Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng tested the Skeleton Flying Dragon’s iron-shell bombardment, then continued clearing zombies and returned to Treasure Island. After learning someone was moving into the neighboring residence, he received ownership of a cargo ship and prepared to inspect it.

• Wu Heng’s Lazy Dog Bomb test devastated the Zombie Horde, and he led his skeletons in killing the hordes drawn by the blast.
• Wu Heng cleared more zombies with his Skeleton Army, then returned to the Bus Station and discussed the Scavenging Team and Patrol Team with Li Yahong.
• Wu Heng trained swordsmanship with Andeviel and Minnie, reached Basic Swordsmanship Mastery, and learned that someone planned to move into the neighboring residence.
• Wu Heng reviewed pirate groups on the Wanted List while considering acquiring more Flying Dragons.
• Orin delivered Wu Heng the Ship Ownership Certificate for the cargo ship he had captured, and Wu Heng gave the team tea money before setting out to inspect the ship.

Wu Heng recovered two large warship vouchers and a mysterious blank letter from the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate, then prepared to use his growing fleet against pirates. In the Zombie World, he brought Qi Hancai along as his convoy and Skeleton Flying Dragon attacked a Zombie Horde with explosives.

• Wu Heng and Andeviel inspected their ship, and Andeviel suggested building a fleet to hunt pirate groups.
• At a tavern, Wu Heng overheard news about Bloodhand's defeat, turmoil in the Yeke Kingdom and the Iron Barrel Pirate Group, and vampires hunting Pale Bloods.
• Wu Heng redeemed two large warship vouchers and found a blank letter sealed with ram's-horn wax among the Blood Hand Pirate Group's stored items.
• Wu Heng returned home, then went to the Zombie World the next morning with Li Yahong, Qiangzi, and Qi Hancai.
• Wu Heng sent the Skeleton Flying Dragon over the Zombie Horde to drop explosives, and Qiangzi reloaded it for another pass.

Wu Heng led the Skeleton Army through battles against Zombies, stayed overnight at a wedding hotel to avoid traveling back and forth, and returned to Treasure Island the next day. Deacon Imilo agreed to give him the Bloody Hand Pirate’s corpse and let him handle the bodies of future wanted criminals he killed.

• Wu Heng ordered the Skeletons to clear the battlefield, and Qi Hancai used a Forklift to move wrecked cars off the road.
• As the convoy advanced, the Skeletons fought more Zombies, and Wu Heng’s Experience Points climbed close to the amount needed for level 12.
• Wu Heng decided to stay at a wedding hotel, and Li Yahong helped prepare a room before returning with the convoy.
• Wu Heng used Battlefield of the Undead to raise more Skeletons, then returned to Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng asked Deacon Imilo for the Bloody Hand Pirate’s corpse to protect his family, and Imilo agreed to let him handle the corpses of future wanted criminals he killed.

Wu Heng received permission to claim the corpses of criminals he had killed, collected his bounty rewards, and learned Animate Object and Death Aura. On his way home, he sensed that someone was watching him and sent Granda to check for a pursuer.

• Deacon Imilo approved Wu Heng’s request to take the corpse of a criminal he had killed, and Wu Heng collected it from the morgue using the proper certificate.
• Andeviel gave Wu Heng the bounty rewards for rescuing Madam Shanala and defeating the Blood Hand Pirate Group, including two Skill Books.
• Wu Heng learned Animate Object, tested it on a quill pen and teapot, and used it to briefly bind Andeviel with her hair ribbon.
• Wu Heng learned Death Aura, a necromantic fog spell that obstructed vision and harmed living beings.
• Wu Heng sensed someone watching him as he walked home and asked Granda to search for anyone following him.

Wu Heng expanded the defenses at his residence after suspecting someone was following him, while a newly hired assassin agreed to kill him. The chapter ended with the assassin leaving to carry out the job.

• Granda reported that she had found no one suspicious following Wu Heng, so he returned home and demonstrated a new spell to Minnie.
• Wu Heng traveled to the Zombie World, raised a level 15 skeleton as Bloodhand, equipped him with armor and dual blades, and selected fifty more skeletons to guard the residence.
• Wu Heng assigned the skeletons to protect his home and told Minnie that he was increasing its defenses.
• A limping man hired the Dreadlocked Man to kill Wu Heng, and the Dreadlocked Man accepted the job for additional money.

