Chapter Summaries

Lu Heng installed and powered a planting zone, geothermal heating, and water-circulation system in his cave, then slept securely through the night. He woke to a worsening blizzard and extreme cold, with snow piling up around his entrance and partially covering the ventilation opening.

• Lu Heng activated the three new modules, expanding his cave and creating planting and water-storage areas.
• Lu Heng replenished the dwelling's energy cores and prepared an insulated bed as the geothermal module warmed the cave.
• Lu Heng woke to an outside temperature of minus thirty-three degrees Celsius and saw that the blizzard had buried much of the wasteland in snow.
• Survivors shared snow-clearing advice in the public channel, and Lu Heng abandoned his idea of using saltwater after another participant warned it would make conditions worse.
• Lu Heng resolved to stay quiet about unverified theories, then saw that snow had piled half a person high outside his entrance and covered most of the ventilation opening.

Lu Heng struggled through the blizzard to clear the snow blocking the Shelter’s entrance before it froze solid. As he worked, he abandoned the idea of building a conspicuous giant snowman and considered using concealed snowmen as warning devices once the storm passed.

• Lu Heng found the Shelter’s entrance sealed by snow and decided to clear it before the snow hardened into ice.
• Lu Heng jumped from the second-floor platform, sank into the deep snow, and struggled free before crossing to the entrance.
• Lu Heng broke up the frozen crust and slowly cleared the snowbank, piling the snow away from the entrance.
• Lu Heng considered building a giant snowman to deter wild creatures but rejected the idea because it could reveal the Shelter’s location.
• Lu Heng decided he might place simple, concealed snowmen around the Shelter after the blizzard to detect disturbances.

Lu Heng stayed in the Shelter during the blizzard, practiced the Tiger Breathing Technique, and brewed Tiger Bone Healing Wine from tiger bones and herbs. After eating Forest Flame Tiger meat and drinking the wine, he became tipsy and heard an indistinct disturbance in the forest but chose not to investigate.

• Lu Heng cleared a safe path through the snow to the Shelter, then decided to leave the snow piled over the cave entrance until warmer weather.
• Lu Heng practiced the Tiger Breathing Technique and stopped when he felt strain in his body.
• Lu Heng used the workbench to brew three bottles of Tiger Bone Healing Wine from Forest Flame Tiger bones and herbs.
• Lu Heng roasted Forest Flame Tiger meat and drank Tiger Bone Wine, enjoying their warming medicinal effects.
• Lu Heng became dizzy and stopped eating and drinking, then heard a faint disturbance in the forest but remained in the Shelter.

After recovering in his cave, Lu Heng investigated the battlefield left by a fight between the genuine Giant Plume Eagle and its trial mirror, where the eagle had also slaughtered a Silver Moon Wolf pack. He found a Bronze Tier Giant-Feather Crossbow card, while the dangers hidden in Frost Forest left him more wary of the world beyond the trial.

• Lu Heng woke on the cave floor refreshed despite drinking Tiger Bone Medicinal Wine, then recalled hearing violent noises from deep in Frost Forest during the night.
• He saw that the temperature had fallen to minus forty degrees Celsius and left the cave to explore the frozen forest.
• Lu Heng found a battlefield strewn with Silver Moon Wolf corpses and Giant Plume Eagle feathers, and used Appraisal to identify the dead wolf leader as Bronze Tier and the others as Black Iron Tier.
• He deduced that the genuine Giant Plume Eagle had defeated its trial mirror, then killed the wolves that had tried to prey on it after the battle.
• Lu Heng noticed that many wolf corpses were missing, recognized how many dangers lay beyond the trial monsters, and found a Bronze Tier Giant-Feather Crossbow card in the snow.

Lu Heng scavenged the battlefield where the Giant Plume Eagle had slaughtered a pack of Silver Moon Wolves, gathering valuable feathers and using his Survival Bracelet to decompose the frozen carcasses. He discovered an overlooked Silver Moon Wolf Core and left with a backpack full of survival resources.

