Chapter Summaries

The Dawn Alliance turned back after Wang Bing divined danger ahead, gathering stragglers and meeting another large convoy on the road. Chen Fan and Nie Shufeng led nine supernaturals out to negotiate with its five, leaving both sides surprised by the Dawn Alliance’s strength.

• Chen Fan wondered whether humanity still had hope, and Nie Shufeng urged him to keep struggling for the dawn.
• Wang Bing divined danger ahead, so Nie Shufeng ordered the alliance to turn back and look for survivors who had fallen behind.
• Zheng Alin traded food and a fire-glimmering bead for two liters of Chen Fan’s purified water.
• Chen Fan raised the need to find fuel, and Wang Bing said they would meet other convoys where they could trade.
• The Dawn Alliance picked up stragglers and met a convoy of more than five hundred survivors, including many former alliance members who chose not to return.
• Chen Fan and Nie Shufeng led nine Dawn Alliance supernaturals out to meet the other convoy’s five, startling them with the alliance’s numbers.

Chen Fan and Nie Shufeng traded supplies and information with Han Tai’s Red Yellow Green Convoy, then warned Han Tai that his group’s plan to seek out monsters for rapid growth was dangerous. After returning to his convoy, Han Tai proposed suspending the plan and joining the Dawn Alliance, but Yang Fan argued against him and suggested attacking the alliance instead.

• Han Tai’s convoy offered to trade, and Chen Fan and Nie Shufeng exchanged supplies for fuel and monster materials while the two groups shared information.
• Han Tai described his convoy’s plan to provoke monsters and use life-or-death battles to strengthen their superhuman abilities.
• Nie Shufeng warned Han Tai that seeking out monsters risked getting the convoy killed, and Chen Fan invited them to join the Dawn Alliance once they resolved their internal problems.
• After returning to his convoy, Han Tai proposed suspending the counter-kill plan and joining the Dawn Alliance to improve their chances of survival.
• Yang Fan opposed Han Tai, insisting that hunting monsters would make the convoy stronger and suggesting that they ambush the Dawn Alliance and take its supplies.

Yang Fan and Zhu Hongshan split from Han Tai's team over whether to join the Dawn Alliance, while Chen Fan refined a new perception artifact from four items. The chapter ended with the Artifact Refining Furnace producing the low-grade magic artifact Yin-Yang Twin Mirrors.

• Yang Fan argued against joining the Dawn Alliance and accused Han Tai of being afraid to risk the convoy, while Han Tai defended his decision to prioritize everyone's safety.
• Qin Renliang tried to calm the dispute, and You Xiaoya challenged Yang Fan when he insulted the Dawn Alliance captains.
• Yang Fan announced that he and Zhu Hongshan would leave and pursue their counter-killing plan, and Han Tai agreed to part ways with them.
• Chen Fan refined three monster materials for 300 points of Origin Material, then used 200 points to refine the Nightmare Battle Cloud alongside a fire bead, a makeup mirror, and a television.
• The Artifact Refining Furnace produced the low-grade magic artifact Yin-Yang Twin Mirrors, leaving Chen Fan with 110 points of Origin Material.

Chen Fan tested the Yin-Yang Twin Mirrors and discovered their strengthened abilities, including protection, dream manipulation, and warnings of danger. He then approved Han Tai’s convoy joining the Dawn Alliance after learning it had split over a plan to turn the tables.

• Chen Fan tested the Yin-Yang Twin Mirrors, which could pierce illusions, unleash yang attacks, form a stronger Nightmare Battle Cloud, and devour mental attacks.
• Chen Fan learned that the mirrors’ Breath of Nightmares could manipulate dreams and provide clues about impending danger, then realized he needed more Origin Material to improve his artifacts.
• Chen Fan saw the red-yellow-green convoy split into two groups, with Yellow Hair, Red Hair, and Green Hair leading the larger group while the katana man and the man with sunglasses on his head led the smaller one.
• Nie Shufeng called Chen Fan over and explained that Han Tai wanted to bring his convoy into the Dawn Alliance.
• Han Tai told Chen Fan that he had opposed the turn-the-tables plan, while Yang Fan and Zhu Hongshan had insisted on it and left with their supporters.
• Chen Fan and Nie Shufeng approved Han Tai’s request, welcomed him into the Dawn Alliance, and pledged together to find a glimmer of dawn in the apocalypse.

The Dawn Alliance’s three convoys set out with their new members and abilities, but Nie Shufeng and Wang Bing discovered dangers closing in from every direction. The chapter ended with the alliance considering whether to enter a motionless patch of Dead Fog to escape the approaching threats.