Wu Heng survived a nighttime assassination attempt by a Mental Type attack and a vast Spider Swarm, escaping with his skeletons and sleeping companions to the Zombie World. The next morning, he reported the attack to Imilo, who sent Moya to take him to the Old Wooden Barrel Tavern to investigate.

• Wu Heng was awakened by a blocked mental attack and found spiders swarming his room, so he fought his way out with his skeletons.
• Wu Heng had Granda and Xiaoxiao search for the spider controller, but they found no one, and he suspected the attack was meant to lure him outside.
• Wu Heng used Death Aura against the spiders and opened a Portal, taking his skeletons and the sleeping Andeviel and Minnie to the Zombie World.
• At dawn, Wu Heng confirmed the spiders had disappeared, brought the women back, and took them to the association for safety.
• Wu Heng told Imilo that he had been attacked, and Imilo ordered Moya to take him to the Old Wooden Barrel Tavern to question its contacts.

Wu Heng and Moya bought information from Mackintosh and learned that the Half-Spider Human who attacked him was leaving Treasure Island from Port 7. After Granda located the suspect hiding aboard a cargo ship, Wu Heng boarded the vessel to arrest him.

• Wu Heng and Moya visited Mackintosh, who identified the attacker as a Half-Spider Human and said he planned to leave from Port 7 that afternoon.
• Wu Heng paid Mackintosh three hundred silver for the information and insisted on going straight to the port instead of returning to report first.
• Moya sent an attendant to report the situation and request a team, then explained Mackintosh's Bermora race and intelligence network to Wu Heng.
• At Port 7, Wu Heng used Granda to search the cargo ship and spotted the Half-Spider Human hiding in a cabin.
• Wu Heng showed the sailors his association insignia and boarded the ship with Moya and his Skeleton Attendants to make the arrest.

Wu Heng captured the Half-Spider Human who had tried to kill him and learned that a man named Bravo had hired him. Wu Heng tracked Bravo to Port 3, where the man admitted he belonged to the Blood Hand Pirate Group.

• Wu Heng found the Half-Spider Human hiding aboard a ship and put the cabin’s crowd to sleep before attacking him.
• Wu Heng, Skullcrusher, and the others defeated the Half-Spider Human after he transformed into a giant spider.
• Wu Heng used Talk with Dead to learn that Bravo had paid the Half-Spider Human to kill him and was hiding beneath a cargo ship at Port 3.
• Wu Heng went to Port 3 before Bravo could be warned, and the man admitted he was from the Blood Hand Pirate Group.

Wu Heng killed the pirate who had tried to assassinate him and discovered that an unknown person had sent the pirate a blank letter urging him to avenge Captain Blood Hand. He returned to the Association with the letter’s origin still unexplained, while an Old Wooden Barrel Tavern leader learned of his role and chose not to provoke him.

• Wu Heng questioned the dead pirate with Talk with Dead and learned that the pirate had received a letter urging him to avenge Captain Blood Hand, though he did not know who sent it.
• Wu Heng found the pirate’s blank letter and recognized its envelope as identical to a receipt he had obtained from the Blood Hand Pirate Group’s loot.
• Moya brought an Association team to the harbor, then escorted Wu Heng back after he explained that the attacker had been a pirate seeking revenge.
• Mackintosh learned that Wu Heng, the newly arrived Association Vice Deacon, had killed the Half-Spider Human and ordered her people not to provoke the Association.
• Wu Heng returned to his office, told Andeviel and Minnie that the attackers had been pirates, and learned that the Renovation Team expected to finish repairing his home by that night.
• An Association staff member delivered the recovered spoils to Wu Heng’s office on Moya’s behalf.

Wu Heng examined the Half-Spider Human’s belongings, then collected two thousand Wooden Bows and ordered another two thousand for his skeleton army. After arranging the new Ranged Units in the Zombie World, he returned to Treasure Island, where Minnie and Andeviel agreed to sleep with him that night.

• Wu Heng found Silver Coins, Gold Coins, a Cultivation Jar, and a Sleep Incense Burner among the Half-Spider Human’s belongings, then stored both Magic Items in his Spatial Ring.
• Wu Heng collected two thousand Wooden Bows from the Elf Race’s shop and ordered another two thousand.
• Wu Heng transported the Wooden Bows to the Zombie World and equipped two thousand skeletons with bows and quivers.
• Minnie asked to sleep with Wu Heng, and Andeviel agreed to join them.

Wu Heng collected his orders of heavy crossbows and leather armor in Netarei City, where he learned the Yeke Kingdom’s bulk buying was driving up weapons prices. Back on Treasure Island, he learned that a beautiful elf who claimed to know him had moved in next door, and he suspected she was Shanala.

