Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng planned to install streetlights and buy up cheap properties in Luntam City, then traveled to the Zombie World to clear factories and collect supplies. At the chapter’s end, a man reported to Ma Zhiyong that the factory complex had been taken over.

• Wen Mansha warned Wu Heng that streetlights would likely be stolen, so they decided to test them along the inner city walls and buy properties being sold cheaply.
• Wu Heng went to the Zombie World, cleared the solar panel factory and nearby factories with his Skeletons, and converted the Zombies they killed.
• Wu Heng led his Skeletons to a compound where a Big Head Skeleton used Mind Shock against a charging horde of more than a hundred Zombies.
• Wu Heng found a bicycle recycling site filled with shared bicycles and helmets, collected helmets, and headed back with the Skeletons.
• At Flame God Shelter, a man rushed to Ma Zhiyong and reported that the factory complex had been taken over.

Ma Zhiyong learned that Wu Heng’s skeletons had taken the factory district, then negotiated over the radio to trade for Solar Panels and food. Wu Heng secured the district, returned to the association, and read Slyther’s letter, which said she would come to Luntam City in three days to collect the Blood Goblet and expected him to meet her at the border.

• A driver told Ma Zhiyong that skeletons had cleared the factory district, and Ma realized the Auto Repair Shop Shelter had occupied it.
• Ma Zhiyong contacted the Auto Repair Shop Shelter over the radio, where a woman confirmed they had taken the Solar Farm and offered Solar Panels and food in exchange for armored vehicles, weapons, Corpse Cores, gold, and silver.
• Ma Zhiyong refused to give up Flame God Shelter’s armored vehicles and ordered his group to search for gold and silver while scavenging supplies.
• Shelters across the region began preparing to trade gold and silver for food or Solar Panels.
• Wu Heng returned to the factory district, stored the helmets, arranged the skeletons to guard the area, and later headed to the association.
• Wu Heng read Slyther’s letter, which said she would return to Luntam City in three days for the Blood Goblet and wanted him to meet her at the border.

Wu Heng arranged trade prices for food and Solar Panels with Li Yahong, then sent skeletons to install Solar Panels at his residence. He visited Many Customers General Store, where Minnie introduced two beastkin friends who hoped to serve as his maids, and asked her to lead him to a grain store.

• Wu Heng learned Slyther would arrive in three days and watched the vice deacon shaman return to the association.
• Wen Mansha reported buying many property deeds and preparing pits and poles for their plans.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong set exchange prices for food, Solar Panels, gold, silver, and Armored Vehicles, while Wang Chenggang taught skeletons to install panels.
• Li Yahong took a convoy of Solar Panels to the prison, and Wu Heng brought other panels and equipment through the Portal to install at his residence.
• Wu Heng visited Many Customers General Store, where Minnie introduced a catgirl and a rabbit girl as potential maids.
• Wu Heng asked Minnie to take him to a grain store with good-quality food.

Wu Heng bought a large supply of flour and exchanged it for household goods through a portal, then tested newly installed solar-powered appliances at home. The next day, he asked two weapon and armor shop owners to cooperate in equipping his new Patrol Team and army, leaving them to consider the risk of siding with him against Elno.

• Wu Heng bought two thousand sacks of flour at a discounted price and arranged for it to be delivered to Customers Come Often Grocery Store.
• Wu Heng exchanged the flour for kitchenware from the Zombie World through a portal and had the Foxkin bring the goods inside.
• Wu Heng tested the newly installed solar panels, air conditioners, and chandeliers, then moved the flour into a warehouse for safekeeping.
• Wen Mansha told Wu Heng that the iron pipes had been erected near the city wall, and he said he would send skeletons to install equipment on them the next day.
• Duke told Wu Heng that Glask had returned, and Wu Heng asked him to bring the owners of Maoliao Armory and the Weapon Shop to discuss cooperation.
• Wu Heng asked the two shop owners to help equip his Patrol Team and army, and they realized that doing so would mean taking his side against Elno.

Wu Heng arranged for local orc shops to produce armor and weapons, then displayed powerful new streetlights that became the talk of the city. Elsewhere, a woman and her niece waited at a border city for someone to arrive, and Yuri appeared in a strange vehicle.

• Wu Heng hired Boss Glask's armory to make redesigned full-body armor and the Weapon Shop to produce swords, battle axes, bows, crossbows, and arrows.
• Duke asked why Team 12 had received no missions, and Wu Heng suggested he patrol the streets with skeletons if he wanted something to do.
• Wu Heng watched as the streetlights illuminated the Outer City, while residents gathered to marvel at them and Lecia recognized who had installed them.
• After the lights shone through the night, residents and inner-city lords discussed the new Magic Item and its purpose.
• At a border city, a curly-haired girl and her aunt waited for a visitor, then Yuri arrived in a strange vehicle with several tall figures.