• The Giant Plume Eagle left the battlefield without collecting the remains, and Lu Heng gathered its intact feathers for insulation and future arrow fletching.
• Lu Heng used Body Decomposition on the Silver Moon Wolf carcasses, collecting their meat, bones, hides, and sinews.
• A Silver Moon Wolf Core appeared in Lu Heng's backpack after the decomposition, overlooked by the Giant Plume Eagle.
• Lu Heng surveyed the cleared battlefield and recognized the feathers, wolf supplies, and core as his most profitable haul yet.

Lu Heng returned to the Shelter after collecting feathers, beast cores, and supplies from the aftermath of the battle between the Giant Plume Eagle and the Silver Moon Wolves. He stored his resources, ignored pleas for help in the public channel, and decided to prepare for the dangers ahead rather than enter the Central Restricted Zone prematurely.

• Lu Heng returned safely to the Shelter and sorted the Giant Plume Eagle feathers, four beast cores, and wolf meat into storage.
• Lu Heng browsed the Global Survivors Public Channel and chose not to respond to survivors pleading for supplies.
• Lu Heng decided to stay in the Shelter, make arrows, reinforce his equipment, and observe the beasts in the Frost Forest.
• Lu Heng restrained his curiosity about the Central Restricted Zone and resolved to build his strength before venturing deeper.

After the Seven-Day Trial ended, Lu Heng ventured out from his Shelter and encountered a real Forest-Native Weird Entity whose illusion he recognized from the trial mirror. He defeated it, gathered its drops, and returned to the Shelter to prepare for the dangers now emerging in Frost Forest.

• Lu Heng left his Shelter to survey the nearby woods, where his Wristband detected no beasts or ordinary wildlife.
• After traveling more than eight hundred meters, Lu Heng entered an area of unnatural cold and distorted scenery and recognized the Snow Demon's illusion from the trial mirror.
• Lu Heng resisted the entity's mental influence and used the same attack that had killed the Snow Demon in the mirror, dispersing the real weird entity.
• Lu Heng scanned and collected Spirit-Hiding Ash and a Soul Crystal, learning that the materials could conceal his Shelter and provide emergency energy.
• Lu Heng decided not to venture deeper into the forest and returned to his Shelter to reinforce it and quietly build up his strength.

Lu Heng tried to bring a wild beehive back to the Stone Cave Shelter, but the living bees prevented him from storing it in his Wristband and attacked him. After escaping the swarm and surviving a dangerous journey through the dark forest, he returned to the Shelter with the hive and treated his stings.

• Lu Heng climbed a pine and cut a wild beehive from a branch, but his Wristband could not store it because the bees inside were alive.
• The disturbed bees emerged from the hive and stung Lu Heng as he struggled to hold it in the tree.
• Lu Heng leaped to the snow and fled the pursuing swarm, then buried himself and the hive in a deep snowbank until the bees dispersed.
• Lu Heng carried the hive back through the dark forest and safely reentered the Stone Cave Shelter.
• Lu Heng set down the hive, removed his wet coat, and cleaned his swollen sting wounds with warm water.

Lu Heng processed the wild beehive he had risked bringing back, collecting honey, bee pupae, and beeswax in his cave. After using honey on his stings and enjoying a honey-roasted meal, he planned to improve the Shelter’s defenses and seal its gaps.

• Lu Heng sealed the cave entrance and inspected the swollen stings on his neck and forearm.
• Lu Heng opened the hive, sampled a bee pupa, and extracted honey into a stone pot.
• Lu Heng applied honey to his stings and poured the rest into bottles for storage.
• Lu Heng roasted meat with honey and ate it, then stored the remaining bee pupae and set aside the beeswax.
• Lu Heng decided to melt the beeswax and seal gaps in the Shelter to make it more airtight.

Lu Heng used Tiger Bone Wine to recover overnight, then tested his Giant-Feather Crossbow on a Tusked Wild Boar after the Seven-Day Trial ended. He collected the carcass and set out to investigate animal activity near his Shelter.

• Lu Heng applied Tiger Bone Wine externally, relaxed, and slept through the night.
• After the snowfall eased, Lu Heng read the public chat and decided to hunt for supplies while the forest was active.
• Lu Heng followed boar tracks and confirmed that the beasts avoided the concealed mountain recess where his Shelter stood.
• Lu Heng shot and killed a large male Tusked Wild Boar with his Giant-Feather Crossbow, while two other boars fled.
• Lu Heng dismantled the carcass, obtained an ordinary Energy Core, and continued tracking nearby animal signs to assess threats around his Shelter.

