Recaps

Song Xiaozhu developed a level 2 Traveling Merchant Box formula and arranged for Lu Xiaofang to lead a temporary team transporting fresh beast meat. Lu Xiaofang and the new merchants were stunned by the supplies and the Primordial Water that let them temporarily take on the Traveling Merchant profession.

• Song Xiaozhu researched the Sturdy Traveling Merchant Box formula and crafted twelve boxes, unlocking level 1 and level 2 Traveling Merchant achievements.
• Song Xiaozhu prepared Primordial Water, antidotes, and fresh beast meat, then asked Xiao Yunjie to send ten people and the boxes to Lu Xiaofang.
• Song Xiaozhu avoided meeting Lu Xiaofang to keep God-Favored outsiders from discovering anything unusual about her.
• Lu Xiaofang was shocked to learn that ten level 2 Traveling Merchants had arrived with boxes full of fresh beast meat.
• The temporary merchants marveled at the Primordial Water's effects, while they imagined how upset Luo Liuzi would be when he learned what he had missed.

Lu Xiaofang’s peddler squad set out to sell fresh meat and buy Awakening Stone Fragments so Liu Family Village could prepare for the coming assault. That night, Song Xiaozhu sensed danger as a shadow slipped through her melted window.

• Lu Xiaofang learned that the fresh meat in her Peddler’s Box belonged to her and received Xiao Yunjie’s list of supplies to procure.
• Xiao Yunjie organized ten capable villagers into a peddler squad, while Song Xiaozhu equipped them with weapons and communicators for the mission.
• The squad sold fresh meat cheaply and bought Awakening Stone Fragments, driving their price up as they gathered the requested quantity.
• Song Xiaozhu focused on completing construction and preparing Liu Family Village for the Two Kills Gang and the God-Favored, while Tian Man remained away at the community’s Grand Banquet.
• Song Xiaozhu sensed danger as a dark shadow entered her room through a window that silently melted away.

Fan Cang confronted Song Xiaozhu in Liu Family Village, having learned from Mu Qing that she was an All-Purpose Craftsman and suspected she was God-Favored No. 199. Song Xiaozhu refused to reveal more, challenged Fan Cang’s sacrificial ideals, and remained determined to defend the village as he threatened her.

• Fan Cang arrived at Song Xiaozhu’s room and asked whether Song Xiaozhu or Li Xiaozhu was her real name.
• Song Xiaozhu realized Mu Qing had revealed that she was an All-Purpose Craftsman, allowing Fan Cang to identify her as God-Favored No. 199.
• Fan Cang questioned Song Xiaozhu about her identity and her lack of kills, then explained that the Heart of the Creator required sacrifices.
• Song Xiaozhu challenged Fan Cang’s belief that slaughter could bring great change, and he declared that he preferred being a tyrant to a hypocrite.
• Fan Cang pressed his mechanical sword to Song Xiaozhu’s neck and said he had come to kill her, but she remained calm and vowed to fight alongside the villagers against any God-Favored who came.

Fan Cang spared Song Xiaozhu because he planned to use her as bait for God-Favored No. 199 and other opponents, then kill her after the coming attack. After he left, Song Xiaozhu resolved to upgrade her Synthesizer to level four and build a base strong enough to protect her.

• Fan Cang decided Song Xiaozhu had to stay alive as bait for the God-Favored he hoped to trap during the Three Kills Gang's attack on Test Site No. 49.
• Fan Cang questioned Song Xiaozhu about her All-Purpose Craftsman abilities and tried to make her feel powerless, but she refused to let him intimidate her.
• Song Xiaozhu warned Fan Cang that she would kill herself rather than endure torture, and he left, saying he would see her next week.
• After Fan Cang departed, Song Xiaozhu realized he would kill her once she stopped being useful and searched her Workbench formulas for a way to survive.
• Song Xiaozhu chose to upgrade the Synthesizer to level four so she could build an impregnable base.