Wu Heng reunited with Slyther and Yuri in Luntam City, where he explained how he helped defeat the Warhammer Party and became city lord. After giving Slyther the Blood Goblet, he returned home, while Slyther wrote a report about his achievements and learned that crowds had gathered around the city’s newly lit streetlights.

• Wu Heng reunited with Yuri and Slyther on the road to Luntam City, then led them past undead guards at the city gate.
• Wu Heng told Slyther and Yuri how he helped drive off the Warhammer Party, killed its leader, and obtained half the city from the city lord.
• Wu Heng gave Slyther the Blood Goblet, and she said she and Yuri would leave the day after tomorrow.
• Wen Mansha recognized the Treasure Root Branch Tendril as a tonic, and Wu Heng took her upstairs while Minnie followed.
• Slyther wrote a letter describing Wu Heng’s growth and his victory over the Warhammer Party, then a falcon girl told her crowds had gathered around the lit streetlights.

Wu Heng discussed his plans to keep Luntam City lit at night and negotiated a Money Cat branch with Slyther, whose share became the pretext for an intimate encounter. Meanwhile, two visitors searching for Burke learned he had supposedly been killed by the Warhammer Party and were followed after leaving.

• Slyther saw Wu Heng's bright streetlights and added them to a letter describing the unusual Magic Item.
• Wu Heng toured the city with Yuri, then translated a comic for her at the association.
• Wu Heng told Slyther he planned to light Luntam City all night, and they agreed she would receive forty percent of a Money Cat branch while he handled the building and security.
• Slyther kissed Wu Heng, and they became intimate in the lounge.
• Two cloaked men went to Burke's residence, heard from an elderly woman that the Warhammer Party had killed him, and left after growing suspicious.
• A fruit seller set aside his basket and followed the two men.

Wu Heng helped Slyther arrange a Money Cat store in Luntam City and saw her and Yuri off before transporting renovation supplies to the other world. He then listened to shelter broadcasts about trading at the Auto Repair Shop, where Li Yahong invited people hoping to get rich to come by.

• Slyther and Wu Heng decided to open a Money Cat branch in Luntam City, and she inspected a former magic shop with Yuri.
• Slyther approved a renovation plan for the building, which the foreman estimated would take about fifteen days.
• Wu Heng sent Slyther and Yuri away with snacks and comics, then transported electrical wires and Solar Panels through the Portal for the renovation.
• Wu Heng listened to radio chatter about trading supplies at the Auto Repair Shop, and Li Yahong said the shop had plenty of food and welcomed people seeking to get rich.

Wu Heng prepared the Auto Repair Shop’s supply exchange and agreed to guard Li Yahong’s convoy at the county Bus Station. The next day, two men heading to trade encountered an organized checkpoint on the road to the shelter.

• Li Yahong confirmed that the shelters’ supply exchange would take place in three days, and Wu Heng learned that people were investigating Burke’s disappearance.
• Wu Heng approved armor designs and bought twelve heavy crossbows from the Weapon Shop owner.
• Li Yahong arrived at the factory, and Wu Heng supplied flour and assigned Big Head Two and nearly ten thousand Skeleton Soldiers to guard the grounds.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong traveled with the convoy to the Bus Station ahead of the exchange.
• Two men driving Modified SUVs found the county Main Road clear of Zombies and stopped at a crossbow-armed checkpoint near the Auto Repair Shop Shelter.

Wu Heng oversaw the first day of shelter exchanges, trading crossbows and solar panels to Flame God Shelter for grenade launchers and ammunition while collecting gold from visiting shelters. After returning home, he learned from Wen Mansha that she had traced the two people who visited Burke’s house to a building owned by Benasev.

• Auto Repair Shop survivors exchanged gold for flour and other supplies at the checkpoint exchange site.
• Ma Zhiyong of Flame God Shelter negotiated with Li Yahong and traded two grenade launchers and twelve Killing Rounds for eight handheld crossbows, bolts, and solar panels.
• Wu Heng explained that he had directed Li Yahong to accept the deal and stored the weapons and ammunition in his Spatial Ring.
• The shelters completed their transactions, and Li Yahong gave Wu Heng the collected gold and silver before inviting him to dinner.
• Wu Heng returned home through a Portal, and Wen Mansha told him that the building the two visitors to Burke’s house used belonged to Benasev.

Benasev hired the Level 16 Necromancer Giovanni to recover the strange items and kill Wu Heng, while Giovanni learned that Wu Heng commanded nearly ten thousand undead. Giovanni later abducted Wen Mansha and traded her for Wu Heng’s wooden staff, then left after inviting Wu Heng to become his apprentice and threatening him; Wu Heng sent the Spike Gang to follow Giovanni’s carriage.