• Wu Heng inspected the five hundred heavy crossbows he had ordered and asked the Weapon Shop owner to deliver them to his harbor warehouse, though the owner raised the price for future orders.
• Wu Heng collected his leather armor and learned from the proprietress that the Yeke Kingdom was buying weapons and armor in large quantities, pushing market prices up.
• Wu Heng paid for both orders and used skeletons to move the goods through a portal into the Zombie World before returning to Treasure Island.
• Minnie told Wu Heng that a beautiful gray-blue-haired elf had moved in next door and invited them to dinner, claiming she knew him.
• Wu Heng suspected the new neighbor was Shanala, the president of the Starflower Merchant Group.

Wu Heng attended a dinner at his new neighbor Shanala’s house, where she showed unusual interest in him, then returned to the Zombie World to supply Li Yahong’s survivors with equipment. The chapter ended when Qi Hancai reported an approaching convoy followed by a massive zombie horde that included two Level Two Tanks.

• Wu Heng agreed to attend Shanala’s dinner party after learning that the Wood Elf he had once rescued had bought the neighboring house.
• Shanala welcomed Wu Heng, Minnie, and Andeviel, hosted them for dinner, and gave them a potion that promoted plant growth.
• After returning home, Wu Heng dismissed the idea that Shanala might like him and practiced swordsmanship with Minnie and Andeviel.
• Wu Heng traveled to the Zombie World and showed Li Yahong a large supply of weapons and protective gear for trade.
• Qi Hancai reported that an approaching convoy had a massive Zombie Horde behind it, including two Level Two Tanks.

Wu Heng’s forces rescued a survivor convoy from a massive zombie horde, then bombarded the horde with Skeleton Flying Dragons and arrows. After Wu Heng reached level 12, the survivors stopped the convoy and began questioning its members.

• Li Yahong mobilized the survivors while Wu Heng ordered Big Head Skeleton to prepare the Skeleton Horde for the incoming convoy and zombie horde.
• The convoy found its route blocked by the Skeleton Horde, but the skeletons opened a passage and let the vans through to the Auto Repair Shop survivors.
• The Skeleton Flying Dragons bombed the zombie horde twice, while Skeleton Archers shot at the zombies and the two injured Mutated Zombies.
• Wu Heng reached level 12, unlocked Forced Focus, and told Li Yahong to question the newcomers and let them stay if they wanted to help.
• Qi Hancai ordered the convoy passengers to exit with their hands raised, and a survivor stepped out claiming they were ordinary people.

Qi Hancai accepted a group of survivors into the Auto Repair Shop while Wu Heng’s forces defeated a Zombie Horde and gathered supplies. On Treasure Island, Wu Heng visited Shanala to arrange a trade and discovered that her Oak Amber Pendant could seal its wearer and make her dependent on the first person she saw after awakening.

• Qi Hancai offered the newly arrived survivors shelter membership or the option to leave, and they chose to join the Auto Repair Shop.
• Wu Heng’s Skeletons and Flying Dragons fought off Zombies, defeated two Mutated Zombies, and collected their Corpse Cores.
• Wu Heng ordered Li Yahong to arrange arrow production, then raised more Skeletons from the battlefield before returning to Treasure Island.
• Shanala visited Wu Heng’s residence, discussed supplying weapons and food, and invited him to her home to arrange an order.
• Wu Heng visited Shanala the next morning and discovered the effects and side effect of her Oak Amber Pendant.

Wu Heng bought supplies from Shanala and collected five professional corpses from the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate. In the Zombie World, he raised them as skeletons and brought the level 15 Alchemist, whom he named Expert One, back to his residence to establish an alchemy workspace.

• Wu Heng discussed a bulk purchase with Shanala, then ordered grain, bows, battle axes, and leather armor using pirate silver as a deposit.
• Wu Heng collected five corpses from the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate, including Hernandez, a level 15 Bovela Tribe Potionology Alchemist, and commissioned more professional corpses and wyverns.
• Wu Heng converted the unprocessed zombie corpses in the Zombie World into skeletons and buried the burned remains.
• Wu Heng raised Hernandez as a Skeleton Alchemist and found it had expert Potionology and Poisonology, plus abilities suited to researching potions and substituting materials.
• Wu Heng named the alchemist Expert One, raised the other four corpses as professional skeletons, and left them in the Zombie World.
• Wu Heng took Expert One to an empty room beside his study and designated it as a workspace for the Alchemy Skeletons.