Lu Heng discovered a swarm of Snow-Hiding Worms controlling a group of Cold Stiffs in Frost Forest and retreated rather than risk being infected. Back at the Shelter, he set up snowmen as warning markers and planned to survey the surrounding area for hidden dangers.

• Lu Heng followed tracks into a clearing and found seven or eight Cold Stiffs packed together, then watched milky-white worms emerge from their heads.
• Lu Heng identified the parasites as Snow-Hiding Worms and realized they were controlling the Cold Stiffs and could transfer to new hosts.
• Lu Heng withdrew from the clearing without disturbing the swarm and returned toward the Shelter, where he found a chest containing self-heating hot pot and purified water.
• Lu Heng sealed the Shelter, then built several tall snowmen nearby to serve as warning markers if uncanny creatures approached overnight.
• Lu Heng checked the warning points, resolved to survey the surrounding area for hidden dangers, and sealed himself inside the Shelter.

Lu Heng savored a rare hot pot meal in his Shelter, slept deeply, and woke refreshed. The next morning, he found tracks and destroyed snowman alarms near his base, suggesting unknown behemoths had approached during the night.

• Lu Heng cooked tiger meat and vegetables with a quarter of his treasured hot pot base, then stored the leftovers and drank Tiger Bone Wine.
• After eating, Lu Heng relaxed, skipped his usual check of the public channel, and slept soundly through the night.
• Lu Heng woke refreshed, put on his protective gear, and left the Shelter to inspect his snowman alarm traps.
• Lu Heng found faint tracks in the snow and suspected the hot pot’s aroma had drawn an unknown creature toward his base.
• Lu Heng discovered several giant snowmen smashed apart, indicating powerful behemoths had reached the area around his Shelter.

Lu Heng tracked the unknown beast that had approached his Shelter and identified it as a Blizzard Monster, a powerful Black Iron Tier predator. He discovered that an adult and a juvenile lived in a nearby cave within his territory, and prepared to attack the adult before they threatened him.

• Lu Heng followed the beast’s scattered tracks through the forest and found it feeding on a freshly killed Tusked Wild Boar.
• Lu Heng scanned the creature with his Wristband and learned that the Blizzard Monster was dangerous at close range and prone to frenzied charges.
• Lu Heng watched the adult finish eating, then followed it at a safe distance as it circled near his Stone Cave Shelter.
• Lu Heng found the Blizzard Monster’s den and saw a juvenile emerge to feed, realizing the pair lived beside his home.
• Lu Heng decided to eliminate the threat and aimed his Giant-Feather Crossbow at the adult Blizzard Monster near the cave entrance.

Lu Heng killed an adult Blizzard Monster and its young, then discovered a medicinal Snow Pearl among the adult’s materials. As he gathered his loot, a larger Blizzard Monster emerged and charged at him in fury.

• Lu Heng shot and wounded the adult Blizzard Monster, exposing his hiding place to its young.
• Lu Heng evaded the young Blizzard Monster’s pounce and killed it with his Bronze Hunting Blade.
• Lu Heng killed the wounded adult Blizzard Monster with his last Giant Feather Arrow.
• Lu Heng dismantled both corpses and found Blizzard Monster Tendons and a Snow Pearl that could help treat cold-related injuries.
• A larger Blizzard Monster emerged from the woods, saw the bloodied scene, and charged at Lu Heng.

Lu Heng fought a Blizzard Monster that charged him after finding its mate and cub dead. He escaped being pinned against a rock wall, but the enraged beast rose again and prepared to attack.

• The Blizzard Monster returned to the valley, found its mate and cub dead, and charged at Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng braced against the charge, but the beast pinned him against a rock wall and nearly bit his neck.
• Lu Heng stabbed the Blizzard Monster, but it ignored the wound and battered him with its paws.
• Lu Heng relaxed his resistance, used the beast's momentum to make it fall, and rolled clear of the wall.
• Lu Heng retreated several meters as the Blizzard Monster rose and fixed its blood-red eyes on him again.