Song Xiaozhu crafted an All-Purpose Toolbox and unlocked the All-Purpose Craftsman achievement, then considered what Xiao He’s temporary class-granting ability meant for them both. When Xiao He worried that villagers granted the class would be mistaken for God-Favored and killed as substitutes, Song Xiaozhu assured her she only wanted to help the villagers build the base and survive.

• Song Xiaozhu unlocked the All-Purpose Toolbox recipe and crafted the toolbox, earning the level-one All-Purpose Craftsman achievement.
• Xiao He confirmed she could temporarily grant the high-grade All-Purpose Craftsman class, though the attempt might fail.
• Song Xiaozhu reflected that the growth quests had been changing both her and Xiao He, and wondered how other God-Favored and their Xiao He might develop.
• When Song Xiaozhu planned to grant the class to villagers, Xiao He warned they might be mistaken for God-Favored and killed.
• Song Xiaozhu told Xiao He she had no intention of using villagers as substitutes and wanted the class to help everyone build the base and survive.

Song Xiaozhu upgraded her recipes, crafted three new potions, and improved weapons while considering how to manage scarce Energy Fragments. She learned that she could buy Employee Recipe Slots, but Xiao He quoted a surprisingly specific price of 86 Quantum Coins.

• Song Xiaozhu wondered whether upgrading the level 3 Synthesizer could unlock All-Purpose Warriors and spent the night upgrading recipes.
• She unlocked and synthesized Dizziness, Speed, and Refreshing Potions, then learned their effects from Xiao He.
• Song Xiaozhu drank a Refreshing Potion and discovered that one hour of sleep felt like ten.
• She upgraded a long saber and spear to advanced grade and decided to have Xiao Yunjie and Liu Xuangang test them before planning how to use Energy Fragments.
• Song Xiaozhu asked whether she could buy Employee Recipe Slots, and Xiao He said she qualified and quoted a price of 86 Quantum Coins.

Song Xiaozhu unlocked the Workbench’s level 4 repair quest, learned that the base had been established, and made energy armor to prepare for danger from Fan Cang. After testing the armor, she left her room and alerted Qiu Shuyu.

• Xiao He told Song Xiaozhu that unlocking all level 3 recipes had triggered a Workbench repair quest requiring 1,000 Repair Points, all level 3 synthesized items, and ten raw stone fragments.
• Song Xiaozhu received notice that Growth Quest 8 was complete: the base had been established, and she gained 100 Quantum Coins and 200 Repair Points.
• Song Xiaozhu synthesized and put on energy armor, which adjusted to fit her body and provided 100 defense points.
• Xiao He explained that Fan Cang’s steel saber could have 100 attack and his mechanical sword could have between 100 and 10,000 attack, making Song Xiaozhu doubt the armor’s protection.
• Song Xiaozhu stepped outside, and Qiu Shuyu came out next door carrying her bow and arrows.

Song Xiaozhu fed the villagers and met with Xiao Yunjie and Liu Xuangang to prepare Test Site 49 for the approaching threat. After explaining the available Primordial Water, potions, and energy armor, she returned to the shop to turn her Leadership Value into Quantum Coins for making supplies.

• Song Xiaozhu told Qiu Shuyu she was going to set up a banquet for the construction crew, then reassured her and headed out alone.
• The villagers welcomed Song Xiaozhu, and Xiao He explained that her Leadership Value gains reflected how she had spent nearly all of it on items for the village.
• Song Xiaozhu visited the meeting hall and warned Xiao Yunjie and Liu Xuangang about the Three Kills Gang and the God-Favored squad targeting all of Test Site 49.
• Song Xiaozhu explained Primordial Water, combat potions, and her energy armor, while noting that making supplies required more Awakening Stone Fragments than they could readily obtain.
• Xiao Yunjie promised to prepare a rough plan before dawn, and Song Xiaozhu returned to the shop after one in the morning to exchange her Leadership Value for Quantum Coins.

Song Xiaozhu crafted a Base Manager with Xiao He’s assured favoritism and unlocked remote control of Base 49. Meanwhile, Lu Xiaofang moved a huge quantity of beast meat through the lower-city exchanges and began buying Awakening Stone Fragments.