• The Red Yellow Green Convoy joined the Dawn Alliance, and its transcendents Han Tai, You Xiaoya, and Qin Renliang introduced their abilities.
• Nie Shufeng arranged the convoy’s formation, placing Han Tai’s sedan at the front to scout with his Traffic Light ability.
• Nie Shufeng spotted Living Fog ahead and a second-tier Silent Monster pursued by a mysterious black shadow behind the convoy.
• Wang Bing divined that the road to the right led to a town with a rule-based anomaly, while the route to the left led to Dead Fog.
• Nie Shufeng reported that the Living Fog was approaching and suggested the convoy might have to enter the nearby Dead Fog.

Chen Fan led the convoys toward the Dead Fog after Wang Bing’s divination suggested they would survive, despite the dangers on every route. The group reached the fog, where Han Tai’s ability warned against every direction, and Chen Fan tried to scout through it with the Yang Mirror but could see only white.

• Wang Bing divined that entering the Dead Fog would bring scares but leave them unharmed, and Chen Fan chose to trust her while the convoys agreed to go in.
• Qian Lei sensed danger from the Dead Fog, but Chen Fan explained that the other routes could become dangerous before Qian Lei detected them.
• Nie Shufeng warned the survivors that the convoy was entering the Dead Fog and let them decide whether to follow; around a hundred people stopped, while Zhao Xing decided to protect Zhao Xin by staying with the group.
• Han Tai stopped at the fog’s edge, where his Traffic Light showed red in every direction, and let Nie Shufeng take the lead.
• Chen Fan used the Yang Mirror to try to see into the Dead Fog, but its reflection showed only white.

Chen Fan led the convoy into the mist after the Yang Mirror showed a clear highway beyond it. As the travelers struggled with the eerie fog, Zhao Xing and Chen Fan spotted an enormous shape outside their vehicles.

• Chen Fan used the Yang Mirror to glimpse a clear highway and concluded that the mist covered only a small area.
• Nie Shufeng led the convoy into the mist, with Han Tai and Chen Fan following.
• Xu Lü Lü questioned A Zheng about rumors that he was a transcendent, and A Zheng denied them.
• He Shangwu bitterly resented the convoy and his girlfriend for leaving him behind to ride in another vehicle.
• Zhao Xin spotted something outside the Wuling minivan, and Zhao Xing reacted with shock.
• Chen Fan heard a broken walkie-talkie warning, looked out the RV window, and saw an enormous thing.

Chen Fan’s convoy encountered a colossal tentacled monster in the fog, and he ordered the survivors to stay quiet and keep moving. The alliance eventually emerged safely, though it remained unclear whether their silence had helped.

• Chen Fan spotted the motionless giant monster and relayed Nie Shufeng’s order for the convoy to stay quiet and move faster.
• A bearded man confronted He Shangwu about Xiao Liu, but fled back toward the vehicles after seeing the monster; He Shangwu also saw it and hurried onward.
• A Zheng noticed that Xu Lü Lü had disappeared, then saw the monster and rushed forward in fear.
• Zhao Xing saw the monster’s face through his consciousness, suffered a violent mental attack, and urged Zhao Xin to keep driving despite his injuries.
• Yan Kuan told Chen Fan that survivors had vanished and some had panicked, but the convoy eventually fell silent and continued onward.
• Nie Shufeng’s, Han Tai’s, and Chen Fan’s vehicles emerged from the fog first, and the rest of the alliance followed.

After Zhao Xing collapsed in the mist, Chen Fan suspected he was awakening extraordinary powers and gave him purified water, which eased his symptoms. The convoy settled at a grove of dead trees, and as Chen Fan waited for the friendly convoy Wang Bing had predicted, a Wuling van suddenly blazed with white light.

• Zhao Xin stopped the Wuling and rushed to get help after Zhao Xing collapsed, bleeding and twitching in the mist.
• Chen Fan used telekinesis to enter the moving van and sensed special energy radiating from Zhao Xing.
• Zhao Xin told Chen Fan that Zhao Xing had collapsed after looking at the enormous monster in the mist.
• Chen Fan gave Zhao Xing purified water, which eased his pain and stopped his twitching, then returned to his RV.
• Wang Bing divined a safe campsite in a grove of dead trees and predicted that a friendly convoy would arrive that night.
• As Chen Fan waited at the campsite, a Wuling van suddenly poured out dazzling white light and illuminated the camp.

Zhao Xing awakened the [Flash Spear] ability and joined Chen Fan’s Mortal Convoy, while Chen Fan learned that a convoy had arrived at night. The chapter ended as five heavy trucks approached the woodland.

• Zhao Xing emerged from the van with a jade-like supernatural spear after awakening his ability, drawing attention from the survivors.
• Zhao Xing and Zhao Xin visited Chen Fan, thanked him with their remaining food, and witnessed him store the backpack in his Storage Bag.
• Zhao Xing explained that [Flash Spear] let his spear emit a flash that increased its speed, and Chen Fan encouraged him to train and explore the ability.
• Chen Fan invited Zhao Xing to join the Mortal Convoy, and Zhao Xing agreed to stay with it.
• Chen Fan reflected that the Mortal Convoy now had five supernaturals before noticing a new convoy approaching, led by five heavy trucks.