Wu Heng arranged an alchemy room and spent the evening with Minnie, Andeviel, and Shanala before learning from Deacon Imilo that Shanala was married to a Wood Elf political official. Meanwhile, a pirate captain received a bounty offering 200 Gold Coins for Wu Heng’s death and ordered his fleet to prepare for an attack.

• Wu Heng gave Expert One paper and a pen to list the materials and tools needed to make Healing Potions, Mental Potions, and Antidote Potions, then warned Minnie about the skeleton in the alchemy room.
• Andeviel told Wu Heng that the Deacon wanted to see him, and Shanala visited to deliver a completed oil painting before joining the household for dinner.
• A pirate captain received a letter naming the Adila Merchant Group as a target and offering 200 Gold Coins to any pirate crew that killed Wu Heng, so he ordered his ships to turn around.
• Wu Heng met Deacon Imilo, who asked him to keep an eye on Shanala and revealed that she was the wife of a Wood Elf political official.

Wu Heng handled new duties on Treasure Island, prepared for a pirate-hunting assignment, and helped the Auto Repair Shop’s convoy investigate a rumored abandoned armored vehicle. The convoy found two armored vehicles after the Skeleton Army cleared the Zombies around them.

• Imilo told Wu Heng to help protect Shanala and ordered him and Shiraque to kill a wanted Level 3 pirate within a month.
• Wu Heng bought alchemy supplies, then sent them to the Alchemy Skeleton while planning to seek information about the Flying Dragon Pirate Group.
• In the Zombie World, Li Yahong gave Wu Heng two Level 1 Corpse Core Potions and reported a sighting of an abandoned Armored Vehicle.
• Wu Heng led the convoy toward the reported location and asked Li Yahong to move the Alchemy Skeletons and jars from the prison to Treasure Island.
• Qiangzi reported an Armored Vehicle and approaching Zombies; Xiaoxiao confirmed two military-green Armored Vehicles, and Wu Heng ordered the Skeleton Army to kill the Zombies.

Wu Heng recovered two military armored vehicles and a Barrett sniper rifle, then arranged to keep one vehicle and send the other to the Bus Station Exchange Market. After returning to Treasure Island and giving Andeviel a potion, he went to buy intelligence from Madam Mackintosh.

• Wu Heng's group found two damaged armored vehicles, a Barrett sniper rifle, and crates of ammunition, and they righted and repaired one vehicle.
• Wu Heng decided to keep the armored vehicle with the autocannon and leave the other at the Bus Station Exchange Market, where skeletons would operate its machine gun.
• Back at the hotel, Wu Heng and Li Yahong spent the night together before she left the next day.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island and gave Andeviel a Level 1 Corpse Core Potion, which caused her pain before improving her body.
• Wu Heng went to Madam Mackintosh's room at the Wooden Barrel Tavern to buy intelligence, and she told the guards to let him in.

Wu Heng learned that the Iron Barrel Pirate Group had killed two sailors near Treasure Island, then received a mysterious letter luring him to a house in Lighthouse Street. After Granda revealed the house was trapped, Wu Heng sent a corpse inside to trigger it and waited for whoever set the ambush to appear.

• Wu Heng questioned a dead sailor, who identified the Iron Barrel Pirate Group as the killers along the Romulo Shipping Route near Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng took the second corpse back to the Association for investigation.
• Andeviel gave Wu Heng an anonymous letter claiming a Wanted Criminal would appear at a house in Lighthouse Street that night.
• Wu Heng brought Team Three to watch the house, but Granda warned him that a ballista trap was waiting inside.
• Wu Heng sent the corpse into the house, where an iron spear trap blasted it apart as Wu Heng and Granda waited for the enemy to arrive.

Wu Heng captured and questioned members of the Iron Barrel Pirate Group, learning that their captain had ordered an assassination attempt on him. He set out to attack their ship, while the pirate captain Blade spotted his approaching vessel and was suddenly wounded.

• Wu Heng ordered Orin and Team Three to ambush the pirates who came to inspect a corpse, and Skullcrusher helped kill the attackers.
• Wu Heng used Talk with Dead to learn that the pirates belonged to the Iron Barrel Pirate Group and had been sent by their level 15 captain to kill him.
• Wu Heng ordered Orin to gather reinforcements and seize the pirates' ship at Port 6, then traveled to Cocktail Island and set sail toward the Iron Barrel Pirate Ship.
• Blade prepared to respond when a flagless pirate ship approached, but his shoulder and arm suddenly exploded.