Chapter Summaries

Song Xiaozhu let Lu Xiaofang sell 500 skinning knives at a steep discount, while she checked progress on building her base and looked for ways to speed construction. The chapter left Song Xiaozhu considering how to ask Lu Xiaofang about Awakened construction specialists without revealing her identity.

• Song Xiaozhu told Lu Xiaofang to sell all 500 skinning knives within a day and let her keep any extra money.
• Lu Xiaofang decided to list the knives for 50 copper coins each on Street 202, hoping to sell them quickly and recover much of what she had spent.
• Song Xiaozhu checked the base-building quest and saw that population, shops, warehouses, popular support, and defense had met or exceeded their targets, while trade and construction lagged behind.
• Song Xiaozhu noted the Scavenger Community's residents needed housing and worried that construction might not finish before the Three Kills Gang arrived.
• Lu Xiaofang chose the Day After Tomorrow Society's exchange to sell the knives, wary of attracting attention in the lower city.

Lu Xiaofang sold a large stock of skinning knives through the Day After Tomorrow Society exchange, earning far more than she expected. At the Merchants' Association, Guang Qin warned her about the Three Kills Gang's planned raid on Test Site 49 and revealed that the mysterious God-Favored ranked 199th was rumored to be there.

• Lu Xiaofang chose the Day After Tomorrow Society exchange and consigned her skinning knives in a three-stage sale.
• Lu Xiaofang received a stream of sales notifications, and a hundred knives had sold for 69 silver coins each by the time she reached the Merchants' Association.
• Guang Qin teased Lu Xiaofang about her beast-hide earnings, then warned her to avoid Test Site No. 49 because the Three Kills Gang was preparing to plunder it.
• Lu Xiaofang feigned disinterest until Guang Qin revealed that a mysterious person ranked 199th on the God-Favored leaderboard was said to be in Test Site 49, where the coming fight might expose them.

Lu Xiaofang learned that several God-Favored groups might be targeting No. 199 and sent Song Xiaozhu a report about the danger. Song Xiaozhu received the message while considering how to find a city builder to increase Construction Value.

• "Beast Merchant" Guang Qin told Lu Xiaofang that No. 199 had avoided slaughtering residents and that rival God-Favored squads were waiting to seize their Heart of the Creator.
• Guang Qin speculated that even top-ranked God-Favored might join the hunt, as the Heart of the Creator could greatly increase their abilities.
• Lu Xiaofang dismissed the conflict in front of Guang Qin, then left the Merchants' Association worried about the threat to Test Site No. 49.
• Lu Xiaofang sent Song Xiaozhu a detailed report of Guang Qin's guesses, attached 25 silver coins, and included her own thoughts.
• Song Xiaozhu, who had already received 100 Trade Value, was considering contacting a city builder when Lu Xiaofang's message arrived.

After learning that multiple God-Favored squads had joined the invasion, Song Xiaozhu prepared Test Site No. 49 to face them by relying on her residents and gathering supplies. With four days left, she ordered a large stockpile of yellow Medicinal Raw Material while Lu Xiaofang was told to bring her largest Peddler’s Box to Liu Family Village.

• Song Xiaozhu read Lu Xiaofang’s report about the Three Kills Gang and several God-Favored squads, then recognized the danger posed by their overwhelming combat power.
• Song Xiaozhu planned to raise her Leadership Value with a Grand Feast and use the strength of Test Site No. 49’s residents to defend the base.
• Song Xiaozhu told Lu Xiaofang to bring her largest Peddler’s Box to Liu Family Village the next day.
• Song Xiaozhu ordered Tian Man and Luo Liuzi to gather as much yellow Medicinal Raw Material as possible and fill Warehouse No. 3, warning them not to explore beyond the Heaven Temple.
• Song Xiaozhu focused on stockpiling materials for gunpowder, grenades, and antidotes, and determined she would need an enormous amount of beast meat.

Song Xiaozhu used a Grand Banquet to feed Liu Family Village and draw Lu Xiaofang into the village shop as an employee. She opened Lu Xiaofang’s merchant’s case with the Workbench and examined its storage capacity, leaving her poised to research how to make cases of her own.

• Song Xiaozhu set up the Grand Banquet in the Golden Temple, and the villagers gathered to enjoy its braised pork while Xiao He earned Leadership Value.
• Lu Xiaofang arrived with a large merchant’s case, ate at the banquet, and asked to join Liu Family Village.
• Xiao Yunjie offered Lu Xiaofang a job at the shop, and Lu Xiaofang accepted as Xiao He updated the employee list.
• Song Xiaozhu asked to inspect Lu Xiaofang’s merchant’s case, hoping to use Formula Research and Development to learn how to synthesize one.
• Song Xiaozhu used the Workbench to open the class-exclusive case and found one hundred slots that each held ten items.

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.