe.
• Lin Yi and Zhou Huaiwen found two survivors hiding under beds, but they fled when another ram-horned Corpse Puppet appeared.
• Zhou Huaiwen fired at the second Corpse Puppet, but the bullets failed to stop it, so Lin Yi killed it with one strike.

Lin Yi rescued Liu Bo and the survivors while battling the Black Mist Wraith, but the Ghost Spirit escaped after he struck it with his saber. While clearing the building, Lin Yi found clues suggesting Liu Yuxi’s room was connected to the Wraith’s arrival, but her whereabouts remained unknown.

• Lin Yi led Zhou Huaiwen through the building, killing corpse puppets and finding the eighth floor littered with drained corpses.
• Lin Yi cut through the Black Mist Wraith on the ninth floor and rescued Liu Bo and the fleeing survivors, but the Wraith escaped into the building.
• Zhang Baichuan and the officers saw Lin Yi’s golden saber light pierce the building and marveled at his power.
• Lin Yi failed to catch the Wraith, then learned Zhao Shuang had lost his right hand while protecting the survivors.
• Lin Yi cleared corpse puppets on the eleventh floor and found Liu Yuxi’s room empty, with her backpack inside and her door apparently broken from within.
• Lin Yi suspected Liu Yuxi’s room was the source of the Black Mist Wraith and wondered whether she had encountered an Apocalypse World Activation Code.

Liu Yuxi found herself trapped in a terrifying Novice Village and discovered her Purple Talent, while Lin Yi rescued survivors from an apartment building and returned to hunt the Black Mist Wraith. He ambushed and badly wounded it, but the battle continued as people outside heard its scream.

• Liu Yuxi entered an abandoned village in the game world and discovered that her Entanglement Conversion talent could banish anything struck by white light into an Entanglement Realm.
• Lin Yi opened a passage through the Black Mist Ghost Domain and led Liu Bo and the other survivors out to Zhang Baichuan, then returned to the building to destroy the remaining corpse puppets and hunt the wraith.
• Lin Yi concealed himself with White Mist and used a glowing phone to draw out the Black Mist Wraith, then struck its true body with the Blazing Sun Saber Stance.
• The Black Mist Wraith summoned five corpse puppets, but Lin Yi lined them up with its true body and destroyed them with a charged fivefold Blazing Sun Blade.
• The Black Mist Wraith screamed from its severe injuries, and Zhang Baichuan and the others outside heard it.

Lin Yi chased the Black Mist Wraith through the apartment building but lost it after exhausting much of his Qi-Blood. He found Liu Yuxi, learned that she had accidentally sent the Ghost Spirit into reality, and began guiding her as a new Reincarnator.

• Zhang Baichuan and Zhou Huaiwen noticed that the black mist around the building had thinned and concluded Lin Yi had wounded the Ghost Spirit.
• Lin Yi pursued the Black Mist Wraith through several floors, lost it, and rested while eating bread.
• Lin Yi found Liu Yuxi in her dark, wrecked apartment and learned that a Blue Envelope had appeared in her bag before she used her Talent to exile the Ghost Spirit into reality.
• Lin Yi explained that the Official was trapped outside the Ghost Domain and told Liu Yuxi that he was an outside contractor helping resolve the crisis.
• Lin Yi taught Liu Yuxi about Reincarnators and agreed to guide her after she promised to listen to him.