• Giovanni questioned Benasev’s dead informant, confirmed Benasev’s interest in Wu Heng, and agreed to help recover the strange items while claiming Wu Heng for himself.
• Wu Heng told Wen Mansha to keep watching Benasev, then spent time with her before they went to buy three thousand bags of flour for the shelter.
• Giovanni stopped Wu Heng’s carriage, revealed that he had taken Wen Mansha, and demanded a strange item in exchange for her life.
• Wu Heng traded his wooden staff for Wen Mansha, refused Giovanni’s offer to teach him, and watched Giovanni leave in his carriage.
• Wen Mansha explained that Giovanni had used the corpses of her informants to find her, and Wu Heng ordered the Spike Gang to follow Giovanni.

Giovanni and Benasev gathered Luntam City’s nobles at the Mystic Association’s manor to announce their plan to kill Wu Heng, but Wu Heng launched a surprise bombardment. His explosives and machine guns devastated the manor as Giovanni and Benasev took cover in the Stone Fortress.

• Giovanni told Benasev that he had considered taking Wu Heng as a disciple, but dismissed the idea after Wu Heng refused.
• Wu Heng learned that Giovanni was a Level 16 Necromancer and, after a ranger reported the carriage’s destination, decided to strike the manor first.
• Benasev introduced Giovanni to the assembled nobles and announced that he would kill Wu Heng and seize Luntam City.
• Giovanni was wounded by a bullet just as he prepared to speak, and explosives then tore through the manor courtyard.
• A skeleton-driven tricycle arrived and fired machine guns into the manor and Stone Fortress, reducing guards, walls, and furnishings to wreckage.

Wu Heng’s forces attacked Giovanni’s manor with machine guns and undead, and Giovanni used preloaded necromancy spells to fight back before fleeing. Wu Heng’s tricycle caught and killed him, but Benasev escaped aboard a train that appeared through a ripple in space.

• Wu Heng held fire until Giovanni emerged, then had Hunter One shoot him, but the shot only crippled Giovanni’s arm.
• Giovanni raised ghouls, spiders, and exploding corpses to battle Wu Heng’s undead, while Wu Heng learned new ways to use necromancy spells.
• Giovanni escaped the manor in a carriage pulled by Skeleton Horses, but Wu Heng’s tricycle caught up and its machine guns killed him.
• Wu Heng entered the ruined manor and killed a wounded merchant who begged him for mercy.
• Wen Mansha spotted Benasev escaping, but Benasev tore open a ticket, boarded a train that appeared from rippling space, and vanished.

Wu Heng pursued Benasev aboard the Ghost Train, killed him, and discovered how to take control of the train and return to Luntam City. He reunited with Wen Mansha at the ruined manor and began searching the preserved Level 16 Necromancer’s belongings.

• Wu Heng boarded the Ghost Train alone and shot Benasev dead inside the silent carriage.
• The train stopped in a sealed mountain station, where Wu Heng questioned Benasev’s corpse and learned that an unmarked itinerary returned the train to its departure station.
• Wu Heng used the Bronze Key to enter the train’s driver’s cabin and found a Train Conductor’s Hat that let him operate the Ghost Train.
• Wu Heng wrote Luntam City on the timetable, rode the train back, and returned to the manor, where Wen Mansha greeted him.
• Wu Heng ordered skeletons to strip the preserved mage’s corpse and took its Spatial Ring and necklace.

Wu Heng looted Giovanni’s equipment and books, discovered Giovanni had been studying Resurrection Technique, and turned him into a Level 16 Necromantic Servant named Deadbone. After returning to Luntam City and checking in with his team, Wu Heng went to the Zombie World, where Qiangzi showed him a weapon-improvement idea.

• Wu Heng examined Giovanni’s Magic Items and books, finding a Resurrection Technique that could restore someone who had died within one minute to a severely injured state.
• Wu Heng used Bone Manipulation Technique to convert Giovanni into a Level 16 Skeleton Mage, named him Deadbone, and learned that its Substitute skills let it summon undead that still belonged to Wu Heng.
• Wu Heng brought Deadbone back to Luntam City and arranged for it to protect Wen Mansha.
• At the association, Wu Heng’s team asked about the trouble he had faced, and Gaulberry suggested his Vice Deacon appointment might take longer because it required careful review.
• Wu Heng traveled to the Zombie World and found Qiangzi and others repairing a van; Qiangzi showed him a sketch and asked if he had heard of the Wolf Brush.

Wu Heng approved Qiangzi’s wolf-brush weapon design while dismissing his plan to make zombies generate electricity, then returned home and learned Resurrection Technique. He gave Wen Mansha and Andeviel Spatial Rings and rewarded Minnie with a necklace, then reviewed Andeviel’s accounts and encouraged her to pay her clansmen wages.