• Song Xiaozhu spent 500 Quantum Coins to synthesize a Base Manager, and Xiao He insisted it would not fail because it favored her.
• Song Xiaozhu used the Base Manager to unlock Base Management and inspect Test Site 49, including Liu Family Village and Ink City.
• Song Xiaozhu learned she could remotely oversee village construction, defenses, resources, and shops, and reminded herself to treat residents as real people rather than game figures.
• Lu Xiaofang sold beast meat in batches for prices starting at 59 silver coins, then lowered them to unsettle merchants.
• Lu Xiaofang placed bulk purchase orders for Awakening Stone Fragments as her market activity stirred the lower-city exchanges.

Lu Xiaofang fled toward Test Site 49 with Lu Xiaochu and a merchant team after buying twenty thousand Awakening Stone Fragments, but a Three Kills Gang patrol blocked their route near the village. As Xiao Yunjie and Song Xiaozhu prepared for the danger, Xiao Yunjie saw Song Xiaozhu drawing a detailed map of the entire test site.

• Lu Xiaofang completed a day of rapid trades, selling eleven thousand portions of fresh beast meat and buying twenty thousand Awakening Stone Fragments, then fled with Lu Xiaochu.
• On the way to Test Site 49, Er Ying detected a twenty-person squad of Awakened fighters, and Lu Xiaofang recognized them as the Three Kills Gang.
• Lu Xiaofang told Liu Huli to contact Madam Xiao without using her personal terminal, while the team hid and waited for a response.
• Xiao Yunjie relayed the situation to Song Xiaozhu, mobilized guards, and contacted Chen San as the village prepared for battle.
• Xiao Yunjie arrived to find Song Xiaozhu drawing a detailed map of Liu Family Village and the surrounding area of Test Site No. 49.

Song Xiaozhu used Skynet satellite imagery to map the Three Kills Gang’s patrols and gave Xiao Yunjie a route to guide the merchant squad safely back. As Lu Xiaofang’s group moved through the advance squad’s blind spot, Lu Xiaochu reflected on the Three Kills Gang’s strength and its planned conquest of Test Site 49.

• Song Xiaozhu finished copying a live satellite map of Test Site 49 and explained how Skynet tracked the enemy’s patrols.
• Song Xiaozhu showed Xiao Yunjie a route through the advance squad’s blind spot and asked her to guide the merchant squad back.
• Xiao Yunjie memorized the route and contacted the squad with Song Xiaozhu’s instructions.
• Liu Huli relayed the instructions, and Lu Xiaofang led the crouching squad forward while holding Lu Xiaochu’s hand.
• Lu Xiaochu recalled the Three Kills Gang’s history and its force of more than fifteen hundred members, most of them combat-class Awakened.

Chang Ba agreed to attack Test Site 49 after Mei Qing, disguised as Luo Lao’er, convinced him that God-Favored No. 199 was an easy target, unaware Fan Cang had orchestrated the rumor to draw out hidden enemies. Meanwhile, Lu Xiaofang safely reached the village with her group and left her sick sister Lu Xiaochu to rest while she reported in.

• Luo Lao’er persuaded Chang Ba that attacking No. 199 could earn the Three Kills Gang a valuable Heart of the Creator, and Chang Ba ordered preparations for battle.
• After leaving Chang Ba, Mei Qing revealed her disguise to Fan Cang and confirmed that everything was ready for his plan to lure out hidden troublemakers.
• Mu Qing woke from a nightmare and accused Fan Cang of using the Soul Search Technique on him, then insisted the girl could not be God-Favored.
• Under Xiao Yunjie’s direction, Lu Xiaofang and her group avoided the Three Kills Gang’s scouts and made it safely into the village.
• Lu Xiaofang reassured her coughing sister Lu Xiaochu, directed her to the food and water, and went to report in.

Song Xiaozhu used the Base Manager’s reconnaissance system to identify outsiders and considered the danger posed by the God-Favored and Fan Cang. After receiving an inventory report, she prepared the Earth Temple’s underground shelter as the village awaited an attack and the Primordial Water.