Lu Heng killed the Blizzard Monster with two crossbow bolts after it injured his chest in a violent collision. He dismantled the beast, swallowed its flesh-and-blood essence to ease his injuries, and headed back to the Stone Cave Shelter to recover, planning to search the monster’s den later.

• Lu Heng kept his distance from the wounded Blizzard Monster and fired a feathered bolt through its torso.
• Lu Heng shot the Blizzard Monster in the skull with a second bolt, killing it, then checked the area for other threats.
• Lu Heng dismantled the beast and swallowed its flesh-and-blood essence, which eased his soreness but did not heal his chest injury.
• Lu Heng stored the harvested materials and returned toward the Stone Cave Shelter to treat his internal injuries.
• Lu Heng glanced at the Blizzard Monsters’ cave den and planned to search it after he had recovered.

Lu Heng returned to the Stone Cave Shelter with internal injuries, treated himself with Tiger Bone Wine, and ate tiger meat to recover. After discovering his dry firewood would last only three days, he rested so he could search the Blizzard Monsters’ lair and deal with the shortage later.

• Lu Heng returned to the Stone Cave Shelter, sealed the door, and inspected the bruising and swelling on his chest.
• Lu Heng massaged Tiger Bone Wine into his injury, drank some, and ate the reheated tiger meat to replenish his strength.
• Lu Heng paced, cleaned himself, applied more Tiger Bone Wine, and settled into bed to recover.
• Lu Heng browsed the global survival public channel and learned that dry firewood had become scarce in the snowfield.
• Lu Heng checked his stored firewood and estimated that it would last no more than three days.
• Lu Heng decided to rest before exploring the Blizzard Monsters’ lair and addressing his firewood shortage.

After recovering enough to explore the Blizzard Monsters’ nest, Lu Heng found a Black Iron-Level Treasure Chest and a geothermal hot spring where he rested and treated his injuries. As he slept in the water, several Transparent Insects entered his body unnoticed.

• Lu Heng assessed his lingering chest injury and carefully searched the Blizzard Monsters’ nest, confirming it was empty.
• Lu Heng found a Black Iron-Level Treasure Chest and stored it in his Wristband without opening it.
• Lu Heng discovered a geothermal hot spring and soaked while applying Tiger Bone Wine to his bruised chest.
• Lu Heng set wooden boards at the cave entrance as an alarm, then returned to the spring and fell asleep.
• Several Transparent Insects crept through the water and entered Lu Heng’s body while he slept.

After treating his injuries in the Blizzard Monster’s den, Lu Heng left for his Shelter to gather firewood, but the cold triggered an unnatural reaction. His status panel revealed that he was being parasitized, and he realized the danger had likely been concealed by the hot spring’s warmth.

• Lu Heng assessed his lingering internal injuries, packed away his equipment, and left the warning device at the den entrance.
• Lu Heng entered the snowfield and recognized that his supply of dry firewood would last only three days, so he decided to gather thin branches to dry at his Shelter.
• Lu Heng cut a snow-covered pine branch, and the falling snow soaked him and caused a strange, deep-seated discomfort.
• Lu Heng checked his status panel and discovered the message [Being Parasitized].
• Lu Heng connected his abnormal reaction to the cold with the hot spring and realized that something had already taken root inside his body.

Lu Heng traced the parasitic infection to the hot spring in the Blizzard Monsters’ cave, discovered that Snow-Hiding Worm Variants had entered his body, and found that a Snow Pearl could suppress them. He left the cave alive, but the parasites remained inside him and his chest injury still hurt.

• Lu Heng returned to the hot spring after his Wristband showed [Being Parasitized] and submerged himself to investigate.
• He found a treasure chest on the spring’s floor and stored it, revealing transparent worms identified by his Wristband as Snow-Hiding Worm Variants.
• Lu Heng escaped the water, then watched the worms retreat when they reached the boundary between the hot spring and the cold cave.
• He tested the Blizzard Monster materials and cores, but they did not ease his symptoms.
• Lu Heng touched a Snow Pearl, which soothed the parasites and changed his status to [Being Parasitized (Suppressed)].