• Qiangzi showed Wu Heng sketches for a wolf brush, electric spears, and a zombie capture net, and Wu Heng told him to build and test the wolf brush first.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong discussed the flour trade, possible new survivors joining the shelter, and trading food with Flame God Shelter for grenades and machine-gun ammunition.
• Wu Heng sorted his four Spatial Rings, gave two away, and unlocked Resurrection Technique after reading Giovanni’s book.
• Wu Heng gave Wen Mansha and Andeviel Spatial Rings and gave Minnie a gold necklace after she watched the others receive gifts.
• Andeviel explained the store accounts to Wu Heng, who instructed her to pay her clansmen normal wages and then called her over.

Wu Heng acquired necromancy skills, investigated gunfire in the Zombie World, and led his forces to defeat a group of would-be robbers and a Zombie Horde. Back in Luntam City, Deacon Gomez told him that headquarters had appointed him Vice Deacon.

• Wu Heng met Lecia, denied involvement in the powerful figures’ disappearances, and asked her to acquire two more skills.
• Wu Heng learned Wither Technique and Feigned Death Technique before traveling to the Zombie World, where he and Li Yahong investigated distant gunfire.
• Xiaoxiao discovered that armed robbers had turned on one another, and the Zombies killed the survivors.
• Wu Heng led his skeletons against the Zombie Horde, collected the robbers’ weapons and supplies, and learned from a corpse that a military site near Bifeng Life Plaza held vehicles and weapons.
• Deacon Gomez informed Wu Heng that headquarters had appointed him Vice Deacon.

Wu Heng received his appointment as Vice Deacon but was assigned to Treasure Island, forcing him to leave Luntam City. He arranged for Wen Mansha to govern the city in his absence, then boarded his train for Blackstone Town.

• Gomez gave Wu Heng his appointment letter and told him to report to Treasure Island within thirty days; Duke was appointed Team 12's new Team Leader.
• Elno learned Wu Heng would leave Luntam City, and he and the burly man planned to reclaim half the city after Wu Heng departed.
• Wu Heng told Duke, Marta, and Gaulberry about his transfer and instructed Duke to keep the team safe.
• Wu Heng told Minnie, Andeviel, and Wen Mansha about the appointment, then chose Wen Mansha to become Luntam City's lord while he was away.
• Wu Heng left Luntam City, summoned the train with the Train Conductor's Hat, and wrote "Blackstone Town" on its itinerary sheet.

Wu Heng learned that his new Vice Deacon appointment sent him to Treasure Island in pirate territory, so he arranged for a trusted subordinate to manage Luntam City and asked Slyther to help. After returning to the Zombie World, he accelerated plans to investigate Bifeng Life Plaza.

• Wu Heng arrived in Blackstone Town and told Slyther that his appointment as Vice Deacon had come through.
• Slyther showed Wu Heng that Treasure Island lay in the Brilliant Sea, in pirate territory, and they discussed how Gomez had likely transferred him away from Luntam City.
• Wu Heng told Slyther he would leave a trusted subordinate in charge of Luntam City, and Slyther agreed to help prepare before his departure.
• Yuri interrupted Wu Heng and Slyther in the study, and later Slyther took Wu Heng to an estate Yazde had left him.
• Wu Heng returned to Luntam City, entered the Zombie World with Skullcrusher and Blood Axe, and learned from Li Yahong that Bifeng Life Plaza was surrounded by many Zombies.
• Wu Heng told Li Yahong to prepare the convoy so they could head to Bifeng Life Plaza that day.

Wu Heng’s convoy fought through a Zombie Horde and advanced toward Bifeng Life Plaza, where Xiaoxiao spotted armed Zombies and abandoned military vehicles. Wu Heng led the Skeleton Army toward the plaza, using Molotov cocktails and spells to set the horde ablaze while Hunter One targeted the armed Zombies.

• Li Yahong told Wu Heng that Flame God Shelter would not trade ammunition and relayed news that Zombies had grown about forty percent stronger.
• The convoy stopped to fight pursuing Zombies, and Wu Heng’s Skeleton Army defeated the horde before the group continued toward Bifeng Life Plaza.
• Xiaoxiao scouted the plaza and found a dense Zombie Horde, armed Zombies, an off-road vehicle, and two Military Trucks.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong left the convoy with the Skeleton Army and Molotov cocktails to approach the plaza.
• Wu Heng ordered the Skeletons to throw Molotov cocktails into the Zombie Horde and used Fireball Spell to spread flames across the street.
• Hunter One climbed to a shop platform and began shooting Zombies carrying guns.