• Song Xiaozhu detected Lu Xiaochu entering Liu Family Village and learned her name, occupation, and status from the Base Manager.
• Song Xiaozhu learned that the reconnaissance system could detect powerful Awakened outsiders and considered how the God-Favored might exploit the coming fight to gain Slaughter Value.
• Song Xiaozhu worried that Slaughter Value could erode her humanity, but Xiao He reassured her that she had always been different.
• Xiao Yunjie reported that Lu Xiaochu had brought back 21,231 Awakening Stone Fragments, B-rank weapons and armor, and only lower-grade medicine.
• Song Xiaozhu ordered the goods moved beneath the Earth Temple, where the elderly and children had taken shelter while the other villagers prepared to fight and awaited the Primordial Water.

Song Xiaozhu told Bai Jing about the threat from the Three Kills Gang, the God-Favored squad, and Fan Cang, and said she would stay and fight for Liu Family Village. Bai Jing gave her his Bodily Transmission Stone to send to Wen Changye, and Qiu Shuyu set out to deliver it.

• Song Xiaozhu told Bai Jing that the Three Kills Gang was testing her Slaughter Value and that the God-Favored squad and Fan Cang posed a greater threat.
• Song Xiaozhu revealed the Primordial Water and said she would authorize classes for the villagers and fight alongside them rather than leave Liu Family Village.
• Bai Jing gave Song Xiaozhu his Bodily Transmission Stone and told her to send it to Wen Changye of the Day After Tomorrow Society, who would help once.
• Song Xiaozhu entrusted the stone to Qiu Shuyu, who agreed to find Wen Changye and keep in contact during her journey.

Song Xiaozhu prepared antidotes and synthesized Primordial Water before Liu Family Village faced an attack by the Three Kills Gang. As the Hunters fought back, she discovered that Ci Yu of the God-Favored had infiltrated the village and wondered who had selected young people for the Testing Grounds.

• Song Xiaozhu gave Lu Xiaofang antidote for Lu Xiaochu and synthesized Primordial Water from the Peddler's Boxes.
• The Three Kills Gang triggered Xiao Yunjie's traps, but Liu Xuangang rallied the Hunters to drink Primordial Water and awaken.
• Chang Ba led the Three Kills Gang into a clash with the newly armed Hunters, while his deputy Luo Lao'er disappeared.
• Song Xiaozhu detected an intruder and identified him as Ci Yu, a God-Favored ranked tenth on the Slaughter Value leaderboard.
• Song Xiaozhu suspected the God-Favored had been deliberately chosen for their youth and questioned whether Li Shijian could be behind the scheme.

Song Xiaozhu used the Workbench to view Ci Yu and Ning Yao, discovering that the despairing Ning Yao was trying to stop the mad Ci Yu from pursuing No. 199 and Fan Cang. Ci Yu remained convinced that killing them would let him become the Creator and secure freedom for himself and Ning Yao.

• Song Xiaozhu identified Ning Yao as Ci Yu’s teammate and spent 100 Quantum Coins to view their personal-terminal cameras up close.
• Song Xiaozhu saw that Ci Yu had a severe burn scar and that Ning Yao’s hands were skeletal, while red threads surrounded Ci Yu and black energy shrouded Ning Yao.
• Ning Yao urged Ci Yu to leave, warning that Fan Cang had lured him into a trap and would kill him if they exposed themselves.
• Ci Yu insisted that he would kill No. 199, Fan Cang, and the other God-Favored, reach level five, and inherit the Han-Tang Group as the Creator.
• Ning Yao slapped Ci Yu and begged him to stop fighting, saying No. 199 had never killed anyone and warning that they would die if he attacked the village.

Song Xiaozhu watched Ci Yu confront Ning Yao over his pursuit of the Heart of the Creator and his plan to kill No. 199. Ci Yu strangled Ning Yao as memories revealed that they had died in the beast tide beyond Dharma City's isolation barrier.

• Ci Yu rejected Ning Yao's plea to stop fighting and blamed her for leading him out of the temple into a false promise of freedom.
• Ning Yao begged Ci Yu not to kill No. 199, while he insisted he needed the Heart of the Creator and pleaded for her help.
• Song Xiaozhu realized Ci Yu's condition seemed connected to the Heart of the Creator and warned nearby patrols to clear villagers away.
• Ci Yu seized Ning Yao by the throat and lifted her, intent on killing her.
• Ning Yao remembered that the beast tide had swallowed the village and that she and Ci Yu had died the night everyone perished.

Ning Yao sacrificed herself to stop Ci Yu, severing his connection to the Heart of the Creator and leaving both of them dead. Song Xiaozhu collected their stones as a battle erupted between Liu Family Village’s Hunters and the Three Kills Gang, whose level-four berserker Chang Ba led the gang’s charge.

• Ning Yao used her dark elementalist ability to bind Ci Yu and feed the hatred of the wrongly killed into him, then died with him.
• Song Xiaozhu and Xiao He recognized that Ci Yu was still human, though the Heart of the Creator had magnified his evil side.
• Song Xiaozhu left the command room, prepared with armor and weapons, and went to retrieve Ning Yao’s Awakening Stone and the Heart of the Creator.
• Song Xiaozhu reached the surface and discovered that the Hunters of Liu Family Village were fighting the Three Kills Gang at the village entrance.
• Chang Ba displayed his level-four berserker strength, hurled Hunters aside, and rallied the Three Kills Gang to attack.

Song Xiaozhu left the fighting to Xiao Yunjie and Liu Xuangang while she went to retrieve the Heart of the Creator. At the mine tunnel, she found Ning Yao’s Awakening Stone and synthesized it into a card that granted one of Ning Yao’s former abilities at the cost of accumulating karma.

• Song Xiaozhu asked Xiao He to disable the casualty alerts so she would not distract Xiao Yunjie and Liu Xuangang during the battle.
• Song Xiaozhu reached the western mine tunnel, where the Heart of the Creator and Awakening Stone lay beside two intertwined skeletons.
• Song Xiaozhu picked up Ning Yao’s Awakening Stone and used Random Synthesis on it.
• Xiao He produced a card called “Ning Yao’s Repentance,” which granted a random ability Ning Yao had possessed while alive and warned that using it would accumulate karma.
• Song Xiaozhu read the card’s listed skill, Dark Element Erosion, a level-three ability that manipulated Force to inflict powerful erosion.

Song Xiaozhu gained Ning Yao’s Dark Element Erosion skill and learned that Ning Yao wished for Testing Ground No. 9 to be rebuilt and its survivors provided for. After collecting Ci Yu’s Heart of the Creator, she discovered that Rough Stone Fragments could be exchanged for enormous amounts of Quantum Coins, leaving her to worry about the danger of leveling up as God-Favored hunted her.

• Xiao He unlocked the Dark Element Erosion Skill Card for Song Xiaozhu, warning that it carried Ning Yao’s Karma and would backlash if her wish went unfulfilled.
• Song Xiaozhu tested the skill and saw it corrode a large hole through a wall; the card revealed Ning Yao’s wish to rebuild Testing Ground No. 9 and provide for its survivors.
• Song Xiaozhu picked up Ci Yu’s Heart of the Creator, was overwhelmed by its negative emotions, and placed it on the Workbench, where it shattered into five pieces and left two behind.
• Song Xiaozhu inferred that Ci Yu had killed at least four God-Favored for their Creator Fragments and worried that leveling up could leave her vulnerable to an attack by God-Favored and Fan Cang.
• Xiao He triggered a repeatable Growth Quest offering 10,000 Quantum Coins for each Rough Stone Fragment, and Song Xiaozhu realized this reward explained why God-Favored risked their lives to obtain the Hearts of the Creator.

After receiving 20,000 Quantum Coins for a Heart of the Creator, Song Xiaozhu recognized the greed the reward stirred in her and refused to join the God-Favored slaughter for power. She learned that stopping Xiao He’s repairs would not hurt her, then discovered four more God-Favored had infiltrated Liu Family Village.

• Song Xiaozhu received 20,000 Quantum Coins and was shocked by the fortune, then imagined killing God-Favored to collect their Hearts of the Creator.
• Xiao He brought Song Xiaozhu back to her senses, and she recalled Fan Cang’s words about sacrifice and the God-Favored’s temptation to become the world’s savior.
• Song Xiaozhu asked whether stopping repairs would harm Xiao He, who explained she would remain as she was and would not suffer.
• Song Xiaozhu decided not to pursue upgrades beyond level four or join the God-Favored struggle, despite admitting that she wanted the wealth and power.
• The Base Manager alerted Song Xiaozhu that four more God-Favored had infiltrated the village, and she checked the details for Feng Qing'er and Chu Tanyu.

Song Xiaozhu rejected the God-Favored struggle and joined the defense against the Three Kills Gang. She organized a young archer squad with Quantum Arrows and positioned them to support the village’s fighters.

• Song Xiaozhu used Xiao He’s influence to clear her mind and resolved to expose whoever was manipulating the conflict.
• She left the command room and headed for the front line, where reports showed hundreds of Hunters wounded or near death.
• Song Xiaozhu ordered Xiao Yunjie to assign her an archer squad, then entrusted its leader, Yu Luo, with a special mission.
• Song Xiaozhu gave the ten young archers Quantum Arrow ammunition and communicators, divided them into five teams, and assigned their firing positions.
• Song Xiaozhu told Xiao Yunjie and Liu Xuangang to attack once the special arrowheads struck.

Song Xiaozhu’s Quantum Arrows paralyzed the Three Kills Gang, allowing Liu Xuangang and the Hunters to kill Chang Ba and rout the invaders. As the gang tried to flee, the Hunters pursued them while Song Xiaozhu’s Slaughter Value soared.

• Chang Ba rallied the Three Kills Gang to attack Liu Family Village and seize its Awakening Stones.
• Song Xiaozhu’s arrows paralyzed dozens of the gang’s Warriors, including Chang Ba, and prevented them from using their Force.
• Liu Xuangang tore open Chang Ba’s abdomen while the Hunters killed the immobilized invaders and removed their Awakening Stones.
• Song Xiaozhu’s Slaughter Value rose from 10 to 10,000 as the Three Kills Gang’s deaths registered.
• The frightened Three Kills Gang began to retreat, and Liu Xuangang led the Hunters in pursuit.

After defending Liu Family Village, Song Xiaozhu refused to turn her 1.5 million Slaughter Value into Quantum Coins and asked Xiao He to erase the exchange function. With the battle over but danger still near, she learned that Fan Cang had entered the village and was assessed as calm.

• Song Xiaozhu rejected Xiao He's offer to exchange her Slaughter Value for Quantum Coins and explained that using it could make her justify ever greater acts of violence.
• Xiao He erased the Slaughter Value exchange function after Song Xiaozhu confirmed her decision.
• Song Xiaozhu asked Xiao He to erase the repeatable Rough Stone Fragment exchange quest, but Xiao He refused.
• Song Xiaozhu and the villagers dealt with the battle's aftermath while four hours remained until dawn.
• The Base Manager warned Song Xiaozhu that an outsider had entered the village, and she confirmed that the outsider was Fan Cang, whose status Xiao He assessed as calm.

Song Xiaozhu watched Fan Cang approach while upgrading the Synthesizer to level 4, hoping to find a way to protect Liu Family Village from the coming fight. She examined the new formula system and agreed to unlock a formula for 500 Quantum Coins, leaving Fan Cang still on his way to her.

• Song Xiaozhu worried that Fan Cang and the four God-Favored would destroy Liu Family Village if they fought there.
• Song Xiaozhu fed Xiao He and spent 500 Quantum Coins to upgrade the Synthesizer to level 4.
• Song Xiaozhu saw that Fan Cang was walking toward her shop while the four God-Favored waited in different directions.
• Song Xiaozhu found the new formula categories and learned that level 4 formulas cost between 200 and 2,000 Quantum Coins to unlock.
• Song Xiaozhu offered to earn more Quantum Coins through Leadership Value, and Xiao He asked to unlock a formula for 500 Quantum Coins.